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EPIGRAM ON MISS DAVIES; LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW AT MOFFAT INN by ROBERT BURNS

Poet Analysis

First Line: ASK WHY GOD MADE THE GEM SO SMALL
Last Line: THAT HIGHER VALUE ON IT.
Subject(s): SIZE & SHAPE; HEIGHT;
Ask why God made the gem so small?
And why so huge the granite? --
Because God meant mankind should set
That higher value on it.



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