...Safety." There was no hypocrisy or cant in his composition. XLIX. THE SELKIRK GRACE. Some hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. On a visit to St. Mary's Isle, the Earl of Selkirk requested Burns to...

...cant in his composition. J 0 That is threaten him. LXII. Ojt gtlJurh «SSract . SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thankit.* LXIII. fnnocmct. Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; while rosy pleasure...

...more. A GRACE, SPOKEN AT THE TABLE OF THE EARL OF SELKIRK. SOME hae meat that canna eat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit EPIGRAM ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQCIRE. O DEATH, hadst thou but spar'd his...

...of Selkirk requeued Burn« to say grace at dinner; he complied in Шеи words. SOME hae meat, and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat. And sae the Lord be thank et. ON A SUICIDE. EARTH'D up here lies an imp o' hell, Planted by Satan's...

...Laird ; ' Fineless, fineless,' quo' Aunty Matty ; ' Chap away,' quo' Watty. THE COVENANTER'S GRACE. Some hae meat that canna eat, And some wad eat that...meat, and we can eat, For which the Lord be thankit ! When Burns dined with the Earl of Selkirk, at St Mary's Isle, he repeated these lines, which have...

...is still but a louse, Though it crawl on the curls of a queen. THE SELKIRK GRACE. SOME hae meat and canna eat. And some wad eat that want it. But we hae meat and we can cat, And sae the Lord be thanket. ON THE POET'S DAUGHTER. HERE lies a rose, a budding rose, Blasted...

...name, ye'll maybe guess, When ance ye read. " There's some hae meat that canna eat, And some could eat that want it, But we hae meat, and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." The Ambros'a, we sat anent it, When dry, the nectar drank it. Then each...

...taste, And spare the golden bindings. GRACES BEFORE MEAT. Some hae meat and canna cat, And some would eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit. 0 Thou, who kindly dost provide For every creature's want ! We bless Thee,...

...obeyed in these lines, now known in Galloway by the name of ' ' The Selkirk Grace."] SOME hae meat and canna eat, And some wad eat that want it ; But we hae meat and we can eat, And sae the Lord be thanket. LIII. TO DR. MAXWELL, ON JESSIE STAIG'S RECOVERY. [Maxwell was a skilful...

...well-known " grace before meat" prefaced the supper : " Some hue meat and canna eat, And some would eat that want it; But we hae meat and we can eat, Sae let the Lord be thankit." Supper over, and the usual preliminary toasts having been given, Mr....