SIR,Yours this moment I unseal, <br />And faith I'm gay and hearty! <br />To tell the truth and shame the deil, <br />I am as fou as Bartie: <br />But Foorsday, sir, my promise leal, <br />Expect me o' your partie, <br />If on a beastie I can speel, <br />Or hurl in a cartie. <br />YOURS,ROBERT BURNS.MAUCHLIN, Monday night, 10 o'clock.<br /><br />Robert Burns<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/versified-reply-to-an-invitation/