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" They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him farther woe, And still, as signs of life appear'd, They toss'd him to and fro. "
Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect: By Robert Burns. In Two Volumes. ... - Page 200
by Robert Burns - 1793
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The Poetical Works

Robert Burns - 1865 - 236 pages
...full sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turn'd him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim ; They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor To work him farther woe ; And still, as signs of life...
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Ausfuhrliches theoretisch-praktisches lehrbuch der englischen sprache, Volume 2

G. F. Burckhardt - 1853 - 366 pages
...full sore; They hung him up before the storm, And turned him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him farther woe, And still, as signs of life...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

American poetry - 1854 - 456 pages
...full sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turned him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him further woe, And still, as signs of life...
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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns: Including Several Pieces Not Inserted in ...

Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...full sore; They hung him up before the storm. And turn'd him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim ; They heaved in John Barleycorn. There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor To work him farther wo ; And still as signs of life...
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Gleanings from the Poets, for Home and School

American poetry - 1855 - 458 pages
...full sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turned him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. . They laid him out upon the floor, To work him further woe, And still, as signs of life...
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Gleanings from the Poets: For Home and School

Anna Cabot Lowell - American poetry - 1855 - 452 pages
...full sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turned him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor. To work him further woe, And still, as signs of life...
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The Complete Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Poems, Songs, and ...

Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...full sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turn'd him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit With water to the brim ; They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor, To work him farther woe ; And still, as signs of life...
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The Poetical and Prose Works of Robert Burns: With Life, Notes and ...

Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 pages
...a darksome pit With water to the brim ; They heaved in John Barleycorn^ There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor To work him farther woe ; And still, as signs of life appear'd, They toss'd him to and fro. They wasted o'er a scorching flame The...
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The life and works of Robert Burns, ed. by R. Chambers. Libr. ed, Volume 1

Robert Burns - 1856 - 728 pages
...full sore ; They hung him up before the storm, And turned him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit, With water to the brim ; They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. They laid him out upon the floor To work him further wo ; And still, as signs of life...
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Théâtre de Clara Gazul: comédienne espagnole, suivi de La jaquerie et de La ...

Prosper Mérimée - 1857 - 468 pages
...full sore : They hung him up before the storm. And turn'd him o'er and o'er. They filled up a darksome pit 'With water to the brim, They heaved in John Barleycorn, There let him sink or swim. « They laid him out upon the (bor « To work his farther woe, « And still, as signs...
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