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LINES SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN BY BURNS by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: HE WHO OF RANKINE SANG, LIES STIFF AND DEAD
Last Line: ALAS! ALAS! A DEVILISH CHANGE INDEED.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
He who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead,
And a green grassy hillock hides his head;
Alas! alas! a devilish change indeed.



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