Death and Doctor Hornbook
-pets,
was ird himsel'.
“a bonie ss—ye kend her name—
some ill-brewn drink had hov'd her wame;
she trusts hersel', to hide the shame,
in hornbook's care;
hor her aff t hame,
to hide it there.
“that's just a swatch o' hornbook's way;
thus goes he on from day to day,
thus does he poison, kill, an' sy,
an's weel paid for't;
yet stops me o' my wfu' prey,
wi' his damn'd dirt:
“but, hark! i'll tell you of a plot,
tho' dinna ye be speakin o't;
i'll nail the sel
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