 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...  The American Mechanic and Working-man - Page 247by James Waddel Alexander - 1847Full view - About this book
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...describes his cottage laborer closing the pleasant family intercourse on Saturday night : " The cheerful supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle...wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his lather's pride: His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare : Those... | |
 | Nineteenth century - 1922 - 620 pages
...The Cotter's Saturday Night, must recall the characteristic scene which he so graphically describes : The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face. They,...big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart hafiets wearing thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 224 pages
...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face. They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchial grace. The big ha'-bible, ance his father's pride: * * * * • He wales a portion... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 222 pages
...The following excerpt is offered as Justification for that assertion: "The cheerfu' supper done, wl' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, with patrlarchlal grace, The big ha'-blble, ance his father's pride: * • * • • He wales a portion... | |
 | Geddes MacGregor - Fiction - 1990 - 292 pages
...their English counterparts, is essential for the future of higher education in Britain. 6 Religion The cheerfu ' supper done, wi ' serious face They...wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha '-bible, ance his faither's pnde: His bonnet reverently is laid aside. His lyart haffets u=eann ' thin and bare; Those... | |
 | Donald A. Low - Literary Criticism - 1974 - 474 pages
...'sin' lint was in the bell,' are placed by the frugal and happy mother before the lothful stranger. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...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 wearing thin... | |
 | Leigh Eric Schmidt - History - 2001 - 320 pages
...Atlantic, "The Cotter's Saturday Night" paints a warm, touching scene of family worship: The chearfu' 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,... | |
 | Cleland Boyd McAfee - Religion - 2005 - 301 pages
...which was having tremendous influence in England as well as in Scotland: "The eheerfu' supper done, wf serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle...turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, anee his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an' bare;... | |
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