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On His Writing To The Poet, That A Girl In That Part Of The Country Was With A Child To Him.
I am a keeper of the law / In some sma' points, altho' not a'; / Some people tell me gin I fa', / Ae way or ither, / The breaking of ae point, tho' sma', / Breaks a' thegither.
I hae been in for't ance or twice, / And winna say o'er far for thrice; / Yet never met wi' that surprise / That broke my rest; / But now a rumour's like to rise- / A whaup's i' the nest!