pranks.
but new-light herds gat sic a cowe,
folk thought them ruin'd sti-stowe;
till now, amaist on ev'ry knowe
ye'll find ane pc'd;
an' some their new-light fair avow,
just quite barefac'd.
nae doubt the auld-light flocks are bleatin;
their zealous herds are vex'd an' sweatin;
mysel', i've evehem greetin
wi' girnin spite,
to hear the moon sae sadly lied on
by word an' write.
but shortly they will cowe the louns!
some auld-light herds in neebor touns
are mind't, in things they ca'
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