 | George Wishart (bp. of Edinburgh.) - 1756 - 452 pages
...bf a d'lam'ind upon the glafs-windo-w of his frifort, after receiving his fentence. LET them beftow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins that I may fwim To thee, my maker, in that crimfon lake, Then place my par-boil'd head upon a ftake ; Scatter... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 570 pages
...his poetical genius. Let them bestow on every airth (cardinal point) a limb, Then open all my vsins that I may swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air, Lord ! since thou know'st where... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 574 pages
...Hume as no despicable proof of his poetical genius. Let them bestow on every airth (cardinal point) a limb, Then open all my veins that I may swim To thec, my Maker, in that crimson lake -. Then place my parboiled head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes,... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1811 - 434 pages
...Hume as no despicable proof of his poetical genius. " Let them bestow on every airth (cardinal point) a limb, " Then open all my veins, that I may swim...thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake; " Then place my par-boil'd head uponc a stake; " Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air, " Lord! since thou know'st... | |
 | England - 1868 - 800 pages
...to have written with a diamond on the window of his prison on the night before he suffered : — " Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins, that I may swim To Thee, my Maker ! on a crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake — Scatter my ashes— strew them... | |
 | Librarians - 1819 - 556 pages
...with the point of a diamond, upon the glass •window of his prison, after receiving his sentence. LET them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all...thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake, Then place my par-boiPd head upon a stake; Scatter my ashes, strow them in the air. Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | George Wishart - Scotland - 1819 - 562 pages
...with the point of a diamond, upon the glass •window of his prison, after receiving his sentence. LET them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all...thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake, Then place my par-boil'd head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, strow them in the air. Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1827 - 642 pages
...verses, that the reader may judge for himself. They have been praised and dispraised in the extreme. " Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all...thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a slake. with disdain the attendance of the ministers, who endeavoured to impress... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 706 pages
...found to run as follows :— Let them bestow on every airt?8 a limb, Then open all my veins, that 1 may swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboil'd head upon a stake , Scatter my ashes, throw them in the air ; Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1828 - 366 pages
...found to run as follows : — Let them bestow on every airt 28 a limb, Then open all my veins, that 1 may swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboil'd head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, throw them in the air ; Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
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Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins that I may swim To Thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake, Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air. Lord, since Thou knowest where all these atoms... 
