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 143by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 342 pages
...continue in after Bfe." ' Fire. The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace , The big hall- Bible, once 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-f a portion with judicious care... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...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 is...that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion wi' judicious care ; And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 pages
...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 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 is laid aside,... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...to the parents fondling o'er their child: Then paiuts the ruin'd maid, aud their distraction wild ! The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart hiliV.ts wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...[fell, The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Iiible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart Indicts wearing... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...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 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 is laid aside,... | |
| 1824 - 486 pages
...it good; The frugal wine, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a tawmond 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'-BibU, ance his father's pride; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearin thin... | |
| Saturday night - 1824 - 968 pages
...good i The frugal wifie, garrulous, trill tell, How 'twas a tawmond uultl, sin' lint waa i' the belL The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, w? patriarchal grace, The bif Ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride; His bonmet recently is laid aside,... | |
| Select 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... | |
| 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... | |
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