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THE LIBELLER'S SELF-REPROOF by ROBERT BURNS

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First Line: RASH MORTAL, AND SLANDEROUS POET, THY NAME
Last Line: SAYS, THE MORE 'TIS A TRUTH, SIR, THE MORE 'TIS A LIBEL!
Subject(s): TRUTH;
Rash mortal, and slanderous poet, thy name
Shall no longer appear in the records of Fame;
Dost not know that old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible,
Says, the more 'tis a truth, sir, the more 'tis a libel!



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