A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1795 · Poem

Lines sent with a Present of a Dozen of Porter


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.
Year
1795
Form
Poem
Location
Dumfries
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns