Epistle To J. Lapraik, An Old Scottish Bard
end to be,
if i hit it!
that would be lear eneugh for me,
if i could get it.
now, sir, if ye hae friends enow,
tho' real friends, i b'lieve, are few;
yet, if your catalogue be fu',
i'se no insist:
but, gif ye want ae friend that's true,
i'm on your list.
i winna bw about mysel,
as ill i like my fauts to tell;
but friends, an' folk that wish me well,
they sometimes roose me;
tho' i maun own, as mony still
as far abuse me.
there's ae wee faut they whiles y to me,
i like the sses—gude fie me!
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