A Poets Welcome To His Love-Begotten Daughter
at;
in my st pck thy part's be in't
the better ha'f o't.
tho' i should be the waur bestead,
thou's be as braw and bienly cd,
and thy young years as nicely bred
wi' education,
as ony brat o' wedlock's bed,
in a' thy station.
lrant that thou may aye i
thy mither's person, grace, an' merit,
an' thy poor, worthless daddy's spirit,
without his failins,
'twill please me mair to see thee heir it,
than stockit mailens.
for if thou be what i wad hae thee,
and tak the sel i sha
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