Author: William Hay Leith Tester
Cites
- Robert Burns (1)
- IN: Poems: by William Hay Leith Tester (La Teste) (1867) Poetry, British
EPIGRAPH: Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire,
That's a' the learning I desire;
Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire,
At pleugh or cart,
My Muse, tho' hamely in attire,
May touch the heart.
FROM: Epistle To J. Lapraik, An Old Scottish Bard, (1786), Poem, UK