...hour he mounts his beast on ; And sic a night he taks the road iu 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. Weal mounted on his grey mare, Meg, A better never lifted leg, Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, Despising...

...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...rose 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...

...sic a night he taks the road in, As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 'twad bla-rn its last, The rattling show'rs rose on the blast;...might understand The Deil had business on his hand Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg, — A better never lifted leg, — Tarn skelpit on thro' dub and...

...on the blast; The speedy gleams the darkness swallowed, Loud, deep, and lang the thunder bellowed: 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 through dub and mire,...

...rivulets, and scarce a lamp was able to withstand the extinguishing blast. To use the words of Burns— " That night a child might understand, The deil had business on his hand." And so it appeared to some of us, that the deil, if he had nothing worse to do, had at least been amusing...

...sinner was abroad in. The wind blew as 't wad blawn its last ; The rattling showers rose on the Wast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd, Loud, deep,...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,...

...the blast ; The speedy gleams the darkness swallowed, Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellowed ; 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,) Turn skelpit on thro' dub and mire,...

...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...

...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 businees ? Was it a ball given him on the...

...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 2 Was it a ball given him on the...