 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;...  Poems - Page 187by Robert Burns - 1811Full view - About this book
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...guid ; The frugal wific, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmoud auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...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... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...selection and the former : we rather wish the whole poem had been inserted. 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, once his father's pride: His honnet reverently is laid... | |
 | Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...strength, in joy's ecstatic dayr Thy hope, when joy has pass'd away. 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, once his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...garrulous will tell, How 'thas a towmond auld, sin' lint was I ' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' sapper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form...father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His Ivan haffets wearin thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 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,...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... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...guid ; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell [bell. How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...phrases of courtship and endearment by which some verses professedly sacred are debased. FAMILY WORSHIP. THE cheerfu ' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...The Sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big Ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is4aid aside, His lyart hafFets wearing... | |
 | American Bible Society - 1914 - 610 pages
...immortalized Scotland's peasant homes in his Cotter's Saturday Night,' in such words as these: "The cheerfri' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the Ingle, form a circle wide ; The elre turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. And further he writes,... | |
 | 1829 - 526 pages
...that beautiful picture for the poet, in this case not the inventor, but the painter of a portrait. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, once his father's pride : His honnet reverently is laid aside, His I) art hnffrts wenrin... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...the youth sae bashfu' an' sae grave ; Weel pleas'd to think her bairn 's respected like the lave.10 The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'i Bible ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aaide, His lyarta haffets3 wearing... | |
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