Poem by Robert Burns

Addressed to a Lady Whom the Author Feared He Had Offended

Rusticity’s ungainly form
  	May cloud the highest mind;
But when the heart is nobly warm,
  	The good excuse will find.

Propriety’s cold cautious rules
  	Warm fervour may o’erlook;
But spare poor sensibility
  	The ungentle, harsh rebuke.

1. The Flowery Banks of Cree
2. The Day Returns
3. Farewell, Thou Stream
4. The Cooper O’ Cuddle
5. To a Young Lady, Miss Jessy Lewars, Dumfries, with Books which the Bard Presented her

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