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Poem by Robert Burns


Epitaph on Wee Johnny


        			Hic jacet wee Johnny.

Whoe’er thou art, O reader, know
  	That death has murder’d Johnny!
An’ here his body lies fu’ low;
  	For saul-he ne’er had ony.

1786

Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. The Day Returns
  2. Lines Written under the Picture of Miss Burns
  3. Peg-A-Ramsey
  4. My Wife’s a Winsome Wee Thing
  5. Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame


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