 | 1846 - 436 pages
...judicious care ; And " Let us worship God ! " he says, with solemn 1UO THE COTTER S SATURDAY NIGHT. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Perhaps " Dundee's " wild-warbling measures rise, Or plaintive " Martyrs," worthy of the name ; Or noble " Elgin " beats... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let ns worship GOD ! ' he says, with solemn air. " They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c. " Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; The youngling cottagers retire to rest . The parent... | |
 | 1847 - 490 pages
...With what beauty and truthfulness has Burns drawn the picture in his " Cotter's Saturday Night ! " ' They chant their artless notes in simple guise : They...Martyrs', worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beats the heavenward flame, — The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lay» : Compared with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Joel Parker - 1847 - 152 pages
...With what beauty and truthfulness has Burns drawn the picture in his " Cotter's Saturday Night!" " 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 trills... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...He wales jj ]| 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 ITU the heav'nward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 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 tune their hearts, by far their noblest aim ; Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs worthy of the... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let ut wonhip God !' he says with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name . Or noble Elgin beets the heav'uward flame, The sweetest far o' Scotia's holy lays : Conipar'd... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1855 - 936 pages
...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... | |
 | Conduct of life - 1863 - 896 pages
...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 guise; They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin feeds the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : Compared with these, Italian trills... | |
 | Garland - 1850 - 152 pages
...Zion glide, He wails a portion with judicious care; And 'Let us worship God,' he says wi' solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...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... | |
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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... 
