The Authors Earnest Cry And Prayer
kind, auld tie carli,
an' warmly to your feet,
an' gar them hear it,
an' tell them wi'a patriot-heat
ye winna bear it?
some o' you nicely ken the ws,
to round the period an' pause,
an' with rhetoric cuse on cuse
to mak harangues;
then echo thro' saint stephen's wa's
auld sd's wrangs.
dempster, a true blue scot i'se warran';
thee, aith-detesting, chaste kilkerran;
an' that glib-gabbit highnd baron,
the ird o' graham;
an' ane, a chap that's damn'd aulfarran
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