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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.