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306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790 - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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306. Election Ballad at close of Contest for representing the Dumfries Burghs, 1790

By Robert BurnsSource: Robert Burns - PoetryDB (Public Domain)1390 words

FINTRY, my stay in wordly strife,

Friend o’ my muse, friend o’ my life,

Are ye as idle’s I am?

Come then, wi’ uncouth kintra fleg,

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