 | United States - 1844 - 648 pages
...measurement of scholars and critics. " Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire, At pleugh or cart, My MUSE, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart." There is an incidental proof of Burns's humanity... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 pages
...the native muse, he exclaims— " Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart;" where does Burns express a desire to meet his... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...Mossgiel was as a glorious kingdom. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an" mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. That complete self-abandonment, characteristic of... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - Flower language - 1852 - 330 pages
...syne they think to climb Parnassus Gie me a spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. Burns. The man who looks around him as he walks Sees... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...the native muse, he exclaims— " Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart;" where does Burns express a desire to meet his... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...native muse, he exclaims — " Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart ; " where does Burns express a desire to meet his... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pages
...Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! tie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, hat's a' the learning I desire ; _hen, tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire, At pleugh or cart, My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Fergusson's, the... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 0 for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Ferguson's, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Ferguson's, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' ALLAN'S glee, Or FERGUSON'S, the... | |
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Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 
