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‘Searching auld wives’ barrels,

Ochon, the day

That clarty barm should stain my laurels;

But—what’ll ye say?

These movin’ things ca’d wives an’ weans

Wad move the very heart o’ stanes.’

“An Extemporaneous Effusion

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on Being Appointed to the Excise.”

ROBERT BURNS