 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 sivua
...frae 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...had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlanfu'.... | |
 | Thomas Smibert - 1852 - 126 sivua
...span-lang, wee uuchristened bairns; A thief, new cuttit frae a rape — Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; A garter which a babe had strangled; A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life had reft — The grey hairs yet stack. to the heft." This passage forms a splendid specimen of a'most... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 sivua
...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...had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft." This collection has all the effect of a selection. The bodies were... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 sivua
...frae 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...had mangled, Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft." This collection has all the effect of a selection. The bodies were... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 sivua
...wi' bluid red-rusted, Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter which a babe had strangled, j , A knife, a father's throat had mangled Whom his ain...life bereft, — The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; Three lawyers' tongues turn'd inside out, Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout; And priests' hearts,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1855 - 318 sivua
...frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks wi' bluid red-rusted; Five seymitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled...life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft." Goethe's poem of Der Todtenta/m, however, clearly preceded Tarn o' Shanter. P. 128. Lilith. — I have... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 sivua
...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 : l Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd,... | |
 | Robert Burns, Allan Cunningham - 1855 - 616 sivua
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blnid 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 yefc stack to the heft : Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1856 - 746 sivua
...a rape, \Vi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid rcd-rustcd; Five scimitars, wi' murder crusted; A garter which a babe had strangled;...to the heft: Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammic glow'rcd, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1856 - 344 sivua
...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." Goethe's poem of Her Todtentanz, however, clearly preceded Tarn O'Shanter. 148. Lilith.]— I have... | |
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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... 
