Living
On An Innkeeper Nicknamed “The Marquis”
From Poems and Songs, 1794
Living
Here lies a mock Marquis, whose titles were shamm’d,
If ever he rise, it will be to be damn’d.
Cite this poem
MLA
Burns, Robert. “On An Innkeeper Nicknamed “The Marquis”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/473/.
Chicago
Burns, Robert. “On An Innkeeper Nicknamed “The Marquis”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/473/.
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