 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 Seiten
...large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like open...presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses j And by some devilish cantrip sleight, Each in his cauld hand held a light, By which heroic Tam was... | |
 | 1869 - 390 Seiten
...towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge. He screwed the pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl ; Coffins stood round like open presses, That shawed the dead in their last dresses, And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 Seiten
...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' did dirl. —...in its cauld hand held a light. — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet airns ; Twa span-lang, wee,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...That shawed the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip sleight, Each in its timid ep span-lang, wee, unchristened bairns; A thief, new cut ted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1871 - 438 Seiten
...knowledge of hissongs. For the sake of comparison, I quote the passage from " Tarn O'Shanter " : — " 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, — By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon... | |
 | 1872 - 900 Seiten
...like open presses, That shawed the dead in their lost dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip sleight, wells On the Future ! how it tells Of the rapture that impels To the swinging and the ringing span-lang, wee, unchristened bairns ; A thief, new cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did... | |
 | Scottish readings - 1872 - 252 Seiten
...an large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl, Coffins stood round like open...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... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1872 - 340 Seiten
...intimate knowledge of his songs. For the sake of comparison, I quote the passage from "Tam O'Shanter": — "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,— By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the... | |
 | James Allan Mair - 1872 - 422 Seiten
...music was his charge : He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirt 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 Tam was able To note upon the... | |
 | 1920 - 1002 Seiten
...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...haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims; Twa span-lang, wee, unchristian bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did... | |
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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 
