475. Epigram on a Country Laird (Cardoness). Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics

Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

475. Epigram on a Country Laird (Cardoness)

not quite so wise as Solomon.


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	5
From death I will deliver,”
Alas, alas! O Cardoness,
Then hadst thou lain for ever.