...on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellowM: That night, a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, Despising...

...Doonholm, " whan it is sae mirk, thou coudna' see thy finger afore thee." It was indeed " a waefu nicht." Such a night as this might give rise to these admirable...the now pensive and thoughtful Burns was given to understand that a son was bora unto liim, as— " The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last," that a horrid...

...the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd. That night a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand." Fatigued as I was, I preferred resting on Joseph's coffin to again entering the heart-sickening chamber...

...the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellow'd : That night, a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, Despising...

...the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : That night, a child might understand The deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, (A better never lifted leg) Tam skelpit on through dub and mire,...

...Doonholm, " whan it is sae mirk, thou coudna' see thy finger afore thee." It was, indeed, " a waefu nicht." Such a night as this might give rise to these admirable...the now pensive and thoughtful Burns was given to understand that a son was born unto him, as — " The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last,1' that a horrid...

....Doonholm, " whan it is sae mirk, thou coudna' see thy finger afore thee." It was, indeed, " a waefu nicht." Such a night as this might give rise to these admirable...the now pensive and thoughtful Burns was given to understand that a son was born unto him, as — i " The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last,'' that a...

...horses, as he found himself carried with headlong speed what matters it whither? THE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT. That night, a child might understand, The de'il had business on his hand. TAM O' SHANTEB. IT was the first night of January, and a more dismal night could not well be imagined....

...on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd, Loud, deep, and long the thunder bellow'd. That night a child might understand The deil had business on his hand." • • . .r. r O it was awful then to keep the vigil in the cloister adjoining to the house where...

...the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : That night, a child might understand The deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on through dub and mire,...