Poems and Songs of Robert Burns: Fragment On Sensibility

Updated May 6, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Fragment On Sensibility

Rusticity's ungainly form
May cloud the highest mind;
But when the heart is nobly warm,
The good excuse will find.

Propriety's cold, cautious rules
Warm fervour may o'erlook:
But spare poor sensibility
Th' ungentle, harsh rebuke.
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