 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 16by Basil Montagu - 1839 - 350 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 682 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...ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thiftie u-ifie's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does a' his weary carking cares beguile,... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 692 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...glee, His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean kearth-stane, his thiftie wifie's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does a' his weary... | |
 | 1846 - 436 pages
...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...stacher thro' To meet their dad, wi' flichterin' noise and glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin' bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile,... | |
 | 1744 - 596 pages
...Hoping the morn iu ease aud rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does homeward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath...shelter of an aged tree ; • Th' expectant wee-things, todlin, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flichtering noise and glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1846 - 794 pages
...Hoping the morn in rase and rest lo spend, And wrary, o'er the moor, his coarse dot* kta«wnrd bend. " At length his lonely cot appears in view. Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th expectant wef-thingt, toddling, alacher thro" To meet their Dud, wi' flic herin noise an'clee. His wee bit ingle,... | |
 | Half hours - 1847 - 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...tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher f through To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin J noise an' glee. • The continued rushing noise of wind... | |
 | English poetry - 1848 - 468 pages
...Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bead. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath...flichterin' noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle blinkin' bonnilie, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wine's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee,... | |
 | Marlborough coll - 1855 - 126 pages
...Cotters' Saturday Night," in which he describes the domestic pleasures of the poor man's home — " His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee." And after having given a touching and beautiful description of the family prayers with which the peasant... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pages
...ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course doe* hameward bend. * Dr. Young. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Tli* expectant wee thinj/s, toddlin, stacher thro* [an* glee. To meet their Dad, wi' fl'chterin'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1850 - 508 pages
...Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend. And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. m. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath...meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His weo hit ingle, blinkin bonnily. His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie u.ifie't smile, The lisping infant... | |
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