Third Epistle To J. Lapraik
at it,
then hand in neive some day we'll knot it,
an' witake,
an' when wi' usquabae we've wat it
it winna break.
but if the beast an' branks be spar'd
till kye be gaun without the herd,
and a' the vittel in the yard,
an' theekit right,
i mean yle-side to guard
ae winter night.
then muse-inspirin' aqua-vitae
shall make us baith sae blythe and witty,
till ye fet ye're auld an' gatty,
an' be as ty
as ye were nine years less than thretty—
sweet ane an' twenty!
but stooks
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