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ON ROBERT FERGUSSON
ON THE TOMBSTONE IN THE CANONGATE CHURCHYARD
HERE LIES ROBERT FERGUSSON BORN SEPT. 5TH, 1751 DIED OCT. 16TH, 1774
No sculptur'd Marble here, nor pompous lay,No storied Urn nor animated Bust;
This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way
To pour her sorrow o'er the Poet's dust.
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