 | English essays - 1852 - 782 pages
...keen ! " Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An' weary winter comin fast. An' cozie here beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, 'Till crash! the...thy cell. " That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Hae cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou' s turned out, for a' thy trouble, But house or bald,... | |
 | Naturalist pseud, Edward Wilson (M.A., F.L.S.) - 1852 - 444 pages
...cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash ! the cruel coulter pass'd Out through thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee monie a weary nibble ! Now thou 's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To tholet the... | |
 | John Aikin - English poetry - 1852 - 792 pages
...keen ! Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An* weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath ng trees, Kirk-Alloway seem'd in a bleeze t Through ilka bore the beams w through thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Hu cost thee monie a weary nibble ! Now... | |
 | Poets, American - 1853 - 560 pages
...keen. Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wast, An' weary winter comin' fast ; An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till, crash ! the cruel coulter past Out through thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble : Now thou... | |
 | Alexander Winton Buchan - 1854 - 332 pages
...cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash ! the cruel coulter pass'd Out-thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou's turned out for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble And cranreuch... | |
 | Lord Francis Jeffrey Jeffrey - 1854 - 780 pages
...That wee bit heap o' leave« on' sribble, Has cost thce niony a weary nibble ! Now Ihou'e turned nut, for a' thy trouble, But house or hald, To thole the winter's sleety dribble, An cranreuch cauld !" Vol. iii. pp. 147. The versee to a Mountain Daisy, though more elegant Ad picturesque, seem to derive... | |
 | American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...keen ! Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till, crash ! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble ! Now thou 's turned out, for... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...ensuin, Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till, crash! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. ii That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble Has cost thee monie a weary nibble! Now thou'st turn'd out,... | |
 | Oliver Oldham - Readers (Secondary) - 1854 - 406 pages
...5. Thou saw the fields laid bare and waste, And weary winter comin' fast, And cozie§ here beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, • Till, crash! the cruel coulter past Out through thy cell. 6. That wee bit heap o' leaves and stibble, Has cost thee mony a weary nibble; Now... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...keen ! Thou saw the fields laid bare an' waste, An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, 'Till, crash ! the...thole the winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! But, Mousie, thou art no thy lane, In proving foresight may be vain : The best laid schemes o' mice... | |
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An' weary winter comin' fast, An' cozie here, beneath the blast, Thou thought to dwell, Till crash! the cruel coulter past Out thro' thy cell. That wee bit heap o' leaves an' stibble Has cost thee mony a weary nibble! 
