 The priest-like father reads the sacred page; How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; Or Job's pathetic...  The Works of Robert Burns: With His Life - Page 255by Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 394 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...Creator's praise. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or, how the royal Bird did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of heaven's avenging ire ; Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 pages
...Creator's praise. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny; Or, how the Royal Sard did groaning lie Beneath the stroke of heaven's avengiug ire ; Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - Families - 1847 - 282 pages
...Creator's praise. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high, Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious...fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme : How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed, How He who... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 pages
...Creator's praise. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high, Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious...fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme : How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed , How He who... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...flower. JJ The great Bible that lies in the hall. §§ Grey temples. |||| Chooses. HH Adds fuel to fire. Or how the royal Bard did groaning lie Beneath the...fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; How He, who... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...Creator's praise. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abraham was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's...; Or, rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other huly seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How guiltless blood... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...JOANNA BAILLIE. THE priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abmm was the friend of God dh high ; Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious...and wailing cry ; Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic lire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian volume is the theme, How... | |
 | Robert Burns - English poetry - 1849 - 906 pages
...XIV. The priest-like father read« the ucred page. How Abramvtts the/rie'nrf o/Gonon high Or, Mosel bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; Or how the royal bard did groaning lie [ire ; Beneath the stroke of Heav'n'i avenging Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; Or rapt... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...BROTHER POET. 859 The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of GOD on high ; Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage With Amalek's...ire ; Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; Or rapt1 Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. Perhaps the Christian... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Mnsa bado eternal warfare wage With Amalek's ungracious progeny...Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; Or rapt Itauilti wild, seraphic fire ; Or other holy seers that tune the sacred lyre. XV. Perhaps the Christian... | |
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