 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...abroad ;" and you desire to join in the Invocation that bursts from nis pious and patriotic heart : " O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be bless'd with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And 0 ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From... | |
 | Henry Giles - Literature - 1854 - 372 pages
...inmates poor enroll. And how exalted that love of country which utters this fine supplication ! — O Scotia, my dear, my native soil, — For whom my...sent, — Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blessed with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And O, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...load, Disguising of the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! xx. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent, Long may the hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd! 0 Scotia I my dear, my native soil; For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sentl Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! A.nd,... | |
 | Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, O, may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refin'd ! 0 Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, 0 ! may heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...cumbrous load, [kind Disguising oft the wretch of human Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd! Oh Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest...Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content 1 [prevent And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - Quotations, English - 1855 - 612 pages
...by your wiles, Draws from its own nobility Its high-born smiles. Mrs. Stoddart. SCOTLAND. O Seotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustie toil, Be blest with health, and peaee, and sweet eontent ! And O! may heaven their simple lives... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1856 - 800 pages
...cumbrous load, Disguising oft [lie wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined! O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And, O! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
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O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic... 
