https://doi.org/10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.70.1.0009 • https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.25290/prinunivlibrchro.70.1.0009 Commonplace Book, 1794–1808, p. 2, General ...
Mother-daughter business is more than meets the eye. But one thing is certain: it sells nothing made of plastic!
The poem was written sometime in April 1784, and appears in the First Commonplace Book. It was one of seven epitaphs that Burns included in the Kilmarnock edition.