 | 1825 - 486 Seiten
...and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ! An' syne they think to climb Parnassus, By dint o' Greek. Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire, At pleugh or cart My Muse, tho' hainely in attire, May touch the heart." And again he said with the same bard of honest... | |
 | Robert Hetrick - 1826 - 202 Seiten
...ROBERT HETRICK, DALMELLINGTOV. " Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' harnely in attire, May reach the heart." Burnt. AYR: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR. PREFACE. JL... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 272 Seiten
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, tho' hamcly in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' Alton's glee, Or Fereusson's, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 Seiten
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, tho' namely in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Fergus son's, the... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 Seiten
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a* the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. That would be tear eneugh for me ! If I could get... | |
 | Thomas Lilley - 1837 - 88 Seiten
...MUSINGS: BY i TIMilMI HDILtLEY " Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart." BURNS. . • MARKET-BOSWORTH: PRINTED AND PUBLISHED... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 564 Seiten
...Mossgiel was as a glorious kingdom. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, . That's a. the learning I desire ; Then tho. I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' namely in attire, May touch the heart. That complete self-abandonment, characteristic of... | |
 | 1841 - 908 Seiten
...Mossgiel was as a glorious kingdom. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. That complete self-abandonment, characteristic of... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1841 - 988 Seiten
...Mossgiel was as a glorious kingdom. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' namely in attire, May touch the heart. ^ That complete self-abandonment, characteristic... | |
 | 1844 - 638 Seiten
...measurement of scholars and critics. "Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire, At pleugh or cart, My MUSE, tho' namely in attire, May touch the heart." There is an incidental proof of Burns's humanity... | |
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Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 
