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inscription on Mr. Syme’s crystal goblet

by Robert Burns, 1795

There’s Death in the cup, so beware!
Nay, more—there is danger in touching;
But who can avoid the fell snare,
The man and his wine’s so bewitching!

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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