To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes us right or... NEW ENGLAND TALE, AND MISCELLANIES - Page 156by CATHERINE M. SEDGWICK - 1852Full view - About this book
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest ; Nae treasures or pleasures Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye That mak's us right or wrang. Then let us cheerfu' acquiesce, Nor make our scanty pleasures less By pining... | |
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1860 - 766 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart aye's the part aye, learned a man's greatness or baseness is in himself; and in this he may even contest with the proud,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest ; Nae treasures nor pleasures Could make us happy lang...heart aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive through wet and dry, Wi' never-ceasing toil ;... | |
| Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest ; Nae treasures nor pleasures Could make us happy lang...heart aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive through wet and dry, Wi' never-ceasing toil ;... | |
| Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That maks ua right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive through wet an' dry,... | |
| Miriam Coles Harris - American fiction - 1864 - 264 pages
...but two hours more of pleasure left. CHAPTER VL ASHES OF EOSES. " Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Can make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang." BORNS. " WHEEE can Uncle Rawdon be all this time ?" eaid Tom discontentedly, as they came out of the... | |
| Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That maks us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive thro' wet an' dry, Wi'... | |
| Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang ; The heart aye's the part aye, That maks us right or wrang. Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge and drive thro' wet an' dry As... | |
| Severn river - English poetry - 1867 - 458 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest ; Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy...aye's the part aye, That makes us right or wrang. BUBNS. exáv ô' èxóvTа To'ví" èís%á/¿w Tf o'x'v" £^ш íe ^a?ábs TTiaтоv, çùvoía; ¿j... | |
| James Caughey - Evangelicalism - 1868 - 492 pages
...not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures nor pleasures Could make us happy lang...The heart aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrong ! " 3. That experience of Paul — oh ! that I felt it more deeply than I do ! — " Who is weak,... | |
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