NO 1 sculptured marble here, nor pompous lay,
No storied urn nor animated bust;
This simple stone directs pale Scotias way,
To pour her sorrows oer the Poets dust.
ADDITIONAL STANZASShe mourns, sweet tuneful youth, thy hapless fate;
Tho all the powers of song thy fancy fired,
Yet Luxury and Wealth lay by in state,
And, thankless, starvd what they so much admired.
This tribute, with a tear, now gives
A brother Bard-he can no more bestow:
But dear to fame thy Song immortal lives,
A nobler monument than Art can shew.
Note 1. The stone was erected at Burns expenses in February-March, 1789. [back]
