...pride of gold, Made brethren distant, or rtisputers bold. DR. RAFFLES. 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 aside,...

...description is the following : — " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle f, form a circle wide ; The Sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha-Sible, ance his Father's pride : Peep. H 6 His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets...

...sin' lint was in the bell," are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. " 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...

...wine, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The eheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The hig ha'-bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid...

...good ; I he frugal wifle garrulous will tell. How 'thasa towmoiid auld, sin' lint was V the bell. xn. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face' They, round the ingle, form a circle wide • J he sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big Ha'-BMe, ance his father's pride • His bonnet...

...contented in the evening to the bosom of his family—-and now " the supper crowns their simple board :"— 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,...

...parties in a treaty ! — ED. For the Microcoim. THE OLD FAMILY BIBLE. " 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 hall bible once his father's pride." BURNS. SOMBRE, ponderous, well-worn...

...lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck,fell, An' aft he's prest, an' aft he ca's it guid ; The frugal wifie, ohn Aikin ha' Bible, arce his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearing...

...and homeliness, that equally mark them. Of the latter description is the following : " The cheerfii' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle,*...big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffetst wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet...

...guid ) The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the hell. sing ill : Smit hy her sacred frown The fiend, discretion, like a vapour sinks, And hig ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His honnet reverently is laid aside, His ly art hallets wearing...