 The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary o'er the moor, his...  Selections from the Works of Taylor, Latimer, Hall, Milton, Barrow, South ... - Page 16by Basil Montagu - 1839 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Electronic journals - 1852 - 1170 pages
...his hunger after labour hard/' Fleece, Book I. 120. Burns lias a picture equal to any of these : " At length his lonely cot appears in view Beneath the shelter of an aged tree : Th* expectant wee things, todlin', stacher through To meet their dad with flichterin' noise and glee : His wee-bit... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...goe», Thit night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and he hoe». " At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant vet-things, toddling, ataehertin' To meet their Dad, wV tiicherin noise an' rW His wee bit ingle, blinkin... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee things, toddlin, stacber through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - Flower language - 1852 - 330 pages
...o'er the bed, Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead. Moore. SiLBS....Domestic Virtues. AT length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee things, todlin stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichtering noise and glee ; His wee-bit... | |
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...an aged tree ; Th' expectant rcef-thinçg, toddling, slacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi1 flicherin did come to the King, and swore to him by God, ' Sir,' says he, ' you are not thrifiie wife's smile, Thp lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does a' pis weary corking cares beguile,... | |
 | English poetry - 1853 - 552 pages
...whence it fell, With all things base and infamous to dwell. CRABBE. FROM "THE COTTAR'S SATURDAY NIGHT." AT length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee things, toddlin', stacher thro', To meet their dad, wi' flichterin' noise an' glee. His wee bit... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; The expectant wee things, toddlin', stacher through, To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary o'er the moor his course does homeward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath...stacher thro' To meet their dad, wi' flichterin' noise and glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin' bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English literature - 1854 - 980 pages
...Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hamcwarJ bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath...tree ; Th* expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee-bit ingle, blinkin bonilic, His clean... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath...tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their Dad, wi' flichtering noise an' glee.' His wee bit ingle, blinkin' bonnily, His... | |
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