 | John Wilson - 1845 - 236 pages
...clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in floWry pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide: But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside." Think again of the first stanza of all—for you have forgotten it —of the toil-worn Cottar collecting... | |
 | 1845 - 440 pages
...clam'rous nest, And decks the lily lair in tlow'ry pride, Would in the way his wisdom sees the hest, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preside. XIX. From scenes like lhese old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at Lome, revered ahroad... | |
 | Joseph Payne - 1845 - 490 pages
...clamorous nest. And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them, and for their little ones, provide ; But,...chiefly, in their hearts, with grace divine preside. 1 A line from Pope's "Windsor Forest." From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That... | |
 | Daniel Kimball Whitaker, Milton Clapp, William Gilmore Simms, James Henley Thornwell - 1845 - 562 pages
...kneeling down, to Heaven's eternal King The saint, the father, and the husband prays. * * * * * * * From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at home, revered abroad." In such a country, we find a thinking, reasoning community, given to reflection, and comparatively... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...clamorous nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly...and lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man 's the noblest work of God " ; And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the... | |
 | Baptists - 1744 - 596 pages
...clam'rons nest, And decks the lily fair in flowery pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly in their hearts with grace divine preaitte, -j-24 — From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her lov'd at home,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - Edinburgh review - 1846 - 692 pages
...clam'rous nest, Aud decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way his wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly, in their hearts, with Qrace divine preside." vol. iii. p. 174— 181. The charm of the fine lines written on turning up a... | |
 | James Waddel Alexander - Labor - 1847 - 300 pages
...separate with affectionate salutations. Well says Burns, whom none will suspect of being a fanatic : " From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs,...kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God:' And, coirs, in fair virtue's heavenly road, The cottage leaves the palace far behind." XL. THE UNSTABLE... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 560 pages
...clam'rous nest, And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide ; But chiefly,...makes her loved at home, revered abroad : Princes aud lords are but the breath of kings, " An honest man '9 the noblest work of God : " And certes, in... | |
 | Robert Turnbull - Scotland - 1847 - 396 pages
...practical, ever possess a vital power, — a power to quicken and save. " From scenes like these auld Scotia's grandeur springs, That makes her loved at...breath of kings, 'An honest man's the noblest work of God.' O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent, Long may thy... | |
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And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, Would, in the way His wisdom sees the best, For them and for their little ones provide; But chiefly, in their hearts with grace divine preside. 
