That's my last Duchess painted on the wall, Looking as if she were alive. I call That piece a wonder, now: Frà Pandolf's hands Worked busily a day, and there she stands. Will't please you sit and ...

Burns wrote this poem after a visit to Castle Gordon with his friend William Nicol on 07 September 1787. Having previously met the Duchess of Gordon at Edinburgh, Burns was invited to visit her ...