O had the malt thy strength of mind,Or hops the flavour of thy wit,’Twere drink for first of human kind,A gift that e’en for Syme were fit.
Jerusalem Tavern, Dumfries.
1795 · Poem
Lines sent with a Present of a Dozen of Porter
- Year
- 1795
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Dumfries
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns