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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 Flowery Banks of Cree
  2. To a Young Lady, Miss Jessy Lewars, Dumfries, with Books which the Bard Presented her
  3. The Day Returns
  4. Canst Thou Leave Me Thus?
  5. Farewell, Thou Stream


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