Synopsis
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1875 edition. Excerpt: ...seen; The simplest micht read truth, sincerity, grace, There's aye sunny licht in the glance o' his een; To sport wi' fowks' feelings he ne'er was a pranker, Though jokey an' cracky be Robie the Banker. Gin Maidy were chancin' to whittle her stick, The lasses for aince wad be a' on their mettle; They roses an' feathers for bonnets wad pick, An' set their caps at him wi' evident ettle; Even Baby the bloomer, an' Nelly the spanker, Wad jump at a berry like Robie the Banker. There's nae man mair vokie to meet wi' his friends; Be they young, be they auld, he is kind as a brither; Or callants, or cummers, in heyday or teens, He'll treat or be treated without ony swither; Nae teetotal whimsies gar him spurn a tanker--Yet douce, wise, an' warldlike is Robie the Banker. Lang, lang may he live to befriend a poor man, An' lang nod about wi' his friends to be hearty; Pursuing his pleasant an' provident plan, To soothe sorrow's sigh, or put life in a party; His pow may get lyrat, his chin-stibble ranker, But aye bricht as gas-licht be Robie the Banker. FAREWELL TO GLEN MO RE. FAREWELL to Duncaither, with ring round its top--'Many years I've looked up to its grey cairny cope; Farewell to the poplars I planted for screen, Though tall as ships' masts, they are still budding green--. To roses and fuschias that bloom at the door, As the white-blossomed snowball that grows at Glenmore. When spring-time came round, with my sheet on my arm, I've thirty-eight times helped with seeding the farm; At reaping and leading I aye took a share, 'Twas cheery to work when 'twas pleasant and fair,--But dreary when storms from the Grampians came o'er, And blasted the crops on the lands of Glenmore. On mild summer days, when the weather was bright, The farmer might quaff...
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