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EPITAPH ON A CLEISH SCHOOLMASTER by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE LIE WILLIE MICHIE'S BANES
Last Line: FOR CLEVER DEILS HE'LL MAK THEM!
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; TEACHING & TEACHERS; EDUCATORS; PROFESSORS;
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!



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