ke yoursel'.
then patrohem wi' your favor,
and your petitioner shall ever—
i had amaist said, ever pray,
but that's a word i need na say;
for prayin, i hae little skill o't,
i'm baith dead-sweer, an' wretched ill o't;
but i'se repeat eaan's pray'r,
that kens or hears about you, sir—
“may ne'er misfortune's gowling bark,
howl thro' the dwelling o' the clerk!
may ne'er his genrous, ho heart,
for that same gen'rous spirit smart!
may kennedy's far-honour'd name
his hymene
A Dedication(7/10)