 An honest man's the noblest work of God ; " And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness...  Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 19by Robert Burns - 1797Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
..." An honest man's the noblest work of God:" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The collage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! a cumbrous load, Disguising oft tho wretch of human kind, Studied in arta of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! XX. О Scotia... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is the lordling's pomp 1 a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined. () Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of God i" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! * Pope's... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...breath of kings, " An honest man 's the noblest work of God !" And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! O Scotia... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1854 - 796 pages
...have written the book of Revelation. < PrtCkUy vestment. 60 Arid eertcs,' in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising nil the wretch of human-kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness reilned ! O Scotia... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...the breath of kings, "An honest man's the noblest work of God;" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind; What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd! 0 Scotia I... | |
 | Book - 1854 - 496 pages
...breath of kings, " An honest man's the noblest work of GOD." And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's pomp? — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia!... | |
 | English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...the breath of kings, "An honest man's the noblest work of God;" And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia!... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...breath of kings, " An honest man 's the noblest work of God " ; And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp fa cumbrous load, O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent !... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...illustrated the truth in a milder manner than " What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts of hell, in wickedness refined." Our moral nature revolts with a sense of injustice from the comparison of the... | |
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