Lines sent with a Present of a Dozen of Porter.
O had the malt thy strength of mind, Or hops the flavour of thy wit, ’Twere drink for first of human kind, A gift that e’en for Syme were fit. Jerusalem Tavern, Dumfries.
O had the malt thy strength of mind, Or hops the flavour of thy wit, ’Twere drink for first of human kind, A gift that e’en for Syme were fit. Jerusalem Tavern, Dumfries.