 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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 страници
...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. 
