| Anna Bartlett Warner - 1855 - 224 pages
...Buffem," said the Uuakercss, quietly. " ' Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin! Its silly wa's the winds are strewin'! An' naething now, to big a new ane O' foggage green I An' bleak December's winds ensuin'. faith suell and keen.'" "There are more houses than one in the... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - 538 pages
...live! A daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: 111 get a blessin wi' the lave, And never iniss't! Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin ! Its silly wa's...now, to big a new ane, O' foggage green ; An' bleak December win's ensuin. Baith snell and keen1 Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wi An' weary winter... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...icker in a thrave ' 'S a sma' request : I '11 get a blessin' wi' the laive, rest And never miss 't ! Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin ! Its silly wa's the win's are strewin' ! And naething now to big a new ane build O' foggage green, And bleak December's winds ensuin', Baith... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1856 - 518 pages
...whyles,9 but thou may thieve ; What then ? poor beastie, thou maun live ! A daimen-icker10 in a thrave11 'S a sma' request : I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave," And never miss't !. (1) Ruin's ploughshare— * hold figure, and strikingly in keeping with the suhject. It is horrowed... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 120 pages
...doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; What then ? poor beastie, thou inaun live ! A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request ; I'll get a blessin'...green ! An' bleak December's winds ensuin', Baith snell an' keen ! Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here,... | |
| Alexander Winton Buchan - 1859 - 362 pages
...I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; What then ? poor beastie, thou maun live ! A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request ; I'll get a blessin'...are strewin' ! An' naething, now, to big a new ane, 0' foggage green ! An' bleak December's winds ensuin', Baith snell an' keen ! Thou saw the fields laid... | |
| Joseph Payne - 1859 - 512 pages
...doubt na, whyles,9 but thou may thieve ; What then ? poor beastie, thou maun live ! A daimen-icker10 in a thrave" 'S a sma' request : I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave," And never miss't ! (1) Ruin'i plouyhthare— a bold figure and strikingly in keeping with the subject. It is borrowed... | |
| Robert Burns - 1859 - 530 pages
...fellow-mortal! I doubt na, whyles but thou may thieve 1 What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! A daimen-icker in a thrave *S a sma' request: I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, And never naiss't! Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin ! Its silly wa's the win's are strewin; An' naething, now,... | |
| England - English poetry - 1860 - 532 pages
...daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request: I 'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss 't : Thy wee bit housie, too, in ruin : Its silly wa's...win's are strewin' : An' naething, now, to big a new anc O' foggage green; An' bleak December's blast ensuin', I'aith snell and keen. Thou saw the fields... | |
| Great Britain - 1860 - 184 pages
...whyles, but thou may thieve ; What then, poor teastie thou maun live I A daimen icker in a thrave ';•? a sma* request : I'll get a blessin' wi' the lave, And never miss'tJ" Here, too, his equally beautiful Mountain Daif "Wee, modest crimson-tipped flower," and his... | |
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