Extemporaneous Effusion On being appointed to an Excise division.
1789
Type: Extempore
Searching auld wives’ barrels,
Ochon the day!
That clarty barm should stain my laurels:
But-what’ll ye say?
These movin’ things ca’d wives an’ weans,
Wad move the very hearts o’ stanes!
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Robert Burns, (born January 25, 1759, Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland—died July 21, 1796, Dumfries, Dumfriesshire), national poet of Scotland. He wrote lyrics, ballads and songs in Scots and in English. He was also notable for his amorous adventures and his rebellion against religion and morality.