Robert Burns (1759–1796). Poems and Songs.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

320 . Lines to Sir John Whitefoord, Bart

THOU, who thy honour as thy God rever’st,

Who, save thy mind’s reproach, nought earthly fear’st,

To thee this votive offering I impart,

The tearful tribute of a broken heart.

The Friend thou valued’st, I, the Patron lov’d;

His worth, his honour, all the world approved:

We’ll mourn till we too go as he has gone,

And tread the shadowy path to that dark world unknown.