An' makes him quite forget his labour an' his toil. Belyve the elder bairns come drapping in, At service out, amang the farmers roun', Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neebor town : Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman... Robert Burns: A Memoir - Page 93by James White - 1859 - 100 pagesFull view - About this book
| Charles Dexter Cleveland - English literature - 1859 - 780 pages
...farmers roun' ; Some ca' 13 the pleugh, sorno herd, some tentie I4 rin A cannie15 errand to a necbor town: Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown,...love sparkling in her e'e, Comes hame, perhaps, to show a braw l6 new gown, An' each for other's weelfare kindly spiers;' The social hours, swift-wing'd,... | |
| Robert Burns - English letters - 1859 - 738 pages
...toil. Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in, by-and-by A cannie errand to a neibor town : eaay Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown, In youthfu' bloom, love sparkling in her e'e, Comea hame, perhaps to show a braw new gown, Or deposit her sair won penny-fee, hard won wages To help... | |
| Harry Morgan Ayres, Frederick Morgan Padelford - English literature - 1924 - 942 pages
...herd, some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neebour town : Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-grown, walls do not a prison make, Nor iron bars a cage ; Minds unfeigned, brothers and sisters meet, An' each for other's weelfare kindly spiers : The social hours,... | |
| Robert Burns, James Wilson - Ayrshire (Scotland) - 1925 - 372 pages
...herd, some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neebor town : Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-grown, In youthfu' bloom, Love sparkling in her e'e. Comes...To help her Parents dear, if they in hardship be. V. With joy unfeign'd, brothers and sisters meet, And each for other's weelfare kindly spiers : The... | |
| George William McClelland - English literature - 1925 - 1178 pages
...farmers roun': Some ca' 8 the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin *° A cannie 10 errand to a neibor toun; Sir; and this great Oxus stream, The yellow Oxus,...bewail'd:—-" black Toorkmun tents; and only passionate eyes, dr 11 To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be. With joy unfeign'd, brothers and sisters meet,... | |
| William Cullen Bryant - American poetry - 1925 - 424 pages
...amang the farmers roun ; Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie t rin A cannie errand to a ncibor town ; Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown,...sparkling in her e'e, Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a bra' new gown, Or deposit her sair-won penny-fee, To help her parents dear, if they in hardship be.... | |
| William Joseph Long - English literature - 1925 - 844 pages
...some tentie0 rin A cannie10 errand to a neibor toun.11 15 Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-grown, In youthfu' bloom, love sparkling in her ee, Comes hame, perhaps to shew a braw12 new gown, Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee, To help her parents dear, if they in hardship... | |
| John Matthews Manly - English literature - 1926 - 928 pages
...in her ее, Comes hame, perhaps to shew a braw 4 new gown, Or deposite her sair-won 5 penny-fee, 35 weelfare kindly spiers : 6 The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet; Each tells the uncos 7... | |
| American poetry - 1926 - 780 pages
...amang the farmers roun'; Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neebor town : Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman grown,...love sparkling in her e'e, Comes hame, perhaps, to show a braw new gown, Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee, To help her parents dear, if they in hardship... | |
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