502. Lines to John Syme, Esq., with a dozen of Porter. Burns, Robert. 1909-14. Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics

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

502. Lines to John Syme, Esq., with a dozen of Porter

Lines sent with a Present of a Dozen of Porter.


O HAD the malt thy strength of mind,
Or hops the flavour of thy wit,
’Twere drink for first of human kind,
A gift that e’en for Syme were fit. JERUSALEM TAVERN, DUMFRIES.