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Description: | Burns was constructing this poem in early July 1790 at a time that he was writing to Mrs Dunlop when he included two verses in his letter and he sent her the completed version at the end of the month. A personalised version was sent to Clarinda at the end of the following year.
Burns copied this version of the poem to page 50 of a collection of his then unpublished works known as the Afton Lodge MS. This book of poems was given by Burns to Catherine Stewart, a devotee of his works and wife of Alexander Stewart of Stair.
In each of the four verses of this poem, Burns contrasts the joys and tragedies of life experienced by man and nature alike. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0 | Publisher: | Burns Monument Trust | Temporal: | 1791-01-01 - 1791-12-31 | Source: | Burns Scotland | Identifier: | Poem by Robert Burns: 'On Sensibility - | Go to resource |
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