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THE TWA BAWBEES by GEORGE MACDONALD

Poet Analysis

First Line: STATELY, LANG-ROBIT, AN' STEPPIN' AT EASE
Last Line: THE PUIR BODY'S BAWBEES WAR MAIR THAN IT A'.
Subject(s): BABIES; INFANTS;

STATELY, lang-robit, an' steppin' at ease,
The rich man gaed up the temple ha';
Hasty, an' grippin' her twa bawbees,
The widow cam after, boo'd an' sma'.

Their gowd rang lood as it fell, an' lay
Yellow an' glintin', bonnie an' braw:
But the folk roun' the Maister heard him say,
The puir body's bawbees war mair than it a'.



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