Robert Burns: How To Know Him

by William Allan Neilson

To think how we stood sweatin', shakin',

An' pish'd wi' dread,

While he, wi' hingin' lips and snakin', sneering

Held up his head.

Lord, in Thy day of vengeance try him;

Lord, visit him wha did employ him,

And pass not in Thy mercy by them,

Nor hear their pray'r:

But, for Thy people's sake, destroy them,