 | Robert Burns - 1820 - 470 Seiten
...witches in a dance; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels, A winnock-bunker in...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... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 Seiten
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; To i Ai Twa: A -.-.:-Y.... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 Seiten
...witches in a dance; Nae cotillion brent new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There set auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 Seiten
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...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... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 Seiten
...life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o'beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them...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... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 Seiten
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A wiunock-bunker in the east, There sat Auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...gart 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... | |
 | John Bull - 1825 - 782 Seiten
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast...them skirl. 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... | |
 | 1825 - 1288 Seiten
...But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and ret'--. Put life and mettle in their beeia. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and Urpr. To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart them si IT! . Till roof and... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alfred Howard - 1826 - 226 Seiten
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and i Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast...and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did diri.Coffins stood round like open Besses, That shaw'd the dead in thek \ast &TOM»-, I reels, ,*».... | |
 | New elegant extracts - 1827 - 402 Seiten
...life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o'beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them...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... | |
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life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld 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 
