Scottish Poetry Selection
- John Dove

Here is a short, amusing poem by Robert Burns, written as an epitaph to John Dove, the Innkeeper of Mauchline.


John Dove

Strong ale was ablution,
Small beer, persecution,
A dram was momento mori
But a full-flowing bowl
Was the saving of his soul,
And port was celestial glory

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