SELECT POETRY.
♦ AN* i;xrUßLlSHi*.l» i'OKM BY BL'KNS. The following p . m i.s vouched for as a genuine Kmns production. It was sent to [)r Campbell, of .Seaforth, Canada, hy Mr Thomas MacFadzean a native of Maybole, Ayrshire. Mr MacFadzean writes :—" 1 can produce f dear proofs as to its genuineness at any time, as I have them in my posses-ion. and will he happy to do so, if called upon for the same." To THE potato. (Juki e'en my auld acquaintance cronie, I'm glad to see thee bloom sae bonnie ; Of fruits and flowers there is nae monie Can notch wi' thee ; I (luestion much if there be onie, At lea.-t to me. Its noo twa months since ye've been wi' us As soon's ye cau, come in ami see us ; Veil banish poverty ipiite frae us The time ye stay ; Aril trouth I hope ye wiuua lea' us Till Whitsunday. I'll mak' my braw young bouncing wemher Place thee on a bowl or tnnch( r. Wi' floods o' milk as deep as Stiuchar; In case I hid it. I'll show thee fairly I'm nae fliucher. When auee I said it. ere noo the puir folks bread and scone, Ami hungry meals ye far stan' )on : Frae me to him that ii;!s the throne U' happy liritdii) ; Baith young and au'.d man, wife, ami wean, ' [ i iuti tin.in t-atin.
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Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2128, 23 October 1896, Page 6
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229SELECT POETRY. Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2128, 23 October 1896, Page 6
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