I’M now arrived—thanks to the gods!—
  Thro’ pathways rough and muddy,
A certain sign that makin roads
  Is no this people’s study:
Altho’ Im not wi’ Scripture cram’d,
  I’m sure the Bible says
That heedless sinners shall be damn’d,
  Unless they mend their ways.

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Poet: Robert Burns
Poem: 135. 135. Epigram on Rough Roads
Volume: Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year: Published/Written in 1786
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