Death & Dying
Epitaph On My Own Friend And My Father’s Friend, Wm. Muir In Tarbolton Mill
From Poems and Songs, 1784
Death & Dying
An honest man here lies at rest
As e’er God with his image blest;
The friend of man, the friend of truth,
The friend of age, and guide of youth:
Few hearts like his, with virtue warm’d,
Few heads with knowledge so informed:
If there’s another world, he lives in bliss;
If there is none, he made the best of this.
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On My Own Friend And My Father’s Friend, Wm. Muir In Tarbolton Mill.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/44/.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph On My Own Friend And My Father’s Friend, Wm. Muir In Tarbolton Mill.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/44/.
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