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Lines on the Author’s Death, By: Robert Burns

October 19, 2026 by Editors

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Written With The Supposed View Of
Being Handed To Rankine After The Poet’s Interment

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

Read all of Robert Burns's poems · About Robert Burns

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