 He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding, O. Then out into the world my course I did determine, O Tho...  Character - Page 3by Samuel Smiles - 1876 - 388 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - Dialect literature, Scottish - 1808 - 496 pages
...MY Father was a Farmer upon the Carrick border, O And carefully he bred me in decency and order, O , He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding, O. Then out into the world my course... | |
 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 328 pages
...My Father was a Farmer upon the Carrick border, O And carefully he bred me in decency and order, O He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding, O. Then out into the world my course... | |
 | Robert Burns - English literature - 1809 - 326 pages
...Father was a Farmer upon the Carrick border, O And carefully he bred me in decency and order, O lie bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding, O. Then out into the world my course... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...have a particular pleasure in conning it over. Burns' Reliquen, p. 329. 204 MY FATHER WAS A FARMER. He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a farthing, O, [worth regarding, O. For without an honest manly heart, no man was Then out into the world my course... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 pages
...Carrick border, And carefully he bred me up in decency and order. He bade me act a manly part, tho' I had ne'er a farthing; For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding. Then out into the world my course I did determine; Tho' to be rich wat not my wish, yet to be great... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 324 pages
...Carrick border, And carefully he bred me up in decency and order. He bade me act a manly part, tho" I had ne'er a farthing ; For without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding. Then out into the world my course I did determine ; Tluf to be rich was not my wish, yet to be great... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...border, And carefully he bred me in decency and order. He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er з farthing, For without an honest manly heart, no man was •worth regarding. Then out into the world, my «ourse I did determine, Though to be rich was not my wish, yet to be great... | |
 | Robert Burns - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 420 pages
...My father was a farmer, Upon the Carrick border, And carefully he bred me up In decency and order : He bade me act a manly part, Though I had ne'er a...an honest manly heart No man was worth regarding." In one of his desponding fits, when he " looked back on prospects drear," or beheld the future darkening,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 356 pages
...father was a farmer Upon the Carrick border, O, And carefully he hred me . In decency and order, O ; He bade me act a manly part, Though I had ne'er a farthing, O ; For without an honest manly heart, No man was worth regarding, O. II. Then out into the world My... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - Scotland - 1837 - 628 pages
...Carrick Border, And carefully he brought me up in decency and order. _ And bade me act a manly part, tho' I had ne'er a farthing ; for without an honest manly heart, no man was worth regarding. Then out into the world my course I did determine ; Tho' to le rich was not my u /»/i, yet to be great... | |
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