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Robert Burns (1759–1796).  Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics.  1909–14.
 
479. Epigram on a Swearing Coxcomb
 
 
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!”
 

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