When Morine, deceas’d, to the Devil went down,’Twas nothing would serve him but Satan’s own crown;“Thy fool’s head,” quoth Satan, “that crown shall wear never,I grant thou’rt as wicked, but not quite so clever.”
1793 · Poem
Epigram on the Laird of Laggan
- Year
- 1793
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Dumfries
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns