Ken ye aught o' Captain Grose? -- Igo, and ago, If he's amang his friends or foes? -- Iram, coram, dago. Is he to Abra'm's bosom gane? -- Igo, and ago, Or haudin Sarah by the wame? -- Iram, coram dago. Is he south or is he north? -- Igo, and ago, Or drowned in the river Forth? -- Iram, coram dago. Is he slain by Hielan' bodies? -- Igo, and ago, And eaten like a wether haggis? -- Iram, coram, dago. Where'er he be, the Lord be near him! -- Igo, and ago, As for the deil, he daur na steer him. -- Iram, coram, dago. But please transmit th' enclosed letter, -- Igo, and ago, Which will oblige your humble debtor. -- Iram, coram, dago. So may ye hae auld stanes in store, -- Igo, and ago, The very stanes that Adam bore. -- Iram, coram, dago, So may ye get in glad possession, -- Igo, and ago, The coins o' Satan's coronation! -- Iram coram dago. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A POET THAT DIED YOUNG by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY I SHALL NOT CARE by SARA TEASDALE TO E. L., ON HIS TRAVELS IN GREECE by ALFRED TENNYSON THE COMING OF HIS FEET by LYMAN WHITNEY ALLEN THE DESCENT OF TIMOTHY by JAMES HAY BEATTIE THOMPSON'S VERMONT by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY VERMONT WOOL CARDING by DANIEL LEAVENS CADY STANZAS ON THE THREATENED INVASION, 1803 by THOMAS CAMPBELL TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. LO! I OPEN A DOOR by EDWARD CARPENTER |