a sensible man

From Newtyle Churchyard, Ruthven, Perthshire

Here lies the body of Robert Small,

Who, when in life, was thick not tall;

But what of greater consequence

He was endowed with good sense.

Raymond Lamont-Brown: Scottish Epitaphs. Chambers; Edinburgh, 1990

 

 

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