 | James A. Maitland - 1816 - 330 pages
...WATCHMAN. CHAPTER I. THE WATCHMAN'S FAMILY. "Is there, for honest poverty, That bangs his head, and a* that ? The coward slave ! we pass him by — We dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 468 pages
...inverted into rhyme. FOR A' THAT AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ; The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The... | |
 | 1824 - 706 pages
...filled the mind of Robert Burns, when he wrote : " Is there for honest poverty Wha' hangs his head, and a' that? The coward slave we pass him by; We dare be poor for a' that, For a' that, and a' that Our toils obscure and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, — The... | |
 | Charles Dickens, William Harrison Ainsworth, Albert Smith - English literature - 1837 - 698 pages
...O'DRYSCULL. IVater-grass-hiU, April 20. SCRAP No. V. 1. Is there, For honest poverty, That hangs his head And a' that ? The coward slave We pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that : For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, And a' that ; The rank is but The guinea's stamp, The... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...let us do, or die ! FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that; The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure and a' that, The rank is but the guinea stamp, The man's... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...let us do, or die ! FOR A' THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and cousin Bess ; Guess ye how, the jad ! I could bear her, could bear her ! Fot »' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure and a' that, The rank is but the guinea stamp, The... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...A man's a man for a' that." In the first verse he vindicates poverty from the scorn of wealth. 27 " Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, an' a' that ; The coward-slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that. For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure,... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 236 pages
...soil humming what must be a verse of Burns. " Is there for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...are the words in which that wrath comes forth — Is there for honest poverty That hangs his head aud a' that, The. coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that. What though ou hamely fare wo dine, Wear hodden gray, and a' that, die fools their silks, and knaves... | |
 | English literature - 1845 - 864 pages
...words in which that wrath comes forth — Is them for honest poverty That huniM his head and a1 tliat, The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that. What though on hamely fare wo diue, Wear hodden gray, and a' that, Gi'e fools their silks, and knaves... | |
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Is there, for honest poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ? The coward slave — we pass him by, We dare be poor for a 
