...raised it to his lips. "Here's to you, Jess," he murmured, "as you were five-and-twenty years ago ! 1 Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice ban' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O ! ' " XIII. — The Man who has a Secret. MR....

...What signifies the life o' man, An" 'twere na for the lasses, O ! Green grow, &c. • » • * • Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ! Her "prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O ! Green grow, &c. RoiiERT BURNS. LIFE IN MALVERN....

...Maist plesund and preclair, Ane help to man God maid Mr than ; Quhat will ye I say mair ? Arbuthnot. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' the try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Burns. Throughout the whole of the poem the...

...Maiit phsaivl and preclair, Ane help to man God maid hir than ; CJuhat will ye I say mair ? Arbuihnot. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' she trifd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Burnt. Throughout the whole of the poem the...

...depart for their " good time," with a longing for departed joys. And yet, in spite of their frailties, " Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her "prentice hand' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, 0." W. A change will take place in the School...

...senseless asses, O : The wisest man the warP saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, &cAuld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. THE AUTHOR'S FAREWELL TO HIS...

...been, as contrary to the well-known compliment of the bard paid to his favourite sex in the lines :— Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ! Her prentice han' she tried on man, can scarcely fail to be reminded of what Shakespeare says in the well-known...

...full sense into empty words; Which things are corals to cut life upon, Although such trifles. 218. Auld nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O'. CURRENT POEMS. FAITH. ALONE she bears the...

...full sense into empty words; Which things are corals to cut life upon, Although such trifles. 218. Auld nature swears, the' lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O! CURRENT POEMS. FAITH. ALONE she bears the mystic...

...kind woman's gift may embolden some timid bard, as yet unknown, to charm the ages with his lyre. "All nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O." Of the particulars of the bequest made by...