 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
 | Thomas Humphry Ward - 1881 - Počet stránok 632
...skirl 7 , 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 - 1882 - Počet stránok 872
...quote the passage from " Tarn O'Shanter " : — " Coffins stood round like open presses, That shnw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish...light, — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon (he haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbit aims; Twa span-Ian:;, wee, unchristen'd bairns; A thief,... | |
 | 1883 - Počet stránok 172
...them skirl,5 Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.6 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... | |
 | Ludwig Herrig - 1885 - Počet stránok 752
...open presses, 125 That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some dev'lish cantraip slight (7) w is our wedding day, Unto the Bell at Edmonton, And we will then repair 10 130 Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, mnaz'd, an' curious, The mirth an' fun grew... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1885 - Počet stránok 364
...east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; Collins 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... | |
 | Charles Rogers - 1886 - Počet stránok 500
...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 Tarn was able A murderer's banes in gibbet airns ; Twa... | |
 | 1887 - Počet stránok 410
...them skirl, 5 Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. 6 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 - 1887 - Počet stránok 400
...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... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1888 - Počet stránok 440
...ceann, head, chief, principal, and drip, a trick. Coffins stood roun' like open presses, That showed the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. — BURNS : Tam o' Shanttr. Bums, in the " Address to the Deil," has another... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1888 - Počet stránok 444
...eeann, head, chief, principal, and drip, a trick. Coffins stood roun' like open presses, That showed the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. —BURNS : Tam o' Shanter. Burns, in the " Address to the Deil," has another... | |
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