W. ———'s RECIPE, For attaining a
character. __ IF thou on earth wouldst live respecket, In few words, here’s the way to
make it-- Get dog-thick wi’ the Parish
Priest, To a’ his foibles mould thy
taste, What he condemns, do thou condemn, What he approves do thou the same; Cant scripture words in every
case, “Salvashion, saunt, redemshion,
grace,” But controverted points
forbear, For, thou may’st shew thy weakness there; Look grave, demure as any owl, A cheerful look might d—— the
whole, Gang rigid to the kirk on
Sunday, With face as lang’s
a gothic window, But from these maxims should’st
thou sever, Poor profligate! thou’rt lost forever. |