 It's no in making muckle, mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But never can be blest : Nae treasures, nor pleasures, Could make us...  Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 217by Robert Burns - 1800 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Marianne H. Lumsden - 1879 - 204 pages
...remonstrating, warmly, energetically pleading, for the happiness of his Yorkshire client CHAPTER XIV. " It's no' in books, it's no' in lear, To make us truly blest : If Happiness has not her seat And centre in the Breast ; We may be wise, or rich, or great,... | |
 | 1880 - 658 pages
...useful to others becomes a burden to himself. — Shepherd of the Pyrenees. HAPPINESS IN LOVE. — It's no' in books, it's no' in lear, To make us truly blest ; If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise^r rich, or great, But... | |
 | Samuel Smiles - 1881 - 392 pages
...in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, To purchase peace and rest; It's no in making inuckle mair; It's no in books; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest: If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast,^ We may be wise, or rich, or great,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1882 - 540 pages
...: It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest : It's no in making muckle mair ;6 It's no in books ; it's no in lear ; To make us truly blest ; If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great,... | |
 | Kate Sanborn - 1884 - 396 pages
...cure. IT'S no in titles nor in rank, It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest; It's no in makin' muckle mair, It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If Happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise or rich or great, But... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 310 pages
...hum. It's no in titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest : It's no in makin muckle, mair ; It's no in books, it's no in lear,* To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat An' centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - 364 pages
...titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest: It's no in making muckle mair ; It's no in books ; it's no in lear, To make us truly blest: If happiness has not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But... | |
 | Thomas Campbell Finlayson - 1887 - 288 pages
...titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest ; It's no in making muckle mair : It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1887 - 400 pages
...titles nor in rank ; It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest ; It's no in making muckle, mair: It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest : If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great,... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1908 - 962 pages
...nor in rank, It's no in wealth like Lon'on bank, To purchase peace and rest; It's no in making mucklc mair, It's no in books, it's no in lear, To make us truly blest: If happiness hae not her seat And centre in the breast, We may be wise, or rich, or great, But... | |
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