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Margrave

© Robinson Jeffers

But who is our judge? It is likely the enormous
Beauty of the world requires for completion our ghostly increment,
It has to dream, and dream badly, a moment of its night.

O'Hara, J.P.

© Henry Lawson

James Patrick O'Hara the Justice of Peace,
He bossed the P.M. and he bossed the police;
A parent, a deacon, a landlord was he
A townsman of weight was OHara, J.P.

How the Leopard Got His Spots

© Rudyard Kipling

I am the Most Wise Baviaan, saying in Most wise tones,

"Let us melt into the landscape - just us two by our lones."

The Visitor

© Paul Laurence Dunbar

LITTLE lady at de do',

W'y you stan' dey knockin'?

217. SongThe Lad they ca Jumpin John

© Robert Burns

HER daddie forbad, her minnie forbad
Forbidden she wadna be:
She wadna trowt the browst she brewd,
Wad taste sae bitterlie.

375. SongThe Deuks dang oer my Daddie

© Robert Burns

THE BAIRNS gat out wi an unco shout,
The deuks dang oer my daddie, O!
The fien-ma-care, quo the feirrie auld wife,
He was but a paidlin body, O!

385. SongAuld Rob Morris

© Robert Burns

THERES Auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen,
Hes the King o gude fellows, and wale o auld men;
He has gowd in his coffers, he has owsen and kine,
And ae bonie lass, his dautie and mine.

301. Lines to a Gentleman who sent a Newspaper

© Robert Burns

KIND Sir, Ive read your paper through,
And faith, to me, twas really new!
How guessed ye, Sir, what maist I wanted?
This mony a day Ive graind and gaunted,

269. SongSweet Tibbie Dunbar

© Robert Burns

O WILT thou go wi me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
O wilt thou go wi me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar?
Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car,
Or walk by my side, O sweet Tibbie Dunbar?

132. Reply to a Trimming Epistle, received from a Tailor

© Robert Burns

But, sir, this pleasd them warst of a,
An therefore, Tam, when that I saw,
I said Gude night, an cam awa,
An left the Session;
I saw they were resolvèd a
On my oppression.

96. The Inventory

© Robert Burns

SIR, as your mandate did request,
I send you here a faithfu list,
O gudes an gear, an a my graith,
To which Im clear to gie my aith.

330. SongThe Gallant Weaver

© Robert Burns

WHERE Cart rins rowin to the sea,
By mony a flower and spreading tree,
There lives a lad, the lad for me,
He is a gallant Weaver.

After a Visit

© Paul Laurence Dunbar

I BE'N down in ole Kentucky

Fur a week er two, an' say,

273. SongTam Glen

© Robert Burns

MY heart is a-breaking, dear Tittie,
Some counsel unto me come len,
To anger them a is a pity,
But what will I do wi Tam Glen?

93. The Rantin Dog, the Daddie ot

© Robert Burns

O WHA my babie-clouts will buy?
O wha will tent me when I cry?
Wha will kiss me where I lie?
The rantin dog, the daddie ot.

151. SongBonie Dundee: A Fragment

© Robert Burns

MY blessins upon thy sweet wee lippie!
My blessins upon thy ee-brie!
Thy smiles are sae like my blythe sodger laddie,
Thous aye the dearer, and dearer to me!