A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1789 · Poem

Extemporaneous Effusion

On being appointed to an Excise division


Searching auld wives’ barrels,Ochon the day!That clarty barm should stain my laurels:But—what’ll ye say?These movin’ things ca’d wives an’ weans,Wad move the very hearts o’ stanes!
Year
1789
Form
Poem
Location
Ellisland
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns