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28.
You speak to us as we were boors,
Rude Hottcutots, or savage Moors,
That eould be led to go with wh-res
Than marry women,
Who don't possess that god of yours,
Or, rather, demon.
29.
To marry those we are inclined,
Who have to mental virtues joined
Hearts faithful, complaisant, and kind,
And faces bonnie,
In spite of your low grov'ling mind
And devil—money.
30.
No other subjeet we will start,
But eome to the concluding part,
Where you, with deep design and art,
Have recommended,
Though not religious at the heart,
We should pretend it.
31.
To kirk on Sunday we will go,
As long as eonscienee dictates so;
But whether we attend or no',
'Tis something odd,
If mankind should have ought to do
'Twixt us and God.
32.
So far as our experieneo ean,
The laws of God and nature sean;
Virtue, we think, should make the man,
And not professions,
Whether he gets the praise or ban
Of kirks or sessions.
33.
If our transactions cverywherc
Are unimpeachable and fair,
If none we willingly ensnare,
By word or deed,
What right has any man to eare
About our creed?
