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waeworththypower,thoucursedleaf!

fellsourceo'a'mywoeandgrief!

forlacko'theei'velostmylass!

forlacko'theeiscrimpmyglass!

iseethechildrenofaffliction

unaided,throughthycurstrestriction:

i'veseentheoppressor'scruelsmile

amidhishaplessvictim'sspoil;

andforthypotencevainlywished,

tocrushthevillaininthedust:

forlacko'thee,ileavethismuch-lov'dshore,

never,perhaps,togreetoldscotlandmore.

r.b.