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
| Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 pages
...who has a fancy for the eldest daughter, Jenny, and finally the evening meal. He then proceeds : — XII. 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 is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
| 1922 - 620 pages
...The Cotter's Saturday Night, must recall the characteristic scene which he so graphically describes : 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 is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearing... | |
| United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 222 pages
...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patrlarchlal grace, The big ha'-blble, ance his father's pride: * • * • • He wales a portion... | |
| United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 224 pages
...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchial grace. The big ha'-bible, ance his father's pride: * * * * • He wales a portion... | |
| Geddes MacGregor - 1990 - 292 pages
...their English counterparts, is essential for the future of higher education in Britain. 6 Religion The cheerfu ' supper done, wi ' serious face They...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha '-bible, ance his faither's pnde: His bonnet reverently is laid aside. His lyart haffets u=eann... | |
| Donald A. Low - 1974 - 474 pages
...'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...big 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... | |
| J. Cheryl Exum, Stephen D. Moore - 1998 - 518 pages
...been read as typifying ancient Scottish piety's deep treasuring of the Bible. Those well-known lines, 'The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, /The big ha'bible, ance his father's pride', have tended to be generalized by readers of Burns and writers on Burns to such an extent that they... | |
| Leigh Eric Schmidt - 2001 - 320 pages
...Atlantic, "The Cotter's Saturday Night" paints a warm, touching scene of family worship: The chearfu' 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 is laid aside,... | |
| Cleland Boyd McAfee - 2005 - 301 pages
...which was having tremendous influence in England as well as in Scotland: "The eheerfu' supper done, wf serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, anee his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
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