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Poems And Songs Of Robert Burns: Part XXXV

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From: Great Works of Literature
Date: 19920101
Author:Burns, Robert

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Part XXXV

Election Ballad

At the close of the contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790.

Addressed to R. Graham, Esq. of Fintry.

Fintry, my stay in wordly strife, Friend o' my muse, friend o' my life, Are ye as idle's I am? Come then, wi' uncouth kintra fleg, O'er Pegasus I'll fling my leg, And ye shall see me try him.

But where shall I go rin a ride, That I may splatter nane beside? I wad na be uncivil: In manhood's various paths and ways There's aye some doytin' body strays, And I ride like the devil.

Thus I break aff wi' a' my birr, And down yon dark, deep ...

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