"These four and twenty mills complete, "Sall gang for thee thro' a' the yeir; "And as mickle of gude reid wheit, "As a' their happers dow to bear."
"Minstrelsy of the Scottish border (3rd ed) (1 of 3)"
Walter Scott
Writing "not to gratify the dull few, whose greatest pleasure is to see what the author exactly says," but "to give a poem that might live in the English language," mickle puts up a vigorous defense of his methods.
"Early Theories of Translation"
Flora Ross Amos
And I hae mickle fear He's t'aen my heart forbye.
"Vidyapati Bangiya Padabali Songs of the love of Radha and Krishna"
Vidyapati Thakura