Halloween（5 / 9）

  in wrath she was sae vap'rin,
  she notic't na an aizle brunt
  her braw, new, worset apron
  out thro' that night.
  “ye little skelpie-limmer's face!
  i daur you try sic sportin,
  as seek the foul thief ony place,
  for him to spae your fortune:
  nae doubt but ye may get a sight!
  great cause ye hae to fear it;
  for mony a ane has gotten a fright,
  an' liv'd an' died deleerit,
  on sic a night.
  “ae hairst afore the sherra-moor,
  i mind't as weel's yestreen—
  i was a gilpey then, i'm sure
  i was na past fyfteen:
  the simmer had been cauld an' wat,
  an' stuff was unco green;
  an' eye a rantin kirn we gat,
  an' just on halloween
  it fell that night.
  “our stibble-rig was rab m'graen,
  a clever, sturdy fallow;
  his sin gat eppie sim wi' wean,
  that lived in achmacalla:
  he gat hemp-seed,【2】 i mind it weel,
  an'he made unco light o't;
  but mony a day was by himsel',
  he was sae sairly frighted ↑返回顶部↑