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" Some hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit. "
Poetic chimes, or, Leisure lays: also, a play entitled King James v., or ... - Page 150
by John Fraser - 1852
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The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life, Volume 3

Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 356 pages
...hypocrisy or cant in his composition. XLIX. THE SELKIRK GRACE. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. On a visit to St. Mary's Isle, the Earl of Selkirk requested Burns to...
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The Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...composition. J 0 That is threaten him. LXII. Ojt gtlJurh «SSract . SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad % s zK U~d H k . Q 4 O And sae the Lord be thankit.* LXIII. fnnocmct. Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; while rosy pleasure...
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The Works of Robert Burns, Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1841 - 354 pages
...more. A GRACE, SPOKEN AT THE TABLE OF THE EARL OF SELKIRK. SOME hae meat that canna eat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit EPIGRAM ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQCIRE. O DEATH, hadst thou but spar'd his life Whom we, this day, lament...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With Explanatory and Glossarial ...

Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...Burn« to say grace at dinner; he complied in Шеи words. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat. And sae the Lord be thank et. ON A SUICIDE. EARTH'D up here lies an imp o' hell, Planted by Satan's...
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Select Writings of Robert Chambers, Volume 7

Robert Chambers - Edinburgh (Scotland) - 1847 - 372 pages
...Matty ; ' Chap away,' quo' Watty. THE COVENANTER'S GRACE. Some hae meat that canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, For which the Lord be thankit ! When Burns dined with the Earl of Selkirk, at St Mary's Isle, he repeated...
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The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Volume 4

Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 pages
...taste, And spare the golden bindings. GRACES BEFORE MEAT. Some hae meat and canna cat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. 0 Thou, who kindly dost provide For every creature's want ! We bless Thee, God of Nature wide, For...
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Titan: A Monthly Magazine..., Volume 3

1854 - 542 pages
...the stanza of Robert Burns: — ' Some ha'e meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat, that want it; Now we ha'e meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.' Having had a delicious repast, the peasant brought out his Alpine horn, and made a little more of that...
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The Poetical and Prose Works of Robert Burns: With Life, Notes and ...

Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...left on earth* For Jessy did not die. forrs ftrfte Jfai SOME hae meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it. But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. OH Thou, who kindly dost provide For every creature's want ! We bless Thee, God of Nature wide. For...
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The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Songs, and ...

Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...known in Galloway by the name of ' ' The Selkirk Grace."] SOME hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. LIII. TO DR. MAXWELL, ON JESSIE STAIG'S RECOVERY. [Maxwell was a skilful...
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Chronicle of the Hundredth Birthday of Robert Burns

James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 pages
...well-known " grace before meat" prefaced the supper : " Some hue meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." Supper over, and the usual preliminary toasts having been given, Mr. TIMMINS, after a few introductory...
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