 | Alexander Campbell - 1811 - 434 pages
...poetical genius. " Let them bestow on every airth (cardinal point) a limb, " Then open all my veins, that I may swim " To thee, my Maker, in 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... | |
 | England - 1868 - 800 pages
...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...ashes— strew them in the air ; Lord ! since Thou knowcst where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful Thou' It recover once my dust, And confident Thou'lt... | |
 | George Wishart - Scotland - 1819 - 562 pages
...prison, after receiving his sentence. 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 par-boil'd head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, strow them in the air. Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | Librarians - 1819 - 556 pages
...prison, after receiving his sentence. 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 par-boiPd head upon a stake; Scatter my ashes, strow them in the air. Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1827 - 646 pages
...praised and dispraised in the extreme. " 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. 75 with disdain the attendance of the ministers, who endeavoured to impress on his mind the guilt of... | |
 | George Buchanan - Scotland - 1827 - 642 pages
...praised and dispraised in the extreme. " 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 slake. with disdain the attendance of the ministers, who endeavoured to impress on his mind the guilt... | |
 | 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 ; Then place my parboil'd head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, throw them in the air ; Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | 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 ; Then place my parboil'd head upon a stake , Scatter my ashes, throw them in the air ; Lord, since thou knowest where... | |
 | John Burke - Baronetage - 1832 - 768 pages
...upon his prison window : " Let them bestow on every airth a limb. Then open all my veins, that I way swim To thee, my Maker, in that crimson lake. Then...parboiled head upon a stake, Scatter my ashes, strew them through the air, Lord, since thou know'st where all these atoms are, I'm hopeful thon'lt recover once... | |
 | Walter Scott - France - 1836 - 432 pages
...open all my veins, that I may swim To th"i-, my Maker, in that crimson lake ; Then place my parboil'd head upon a stake ; Scatter my ashes, strew them in the air. Lord " since thou kuowest where all these atoms are l*m hopeful thou'lt recover once my dust, And confident thoul't raise... | |
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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 ; Lord ! since thou knowest where all these... 
