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OLD AGE , A Poem in the Scottish Dialect 9 by the ( ate Mrs . Hamilton . [ From her Memoirs , by Miss Benger , ( see Mon . Repos . XIII . 521 , ) Vol . I . pp . 201—204 . ] Is that Aiild Age that ' s tirling at the pin ? I trow it is ,-r-theti haste to let him in : Ye ' re kindly welcome , friend ; na , dinna fear To shaw yoursel ' , ye'll cause nae trouble here . I ken there are wha tremble at your name , As tho * ye brought wi' ye reproach ov shame 5 "¦;; . . And wha , " a thousand lies wad bear the sin , "
Rather than own ye for their kith or kin : But far frae shirking- ye as a disgrace , Tha-nkfu' 1 atn t' have liyecj to see thy- * v face ; Nor s ' all I ere disown ye , nor tak pride , To think how long I might your visit bidf > , Doing my best to mak ye weel respecked , I'll no fear for your « ake to be neglecked ; But now ye * re come , arid through a kind of weather We ' re doomed frae this time forth to joy thegither , Yd fain mak compact wP ye , firm and # tra « g ,
On terms of fair giff gaff to baud out long ; Gin thou ? H bo civil , I » % \ \ liberal be , Witness the lang Jang list o * what I'll First , then , I here mak owre for glide and a A' youtbfu' fancier , whether bright or s y > Beauties and graces , too , I wad resign them , But sair I fear ' twad cost- ye fash to find them 1
For gainst your dady , Time , they could 11 a stand , Nor bear the grip o * his unsonsy hand ; But the " re * s my skin , whiik ye may further crunkle , And write your name at length in ilka wrinkle . On my hwwn locks ye ' ye leave to lay ypur paw , And bleach thefl * to y 4 > uf fancy wbiite as snaw . But look na , A ye , sa ^ / wis r fu V at my m ^ th , As gin ye la ^ g ' d to pu" out ilka tooth ! vol . xir . »
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, Let them , I dp beseech , $ t {\\ ^ e ey t ^ nr places , v Tho ^ gin ye wisVt , ye ' re fi ^ e ^ o paint their faces . . My limbs 1 yield ye ; and if y ^ see meet , To clap your icy shac&tas ; on my f ^ t , Pse no refuse 5 but if ye drive out gout ? Will bless you for't , and offer thajvks
devout . Sae tnuckle wad I gi wi" * right goocl-will ^ But och ! I fear , that niair ye Iqq ^ for still . I ken by that fell giow ' r an 4 ineanin | f shru ^ , ' ' . Ye"d slap your skinny fingers on e | iq « lug ;* And unca fain ye are , I trow , and keen , To cast your misty powders in my een j But , O % _ in mercy , spare my popr wep . 1 \ ¦
iwiujters , And I for ay s ' all wear your , chrystal blinkers ! Then " ' bout my lugs Fd fain a bargain mak , And gV my hand , that I shall u ^ e ^ er draw back . Weel , then- —wad ye consent their use to share , 'Twad serve us baith , and He a bargain , rare . Thus I wad ha t , when babbling" fools intrude .
Gabbling their noisy nonsense , lawg and loud , ; Or when ill nature , weel brush'd up by wit , WP sneer sarcastic takes its aim to hit ; Or when detraction , meanest slave of pride , Sptes out wee fau l ts , and seek $ great worth | to hide 5 Then mak nie deaf , as deaf as deaf can he ;
At a" * sic times my lugs I lend to ihee . But when in social hour ye see combin ed Genius and Wijsctom—fruits o" * hearts and mind , Good sense , good humour , wit in playfu ? mood , And Candour e ' en frae ill extracting good ; Oh , then , auld friend , I maun ha' back my hearing , To want it then wad be an ill past bearing * . Better to lonely sit i * the douf sp $ nce Than catch the sough o' words withoitf tb $ sens ^ e . * * ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦¦¦ ¦ 1 1 1
^ . ¦ " — .. ' ¦ , » ¦¦ ' ?¦¦>¦ ¦>'«»¦' ' <^ ^ ¦ > o ¦ 1 p ' n m * w \ \ * . For some y ^ ars sl Jaad l >/? en oj ^ casionally subject to a slight degree of deafness . "Nfc
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1819, page 117, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1769/page/49/
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