Versified Reply To An Invitation
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Sir,
Yours this moment I unseal,
And faith I’m gay and hearty!
To tell the truth and shame the deil,
I am as fou as Bartie:
But Foorsday, sir, my promise leal,
Expect me o’ your partie,
If on a beastie I can speel,
Or hurl in a cartie.
Yours,
Robert Burns.
Mauchlin, Monday night, 10 o’clock.
1786