 | 1845 - 624 pages
...in the generally-understood sense of that expression? — that night, on the evening of which he ' Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping...to spend, And weary o'er the moor his course does homeward bend.' " Should such time ever come, our labourer may date his account settled with rational... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...(4) The continued rushing noise of wind or water. (5) From. (6) Plow. (7) Of. (8) Crows. (9) Labor. S Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, Apxl weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward(lj bend. III. At length his lonely cot appears... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...eotter frae his labour goes, Thts night his weekly moil is at an end, Colleets his spades, his mattoeks, and his hoes. Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his eourse does hamcward bend. III. At length his lonely eot appears in view. Beneath the shelter of an... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...trains o' craws to their repose, The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night hia weekly raoil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and...to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does homeward bend. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...breathe a lofty devotional spirit. " The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks,...appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee.... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...black'ning trains o' craws to their repose r The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This nightbis weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks,...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.... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 458 pages
...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,...to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hamcward bend. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree;... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...Cotter from bis labour goes, This night his weekly work is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattoeks, and his 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 the shelter of an aged tree ; The... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pages
...SATURDAY EVENING IN THE COUNTRY. " The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This nieht his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes; Hoping ihe morn in ease and rest to spend, ADO weary, o'er the moor, his course does hamewardbend." — BURNI.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...beasts retreating frae the pleugb ; The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks,...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 ; The' expectant... | |
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November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil... 
