Poets/Robert Burns/Epitaph on John Busby, Esq., Tinwald Downs

Epitaph on John Busby, Esq., Tinwald Downs

A poem by Robert Burns · No. 458

Collection: Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year: 1794
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458Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

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HERE lies John Bushby—honest man, Cheat him, Devil—if you can!

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