Not far from David Hume, just outside the Canongate Kirkyard, I came across Robert Fergusson the poet. He isn't as famous as Robert Burns, but didn't seem bothered by this. His poems are in English and Scot's dialect, like Burns. As Burns is thought to have used at least one of Fergusson's poems as inspiration I suggested he return the compliment. Instead of a 'Wee, sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous beastie' he write a poem about a 'Wee brave goch dragon'. Not sure he is going to do it though. He didn't like using Scots and Welsh in the first line, I thought he was being picky. I then suggested he tried a poem with the line 'Great chieftain of the Dragon Race'. He didn't like that either for some reason.
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