O LEAVE novels, 1 ye Mauchline belles,
Ye're safer at your spinning-wheel;
Such witching books are baited hooks
For rakish rooks, like Rob Mossgiel;
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I think this is Burns warning the ladies about his own seduction techniques. In his later life he farmed at Mossgiel. I suspect Rob Mossgiel is him.