 Kate soon will be a woefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the keystane of the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross! But ere the keystane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake; For...  Poems of Places: Scotland, Denmark, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden - Sida 39redigerad av - 1876Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 sidor
...tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross. But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail * she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before...noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ;4 . But little wist she Maggie's mettle Ae spring* brought off her master hale,' But left behind her... | |
 | James Storer, John Greig - 1805 - 116 sidor
...next running stream; and Tarn's mare, having just gained the " key stane o' the brig," was overtaken, For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie...little wist she Maggie's mettle ; Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The carlin claught her by the rump, And left... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 sidor
...may toss, A running stream they dare na cross. Hut ere the key-stane she could make, • The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious el tin ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale,... | |
 | Scottish uses - 1808 - 228 sidor
...The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far afore the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, An' flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle Ae spring brought ad' her master hale ; But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin caught her by the rump, An' left... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 sidor
...tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross. But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, * It is a well known fact that witches, or any evil spirits, have no power to follow a poor wight any... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 sidor
...tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross. But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the...ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae * It is a well-known fact, that witches, or any evil spirits, have no power to follow a poor wight... | |
 | 1813 - 442 sidor
...corroborate our opinion of Mr. Cooper's merit in this performance : " 36. Tarn O'Shanter.— A. Ceoper. " And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle, But little wist she Maggie's mettle ; Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail." — BURNS. " This picture is most happily... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 sidor
...stream they dare ua cross, But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake 1 For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 sidor
...eross. But ere the k»y-stane they eould make, The fient a tale she had to shake ! For Nannie, far above the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at...little wist she Maggie's mettle— Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail: The earlin e1aught her by the rump, And left... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 sidor
...tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle— Ae spring brought off her master hate, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left... | |
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