Let's Drink to our next Meeting
Hew Ainslie 1792 ( Dailly, Ayrshire) – 1878 (Louisville, Kentucky)
Let's drink to our next meeting, lads,
Nor think on what's atwixt;
They're fools wha spoil the present hour
By thinking on the next.
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Then here's to Meg o' Morningside,
An Kate o' Kittlemark;
The taen she drank her hose and shoon,
The tither pawned her sark.
A load o' wealth, an' wardly pelf,
They say is sair to bear;
Sae he's a gowk would scrape an' howk
To make his burden mair
Chorus
Gif Care looks black the morn, lads,
As he's come doon the lum,
Let's ease our hearts by swearing, lads,
We never bade him come.
Chorus
Then here's to our next meeting, lads,
Ne'er think on what's atwixt;
They're fools who spoil the present hour
By thinking on the next.
Chorus
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | abcB xbdxd xede afaf abcB |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 659 |
Words | 128 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4, 4 |
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