The Authors Earnest Cry And Prayer(2/4)
cheek-for-chow, a chuffie vintner
colleaguing join,
picking her pouch as bare as winter
of a' kind coin.
is there, that bears the name o' scot,
but feels his heart's bluid rising hot,
to see his poor auld mither's pot
thus dung in staves,
an' plunder'd o' her hindmost groat
by gallows knaves?
alas! i'm but a nameless wight,
trode i' the mire out o' sight?
but could i like montgomeries fight,
or gab like boswell,
there's some sark-necks i wad draw tight,
an' tie some hose well.
god bless your honours! can ye see't—
the kind, auld cantie carlin greet,
an' no get warmly to your feet,
an' gar them hear it,
an' tell them wi'a patriot-heat
ye winna bear it?
some o' you nicely ken the laws,
to round the period an' pause,
an' with rhetoric clause on clause
to mak harangues;
then echo thro' saint stephen's wa's
auld scotland's wrangs.
dempster, a true blue scot i'se warran';
thee, aith-detesting, chaste kilkerran;
an' that glib-gabbit highland baron,
the laird o' graham;
an' ane, a chap that's damn'd aulfarran',
dundas his name:
erskine, a spunkie norland billie;
true campbells, frederick and ilay;
an' livistone, the bauld sir willie;
an' mony ithers,
whom auld demosthenes or tully
might own for brithers.
see sodger hugh, my watchman stented,
if poets e'er are represented;
i ken if that your sword were wanted,
ye'd lend a hand;
but when there's ought to say anent it,
ye're at a stand.
arouse, my boys! exert your mettle,
to get auld scotland back her kettle;
or faith! i'll wad my new pleugh-pettle,
ye'll see't or lang,
she'
colleaguing join,
picking her pouch as bare as winter
of a' kind coin.
is there, that bears the name o' scot,
but feels his heart's bluid rising hot,
to see his poor auld mither's pot
thus dung in staves,
an' plunder'd o' her hindmost groat
by gallows knaves?
alas! i'm but a nameless wight,
trode i' the mire out o' sight?
but could i like montgomeries fight,
or gab like boswell,
there's some sark-necks i wad draw tight,
an' tie some hose well.
god bless your honours! can ye see't—
the kind, auld cantie carlin greet,
an' no get warmly to your feet,
an' gar them hear it,
an' tell them wi'a patriot-heat
ye winna bear it?
some o' you nicely ken the laws,
to round the period an' pause,
an' with rhetoric clause on clause
to mak harangues;
then echo thro' saint stephen's wa's
auld scotland's wrangs.
dempster, a true blue scot i'se warran';
thee, aith-detesting, chaste kilkerran;
an' that glib-gabbit highland baron,
the laird o' graham;
an' ane, a chap that's damn'd aulfarran',
dundas his name:
erskine, a spunkie norland billie;
true campbells, frederick and ilay;
an' livistone, the bauld sir willie;
an' mony ithers,
whom auld demosthenes or tully
might own for brithers.
see sodger hugh, my watchman stented,
if poets e'er are represented;
i ken if that your sword were wanted,
ye'd lend a hand;
but when there's ought to say anent it,
ye're at a stand.
arouse, my boys! exert your mettle,
to get auld scotland back her kettle;
or faith! i'll wad my new pleugh-pettle,
ye'll see't or lang,
she'
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