 | Robert Burns - 1840 - 872 str.
...; — whilst I, a dreamy child, On breese-likc fancies wandered oft away, XII. The cheerfu' supper breath was gone, my voice was lost. My bosom glow'd, the subtle flame Ran quick thro' anee his father's pride ;* His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing thin an'... | |
 | 1840 - 378 str.
...wifie, garrulous, will tell How 'twas a towmond auld sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
 | William Maxwell Gunn - 1840 - 496 str.
...bis Bible because he was accustomed to use it at school as a common schoolbook. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form...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 haffits wearing... | |
 | George Willson - 1840 - 298 str.
...they did eat. LESSON XLIV. The Cotter's Saturday Night. — Urn .vs. 1 THE cheerful supper done, with serious face, They round the ingle,* form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' Bible, f once his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 str.
...not half so ludicrous, though painted on purpose. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er with patriarchal grace The big ha' Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet reverently is laid aside,... | |
 | 1841 - 306 str.
...old, since flax was in the bell. The cheerftd supper done, wi' serious face They round the fire-place form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big old Bible, once his father's pride His bonnet reverently is laid aside, Hie grey locks wearing thin... | |
 | 1856 - 1026 str.
...Hues, contrast the pompous parade of the one with the humble piety of the other. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form...The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride : HiB bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His laggart haffets wearin'... | |
 | 1745 - 522 str.
...without recalling the beautiful lines in Burns' " Cotter's Saturday Night :" " The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet rev'rently laid aside,... | |
 | Readings - 1843 - 466 str.
...garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond 83 auld 39 , sin 60 lint was i' the bell 61 . The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They round the ingle form...o'er wi' patriarchal grace, The big Ha'-Bible", ance 63 his father's pride: His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart 64 haffets 65 wearin" thin an*... | |
 | 1843 - 184 str.
...bashfu' an' sae grave ; Weel pleased to think her bairn's respected like . the lave. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round the ingle form a...The sire turns o'er wi' patriarchal grace The big ha' bible, ance his father's pride ; His bonnet reverently is laid aside, His lyart haffets wearing... | |
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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;... 
