475. Epigram on a Country Laird (Cardoness)

written by

Robert Burns

BLESS Jesus Christ, O Cardonessp,
With grateful, lifted eyes,
Who taught that not the soul alone,
But body too shall rise;
For had He said the soul alone
From death I will deliver,
Alas, alas! O Cardoness,
Then hadst thou lain for ever.