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The Poems of Robert Fergusson

Edited by Matthew P. McDiarmid

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[From Act III. Scene I.]

When chilling frosts their visits pay,
And frigid Winter bears the sway;
If then with flow'rs the hills are crown'd,
And leafy trees adorn the ground,
Tell me then my faithless heart
No soothing pity can impart.