Epigram on a Swearing Coxcomb

Portrait of Robert Burns
Robert Burns 1759–1796
479Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

HERE cursing, swearing Burton lies, A buck, a beau, or “Dem my eyes!” Who in his life did little good, And his last words were “Dem my blood!”

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