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" I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash : He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear; While they maun stan',... "
Poems - Page 6
by Robert Burns - 1811
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Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect

Robert Burns - 1786 - 248 pages
...cattle ; They gang as faucy by poor folk, As I wad by a ftinkan brock. I've notic'd on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, fcant o' cafh, How they maun thole zfaBor's fnafh; He'll ftamp an' threaten, curfe an' fwear, He'll...
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The Works of Robert Burns: Poems formerly published, with some additions ...

Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...cattle ; They gang as saucy by poor fo'k, As I wad by a stinking brock. I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor...a' factor's snash ; He'll stamp an' threaten, curse and swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun stan,' wi' aspect humble, An' hear...
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A Critique on the Poems of Robert Burns

George Gleig - 1812 - 142 pages
...calls " the gentry ;" and adds, with the feelings of the poet himself, " I've notic'd, on our laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor...apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun stand wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble." Burns had himself probably felt what...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...saucy by poor folk, \» 1 wad by a stinking brock. I've notic'd, on oar Laird's court-day, \if inony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, MIW they maun thole a factor's snash : Te'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, ie'll apprehend them,...
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The Works of Robert Burns: With an Account of His Life, and a ..., Volume 3

Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pages
...tenant bodies, *eant o' eash, How they maun thole a faetor's snash : He'll stamp an' threaten, eurse an' swear, He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun stan', wi' aspeet humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble ! LUATH. They're nae sae wretehed's ane wad think...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life ..., Issue 672, Volume 3

Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...stamp an' threaten, curse an' su-car, He'll apprehend Uiem, poiiul thi-ir g-ar ; While they maun aton', wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear an, tremble ! • I see how folk live that hac riches ; But surely poor folk maun be wretches ! LUATII. They're nae sac wretched's ane wad tlvink...
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Specimens of the British Poets: Whitehead, 1785, to Anstey, 1805

Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pages
...cattle ; They gang as saucy by poor fo'k, As I wad by a stinking brock. I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor...apprehend them, poind their gear ; While they maun st'in", wi" aspect humble, An' hear it a1, an' fear an' tremble ! I see how folk live that hae riches...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...cattle; They gang as saucy by poor fo'k, As I wad by a stinking brock. I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, •...stan', wi' aspect humble, An' hear it a', an' fear and tremble! I see how folk live that hae riches : But surely poor folk maun be wretches ! LUATH. They're...
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Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect

Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...cattle; They gang as saucy by poor fo'k, As I wad by a stinking brock. I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, How they mann thole a factor's snash : He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He'll apprehend them, poind...
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The British anthology; or, Poetical library, Volumes 7-8

British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...cattle ; They gang as saucy by poor fo'k, As I wad by a stinking brock. I 've noticed, on our laird's court-day, An' mony a time my heart's been wae, Poor...scant o' cash, How they maun thole a factor's snash ; He 'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, He 'll apprehend them , poind their gear ; While they...
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