 | Peel Club, Glasgow - English literature - 1840 - 256 pages
...beast." For " prayeth," substitute pleaseth, and we shall have quite H>» 5rlei> of Robert Burns — " Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub and niire, At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May toueh the... | |
 | 1841 - 908 pages
...loveliness. The banks of the Doon became like the bowers of Paradise, and 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.... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - Italy - 1841 - 564 pages
...loveliness. The banks of the Doon became like the bowers of Paradise, and 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' namely in attire, May touch the heart.... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - American literature - 1841 - 988 pages
...- The banks of the Doon became like the bowers of Paradise, and 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' namely in attire, May touch the heart.... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...A set o' dull, conceited hashes,"1 Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks,e and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; An* syne...dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That 's a" the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dube and rnire. At pleugh or cart, My Muse,... | |
 | United States - 1844 - 638 pages
...that his words are the words of an oracle, and despise all the 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' namely in attire, May touch the... | |
 | United States - 1844 - 648 pages
...that his words are the words of an oracle, and despise all the 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... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull conceited hashes, Confuse their hrains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come...asses, Plain truth to speak ; An' syne they think to climh Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire... | |
 | John Wilson - 1845 - 248 pages
...luxuriating in the joy of conscious genius holding communion with 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... | |
 | Henry Theodore Tuckerman - English poetry - 1846 - 350 pages
...loveliness. The banks of the Doon became like the bowers of Paradise, and 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.... | |
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A set o' dull conceited hashes Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o 
