The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dyingSo whip! at the summons, old Satan came flying;But when he approached where poor Francis lay moaning,And saw each bed-post with its burthen a-groaning,Astonish’d, confounded, cries Satan—“By God,I’ll want him, ere I take such a damnable load!”
1789 · Poem
Epigram on Francis Grose the Antiquary
- Year
- 1789
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Ellisland
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns