 | 1824 - 486 pages
...! That can, with studied, sly, and ensnaring art, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with these, Italian trills are tame ; The tickled ears no heart-felt rapture raise; Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting Nae unison hae they with our Creator's youth f Curse on his perjurM... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God !' he says, with solemn air. 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 lays : Compared with these, Italian thrills... | |
 | Select poetry - English poetry - 1825 - 182 pages
...wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God !" he says with solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr'?, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin's beats the heaven-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | 1825 - 556 pages
...says with solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, byfar the noblest aim: Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; * We except from our commendation p. 33, of which Mr. Scott used to say thatit describes a very low... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1826 - 272 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And " Ift us worship God!" he says with solemn air. XIII. V They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Mortyrg, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - Poetry - 1826 - 226 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...aim: Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays: Compared with these, Italian thrills are tame; The tickled... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 404 pages
...judicious care ; And'Letusworship God !' he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes hi simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the...plaintive Martyrs', worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian thrills... | |
 | John Johnstone - 1827 - 596 pages
...And ' Let us worship GOD !' he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guist. They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim. Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rist. Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name: Or noble Elgin beets the heav'n-ward flame, The sweetest... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - American poetry - 1830 - 516 pages
...a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn air. They chaunt their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heav n-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays. Compar'd with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1831 - 484 pages
...with judicious care ; And "Lei iw vnrtliip God ! ' he Bays, with solemn air. xin. They chant then- artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts,...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name : Or noble Elgin beets the heav'nward Same, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compar'd with these, Italian trills... | |
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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 ! " he says, with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They tune their... 
