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THE BRAMBLE KING.
December 25, 1916.
Better than ever lecture read
Is parable or fable;
An' proverbs find a fruitful bed
Where sermons are unable.
Is parable or fable;
An' proverbs find a fruitful bed
Where sermons are unable.
The warld, I think, gets better on
An' better likes the teachin'
O' Pilpay an' o' Solomon
Than a' the parsons' preachin'.
An' better likes the teachin'
O' Pilpay an' o' Solomon
Than a' the parsons' preachin'.
To bring this preface to amane—
Tak', for a sample o' them,
The very first—a first-rate ane!
That Parable o' Jotham.
Tak', for a sample o' them,
The very first—a first-rate ane!
That Parable o' Jotham.
Aince, when the wuds would wale a tree
To be their Lord an' Leader,
They lookit doun—an' didna see
Their fortune in the Cedar!
To be their Lord an' Leader,
They lookit doun—an' didna see
Their fortune in the Cedar!
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They tried the Olive—but he was
In sweet contentment plantit;
He tell't them they could search the shaws
An' find the thing they wantit!
In sweet contentment plantit;
He tell't them they could search the shaws
An' find the thing they wantit!
They speer'd the Fig: they socht the Vine;
An', tirin' o' their ramble,
They lost baith hope an' heid, an' syne
Solicitit the Bramble!
An', tirin' o' their ramble,
They lost baith hope an' heid, an' syne
Solicitit the Bramble!
A vulgar, vicious, thorny thing,
Withoot one kingly feature!
Hoo could they think to mak' a king
By crowning sic a creature?
Withoot one kingly feature!
Hoo could they think to mak' a king
By crowning sic a creature?
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