 O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best ! Welcome the hour my aged limbs Are laid with thee at rest ! The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But, Oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn...  The poetical works of Robert Burns - Page 160by Robert Burns - 1814 - 648 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Old age in literature - 1861 - 144 pages
...honest man Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn. " O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest...best ! Welcome the hour my aged limbs Are laid with thce at rest. The great, the wealthy, fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But, O, a blest... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...honest man Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! O death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest...a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn ! A PKAYEK, IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH. THOU unknown, Almighty Cause Of all my hope and fear ! In whose dread... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! " Oh, Death ! the poor man's dearest friend — The kindest...oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn ! " 1 1 The metrical structure, and some other features of this poem, may be traced to an old stall-ballad,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1863 - 788 pages
...man, Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn! 0 Death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest...oh! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn! EDMUND BURKE. 1730—1797. THIS most distinguished writer and statesman was born at Dublin on the 1st... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! " Oh, Death ! the poor man's dearest friend — The kindest...oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn ! " 1 1 The metrical structure, and some other features of this poem, may be traced to an old stall-ballad,... | |
 | Thomas Budd Shaw, sir William Smith - 1864 - 554 pages
...honest man, Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest...oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn ! 259. THE BANKS o' DOON. Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, How can ye bloom sae fair ! How can ye chant,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1864 - 380 pages
...Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! " Oh, Death ! the poor man's dearest friend — The kindest...oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn ! " THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. INSCRIBED TO ROBERT AIKEN, ESQ. " Let not ambition mock their useful... | |
 | Sabbath school teacher - Drinking of alcoholic beverages - 1864 - 432 pages
...Christianity ! As we read the words " expressed her willingness to die," the lines of Burns rose up, " Oh, Death ! the poor man's dearest friend — The kindest...fear thy blow, From pomp and pleasure torn ; But oh I a bless'd relief to those That weary-laden mourn." A relief only if the weary-laden have been to... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...honest man, Had never, sure, been born, Had there not been some recompense To comfort those that mourn ! O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest...That weary-laden mourn ! A PRAYER, IN THE PROSPECT OF DEA TH. O THOU unknown, Almighty Cause Of all my hope and fear ! In whose dread presence, ere an hour,... | |
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1865 - 784 pages
...! O Death ! the poor man's dearest 'fiend, The kindest and the best! Welcome the hour my aged Irmbs Are laid with thee at rest ! The great, the wealthy,...oh ! a blest relief to those That weary-laden mourn 1 EDMUND BURKE. 1730—1797. THIS most distinguished writer and statesman was born at Dublin on the... | |
| |
