 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 364 pages
...rock, A guide, a buckler, an example, I'm here a pillar in thy temple, To a' thy flock. O Lord, then kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, And singing there, and dancing here, Wi' great and sma' ; For I am keepit by thy fear, Free frae them a'.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1887 - 400 pages
...here a pillar in thy temple, Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, an example To a' thy flock. O Lord, thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and...swear, And singin there and dancin here, Wi' great an' sma' : For I am keepit by thy fear, Free frae them a'. But yet, O Lord ! confess I must, At times I'm... | |
 | Henry Davenport Northrop - American literature - 1888 - 712 pages
...here a pillar in Thy temple, Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, an example To a' Thy flock. O Lord, thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, And singing there, and dancing here. Wi' great and sma' : For I am keepit by Thy fear, Free frae them a'.... | |
 | J. B. Reid - 1889 - 596 pages
...ilka means Frae wedlock to delay thee ; S. Here's to thy health^ \ I ken they scorn my low estate, Ib. OL — d thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink and swearers swear, [vAn] Holy Willie's Prayer, O L— d! yestreen, thou kens, wi' Meg, ... /3. Or else, thou kens, thy... | |
 | J. B. Reid - Burns - 1889 - 586 pages
...Maria. And while my heart wi' life-blood dunted I'd bear't in mind. . . Friend of tlie poet \ 0 L — d thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, [v. A. n] Holy Willies Prayer. When you lay me ¡n the dust, Think, think how you will bear it. S.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1887 - 730 pages
...here a pillar in thy temple, Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, an example To a' thy flock. O Lord, thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, And singin there and dancing here, Wi" great an' sma* : For I am keepit by thy fear, Free frae them a'. But yet, O Lord... | |
 | Mrs. Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1890 - 640 pages
...here a pillar in Thy temple, Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, an example To a' Thy flock. O Lord, thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, And singing there, and dancing here, Wi' great and sma' For I am keepit by Thy fear, Free frae them a'.... | |
 | Grace Townsend - English poetry - 1891 - 570 pages
...here a pillar in Thy temple. Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, an example To a' Thy flock. O Lord, thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, And singing there and dancing here, Wi' great and sma' For I am keepit by Thy fear, Free frae them a'.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1895 - 512 pages
...I'm here a pillar in thy temple, Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, an example To a' thy flock. OL — d, thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, - Sir Walter Scott regarded Holy Willie's Prayer as "a piece of latire mo:-e exquisitely severe than... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - Poets, Scottish - 1896 - 710 pages
...here a pillar in thy temple, Strong as a rock, A guide, a buckler, an example To a' thy flock. O Lord, thou kens what zeal I bear, When drinkers drink, and...swear, And singin there and dancin here, Wi' great an' sma' : For I am kcepit by thy feat, Free frae them a'. But yet, O Lord ! confess I must, At times I'm... | |
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