Social Commentaries
Epigram On Miss Davies
From Poems and Songs, 1791
Social Commentaries
Ask why God made the gem so small?
And why so huge the granite?—
Because God meant mankind should set
That higher value on it.
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Burns, Robert. “Epigram On Miss Davies.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/319/.
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Burns, Robert. “Epigram On Miss Davies.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/319/.
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