L——, hear my earnest supplication

Against that cause o’ my vexation,

The House o’ Lords—bane o’ the nation—

Curse on their heeds;

L——, visit them wi’ swift damnation

For their misdeeds.

O! L—— my G——, that glib-tongued Cowen,

Wi’ gall and bitterness o’erflowin’,

And a’ the ruck sae forward growin’

Still mair an’ mair;