Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight Each in its cauld hand held a light— By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table,... Annual Burns Chronicle and Club Directory - Strana 1001897Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
| Robert Burns - 1800 - Počet stránok 520
...following ; " Coffins stood round like open presses, " That shewed the dead in their last dresses ; ff And by some devilish cantrip slight, " Each in his cauld hand held a light." But when I came to the succeeding lines, my blood ran cold within me : " A knife a father's throat... | |
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - Počet stránok 464
...fhaw'd " the dead in their lafl drefles ; And by fome devilifh cantrip '* flight, Each in its cauld ' 3 hand held a light. — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly l4 table, A murderer's banes lS in gibbet>irns ; 1s Twa fpan-^lang,'7 wee,18 unchriften'd bairns ;... | |
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - Počet stránok 266
...skirl," Till roof and rafters a' did dirj.13— Coffins stood round, like open presses,14 That shaw'd 1s the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip " slight, Each in its cauld " hand held a light. — 1 Swate, fumes. * Noddle, head. 3 Car'd na, minded not. 4 Boddle,... | |
| James Storer, John Greig - 1805 - Počet stránok 116
...fertile with images of the most terrific nature. Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light, By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - Počet stránok 506
...picture of more horrible fancy than the following: " Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish...cantrip slight, Each in his cauld hand held a light." But when I came to the succeeding lines, my blood ran cold within me: " A knife a father's throat had... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - Počet stránok 622
...picture of more horrible fancy than the following : " Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish...cantrip slight, Each in his cauld hand held a light." But when I came to the succeeding lines, my blood ran cold within me: " A knife a father's throat had... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - Počet stránok 330
...skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round, like open presses ; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. — By \vJiioh heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's... | |
| Richard Cumberland - 1809 - Počet stránok 518
...amid the storm." — (Vol. III. p. 327, 328.) '' Coffins stood round, like open presses, " That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; " And by some devilish cantrip slight, " Each in its cauld hand held a. light." (Ibid. p. 330.) There is much humour in a little song, composed by the... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - Počet stránok 416
...them skirl,Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl, — Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light.— By which, heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1818 - Počet stránok 354
...them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And, by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's... | |
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