Address To The Unco Guid, Or The Rigidly（2 / 3）
discount what scant occasion gave,
that purity ye pride in;
and (what's aft mair than a' the lave),
your better art o' hidin.
think, when your castigated pulse
gies now and then a wallop!
what ragings must his veins convulse,
that still eternal gallop!
wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail,
right on ye scud your sea-way;
but in the teeth o' baith to sail,
it maks a unco lee-way.
see social life and glee sit down,
all joyous and unthinking,
till, quite transmugrified, they're grown
debauchery and drinking:
o would they stay to calculate
th' eternal consequences;
or your more dreaded hell to state,
damnation of expenses!
ye high, exalted, virtuous dames,
tied up in godly laces,
before ye gie poor frailty names,
suppose a change o' cases;
a dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug,
a treach'rous inclination—
but let me whisper i' your lug,
ye're aiblins nae temptation.
then gently scan your brother man,
still gentler sister woman; ↑返回顶部↑
that purity ye pride in;
and (what's aft mair than a' the lave),
your better art o' hidin.
think, when your castigated pulse
gies now and then a wallop!
what ragings must his veins convulse,
that still eternal gallop!
wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail,
right on ye scud your sea-way;
but in the teeth o' baith to sail,
it maks a unco lee-way.
see social life and glee sit down,
all joyous and unthinking,
till, quite transmugrified, they're grown
debauchery and drinking:
o would they stay to calculate
th' eternal consequences;
or your more dreaded hell to state,
damnation of expenses!
ye high, exalted, virtuous dames,
tied up in godly laces,
before ye gie poor frailty names,
suppose a change o' cases;
a dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug,
a treach'rous inclination—
but let me whisper i' your lug,
ye're aiblins nae temptation.
then gently scan your brother man,
still gentler sister woman; ↑返回顶部↑