winter's cauld, or simmer's heat:
they've nae sair wark to craze their banes,
an' fill auld age wi' grips an' granes:
but human bodies are sic fools,
for a' their colleges an' schools,
that when nae real ills perplex them,
they mak enow themsel's to vex them;
an' aye the less they hae to sturt them,
in like proportion, less will hurt them.
a try fellow at the pleugh,
his acre's till'd, he's right eneugh;
a try girl at her wheel,
her dizzen's dune, she's unco weel;
but gentlemen, an' d
The Twa Dogs(15/18)