 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 - Página 206por Robert Burns - 1797Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 páginas
...ev'n to name wad be unlawful'. 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 and reekit, And coast her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 páginas
...ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. Aa Tammie g!ow'r'd, amaz'd and glorious, 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 cleek Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 páginas
...grey hairs yet stak to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleek Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | William E. Whyte - 1870 - 312 páginas
...life and mettle in their heels. " As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious, The mirth and iun 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 and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 652 páginas
...Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowred,1 amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker Hew ; They reeled, they set, they crossed, they cleekit,2 Till ilka carlin 3 swat and reekit,4 And... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 páginas
...even 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,... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 páginas
...Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowered, amazed and curions, The mirth and fun grew fast of death, Through the still lapse of ages. All that tread The globe are but a handful t reeled, they set, they crossed, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies... | |
 | James Allan Mair - 1872 - 422 páginas
...Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glow'r'd, amazed 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 and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | James Brown (editor, of Elgin.) - 1873 - 406 páginas
...his pipes, and garrin' them skirl. Burns beats all other poets to sticks at a witch-dance. Listen — 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 and reekit. That was dancing in em-nest, and... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1873 - 814 páginas
...between the last accented syllable of the first section and the first accented syllable of the second. The piper loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew. — BURNS. These steps both reach, and leach thee shall To come by thrift, to shift withal. — TUSSER.... | |
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