Death & Dying
Epitaph For William Nicol, Of The High School, Edinburgh
From Poems and Songs, 1787
Death & Dying
Ye maggots, feed on Nicol’s brain,
For few sic feasts you’ve gotten;
And fix your claws in Nicol’s heart,
For deil a bit o’t’s rotten.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph For William Nicol, Of The High School, Edinburgh.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/164/.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph For William Nicol, Of The High School, Edinburgh.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/164/.
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