 The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2611809Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 368 lehte
...ance his father's pride : * His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,..." Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 lehte
...once his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, t His lyartj haffets§ wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,...And " Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air. 2 They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ;... | |
 | 1840 - 368 lehte
...turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an'...Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; [air. And " Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn They chant their artless notes in simple guise;... | |
 | William Maxwell Gunn - 1840 - 496 lehte
...is laid aside, His lyart haffits wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Sion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God," he says, with solemn air. Verily, Burns, thou and thy compeers must have looked on the Bible with tedium, satiety, and disgust... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 lehte
...His lyart haffeU wearing thin an' hare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He walea band upon his breastie : But oh ! The canker-tooth of the most envious criticism cannot well rasten on a work in every respect so perfect... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 lehte
...Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,...' Let us worship God,' he says, with solemn air." THE domestic devotion of Scotland has inspired many poems and pictures, but no one has touched the... | |
 | 1745 - 522 lehte
...bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently laid aside, His lyart hafltets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,...And "Let us worship God !" he says with solemn air. Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal king, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope springs... | |
 | Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge - 1842 - 298 lehte
...stillness by aunts and grandmama, are seated around, while the gray-haired father, from the family bible, " wales a portion with judicious care, And ' Let us worship GOD !' he says, with solemn air." Then follows the substantial breakfast; then, the preparations for church, the saddling and harnessing... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 lehte
...And his hoary locks are seen, thin and bare. From strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He takes a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. Then the good father reads the Sacred page : How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 lehte
...ance his father's pride : HiB bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His laggart haffets wearin' thin and bare, Those strains that once did sweet In Zion glide, He wales a portion wi' judicious care, And ' Let us worship God,' he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes... | |
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