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On Captain Lascelles
When Lascelles thought fit from this world to depart,
Some friends warmly spoke 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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Works read by Lorraine McIntosh—The works of Robert Burns
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