e brings forth, in plimental mood,
to grace the d, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell;
and aft he's prest, and aft he ca's it guid:
the frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell
how t'was a towmond auld, sin' lint was i' the bell.
the cheerfu' supper done, wi' serious face,
they, round the ingle, form a circle wide;
the sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace,
the big ha'bible, ance his father's pride:
his bo rev'rently is id aside,
his lyart haffets wearing thin and bare;
those strains that once did sweet in zion glide,
h
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