 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1852 - 334 pages
...character on this maxim, * Why is the word portion here used, as if it were a portion of Scripture 1 " Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a, portion with judicious care.'' COTTAB'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Now, Mr Wordsworth's poems, though not profane, yet neither are they sacred,... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...The big ha' -Bible, anee bis father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haflets wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion ¿ait. He wales a portion with judicious care ; [air. I.et u* «or«Kvp GOD '.' he says, with solem«... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1853 - 596 pages
...turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha'-Bible, anee his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rcntly is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an'...Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship GOD 1' he eays, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise... | |
 | College of Physicians of Philadelphia - 1853 - 554 pages
...Bible, ance his father's pride; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearin' thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; 'And lt us worship God!' he says• with solemn air." It was not surprising that "the priest-like... | |
 | Alexander Wallace - Bible - 1853 - 312 pages
...ha'-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, He wales a portion with judicious care; And ' Let us worship God!' he says, with solemn air." Homes and hearts thus brought under the influence... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...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 iii Zion glide— He wales a portion with judicious care; And, " Let us worship GOD !" he says with... | |
 | D. Barton Ross - Elocution - 1854 - 566 pages
...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...Zion glide He wales a. portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn air. 2. They chant their artless notes in simple... | |
 | Readers, American - 1854 - 494 pages
...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'...Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care: And " Let us worship G od !" he says with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise;... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...is laid aside, They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace: His lyart haffets, wearing thin an' bare ; Those strains...Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God!" he says, with solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise,... | |
 | John Bolton Rogerson - 1854 - 320 pages
...ha'-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, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And, "Let us worship God i" he says, " with solemn air." Having partaken of some refreshment, chatted... | |
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ance his father's pride: His bonnet reverently 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; And'Let us worship God! 
