 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Ift us worship God!" he says with solemn air. XIII. V They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Mortyrg, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 pages
...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; They...aim: Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays: Compared with these, Italian thrills are tame; The tickled... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...judicious care ; And'Letusworship God !' he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes hi simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the...Martyrs', worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian thrills... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...His lyart hafFets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glidj, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship...solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guist. They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim. Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rist.... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...lyarta haffets3 wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales4 a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps... | |
 | Almanacs, English - 1830 - 472 pages
...; The sire turns o'er with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, once his father's pride. He wales a portion with judicious care, And, " let us worship God," he says, with solemn air. Of latter years the house has been turned into a snug public house; and yearly, on the birth-day of... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...with judicious care ; And "Lei iw vnrtliip God ! ' he Bays, with solemn air. xin. They chant then- artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts,...Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward Same, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with these, Italian trills are... | |
 | 1831 - 426 pages
...wales a portion with judicious care ; And " f.elt'.-'; worship tiod !" he says, with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They..., Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or piaintive Martyr*, worthy of the name: Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far... | |
 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 378 pages
...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...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin beats the heaven-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays. Compared with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1832 - 338 pages
...His lyartf 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...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... | |
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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... 
