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Poem by Robert Burns


Fragmentary Verses. 2. “A head pure, sinless quite, of brain or soul...”


A head pure, sinless quite, of brain or soul:
The very image of a barber’s poll –
It shows a human face, and wears a wig,
And looks, when well preserved, amazing big.



Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. It Is Na, Jean, Thy Bonnie Face
  2. Farewell, Thou Stream
  3. Sleep’st Thou, or Wak’st Thou
  4. Eppie M’Nab
  5. Mark Yonder Pomp


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