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Epitaph on the same

by Robert Burns, 1794

Here lies, now a prey to insulting neglect,
  What once was a butterfly, gay in life's beam:
Want only of wisdom denied her respect,
  Want only of goodness denied her esteem.

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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