 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the tioblest aim : Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise,...Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian trills are... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...glide, He reads a portion with judicious care ; • And ".Let us worship God," he says. with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim. After which, The priest-like father reads the sacred page. How Ahrnm was the friend of God on high;... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care; And ' Let us worship God !' he says, with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise . They...Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with these, Italian trills are... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...glide, He wales a portion with judicious care; And *-Let usworship God !' he says,with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays: Compar'd with these, Italian thrills are... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pages
...glide, He wales a portion wi' judicious care; And " Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heav'n-ward... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !' he says, with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with these, Italian trills are... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !' he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian thrills are tame ; The tickled ears no heart-felt raptures raise 5 Nae unison hae they with our Creator's... | |
 | Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says with solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr'?, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin's beats the heaven-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...says with solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, byfar the noblest aim: Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; * We except from our commendation p. 33, of which Mr. Scott used to say thatit describes a very low... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Ift us worship God!" he says with solemn air. XIII. V They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Mortyrg, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
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His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; .Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !* he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts,... 
