Living
Rhyming Reply To A Note From Captain Riddell
From Poems and Songs, 1789
Living
Dear, Sir, at ony time or tide,
I’d rather sit wi’ you than ride,
Though ’twere wi’ royal Geordie:
And trowth, your kindness, soon and late,
Aft gars me to mysel’ look blate—
The Lord in Heav’n reward ye!
R. Burns.
Ellisland.
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Burns, Robert. “Rhyming Reply To A Note From Captain Riddell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/250/.
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