LAST May a braw wooer.[285] Why, why tell thy lover.[286] Such is the peculiarity of the rhythm of this air, that I find it impossible to make another stanza to suit it. I am at present quite occupied with the charming sensations of the toothache, so have not a word to spare. R. B.
Letter № 317 · CCCXVII
To Mr. Thomson
Footnotes
- 285. Song CCLIX.
- 286. Song CCLX.
- Recipient
- Mr. Thomson
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #18500 — The Complete Works of Robert Burns (ed. Allan Cunningham)