 | Wallace Bruce - 1893 - 292 trang
...fields of Ayrshire, exclaims — " Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire, At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. " It is said in mythology that Antaeus, son of Poseidon... | |
 | Lady Strachey (Jane Maria) - 1894 - 376 trang
...and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. PERIOD VI. POETS BORN IN THE XVIIITH CENTURY. WORDSWORTH... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1895 - 512 trang
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub' an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 0 for a spunk6 o' Allan's glee, Or Fergusson's,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 330 trang
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' Allan's t glee, Or Fergusson's,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 520 trang
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That 's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart.* • ' Great Apollo ! If then art in a giving humour,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 674 trang
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That 's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' Allan's glee. Or Fergusson's,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 428 trang
...and come out asses, Plain truth to speak; An' syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 0 for a spunk O Allan's glee, Or Ferguson's, the... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1896 - 710 trang
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 0 for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Ferguson's, the... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1896 - 360 trang
...climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek ! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire ; Then, tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. Oh for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Fergusson's,... | |
 | Nicholas Dickson, William Sanderson - 1902 - 280 trang
...o' Greek," he continues: — " Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learnin' I desire ! Then, tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart !" As to his philosophy of life, his writings abound... | |
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Gie me ae spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My muse, tho' hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 
