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Per Contra.
Go, Fame, and canter like a filly,
Thro' a' the streets and neuks o Killie[1],
Tell ev'ry social, honest billie
To cease his grievin,
For yet unskaith'd by Death's gleg gullie,
Tam Samson's livin.
Thro' a' the streets and neuks o Killie[1],
Tell ev'ry social, honest billie
To cease his grievin,
For yet unskaith'd by Death's gleg gullie,
Tam Samson's livin.
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A PRAYER,
In the Prospect of Death.
O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause,
Of all my hope and fear,
In whose dread Presence, ere an hour,
Perhaps, I must appear!
Of all my hope and fear,
In whose dread Presence, ere an hour,
Perhaps, I must appear!
If I have wander'd in those paths
Of life, I ought to shun,
As something loudly in any breast
Remonstrates I have done;
Of life, I ought to shun,
As something loudly in any breast
Remonstrates I have done;
Thou knowest thou hast formed me
With passions wild and strong,
Am list'ning to their witching voice;
Has often led me wrong.
With passions wild and strong,
Am list'ning to their witching voice;
Has often led me wrong.
- ↑ Killie is a phrase the country-folk sometimes use for the name of a town in the West.
