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I lang hae thought my youthfu' friend	A
A something to have sent you	B
Tho' it should serve nae ither end	A
Than just a kind momento	A
But how the subject theme may gang	C
Let time and change determine	D
Perhaps it may turn out a sang	C
Perhaps turn out a sermon	D
	-
Ye'll try the world soon my lad	A
And Andrew dear believe me	E
Ye'll find mankind an unco squad	A
And muckle they may grieve ye	E
For care and trouble set your thought	A
Ev'n when your end's attained	A
And a' your views may come to nought	A
Where ev'ry nerve is strained	A
	-
I'll no say men are villains a'	F
The real harden'd wicked	A
What hae nae check but human law	G
Are to a few restricked	A
But och mankind are unco weak	H
An' little to be trusted	A
If self the wavering balance shake	I
It's rarely right adjusted	A
	-
Yet they wha fa' in fortune's strife	J
Their fate we shouldna censure	K
For still th'important end of life	J
They equally may answer	K
A man may hae in honest heart	A
Tho' poortith hourly stare him	L
A man may tak a neibor's part	A
Yet hae nae cash to spare him	L
	-
Aye free aff han' your story tell	M
When wi' a bosom crony	E
But still keep something to yoursel'	M
Ye scarcely tell to ony	E
Conceal yoursel' as weel's ye can	E
Frae critical dissection	E
But keek thro' ev'ry other man	E
Wi' sharpen'd sly inspection	E
	-
The sacred lowe o' well plac'd love	N
Luxuriantly indulge it	A
But never tempt th' illicit rove	O
Tho' naething should divulge it	A
I waive the quantum o' the sin	E
The hazard of concealing	P
But och it hardens a' within	E
And petrifies the feeling	P
	-
To catch dame Fortune's golden smile	M
Assiduous wait upon her	K
And gather gear by ev'ry wile	M
That's justified by honour	K
Not for to hide it in a hedge	Q
Nor for a train attendant	A
But for the glorious privilege	R
Of being independent	A
	-
The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip	S
To haud the wretch in order	K
But where ye feel your honour grip	S
Let that aye be your border	K
Its slightest touches instant pause	T
Debar a' side pretences	T
And resolutely keep its laws	T
Uncaring consequences	T
	-
The great Creator to revere	K
Must sure become the creature	K
But still the preaching cant forbear	K
And ev'n the rigid feature	K
Yet ne'er with wits profane to range	U
Be complaisance extended	A
An atheist laugh's a poor exchange	U
For Deity offended	A
	-
When ranting round in pleasure's ring	P
Religion may be blinded	A
Or if she gie a random sting	P
It may be little minded	A
But when on life we're tempest driv'n	E
A conscience but a canker	K
A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n	E
Is sure a noble anchor	K
	-
Adieu dear amiable youth	V
Your heart can ne'er be wanting	P
May prudence fortitude and truth	V
Erect your brow undaunting	P
In ploughman phrase God send you speed ''	-
Still daily to grow wiser	K
And may ye better reck the rede	A
Than ever did th' adviser	K

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