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Poem by Robert Burns


To a Lady who Was Looking up the Text during Sermon


Fair maid, you need not take the hint,
  	   Nor idle texts pursue:
’Twas guilty sinners that he meant –
   	   Not angels such as you!

1787

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
  2. The Highland Lassie
  3. Weary Fa’ You, Duncan Gray
  4. Farewell to Ballochmyle
  5. Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns


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