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BURNS IN ENGLISH.
53 When fevers burn, or ague freezes, Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes.
Our neighbors' sympathy may ease us With pitying moan ; But thou — thou hell of all diseases Still mocks our groan.
Adown my beard fast runs the spittle, I kick the stools and pots and kettle.
While round me laugh the children little, I wish, '"od rot 'em," A thistle or a stinging nettle Were in their bottom.
Of all the numerous human ills.
Poor crops, bad bargains, stubborn wills.
The tricks of knaves,... and tradesmen's bills.
That make us swear; Thou, Toothache ! who but seldom kills Art worst to bear.
Where'er that place be priests' call hell.
Whence all the tones of misery yell, And labelled plagues, their numbers tell In dreadful row.
Thy figures sure must all excel Of human woe.
O thou grim, mischief-making De'il, That makes the notes of discord squeal Till men in madness tramp and reel In gore a shoe thick; Give all the foes of Scotland's weal A twelve-months' toothache.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
BURNS IN ENGLISH.
53 When fevers burn, or ague freezes, Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes.
Our neighbors' sympathy may ease us With pitying moan ; But thou — thou hell of all diseases Still mocks our groan.
Adown my beard fast runs the spittle, I kick the stools and pots and kettle.
While round me laugh the children little, I wish, '"od rot 'em," A thistle or a stinging nettle Were in their bottom.
Of all the numerous human ills.
Poor crops, bad bargains, stubborn wills.
The tricks of knaves,... and tradesmen's bills.
That make us swear; Thou, Toothache ! who but seldom kills Art worst to bear.
Where'er that place be priests' call hell.
Whence all the tones of misery yell, And labelled plagues, their numbers tell In dreadful row.
Thy figures sure must all excel Of human woe.
O thou grim, mischief-making De'il, That makes the notes of discord squeal Till men in madness tramp and reel In gore a shoe thick; Give all the foes of Scotland's weal A twelve-months' toothache.
EPISTLE TO THE REV.
What to read after Burns in English. Select Poems of Robert Burns?
You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Burns Robert to read onlineMoreLess
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