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the vision

duan first

the sun had clos&039;d the ter day,

the curless at their roar py,

and hunr&039;d auk taen her way,

to kail-yards green,

while faithless snaws ilk step betray

whare she has been

the thresher&039;s weary flg-tree,

the lee-ng day had tired ;

and when the day had clos&039;d his e&039;e,

far i&039; the west,

ben i&039; the spence, right pensivelie,

i gaed to rest

there, nely by the gle-cheek,

i sat and ey&039;d the speg reek,

that fill&039;d, wi&039; hoast-provokg sek,

the auld cy bigg;

an&039; heard the restless rattons seak

about the rigg

all this ottie, isty cli,

i backward &039;d on wasted ti,

how i had spent y youthfu&039; pri,

an&039; done nae thg,

but strgg blethers up rhy,

for fools to sg

had i to guid advice but harkit,

i ight, by this, hae led a arket,

or strutted a bank and crkit

y cash-aount;

while here, half-ad, half-fed, half-sarkit

is a&039; th&039; aount

i started, utt&039;rg, “blockhead! of!”

and heav&039;d on high y waukit loof,

to swear by a&039; yon starry roof,

or rash aith,

that i henceforth wad be rhy-proof

till y st breath—

when click! the strg the snick did draw;

an&039; jee! the door gaed to the wa&039;;

an&039; by y gle-lowe i saw,

now bleez bright,

a tight, outndish hizzie, braw,

e full sight

ye need na doubt, i held y whisht;

the fant aith, half-for&039;d, was crht

i glowr&039;d as eerie&039;s i&039;d been dht

wild glen;

when sweet, like honest worth, she bsht,

an&039; stepped ben

green, slender, leaf-cd holly-boughs

were isted, gracefu&039;, round her brows;

i took her for sttish e,

by that sa token;

and e to s those reckless vows,