Of Lordly acquaintance you boast,And the Dukes that you dined wi’ yestreen,Yet an insect’s an insect at most,Tho’ it crawl on the curl of a Queen!
1791 · Poem
The Toadeater
- Year
- 1791
- Form
- Poem
- Location
- Ellisland
- Source
- Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns