O could I give thee India’s wealth,As I this trifle send;Because thy joy in both would beTo share them with a friend.
But golden sands did never graceThe Heliconian stream;Then take what gold could never buy—An honest bard’s esteem.
1789 · Poem
Lines to John M’Murdo, Esq. of Drumlanrig
Sent with some of the Author’s Poems
- Year
- 1789
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Ellisland
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns