 | 1840 - 378 pages
...load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined 1 Oh Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent t Long may the hardy sons of rustic toil [content ! Be bless'd with health, and peace, and sweet And... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! [sent ! For whom my wannest wish to Heaven is Long may thy bardy s composed of minced offal of mutton, mixed with oat-meal and euet, and boile О ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...inspired, prayed for Scotland, repeating aloud these lines of his Cotter's Saturday Night : • "O Scotia! my dear, my native soil, For whom my warmest...blest with health, and" peace, and sweet content: And oh may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...cumbrom load, Disguising of thn wretch of human kind Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined! О Scotia! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be bless'd with health, and peace, ant sweet content ? And O! may Heaven their simple lives , prevent... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 pages
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined! O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven'is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blessed with health, and peace, and sweet... | |
 | 1844 - 834 pages
...Poet, and the sentiments of which every one here present, I am sure, will cordially sympathize — " О Scotia ! my dear, my native soil, For whom my warmest...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content." Sir JAMES CAMPBELL of Glasgow said — In proposing the toast with which I have been entrusted, I shall... | |
 | James Robert Boyd - 1844 - 372 pages
...may be judged of from the following stanza. It is taken from his " Cotter's Saturday Night :" '• 0 Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be bless'd with health, and peace, and sweet content . And oh, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...load, Disguising oft the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! О Scotia! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, [tent! Be blest with health. and peace, and sweet conr Pope't Ee«f on Man. And, О ! may Heaven their... | |
 | 1844 - 836 pages
...family scene — his own father's home being the original, he proceeds in this strain : " Oh Srotia ! my dear, my native soil ! for whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent, Long may Iby hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace and sweet content, And oh, may heaven... | |
 | 1844 - 784 pages
...painting of a family scene — his own father's home being the original, he proceeds in this strain : " Oh Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent, bong may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace and sweet content, And oh, may... | |
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And, oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-loved Isle. 
