 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 Elzevier Library Poetry Series - Стр. 51883Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - Страниц: 370
...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. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim... | |
 | 1835 - Страниц: 562
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - Страниц: 440
...The hig ha -Bihle, mire his father's pride : His honnet rev'reiuly is laid aside, 12* POEMS. 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 tune their hearts, hy far the nohlest aim... | |
 | Ignotus Coaxus (pseud.) - 1835 - Страниц: 224
...His lyart-haffets wearing thin and 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, Then kneeling down, to heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband, prays. This portrait... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - Страниц: 426
...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 - 1837 - Страниц: 628
...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... | |
 | 1837 - Страниц: 598
...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 I saw assembled a larger... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - Страниц: 790
...quire within, that beautiful stanza of Burns's Saturday Night : — " They chaunt their artless notée 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 I saw assembled a larger... | |
 | 1838 - Страниц: 790
...pride : " Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, " He wales a portion with judicious care; l< And : Let us worship God!' he says with solemn air....warbling measures rise, " Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name." How is the soul drawn upward by such a picture ! How much more when we take our seat... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - Страниц: 796
...His lyart hafiets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim... | |
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