In answer to one who affirmed of a well-known Character here, Dr Babington, that there was Falsehood in his very looks
That there is Falsehood in his looks, I must and will deny; They say, their Master is a Knave And sure they do not lie.
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This is a poem by Robert Burns. It was written in 1794 and is read here by Stella Gonet.
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