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.