Suppressed Stanzas Of “The Vision”（3 / 4）

  but other scenes did charms display,
  that better please,
  where polish'd manners dwell with gray,
  in rural ease.
  where cessnock pours with gurgling sound;
  and irwine, marking out the bound,
  enamour'd of the scenes around,
  slow runs his race,
  a name i doubly honour'd found,
  with knightly grace.
  brydon's brave ward, i saw him stand,
  fame humbly offering her hand,
  and near, his kinsman's rustic band,
  with one accord,
  lamenting their late blessed land
  must change its lord.
  the owner of a pleasant spot,
  near and sandy wilds, i last did note;
  a heart too warm, a pulse too hot
  at times, o'erran:
  but large in ev'ry feature wrote,
  appear'd the man.
  the rantin' dog, the daddie o't
  tune—“whare'll our guidman lie.”
  o wha my babie-clouts will buy?
  o wha will tent me when i cry?
  wha will kiss me where i lie?
  the rantin' dog, the daddie o't.
  o wha will own he did the faut?
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