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Epigram on a Suicide

by Robert Burns, 1794

Earth'd up, here lies an imp o' hell,
  Planted by Satan's dibble;
Poor silly wretch, he's damned himsel',
  To save the Lord the trouble.

Published in Poems and Songs of Robert Burns
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