 The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border; Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar a' side pretences; And resolutely keep its laws, Uncaring consequences.  Poems: Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect - Seite 179von Robert Burns - 1786 - 240 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | Oskar Ludwig Bernhard Wolff - 1852 - 438 Seiten
...Nor for a train-attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. The fear o' hell 'aa hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that ay be your border ; Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar a' side pretences;... | |
 | H. C. Foster - 1853 - 378 Seiten
...Hope indeed, Where not one doubtful title we shall read. lurns. 1759-1796. THE INNER LAW. THE fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in...order ; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border : Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar all side pretences ; And resolutely... | |
 | Edwin Troxell FREEDLY - 1853 - 370 Seiten
...ancient Tyre : " Her merchants were princes, and her traffickers the honorable of the earth." " The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in order ; But where you feel your honor grip, Let that, aye be your border. Its slightest touches instant pause, Debar... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1854 - 520 Seiten
...a hedge, Nor for a train-attendant, But for the glorious privilege Of being independent ! Tie fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in...order, — But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that a' be your border ; It's slightest touches, instant pause, — Debar a' side pretences; And resolutely... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 388 Seiten
...Hope indeed, Where not one doubtful title we shall read. t i i I 1759-1796. THE INNER LAW. THE fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in...order ; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border : Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar all side pretences ; And resolutely... | |
 | Peter Burke - 1854 - 340 Seiten
...always prepared to obey the precepts so impressively set forth in the verse of Robert Burns : " The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that aye be your border : Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar a' side pretences... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1854 - 374 Seiten
...doubtful title we shall read. ams. 1769-1798. THE INNEE LAW. THE fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border : Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar all side pretences ; And resolutely... | |
 | Charles Francis Rollin Shehane - 1854 - 194 Seiten
...of the Stygian pit, across this foot-stool of Jehovah — The fear o'hell 'sa hangman's whip To baud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that, eye, be your border : Its slightest touches, instant pause — Debar a' side pretences ; And resolutely... | |
 | Robert Burns - 1855 - 562 Seiten
...hedge, Nor for a train-attendant ; But for the glorious privilege Of being independent. VIII. The fear o' Hell's a hangman's whip, To haud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honour grip, Let that ay be your border : Its slighest touches, instant pause — Debar a' side pretences... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1856 - 660 Seiten
...to a Young Friend. Perhaps it may turn out a sang, Perhaps turn out a sermon. The fear o' hell 'sa hangman's whip To haud the wretch in order ; But where ye feel your honor grip, Let that aye be your border. The Twa Dogs. His locked, lettered, braw brass collar Shawed him the gentleman... | |
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