The cheerful supper done, wi serious face,
They round the ingle, form a circle wide;
The sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace
The big ha'bible, ance his father's pride.

From scenes like these old Scotia's grandeur springs;
That makes her loved at home, rever'd abroad:
Princes and Lords are but the breath of kings -
An honest man's the noblest work of God.
The Cotter's Saturday Night (November , 1785)