Death & Dying
Lines On The Author’s Death
From Poems and Songs, 1784
Death & Dying
He who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead,
And a green grassy hillock hides his head;
Alas! alas! a devilish change indeed.
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MLA
Burns, Robert. “Lines On The Author’s Death.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/60/.
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Burns, Robert. “Lines On The Author’s Death.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/burns/60/.
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