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

475 . Epigram on a Country Laird (Cardoness)

BLESS Jesus Christ, O Cardonessp,

With grateful, lifted eyes,

Who taught that not the soul alone,

But body too shall rise;

For had He said “the soul alone

From death I will deliver,”

Alas, alas! O Cardoness,

Then hadst thou lain for ever.