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Reply To The Threat Of A Censorious Critic

 

Burns Original

Standard English Translation

 

With Aesop's lion, Burns says :- ' Sore I feel
Each other blow: but damn that ass's heel!'

 

With Aesop's lion, Burns says :- ' Sore I feel
Each other blow: but damn that ass's heel!'

 

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