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title: "Epigram at Roslin Inn"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1787"
location: "Edinburgh"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/epigram-at-roslin-inn/"
---

# Epigram at Roslin Inn

## Poem
My blessings on ye, honest wife!  
I ne’er was here before;  
Ye’ve wealth o’ gear for spoon and knife—  
Heart could not wish for more.  
Heav’n keep you clear o’ sturt and strife,  
Till far ayont fourscore,  
And while I toddle on thro’ life,  
I’ll ne’er gae by your door!

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/epigram-at-roslin-inn/