 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...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 141by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...night bis 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 course does hameward bend. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...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,...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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Sabbath - 1853 - 224 pages
...night, on the evening of which he " Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest 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... | |
 | Scottish ballads and songs - 1854 - 606 pages
...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,...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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