 | George Bannatyne, William Dunbar - Dialect poetry, Scottish - 1770 - 404 pages
...weill. The Allay Walk. as I went up and doun In ane abbay was fair to se, Thinkand quhat consolatioun Was best into adversitie; On caiss I kest on syd myne...writtin upoun a wall, Off quhat estait, man, that thow be, Obey, and thank thy God of all. n. Thy kindome and thy grit empyre, Thy ryaltie, nor riche... | |
 | George Bannatyne - Scottish poetry - 1770 - 406 pages
...HENRYSONB, The Abbay Walk. as I went up and doun In ane abbay was fair to se, Tbinkand quhat consolatioun Was best into adversitie; On caiss I kest on syd myne ee", And saw this writtin upoun a wall, Off qubat estait, man, that thow be, Obey, and thank thy God of all. n. Thy kindome and thy grit empyre,... | |
 | James Sibbald - Ballads, Scots - 1802 - 512 pages
...adverfitie ; On caifs I keft on fyd myne ee, And faw this writtin on a wall, In quhat eftait, man, that thow be, Obey, and thank thy God of all. II. Thy kindome...ryaltie, nor riche array, Sail nocht endeur at thy defire, Bot, as the wind, will wend away; Thy Thy gold, and all thy gudis gay, Quhen fortoun lift will... | |
 | George Ellis - English literature - 1811 - 466 pages
...adversity ; On case * I cast on side mine ee, * And saw this written upon 3 a wall : " Of what estate, man, that thou be, « Obey, and thank thy God of* all !" iI. Thy kingdom, and thy great empire, Thy royalty, nor rich array, Shall nought endure at thy desire, But,... | |
 | A. Mercer - Aberdour - 1828 - 352 pages
...Abbey Walk. L Allone as I went up and doun In ane abbay was fair to se, Thinkand quliat consolatioun Was best into adversitie; On caiss I kest on syd myne...thy grit empyre, Thy ryaltie, nor riche array, Sail noclit endeur at thy desire, Bot, as the wynd, will wend away j Thy gold and all thy gudis gay, Quhen... | |
 | A. Mercer - Aberdour - 1828 - 352 pages
...Abbeij Walk. L Allone as I went up and down In ane abbay was fair to se, Tbinkand quhat consolatioun Was best into adversitie ; On caiss I kest on syd myne ee, And saw this writtin upoun a wall, OfFquhat estait, man, that thou be, Obey, and thank thy God of all. II. Thy kindome and thy grit empyre,... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Ballads, Scots - 1829 - 356 pages
...best into adversitie ; On caiss I kuist on syde myne ee, And saw this written upon a wall, Of what estait, man, that thou be, Obey, and thank thy God of all. Skald a bellis nou, and The Abirdenis nou, were probably variations, local or otherwise, of The lange... | |
 | Eric Stair-Kerr - Scotland - 1911 - 164 pages
...myself warm and comfortable. On cais1 I kest on syd myne ee And saw this written upoun a wall, Of what estait, Man, that thou be, Obey, and thank thy God of all." Besides other short poems, such as " The Garment of Gude Ladies," " The Reasoning betwixt Age and Youth,"... | |
 | Douglas Gray - Literary Criticism - 1979 - 322 pages
...(there seems to be no need to think of Dunfermline in particular) : On caiss I kest on syd myne e, And saw this writtin upoun a wall : ' Off quhat estait, man, that thow be, Obey and thank thy god of all.' The titulns continues for the remaining six stanzas, giving... | |
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ALLONE as I went up and doun in ane abbay was fair to se, Thinkand quhat consolatioun Was best in to adversitie, On caiss I kest on syd myne E, And saw this writtin upoun a wall : ' off quhat estait, man, that thow be, Obey and thank thy god of all. 