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Poem by Robert Burns


Epigram on a Noted Coxcomb


Light lay the earth on Billy’s breast,
  	His chicken heart so tender;
But build a castle on his head,
  	His skull will prop it under.

1794

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. I Gaed a Waefu' Gate Yestreen
  2. Gala Water
  3. Blythe Was She
  4. Stay My Charmer
  5. The Flowery Banks of Cree


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