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Death and Doctor Hornbook (第2/4页)
but hing spak;
at length, says i, “friend! whare ye gaun?
will ye go back?”
it spak right howe,—“my name is death,
but be na fley'd.”—h i, “guid faith,
ye're maybe e to stap my breath;
but tent me, billie;
i red ye weel, tak care o' skaith
see, there's a gully!”
“gudeman,” quo' he, “put up your whittle,
i'm no desigo try its mettle;
but if i did, i wad be kittle
to be mislear'd;
i wad na mind it, no that spittle
out-owre my beard.”
“weel, weel!” says i, “a bargai;
e, gie's your hand, an' sae we're gree't;
we'll ease our shanks an tak a seat—
e, gie's your news;
this while ye hae been mony a gate,
at mony a house.”
“ay, ay!” quo' he, an' shook his head,
“it's e'en a lang, lang time indeed
sin' i began to nick the thread,
an' choke the breath:
folk maun do something for their bread,
an' sae mauh.
“sax thousand years are near-hand fled
sin' i was to the butg bred,
an' mony a scheme in vain's been laid,
to stap or scar me;
till ane hornbook's ta'en up the trade,
and faith! he'll waur me.
“ye ken hornbook i' the cla,
deil mak his king's-hood in spleu!
he's grown sae weel acquaint wi' bu
and ither chaps,
the weans haud out their fingers laughin,
an' pouk my hips.
“see, here's a scythe, an' there's dart,
they hae pierc'd mony a galla;
but doctor hornbook, wi' his art
an' cursed skill,
has made them baith no worth a f-t,
damn'd haet they'll kill!
“'twas but yestreen, nae farther gane,
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