More Misrepresentative Men

Robert Burns is praised as the poet whose touch makes the whole world kin—then Harry Graham reminds us that the bard was “only human,” perhaps a trifle more so.

This early-twentieth-century collection turns its rhymes on poets, kings and modern public figures, opening with Scotland’s celebrated Burns. Graham’s mock tribute admires the poetry while raising an eyebrow at the drinking, the courtship and the gap between a great man’s verses and his private habits. A mock ballad and a toast to Burns’s countrymen sharpen the joke: even the most cherished national hero can be brought down to earth with a rhyme. From Robert Burns to Henry VIII and William Waldorf Astor, who else will Graham’s mischievous verses take aim at—and what will they reveal?

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