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The Poetry of Robert Burns
Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson
Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
[epigraph]
[dedication]
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Volume I
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Volume II
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Volume III
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VOLUME IV
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The Poetry of Robert Burns
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ON A NOTED COXCOMB
CAPT. WM. RODDICK, OF CORBISTON
Light
lay the earth on Billie's breast,
His chicken heart's so tender;
But build a castle on his head—
His scull will prop it under.
The Poetry of Robert Burns