 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
 | 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... | |
 | Frederick Brigham De Berard - 1905 - 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... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1898 - Počet stránok 894
...quote the passage from " Tam O'Shanter " : — " Coffins stood round like open presses. That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses: And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in hu cauld hand held a light, — By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's... | |
 | John Matthews Manly - 1907 - Počet stránok 616
...125 That shaw'd 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 130 A murderer's banes in gibbet airns; ' Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted... | |
 | Thomas Carlyle - 1907 - Počet stránok 176
...them skirl," Till roof and rafters a' did dirl." Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shawed 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 haly47 table, A murderer's... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - Počet stránok 562
...125 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, 130 A murderer's banes, in gibbet-airns; Twa span-lang, wee, unchristened bairns; A thief, new-cutted... | |
 | Walter Cochrane Bronson - 1908 - Počet stránok 562
...125 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, 130 A murderer's banes, in gibbet-airns; Twa span-lang, wee, unchristened bairns; A thief, new-cutted... | |
 | Claude Moore Fuess, Henry Nichols Sanborn - 1909 - Počet stránok 324
...presses, 125 That shawed the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish cantrip slight0 Each in its cauld hand held a light : By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, 130 A murderer's banes in gibbet airns; Twa span-lang, wee unchristened bairns; A thief, new-cutted... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1909 - Počet stránok 692
...presses, That shaw'd 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, The A murderer's banes, in gibbet-airns ; witches' Twa span-lang, wee, unchristened bairni ; A thief,... | |
 | Norma Bright Carson - 1910 - Počet stránok 358
...music was his charge. He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl — Coffins stood round, like open presses, That show'd...Dead in their last dresses ; 'And (by some devilish cantraip sleight) Each in its cauld hand held a light." Alloway Kirk has stood as it stands today for... | |
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