versified reply to an invitation
    sir,
    yours this moment i unseal,
    and faith i'm gay and hearty!
    to tell the truth and shame the deil,
    i am as fou as bartie:
    but foorsday, sir, my promise leal,
    expect me o' your partie,
    if on a beastie i can speel,
    or hurl in a cartie.
    yours,
    robert burns.
    mauchlin, monday night, 10 o'clock.