Lexicographical Neighbors of Hairst
Literary usage of Hairst
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glen Desseray and Other Poems: Lyrical and Elegaic by John Campbell Shairp, Francis Turner Palgrave (1888)
"CHORUS—O the blithe hairst rig ! The blithe hairst rig ; Fair fa' the lads and
... 1 hairst Rig, harvest field at reaping-time. 2 Lap, leapt. 3 Ilk, each. ..."
2. One Hundred Modern Scottish Poets: With Biographical and Critical Notices by David Herschell Edwards (1886)
"0 how my heart lap up to her Upon the blithe hairst rig, Ilk morning comin' ower
... 0 the blithe hairst rig, The blithe hairst rig ; Fair fa' the lads and ..."
3. A Complete Word and Phrase Concordance to the Poems and Songs of Robert by J. B. Reid (1889)
"Robin shure in hairst. Shut« But, cursed lot ! the gates were shut, 5. ... O» W.
Chalmers. Play'd me sic a trick, . . . S. Rotin shure in hairst. ..."
4. The Poets and Poetry of Linlithgowshire: An Anthology of the County by Alexander M. Bisset (1896)
"THE hairst Rio. O how my heart lap to her Upon the blithe hairst rig ! ...
the blithe hairst rig ! The blithe hairst rig ; Fair fa' the lads and lasses met ..."
5. The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns by Robert Burns, William Ernest Henley (1897)
"ROBIN SHURE IN hairst " I am still catering for Johnson's publication, and among
others, I have brushed up the following old favourite song a little, ..."
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