 | Electronic journals - 1872 - 592 pages
...a small example of the "soul of good in things .evil." RAVEXSBOURNB. . BURNS'S TRENTICE HAN'. — " Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work...classes, O ! Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, Vi " ! then she made the lasses, U ! Green grow," &c. "Knight .... and since we were made before yee... | |
 | Henry Southgate - Love poetry - 1873 - 448 pages
...spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. Byron. NATURE'S LAST BEST WORK. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work...she classes O ; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses O. Burns. AN ANGEL OF LOVE AND WISDOM. Her beauty was not of that nature... | |
 | John Mudge Merrick - Classical languages - 1874 - 148 pages
...Ye're naught but senseless asses O ! The wisest man the warl' e'er saw He dearly lo'ed the lasses O. Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes O : Her prentice hah' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses O. XVIII. VIRENT JUNCI FLUVIALES. VIRENT junci... | |
 | John Clark Murray - Ballads, English - 1874 - 234 pages
...hand In every hour that passes, O ; What signifies the life o' man, An 'twere na for the lasses, O ! " Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice-hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O." Passing from those love-lyrics which... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 pages
...senseless asses, O: The wisest Man the warl' saw,* He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. [Anld Nature swears, the lovely Dears Her noblest work she classes, O, Her prentice ban' she try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c.] [NB—This verse is not contained... | |
 | Thomas S. Sozinskey - Beauty, Personal - 1877 - 212 pages
...delicately rounded than man, so we accord to her the palm for beauty. The chivalrous Burns sings truly:— " Auld nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work...she classes O! Her prentice han' she tried on man An' then she made the lasses O! " We now pass to compound forms,—to forms made up of two or more... | |
 | Linton Stephens - 1877 - 462 pages
...perfection — not even those who were made last, and therefore made best, of whom the poet said: _J " Auld Nature swears the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ! Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lassies, O ! " Not even these, far above the 'prentice... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...gae tapsnlteerie, O. For you sae douce ye sneer at this, grew Ye're nought but senseless asses, O: Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O: Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O.1 THE CURE FOR ALL CARE. Tc«— Prepare, my... | |
 | James D. Waddell - Judges - 1877 - 460 pages
...of perfection — not even those who were made last, and therefore made best, of whom the poet said: "Auld Nature swears the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ! Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lassies, O ! " Not even these, far above the 'prentice... | |
 | Mary gräfin von Bothmer - Germany - 1877 - 358 pages
...the gentle wit, and the graceful courtesies of a day long since gone by. CHAPTER VIII. WOMEN. ' And Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ! Her prentice ban" she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O ! ' Burns. ' EHRET die Frauen,' says Schiller... | |
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Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An 
