ToMissFerrier

tomissferrier

enclosingtheelegyonsirj.h.blair.

naeheathennameshalliprefix,

fraepindusorparnassus;

auldreekiedingsthema'tosticks,

forrhyme-inspiringlasses.

jove'stunefu'dochtersthreetimesthree

madehomerdeeptheirdebtor;

but,gienthebodyhalfane'e,

nineferrierswaddonebetter!

lastdaymymindwasinabog,

downgeorge'sstreetistoited;

acreepingcauldprosaicfog

myverysensedoited.

dowhatidoughttosetherfree,

mysaullayinthemire;

yeturnedaneuk—isawyoure'e—

shetookthewinglikefire!

themournfu'sangihereenclose,

ingratitudeisendyou,

andpray,inrhymeasweelasprose,

a'gudethingsmayattendyou!