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THE

PEASANT OF AUBURN:

A POEM.


"If I'm deſign'd yon lordling's ſlave
"By nature's law deſign'd
"Why was an independent wiſh
"E'er planted in my mind?
"If not, why am I ſubject to
"His cruelty, or ſcorn?
"Or why has Man the will and pow'r—
"To make his fellow mourn?"

Burns.



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