 | Robert Burns - 1786 - 248 pagine
...tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, fin' Lint was i' the bell. XII. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ;...The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big hrf-Bible, ance his Father's pride : board, His bonnet rev'rently is laid afide, His lyart haffets... | |
 | SEVERAL HANDS - 1786 - 602 pagine
...tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, fin' lint was i' the bell". XII. The chearfu' fupper done, with ferious face, They round the ingle '< form a circle wide ;...The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big bo.' £i¿le, anee his father's pride * : Hii ч Perritcb, a mefs, made of oatmeal and water, boiled... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1790 - 308 pagine
...will tell, How 'was a towmond auld, fin Lint was i' the bell. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big bo 1 -Bible, ance his Father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid afide, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - 1790 - 308 pagine
...will tell, How 'was a towmond auld, fin Lint was i' the bell. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ;...The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big bo1 -Bible, ance his Father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid afide, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | James Anderson - 1722 - 440 pagine
...garrulous, will tell, How t'was a towmond auld sin" lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle...; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The fig ha-bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart barrels wearing... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 pagine
...tell. How 'twas a towmond auld iiri" Lint was i' the bell XII. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face,' • They, round the ingle, form a circle wide...ha -Bible, ance his Father's pride : ; His bonnet rey'rently is laid afide, His lyart hafiets wearing thin and bare ; Thofe ftrains that onee did fweet... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 424 pagine
...represents William Burnes and his family at their evening devotions. The cheerful supper done, with serious face, They, round the ingle,* form a circle...The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ball-Bible, once his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffet'sf wearing... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pagine
...grave ; Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like die lave, ' The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big Iia'-Silile, ance his fadier's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid... | |
 | James Sargant Storer, John Greig (engraver) - 1805 - 112 pagine
...father's house is well described by Burns, in his Cotter's Saturday Night: The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide;...turns o'er with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, once his father's pride. He wales a portion with judicious care, And " let us worship God," he says,... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - 1805 - 616 pagine
...their families, which is so interestingly described by the Airshire poet. The cheerfu. nipper done, wi. serious face, . They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o.er, wi. patriarchal grace. The big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev.rently is laid aside,... | |
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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... 
