 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
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...describes his cottage laborer closing the pleasant family intercourse on Saturday night : " The cheerful 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 lather's pride: His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1922 - 620 pages
...Saturday Night, must recall the characteristic scene which he so graphically describes : 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,... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 222 pages
...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patrlarchlal grace, The big ha'-blble, ance his father's pride: * • * • • He wales a portion... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 224 pages
...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchial grace. The big ha'-bible, ance his father's pride: * * * * • He wales a portion with... | |
 | Geddes MacGregor - Fiction - 1990 - 292 pages
...counterparts, is essential for the future of higher education in Britain. 6 Religion 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 faither's pnde: His bonnet reverently is laid aside.... | |
 | Donald A. Low - Literary Criticism - 1974 - 474 pages
...was in the bell,' are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. 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,... | |
 | Leigh Eric Schmidt - History - 2001 - 320 pages
...Atlantic, "The Cotter's Saturday Night" paints a warm, touching scene of family worship: The chearfu' 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 is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | Cleland Boyd McAfee - Religion - 2005 - 301 pages
...which was having tremendous influence in England as well as in Scotland: "The eheerfu' supper done, wf serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, anee his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,... | |
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