espectable characters in the ty. on losing the process, the muse overheard him [holy willie] at his devotions, as follows:—
o thou, who in the heavens does dwell,
who, as it pleases best thysel',
sends ao heaven an' ten to hell,
a' for thy glory,
and no for ony gude or ill
they've done afore thee!
i bless and praise thy matchless might,
when thousands thou hast left in night,
that i am here afore thy sight,
fifts an' grace
a burning and a shining light
to a' this pce.
what was i, or my geion,
that i should get sic exaltation,
Holy Willies Prayer(2/8)