text:  Where then shall we find a more spirited picture of the influence and effects of the three former qualities--above all of that most inestimable blessing contentment--than in the brilliant little poem which bears the humble title of the "Twa Dogs " where after so graphically describing the honest toils often the severe hardships inseparable from the peasant's lot he goes on to say that yet "They're nae sae wretched's ane wad think Though constantly on poortith's brink; They're sae accustom'd wi' the sight The view of it gi'es little fright; And how it comes I never kent yet They're maistly wonderfu' contented; And buirdly chiels and clever hizzies Are bred in such a way as this is