The Courtship And Wedding O Jock O the Knowe And Other Poems
The Courtship And Wedding O Jock O the Knowe And Other Poems
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3 1 'Twas thus ilk lunting oracle spoke, Frae amid a cliul o' tobacco smoke — "Wha leans on Satan mak's little speed, He fishes for men wi' a gowden bait ! What legions o' puir sauls, alack, Sin' — dulefu' day — frae Eden's yett Oor puir demented forebears set Bleared faces to their eerie gate, Bamboozed by luring pun' an' plack, Becked on by warldly greed, Hae entered till that region where The Prince wha rules the po'ers o' air Geeks his infernal head. " On ae thing they were a' agreed, An' h...eld, as 'twere, a saving faith, A sudden doom wad doop on Jock : That trigged wi' wallet, kent, an' pock, An ghastly, in the hue o' death, Some midnight wad look on the wee sinner shogging Tae the weel-earned reward o' scheming an' trogging, While lood, an' aye looder, the sommonser's ca' Wad soond through the grand rooms o' Corby Ha', They were wae for Miss Jean, sae bonnie an' braw, But troth, i' the matter they plainly saw The workin' o' Satan's cunnin' han', Else hoo could a Haldane o' Corby Ha' Loot doon to a Gaberlunzie man?
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
3 1 'Twas thus ilk lunting oracle spoke, Frae amid a cliul o' tobacco smoke — "Wha leans on Satan mak's little speed, He fishes for men wi' a gowden bait ! What legions o' puir sauls, alack, Sin' — dulefu' day — frae Eden's yett Oor puir demented forebears set Bleared faces to their eerie gate, Bamboozed by luring pun' an' plack, Becked on by warldly greed, Hae entered till that region where The Prince wha rules the po'ers o' air Geeks his infernal head. " On ae thing they were a' agreed, An' h...eld, as 'twere, a saving faith, A sudden doom wad doop on Jock : That trigged wi' wallet, kent, an' pock, An ghastly, in the hue o' death, Some midnight wad look on the wee sinner shogging Tae the weel-earned reward o' scheming an' trogging, While lood, an' aye looder, the sommonser's ca' Wad soond through the grand rooms o' Corby Ha', They were wae for Miss Jean, sae bonnie an' braw, But troth, i' the matter they plainly saw The workin' o' Satan's cunnin' han', Else hoo could a Haldane o' Corby Ha' Loot doon to a Gaberlunzie man?
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