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To a Lady, with a present of a pair of drinking-glasses

“To a Lady, with a present of a pair of drinking-glasses” as printed in The Poetical Works of Robert Burns (1887).

Robert Burns: Collected Lyrics Text 470 1887 · historical text

Complete public-domain lyrics

This text comes from The Poetical Works of Robert Burns, a historical songbook transcribed on Wikisource and reproduced from the pinned revision linked below.

Verse 1

Fair Empress of the Poet's soul,

And Queen of Poetesses;

Clarinda, take this little boon,

This humble pair of glasses.

Verse 2

And fill them high with generous juice,

As generous as your mind;

And pledge me in the generous toast—

'The whole of human kind!'

Verse 3

'To those who love us!'—second fill

But not to those whom we love!

Lest we love those who love not us!

A third—'to thee and me, Love!':

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