 | James Storer, John Greig - 1805 - 116 Seiten
...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... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 Seiten
...open prcsse;, That shaw'd the dead in their last drc-scs ; An' Iiy some dev'lish cantrip slight, Kacb in its cauld hand held a light — By which heroic Tam was able, To note upon the haly table, A murd'rer's hanes in gibbet airns ; Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd hairns 5 A thief new-cutted frae... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 Seiten
...dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. — By \vJiioh heroic Tam 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-cutteU frae a rape, \Vi' his last gasp... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 Seiten
...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 which,...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... | |
 | 1812 - 140 Seiten
...like open presses, That shavv'd the dead in their last dresses : An' by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light ; By which heroic...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... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 Seiten
...like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some dev'Iish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light ; By which heroic...was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's hanes in gibbet airns ; Twa span lang, wee, unchristen'd hairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 Seiten
...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 Seiten
...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 which heroic...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 Seiten
...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 which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer'!! banes in gibbet-airns; Twa span-lang, wee unchristen'd bairns; A thief, new cutted frae... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 Seiten
...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 which...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... | |
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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... 
