 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
 | James Waddel Alexander - Families - 1847 - 282 pages
...Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haifets wearing thin and bare : Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,...care ; And, Let us worship God ! he says with solemn tir. They chant their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far their noblest aim... | |
 | 1847 - 560 pages
...care ; ' And let us worship God,' he cries with solemn air." The Cotter's Saturday Night.—Burns. His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare, Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide But it must be obvious, that such instances alone are no solid foundation for the principle of a general... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...ha' Bible **, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart hnffets §§, wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales jj ]| a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. They chant... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1922 - 620 pages
...Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide,...portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God 1 ' he says, with solemn air. books, magazines and newspapers. But with the decay of the Methodist... | |
 | Arthur G. Adams - Literary Criticism - 1980 - 356 pages
...provisioned." cried Heyward. cheerfully, "and may set Montcalm and his allies at defiance. ..." CHAPTER VI. "Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide;...And 'Let us worship God.' he says, with solemn air." BURNS. Heyward, and his female companions, witnessed this mysterious movement with secret uneasiness;... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Fiction - 1985 - 1388 pages
...perpendicular rock, that rose to the height of a few yards, within as many feet of the water's edge. Chapter VI "Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide;...And let us worship God, he says, with solemn air." Burns, "The Cotter's Saturday Night," 11. 106-108. HEYWARD, and his female companions, witnessed this... | |
 | Geddes MacGregor - Fiction - 1990 - 292 pages
...pnde: His bonnet reverently is laid aside. His lyart haffets u=eann ' thin and bare; Those itrains that once did sweet in Zion glide He wales a portion...And "Let us worship God!" he says with solemn air. — Robert Burns, The Cotter's Saturday \ight J_ O understand the religion of a people is to understand... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - Fiction - 1992 - 388 pages
...perpendicular rock, that rose to the height of a few yards, within as many feet of the water's edge. Chapter 6 Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide; He...care; And 'Let us worship God,' he says, with solemn air.40 HEYWARD and his female companions witnessed this mysterious movement with secret uneasiness;... | |
 | Donald A. Low - Literary Criticism - 1974 - 474 pages
...ha'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,...And 'let us worship God,' he says with solemn air. The canker-tooth of the most envious criticism cannot well fasten on a work in every respect so perfect... | |
 | Mary Warner Blanchard - Philosophy - 1998 - 332 pages
...gave her was one by Robert Burns from Cottar's Saturday Night. "I could always see Father in the line: He wales a portion with judicious care; / And 'Let us worship God,' he says, with solemn air." E. Davis Gaillard, interview with author, io Sept. 1992, Onteora. 11. Wheeler, Yesterdays, 28, 48.... | |
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