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Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, By: Robert Burns

October 19, 2026 by Editors

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Schoolmaster of Cleish Parish, Fifeshire.

Here lie Willie Michie’s banes;
O Satan, when ye tak him,
Gie him the schulin o’ your weans,
For clever deils he’ll mak them!

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

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