By human brains and to what ends may tell
—For naething’s seen or kent that’s near a thing itsel’!
Let whasae vaunts his knowledge then and syne
Sets up a God and kens His purpose tae
Tell me what’s gart a’e strain o’ maitter twine
In sic an extraordinary way,
And what God’s purpose wi’ the Thistle is
—I’ll aiblins ken what he and his God’s worth by this.
I’ve watched it lang and hard until I ha’e
A certain symp’thy wi’ its orra ways