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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. My Chloris
  2. I See a Form, I See a Face
  3. Bessy and Her Spinnin’ Wheel
  4. Farewell, Thou Stream
  5. One Night as I did Wander


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