 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...  The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 2611809Full view - About this book
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...their repose : The toil-worn Colter frae his labour goes, Thii night his weekly moil is at an end. Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping...length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the sheller of an aged tree ; Th' expectant rcef-thinçg, toddling, slacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi1... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...their repose i The toil-worn cotter frae his labour goes, This night bis weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping...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... | |
 | 1852 - 440 pages
...hoes, Hoping the morn tneaceand rest to flj>end And weary, o'er the mopr, his course does homeward bend, At length his lonely cot appears In view Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wa-Oiingi, toddlin, stacker thro* To utoet their da d , In fiitchterm noise an' glee, a wee-bit rigle,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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
...angry rnga; The short'ning winter-day is near л elote; The miry beasts retreating free the pleucb; weep ! — Nor will the Christian host, Nor will thy father's spirit hia course does buDeward bend. The black'ning trains о craws to their repot : The toil-worn Cotter... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...repose : BURNS. 397 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...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... | |
 | Sabbath - 1853 - 224 pages
...night, in the geaerally 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 - 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... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...to their repose : The toil-worn Cottar frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping...tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnilie, His... | |
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