 Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red-rusted; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted; A garter, which a babe had strangled; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o...  The Poetical Works - Side 265af Robert Burns - 1863 - 1 siderFuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 sider
...fhaw'd the dead in their laft dreffes ; And by fome devilifh cantnu'p flight Each in his cauld hand htH a light By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet airns ; Twa fpan-Iang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1794 - 300 sider
...laft dreffes; And by fome devilifli cantraip flight . , Each in its cauld hand held alight.— . . By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, : A murderer's banes in gibbet aims; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, , • Wi' his laft gafp his gab... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1797 - 304 sider
...open prefles, .>.*? That fhaw'd the dead in their laft drefles ; And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. — By which...haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp his gab did... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 sider
...like open prefles, That fhaw'd the dead in their laft drefles ; And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. — By which...haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp his gab did... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1800 - 300 sider
...like open prefies, That fhavv'd the dead in their laft drefTes : And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light.— By which,...haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his lafl gafp his gab did... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 464 sider
...fhaw'd " the dead in their lafl drefles ; And by fome devilifh cantrip '* flight, Each in its cauld ' 3 hand held a light. — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly l4 table, A murderer's banes lS in gibbet>irns ; 1s Twa fpan-^lang,'7 wee,18 unchriften'd bairns ;... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 sider
...cupboards. 15 Shaw'd, shewed. '6 Cantrip, a charm, pr spell. '7 Cauld, cold. K 2 1O By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly * table, A murderer's banes* in gibbet aims;3 Twa span-lang,4 wee,* unchristen'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape,6 Wi' his last gasp... | |
 | David Irving - 1804 - 524 sider
...dresses j And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. By this heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet airns ; Twa-span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape ; , Wi' his last... | |
 | James Sargant Storer, John Greig (engraver) - 1805 - 112 sider
...dresse*; 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 banes in gibbet aims ; Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp, his" gab did gape; Five tomahawks,... | |
 | James Storer, John Greig - 1805 - 116 sider
...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 banes in gibbet aims; Tvva span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp, his gab... | |
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