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EXTEMPORE, ON PASSING A LADY'S CARRIAGE by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF YOU RATTLE ALONG LIKE YOUR MISTRESS'S TONGUE
Last Line: IF YOUR STUFF BE AS ROTTEN'S HER HEART.
Subject(s): HATE;
If you rattle along like your Mistress' tongue,
Your speed will outrival the dart;
But a fly for your load, you'll break down on the road,
If your stuff be as rotten's her heart.



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