...Burns so forcibly expresses, and without which his geniua would have perished with him : '* E'en then, a wish, I mind its power A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast. That I for poor auld Scotland's sake Some useful plan or book might...

...of his songs, which are peculiarly domestic and national. He speaks of himself as ever cherishing " A wish (I mind its power,) A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake Some useful plan, or book could make, Or sing a sang...

...it is the little happy-valley of his careworn heart. In the gloom of his own 104 BURNS. affliction, he eagerly searches after some lonely brother of the...with him to the end. a wish, (I mind its power,) A wkh, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor autd Scotland's sake,...

...Nature when he spake of his own native Scotland. He has one strong wish for ever in his heart — — " a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang...

...which, bethinking him of the undefined asoirations of his boyhood he said to himself— " Even then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast, That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book would...

...he tells us in what spirit he wrote, speaking of his boyhood in those familiar lines : * " E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest hour, Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could...

...he tells us in what spirit he wrote, speaking of his boyhood in those familiar lines : " E'en then a wish, I mind its power, A wish that to my latest boor, Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book...

...flowery $lens. and rocky dens. . HLATIKG TO SCOTTISH MANNERS AND CUSTOMS. By PETER LIVINGSTON, DUNDEE, "A wish — I mind its power; A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could...

...him, as if he could do so little for his country, and yet would so gladly have done all." — Carlyle. A WISH (I mind its power), A wish, that to my latest hour Will strongly heave my breast ; That I, for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some useful plan or book could make, Or sing a sang...

...patriotic enthusiasm which is the initial feeling of almost all Scotchmen ? Here it is : — " Even then, a wish (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour 414 WILLIAM AND ROBERT CHAMBERS. 415 Shall strongly heave my breast — That I for poor auld Scotland's...