 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...  The Bee, Or Literary Intelligencer - Page 186edited by - 1722Full view - About this book
 | Thomas Beddoes - Diseases - 1802 - 502 pages
...BURNS in behalf of the peasantry of Scotia, everbe/ulfilled with regard to any class or countryLong may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with HEALTH and peace and SWEET CONTENT! organs retain their freshness, the appetites their ardour, the imagination its radiant hues, and the... | |
 | English literature - 1815 - 1008 pages
...noblest work of God. О Scotia ! my dear, my native sou. For whem my warmest wish to heaven ii sent, bong may thy hardy sons, of rustic toil. Be blest with health, and peace, and swed content : And 0 ! may Ileav'n, their simple Vive prevent From lux'ry's contagion, weakund vile,... | |
 | Sir Philip Sidney - Aphorisms and apothegms - 1807 - 246 pages
...and •virtue — " -O Scotia, my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n it sent t Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! " And, O 5 may Heav'n their limpli live* prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
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...courage and virtue — " O Scotia, my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n ii sent I Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet cmtent I " And, O ! may Heav'n their simple live* prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile !... | |
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...arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...arts of hell, in wickedness refin'd ! O Scotia! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile 1 Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...of Hell, in wickedness refined ! XX. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heav'n, their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...hell, in wickedness refin'di O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heav'n is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil,...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, Oh I may Heav'n their simple lives prevent From Luxury's contagion, weak and vilel Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...of hell, in wickedness refined ! XX. O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be bless'd with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, O ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent... | |
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...sure, will cordially sympathize — " O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil, For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent, Long may thy hardy sons of rustic...blest with health, and peace, and sweet content." Sir JAMES CAMPRELL of Glasgow said — In proposing the toast with which I have been entrusted, I shall... | |
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