 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...  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 255by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 300 pages
...tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, fin' Lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The Sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha1 -Bible, ance his Father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid... | |
 | 1809 - 530 pages
...sae bashfu' an' sae 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 Storer, John Greig - Scotland - 1805 - 116 pages
...of his father's house is well described by Burns, in his Cotter's Saturday Night : OF The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle...wide; The sire 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... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...prayer, in 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,... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...families, which is so intejestingly described by the Airshire poet. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' ierioui face, They round the ingle form a circle wide , The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha-Bible, ancc his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rcmly is laid aside,... | |
 | Robert Forsyth - Agriculture - 1805 - 616 pages
...which is so interestingly described by the Airshire poet. The cheerfu' rapper done, wi' terious fact, 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 U laid aside,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 422 pages
...represents William Burner and his family at their evening devotions. The cheerful supper done, with serions 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: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffetsf wearing... | |
 | Young gentleman - 1807 - 314 pages
...will tell, How 'twas a lowmond auld fin' Lint was i' the hell. The chearfo' ftrpper done, wi' ftirious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide} The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The hig ha' Bihle, ance his father's pride : His honnet rev'rently is laid afide, ' His lyart liaffbta wearing... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...frugal witie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. 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 reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond anld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfn' 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 reverently is laid aside,... | |
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