Living
The Toadeater
From Poems and Songs, 1791
Living
Of Lordly acquaintance you boast,
And the Dukes that you dined wi’ yestreen,
Yet an insect’s an insect at most,
Tho’ it crawl on the curl of a Queen!
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Burns, Robert. “The Toadeater.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/349/.
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Burns, Robert. “The Toadeater.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/349/.
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