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IMPROMPTU by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW DAUR YE CA' ME HOWLET-FACE
Last Line: AN' THERE YE SAW YOUR PICTURE.
Subject(s): MIRRORS;
How daur ye ca' me howlet-face,
Ye blear-e'ed, withered spectre?
Ye only spied the keekin'-glass,
An' there ye saw your picture.



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