epistletojohnrankine

enclosingsomepoems

orough，rude，ready-wittedrankine，

thewaleo'cocksforfunan'drinkin!

there'smonygodlyfolksarethinkin，

yourdreamsandtricks

willsendyou，korah-like，a-sinkin

straughttoauldnick's.

yehaesawmonycracksan'cants，

andinyourwicked，druckenrants，

yemakadevilo'thesaunts，

an'fillthemfou;

andthentheirfailings，flaws，an'wants，

area'seenthro'.

hypocrisy，inmercyspareit!

thatholyrobe，odinnatearit!

spare'tfortheirsakes，whaaftenwearit—

theladsinblack;

butyourcurstwit，whenitcomesnearit，

rives'tafftheirback.

think，wickedsinner，whaye'reskaithing:

it'sjusttheblue-gownbadgean'claithing

o'saunts;takthat，yelea'ethemnaething

tokenthemby

fraeonyunregenerateheathen，

likeyouori.

i'vesentyouheresomerhymingware，

a'thatibargain'dfor，an'mair;

sae，whenyehaeanhourtospare，

iwillexpect，

yonsangye'llsen't，wi'canniecare，

andnoneglect.

tho'faith，sma'hearthaeitosing!

mymusedowscarcelyspreadherwing;

i'veplay'dmyselaboniespring，

an'danc'dmyfill!

i'dbettergaenan'sair'ttheking，

atbunkjer'shill.

'twasaenightlately，inmyfun，

igaedarovin'wi'thegun，