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Poem by Robert Burns


Inscribed on a Tavern Window


Thou Greybeard, old Wisdom, mayst boast of thy treasures;
  	Give me with young Folly to live:
I grant thee thy calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures;
  	But Folly has raptures to give.

1796

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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