| Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 páginas
...but senseless asses, O : The wisest man the warl' saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her prentice han' she tried on man, i An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. NOW WESTLIN WINDS. TONE—... | |
| Treasury - 1869 - 474 páginas
...hour, See the front o' battle lour. Bannochburn. Liberty 's in every blow ! Let us do or die. iud. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O !* Green Grow the Rashts. Man's inhumanity to... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 páginas
...senseless asses, 0 ; The wisest man the wad' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, 0 ! Green grow, &c. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, 0 ! Green grow, &c. BONNIE ANN. Barns composed... | |
| Sir Francis Hastings Charles Doyle (bart.), Sir Francis Hastings Doyle - 1869 - 146 páginas
...this lyrical impulse — ' Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, oh ! Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, oh!' the spirit, grace, and sparkling originality of the two last lines charm us away from... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1870 - 642 páginas
...asses, O ; The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly loved the lasses, O ! Green grow, &c. Anld Nature swears, the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O ! Green grow, &c. BONNIE ANN. Burns composed... | |
| Iltudus Thomas Prichard - 1870 - 312 páginas
...Colonel. " According to Burns, you know. Don't you recollect he says, speaking of Nature : — " ' Her "prentice hand she tried on man. And then she made the lasses, O ! ' " "But Burns was speaking of young women, not female elephants," objected the Colonel.... | |
| 1871 - 780 páginas
...which Bums thought worthy of Homer. The oftquoted lines, again, in " Green grow the Rashes " — " Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O !" are a reproduction of a thought which occurs in an apostrophe to woman in an old comedy,... | |
| 1872 - 592 páginas
...a small example of the "soul of good in things .evil." RAVEXSBOURNB. . BURNS'S TRENTICE HAN'. — " Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ! Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, Vi " ! then she made the lasses, U ! Green grow," &c. "Knight .... and since... | |
| Charles Pebody - 1872 - 458 páginas
...which Burns thought worthy of Homer. The oft-quoted lines, again, in "Green grow the Rashes "— " Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, And then she made the lasses, O !" are the reproduction of a thought which occurs in an apostrophe to woman in an old comedy,... | |
| Henry Southgate - 1873 - 448 páginas
...spent, A mind at peace with all below, A heart whose love is innocent. Byron. NATURE'S LAST BEST WORK. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes O ; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses O. Burns. AN ANGEL OF LOVE AND WISDOM. Her beauty... | |
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