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Poem by Robert Burns


Epitaph on William Nicol, of the High School, Edinburgh


YE maggots, feed on Nicol’s brain,
	For few sic feasts ye’ve gotten,
And fix your claws in Nicol’s hearts
	For deil a bit o’t’s rotten.

1787

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
  2. Weary Fa’ You, Duncan Gray
  3. Farewell to Ballochmyle
  4. Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns
  5. Could Aught of Song


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