EPIGRAM
ON
SAID
OCCASION
,
O
Death
,
hadst
thou
but
spar'd
his
life
,
Whom
we
,
this
day
,
lament
!
We
freely
wad
exchang'd
the
wife
,
An'
a'
been
weel
content
.
Ev'n
as
he
is
,
cauld
in
his
graff
,
The
swap
we
yet
will
do't
;
Tak
thou
the
Carlin's
carcase
aff
,
Thou'se
get
the
saul
o'
boot
.