119. Epitaph for Robert Aiken Esq

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119. Epitaph for Robert Aiken Esq by Robert Burns

 KNOW thou, O stranger to the fame
Of this much lov’d, much honoured name!
(For none that knew him need be told)
A warmer heart death ne’er made cold.

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