Death and Doctor Hornbook
an eerie swither;
an' awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther,
clear-dangling, hang;
a three-tae'd leister oher
y, rge an' ng.
its stature seem'd ng scotch ells twa,
the queerest shape that e'er i saw,
for fient a wame it had ava;
and then its shanks,
they were as thin, as sharp an' sma'
as cheeks o' branks.
“guid-een,” quo' i; “friend! hae ye been mawin,
when ither folk are busy sawin!”
i seem'd to make a kind o' stan'
but hing spak;
at length, says i, “friend! whare ye gaun?
will
Death and Doctor Hornbook(3/12)