poortith
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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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 Neilson, William Allan
O poortith cauld, and restless love, Ye wrack my peace between ye; Yet poortith a' I could forgive, An 'twere na for my Jeanie.
From Poems and Songs of Robert Burns by Burns, Robert
Where ance the coggie hirpled fair, And blithesome poortith toomed the loof There's nae a burnie giglet rare But blaws in ilka jinking coof.
From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by Parton, James
A-well-a-day!" said Richie; "but that maunna be, man—I ken weel, by sad experience, that poortith takes away pith, and the man sits full still that has a rent in his breeks.
From The Fortunes of Nigel by Scott, Walter, Sir
But poortith 's a foe to the peace o' this bosom, That glows sae devoutly, dear lassie, for thee; Alas! that e'er poortith should blight love's young blossom, When riches nae lasting contentment can gie.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
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