 | 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 - 1794 - 300 pages
...laft dreffes; And by fome devilifli cantraip flight . , Each in its cauld hand held alight.— . . By which heroic Tam was able To note upon the haly table, : A murderer's banes in gibbet aims; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, , • Wi' his laft gafp his gab... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scottish poetry - 1797 - 304 pages
...open prefles, .>.*? That fhaw'd the dead in their laft drefles ; And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. — By which...haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp his gab did... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1798 - 308 pages
...like open prefles, That fhaw'd the dead in their laft drefles ; And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light. — By which...haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his laft gafp his gab did... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 300 pages
...like open prefies, That fhavv'd the dead in their laft drefTes : And by fome devilifh cantrip flight, Each in its cauld hand held a light.— By which,...haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa fpan-lang, wee, unchriften'd bairns ; A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Wi' his lafl gafp his gab did... | |
 | 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
...dirj.13— Coffins stood round, like open presses,14 That shaw'd 1s the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip " slight, Each in its cauld " hand held a light. — 1 Swate, fumes. * Noddle, head. 3 Car'd na, minded not. 4 Boddle, a farthing. s Sair, spre. 6 Unco,... | |
 | David Irving - English poetry - 1804 - 524 pages
...VOL. II. 3 R Coffins stood round, like open presses ; That shaw'd the dead in their last 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,... | |
 | James Storer, John Greig - Scotland - 1805 - 116 pages
...terrific nature. Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last 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,... | |
 | 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... | |
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Coffins stood round, like open presses; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; And by some devilish... 
