syne

At last he comes, and on his knee

The wee tots a'thegether cling,

An' ilk yen strives to catch his ee,

Syne tugs his cwoat an' bids him sing.

[Each rogue] shall be discovered either soon or syne.

I eat, drink, and sleep as sound as I did twenty years syne; yes, I laugh heartily too, and find as many subjects to employ that faculty upon as ever; fools, fops, and knaves, grow as rank as formerly, yet here and there, […]