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The Auld Farmers New-Year-Morning Saluta (第1/2页)
1786 the auld farmer's new-year-m salutation to his auld mare, maggie on givihe aced ripp of to hansel in the new year. a guid new-year i wish thee, maggie! hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie: tho' thou's howe-backit now, an' knaggie, i've seen the day thou could hae gaen like ony staggie, out-owre the lay. tho' now thou's dowie, stiff, an' crazy, an' thy auld hide as white's a daisie, i've seen thee dappl't, sleek an' glaizie, a bonie gray: he should been tight that daur't to raize thee, an a day. thou ance was i' the foremost rank, a filly buirdly, steeve, an' swank; a weel down a shapely shank, as e'er tread yird; an' could hae flown out-owre a stank, like ony bird. it's now some nine-an'-twenty year, sin' thou was my guid-father's mear; he gied me thee, o' tocher clear, an' fifty mark; tho' it was sma', 'twas weel-won gear, an' thou was stark. when first i gaed to woo my jenny, ye then was trotting wi' your minnie: tho' ye was trickie, slee, an' funnie, ye ne'er was donsie; but hamely, tawie, quiet, an' ie, an' unco sonsie. that day, ye pranc'd wi' muckle pride, when ye bure hame my bonie bride: an' sweet an' gracefu' she did ride, wi' maiden air! kyle-stewart i could bragged wide for sic a pair. tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hobble, an' wintle like a saumont coble, that day, ye was a jinker noble, for heels an' win'! an' raill they a' did wauble, far, far, behin'! when thou an' i were young an' skeigh, an' stable-meals at fairs were dreigh, how thou rance, and snore, an' skreigh an' tak the road! town's-bodies ran, an' stood abeigh, an' ca't thee mad. when thou was 't, an' i was mellow, we took the road aye like a swallow: at brooses thou had ne'er a fellow, for pith an' speed;