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391. A Tippling Ballad—When Princes and Prelates, etc. - Illustration on Sermon | IllustrateTheWord

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391. A Tippling Ballad—When Princes and Prelates, etc.

By Robert BurnsSource: Robert Burns - PoetryDB (Public Domain)161 words

WHEN Princes and Prelates,

And hot-headed zealots,

A’ Europe had set in a low, a low,

The poor man lies down,

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