 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 Seiten
...mettle in their heels. As winnock-bunker, in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ,A touzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was...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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 338 Seiten
...new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reelsPut life and mettle in their heels. As winnock-bunker, in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A touzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge; He screw'd the pipes, and gart... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 Seiten
...dance ; Nae cotillion brent new t'rae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the...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...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... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 Seiten
...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,...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... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 Seiten
...unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance ». « There sat auld Nick , in shape o' beast ; A towsie tyke , black , grim , and large , To gie them music was his charge ». — . « Tarn stood , like ane bewitch'd , And thought his very een enrich'd ; Even Satan glowr'd... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Gilpin Gorst - 1825 - 116 Seiten
...the uorrhwm Bard. 30 A winnock bmifkcr in the east, There sat uuld Nick in shape o' beast : A towsie tyke, black, grim and large, To gie them music was...gar't them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. They reel'd, they set, they cross'd they cleokit, ' Till ilka carlin swat and reekit." The handsome... | |
 | 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...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,— Coffins stood round like... | |
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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 
