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.

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Poet: Robert Burns
Poem: 478. 478. Epigram on a Suicide
Volume: Poems and Songs. The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.
Year: Published/Written in 1794
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