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ON MISS J. SCOTT OF AYR by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: OH! HAD EACH SCOT OF ANCIENT TIMES
Last Line: HAD YIELDED LIKE A COWARD.
Subject(s): COURAGE;
Oh! had each Scot of ancient times
Been, Jeanie Scott, as thou art;
The bravest heart on English ground
Had yielded like a coward.



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