 | James Gibson - 1881 - 360 pages
...alternately impart Wisdom and rapture in thy page, And brand each vice with satire strong ; Whose lines are mottoes of the heart, Whose truths electrify the...Farewell ! and ne'er may envy dare To wring one baleful passion-drop From the crush'd laurels of thy bust; But while the lark soars high in air, Still may... | |
 | James Gibson (draper.) - 1881 - 360 pages
...alternately impart Wisdom and rapture in thy page, And bran:! each vice with satire strong ; Whose lines arc mottoes of the heart, Whose truths electrify the sage...Farewell ! and ne'er may envy dare To wring one baleful passion-drop From the crush'd laurels of thy bust ; But while the lark soars high in air, Still may... | |
 | James Gibson - 1881 - 366 pages
...alternately impart Wisdom and rapture in thy page, And brand each vice with satire strong ; Whose lines are mottoes of the heart, Whose truths electrify the sage. Farewell ! and ne'er majr envy dare To wring one baleful poison drop From the crush'd laurels of thy bust ; But while the... | |
 | John Dawson Ross - 1891 - 208 pages
...satire strong ; Whose lines are mottoes of the heart— Whose truths electrify the sage. Farewell 1 and ne'er may Envy dare To wring one baleful poison...pilgrim stop, To bless the spot that holds thy dust. • Major Edward Hodge, of the ;th Hussara, who fell at the head of hit iquadron in the attack of the... | |
 | Alexander Balloch Grosart - Poets, Scottish - 1898 - 170 pages
...UlS!,v. ROBERT FERGUSSON CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION — CLAIMS FOR A PLACE AMONGST ' FAMOUS SCOTS ' . . . ' While the lark sings sweet in air Still may the grateful...pilgrim stop To bless the spot that holds thy dust.' THOMAS CAMPBELL of Burns. THAT ROBERT FERGUSSON stands transfigured for all time, in 'the gleam, The... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - English poetry - 1902 - 192 pages
...alternately impart 80 Wisdom and rapture in thy page, And brand each vice with satire strong, Whose lines are mottoes of the heart, Whose truths electrify the sage. Farewell ! and ne'er may Envy dare 85 To wring one baleful poison drop From the crushed laurels of thy bust : But while the lark sings... | |
 | Jean Armour Burns Club (Washington, D.C.), John Wilson - 1908 - 118 pages
...Wisdom and rapture in thy page. Abd brand each vice with satire strong. Whose lines are mottoes of tho heart, Whose truths electrify the sage. Farewell \ and ne'er may envy dare To wring one baleful poison-drop From the crushM laurels of thy bust: But while the lark pings sweet in air. HUH may tho... | |
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Farewell, high chief of Scottish song! That couldst alternately impart Wisdom and rapture in thy page, And brand each vice with satire strong ; Whose lines are mottoes of the heart, Whose truths electrify the sage. Farewell ! and ne'er may Envy dare To... 
