Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be 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 and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise... Scotia's Bards ... - Seite 1481854 - 563 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| James Anderson - 1722 - 440 Seiten
...wickednefs refin'd ! xx. O! Scotia 1 my dear, my natite soil ! For whom my wannest wifh to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content*! And, O 1 may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, however crowns... | |
| Thomas Beddoes - 1802 - 502 Seiten
...BURNS in behalf of the peasantry of Scotia, everbe/ulfilled with regard to any class or countryLong may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with HEALTH and peace and SWEET CONTENT! organs retain their freshness, the appetites their ardour, the imagination its radiant hues, and the... | |
| 1815 - 1008 Seiten
...noblest work of God. О Scotia ! my dear, my native sou. For whem my warmest wish to heaven ii sent, bong may thy hardy sons, of rustic toil. Be blest with health, and peace, and swed content : And 0 ! may Ileav'n, their simple Vive prevent From lux'ry's contagion, weakund vile,... | |
| Sir Philip Sidney - 1807 - 246 Seiten
...and •virtue — " -O Scotia, my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n it sent t Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! " And, O 5 may Heav'n their limpli live* prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
| Philip Sidney - 1807 - 492 Seiten
...courage and virtue — " O Scotia, my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n ii sent I Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet cmtent I " And, O ! may Heav'n their simple live* prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile !... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...wickedness refin'd ! 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 blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 Seiten
...wickedness refin'd ! 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 blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile 1 Then, howe'er crowns... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 Seiten
...wickedness refined ! XX. 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 blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heav'n, their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
| 1814 - 310 Seiten
...may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be bless'd with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! 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... | |
| 1844 - 826 Seiten
...cordially sympathize — " 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 blest with health, and peace, and sweet content." Sir JAMES CAMPRELL of Glasgow said — In proposing the toast with which I have been entrusted, I shall... | |
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