...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...wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his fathec's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside. His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare; Those...

...it guid; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint wasT the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...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 rev'rently is laid...

...guid; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...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 rev'rently is laid aside,...

...represents William Burnes and his family at their evening devotions. The cheerful supper done, with serious face, They, round t.he ingle, •(• form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The hig fm!!-Bihle, once his father's pride : His honnet rev'rently is laid...

...The Cotter's Saturday Night, must recall the characteristic scene which he so graphically describes : The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face. They,...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 hafiets wearing...

...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchial grace. The big ha'-bible, ance his father's pride: * * * * • He wales a portion...

...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patrlarchlal grace, The big ha'-blble, ance his father's pride: * • * • • He wales a portion...

...their English counterparts, is essential for the future of higher education in Britain. 6 Religion The cheerfu ' supper done, wi ' serious face They...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha '-bible, ance his faither's pnde: His bonnet reverently is laid aside. His lyart haffets u=eann...

...'sin' lint was in the bell,' are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare, Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care,...

...been read as typifying ancient Scottish piety's deep treasuring of the Bible. Those well-known lines, 'The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, /The big ha'bible, ance his father's pride', have tended to be generalized by readers of Burns and writers on Burns to such an extent that they...