 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
 | Religion - 1839 - 460 pages
...lineaments of peace and joy in that scene so graphically drawn by the Scottish bard : "The cheorfu' 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; Of strains, that once did sweet... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...they did eat. LESSON XLIV. The Cotter's Saturday Night. — Urn .vs. 1 THE cheerful supper done, with serious face, They round the ingle,* form a circle...; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, f once his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, t His lyartj haffets§... | |
 | William Maxwell Gunn - Religious education - 1840 - 496 pages
...disgusted with bis Bible because he was accustomed to use it at school as a common schoolbook. 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 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 - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...bell," are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. " The cheerfu' rapper gard wi' patriarchal grace. The big ha' bible, anee his father'» pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1840 - 368 pages
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, \vi' 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... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...horns, is not half so ludicrous, though painted on purpose. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. " 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 reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | 1745 - 522 pages
...get — without recalling the beautiful lines in Burns' " 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, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently laid aside, His lyart hafltets wearing... | |
 | Children's literature - 1856 - 1026 pages
...these Hues, contrast the pompous parade of the one with the humble piety of the other. 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 : HiB bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,... | |
 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 pages
...old, since flax was in the bell. The cheerful supper done, with serious face, They, round the embers, form a circle wide : The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The large old Bible, once his father's pride : His hat is reverently laid aside, And his hoary locks are... | |
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