Poem by Robert Burns

On Maria Dancing

How gracefully Maria leads the dance!
She’s life itself. I never saw a foot
So nimble and so elegant; it speaks,
And the sweet whispering poetry it makes
Shames the musician.

        Adriano, or The First of June.

1. Theniel Menzies’ Bonnie Mary
2. The Cooper O’ Cuddle
3. The Flowery Banks of Cree
4. Epistle to John Lapraix, An Old Scottish Bard
5. The Day Returns

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