On Capt. Lascelles

类别:其他类型       作者:Robert Burns     书名:Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
on capt. lascelles
    when lascelles thought fit from this world to depart,
    some friends warmly thought of embalming his heart;
    a bystander whispers—“pray don't make so much o't,
    the subject is poison, no reptile will touch it.”