Lyric Poem · Death & Loss
Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster
by Robert Burns
HERE lie Willie Michie’s banes;
O Satan, when ye tak him,
Gie him the schulin o’ your weans,
For clever deils he’ll mak them!
This poem is in the public domain.
“Epitaph for Mr. William Michie, Schoolmaster” by Robert Burns — quilloak.com/poems/epitaph-for-mr-william-michie-schoolmaster
Keep reading
Annabel Lee
Edgar Allan Poe · 1849
It was many and many a year ago,In a kingdom by the sea,That a maiden there lived whom you may know
41 lines · ballad
Remember
Christina Rossetti · 1862
Remember me when I am gone away,Gone far away into the silent land;When you can no more hold me by the hand,
14 lines · sonnet
When I Am Dead, My Dearest (Song)
Christina Rossetti · 1862
When I am dead, my dearest,Sing no sad songs for me;Plant thou no roses at my head,
16 lines · lyric