...the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : That night, a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire,'...

...on the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellow'd: That night, a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Wecl mounted on his gray marc Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on through dub and mire,...

...the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd : Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : That night a child might understand, The Deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg (A better never lifted leg), Tarn skelpitc on thro' dub and mire,...

...the blast ; The speedy gleams that darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellow'd : That night a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, TAM skelpit on tbro' dub and mire, Despising...

...on the blast, The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd, Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : That night a child might understand The Deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, Despising...

...these witches and warlocks are, and why the devil brought them here into Alloway-Kirk. True " This night a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand;" but that is not the question—the question is what business? Was it a ball given him on the anniversary...

...the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : ' That night, a child might understand, The De'il had business on his hand." How the awfulness of the tempest is heightened, by connecting it in the two last lines with the mystery...

...in the words of Burns, — An' sic a night he tak's the road in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. That night a child might understand The de'il had business on his hand. Before I had time almost to know where I was, the overseer had me stripped of my saturated garments...

...on the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd: That night, a child might understand, The deil had business on his baud. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire,...

...on the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd;. Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd. That night, a child might understand The Deil had business on his hand Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg, — A better never lifted leg, — Tam skelpit on thro' dub and...