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ON MAXWELL OF CARDONESS by ROBERT BURNS

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First Line: BLESS JESUS CHRIST, O CARDONESS
Last Line: THEN HADST THOU LAIN FOR EVER.
Subject(s): DEATH; WIT & HUMOR;
Bless Jesus Christ, O Cardoness,
With grateful, lifted eyes,
Who taught that not the soul alone,
But body too shall rise;
For had He said "the soul alone
From death I will deliver,"
Alas, alas! O Cardoness,
Then hadst thou lain for ever.



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