 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 σελίδες
...old, since flax was in the bell. The cheerful supper done, with serious face, They, round the embers, form a circle wide : The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The large old Bible, once his father's pride : His hat is reverently laid aside, And his hoary locks are... | |
 | 1843 - 184 σελίδες
...Weel pleased to think her bairn's respected like . the lave. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a 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,... | |
 | H. D. - 1843 - 438 σελίδες
...fair girls, and blest That home where God is felt ! MRS. REMANS. A COTTAGE SCENE. * * * * Wi' serious face They, round the ingle, form a 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,... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 σελίδες
...might : They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright ! The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a 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,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 σελίδες
...Jenny, and finally the evening meal. He then proceeds : — XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,... | |
 | 1872 - 862 σελίδες
...as weel'H the new; The father mixes a* wi' admonition due. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Biblr, anee his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 σελίδες
...Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 σελίδες
...Jenny, and finally the evening meal. He then proceeds : — XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'renlly is laid aside,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 512 σελίδες
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haflets wearing... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 σελίδες
...will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint wasT the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ;...The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
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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... 
