 | 1745 - 522 pages
...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... | |
 | Children's poetry - 1843 - 184 pages
...; The sire 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...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin bears the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | H. D. - 1843 - 438 pages
...The sire 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...that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion wi' judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says, wi' solemn air. ******** The priest-like... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - English essays - 1844 - 540 pages
...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'...; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c. " Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : The parent... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Biography - 1844 - 336 pages
...turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'renlly is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an'..." Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. Here follow the hymn, the reading of a chapter in the Bible, and finally the prayer. XVI. Then kneeling... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - Indians - 1844 - 680 pages
...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'..." Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn air. Here follow the hymn, the reading of a chapter in the Bible, and finally the prayer. XVI. Then kneeling... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide. He wales" a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let vs worship God /' he says with solemn air. They chant...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name : z Sorrow. a Wholesome porridge. 6 Cow. c Ueyona. d A parUUan-wall in... | |
 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...you might witness all that is pure and sublime in the scene contemplated by the Scottish bard : — They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin bears the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | American periodicals - 1872 - 862 pages
...The big ha'-Biblr, anee his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffcts wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did...He wales a portion with judicious care; And ' Let tu worship Qod,' he says, with solemn air." All this astonishing work, or at least the greater part... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...His lyart haffets6 wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales7 a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship..."Dundee's" wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive " Martyrs," worthy of the name ; Or noble " Elgin" beets8 the heaven-ward flame, The sweetest far of... | |
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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 care... 
