 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
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - Počet stránok 1022
...Window-Beat. 'Sha _ • Forced. • Scream. fv Coffins stood round, like open presses, That sbaw'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 - 1833 - Počet stránok 396
...Burn's TamO'Shanter before writing this : — " 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, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - Počet stránok 384
...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... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1834 - Počet stránok 356
...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 - 1834 - Počet stránok 236
...gart them skirl Til! rnyf and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like open presses, Thai 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 - 1835 - Počet stránok 440
...following ; "Coffins 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... | |
 | Samuel Carter Hall - 1837 - Počet stránok 362
...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, James Currie - 1844 - Počet stránok 706
...them skirl. Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl.f — 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 halyh table, A murderer's... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - Počet stránok 510
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - Počet stránok 512
...skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'il the de/ul 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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