 | Robert Burns - 1872 - 778 sider
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape : Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red-rusted ; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled...life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft : u» Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amazed... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1872 - 340 sider
...frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks wi' bluid red-rusted; Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted; A garter, which a babe had strangled;...life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft." Hayward is incorrect in stating that Goethe's poem of "The Dance of Death" clearly preceded "Tarn O'Shanter."... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1872 - 340 sider
...rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks wi' bluid red-rusted; Five scymitars, wi 1 murder crusted; A garter, which a babe had strangled;...life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft." Hayward is incorrect in stating that Goethe's poem of "The Dance of Death" clearly preceded "Tam O'Shanter."... | |
 | James Allan Mair - 1872 - 422 sider
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted ; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled...had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stak to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'.... | |
 | Scottish readings - 1872 - 252 sider
...rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-in.sleil ; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled...; A knife a father's throat had mangled, Whom his am son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stak to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which... | |
 | Samuel Orchart Beeton - 1873 - 782 sider
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape : Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red rusted j Five scymitars, e summer friend, o1 life bereft — The grey hairs yet stack to the heft ; Three lawyers' tongues turn'd inside out,... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 600 sider
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red rusted; Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled;...life bereft. The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; WT mair o' horrible and awfu', Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowered, amazed and... | |
 | Ralph Waldo Emerson - 1874 - 584 sider
...scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; A knife, a father's thro^ had mangled, A garter, which a babe had strangled; Whom his ain son o' life bereft. The gray hairs yet...to the heft; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowered, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and... | |
 | 1876 - 564 sider
...able To note upon the haly table, A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Twa span-lang, wee, unchristened bairns ; A thief new cutted frae a rape, Wi' his last...awfu', Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowred, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson - 1875 - 246 sider
...a rape, AVi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red rusted; Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted; A garter which a babe had strangled...to the heft; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be uulawfu'. As Tammie glowered, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and... | |
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Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red-rusted; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted; A garter, which a babe had strangled; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o... 
