 Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise...  Our Own Fireside - Page 593by REV. CHARLES BULLOCK - 1871Full view - About this book
 | Books - 1786 - 610 pages
...of rußic toil, Be bleft with health, and peace, and fweet content! And O! may heaven their firn pie lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rife the while, And Hand a wall of fire around their much lov'd ifle. 'hefe fianzas are SERIOUS. But... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1786 - 248 pages
...with health, and peace, and fweet content ! And O may Heaven their fimple lives prevent From Luxurf s contagion, weak and vile ! Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, And ftand a wall of fire around their muchlov'd ISLE. XXI. O THOU ! who pour'd the... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...of rujllc toil, [tent Be bleft with health, and peace, and fweet con And O may Heaven their fimple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, [ISLE And ftand a wall of fire around their much-lov'i O THOU ! who pour'd the Patriotic... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...lives prevent For whom my warmed wrfh to hevaen is fent! Long may thy hardy fons of rujllc toil, [tent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then howe'er...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, [ISLE And ftand a wall of fire around their much-lov'i O THOU ! who pour'd the Patriotic... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1722 - 440 pages
...wickednefs refin'd ! xx. O! Scotia 1 my dear, my natite soil ! For whom my wannest wifh to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content*! And, O 1 may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, however crowns... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 302 pages
...ruftic toil, Be bleft with health, and peace, and fweet content ! And, O ! may Heav'n, their fimple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile...crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous Populace may rife the while, And ftarid a wall of fire around their milchlov'd IJle. XXI. O Thou ! who pour'd the... | |
 | Thomas Beddoes - Diseases - 1802 - 502 pages
...BURNS in behalf of the peasantry of Scotia, everbe/ulfilled with regard to any class or countryLong may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with HEALTH and peace and SWEET CONTENT! organs retain their freshness, the appetites their ardour, the imagination its radiant hues, and the... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 1008 pages
...noblest work of God. О Scotia ! my dear, my native sou. For whem my warmest wish to heaven ii sent, bong may thy hardy sons, of rustic toil. Be blest with health, and peace, and swed content : And 0 ! may Ileav'n, their simple Vive prevent From lux'ry's contagion, weakund vile,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O! may Heav'n their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion,...Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. XXI.... | |
 | Sir Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 246 pages
...and •virtue — " -O Scotia, my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n it sent t Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! " And, O 5 may Heav'n their limpli live* prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
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