unkempt
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Nae mair a wasting form within, A wretched heart I bore; Nae mair unkent, unloved, and lone, The warl' I wander'd o'er.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume V. The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century by Rogers, Charles
Ladies, I’m picking my steps over an unkent road.
From All the Days of My Life: An Autobiography The Red Leaves of a Human Heart by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
Oh, may a muse unkent to fame For this dim greesome relic sue, It 's linkit wi' a patriot's name, The truest Scotland ever knew.
From The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume I. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century by Rogers, Charles
"Gin ye're my sister's son," he said, "It is unkent to me."
From English and Scottish Ballads (volume 3 of 8) by Various
And her voice sounded strange and unkent to her in that solitude, and she rued it that she had spoken.
From The Water of the Wondrous Isles by Morris, William
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