 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...  Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 203by Robert Burns - 1800Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 pages
...Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun giew faft and furious : The piper loud and louder blew...they cleekit, Till ilka carlin fwat and reekit, And co«ift her duddies to the wark, And liukct at it in her fark! Now, Tarn, O Tarn ! had thae been queans,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fad and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The...duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her fark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans, A' plump and ftrapping in their teens, Their Their farks, inftead... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 300 pages
...ftack to the heft : Wi' mair o' horrible and awefu', Which ev'n to name wa.d be unlawfu'. s. As Tammle glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew...duddies to the wark, And linket at it in her fark ! Now Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans, A' plump and drapping in their teens, Their farks, inftead o' creefliie... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 242 pages
...o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet ftack 5 to the heft ; 6 Wi' mair 7 o' horrible and awefu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd,...fet, they crofs'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin 8 fwat 9 and reekit,' ° And cooft her duddies *' to the wark,'* And linket '3 at it in her fark (... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 464 pages
...o' lJfe bereft, The grey hairs yet ftack 5 to the heft ; 6 Wi' mair 7 o' h'rrible and awefu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd,...louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They recl'd, they fet, they crofs'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin 8 fwat 9 and reekit,10 And cooft her... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...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 ; The dancers quick and quicker flew; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin " swat 14 and reekit, " 1 Haly table, holy table.... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...Which ev'n to name wad be uulawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth an fun 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 clcekit, Till ilka carlin swat and rcekit, And coost her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...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 ; The...dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Tity ilka carl in swat and reekit, A 4 9 And coost her duddies to... | |
 | England - 1866 - 830 pages
...we all know that, while Tam o' Shanter " Glowered, amazed nnd curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious ; The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew." At any rate, music and dancing are always associated in our popular superstitions with witches and... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...Which e'en 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; 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 duddies to the wark,... | |
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