 To scaud poor wretches! Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, An' let poor damned bodies be; I'm sure sma' pleasure it can gie, Ev'n to a deil, To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, An' hear us squeel! Great is thy pow'r, an' great thy fame; Far kend an' noted...  Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Page 100by Robert Burns - 1800 - 287 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Ralph Knight - 1959 - 246 pages
...deil, To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me An' hear us squeel. Great is thy pow'r an' great they fame; Far kend an' noted is thy name; An' tho' yon lowin...faith! thou's neither lag, nor lame, Nor blate, nor scaur. Splashes; brimstone pail scald Hangman spank; scald flaming hollow slow abashed; scared Whyles,... | |
 | Catharine Maria Sedgwick - 2002 - 420 pages
...which ended in Herbert's capture. CHAPTER XVI "Great is thy power, and great thy fame Far kenn'd and noted is thy name! An' tho' yon lowin' heugh's thy hame, Thou travels far." — BURNS il/LiOT LEE RETURNED to his lodgings from Sir Henry's in no very comfortable frame of mind.... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1906 - 230 pages
...skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, An' hear us squeel! III. Great is thy pow'r, an' great thy fame; Far kend an' noted is thy name; An' tho' yon lowin...faith! thou's neither lag nor lame, Nor blate nor scaur. IV. Whyles, ranging like a roarin lion, For prey a' holes an' corners tryin; Whyles on the strong-wing'd... | |
 | Edwin Markham - 1927 - 386 pages
...hear us squeel! Great is thy power, an' great thy fame; Far kenned an' noted is thy name: An', though yon lowin heugh's* thy hame, Thou travels far; An',...faith! thou's neither lag nor lame, Nor blate nor scaur' Whiles, ranging like a roarin' lion, For prey a" holes an' corners tryin; Whiles on the strong-winged... | |
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