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
| 1845 - Počet stránok 440
...following : " Coffms stood round like open presses. That showed the dead in their last dresses : And hy some devilish cantrip slight, Each in his cauld hand held a light " But when I came to the succeeding lines, my hlood ran cold within me : " A knife a father's throat... | |
| 1846 - Počet stránok 860
...same key, and, in both, pictures i>: : terrible sublimity are dashed off at a single stroke : — ' Coffins stood round like open presses, That show'd the dead in their last dresse« ; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light, — By which heroic... | |
| Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - Počet stránok 438
...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... | |
| Robert Burns - 1854 - Počet stránok 520
...gart 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, I ' Each in its cauld hand held x light, By which, heroic Tam was able To note, upon the haly table,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1855 - Počet stránok 562
...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 Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's... | |
| Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - Počet stránok 344
...Burns' Tarn O'Shanter before writing this: — " Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish...in his cauld hand held a light, — By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbit aims ; Twa span-lang, wee,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1856 - Počet stránok 746
...scream Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. ribrato Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shawed the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight trick Each in its cauld hand held a light—• To note upon the haly table, By which heroic Tarn was... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 448
...and " heroic " as he was, of the open presses ? " 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." Because, show a man some sight that is altogether miraculously dreadful,... | |
| 1857 - Počet stránok 336
...appalling as any terror in Shakspeare's sorcery : — " 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." The hideousness of the supernatural scene is aggravated by the introduction... | |
| John Wilson - 1857 - Počet stránok 466
..." heroic " as he was, of the open presses ? " 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." Because, show a man some sight that is altogether miraculously dreadful,... | |
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