That hangs his head, and a' that! The coward slave, we pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The Man's the gowd for a Bentley's Miscellany - Page 378edited by - 1837Full view - About this book
| Robert Burns - 1800 - 460 pages
...pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What thoagh on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
| Scottish songs - 1816 - 378 pages
...that! R3 That hangs his head, and a' that; For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin grey, and a' that ; Vor a5 that, and a' that, Their... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...pass him by, We dare be poor for a" that ! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on namely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey, and a' that; Gie fools their silks, and knaves... | |
| 1884 - 398 pages
...were gentle men. As Robert Burns says — " For a' that and a' that, Our toils obscure and a' that ; The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that." Let us add, however, that nothing makes a man a gentleman like being a Christian ; for, in so... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1825 - 756 pages
...pass him by, We dare he poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
| Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 pages
...pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that! For a' that, and a' that, Our toils obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What though on hamely fare we dine, Wear hodden-grey", and a' that; (iie fools their silks, and... | |
| Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 pages
...poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that; r a' that, and a' that, >ur toil's obscure, and a' that, e rank' is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. uattho' on hamelyfare we dine, A'ear hoddin grey, and a' that ; ? fools their silks, and knaves... | |
| 1831 - 470 pages
...o'clock ; there is a something in your very look, however smart, shall prate " of your whereabouts." " The rank is but the guinea's stamp, the man's the gowd for a' that ;" — granted: but, oh! ye want that stamp most sadly, in seeking to vie with the fashionable,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 pages
...pass him by, We dare be poor for a' that ! Fora' that, and a' that, Our toil's obscure, and a' that, The rank is but the guinea's stamp, The man's the gowd for a' that. What tho' on hamely fare we dine, Wear hoddin gray, and a' that ; Gie fools their silks, and... | |
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