A NEW POEM BY BURNS.
■We read in the Seaforth Sun, a Canadian papnr, that the author of "Tho Lund of Burns" has received from one Thorn as of Walton, .the following poem, which the writer savs he can prove to be one of Burns' unpublished po'etns': — ' TO THE POTATO. Guid e'en, my auld acquaintance cronie, I'm glad to see thee bloom sac'honnic ; Of fruits an' flowers there is nae monie Can match wi , thee; I question much if there bo onie, At least to me. It's now twa months since yo've been wi' us; As soon's ye can, come in an' see us ; Y'll banish poverty quite frae us The time ye stay; An' troth, I'hope ye winna lea' us Till Whit-Sunday. I'll mak , my braw young bouncin' wencher Place thee upon a bowl or trencher, , Wi' floods i) , milk as deep as Stinchar— In case I had it; I'll show thee fairly I'm nae flincher, When once 1 said it. Ye : re noo the poor folks' bread an , scone, An' hungry meals, ve g.ir stand' yon. Frae me tae him that fills the throne O' happy Britain, Baith young an' auld man, wife an' wean, Ye haud them eatin'.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2262, 8 January 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)
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201A NEW POEM BY BURNS. Waikato Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 2262, 8 January 1887, Page 2 (Supplement)
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