Epistle To Mrs. Scott
har'st i said before,
may partner in the merry core,
she rous'd the f strain;
i see her yet, the sonsie quean,
that lighted up my jingle,
her witg smile, her pawky een
that gart my heart-strings tingle;
i fired, inspired,
at every kindling keek,
but bashing, and dashing,
i feared aye to speak.
health to the sex! ilk guid chiel says:
wi' merry dan winter days,
an' we to share in on;
the gust o' joy, the balm of woe,
the saul o' life, the heaven below,
is rapture-giving woman.
ye surly sumphs, who hate the n
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