...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...

...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,"...

...guid ; The frugal witie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...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 reverently is laid aside,...

...,her cood : The dame brings forth in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, An' aft he's prest, an' aft he ca's it guid...frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond anld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfn' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle,...

...the youth sae bashfu' an' sae grave ; Weel pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the 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 ha'-Sihle, -ance his father's pride: His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside,...

...; The frugal wine, garrulous, will tell, How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They,...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,...

...in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, An" aft he's prest, an',aft he ca's it guid; The frugal wifie, garrulous, will...How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. The cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire turns...

...: The dame brings forth in complimental mood, To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, An1 aft he's prest, an' aft he ca's it guid ; The frugal...How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell. XII. The cheerftf supper done, wi' serious face, They, round the ingle, form a circle wide; The sire...