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Poem by Robert Burns


Epitaph on Wee Johnny


        			Hic jacet wee Johnny.

Whoe’er thou art, O reader, know
  	That death has murder’d Johnny!
An’ here his body lies fu’ low;
  	For saul-he ne’er had ony.

1786

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Canst Thou Leave Me Thus?
  2. Address to General Dumourier
  3. O Wha is She that Lo’es Me?
  4. As Down the Burn They Took Their Way
  5. The Cardin’ O’t


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