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...s;
Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive,
 Bethankit! hums.


Is there that owre his French ragout
Or olio that wad staw a sow,
Or fricassee wad make her spew
 Wi’ perfect sconner,
Looks down wi’ sneering, scornfu’ view
 On sic a dinner?


Poor devil! see him owre his trash,
As feckles as wither’d rash,
His spindle shank, a guid whip-lash;
 His nieve a nit;
Thro’ blody flood or field to dash,
 O how unfit!


But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed,
The trembling earth resounds hi...Read More

...sang o’ its Luve,
 And sae did I o’ mine:
Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose,
 Upon its thorny tree;
But my fause Luver staw my rose
 And left the thorn wi’ me:
Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose,
 Upon a morn in June;
And sae I flourished on the morn,
 And sae was pu’d or noon!...Read More

...g o’ its Luve,
 And sae did I o’ mine.
Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose,
 Upon its thorny tree;
But my fause Luver staw my rose,
 And left the thorn wi’ me.
Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose,
 Upon a morn in June;
And sae I flourished on the morn,
 And sae was pu’d or noon....Read More

...
 And fondly sae did I o’ mine;
Wi’ lightsome heart I pu’d a rose,
 Fu’ sweet upon its thorny tree!
And may fause Luver staw my rose,
 But ah! he left the thorn wi’ me....Read More

...powers.


Then Murray on the auld grey yaud,
 Wi’ winged spurs did ride,
That auld grey yaud a’ Nidsdale rade,
 He staw upon Nidside.


And there had na been the Yerl himsel,
 O there had been nae play;
But Garlies was to London gane,
 And sae the kye might stray.


And there was Balmaghie, I ween,
 In front rank he wad shine;
But Balmaghie had better been
 Drinkin’ Madeira wine.


And frae Glenkens cam to our aid
 A chief o’ doughty deed;
In case that worth ...Read More

...s.—The cardin’ o’t, the spinnin’ o’t,
 The warpin’ o’t, the winnin’ o’t;
When ilka ell cost me a groat,
 The tailor staw the lynin’ o’t.


For tho’ his locks be lyart grey,
 And tho’ his brow be beld aboon,
Yet I hae seen him on a day,
 The pride of a’ the parishen.
 The cardin o’t, &c....Read More

...y taste them;
Syne coziely, aboon the door,
 Wi’ cannie care, they’ve plac’d them
 To lie that night.


The lassies staw frae ’mang them a’,
 To pou their stalks o’ corn; 6
But Rab slips out, an’ jinks about,
 Behint the muckle thorn:
He grippit Nelly hard and fast:
 Loud skirl’d a’ the lasses;
But her tap-pickle maist was lost,
 Whan kiutlin in the fause-house 7
 Wi’ him that night.


The auld guid-wife’s weel-hoordit nits 8
 Are round an’ round dividend,
An’ mony la...Read More

...lordly dome.


Here, Doon pour’d down his far-fetch’d floods;
There, well-fed Irwine stately thuds:
Auld hermit Ayr staw thro’ his woods,
 On to the shore;
And many a lesser torrent scuds,
 With seeming roar.


Low, in a sandy valley spread,
An ancient borough rear’d her head;
Still, as in Scottish story read,
 She boasts a race
To ev’ry nobler virtue bred,
 And polish’d grace. 2


By stately tow’r, or palace fair,
Or ruins pendent in the air,
Bold stems of heroes...Read More

...o' its love;
And sae did I o' mine.

Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose
Frae aff its thorny tree;
And my fause luver staw the rose,
But left the thorn wi' me....Read More

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