...a night he taks the road in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad bla\vn its The rattling show'rs rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd : Loud, deep, and lane, the thunder bellowV That night, a child might understand, The Deil had business on his hand....

...mills and bridges were swept away. » • • " The wind blew as t'wad blawn its last, The rattlen show'rs rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd, Loud, deep, and long the thunder bellow'd. That night a child might understand The deil had business on his hand."...

...this might give rise to these admirable lines of that bard, about to be ushered into the world : — " That night a child might understand The deil had business on his hand." It was a little before the now pensive and thoughtful Burns was given to understand that a son was...

...horses, as he found himself carried with headlong speed what matters it whither? THE NEW-YEAR'S GIFT. That night, a child might understand, The de'il had business on his hand. TAM O' SHANTEB. IT was the first night of January, and a more dismal night could not well be imagined....

...this might give rise to these admirable lines of that bard, about to be ushered into the world :— " That night a child might understand The deil had business on his hand." It was a little before the now pensive and thoughtful Burns was given to understand that a son was...

...hour he mounts his beast in ; And sic a night he taks the road in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as •twad blawn its last ; The rattling...might understand, The deil had business on his hand. Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tarn skelpit on thro' dub and mire,...

...hour he mounts his beast in; And &ic a night he taks the road in, A« ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling...rose on the blast ; . The speedy gleams the darkness swallow Td; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder beliow'd : That ni glu, a child might understand. The...

...in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad hi. The wind blow as 'twad blawn its last ; The rattling sliow'rs rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bcllow'd : That night, a child might understand, The dcil had business on his hand. We?l mounted on...

...the blast : The speedy gleams the darkness swallowed. Load, deep, and lang the thunder bellowed ; A night a child might understand The deil had business on his hand." So, after proceeding for more than a mile, drenched to the skin in this Tarn O'Shantcr night, over...

...purpose of peculiar tempestuousness. " The wind blew as 'twacl blawn its last The rattlin' showers rose on the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellow 'd: That night a bairn might understand The deil had business on his hand." And accordingly,...