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EPITAPH FOR GAVIN HAMILTON by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: THE POOR MAN WEEPS - HERE GAVIN SLEEPS
Last Line: MAY I BE SAV'D OR DAMN'D!
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
The poor man weeps -- here Gavin sleeps,
Whom canting wretches blam'd;
But with such as he, where'er he be,
May I be sav'd or damn'd!



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