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title: "Epitaph for William Nicol, of the High School, Edinburgh"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1787"
location: "Edinburgh"
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/epitaph-for-william-nicol-of-the-high-school-edinburgh/"
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# Epitaph for William Nicol, of the High School, Edinburgh

## Poem
Ye maggots, feed on Nicol’s brain,  
For few sic feasts you’ve gotten;  
And fix your claws in Nicol’s heart,  
For deil a bit o’t’s rotten.

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
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