Apparitions > Aloway Kirk, or, Tam o' Shanter, a tale

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His father, well knew the duty oc
a parent, had an unaccountable an¬
tipathy against these meetings, and
his going was what, to his last mo¬
ment, he had to repent, in opposi¬
tion to his wishes. His father was
subject to strong passions; from
that instance of disobedience in
Robert, his father took a dislike to
him, which is believed to be one
cause of his dissipation, which mark¬
ed his succeeding years. It is too
true, dancing schools have been the
ruin of thousands ! Not a village
but there is a hop-master. Parents
should strain every nerve to prevent
these Hop-meetings, in ale houses.
It is w'ell known they are notin the
path of virtue.
The first circumstance which in¬
duced our youthful poet to warble
Ids “wild, artless notes,’* is very in-
teresting, on account of the elega t
simplicity which distinguishes the
following description of his harvest
partner. “ She was abonnie, sweet.