Hoyt & Roberts, comps. Hoyt’s New Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations. 1922.
Louse
Ha! Whare ye gaun, ye crawlin’ ferlie?
Your impudence protects you sairly;
I canna say but ye strunt rarely
Owre gauze an’ lace;
Though faith! I fear ye dine but sparely
On sic a place.
Burns—To a Louse.