 | 1838 - 358 pages
...into the faults I see in others. If those four lines of Burns's were of'tener brought before us — " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a minnen wrang, To step aside is human" — we should less often be wanting in that virtue so highly... | |
 | 1833 - 480 pages
...not onljr a feeling poet, but a sound philosopher. "Judge not that ye be not judged." — Jeiui. Oh gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a kenning wrong, To step aside is human. One point must still be greatly dark. The moving it-Ay they... | |
 | Waldo Howard - 1850 - 310 pages
...singular scene which had just occurred. All was clouded in mystery. CHAPTER XL I. THE PRODIGAL'S RETURN. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, Though they may gang a kenning wrang, To step aside is human. BURNS. IK the meantime, the relationship between Walter and... | |
 | 1853 - 796 pages
...convenience snug, A treacherous inclination, But let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins* no temptation. " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, Though they may gang a kennin't wrang To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do... | |
 | 1853 - 820 pages
...convenience snug, A treacherous inclination, But let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins* no temptation. " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, Though they may gang л keiiniu't wrang To step aside is human : One point must still he greatly dark, The moving why they... | |
 | H. C. Foster - English poetry - 1853 - 378 pages
...driven, A conscience but a canker, A correspondence fixed wi' Heaven Is sure a noble anchor ! CHARITY. THEN gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may go a trifle wrong, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they... | |
 | Epes Sargent - Religious poetry, English - 1854 - 374 pages
...driven, A conscience but a canker, A correspondence fixed wi' Heaven Is sure a noble anchor ! CHARITY. THEN gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may go a trifle wrong, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...snug, A treacherous inclination — But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye' re aiblins nae temptation. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a keiiriin' wrang', To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they... | |
 | James Ballantine - 1859 - 630 pages
...ourselves — not to judge them in another — to pity, not to censure the unhappy subject of them. " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman, Though they may gang a kemiin wrang, To step aside is human." Poor Burns seems to have been of the class to which we all more... | |
 | Thomas Johnson Corson - Freemasonry - 1859 - 168 pages
...the fulminations of the law or threats of punishment. Kindness can conquer where force would fail. " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a kenu'm wrang, To step aside is human. One point mnst still be greatly dark, 1 The moving why they do-... | |
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Though they may gang a kennin'1 wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark How far, perhaps, they rue it. 
