Epistle to John Ranken, Enclosing Some Poems  23296

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    O rough, rude, ready-witted RANKEN,
    The wale o' cocks for fun an' drinkin!
    There's monie godly folks are thinkin'
                   Your dreams and tricks
    Will send you, Korah-like, a-sinkin
                   Straught to Auld Nick's.
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Locations in Harold's Library

  • The Canongate Burns (book)
    • page 148
    • in "The Kilmarnock Edition, 1786"
    • Notes: followed by extensive notes
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