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" He who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 262
1809
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...hear, well pleas'd the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVHI. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest ; The parent-pair their secret homage pay. And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He who stills...
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Specimens of sacred and serious poetry, from Chaucer to the present day ...

John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...May hear, well-pleas'd, the language of the soul; A nd in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way; The...raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in How 'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, * Pope's Windsor Forest. For them and for...
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New elegant extracts; a selection from the most eminent British ..., Volume 1

New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...Then homeward all take off their several way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven...the warm request — That He who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best,...
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A London Encyclopaedia, Or Universal Dictionary of Science, Art ..., Volume 18

Thomas Curtis - Aeronautics - 1829 - 804 pages
...always refuses, taxes the proférer with indiscretion, and declares his assistance needless. Collier. The parent pair their secret homage pay, And proffer...the warm request — That He who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best,...
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Studies in Poetry: Embracing Notices of the Lives and Writings of the Best ...

George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the soul ; And in his book of life the inmates poor enroll. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request That he who stills the...
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A selection of moral lessons, natural history, Bible lessons, and poetry

Alexander Spencer - 1831 - 166 pages
...dear, While circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. Then homeward all take off their several way, The youngling cottagers retire to rest ; The...their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven their warm request, That He who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And deeks the lily fair in flowery...
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Jones's Cabinet Edition of British Poets, Volume 2

1831 - 426 pages
...near, well pleas'd, the language of the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVIII. Then homeward all take off their sev*ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest The parent-pair their teeret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request That He who stills the...
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The Eclectic Reader: Designed for Schools and Academies

Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...the soul; And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. Then homeward all take off their several way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest: The parent...Heaven the warm request That He, who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best,...
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The Bristol Job Nott, Or, Labouring Man's Friend, Issue 1

Working class - 1832 - 220 pages
...in an eternal sphere. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottages ie tire to rest : The parent pair, their secret homage pay,...proffer up to heaven the warm request. That He, who «tills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decke the lily fyir in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way his...
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Advertisement ; Life of Burns ; Glossary ; Preface to the first edition ...

Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...hear, well pleas' d, Uje language of the soul And in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. XVITL Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest ; The parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That II? who stills...
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