Verses To Clarinda

Robert Burns

Fair Empress of the poet's soul, 
And Queen of poetesses; 
Clarinda, take this little boon, 
This humble pair of glasses: 
 
And fill them up with generous juice, 
As generous as your mind; 
And pledge them to the generous toast, 
"The whole of human kind!" 
 
"To those nwho love us!" second fill; 
But not to those whom we love; 
Lest we love those who love not us - 
A third - "To thee and me, love!"

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