 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 - 1866 - 356 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...cross the ford, Whare in the snaw, the chapman smoor'd ; 90 And past the birks and meikle stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; And thro' the whins,... | |
 | Humorous poetry - 1867 - 530 pages
...houlets5 nightly cry. By this time he was 'cross the foord, Whare in the snaw the chapman smoor'd ;6 And past the birks and meikle stane Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane : And through the whins, and by the cairn7 Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; And near the thorn, aboon... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 pages
...Scots sonnet ; Whiles glow'ring round wi' prudent caros, 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 meikie stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck -bane; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, Whare... | |
 | Tom Hood - Wit and humor - 1869 - 292 pages
...glow'ring round with prudent care, Lest bogles catch him unaware : Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Where ghaists and houlets nightly cry. By this time he was...stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; And through the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; And near the thorn aboon... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 pages
...glow'ring4 round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles" catch him unawares ; Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Where ghaists and houlets* nightly cry. — By this time...Whare in the snaw the chapman' smoor'd ;' And past the birks9 and meikle stane,10 Whare drunken Charlie brak 's neck bane ; And thro' the whins,11 and by... | |
 | Thomas Hood - 1869 - 264 pages
...round with prudent care, Lest bogles catch him unaware : Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Where ghaista and houlets nightly cry. By this time he was cross the ford, Wharo in the snaw the chapman smoor'd ; And past the birks and moikle stane, Whare drunken Charlie... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - Scotland - 1870 - 642 pages
...glow'ring1 round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles' catch him unawares ; Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Where ghaists and houlets' nightly cry. — By this time he was cross the ford, Whare in the snaw the chapman7 smoor'd ;' And past the birks' and meikle stane," Whare drunken Charlie brak 's neck bane... | |
 | Robert Burns - Scottish literature - 1870 - 652 pages
...cares, Lest bogles 2 catch him unawares ; Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets 3 nightly cry. By this time he was cross the ford, Whare in the snaw the chapman smoored ;4 And past the birks and meikle stane, Whare drunken Charlie brak 's neck-bane; And through... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1870 - 352 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 cry. — By this time he was cross tho ford, Whare in the snaw, the chapman smoor'd ; M And past the birks and meikle stune, Whare drunken... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 pages
...Scots sonnet ; Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares, Lest bogles catch him unawares : Kirk-Alloway was drawing nigh, Whare ghaists and houlets nightly...And past the birks and meikle stane, Whare drunken Chairlie brak 's neck-bane ; And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, Whare hunters fand the murder'd... | |
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