 Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant; But for the glorious...  The Genius and Character of Burns - Page 194by John Wilson - 1845 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | William Shakespeare - 1862 - 364 pages
...result—by the same noble spirit which made Burns indite the stanza— " Not for to bide it in a hedge, Or for a train attendant; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent." What poor creatures a Steele, a Savage, a Macginn, or an Edgar Poc—skulking before their creditors,... | |
 | Literature - 1925 - 676 pages
...Pickering edition of the works of the late Robert Burns, on page 171, you will find this stanza: — To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile. Assiduous wait upon her, And gather gold by every wile That 's justified by honour — Not for to hide it in a hedge Nor for the train... | |
 | American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...quantum o' the sin, The hazard of concealing; But, Och! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling! To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her; And gather gear by ev'ry wile Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train-attendant; But for the glorious privilege... | |
 | Robert Burns - English poetry - 1926 - 734 pages
...the sin, The hazard of concealing ; But, och ! it hardens a' within, And petrifies the feeling ! l To catch dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait upon her ; And gather geard by ev'ry wile That's justified by honour ; Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant... | |
 | Rudyard Kipling - English essays - 1928 - 300 pages
...Pickering Edition of the works of the late Robert Burns, on the 171st page, you will find this stanza : To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile Assiduous wait upon her, And gather gold by every wile That's justified by honour — Not for to hide it in a hedge Nor for the train attendant,... | |
 | Short stories, American - 1896 - 864 pages
...poverty from the door, were perhaps never more felicitously expressed than by the peasant poet : " Gather gear by every wile That's justified by honor, Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a trained attendant ; But for the slorious privilege Of being independent." 154 THE HOUSE THEY TOOK.... | |
 | Rudyard Kipling - Self-confidence - 1923 - 40 pages
...Pickering Edition of the works of the late Robert Burns, on the 171st page, you will find this stanza : To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, Assiduous wait...And gather gear by every wile That's justified by honour— 3 535^80 • * • • &ot'for- to hide it" ma hedge, Nor for a train attendant, But for... | |
 | 1914 - 1240 pages
...the habit of regular and systematic saving. Goldsmith wrote: "To court Dame Fortune's golden smile, Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant....for the glorious privilege Of being independent." "Saving is the secret of wealth." It matters not so much what a man earns as what he saves. Saving... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1887 - 924 pages
...Barbados school banks and giving to even its poor children the pleasure of their first lesson in saving. Not for to hide it in a hedge, Nor for a train attendant...But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. The next mail brought me news that already the master of one >f the primary schools of Bridgetown had... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1908 - 1058 pages
...selfish motives, but in the spirit of the well-known lines of Burns : Not for the sake of getting gear, nor for a train attendant, But for the glorious privilege of being independent. JAMES G. HUTCHINSON. THE PUBLIC TRUSTEE IT is reported of Artemus Ward that he announced his intention... | |
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