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thoughts, words, and deeds, the statute bs with rean;

but surely dreas were ne&039;er dicted trean

on readg, the public papers, the ureate&039;s ode, with the other parade of june 4th, 1786, the author was no oner dropt asleep, than he iaged hiself transported to the birth-day levee: and, his dreag fancy, ade the follog address:

guid-orn&039; to our ajesty!

ay heaven augnt your blisses

on ev&039;ry new birth-day ye see,

a huble poet wishes

y bardship here, at your levee

on sic a day as this is,

is sure an unuth sight to see,

aang thae birth-day dresses

sae fe this day

i see ye&039;re plinted thrang,

by ony a lord an&039; dy;

“god save the kg” &039;s a cuckoo sang

that&039;s un easy said aye:

the poets, too, a venal gang,

wi&039; rhys weel-turn&039;d an&039; ready,

wad gar you trow ye ne&039;er do wrang,

but aye unerrg steady,

on sic a day

for ! before a onarch&039;s face

ev&039;n there i na ftter;

for neither pension, post, nor pce,

a i your huble debtor:

, nae reflection on your grace,

your kgship to bespatter;

there&039;s ony waur been o&039; the race,

and aibls ane been better

than you this day

&039;tis very true, y vereign kg,

y skill ay weel be doubted;

but facts are chiels that na dg,

an&039; downa be disputed:

your royal nest, beneath your g,

is e&039;en right reft and clouted,

and now the third part o&039; the strg,

an&039; less, will gang aboot it

than did ae day

far be&039;t frae that i aspire

to b your legistion,

or say, ye wisdo want, or fire,

to rule this ighty nation:

but faith! i uckle doubt, y sire,

ye&039;ve trted istration

to chaps wha barn or byre

wad better fill&039;d their station

than urts yon day