...woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig ; There at them thon hyself thou gav'st, thy own worth then not knowing,...making. Thus have I had thee, as a dream doth flat : But little wist she Maggie's mettle, — Ae spring brought aft" her master hale, But left behind...

...whatever danger may be in his going forward, there ie much more hazard in turning back.— (BB 1 7'.i:i. i There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream...make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie, hard before the rest, Hard upon noble Maggie prest, And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; But little...

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...comin' ! Kate soon will be a waefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane o' the brig ; There at them thou thy tail may toss, A running stream they darena cross : But ere the key-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ! For Nannie,...

...comin' — Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stano chart Beeto koy-stane she could make, The fient a tail she had to shake ; For Nannie, far before the rest, Hard...

...e-oinin' — Kate soon will be a wocfu' woman ! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane cf s, Where strained sardonic smiles are glosing still, And grief is forced to lau ua cross. But ere the key-stane she could make, The lient a tail she had to shake ; For Nannie, far...

...thy cominl Kate soon will be a woefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the key-stane of the brig; There, at them thou thy tail may toss,...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,...

...thy com in! Kate soon will be a woefu' woman! Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, And win the keystane of the brig: There at them thou thy tail may toss,...na cross. But ere the keystane she could make, The Rent a tail she had to shake! 210 For Nannie, far before the rest. Hard upon noble Maggie prcst, And...

...traversed. The loss of the mare's tail signals the alteration that constitutes such a crossing over: "But ere the key-stane she could make, / The fient a tail she had to shake" (l. 209-10). But identity fmds another, more fluid, location in the recitation of the tale itself....