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THE SWINE

A SKETCH

My twa swine on the midden,
Wi' very fat their een are hidden,
Their wames are swelled beyond dimension,
Their shapes!—ye hae nae comprehension.
Sic a sicht!—their tails sae curly,
Their houghs sae round, their necks sae burly;
In the warld there's naething bigger
Than the tane—except the tither!