GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down... Select Writings of Robert Chambers - Página 317por Robert Chambers - 1847Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 356 páginas
...Safety." There was no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. XLIX. THE SELKIRK GRACE. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. On a visit to St. Mary's Isle, the Earl of Selkirk requested Burns to... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 páginas
...cant in his composition. J 0 That is threaten him. LXII. Ojt gtlJurh «SSract . SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.* LXIII. fnnocmct. Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; while rosy pleasure... | |
| Robert Burns - 1841 - 354 páginas
...more. A GRACE, SPOKEN AT THE TABLE OF THE EARL OF SELKIRK. SOME hae meat that canna eat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit EPIGRAM ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQCIRE. O DEATH, hadst thou but spar'd his... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 páginas
...of Selkirk requeued Burn« to say grace at dinner; he complied in Шеи words. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat. And sae the Lord be thank et. ON A SUICIDE. EARTH'D up here lies an imp o' hell, Planted by Satan's... | |
| Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 páginas
...is still but a louse, Though it crawl on the curls of a queen. THE SELKIRK GRACE. SOME hae meat and canna eat. And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can cat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ON THE POET'S DAUGHTER. HERE lies a rose, a budding rose, Blasted... | |
| John Fraser - 1852 - 200 páginas
...name, ye'll maybe guess, When ance ye read. " There's some hae meat that canna eat, And some could eat that want it, But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." The Ambros'a, we sat anent it, When dry, the nectar drank it. Then each... | |
| Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 páginas
...taste, And spare the golden bindings. GRACES BEFORE MEAT. Some hae meat and canna cat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. 0 Thou, who kindly dost provide For every creature's want ! We bless Thee,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 páginas
...obeyed in these lines, now known in Galloway by the name of ' ' The Selkirk Grace."] SOME hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. LIII. TO DR. MAXWELL, ON JESSIE STAIG'S RECOVERY. [Maxwell was a skilful... | |
| James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 páginas
...well-known " grace before meat" prefaced the supper : " Some hue meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." Supper over, and the usual preliminary toasts having been given, Mr.... | |
| Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 páginas
...being re? nested to say grace by the Earl of Selkirk, repeated the allowing lines : OME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thauket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OP PEG NICHOLSON. EG Nicholson was a gude bay mare,... | |
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