1207. Written in the Visitors' Book at the Birthplace of Robert Burns by George Washington Cable. Stedman, Edmund Clarence, ed. 1900. An American Anthology, 1787-1900

Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

1207. Written in the Visitors’ Book at the Birthplace of Robert Burns

By George Washington Cable


OF heavenly stature, but most human smile,
Gyved with our faults he stands,
Truth’s white and Love’s red roses tendering us,
Whose thorns are in his hands.