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Epitaph on Wm. Graham, Esq., of Mossknowe

A poem by Robert Burns · No. 457

Collection
Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year
1794
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Robert Burns 1759–1796
457Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

The poem

“STOP thief!” dame Nature call’d to Death, As Willy drew his latest breath; How shall I make a fool again? My choicest model thou hast ta’en.

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