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Tam O Shanter (第2/5页)
or weeks thegither. the night drave on wi' sangs an' clatter; and aye the ale was growier: the landlady and tam grew gracious, wi' favours secret, sweet, and precious: the souter tauld his queerest stories; the landlord's laugh was ready chorus: the storm without might rair and rustle, tam did na mind the storm a whistle. care, mad to see a man sae happy, e'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy. as bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, the minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure: kings may be blest, but tam was glorious, o'er a' the ills o' life victorious! but pleasures are like poppies spread, you seize the flow'r, its bloom is shed; or like the snow falls in the river, a moment white—thes for ever; or like the borealis race, that flit ere you point their place; or like the rainbow's lovely form evanishing amid the storm.— nae man tether time nor tide, the hour approaches tam maun ride; that hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, that dreary hour he mounts his beast in; and siight he taks the road in, as ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. the wind blew as 'twad blawn its last; the rattling showers rose on the blast; the speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd; loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd: that night, a child might uand, the deil had business on his hand. weel-mounted on his grey mare, meg, a better never lifted leg, tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, despising wind, and rain, and fire; whiles holding fast his gude blue bo, whiles ing o'er some auld scots so, whiles glow'rin round wi' prudent cares, lest bogles catch him unawares; kirk-alloway was drawing nigh, where ghaists and houle
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