 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 sider
...voice led the humble choir within, that beautiful stanza of Burns's ' Saturday Night,' 'They chaunt their artless notes In simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim,' &c." It was Peter Mathieson's arm that administered "that respectful shove" to the literary Earl of... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 sider
...ance his father's pride : Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wails a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God,' he says...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... | |
 | 1863 - 896 sider
...sweet in Zion glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And lei us worship God! he says with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple...measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin feeds the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 sider
...worship God ! ' he says, with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tuno their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps Dundee's...measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin oeets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 222 sider
...pride: * • * • • He wales a portion with Judicious care; And 'Let us worship God !' he says with solemn air. "They chant their artless notes in simple...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... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 224 sider
...pride: * * * * • He wales a portion with Judicious care; And 'Let us worship God !' he says with solemn air. "They chant their artless notes in simple...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... | |
 | James D. Smart - 1954 - 212 sider
...meal, the father with the big family Bible before him, " And ' Let us worship God I' he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple...rise, Or plaintive ' Martyrs,' worthy of the name. The priest-like father reads the sacred page, How Abram was the friend of God on high; Or Job's pathetic... | |
 | James Rawlings Sydnor - 1989 - 148 sider
...psalms in his poem "The Cotter's Saturday Night." The father reads scripture and then, writes Burns, They chant their artless notes in simple guise: They...rise, Or plaintive "Martyrs," worthy of the name; Or noble "Elgin" beets [feeds] the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays. Burns... | |
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They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps ' Dundee's ' wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive *• Martyrs... 
