Ae Fond Kiss by Robert Burns

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Apr 12, 202527:45Society & Culture

Robert Burns began a correspondence with Agnes McElhose, also known as Clarinda and Nancy, a married woman he was besotted with. When she left Scotland to reunite with her husband he wrote Ae Fond Kiss as a heartfelt far...

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