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THE

HARP OF RENFREWSHIRE:

A COLLECTION OF

Songs and other Poetical Pieces,

(MANY OF WHICH ARE ORIGINAL),

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GLASGOW, D. ROBERTSON; EDINBURGH, OLIVER & BOYD ;

LONDON, LONGMANS, GREEN, & co.

MDCCCLXXII.

O VIMU

Bot quhat dangere is ocht to compile, allace:
Herand thir detractouris in eury place,

Or euerthayredethewerk, biddisbirne the buke:
Sum bene sa frawart in malice and wangrace,
Quhat is wele sayd thay loif not worth ane ace,
Bot castis them euir to spy out falt and cruke;
Al that thay fynd in hiddillis, hirne or nuke,
Thay blaw out, sayand in eury mannis face,
Lo here he failzeis, lo here he leis, luke.

-quha list syt doun and mote,

Ane vthir sayaris faltis to spy and note,
Than but offence or falt thame self to wryte ;
Bot for to chyde sum bene so birnand hole,
Hald thaythare pece, the worde wald scald thare
throte,

And has sic custume to jangil and backbyte,
That, bot thay schent, sum thay suld birst for syte :
E say no more quhen al the rerde is roung,
That wicht mon speik, that cannot hald his toung.

Gawin Douglas.

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