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title: "The Toadeater"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1791"
location: "Ellisland"
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/the-toadeater/"
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# The Toadeater

## Poem
Of Lordly acquaintance you boast,  
And the Dukes that you dined wi’ yestreen,  
Yet an insect’s an insect at most,  
Tho’ it crawl on the curl of a Queen!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/the-toadeater/