poortith
Britishnoun
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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 Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
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
My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Wha count on poortith as disgrace— Their tuneless hearts!
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
I’m thinking wi’ sic a braw fellow, In poortith I might make a fen’; What care I in riches to wallow, If I maunna marry Tam Glen?
From The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing his Poems, Songs, and Correspondence. With a New Life of the Poet, and Notices, Critical and Biographical by Allan Cunningham by Burns, Robert
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
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