| 1845 - 480 Seiten
...forget belabour an' his toil. ****** * I And of Burns. The cheerfu, supper done, wi' serious face, y They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his fathec's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside.... | |
| 1846 - 436 Seiten
...will tell, How was a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
| Gem book - 1846 - 398 Seiten
...loves Its Country and its God I MRS. HEMANS. FAMILY WORSHIP. THE cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big Ha-Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'reutly is laid aside,... | |
| Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 Seiten
...; Weel pleas'd to think her bairns respected like the lave. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha -Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,... | |
| Robert Turnbull - 1847 - 396 Seiten
...you meet aught so beautiful or thrilling as the following ? " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide, The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
| James Waddel Alexander - 1847 - 300 Seiten
...crowning grace of the poem is the account of the family worship : " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
| Half hours - 1847 - 560 Seiten
...tell, How 'twas a towmond ** auld, sin' lint was i' the bell -ft. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible **, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid... | |
| 1847 - 560 Seiten
...merely an axiom of its advocates, assumed, but not proved. " The cheerful supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big hall Bible, ance his father's pride. His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
| English poetry - 1848 - 468 Seiten
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfn' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The hig- Ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid... | |
| Thomas Bush (of Lamborne.) - 1849 - 224 Seiten
...gem thrown amid the mire. Thus he describes family devotion. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' Serious face They round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi* patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside... | |
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