Now Nature Hangs Her Mantle Green On

The Wisest Man The Warl' E'er Saw, He Dearly Loved The Lasses, O.

Mankind Is A Science That Defies Definitions.

The Rank Is But The Guinea's Stamp, The Man's The Gowd For A' That.

The Trout In Yonder Wimpling Burn - That Glides, A Silver Dart, - And, Safe Beneath The Shady Thorn, - Defies The Anglers Art.

At Length His Lonely Cot Appears In View, Beneath The Shelter Of An Aged Tree; Th' Expectant Wee-things, Toddling, Stacher Thro' To Meet Their Dad, Wi' Flichterin Noise An' Glee.