 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
 | Philosophical Society of Aberdeen - 1900 - Počet stránok 288
...confessed that some education is required to appreciate this mode of treating the horrible : — " Coffins stood round, like open presses, That show'd...their last dresses, And (by some devilish cantrip sleight) Each in its cauld hand held a light, By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table... | |
 | William Clarke Robinson - 1900 - Počet stránok 220
...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 lightBy which, heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table : A murderer's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1901 - Počet stránok 444
...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... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - 1901 - Počet stránok 468
...round, like open presses, That shawed the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantraip slight, Each in his cauld hand held a light, By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa span-lang, wee unehristened... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1902 - Počet stránok 444
...them skirl, Till roof and ratters 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... | |
 | Julian Hawthorne - 1902 - Počet stránok 474
...[made, scream 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 [trick Each in its cauld hand held a light, — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly... | |
 | Robert Naylor Whiteford - 1903 - Počet stránok 464
...skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — 125 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 ' 130 To note upon the haly table, A... | |
 | Henry Van Dyke, Hardin Craig - 1905 - Počet stránok 338
...presses, That shawed the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantraip sleight, Each in its cauld hand held a light,— By which heroic Tam was able To note, upon the haly table, '3o A murderer's banes, in gibbet-airns ; Twa span-long, wee, unchristened bairns; A thief new-cutted... | |
 | Sherwin Cody - 1905 - Počet stránok 628
...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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