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Robert Burns

Born in Alloway, Scotland, on January 25, 1759, Robert Burns was the...
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Epigram on Rough Woods
by Robert Burns

I'm now arrived—thanks to the gods!— Thro' pathways rough and muddy, A certain sign that makin roads Is no this people's study: Altho' Im not wi' Scripture cram'd, I'm sure the Bible says That heedless sinners shall be damn'd, Unless they mend their ways.