 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 796 pages
...His lyart hafiets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim... | |
 | James Montgomery - Literature - 1838 - 332 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 latitudinarianism of the Scottish dialect in r yming, jingling, or merely alliterative vowel sounds,... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1838 - 750 pages
...His lyart haffets wearing thin an' hare ; 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. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim... | |
 | James Currie - 1838 - 92 pages
...thin and bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales§ a portion with jndicious care; And " Let us worship God !" he says with solemn air. They chant thelr artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim: Perhaps J3mutee's&... | |
 | John Aikin, John Frost - English poetry - 1838 - 752 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. XIII. _R^vlwlxl U hy far the noblest aim : Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy... | |
 | Religion - 1839 - 460 pages
...big Ha' Bible, ance his father's pride; Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, He w;il''n :i portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God...warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name." How is the soul drawn upward by such a picture ! How much more when we take our seat... | |
 | Jewel - 1839 - 352 pages
...His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wails a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beats the heav'n-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - Authors, Scottish - 1839 - 428 pages
...voice led the humble choir within, that beautiful stanza of Burns's Saturday night : — " They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c. It was near the dinner-hour before we reached the house, and presently I saw assembled a larger... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1839 - 434 pages
...voice led the humble choir within, that beautiful stanza of Burns's Saturday night : — " They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c. It was near the dinner-hour before we reached the house, and presently I saw assembled a larger... | |
 | 1841 - 986 pages
...\vithjudicious care, And ' Let us worship God,' he says, with solemn air. 170 171 Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name, Or noble Elgin beets the heaven-ward 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... 
