 | 1809 - 530 pages
...Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend At length...tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 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...tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi'flichterinnoisean'glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, Hiscleanheaith-stane,histhrifti... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. ••....appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; The' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their Dud, wi' flitcherin noise an' glee.... | |
 | William Gilpin - England - 1808 - 338 pages
...and his hoes, Hoping the morn in eafe and reft to fpend, And weary, o'er the moor, his courfe dpes hameward bend, At length his lonely cot appears in view. Beneath the fhelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, ftacher through s To meet their Dad, wi'... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 530 pages
...Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend. And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. ' At.... ' Th' expectant •wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro r To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, Does a'... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, 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 tin: shelter of an aged tree ; His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, bis thriftie... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 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...shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, todlin, stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the muir, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely...appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Til' expectant wee-things, todlin, stitcher through To meet their Dad wi' flighterin noise and glee... | |
 | English poetry - 1814 - 310 pages
...the morn in ease and rest to spend, Apxl weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward(lj bend. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree : Th1 expectant wee-things,(Z) todlhi,(3) Btacher(4) through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin(S) noise... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. At length...meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee-bit ingle, blirikin bonilie, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile, The lisping infant,... | |
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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... 
