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Poem by Robert Burns


Lines Written on a Pane of Glass in the Inn at Noffat


ASK why God made the gem so small,
  An’ why so huge the granite?
Because God meant mankind should set
  That higher value on it.

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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