 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...sweet in Zion glide, He wails a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God,' he says wi' solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple...measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name: Compar'd with these, Italian trills are tame ; The tickl'd ears no heartfelt raptures raise; Nae unison... | |
 | Edward Hughes - 1851 - 362 pages
...ha'-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...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise ; Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name ! Or noble Elgin beats the heaven-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | josiah conder - 1851 - 168 pages
...psalm or ballad. To these, Burns alludes in his exquisite poem, " The Cotter's Saturday Night:" — " They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin beets the heay'n-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | josiah conder - 1851 - 168 pages
...psalm or ballad. To these, Burns alludes in his exquisite poem, " The Cotter's Saturday Night:" — " They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heav'n-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 566 pages
...rock, that rose to the height of a few yards, within as many feet of the water's edge. CHAPTER VI. " Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide ;...And let us worship God, he says, with solemn air." — Burns. HETWARD, and his female companions, witnessed this mysterious movement with secret uneasiness;... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...pride ; 400 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet...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 trills... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - Bible - 1853 - 312 pages
...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 sweet in Zion glide,...' Let us worship God !' he says, with solemn air." Homes and hearts thus brought under the influence of this blessed book, have been cheered and upheld... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1854 - 426 pages
...ha' 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...Dundee's wild, warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name, Or noble Elgin beats the heaven-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | English poetry - 1854 - 608 pages
...patriarchal grace, The big Ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He...warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward Same, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays: Compar'd... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haflets wearin' thin and bare ; 10 Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He...far the noblest aim ; Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures^rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame,... | |
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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... 
