...The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would have been; Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there I ween! November...winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating f rae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn Cottar frae his labor...

...scene, The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, What Aiken in a cottage would have been; Ah! tho' his worth unknown, far happier • there, I ween!...angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is near a close; ll The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose; The...

...loud wi' angry sugh; The short'ning winter-day is nea.1 u close ; The miry beasts retreating frae th« pleugh: The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : The toil-worn cotter frae his labor goes. This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattacks, ami his hoes,...

...The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would have been; Ah ! tho' wish my days to be Bound each to each by natural...piety." There was a time when meadow, grove and strea winter day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh, The black'ning trains o' craws...

...those whose lives are depicted in his poem: November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; [whistling windj The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh; [dirty] [plough] The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose: The toil-worn COTTER frae his labor...