Robert Burns (1759-1796). Epitaph on a Friend. Andrew Macphail, comp. 1916. The Book of Sorrow

Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

XXIX. The Happy Dead
Epitaph on a Friend

By Robert Burns (1759–1796)


AN HONEST man here lies at rest,
As e’er God with his image blest;
The friend of man, the friend of truth,
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like his, with virtue warm’d,	5
Few heads with knowledge so inform’d:
If there ’s another world, he lives in bliss;
If there is none, he made the best of this.