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

479 . Epigram on a Swearing Coxcomb

HERE cursing, swearing Burton lies,

A buck, a beau, or “Dem my eyes!”

Who in his life did little good,

And his last words were “Dem my blood!”