 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 206by Robert Burns - 1797Full 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...their teens, Their Their farks, inftead o' creefhie fhmnen, Been fnaw-white feventeen hunder linnen ! Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, That ance were... | |
 | 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...Now Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans, A' plump and drapping in their teens, Their farks, inftead o' creefliie flannen, Been fnaw-white feventeen hunder... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 242 pages
...had mangled, Whom his ain 4 fon 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...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
...Whom his ain 4 fon 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...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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