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Poem by Robert Burns


The Toadeater


Of Lordly acquaintance you boast, 
And the Dukes that you dined wi’ yestreen, 
Yet an insect’s an insect at most, 
Tho’ it crawl on the curl of a Queen!

1791

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
  2. O Wha is She that Lo’es Me?
  3. The Highland Lassie
  4. Weary Fa’ You, Duncan Gray
  5. Farewell to Ballochmyle


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