 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pagine
...frugal wine, garrulous will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfn' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle,...; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The hig- Ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearin'... | |
 | Thomas Bush (of Lamborne.) - 1849 - 224 pagine
...his other poems, is like a bright pure gem thrown amid the mire. Thus he describes family devotion. " 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 lyart hafTets wearing thin... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1849 - 290 pagine
...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...is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' hare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion wi' judicious care ; And... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pagine
...mood, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round...wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, * His lyrant haffets wearing thin and bare ; The big ha-Bible,... | |
 | 1892 - 678 pagine
...David Allan in the possession of John Mair, Esq., Plantation, Glasgow. The cheerful supper done with serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide,...The Sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible once his father's pride. His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, Hi« lyart baffets wearing... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pagine
...yrey hairs or temples. wi' = with, wales = chooses. ance = once, nae = no. ***** THE checrfu' supper1 done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form...big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare : Those strains that once did sweet... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pagine
...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 round...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His I vi 1 1 haflets wearing... | |
 | 1852 - 782 pagine
...The mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy What makes the youth sae baahta' an' *• grave ; [the U«" Observations on Scottish ha' -Bible, anee bis father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haflets wearing... | |
 | 1852 - 302 pagine
...lineaments of peace and joy in that scene so graphically drawn by the Scottish bard? " The oheerfu' 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 wales a portion... | |
 | 1852 - 800 pagine
...family-worship after the evening-meal presents them in beautiful combination. " The eheerfu' supper donc, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha* Bible, once his father's pride. Then kneeling down, to heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father,... | |
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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;... 
