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title: "Epigram on Mr. James Gracie"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1795"
location: "Dumfries"
source: "Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns"
source_url: "https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt"
canonical_url: "https://robert-burns.com/poems/epigram-on-mr-james-gracie/"
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# Epigram on Mr. James Gracie

## Poem
Gracie, thou art a man of worth,  
O be thou Dean for ever!  
May he be damned to hell henceforth,  
Who fauts thy weight or measure!

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