 | Daniel Scrymgeour - 1850 - 596 Seiten
...lyarta haffets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zioii glide — He wales9 a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship...tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps Dundee's10 wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs,10 worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin10... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 Seiten
...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 Seiten
...circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets...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 Seiten
...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... | |
 | josiah conder - 1851 - 168 Seiten
...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... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 Seiten
...He vi- 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...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian trills... | |
 | James Fenimore Cooper - 1852 - 566 Seiten
...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;... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 Seiten
...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'...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin beets the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - 1853 - 312 Seiten
...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 - 1854 - 426 Seiten
...circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, Tin- big ha' bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets...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... | |
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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... 
