 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...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 ; A towzie-tyke,9 black, grim, and large. To gie 10 them music was his charge ; He screw'd the pipes and... | |
 | David Irving - English poetry - 1804 - 524 pages
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put Kfe 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. VOL. II. 3 R Coffins stood round, like open presses ; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses j... | |
 | Scottish uses - Scottish poetry - 1808 - 228 pages
...winuock-bunker i' the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' brasl \ A towzfc tyke, black, grim, an' large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, an' gart them skirl, Till roof an' ranters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round, like open prcsse;,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...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...was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, and gart them skirl,Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl, — Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the... | |
 | George Gleig - 1812 - 142 pages
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, an' reels, Put life an' mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat Auld Nick, in shape o' beast, A towzie tyke, black, grim, an large ; To gi'e them music was his chnrge : He screw'd the pipes, an' gart them skirl, Till roof... | |
 | 1812 - 140 pages
...r >*-»# ra'tl o slso* ^n. Thon and thf Smitb ^ot rrwbtg. fotl i 64 A towzie tyke, black, grim, an large; To gi'e them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, an' gart. them skirl, Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round, like open presses, That... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels, A winnock-buuker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...gart them skirl! Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Collins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some... | |
 | sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 pages
...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... | |
 | Gilpin Gorst - Ireland - 1825 - 116 pages
...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 - English wit and humor - 1825 - 782 pages
...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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