 | Albert Barnes - 1833 - 346 pages
...families you might witness all that is pure and sublime in the scene contemplated by the Scottish bard. " They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Families - 1833 - 358 pages
...families you might witness all that is pure and sublime in the scene contemplated by the Scottish bard. " They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays: Compar'd with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Religious poetry, English - 1833 - 292 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...plaintive Martyrs', worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin's beats the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays. Compared with these, Italian... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - Ballads, Scots - 1834 - 370 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...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 heaven-ward... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And Let ua worship Ood .«' he says with solemn air*1 Xril. They chant their artless notes in simple guise They...tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim • Perhaps nundee'a wild warbling measure's rise Or plarfllve Martyrs, worthy of the name • Or noble Elgin heats... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1835 - 314 pages
...seeks a portion with judicious care ; • , And " Let us worship God," he says with solemn air. 8. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy laysCompar'd with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...warhling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs t worthy of the name; Or nohle Ggint heets i the heavenly flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays ; Compared...raise ; No unison have they with our Creator's praise. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, § How Ahram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses... | |
 | 1835 - 562 pages
...with enthusiasm ; and the Bohemian brethren solaced themselves in the earlier days of persecution. ' They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim. » * * * » Compar'd with these, Italian thrills are tame; The tickled ears no heart-felt raptures... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pages
...Burns has so exquisitely described — in reading the " big Ha' Bible," and chanting " holy lays." ' They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name, Or noble Elgin* beats the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays • Compared with these Italian... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - Scotland - 1837 - 628 pages
...a portion with judicious car* ; And ' /-••' w KOfthip COG 1' h« say», with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : [rise ; Perhap« Duwlce't wild warbling measures Or plaintive Martyn, worthy of the name ; Or noble... | |
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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,... 
