 LANG hae thought, my youthfu' friend, A something to have sent you, Tho' it should serve nae ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps, it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a...  Works - Page 304by Sir Walter Scott - 1923Full view - About this book
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. Ye 'll try the world soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye 'll find mankind an unco squad,... | |
 | English literature - 1825 - 878 pages
...expect nothing regular. " For how the subject's theme may ííang, . Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon." Perhaps I may write yon a description of a man of ton — perhaps a description of the slave-market... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...ither end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. Ye'll try the world soon, my lad, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, And muckle they may grieve ye:... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...end Than just a kiud memento ; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. tt. Ye'll try the world soon, my lad, For care and trouble set your thought, Ev'n when your end's attained... | |
 | Berwickshire Naturalists' Club (Scotland) - Berwickshire (Scotland) - 1857 - 302 pages
...President. On the present occasion, " How the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang ; Perhaps turn out a sermon." If my address, Gentlemen, should savour most of the latter character, you must bear in mind that you... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...other end Than just a kind memento; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. II. Ye'H try the world soon, my lad, And Andrew dear, believe me, Ye']] find mankind an unco squad.... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps, turn out a sermon. II. Ye'll try the world fu' soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco... | |
 | Philadelphia - 1835 - 244 pages
...time. BLACKBEARD. CHAPTER I. " But how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon." — BOENB. ON the fourth day of July, 1732, the ship Santaclaus, Heinrich Oster master, left the port... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - English poetry - 1837 - 438 pages
...end Than just a kind memento ; But how the subject-theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. Ye'll try the world fu' soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad,... | |
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