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The Libeller’s Self-reproof

by Robert Burns, 1787

Rash mortal, and slanderous poet, thy name
Shall no longer appear in the records of Fame;
Dost not know that old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible,
Says, the more ’tis a truth, sir, the more ’tis a libel!

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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