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" Nae cotillion brent new frae France, 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... "
Burns, Ramsay and the Earlier Poets of Scotland ; to which is Added, Ancient ... - Page 108
edited by - 1879
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Tales of Wonder;, Volume 2

Matthew Gregory Lewis - 1801 - 266 pages
...light ; And, vow ! Tarn saw an unco 8 sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent7 new frae France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys,...the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie-tyke,9 black, grim, and large. To gie 10 them music was his charge ; He screw'd the pipes and...
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The Lives of the Scotish Poets: With Preliminary Dissertations on ..., Volume 2

David Irving - 1804 - 524 pages
...the heel and hand adraonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light : And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...France, But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Put Kfe and mettle in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast...
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Poems, Volume 2

Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light ; And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...was his charge : He screw'd the pipes, and gart them skirl,Till roof an' rafters a' did dirl, — Coffins stood round, like open presses, That shaw'd the...
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The poetical works of Robert Burns

Robert Burns - 1814 - 306 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light : And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels, A winnock-buuker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and...
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The works of Robert Burns; with an account of his life ..., Issue 672, Volume 3

Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light ; And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ; Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock- bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and...
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The Works of the British Poets: With Lives of the Authors, Volume 38

Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light; And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...in their heels. A winnock-bunker in the east, There set auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, To gie them music was his...
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The British Poets: Including Translations ...

British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light ; And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and...
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New Elegant Extracts: A Unique Selection ... from the Most Eminent Prose and ...

Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventured forward on the light; And, Wow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o'beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and...
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Poems, chiefly in the Scottish dialect

Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...the heel and hand admonish'd, She ventur'd forward on the light ; And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Nae cotillion brent...strathspeys, and reels, Put life and mettle in their heels. A winnock bunker in the east, There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; A towzie tyke, black, grim, and...
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A Narrative of an Excursion to Ireland, by the Deputy Governor, Two Members ...

Gilpin Gorst - 1825 - 116 pages
...the uorrhwm Bard. 30 A winnock bmifkcr in the east, There sat uuld Nick in shape o' beast : A towsie tyke, black, grim and large, To gie them music was...gar't them skirl Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. They reel'd, they set, they cross'd they cleokit, ' Till ilka carlin swat and reekit." The handsome...
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