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title: "Epigram to Miss Jean Scott"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1787"
location: "Edinburgh"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/epigram-to-miss-jean-scott/"
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# Epigram to Miss Jean Scott

## Poem
O had each Scot of ancient times  
Been, Jeanie Scott, as thou art;  
The bravest heart on English ground  
Had yielded like a coward.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
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