...span-lang, wee uuchristened bairns; A thief, new cuttit frae a rape — Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; A garter which a babe had strangled; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life had reft — The grey hairs yet stack. to the heft." This passage forms a splendid specimen of a'most...

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...rapes to me, In Ml my soul to draw ! This terrible verse reminds one of Burns's famous image — " A knife a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The gray Jiairs yet stack to the heft /" The ballad closes by the aged murderer apostrophising his tower...

...frae a rape, 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...life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft." This collection has all the effect of a selection. The bodies were not placed there; but following...

...a rape, 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...life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft." This collection has all the effect of a selection. The bodies were not placed there ; but following...

...wi' bluid red-rusted, Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter which a babe had strangled, j , A knife, a father's throat had mangled Whom his ain son o' life bereft, — The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; Three lawyers' tongues turn'd inside out, Wi' lies seam'd like a...

...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blnid red-rusted; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled,...mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yefc stack to the heft : Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie...

...a rape, 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...had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft : l Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'....

...frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks wi' bluid red-rusted; Five seymitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled...had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft." Goethe's poem of Der Todtenta/m, however, clearly preceded Tarn...

...frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks wi' bluid red-rusted; Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled...had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft." Goethe's poem of Her Todtentanz, however, clearly preceded Tarn...