 | James Anderson - 1722 - 440 oldal
...black'mng 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...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 oldal
...repose . The toil-wom Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping...weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 oldal
...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...Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi'flichterinnoisean'glee. His wee bit ingle,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 oldal
...blackening 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...weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. ••. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; The' expectant... | |
 | British poets - 1809 - 526 oldal
...blackening trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cotter firae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his...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,... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 oldal
...craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, . • . This night his weekly moi' is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, 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... | |
 | 1809 - 530 oldal
...it is impoffible to pcrufe the following ftanzas without feeling the force of tendernefs and truth. Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping...weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. ' At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree; . ' Th' expectant... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 oldal
...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...Beneath the 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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 oldal
...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...morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the muir, his course does hameward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter... | |
 | 1845 - 624 oldal
...in the generally-understood sense of that expression? — that night, on the evening of which he ' Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping...to spend, And weary o'er the moor his course does homeward bend.' " Should such time ever come, our labourer may date his account settled with rational... | |
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November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil... 
