...tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, fin' lint was i' the bell". XII. The chearfu' fupper done, with ferious face, They round the ingle '< form a circle wide ;...The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big bo.' £i¿le, anee his father's pride * : Hii ч Perritcb, a mefs, made of oatmeal and water, boiled...

...tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, fin' Lint was i' the bell. XII. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ;...The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big hrf-Bible, ance his Father's pride : board, His bonnet rev'rently is laid afide, His lyart haffets...

...will tell, How 'was a towmond auld, fin Lint was i' the bell. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ;...The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big bo1 -Bible, ance his Father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid afide, His lyart haffets wearing...

...will tell, How 'was a towmond auld, fin Lint was i' the bell. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big bo 1 -Bible, ance his Father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid afide, His lyart haffets wearing...

...gude ; The irugal wine, garrulous, will tell, How t'was a towmond auld sin" lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...; The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The fig ha-bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart barrels wearing...

...tell. How 'twas a towmond auld iiri" Lint was i' the bell XII. The chearfu' Supper done, wi' ferious 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 rey'rently is laid afide, His lyart hafiets wearing...

...represents William Burnes and his family at their evening devotions. The cheerful supper done, with serious face, They, round the ingle,* form a circle...The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, The big ball-Bible, once his father's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, His lyart haffet'sf wearing...

...the youth sae bashfu' an' sae grave ; Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like die lave, ' The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns o'er, wi' patriarchal grace, The big Iia'-Silile, ance his fadier's pride : His bonnet rev'rently is laid...

...minds. The order of his father's house is well described by Burns, in his Cotter's Saturday Night: The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face They round...The sire turns o'er with patriarchal grace, The big ha' bible, once his father's pride. He wales a portion with judicious care, And " let us worship God,"...

...prayer, in their families, which is so interestingly described by the Airshire poet. The cheerfu. nipper done, wi. serious face, . They round the ingle form a circle wide ; The sire turns o.er, wi. patriarchal grace. The big ha-Bible, ance his father's pride : His bonnet rev.rently is laid aside,...