 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
 | Charles Dexter Cleveland - 1848 - 786 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 ; Th' expectant wee4 things, toddlin,5 stacher6 through To meet their dad, wi' nicterin"' noise an' glee. His wee bit... | |
 | John Wilson - 1857 - 448 pages
...for " The expectant wee things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their dad wi' flichterin noise and glee ; His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily ; His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wine's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, ; Does a' his weary carking cares beguile,... | |
 | David Nichol Smith - 1926 - 744 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 through To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1926 - 928 pages
...Hoping the morn2 in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. 926 ; 20 Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher3 through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin 4 noise... | |
 | Tom Peete Cross, Clement Tyson Goode - 1927 - 1432 pages
...and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. lies, NINETEENTH CENTURY one more rich in hope, 5 20 Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin' noise and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1928 - 406 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 through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. *E «9 IJ7 His wee-bit ingle, blinlcin bonilie,... | |
 | Joseph Gaer - 1850 - 50 pages
...toil will yet half forget the labors of the day in the greetings of his home. "At length his lovely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee things, foddlin' stacher thro' To meet their dad wi ' f lichterin' noise an' glee. His v/ee bit... | |
 | Brian Maidment - 2001 - 212 pages
...Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the muir, his course does hameward bend. At length his Lonely Cot appears in view, Beneath...shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlan', stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flicterin noise and glee. His wee-bit ingle, blinkin... | |
 | Xiaoming Chen - 2008 - 170 pages
...world" and "Britain's Tao Yuanming," whose "description of peasants' life" very much touches his heart: At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th'expectant wee things, toddlin'stacher through, To meet their dad, wi'flichterin noise and glee,... | |
 | James R. Simmons, Jr - 2007 - 500 pages
...following beautiful description of a cottager's Saturday night, by Burns:—1 "At length his lonely cot2 appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher3 through To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin4 noise and glee. 1 beautiful description ... by... | |
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