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EPITAPH ON NICOL OF THE HIGH SCHOOL, EDINBURGH by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: YE MAGGOTS, FEED ON NICHOL'S BRAIN
Last Line: FOR DEIL A BIT O'T'S ROTTEN.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; NICOL, WILLIAM (1744-1797); TEACHING & TEACHERS; EDUCATORS; PROFESSORS;
Ye maggots, feed on Nichol's brain,
For few sic feasts you've gotten;
And fix your claws in Nichol's heart,
For deil a bit o't's rotten.



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