 | Robert Burns - 1786 - 294 pages
...The native feelings ftrong, the guilelefs ways, What A**** in a Cottage would have been ; Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween ! November chill blaws loud wi' angry fugh ; The fhort'ning winter-day is near a clofe ; The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh ; The... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...The native feelings ftroag, the guile! efs ways, What A**** in a Cottage would have been ; Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween ! November chill blaws loud wi' angry fugh ; The (hort'ning winter-day is near a clole ; The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh ; The... | |
 | Robert Burns, Hester Lynch Piozzi - English poetry - 1790 - 308 pages
...The native feelings ftroag, the guile! efs ways, What A**** in a Cottage would have been; Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween! November chill blaws loud wi' angry fugh; The (hort'ning winter-day is near a clole ; The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh; The toil-worn... | |
 | James Anderson - Scotland - 1722 - 440 pages
...far happier there, I ween '. n. November chill blaws loud wi' angry sough ; The Ihort'ning winter day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'mng trains o' craws to their repose : The toil worn cotter frae his labour goes, This night his... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...lowly train in life's sequester'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken hi a cottage would have been; Ah ! though his worth unknown,...; The shortening winter-day is near a close ; The miiy beasts retreating frae the plengb ; The blackening trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn... | |
 | British poets - English poetry - 1809 - 526 pages
...you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken in a cottage...Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there, I wren ! November chill blaws lond wi' angry sugh ; The shortening winter-day is near a close ; The miry... | |
 | Richard Cumberland - 1809 - 518 pages
...is. there in such lines as these? — • " November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The.b'ack'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, . • .... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 500 pages
...lowly train in life's sequester'd scene ; The native-feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What A**** in a cottage would have been ; Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween ! • II. November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The shortening winter-day is near a close ; The... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...The native feeling's strong, the guileless ways; What Aikin in a cottage would have been Ah ! too' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween! 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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...worth unknown, far happier there, I ween. II. 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'ni ng trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labour goes, This night... | |
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My loved, my honoured, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage pays; With honest pride I scorn each selfish end: My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise : To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered... 
