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Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

455 . Epitaph 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 scull will prop it under.