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Ralph Waldo Emerson, comp. (1803–1882). Parnassus: An Anthology of Poetry. 1880.

To the Devil

Robert Burns (1759–1796)

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BUT fare you weel, auld Nickie-ben!

O wad ye tak a thought an’ men’!

Ye aiblins might,—I dinna ken,

Still hae a stake—

I’m wae to think upon yon den,

Even for your sake!