 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wails 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 ; Perhaps... | |
 | Religion - 1839 - 460 pages
...big Ha' Bible, ance his father's pride; Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, He w;il''n :i 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; Perhaps... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...Peter's manly voice led the humble choir within, that beautiful stanza of Burns's Saturday night : — " They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c. It was near the dinner-hour before we reached the house, and presently... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 428 pages
...Peter's manly voice led the humble choir within, that beautiful stanza of Burns's Saturday night : — " They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c. It was near the dinner-hour before we reached the house, and presently... | |
 | George Willson - Elocution - 1840 - 298 pages
...ha' Bible, f once his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, t His lyartj haffets§ wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did...And " Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air. 2 They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ;... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, Scottish - 1840 - 368 pages
...The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : * His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did..." Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim... | |
 | William Maxwell Gunn - Religious education - 1840 - 496 pages
...is laid aside, His lyart haffits wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Sion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God," he says, with solemn air. Verily, Burns, thou and thy compeers must have looked on the Bible with tedium, satiety, and disgust... | |
 | English poetry - 1840 - 368 pages
...Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently 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 ; [air. And " Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn They chant their artless notes in simple guise;... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poets, English - 1840 - 872 pages
...His lyart haffeU wearing thin an' hare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He walea band upon his breastie : But oh ! The canker-tooth of the most envious criticism cannot well rasten on a work in every respect so perfect... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did...' Let us worship God,' he says, with solemn air." THE domestic devotion of Scotland has inspired many poems and pictures, but no one has touched the... | |
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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... 
