 An honest man's the noblest work of God;' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind; What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness...  Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 16by Robert Burns - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...the breath of kings, "An honest man's the noblest work of God;" And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp ? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! Oh Scotia... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And certes,82 in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 pages
...breath of kings,) " An honest man 's the noblest work of God ; " And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp ? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! Oh Scotia... | |
 | Book - 1864 - 396 pages
...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God :" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ?— a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia!... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...breath of kings, ' An honest man's the noblest work of God : ' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia... | |
 | Chambers W. and R., ltd - 1865 - 252 pages
...' An honest man's the noblest work of God ;' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, certainly The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, ' An honest man's the noblest work of God : ' And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves...behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, 170 Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia... | |
 | Standard poetry book - 1866 - 300 pages
...breath of Kings, ' An honest man's the noblest work of God :' And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind: What is a lordling's pomp ?—a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in hearts of hell, in wickedness refined! O Scotia!... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...breath of kings ; " An honest man's the noblest work of God :" And, certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp 1 A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness... | |
 | Mary Anne Marzials - 1867 - 332 pages
...breath of kings ; " An honest man's the noblest work of God :" And, certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind. What is a lordling's pomp 1 A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness... | |
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