A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1787 · Poem

Impromptu on Carron Iron Works


We cam na here to view your warks,In hopes to be mair wise,But only, lest we gang to hell,It may be nae surprise:But when we tirl’d at your doorYour porter dought na hear us;Sae may, shou’d we to Hell’s yetts come,Your billy Satan sair us!
Year
1787
Form
Poem
Location
Edinburgh
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns