 | 1828 - 722 pages
...quits him ; it is the little happy-valley of his careworu heart Iii the gloom of his owu aflliction, he eagerly searches after some lonely brother of the...A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave ray breast ; That I, for poor aiild Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
...and clearing, The tither stookcd raw ; With clatters and haivers Wearing the time awa' : Ev'n theft a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish, that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor Auld Scotland's sake Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 pages
...Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, An* tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 326 pages
...haud a yokin at the pleugh, An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, • Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest how must be, though no young poet, nor young soldier's heart, ever l>eat more fondly for fame than... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 344 pages
...hand a yol,in at the pleugh, An' thp' fu' foughteu sair eneugh, Yet uneo proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my hreast ; That I, for poor auld Seotland's sake, Some useful plan or heuk eould... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 pages
...Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa. Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wl' claivers and haivers Wearing the day awa— E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast: That I for poor auld Scotland"* sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 pages
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wi' claivers and haivers Wearing the day awa — E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast : That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...shearing, and clearing The tithcr stooked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa, — E'n then a wish, (I mind its power) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or book could... | |
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A wish (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least. 
