| Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pagine
...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 - 1818 - 338 pagine
...they describe human interests, or breathe a lofty devotional spirit. " The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end,...aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee-bit ingle, blirikin bonilie, His... | |
| Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pagine
...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...meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee-bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile, The lisping infant... | |
| Robert Burns - 1820 - 458 pagine
...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 is at an end,...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;... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pagine
...winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugb ; The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end,...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... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1822 - 430 pagine
...lure thee, dear Wanderer, home. XC A SATURDAY EVENING IN THE COUNTRY. " The toil-worn cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end,...to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hana-ward bend." BURNS. THERE are, perhaps, some among my readers who are accustomed to laugh at the... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 274 pagine
...retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose ; The toH-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end,...to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does nameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th'... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 270 pagine
...winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The toil-worn Cottet- frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end,...his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the mom in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length his... | |
| Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 pagine
...leave the reader to deduce his own conclusion. COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. " The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end,...tree : Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee-bit ingle, blinkin bonilie, His clean... | |
| Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1824 - 340 pagine
...lure thee, dear Wanderer, home. XC A- SATURDAY EVENING IN THE COUNTRY. " The toil-worn cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end,...weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend." BURNS. THERE are, perhaps, some among my readers who are accustomed to laugh at the idea of a country... | |
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