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Epitaph for William Nicol, High School, Edinburgh

by Robert Burns

YE maggots, feed on Nicol’s brain,

For few sic feasts you’ve gotten;

And fix your claws in Nicol’s heart,

For deil a bit o’t’s rotten.

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YE maggots, feed on Nicol’s brain,
Poet
Robert Burns
Themes
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