 | Robert Burns - 1800 - Страниц: 424
...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 - Страниц: 330
...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 - Страниц: 500
...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... | |
 | 1854 - Страниц: 800
...symptoms of disapprobation. NEWS FROM THE FARM. " THE Ayrshire Ploughman," glorious Burns, tells us that the muse of his country found him, as Elijah...the plough, and threw her inspiring mantle over him. Grateful Caledonia sent her inspired child to an excise office ! and in the discriminating patronage... | |
 | 1817 - Страниц: 506
...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 - Страниц: 344
...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... | |
 | Society of ancient Scots - 1821 - Страниц: 226
...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 - 1821 - Страниц: 414
...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 - Страниц: 458
...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 - Страниц: 418
...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... | |
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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. 
