Light lay the earth on Billy’s breast,His chicken heart so tender;But build a castle on his head,His scull will prop it under.
1794 · Poem
Epitaph on a Noted Coxcomb
Capt. Wm. Roddirk, of Corbiston
- Year
- 1794
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Dumfries
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns