 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 σελίδες
...legal right of the British citizen * " The poetic genius of my country found me as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha — at the plough ; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my native soil, in... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 σελίδες
...inherit the virtues of their ancestors ? The poetic genins of my country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha— at the plough ; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my native soil, in... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 σελίδες
...inherit the virtues of their Ancestors ? The Poetic Genius of my Country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha — at the PLOUGH ; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my native soil, in... | |
 | 1817 - 506 σελίδες
...the Caledonian Hunt, Burns observes, " the poetic genius of my country found me as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha, at the plough, and threw her inspiring mantle over me." The alto-relievo of the sculptor will embody this elegant thought on marble, and the effect of... | |
 | 1820 - 344 σελίδες
...the Caledonian Hunt, where he says, " The poetic genius of my country found me as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha, at the plough, and threw her inspiring mantle over me." There are only two figures in the piece, the bard, a fine rustic figure, represented as grasping... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots - 1821 - 414 σελίδες
...boldly claimed his station in renown. "The poetic genius of my country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha, at the PLOUGH ; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes, and rural pleasures, of my native soil,... | |
 | Society of ancient Scots - 1821 - 226 σελίδες
...boldly claimed his station in renown. " The poetic genius of my country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha, at the PLOUGH ; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes, and rural pleasures, of my native soil,... | |
 | Joseph Robertson, Society of Ancient Scots, London - 1822 - 458 σελίδες
...boldly claimed his station in renown. " The poetic genius of my country found me, as the prophetic hard Elijah did Elisha, at the PLOUGH ; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She hade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes, and rural pleasures, of my native soil,... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 σελίδες
...inherit the virtues of their Ancestors ! The Poetic Genius of my Country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha — at the plough ; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bade me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my native soil, in... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 σελίδες
...inherit the virtues of their Ancestors? The Poetic Genius of my Country found me, a* the prophetic lard Elijah did Elisha — at the PLOUGH; and threw her inspiring mantle over me. She bad me sing the loves, the joys, the rural scenes and rural pleasures of my native soil, in... | |
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The poetic genius of my country found me, as the prophetic bard Elijah did Elisha, at the plough, and threw her. inspiring mantle over me. 
