 | William E. Whyte - 1870 - 312 Seiten
...reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. " As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious, The mirth and iun grew fast and furious ; The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 Seiten
...o' horrible and awfu', Which even to name wad be unlawfu'.* As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper...and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleckit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 Seiten
...mair o' horrible and awfu' Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowered, amazed and curions, re shining on the sad abodes of death, Through the...lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a ha ; They reeled, they set, they crossed, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her... | |
 | James Allan Mair - 1872 - 422 Seiten
...o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glow'r'd, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious ; The piper...and louder blew; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 Seiten
...between the last accented syllable of the first section and the first accented syllable of the second. The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew. — BURNS. These steps both reach, and leach thee shall To come by thrift, to shift withal. — TUSSER.... | |
 | James Brown (editor, of Elgin.) - 1873 - 406 Seiten
...his pipes, and garrin' them skirl. Burns beats all other poets to sticks at a witch-dance. Listen — The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew, They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit. That was dancing... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 Seiten
...o' horrible and awfu', Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowered, amazed and curious. The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper...loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker new ; They reeled, they set, they crossed, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin sweat and reekit, And coost... | |
 | Charles Mackay - 1874 - 324 Seiten
...Burns employs it with great effect when describing what Tain o' Shanter saw in the Dance of Witches:— The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew, They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carline swat and reekit. And in his epistle... | |
 | 1876 - 564 Seiten
...mair o' horrible and awfu', Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowred, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper...and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reeled, they set, they crossed, they cleekit. Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 240 Seiten
...o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowered, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper...and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reeled, they set, they crossed, they cleekit, Till ilka earlin swat and reekit, And coost her... | |
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Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev"n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew... 
