 | 1828 - 722 ˹éÒ
...quits him ; it is the little happy-valley of his careworu heart Iii the gloom of his owu aflliction, he eagerly searches after some lonely brother of the...A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave ray breast ; That I, for poor aiild Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 ˹éÒ
...and clearing, The tither stookcd raw ; With clatters and haivers Wearing the time awa' : Ev'n theft a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish, that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor Auld Scotland's sake Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1808 - 496 ˹éÒ
...Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, An* tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1809 - 326 ˹éÒ
...haud a yokin at the pleugh, An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, • Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest how must be, though no young poet, nor young soldier's heart, ever l>eat more fondly for fame than... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 344 ˹éÒ
...hand a yol,in at the pleugh, An' thp' fu' foughteu sair eneugh, Yet uneo proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my hreast ; That I, for poor auld Seotland's sake, Some useful plan or heuk eould... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 ˹éÒ
...shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa. Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford - 1822 - 440 ˹éÒ
...Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, Yet unco proud to learn. Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan, or beuk could... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1826 - 734 ˹éÒ
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wl' claivers and haivers Wearing the day awa— E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast: That I for poor auld Scotland"* sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1828 - 324 ˹éÒ
...shearing and clearing The tither stookit raw, Wi' claivers and haivers Wearing the day awa — E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast : That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could... | |
 | 1831 - 426 ˹éÒ
...shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' liai vers, Wearing the day awa E'en then a wish, (I mind its power' A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my brc-ast; That I fur poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or book could... | |
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A wish (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast, — That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan or book could make, Or sing a sang at least. 
