On a Fly-Leaf of Burns' Songs

By Frederic Lawrence Knowles

1869-1905


These are the best of him,
Pathos and jest of him;
Earth holds the rest of him.

Passions were strong in him, --
Pardon the wrong in him;
Hark to the song in him! --

Each little lyrical
Grave or satirical
Musical miracle!

DayPoems Poem No. 1261
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