“Gin ye, than, bein sinfuʼ, ken hoo to be aye gien gude things till yere ain bairns, hoo muckle mair sal yere Faither wha is Aboon gie gude things to thae that ask oʼ him!
“But, cominʼ till his richt minʼ, quoʼ he, ‘Hoo mony are the feeʼd servants oʼ my faither, wha hae rowth oʼ breid, and an over‐come; while I, here, dee oʼ hungʼer!
“But the tax‐man, staunin far yont, fearʼt to lift up sae mickle as his een till Heeven, but strack his breist, cryin, ‘Lord! be mercifuʼ toward me, the sinner!’