 | George Henry Picard - 1886 - 300 էջ
...raised it to his lips. "Here's to you, Jess," he murmured, "as you were five-and-twenty years ago ! 1 Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice ban' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O ! ' " XIII. — The Man who has a Secret. MR.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1887 - 400 էջ
...senseless asses, O : The wisest man the warP saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, &cAuld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. THE AUTHOR'S FAREWELL TO HIS NATIVE COUNTRY. TUNE... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - 698 էջ
...Maiit phsaivl and preclair, Ane help to man God maid hir than ; CJuhat will ye I say mair ? Arbuihnot. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' she trifd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Burnt. Throughout the whole of the poem the verses have... | |
 | William Walker - 1887 - 726 էջ
...Maist plesund and preclair, Ane help to man God maid Mr than ; Quhat will ye I say mair ? Arbuthnot. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears, Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' the try'd on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Burns. Throughout the whole of the poem the verses... | |
 | 1887 - 716 էջ
...depart for their " good time," with a longing for departed joys. And yet, in spite of their frailties, " Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O ; Her "prentice hand' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, 0." W. A change will take place in the School... | |
 | John Stuart Blackie - 1889 - 408 էջ
...been, as contrary to the well-known compliment of the bard paid to his favourite sex in the lines :— Auld Nature swears the lovely dears Her noblest work...she classes, O ! Her prentice han' she tried on man, can scarcely fail to be reminded of what Shakespeare says in the well-known lines— " Ah me ! for... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1887 - 730 էջ
...senseless asses, O : The wisest man the warl' saw, lie dearly lov'd the lasses, O. Green grow, Sic. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work...she classes, O; Her prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. Green grow, &c. NOW WESTLIN WINDS. TUNE — " / had a horse, I kad... | |
 | 1891 - 734 էջ
...senseless asses, 0 : The wisest man the warl' e'er saw, He dearly lov'd the lasses, 0. Green grow, &c. Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work...classes, O ; Her 'prentice han' she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, 0. Green grow, &c. BURNS. SONG. WHEN Time, who steals our years away,... | |
 | Charles Wells Moulton - 1891 - 540 էջ
...sense and truth this verdict give, While fields shall bloom thy name shall live. HENRY KIRK WHITE. And nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her "prentice hand she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. BURNS, Green Grow the Rushes. MUSIC. AN angel... | |
 | 1891 - 540 էջ
...Stands single in responsible act and thought. As also in birth and death. EB BROWNING, Aurora Leigh. And nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O; Her 'prentice hand she tried on man, An' then she made the lasses, O. BURNS, (,'reen Grow /he Rushes. MUSIC. AN angel... | |
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Auld Nature swears, the lovely dears Her noblest work she classes, O : Her 'prentice han' she try'd on man, An 
