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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. Sleep’st Thou, or Wak’st Thou
  2. Simmer’s a Pleasant Time
  3. It Is Na, Jean, Thy Bonnie Face
  4. The Bonnie Wee Thing
  5. Castle Gordon


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