Living
On A Swearing Coxcomb
From Poems and Songs, 1794
Living
Here cursing, swearing Burton lies,
A buck, a beau, or “Dem my eyes!”
Who in his life did little good,
And his last words were “Dem my blood!”
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Burns, Robert. “On A Swearing Coxcomb.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/472/.
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Burns, Robert. “On A Swearing Coxcomb.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/472/.
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