 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 358 pages
...shearing, and clearing The tither stooked 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 usefu' plan, or beuk could... | |
 | James M'Kie - 1866 - 48 pages
...THE POETICAL WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS, with a Memoir of the Author's Life, and a Glossary. " 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 usefu' plan or beuk... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...shearing, and clearing The tither stooked 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 usefu' plan, or beuk could... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1869 - 434 pages
...object never quits him; it is the little happy-valley of his careworn heart. In the gloom of his own affliction, he eagerly searches after some lonely...wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast, — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang... | |
 | Highland and Agricultural Society of Scotland - 1869 - 846 pages
...not likely to do — once, in his youth, on returning from the reaping-field, exclaims — " I felt a wish — I mind its power — A wish that to my latest hour Will strongly h'eave my breast — That I, for puir auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book might make, Or sing a sang... | |
 | 1872 - 862 pages
...determination, from his boyhood, to in some way celebrate the glories of auld Scotia : " 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 anld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 pages
...shearing and clearing, The tither stocked raw,5 Wi' clavers" an' haivers,' Wearing the day awa. Even 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... | |
 | Charles Seymour Robinson - 1873 - 504 pages
...my brethren. Twenty years ago, I used to repeat to myself a little verse of Robert Bums: " Ev'n then a wish — (I mind its power)— A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could moke, Or sing a Bang,... | |
 | John Pagen White - 1873 - 368 pages
...NOTES. BY JOHN PAGEN WHITE, FRCS " In early date, When I was beardless, young, and blate, 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 Cumbria 's sake, Some usefu' plan or beuk could... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1873 - 582 pages
...snatch one ctiername from the oblivion that was coverligit! These were early feelings, and they I i Aide with him to the end. a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish, that to my latelt hour Will strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake. Some useful plan... | |
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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. 
