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Epigram On Rough Roads
I'm now arrived--thanks to the gods!--
Thro' pathways rough and muddy,
A certain sign that makin roads
Is no this people's study:
Altho' Im not wi' Scripture cram'd,
I'm sure the Bible says
That heedless sinners shall be damn'd,
Unless they mend their ways.
[Footnote 8: A compliment to the Montgomeries of Coilsfield,
on the Feal or Faile, a tributary of the Ayr.]
[Footnote 9: Mrs. Stewart of Stair, an early patroness of the poet.]
[Footnote 10: The house of Professor Dugald Stewart.]


Prayer--O Thou Dread Power
Lying at a reverend friend's house one night, the author left the
following verses in the room where he slept:--
O Thou dread Power, who reign'st above,
I know thou wilt me hear,
When for this scene of peace and love,
I make this prayer sincere.
The hoary Sire--the mortal stroke,
Long, long be pleas'd to spare;
To bless this little filial flock,
And show what good men are.


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