Death & Dying
Epitaph On “Wee Johnie”
From Poems and Songs, 1786
Death & Dying
Hic Jacet wee Johnie.
Whoe’er thou art, O reader, know
That Death has murder’d Johnie;
An’ here his body lies fu’ low;
For saul he ne’er had ony.
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On “Wee Johnie”.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/120/.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On “Wee Johnie”.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/120/.
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