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... The Poetical Works - Page 269by Robert Burns - 1863 - 1 pagesFull view - About this book
| Matthew Gregory Lewis - Ballads, English - 1801 - 266 pages
...brought off her master hale,' But left behind her ain 7 gray tail : The carlin claught * her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha ' this tale o' truth shall read, Ilk 10 man and mother's son, take heed : * It is a well known fact, that witches, or any evil spirits,... | |
| Robert Burns - 1806 - 446 pages
...brought off her master hale, But left behind her ain grey tail : The carl in claught her by the rump, And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Now, wha this...mother's son take heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o' Shanter's... | |
| Robert Burns, Thomas Park - Bookbinding - 1808 - 330 pages
...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...truth shall read, Ilk man and mother's son, take heed: i It is a well-known tradilion that witches, or any evil spirits, have no power to follow a poor wight... | |
| Robert Burns - 1811 - 416 pages
...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...mother's son, take heed : Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o' Shunter's... | |
| Robert Burns - Scotland - 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... | |
| William Hazlitt - English poetry - 1818 - 354 pages
...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. Now, wha this...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 - Authors, English - 1819 - 466 pages
...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. Now, wha this...mother's son, take heed: Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Remember Tam o' Shanter's... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 270 pages
...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 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... | |
| Ezekiel Sanford, Robert Walsh - English poetry - 1822 - 418 pages
...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, Or cutty sarks run in your mind, Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Itemember Tam o' Shunter'... | |
| British poets - Classical poetry - 1822 - 274 pages
...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... | |
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