 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 605 pages
...an apparently trifling circumstance exciting such a noble and charitable thought as — " I'm trulv sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's social union,...thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion An fellow mortal." Bums had a great and a most generous heart ; his affections npi>eared to be unbounded... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859
...awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle ! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murdering pattle ! I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's...social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which maks thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An' fellow mortal! I doubt na, whyles, but... | |
 | Robert Burns - English letters - 1859 - 642 pages
...murd'ring pattle I ploughstaff I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's socisl union, And justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, And fellow mortal 1 I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; sometimes What then ? poor beastie, thou... | |
 | England - English poetry - 1860 - 472 pages
...thee, Wi' murderin' pattle. I 'ra truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, And justifies that ill opinion Which makes thee startle...thieve, What then? poor beastie. thou maun live! A daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: I 'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss 't :... | |
 | HENRY REED - 1860
...and of feeling the association of the mishaps of his own life with that of the little creature:— " I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's...thy poor earth-born companion An' fellow-mortal!" The lesson of generosity, like mercy twice blessed,—to him that gives and him that takes,—is exquisitely... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1861
...hastie, Wi' bickerin' brattle !7 1 wad be laith 8 to rin 0 an' chase thee, Wi' murderin' pattle.ia I 'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's social...startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An' fellow mortal. I doubt na, whiles," but thou may thieve ; What then ? Poor beastie, thou maun i2 live... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1861
...awa sae hasty, Wi' bickering brattle ! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murdering pattle ! I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's...social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which maks thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An' fellow mortal! I doubt na' whyles but thou... | |
 | Francis Turner Palgrave - English poetry - 1861 - 332 pages
...chase thee Wi' murd'ring pattle ! I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's social union, And justifies that ill opinion Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, And fellow-mortal! I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve; What then ? poor beastie, thou maun live!... | |
 | George Lillie Craik - English language - 1862 - 536 pages
...hastie, Wi' bickerin' brattle !7 1 wad be laith 8 to rin 8 an' chase thee, Wi' murderin' pattle.10 I 'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's social...startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An' fellow mortal. I doubt na, whiles,11 but thou may thieve ; What then ? Poor beastie, thon maun u live... | |
 | English poets - 1862
...murd'ring pattle ! pioughstaff I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken nature's social union, And justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion And fellow-mortal ! I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; sometimes What then ? poor beastie, thou... | |
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