 | Elizabeth Frank - 1842 - 304 Seiten
...Bible, once his father's pride : His hat is reverently laid aside, And his hoary locks are seen, thin and bare. From strains that once did sweet in Zion..." Let us worship God !" he says, with solemn air. Then the good father reads the Sacred page : How Abram was the friend of God on high ; Or, Moses bade... | |
 | 1745 - 522 Seiten
...His lyart hafltets wearing thin and 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. Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal king, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : Hope springs... | |
 | Nathaniel Shatswell Dodge - 1842 - 298 Seiten
...aunts and grandmama, are seated around, while the gray-haired father, from the family bible, " wales a portion with judicious care, And ' Let us worship GOD !' he says, with solemn air." Then follows the substantial breakfast; then, the preparations for church, the saddling and harnessing... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 Seiten
...haffets wearin' thin and bare, Those strains that once did sweet In Zion glide, He wales a portion wi' 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... | |
 | 1843 - 184 Seiten
...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 hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1844 - 540 Seiten
...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 hearts, by far the noblest aim,"... | |
 | English poetry - 1844 - 110 Seiten
...lyart6 haffets7 wearin' thin and bare ; Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, He wales8 a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship God ! ' he says with solemn air. Then kneeling down to heaven's eternal King, The saint, the father, and the husband prays : 1 AsVs.... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 336 Seiten
...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. Here follow the hymn, the reading of a chapter in the Bible, and finally the prayer. XVI. Then kneeling... | |
 | Samuel Griswold Goodrich - 1844 - 680 Seiten
...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. Here follow the hymn, the reading of a chapter in the Bible, and finally the prayer. XVI. Then kneeling... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 Seiten
...His lyart haffets wearing thin and 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. * * , * * * * , . Then kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband... | |
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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;... 
