 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 pages
...fhaw'd the dead in their laft dreffes ; And by fome devilifh cantnu'p flight Each in his cauld hand htH a light By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet airns ; Twa fpan-Iang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...and gart them fkirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins flood round, like open prefles, That fhaw'd the dead in their laft drefles ; And by...a rape, Wi' his laft gafp his gab did gape ; Five Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rufted ; Five fcymitars, wi' murder crufted ; A garter, which a babe... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 300 pages
...did did. — Coffins flood round, like open prefies, That fhavv'd the dead in their laft drefTes : And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld...bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his lafl gafp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rufted ; Five fcymitars, wi' murder crufted... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 464 pages
...fhaw'd " the dead in their lafl drefles ; And by fome devilifh cantrip '* flight, Each in its cauld ' 3 hand held a light. — By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly l4 table, A murderer's banes lS in gibbet>irns ; 1s Twa fpan-^lang,'7 wee,18 unchriften'd bairns ;... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...cupboards. 15 Shaw'd, shewed. '6 Cantrip, a charm, pr spell. '7 Cauld, cold. K 2 1O By which heroic Tarn was able To note upon the haly * table, A murderer's banes* in gibbet aims;3 Twa span-lang,4 wee,* unchristen'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape,6 Wi' his last gasp... | |
 | David Irving - English poetry - 1804 - 524 pages
...dresses j And by some devilish cantrip slight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. By this heroic Tarn 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-cutted frae a rape ; , Wi' his last... | |
 | James Sargant Storer, John Greig (engraver) - Scotland - 1805 - 112 pages
...dresse*; 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... | |
 | James Storer, John Greig - Scotland - 1805 - 116 pages
...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 - Scottish poetry - 1808 - 228 pages
...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 - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
