 But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE,  The New-York Review - Page 221edited by - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Campbell - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...corner jinkin, An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men* ! Ye aiblins might— I dinna ken — Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' yon den, TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY, OX TVRJiING ONE DOWN WTTH THE PLOUGH. WEE, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, Thou's... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 458 pages
...But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben! O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! : Ye aiblins might — I dinua ken — Still hae a stake — I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! THE * " * V DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MA I LIE, . THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE. An 'unco mmirnfu' Tab.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...corner jinkin, An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weel ! auld Nickie-l>en .' O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still...wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOH MMLIE, THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE. AW UNCO MOUHNPU' TALE. As Mailie,... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...a corner jinkin, An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-benf O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still...I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake I 1 Vide Milton, Book VI. THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOU MAILIE, THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE. '3n... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...you yet. But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! O wad ye tak a thought an' men'! Ye aiblins might—I dinna ken— Still hae a stake— I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake ! DESPONDENCY. AN ODE. Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, A burden more than I can bear, I... | |
 | Timothy Flint - Mississippi River Valley - 1830 - 696 pages
...himThe very Devil, he cannot hate with right orthodoxy ! " But fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ; О wad ye tak a thought and men' ! Ye aiblins might —...Still hae a stake ; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, Even for your sake !" He did not know, probably, that Sterne had been beforehand with him. " H« is... | |
 | John Smythe Memes - France - 1831 - 406 pages
...disposition with which the ploughman-bard addresses the great adversary : O, wad ye tak a thought, an' men', Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, E'en for your sake ! Between the statements of this letter, too, and the usual accounts of the Revolution,... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1831 - 396 pages
...disposition with which the ploughman-bard addresses the great adversary : O, wad ye tak a thought, an' men', Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still hae a stake ; I'm wae to think upo' yon den, E'en for your sake ! Between the statements of this letter, too, and the usual accounts of the Revolution,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...But, fare ye weel, anld Nlckle ben I O wad you lak a thought an* men* ! Ye aibllni might— I dlnna ken— Still hae a stake— I'm wae to think upo' yon den E'en fur your sake !" Humour and tenderness are here so happily intermixed, that it is impossible to... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...corner jinkin, An' cheat you yet. But, fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben ! 0 wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — Still...wae to think upo' yon den, Ev'n for your sake! The Prince and Power of the air is a favourite topic of rustic speculation. The peasantry complain that... | |
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