Robert Burns: G__ knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But twenty times I rather would be An atheis

G__ knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But — Robert Burns

G__ knows I'm no the thing I should be, Nor am I even the thing I could be, But twenty times I rather would be An atheist clean, Than under gospel colours hid be, Just for a screen.

Robert Burns

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