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Epigram on a Swearing Coxcomb

by Robert Burns, 1794

Here cursing, swearing Burton lies,
A buck, a beau, or "Dem my eyes!"
Who in his life did little good,
And his last words were "Dem my blood!"

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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