 Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a...  Poems - Page 13by Robert Burns - 1881Full view - About this book
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 904 pages
...1-itit hornpipes. jigs, Ktrathtpeys and reels, Put life and mettle in their hi-cU A winnock-bunkcr in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ;...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : fie screw'd his pipes and girt them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round... | |
 | John Aikin - 1850 - 764 pages
...towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge: He screw'd the pipes, and g;xrt them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl.— Coffins stood round like open presses, Tint shaw'd the dead in their lastdrase*! And by some devilish cantraip slight, Each in its cauld hand... | |
 | William Shakespeare - 1851 - 656 pages
...shape o' beast ; A lowzie tyke, blaek, grim, and large. To gie them musie was his eharge : He serew'd the pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirt" COSTUME. THE rudely-sculptured monuments and crosses which time has spared upon the hills and... | |
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 pages
...But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys , and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...grim, and large. To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round like... | |
 | Henrietta Dumont - 1852 - 330 pages
...mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzio tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round like... | |
 | John Aikin - 1852 - 792 pages
...mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzic serve screw'd the pipes, and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. — Coffins stood round... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 pages
...But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels, A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast;...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge : He screw'd his pipes, and gart them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Coffins stood round like... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...question — the question is what business ? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge :" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nannie ! " For Satan glow'r'd, and fidged... | |
 | John Wilson - 1854 - 252 pages
...question—the question is what business ? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary of the Fall ? " There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke,...grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge:" and pray who is to pay the piper ? We fear that young witch Nannie! " For Satan glow'r'd, and fidged... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 pages
...shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his charge ; He screw' d the pipes and gart them skirl, Till roof and rafters...— Coffins stood round, like open presses ; That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; And by some devilish cantrip slight Each in its cauld hand... | |
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