 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...poverty That hangs his head, and a' that; The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What thoagh on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 452 pages
...that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a* that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, A man's a man for a' that ;... | |
 | James A. Maitland - 1816 - 330 pages
...poverty, That bangs his head, and a* that ? The coward slave ! we pass him by — We dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the goud for a' that.'' — BURNS. THE faint glimmer of the cold grey dawn... | |
 | Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...poverty, The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! R3 That hangs his head, and a' that; For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey,... | |
 | England - 1844 - 826 pages
...dignity of the human soul, because he has never forgotten that amidst all the distinctions of time, " The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Because he has regarded himself as the high-priest of Nature, and the world which we inhabit... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a" that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey,... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...honest poverty Wha' hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave we pass him by; We dare be poor for a' that, For a' that, and a' that Our toils obscure and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, — The man 's the gowd for a' that." The mechanic has just as good a chance to shine... | |
 | Christian life - 1884 - 398 pages
...at heart. To separate the word into its two parts, they were gentle men. As Robert Burns says — " For a' that and a' that, Our toils obscure and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Let us add, however, that nothing makes a man a gentleman... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...poverty That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare he poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray,... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...poverty That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp ; The man 's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey,... | |
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THAT AND A' THAT Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a 
