A’ that could ever come frae Man.

And as at sicna times am I,

I wad ha’e Scotland to my eye

Until I saw a timeless flame

Tak’ Auchtermuchty for a name,

And kent that Ecclefechan stood

As pairt o’ an eternal mood.

Ahint the glory comes the nicht

As Maori to London’s ruins,

And I’m amused to see the plicht