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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. Their Groves O’ sweet Myrtle
  2. The Bonnie Wee Thing
  3. As Down the Burn They Took Their Way
  4. Stay My Charmer
  5. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water


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