| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...they'll roast tliec like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy cumin ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane ' of the brig ; There at them them thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross. Hut ere the key-stane she could make,... | |
| Scottish uses - Scottish poetry - 1808 - 228 pages
...at them thou thy tail may toss, A riimin stream they darena cross. But e'er the key-stane she coud make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far afore the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, An' flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ; But little wist... | |
| Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the kej-stane* of the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare ua cross, But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake 1 For Nannie, far... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 1815 - 364 pages
...hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy eomin ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the...There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream she dare na eross. But ere the k»y-stane they eould make, The fient a tale she had to shake ! For... | |
| Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate toon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the...they dare na cross. But ere the key-stane she could mate, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest,... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 338 pages
...cumin'! Kate soon will be a waefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane o' the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss, A...But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tale she had to shake! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam... | |
| William Hazlitt - English literature - 1818 - 358 pages
...jJ^M^ N ' й>''^'. a ар ш: Щ?1РРщ^|а Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane o' the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss, A...cross ; But ere the key-stane she could make, The lient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman '. Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the...But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tale she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at... | |
| sir Samuel Egerton Brydges (bart.) - 1822 - 180 pages
...When out the hellish legion sallied ». « Now do thy speedy utmost , Meg ^ And win the fcey-stane of the brig ; There at them thou thy tail may toss...she could make , The fient a tail she had to shake ! « There is no other poem of Burns so characteristic of his powers , his habits , and his manners... | |
| British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the kev-stane' o' the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they darena cross. But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake 1 For \aanie,... | |
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