A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1784 · Poem

Epitaph on My Own Friend and My Father’s Friend, Wm. Muir in Tarbolton Mill


An honest man here lies at restAs e’er God with his image blest;The friend of man, the friend of truth,The friend of age, and guide of youth:Few hearts like his, with virtue warm’d,Few heads with knowledge so informed:If there’s another world, he lives in bliss;If there is none, he made the best of this.
Year
1784
Form
Poem
Location
Mossgiel
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns