EPITAPH ON THE AUTHOR
- Neil Macgillivray
- Dec 6, 2018
- 1 min read
This mock epitaph was written by Robert Burns during the time he lived at Mossgiel Farm. John Rankine was a farmer in the Tarbolton area who was the subject of several pieces by the poet.
“He who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and deid,
And a green, grassy hillock hides his heid:
Alas! Alas! A devilish change indeed.”