...pluck the flower Safety." There was no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. XLIX. THE SELKIRK GRACE. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. On a visit to St. Mary's Isle, the Earl of Selkirk requested Burns to...

...Mary's Isle, on being requested to say grace by the Earl of Selkirk, repeated the following lines : SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF PEG NICHOLSON.' PEG Nicholson was a gude bay mare, As ever trode on aim ; But...

...„M no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. J 0 That is threaten him. LXII. Ojt gtlJurh «SSract . How royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him ! Was managing St. Stephen's quorum ; If sleekit Cha And sae the Lord be thankit.* LXIII. fnnocmct. Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; while rosy pleasure...

...Mary'» lile, the Earl of Selkirk requeued Burn« to say grace at dinner; he complied in Шеи words. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat. And sae the Lord be thank et. ON A SUICIDE. EARTH'D up here lies an imp o' hell, Planted by Satan's...

...fineless,' quo' Aunty Matty ; ' Chap away,' quo' Watty. THE COVENANTER'S GRACE. Some hae meat that canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, For which the Lord be thankit ! When Burns dined with the Earl of Selkirk, at St Mary's Isle, he repeated...

...Lord ! a louse, Sir, is still but a louse, Though it crawl on the curls of a queen. THE SELKIRK GRACE. SOME hae meat and canna eat. And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can cat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ON THE POET'S DAUGHTER. HERE lies a rose, a budding rose, Blasted...

...bread-and-butter, sugar and cream; so to it we went, like men who could enter most heartily into the stanza of Robert Burns: — ' Some ha'e meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat, that want it; Now we ha'e meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit.' Having had a delicious repast, the...

...to dinner; he obeyed in these lines, now known in Galloway by the name of ' ' The Selkirk Grace."] SOME hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. LIII. TO DR. MAXWELL, ON JESSIE STAIG'S RECOVERY. [Maxwell was a skilful...

...bread-and-butter, sugar and cream; so to it we went, like men who could enter most heartily into the stanza of Robert Burns : — Some ha'e meat, and canna eat, And some would eat, that want it ; Now we ha'e meat, and we can eat, So let the Lord be thankit. Having had...

...Mary's isle, on being re? nested to say grace by the Earl of Selkirk, repeated the allowing lines : OME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thauket. ELEGY ON THE DEATH OP PEG NICHOLSON. EG Nicholson was a gude bay mare,...