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The Bookworms

A poem by Robert Burns · No. 162

Collection
Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year
1787
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Robert Burns 1759–1796
162Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

The poem

THROUGH and through th’ inspir’d leaves, Ye maggots, make your windings; But O respect his lordship’s taste, And spare his golden bindings.

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