 Kate soon will be a woefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross! But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake: For...  The Works of Robert Burns: Containing His Life - Page 52by Robert Burns, John Gibson Lockhart - 1837 - 425 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...comin ! * Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane * of the brig ;* There at them thou thy tail may toss,...But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail * she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at... | |
 | Robert Burns, Thomas Park - 1808 - 330 pages
...toss, A running stream they dare na cross. Hut ere the key-stane she could make, • The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious el tin ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...com in ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane * of the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss,...But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, * It is a well... | |
 | 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 - 1816 - 406 pages
...thy comin ! Kate toon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane* of the brig; There at them thou thy tail may toss,...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 - 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...the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring 'brought aff her master hale,... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 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... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, ' And win the key-stane o' the brig ; There, at them ttiou thy tail may toss, A running stream they dare na cross;...But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pages
...thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig ; There at them thou thy tail may toss,...But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...thy comin ! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman '. Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane* of the brig ; There at them thou thy tail may toss,...the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale,... | |
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