253. Rhyming Reply to a Note from Captain Riddell. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics

Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

253. Rhyming Reply to a Note from Captain Riddell


DEAR SIR, at ony time or tide,
I’d rather sit wi’ you than ride,
Though ’twere wi’ royal Geordie:
And trowth, your kindness, soon and late,
Aft gars me to mysel’ look blate—	5
The Lord in Heav’n reward ye! R. BURNS. ELLISLAND.