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Second Epistle To J. Lapraik (第1/2页)
sed epistle to j. lapraik april 21, 1785 while new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake an' pownies reek in pleugh or braik, this hour on e'enin's edge i take, to own i'm debtor to ho-hearted, auld lapraik, for his kier. forjesket sair, with weary legs, rattlin the out-owre the rigs, or dealing thro' amang the naigs their ten-hours' bite, my awkart muse sair pleads and begs i would na write. the tapetless, ramfeezl'd hizzie, she's saft at best an' something lazy: quo' she, “ye ken we've been sae busy this month an' mair, that trowth, my head is grht dizzie, an' something sair.” her dowff excuses pat me mad; “sce,” says i, “ye thowless jade! i'll write, an' that a hearty blaud, this vera night; so dinna ye affront your trade, but rhyme it right. “shall bauld lapraik, the king o' hearts, tho' mankind were a pack o' cartes, roose you sae weel for your deserts, in terms sae friendly; yet ye'll o shaw your parts an' thank him kindly?” sae i gat paper in a blink, an' dowumpie in the ink: h i, “before i sleep a wink, i vow i'll close it; an' if ye winna mak it k, by jove, i'll prose it!” sae i've begun to scrawl, but whether in rhyme, or prose, or baith thegither; or some hotch-potch that's rightly her, let time mak proof; but i shall scribble down some blether just aff-loof. my worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, tho' fortune use you hard an' sharp; e, kittle up your moorland harp wi' gleesome touch! ne'er mind how fortune waft and ; she's but a bitch. she 's gien me mony a jirt an' fleg, sin' i could striddle owre a rig; but, by the lord, tho' i should beg wi' lyart pow, i'll laugh an' sing,