PER CONTRA.
Go, Fame, an’ canter like a filly
Thro’ a’ the streets an’ neuks o’ Killie,
Tell ev’ry social honest billie
To cease his grievin’,
For yet, unskaith’d by death’s gleg gullie,
Tam Samson’s livin’.
FOOTNOTES:
[49] When this worthy old sportsman went out last muirfowl season, he supposed it was to be, in Ossian’s phrase, “the last of his fields.”
[50] A preacher, a great favourite with the million. Vide the Ordination, stanza II
[51] Another preacher, an equal favourite with the few, who was at that time ailing. For him see also the Ordination, stanza IX.