143. Fragment on Sensibility. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics

Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

143. Fragment on Sensibility


RUSTICITY’S ungainly form
May cloud the highest mind;
But when the heart is nobly warm,
The good excuse will find.

Propriety’s cold, cautious rules	5
Warm fervour may o’erlook:
But spare poor sensibility
Th’ ungentle, harsh rebuke.