Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! And oh ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise... Poemsde Robert Burns - 1889 - 255 páginasVer trechos - Sobre este livro
| James Anderson - 1722 - 440 páginas
...Thou.' who pour d the patriotic tide, That stream d thro' great, unhappy Wallace'' heart ; Who dar'd to, nobly, stem tyrannic pride, Or nobly die, the second glorious part : (The patriot's Gcd peculiarly thou art, Histriend, inspirer, guardian, and reward f) O never, nevsr Srotia s realm... | |
| 1832 - 852 páginas
...led him to feel with her own bard, that so long as they continue free from ' luxury's contagion,' ' A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much loved isle.' "Among his delightful rambles in the north of England, in the month of August, 1824,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 páginas
...prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. XXI. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro' Wallace's undaunted... | |
| Sir Philip Sidney - 1807 - 248 páginas
...their simpte lives prevint From tuxury's contagion, weak and vile 1 Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their rBuch-lov'd hie!" 3. Laws are to have their scope upon any one found in the land where they are enacted,... | |
| Sir Philip Sidney - 1807 - 246 páginas
...luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous fofuface may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lor'd ulel" 3. Laws are to have their scope upon any on« found in the land where they are enacted,... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 páginas
...their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd through Wallace's undaunted heart;... | |
| British poets - 1809 - 526 páginas
...their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile 1 Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd through Wallace's undannted heart... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 páginas
...their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. XXI. O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide That stream'd thro' Wallace's undaunted... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 páginas
...their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vilel Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle! O Thou ! who pour'd'the patriotic tide That stream'd through Wallace's undaunted heart... | |
| 1843 - 752 páginas
..."luxury's contagion, weak and vile," — with the exultation — " Then, howc'er crowns and coronett be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand a wall of fire around their much loved isle." Those who wear crowns and coronets should know that their best security, their only... | |
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