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Epistle To The Rev. John Mmath (第1/2页)
epistle to the rev. john m'math sept. 13, 1785. inclosing a copy of “holy willie's prayer,” which he had requested, sept. 17, 1785 while at the stook the shearers cow'r to shun the bitter blaudin' show'r, or in gulravage rinnin scowr to pass the time, to you i dedicate the hour in idle rhyme. my musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet on gown, an' ban', an' douse black bonnet, is grown right eerie now she's done it, lest they should blame her, an' rouse their holy thunder on it an anathem her. i own 'twas rash, an' rather hardy, that i, a simple, country bardie, should meddle wi' a pack sae sturdy, wha, if they ken me, can easy, wi' a single wordie, lowse hell upon me. but i gae mad at their grimaces, their sighin, cantin, grace-proud faces, their three-mile prayers, an' half-mile graces, their raxin conscience, whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces waur nor their nonsense. there's gaw'n, misca'd waur than a beast, wha has mair honour in his breast than mony scores as guid's the priest wha sae abus'd him: and may a bard no crack his jest what way they've us'd him? see him, the poor man's friend in need, the gentleman in word an' deed— an' shall his fame an' honour bleed by worthless, skellums, an' not a muse erect her head to cowe the blellums? o pope, had i thy satire's darts to gie the rascals their deserts, i'd rip their rotten, hollow hearts, an' tell aloud their jugglin hocus-pocus arts to cheat the crowd. god knows, i'm no the thing i should be, nor am i even the thing i could be, but twenty times i rather wo