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To Mr McMurdo, with a pound of Lundiefoot Snuff
O could I give thee India's wealth
As I this trifle send!
Because thy joy in both would be
To share them with my Friend.
But Golden Sands, Alas, ne'er grace
The Heliconian stream:
Then take, what Gold shall never buy -
An honest Bard's esteem.
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Works written in 1790—The works of Robert Burns
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