| Books - 1786 - 610 pages
...of rußic toil, Be bleft with health, and peace, and fweet content! And O! may heaven their firn pie lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rife the while, And Hand a wall of fire around their much lov'd ifle. 'hefe fianzas are SERIOUS. But... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1786 - 248 pages
...with health, and peace, and fweet content ! And O may Heaven their fimple lives prevent From Luxurf s contagion, weak and vile ! Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, And ftand a wall of fire around their muchlov'd ISLE. XXI. O THOU ! who pour'd the... | |
| Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...of rujllc toil, [tent Be bleft with health, and peace, and fweet con And O may Heaven their fimple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, [ISLE And ftand a wall of fire around their much-lov'i O THOU ! who pour'd the Patriotic... | |
| Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...lives prevent For whom my warmed wrfh to hevaen is fent! Long may thy hardy fons of rujllc toil, [tent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then howe'er...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, [ISLE And ftand a wall of fire around their much-lov'i O THOU ! who pour'd the Patriotic... | |
| James Anderson - Scotland - 1722 - 440 pages
...Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content*! And, O 1 may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, however crowns and coronets be sent, A virtuous populace may rise the while. And stand a wall ot fire... | |
| Robert Burns - 1798 - 302 pages
...ruftic toil, Be bleft with health, and peace, and fweet content ! And, O ! may Heav'n, their fimple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, And ftarid a wall of fire around their milchlov'd IJle. XXI. O Thou ! who pour'd the... | |
| Religion - 1832 - 852 pages
...led him to feel with her own bard, that so long as they continue free from ' luxury's contagion,' ' A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much loved isle.' "Among his delightful rambles in the north of England, in the month of August, 1824,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O! may Heav'n their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and... | |
| Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 492 pages
...toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet cmtent I " And, O ! may Heav'n their simple live* prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then,...rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd ukl" 3. Laws are to have their scope upon any on« found in the land where they are enacted,... | |
| Sir Philip Sidney - Maxims - 1807 - 248 pages
...tent I i " And, O ! may Heav'n their simpte lives prevint From tuxury's contagion, weak and vile 1 Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous...rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their rBuch-lov'd hie!" 3. Laws are to have their scope upon any one found in the land where they are enacted,... | |
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