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title: "On Capt. Lascelles"
author: "Robert Burns"
form: "Poem"
year: "1794"
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/on-capt-lascelles/"
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# On Capt. Lascelles

## Poem
When Lascelles thought fit from this world to depart,  
Some friends warmly thought of embalming his heart;  
A bystander whispers—“Pray don’t make so much o’t,  
The subject is poison, no reptile will touch it.”

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Source: [Project Gutenberg #1279 — Poems and Songs of Robert Burns](https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/1279/pg1279.txt)  
Canonical HTML: https://robert-burns.com/poems/on-capt-lascelles/