[
  {
    "title": "38. Epitaph on my Ever Honoured Father",
    "author": "Robert Burns",
    "lines": [
      "O YE whose cheek the tear of pity stains,",
      "  Draw near with pious rev’rence, and attend!",
      "Here lie the loving husband’s dear remains,",
      "  The tender father, and the gen’rous friend;",
      "The pitying heart that felt for human woe,",
      "  The dauntless heart that fear’d no human pride;",
      "The friend of man-to vice alone a foe;",
      "  For “ev’n his failings lean’d to virtue’s side.” 1",
      "",
      "",
      " Note 1. Goldsmith.—R. B. [back]"
    ],
    "linecount": "9"
  }
]