poortith
Britishnoun
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My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Wha count on poortith as disgrace; Their tuneless hearts, May fireside discords jar a base To a' their parts.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Robert Burns
Ay, it is just my woman," said Andrew, "it is just hersell; I ken her gang yet, sair pressed down wi' poortith although she be.
From The Shepherd's Calendar Volume I (of II) by James Hogg
O poortith cauld, and restless love, cold poverty Ye wreck my peace between ye; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An' 'twere na for my Jeanie.
From Robert Burns How To Know Him by William Allan Neilson
She does not know what poortith cauld will be like.'
From The Heir of Redclyffe by Charlotte Mary Yonge
I will not fly My own beloved border; For poortith dwells and famine pales In your Highlands of disorder.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Charles Rogers
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