The Poetry of Robert Burns Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson |
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FOR MR. WALTER RIDDELL |
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FOR MR. WALTER RIDDELL
So vile was poor Wat, such a miscreant slave,That the worms ev'n damn'd him when laid in his grave.
‘In his scull there's a famine,’ a starved reptile cries;
‘And his heart, it is poison,’ another replies.
| The Poetry of Robert Burns | |