To him, the bard, that's far awa...

[macwilkin]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

On this 249th anniversary of his birth, let us charge our glasses, be upstanding and remember the Immortal Memory of Robert Burns:

A last request permit me here,-
When yearly ye assemble a',
One round, I ask it with a tear,
To him, the Bard that's far awa.

And:

Then let us pray that come it may
(as come it will for a' that)
That Sense and Worth, o'er a' the earth
Shall bear the gree an' a' that
For a' that an' a' that
It's coming yet for a' that
That man to man, the world o'er
Shall brithers be for a' that

The toast is: To ROBERT BURNS!

Yours aye,

Todd