Epistle To William Simson
039; gilbertfield,
the braes o' fame;
or fergusson, the writer-chiel,
a deathless name.
(usson! thy glorious parts
ill suited w's dry, musty arts!
my curse upon your whunstas,
ye e'nbrugh gentry!
the tithe o' what ye waste at cartes
wad stow'd his pantry!)
yet when a tale es i' my head,
or ssies gie my heart a screed—
as whiles they're like to be my dead,
(o sad disease!)
i kittle up my rustic reed;
it gies me ease.
auld ow may fidge fu' fain,
she's gottes o' her ain;
chiels wha
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