 | T. WARD AMD CO. - 1844 - 444 pages
...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 bears the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays ; Compared with these Italian trills... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...His lyart haffets6 wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales7 a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship..." Martyrs," worthy of the name ; Or noble " Elgin" beets8 the heaven-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 510 pages
...haffets wearing thin an' hare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion wi' judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says,...hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1845 - 512 pages
...haflets wearing thin an' hare; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion wi' judicious care; And " Let us worship God!" he says,...their hearts, by far the noblest aim: Perhaps Dundee's wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward... | |
 | Charles Miner - Sullivan's Indian Campaign, 1779 - 1845 - 616 pages
...the Most High for grace in spiritual matters, and his protection in their secular concerns; while " They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...rise, Or plaintive .Martyrs, worthy of the name." Such was the picture presented by Wyoming at the commencement of 1775. At the Spring election, John... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...Bible, ance his lather's pride: His bonnet reverently 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. * * , * * * * , . Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 pages
...The big ha'-Bible, auce his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside. His lyart haflets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did...; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," Ac. " Then homeward all take- off their sev'ral way : The youngling cottagers retire to rest . The... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets...And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn 1UO THE COTTER S SATURDAY NIGHT. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts,... | |
 | Gem book - 1846 - 398 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...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heavenward flame ; The sweetest far of Scotia's holy laws : Compared with these, Italian... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearin thin an' bare 1 Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He...worship God!" he says, with solemn air. They chant their heartless notes in simple guise ; • They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps Dundee'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... 
