The songs and poems of Robert Tannahill | ||
THE GUINEA NOTE.
WRITTEN ON THE BACK OF A GUINEA NOTE.
Thou little badge of independence,Thou mak'st e'en pride dance mean attendance;
Thou sure hast magic in thy looks;
Gives poets taste for tasteless books;
Makes lawyers lie, makes courtiers flatter;
And wily statesmen patriots clatter;
Makes ancient maids seem young again,
At sixty, beauteous as sixteen;
Makes foes turn friends, and friends turn foes,
And drugmen brew the pois'ning dose,
And ev'n as common say prevails,
Thou mak'st e'en Justice tip the scales.
The songs and poems of Robert Tannahill | ||