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" Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrang, To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. "
The cynosure, select passages from the most distinguished writers [ed. by ... - Page 74
by Cynosure - 1837
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Sketches of the Philosophy of Life

Sir Thomas Charles Morgan - Psychology, Pathological - 1819 - 586 pages
...habits of another, is to impeach him corqm non judice, before a tribunal to which he is not amenable. One point must still be greatly dark, The moving why...lamely can ye mark How far, perhaps, they rue it.* The movements which are excited in the brtin by external impressions, and which constitute * Burns....
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 38

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...treacherous inclination — But, let me whisper i' your lug, Yc're aiblins nac temptation. VII. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister...: One point must still be greatly dark, The moving wAi/ they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. VIII. Who made the heart,...
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The Literary magnet of the belles lettres, science, and the fine ..., Volume 2

Tobias Merton (pseud) - 1824 - 476 pages
...Still gentler sister woman ; Tim' they may gang a kenuin wrang, To step aside is human i Onr point mast still be greatly dark, The moving why they do it ; And just as fairly can ye mark How far perhaps they rue it. Who made the heart, 'tis he alone Decidedly can try...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 pages
...treacherous inclination — But, let me whisper i' your lug, Ye're aiblins uae temptation. VU. Then gently scan your brother man. Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may ganff a kenning wrang ; To stop aside is tinman : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1828 - 324 pages
...point must still be greatly dark," &c. • • " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentlier sister woman— Tho' they may gang a kennin' wrang ; To step aside is human : could not 'possibly have been conveyed with such pathetic force by any poet that ever lived, speaking...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - Poets, Scottish - 1830 - 340 pages
...In how far the " thoughtless follies " of the * " Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentlier sister woman — Tho' they may gang a kennin' wrang...as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. " poet did actually hasten his end, it is needles* to conjecture. They had their share, unquestionably,...
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Life of Robert Burns

John Gibson Lockhart - 1831 - 338 pages
...in all likelihood, sat more heavily on such a being as Burns than a man of plain common sense might One point must still be greatly dark. The moving why they do it : And just as lamely can ye mark, How fer perhaps they rue it." guess,— or even a casual expression of discouraging tendency from the persons...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and Criticism on His ...

Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...treacherous inclination — But, let me whisper i' your lug, Te're aiblins nao temptation. vn. Then gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman ; Tho' they may gang a kennin wrong ; To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dork, The moving ufiy they do it :...
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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 2

1831 - 426 pages
...VII. Then gently scan your brother man, Süll gentler sister woman ; Though they may gang a keim in' wrang; To step aside is human : One point must still be greatly dark, The moving rvhy they do It: And just as lamely can ye mark, How far perhaps they rue it. VIII. Who made the heart,...
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The Cambridge Book of Poetry and Song

Charlotte Fiske Bates - American poetry - 1832 - 1022 pages
...thee, [thee. Warring sighs and groans I'll wage [From To the Unco Guid.] GOD, THE ONLY JUST JUDGE. THEN gently scan your brother man, Still gentler sister woman; Tho' they may gang a kennie wrang, To step aside is human: One point must still be greatly dark, The moving Why they do...
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