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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VERSES WRITTEN UNDER FERGUSSON'S PORTRAIT, by ROBERT BURNS Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd Last Line: Yet has so keen a relish of its pleasures? Subject(s): Fergusson, Robert (1750-1774) | |||
Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. O thou, my elder brother in misfortune, By far my elder brother in the Muses, With tears I pity thy unhappy fate! Why is the Bard unpitied by the world, Yet has so keen a relish of its pleasures? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES ON FERGUSSON, THE POET by HUMBERT WOLFE A BARD'S EPITAPH by ROBERT BURNS A POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER by ROBERT BURNS A RED, RED ROSE by ROBERT BURNS ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS by ROBERT BURNS ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS by ROBERT BURNS |
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