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Poem by Robert Burns


Epitaph on James Grieve, Laird of Boghead


HERE lies Boghead amang the dead
  In hopes to get salvation;
But if such as he in Heaven may be,
  Then welcome-hail! damnation.

1783

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. Sleep’st Thou, or Wak’st Thou
  2. It Is Na, Jean, Thy Bonnie Face
  3. Simmer’s a Pleasant Time
  4. Fairest Maid on Devon Banks
  5. The Bonnie Wee Thing


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