 From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings; " An honest man's the noblest work of God ;" And, certes,* in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage...  Poems - Page 45by John W. Curtis - 1846 - 168 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Hannah D. Burdon - 1839 - 980 pages
...began to ply the work as if no other occupation had engaged the retirement of the morning. CHAPTER X. And certes in fair virtue's heavenly road The cottage leaves the palace far behind. BURNS. CATHERINE de Medicis had scarcely completed these hasty arrangements ere a lacquey of the palace,... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...them and for their little ones provide ; But, chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. 8 From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp * a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1841 - 316 pages
...hear, well pleased, the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. 7. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...abroad ; Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp?, a cumbrous load, Disguising... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...abroad : Princes and lords ere but the breath o kings, "An honest man's the noblest work o: God;" Ana certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road The cottage leaves the palace far behind What is a lordling's pomp! a cumbrom load, Disguising of thn wretch of human kind Studied in arts of... | |
 | George Willson - American literature - 1844 - 300 pages
...in their hearts with grace divine preside. 8 From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur spring*, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is lordling's pomp ? A cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied in arts... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad : Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, * An honest man 's the noblest work of God :r* And certes, in fair virtue's heav'nly road, The cottage leaves the... | |
 | John Hall Hindmarsh - 1845 - 464 pages
...them, and for their little ones, provide ; But, chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind ; What is a lordling's pomp ! — a cumbrous load, Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, Studied... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...; But, chiefly, in their hearts, with grace divine preside. 1 A line from Pope's "Windsor Forest." From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs,...Kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God : ' And certes,1 in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind : What is a lordling's... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband prays. * * * * * * * From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad." In such a country, we find a thinking, reasoning community, given to reflection, and comparatively... | |
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