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address to the un guid, or the rigidly righteo
y n, these axis ake a rule,
an&039; p the aye thegither;
the rigid righteo is a fool,
the rigid wise anither:
the cleanest rn that ere was dight
ay hae pyles o&039; caff ;
ne&039;er a fellow-creature slight
for rando fits o&039; daff
(loon—eles ch vii verse 16)
o ye wha are sae guid yoursel&039;,
sae pio and sae holy,
ye&039;ve nought to do but ark and tell
your neibours&039; fauts and folly!
whase life is like a weel-gaun ill,
supplied wi&039; store o&039; water;
the heaped happer&039;s ebbg still,
an&039; still the cp pys ctter
hear , ye venerable re,
as unsel for poor ortals
that freent pass douce wisdo&039;s door
for gikit folly&039;s portals:
i, for their thoughtless, careless sakes,
would here propone defences—
their donsie tricks, their bck istakes,
their failgs and ischances
ye see your state wi&039; theirs pared,
and shudder at the niffer;
but cast a ont&039;s fair regard,
what aks the ighty differ;
disunt what scant oasion gave,
that purity ye pride ;
and (what&039;s aft air than a&039; the ve),
your better art o&039; hid
thk, when your castigated pulse
gies now and then a wallop!
what raggs t his ves nvulse,
that still eternal gallop!
wi&039; d and tide fair i&039; your tail,
right on ye scud your sea-way;
but the teeth o&039; baith to sail,
it aks a un lee-way
see cial life and glee sit down,
all joyo and unthkg,
till, ite transugrified, they&039;re grown
debauchery and drkg:
o would they stay to calcute
th&039; eternal nseences;
or your ore dreaded hell to state,
danation of expenses!
ye high, exalted, virtuo das,
tied up godly ces,
before ye
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