 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...  Contributions to the Edinburgh Review - Page 410by Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844Full view - About this book
 | Ignotus Coaxus (pseud.) - 1835 - 224 pages
...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,... | |
 | 1835 - 616 pages
...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... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1838 - 332 pages
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. ha' Bible, arce his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearing... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 750 pages
...guid; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. xn. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round...wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The hig ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His honnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...the ingle, t form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big AoH-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§ a portion with jndicious care;... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...pronounce no opinion as to the state in which he died — a stranger to the power of Divine grace! 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 rev'rently is laid aside, His lagart haffets wearing... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...earthly care To commune with his God in the still house of prayer. FLORENCE WILSON. 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 is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | 1839 - 460 pages
...lineaments of peace and joy in that scene so graphically drawn by the Scottish bard : "The cheorfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle...The sire turns o'er, wi! patriarchal grace, The big Ha' Bible, ance his father's pride; Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, He w;il''n :i portion... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 368 pages
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, \vi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle...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 care... | |
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