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Here lie I, Martin Elginbrodde: Hae mercy o’ my soul, Lord God; As I wad do, were I Lord God, And ye were Martin Elginbrodde.

Here lie I, Martin Elginbrodde: Hae mercy o’ my soul, Lord God; As I wad do, were I Lord God, And ye were Martin Elginbrodde.
G. MacDonald (identity unresolved)

In print by 1921 AD · modern

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G. MacDonald (identity unresolved)
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Historical period
In print by 1921 AD · modern
In print by 1921: recorded in My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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Recorded source
My Commonplace Book (third English edition,1921) (1921 AD)

Page 287 · printed citation: G. MacDonald (David Elginbrod). · compiler notes excluded

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