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title: "Epigram on a Country Laird, not quite so wise as Solomon"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1794"
location: "Dumfries"
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-on-a-country-laird-not-quite-so-wise-as-solomon/"
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# Epigram on a Country Laird, not quite so wise as Solomon

## Poem
Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardonessp,  
With grateful, lifted eyes,  
Who taught that not the soul alone,  
But body too shall rise;  
For had He said “the soul alone  
From death I will deliver,”  
Alas, alas! O Cardoness,  
Then hadst thou lain for ever.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
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