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Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux.

By Robert Burns

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Now Robin lies in his last lair,         He'll gabble rhyme, nor sing nae mair,         Cauld poverty, wi' hungry stare,             Nae mair shall fear him;         Nor anxious fear, nor cankert care,             E'er mair come near him.         To tell the truth, they seldom fash't him,         Except the moment that they crush't him;         For sune as chance or fate had hush't 'em,             Tho' e'er sae short,         Then wi' a rhyme or song he lash't 'em,             And thought it sport.         Tho' he was bred to kintra wark,         And counted was baith wight and stark.         Yet that was never Robin's mark             To mak a man;         But tell him he was learned and clark,             Ye roos'd him than!

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About Robert Burns

Robert Burns (1759–1796) was Scotland's national poet, celebrated worldwide on Burns Night. He wrote in Scots and English, producing poems like "Auld Lang Syne," "A Red, Red Rose," and "To a Mouse," championing democratic values and the dignity of common people.

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