XVI.
Reading edition
VERSES
WRITTEN ON A WINDOW OF THE INN AT CARRON.
[These lines were written on receiving what the poet considered an uncivil refusal to look at the works of the celebrated Carron foundry.]
We came na here to view your warks In hopes to be mair wise, But only, lest we gang to hell, It may be nae surprise: For whan we tirl’d at your door, Your porter dought na hear us; Sae may, shou’d we to hell’s yetts come Your billy Satan sair us!