Misled by fancy's meteor ray, By passion driven; But yet the light that led astray Was light from heaven.
Why has a religious turn of mind always a tendency to narrow and harden the heart?
The lightly-jumping, glowrin' trouts, That thro' my waters play.
O, wad some Power the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae monie a blunder free us, An' foolish notion.
'T is sweeter for thee despairing Than aught in the world beside,-Jessy!
An atheist's laugh 's a poor exchange For Deity offended!