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On a Fly-Leaf of Burns' Songs
From The Little Book of Modern Verse (1913)
Arts & Sciences
These are the best of him,
Pathos and jest of him;
Earth holds the rest of him.
Passions were strong in him, --
Pardon the wrong in him;
Hark to the song in him! --
Each little lyrical
Grave or satirical
Musical miracle!
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MLA
Knowles, Frederic Lawrence. “On a Fly-Leaf of Burns' Songs.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/knowles/1/.
Chicago
Knowles, Frederic Lawrence. “On a Fly-Leaf of Burns' Songs.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/knowles/1/.
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