 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 16de Basil Montagu - 1839 - 350 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Walter Colton - 1850 - 480 pages
...returning from his toil, will yet half forget the labors of the day in the greetings of his home : " At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; TV expectant wee things, toddlin', stacher thro' To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee.... | |
 | Walter Colton - 1850 - 492 pages
...returning from his toil, will yet half forget the labors of the day in the greetings of his home : " At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of on aged tree : » Th' expectant taee things^ toddlin', atacher thro' To meet their dad, wp flichtcrin... | |
 | 1852 - 440 pages
...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,... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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 - 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 - 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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