166. Epitaph for William Nicol High School Edinburgh

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166. 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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