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.

Although his life was short his poems were published a year before his ... and Burns composed the following epitaph. The two additional stanzas were written in his Second Commonplace Book.

“It’s his epitaph, and it proves that a singer can do his own thing and still be commercially successful. Otis is tremendously responsible for the fact that so much of the young white audience ...

Visit when you can. I will be”, she shared alongside a picture revealing a black stone bearing a cryptic epitaph that couldn’t be more Lynchian. It reads: “Night Blooming Jasmine.” ...