‘A man’s a man,’ says Robert Burns,
’For a’ that, and a’ that;’
But though the song be clear and strong,
It lacks a note for a’ that.
The lout who’d shirk his daily work,
Yet claim his wage and a’ that,
Or beg when he might earn his bread,
Is not a man for a’ that.
II.
If all who ‘dine on homely fare’