 E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, That I, for puir auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least.  Oliver and Boyd's Scottish tourist - Page 209by Oliver and Boyd messrs - 1860Full view - About this book
 | Scottish uses - Scottish poetry - 1808 - 228 pages
...shearing and clearing, The tither stooked raw ; With claivers and haivers Wearing the time 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 book could make, Or sing a sang at least. The rough bur-thistle... | |
 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 326 pages
...bam, Or hand 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 'nust be, though no young poet, nor young soldier's heart, ever l>eat more fondly for fame than mine—... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 344 pages
...barn, Or hand a yokin at the pleugh, An' thy 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 make, Or sing a song at least. The rough... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scottish literature - 1817 - 492 pages
...barn, Or haud a yokiu 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 make, Or sing a song at least. The rough... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - English poetry - 1822 - 440 pages
...barn, 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 make, Or sing a song at least. The rough... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 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, Or sing a sang at least. The rough bur-thistle, spreading wide Shall strongly heave my breast; That... | |
 | John Gordon Barbour - Scotland - 1824 - 372 pages
...country, be could adopt tl»e breathings of Burns in these simple lines:— " Even now a wish—I feel its power— A wish, that, to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast,— That 7, for poor aulcl Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least." «... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...lassStill shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wi' claivers and haivers Wearing the day awn— E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to...latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast: That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Amang the bearded tear, / turn'd the... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 342 pages
...Still 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...latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast: That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Amatig the bearded fear, I turu'd the... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...shearing, and clearing The tither stocked 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 ; Or sing a sang at least. The rough luir-thistle, spreading wide My envy e'er could raise, A Scot... | |
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