Poems and Songs of Robert Burnsby Robert Burns

On The Late Captain Grose's Pe...

The Kirk Of Scotland's Alarm

Epigram On Francis Grose The Antiquary

     The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying
     So whip! at the summons, old Satan came flying;
     But when he approached where poor Francis lay moaning,
     And saw each bed-post with its burthen a-groaning,
     Astonish'd, confounded, cries Satan—"By God,
     I'll want him, ere I take such a damnable load!"

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On The Late Captain Grose's Pe...

The Kirk Of Scotland's Alarm