The Poet’s Reply To The Threat Of A Censorious Critic Robert Burns Poetry

The Bard of Ayrshire Robert Burns - The Poet's Reply To The Threat Of A Censorious Critic Poem

My imprudent lines were answered, very petulantly, by somebody, I
believe, a Rev. Mr. Hamilton. In a MS., where I met the answer, I wrote
below:—

With Esop’s lion, Burns says: Sore I feel
Each other’s scorn, but damn that ass’ heel!