Robert Burns<\/p>\n
Ha! whaur ye gaun, ye crowlin<\/a> ferlie? Ye ugly, creepin, blastit<\/a> wonner, <\/p>\n Swith! in some beggar’s haffet<\/a> squattle; Now haud<\/a> you there, ye’re out o’ sight, My sooth! right bauld<\/a> ye set your nose out, I wad na<\/a> been surpris’d to spy O Jeany, dinna<\/a> toss<\/a> your head, O wad some Power the giftie<\/a> gie<\/a> us Robert Burns Ha! whaur ye gaun, ye crowlin ferlie? Your impudence protects you sairly; I canna say but ye strunt rarely, Owre gauze and lace; Tho’, faith! I fear ye dine but sparely On sic a place. Ye ugly, creepin, … Continue reading
\nYour impudence protects you sairly;
\nI canna<\/a> say but ye strunt<\/a> rarely,
\nOwre<\/a> gauze and lace;
\nTho’, faith! I fear ye dine but sparely
\nOn sic a place.<\/p>\n
\nDetested, shunn’d by<\/a> saunt<\/a> an’ sinner,
\nHow daur ye set your fit<\/a> upon her-
\nSae<\/a> fine a lady?
\nGae<\/a> somewhere else and seek your dinner
\nOn some poor body.<\/p>\n
\nThere ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle,
\nWi’<\/a> ither<\/a> kindred, jumping cattle,
\nIn shoals and nations;
\nWhaur<\/a> horn<\/a> nor bane<\/a> ne’er daur unsettle
\nYour thick<\/a> plantations.<\/p>\n
\nBelow the fatt’rels, snug and tight;
\nNa, faith ye yet! ye’ll no<\/a> be right,
\nTill<\/a> ye’ve got on it-
\nThe verra tapmost, tow’rin height
\nO’<\/a> Miss’ bonnet.<\/p>\n
\nAs plump an’ grey as ony groset:
\nO for some rank, mercurial rozet,
\nOr fell, red<\/a> smeddum,
\nI’d gie you sic<\/a> a hearty dose o’t,
\nWad dress your droddum.<\/p>\n
\nYou on an<\/a> auld<\/a> wife’s flainen toy;
\nOr<\/a> aiblins<\/a> some bit<\/a> dubbie boy,
\nOn’s wyliecoat;
\nBut<\/a> Miss’ fine Lunardi! fye!
\nHow daur<\/a> ye do’t?<\/p>\n
\nAn’ set<\/a> your beauties a’<\/a> abread!
\nYe little ken<\/a> what cursed speed
\nThe blastie’s makin:
\nThae<\/a> winks an’ finger-ends, I dread,
\nAre notice takin.<\/p>\n
\nTo see oursels as ithers see us!
\nIt wad frae<\/a> mony a blunder free us,
\nAn’ foolish notion:
\nWhat airs in dress an’ gait wad<\/a> lea’e us,
\nAn’<\/a> ev’n devotion!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"