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.