475. Epigram on a Country Laird (Cardoness)

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475. Epigram on a Country Laird (Cardoness) by Robert Burns

 BLESS Jesus Christ, O Cardonessp,
 With grateful, lifted eyes,
Who taught that not the soul alone,
 But body too shall rise;
For had He said “the soul alone
 From death I will deliver,”
Alas, alas! O Cardoness,
 Then hadst thou lain for ever.

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