 O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH.  The Listener - Page 259by Caroline Fry - 1833 - 269 pagesFull view - About this book
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...andjinger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others ste us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDINA... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O, wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! $& TO EDINBURGH. \ 'sA ^1 EDINA ! jjS^tia... | |
 | 1823 - 494 pages
...Sottrnal*. ON SHOOTING WITH A LONG BOW. Oh ! wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To tee our sel' s as other i see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion.— BURNS. " Shooting with a long bow" is a figurative expression for a very prevalent, but contemptible prattle«,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH. EDINA ! Scotia's... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 284 pages
...and consequence, and eternal issues of God's dealings with us; but are we not bound to believe if? And if to believe it, to act, and speak, and feel,...wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. BUBXS. THE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found a treasure scarcely less valuable, though... | |
 | Caroline Fry Wilson - 1832 - 280 pages
...are we not bound to believe it? And if to believe it, to act, and speak, and feel, as if we did so1? Are we at liberty to suppose that we alone of all...us, To see oursells as others see us, It wad frae mimic a blunder free us And foolish notion. BUHSS. THE searcher after hidden wealth has sometimes found... | |
 | 1833 - 480 pages
...reluctantly separated. A NEW LOOKING GLASS. Oh that some power the gift wad gie us. To see oursels as others see us, It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion. What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us And ev'n Devotion '. Buna. THERE was a certain country, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 236 pages
...winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin ! O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us And foolish notion ; What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, And ev'n Devotion ! ADDRESS TO THE TOOTH-ACHE. MY curse... | |
 | Ellen Pickering - 1834 - 256 pages
...grace, And paradise was opened in his face. DRYOKH. Oh, wad some pow'r the giftie gie us, To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, And foolish notion : What airs in dress a'n gait wad lea'e us. BURNS. TIME has passed ; and, behold ! the day of Mrs.... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 pages
...winks and finger-ends, I dread, Are notice takin' ! O wad some power the gifted gie us To see oursels as others see us ! It wad frae monie a blunder free us An' foolish notion : What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, • And ev'n devotion ! Homelier subjects... | |
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