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| 1522. | 530. Song—Yonder pomp of costly fashion by Robert Burns | | MARK yonder pomp of costly fashion
Round the wealthy, titled bride:
But when compar’d with real passion,
Poor is all that princely pride.
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| 1524. | 409. Epigram—The Raptures of Folly by Robert Burns | | THOU greybeard, old Wisdom! may boast of thy treasures;
Give me with young Folly to live;
I grant thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures,
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| 1525. | 421. Epitaph on a Lap-dog by Robert Burns | | IN wood and wild, ye warbling throng,
Your heavy loss deplore;
Now, half extinct your powers of song,
Sweet Echo is no more.
Ye jarring, ... |
| 1526. | 9. The Ploughman’s Life by Robert Burns | | AS I was a-wand’ring ae morning in spring,
I heard a young ploughman sae sweetly to sing;
And as he was singin’, thir words he did say,—
Ther... |
| 1527. | 300. Scots Prologue for Mr. Sutherland by Robert Burns | | WHAT needs this din about the town o’ Lon’on,
How this new play an’ that new sang is comin?
Why is outlandish stuff sae meikle courted?
Does ... |
| 1528. | 295. Epistle to Dr. Blacklock by Robert Burns | | ELLISLAND, 21st Oct., 1789.WOW, but your letter made me vauntie!
And are ye hale, and weel and cantie?
I ken’d it still, your wee bit jauntie
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| 1529. | 118. A Bard’s Epitaph by Robert Burns | | IS there a whim-inspirèd fool,
Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule,
Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool,
Let him draw n... |
| 1530. | 161. Epigram Addressed to an Artist by Robert Burns | | DEAR ———, I’ll gie ye some advice,
You’ll tak it no uncivil:
You shouldna paint at angels mair,
But try and paint the devil.
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