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Poem by Robert Burns


Lines Supposed to Have Been Written by Burns, and Forwarded to John Rankine, Ayrshire, Immediately after the Poet’s Decease


He who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead,
And a green grassy hillock hides his head;
Alas! alas! a devilish change indeed!



Robert Burns


Robert Burns's other poems:
  1. The Flowery Banks of Cree
  2. The Day Returns
  3. Farewell, Thou Stream
  4. Theniel Menzies’ Bonnie Mary
  5. The Cooper O’ Cuddle


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