Living
Altho’ He Has Left Me
From Poems and Songs, 1791
Living
Altho’ he has left me for greed o’ the siller,
I dinna envy him the gains he can win;
I rather wad bear a’ the lade o’ my sorrow,
Than ever hae acted sae faithless to him.
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Altho’ He Has Left Me.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/332/.
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Burns, Robert. “Altho’ He Has Left Me.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/332/.
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