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 XII

THE SCOTSMAN'S RETURN FROM ABROAD

In a letter from Mr. Thomson to Mr. Johnstone.

mony a foreign pairt I've been,

An' mony an unco ferlie seen,

Since, Mr. Johnstone, you and I

Last walkit upon Cocklerye.

Wi' gleg, observant een, I pass't

By sea an' land, through East an' Wast,

And still in ilka age an' station

Saw naething but abomination.

In thir uncovenantit lands

The gangrel Scot uplifts his hands