 | Peter Freeland Aiken - 1876 - 468 pages
...Quo' she, "my grandsire left me gowd, A mailen3 plenish'd fairly ; And come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly !" For gold the merchant...stranger, Remember he's his country's stay in day and hour o' danger. THE CHEVALIER'S LAMENT.1 Tune— "Captain O'Kean." THE small birds rejoice in the green... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1876 - 626 pages
...come, my faithful sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! For gold the merchant ploughs the mata, The farmer ploughs the manor; But glory is the sodger's...he's his country's stay, In day and hour of danger. MEG O' THE MILL. Air — " Hey ! bannie Itua, will yon lie in я barrack !" [" Do you know a fln»... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 pages
...baith red and rosy: But she had na read a word or twa, till she wallow't like a lily." e Z ( 386 ) For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer...glory is the sodger's prize, The sodger's wealth is honor : The brave, poor sodger ne'er despise, Nor count him as a stranger— Remember he's his country's... | |
 | James Madison Watson - Readers - 1876 - 484 pages
...the soldier's prize ; The soldier's wealth is h nor : The brave poor soldier ne'er despise, Nor coun him as a stranger, Remember he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. 18. Speak the speech, I pray you, as I pronounce it to you : trippingly on the tongue ; but if you... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...love, And mair we'se ne'er be parted." A mailen plenished fairly; And come, my faithfu' sodger lad, Thou'rt welcome to it dearly." For gold the merchant...he's his country's stay In day and hour of danger. MEG O' THE MILL. Am — 0 Bonny Lou, win you EC in a Bamdcl O EEN ye what Meg o' the Mill has gotten?... | |
 | George Melville Baker - English poetry - 1877 - 190 pages
...beautiful, he lay; And from the sky, serene and far, A voice fell, like a falling star, — Excelsior 1 THE gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor ; But glory is the soldier's prize, The soldier's wealth is honor. The brave poor soldier ne'er despise; Nor count him... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1878 - 550 pages
...Quo' she, " My grandsire left me gowd, A mailen plenished fairly ; And come, my faithfu' sodger lad, For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer...ne'er despise, Nor count him as a stranger ; Remember he 's his country's stay, In day and hour of danger. THERE'S NAETHING LIKE THE HONEST NAPPY. [The subjoined... | |
 | Samuel Smiles Jerdan - 1878 - 286 pages
...very matter-of-fact age; all men except the Soldier seem engaged in a fierce race for wealth :— " For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer...the sodger's prize, The sodger's wealth is honour." Surely our country, with all its grand history, will never learn to despise its soldiery, or to hold... | |
 | Samuel Smiles Jerdan - 1878 - 274 pages
...seem engaged in a fierce race for wealth :— ' ' For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The former ploughs the manor ; But glory is the sodger's prize, The sodger's wealth is honour." Surely our country, with all its grand history, will never learn to despise its soldiery, or to hold... | |
 | Samuel Austin Allibone - Quotations, English - 1878 - 788 pages
...mankind, That dost the lion and fell tiger tame, Who can express the glory of thy might ? SPENSER. GOLD. For gold the merchant ploughs the main, The farmer ploughs the manor. BURNS. The plague of gold strikes far and near, — And deep and strong it enters; Our thoughts grow... | |
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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... 
