#039; cauld an' hunger:
but how it es, i never ke,
they're maistly wonderfu' tented;
an' buirdly chiels, an' clever hizzies,
are bred in sic a way as this is.
caesar
but then to see how ye're ,
how huff'd, an' cuff'd, an' disrespeckit!
lord man, entry care as little
for delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle;
they gang as saucy by poor folk,
as i wad by a stinkin brock.
i've notic'd, on our ird's court-day,—
an' mony a time my heart's been wae,—
poor tenant bodies, st o'cash,
The Twa Dogs(7/18)