 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That 's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart.1 Oh for a spunk o' Allan's glee, spark Or Fergusson's,... | |
 | Robert Burns - English letters - 1859 - 736 pages
...they think to climb Parnassus then By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! give That's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub and mire At plcugh or cart, plough My Muse, though hamely in attire, homely May touch the heart. Oh for a spunk... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, [puddle My Muse, though namely in attire, May touch the heart, Oh for a spunk o' Allan's glee, spark... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, [puddle My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart, Oh for a spunk o' Allan's glee, spark... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 pages
...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That 's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, VOL. i. 7 My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. Oh for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or... | |
 | Charles Mackay - English language - 1874 - 324 pages
...homely in attire, May touch the heart. The Inventory, by Burns, Give me a spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire, Then though I drudge through dub and mire, Burns: Epistle to Lapraik. Standing dubs gather dirt. There never was a good town but there was a dub... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, [pudiut My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart, Oh for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Fergusson's,... | |
 | 1880 - 658 pages
...Plain truth to speak ; And syne they think to climb Parnassus Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire ; Then, though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. ' " My father, however, from the virtue which he attributed... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1879 - 566 pages
...And syne 6 they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire ; Then, though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 1 Tackle. 3 Humming. 6 Year-old cattle. 2 Doggerel versifying.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1881 - 700 pages
...they think to elimb Parnassus then By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ' glre That's a' the learning I desire , Then though I drudge through dub and inire At pleugh or eart, plough My Muse, though hamely in attire, homely May toueh the heart. Oh for... | |
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