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EPITAPH ON JAMES GRIEVE, THE LAIRD OF BOGHEAD by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: HERE LIES BOGHEAD AMANG THE DEAD / IN HOPES TO GET SALVATION
Last Line: THEN WELCOME -- HAIL! DAMNATION.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; HATE;
Here lies Boghead among the dead
In hopes to get salvation;
But if such as he in Heaven may be,
Then welcome -- hail! damnation.







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