 | George Anderson, John Finlay - English poetry - 1859 - 322 pages
...NEALE, INSTOW, DEVON. ONE OP THOSE HIGHLY COMMENDED BY THE JUDGES AT THE CRYSTAI. PALACE COMPETITION. " Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire. That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At plough or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the... | |
 | John Wilson - 1861 - 236 pages
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...fools, What sairs your grammars? Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college...That's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 0 for... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...brains in college-classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, bullocks Plain truth to speak ; And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek!...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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...brains in college-classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, bullocks Plain truth to speak ; And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek...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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 pages
...shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college-classes ! They gang in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...fools, What sairs your grammars ? Ye'd better ta'en up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...fools, What sairs your grammars ? Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes, Confuse their brains in college...in stirks, and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; JO An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...fools. What sairs your grammars ? Ye'd better ta'cu up spades and shools, Or knappin-hammers. A set o' dull, conceited hashes, • ' Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang in si irks, and come out asses, I'lain truth tu speak ; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 pages
...Converse.—' Bhymlnfr — * Humming. — * Serves, what service. A set o' dull, conceited hashes,1 Confuse their brains in college classes ! They gang...Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's tire, That '3 a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dubj and mire, At pleugh or cart,... | |
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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 
