 | Francis Jacox - 1873 - 516 strani
...beastie," in such terms as these : "I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, And justifies that ill opinion Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, And fellow-mortal." The sight of a redbreast chasing a butterfly moved Wordsworth to the rather far-going... | |
 | Geddes MacGregor - 1990 - 292 strani
...child, so close is he to all that lives and breathes. He offers his apology: I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, An' justifies...startle At me. thy poor, earth-born companion An' fellow mortal! In his reverence for all life, he is not content to talk down to the trembling creature... | |
 | E. G. Nisbet - 1991 - 384 strani
...three-dimensional climate modelling. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 3 The causes of change I'm truly sorry man's dominion has broken nature's social union an' justifies...startle at me, thy poor, earth-born companion an' fellow mortal! But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane in proving foresight may be vain, The best-laid schemes... | |
 | Martin Gardner - 1992 - 226 strani
...bickering brattle!' I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murdering pattle!2 II I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, An' justifies...thee startle At me, thy poor, earth-born companion III I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve; What then? poor beastie, thou maun live. A daimen icker... | |
 | Irving Farmer Kennedy - 1994 - 208 strani
...quoting Robert Burns to my parents in our old brick home in the village near Ottawa, would discuss "that ill opinion which makes thee startle at me, thy poor earth-born companion, and fellow mortal." And Mother responded with that most beautiful Burns song, "My Luve is like a Red,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - 1995 - 936 strani
...bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murd'ring pattle! I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union. An' justifies that ill opinion. Which makes thee startle 10 At me, thy poor, earth-bom companion. An' fellow-mortal! I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve;... | |
 | John McRae - 1998 - 172 strani
...bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murdering pattle! I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, An' justifies...startle At me, thy poor, earth-born companion An' fellow mortal! I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve; What then? Poor beastie, thou maun live! A... | |
 | Robert L. Dorman - 1998 - 278 strani
...expresses regret to a field mouse whose nest had been broken open by Burns's plow: "I'm truly sorry Man's dominion / Has broken Nature's social union, /An'...startle, /At me, thy poor, earth-born companion, / An' Jellow- mortal !" Certainly there are echoes of these sentiments in Muir's Gulf journal. Commenting... | |
 | Lewis Turco - 2000 - 356 strani
...laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murd'ring pattle! I'm truly sorry man's dominion Has broken Nature s social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which...thy poor, earth-born companion. An' fellow-mortal! — Robert Burns RIME ROYAL. The septet stanza form in which Geoffrey Chaucer wrote Troilus and Cressida... | |
 | John Strachan - 2001 - 212 strani
...bickering brattle! I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, Wi' murd'ring pattle ! I'm truly sorry Man's dominion Has broken Nature's social union, An' justifies...opinion, Which makes thee startle, At me, thy poor, eartlvborn companion, An' fellow'mortal\ Burns began life as an agricultural worker in Ayrshire in... | |
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I'm truly sorry man's dominion. Has broken nature's social union, An' justifies that ill opinion, Which makes thee startle At me, thy poor earth-born companion, An... 
