O DEATH, hadst thou but spard his life,
Whom we this day lament,
We freely wad exchanged the wife,
And a been weel content.
Evn as he is, cauld in his graff,
The swap we yet will dot;
Tak thou the carlins carcase aff,
Thouse get the saul oboot.
49. Epigram on the said Occasion
written byRobert Burns
© Robert Burns