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TO MR. SYME WITH A DOZEN OF PORTER by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: O, HAD THE MALT THY STRENGTH OF MIND
Last Line: A GIFT THAT E'EN FOR SYME WERE FIT.
Subject(s): ALCOHOLISM & ALCOHOLICS; BEER; DRINKS & DRINKING; GIFTS & GIVING; DRUNKARDS; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ALE; WINE;
O, had the malt thy strength of mind,
Or hops the flavour of thy wit,
'Twere drink for first of human kind,
A gift that e'en for Syme were fit.



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