A Portrait of Robert Burns Robert Burns

1787 · Poem

The Bard at Inverary


Whoe’er he be that sojourns here,I pity much his case,Unless he comes to wait uponThe Lord their God, His Grace.
There’s naething here but Highland pride,And Highland scab and hunger:If Providence has sent me here,’Twas surely in his anger.
Year
1787
Form
Poem
Location
Edinburgh
Source
Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns