Horace in Homespun by Hugh Haliburton [i.e. J. L. Robertson] A New Edition with Illustrations by A. S. Boyd |
Hughie's Reply to the Laird's Intimation
of a Visit. |
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Horace in Homespun by Hugh Haliburton [i.e. J. L. Robertson] | ||
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Hughie's Reply to the Laird's Intimation of a Visit.
“Mea nec Falernæ
Temperant vites neque Formiani
Pocula colles.”
—Car. i. 20.
Temperant vites neque Formiani
Pocula colles.”
—Car. i. 20.
Dear laird, ye're comin' up the brae
As lang's gude weather haulds?
Ye're surely welcome to a day
Amang your ain sheep-faulds.
As lang's gude weather haulds?
Ye're surely welcome to a day
Amang your ain sheep-faulds.
If caller air, an' caperin' lamb,
An' knowes o' noddin' green,
Wi' noo an' then a social dram
Or twa-haund crack atween;
An' knowes o' noddin' green,
Wi' noo an' then a social dram
Or twa-haund crack atween;
The food wher'on your fathers fared,
A girdle scone an' cheese—
Ye're freely welcome to them, laird,
If thae hae power to please;
A girdle scone an' cheese—
Ye're freely welcome to them, laird,
If thae hae power to please;
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But if your craig maun hae its waucht
O' wines I canna name,—
They're no' within a shepherd's aucht:
Ye'd better bide at hame.
O' wines I canna name,—
They're no' within a shepherd's aucht:
Ye'd better bide at hame.
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