Death & Dying
An Epitaph
From Songs from the Waverley Novels (Poetical Works, Oxford 1904)
Death & Dying
HEIR lyeth John o' ye Girnell ;
Erth has ye nit and heuen ye kirnell.
In hys tyme ilk wyfe's hennis clokit,
Ilk gud mannis herth wi' bairnis was stokit.
He deled a boll o' bear in firlottis fyve,
Four for ye halie kirke and ane for pure mennis wyvis.
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Codex Note
From The Antiquary (1816)
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