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[EPITAPH] FOR THE AUTHOR'S FATHER.
1 O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains,
2 Draw near with pious rev'rence and attend!
3 Here lie the loving Husband's dear remains,
4 The tender Father, and the gen'rous Friend.
5 The pitying Heart that felt for human Woe;
6 The dauntless heart that fear'd no human Pride;
7 The Friend of Man, to vice alone a foe;
8 'For ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.*
* Goldsmith.
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About this text
Author: Robert Burns
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heroic quatrain; epitaph
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Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT, BY ROBERT BURNS. Kilmarnock: printed by John Wilson, M,DCC,LXXXVI., 1786, pp. 232-233. 240p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T91548) (Page images digitized by National Library of Scotland.)
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Typography, spelling, capitalization, and punctuation have been cautiously modernized. The source of the text is given and all significant editorial interventions have been recorded in textual notes. This ECPA text has been edited to conform to the recommendations found in Level 5 of the Best Practices for TEI in Libraries version 4.0.0.
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