English poem
166. Epitaph for William Nicol, High School, Edinburgh
by Robert Burns
YE maggots, feed on Nicol’s brain, For few sic feasts you’ve gotten; And fix your claws in Nicol’s heart, For deil a bit o’t’s rotten.
More by Robert Burns
- 130. Nature’s Law: A Poem
- 136. Prayer—O Thou Dread Power
- 137. Song—Farewell to the Banks of Ayr
- 155. Epistle to Mrs. Scott of Wauchope House
- 167. Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster
- 177. Elegy on the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair
- 185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water
- 195. Song—A Rose-bud by my Early Walk