...clofe ; The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repofe : The toil-worn COTTER frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collecls Mv&fpades, his mattocks and his hoes, Hoping the morn in eafe and reft to fpend, And weary,...

...angry fugh; The (hort'ning winter-day is near a clole ; The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh; The toil-worn COTTER frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Col!e£ls hisfpades, his mattocks and his hoes, Hoping the morn in eafe and reft to fpend, And weary,...

...winter-day is near a clole ; The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh ; The blayk'ning trains o' gra\v^ to The toil-worn COTTER frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Col!e£ls hisfpades, his mattocks and his hoes, Hoping the morn in eafe and reft to fpend, And weary,...

...frae the pleugh ; The 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...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...

...clofe ; The miry beafts retreating frae the pleugh ; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repofi : The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collecls his fpades, his mattocks, and his hoes, , Hoping the morn in eafe and reft to fpend, weary,...

...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,...

...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 is at an end, Collects...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...

...the plengb ; The 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...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...

...the plengh , The 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...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,...

...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...