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

162 . The Bookworms

THROUGH and through th’ inspir’d leaves,

Ye maggots, make your windings;

But O respect his lordship’s taste,

And spare his golden bindings.