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REPLY TO AN INVITATION
Sir,
Yours this moment I unseal,And faith! I'm gay and hearty.
To tell the truth and shame the Deil,
I am as fou as Bartie.
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Expect me o' your partie,
If on a beastie I can speel
Or hurl in a cartie.
Yours,—Robert Burns.
Machlin, Monday Night, 10 o'clock
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