 | Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts - 1853
...he alluded to the experience of other cities. Seventh regular sentiment — Tlie Army and Navy — For Gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor, But Honor is the soldier's gain, The soldier's wealth is Honor. In the absence of Commodore HUDSON, who... | |
 | Ballads, Scots - 1854 - 325 pages
...Quo' she, " My grandsire left me gowd, A mailin plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly !" For gold the merchant...he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. * Mr. Thomson having written to Burns that he should get Mr. (afterwards Sir William) Allan to paint... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 524 pages
...Quo' she, my grandsire left me gowd, A mailen plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant...glory is the sodger's prize, The sodger's wealth is honor. The hrave poor sodger ne'er despise, Nor count him aa a stranger; Remember, he's his country's... | |
 | allan cunningham - 1855
...Quo' she, my grandsire left me gowd, A mailen plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant...he's his country's stay, In day and hour of danger. CXCIV. MEG 0' THE MILL. Air — "Hey! bonnie lass, will you lie in a barrack?" ["Do you know a fine... | |
 | A. CUNNINGHAM - 1855
...dearly." For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; BURNS'S POETICAL WORKS. The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, Nor count him...he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. Iras % ten m ipra Sill. TUNE — Liggeram Cosh. BLYTHE hae I been on yon hill, As the lambs before... | |
 | Honor, Thomas Campbell, Songs - English poetry - 1856 - 46 pages
...Quo' she, " My grandsire left me gowd, A mailen plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! " For gold the merchant...he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. The Soldier's Dream was written in Germany, in the year 1800, shortly after a battle between the French... | |
 | Honor - 1856
...Quo' she, " My grandsire left me gowd, A mailen plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! " For gold the merchant...he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. I. The Soldier's Dream was written in Germany, in the year 1800, shortly after a battle between the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 524 pages
...Quo' she, my grandsire left me gowd, A mailen plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The fanner ploughs the manorBut glory is the sodgcr's prize, The sodger's wealth is honor. t The brave... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1857
...Quo' she, " My grandsire left me gowd, A mailin plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly !" For gold the merchant...he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. THE RED, RED ROSE. In Witherspoon's Collection of Scots Songs. " Do you know," says Burns, in a letter... | |
 | Marianne Young - Aldershot (England) - 1857 - 220 pages
...responsibility, the value of character, and the desire to deserve and gain the respect of his superiors. " For gold the merchant ploughs the main. The farmer...Remember he's his country's stay, In day and hour o' danger." Burns was touched to the composition of the song, of which this beautiful verse forms a... | |
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Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize ; The sodger's wealth is... 
