The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/To Miss Logan, with Beattie's Poems
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TO MISS LOGAN, WITH BEATTIE'S POEMS,
FOR A NEW YEAR'S GIFT, JAN. 1, 1787.
Again the silent wheels of time
Their annual round have driv'n,
And you, tho' scarce in maiden prime,
Are so much nearer Heav'n.
Their annual round have driv'n,
And you, tho' scarce in maiden prime,
Are so much nearer Heav'n.
No gifts have I from Indian coasts
The infant year to hail;
I send you more than India boasts,
In Edwin's simple tale.
The infant year to hail;
I send you more than India boasts,
In Edwin's simple tale.
Our sex with guile and faithless love
Is charg'd, perhaps too true;
But may, dear Maid, each lover prove
An Edwin still to you!
Is charg'd, perhaps too true;
But may, dear Maid, each lover prove
An Edwin still to you!