LinesOnMeetingWithLordDaer

linesonmeetingwithlorddaer注释标题atthehouseofprofessordugaldstewart.

thiswotyeallwhomitconcerns,

i,rhymerrobin,aliasburns,

octobertwenty-third,

ane'er-to-be-forgottenday,

saefarisprackl'dupthebrae,

idinner'dwi'alord.

i'vebeenatdruckenwriters'feasts,

nay,beenbitch-fou'manggodlypriests—

wi'rev'rencebeitspoken!—

i'veevenjoin'dthehonour'djorum,

whenmightysquireshipsofthequorum,

theirhydradrouthdidsloken.

butwi'alord!—standoutmyshin,

alord—apeer—anearl'sson!

uphigheryet,mybonnet

an'sicalord!—langscothellstwa,

ourpeerageheo'erlooksthema',

asilooko'ermysonnet.

butoforhogarth'smagicpow'r!

toshowsirbardie'swillyartglow'r,

an'howhestar'dandstammer'd,

when,goavin,asifledwi'branks,

an'stumpinonhisploughmanshanks,

heintheparlourhammer'd.

isidyingshelter'dinanook,

an'athislordshipsteal'talook,

likesomeportentousomen;

exceptgoodsenseandsocialglee,

an'(whatsurpris'dme)modesty,

imarkednoughtuncommon.

iwatch'dthesymptomso'thegreat,

thegentlepride,thelordlystate,

thearrogantassuming;

thefientapride,naepridehadhe,

norsauce,norstate,thaticouldsee,

mairthananhonestploughman.

thenfromhislordshipishalllearn,

henceforthtomeetwithunconcern

onerankasweel'sanother;

naehonest,worthymanneedcare

tomeetwithnobleyouthfuldaer,

forhebutmeetsabrother.