 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 sider
...Till roof and rafters a' did dirl,— Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead m their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip...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,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 sider
...music was his charge: lie screw'd the pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl— Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd...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 gasp... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1826 - 288 sider
...music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gait them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirt. — Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd...last dresses ! And by some devilish cantrip slight, Kurii in its cauld handheld a lignt, — By which, heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly table,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1830 - 50 sider
...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 shaw'd...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,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1831 - 484 sider
...music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gort 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 cantraip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light,— By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon... | |
 | 1831 - 426 sider
...was his charge : 1 I e screw 'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' diidirl.— Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last drosses; And by some devilish cantraip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light, — By which heroic... | |
 | Charlotte Fiske Bates - 1832 - 1022 sider
...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...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;4 Twa span-lang, wee,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1833 - 396 sider
...— I am inclined to think that Goethe must have read Burn's TamO'Shanter before writing this : — " Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd...To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbit aims ; Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns ; A thief, new cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 348 sider
...midnight hags," within the walls of Auld Kirk Alloway, Satan himself being bag-piper to their dancing. " Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd...dead in their last dresses ; And, by some devilish cantrip-sleight, Each in his cauld hand held a light ; By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the... | |
 | James Montgomery - 1833 - 368 sider
...the walls of Auld Kirk Alloway, Satan himself being bag-piper to their dancing. " Coffins stood hmnd, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And, by some devilish cantrip-sleight, Each in his cauld hand held a light ; By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the... | |
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Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a 
