 | 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 the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit ingle,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...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 of an aged tree ; The' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their Dud, wi' flitcherin noise an' glee.... | |
 | 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 the shelter of an aged tree; . ' Th' expectant •wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro r To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee bit... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 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 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 pages
...Hoping the 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 of an aged tree ; Til' expectant wee-things, todlin, stitcher through To meet their Dad wi' flighterin noise and glee... | |
 | 1814 - 310 pages
...the morn in ease and rest to spend, Apxl weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward(lj bend. III. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree : Th1 expectant wee-things,(Z) todlhi,(3) Btacher(4) through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin(S) noise... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 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 the shelter of an aged tree; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher through To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. His wee-bit... | |
 | 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 the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro' To meet their dad, wi' flichterin noise an' glee. His wee-bit ingle,... | |
 | 1821 - 614 pages
...hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary o'er the moor his course does homeward bend. At length his lonely cot appears in view, Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; The young children run out with great noise and glee, to meet their father as soon as they see him... | |
 | British poets - 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 the shelter of an aged tree ; Th' expectant wee-things, toddlin, stacher thro' To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise ah' glee. His wee bit ingle,... | |
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The 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 mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary o'er the moor, his... 
