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O Death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best! — Robert Burns

Poem

O Death! the poor man's dearest friend, The kindest and the best!

Robert Burns
1784
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Topic
Death as a blessingDeathThe poor
Medium
Poem
Time
1784Age of Enlightenment
Person
Robert Burns
Provenance
Current citation
Burns, Robert. "Man Was Made to Mourn. A Dirge." Robert Burns: Selected Poems, edited Carol Mcguirk. Penguin Classics, 1994, I. 11.
Original citation
Burns, Robert. Man was made to Mourn: A Dirge. 1784, st. 11.

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