Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 248. Pegasus at Wanlockhead |
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| WITH Pegasus upon a day, | |
| Apollo, weary flying, | |
| Through frosty hills the journey lay, | |
| On foot the way was plying. | |
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| Poor slipshod giddy Pegasus | 5 |
| Was but a sorry walker; | |
| To Vulcan then Apollo goes, | |
| To get a frosty caulker. | |
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| Obliging Vulcan fell to work, | |
| Threw by his coat and bonnet, | 10 |
| And did Sol’s business in a crack; | |
| Sol paid him with a sonnet. | |
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| Ye Vulcan’s sons of Wanlockhead, | |
| Pity my sad disaster; | |
| My Pegasus is poorly shod, | 15 |
| I’ll pay you like my master. | |
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