to ss ferrier

enclosing the elegy on sir j. h. ir.

nae heathen na shall i prefix,

frae pindus or parnassus;

auld reekie dings thea' to sticks,

for rhy-inspiringsses.

jove's tunefu' dochters three tis three

de hor deep their debtor;

but, gien the body half an e'e,

nine ferriers wad done better!

spst day nd was in a bog,