Robert Cunninghame-graham Delight Poems

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    If doughty deeds my lady please,
    Right soon I'll mount my steed;
    And strong his arm and fast his seat,
    That bears frae me the meed.
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W R B Cunninghame Graham: The poem was written by Robert Graham (later Cunninghame Graham) of Gartmore (1735-1797), who was briefly a Whig MP for Stirlingshire, but the photo is of his far more famous 3 x great-grandson, Robert Bontine Cunninghame Graham (1852-1936) who, though a prolific author, never wrote any poetry.

For a portrait of the poet, see:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Henry_Raeburn_(1756-1823)_-_Robert_Cunninghame_Graham_of_Gartmore_(d.1797),_Poet_and_Politician_-_PG_2620_-_National_Galleries_of_Scotland.jpg

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Some say goodnight-at night-
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