and new-light herds could nicely drub
or pay their skin;
could shake them o'er the burning dub,
or heave them in.
sic twa—o! do i live to see't?—
sic famous twa should disagree't,
and names, like “vilin,” “hypocrite,”
ilk ither gi'en,
while new-light herds, wi' ughin spite,
say her's liein!
a' ye wha tent the gospel fauld,
there's dun deep, an' peebles shaul,
but chiefly thou, 'tle auld,
we trust in thee,
that thou wilt work them, het an' cauld,
till they agree.
sider, sirs, how we
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