Living
On Commissary Goldie’s Brains
From Poems and Songs, 1793
Living
Lord, to account who dares thee call,
Or e’er dispute thy pleasure?
Else why, within so thick a wall,
Enclose so poor a treasure?
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “On Commissary Goldie’s Brains.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/400/.
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Burns, Robert. “On Commissary Goldie’s Brains.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/400/.
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