 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 ページ
...it guid: The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. 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 reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 ページ
...guid ; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell [bell. How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...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 Johnstone - 1827 - 596 ページ
...phrases of courtship and endearment by which some verses professedly sacred are debased. FAMILY WORSHIP. 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 is4aid aside, His lyart hafFets wearing... | |
 | American Bible Society - 1914 - 610 ページ
...immortalized Scotland's peasant homes in his Cotter's Saturday Night,' in such words as these: "The cheerfri' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the Ingle, form a circle wide ; The elre turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride. And further he writes,... | |
 | 1829 - 526 ページ
...that beautiful picture for the poet, in this case not the inventor, but the painter of a portrait. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, once his father's pride : His honnet reverently is laid aside, His I) art hnffrts wenrin... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 516 ページ
...the youth sae bashfu' an' sae grave ; Weel pleas'd to think her bairn 's respected like the lave.10 The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'i Bible ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aaide, His lyarta haffets3 wearing... | |
 | 1830 - 472 ページ
...during the time the father lived in it, is thus described by the poet, in his Cotter's Saturday night: The cheerfu' 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, once his father's pride. He wales a portion with judicious... | |
 | 1831 - 426 ページ
...the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell. An' aft he's prest, an' aft he ca't it guid; The frugal wine, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin*...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace. The big ita'-Bible, anee his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 ページ
...towmondauld, sin' lint was i' the belt xn. The cheeVfti' supper done, wi' serious face, Tljejr'round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er,...father's pride : His bonnet reVrently is laid aside, His ly art haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a... | |
 | 1832 - 220 ページ
...spend, And weary o'er the moor, his course does homeward bend. The cheerful supper dono, with serions 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, • * * Then kneeling down,... | |
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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,... 
