TheHolyFair

theholyfair注释标题“holyfair”isacommonphraseinthewestofscotlandforasacramentaloccasion.—r.b.

arobeofseemingtruthandtrust

hidcraftyobservation;

andsecrethung,withpoison'dcrust,

thedirkofdefamation:

amaskthatlikethegorgetshow'd,

dye-varyingonthepigeon;

andforamantlelargeandbroad,

hewrapthiminreligion.

hypocrisya-la-mode

uponasimmersundaymorn

whennature'sfaceisfair,

iwalkedforthtoviewthecorn,

an'snuffthecallerair.

therisingsunowregalstonmuirs

wi'gloriouslightwasglintin;

thehareswerehirplindownthefurrs,

thelav'rockstheywerechantin

fu'sweetthatday.

aslightsomelyiglowr'dabroad,

toseeascenesaegay,

threehizzies,earlyattheroad,

camskelpinuptheway.

twahadmanteeleso'dolefu'black,

butanewi'lyartlining;

thethird,thatgaedaweea-back,

wasinthefashionshining

fu'gaythatday.

thetwaappear'dlikesisterstwin,

infeature,form,an'claes;

theirvisagewither'd,langan'thin,

an'sourasonlyslaes:

thethirdcamup,hap-stap-an'-lowp,

aslightasonylambie,

an'wi'acurchielowdidstoop,

assoonase'ershesawme,

fu'kindthatday.

wi'bonnetaff,"hi,“sweetlass,

ithinkyeseemtokenme;

i'msurei'veseenthatbonieface

butyeticannanameye.”

quo'she,an'laughinasshespak,

an'taksmebythehan's,

“ye,formysake,haegienthefeck

ofa'thetencomman's

ascreedsomeday.”

“mynameisfun—yourcroniedear,

thenearestfriendyehae;

an'thisissuperstitutionhere,

an'that'shypocrisy.