 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...  Songs of Freedom - Page 5by Henry Stephens Salt - 1893 - 345 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Half hours - 1856 - 358 pages
...wickedness refined ! O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is scut Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, oh, may Heav'n their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...wickedness refined ! Oh Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my wannest wish to Heaven is sent ! 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 pages
...refin'd ! O Scotia! my dear, my native soil! For whom my warmest wish to Heav*n is sent, Long may the hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest 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 and... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...wickedness refined ! 0 Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, 0 ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...sicken and die. " Oh, Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content !" No son of Scotland did ever regard her with more filial affection — did ever in strains so sweet... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...sicken and die. " Oh, Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content !" No son of Scotland did ever regard her with more filial affection — did ever in strains so sweet... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...sicken and die. " Oh, Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and aweet content !" No son of Scotland did ever regard her with more filial affection — did ever in... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - Agriculture - 1897 - 844 pages
...beloved Scotland : "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 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... | |
 | James White - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 316 pages
...wickedness refin'd ! 0 Scotia ; my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to Heaven is sent ! Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, 0 ! may heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! Then, howe'er crowns... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1858 - 780 pages
...Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! And, 0 ! may Heaven their simple lives prevent From luxury's contagion, weak and vile I Then, howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, A virtuous populace may rise the while, And stand, a wall... | |
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