Wi' fright that day!

A vast, unbottom'd, boundless pit,

Fill'd fou o' lowin' brunstane, full, flaming brimstone

Whase ragin' flame, an' scorchin' heat,

Wad melt the hardest whun-stane!

The half-asleep start up wi' fear

An' think they hear it roarin'

When presently it does appear

'Twas but some neebor snorin'