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Poem by Robert Burns


Epigram on a Noted Coxcomb


Light lay the earth on Billy’s breast,
  	His chicken heart so tender;
But build a castle on his head,
  	His skull will prop it under.

1794

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Here’s His Health in Water!
  2. Theniel Menzies’ Bonnie Mary
  3. To the Same
  4. Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns
  5. My Chloris


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