 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 - 1854 - 520 pages
...beasts retreating frae the plough; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose; The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is...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 ; Th'... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh, THE COTTKR S SATURDAY NIGHT. The toil-worn cotter frae his labor goes, — This night his weekly moil...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 ; Th'... | |
 | Brian Maidment - Art - 2001 - 212 pages
...the cottage, the hearth, the wife, cleanliness, thrift, order: The toil-worn COTTER frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects...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 the shelter... | |
 | John Richetti - Literary Criticism - 2005 - 974 pages
...frae the pleugh; [dirty] [plough] The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn COTTER frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, [toil] Collects his spades, his mattocks and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And... | |
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