Rash mortal, and slanderous poet, thy nameShall no longer appear in the records of Fame;Dost not know that old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible,Says, the more ’tis a truth, sir, the more ’tis a libel!
1787 · Poem
The Libeller’s Self-Reproof
- Year
- 1787
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Edinburgh
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns