The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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ON ROUGH ROADS |
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ON ROUGH ROADS
I'm now arriv'd—thanks to the Gods!—Through pathways rough and muddy:
A certain sign that makin' roads
Is no this people's study.
Yet, though I'm no wi' scripture cramm'd,
I'm sure the Bible says
That heedless sinners shall be damn'd,
Unless they mend their ways.
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