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has gloss | eng: "To A Louse, On Seeing One On A Ladys Bonnet At Church" is a 1786 Scots language poem by Robert Burns. The poems theme is contained in the final line: | class="wikitable" ! Burns original ! Standard English translation |- | O wad some Powr the giftie gie us To see oursels as others see us! It wad frae mony a blunder free us, An foolish notion! |
lexicalization | eng: To a Louse |
instance of | c/1786 poems |
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has gloss | sco: To A Louse, On Seeing One On A Ladys Bonnet At Church is a Robert Burns poem that he wrate in 1786. The theme o the poem is that gin we "see oorsels as ithers sees us" wed see wir ain fauts an be lowse o makkin sae mony mistaks. |
lexicalization | sco: To a Louse |
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