 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 pages
...glide, He seeks a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship God," he says with solemn air. 2. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...Martyrs, worthy of the name; . ' .. Or noble Elgin beats the heav'nward flame, \ The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : ../.•• The tickled ears... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - 370 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And ' Let us worship GOD !' he says, with solemn air. XIII. 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 heaven-ward... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1834 - 206 pages
...He wales a portion with judicious care ; And Let ua worship Ood .«' he says with solemn air*1 Xril. They chant their artless notes in simple guise They...tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim • Perhaps nundee'a wild warbling measure's rise Or plarfllve Martyrs, worthy of the name • Or noble Elgin heats... | |
 | 1835 - 562 pages
...with enthusiasm ; and the Bohemian brethren solaced themselves in the earlier days of persecution. ' They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim. » * * * » Compar'd with these, Italian thrills are tame; The tickled ears no heart-felt raptures... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1835 - 440 pages
...did sweet In Zlon glMe, He wales• a portion with judicious care ; And " Let us worship Hod!" he say with solemn air. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, hy far the nohlest aim : Perhaps Dundee's t wild warhling measures rise, Or plaintive Martyrs t worthy... | |
 | Thomas Milner - 1837 - 426 pages
...Burns has so exquisitely described — in reading the " big Ha' Bible," and chanting " holy lays." ' They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They...plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name, Or noble Elgin* beats the heavenward flame, The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays • Compared with these Italian... | |
 | Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 628 pages
...a portion with judicious car* ; And ' /-••' w KOfthip COG 1' h« say», with solemn air. XIII. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : [rise ; Perhap« Duwlce't wild warbling measures Or plaintive Martyn, worthy of the name ; Or noble... | |
 | 1837 - 598 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 near the dinner-hour before we reached the house, and presently I saw assembled a larger... | |
 | John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 790 pages
...quire within, that beautiful stanza of Burns's Saturday Night : — " They chaunt their artless notée in simple guise ; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim," &c It was near the dinner-hour before we reached the house, and presently I saw assembled a larger... | |
 | 1838 - 790 pages
...pride : " Of strains, that once did sweet in Zion glide, " He wales a portion with judicious care; l< And : Let us worship God!' he says with solemn air....warbling measures rise, " Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy o' the name." How is the soul drawn upward by such a picture ! How much more when we take our seat... | |
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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... 
