theauthor'searnestcryandprayer
totherighthonourableandhonourablescotch
representativesinthehouseofcommons.
dearestofdistillation!lastandbest—
—howartthoulost!—
parodyonmilton.
yeirishlords,yeknightsan'squires,
wharepresentourbrughsan'shires,
an'doucelymanageouraffairs
inparliament,
toyouasimplepoet'spray'rs
arehumblysent.
alas!myroupitmuseishearse!
yourhonours'heartswi'grief'twadpierce,
toseehersittinonherarse
lowi'thedust,
andscriechinhoutprosaicverse,
anliketobrust!
tellthemwhahaethechiefdirection,
scotlandan'me'singreataffliction,
e'ersin'theylaidthatcurstrestriction
onaqua-vitae;
an'rousethemuptostrongconviction,
an'movetheirpity.
standforthan'tellyonpremieryouth
thehonest,open,nakedtruth:
tellhimo'minean'scotland'sdrouth,
hisservantshumble:
themuckledeevilblawyousouth
ifyedissemble!
doesonygreatmanglunchan'gloom?
speakout,an'neverfashyourthumb!
letpostsan'pensionssinkorsoom
wi'themwhagrantthem;
ifhonestlytheycannacome,
farbetterwantthe
ingath'rinvotesyouwerenaslack;
nowstandastightlybyyourtack:
ne'erclawyourlug,an'fidgeyourback,
an'human'haw;
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