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title: "The True Loyal Natives"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1793"
location: "Dumfries"
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-true-loyal-natives/"
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# The True Loyal Natives

## Poem
Ye true “Loyal Natives” attend to my song  
In uproar and riot rejoice the night long;  
From Envy and Hatred your corps is exempt,  
But where is your shield from the darts of Contempt!

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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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