 | 1892 - 678 trang
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 trang
...tell, H"W 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the beii. xn. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' senous face. They round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace. The big Aa'-BiWe, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rcv'rently is laid aside, His lyart liaffets wearing... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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 trang
...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,... | |
 | 1852 - 782 trang
...the youth sae baahlu' an' sae grave ; [the lave. Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi1 patriarchal grace. The big ha' -Bible, anee his lather's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 trang
...shears, Gars auld claes look amaigt as weel's the new ; The father mixes a' wi' admonition due. * * * * 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... | |
 | 1853 - 560 trang
...frugal \vifie, garrulous, will tell, How 't was a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The checrfu' 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 ; 400 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. His bonnet reverently is laid... | |
| |
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 wearin thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care... 
