Lines Written Under The Picture Of The Celebrated Miss Burns
1787
Type: Poem
Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing,
Lovely Burns has charms-confess:
True it is, she had one failing,
Had a woman ever less?
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Robert Burns, (born January 25, 1759, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland—died July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire), national poet of Scotland. He wrote lyrics, ballads and songs in Scots and in English. He was also notable for his amorous adventures and his rebellion against religion and morality.