Quote#Children
You have sae saft a voice and slid a tongue
Quote byAllan Ramsay · 1686–1758
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words (1914), Eclogue..
English (original)
You have sae saft a voice and slid a tongue, You are the darling of baith auld and young.
— Allan Ramsay
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