A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1784 · Poem

Reply to an Announcement by J. Rankine on His Writing to the Poet, That a Girl in That Part of the Country Was with a Child to Him

I am a keeper of the lawIn some sma’ points, altho’ not a’;Some people tell me gin I fa’,Ae way or ither,The breaking of ae point, tho’ sma’,Breaks a’ thegither.
I hae been in for’t ance or twice,And winna say o’er far for thrice;Yet never met wi’ that surpriseThat broke my rest;But now a rumour’s like to rise—A whaup’s i’ the nest!
Year
1784
Form
Poem
Location
Mossgiel
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns