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Poem by Robert Burns


Inscription on a Goblet


 Written in the house of Mr. Syme 

THERE’S death in the cup-sae beware!
  Nay, more-there is danger in touching;
But wha can avoid the fell snare?
  The man and his wine’s sae bewitching!

1795

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Mark Yonder Pomp
  2. My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing
  3. O That I Had Ne’er Been Married
  4. Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame
  5. Out Over The Forth


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