 | Robert Fergusson - 1773 - 344 pages
...feel Its influence. Let mirth abound; let social cheer Invest the dawnin' o' the year; Let blythesome innocence appear, To crown our joy ; Nor envy, wi'...sneer, Our bliss destroy. And thou, great god of aqua vitce! Wha sway'st the empire o' this city When fou, we're sometimes capernoity Be thou prepar'd... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1807 - 378 pages
...Lifeless is he wha canna feel Its influence. Let mirth abound ; let social cheer Invest the dawnin' o' the year ; Let blithesome Innocence appear, To crown...sneer, Our bliss destroy. . And thou, great god of Aquaoita ! Wha sways the empire o' this city ; Whan fou, we're sometimes capernoity ;Be thou prepar'd... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1807 - 378 pages
...Lifeless is he wha canna feel Its influence. Let mirth abound ; let social cheer Invest the dawnin' o' the year ; Let blithesome Innocence appear, To crown...sarcastic sneer, Our bliss destroy. And thou, great god of Aquaoitce ! Wha sways the empire o' this city ; Whan fou, we're sometimes capernoity ; Be thou... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 pages
...cheer the heart sae weel As can a canty Highland reel 5 It even vivifies the heel To skip and danrc : Lifeless is he wha canna feel Its influence. > Let...sneer, Our bliss destroy. And thou, great god of Aqua vitte ! Wha sways the empire o' this city. When fou we're sometimes capernoity, Be thou prepar'd To... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1812 - 274 pages
...feel Its influence. Let mirth abound ; let social cheer Invest the dawnin o' the year ; Let blithsome Innocence appear, To crown our joy : Nor Envy, wi'...sarcastic sneer, Our bliss destroy. And thou, great god of Aquacitte ! Wha sways the empire o' this city ; Whan fou, we're sometimes capernoity ; Be thou... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1815 - 348 pages
...your quorum, Not fortes wi' pianos mix, Gie's Tulloch-Gorum. For nought can cheer the heart sac well As can a canty Highland reel, It even vivifies the...sneer, Our bliss destroy. And thou, great god of Aqua Vitce! Wha sways the empire o' this city, When fou we're sometimes capernoity, Be thou prepar'd To... | |
 | Felix M'Donogh - 1820 - 254 pages
...HOGMANY; OR, NEW YEAR'S MORN IN EDINBURGH. Let mirth abound ; let social cheer Invest the dawning o' the year; Let blithesome Innocence appear, To crown our joy ; Nor Envy, wi' sarcastic sneer, Our Wire destroy. FERGUSON. HOGMANY; OR, NEW YEAR'S MORN IN EDINBURGH. IN no part of the inhabitable globe,... | |
 | Robert Fergusson - 1821 - 278 pages
...Its influence. Let mirth abound ; let social cheer Invest the dawnin' o' the year ; Let blythesome innocence appear, To crown our joy ; Nor envy, wi' sarcastic sneer, Our bliss destroy. An' them, great god of aquavits' ! Wha sway'st the empire o' this city- When fou, we're sometimes... | |
 | 1821 - 444 pages
...lose their constrained representations. Let mirth abound; let social cheer Invest the dawning <»' the year ; Let blithesome innocence appear, To crown our joy; Nor Envy, with sarcastic sneer, Our bliss destroy. This festival is called hogmany, either from 1,'homme est... | |
 | 1826 - 374 pages
...master, and obsequious servant, give constrained nature a holiday, and seem to say with the poet, " Let mirth abound, let social cheer Invest the dawning...blithesome innocence appear, To crown our joy ; Nor envy, with sarcastic sneer, Our bliss destroy." In the northern counties of England, New Year's Day is a... | |
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For nought can cheer the heart sae weel As can a canty Highland reel; It even vivifies the heel To skip and dance: Lifeless is he wha canna feel Its influence. Let mirth abound ; let social cheer Invest the dawning of the year; Let blithesome innocence... 
