 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
 | Literature - 1856 - 542 pages
...to Jerusalem, &c., &c., &c. •' But how the subject-theme may gang, Let chance and time determine; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon." ED ALEXANDRIA, EGYPT. LULU. Longing, longing, forever ! Where is my Lulu gone ? O, the low whispering... | |
 | Robert Burns - English poetry - 1849 - 906 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. a Ye'll try the warld »ran. my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad.... | |
 | Medicine - 1849 - 786 pages
...and, as Burns once said, — • " how the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon." Having thus most satisfactorily answered all questions, and given a clear idea of my intentions, as... | |
 | English poetry - 1852 - 142 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 'II try the world fu' soon, my lad, And, Andrew, dear, believe me, Ve'll find mankind an unco squad,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 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. n. Yell try the world soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll find mankind an unco squad,... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - English poetry - 1852 - 438 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. Ye'll try the world fu' soon, my lad, And, Andrew dear, believe me, Ye'll tind mankind an unco squad,... | |
 | William Lovett - Conduct of life - 1853 - 496 pages
...end Then 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." BURNS. " Sow an act, and yon reap a habit ; sow a habit, and yon reap a character ; sow a character,... | |
 | Yankee humour - 1853 - 154 pages
...! A GENEBAL DISCOUBSE. TEXT. — 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 MEN OP GOTHAM ! What a pretty looking nest of varmints ye are, taken in a heap, altogether! You... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 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, And... | |
 | Thomas De Quincey - 1854 - 404 pages
...perplexity, Kobert Burns said— ' How the subject theme may gang, Let time and chance determine ; Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. So it would seem with the worthy man that has given being and birth to the pretty volume before us,... | |
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