Epitaph For Mr. W. Cruikshank1

by Robert Burns — a poem card from Justes Mots

A witty epitaph on schoolmaster Will Cruikshank suggesting his faults existed only in Latin scholarship, not in English living—a gentle, affectionate jab at his learned pretensions masking genuine virtue. The humor honors him while acknowledging scholarly eccentricity. Suitable for those seeking lighthearted memorial tributes that celebrate character through playful irony.

Honest Will to Heaven’s away
And mony shall lament him;
His fau’ts they a’ in Latin lay,
In English nane e’er kent them.

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Themes: sympathy · grief · reflection