Poem by Anonymous

One and a Cypher

Says Giles, my wife and I are two;
	Yet, faith! I know not why, Sir!
Quoth, Jack, you’re ten, if I speak true, –
	She’s one, and you’re a cipher.

1. Inscription on a Gravestone in the Churchyard of Melrose Abbey
2. The Old Scottish Gentleman
3. Barthram’s Dirge
4. Kate Kearney
5. Gathering of Atholl

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