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Poem by Robert Burns


Verses Addressed to J. Rankine


I am a keeper of the law
In some sma’ points, altho’ not a’;
Some people tell me gin I fa’,
       Ae way or ither,
The breaking of ae point, tho’ sma’,
       Breaks a’ thegither.

I hae been in for’t ance or twice,
And winna say owre far for thrice,
Yet never met with that surprise
       That broke my rest;
But now a rumour’s like to rise,
       A whaup’s i’ the nest.

1794

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Blythe Was She
  2. Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns
  3. Lovely Davies
  4. It Is Na, Jean, Thy Bonnie Face
  5. Young Highland Rover


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