E’en o’ themsels at times can ken,

—I sune saw that when I gaed ben.

The lesser wheel within the big

That moves as merry as a grig,

Wi’ mankind in its whirligig

And hasna turned a’e circle yet

Tho’ as it turns we slide in it,

And needs maun tak’ the place we get,

I felt it turn, and syne I saw

John Knox and Clavers in my raw,