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" And proffer up to heaven the warm request, That HE who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide, But chiefly in their hearts with... "
The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life, and a criticism on ... - Page 87
by Robert Burns - 1800
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Studies in English poetry [an anthology] with biogr. sketches and notes by J ...

Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...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 \vny His wisdom sees the best, For them, and for their little ones, provide ; But, chiefly, in their...
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The life and works of Robert Burns, ed. by R. Chambers. Libr. ed, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...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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The Christian Examiner and Religious Miscellany, Volume 61

Liberalism (Religion) - 1856 - 500 pages
...we read a description like that of the Cotters Saturday Night, — where "the parent pair" " Proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That He who stills the raven's clamorous nest, And decks the lily fuir in flowery pride. Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best,...
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The works of professor Wilson, ed. by prof. Ferrier, Volume 7

John Wilson - 1857 - 466 pages
...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 clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide...
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Essays critical and imaginative

John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...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 clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide...
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The Works of Professor Wilson of the University of Edinburgh: Essays ...

John Wilson - 1857 - 454 pages
...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 clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide...
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English poetry, for use in the schools of the Collegiate institution ...

English poetry - 1857 - 334 pages
...circling time moves round in an eternal sphere. ****** 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...
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A Compendium of English Literature: Chronologically Arranged from Sir John ...

Charles Dexter Cleveland - American literature - 1848 - 786 pages
...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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Robert Burns and Sir Walter Scott: Two Lives

James White - Authors, Scottish - 1858 - 316 pages
...way; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : Their Parent-pair their secret homage pay, And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, That HE, who stills...raven's clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide...
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Working and waiting; or, Patience in well-doing, by the author ..., Volume 372

Frances Elizabeth G. Carey- Brock - 1858 - 338 pages
...MDCCCr.VIII. WORKING AND WAITING, &c. &c. CHAPTER I. " 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 Heavefffrie/'warm request That He who stills the raven's• clamorous nest, And decks...
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