The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/Sweetest May
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SWEETEST MAY.
Sweetest May, let love inspire thee;Take a heart which he designs thee;As thy constant slave regard it;For its faith and truth reward it.
Proof o' shot to birth or money,Not the wealthy, but the bonie;Not high-born, but noble-minded,In love's silken band can bind it!