 | Walter Scott - 1806 - 458 páginas
...what she will say." Wi' doors ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear ; The streikit corpse, till still midnight, They waked, but naething hear....at the dead hour o' the night, The corpse began to thraw. " O wha has done the wrang, sister, " Or dared the deadly sin ? " Wha was sae stout, and feared... | |
 | Scottish border - 1812 - 516 páginas
...what she will say." Wi' doors ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear ; The streikit corpse, till still midnight, They waked, but naething hear....at the dead hour o' the night, The corpse began to thraw. " O whae has done the wrangt sister, " Or dared the deadly sin ? " Whae was sae stout, and feared... | |
 | Scottish border - 1821 - 472 páginas
...what she will say." Wi' doors ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear, The streikit corpse, till still midnight, They waked, but naething hear....night, The cocks began to craw ; And at the dead hour o1 the night, The corpse began to thraw. " O whae has done the wrang, sister, " Or dared the deadly... | |
 | Minstrelsy - 1827 - 566 páginas
...what she will say." Wi' doors ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear, The streiket corpse, till still midnight, They waked, but naething hear....at the dead hour o' the night The corpse began to thraw. " O whae has done the wrang sister, Or dared the deadly sin ? Whae was sae stout, and feared... | |
 | William Motherwell - 1827 - 566 páginas
...at mirk midnight, Wi' doors ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear, The streiket corpse, till still midnight, They waked, but naething hear....at the dead hour o' the night The corpse began to thraw. " O whae has done the wrang sister, Or dared the deadly sin ? Whae was sae stout, and feared... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1833 - 1104 páginas
...candle light, And torches burning clear, The streikit corpse, till still midnight, They waked, out naething hear. About the middle o' the night, The...at the dead hour o' the night, The corpse began to thraw. " О whae has done the wrang, sister, Or dared the deadly sin ? Whae was sae stout, and fear'd... | |
 | Sir Walter Scott - 1838 - 562 páginas
...she will say."— WF doors ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear, The streikit corpse, till still midnight, They waked, but naething hear....at the dead hour o' the night, The corpse began to thraw. " O whae has done the wrang, sister, Or dared the deadly sin? Whae was sae stout, and fear'd... | |
 | Walter Scott - 1842 - 746 páginas
...Wi" doors ajar, and candle light. And torches burning clear, The streikit corpse, till still midnign* They waked, but naething hear. About the middle o'...at the dead hour o' the night The corpse began to thraw. "0 whae has done the wrang, Or dared the deadly sin 1 Whae was sae stout, and fear'd nae aout,... | |
 | William Motherwell - 1846 - 300 páginas
...what she will say." Wi' doors ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear, The streikit corpse, till still midnight, ' They waked, but naething hear....at the dead hour o' the night The corpse began to thraw. " 0 whae has done the wrang, sister, Or dared the deadly sin ? Whae was sae stout, and fear'd... | |
 | 1853 - 446 páginas
...what she will say. Wi' door ajar, and candle light, And torches burning clear, The streikit corpse till still midnight They waked, but naething hear....at the dead hour o' the night The corpse began to thraw :" that is, to heave convulsively. Being now interrogated by the brothers, she gives up her false... | |
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The night it is her low lykewake, The morn her burial day, And we maun watch at mirk midnight, And hear what she will say. 
