| Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 pągines
...His lyart haffeU wearing thin an' hare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He walea band upon his breastie : But oh ! The canker-tooth of the most envious criticism cannot well rasten on a work in every respect so perfect... | |
| Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pągines
...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 ; And, ' Let us worship God,' he says, with solemn air." THE domestic devotion of Scotland has inspired many poems and pictures, but no one has touched the... | |
| 1745 - 522 pągines
...aside, His lyart hafltets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care, And "Let us worship God !" he says with solemn air. Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal king, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope springs... | |
| Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge - 1842 - 298 pągines
...stillness by aunts and grandmama, are seated around, while the gray-haired father, from the family bible, " wales a portion with judicious care, And ' Let us worship GOD !' he says, with solemn air." Then follows the substantial breakfast; then, the preparations for church, the saddling and harnessing... | |
| Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 pągines
...And his hoary locks are seen, thin and bare. From strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He takes a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. Then the good father reads the Sacred page : How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade... | |
| 1843 - 184 pągines
...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, And ' Let...hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin bears the heavenward... | |
| Readings - 1843 - 466 pągines
...wales 66 a portion with judicious care; And " Let us worship God," he says, wi' solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim; Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, 47 ruth, mercy, kind feeling. 43 halesome, wholesome. 49 parriteh, oatmeal-pudding.... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 pągines
...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 ; And 'Let...; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c. " Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest : The parent... | |
| Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pągines
...Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide. He wales" a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let vs worship God /' he says with solemn air. They chant...hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name : z Sorrow. a Wholesome porridge.... | |
| T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pągines
...you might witness all that is pure and sublime in the scene contemplated by the Scottish bard : — They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They...hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin bears the heavenward... | |
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