 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts 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...  The Genius and Character of Burns - Page 31by John Wilson - 1845 - 222 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 458 pages
...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, Collects...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;... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 pages
...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...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 wee-things,... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...Cotter from bis labour goes, This night his weekly work is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattoeks, and his 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 the shelter of an aged tree ; The... | |
 | 1821 - 410 pages
...History, A SATURDAY EVENING IN THE COUNTRY. " The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This nieht his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes; Hoping ihe morn in ease and rest to spend, ADO weary, o'er the moor, his course does hamewardbend." — BURNI.... | |
 | 1821 - 420 pages
...HUtory. A SATURDAY EVENING IN THE COUNTRY. " The toil-worn Coder frae his labour goes, This nii> lit his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and bis hoei ; Hoping [he morn in ease and rest to spend, Ana weary, o'er the moor, his course does hamewardbend."... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...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, Collects...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... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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, Collects...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'... | |
 | Winthrop Mackworth Praed, Walter Blunt - 1822 - 430 pages
...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, Collects...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 - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...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, Collects...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 pages
...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, Collects...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 wee-things,... | |
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