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The Authors Earnest Cry And Prayer (第1/4页)
the author's earnest cry and prayer to the right honourable and honourable scotch representatives in the house of commons. dearest of distillation! last and best— —how art thou lost!— parody on milton. ye irish lords, ye knights an' squires, wha represent our brughs an' shires, an' doucely manage our affairs in parliament, to you a simple poet's pray'rs are humbly sent. alas! my roupit muse is hearse! your honours' hearts wi' grief 'twad pierce, to see her sittin on her arse low i' the dust, and scriechinhout prosaic verse, an like to brust! tell them wha hae the chief direction, scotland an' me's in great affliction, e'er sin' they laid that curst restriction on aqua-vitae; an' rouse them up to strong conviction, an' move their pity. stand forth an' tell yon premier youth the honest, open, naked truth: tell him o' mine an' scotland's drouth, his servants humble: the muckle deevil blaw you south if ye dissemble! does ony great man glunch an' gloom? speak out, an' never fash your thumb! let posts an' pensions sink or soom wi' them wha grant them; if honestly they canna come, far better want them. in gath'rin votes you were na slack; now stand as tightly by your tack: ne'er claw your lug, an' fidge your back, an' hum an' haw; but raise your arm, an' tell your crack before them a'. paint scotland greetin owre her thrissle; her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle; an' damn'd excisemen in a bussle, seizin a stell, triumphant crushin't like a mussel, or limpet shell! then, on the tither hand present her— a blackguard smuggler