 | Penny readings - 1866 - 264 sivua
...a rape, "WT his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude 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 stak to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'.... | |
 | 1900 - 1062 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;...his ain son o' life bereft, — The gray hairs yet stuck to the heft; Wi' muir o' harrible and awfu' — ." the line." And though a Scotchman myself,... | |
 | 1867 - 530 sivua
...rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab4 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 :5 Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which even to name wad be unlawfu'.... | |
 | Robert Burns, Alexander Smith - 1868 - 688 sivua
...the rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red rusted ; Five scymitars, 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 unlawful'.... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1869 - 624 sivua
...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 ; Three lawyers' tongues turn'd inside out, Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout, And priests' hearts,... | |
 | Tom Hood - 1869 - 292 sivua
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude 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 stak to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev'n to name wad be unlawfu'.... | |
 | 1869 - 390 sivua
...frae a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks in 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 hair yet stack to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible an" awfu', Which even to name wad be unlawfu'."... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1871 - 516 sivua
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted ; Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; A garter, which a babe had strangled...life bereft. The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; * * Here, as originally printed in Grose's Antiquities of Scotland, are introduced four lines, which... | |
 | William Cullen Bryant - 1871 - 968 sivua
...a rape, Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks, wi' bluid red rusted ; Five scymitars, d, — They tame but ; Three lawyers' tongues turned inside out, Wi' lies seamed like a beggar's clout ; And priests' hearts,... | |
 | Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - 1871 - 438 sivua
...last gasp his gab did gape ; Five tomahawks wi' bluid red-rusted; Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted j A garter, which a babe had strangled ; A knife, a...life bereft, The gray hairs yet stack to the heft." Hayward is incorrect in stating that Goethe's poem of " The Dance of Death " clearly preceded " Tarn... | |
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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... 
