 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 course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter...  Poems, Songs, and Letters: Being [his] Complete Works - Page 44by Robert Burns - 1914 - 636 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1809 - 530 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 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... | |
 | English literature - 1809 - 530 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.... ' 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'... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wife's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does...An' makes him quite forget his labour an' his toil. IV. Belyve the elder bairn* come drappin in, At service out, amang the farmers roun' ; Some ca' the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 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...stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee-bit ingle, blirikin bonilie, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile,... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1820 - 470 pages
...flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bounily, His clean hearth-stane, histhriftie wifie's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his...An' makes him quite forget his labour an! his toil. IV. Belyve IV. Belyve the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun": Some... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1820 - 636 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 thro' To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee-bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie vnfie's smile, The lisping infant prattling on his knee, Does...An' makes him quite forget his labour an' his toil. IV. Belyve the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun' ; Some ca' the... | |
 | British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...Hoping the mom 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 thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise ah' glee. His wee bit ingle, blinkin bonnily, His clean... | |
 | Charles Burton - 1823 - 234 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...stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee-bit ingle, blinkin bonilie, His clean hearth-stane, his thriftie wifie's smile, The... | |
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