A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1794 · Poem

On a Swearing Coxcomb


Here cursing, swearing Burton lies,A buck, a beau, or “Dem my eyes!”Who in his life did little good,And his last words were “Dem my blood!”
Year
1794
Form
Poem
Location
Dumfries
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns