 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 - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...frugal wifle garrulous will tell. How 'thasa towmoiid auld, sin' lint was V the bell. xn. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face' They, round the ingle, form a circle wide • J he sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big Ha'-BMe, ance his father's pride • His bonnet... | |
 | Ignotus Coaxus (pseud.) - Great Britain - 1835 - 224 pages
...evening to the bosom of his family—-and now " the supper crowns their simple board :"— The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle...wide; The sire turns o'er with patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently laid aside, His lyart-haffets wearing... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...represents William Burnes and his family' at their evening devotions. i The cheerful supper done, with serious face, They, round the ingle, •(• form...The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The hig hall-Bihle, once his father's pride : Hia honnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets f wearing... | |
 | 1835 - 616 pages
...parties in a 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 folio ! — Thy very covers... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1838 - 332 pages
...and homeliness, that equally 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 turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the hell. XII. The cheerfu' her sacred frown The fiend, discretion, like a vapour sinks, And wi' patriarchal grace, The hig ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His honnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, arce his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...their evening devotions:— " The cheerful supper done, with serious face, They, round 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... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...To commune with his God in the 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,... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...opinion as to the state in 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,... | |
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