The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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TO MISS JESSIE LEWARS
Thine be the volumes, Jessie fair,And with them take the Poet's prayer:
That Fate may in her fairest page,
With ev'ry kindliest, best presage
Of future bliss enrol thy name;
With native worth, and spotless fame,
And wakeful caution, still aware
Of ill—but chief Man's felon snare!
All blameless joys on earth we find,
And all the treasures of the mind—
These be thy guardian and reward!
So prays thy faithful friend, the Bard.
Robert Burns.
June 26th, 1796
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