His suit in amorous rhyme, had pressed instead
His patrons lordly “pants,” it is past guessing
What titles had been showered on his head.
Had Bobby Burns renounced his Highland lassies,
And tuned his pipes to “Gentlemen’s attire,”
He might in time have risen from the masses
And been addressed as Robert Burns, Esquire.
If Hall Caine—............................
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