Death & Dying
Epitaph For Mr. Walter Riddell
From Poems and Songs, 1794
Death & Dying
Sic a reptile was Wat, sic a miscreant slave,
That the worms ev’n damn’d him when laid in his grave;
“In his flesh there’s a famine,” a starved reptile cries,
“And his heart is rank poison!” another replies.
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Epitaph For Mr. Walter Riddell.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/446/.
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Burns, Robert. “Epitaph For Mr. Walter Riddell.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/446/.
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