 | Robert Burns - 1815 - 364 pages
...danger may be in his going forward, there is mueh more hazard in turning baek. Now, wha this tale of truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, take heed: Whene'er to drink you are inelin'd, Or eutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tom o' Shanter's... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1816 - 406 pages
...behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. f Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and...you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, * It ip a well-known fact, that witches, or any evil spirits, have no power to follow a poor wight... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1818 - 354 pages
...— Ae spring brought aff her master hale, But left behind, her ain grey tail : The Carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump....tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son tak heed : Whane'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or Cutty Sarks rin in your mind, Think, ye may buy the... | |
 | Thomas Campbell - 1819 - 466 pages
...mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her am grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump....mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o' Shanter's mare. SONG. O POORTITH cauld, and restless love, Ye wreck my peace between ye ; Yet... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 270 pages
...mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump....tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, tak heed : 1 It is a well known fact, that witches, or any evil spirits, have no power to follow a... | |
 | British poets - 1822 - 274 pages
...mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man_anJ mother's son, tak heed : 1 It is a well known fact, tliat witches, or any evil spirits, have... | |
 | Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - 1822 - 418 pages
...mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tail o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd,... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1824 - 292 pages
...mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump....tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, tak heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the... | |
 | Richard Alfred Davenport - 1824 - 406 pages
...— , Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump....tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, tak heed: Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the... | |
 | British anthology - 1825 - 464 pages
...mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump....tale o' truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, tak heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclined, Or cutty'isarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy... | |
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Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little wist she Maggie's mettle — Ae spring brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain gray tail : The carlin claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this tale o... 
