Epistle To Mrs. Scott
epistle to mrs. scott
gudewife of wauchope—house, rhshire.
gudewife,
i mind it weel in early date,
when i was bardless, young, and bte,
an' first could thresh the barn,
or haud a yokin' at the pleugh;
an, tho' fhten sair eneugh,
yet unco proud to learn:
when first amang the yellow
a man i re'd was,
an' wi' the ve ilk merry morn
could rank my rig and ss,
still shearing, and clearing
the tither stooked raw,
wi' civers, an' haivers,
wearing the day awa.
e'en then, a wish, (i mind its pow
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