A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1785 · Poem

Epitaph for James Smith


Lament him, Mauchline husbands a’,He aften did assist ye;For had ye staid hale weeks awa,Your wives they ne’er had miss’d ye.
Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye pressTo school in bands thegither,O tread ye lightly on his grass,—Perhaps he was your father!
Year
1785
Form
Poem
Location
Mossgiel
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns