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" GRACE. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON. PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on airn ; But now she's floating down... "
American Medicine - Page 710
1917
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The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life, Volume 3

Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 356 pages
...pluck the flower Safety." There was no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. XLIX. THE SELKIRK GRACE. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that...But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. On a visit to St. Mary's Isle, the Earl of Selkirk requested Burns to say grace at dinner....
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1839 - 352 pages
...Mary's Isle, on being requested to say grace by the Earl of Selkirk, repeated the following lines : SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON.' PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on aim ; But...
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The Works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pages
...„M no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. J 0 That is threaten him. LXII. Ojt gtlJurh «SSract . How royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him ! Was managing...quorum ; If sleekit Chatham Will was livin', Or glaik LXIII. fnnocmct. Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; while rosy pleasure Hides young desire amid her...
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The Works of Robert Burns, Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1841 - 354 pages
...more. A GRACE, SPOKEN AT THE TABLE OF THE EARL OF SELKIRK. SOME hae meat that canna eat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit EPIGRAM ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQCIRE. O DEATH, hadst thou but spar'd his...
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The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns: With Explanatory and Glossarial ...

Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...Mary'» lile, the Earl of Selkirk requeued Burn« to say grace at dinner; he complied in Řĺč words. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that...But we hae meat and we can eat. And sae the Lord be thank et. ON A SUICIDE. EARTH'D up here lies an imp o' hell, Planted by Satan's dibble — Poor silly...
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Select Writings of Robert Chambers, Volume 7

Robert Chambers - 1847 - 372 pages
...fineless,' quo' Aunty Matty ; ' Chap away,' quo' Watty. THE COVENANTER'S GRACE. Some hae meat that canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, For which the Lord be thankit ! When Burns dined with the Earl of Selkirk, at St Mary's Isle, he repeated...
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The Works of Robert Burns. With an Account of His Life, and Criticism on His ...

Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...Lord ! a louse, Sir, is still but a louse, Though it crawl on the curls of a queen. THE SELKIRK GRACE. SOME hae meat and canna eat. And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can cat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ON THE POET'S DAUGHTER. HERE lies a rose, a budding rose, Blasted...
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Poetic chimes, or, Leisure lays: also, a play entitled King James v., or ...

John Fraser - 1852 - 200 pages
...name, ye'll maybe guess, When ance ye read. " There's some hae meat that canna eat, And some could eat that want it, But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." The Ambros'a, we sat anent it, When dry, the nectar drank it. Then each...
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Titan: A Monthly Magazine..., Volume 3

1854 - 542 pages
...cream; so to it we went, like men who could enter most heartily into the stanza of Robert Burns: — ' Some ha'e meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat, that want it; Now we ha'e meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.' Having had a delicious repast, the...
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The Life and Works of Robert Burns, Volume 4

Robert Burns - 1854 - 356 pages
...taste, And spare the golden bindings. GRACES BEFORE MEAT. Some hae meat and canna cat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. 0 Thou, who kindly dost provide For every creature's want ! We bless Thee,...
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