 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 and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious...  The British poets, including translations - Page 147by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Religion - 1839 - 460 pages
...lineaments of peace and joy in that scene so graphically drawn by the Scottish bard : "The cheorfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle...The sire turns o'er, wi! patriarchal grace, The big Ha' Bible, ance his father's pride; Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, He w;il''n :i portion... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1840 - 368 pages
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, \vi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle...rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care... | |
 | William Maxwell Gunn - Religious education - 1840 - 496 pages
...was disgusted with bis Bible because he was accustomed to use it at school as a common schoolbook. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round...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 haffits wearing... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 378 pages
...it guid ; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell How 'twas a towmond auld sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...bell," are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. " The cheerfu' rapper gard ha' bible, anee his father'» pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffeU wearing... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...they did eat. LESSON XLIV. The Cotter's Saturday Night. — Urn .vs. 1 THE cheerful supper done, with serious face, They round the ingle,* form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, f once his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...bonnet on his horns, is not half so ludicrous, though painted on purpose. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er with patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | 1841 - 306 pages
...old, since flax was in the bell. The cheerftd supper done, wi' serious face They round the fire-place form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big old Bible, once his father's pride His bonnet reverently is laid aside, Hie grey locks wearing thin... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...calling to mind these Hues, contrast the pompous parade of the one with the humble piety of the other. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride : HiB bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His laggart haffets wearin'... | |
 | 1745 - 522 pages
...as they could get — without recalling the beautiful lines in Burns' " Cotter's Saturday Night :" " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently laid aside,... | |
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