 | Henry Stebbing - Religious poetry, English - 1832 - 858 pages
...Hislyart haffets wearing thin and hare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship...artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, hy tar the nohlest aim ; Perhaps Dundee's wild warhling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy... | |
 | Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...His hoary locks displaying, thin and bare> Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He seeks a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God," he says with solemn air. 2. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim... | |
 | Religious poetry, English - 1833 - 292 pages
...His lyart haffets wearing thin and hare ; 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's beats the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays. Compared with these, Italian... | |
 | Moses Severance - American literature - 1833 - 304 pages
...glide, He seeks a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God," he says with solemn air. 2. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Martyrs, worthy of the name; . ' .. Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward flame, \ The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : ../.•• The tickled ears... | |
 | Albert Barnes - Families - 1833 - 358 pages
...families you might witness all that is pure and sublime in the scene contemplated by the Scottish bard. " They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays: Compar'd with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Albert Barnes - 1833 - 346 pages
...families you might witness all that is pure and sublime in the scene contemplated by the Scottish bard. " They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with these, Italian trills... | |
 | James Stuart - North America - 1833 - 632 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 God !' he says with solemn air. " Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 348 pages
...His lyart haffetst wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He walesj a portion with judicious care : And, ' Let us worship God !' he says, with solemn air." The latitudinarianisra of the Scottish dialect in r yming, jingling,ormerelyalliterative vowelsounds,... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1833 - 528 pages
...lyart haffets * wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales fa portion with judicious care : And, ' Let us worship God ! ' he says, with solemn air." The latitudinarianism of the Scottish dialect in rhyming, jingling, or merely alliterative vowel sounds,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Poetry, Modern - 1834 - 206 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And Let ua worship Ood .«' he says with solemn air*1 Xril. They chant their artless notes in simple guise They...tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim • Perhaps nundee'a wild warbling measure's rise Or plarfllve Martyrs, worthy of the name • Or noble Elgin heats... | |
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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... 
