O DEATH, had'st thou but spar'd his life,
Whom we this day lament,
We freely wad exchanged the wife,
And a' been weel content.
Ev'n as he is, cauld in his graff,
The swap we yet will do't;
Tak thou the carlin's carcase aff,
Thou'se get the saul o'boot.
Epigram On The Said Occasion
Robert Burns
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Poem topics: death, life, wife, Valentine's Day, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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