Lines To A Gentleman,（1 / 2）

lines to a gentleman,

who had sent the poet a newspaper, and offered

to continue it free of expense.

kind sir, i've read your paper through,

and faith, to me, 'twas really new!

how guessed ye, sir, what maist i wanted?

this mony a day i've grain'd and gaunted,

to ken what french mischief was brewin;

or what the drumlie dutch were doin;

that vile doup-skelper, emperor joseph,

if venus yet had got his nose off;

or how the collieshangie works

atween the russians and the turks,

or if the swede, before he halt,

would play anither charles the twa<

if denmark, any body spak o't;

or poland, wha had now the tack o't:

how cut-throat prussian blades were hingin;

how libbet italy was singin;

if spaniard, portuguese, or swiss,

were sayin' or takin' aught amiss;