| James Anderson - Scotland - 1722 - 440 pages
...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 hanieward Iv.na. / III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the fhcker of an aged tree... | |
| 1809 - 530 pages
...weekly moil is at an end, Collects Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor,...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
...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,...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
...the force of tendernefs and truth. Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend. And weary, o'er the moor,.... ' 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
...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,...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... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...night his weekly moi' 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." (Currie's Burns, Vol. III. p. 174.) In this description, there is an obvious resemblance to the opening... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...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. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant... | |
| 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... | |
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