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Poem by Robert Burns


To Dr. Maxwell, on Miss Jessy Staig’s Recovery


MAXWELL, if merit here you crave,
  That merit I deny:
"You" save fair Jessy from the grave?
  An Angel could not die.

1794

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. I See a Form, I See a Face
  2. My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing
  3. Mark Yonder Pomp
  4. Farewell, Thou Stream
  5. The Rantin’ Dog the Daddie O’t


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