 | Robert Burns - 1865 - 336 pages
...fireplace Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; foaming aie And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, cobbler • His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him...for weeks thegither ! The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter, *»* And aye the ale was growing better ; The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Wi' favours... | |
 | John Bartlett - Quotations - 1865 - 504 pages
...dame, Gathering her brows like gathering storm, , Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. Tam ffShanter. His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him...brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither. Ibid. Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, O'er a' the ills o' life victorious. RM. But pleasures... | |
 | Thomas Hood - English literature - 1865 - 602 pages
...besides. Her sons drink not by the hour or by the day, but by the week, — witness Souter Johnny : — " Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither, They had been fou for weeks thegither." Swallowing no thin washy potation, but a strong overproof spirit, with a smack, of smoke — and '"where... | |
 | John William Stanhope Hows - English poetry - 1866 - 574 pages
...lengthened sage advices. The husband frae the wife despises ! But to our tale : Ae market night Tam had got planted unco right, Fast by an ingle, bleezing...for weeks thegither. The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter ; And ay the ale was growing better. The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Wi' favours secret,... | |
 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 pages
...mony lengthen'd sage advices The husband fra the wife despises ! But to our tale. Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right Fast by an ingle bleezing...reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at his elbow Sonter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony : Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; They had been... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1866 - 356 pages
...As good luck would have it his temerity came off unpunished. But to our tale : Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right ; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats that drank divinely ; 40 And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tarn lo'ed him like a vera... | |
 | James M'Kie - 1866 - 48 pages
...A Poem, with Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix. By M. PORTEOUS, Printer, Maybole. Second Edition. "Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither" Qlasgow : THOMAS MURBAY & SON. Ayr: ROBEBT MACLEHOSE. &c., &c. \ fc* CLXXIX. •ROBERT BURNS: A Memoir.... | |
 | Humorous poetry - 1867 - 530 pages
...market night, Tam had got planted unco3 right, Fast by an ingle,4 bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats,5 that drank divinely ; And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy6 crony; Tam lo'ed him like a very brither — They had been fou for weeks thegither ! The night... | |
 | Edith P. Hazen - Literary Criticism - 1992 - 1172 pages
...lengthen'd, sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises! (1. 33—36) 52 Ae market night, Tam SiPS; TrGrPo Patience, Though I Have Not 19 I must...of force, God wot, Forbear my most desire; For no (1. 37—40) 53 The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure: Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious,... | |
 | Carl R. Woodring, James Shapiro - Literary Criticism - 1995 - 936 pages
...lengthened sage advices, The husband frae the wife despises! But to our tale: — Ae market night, Tam had got planted unco right. Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats that drank divinely; -HI And at his elbow, Souter Johnie, His ancient, trusty, drouth y cronie: Tam lo'ed him like a very... | |
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Tam had got planted unco right; Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither; They had been fou for weeks thegither.... 
