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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER VIEW, by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON First Line: The rime lies cauld on ferm an' fauld Alternate Author Name(s): Haliburton, Hugh | |||
THE rime lies cauld on ferm an' fauld, The lift's a drumlie grey; The hill-taps a' are white wi' snaw, An' dull an' dour's the day. The canny sheep thegither creep, The govin' cattle glower; The plooman staunds to chap his haunds An' wuss the storm were ower. But ance the snaw's begoud to fa' The cauld's no' near sae sair: 'Neth stingin' drift oor herts we lift The winter's warst to dare. Wi' frost an' cauld we battle bauld, Nor fear a passin' fa', But warstle up wi' warmer grup O' life, an' hope, an' a' . An' sae, my frien ' , when to oor een Oor warldly ills appear In prospect mair than we can bear, An outlook cauld an' drear; Let's bear in mind-an' this, ye'll find, Has heartened not a few When ance we're in the battle's din We'll find we're half gate thro' . | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE WHITE WINTER - HUGHIE SNAWED UP by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON DAVE (SC. DAPHNIS) by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON SCHULE LADDIE'S LAMENT ON THE LATENESS O' THE SEASON by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE REFUSES TO EMIGRATE by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S ADVICE TO HIS BROTHER JOHN by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S INDIGNATION AT THE CONDUCT OF THE ... ELDER by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S MONUMENT by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE'S WINTER EXCUSE FOR A DRAM by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON HUGHIE TAKES HIS EASE IN HIS INN by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON MORNING - THE MOUNTAIN FAMILY AT THEIR DEVOTIONS by JAMES LOGIE ROBERTSON |
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