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LIFE AND DEATH OF HABBIE SIMSON, THE PIPER OF KILBARCHAN by ROBERT SEMPILL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: KILBARCHAN NOW MAY SAY ALAS!
Last Line: WE NEED NOT LOOK FOR PYPING MAIR, %SEN HABBIE'S DEAD

Poem Sources:

THE OXFORD BOOK OF SCOTTISH VERSE.
  MACQUEEN, JOHN, & SCOTT, TOM (COMPS.)
  (1966)
 
THE NEW PENGUIN BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE.
  KEEGAN, PAUL (ED.)
  (2001)
 



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