Then let us pray that come it may—
As come it will for a' that—
That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth,
May bear the gree,[8] and a' that.
For a' that, and a' that,
It's coming yet, for a' that,
That man to man, the warld o'er,
Shall brothers be for a' that!
NOTES.
[1.] Is there anything in honest poverty to cause one to hang his head, etc.?
[2.] Explain lines 7 and 8 fully.
[3.] gowd, gold.
[4.] birkie, fellow.
[5.] coof, fool.
[6.] aboon his might, above his power.
[7.] maunna fa', may not get.
[8.] gree, palm, supremacy.