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Tam O Shanter (第5/5页)
muse her wing maun cour, sic flights are far beyond her power; to sing how nannie lap and flang, (a souple jade she was and strang), and how tam stood, like ahc'd, and thought his very een enrich'd: even satan glowr'd, and fidg'd fu' fain, and hotch'd and blew wi' might and main: till first ae caper, syne anither, tam tint his reason a thegither, and roars out, “weel done, cutty-sark!” and in an instant all was dark: and scarcely had he maggie rallied. when out the hellish legion sallied. as bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, when plundering herds assail their byke; as open pussie's mortal foes, when, pop! she starts before their nose; as eager runs the market-crowd, when “catch the thief!” resounds aloud; so maggie runs, the witches follow, wi' mony an eldritch skreid hollow. ah, tam! ah, tam! thou'll get thy fairin! in hell, they'll roast thee like a herrin! in vain thy kate awaits thy in! kate soon will be a woefu' woman! now, do thy speedy-utmost, meg, and win the key-stone o' the brig; there, at them thou thy tail may toss, a running stream they dare na cross. but ere the keystane she could make, the fient a tail she had to shake! for nannie, far before the rest, hard upon noble maggie prest, and flew at tam wi' furious ettle; but little wist she maggie's mettle! ae spring brought off her master hale, but left behind her aiail: the carlin claught her by the rump, a pgie scarce a stump. now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, ilk man and mother's son, take heed: wheo drink you are in'd, or cutty-sarks rin in your mind, think ye may buy the joys o'er dear; remember tam o' shanter's mare.
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