 It's no in titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest ; It's no in making muckle, mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may...  The works of Horace: with English notes - Side 369af Horace, John Larkin Lincoln - 1884 - 575 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Mrs. Grace (Hastings) Sharp, Mabel Hill - 1922 - 232 sider
...necessary to make up a worth-while life. "If happiness has not her seat And center in the breast, You may be wise or rich or great, But never can be blest." This old-fashioned verse I suppose means that happiness is a state of mind independent of things and... | |
 | 1916 - 568 sider
...and rest, It's no' In makln' muckle mair, It's no1 In looks, It's no' in lear To make us truly blest; If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast...treasures nor pleasures Could make us happy lang, The heart aye's the pairt aye, That makes us richt or wrang." Again, in "An Epistle to a Young Friend,"... | |
 | James Wilson - 1923 - 210 sider
...making much, more ; It's not in books ; it's not in learning, To make us truly blest : If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest: No treasures, or pleasures Could make us happy long ; The heart is always the part, That makes us right... | |
 | 1912 - 618 sider
...It's no in books; it's no in lear To make us truly blest. If happiness has not her seat And center in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great,...treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang, The heart aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrang. — Robert Burns. Public Libraries Library Schools... | |
 | George William McClelland - 1925 - 1178 sider
...It's no in books; it's no in lear, 5 To mak us truly blest; If happiness hae not her seat And center ars let some set up, If so they please, Here is my...hope, And my pyramides. GEORGE HERBERT (1593-1633) heart ay's the part ay That makes us right or wrang. ">° Think ye, that sic as you and I, Wha drudge... | |
 | 1896 - 432 sider
...Every one of you has the answer ready, and you give it in the admirable words of the Poet himself — " If happiness hae not her seat, And centre in the breast:...be wise or rich or great, But never can be blest."' 29 poet he knew society through and through. He estimated it at its proper value, and he was well aware... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Wilson - 1925 - 372 sider
...blist than thay, Hwaw scairslie tent us in thur wei, Az hawrlie wurth thur hweil ? If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great. But never can be blest. No treasures, or pleasures Could make us happy long. The heart is always the part That makes us right... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 sider
...and rest ; It's no in makin muckle mair: It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If Happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,...treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang; The heart ay's the part ay, That makes us right or wrang. Poems (Kilmarnock), 1786 o 405 Address to the... | |
 | Wilfred Whitten - 1926 - 212 sider
...and rest; It's no in makin' muckle mair: It's no in books, it's no in gear, To make us truly blest; If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,...treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us happy lang. The heart aye's the part aye That makes us right or wrang. We were rising into a purer air of adolescence... | |
 | Edwin Holt Hughes - 1928 - 194 sider
...Robert Burns is even more direct and human in his statement: ' If happiness hath not her seat And center in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest." The conclusion of the whole matter is: "The heart's aye the part, aye, That makes us right or wrang."... | |
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