Death & Dying
Epitaph On James Grieve, Laird Of Boghead, Tarbolton
From Poems and Songs, 1784
Death & Dying
Here lies Boghead amang the dead
In hopes to get salvation;
But if such as he in Heav’n may be,
Then welcome, hail! damnation.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On James Grieve, Laird Of Boghead, Tarbolton.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/43/.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On James Grieve, Laird Of Boghead, Tarbolton.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/43/.
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