 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
 | Agriculture - 1825 - 538 pages
...due. " »•• «•«•** 456 I he cheerful Supper done, with serious face, They round the embers form a circle wide: The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The huge big Bible, once his father's pride ; His hat is reverently laid aside, His hoary locks growing... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...frugal wifie, 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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...garrulous will tell, How 'thas a towmond auld, sin' lint was I ' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' sapper 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,... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...courtship and endearment by which some verses professedly sacred are debased. 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 is4aid aside,... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell [bell. How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the 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,... | |
 | American Bible Society - 1914 - 610 pages
...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 pages
...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 ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, once his father's pride : His honnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1830 - 472 pages
...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...; 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... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...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, round the ingle, form a circle wide, 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,... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...frugal wine, 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 ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace. The big ita'-Bible, anee his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,... | |
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