Epistle To Dr. Blacklock
oly study;
and tired o' sauls to waste his lear on,
e'en tried the body.
but what d'ye think, my trusty fere,
i'm turned a gauger—peace be here!
parnassian queans, i fear, i fear,
ye'll now disdain me!
and then my fifty pounds a year
will little gain me.
ye gikit, gleesome, dainty damies,
wha, by castalia's wimplin streamies,
lowp, sing, and ve your pretty limbies,
ye ken, ye ken,
that strang y supreme is
'mang sons o' men.
i hae a wife and twa wee ddies;
they maun hae brose and brats o' duddies;
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