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Impired bribe * the km * hind AH soul-4 * gr * ding * i » ftn <*» apuraa ; Our t * a * bi& 9 # vk > ur , saint , art Ibou , Immortal Robert Bum * !> —pp , 46 , 47 .
II . * THE GRAVE . ' By a kirkyard yeft I atude , while raony entered in , Men bow'd wi toil an' age , wi' haffets auld and thin ; An ithers in their prime , wi' a bearin' proud an' hie ; An * maidens pure an * bonnie , as the daisies o' the lea ; An * matrons wrinkled auld , wi lyart heads an' grey ; An bairns , like things o ' er fair for Death to wede away .
I stude aside the yett , while onward still they went , — The laird firae out his ha' , and the shepherd frae the bent ; It seemed a type o men , an * o' the grave ' s domain , But these were living a ' , an could straight come forth again And o' the bedral auld , wi' mickle courtesie , I speer'd what it might mean , an * he bade me look an * see .
On the trodden path that led to the house of worshipping , Or before its open doors , there stude nae living thing ; But awa' amang the tombs , ilk comer quickly pass'd , An' upo * ae lowly grave ilk seekin' e ' e was cast . There war . sabbin' bosoms there , an proud yet softened eyes , An' a whisper breathed aroun ' , " there the loved and honoured lies . ' There was ne ' er a murmur there—the deep-drawn breath was hush'd—An' o ' er the maiden ' s cheek the tears o' feelin firush'd :
An the bonnie infant face was lifted as in prayer ; An * manhood's cheek was flushed wi' the thochts that movin' were I stude aside the grave , an I gazed upo' the stone , An' the name of •* Robert Burns" was engraven thereupon . ' pp . 47 , 48 .
in . * MINISTER TAM . * A wee raggit laddie he cam' to our toun , Wi' his hair for a bannet—his taes through his shoon ; An' aye , when wegart him rise up in the morn , The ne ' er-do-weel herdit the kye ' mang the corn . We sent him to gather the sheep on the hilJ , No for wark , but to keep him nrae mischief an ill ; But he huntit the ewes , and he rade on die ram :
Sic a helicat deevil was Minister Tarn ! My auld auntie sent him for sugar an tea , She kent na , douce woman ! how toothtonte was he : — As hamewith he cam' wi ' t , he paikit a bairn .
An * harried a nest doon amang the lang fern \ Then , while he was restin * within the green shaw , My auld auntie ' s sugar Jie licjMt it * : — Syne , a drubbin' to wiss , he sair tjckn ^ M did sham ; S * c * ilk tricksy sharigfe was Mfnfrfer IVm !
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1835, page 766, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2652/page/10/
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