The Poetical Works of Robert Burns/To a Lady who was looking up the Text during Sermon

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The Poetical Works of Robert Burns
by Robert Burns
To a Lady who was looking up the Text during Sermon
4504341The Poetical Works of Robert Burns — To a Lady who was looking up the Text during SermonRobert Burns (1759-1796)

TO A LADY

WHO WAS LOOKING UP THE TEXT DURING SERMON.

Fair maid, you need not take the hint,
Nor idle texts pursue:
'Twas guilty sinners that he meant—
Not angels such as you!