143. Fragment on Sensibility
Read '143. Fragment on Sensibility' by 'Robert Burns' and provide your summary and literary analysis in the comments section below.
143. Fragment on Sensibility by Robert Burns
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
Warm fervour may o’erlook:
But spare poor sensibility
Th’ ungentle, harsh rebuke.
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