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Epistle To John Rankine (第1/2页)
epistle to john rankine enclosing some poems h, rude, ready-witted rankine, the wale o' cocks for fun an' drinkin! there's mony godly folks are thinkin, your dreams and tricks will send you, korah-like, a-sinkin straught to auld nick's. ye hae saw mony cracks an' ts, and in your wicked, dru rants, ye mak a devil o' the saunts, an' fill them fou; and then their failings, flaws, an' wants, are a' seen thro'. hypocrisy, in mercy spare it! that holy robe, o dinna tear it! spare't for their sakes, wha aften wear it— the lads in black; but your curst wit, when it es near it, rives't aff their back. think, wicked sinner, wha ye're skaithing: it's just the blue-gown badge an' claithing o' saunts; tak that, ye lea'e them hing to ken them by frae ony unregee heathen, like you or i. i've sent you here some rhyming ware, a' that i bargain'd for, an' mair; sae, when ye hae an hour to spare, i will expect, yon sang ye'll sen't, wi' ie care, and no . tho' faith, sma' heart hae i to sing! my muse dow scarcely spread her wing; i've play'd mysel a bonie spring, an' danc'd my fill! i'd better gaen an' sair't the king, at bunkjer's hill. 'twas ae night lately, in my fun,
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