| John Bell - English poetry - 1789 - 416 pages
...shepherd-swain of whom I mention made, /'" On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never sway'd; An honest heart was almost...Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er they went.... | |
| English poetry - 1789 - 214 pages
...milky dams supplied his board, and lent Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er they went, t XIII. From labor health, from health contentment springs. Contentment opes the source of every joy.... | |
| James Beattie - 1797 - 150 pages
...made, On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never sway'dj An honest heart was almost all his stock ; His drink...Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, whereso'er they went.... | |
| Health - 1802 - 302 pages
...shepherd-swain of whom I mention made, On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never sway'd ; An honest heart was almost...Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, thoflgh oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, whereso'erthey wentXIII.... | |
| James Beattie - Wood-engraving - 1802 - 152 pages
...shepherd-swain of whom I mention made, On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never sway'd; An honest heart was almost...Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, whereso'er they went.... | |
| James Beattie - 1803 - 190 pages
...made, On .Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never swayed ; An honest heart was almost all his stock ; His drink...Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er they went.... | |
| James Beattie, Alexander Chalmers - English poetry - 1805 - 190 pages
...shepherd-swain of whom I mention made, On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never sway'd ; An honest heart was almost...Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er they went.... | |
| James Beattie - Authors, Scottish - 1805 - 178 pages
...made, On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never swayed; An honest heart was almost all his stock ; His drink...Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, though oft with dust and sweat besprent, Did guide and guard their wanderings, wheresoe'er they went.... | |
| 1806 - 184 pages
...shepherd-swain of whom I mention made, On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never sway'd ; An honest heart was almost...drink the living water from the rock : The milky dams supply 'd his board, and lent Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; And he, tho' oft with... | |
| James Beattie, Thomas Gray - English literature - 1809 - 408 pages
...shepherd-swain, of whom I mention made, On Scotia's mountains fed his little flock ; The sickle, scythe, or plough, he never sway'd ; An honest heart was almost...drink the living water from the rock : The milky dams supply'd his board, and lent Their kindly fleece to baffle winter's shock ; Ami lie, tho' oft with... | |
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