 | George Wishart (bp. of Edinburgh.) - 1756 - 452 pages
...bf a d'lam'ind upon the glafs-windo-w of his frifort, after receiving his fentence. LET them beftow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins that I may fwim To thee, my maker, in that crimfon lake, Then place my par-boil'd head upon a ftake ; Scatter... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Darnley murder - 1804 - 570 pages
...his poetical genius. Let them bestow on every airth (cardinal point) a limb, Then open all my vsins that I may swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air, Lord ! since thou know'st where... | |
 | Malcolm Laing - Scotland - 1804 - 574 pages
...Hume as no despicable proof of his poetical genius. Let them bestow on every airth (cardinal point) a limb, Then open all my veins that I may swim To thec, my Maker, in that crimson lake -. Then place my parboiled head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes,... | |
 | Alexander Campbell - 1811 - 434 pages
...Hume as no despicable proof of his poetical genius. " Let them bestow on every airth (cardinal point) a limb, " Then open all my veins, that I may swim...that crimson lake; " Then place my par-boil'd head uponc a stake; " Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air, " Lord! since thou know'st where all these... | |
 | England - 1868 - 800 pages
...to have written with a diamond on the window of his prison on the night before he suffered : — " Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins, that I may swim To Thee, my Maker ! on a crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake — Scatter my ashes— strew them... | |
 | Librarians - 1819 - 556 pages
...fortune as the sun ; They never proffer any help Fortune shall first decay, Then they, as shadows of the sun, With fortune run away. No. XXVI. Verses wrote...thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake, Then place my par-boiPd head upon a stake; Scatter my ashes, strow them in the air. Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | Joseph] [Robertson, Sholto Percy - English poetry - 1822 - 400 pages
...Let them bestow on every earth a limh, And open all my veins, that I may swim To thee, my Saviour, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboil'd head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, throw them in the air : — Lord, since thou know'st where all those atoms are, I'm hopeful, once thou'lt... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1827 - 642 pages
...verses, that the reader may judge for himself. They have been praised and dispraised in the extreme. " Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all...thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a slake. with disdain the attendance of the ministers, who endeavoured to impress... | |
 | Constable and co, ltd - 1828 - 706 pages
...found to run as follows :— Let them bestow on every airt?8 a limb, Then open all my veins, that 1 may swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ;...my parboil'd head upon a stake , Scatter my ashes, throw them in the air ; Lord, since thou knowest where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful thou'lt recover... | |
 | Robert Chambers - Jacobite Rebellion, 1745-1746 - 1828 - 366 pages
...found to run as follows : — Let them bestow on every airt 28 a limb, Then open all my veins, that 1 may swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ;...my parboil'd head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, throw them in the air ; Lord, since thou knowest where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful thou'lt recover... | |
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Let them bestow on every airth a limb, Then open all my veins that I may swim To Thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboiled head upon a stake, Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air. 
