A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

Letter № 317 · CCCXVII

To Mr. Thomson


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.

Footnotes

  1. 285. Song CCLIX.
  2. 286. Song CCLX.
Recipient
Mr. Thomson
Source
Project Gutenberg #18500 — The Complete Works of Robert Burns (ed. Allan Cunningham)