 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...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...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 these, Italian trills... | |
 | Daniel Scrymgeour - English poetry - 1850 - 596 pages
...— He wales9 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 the noblest aim ; Perhaps Dundee's10 wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs,10 worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin10... | |
 | George Croly - English poetry - 1850 - 442 pages
...Zioo glide, He wales a portion with judicious care ; And, ' Let us worship God !' he says, with solemn They chant their artless notes in simple guise, They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ; I'orhaps Dundee's wild, warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name, Or noble... | |
 | Edward Feild (bp. of Newfoundland.) - Music theory - 1831 - 130 pages
...sacred music exert a more delightful and beneficial influence, than in ihefamily circle, where while " They chant their artless notes in simple guise They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim." It is thus that the sweet incense of praise will be made to ascend to God, from the altar of every... | |
 | josiah conder - 1851 - 168 pages
...psalm or ballad. To these, Burns alludes in his exquisite poem, " The Cotter's Saturday Night:" — " They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name ; Or noble Elgin beets the heay'n-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | josiah conder - 1851 - 168 pages
...psalm or ballad. To these, Burns alludes in his exquisite poem, " The Cotter's Saturday Night:" — " They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They...Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyr's, worthy of the name; Or noble Elgin beets the heav'n-ward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's... | |
 | United States. 85th Cong., 2d sess., 1958, United States. Congress - 1958 - 224 pages
...* * • 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...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 - 222 pages
...• • 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...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 - Religion - 1954 - 212 pages
...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 guise; They...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 - Choral singing - 1989 - 148 pages
...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...plaintive "Martyrs," worthy of the name; Or noble "Elgin" beets [feeds] the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays. Burns comments on this... | |
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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... 
