 Tam skelpit on thro" dub and mire, Despising wind, and rain, and fire; Whiles holding fast his guid blue bonnet; Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet; Whiles glow'ring round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares; Kirk-Alloway was drawing...  The British Poets: Including Translations ... - Page 208by British poets - 1822Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1793 - 420 pages
...he was crofs the ford, V hare in the fnaw, the chapman fmoor'dj And paft the birks and meikl' ftane, Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, \Vhare hunters fand the murder d bairn; And near the thorn, aboon the well, Whare Mango's mither hang'd... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scottish poetry - 1797 - 304 pages
...he was crofs the ford, Whare in the fnaw the chapman fmoor'd ; And paft the birks and meikle ftane, Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; And thro'...the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder' d bairn ; And near the thorn, aboon the well, Whare Mungo's mither hang'd herfel.— . Before... | |
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...Crooning, humming. " Glow' ring, staring. IX Bogles, bad spirits. *3 Ghaists, ghosts. 14 Houlets, owls. 241 By this time he was cross the ford, Whare in the snaw"...the chapman smoor'd;" And past the birks* and meikle stane,4 Whare drunken Charlie brak's* neck -bane ;*' And thro' the whins, and by the cairn,7 Whare... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...him unawares ; . Kirk-Alloway Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cryBy this time he was cross the ford, Whare in the snaw...the birks and meikle stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak 's neck-bane; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn; And... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...Scots sonnet ; Whiles glow'ring ronnd wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares; Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly...snaw the chapman smoor'd ; And past the birks and meiklc stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; And through the whins, and by the caira, Where... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...Scots sonnet ; Whiles glow'ring round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares : Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly...the birks and meikle stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak 's neck-bane ; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ;... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...Scots sonnet ; Whiles glow'ring round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares : Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly...stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane; And through the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand ihe murder'd bairn ; And near the thorn, aboon... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1813 - 444 pages
...Whiles glow'ring round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares ; Kirk-Alloway Kirk-Allway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly...snaw the chapman smoor'd ; And past the birks and ineikle stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak 's neck-bane ; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, Whare... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...Scots sonnet ; Whiles glow'ring round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares ; Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly...the birks and meikle stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak 's neck-hunt; ; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ;... | |
 | William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...unawares ; Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. — By this time Tam was cross the ford, Whare in the snaw, the chapman...neck-bane; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, Where hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; And near the thorn, aboon the well, Whare Mungo's mither hang'd... | |
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