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STANZAS by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: FOR THEE IS LAUGHING NATURE GAY
Last Line: WHILE JOY'S A STRANGER TO MY BREAST.
Subject(s): NATURE; LOVE;
For thee is laughing Nature gay,
For thee she pours the vernal day;
For me in vain is Nature drest,
While Joy's a stranger to my breast.



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