| 1835 - 616 trang
...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 trang
...mark them. Of the latter description is the following : " The cheerfii' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle,* form a circle wide ; The sire...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 trang
...How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, C ha' Bible, arce his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearing... | |
| John Aikin - 1838 - 750 trang
...How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. xn. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle 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 trang
...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;... | |
| 1839 - 460 trang
...that scene so graphically drawn by the Scottish bard : "The cheorfu' supper 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; Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, He w;il''n :i portion... | |
| 1841 - 986 trang
...which he died — a stranger to the power of Divine grace! 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 ha' bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lagart haffets wearing... | |
| Jewel - 1839 - 352 trang
...still house of prayer. FLORENCE WILSON. FAMILY WORSHIP. 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 Ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 368 trang
...'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 wide ; The sire...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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 trang
...dreamy child, On breese-likc fancies wandered oft away, XII. 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 ha'-bible, anee his father's pride ;* His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an'... | |
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