---
title: "Lines Sent to Sir John Whiteford, Bart"
subtitle: "With The Lament On The Death Of the Earl Of Glencairn"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1791"
location: "Ellisland"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/lines-sent-to-sir-john-whiteford-bart/"
---

# Lines Sent to Sir John Whiteford, Bart

### With The Lament On The Death Of the Earl Of Glencairn

## Poem
Thou, who thy honour as thy God rever’st,  
Who, save thy mind’s reproach, nought earthly fear’st,  
To thee this votive offering I impart,  
The tearful tribute of a broken heart.  
The Friend thou valued’st, I, the Patron lov’d;  
His worth, his honour, all the world approved:  
We’ll mourn till we too go as he has gone,  
And tread the shadowy path to that dark world unknown.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
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