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EPITAPH FOR ROBERT AIKEN by ROBERT BURNS

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First Line: KNOW THOU, O STRANGER TO THE FAME
Last Line: A WARMER HEART DEATH NE'ER MADE COLD.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
Know thou, O stranger to the fame
Of this much lov'd, much honoured name!
(For none that knew him need be told)
A warmer heart death ne'er made cold.



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