nay, even the yirth itsel' does cry,
for e'nburgh wells are grutten dry.
o eighty-hou's but a bairn,
an' no owre auld, i hope, to learn!
thou beardless boy, i pray tak care,
thou now hast got thy daddy's chair;
nae handcuff'd, mizl'd, hap-shackl'd regent,
but, like himsel, a full free agent,
be sure ye follow out the pn
nae waur than he did, ho man!
as muckle better as you .
january, 1, 1789.