 tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted.  Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 161by Robert Burns - 1800 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 358 pages
...heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias. Then at the balance let's be mute ; We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. THE INVENTORY. IN ANSWER... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 440 pages
...made the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord its various tone, Each spring its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY.* An... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1863 - 368 pages
...heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias. Then at the balance let's be mute ; We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. THE INVENTORY. IN ANSWER... | |
 | 1864 - 670 pages
...heart, 'tis he alone Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord — its various tone ; Each spring — its various bias. Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it: What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted." The teachings of Burns... | |
 | 1865 - 582 pages
...heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it.^[ Dunsford the essayist's objection to all hasty judgment of our fellowcreatures is based... | |
 | 1865 - 496 pages
...'tis He alone Decidedly can try us : He knows each chord — its various tone, — Each spring — its various bias ; Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, We know not what's resisted." , Here- the matter is... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1865 - 470 pages
...heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord— its various tone, Each spring — its various bias : Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted. TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY. An... | |
 | Frederick Saunders - 1866 - 412 pages
...the heart, 'tis He alone decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord, its various tone ; each spring, its various bias. Then at the balance let's be mute, we never can adjust it ; What's done, we partly may compute, but know not what's resisted. Burns was little more... | |
 | John Joseph Craven - 1866 - 394 pages
...heart — it's he alone, Decidedly can try us ; He knows each chord — its various tone, Each spring, its various bias ; Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it — What's done we partly may compute, But know not what resisted. A remark, that I hoped... | |
 | 1881 - 996 pages
...the heart, 'tis He alone Decidedly can try us, He knows each chord- its various tone; Each spring, its various bias. Then at the balance let's be mute, We never can adjust it ; What's done we partly may compute, But know not what's resisted." THE WILDERNESS. BY LnCY... | |
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