Address To The Unco Guid, Or The Rigidly Righteous
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the heaped happer's ebbing still,
an' still the cp pys ctter.
hear me, ye venerable core,
as sel for poor mortals
that frequent pass douce wisdom's door
fikit folly's portals:
i, for their thoughtless, careless sakes,
would here propone defences—
their doricks, their bck mistakes,
their failings and misces.
ye see your state wi' theirs pared,
and shudder at the niffer;
but cast a moment's fair regard,
what maks the mighty differ;
dist what st occasion gave,
that purity ye pride in;
and (what
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