 | John Aikin, John Frost - 1838 - 752 pages
...Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammic glowr'd, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast dreaming sleep, Or from its deathlike void, with punctual care, And touch as gentle as the morning li set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | John Aikin - 1838 - 796 pages
...Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amazed and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast fe of hardship. I was not only 'a ship-boy on the high nnd set, they cross'd, they cleekit, Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | Edwin Guest - 1838 - 338 pages
...Unless | mischance\ -. miscAanc|eth me|, Such homely gift of me your man. Tusser to Lord W. Paget. The pi|per loud\ -. and loud\er blew|, The dancers| quick\ -. and quick\er flew|. _ Burns. O Henderson the man ! the brother ! And art ] thou gone\ : and gone \ for ev|er ! Burns. May... | |
 | Allan Cunningham - 1841 - 384 pages
...WITCHES' DANCE IN TAM O'SHANTER. " While Tammie glower'd^amazed and curious, The noise and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew." THE old woman, Jenny Wilson by name, who initiated the boy Burns into the mystery of wraiths, death-lights,... | |
 | Royal Scottish Society of Arts - 1887 - 644 pages
...heads, arms, and legs were all into one confused and agitated mass. We thought of Tam O'Shanter — " The piper loud and louder blew, The dancers quick and quicker flew." But there was no " Cutty Sark " in the dance to give it piquancy to such as Tam. The furious dance... | |
 | Robert Burns, James Currie - 1844 - 706 pages
...ev'n to name wad be unlawfu : As Tammie glow'r'd,n amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious ; The piper loud and louder blew ; The...dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit,* Till ilka carlin swat and reekit.P And coost her duddiesi to the... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1845 - 510 pages
...Which e'en to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The Piper loud and louder blew ; The...dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cfeekit, Till ilka Carlin swat and reekit, And coost her duddies to the wark,... | |
 | 1847 - 486 pages
...laughter. Oh ! for the brush of an artist, to paint the joyous scene ! " The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew ; The...dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, 'Till ilka darlin (I beg Mr. Burns' pardon) swat and reckit." While... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1849 - 906 pages
...unlawfu*. As Tu'innir glowr'd, amaz'd and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The pijter loud and louder blew ; The dancers quick and quicker flew ; They reel'd, they set, they croVd, they clevkit, Till ilka carlin ewat and reekít, And const her duddies to tlic wark,... | |
 | William Chauncey Fowler - 1851 - 1502 pages
...between the last accented syllable of the first section and the first accented syllable of the second. The piper loud, and louder blew ; The dancers quick, and quicker flew. — BURNS. These steps both reach, and teach thee shall To come by thrift, to shift withal. — TUSSER.... | |
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Whom his ain son o' life bereft, The grey hairs yet stack to the heft ; Wi' mair o' horrible and awfu', Which ev"n to name wad be unlawfu'. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : The piper loud and louder blew... 
