s of ayr preside.
(that bards are sed-sighted is nae joke,
ahe lingo of the sp'ritual folk;
fays, spunkies, kelpies, a', they expin them,
and even the very deils they brawly ken them).
auld brig appear'd of a pictish race,
the very wrinkles gothi his face;
he seem'd as he wi' time had warstl'd ng,
yet, teughly doure, he bade an unco bang.
new brig was buskit in a braw new coat,
that he, at lon'on, frae ane adams got;
in 's hand five taper staves as smooth 's a bead,
wi' virls and whirlygigums at the head.
the got
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