“O would some power the giftie gie us to see ourselves as others see us. - Robert Burns”
And this one, dr. lew...
“The great Creator to revere
Must sure become the creature
But still the preaching cant forbear,
And ev’n the rigid feature
Yet ne’er with wits profane to range
Be complaisance extended
An atheist laugh’s a poor exchange
For deity offended.”
Robert Burns
The second stanza warns, on the other hand, against profane jocularity.
The entire poem is at Epistle to a Young Friend.
Regarding the "Great Creator", note this from page 64 of Robert Burns and religion By J. Walter McGinty
Burns is fascinated by the discussion of what he calls 'those aweful & important realities' and among these is 'a God that made all things'. But he will not yield his assent to this belief to anything other than his own powers of observation. Burns empiricist philosophy leads him to set aside commonly held religious views because they do not match up to experience and observation.
I dare say that I would find less in this to object to than you would.