Explore "Scots' Prologue for Mr. Sutherland" by Robert Burns on Textopian. Read with annotations and highlights.
On his Benefit-Night, at the Theatre, Dumfries.
What needs this din about the town o' Lon'on, / How this new play an' that new sang is comin? / Why is outlandish stuff sae meikle courted? / Does nonsense mend, like brandy, when imported? / Is there nae poet, burning keen for fame, / Will try to gie us sangs and plays at hame? / For Comedy abroad he need to toil, / A fool and knave are plants of every soil; / Nor need he hunt as far as Rome or Greece, / To gather matter for a serious piece; / There's themes enow in Caledonian story, / Would shew the Tragic Muse in a' her glory. -