| Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 sivua
...rove, Tho' naething should divulge it : I wave the quantum o* the sin, The hazard of coiicealing ; But och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the...VII. To catch dame fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; E2 Not for to hide it in... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 sivua
...yoursel Ye scarcely tell to ony. Conceal yoursel as weel's ye can161 Butkeek thro' ev'ry other mat* \VY sharpen'd sly inspection. VI. The sacred lowe o' weel-plac'd...indulge it; But never tempt th' illicit rove, Tho' imething should divulge it: I wave the quantom o' the sin, The hazard of concealing ; But och! it hardens... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 sivua
...VI. The saered lowe o' wecl-plac'd lore, Luxuriantly indulge it ; But never tempt the' illicit rovs, Tho' naething should divulge it ; I wave the quantum...! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! vn. To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her , And gather gear hy ev'ry wile... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 274 sivua
...critical dissection; But keek thro'-ev'ry other man, Wi' sharpen'd, slee inspection. The sacred lowo o' weel-plac'd love. Luxuriantly indulge it; But never tempt th' illicit rove, Tim' iiacthing should divulge it; I wave the quantum o' the sin, The liii/.iinl o' concealing; But... | |
| Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 sivua
...weel's ye can Frae critical dissection; But keek thro' ev'ry other man, Wi' sharpen'd, slee inspection. The sacred lowe o' weel-plac'd love, Luxuriantly indulge it; But never tempt th' illicit rme. Tho' naething should divulge it; I wave the quantum o' the sin, The hazard o' concealing; But... | |
| British anthology - 1825 - 464 sivua
...The sacred lowe o' weel-placed love, Luxuriantly indulge it; But never tempt the illicit rove, Though naething should divulge it: I wave the quantum o" the sin, The hazard of concealing; But O '. it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch (lame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous... | |
| Maria Elizabeth Budden - 1826 - 398 sivua
...Papers of a' Man of the World. By the Author of GILBERT EARLE. Two vols. foolscap 8vo. 14s. " I waive the quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing ;...But, och ! it hardens a' within. And petrifies the feeling."—BURNS. JOANNIS MILTONI, Angli, de DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA Libri duo pnsthumi, qnos ex schedis... | |
| Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 sivua
...keek through every other man, Wi' sharpen'd, slee inspection. But never tempt th' illicit rove, Though naething should divulge it ; I wave the quantum o' the sin, The hazard o' concealing ; But och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! To catch dame Fortune's... | |
| Joseph Tuckerman - 1827 - 558 sivua
...either of civil, or moral offenders. Of profligacy, says Burns, V \ " I waive the quantum of the eia, The hazard of concealing ; But, och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling." And, truly, it does petrify all the best sensibilities of our common nature. It debases man more than... | |
| David Bristow Baker - 1831 - 244 sivua
...familiar to most; but I cannot resist quoting it in this place: — " The sacred lowe o' weel-plae'd love Luxuriantly indulge it; But never tempt th' illicit...hazard of concealing; But och ! it hardens a' within, Andpetrifes the feeling!" Epistle to a Young Friend. May, 1786. * See Appendix, iii., where the usual... | |
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