LINES ON THE AUTHOR’S DEATH
WRITTEN WITH THE SUPPOSED VIEW OF BEING HANDED TO
RANKINE AFTER THE POET’S INTERMENT
HE who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead,
And a green grassy hillock hides his head;
Alas! alas! a devilish change indeed.
LINES ON THE AUTHOR’S DEATH
WRITTEN WITH THE SUPPOSED VIEW OF BEING HANDED TO
RANKINE AFTER THE POET’S INTERMENT
HE who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead,
And a green grassy hillock hides his head;
Alas! alas! a devilish change indeed.