 | P. F. Aiken - 1876 - 454 pages
...GRAPHIC POWER OF BURNS. 27 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire That's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. Whoever has watched a stream, as poet, sketcher or angler, or... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1876 - 540 pages
...Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, ' May touch the heart. O for a spunk o' ALLAN'S glee, Or FERGUSON'S, the bauld... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1880 - 1024 pages
...speak ; EPISTLE TO LAtfRAIE. f!786. And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, [pudiut My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart,... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell, Henry T. Steele - American periodicals - 1877 - 812 pages
...out asses, Plain truth to speak. And soon they trunk to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire. Then though I trudge through dub and mire, At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart.... | |
 | James Brown Selkirk - Literary Criticism - 1878 - 260 pages
...out asses, Plain truth to speak. And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire. Then though I trudge through dub and mire, At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart.... | |
 | James Brown - 1878 - 258 pages
...out asses, Plain truth to speak. And syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek. Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire. Then though I trudge through dub and mire, At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart.... | |
 | Allan Cunningham, Charles Mackay - Poetry - 1879 - 628 pages
...syne they think to climb Parnassus By dint o' Greek! Qie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That" s a' the learning I desire ; Then though I drudge thro' dub an' mire, At pleugh or cart, My muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 0 for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Or Fergusson's, the bauld and... | |
 | Jack Crawford - 1879 - 224 pages
...has also made his mark. True, he sadly lacks education, but he may well say, with Burns — " Give me a spark o' nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire." Much of his poetry is after the style of Bret Harte, but there is not an unreal character in any one... | |
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - English poetry - 1880 - 642 pages
...Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That 's a' the learning I desire ; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub 8 an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though namely in attire, May touch the heart. O for a spunk7 o' Allan's glee, Or Fergusson's, the bauld and slee, Or bright Lapraik's, my friend... | |
 | 1880 - 658 pages
...stirks and come out asses, Plain truth to speak ; And syne they think to climb Parnassus Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! That's a' the learning I desire ; Then, though I drudge through dub and mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. ' "... | |
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Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, That's a' the learning I desire; Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire At pleugh or cart, My Muse, though hamely in attire, May touch the heart. 
