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The Solemn League and Covenant

A poem by Robert Burns · No. 501

Collection
Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year
1795
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Robert Burns 1759–1796
501Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

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THE SOLEMN League and Covenant Now brings a smile, now brings a tear; But sacred Freedom, too, was theirs: If thou’rt a slave, indulge thy sneer.

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