To a Louse, st. 8 (1786) http://www.poetry-online.org/burns_to_a_louse.htm
“Oh would some power the giftie gie us, To see ourselves as others see us.”
To a Louse, st. 8 (1786) http://www.poetry-online.org/burns_to_a_louse.htm <br class="br">Variant: O, wad some Power the giftie gie us<br>To see oursels as others see us!<br>It wad frae monie a blunder free us <br class="br">Source: The Complete Poetical Works of Robert Burns <br class="br">Context: O, wad some Power the giftie gie us<br>To see oursels as others see us!<br>It wad frae monie a blunder free us,<br>An' foolish notion.<br>What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us<br>An' ev'n Devotion
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