 | Robert Burns - Scotland - 1800 - 308 pages
...flew at "fam wi' furious ettle ; But little wift fhe Maggie's mettle Ae fpring brought off her mafter hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie fcarce a ftump. Now, * It is a well known faft that witches, or any evil fpirits, have no power to... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...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 - Scotland - 1805 - 116 pages
...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 - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...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 - Scottish poetry - 1808 - 228 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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... | |
 | Horse racing - 1813 - 442 pages
...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 pages
...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 - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...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... | |
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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... 
