How Nannie Leaped and Kicked

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But here my muse her wing must curb,
Such flights as far beyond her power:
To sing how Nannie leaped and kicked
(A supple youth she was and strong);
And how Tam stood like one bewitched.

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Artist

Name:
Landseer, Thomas
Dates:
1795-1880
Country:
UK

Illustration

Subject:
Narratives
Technique:
Wood Engraving
Engraver:
Williams, Thomas
Format:
Landscape (wider)
Source:
Robarts Library, Internet Archive

Book

Title:
Tam O'Shanter and Souter Johnny, a poem
Author:
Burns, Robert
Publisher:
London: Marsh and Miller, 1830
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Description:

Witches are having a sabbath dance to the music of the Devil playing the bagpipe in the foreground and by the light of torches held by corpses in their coffins as a stunned Tam O’Shanter watches from a window, wearing the signature bonnet to which he gave his name.

The caption reads in the original:

But here my muse her wing maun cour;
Sic flights are far beyond her pow’r;
To sing how Nannie lap and flang,
(A souple jade she was, and strang),
And how Tam stood, like ane bewitch’d.

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