Living
Thanksgiving For A National Victory
From Poems and Songs, 1793
Living
Ye hypocrites! are these your pranks?
To murder men and give God thanks!
Desist, for shame!—proceed no further;
God won’t accept your thanks for Murther!
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Thanksgiving For A National Victory.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/402/.
Chicago
Burns, Robert. “Thanksgiving For A National Victory.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/402/.
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