Here lies, now a prey to insulting neglect,What once was a butterfly, gay in life’s beam:Want only of wisdom denied her respect,Want only of goodness denied her esteem.
1794 · Poem
The Epitaph
- Year
- 1794
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Dumfries
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns