Hi Everyone,
I received these through from Liz on M/march today.
Certainly worth posting to the lists
I have called it Epitaphs 5 so I don't get confused with what I have already
sent, and acknowledge they came from another party.
Enjoy.
Wishes,
Chris.
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Perhaps you have already met these?
Good old Robbie Burns, now there was a man who could be succint, witty,
and
brave !
Liz.
To> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2001 2:43 PM
Subject: [ANGUS] Burns Epitaphs
> Speaking of Burns, his epitaphs would certainly make monument
> inscriptions more interesting. Here are some of my favorites:
>
> EPITAPH ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQUIRE
> As father Adam first was fooled
> (A case that's still too common),
> Here lies a man a woman ruled,
> --The Devil ruled the woman.
>
> EPITAPH ON A WAG IN MAUCHLINE
> Lament him, Mauchline husbands a',
> He aften did assist ye;
> For had ye staid whole weeks awa,
> Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye.
>
> Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye pass
> To school in bands thegither,
> O tread ye lightly on his grass;
> Perhaps he was your father.
>
> EPITAPH ON WALTER RIDDELL
> Sic a reptile was Wat,
> Sic a miscreant slave,
> That the worms ev'n damn'd him
> When laid in his grave.
> 'In his flesh there's a famine,'
> A starv'd reptile cries;
> 'An' his heart is rank poison,'
> Another replies.
>
> EPITAPH ON A NOISY POLEMIC
> Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes;
> O Death, it's my opinion,
> Thou ne'er took such a bleth'rn bitch
> Into they dark dominion!
>
> EPITAPH ON JAMES GRIEVE, LAIRD OF BOGHEAD
> Here lies Boghead amang the dead
> In hopes to get salvation;
> But if such as he in Heavan may be,
> Then welcome--hail! damnation.