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 THE ENTIRE WORKS 
 
 ROBERT BURNS; 
 
 HIS LIFE AND A CRITICISM ON HIS WRITINGS, 
 
 &c. &c. 
 
 By JAMES CURRIE, 31. D. 
 
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 AN ENLARGED AND CORRECTED GLOSSARY. 
 
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 CAPTAIN GRAHAM MOORE, 
 
 OF THE ROYAL NAVY. 
 
 When you were station; d on our coast about twelve years ngo, you first recommended to 
 
 ben^fitof his widow and children, I now present to you. In a distant region of the world, 
 whither the service of your country has carried you, you will, I know, receive with kindness 
 this proof of my regard ; not perhaps without some surprise on finding that I have been en- 
 gaged in editing this work, not without some curiosity to know how I was qualified for such 
 an undertaking. These points I will briefly explain. 
 
 Having occasion to make an excursion to the county of Dumfries, in the summer of 1792, 
 I had there an opportunity of seeing and conversing with Burns. It has been my fortune to 
 know some men of high reputation in literature, as well as in public life, but never to meet 
 any one who, 'n the course of a single interview, communicated to me so strong an inipres- 
 
 with greater interest and a'tention, and with a full conviction lhat, extraordinary as they 
 are, they afford but an inadequate proof of the powers of their unfortunate author. 
 
 Four years afterwards. Burns terminated his career. Among those whom the charms of 
 genius had attached to him, was one with whom I have been bound in the ties of friendship 
 from early life— Mr John Syine of Ryedale. This genileman, after the death of Burns, pro- 
 moted with the utmost zeal a subscription for the support of the widow and children, to which 
 
 this virtuous and destitute family, be projected the publication of this work for their benefit, 
 by which the return of want might be prevented or prolonged. 
 
 To this last undertaking, an editor and biographer was wanting, and Mr Syme's modesty 
 opposed a barrier to his assuming an office for which he was, in other respects, peculiarly 
 
 tablished 
 
 eputation naturally declined an undertaking, to the performance of which it was 
 
 arcely to 
 
 be hoped that general approbation could be obtained, by any exertion of judgment 
 
 TTTcb a 
 
 n office, my place of residence, my accustomed studies, and my occupation, were 
 
 er.ainly lit 
 
 le suited ; but the partiality of Mr Syme thought me in other respects not unquali- 
 
 made a journey to Liverpool, where they explained and arranged the manuscripts, and 
 fid such as seemed worthy of the press. From this visit I derived a degree of pleasu; 
 
iv DEDICATION 7 . 
 
 has compensated much of my labour. I had the satisfaction of renew ing my personal intercourse 
 with a much valued friend, and of forming an acquaintance with a man closely allied to 
 Burns, in talents as well as in blood, in whose future fortunes the fiiends of virtue will not, I 
 
 The publication of this work has been delayed by obstacles which these gentlemen could 
 neither remove nor foresee, and which it would be tedious to enumerate. At length the task is 
 finished. If the part which I have taken shall Berve the interest of the family, and receive the 
 approbation of good men, I shall have my recompense. The errors into which I have fallen 
 are not, I hope, very important : and they will be easily accounted for by those who know the 
 circumstances under which this undertaking has been performed. Generous minds will re- 
 ceive the posibumous works'of Burns with candour, and even partiality, as the remains of an 
 unfortunate man of genius, published for the benefit of his family, as the stay of the widow, 
 and the hope of the fatherless. 
 
 To secure me suffrages of such minds, all topics are omitted in the writings, and avoided in 
 
 following wo-k, no offence will be received, except by lho6e to whom the natural erect aspect 
 of genius is offensive ; characters that will scarcely be found among those who are educated 
 
 anothtr 
 
 of glory. They will not be found in your service, which in our own days, emul 
 
 tesonan 
 
 element, the superior fame of the Macedonian phalanx, or of the Roman legion, 
 
 and whic 
 
 lately made the shores of Europe and of Africa, resound with the shouts of vie 
 
 cry, fron 
 
 Texel to the Tagus, and from the Tagus to the Nile ! 
 
 
 The works of Burns will be received favourably by one who stands in the for 
 
 most ra 
 
 this noble service, and who deserves his station. On the land or on the sea, i 
 
 know no 
 
 more capable of judging of the character or of the writings of this original ge 
 
 ius. H 
 
 and Shokspeare, and Ossian, cannot always occupy your leisure. This work 
 
 lay some 
 
 engage your attention, while khe steady breezes of the tropic swell your sails, a 
 
 nd in an 
 
 of your early days. Suffer me to hope that they may sometimes recall to your mind the frieni 
 who addresses you, and who bids you moBt affectionately— adieu ! 
 
 J. CURR1E. 
 Liverpool, 1st May, 1800. 
 
CONTENTS. 
 
 PREFATORY REMARKS. 
 
 R. AND CONDITION 
 
 OF THE SCOTTISH PEASANTRY. 
 
 Effects of the legal establishment 
 of parochial schools— of the 
 church establishment — of the ab- 
 sence.of poor laws— of the Scot- 
 tish music and national songs — 
 of the laws respecting marriage 
 and incontinence— Observations 
 on the domestic and national 
 attachment of the Scots . 1 
 
 LIFE OF BURNS. 
 
 Narrative of his infancy and youth, 
 by himself— Narrative on the 
 same subject by his brother, and 
 by Mr Murdoch of London, his 
 teacher — Other particulars of 
 Burns while resident in Ayrshire 
 —History of Burns while resident 
 in Edinburgh, including letters to 
 the Editor trom .Mr Su-wart, and 
 Dr Adair— History of Bums while 
 on the farm of Ellisland, in Dum- 
 fries-shire— History of Burns 
 while resident in Dumfries — his 
 last illness — death— and character 
 — with general reflections . 2 
 
 Memoir respecting Burns, by a 
 lady . . . .57 
 
 Criticism on the Works of Burns, 
 including observations on poetry 
 in the Scottish dialect, and some 
 remarks on Scottish literature . 60 
 
 Tributary Verses on the Death of 
 Burns, by Mr Roscoe . 75 
 
 GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 1. To a Female Friend. Written 
 about the year 1780 . . 81 
 
 2. To the same . . . ib. 
 
 3. To the same ... 82 
 
 4. To the same . ib. 
 
 5. To Mr John Murdoch, 15th Jan. 
 
 
 
 6. Extracts from MSS. Observa- 
 tions on various subjects . i 
 
 7- To Mr Aiken, 1786. Written 
 under distress of mind . i 
 
 8. To MrsDunlop. Thanks for her 
 notice. Praise of her ancestor, 
 Sir William Wallace . . i 
 
 9. To Mrs Stewart of Stair, enclos- 
 
 10. Dr Black 
 
 ock to the Rev. 
 ouraging the Bard 
 
 visit Kdinb 
 
 -irgh, 
 
 and print a ne 
 
 edition oth 
 
 
 
 LI. From Sir 
 
 .h, ,n 
 
 Whitefoord 
 
 2. From the 
 
 K.HV 
 
 Mr Lowrie, 2 
 
 December, 
 
 l7Sri 
 
 Advice to t 
 
 Bard how 
 
 ocori 
 
 duct himself 
 
 the 
 
 Edinburgh 
 
 13. To Mr Chalmers, 27th De- 
 cember, 1786. Praise of Miss 
 
 Burnet of Monboddo . . i 
 
 14. To the Earl of Eglinton, Jan. 
 17S7. Thanks for his patronage . i 
 
 15. To .Airs Dunlop, 15th Jan. 
 17S7. Account of his situation 
 in Edinburgh ... I 
 
 16. ToDr Moore, 1787. Grateful ac- 
 knowledgments of Dr M.'s no- 
 letters to Mrs 
 
 1787. 
 
 Dunlop 
 17. From Dr Moore, 23d Jar 
 
 enclosing a sonnet on the Bard, 
 bv Miss Williams . . . il 
 
 18. To Dr .Moore, 15th February, 
 1787 £ 
 
 19. From Dr Moore, 28th February, 
 1787. Sends the Bard a present 
 of his " View of Society and man- 
 ners," &c. ... ii 
 
 20. To the Earl of Glencairn, 1787. 
 Grateful acknowledgments of 
 kindness c 
 
 21. To the Earl of Buchan, inreplv 
 to a letter of advice . ' . il 
 
 22. Extract concerning the monu- 
 ment erected for Fergusson by our 
 
ompanjing the 
 — , 8 th March 
 
 25. To , ai 
 
 foregoing 
 
 24. Extract from 
 
 1787. Good ad vie 
 
 25. To Mrs Dun lop, 22d March, 
 1787. Respecting his prospects 
 on leaving Edinburgh . £ 
 
 26. To the same, 15th April, 1787. 
 On the same subject . i 
 
 27. To Dr Moore, 23d April, 1787. 
 On the same subject . . i 
 
 2S. Extract to Mrs Dunlop, 30th 
 April. Reply to Criticisms . £ 
 
 29. To the Rev. Dr Blair, 3d 
 May. Written on leaving Edin- 
 burgh. Thanks for his kindness i' 
 
 30. From Dr Blair, 4th May, in re- 
 ply to the preceding . . il 
 
 31. From Dr Moore, 23d May, 
 1787. Criticism and good ad- 
 
 32. From Mr John Hutchison' . £ 
 
 33. To Mr Walker, at Blair of 
 Athole, enclosing the "Humble 
 Petition of Bruar Water to the 
 Duke of Athole" i 
 
 54. To Mr G. Burns, 17ih Sept. 
 Account of his tour through the 
 Highlands . . i 
 
 35. From Mr Ramsay of Ochter- 
 tyre, 22d October, enclosing 
 Latin inscriptions, with transla- 
 tions, and the tale of Omeron 
 Cameron £ 
 
 16. From Mr Walker . £ 
 
 37. From Air A M . 1( 
 
 38. Mr Ramsav to the Rev. W. 
 Young, 22d Oct. introducing our 
 poet i 
 
 5a. ?>Ir Ramsay to Dr Blackiock, 
 27th Oct. Anecdotes of ScottLh 
 Songs for our Poet . . 1( 
 
 10. From Mr John Murdoch, in 
 London, 28 th Oct. in answer to 
 No. 5 i 
 
 11. From Mr , Gordon Castle, 
 
 31st Oct. 1787, acknowledging 
 a song sent to Lady Charlotte 
 Gordon. . . . . i 
 
 42. From the Rev. J. Skinner, 14th 
 November, 1787. Some account 
 of Scottish Poems . . 1( 
 
 •13- From Mrs , 50th Nov. en- 
 
 ir.g Erse Songs, with the 
 
 Mus 
 
 44. To Dalrymple, Esq. Con- 
 gratulation on his becoming a 
 poet. Praise of Lord Glencairn II 
 
 15. To Mrs Dunlop, 21st Jan. 
 1788. Written on recovery frcm 
 
 46. Extract to the same, 12th Feb. 
 1788. Defence of himself: . 1( 
 
 47. To the same, 7th March, 1788. 
 Who had heard that he had ridi- 
 culed her 1 
 
 48. To Mr Cleghorn, 31st March, 
 
 178S, mentioninghis having com- 
 posed the first stanza of the Che- 
 valier's Lament . . 1( 
 
 49. From Mr Cleghorn, 27 fh April, 
 in reply to the above. The Che- 
 valier's Lament in full, in a 
 note ... i 
 
 50. To Mrs Dunlop, 28th April, 
 giving an account of his pro- 
 spects ... 10 
 
 51. From the Rev. J. Skinner, 28th 
 April, 1788, enclosing two songs, 
 one by himself, the other by a 
 Buchan ploughman, the songs 
 printed at large . . i 
 
 52. To Professor D. Stewart, 3d 
 May. Thanks for his friend- 
 ship 1C 
 
 53. Extract to Mrs Dunlop, 4th 
 May. Remarks on Dryden's Vir- 
 gil, and Pope's Odyssey . 1C 
 
 54. To the same, 27th May. Gene- 
 ral Reflections . . il 
 
 55. To the same, at Mr Dunlop's, 
 Haddington, 13th June, 17S8. Ac- 
 
 56. To Mr P. Hill, i 
 of a cheese 
 
 ith i 
 
 
 age 
 
 ib. 
 
 58. Tt the same, 10th August. 
 Farther account of his Marriage 100 
 
 59. To the same, 16ih August. 
 Reflections on Human Life . 110 
 
 60. To R. Graham, Esq. of Fin- 
 try. A petition in ver~ * 
 
 
 111 
 
 61. To Mr P. Hill, 1st Oct. 171. 
 Criticism on a poem, entitled, 
 
 " An address to Loch-Lomond" 115 
 
 62. To Mrs Dunlop, at Moreham 
 Maines, 13th November . lie 
 
 63. To ****, 8th Nov. Defence of 
 the familv of the Stewarts. Base- 
 ness of insulting fallen greatness ib. 
 
 64. To Mrs Dunlop, 17th Dec. 
 with the soldier's song— "Go fetch 
 
 to me a pint of wine" . 114 
 
 65. To Miss Davies, a young Lady 
 who had heard he had been mak- 
 ing a ballad on her, enclosing 
 that ballad . . 115 
 
 66. To Sir John Whitefoord . ib. 
 
 67. From Mr G. Burns, 1st Jan. 
 1789. Reflections suggested by 
 the day ... 116 
 
 68. To .Airs Dunlop. 1st Jan. Re- 
 flections suggested by the day . ib. 
 
 69. To Dr Moore, 4th Jan. Ac- 
 count of his situation and pro- 
 spects ib. 
 
 70. To Bishop Geddes,3d February. 
 Account of his situation and pro- 
 
CONTEXTS. 
 
 as to the publishing Mr Mylne's 
 poems ib. 
 
 72. To Mrs Dunlop, 4th March. 
 Reflections af.er a visit to Edin- 
 burgh . . 118 
 
 73. To the Rev P. Carfrae, in an- 
 swertoNo. 71 . • 119 
 
 74. To Dr Moore. Inclosing a poem ib. 
 
 75. To Mr Hill. Apostrophe to 
 Frugality . . ib. 
 
 76. To ?.Irs Dunlop. "With a sketch 
 
 Right Hon' c! j n Fox er;,e . ' 120 
 
 77. To Mr Cunningham. With 
 the first draught of the poem on 
 
 a Wounded Hare . . 121 
 
 7S. From Dr Gregory. Criticism 
 
 of the poem on a Wounded Hare ib. 
 79. To Mr M'Aulay of Dumbarton. 
 
 Account of his situation . 122 
 
 SO. To Mrs Dunlop. Reflections 
 
 on Religion . . . ib. 
 
 81. From Dr Moore. Good advice 123 
 
 82. From Miss J. Little. A poetess 
 in humble life, with a poem in 
 praise of our Bard . . ib. 
 
 S3. From Mr . Some account 
 
 of Ferguson . . .121 
 
 81. To Mr In answer . ib. 
 
 85. To Mrs Dunlop. Praise of 
 
 Zeluc. 
 
 56. From Dr Blacklock. An epis- 
 tle ir 
 
 S7. To Dr Blacklock. Poetical 
 reply to the above . . ib. 
 
 88. To R. Graham, Esq. Inclos- 
 ing some electioneering ballads ib. 
 
 89. To Mrs Dunlop. Serious and 
 interesting reflet tions . 127 
 
 90. To Sir John Sinclair. Account 
 of a book society among the 
 farmers in Nithsdale . 123 
 
 91. To Mr Gilbert Burns. With 
 a prologue spoken in the Dum- 
 fries Theatre. . . 129 
 
 92. To Mrs Dunlop. Some ac- 
 count of Falconer, author of the 
 Shipwreck . ib. 
 
 93. From Mr Cunningham. In- 
 quiries of our Bard . . 130 
 
 94. To Mr Cunningham. In reply- 
 to the above . . .131 
 
 95. To Mr Hill. Order for books ib. 
 
 96. To .Mrs Dunlop. Remarks on 
 the Lounger, and on the writings 
 
 of Mr Mackenzie . . 132 
 
 97. From Mr Cunningham. Ac- 
 count of the death of .Miss Bur- 
 net of Monboddo . . 153 
 
 98. I'o Dr Moore. Thanks for a 
 present of Zeluco . . ib. 
 
 99. To Mrs Dunlop. Written 
 under wounded pride . . 154 
 
 200 To Mr Cunningham, 8th 
 •^fgust. Aspirations after in- 
 dependence . . ib. 
 
 134 
 
 101. From Dr Blacklock. 1st Sep- 
 tember, 1790. Poetical letter 
 of Friendship 
 
 102. Extract fromMr Ci-- 
 14th October. Suggesting sub- 
 jects for our poet's muse . 13. 
 
 103. To Mr Dunlop, November, 
 
 1790. Congratulations on the 
 bktti of her grand-on . ib 
 
 104. To Mr Cunningham, 23d 
 Jan. 1791, with an elegy on 
 Miss Burnet of Monboddo . ib 
 
 105. I'o Mr Hill. 17th Jan. In- 
 dignant Apostrophe to Poverty 13' 
 
 106. From A. F. Tvtler, Esq. 12th 
 March. Criticism on lam o' 
 Shanter ib 
 
 1C7. To A. F. Tytler, Esq. inreplv 
 to the above . . " 13: 
 
 108. To Mrs Dunlopjth February, 
 
 1791. Enclosing his elegy on 
 Miss Burnet . . ib 
 
 109. To Lady W. M. Constable, 
 acknowledging a present of a 
 
 110. To Mrs Graham of Fintrv, en- 
 closing " Queen Mary's Lament" it 
 
 111. From the Rev. G.'Baird, 8th 
 February, 1781, requesting as- 
 sistance" in publishing the 
 poems of Michael Bruce . it 
 
 112. To the Rev. G. Baird, in re- 
 ply to the above . . 13 
 
 113. To Dr Moore, 28th February, 
 1791, enclosing Tam o' Shan- 
 ter, &e. . . . it 
 
 1U. Fro 
 
 115. To the Rev. A. Alison, 14th 
 Feb., acknowledging his present 
 of the "Essays on the Principles 
 of Taste," with remarks on the 
 book. ... ib. 
 
 116. To Mr Cunningham, 12th 
 March, with a J. ic bite s,,ne, &c. 141 
 
 117. To Mrs Dunlop, 11th April. 
 ComDanson between female 
 
 high and humble 
 
 lth 
 
 life 
 
 118. To Mr Cunningh; 
 June, requesting his interest 
 an oppressed friend 
 
 119. From the Earl of Buch; 
 17th June, 1791, inviting c 
 our Bard to the coronatior 
 the bust cf Thomson on Edi 
 
 120. To the Earl of Euchan, in 
 reply . . i 
 
 121. Frcin the Earl of Buchan, 
 16th Sept. 1671, proposing a 
 subject for our Poet's muse f 1- 
 
 122. To Lady E. Cunningham, en- 
 closing "The Lament for 
 James, Earl of Glencairn" . i 
 
123. To Mr Ainslie. State of his 
 mind after inebriation . h 
 
 124. From Sir John Whitefoord, 
 16th Oct. Thanks for "The 
 Lament on James, Earl of Glen- 
 oairn," . U 
 
 125. From A. F. Tytler, Esq. 27th 
 November, 1791. Criticism on 
 the Whistle and the Lament . i 
 
 126. To MissDavies. Apology for 
 neglecting her commands- 
 moral reflections . . 14 
 
 127. To Mrs Dunlop, 17th Decem- 
 ber, enclosing " lhe song of 
 
 Death" 
 
 131. To Mr Cunningham, 3d March, 
 
 1792. Commissions his arms to 
 be cut on a seal— moral reflec- 
 tions . . 147 
 
 132. To Mrs Dunlop, 22d August. 
 Account of his meeting with 
 Miss L B , and enclos- 
 ing a song on her . . ib. 
 
 133. To Mr Cunningham, 10th 
 Sept. Wild Apostrophe to a 
 Spirit! ... 148 
 
 134. To Mrs Dunlop, 24th Sep- 
 tember. Account of his 
 family ... 150 
 
 135. To Mrs Dunlop. Letter of 
 condolence under affliction . ib. 
 
 136. To Mrs Dunlop, 6th Decem- 
 ber, 1792, with a poem entitled, 
 "The Rights of Woman" . ib. 
 
 137. To .Miss B of Vork, 21st 
 
 March, 1793. Letter of Friend- 
 ship .... 151 
 
 138. To Miss C , August, 
 
 1793. Character and tempera- 
 ment of a poet . . 152 
 
 139. To John M'Murdo, Esq. De- 
 cember, 1793. Repaying money ib. 
 
 140. To Miss B , advising her 
 
 what play to bespeak at the 
 Dumfries Theatre . 153 
 
 141. To a Lady in favour of a Play- 
 er's Benefit . . ib. 
 
 142. Extract to Mr , 1794. 
 
 On his prospects in lhe Excise ib. 
 
 143. To Mrs B . . ib. 
 
 144. To the same. Describes his 
 melancholy feelings . 154 
 
 145. To the same, lending Werter ib. 
 
 146. To the same, on a return of 
 interrupted friendship . ib. 
 
 147. To the same, on a temporary 
 estrangement . . ib. 
 
 148. To John Syme, Esq. Reflec- 
 
 O- 
 
 the happin 
 
 f Mr 
 
 ;, 1796. 
 
 149. To Miss , requesting 
 
 the return of MSS. lent to a de- 
 ceased friend . . 15 
 
 150. To Mr Cunningham, 25lh Feb- 
 ruary, 1794. Melancholy re- 
 flections—cheering prospects of 
 
 a happier world . . il 
 
 151. To Mrs R Supposed 
 
 to be written from " The dead 
 to the living " . .15 
 
 152. To Mrs Dunlop, 15th Decem- 
 ber, 1795. Reflections on the 
 situation of bis family, if he 
 should die— praise of the poem 
 entitled, " The Tax" . il 
 
 153. To the same, in London, 20th 
 December, 1795 . . 15 
 
 154. To Mrs R , 20th January, 
 
 1796. 1 hanks for the travels 
 ofAnacharsis . . It 
 
 155. To Mrs Dunlop, 31st January, 
 1796. Account of the Death of 
 his daughter, and of his own ill 
 health 
 
 156. To Mrs R , 4th Jui 
 
 Apology for not ffoing to the 
 birth-night assembly . . i 
 
 157. To Mr Cunningham, 7th 
 July, 1796. Account of his ill- 
 ness and of his poverty— antici- 
 pation of his death . It 
 
 158. To Mrs Burns. Sea-bathing 
 affords little relief . i 
 
 159. To tors Dunlop, 12th July, 
 1796. Last farewell . i 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 The twa dogs : a tale . . K 
 
 Scotch Drink .... It 
 The author's earnest cry and prayer 
 to the Scotch representatives in 
 the House of Commons . H 
 
 The Holy Fair ... 16 
 
 Death and Dr Hornbook . 1: 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr T 
 
 The Ordination .. . . . to 
 
 The Calf 1! 
 
 Address to the Deil . . V, 
 
 The death and dying words of Poor 
 
 Mailie V, 
 
 Poor Mailie's Elegy . . i 
 
 To J. S*** ... U 
 
 A Dream ... M 
 
 The Vision II 
 
 Address to the Unco Guid, o 
 
 1S3 
 184 
 185 
 
 Rigidly Righteous 
 
 Tam Samson's Elegy ; 
 
 Halloween 
 
 The Auld Farmer's New-year 
 Morning Salutation to his Auld » 
 Mare Maggie . . • . J °<> 
 
 To a Mouse .... 188 
 
 A Winter Night ... ib. 
 
 Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet 190 
 
The Lament . 1! 
 
 Despondency : an Ode • . l! 
 
 Winter: A Dirge 1 
 
 The Cotter's Saturday Night . 
 Man was made to Mourn: A 
 
 A Prayer in the Prospect of Death 1 
 Stanzas on the same occasion . 
 Verses left at a Friend's House . 1 
 The First Psalm ... 
 
 A Praver .... 
 
 The first six verses of the Nine- 
 tieth Psalm . 
 To a Mountain Daisie . • 1 
 
 To Ruin 
 
 To Miss L , with Beattie's 
 
 Poems, for a New- Year's Gift 
 
 Epistle to a Young Friend . 1 
 
 On a Scotch Bard gone to the West 
 
 Indie: 
 
 To 
 
 . Luu, 
 
 oG- 
 
 H_ 
 
 Lady's Bonnet at Church . 20 
 Address to Edinburgh . . 20 
 Epistle to J. Lapraik, an old Scot- 
 tish Bard .... it 
 To the same .... 20 
 
 Epistle to W. S , Ochiltree 20 
 
 Epistle to J." R , enclosing 
 
 some Poems ... 20 
 
 John Barleycorn : A Ballad . 20 
 A Fragment, ' When Guildford 
 
 good our Pilot stood,' . . il 
 
 Song, « It was upon a Lammas 
 
 Night' . . . . 2C 
 
 Song, ' Now westlin winds, and 
 
 slaught'ringguns, . . il 
 
 Song, ' Behind yon hills where 
 
 Lugar flows,' . . . 2C 
 
 Green grows the Rashes : A Frag- 
 
 Song, 'Again rejoicing Nature 
 
 Song- ' The gloomy Night is gather- 
 ing fast' .... 21 
 Song, ' From thee, Eliza, I must 
 
 go' il 
 
 The Farewell, to the Brethren of 
 
 St James's Lodge, Tarl.olton 21 
 Song, ' No Churchman am I for to 
 
 rail and to write . . it 
 
 Written in Friar's Carse Hermitage il 
 
 Ode to the .Memory of Mrs , 
 
 of .... 21 
 
 Elegy on Captain Matthew Hender- 
 son il 
 
 Lament of ?.! arv Cjueen of Scots 2 i 
 To Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry 21 
 Lament for James, Earl of Glen- 
 Lines sent to Sir John Whitefoord, 
 
 with the foregoing Poem . 
 Tam o' Shanter : A Tale 
 On seeing a wounded Hare a fellow 
 
 had Shot at . 
 Address to_the Shade of Thomson 217 
 
 Epitaph en a celebrated Ruling 
 "'der 218 
 
 — on a noisy Polemic . ib. 
 on Wee Johnny . ib. 
 
 — for the Auihor's Father ib. 
 
 for R. A. Esq. . ib. 
 
 for G. H. E = q. . ib. 
 
 A Bard's Epitaph ... ib. 
 
 On Captain Grose's Peregrina- 
 
 Dn Miss Crui'kshanks ' '. '. 219 
 
 song, ' Anna, thy charms my 
 bosom fire, ... ib. 
 
 On the death of John M'Leod, 
 Esq. ib. 
 
 Humble Petition of Bruar Water 220 
 
 On Scaring some Water Fowl . ib. 
 
 Written at the Inn in Tavmouth 221 
 at the Fall of Fyers . ib. 
 
 On the Birth of a Posthumous Child ib. 
 
 The Whistle .... 222 
 
 Second Epistle to Davie, a Brother 
 Poet 223 
 
 On my Early Days ... ib. 
 
 Song, ' In Mauchline there dwells 
 six proper \oung Belles ' . 224 
 
 On the Death of Sir James Hunter 
 Blaif ..... ib. 
 
 Written on the blank leaf of a copy 
 ot the Poems presented to an old 
 Sweetheart then married . ib. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars : A Cantata 225 
 
 "" e Kirk's Alarm : A Satire . 228 
 etwa Herds . . . 229 
 
 The Henpecked Husband . 230 
 
 Elegy on the year 1778 . . ib. 
 
 " ;es written on the Window of 
 le Inn at Carron ■ . ib. 
 
 Lines delivered by Burns on his 
 
 Death-bed .... ib 
 ^ines delivered by Burns at a Meet- 
 ing of the Dumfries-shire Volun- 
 
 Address to W. Tytler, Esq. . 2' 
 
 i Gentleman who had sent a 
 
 ewspaper and offered to con- 
 
 lue it .... 2' 
 
 On Pastoral poetry . . i 
 
 "l New Year's day . 2< 
 
 On Mr William Smellie . 2 
 On the Death ot Mr Riddel . i 
 nscription for an altar to indepen- 
 dence i 
 
 Monody on a Lady famed for her 
 
 Answer to a Surveyor's mandate 2< 
 Impromptu on Mrs 's Birth- 
 day 2'i 
 
 To Miss Jessy L . i 
 
 To .Mr .Mitchell 
 
 To a Gentleman whon 
 
 fended 
 On Life, addressed 
 
Address to the Tooth-ache . 24 
 To R. Graham, Esq. od receiving a 
 
 favour . . . .25 
 
 Epitaph on a Friend . . il 
 
 Grace before Dinner . . il 
 
 On Sensibility, to Mrs Dunlop i] 
 
 On taking leave at a place in the 
 
 Highlands .... 25 
 Written in Friars-Carse Hermitage, 
 
 on Nithside . . . . 1C 
 Epistle to R. Graham, Ksq. . 11 
 On seeing a Wounded Hare . IS 
 To Dr Blacklock . . . IS 
 
 Prologue ... 15 
 
 Elegy on the late Miss Burnet of 
 
 Monboddo .... 13 
 The Rights of Woman . . It 
 Address, spoken by Miss Fon- 
 
 tenelle 1' 
 
 INDEX TO THE POETRY, 
 
 Adieu ! a heart-warm, fond 
 
 adieu! 211 
 
 Admiring Nature in her wildest 
 
 grace 221 
 
 Adown winding Nith I did wan- 
 der 274 
 
 Again rejoicing Nature sees . 209 
 Again the silent wheels of lime 198 
 A guid New-year I wish thee, 31ag- 
 
 gie I . . . 188 
 
 Ah ope, Lord Gregory, thy door 262 
 All hail ! inexorable lord . 198 
 
 Among the heathy hills and ragged 
 
 woods . 221 
 
 Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy 
 
 December .... 239 
 An' O for ane and twenty, Tarn 237 
 An honest man here lies'at rest 250 
 Anna, thv charms mv bosom fire 219 
 A rose-bud by my early walk . 232 
 As down the burn they took their 
 
 way 277 
 
 As I stood by yon roofless tower 241 
 As Mailie and her lambs thegither 177 
 Awa wi' your witchcraft o' beauty's 
 
 alarms .... 241 
 
 A' ye wha live by soups o* drink 199 
 Beauteous rose-bud, young and gay 219 
 Behind yon hills where Lugar 
 
 flows 209 
 
 Behold the hour, the boat arrives 276 
 Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes 218 
 Blvthe, blythe and merry was she 232 
 Blythe hae I been on yon hill . 2C9 
 Bonnie wee thing, cannie wee 
 
 thing 237 
 
 But lately seen in gladsome green 290 
 By Allan stream I chanced to rove 273 
 By yon castle wa', at the close of 
 
 the day .... 141 
 
 Canst thou leave me thus, my 
 
 Katy . . 294 
 
 Ca' the yowes to the knowes . 285 
 Clarinda, mistress of my soul . 233 
 Come let me take thee to my breast 274 
 Contented wi' little and canty wi' 
 
 mair 294 
 
 Curs'd be the man, the poorest 
 wretch in life . . . 230 
 
 Dear S , the sleest, paukie thief 178 
 
 Deluded swain, the pleasure . 281 
 Does haughty Gaul invasion threat 248 
 Duncan Gray came here to woo 260 
 Dweller in von dungeon dark . 212 
 E dina! Scotia's darling seat . * 202 
 Expect na, Sir, in this narration 200 
 Fairest maid on Devon banks . 304 
 Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face 200 
 Farewell thou stream that wind- 
 ing flows .... 268 
 Farewell thou fair doy, thon green 
 
 earth, and ye skies . . 50 
 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped 240 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among 
 
 thy green braes . . . 239 
 For lords, or kings I dinna mourn 230 
 Forlorn, my love, no comfort near 301 
 Friend of the Poet, tried and leal 248 
 From thee, Eliza, I must go . 210 
 Gane is the day, and mirk's the 
 
 night 236 
 
 Go fetch to me a pint o' wine . 114 
 Green grow the rashes, O . 209 
 
 Guid morning to your Majesty . 179 
 Had I a cave on some wild uistant 
 
 shore ..... 273 
 Hail, Poesy ! thou Nymph re- 
 served 243 
 
 Ha ! whare ye gaun, ye crowlin 
 
 ferlie 201 
 
 Has auld K seen the 
 
 Deil 184 
 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither 
 
 Scots 218 
 
 Here awa, there awa, wandering 
 
 Willie 263 
 
 The same altered . . . 264 
 
 Here Souter in death does 
 
 sleep 21 8 
 
 He who of R— k-n sang, lies stiff 
 
 and dead . . - . 23C 
 
 Here is the glen, and here the 
 
 bower 284 
 
 Here's a health to -tie I lo'e dear 304 
 Here, where the Scottish Muse im- 
 mortal lives . . . 284 
 How can my poor heart be glad 285 
 How cold is that bosom which folly 
 once fired .... 245 
 
 How cruel are the parents . 299 
 How long and dreary is the night 289 
 Hew pleasant the banks of the clear- 
 winding Devon 
 Husband, husband cease your strife 283 
 I call no goddess to inspire mv 
 strains ... . . . 250 
 
 I gaed a waefu' gate yeJ-treen . 234 
 I gat vour letter, winsome Willie 204 
 I hae 'a wife o' mine ain 45 
 
I 
 
 I Iang hae thought, my youfhfu' 
 
 friend 199 
 
 I mind it weel, in early date . . 223 
 I'm three times doubly o'er your 
 
 debtor ib. 
 
 In Mauchline there dwells six pro- 
 per young belles , . . 224 
 In simmer when the hay was mawn 237 
 Inhuman man! curse on thy bar- 
 barous art .... 217 
 Instead of a song, boys, I'll give you 
 
 a toast 230 
 
 I sing of a whistle, a whistle of 
 
 worth ..... 222 
 Is there a whim-inspired fool . 218 
 Is there, for honest poverty . 296 
 It was the charming month of May 291. 
 It was upon a Lammas night . 208 
 Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss . 249 
 John Anderson my jo, John . 235 
 Keen blaws the wind o'er Donnocht 
 
 head 288 
 
 Ken you ought o ' Captain Grose 250 
 tvilmarnock wabsters, fidge an' 
 
 claw 174 
 
 Kind Sir, I've read your paper 
 
 through 243 
 
 Know thou, O stranger to the fame 218 
 Lament in rhyme, lament in prose 177 
 Lassie wi' the" lintwhite locks . 291 
 Last May a braw wooer cam down 
 
 the lang glen .... 302 
 Late crippled of an arm, and now a 
 
 leg 214 
 
 Let me wander where I will . 282 
 Let not a woman e'er complain 289 
 Let other poets raise a fracas . 165 
 Long, long the night . . 298 
 
 Loud blaw the frosty breezes . 231 
 Louis, what reck I by thee . 240 
 Mark yonder pcmp of costly fashion 299 
 Maxwell, if merit here you crave 287 
 Musing on the roaring ocean . 232 
 My ChloriSj mark how green the 
 
 groves 290 
 
 My curse upon your venom'd stang 249 
 My heart is a-breaking, dear tit- 
 
 My heart is sair, I darena tell . 240 
 My honoured Colonel, deep I feel 248 
 My lord, I know vmr noble ear 220 
 My loved, my honour'd, much re- 
 spected friend ... 193 
 My Peggy's face, my Peggy's form 250 
 Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair 246 
 No churchman am I for to rail and 
 
 No more of your guests, be they 
 
 titled or not 
 No more, ye warbiers of the wood, 
 
 Now in her green mantle blythe 
 
 nature arrays .... 
 Now Nature hangs her mantle 
 
 Now simmer blinks on flowery 
 
 Now spring has clad the grove in 
 
 green 300 
 
 ow rosy May comes in wi' flowers 275 
 ow westlin 1 winds and slaughter- 
 ing guns 208 
 
 O a* ye pious godly flocks . ... 229 
 O bonny was yon rosy brier . 301 
 O cam ye here the fight to shun 244 
 O condescend, dear charming maid 282 
 O death ! thou tyrant fell and 
 
 bloody ..... 212 
 O gin my love were yon red rose 269 
 Of a 1 the airts the wind can blaw 234 
 O had the malt thy strength of mind 24S 
 Oh open the door, some pity to 
 
 show 263 
 
 O ken ye what Meg o' the Mill has 
 
 gotten 265 
 
 Lassie art thou sleeping yet . 297 
 leeze me on my spinning wheel 237 
 O leeze me on my wee thing . 259 
 Old Winter with his frosty beard 247 
 O Logan, sweetly didst thou glide 269 
 " ' ve will venture in where it. 
 
 rena weel be seen . . 238 
 O Mary, at thy window be . 263 
 O Mav, thy mom was ne'er sae 
 sweet ..... 241 
 mirk, mirk is this midnight hour 262 
 mickle thinks my love c' my 
 beauty ..... 236 
 „ my luve's like a red red rose . 241 
 Once fondly loved, and still remem- 
 
 ber'ddear .... 224 
 
 O poortith cauld, and restless love 260 
 
 OPbilly, happvbethatday . 293 
 
 Oppress'd with grief, oppiessd 
 
 with care .... 192 
 
 O rough, rude, ready-witted R 204 
 
 Orthodox, orthodox, wha believe in 
 John Knox .... 228 
 
 O saw ye bonny Lesly . . 258 
 O saw ye my dear, my Phely . 288 
 O stay, sweet warbling woodlark, 
 stay ...... 298 
 
 O tell na me o' wind and rain . 297 
 O this is no my ain lassie . . 300 
 O Thou dread Power who reign'st 
 
 above 197 
 
 O Thou Great Being, what thou 
 
 O Thou pale orb, that silent shines 191 
 O Thou, the first, the greatest friend 197 
 O Thou unknown. Almighty Cause 196 
 O thou ! whatever title suit thee 176 
 O Thou who kindly dost provide 250 
 O Tibbie, I hae seen the day . 233 
 O wat ye wha's in yon town . 241 
 O wha is she that lo'es me . 249 
 O were I on Parnassus' hill . 234 
 O were my love von lilach fair . 270 
 O whistle and I'll come to you, my 
 
 lad 273 
 
 A variation in the chorus . . 30O, 
 O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut 234 
 O wert thou in the cauld blast . 247 
 O ye wha are sae guid yoursel . 183 
 
O ye whose cheek the tear of pity 
 
 stains 218 
 
 Raving winds around her blowing 232 
 Revered defender of beauteous 
 
 Stuart 242 
 
 Right Sir ! your text I'll prove it 
 
 true 175 
 
 Sad thy tale, thou idle page . 21 9 
 Sae flaxen were her ringlets . 286 
 Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled 279 
 ■ i !ity how charming . . 250 
 She is a winsome wee thing . 258 
 She's fair and fause that causes my 
 
 smart 233 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot 278 
 Sing on, sweet thrush, upon thy leaf- 
 less bough ....'- 
 Sir, as your mandate did request 246 
 Sleep'st thou, or wakest thou, fairest 
 
 Slow spreads the gloom my soul de- 
 sires 239 
 
 Some books are lies frae end to end 170 
 Stop, passenger ! my story's brief 213 
 Stay, my charmer, can you leave me 231 
 Stay, my Willie— yet believe me 294 
 Streams that glide in orient plains 43 
 Sweet fa's the eve on Cragie-bum 296 
 Sweet flow'ret, pledge o' meikle 
 
 love 221 
 
 The Catrine woods were yellow 
 
 seen 234 
 
 The day returns, my bosom burns 233 
 The friend whom wild from wis- 
 dom's way .... 248 
 The gloomy night is gath'ring fast 210 
 The hunter lo'es the morning sun 260 
 The lamp of day. with ill-presaging 
 
 glare 224 
 
 Their groves o' sweet myrtle let 
 
 foreign lands reckon . . 298 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow 
 
 of the hill .... 233 
 The lovely lass o' Inverness . 240 
 The man, in life, wherever placed 197 
 
 The poor man weeps— here G n 
 
 sleeps 218 
 
 The simple Bard, rough at the rus- 
 tic plough . . . . 172 
 The small birds rejoice in the preen 
 
 leaves returning . . . 104 
 The smiling spring comes in rejoic- 
 ing 240 
 
 The sun had closed the winter day 180 
 The Thames flows proudly to the 
 
 sea 235 
 
 The wind blew hollow frae the lulls 215 
 The wintry west extends his blast 193 
 There's auld Rob Moms that wons 
 
 in yon glen .... 260 
 There's braw, braw lads on Yarrow 
 
 braes 261 
 
 There was a lass and she was fair 270 
 There was once a day, but old Time 
 
 was then yoang . . . 242 
 There were three kings into the 
 east .•'.... 207 
 
 They snool me sair, and haud me 
 
 down 237 
 
 Thickest night o'erhangs my dwell- 
 ing 231 
 
 Thine am I, my faithful fair . 282 
 Thine be the volumes, Jessy fair 247 
 This day, Time winds th' exhausted 
 
 chain 244 
 
 Thou hast left me ever, Jamie . 278 
 Thou of an independent mind . 245 
 Thou sweetest minstrel of the grove 282 
 Thou whom chance may hither lead 21 1 
 Thou, who thy honour as thy God 
 
 reverest . . . . . 215 
 ,'dship's pledge, my young 
 
 fair friend . . . . 301 
 
 to Crochallan came . 245 
 
 'Twas e'en, the dewy fields were 
 
 green 31 
 
 'T was in that place o' Scotland's isle 1 63 
 True hearted was he, the sad swain 
 
 o' the Yarrow ... 264 
 
 Turn again, thou fair Eliza . 237 
 'Twas na her bonnie blue e'e was 
 
 my ruin 298 
 
 Upon a simmer Sunday morn . 168 
 Upon that night, when fairies light 185 
 We cam na here to view your warks 230 
 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flower 198 
 Wee> sleekit, cow'rin, tim'rous 
 
 beastie 189 
 
 What can a young lassie, what shall 
 
 a young lassie . . , 236 
 
 When biting Boreas, fell and doure 183 
 When chapman billies leave the 
 
 street ..... 215 
 When chill November's surly blast 195 
 When Death's dark stream I ferry ' 
 
 o'er 251 
 
 When Guilford good our pilot stood 207 
 When lyart leaves bestrew the yird 225 
 When o'er the hill the eastern star 256 
 When wild war's deadly blast was 
 
 blawn 365 
 
 Where are the joys I hae met in the 
 
 morning . . . . . 278 
 The same with an additional stanza 280 
 Where braving angry winter's 
 
 storms . . . . . 252 
 Where Cart rins rowin to the sea 240 
 While briers an' woodbines budding 
 
 green 202 
 
 While larks with little wing . 272 
 While new-ca'd kye rout at the 
 
 stake 203 
 
 While virgin flood 217 
 
 While winds frae aff Ben Lomond 
 
 blaw 190 
 
 Whoe'er thou art, O reader, know 218 
 Why am I loath to leave this earthly 
 
 scene 196 
 
 Why, why tell thy lover . . 302 
 Why, ye tenants of the lake . W.O 
 Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed 23S 
 Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary 257 
 Wilt thou be my dearie . . 239 
 The same 283 
 
With musing deep, astonish'd stare i 
 Ye banks, and braes, &c. . S 
 Ye banks and braes o' bonny Doon S 
 Ye Irish lords . . ] 
 
 ME THOMSON AND JIR BURNS. 
 
 1. Mr Thomson to Mr Burns. 1792. 
 Desiring the Bard to furnish 
 verses for some of the Scottish 
 airs, and to revise former songs 255 
 
 2. Mr B. to Mr T. Promising as- 
 
 3. MrT. to Mr B. With some tunes 256 
 
 4. Mr B. to MrT. With 'The 
 Lee Rig,' and '-.Will ye go to the 
 Indies, mv Mary' . . ib. 
 
 5. Mr B. to Mr T. With « My 
 wife's a -winsome wse thing," and 
 'O saw ve bonny Lesley' . 257 
 
 6. Mr B. to Mr T. With < High- 
 land Mary* .... 258 
 
 7. Mr T. to Mr B. Thanks and 
 critical observations . . 259 
 
 8. Mr B. to Mr T. With an addi- 
 tional stanza ' The lee Rig - " ib. 
 
 9. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'Auld 
 Rob Morris' and 'Duncan Gray' 260 
 
 10. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'O 
 Poortith Cauld,' &c. and'Gaila 
 
 24. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Blythe^*' 
 hae I been on yon hill' s . 268 
 
 25. Mr B. to Mr T. With c O 
 Logan, sweetly didst thou glide' 
 
 — « O gin my love,' &c. . 269 
 5. Mr T. to Mr B. Enclosing a 
 note-Thanks . . . 270 
 
 27. .Mr B. to Mr T. With ' There 
 was a lass and she was fair ' . ib- 
 
 28. Mr B. to Mr T. Hurt at the 
 idea of pecuniary recompense — 
 
 press: 
 
 ) Mr 
 
 Musical e 
 
 271 
 
 ib. 
 
 Wate 
 
 ib. 
 
 11. Mr T. to Mr B. Jan. 1793. 
 Desiring anecdotes on the origin 
 of particular songs. Tytler of 
 Woodhouselee— Pl'evel— sends P. 
 Pindar's ' Lord Gregory.' Post- 
 script from the Hon. A". Erskkie 261 
 
 12. Mr B. to Mr T. Has Mr Tyt- 
 ler 's anecdotes, and means to 
 give his own— sends his own 
 
 • Lord Gregory' . . 262 
 
 15. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Mary 
 Morrison' .... 263 
 
 14. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Wan- 
 dering Willie' ... ib. 
 
 15. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Open 
 the door tome, Oh!' . ib. 
 
 16. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Jussie' 264 
 
 17. Mr T. to Mr B. With a list of 
 songs, and ' Wandering Willie' 
 altered .... ib. 
 
 18. Mr B. to Mr T. ' When wild 
 war's,' &e. and' Meg o' the Mill' 2fi5 
 
 19. Mr B. to Mr T. Voice of 
 Cdila— criticism— Origin of ' The 
 Lass o' Patie's Mill' . . ib. 
 
 20. Mr T. to Mr B. . . 267 
 
 21. Mr B. to Mr T. Simplicity re- 
 quisite in a song — one poet should 
 not mangle the works of another ib. 
 
 22. Mr B. to Mr T. ' Farewell, 
 thou stream that winding flows' — 
 Wishes that the national musk: 
 may preserve its native features 268 
 
 23. Mr T. to Mr B. Thanks and 
 observations ... ib. 
 
 30. Mr B. to Mr T. For Mr 
 Clarke .... 272 
 
 31. MrB. to MrT. With'Phillis 
 the fair ' . . . ib. 
 
 32. MrT. to Mr B. Mr Allan- 
 Drawing from ' John Anderson 
 my jo' .... ib. 
 
 33. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'Had I 
 
 to Scotland and Ireland . ib. 
 
 34. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' By Al- 
 n stream I chanced to rove' 273 
 
 35. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'Whis- 
 tle and I'll come to you, my lad,' 
 and • Awa wi' your belles and your 
 beauties' .... ib 
 
 36. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'come 
 
 let me take thee to my breast' 274 
 
 37. Mr B. to Ivlr T. ' Daintie Davie' 275 
 
 38. Mr T. to Mr B. Delighted 
 with the productions of Burns' 
 muse ib. 
 
 39. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Bruce 
 
 to his troops at Bannockburn' ib. 
 
 40. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'Be- 
 hold the hour the boat arrive' 276 
 
 41. Mr T.to MrB. Observations 
 
 on ' Bruce to his troops' . ib. 
 
 42. Mr B. to Mr T. Remarks on 
 songs in Mr T.'s list^His ,oim 
 method of forming a song — 
 * Thou hast left me ever, Jamie' 
 — 'Where are the joys I hae met 
 
 in the morning' — 'auld langsyne' 277 
 
 43. Mr B. to Mr T. With a varia- 
 tion of ' Bannockburn' . 279 
 
 44. MrT. to MrB. Thanks and 
 observations ... ib. 
 
 45. Mr B. to Mr T. ' On Ban- 
 nockburn*— sends ' Fair Jenny" 280 
 
 46. MrB. to MrT. With 'Delud- 
 ed swain, the pleasure'— Remarks 281 
 
 47. .Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Thine 
 am I, my faithful fair"—' O con- 
 descend, dear charming maid' — 
 — ' The nightingale' — ' Laura' — 
 (the three last by G. Turnbull) ip 
 
 48- Mr T. to Mr B. Apprehen- 
 sions— Thanks . . . 283 
 
 49. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'Hus- 
 band, husband, cease your strife' 
 and ' Wilt thou be my dearie' ib. 
 
 50. Mr T. to Mr B. 1794. Mel- 
 ancholy comparison between 
 
Burns and Carlini— Mr Allan 
 has begun a sketch from the Cot- 
 tar's Saturday Night . 2 J 
 
 51. Mr B. to Mr T. Praise of Mr 
 Allan—' Banks of Cree' . 2S 
 
 52. Mr B. to Mr T. Pleyel in 
 France—' Here where the Scot- 
 
 sented to Miss Graham 
 . try, 
 
 ss,' pre- 
 of fin. 
 
 55. Mr T. to Mr B. Does not ex- 
 pect to hear from Pleyel soon, 
 but desires to be prepared with 
 the poetry . . . . : 
 
 54. Mr B. to Mr T. With * On the 
 
 seas and far away' 
 55- Mr T. to Mr B. Criticism 2 
 
 56. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Cu' 
 the yowes to the knowes' 
 
 57- Mr B. to Mr T. With 'She 
 says she loes of a'— '0 let me 
 in,' &c Stanza to Br Maxwell 2 
 
 58- Mr T. to Mr B. Advising him 
 to write a Musical Drama . 5 
 
 59. Mr T. to Mr B. Has boen ex- 
 amining Scottish collections — 
 Ritson— Difficult to obtain an- 
 cient melodies in their original state 
 
 60. Mr B. to Mr T. Recipe for 
 producing a love-song—' Saw ye 
 my Phely'— Remarks and anec- 
 dotes— 'How long and dreary is 
 the night'—' Let not woman e'er 
 complain'— • The lover's morn- 
 ing salute to his mistress'—' The 
 Auld Man'-' Keen blaws the 
 wind o'er Donnochthead,' in a note 288 
 
 61. Mr T. to Mr B. Wishes he 
 knew the inspiring Fair One — 
 Ritson 's historical essay not inte- 
 resting — Allan — Maggie Lauder 290 
 
 62. Mr B. to Mr T. Has begun his 
 Anecdotes, &c — 'My Chloris 
 mark how green the groves' — 
 Love — ' It was the charming 
 month of May'—' Lassie wi' the 
 lint-white locks'— History of the 
 Air ' Ye banks and braes o' bon- 
 ny Doon'— James Miller— Clarke 
 —The black keys— Instances of 
 the difficulty of tracing the origin 
 
 67. Mr B. to Mr T. 1795. With 
 ' For a' that an a' that' and'' Sweet 
 fa's the eve on Craigiebum' 296 
 
 38. Mr T. to Mr B. Thanks . 297 
 
 39. Mr B. to Mr T. 'O Lassie, 
 art thou sleeping yet,' and the 
 Answer .... ib. 
 
 70. Mr B. to Mr T. 'Dispraise of 
 Ecclefechan' ... ib. 
 
 71. Mr T. to Mr B. Thanks . ib, 
 
 72. Mr B. to Mr T. « Address to 
 the Woodlark'— ' On Chloris be- 
 ing ill'—' Their groves o' sweet 
 myrtle,' &c. — ' Twas na her bon- 
 ny blue e'e,' &c. . . 298 
 
 73. Mr T. to Mr B. With Allan's 
 design from ' The Cottar's Satur- 
 day Night' .... 299 
 
 74. Mr B. to Mr T. With « How 
 cruel are the parents,' and 
 ',Mark yonder pomp of costly 
 
 fashio 
 75. Mr B. to Mr T. Thanks for 
 
 ib. 
 
 77. Mr B. to Mr J'. " Wi'th an im- 
 „ provement in ' Whistle and I'll 
 
 come to you, my lad'— '.O this is 
 
 has clad our groves in green*—' O 
 bonny was yon rosie brier' — * 'Tis 
 . Friendship's pledge, my young, 
 fair friend' 500 
 
 78. Mr T. to Mr B. Introducing 
 Dr Brianton ... 301 
 
 79. Mr B. to Mr T. ' Forlorn my 
 
 of ancient airs ... ib. 
 
 63. Mr T. to Mr B. With three 
 copies of the Scottish airs . 292 
 
 64. Mr B. to Mr T. With 'O 
 Philly, happy be that day"— start- 
 ing note—' Contented wi' little, 
 and cantie wi 1 mair' — ' Canst 
 thou leave me thus, my Katy' — 
 (The reply, ' Stay my Willlie— 
 yet believe me,' in a note) — Stock 
 and horn .... 293 
 
 65. Mr T. to Mr B. Praise— Desires 
 more songs of the humurous cast 
 — Means to- have a picture from 
 
 loi 
 
 mfort n. 
 
 „„. Mr B. to Mr T, ' Last May a 
 braw,' &c— ' Why, why tell thy 
 lover,' a fragment ... 31 
 
 81. Mr T. to Mr B. . . i 
 
 82. Mr T. to Mr B. 1796. After 
 an awful pause . . 3( 
 
 83. Mr B. to Mr T. Thanks for P. 
 Pindar, ,&c. — ' Hey for a lass wi' 
 
 ib. 
 
 85. Mr B. to Mr T. Afflicted by 
 sickness, but pleased with Mr 
 Allan's etchings . . it 
 
 86. Mr. T. to Mr B. Sympathy- 
 encouragement . . 3G 
 
 87. Mr B. to Mr T. With ' Here's 
 
 a health to ane I lo'e dear' . il 
 
 i8. Mr B. to Mr T. Introducing 
 Mr Lewars — Has taken a fancy to 
 review his songs — hopes to re- 
 
 89. Mr B. to Mr;*T. .Dreadingrthe 
 horrors of a jail, solicits the ad- 
 vance of five pounds, and encloses 
 
 ' Fairest maid on Devon banks' i 
 
 90. Mr T. to Mr B. Sympathy— 
 . Advises a volume of poetry to be 
 
 published by subscription, Pope 
 published the Iliad so . 3( 
 
ROBERT BURNS: 
 
 A CRITICISM ON HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS. 
 
 OBSERVATIONS ON THE SCOTTISH PEASAN'TKY". 
 
LIFE 
 
 ROBERT BURNS. 
 
 PREFATORY REMARKS. 
 
 THOUGH the dialect in which many of the 
 happiest effusions of Rorert Barns are com- 
 posed, be peculiar to Scotland, jet his reputa- 
 
 as the offspring of original genius, by persons 
 of taste in every part of the sister islands. The 
 
 hich both divisions of 
 , and which, in a coo- 
 ded from the eve of the 
 
 
 the seat of two ni 
 
 Union, Scotland, t 
 
 and children from penury, are printed and pub- 
 lished in England. It seems proper, therefore, 
 
 but also by natives of England, and™" other 
 countries where the English language is spjken 
 
 Robert Burns was in reality what he has 
 
 generally intelligible, it seems, therefore, ad- 
 apter and situation of the order to which he 
 belonged,-a class of men distinguished bymany 
 peculiarities : by this means we shall form a 
 more correct notion of the advantages with 
 which he started, and of the obstacles which he 
 surmounted. A few observations on the Scot- 
 tish peasantry will not, perhaps, be found 
 
 in every branch of philosophy and literature; 
 and her history, while a separate and indepen- 
 dent nation, has been successfully explored. 
 But the present character of the people was not 
 then formed ; the nation then presented features 
 similar to those which the feudal system and 
 the catholic religion had diffused over Europe, 
 modified, indeed, bv the peculiar nature of bet 
 territory and climaie. The Reformation, by 
 
 on the national character, w"as%e\dny P fo°lo U wed 
 by the Accession of the Scottish mouarchs to 
 the English throne; and the period which 
 
 toy has been in a'gUatme^ure formed, thoogh 
 
 the political causes affecting it are to be traced 
 to the previous acts of her separate legislature. 
 A slight acquaintance with the peasantry of 
 Scotland, will serve to convince an unpreju- 
 diced observer, that they possess a degree of 
 intelligence not generally found among the same 
 
 In the very humblest condition of the Scottish 
 peasants, every one c 
 
 skilled in writing and anth- 
 er the disguise of their uncouth 
 
 These advantages they owe to the legal pro- 
 
 1646, for the establishment of a school in 
 every parish throughout the kingdom, for the 
 express purpose of educating the" poor ; a law 
 which may challenge comparison with ai.y act 
 of legislation to be found in the records of his- 
 tory, whether we consider the wisdom cf the 
 ends in view, the simplicity of the mtar.s em- 
 ployed, or the provisions made to render these 
 
 lenT'statnte was repealeS U on°the accession of 
 
 Charles II. in 1660, together with all the 
 other laws passed during the commonwealth, 
 
 slept during the reigns of Charles and James, 
 but was re-enacted precisely in the same terms, 
 by the Scottish parliament, after the Revolution 
 
 • J -ith the peace and security arising 
 
 from that 
 
 appy c 
 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBEAEY. 
 
 The church-estafc 
 
 * The importance of the national establish- 
 
 peeting it, e-peeiaily as the subject has escaped 
 
 By°aa" "t of the king (James VI. ) and privy 
 council, of the 10th of December, 1616, it was 
 recommended to the bishops to deale and travel 
 ■with the heritors (land proprietors), and the 
 
 e fixinj 
 
 parish. 
 I. (the ac 
 
 a parish, or of a majority of the inhabi 
 the heritors refused to attend the mee 
 assess every plough of land (that is 
 farm, in proportion to the number of 
 up.jn it) with a certain sum for establi 
 
 
 >ve L. 11, 2s. 3d. e 
 
 rated for the snppor 
 
 the clergy, and 
 
 the land-tax. But in case the heritors of any 
 
 parish, <<r lii.- aiajurity <A (ht-m, -hould fail to 
 
 n.-eharire this duty, then the persons forming 
 
 what is called the Commit!:- »! -■ , 
 
 cu.ity, i consisting of the principal land'liobier^ 
 
 'f'Myrneofthem, are authorised by the sta' ' 
 
 to impose the assessment instead of them, 
 
 the representation of the presbytery in -wl 
 
 the parish is situated. To secure the choic 
 
 a proper teacher, the right of 
 
 made subject to 
 esbytery of th( 
 
 , lui 22, 
 
 urolof the 
 
 the approbation of the presbytery ; who, if they 
 
 shment of Scot! 
 
 and is 877 ; and if we allow the salary of 
 pounds Sterl 
 
 ,.• L. (11311 S 
 laid by the 
 
 ng. Ifw 
 
 sup- 
 
 probably beyond 
 le truth, the total of the expences among 
 ,526,492 persons fthe whole population of 
 icotland) of this most important establishment 
 will be L. IS, 417. But on this, as well as on 
 meeting Scotlan ' 
 
 Analysis of h 
 
 he immortal i 
 
 xpected fro 
 
 which will 
 
 f the poor, w 
 
 Scotland from the in. 
 as soon felt J and by an 
 
 6, it is enacted, " that of the moneys arising 
 from the sale of the Scottish estates, forfeited 
 in the rebellion of 17 15, L. 2,000 sterling shall 
 
 for propagati 
 
 porat.-d in 17 
 th.-ir fu:.d foi 
 
 bv them, in supp 
 Highlands and I 
 
 4 for the same purpose. By their re- 
 May, 1795, the annual sum employed 
 
 Lv them, in supporting their schools in ihe 
 
 aught the E 
 g, and the 
 lis of the i 
 
 i, that though they may often 
 o feed and clothe them, some 
 
 
 
 
 ear 169S, Fletcher of 
 
 Saltoun dec 
 
 
 1 a_- fo 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 r to door. And thoush 
 
 
 >f l 
 
 
 perhaps double to what 
 
 it was form 
 
 rlv 
 
 l,. r»a 
 
 on of this present great 
 
 
 'mi 
 
 ne the 
 
 n prevailed) yet in all 
 
 
 
 been a 
 
 
 sandofthos 
 
 va 
 
 abonds 
 
 who have lived without 
 
 the land, or even those of God and Natuie ; 
 fathers incestuously accompanying with their 
 own daughters, the son with the mother, and 
 the brother with the sister." He goes on to. 
 
 one in a hundred went out of the world. He 
 
ed, which may be call: 
 natural patron and supei 
 
 BURNS PREFATORY REMARKS. 
 
 mol-establish- 
 
 ibled it 
 
 frequently guilty of re 
 
 riot for many day 
 
 according to the practice of his adon 
 in the classic ages ! A better remedy has been 
 found, which in the silent lapse of a century- 
 has proved effectual The statute of 1696, 
 the noble legacy of the Scottish Parliament to 
 their country, began soon after this to operate ; 
 and happily, as the minds of the poor received 
 instruction, the Union opened new channels of 
 
 At the present day there is perhaps no coun- 
 try in Europe, in which, in proportion to its 
 population, so small a number of crimes fall 
 
 Scotland. "We have the best authority' 
 asserting, that on an average of thirty yea 
 preceding the year 1797, the executions in L 
 
 F the teacher, and the proti- 
 ency of the scholars. The teacher himself is 
 ten a candidate for holy orders, who, during 
 le long course of study and probation required 
 the Scottish church* renders the time which 
 in be spared from his professional studies, 
 
 g the respectable character of a school 
 
 blished sc 
 he country parishes of Scotlan 
 
 le farmers, and so 
 
 K,1S, 
 
 ion, that they may obtain, 
 
 one of their sons at least, the precarious 
 
 intage of a learned education. The difficulty 
 
 e surmounted, arises, indeed, not from the 
 
 — r ense of instructing their children, but from 
 
 the charge of supporting them. In the country 
 
 - irish schools, the English language, writing, 
 
 
 are the subjects of this ii 
 the community to which they 
 ■ on the whole favourable 
 orals, though doubtles: 
 
 ii the t 
 
 
 1 by the 
 
 aim 
 
 alb. ; 
 
 and 
 
 
 
 sess 
 
 ions for t 
 
 
 
 nrhf 
 
 ster only 
 
 
 t, accordi 
 
 to \ 
 
 r Hui 
 
 
 lore felon 
 
 
 the 
 
 
 
 all th 
 
 
 ges of Sc 
 
 
 
 
 the 
 
 
 
 ear.r H m 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 il-.i 
 
 
 of the mai 
 
 thou 
 
 
 
 duals in 
 
 Ma 
 
 
 
 
 
 n neithe 
 
 
 
 
 rnaj 
 
 aS'fo 
 
 ' th. 
 
 ,e who 5 
 
 itfei 
 
 th 
 
 part of En 
 
 equally clear, that it is the cause of that spirit 
 of emigration and of adventure so prevalent 
 among the Scotch. Knowledge has, by Lord 
 Verulam, been denominated power ; by others 
 it has, with less propriety, been denominated 
 virtue or happiness : we may with confidence 
 
 ie people of New England, can scarcely 
 
 livided, i 
 
 ortlu-n 
 
 ■ "'""•- > >= 
 
 3 of i 
 
 North A 
 
 origin there, excepting" in New England, where 
 
 they were establishedln the last century, pro- 
 
 by the same religious sect. In the Protestant 
 Cantons of Switzerland, the peasantry have 
 nilar schools, though estab- 
 
 lished and endowed ii 
 
 Enjland, particularly, in the m 
 Yorkshire and of Lancashire, a 
 ties of Westmoreland and Cum! 
 
 I "by the~Par 
 
 
 poor, was passed by 
 land; but the fund w 
 
 
 a lead. How much 
 llect, and in happi- 
 
 rew Fletcher, 
 i the Laws of 
 
 mtry of Westmoreland, "and of the 
 Mher districts mentioned above, if their physi- 
 cal and moral qualities be taken together, are, 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 i, has his wishes en- 
 
 The preachers of the Reformatio 
 
 ans of gratifying those 
 
 land were disciples of Calvin, an 
 
 
 with them the temper as well as tl 
 
 
 that celebrated heresiarch. The p 
 
 d, and discovering ad- 
 
 form of worship and of church gover 
 
 by his imagination ; and distant and unt 
 
 object*, giving freer scope to the operation of 
 this faculty, often acquire, in the mind of the 
 youthful adventurer, an attraction from " ' 
 very distance and uncertainty. If, therefc 
 
 peasantry of a country comparatively poo 
 the neighbourhood of other countries ric 
 
 turons natives of [he north over thefer 
 of England, and more especially, ovei 
 
 nies which = lte had settled in the Ea 
 
 causes that originally impelled it, continue to 
 operate ; and the richer country is constantly 
 
 :sof 
 
 * It 
 
 
 been suppo 
 
 ed, that Scotland is less 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ; but such 
 
 onclusions are doubtful, 
 
 if not 
 popuia 
 
 "■ 
 
 oily fallaci 
 
 jus. The principle of 
 juntry to the full extent 
 
 
 
 
 is every where retarded 
 ed out by nature, by the 
 
 
 
 period pom 
 
 The emigration of a part of a ] 
 the marriage of the rest, by pi 
 
 
 on Populatioju In faci 
 ised in the number of ii 
 st forty years, as the Stati; 
 
 presbyteri 
 
 endeared to the* people, from its being establish- 
 ed by themselves. It was endeared to them, 
 also, by the struggle it had to maintain with 
 the Catholic and the Protestant episcopa 
 churches, over both of which, after a hundrec 
 years of fierce, and sometimes bloody conten- 
 tion, it finally triumphed, receiving the coun- 
 
 During* this long period of contention and oi 
 suffering, the temper of the people became mort 
 
 
 of fan: 
 
 haracter of the people. The Cate 
 
 ligious character i 
 -book, 
 
 young peasant as soon as he had acquir( 
 
 mysteri 
 
 esofthet 
 
 
 ,fter the Assembly 's Catechism, the Proverbi 
 f Solomon, and the New and Old Testament, 
 jllow in regular succession ; and the scholai 
 eparts, gifted with the knowledge of thi 
 acred writings, and receiving their doctrinr 
 
 ■ding t. 
 
 f Faith. Thus 
 
 if the West- 
 s of Scotland, 
 
 bs of the Scottisl 
 opposition, in ev 
 h of Rome. 
 
 it recollect that tl 
 
 afforded a subje 
 
 -hose pictures 
 
 thetypes are 1 
 
 female natives of sXlandTalivt 
 other, the excess by which the 
 
 
 tland. But though the males 
 be admitted to be as 13 to 12, 
 
 es, this mode of calculating 
 nake the number of expatriated 
 ly one time alive, greater than 
 
 ,e Un h h aztdoufse n rvices 1 . n n which 
 engage, render the mean life 
 
ness of his taste d 
 the strength of hi 
 the most exquisit< 
 rendered until for 
 The informatio 
 of the peasantry ol 
 of conduct, andh: 
 —These good qua 
 the establishment 
 
 RJJENS. -PREFATORY REMARKS. 
 
 its are singularly ex- by the parish schoolr 
 ortunately the correct- the precentor, or by 
 lways correspond with celebrated for their ] 
 
 and the religions educ 
 
 'formed ^anTk 
 of psalmody is 
 
 f th- 
 
 idom of the English legish 
 
 poor, who by age or di 
 capable of labour, may i, 
 asable duty of society ; ai 
 of a plan for this purpo 
 
 
 , were equally favi 
 
 man, that of " 
 
 hers of an op, 
 
 lated by an instrument, the 
 
 and directed by 
 
 * Holy Willie's Prayer— Rob the Rytner'g 
 Welcome to his Bastard Child— Epistle to J 
 Gowdie -the Holy Tulzie, &c. 
 
 generally of their 
 
 dance by persons 
 
 work at daily labour during tr 
 months. The school is usually a 
 the arena for the performers is generally a cl 
 floor. The dome is lighted by candles stuck 
 one end of a cloven stick, the other end 
 which is thrust into the wall. Reels, strat 
 
 the English peasantry, has no place amo 
 them. The attachment of the people of Se< 
 land, of every rank, and particularly of t 
 
 dancing-schools ; and the instant that the vi 
 
 ak in Scotlan 
 loEnglandTaVi 
 
 m 
 
 u,i 
 
 
 Iti 
 
 probably to b 
 
 e ascribed to th 
 
 S 
 
 
 
 
 which, thro 
 
 ghout all its va 
 
 
 
 
 s so full of sensibility 
 
 and which in i 
 
 
 -:: 
 
 
 
 
 
 tl 
 
 
 ind m dancing their na 
 
 tural solace an 
 
 " 
 
 
 
 of the music 
 
 of Scotland ove 
 
 
 
 
 established r 
 
 
 a, 
 
 d 
 
 bs 
 
 ina." 
 
 truggles. Th 
 ent from the 
 
 Jtkmg continue 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 jfthe 
 
 relaxation whi 
 
 h they perceive 
 
 
 
 
 they 
 
 perceive, in the Church, fror, 
 
 o 
 
 igit 
 
 4 
 
 
 aes and discip 
 
 line, universal! 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 dancing, and the kind are the subjects of m 
 
 rf°the a y°uVof bo! 
 3 practised to then 
 
 The Reformation, which proved fatal to tin 
 rise of the other fine arts in Scotland, proba- 
 bly impeded, but could not obstruct, the pro- 
 gress of its music ; a circumstance that wil 
 
 in. a i 
 
 
 
 intiquitv, 
 
 tror 
 
 ger than any 
 
 
 d by 
 
 i),..- n. 
 
 searches of 
 
 
 
 '"ti"' 
 
 
 
 which th 
 
 
 
 ha, m 
 
 
 n'the 
 
 people, is 
 
 de 
 
 pened by its 
 
 
 
 
 national 
 
 
 
 
 Colk 
 
 
 of unequa 
 
 
 
 tint pi. 
 
 
 ''ill,-. 
 
 
 ke those of other 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 is the s 
 
 ubjec 
 
 ofth 
 
 greater pr 
 
 spo 
 
 tion. With- 
 
 out displayi 
 
 g the 
 
 
 
 s of the ima- 
 
 poetry, and which the more polished strains 
 
 rustic muU of Scotland, or of the greater 
 number of those love-songs themselves, it 
 would be difficult to trace ; they have accumu- 
 lated in the silent lapse of time, and it is now 
 perhaps impossible to give an arrangement of 
 
 Their present influence on the character of 
 To them we must attribute,' in a great rn, a, -.ire. 
 
 songs, are early impresset 
 
 gardless of the len° 
 way. He approach 
 disguise of night, 
 dow, perhaps agreed 
 
 small, but it is modified by m 
 
 any other affection of the 
 music and p 
 snows of Lap— . 
 of Angola, the savage is seen hastening t( 
 mistress, and every where he beg " 
 weariness of his journey with poetry ai 
 In appreciating the happiness and 
 
 
 te of the 
 
 lisplays i 
 
 the charac 
 
 in society, 
 
 scale of m 
 
 1 excellence, and from the source 
 affection, a stream of felicity de- 
 
 . . i - '■■'. 
 
 atively poor, and man approaches the condition 
 of the brutes that perish, " If we could with 
 safety indulge the pleasing supposition that 
 rintial h'..-<i and that Ossian sung,-|-" Scot- 
 land, judging from this criterion, might be 
 considered as ranking high in happiness and 
 virtue in very remote ages. To appreciate her 
 
 t the character, 
 people though 
 powerfully con- 
 
 ently and slowly 
 trolled. In the poi 
 
 idering the subject, the ecclesiastical 
 ments of Scotland may be supposed 
 l favourable to purity of conduct. 
 
 .n of his arrival ; 
 d again and ag 
 ir one will obey 
 
 e The North-American 
 
 be weak, ana';. 
 rd, unknown, seem n< 
 :h the charms of poetry 
 Hit's Tour. 
 
 f Gibbon 
 
 is^o 
 
n tli.? i 
 
 and especially in that proiuuuu .u ,..,... 
 licentiousness of the clergy had been can 
 its greatest height-the intercourse betwe 
 
 ed w?th austerity of manners, the discip 
 
 thePr 1 ole S s S t U ant e ep ; iscop'ai e churcn 1 . i The pi 
 rofillici 
 
 BURNS PREFATORY REMARKS. 
 
 .rt of the reforn 
 
 throughou 
 
 :o then 
 
 e whicl 
 
 ■ 
 
 egnanc 
 
 takes pla 
 
 
 
 
 causes the discovery, and 
 
 
 
 in the first instance, that 
 
 he cler 
 
 . 
 
 from the pulpit, for 
 belongs, and thus 1 
 
 scribed by the i i-t t t -. tland, is severe 
 
 it, afforded them by the law respecting mar 
 riage, the validity of which requires neither th 
 
 monies, but simply the deliberat 
 Dient of each other as husband ai 
 by the parties before witnesses, o 
 way that gives legal evidence o 
 knowledgment having taken pli 
 
 * In the punishment 
 
 of Chi 
 
 offence the 
 
 Church employed formerly the 
 
 m of the civi 
 
 power. During th.- r.'iii 
 
 a of Ja 
 
 Jies the Vlth 
 
 (James the First of Ens 
 
 land), 
 
 
 
 d perso 
 
 ns was made 
 
 
 
 (See Hume's 
 
 
 
 land, VoU ii. 
 
 p. 332.) which, from i 
 
 
 
 much enforced, and whic 
 
 a hallo 
 
 ng fallen into 
 
 di>use. When, in the mid 
 
 dleofth 
 
 
 the Puritans succeeded in 
 
 the uv, 
 
 rthrow of the 
 
 monarchy in both divisior 
 
 s of the 
 
 i-;,nnl, forni- 
 
 
 t which they directed 
 
 their utmost zeal. It was mat 
 
 e punishable 
 
 with death in the second 
 
 
 (See Black. 
 
 stone, b. iv. chap. 4. iVo 
 
 11./ 
 
 Happily this 
 
 
 
 ay along with 
 
 the other acts of the Co 
 
 
 ealth, on the 
 
 
 
 
 manners it must have been 
 
 p*-cuha 
 
 ly abhorrent. 
 
 archy, were re-enacted by the Scottish Parlia- 
 ment, particularly that for the establishment of 
 parish schools, the statute punishing fornica- 
 
 of laxity 
 t proauce 
 
 proper.;. , 
 
 part of the discipline of the chu 
 
 rch. 
 
 Thus, though the institution. 
 
 of Scotland 
 
 in many particulars favourabl 
 
 
 
 i>-;L'l'iV; 
 
 reflection, on the subject of man 
 
 
 of this is true. Irregular ma 
 
 riaire-. it n 
 
 be naturally supposed, are ofte 
 
 n improvid 
 
 
 
 The children of such marriages 
 
 poorly endo 
 
 
 rtain degree 
 
 forts ofl'ffe, °Ld a the a graiincatic 
 
 
 
 they rind of more difficult atta 
 
 nment in th 
 
 native soil; and thus the ma 
 
 rriaire laws 
 
 description of men in the southern division of 
 the island. Industry and the useful arts 
 reached Scotland later than England; and 
 though their advance has been rapid there, the 
 
 id are as yet far infer! 
 
 Europe, and has been established in 
 rn a bastard, if his parent€ afterwams 
 brothers afterwards born ill wedlock'. 
 
 
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 :r of their popuh 
 
 
 national wars with England for the century 
 succeeding, the civil wars common to both 
 (Im.-i.mi of the island, and the dependence, 
 perhaps the necessary dependence of the Scot- 
 tish councils on those of the more powerful 
 kingdom, counteracted this advantage. E' 
 
 Lt,h f, 
 
 
 . .. nately d 
 produce. At lenirth, h<i«.-\.-r, ill".— h.-m-iita 
 ate distinctly felt, and generally acknowledged. 
 Property is secure; manufactures and eom- 
 
 audfelt the advantages resulting from them, 
 Hence property, as well as population, is ac- 
 
 foresight, to be as yet onhj 
 th.'.r pr.'gie.-s. \et then 
 their way. To the cultiv 
 
 ral'.f Th,- peculiarly social disposition of the 
 
 arks are confined to the class of 
 
 tageri 
 
 e found 
 labour. 
 
 i the . 
 
 I in the i 
 
 of the ( 
 
 abroad, of which th 
 
 use especially wh 
 
 
 s of Scotsmen i 
 
 countries, must have 
 
 Jiown many strik 
 
 Since the TJnion, tr 
 
 e manners and la 
 
 of the people of Scotia 
 
 
 dard among themseh 
 
 es, but are tried 
 
 standard of the nation 
 
 to which they are 
 
 
 
 
 that their mann 
 
 
 a rapid change. 
 
 the farmers of the pr 
 
 sent day appear 
 
 lessofthepeculiaritie 
 
 of their country 
 
 speech, than the men 
 
 of letters of the la. 
 
 
 never left the 
 
 nor penetrated farther 
 
 into England th 
 
 lisle on the one han 
 
 , or Newcastle 
 
 other, had less of th 
 
 e Scottish diale 
 
 Hume, who lived for 
 
 many years in t 
 
 society of England a 
 than Robertson, who 
 
 
 De 1 e a nin°the 5 r J re e s°ect U s 
 
 h purity ; and if 
 
 
 
 British House of Corr 
 
 
 would neither have fe 
 
 
 deprived it of its due e 
 
 fleet. 
 
 
 r in the character 
 
 
 
 will not be lost— the s 
 
 rength of their d 
 
 attachments. The p 
 parents submit for the 
 
 
 
 and particularly to obtain for them instr 
 
 .1..." ! l'l ['■■■■ • ■ .''J: n' 
 
 et partook largely of this amiable cha- 
 
 inc'.ured with another striking isaiurr. 
 'o them,— a partiality for his 
 
 of w 
 
 This, 
 
 
 fessed, is a very strong and general sentiment 
 among the natives of Scotland, differing how- 
 
 pearing a selfish prejudice, 
 
 as those who es 
 
 tially will soon discover. _' 
 
 in Scotland is now upwards of £.250, 000 a 
 nually. In 1777, it did not reach L.8,00 
 ""---teof the duty has 
 
 but, i 
 
 ce, the 
 
 nl strong in proportion to the physical 
 idvantage of the soil ; but inquiry, far from 
 
BURNS PREFATORY REMARKS. 
 
 countries less richly endowed, where the 
 forts, and even necessaries of life, must bs . 
 chased by patient toil, the affections of the 
 mind, as the faculties of the understandi 
 improve under exertion, and patriotism flc 
 ishes amidst its kindred virtues. Where i 
 
 as for the supply of common wauts, mutual 
 
 i„v. a. —.-.j affections un f ld themsi 
 
 a the 1 
 
 ead. It will perha] 
 ir affections 
 ut by object 
 .f feeling our a 
 
 to the soil in wbJ 
 
 be found, indeed, th: . „ 
 originally called forth, but by objects capable, 
 or supposed capable -" ' 
 and of returning th< 
 they are strengthened by exercise — they are ex- 
 panded by the powers of imagination, and seize 
 
 have first felt the alternations of joy and sorrow, 
 and first tasted the sweets of sympathy and 
 regard. If this reasoning be just, the love of 
 our country, although modified, and even ex- 
 tinguished in individuals by the chances and 
 changes of life, may be presumed, in our gen- 
 
 in proportion to their social, and more especi- 
 
 govert 
 despotic one: 
 
 s fon 
 
 individual bi 
 
 avunity being maintained with difficulty, and 
 
 ism are more frequently excited. In mountain- 
 jus countries it is generally found more active 
 
 __. _e usually d 
 
 leys, and on the banks of their respective 
 streams : situations well calculated to call forth 
 and to concentrate the social affections amidst 
 scenery that acts most powerfully on the sight, 
 
 It may also be remarked, that mountainous 
 
 
 are often pe 
 
 culiaily calculated to 
 
 
 
 
 ence of history on the 
 
 of the mind. In such countries 
 
 
 ngth, inferior nations 
 
 ntained their 
 
 independence against 
 
 e powerful a 
 
 ghbours, and valour, 
 
 
 : its most success:-! 
 
 linst oppress 
 
 on. Such countries 
 
 e fields of ba 
 
 tie, where the tide of 
 
 ras rolled bad 
 
 , and where the ashes 
 
 ■st, who have 
 
 died in defence of their 
 
 ration of the 
 
 -arious causes we have 
 
 is doubtless i 
 
 lore general and more 
 
 , where the 
 
 scenery of a country, 
 
 
 abitants, and 
 
 1 achievement 
 
 of their ancestors are 
 
 n national son 
 
 gs, and united to na- 
 
 sic By this 
 
 
 of theii 
 
 iplied and strengthened . 
 infancy strongly associating with the generous 
 affections, resist the influence of time, and of 
 new impressions ; they often survive in coun- 
 tries far distant, and amidst far different scenes, 
 to the latest periods of life, 
 with the pleasures of men 
 
 If this reasoning be just, it will explain to us 
 why, among the natives of Scotland, even of 
 cultivated minds, we so generally find a partial 
 tttachment to the land of their birth, and why 
 
 a those of 
 
 ofii;ir 
 
 ongly disc 
 ho joined 
 
 xhibited what are, 
 harms of original 'ge 
 ight into the human 
 
 ■i:= hi.-h r , 
 
 
 balms, the peculiar manners 
 > his own name only, but to 
 
 will prevent us from dwell 
 
 ife, ca n dour will prevent us from dwelling 
 
 liously on those faults and failings which 
 
 justice forbids us to conceal ; we will tread 
 
 the laurels that shelter his untimely grave. 
 

LIFE 
 
 ROBERT BURNS. 
 
 ROBERT BURNS 
 
 was asisw 
 
 11 known, 
 
 son of a 
 
 
 
 nd afterwa 
 
 
 farmer the 
 
 
 g been Bus 
 
 cessfal, h 
 
 
 
 to Jamai 
 
 He had 
 
 pi . u- 
 
 
 
 notice .by 
 
 
 al talents it 
 
 
 
 lived; and 
 
 having pub 
 
 
 
 
 at Kilmarnc 
 
 ck, thisdr 
 
 
 
 
 . Jn con 
 
 quence of the enco 
 
 ragement h 
 
 received, 
 
 
 o Edinbur 
 
 h, and there 
 
 published, 
 
 
 on, an imp 
 
 
 
 of his po 
 
 
 
 
 lion^ne^ 
 
 ^enabled 
 
 from thes 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 whom he 
 
 
 
 
 devote th 
 
 
 
 agriculttu 
 
 
 
 ind, aband 
 
 
 ;. 
 
 wn of Du 
 
 
 he filled 
 
 minatedhis life in July, 1796, in his thirty- 
 eighth year. 
 
 The strength and originality of his genius 
 
 rs, and, among 
 others, that of Dr Moore, well known for his 
 i tews rf Society and Manners on the Continent 
 of Europe, for his Zeluco, and various other 
 works. To this gentleman our poet addressed 
 
 " Sir, Mauchline, 2d August, 17S7 
 
 " For some months past I have been ram- 
 
 character, may perhaps amuse you in an idle 
 moment. I will give you an honest narrative ; 
 though I know it will be often * 
 
 -for I a 
 
 
 afl'air of wisdom, I sometimes think I resemble, 
 
 behold madness and folly, and li 
 frequently shaken hands with their intoxk 
 friendship. ... After you have pe 
 
 my eyes ; 
 
 ■ - 
 
 
 in thi3 country ; vou have done tne the honour 
 to interest yourself very warmly in my behalf ; 
 
 t, Ionlyk 
 
 cionthat he was dotoTWhathe ought not to 
 
 do ; a predicament he has more than once beeu 
 
 assume that character which the pve- coated 
 guardians of escutcheous call a Gentlemau. 
 When at Edinburgh last winter, I got ac- 
 quainted in the Herald's Office; and, l.-.u'riir.- 
 
 'the north of Scotland, 
 
 misfortunes on the world at large ; where, 
 after many years' wanderings and sojourning.-. 
 be picked up a pretty large quantity of obser- 
 vation and experience, to which I am indebted 
 for most of my little pretensions to wisdom — I 
 
 manners, and their ways, equal to him ; but 
 stubborn, ungainly integrity, and headlong, 
 ungovernable irascibility, are disqualifying cir- 
 cumstances ; consequently I was born a very 
 poor man's son. For the first six or seven 
 of my life, my father was a gardener to a 
 y gentleman of small estate in the neigh- 
 ood of Ayr. Had he continued in that 
 station, I must have marched off to be one of 
 the little underlings about a farm-house ; but 
 
 his power to keep his children' under his own 
 
DIAMOND CAEINET LIBRARY 
 
 te with any body. Iw 
 
 something in my 
 
 was' the°n but*! 
 schoolmaster so 
 excellent Englis] 
 
 child. Though it cc 
 scholar; and' by the I 
 
 man who resided in the family, remarka- 
 her ignorance, credulity, and supersti- 
 
 
 '- id the 
 
 poetry ; but had so '. 
 
 rambles, I 'sometimes 
 in suspicious places; 
 
 ■vet it often takes an 
 "shake off these idle 
 
 Addisc 
 
 ; The f 
 
 ind though nobody ca 
 
 effort of philosophy t 
 terrors. The earlies 
 
 " For though on dreadful whirls w 
 
 I met with these pieces in Mason's 
 first books I ev 
 
 ■e plea: 
 
 Hannibal gave 
 
 after the recruiting drum and 
 wish myself tall enough to be a sum 
 the story of Wallace poured a Sei 
 juiice into my veins, which will 
 there till the flood-gates of life shut 
 
 " Polemical divinity about this 
 putting the country half- mad; and 1, 
 
 Wallace. 
 dfier^whilt 
 
 of heresy against 
 
 "mSv 
 
 hich has nc 
 
 
 
 
 y vicinity to Ayr w 
 
 is of so 
 
 ne advantag 
 
 My social disposit 
 
 J!,, wh- 
 
 n not checke 
 
 nections with other yonnkers v 
 superior advantages, the younglin 
 
 lecent, unnoticmg disregard for 
 significant, stupid devils, the 
 i peasantry around him, who 
 born in the same village. My 
 rs never insulted the clouterly 
 my plough-boy carcase, the two 
 lich were often exposed to all the 
 f the seasons. They would give 
 
 Begum scenes have tainted, 
 French. Parting with the 
 and benefactors, as they oc 
 for the East or West ladies 
 
 My father was adva: 
 ried ; I was the elde 
 he, worn out by earl 
 labour. My father 
 
 as often to me a 
 called to more 
 ler's generous master 
 
 rtune, we fell info the 
 
 y Tale of Twa Dogs. 
 I in life when he mar- 
 f seven children ; and 
 trdships, was unlit for 
 
 We 
 
 plough. 
 
 the plough very we 
 the corn. A novel 
 viewed these seen 
 
 the recollection of 
 "This kind of li 
 
 ;ery poorly ; 
 
 rother (Gilbert) who c 
 
 r expeu 
 
 before 
 
 
 ch period I first 
 
 committed the sin of 
 
 Rr.vr, 
 
 
 
 country custom of 
 
 _' 
 
 uga 
 
 man and woman together as part- 
 
 
 
 he labours o 
 
 
 fifteer 
 
 tha 
 
 jtumn my partn 
 
 
 
 re a year younger 
 
 than myself. My 
 
 
 :■ o 
 
 f English deni 
 
 
 doing 
 
 .w 
 
 justice in that 
 
 
 know 
 
 
 Scottish idiom 
 
 -she was a bonnie. 
 
 sweet, 
 
 son 
 
 ie lass. In short, she altogether, 
 
 ippointment, gin-horse prudence, and book- 
 vorm philosophy, I hold to be the first of 
 
 medical peopl 
 ;r expressly s 
 
 ;tn=rl.v... 
 
 ind it was her 1 
 
 ittempted giving an 
 
 . .brill like an 
 cularly why my pulse 
 in when I looked and 
 
 .died vehicle in rhyme. 
 
by men who had Greek and Latin ; but my gi 
 
 le had no more scholai 
 
 first poetical production cf 01 
 place book, -which he seems 
 
 really h 
 
 nature, to see how a ploughman thinks an 
 
 anxiety, grief, with the like care, an 
 
 which, however diversified by the modes an 
 
 ising, when youth is Ion 
 
 This MS. book, to which our poet prefixed 
 
 preparing it, contains several of his earlier 
 poems, some as they were printed, and others 
 
 Eut Xe'ilj '= looks are hlithe and sweet. 
 
 And what is best of a', 
 Her reputation was complete. 
 
 ■LIFE. 
 " Thus will 
 
 'f'whfn^ 
 n miles far- 
 
 tse : otherwise the affair would have b< 
 cticable. For four years we lived co 
 fortably here; tut a ditlerence commenci 
 
 I cease from troubling, and where the 
 
 X is during the time that we lived on this 
 farm that my little story is most eventful. I 
 vas, at the beginning of this period, perhaps 
 he most ungainly, awkward boy in the parish 
 
 vaTs of the 'world. What 1 knew of ancient 
 tory was gathered from Salmon '* and Guthrie 's 
 geographical grammars ; and the ideas I had 
 
 criticism, I got from the Spectator. These, 
 with Pope's Works, some plays of Shakspeare, 
 ""- " md Dickson on Agriculture, the Pantheon, 
 's Essay on the Human Understanding, 
 house's History of the Bible, Justice's 
 sA Gardener's Directory, Bayle's Lec- 
 tures, Allan Ramsay's Worl 
 tare Doctrine of Original Sin, A Sehci CoUec- 
 "-•n of English Songs, and Hervey's }leuilati:-n> , 
 ,1 formed the whole of my reading. The 
 
 of s 
 
 ■-' ''<>: =<- 
 
 ;ving my ci 
 
 ,e by verse; carefully 
 
 this practice much of my ci 
 
 a brushT I went to i 
 ,1 My father had an t 
 
 
 She dresses aye sae clean and neat, 
 
 :z:i 
 
 And then there's something in her gait 
 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 Way slightly touch the heart, 
 
 That polishes the dart. 
 
 
 'Tis this in Nelly pleases me, 
 •Tis this enchants my soul; 
 
 
 For absolutely in my breast . 
 She reigns without control. 
 
 Tat lal de ral, fyc. 
 
 utd sweet. 
 
 It must be confessed that these lines give no 
 indication of the future genins of Burns ; but 
 
ceedtng years, 
 of Presbyt. 
 
 i wishes. My f 
 
 s subject to strong 
 
 :e of disobedience i 
 
 _.___ke to me, which I 
 
 of the dissipation which 
 
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 . m , comparatively 
 ess, and sobriety, and regularity 
 
 meteors of thoughtless whim 
 sole lights of my path, yet early 
 
 i afterwards within the li 
 
 great misfortune of my lif. 
 
 I had felt early some st 
 
 ation in the vs 
 
 e walls of h 
 mailed on me 
 ° P F e o3e, b w W 
 r the path of little 
 The 6rst ' 
 
 
 who carried it on. Scenes of swaggering riot 
 
 lo me; but I was no enemy to social life. 
 Here, though I learnt to fill my glass, and to 
 mix without fear in a drunken squabble, yet I 
 went on with a high hand with my geometry, 
 
 ing fileltc who lived next door to the school, 
 [angent from the sphere of my studies. I, 
 
 vain to think of doing any more 
 . The remaining weel I staid. [ 
 
 (alent, and a strength of thought, something 
 
 two nights of my stay in the country, had sleep 
 
 like the rudiments of good sense ; and it will 
 
 been a mortal sin, the image of this modest and 
 
 not seem surprising that I was generally a wel- 
 
 innocent girl had kept me guiltless. 
 
 
 " I returned home very considerably improv- 
 
 
 ed. My reading was enlarged with the very 
 
 there was 1 among them. But far beyond all 
 
 important addition of Thomson's and Sben- 
 
 other impulses of my heart, was un p iiuhmil « 
 
 
 /"■ Hie (In izeiin- ' ■main. My heart 
 
 new phasis: and I engaged several of my 
 
 was completely tinder, and was eternally lighted 
 
 
 
 
 other warfare in this world my fortune was 
 
 tion. I had met with a collection of letters by 
 
 various, sometimes I was received with favour, 
 
 the wits of Queen Anne's reign, and I pored 
 
 and sometimes I was mortified with a repulse. 
 
 over them most devoutly ; I kept copies of any 
 
 At the plough, scythe, or reap hook, 1 feared 
 
 
 no competitor, and thus I set absolute want at 
 
 
 defiance; and as I never cared farther for my 
 
 most of my correspondents flattered my vanity. 
 
 labours than while I was in actual exercise, I 
 
 I carried this whim so far, that though I had 
 
 
 not three farthings worth of business in the 
 
 heart. A country lad seldom carries on a love 
 
 world, yet almost every post brought me as 
 
 
 many letters as if I had been a broad plodding 
 
 
 son of day-book and ledger. 
 
 
 «' My life flowed on much in the same course 
 
 
 till my twenty-third year. Vive Vamour, et 
 
 much pleasure in being in the secret of half the 
 
 vive la bagatelle, were my sole principles of ac- 
 
 loves of the parish of Tarbolton, as ever did 
 
 tion. The addition of two more authors to my 
 
 My passions, wh 
 
 dTen thT'co 
 'II, soothed a 
 
 The Death of Poor Mailie, John Bmley. 
 — first, second, and third. 
 3 ebullition of that passion 
 
URNS — LIFE. 
 
 which ended the fc 
 
 
 •' My twenty-third year was tcrme an impoi 
 tant era. Partly through whim, and partly tha 
 I wished to set about doing; something; in life, I 
 joined a flax-dresser in a neighbouring 
 (Irvine) to learn his trade. This was I 
 
 lucky affair. My ; and, to 
 
 the whole, as we were giving 
 
 and bt 
 
 usal to tt 
 
 k fire, 
 
 clouds of misfortune were gathering thick 
 round my father's head ; and what was worst 
 of all, he was visibly far gone in a consump- 
 
 " From this adventure, I learned something 
 of a town life; but the principal thing which 
 gave my mind a turn, was a friendship I formed 
 with a young fellow, a very noble character, 
 
 teer, on the wild coast of Connaught, siripped rf 
 every thing. I cannot quit this poor fellow's 
 story, without adding, that he is at this time 
 
 r ery manly virtue. I loved 
 
 knowledge of the world v 
 
 levity of a sailor, which hitherto I had regarded 
 
 after I resumed the^bughtTwrete' the Po°Vs 
 Welcome* My reading only increased, while 
 
 one of Fc-dinand Count Fathom, which gave me 
 some idea of novels. Rhyme, except some 
 religious pieces that are in print, I bad given 
 
 with emulating vigour. YFhen'my father died. 
 
 e Rob the Rhymer's Welcome to his Bastard 
 
 
 Br qualifica 
 
 a far 
 
 " I entered on this farm with a full resolu- 
 tion, Come, go to, J will be wise ! I read farm- 
 ing books j I calculated crops ; I attended mar- 
 kets J and in short, in spite of the devil, aiu. the 
 tcorld, and the flesh, I believe I should have 
 been a wise man, but the first year from unfor- 
 :unately buying bad seed, the second, from a 
 late harvest, we lost half our crops. This 
 iverset all my wisdom, and I returned, like the 
 log to hit vomit, and the sow that was ^cashed to 
 
 enough ; many of them have been written with 
 a pencil, and are now obliterated, or at least 
 illegible. A considerable number are however 
 
 It must be premised, that the poet kept the book 
 by him for several years — that he wrote upon it 
 
 EXTEMPORE. April, I7S2. 
 O why the deuce should I repine, 
 
 I'll go and be a sodger. 
 
 FRAGMENT. Tune—' Donald E 
 
 Tour fine Tom Jones and Grandisons, 
 They make your youthful fancies reel, 
 
 They heat your brains, and Ere your veins. 
 And then you're prey for Rob jVIossgiel. 
 
 Beware a tongue that's smoothlv hnng ; 
 
 A heart that warmly seeks to feel ; 
 That feeling heart but acts a part, 
 
 'Tis rakish art in Rob Mossgiel. 
 
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 " I now began to be knowo in the neighbour 
 hood as a maker of rhymes. The first of m; 
 poetic offspring that saw the light, was a bur 
 
 reverend Calvinists, both of them dra 
 
 >s verj fc 
 
 copy of it 
 
 .._. was the author of it, but 
 that I thought it pretty clever. With a certain' 
 description of the clergy, as well as laity, it met 
 with a roar of applause. Holy Willie '« Prayer 
 
 kirk-session so much, that they held several 
 meetings to look over their spiritual artillery, if 
 baply any of it might be pointed against profane 
 rhymers. Unluckily for me, my wanderings 
 led me on another side, within point blank shot 
 of tlHr heaviest metal. This is the unfortunate 
 story that gave rise to my printed poem. The 
 Lament. This was a most melancholy affair, 
 
 m,— To get for Mr Johnsi 
 
 lolly, Molly, my dear honey. 
 
 ic hen, the deer in her den,' 
 
 (...!. 
 
 nel George Crawford, the author o 
 
 Down 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 My 
 
 apron Deary I and 
 
 Amynta, by 
 
 Sir G. 
 
 
 ie was a wanton 
 
 Wag, was m 
 
 ide on 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 In 
 
 
 
 
 The 
 ream 
 
 -very beaatiful. 
 
 -beautiful — L 
 
 mile's 
 
 He 
 
 ill'i and she till 't—s 
 
 ssez bien. 
 
 
 
 strong's Farewell- 
 
 3ne. 
 
 
 - 
 
 author of the Highl 
 
 and Queen wa 
 
 a Mr 
 
 Polwart on the Green, composed by Captaii 
 John Drummond M'Gregor, of Boehaldie. 
 Mem. —To inquire if Mr Cockburn was th 
 
 Rationality.* I gave up my part of the farm 
 to my brother; in truth it was only nominally 
 
 my power for Jamaica. But, before leaving 
 
 my poems. I weighed my productions as 
 
 that I 
 
 called a 
 
 X fellow 
 
 lOUgh it 
 
 ■iver,— or perhaps a victim to that 
 inhospitable clime, and gone to the world of 
 
 as I then was, I had pretty nearly as high an 
 idea of myself and my works as I have at this 
 moment, when the public has decided in their 
 
 
 d blundei 
 
 a ■ 
 
 
 mation — where the lights and shades in my 
 
 ili-alVii Hi'' voice of censure, and the novelty of 
 West Indian scenes make me forget neglect. I 
 threw off six hundred copies, of which I had 
 got subscriptions for about three hundred and 
 fifty. My vanity was highly gratified by the 
 reception I met with from the public ; and be- 
 sides 1 pocketed, all expenses deducted, nearly 
 
 ably, as 1 was thinking of indenting myself, 
 
 soon as I was master of nine guineas, the price 
 of wafting me to the torrid zone, I took a steer- 
 age passage in the first ship that was to sail 
 from the Clyde; for 
 
 " Hungry ruin had me in the wind." 
 
 " I had been for some days skulking from 
 
 as some ill-advised people had uncoupled the 
 
 ,,™CedV, 
 
 lion. The baneful star that had so long shed 
 blasting influence in my zenith, for once 
 de a revolution to the nadir; and a kind 
 mdence placed me under the patronage of 
 of the noblest of men, the Earl of Glen. 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 , Grand Dwu, si jamais je 
 it Edinburgh I 
 
 id; I mingled a 
 t all of then 
 
 life while in A\rshire ;~and having b 
 plied to by Mrs Dunlop for some men 
 
 letter, from which the following narr 
 
 rch of new adventures, 
 hither he went. My 
 agardf 
 
 of hk^ed paremTVnTl^econecThei^g ta 
 
 in Kincardineshire; that they scarcely knew 
 how to employ it when it arrived. " From 
 Edinburgh William Burnes passed westward in- 
 to the county of Ayr, where he engaged himself 
 as a gardener to •••- '- 
 
 for that of Cm 
 being desirous ( 
 
 Campbell, phy; 
 
 laird of Fairley, 
 irs ; then changing his service 
 ford of Doonside. At length, 
 
 seven acres of' land from Dr 
 ician in Ayr, with the view of 
 rseryman "and public gardener ; 
 
 The 
 
 subject 
 
 Ferguson, who purchased th< 
 holm, in the immediate nei 
 
 ana this was his situation wl 
 born. Though in the service 
 he lived in his own house, h 
 her family and little dairy, 
 
 )f Mr Ferguson, 
 rhich consisted, 
 
 at Allowav Miln', about a nub"- ..i-'- 
 
 by a person of the name of Campbell ; bu: this 
 
 onths app 
 ' the workhouse at Ayr, Willi 
 
 en^agedJohn Murdoch in his : 
 
 i tu read English tolera- 
 e a little. He taught us, 
 
 folding of his genius and character ; as he soon 
 became remarkable for the fluency and correct- 
 ness of his expression, and read the few books 
 that came in his way with much pleasure and 
 
 when he could get a book. Murdoch, whose 
 
 lent him The Life of Hannibal, which was the 
 first book he read (the school books excepted) 
 
 id for the press, with st 
 
 ns, Life of WaUacf, w 
 
 and one slight alteration suggested by Gilbert of his letters 
 
 t This house is on the right hand side of the ; "the blacksmith who shod our horses. " 
 of a the r0 road 7 fro°in Glasgow to Port-Patrick. | himself greatly in the service of Mr Ferguson, 
 
consequence of this, with a view of pron 
 his interest, Mr Ferguson leased him a : 
 of which we have the following account. 
 •' The farm was upwards of seventy a 
 (between eighty and ninety, English statute 
 
 pounds annually for the first six years, and af- 
 terwards forty-five pounds. Mv father en J — 
 voured to sell his leasehold property, for 
 purpose of stocking this farm, but at that time 
 was unable, ami Mr l-Vruuson lent him ahun- 
 
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 'Nothing," continues Gilbert 
 
 '- ' -ran to read "l he play 
 
 
 hole party was d 
 , the play (I have 
 of it) had her ha 
 
 saw any body but the members c 
 family. There were no boys of om 
 
 greatest part of the land in the vicil 
 
 My father w 
 on all subjee 
 
 would burn it. M\ lather w 
 him for this unuTateful retu 
 kindness; but Murdoch int 
 that he liked to see so much se 
 left The School far Love, a cc 
 I think, from the French), it 
 
 t if it was left he 
 is going to chide 
 
 rfercd, declaring 
 
 medj (Translated' 
 its place."! 
 
 * Letter of Gilbert Burns 
 The name of this farm is M 
 
 f It is to be remembered t 
 
 incident under eight, at the t 
 
 to Mrs Dunlop. 
 unt Oliphant, in 
 
 me^happen^ch 
 
 urs of the farm, to lead the 
 uch subjects as might tend to 
 
 y of the Bible, then lat 
 iry ; for no book was 
 
 irchase The Ready Reckoner, 
 
 re Guide, and a book to teach 
 
 Luckily, in place of The 
 
 dels by some of the first- writ 
 
 age. 
 
 " My brother was about thirt 
 
 
 d threi 
 
 of the judgment, such absurd representations 
 are calculated rather to produce disgust or 
 laughter, than tears. The scene to vi ' ' 
 Gilbert Burns alludes, opens thus : 
 
 Titus Andronicus, Act II. Scene 5. 
 
 Enter Demetrius and Chiron, with La 
 ravished, her hands cut ojf, and her tc 
 
 Why is this silly play still printed as Shak- 
 
 might have an 
 nity of remedying this defect. About 
 e a bookish acquaintance of my father's 
 d us a reading of two volumes of Ricb- 
 s Pamela, which was the first novel we 
 id the only part of Richardson 's works 
 ther was acquainted with till towards 
 
 o he r ( 
 
 ained u 
 
 Till 
 ited with 
 
 itish mind f for the French c 
 
BURNS — LIFE. 
 
 Ferdinand Count Fathom, and 
 of Peregrine Pickle excepted), 
 with Robertson, and almost all 
 
 I'll to my Latin again.' 
 i see Mr Murdoch was a p: 
 
 Mr Hamilton of Bourtree- 
 eated of the reign of James 
 infortunate son, Charles, 
 who was the author ; all 
 
 About this time 
 
 tim e einDumfri a es. camTto ... 
 
 of Dr Dalrymple, the parish 
 
 ' ' m that attention to which he thought 
 
 n blasphemy. He found it proper 
 
 to give up 1 ' 
 
 don, where 
 
 try, the first that we \ French. He has been a considerable time 
 
 ll ' n ?- S :. tpmi and in I "The father vTd? PaUrson^no^phvl^an 
 ne for at Ayr, was, I believe, a native of Aberdeen- 
 
 or exposed on staUs in the streets. 
 
 " The summer after we had been at Dalrvm- 
 ple school, my father sent Robert to Ayr, tc 
 revise his Enilish grammar, with his formel 
 teacher. He "had been there only one week, 
 
 harve 
 
 t. When th 
 
 ehar 
 
 ■ St H 
 
 ove 
 
 . lie v 
 
 hack 
 
 o school, wh 
 
 
 
 e,l t 
 
 .0 wet 
 
 andtl 
 
 
 the 
 
 
 
 
 u,r 
 
 ion, excepting on 
 ifterwards, that I 
 
 e^aUen 
 
 t j 
 
 t:;;; 
 
 
 of Kirk- Os* 
 
 a'. J, 
 
 
 
 ■eJ wit 
 
 broth 
 
 
 •r'sj 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 iveeks th 
 
 ■> h 
 
 
 Murd 
 
 
 
 
 i learn 
 
 Frenc 
 
 
 
 
 
 herec 
 
 
 roth. 
 
 
 ul 
 
 en he 
 
 turne. 
 
 , brought "w 
 
 h hi 
 
 maFre 
 
 
 
 
 
 the Adl:„<; 
 
 
 : l\a', 
 
 
 i the original 
 
 
 a little 
 
 ■whi 
 
 e, by 
 
 
 nee of these 
 
 
 
 
 
 know! 
 
 edge of the 
 
 
 
 
 , ; -i.r ■ 
 
 Tat* 
 
 tanduyFre 
 
 ncha 
 
 ort of 
 
 r<1 
 
 se. T 
 
 throu. 
 
 h the mediun 
 
 1 of Murdoch 
 
 '; ru 
 
 •lir'dl' 
 
 were at that time gabbling French, and the 
 notice of some families, particularly that of Dr 
 Malcolm, where a knowledge of French was a 
 
 acquired a considerable knowledge of the Latin 
 lansuage by his own industry, without ever 
 having learned it at school, advised Robert to 
 make the same attempt, promising him every 
 assistance in his power. Agreeably to this 
 advice, he purchased The Rudiments of the 
 Latin Tongue, but finding this study dry and 
 uninteresting. tid aside. He 
 
 frequently returned to his Rvdiments on any 
 little chagrin or disappointment, particular!;. 
 
 dominated more than a day or two at a time, 
 
 r ellow native of the nonh of Scotland, and a cer- 
 iuring Mr Paterae.™'* life. After his'aeath, his 
 
 intimacy with our family, by frequently 
 :ing my father and mother to h'er house oil 
 
 Spectator, Pope's Translation of Homer, and 
 several other books that were "of use to us. 
 Mount Oliphant, the farm my father possessed 
 in the parish of Ayr, is almost the very poorest 
 
 father thirty years ago. My father, in conse, 
 
 which were increased by the loss of several o'f 
 his cattle by accidents and disease To the 
 
 lard labour and the n!o* rigid°econoniy° We 
 
 lived verj 
 
 sparingly. F 
 
 r\rwa' 
 
 years but- 
 
 
 
 
 ouse, while 
 
 
 mbers of ihe't 
 
 
 
 
 the utmost of 
 
 
 
 
 ond it, in the 
 
 
 the farm. 
 
 My brothe 
 
 r, at the age of 
 
 
 assisted in 
 
 
 the crop of c 
 
 arn, and 
 
 at fifteen 
 
 was the" 
 
 
 er on th 
 
 
 we haa no hired servai 
 
 t, male 
 
 or female. 
 
 The angu 
 
 
 felt at 
 
 our tender 
 
 
 er these straits 
 
 and dime 
 
 
 
 t. To th.nk of 
 
 our fath 
 
 er growing 
 
 " 
 
 was now above 
 
 fifty,) b 
 
 
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 s period of. 
 
 ' life afler- 
 
 vhere he was for 
 
 ;■'-'■- 
 
 h of Tarbo 
 
 •on," 
 
 if Mr 
 
 , then a 
 
 
 ive"' '"I Aj 
 
 
 
 (1797) amercbani 
 
 :': I 
 
 
 He 
 
 
 
 Whi 
 
 
 "", a 
 
 .1 po- 
 
 essed it only se»« 
 
 
 . No wri 
 
 
 
 
 "th- t 
 
 onditions o 
 
 the 
 
 
 a misunderstanding 
 
 took 
 
 place respe 
 
 tiug 
 
 bem : 
 
 the subjects in dis- 
 
 
 
 
 
 deci_ 
 
 
 
 
 r's affairs in ruin. 
 
 Hel 
 
 ved to kn 
 
 w of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 quence of it. He 
 
 
 on the 13th 
 
 ofF 
 
 
 , 1784. 
 
 
 The seven 
 
 
 
 ived in Tarbolton 
 
 piri- 
 
 v-founh o 
 
 % frc 
 
 
 seventeenth to the 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ed by mu 
 
 :n "I 
 
 terary 
 
 
 duri 
 
 g this time 
 
 the 
 
 " 1,! - ;i 
 
 ion was laid of or. 
 
 quence in life. His love, therefore, rarely 
 settled on persons of this description. When 
 
 his good pleasure, to whom he should "pay his 
 particular attention, she was instantly invested 
 with a sufficient stock of charms, out of the 
 
 ections: buTas^Yoric 
 >ward Madame de L- 
 
 him, so Robert was ft 
 
 s frequently 
 ich formed 
 
 ached his 23d year), 
 
 of being master of for a great while. He be- 
 gan, therefore, to think of trying some other 
 line of life. He and I had for several years 
 taken land of my father for the purpose of 
 
 vient to the flax raising. He accordingly 
 wrought at the business of a flax-dresser in 
 
 living than he had been used to, whose society 
 prepared him for overleaping the bounds of 
 
 l,in his 24th year), and soon after his father's 
 death, he was furnished with the subject of his 
 epistle to John Rankin. During this period 
 
 first introduction to the life ofa'boon companion. 
 Yet, notwilhstandiug these circumstances, and 
 the praise he has bestowed on Scotch drink 
 
 about to g 
 
 .... 
 
 buring'tbew 
 
 hole of the ti 
 
 
 
 farm of Lochle 
 
 with my fath 
 
 be allowed 
 
 "i. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 part of w 
 
 
 
 
 
 red 
 
 in the family w 
 
 as regularly a 
 
 
 
 When my fath 
 
 r's affairs dre 
 
 
 
 Robert and I t 
 
 ook the farm 
 
 ■;-- 
 
 
 isting of 118 a 
 
 
 
 r a 
 
 num (the farm 
 
 on which I li 
 
 asylum for the family in case of the 
 was stocked by the property and 
 savings of the whole family, and fl 
 
 family 
 
 was alio 
 
 wed ordinary 
 
 wages for th 
 
 abourh 
 
 e perform 
 
 
 ti. .Vly brother' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 family c 
 
 
 sted, which 
 
 
 
 as duri 
 
 
 
 Lochlea 
 
 his exp 
 
 
 n any one year 
 
 
 his ,U 
 
 
 As I was in- 
 
 rusted with the k 
 
 eepingofthe 
 
 
 
 p.^-ible 
 
 hat there can be "any fallacy 
 
 
 
 in my brothe 
 
 r's favour. His 
 
 •'■- 
 
 ace and frugality were 
 
 even' thing tha 
 
 could be 
 
 wished. 
 
 
 
 "Th 
 
 farm of 
 
 Mossgiel lie_ 
 
 
 mostly o 
 
 
 
 The first four 
 
 ■ears-th 
 
 
 ere on the 
 
 
 ro.tv, 
 
 
 
 ery late. Our 
 
 crops in 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 iineourutm 
 
 
 
 , we fou 
 
 
 
 up our 1 
 
 argain, with the loss of a considerable 
 
 part of 
 
 our orLj 
 
 inal stock. 
 
 It was during 
 
 marry, these four years that Robert formed h 
 
a family in his poor unsettled 
 oxious to shield his partner by 
 
 to push his Jo/tune ; and fat she should rei 
 with her father till it might please Provid 
 to put the means of supporting a family it 
 
 band in Jamaica appeared to him and his wife 
 little better than none, and an effectual bar t( 
 
 their daughter might have. They therefon 
 
 which respected the marriage should be can 
 celled, and thus the marriage rendered void, 
 In her melancholy state she felt the deepes 
 remorse at having brought such heavy afflictioi 
 on parents that loved her so tenderly, and sub- 
 mined to their entreaties. Their wish wai 
 mentioned to Robert. He felt the deepes 
 anguish of mind. He offered to stay at honi, 
 
 manner thai I ,ul'd provide to 
 
 them ; that being the only means in his power 
 Even this offer they did not approve of; fo 
 
 still, in the" eyes of her partial parents, mieht 
 look to a better connexion than that with 
 my friendless and unhappy brother, at that 
 
 trading nature : and the impression of sorrow 
 was not effaced, till by a regular marriage they 
 were indissolubly united. In the state of mine 
 
 leave the country as soon as possible, and agreet 
 with Dr Douglas to go out to Jamaica as at 
 
 t a simple narrative of the leading circum- 
 nces in my brother's early life. The re- 
 ining part he spent in Edinburgh or Dum- 
 
 you as to me. His genius having procurec 
 o your patronage r~ J *- 
 
 d friendship, 
 
 hich, I belid 
 
 i you 
 
 
 he had involve 
 
 his future wife. The 
 
 tainlyof-avery 
 
 ve.tVmucTt 
 
 eive, from the foregoing 
 be children of William 
 o their father, who was 
 ommon talents ; thoush 
 
 vnid P imagiu h a a ti 
 
 he possessed any portion 
 n for which the subject 
 
 brought on hii 
 like. On this 
 
 follow i.,- mm 
 
 ut Ins going to a dancing-: 
 
 will, of which he was inc 
 
 ■ truth was, that he, abov 
 
 ?e the dangerous impetuo 
 
 i . e" of ending him to 
 
 Ayr and Kirk-Oswald schools ; and he was 
 greatly delighted with his warmth of heart, 
 
 deed that dislike of dancing-schools which 
 
 Robert's first month of attendance, that he 
 - ;d all the rest of the family that were fit 
 
 vessel in which Dr Douglas was to procure a 
 
 fork, to accompany him during the second 
 
 
 month. Robert excelled in dancing, and was 
 
 some time, Mr Hamilton advised him to publish 
 
 for some time distractedly fond of it. " 
 
 
 In the original letter to Dr Moore, our poet 
 
 13 of getting a little money to provide 
 
 
 the noble Keiths of Marischal, and as having 
 
 Agreeably to this advice, subscription bills were 
 
 had the honour of sharing their fate. " " I-do 
 
 
 
 
 
 goins on at the same time for his voyage. The 
 reception, however, which his poems met with 
 in the world, and the friends they procured 
 
 
 
 permanemby amnion for life!' 
 
 "Thus, Madam, have I endeavoured to give 
 
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 law, where the right is always with the la 
 strongest. But those who dare welcome ruin ex 
 and shake hands with infamy, for what they w 
 
 Spak»peare, of Brutus 
 threw my father en -.In 
 
 ud Cassius, honourable T 
 
 world at large." 
 
 •en omitted in printing 
 
 if Gilbert Burns ; and 
 
 his an C e s 1 tors.-i a befieve' 1 the Earl rfMaris'c'ha! 
 forfeited his title and estate in 1715, before my 
 
 rish-certihcates in 1 
 e, stating that the 
 i late wicked re 
 
 ..o'kiil-w William Burnes soon after hear 
 in the county of Ayr, it may be mentioned 
 i report did prevail, that he had taker: th 
 
 North, settling in the low country of Scot 
 
 been, in the familiar phrase of the country, 
 " Out in the forty-five," (1745,) especially 
 when they had any stateliness or reserve «h«.. 
 
 It may easily be conceived, tnat ou 
 sherish the belief of his father's 
 
 Charles Edward. The generous" 
 
 tial a manner. The principal acquaintance „„ 
 had in Ayr, while boys, were four sons of Mr 
 Andrew M'Culloch, a distant relation of my 
 
 le tutors. The 
 >ers, the third a 
 
 only striving c 
 se in Glasgow, 
 
 veregrey. He was of a re 
 
 
 nd as is usual among the 
 
 
 
 peculative theology. 
 
 'here is in Gilbert's han 
 
 s a little manual of 
 
 ■lisnous belief, in the 
 
 brm of a dialogue 
 
 etween a father and his s 
 
 
 or the use of his children 
 
 in which the bene- 
 
 olence of his heart seems 
 
 to have led him to 
 
 often the rigid Calvin 
 
 sm of the Scottish 
 
 hurch, into something 
 
 approaching to Ar- 
 
 .etice of calling his family together to join in 
 lyer. It is known that the following ex- 
 
 site picture in the Cotter's balm-Hay iXi^d, 
 
 "round the ingle, fori 
 ig U Aa 1 lBfbl'e, W o I nce P h a i( 
 
 His lyart ha! 
 Those strains 
 
 And " Let us worship God 
 
 saring thin and bare ; 
 nee did sweet in Zio 
 
 ith judicious care ; 
 
 Or plaintive Martyrs] -worthy of the l 
 Or noble Elgin f beets the heavenly fls 
 
 The priest-like father reads the sacred page, % 
 How Abramyaa Ihefriend of God oh nigh; 
 
 Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; 
 
 Or how the royal bard did groaning lie, 
 Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging 
 
 Or, Job's pathetic plaint, and -wailing cry ; 
 
 Hamilton, during the American war. I believe 
 
 Knew the present Dr Paterson of Ayr, and a 
 younger brother of his now in Jamaica, who 
 
 forgot to mention &r Charles of Ayr, who was 
 
 =.. c . c all these boys went any of the others, which did not, however, con- 
 Then there were two sons tinue in after life. " 
 
 or ur ruaicoim, wnom I have mentioned in my j- Names of tunes in Scottish psalmody. 
 
 letter to Mrs Dunlop. The eldest, a very The tunes mentioned in this poem are the three 
 
 -worthy young man, went to the East Indies, which were used by William Burnes, who had 
 
 where he had a commission in the army ; he is no greater variety. 
 
 the person, whose heart my brother says the f The course of family devotion among the 
 
 other, by the interest of Lady Wallace, got an portion of scripture," and lastly to kneel down 
 ensigncy in a regiment raised by the duke of in prayer. 
 
BCTRXS.— LIFE. 
 
 Had not on earth wl 
 How his lirst followers and servants sped ; 
 The precepts sage they wrote to many a 
 
 How he who lone in Palmos banished, 
 
 And heard great Babylon's doom pronounced 
 
 Then kneeling down to Heaven's eternalKing, 
 The saint, the/.i(A«-,and the husband prays; 
 Hope sp,u.: i.;. bant win-. 
 
 Together hymning their Creator's praise, 
 
 In jU.j'u society, yet still more dear; 
 
 Then homeward all take off their seve 
 
 The youngling cottagers retire ton 
 The parent pair their secret homage c 
 
 And oiler up to Heaven the warm 
 That he who stills the raven 's clam 'r 
 
 And decks the lily fair in flowery 
 Would in the way his n,»luio see, l 
 
 For them and for iheir httie onr- p 
 
 a family so interesting as that which in. 
 ed the cottage of William Burnes, and 
 mlarly of the father of the family, thi 
 
 Joseph Cooper Walker, Esq. of Dublin, author 
 of the Historical Memoir of ihe Italian Tragedy, 
 lately published, thus expresses himself: 
 
 SIR, 
 
 " I was latelv favoured with a letter from our 
 worthy friend, the Rev. Win. Adair, in which 
 
 ever particulars I could recollect concerning 
 Robert Boras, the Ayrshire poet. My business 
 
 my attention is consequently so much divided! 
 early part of the life of that extraordinary genius 
 
 "Willi 
 a gardene 
 
 
 nthes 
 
 before I knew him, and 
 had been in the service of Mr Crawford of 
 Uoonside. He was afterwards employed as a 
 gardener and overseer by Provost Ferguson of 
 Doonholm.inthe parish' of Alloway, which is 
 now uuited with that of Ayr. In this parish, 
 
 the town of Ayr, and half a mile from the 
 bridge of Doon, William Burnes took a piece 
 of land consisting of about seven acres, part of 
 
 Upon "this little farm 'was erected an humble 
 dwelling, of which William Burnes was the 
 architect. It was, with the exception of a little 
 straw, literally a tabernacle of clay. In this 
 mean cottage, of which I myself was at times 
 an inhabitant, I really believe there dwelt a 
 larger portion of content than in any palace in 
 Europe. _ The Cotter s Saturday Night will 
 
 voufd °come r 'and speak to him'at ascertain inn, 
 ind bring my writing book with me. This 
 
 imined my writing, he was pleased with it— 
 (you will readily allow he was not difficult), 
 nd told me that he had received very satisfao 
 »rj information of Mr Tennant, the master of 
 he English school, concerning my improve- 
 ment in English, and in his method of leadi- 
 ng. In the month of May following, I was 
 ngaged bv Mr Burnes, and four of his neigh- 
 our, tol-acb, and according le-an to teach 
 
 b" ...rt, had been grounded a little'in English 
 before they were put under my care. They 
 
 tolerable prugre-, in writ..)-. In reading, di- 
 viding words into syllables by rule, spelling 
 
 and Gflbert were g ;ra be upper end of 
 
 the class, even when ranged with boys by far 
 
 IBrir 
 
 The 
 
 = luc Spelling Book, the New 
 nt, the Bible. Mason's Collection of 
 d Verse, and Fisher's English Gram- 
 hey committed to memory the hymns, 
 r poems of that collection, with un- 
 facility. This facility was partly 
 the method pursued by their father and 
 me in instructing them, which -was, to make 
 
 be easier done, and at an earlier period, than is 
 generally thought. As soon as they were 
 -apable of it, I taught them to turn verse into 
 
 ! supply allX ''I ?,; Ton know, 
 
 are the means of knowing that the pupil under- 
 stands his author. These are excellent helps to 
 ' irrangement of words in sentences, as well 
 a variety of expression. 
 Gilbert always appeared to tne to possess a 
 
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 all the rest of the school. Robert 
 ticular, was remarkably dull, and b 
 ■table. It was long before I cou 
 o distinguish one tune from anothe 
 juntenance was generally grave, ai 
 
 (Mount Oliphant) of his own improving, while 
 id the service of Provost Ferguson. This farm 
 
 the boys could not attend regularly ; and some 
 
 tTconduct it : . s Md°a half? 
 
 ••Id the year 1772, I was appointed (being 
 one of five candidates who were examined) to 
 teach the English school at Ayr ; and in 1773, 
 
 I should like to teach him something of Frencl 
 
 " -Vow there was 
 : bs, &c. When 
 
 the erotto of Calypso, and, armed with a sickle, 
 to seek glory by .L'r.alizing himself in the field; 
 
 aoout fifteen, I was told that he performed the 
 
 d of 
 
 ras I deprived of my very apt pupil 
 iquemly agreeable companion, at th 
 iree weeks, one of which was spen 
 sly in the study of English, and the othe 
 
 se sight of him ; but was a frequen 
 "-'father's hun 
 
 myself, that good William Burnes might enjoy 
 
 shifted to some~other hand. The father and 
 the son sat down with us, whea we enjoyed a 
 conversation, wherein solid reasoning, sensible 
 
 were so nicely blended as to render it palatable- 
 to all parties. Robert had a hundred questions 
 to ask me about the French, &c. ; and tha 
 father, who had always rational information in 
 view, had still some question to propose to my 
 
 philosophy, or some such interesting subject. 
 Mr, Burnes too was of the party as much as 
 
 'But still the house affairs would draw her 
 
 Devour up their discour: 
 
 can by no means wonder that she highly es- 
 teemed him; for I myself have always consi- 
 dered William Burnes as by far the best of the 
 human race that ever I had the pleasure of be- 
 
 wilh Robert in the last line of his epitapa 
 (borrowed from Goldsmith ), 
 
 h. they themselves are averse. He ti 
 
 skirt of the c 
 
 I think I never saw him angry but 
 : the one time it was with the foreman of 
 nd, for not reaping the field as Ik was 
 d ; aud the other time, it was with an 
 iing smutty innuendoes and double 
 
 Were every fc 
 a seasonable check ii 
 to the advantage of the 
 
 iihe.-l ol 
 
 jliday, i 
 
 often v 
 
 two per; 
 
 utellign. 
 
BURNS — LIFE. 
 
 People to ken booing and booing in the p 
 ..fa great man. He alway, treated.-. 
 
 " u ^:™? ™p. e " :.. bu A h !.?!r 
 
 : shall only add, that he carefully practised 
 :very known duty, and avoided every thing 
 
 void of office towards God "and towards men. 
 O for a world of men of such dispositions ! We 
 should then have no wars. I have often wish- 
 ed, for the good of mankind, that it were as 
 
 to extol what are called heroic actions: then 
 would the mausoleum of the friend of my youth 
 
 see in Westminster Abbey. 
 
 "Although I cannot do justice to the char- 
 acter of this worthy man, yet you will perceive, 
 
 had the principal hand in the education of our 
 poet. He spoke the English language with 
 more propriety (both with respect to diction 
 
 with no greater advantages. This had a very 
 good effect on the boys, who began to talk, 
 
 wards made any great figure as literary cha- 
 
 to Colonel Fanarton'sregi 
 
 in the East Indies. He is a man of genius and 
 
 learning ; yet affable, and free from pedantry. 
 
 Loehlea, in the parish of Tart 
 
 at a time when he was ignorant of the 
 stence of the preceding narrative of his 
 
 tten without his having any knowledge that 
 ter of his pupils had been employed on the 
 le subject. The three relations serve, there- 
 
 e each other. Though the information they 
 ivey might have been presented within a 
 .rter compass, by reducing the whole into 
 
 Under the humble roof of his parents, 
 appears indeed that our poet had great adva 
 tages ; but his opportunities of information 
 
 and of inferior, 
 testify at once the extraordinary force an 
 activity of his mind. In his frame of body h 
 rose nearly to five feet ten inches, and assume 
 
 the only man that, a 
 
 merely, Rober 
 md of a sumi 
 acknowledge i 
 
 guidance passed through the sward, or tl 
 grass fell under the sweep of his scythe, I 
 was humming the songs of his country, mush 
 
 lis view. 
 
 Ha 
 
 ppily the Sund 
 
 yis 
 
 eta a 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 om tl 
 
 
 urs. On 
 
 
 day, therefore 
 
 , Bu 
 
 
 uld 
 
 jlge in a f 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 is his delight to 
 
 
 er ai 
 
 
 he banks 
 
 of the Ayr, whose 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 o listen to th 
 
 
 g of 
 
 
 
 the 
 
 close of the s 
 
 
 
 
 still grea 
 
 er was hi 
 
 
 
 
 informs 
 
 
 in walking on 
 
 
 -i.-iU 
 
 red 
 
 
 
 n a cloudy w 
 
 
 *£'■ 
 
 nd 
 
 ring the s 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 e elevated 
 
 
 lpJdeiigl^i 
 
 
 nd'so 
 
 
 
 ng 
 
 
 
 
 
 de along 
 
 
 summit, while 
 
 the 
 
 
 mg 
 
 " Rapt in 
 
 the wings of the wind !" If other proofs were 
 wanting of the character of His genius, this 
 might determine it. The heart ot the poet is 
 peculiarly awake to every impression of beauty 
 
 The gaiety of many of Burns 's writing, and 
 the lively, and even cheerful colouring with 
 
 may lead some persons to suppose, that the 
 
 end of his days, was not an original part of his 
 
 the sensibihtj 
 
 dresser, and is dated 
 
 Irvine, Dec. 27, [ 
 "Honoured Sir, 
 " I have purposely delayed writing, i 
 
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 on lhat £ 
 
 health :'- 
 
 ill as for 
 
 [ -Lull nil vou at meeting. My j tion : 
 eep is a little sounder, and, on figur 
 though I 'mend by very slow degrees. The 'oflif 
 
 istinction. His despair of making a 
 in the world, shows how ardently he 
 1 for honourable fame ; and his contempt 
 
 r loo 
 xiety or p 
 
 , lull 
 
 liappy . 
 
 e frai 
 
 my spirits are a little lightened, I glimmer a ger, nor sorrow, and where happiness shall be 
 indeed my only pleasurable employment, is I Such a disposition is far from being at 
 
 the thought 
 I shall bid a 
 
 life : for 1 £ 
 
 and confined at home, 
 
 
 " It is for this reason I am more pl< 
 withthel5.il, llilh, and 1 Ti.li verses of th._ 
 
 as many verses in the'wbole Bible, and would m. ■m as a "*!:,:■: -'r'lr.-,-. -, Ii:im»! beard that a 
 
 maki'ng"a 'figure in it. I am not formed for the I end of the year 1780, our poet, his brother, 
 hustle of the busy, nor the flutter of the gav. I I and five other young peasant, of the neighbour- 
 shall never again be capable of entering into i hood, formed themselves into a society of this 
 such scenes. Indeed I am altogether uncon- sort, the declared objects of which were to 
 earned at the thr ughts of this life. I foresee , re] a: , ,1,, .,„,, -he, after toil, to promote sociality 
 that poverty and obscurity probably await me, and friendship, and to improve the mind. The 
 and I am in some measure" prepared, and daily [ laws and regulation, were furnished by Burns. 
 
 and paper to "return you mv grateful tnanks'for i the day 'were over, once a week, in a small 
 
 the lessons of virtue and piety vou have given ! public-house in ibe village; where each should 
 
 me, which were too much" neglected at the [ offer his opinion on a given question or subject, 
 
 " ROBERT BURNS.' 
 
 be humble potation that 
 ultivate friendship with 
 
 ishing to preserve some 
 
 e-dii.L',, they purchased 
 
 
 "IDtorv ■ f i'ic Ri:-', Proceeding*, and Rezu- 
 
BURKS. -LIFE. 
 
 ing; and have 
 
 a the 
 
 lion of life. 
 
 end of human society is to 
 
 view of every man in every 
 at as experience has taught 
 les as inform the head and 
 
 exhaust the faculties of the mind, it has 
 
 id by some employment or another, that 
 
 at the s 
 
 'radded tc 
 
 | the labour of their bod, 
 
 news of the' body, are S( 
 •Intel, necessary to have 
 
 have plunged into al 
 dissipation; and in 
 grand design of huo: 
 with extravagance a 
 guilt and wretchedne 
 
 s followin; lads i 
 
 >wer to marry either < 
 
 them shall he choo=e ?' Finding ourselves very 
 
 way and manner proposed, and shortly thereaf- 
 ter we chose Robert Ritchie for another mem- 
 ber. In May, 17S1, we brought in David Sil- 
 
 About the beginning of the year 17S2, we ad- 
 
 f- Rules and Re^ulaiior, 
 
 1. The club shall meet i 
 fourth Monday night, when 
 
 
 2d. When the club is met, the presidec 
 he failing, some one of the members, I 
 come, shall take his seat ; then the other 
 
 one side of the question, on the pres' ' 
 
 id thosi 
 
 if then: 
 
 re for 
 
 The club met and seated, the president 
 
 president) then the two members nearest the 
 first, and according as the lot shall determine, 
 
 ae second member of "the side that spoke'first ; 
 
 ;cond, and so on to the end of the company ; 
 ut if there be fewer members on the one side 
 nan on the other, when all the members of the 
 
 ny of them, as they please among themselves,' 
 
 , ,, r ,.,....._.,. r . , ■ . . . 
 
 , when bo'h sides have spoken, the 
 
 4ch. The club shall then proceed to the 
 hoice of a question for the subject of next 
 ight's meeting. The president shall first pro- 
 
 lother, and whoever o'i 
 
 ■esident°the first vote, 
 jon a par, but none 
 meral toast to mistres 
 lall dismiss. 
 6th. There shall be n 
 
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 ikilfully the means o 
 ess; and if grandeu 
 
 lachelor's Club of Tarboltoo 
 
 and the 
 
 -.mmmt.-J totheifames. Happily the preamble 
 
 s of th 
 
 e cli 
 
 b atMauc 
 
 
 
 tli.- 
 
 of the c 
 
 ub at 1 
 
 ne lau 
 
 
 
 
 or non 
 
 
 dance had 
 
 at Tarb 
 
 
 rging their sea 
 
 QCJ pot 
 
 
 
 
 
 hould 
 
 be se 
 
 apart to 
 
 the pu 
 
 number of other works, chiefly of the same 
 nature, and among these the Lounger. The 
 society of Mauchline still subsists, and was in 
 
 originally all young men from the c 
 
 other person but a 
 pain of being exc 
 
 or affairs of the cl 
 
 t of the members are de- 
 ssible, to avoid, and havf 
 with him as a friend ol 
 
 ;r shall attend at the meet- 
 an give a proper excuse 
 nd it is desired that ever} 
 end will send his excusf 
 
 imoned to the club-night, 
 
 society of Alauchlii 
 kind best adapted 
 
 :, it may be doubted, whe- 
 i they purchased were of a 
 3 promote the interest and 
 
 Lounger^ though works of 
 i mem, may oe said, on a general view of 
 
 knowledge, than to refine the taste of those 
 i read them ; and to this last object their 
 ality itself, which is however always per- 
 y pure, may be considered as subordinate. 
 
 y are, indeed, retined to a high degree of 
 
 
 •s of ;1 
 
 t lilt 
 
 
 umry il 
 
 ich they were produced. But deli 
 
 :e, though the source of many pleasures, is 
 
 - •-; and to render 
 
 lesirable, the possessor should perhaps in 
 
 jur, unless indeed we should include under 
 
 >ofth 
 
 Delica 
 
 ited, tl 
 
 rilluv: 
 
 -,,.■11', a 
 
 any other gratifications. To n 
 a the possession of opulence ana 
 
 ies which, without employment, j 
 
 that morbid sensibility, or, I 
 jn of Mr Hume, that delics 
 
 after he emerged from the c. 
 
 when, if he fail 
 
 he shall be excli 
 
 9th. Theclui 
 
 ed, if the majority of the club think 
 No person shall be admitted a mem- 
 
 the female sex. No haughty, self-conceited 
 
 the rest of the club, and especially no mean- 
 spirited, worldly mortal, whose only will is to 
 
 for this society, is a cheerful honest-hearted 
 lad, who, if he has a friend that is true, and a 
 mistress that is kind, and as much wealth as 
 genteelly to make both ends meet—is just a» 
 happy as this world can make him. 
 

 buuxs. 
 
 te equalled the 
 
 a doubtful blessii 
 
 it render the cultivator of the "soil unhappy in 
 his situation, it presents no means by -which 
 that situation may be improved. Taste and 
 
 their votaries distinction while living, and 
 which still more frequently obtain for them 
 
 sued with advantage b\ the peasant in the short 
 intervals of leisure which his occupations allow. 
 Those who raise themselves from the condi- 
 tion of daily labour, are usually men who excel 
 
 ha'c;t= 
 
 of ind 
 
 
 and sob 
 
 riety to an 
 
 
 
 
 f them 
 
 re common 1 
 
 
 
 owledg 
 
 
 The pet 
 
 
 
 worth 
 
 
 
 
 of Cocker, 
 
 
 
 
 
 the humblest walks 
 
 of i.lV 
 
 
 
 ist the 
 
 peasant mor 
 
 in tl 
 
 pnrsu 
 
 
 f S i 
 
 ndence, 
 
 
 tlldy o 
 
 Horn. 
 
 
 
 , though h 
 
 
 comp 
 
 ehend. 
 
 
 
 
 
 those 
 
 
 
 irds. 
 
 
 
 Th 
 
 
 
 
 
 withou 
 
 some 
 
 
 of 
 
 doubt a 
 
 id hesitation 
 
 . Th 
 
 imple discussion. It may b 
 
 and that this will be most effectually done by 
 
 as it flows. It may 
 
 also be observ 
 
 
 
 on of knowledg 
 
 the imagination. The greater part of the sacred 
 
 
 
 
 improvement of the f 
 
 acuity "employee 
 
 under this description. It may be farther ob- 
 
 it. Though some a 
 
 
 the eloquence of the 
 
 
 served, that every human being is the proper 
 
 
 rfreegovermne 
 
 judge of his own happiness, and, within the 
 
 ductive of so much i 
 
 rfluence to a fe 
 
 path of innocence, ought to be permitted to 
 
 eel in it. yet little re 
 
 »ard has been i 
 
 pursue it. Since it is the taste of the Scuiii-h 
 
 humbler exercise of 
 
 peech in privat 
 
 peasantry to give a preference to works i of taste 
 
 lion, an art that is 
 
 
 and of fancy. * It may be presumed they find 
 a superior gratification in the perusal of such 
 works ; and it may be added, that it is of more 
 
 happy in th 
 led with 
 
 e-doubtSfoft 
 
 Though the records of the society at Tarbol- 
 
 * In several lists of book-societies amonj tl 
 Dter classes in Scotland which the Edit 
 
 Bat part. These societies are by no mea 
 neraf, and it is not supposed that they a 
 
 LIFE. 29 
 
 iafely affirm, that our poet was a distinguished 
 
 of h 
 
 mind. Froi 
 
 these societies, the number should be such, 
 
 rtening the acquisition of knowledge, and 
 
 egulation than the rules of p 
 
 e liable to perpe- 
 rorously enforced, 
 ed in the club at 
 
 ities, and whicl 
 rf this kind, whi 
 
 ;ind ought perhaps to be founded. 
 
 The l,r-t requisite of every kind of elocution, 
 l distinct utterance, is the offspring of much 
 ime, and of long practice. Children are always 
 
 - r 
 people, though in a less degree. What is 
 
 before the age of twei 
 speech, because they 
 
 quence of which is, ; 
 
 require much use of 
 re duties in detail. Be- 
 s being generally se 
 
 Then 
 
 rely; the t 
 
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 s oftei 
 
 e the difficulty 
 
 when e tabh 1 ill 1 r 
 
 spontaneously, but which, in truth, are the 
 
 analyzed, exhibit the phenomena of most cu- 
 
 ntervalsoflabo 
 
 .sed, and error propag 
 generations. And to m 
 .ted letters or general a, 
 
 Whether, in the humble 
 he was a member, Burns ac( 
 information, may perhaps 
 
 lordinary. + For 
 
 him to pour forth his 
 e not unworthy of his 
 of all his endowments, 
 n Edinburgh, tin- 
 
 degree of which he was capable, so as to have 
 fortified his principles of virtue by the purifica- 
 
 cluded other associatii 
 well as deb^ed. " S " 
 
 In one of these we 
 
 to a po 
 
 >m, o 
 
 whic 
 
 i an 'account 
 
 will be 
 
 found 
 
 in II,.- 
 
 t'" 
 
 n f g h!: 
 
 inspiratTonf 
 
 he incl 
 
 sed it 
 
 
 
 TO MISS 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mossgiel, 18tkX<w. 
 
 1786. 
 
 <«M 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 "Poe 
 
 
 
 
 so much the 
 
 
 n of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 e lilcv-ocJc 
 
 n.-rcll-. 
 
 allows 
 
 ! h'an. 
 
 larg, 
 
 r'ton 
 
 ude in the law 
 of judgment 
 
 ::;[;;,; 
 
 priety, 
 
 I men 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 in the 
 
 "vi'u 
 
 v.hh. 
 
 m, which he 
 Whether i 
 
 b has ^ 
 
 
 merit 
 
 ny w 
 
 
 thy of the th 
 
 ■„,.'■',' 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 paratiou than might lie supposed, for the dis- 
 
 
 
 multiplied the tablets of learning and science, 
 
 
 and necessity produced the habit of studying as 
 
 preparedfor these meetings ; and among others, 
 
 it were in common. Poets were found reciting 
 
 
 
 in p. 27. in which, as might be expecied, he 
 
 
 takes the imprudent side of the question. The 
 
 speculations. The taste of the hearers, the 
 
 following may serve as a farther specimen of 
 
 ingenuity of the scholars, were employed in 
 
 
 ton :— " Whether do we derive more happiness 
 
 
 from love or friendship '—Whether between 
 
 ation, and the it-revocable words were not given 
 
 friends, who have no reason to doubt each 
 
 
 other'- friendship, there should be any re- 
 
 
 serve ? -Whether is the savage man, or the 
 
 and improved. Death alone put the last seal 
 
 
 on the labours of genius. Hence, perhaps, 
 
 happy situation '—Whether is a young man of 
 
 inav be in part explained the extraordinary art 
 
 the lower ranks of life likeliest to be happy, who 
 
 and skill with which the monuments of Gre- 
 
 
 urethat remain to us, appear to have 
 
 informed, or he who has just the education and 
 
e jou 
 
 
 muse, on the banks of thi 
 re iu aU the gaiety of th< 
 
 estern hills: not a breatk 
 1 opening blossom, or th< 
 verdant spreading leaf. It was a golden mo- 
 ment for a poet;c"lieart. I listened to the fea. 
 thered warblers, pouring their harmony on even, 
 hand, with a congenial kindred regard, anc 
 frequently turned out of my path, lest I shoulc 
 disturb their little son's, or frighten them tc 
 another station. Surely, said I to myself, he 
 must be a wretch indeed, who, regardless of 
 your harmonious endeavour to please him, can 
 
 recesses, and to rob you of all the property 
 helpless^nestlings.' " Even the hoary hawthorn- 
 its welfare, and wished it preserved from the 
 rudely-browsing cattle, or the withering eastern 
 
 '■aspect, I spied one 
 
 ■s of Xati 
 
 ieye, 
 
 r bards ei 
 
 an object. 
 
 " What an hour of inspiration for a poet ! I 
 would have raised plain, dull, historic prosi 
 into metaphor and measure. 
 
 "Tae inclosed song was the work of my re 
 turn home ; and perhaps it but poorly answer: 
 what might be expected from such a scene. 
 
 "Madam. 
 " Your most obedient, and very 
 "humble servant. 
 'ROBERT BURNS." 
 
 •Twas even—the dewy fields were green, 
 
 On every blade the pearls hang ;* 
 The Zephyr wanton'd round the bean, 
 
 And bore its fragrant sweets alang ; 
 In every glen the mavis sang, 
 
 All nature listening seemed the while, 
 Except where green- wood echoes rang, 
 
 Amang the braes o' Ballochmyle. 
 
 With careless step I onward strayed, 
 
 uight in autumn mild ; 
 
 But woman, nature's darling child ! 
 
 Tiiere all her charms she does comoile : 
 Even there her other works are foil'd 
 
 By the bonny lass o' Ballochmyle. 
 
 had she been a country maid, 
 
 And I the happy country swain, 
 Though sheltered in the lowest shed 
 
 -ina every nay uavejojs at vine, 
 With the bonny lass o' Balloeh 
 
 : the lad, made no reply to h 
 
 this appears to ha\e wounded 1 
 
 _ is not, however, difficult to fini 
 
 for her silence. Burns was at tha 
 
 self as the proper judge, tfermi 
 vent her from perceiving that 
 
 imortality on the banks of the Ayr. It 
 be conceived, also, that supposing the 
 
 Seult to express 'its acknowledgments. 
 — ,'ervent imagination of the rustic bard pos- 
 sessed more of tenderness than of respect. In- 
 stead of raising himself to "the condition of the 
 object of his admiration, he presumed to reduce 
 her to his own, and to strain this high-born 
 
 deed of every country. And it i< 
 mitted to this sort of profanation wi 
 
 ry consequence of their own 
 
 It may be easily presumed, that the beautiful 
 ivmph of Ballochmyle, whoever she may have 
 leen, did not reject with scorn the adorations 
 )f our poet, though she received them with 
 
 The sensibility of our bard's temper, and 
 :he force of his imagination, exposed .him in a 
 
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 to the impressions of beat 
 
 Iv in those strains of nati 
 :o which they gave bin 
 1 Highland ilary, is kno 
 
 extract them, tiey are addressed i 
 Heaven '. 
 
 Thou lingering star, with lessening ray, 
 That lovest to greet the early mom, 
 
 My Mary from my soul was torn. 
 Mary ! dear departed shade ! 
 
 Wbe"re is thy blissful place of rest ? 
 Seest tbou thy* lover lowly laid 1 
 
 Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? 
 That sacred hour can I forget, 
 
 Can I forget the hallow 'd grove, 
 Where by the winding Ayr we met, 
 
 To live one day of parting love: 
 
 Tho^e records dear of transports past ; 
 
 re dwelt the longer on the early part 
 
 The farm of Mossgiel, at the time of our 
 coming to it (Martinmas, 1783), was the pro. 
 perty of the earl of Loudon, but was held in 
 ■ -'- by Mr Gavin Hamilton, writer in Mauch- 
 
 from whom we had our bargain ; who had 
 
 ■re regard for my brother," before he knew 
 
 
 I with a most respectable circle of friends 
 elations. It is to this gentleman The 
 •'« Saturday Night is inscribed. The 
 I of my brother, which I have formerly 
 
 round the raptured scene. 
 
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 tiil 
 
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 sbi 
 
 delineat 
 other, an 
 sary, in 
 
 ons of the poet by him 
 
 given the follow: 
 left Ayrshire, or 
 
 ' the poems formerly printed, 
 
 be words of Gilbert Burns, 
 ddressed to the Editor, has 
 ng account of the friends 
 
 v.l 
 
 ich gave them a 
 
 sort 
 
 of currency, 
 
 necessary 
 
 
 
 
 for the good 
 
 
 of 
 
 things valuable 
 
 
 themselves. 
 
 But Mr 
 
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 owed the 
 
 
 rmesl regard fo 
 
 r the man, and 
 
 did every 
 
 
 
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 stle to a You 
 
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 ntleman's so 
 
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 verpool. He 
 
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 est of a young f 
 
 
 , who were 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ins and their fa 
 
 
 s friend. 
 
 
 
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 Ballantine, Esq. ba 
 gentlemen to whom 
 
 
 in Ayr j on 
 
 
 
 
 
 by 
 
 Mr Aiken. He i 
 
 nterested hin 
 
 self very 
 
 
 
 
 concerns, and 
 
 constantly 
 
 
 
 iri* 
 
 
 
 
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 k; 
 
 
 
 
 
 cer 
 
 
 ointedoat 
 
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 propriety of p 
 
 
 
 
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 printed the 
 
 tir.r, v .a- 
 
 as 
 
 ed if he would ] 
 
 
 the second, a 
 
 id take his 
 
 of being paid from the first 
 ined ; and when this came 
 'a knowledge, he generously oflfere 
 
 l e Robert 
 
 ■;7'' 
 
 might 
 
 Edinburgh, as the fittest place for publishing. 
 When he did go to Edinburgh, his friends 
 advised him to pniilUh again by subscription, 
 so that he did not need to accept this offer. 
 Mr William Parker, merchant in Kilmarnock, 
 was a subscriber for thirty-rive copies of the 
 ion. This may perhaps appear 
 
 Ei>,.ir: 
 
 ing of „, 
 
 trity of the 
 
 t if the i 
 many things 
 
 le of those friends Robert's poetry had 
 
 ed him, and one who was dear to his 
 
 This gentleman h 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 espondence commences ; and in the 
 
 will be found, 
 cessity of any 
 
 111 -i 
 
 ■e the n 
 
 for Edinburgh in the month 
 of November, 17S6, and arrived on the second 
 day afterwards, having performed his journey 
 on foot. He was furnUhed with a letter of 
 i to Dr BlaeklucK, from the gentle- 
 man to whom the Doctor had addressed the 
 letter which is represented by our bard as the 
 immediate cause of his -.1,11,0. the Sc ■iti.-li 
 metropolis. He was acquainted with Mr 
 Stewart, professor of Moral Philosophy in the 
 University, and had been entertained by that 
 
 He had been introduced by Mr Alexander Ual- 
 zel to the Earl of Glencairn, who had expressed 
 
 He had friend, tn-r-oo. 
 him into the circles of U 
 
 
 son might be said of him with great propriety, 
 
 after the publication of my brother's first 
 Edinburgh edition. Sir William Cunningham 
 of Robertland, paid a very flattering attention, 
 and showed a good deal of friendship for the 
 poet. Before his going to Edinburgh, as well 
 as after, Robert seemed peculiarly pleased with 
 Professor Stewart's friendship and conversa- 
 
 " But of all the friendships which Robert 
 
 more agreeable to him than that of Mrs VJunlop 
 
 formly and e i 1 behalf of him 
 
 and of his family ; of which, were it proper, I 
 could give many instances. Robert was on the 
 point of setting out for Edinburgh before Mrs 
 Uunlop had heard of him. About the time of 
 
 table by a friend, and happening to open ( 
 The Cotter's Saturday Night, she read it ov 
 with the greatest pleasure and surprise : tl 
 poet's description of the simple cottagers, ope 
 ating on her mind like the charm of a powerf 
 
 ing her to her wonled inward harmony ai 
 satisfaction. —Mrs Duulop sent off a perse 
 
 Saturday producing a succ-,he number. His 
 
 ninety-seventh number of those unequal, 
 though frequently beautiful essays, is devoted 
 to An Account of Robert Burns, the Ayrshire 
 ploughman, with extracts from his Poems, 
 written by the elegant pen of Mr Mackenzie. - 
 
 - "' ulv, but in various parts of Entria.. :, 
 to whose acauaintance therefore our bard was 
 The paper of Mr 
 
 ; the < 
 
 as well as generous ; and in the style and 
 sentiments there is that happy delicacy, by 
 which the writings of the author are so emi- 
 nently distinguished. The extracts from 
 Burns' Poems in the ninety-seventh number of 
 
 the fame of our bard spread throughout the 
 island. Of the manners, character, and con- 
 duct of Burns at this period, the following ac- 
 couut has been given by Mr Stewart, in a letter 
 to the editor, which he is particularly happ, to 
 
 lesiring him to send her half a dozen copies of 
 bis poems, if he had them to spare, and legging 
 
 ended only with the poet's life. The last u 
 he made of his pen was writing a short lett 
 to this lady a few days before his death. 
 
 "Col. Fullarton, who afterwards paid 
 very particular attention to the poet, was n 
 
 ing author. At this distance of time, and 
 the hurry of a wet day, snatched from labor 
 
 ledge, I shall be heartily sorry. " 
 
 The friendship of Mrs Dunlop was of parti- 
 cular value to Burns. This lady, daughter and 
 sole heiress to Sir Thomas Wallace of Craigie, 
 andlineal descendant of the illustrious Wallace, 
 
 ties of mind suited to her lifgii lineage. Pre- 
 serving, in the decline of life, the generous af- 
 fections of youth ; her admiration of the poet 
 
 through goo 
 
 n poverty, 
 
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 wi' a Lord— star 
 
 " Up a hig e h r e7j a e" 
 
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 olter'd in a n 
 
 
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 ^ordihip stea 
 
 
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 sarorUednie 
 
 
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 trked nought 
 
 Iv, 
 
 atch'd the svroptoms 
 
 
 
 
 
 The 
 
 
 Th 
 
 tier a 
 
 
 Nor sauce 
 
 nor state tha 
 
 
 -Mai 
 
 than an hou 
 
 Then from 
 
 his Lordship 
 
 Up 
 
 ictforl! 
 
 
 
 One 
 
 rank as well 
 
 of some of his favo 
 
 ; others, to Mr Henry Mackenz 
 •commended him to public notie 
 .umber of The Lounger. 
 t this time Burns's projects in 1 
 
 of information 
 
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 A J^llil-.Tr,, a 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 phr 
 
 
 
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 a part of the country agree; 
 ntions he received during h 
 
head bl 
 
 BURNS. 
 
 i from all ranks and descriptioi 
 
 any unfavo, 
 left on his mind. He retained the same sim- 
 
 struck me so forcibly when I first saw him in 
 
 tional self-importance from the number and 
 rank of his new acquaintance. His dress was 
 perfectly suited to his station, plain and unpre- 
 
 Ifl 
 
 nsln 1 
 
 request, early in the morning, and walked with 
 me to Braid-Hills, in the neighbourhood of the 
 town, when he charmed me still more by his 
 
 company. He was' passionately fond of the 
 beauties of nature; and I recollect once he 
 
 pect in 'one of our morning "walks, that the 
 sight of so many smoking cottages gave a 
 pleasure to his mind, which none could under- 
 stand who had not witnessed, like himself, the 
 happiness and the worth which they contained. 
 
 Jacobite ; which was perhaps owing partly to 
 
 estate of Lord°.Mareschall. Indeed he did not 
 appear to have thought much on such subjects, 
 nor very consistently. He had a very strong 
 sense of religion, and expressed deep regret at 
 the levity with which he had heard it treated 
 occasionally in some convivial meetings which 
 he frequented. I speak of him as he was in 
 the winter of 17S6-7 ; for afterwards we met 
 but seldom, and our conversations turned 
 
 
 
 not from any of your letters to me, that you 
 had ever seen Burns.* If you have, it if 
 superfluous for me to add, that the idea which 
 his conversation conveyed of the powers of hi; 
 mind, exceeded, if possible, that which is sug- 
 
 poetry was^rather the result of his own enthu- 
 siastic and impassioned temper, than of a 
 
 " Among the subjects or 
 
 ment. His wit was ready, and always im- 
 pressed with the marks of a vigorous under- , 
 
 or happy. His attempts 'at epigram, in his 
 printed works, are the only performances, 
 perhaps that he has produced, totally unwor- 
 thy of his genius. 
 
 " In summer, 1787, I passed some -weeks 
 in Ayrshire, and saw Burns occasionally. I 
 think that he made a pretty long excursion 
 that season to the Highlands, and that he also 
 
 i - , u n 1 I . , 1 n 1 "t 
 
 the Tweed. 
 
 « I should have mentioned before, that not- 
 withstanding various reports 1 heard during 
 
 i, \\ L t' . 
 
 should have concluded in favour of his habits 
 of sobriety, from all of him that ever fell under 
 my own observation. He told me indeed 
 himself, that the weakness of his Etomach was 
 such as to deprive him entirely of any merit in 
 
 alarmed about the effect of his now compara- 
 tively sedentary and luxurious life, when he 
 eo.i.c^d to me, the first night he spent in my 
 house, after his winter's campaign in town, that 
 he had been much disturbed when in hed, by 
 a palpitation at his heart, which, he said, was 
 
 '•In the course of the same season, I was 
 led by curiosity to attend for an hour or two a 
 .Masonic lods-e in Mauchline, where Burns 
 presided. He had occasion to make short 
 
 vidnaUfrom whorn he haduo reason™ expect 
 
 a visit, and every thing he said was happily 
 conceived, and forcibly as well as fluently ex- 
 pressed. If I am not mistaken, he told me, 
 that in that village, before going to Edinbursh, 
 he had belonged to a Mnail club of such of "the 
 inhabitants as had a taste for books, when 
 they used to converse and debate on any winter- 
 ing in public had evidently the marks of sc 
 
 :>ir,D.-.r 
 
 >n, what I have 
 istical in a high 
 :me facility and 
 judging of the 
 
 always considered as 
 degree of true genius 
 good nature of his 
 
 many^passages of English poetry with whic 
 
 with which he heard them. The collection < 
 
 hands, he read' with unmixed delight, notwiti 
 standing his former efforts in that very difficu 
 
 - -■ I . 
 
 " In juaging of prose, I do not thinkh 
 
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 in's Works, which | English; and who, 
 
 uaintness of Junius. The influence of this 
 bjects of wonder than his poetical perfor- 
 
 hildhood, fron 
 
 s it probably v 
 
 ••Of the mo 
 lentally fell int 
 
 compositions with the 
 
 They were chiefly ball 
 n our Scottish dialect ; ; 
 
 a among such of the 
 
 had a very Kid 
 
 countrv people or acouariu, as attect to unite 
 
 some degree of ta=ie v. ith th ir religious studies. 
 
 '• His father appeared to me, from the ac- 
 
 ipplied to him (and he added, that the passage 
 was a literal statement of fact), the two lasl 
 lines of the following passage in the Minstrel, 
 
 " Shall I be left forgotten in the dust, 
 
 
 landing in his scholar a 
 rdour for knowledge, had 
 
 im piiLufn ui .ue .anguage. He began the 
 
 finished the verbs. I have sometimes heard 
 
 ole. I think he had a project 
 Edinburgh, of prosecuting the 
 intimate friend, the late Mr 
 
 It would be worth while to ii: 
 r he was able to read the Frenc 
 such facility as to receive fro. 
 
 thing of practical geometry, particularly of 
 
 entirely his own. 
 
 " The last time I saw him was during the 
 
 hood of Edinbur?h, where' I was then°living. 
 My friend Mr Alison was the only other in 
 
 which Mr Alison sent 
 him afterwards of his Essays on Taste, drew 
 
 surprise at the distinct conception he appeared 
 from it to have formed, of the several princi- 
 ples of the doctrine of association. When I 
 
 If it is, you mav easily procure it, by means of 
 our friend Mr Houlbrooke. " 
 
 ception was particularly flattering. The late 
 Dr Robertson, Dr Blair, Dr Gregorv, Mr 
 Stewart, Mr Mackenzie, and Mr Fraser Tytler, 
 
 * Or rather 
 ifidence witl 
 
BURNS. 
 
 ledged more especially his power in conversa- 
 cultivation of his genius. In Edinburgh, 
 deal mixed. Ova hard was an acceptable 
 
 in the 
 
 say. si 
 
 and frequently received from female beauty and 
 
 grateful to him. At the table of Lord -Mon- 
 hoddo he was a frequent guest ; and while he 
 enjoyed the society, and partook of the h.i.-;>i- 
 taiities of the venerable Judge, he experienced 
 the kindness and condescension of bis lovelj 
 and accomplished daughter. The singular 
 beauty of this young lady was illumined by that 
 happy expression of countenance which ivmi.i.- 
 
 VZtit- 
 
 M 
 
 fsBur. 
 
 ,1 the. 
 
 race, and go 
 
 odn 
 
 ss, the 
 
 nee .Milton' 
 
 Ev 
 
 h 
 
 s Addl 
 
 celebrated i 
 
 las 
 
 train o 
 
 "Fair Bur 
 
 
 strikes 
 
 
 
 
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 reo 
 
 fLove 
 
 This lovely woman died a few years after- 
 verses addressed to her memory. 
 
 Among the men of rank and fashion, Burns 
 was particularly distinguished by Jain--. K;.ri 
 of Glencairn. On the motion of this noble- 
 man, the Caledonian Hunt, (an association of 
 the principal of the nobility and gentry of Scot- 
 land,) extended their patronage to our bard, and 
 admitted him to their say orgies. He repaid 
 their notice by a dedication of the enlarged and 
 
 ! 'r.ngr hit country that the blood of 
 
 her ancient heroes runs uncontaminated ; and 
 
 spirit, she may expect protection, wealth, and 
 liberty. . . . . . . . . May comm- 
 and may tyranny in the ruler, ami licentious- 
 It is to be presumed that these generous sen- 
 
 to independence of character and conduct, were 
 favourably received by the persons to whom 
 
 fromlverV romThat of the 
 
 Earl of Glencairn. This accomplished noble- 
 man, a scholar, a man of taste and sensibility, 
 died soon afterwards. Had he li»ed, and had 
 s, Scotland might 
 
 ined perhaps an uncommon proportion of 
 
 
 ■ taste, elegance, and literature. The sudden 
 ter,.ti..n in his habits of life operated on him 
 as well as morally. The humble fare 
 if an Ayrshire peasant he had exchanged for 
 he luxuries of the Scottish metropolis, and 
 
 in could no" be C inconsiderable" Butwhat- 
 iufluence might be produced on his con- 
 
 ) much curious and melancholy reflection. He 
 aw his danger, and at times formed resolutions 
 j guard against it ; hut he had embarked on 
 
 thentic, though imperfect 
 
 
 ,f observation. The followi 
 lerve as a specimen : 
 
 Edinburgh, April 9, 1787. 
 'As I have seen a good deal of human life 
 n Edinburgh, a great many characters which 
 ire new to one bred up in the shades of life as 
 [ have been, I am determined to take down 
 
 etter to Mr Palgrave, that, ' half a word fixed 
 lpou, or near the spot, is worth a cart-load of 
 ecollection. ' I don 't know how it is with the 
 .vorld in general, but with me, making my re- 
 
 lark, and at times, no doubt, to admin 
 iteness and penetration. The world ai 
 ;ied with selfish pursuits, ambition, va 
 
 orth tr. 
 
 any obst 
 
 ound ths , 
 bservation is a sucker, or branch of the darling 
 lant they are rearm? in their fancy. Nor am 
 sure, notwithstanding all the sentimental 
 lights of novel-writers, and the sage philosophy 
 f moralists, whether we are capable of so 
 atimate and cordial a coalition of friendship, 
 
 very thought and floating fancy, his very in- 
 i..-t null, v.nh unreserved confidence to an- 
 
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 these pages my confidant. I will sketch every I am so capable of ihe throes of gratitnde, i 
 character that any way strikes me, to the best am miserably deficient in some other virtue: 
 of my power, with unshrinking justice. I will | •' With I am more at my ease, 
 
 old lawphrase,roaAott«/e«dor/oDOttr— Where! but when he kindly interests himself in 
 
 "To these seetninglr invidious, but too jusi 
 ideas ot humin friendship, I would cheerfully 
 
 book, so fully d ( 
 imperfectly ex 
 
 and reaections 
 are proper for 
 
 with scarcely any emo- 
 is of the poet in procuring this 
 
 And each warm w 
 
 •ings mutual frotr. 
 
 
 lie new edition of his poems. Burns ac- 
 a sum of money that enabled him not 
 partake of the pleasures of Edinburgh, 
 fratif'y a desire he had long entertained, 
 ing those parts of his native country, 
 tractive by their beauty o " 
 
 nay, of | turally revived. The : 
 
 .1 the r. 
 
 nofsu 
 
 e bui.k 
 
 avowed worth, is received every wh.re, with i the Tweed, and of its tributary streams, strongly 
 the reception which a mere ordinary ch iracter, ! interested his fancy ; and, accordingly, he left 
 decorated with the trappings and futile dislinc ' Edinburgh on the fith of May, 1737, on a tour 
 
 man of , through a country so much celebrated in the 
 
 1 rs of Scotland. He travelled on 
 
 srreat man's table, a Squire sometl 
 Sit somebody ; he knows the noble 
 at heart, gives the bard, or whateve 
 =aire ot his good wishes, beyond, pe 
 ane at table; yet how wiil it mor: 
 see a fellow, whose abilities woul 
 have made an ei*hipenny tailor, s 
 
 " The noble G 
 
 : soul here, because I de 
 d love him. He showe 
 
 m my gage of contemptuous defiance, but 
 ihook my hand, and looked so benevolently 
 d at parting. God bless him ! though I 
 
 il my ayiug day ! I am pleased to think I 
 
 horseback, and was accompanied, d 
 
 part of his journey, by Mr Ainslie, now writer 
 
 .-. a gentleman who enjoyed much 
 
 of his friendship and of his confidence. Of 
 
 ery, and which is chiefly oc.-upied with an ac 
 
 m the-, 
 
 -J^>, 
 
 this tour he vi = r,-„ Mr A. ..='.:» of Berrywell, 
 the father of his companion ; Mr Brydone, the 
 celebrated traveller, to whom he carried a let- 
 ter o: introduction from .Mr Mackenzie; the 
 Rev Dr Somerville of Jedburzh, the historian ; 
 Mr and Mrs Scott of Wauchope ; Dr Elliot, 
 
 banks of the Roole ; Sir Alexander Don ; Sir 
 James Hall of Dunglass; and a great variety 
 of other respectable characters. Every where 
 the fame of the poet had spread before him, 
 and every where he received tl ~ " 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 by the magistrates with the freedom of their 
 aorough. The following may serve as aspe- 
 
 rerence to living characters prevents our giving 
 
 " '^Saturday, May 6. Left Edinburgh_Lam- 
 
 " Lau». 
 
 cry pr:t 
 
 le Men 
 
 i meeting with my compn*non de voya S e, very 
 
 "Sunday. Went to church at Dunse. 
 Heard Dr Bowmaker. . . . 
 "JMandm 
 
 .vitll M 
 
 
 r, especially on the Scot. 
 
 a hoily-oush growing where James the Si 
 
 old garden planted by the religious, rooted out 
 
 of the Duke's!— Climate and soil of Berwick 
 shire, and even Roxburghshire, superior to Ayr 
 shire — bad roads — turnip and sheep husbandr 
 
 kets, consequently low lands — magnificence c 
 farmers and farm-houses. Come up the Tevi 
 ot, and up the Jed to Jedburgh, to lie, and s 
 
 ■« Wednesday. Breakfast with Mr Fair. 
 . . Charming romantic situation of .led 
 
 mingled among°the houses, and the ruins of 
 once magnificent cathedral. All the town 
 
 river. Dined with Capt.' Rutherford, . . 
 return to Jedburgh. Walked up the Jed wit 
 
 burn, two fairy scenes. Introduced to M 
 Potts, writer, and to Mr Somerville, th 
 
 man, but sadly addicted to punning. 
 
 "Jedburgh 
 
 Saturday. Was 
 
 pre, 
 
 ented by 
 
 the magistrates with the freedom 
 
 
 
 "Took fai 
 
 eweil of Jedburgt 
 
 
 
 md 1:i ,h.,i, 5 
 
 
 
 
 
 May 14, Kdso. 
 
 
 with the 
 
 
 -all gentlemen ta 
 
 
 of high 
 
 
 
 huu 
 
 
 Z/30 to L50 
 
 alue, and attends t 
 
 e fox 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 h Mr 
 
 
 of the ciub, 
 
 tad a friend of Mr 
 
 
 
 
 s, M 
 
 r Ker is 
 
 
 like my dear old 
 
 
 1 Robert 
 
 offers to accompany me in my English to 
 
 "Tuesday. Dine with Sir Alexander Don ; 
 a very wet day. . . . Sleep at Mr Her's 
 again, and set out next day for Melrose- '"* 
 
 Dryburgh a fine old ruined abbey, by the way. 
 Cr,..,= tue Leader, and come up the" Tweed 'i , 
 Melrose. ihne there, aul Msit that far-famed 
 
 if Ettrick. The 
 
 iving spent thret 
 
 . Ettrick, remarkably 
 
 veeks in exploring this 
 Mr Hood" 
 
 Northumberland. Mr Ker and 
 
 with whom he had 
 
 quainted in the course of his tour, accompanii 
 him. He visited Alnwick Castle ; the prince 
 seat of the Duke of Northumberland; tl 
 hermitage and old castle of Warkswortli 
 Morpeth, and Newcastle. — In this town 1 
 
 south-west by Hexh" 
 
 in the co 
 
 , given 
 
 SJ..U 
 
 almost always a favourable one. That on the 
 banks of the Tweed and of the Teviot, our 
 
 of t .- ir p-irt u ii-ly described in his journal. 
 But it does not appear that the scenery, or its 
 inhabitants, produced any effort of his muse, 
 
 From Annan, Burns proceeded to Dumfries, 
 and thence, through Sanquhar, to Mo,»ziel, 
 near Mauchliue, in Ayrshire, where he arrived 
 about the Sth of June, 1787, after an absence 
 of six bu,y and eventful months. It will be 
 
 he was received by his mother, his brothers, 
 
 paratively friendless ; he returned to' them high 
 
 his ardent affections, and ready to share with 
 
 
 
 * ' I -write you this on my tour through a 
 country where savage streams tumble over 
 savage mountains, thinly overspread with sav- 
 age tlocks, which starvingly support as savage 
 inhabitants. My last stage was Inverary — to- . 
 morrow night's stage, Dumbarton. I ought 
 
 youTnow (amTman of mTny sins. " "' " 
 From this journey Burns returned to his 
 
 county, "where he was now very generally- 
 known and admired. In August he again 
 visited Edinburgh, whence he undertook 
 
 month, in company with Mr M. Adair, now 
 Dr Adair of Harrowgate, of which this 
 
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 s with the' following 
 
 e'by ]Jnlith|ow and 
 
 at Carron, with which the'pnet was forcibly 
 struck. The resemblance between that place, 
 and its inhabitants, to the cave of Cyclops, 
 which must have occurred to every classical 
 
 the prospects from the castle strongly inter- 
 national feelings had "been powerfully excited 
 by the ruinous and roofless state of the hall in 
 which the Scottish Parliaments had frequent- 
 ly been held. His indignation had vented il- 
 
 Hnes.'whTchha^ven^'iuch oft'enc?, and which 
 he took this opportunity of erasing, by breaking 
 the pane of the window at the inn on which 
 
 travellers from Edinburgh, among whom was 
 a character in many respects congenial with 
 that of Burns. This was Nicol, one of the 
 teachers of the High Grammar-School at 
 
 ently opposite. I regret that I 
 
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 ■essing in more glowing and fer»d 
 
 ace which gave the Scottish throne its 
 test ornament, interested his feelings more 
 -fully. This venerable dame, with charac- 
 ' J ;nity, informed me, on my observing 
 
 
 J IV ri 
 
 to Harvieston, in Clackmai 
 habited b, Mrs Hamilton, 
 
 Fy ' acqJIi °ted. am He "produced" 
 family, and there was formed my fit 
 tance with Mrs He " 
 
 'emphasis! 
 
 lie of Devoi 
 ire, then in- 
 the youngei 
 
 d for 
 
 Thus was I indebted to Bui 
 from which I have derived, 
 to derive, much happiness. 
 
 romantic interest i particularly Castle Camr 
 bell, the ancient seat of the family of Argyle 
 and the famous cataract of the Devon, calle 
 the Cauldron Linn ; and the Rumbling Bridgt . 
 a single broad arch, thrown by the Devil, if 
 
 expressed their disappoint 
 
 ;hat I believed 
 ly of Robert Bruce, that Robert Bruce was 
 sprung from her family. Though almost de- 
 prived of speech by a paralytic affection, she 
 
 preserved her hospitality and urbanity. She 
 
 (Ve returned to Edinburgh by Kinro.s 
 (on the shore of Lochleven) and Queensferrw 
 1 am inclined to think Burns knew nothing of 
 
 r .Michael Bru 
 
 ■had died there a shorl 
 
 Itage and early grave c 
 
 Here I m 
 
 ■epentance, s 
 mt for fornit 
 
 n. He knelt and kissed the stone with 
 
 derated the worse than Gothic neglect of the 
 it of Scottish heroes."! 
 
 The surprise expressed by Dr Adair, 
 
 ry of 
 
 the Devon should have failed 
 
 exertion of the poet's muse, is not in its nature 
 
 not expressing in more glowing language his 
 friends of Burns on other occasions of the 
 
 LCted from a letter of Dr Adair to lb 
 
same nature Yet the inference that Dr Ada! 
 
 little taste for the picturesque, might be ques 
 tioned, even if it stood unconlroverted by othe 
 
 of the effect expected. Hence perhaps it may 
 he explained, why the banks of the Devon and 
 the Tweed form no part of the subjects of his 
 
 viewed the Cauldron Linn. Certainly there 
 are no affections of the mind more deadened 
 by the influence of previous expectation, than 
 those arising from the sight of natural objects, 
 and more especially of objects of grandeur. 
 .Mir.u'.e descriptions of scenes, of a sublime 
 nature, should never be given to those who 
 are about to view them, particularly if they 
 are persons of great strength and sensibility of 
 
 Languag 
 
 veysi 
 
 of si 
 
 ___ imdofagrei . 
 ture that far transcends them. The imagina- 
 tion of Burns might form a cataract in com- 
 parison with which the Cauldron Linn should 
 teem the purling of a rill, and even the mighty- 
 falls of Niagara a humble cascade. * 
 
 Whether"these suggestions may assist in 
 explaining our Bard 's deficiency of impression 
 on the occasion referred to, or whether it 
 ought rather to be imputed to some pre-occu- 
 pation, or indisposition of mind, we presume 
 
 this association Burns contemplate 
 ery of the Devon with the eye oi 
 poet, the following lines, written 
 
 To have formed before-hand 
 licture in the mind, of any interesting 
 >r thing, generally lessens the pleasure 
 irst meeting with them. Though this 
 )e not superiur, or even equal to the 
 
 •mL,ia:,c 
 
 more pleasure than the first. See the Element) 
 of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, by Mr 
 Stewart, p. 484. Such publications as The 
 Guide to the Lakes, where every scene i- J " 
 scribed in the most minute manner, and > 
 
 -LIFE, 41 
 
 On a Young Lady, residing on the banks of th 
 small river Devon, in Clackmannanshire, 61 
 
 et blushing flower, 
 
 e gay rosy morn 
 
 jf the soft v« 
 
 That steals on tl 
 spare the dear bl 
 
 The different journeys already r 
 
 )f his life. Sir Nicol was of Dumfries-shire, 
 )f a descent equally humble with onr poet. 
 Like him he rose by the strength of his talents, 
 ind fell by the strength of his passions. He 
 
 the means of entering himself at the Univer- 
 sity of Edinburgh. There he was first a stu- 
 dent of theology, then a student of medicine, 
 
 those parts of their exercises in which the 
 Lalin language is employed. In this situation 
 
 particulars of his history, as well as in the 
 leading features of his character. The office 
 of a«i,tant teacher in the High-school being 
 vacant, it was, as usual, filled up by eompeti- 
 
 NicoU P by 'Ut' r ' " 
 
 the other candidates. This office he filled at 
 
 the period of which we speak. 
 
 It is to be lamented; that an acquaintance 
 with the writers of Greece and Rome does not 
 always supply an original want of taste and 
 
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 constantly excited by° 
 
 he wi|d and 
 
 -ubli 
 
 
 
 Of th 
 
 several proofs in r, be to 
 
 
 
 merly printed * Of the 
 
 
 e of the 
 
 poems, The hmnlle Ptl 
 and of the bard's visit t 
 
 lion of Brua 
 j Alhole Ho 
 in Letters Nc 
 
 • Wale 
 
 No. 34: and. 1 ■. the i'. 
 
 mm uf Mr \ 
 
 
 Perth, then residing- in 
 
 he family of 
 
 lie Y)u 
 
 wouldconducThL 
 
 reaper's nightly beam, 
 
 e jii'.r;:ii- lliroiiirli i lie Te e 
 iv darklj -dashing stream. 
 swelling ou the breeze. 
 
 lrlE n storn y ed"to d 
 rassed, plain, an. 
 complete reliance 
 
 1 never to forget a proper respect 
 B species of dignity belonging to 
 
 t, he spoke with ease, propriety, 
 He tried to exert h.s abilities, 
 
 there" The' Duke's fine young 
 
 ind with which he has very feli- 
 
 I took a ride with him through 
 ist romantic parts of that neigh, 
 was highly gratified by his con. 
 
 1 strength of expression, Twill 
 
 the grounds. It was already growing dark; 
 
 before and after the Duke's return, of which he 
 
 view L of 'Their 6 beauties'' which "the moonlight 
 
 v.,, perfectly sensible, without being vain ; 
 
 
 the most approbate return lie could make', to 
 
 of his feelings at the time. I had often, like 
 
 write some descriptive verses on any of the 
 
 
 
 from the sublime or elegant landscape, but I 
 
 lighted. After leaving Blair, he, by the 
 
 never saw those filing, :,, intense as in Burns. 
 
 Duke's advice, visiteu the Full, nf Bruar, and 
 
 When we reached a rustic hut on the river 
 
 in a few days I received a letter from Inverness, 
 
 '.lit. v. L~-re it is overhung L\ a Wijodv nreei- 
 
 with the verses inclosed. "J 
 
 pice, from which there is a noble water-fall, 
 
 It appears that the impression made by our 
 
 he threw himself on the heathy seat, and gave 
 
 
 
 
 
 charmed with the reception he received from 
 
 
 
 
 spent at Alhole-house as among the happiest of 
 
 
 his life. He was warmly invited to prolong 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 to be regretted, as he would otherwise have 
 
 
 t In the preceding winter, Burns had been 
 
 
 
 Loch Turit. a wild scene' among the hills of 
 
 but this description of his manners is perfectly 
 
 Ochtertyre. " "Lines written with a Pencil 
 
 applicable to his first appearance in such 
 
 over the chimney piece, in the Inn at Ken- 
 
 society. 
 
 more, Tayinouth. " "Lines written with a 
 
 % Extract of a letter from Mr Walker to Mr 
 
 pencil standing by the Fail of Fyres, near 
 
 Cunningham, dated Perth, 24th October, 
 
BURN'S LIFE. 
 
 been introduced to Mr Dundas (then daily ex- 
 
 itoxe fortunes. At Athole house, he 
 met, for the first time, Mr Graham of Fintry, 
 
 office in the Excise. 
 
 The letters and poems which he addressed 
 to Mr Graham, bear testimony of his sensibil- 
 ity, and justify the supposition, that he would 
 
 
 Hair of i 
 
 Fochabers. In the course of the preceding 
 winter Burns had been introduced to the 
 Duchess of Gordon at Edinburgh, and pre- 
 suming on this acquaintance, he proceeded to 
 Gordon Castle, leaving Mr Nicol at the inn in 
 
 to "dinner, he was invited to take his place at 
 
 of wine, he rose up and proposed to withdraw. 
 
 the first time, his eneagement with his fellow- 
 traveller ; and his noble host offering to send 
 a servant to conduct Mr Nicol to the castle, 
 
 self. He was, however, accompanied by a 
 gentleman, a particular acquaintance of the 
 Duke, by whom the invitation was delivered 
 in all the forms of pol.teness. The invitation 
 came too late ; the pride of Nicol was inflamed 
 to a high degree of passion, by the neglect 
 which he had already suffered He had ordered 
 the horses to be put to the carriage, being de- 
 
 ihey found him parading the streets of Focha- 
 bers, before the door of the inn, venting his 
 anger on the postilion, for the slowness with 
 
 reduced to the necessity of separating froT2 
 him on their journey. He" chose the last of 
 
 and regret, he turned his back on Gordoi 
 
 happy' davs. Sensible, however, of the grea 
 kindness of the noble family, he made the bes 
 return in his power, by the'following poem.* 
 
 From tyranny's empurpled bands 
 These, their richly gleaming wav, 
 
 Or the ruthless native's way, 
 
 Eent on slaughter, blood, and spoil, 
 
 Woods that ever verdant wave. 
 
 Give me the'groves that lofty brave 
 
 Is the forest, pours the flood. 
 
 By bonnie Castle Gordon. + 
 
 lurns remained at Edinburgh dnrintr the 
 iter part of the winter, 1787-8, and again 
 
 ropolis. It appears that, on the 31st day 
 
 Prii.ee Charles Edward. Whati 
 
 fectly loyal to the king on the throne. It is 
 not to be conceived that they entertained any 
 hope of, any wish for, the restoration of the 
 House of Stuart; but, over their sparkling 
 
 which the re t t" i greatne si 
 
 produced an ode, which, though deficient in 
 the complicated rhythm and polished versitica- 
 
 won the butt of Malmsey from the real laureate 
 
 
 Submissive, low, adori 
 
 Ye honour 'd mighty dead ! 
 Tio nobly perish 'd in the glorioi 
 jur king, your country, and hei 
 
 ■ ■- ■■■■■■; ■ ■• 
 tremelyfond. 
 
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 (What breast of northern ice but warms ?) 
 
 To bold Balmeriiio', u.iJjm; name, 
 
 :s the proudest wreath departed heroi 
 
 Not unreversed your fate 
 
 It only lags, the falal 1 
 
 Your blood shall with in. 
 
 Till deep it crashing whelms the colts 
 
 In relating the incidents of our poe 
 Edinburgh, we ought to have meut 
 sentiments of respect and svmpatby w 
 
 SSST 
 
 humble 5 
 
 shee, in the Canongate 
 
 aging advice it was owing (as has alrea . . 
 li^'ir.d) thai Born,, instead of emigrating 10 the 
 West Indies, reoaired to Edinburgh. He re- 
 ceived him Here" with all the ardour of "' 
 
 of 1787, at bis ti< 
 neighbourhood of Si 
 
 telleciual brigh 
 
 ness as from him, the impulse 
 
 
 sparks of celestial lire! I 
 
 
 delighted, therefore, than wilh 
 
 his company f 
 
 
 
 I should have made little of 
 
 hint; for, .nth 
 
 e gamester's phrase, he did not 
 
 * In the first 
 
 part of this ode there is some 
 
 
 
 
 
 tier's Lamenk- 
 
 --But if there were no other 
 
 reasons for omi 
 
 
 the want of orig 
 
 inalitv would be ^.'ii'cii-ht. A 
 
 considerable pa" 
 
 rt of it is a kind of rant, for 
 
 
 
 i iriotij oth-r oi 
 
 
 sible lotgv along 
 
 
 :he Gentle Shcpher< 
 antly recognises as 
 
 vhether the Ediuburgh I 
 
 . i '_ jith'mai liffii alties'in the farm of 
 .Mossgiel. With the remainder of this sum, 
 
 except on 
 
 ,to 
 
 her, Mr Cre 
 d himself r 
 nds, afler 
 Two hun 
 
 ch, 
 
 i himself 
 
 H.e 
 
 to -Mr .Hi r ol Da '.vinlon. Understanding 
 1787, to view his'estate in NUhsdale, offering 
 
 •* Extract of a Ulhr from ji 
 
his friends might judge proper. 
 
 tage of the lib 
 
 frailty 
 
 of Mr Mille 
 
 . He pro- 
 
 ceederi in this 
 
 
 
 with more 
 
 
 
 ,. ' Having made , 
 
 of the farm of 
 
 E.;i-: 
 
 md. he empl 
 
 jved two o 
 
 his friends, skilled in 
 
 the value of 
 
 and, to ex 
 
 
 
 heir approba 
 
 ion, offered 
 
 a rent to Mr M 
 
 
 hichwasimn 
 
 ediately ac 
 
 eepted. Itwa 
 
 
 nvenient for 
 
 Mrs Burns 
 
 
 
 from Ayrsh 
 
 
 poet therefore 
 
 
 
 
 EUisIand, to p 
 
 
 for the rece 
 
 ption cf his 
 
 Wife and childr 
 
 
 d joined him 
 
 
 end of the year 
 
 
 
 
 The situatio 
 
 
 hieh Burns 
 
 
 himself was o 
 
 alculat 
 
 d to awakei 
 
 
 The different st 
 
 ?= h ^ 
 
 had of late 
 
 
 in their nature 
 
 -- IJ ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 jeasure, fixed 
 
 
 
 ' a' hi 
 
 sband and a 
 
 father; he 
 
 had engaged i 
 
 l the 
 
 
 of a consi- 
 
 derable farm, a 
 
 dime 
 
 
 ous under- 
 
 taking; in his 
 
 
 
 ness of his 
 
 family was in 
 
 olved; 
 
 
 therefore, 
 
 to abandon the 
 
 ayety 
 
 and dissipati 
 
 an of which 
 
 "EUisIand, Sunday, liih June, 1TS8 
 
 ■ T! :- :- :. . . .1. ■■ .1 1 ! 
 
 in this country. ' Lord, what is man ! ' Wha 
 a bustling little bundleof passions, an. tit. - 
 
 indeed an elsewhere, where, as Thomson says 
 
 "Tellns, ye dead: 
 What 'tis you are, and we must shortly be ? 
 Will make us wise as you are, and as close. " 
 
 gle with the stream, till some sudden squall 
 shall overset the silly vessel, or in the listless 
 
 aS^ect 'Y.' - ^ddy C follies! 
 
 those varnished vices, which, though half- 
 sanctified by the bewitching levity of wit, and 
 humour, are at best but thriftless idling with 
 
 onin» th 
 
 e whole, 
 
 that, i 
 
 ke the plains of 
 
 
 
 
 
 5d Elisha 
 
 nothing s 
 
 ,ort ot 
 aft it h. 
 
 supernaturally- 
 
 Wedloc 
 
 
 
 
 
 ) care, if 
 
 
 nd religion were 
 
 
 
 ames, was what 
 
 few seas 
 
 ons I mu 
 
 -t have 
 
 resolved on ; in 
 
 sary. Humanity, generosity, honest pride o 
 character, justice, to my own happiness fo 
 alter life, so far as it could depend (which i 
 
 -LIFE. 43 
 
 surely will a great deal) on internal peace ; all 
 these joined their warmest suffrages, their most 
 powerful solicitations, with a rooted attach- 
 ment, to urge the step I have taken. Ivor 
 
 ^- T -- I fa a ri n c Vhow n t C ut hav/never s^TwherT 
 
 1 could 
 then, let 
 
 up to my fav, 
 
 That column of tr 
 
 commodation of his family. On this occasion, 
 
 r. ■: :.,... 
 
 his skill impaired Pleased with surveying the 
 
 grounds he was about to cultivate, and with 
 the rearing of a tuilding that should give =htlt,T 
 
 iself informs us, the "most tranquil',' if not 
 
 period of his life, our poet was without 
 society of his wife and children. A g 
 
 mduct.f But his application to the cares 
 id labours of his farm was interrupted bv 
 veral visits to his family in Ayrshire ; and 
 i the distance was too great for a"single day 's 
 
 id sentiments of any kind, almost 
 
 in part expressed by the following 
 and characteristic, though not v fry 
 ;rses : they are in imitation of an old 
 
 I'll partake wi'nae-todv; 
 ITltak cuckold fraenane." 
 I'll gie cuckold to nae-body. 
 
 I hae a penny to spend, 
 
 There-thanks to nae-body; 
 
 I hae naething to lend, 
 I'll boiTow frae nae-body. 
 
 I am nae-hody's lord, 
 
 I'll be slave to nae-body ; 
 
 I hae a guid braid sword, 
 I'll takdunts frae nae-body. 
 
 Ill be merry and free, 
 I '11 be sad for nae-body ; 
 
 I'll care' for nae-body. 
 
journey, he generally spent a nis 
 on the road. On such occasions E 
 fell into company, and forgot th< 
 
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 letter to the editor, 
 
 he lived. The public voice had now pro- 
 
 the south, with 
 
 quickly 
 
 near Closeburn, I said to my companion 
 
 is Burns. ' On coming to the inn, the hostler 
 
 told us he would be back in a few hours to 
 
 ouirne, 
 
 1-1 t 
 
 othe 
 
 Hoard of 
 
 ratio.!. 
 
 li- 
 
 „'.'... 
 
 applied t 
 
 J, by 1 
 
 ne in 
 
 To 6 
 
 of .Mr G 
 
 1,'ar!;, - 
 
 .!;.■■! 
 
 gau 
 
 
 part of his care or his thou-h s. It v.a- no! at 
 Ellisland that he was now in general to be 
 found. Mounted on horseback, this high- 
 minded poet was pursuing the defaulters of the 
 
 dale, fcis roving <■■.*. v.aiHl-n.itr o-.er thee], arms 
 of nature, and muUerin S his vmyxard Jancws 
 as he moved along. 
 
 " I had an adventure with him in the year 
 1790," says Mr Ramsay of Ochterljre, in a 
 
 1 with his uxor Scibma qualis, and the 
 
 inarj rustics. In the evening he sud- 
 bounced in upon us, and said, as he 
 1, I come, to use the words of Shsk- 
 , slewed in haslc. In fact, he had ridden 
 
 !, when Mr S 
 
 Rob Slacq 
 
 acta 8 Elshon, 
 
 y of Robert Bruce being 
 
 of Caern 
 
 , when the heel 
 
 loosened 
 
 n his flight, he 
 
 
 to fix it ; who. 
 
 
 
 re now go 
 
 ng on at a great 
 
 — poppe 
 
 1 iu his head; 
 
 
 rse, which had 
 
 ,7'."\" 
 
 in a little while 
 
 
 s the force and 
 
 i .Mr S- 
 
 - 's cheeks, 
 
 met"no 5 r 
 
 we, and' I was 
 
 
 
 all hardly 
 
 ever see his like 
 
 
 sort of comet in 
 
 
 ions, which did 
 
 jued to tl 
 
 e blaze of light 
 
 1791, twe 
 
 English gentle- 
 
 
 h him in Edin- 
 
 o him at 
 
 Ellisland. On 
 
 * The 
 
 of Tlie Whistle celeb 
 
 of Nithsdale, where Burns appears as umpire. , beef, with vegetables and barley-broth, aft. 
 Mr Riddel died before our bard, and some the manner of Scotland, of which they partot 
 elegiac verses to hi? memory will be found in ', heartily. After dinner, the bard told the 
 
 ir Robert Law 
 
 Sts of a'bloo 
 fight the ba 
 
 
 1UO 
 
 sly t 
 
 at he had 
 
 no w 
 
 ne to 
 
 offer 
 
 
 
 
 
 Hl-hl 
 
 
 „kv, 
 
 
 
 ■ v.h 
 
 ch Mrs Burn 
 
 
 a the 
 
 oar.i. 
 
 He 
 
 proc 
 
 uced 
 
 
 
 his p 
 
 unci,. 
 
 tr 
 
 'pin 
 
 '-"V;! 
 
 Inverary m 
 
 rble, 
 
 
 i ;:..,« 
 
 ,1.. 
 
 es, 
 
 and i 
 
 nvited them 
 
 to .or 
 
 nk.* 
 
 '11': 
 
 * 
 
 Thi 
 
 bowl 
 
 was made of the sto 
 
 ne of which 
 

 
 BURNS.- 
 
 travellers were 
 
 in hast 
 
 , and besides, the 
 
 
 L:-k; .. 
 
 
 
 el, toler 
 
 ble; but the gen- 
 
 
 
 
 ardent hospitality 
 
 
 and it impossible to 
 
 resist. Burns w 
 
 
 
 the charms of hi 
 
 
 tion were altogether 
 
 fascinating. He 
 
 
 over a great variety 
 
 
 
 hatever he touched. 
 
 He related the t 
 youth; he recite 
 
 i some of 
 
 infancy and of his 
 the gayest and some 
 
 
 
 his strains of in 
 
 rth, he 
 
 threw in touches of 
 
 
 
 round him the elec- 
 
 
 
 ul mind. The high- 
 
 laud whisky imp 
 
 
 s flavour; the marble 
 
 bowl was again „ 
 
 nd again 
 
 emptied and replen- 
 
 ished; the guest 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 theytoV 
 
 
 
 
 uld scarcely distin- 
 
 guish it when 
 
 
 by the morning's 
 
 
 
 
 Besides his du 
 
 ies in th 
 
 Excise and his so- 
 
 
 
 umstances interfered 
 
 
 n of Bur 
 
 ns to his farm. He 
 
 engaged in the f 
 
 
 of a society for pur- 
 
 
 ulating b 
 
 ooks among the far- 
 
 mers of his neig 
 
 hbourhoo 
 
 d, of which he un- 
 
 
 agement 
 
 
 himself occasion 
 
 ally in 
 
 
 
 of Mr 
 
 ohnson, then in the 
 
 course of publi 
 
 
 These engagements, 
 
 useful and hono 
 
 urable in 
 
 themselves, contri- 
 
 
 t, to th 
 
 
 thoughts from th 
 
 
 of agriculture. 
 
 
 ces may 
 
 be easily imagined. 
 
 Notwithstanding 
 
 the uu 
 
 form prudence and 
 
 good managemeL 
 
 t of Mrs 
 
 Burns, and though 
 
 
 oderate 
 
 ind reasonable, our 
 
 
 
 if not necessary, to 
 
 
 j Mr Mi 
 
 er; after having oc- 
 
 
 
 half. His office in 
 
 the Excise had 
 
 rigiually 
 
 produced about hfty 
 
 
 11m. H 
 
 ving acquitted him- 
 
 self to the satis 
 
 action ot 
 
 the Board, he had 
 
 been appointed 
 
 
 district, the emolu- 
 
 ments of which 
 
 
 
 III family on th 
 
 
 
 
 e income till promo- 
 
 tion should reac 
 
 
 disposed of his stock- 
 
 and of his crop o 
 
 n Ellisla 
 
 ad by public auction, 
 
 and removed to a 
 
 small hn 
 
 se which he had tak- 
 
 en in Dumfries, 
 
 about the 
 
 end of the year 1791. 
 
 Hitherto Burn 
 
 
 addicted to excess in 
 
 
 ned from the habit- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of his co 
 
 
 temptations to th 
 
 
 
 continually pres 
 
 nted the 
 
 mselves ; and his ir- 
 
 regularities grew by degr 
 
 es into habits. These 
 
 
 
 
 gagements in th 
 
 
 
 as during his ho 
 
 
 ixation ; and though 
 
 he yearly foresa 
 
 w the co 
 
 sequence of yielding 
 
 
 id sensations, which 
 
 
 
 tes of his judgment, 
 
 finally triumph 
 
 d over a 
 
 1 the powers of his 
 
 will. Yet this 
 
 ictory w 
 
 
 * Given from 
 
 party. 
 
 the info, 
 
 mation of one of the 
 
 any obstinate struggles. 
 
 enjoy the pleasure of h 
 
 tildest sallies of his wit; to witness the 
 trength and degradation of his genius. 
 
 Still, however, he cultivated the society of 
 ersons of taste and respectability, and in their 
 ompany could impose on himseli'the restraints 
 
 int. In the four years which he 
 
 of Mr Syme, written soon aft, 
 is it gives an animated picture of b 
 rect and masterly hand, we shall p 
 
 s^nt Tine rea 
 
 " I got Burns a grey highland shelty to ride 
 on. We dined the first day, 27th July, 1793, 
 at Glendenwynes of Parton ; a beautiful situa- 
 tion on the banks of the Dee. In the evening 
 
 from which we had as tine a view 
 
 the author of Mary iceep no more for 
 
 * the passing spirit" had appeared, had we 
 rrived as Mr and Mrs Gordon were sitting 
 " Here is a genuine baron's seat. The cas- 
 
 f A beautiful and well-known ballad, whici 
 begins thus : 
 
 The moon had climb 'd the highest hill 
 -^— o'er the source of Dee, 
 
 
 t, shed 
 
 i The level low ground on the banks of a 
 river or stream. This word should be adopted 
 from the Scottish, as, indeed, ought several 
 others of the same nature. That dialect is 
 
rock. Ou the north, the aspect is great, wild, 
 and I may say, tremendous. In short, 1 can 
 scarcely conceive a scene more terribly roman- 
 tic than the castle of Renmore. Burns thinks 
 so highly of it, that he meditates a description 
 of it 1U poetry. Indeed, 1 Li-lievr he ii,h Lijuil 
 the work. We spent three days wild Mr 
 Gordon, whose polished hospitality is of an 
 original and endearing kind, Mrs Gordon's 
 lap-dog, Echo, was dead. She would have an 
 
 burns was' asked for "mT This was setting 
 Hercules to his distal}'. He disked the sub- 
 jeel ; but, to please the lady, he would try. 
 
 Ye jarring screeching things aroun 
 
 '■ We left Kenmore, and went to Gatehoi 
 
 uesolale regions extended wide around. ' 
 
 the sod; it became lowering and dark. ' 
 hollow winds sighed, the lightning, gleam 
 the thunder rolled. The poet enjoyed 
 
 began to fall; it poured in floods upon 
 
 to revenge ourselves, bums insisted at Gale- 
 tio-seon our gelling utterly drunk. 
 
 ••From Gatehouse, we went next day to 
 Kirkcudbright, through a line country. But 
 
 of this sort is more trying to the temper than a 
 serious calamity. We were going to Saint 
 Mary's Isle, the seat of the Earl of Selkirk, and 
 'iscomhted at the thought 
 
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 h, on the south, Thy fool's head, quoth Satan, (hat 
 ascape of green 
 : ana there a grey 
 
 of his ruined boots. 
 
 1 at ten 
 
 d the i 
 
 him. Mercy ou us, how he did fume and rage ! 
 Nothing could reinstate him in temper. I 
 Ibat s y io e US e ra P edieQ, °' and at lafit hlt °" ° De 
 ■ ■ • •, across the bay of Wigton. Against 
 expectorated his spleen, and regained a most 
 
 matic humour indeed ! He afterwards Ml on 
 humbler game. There is one • • • whom 
 he does not love. He had a passing blow at him. 
 
 When , deceased, to the devil went 
 
 'Twas nothing would serve him but Satan"'*" 
 
 
 
 .mfrUi. He insisted they 
 Kirkcudbright about one 
 
 that St Mary's Isle was the seat of a Lord; 
 yet that Lord was not an oristocrate, at least 
 in his sense of the word. We arrived about 
 eignt o clock, as the family were at tea and 
 cotiee. Si Mary'a Lie is one of the most de- 
 lightful places that can, in n.y opinion.be form- 
 
 tame object which constitutes nalurul and cul- 
 
 nal grnceH, let me tell you that we found ail 
 
 and some strangers; and among others, who 
 but Urbanil The Italian sung us many Scoi- 
 
 indulgence of the sympathy 
 
 Burns' Lord Gre E 
 
 but this is a cold-blooded objeclion, which will 
 
 were equally gratitied. The poet was delight- 
 admiration. The lion that had raged so uo- 
 lently in the morning, was now as mild and 
 
 tation. What do you think he was about ? 
 He was charging the English army, along with 
 
BURNS. 
 
 s troops, and gave ice a copy 
 
 their being ever fulfilled. 
 
 Though previously a jacohite and a cavalier, 
 Bums had shared in the.,. i.n.ai hopes enter- 
 tainedof this a-t nishinr revolution, by araent 
 and benevolent mines. The novelty end the 
 hazard of the attempt meditated b ; . t!;e Fir,l, 
 or Constituent Assemtlv, served rather, it is 
 probable, to recommend it to his oaring tem- 
 per j and the unfettered scope proposal 10 Le 
 
 gratifying to The feelings 
 
 
 
 race. And even after the career of guilt and 
 of blood commenced, he c>. uidno: immec.iat, 1;. , 
 it may be presumed, withdraw his partial gaze 
 from a people who had so lately breathed the 
 
 1 !li< 11 1 irth. Under these impressi. ns, he 
 did not always conduct himself with the cir- 
 cumspection "and prudence -which his depend- 
 ent situation set ined to demand. He engaged 
 indeed in no popular associations so common 
 at the time of which we speak ; but in com- 
 
 Ssurest' o^oVX" eforms^uir'ed in" the 
 
 them with a wiMand un mstinai .I'viheno nee. 
 Information of this was given to the Board of 
 
 such cases. A superior officer in that de- 
 partment was authi 
 
 e report. His steady friend, JIi 
 tf Fintra, interposed his good offices 
 
 port. In the poet 1 have avowed manly and 
 independent sentiments, which 1 hope have 
 been found in the man. Reasons of no less 
 
 have po.nled cut 11 ./present occupation as the 
 only eligible lineof life within my reach. Mi.l 
 
 sentatmn may_ affix to my name. Often in 
 
 future hackney scribbler, with the heavy ma- 
 lice of savage stupidity, exuliingly asserting 
 that Burns, notwithstanding the J jhjhronade of 
 
 after having been held up to public view' and 
 to pu .lie estimation,^ a man of some genius, 
 
 to support his borrowed dignity, dwindled mm 
 a paltry exciseman, and slunk out the rest of 
 his insignificant existence in the meanest of 
 pursuits, and among the lowest of mankind. 
 
 but could r.c-t subdue. ' ' 
 
 It was one of the last acts of his life to copy 
 this letter into his book of manuscripts, ac- 
 companied by some additional remarks on the 
 same subject. It is not surprising, that at a 
 s.- ; .son <i universal alarm r,r the safety of the 
 ccustituti. n.the indiscreet expressions o"f a man 
 so powerful as Burns, should have attracted 
 notice. The times certainly required extraor- 
 
 tt' _ 1 ' 1 idV . ui 
 
 their brst duty. Yet generous minds will la- 
 have robbed the imagination of our poet of the 
 last prop on which his hopes of independence 
 
 L Though the vehement e'e/'r'ur'ns's temper, 
 increased as it often was by stimulating lieu, rs, 
 
 guarded expressions, there" seems no reason to 
 
 where he could have no tern; tat., 11 to disguise, 
 
 might be my sentiments of republics, ancient 
 or modern, "as to Britain, I ever adjured the 
 
 idea. A constitution which, it, its original 
 principles, experience has proved to be every 
 
 way UMlfir car hanyimss, it would he in- 
 
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 lowing hymn, worthy of the Grecian muse, 
 
 Scene— A Field of Bailie— Time of the day, 
 Erening—llte wounded and dying of the vic- 
 torious army are supposed to join in the Jbl- 
 
 F.irewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and 
 ye skies, 
 Now gay with the bright setting sun ; 
 l-'aiewell, loves and friendships, ye dear tender 
 
 Thou grim king of terrors, thou life's gloomy 
 
 Go, leach them to tremble, fell tyrant ! hut 
 No terrors hast thou to the brave ! 
 
 st the dull peasant, he sinks in the 
 
 dark. 
 
 eck of a 
 
 
 lie falls in the "blaze of his fame ! 
 In the field of proud honour— our swords i 
 Our king and our country to save — 
 
 .r : . sllineson life's last ebbing -arid: 
 
 Though by nature of an athletic form. Burr 
 had in his constitution the peculiarities nnd tl 
 , iliat belong to the temperament i 
 He was liable, from a very early pi 
 riod of life, to that interruption in the process 
 of digestion, which arises from deep and uniious 
 thought, and which is sometimes the effect, and 
 
 Connected with this disorder of the Stomach, 
 
 there was a disposition to head-ache, affecting 
 more especially the temples and eye-balls, and 
 frequently accompanied by violent and irregular 
 
 with great sensibility of nerves, Burns was, in 
 his corporeal, as well as in his mental systt 
 
 o fevi 
 ind. This predisposit 
 
 but was advised against i 
 aged from it. The marti 
 so high afterwards, on th 
 
 r, seems more calculated 10 invigora 
 it of defence, in a season of real at 
 
 pollution of 'inebriation, how slmll he escape 
 other pollution ? But let us refrain from the 
 
 met nothing in his domestic circle but gentle- 
 ness and forgiveness, except in the gnawings 
 
 transgressions to the wife of his bosom, pro- 
 mised amendment, and again and again re- 
 
 beeame feebler, and habit acquired predomina- 
 ting strength. 
 
 From October, 1792, to the January follow, 
 ing, an accidental complaint confined him to 
 the house. A few days alter he began to go 
 
 about three o'clock in a very cold morning, be- 
 numbed and intoxicated. This was followed by 
 an attack of rbenmatism, which confined him 
 His appetite now began to 
 
 fail: 
 
 <■ filter. 
 
 eovery, he was ever musing on the appro 
 
 into a uniform gloom. 
 
 It was hoped by some of his friends, that 
 if he could live through the months of spring. 
 
 the sun 
 
 ited. "The gen 
 
 ne 
 
 
 ndvif 
 
 ed to go into the 
 
 eve'r 
 
 nnpat 
 
 ■nt ol 
 es of 
 
 "m'rof teTe'te?! 
 
 o.n 
 
 rif N; 
 
 
 effects of bathing 
 se he took up his 
 
 t 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of 
 
 DmuiV 
 
 es, o 
 
 the shore of the 
 
BURNS. 
 
 jes. He seemed alread 
 
 : of eternity. Hta first 
 ell, madam, have you any 
 ither world?' I replied, t 
 
 s earthly prospects. 
 
 laofljinginofafifth. He 1 
 
 
 eath would 
 
 every s , 
 
 ters and verses written with unguarded and 
 improper freedom, and which he earnestly 
 
 handed about by idle vanity or malevolence, 
 when no dread of his resentment would re- 
 st; ain them, or prevent the censures of shrill - 
 
 envy, from pouring forth all their venom to 
 
 De thrust upon the world. On this account 
 he deeply regretted having deferred to put 
 
 was now quite incapable of the "exertion. " — 
 • « The conversation, ' ' she adds, ' ' « 
 collected. There was frequently a joasider- 
 
 At first, Burns imagined bathing in the sea 
 
 limbs were relieved ; but this was immediately- 
 followed by a new attack of fever. .When 
 
 on the ISth of July, he was no longer able to 
 
 his mind sunk into delirium, when"ot housed 
 by conversation. On the second and third 
 
 nished. On the fourth, the sufferings of this 
 
 The death of Burns made a strong an 
 especially o 
 
 
 years of his life. 
 
 heart. The 'Gentlemen Volunteers of Dum- 
 fries determined to bury their illustrious asso- 
 
 solemn and impressive. The Fencible Infan- 
 try of Angus-shire, and the regiment of cavalry 
 of the Cinque Ports, at that time quartered in 
 
 and neighbourhood determined 3 to wait in 
 the funeral procession ; and a vast concourse 
 „t perils assembled, some of them from a 
 
 tishBard.' On the evening of the 
 2oth of July, the remains of Burns were re- 
 moved from his house to the Town-Hall, and 
 the funeral took place on the succeeding day. 
 A party of the volunteers, selected to perform 
 
 which were placed the hat and sword of their 
 friend and fellow-soldier ; the numerous body 
 of attendants ranged themselves in the rear ; 
 while the Fencible regiments of infantry' and 
 cavalry lined the streets from the Town-Hall 
 
 yard, a distance of more than half a mile. 
 The whole procession moved forward to that 
 
 c* in Saul°: and three volleys' fired 
 over his grave, marked the return of Burn, to 
 his parent earth ! The spectacle was in a high 
 
 * The particulars respecting the illness an 
 iath of Burns were obligingly furnishe 
 
 • Ur .Maxwell, the physician who attend* 
 
uhiir^em^u'hadcSieail'nhr 
 
 sorrow 
 
 II »i» an affecting circu.nslai.ce, 
 
 that on 
 
 the morning of the day of her husbani 
 
 
 ral. Mrs Bums was undergoing the 
 
 pains of 
 
 h^ju 5 rb«n b de' L Tl\\'!l l !hVp!'C'la,n 
 
 
 of our poet was burn, "rin, infant t 
 
 
 received tue name of .Maxwell, n, not 
 
 
 to a long life, lie has already bee 
 
 
 inhabitant of the s lU ie grave with his c 
 
 lebrated 
 
 father. The four other children of our poet. 
 
 ail sous (the eldest at that time t 
 
 
 years of age) vet survive, and give e\ 
 
 
 mise of prudence and virtue tttat ca 
 
 . he ex- 
 
 pected from their lender year*. The) 
 
 
 
 
 Dumfries, and are enjoying the means 
 
 of edu- 
 
 catioa which the excellent schools of i 
 
 
 afford : the teachers of which, in their 
 
 
 to tile children of Burns, do theiusel 
 
 es great 
 
 honour. U:i this occasiou, the nam 
 
 B of Mr 
 
 
 
 biui'self a poet as weli as a man of scie 
 
 
 Burns died in great poverty ; but t 
 
 he inde- 
 
 pendente of bis sp rit, and the txemp 
 
 ary p.u- 
 
 deuce of his wife, had preserved h 
 
 m Irani 
 
 
 
 prohl of about nine hundred pounds. 
 
 Of this 
 
 was' far' from extensive) and in the 
 
 ■■' 
 
 
 furniture of his house, remained; and obliga- 
 
 tions were found for two hundred 
 
 
 advanced by him to the assistance of 
 
 
 wnom he was united by ibe liea of blood 
 
 
 more by thn,., of eslee n and affection. 
 
 When 
 
 
 
 
 ould not 
 
 
 1 und-r- 
 
 
 me Irom 
 
 the KSOM « ns for some lime as low 
 
 a, Ufly, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .pensions of absoiu.e want! Ye 
 
 po.erly 
 
 
 meanness. Neither chicanery ncr » 
 
 
 ever appeared in his conduct. He carried h a 
 
 
 
 
 himself 
 
 
 
 reluctance every offer of friendly a* 
 
 
 His printed poems had procured h 
 
 in great 
 
 tn- latter offsprings of his pen might Lave 
 
 
 
 la- .ear 1765, the Euitor of a Loud 
 
 
 paper, hign in its character for literal 
 
 
 in Jepeiidsnee of sentiment, made a 
 
 proposal 
 
 to hint that he should furni,u lhem B 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 pt. Yet 
 
 
 
 
 Jonnson 
 
 w.ibh.s beautiful i : .ri;-, w.moui tVeorre-van., 
 
 * The author of Si Guerdon's Well, 
 
 a . 
 
 aud ot A Tribute to the Me amg »j Uu 
 
 r«s. 
 
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 id was obstinately refusing oil recompen: 
 
 , which the justice and generosity of 
 leuien » i, pressing upon him. 
 
 dly present to 
 protluced toe wo: 
 
 j had been iuca 
 
 hid no lo 
 
 ger the power of expressing bis 
 
 On the 
 
 eatb of Burns, the inhabitants of 
 
 Dumfries 
 
 
 subscription 
 
 for the support of his wife ana 
 
 family; a 
 
 d Mr Miller, Mr M'Murdo, Dr 
 
 Maxwell, 
 
 nd Mr Syme, gentlemen of the 
 
 hrst resp.c 
 
 abilit,, became trustees for the 
 
 application 
 
 of the money lo its proper objects. 
 
 
 
 01 Scotland 
 
 and of England also, particularly 
 
 
 d Liverpool. By Ibis means a 
 
 
 aised amounting lo seven hundred 
 
 
 nd thus the widow and children 
 
 
 i from immediate distress, and the 
 
 most uiela 
 
 choly of the forebodings of Burns 
 
 happily dis 
 
 appointed. It is (rue, ibis turn. 
 
 iboiigu equ 
 
 al to their present supporl, is in- 
 
 
 
 public at large, in the promoting of whi 
 
 ucThiu/to iendbis'as'sisianr.e. 6 
 
 lurns, a, has already been mentioned, w 
 
 rl« live feel len inches in height, and of 
 
 d agility as , 
 
 earl., 
 
 irk, full oi 
 
 igth. 
 
 capacity. 
 
BURNS. -LIFE. 
 
 
 On aBrst view, hL, physiugu. 
 air of coarseness, minted, I 
 
 e to himself, Hums never euforc 
 aw it was willingly paid ; an 
 ssible to the approaches pi pnd 
 
 
 
 
 teoftheinsu. 
 
 lialityo'ffortun 
 
 
 died away under the influence of pity or self- 
 
 a.'.'i,- .1 i 11. it,- ,,.. ■ . - ..■:.■_ v. :■- ■ ,'i'tl I" 
 
 were often the offspring of u-u:;.. ran. feelings, 
 widely different from the calm decisions of 
 
 'eciin-the'chara! 
 
 On no subject did he give a mo.e strikin-- 
 roof of the strength of his t,,:,:. .standing, than 
 n the correct estimate he formed of himself, 
 le knew his own failings ; he predicted their 
 
 ions earned him down the stream of error, 
 
 -ct:_. in' his course. The fata'' ' ' 
 
 lay ii 
 
 t of fortitude, 
 ich, by regulati 
 rtions, may be s 
 
 •rior faculty of lb 
 
 s of his hea; 
 
 1, by re 
 
 ed. This influence was doabtless recipro- 
 
 A Scottish Lai.;., accustomed to the L t = t 
 
 iclared w 
 
 .',«' - <:jf her feet as tha 
 English Lady, familiarly i 
 vera! of the "most dislingu 
 
 equalled. The charm 
 
 the restrictions of 01 
 
 iiurish that lofty pride, 
 less of prudence, and 
 
 'Burns; and an when accompanied with the . 
 
 ed characters of I It is observed by one who w: 
 ; editor, that in ! associate of Bums,* and who h 
 trs, there was a j and explained the system of at 
 
 his genius. No live and be happy in this world 
 iociety of a man : being really existed, " continues 
 
 h ike stamp of his under; 
 
 
penetrating ; 
 objects arount 
 
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 ch, while they inform tl 
 
 The 
 
 speculations 
 
 if Xr Si. 
 
 ellie ore r 
 
 .,1 i, 
 
 be cons 
 
 
 
 
 th. j 
 
 vve.e probably foui 
 
 ded on s 
 
 
 
 
 ng hesuppu* s, "Willi 
 
 
 
 
 ..I II 1:11. II, W 
 
 iL ].. ii . | 
 
 
 
 and penetrating," i 
 
 
 tl in rtal 
 
 1,1. . 
 
 He is o 
 
 
 ment of g 
 
 
 p,r- 
 
 
 
 .,, thin. 
 
 
 
 
 lilt. :- Art 
 
 there no n 
 
 
 hy which the bappi 
 
 e»s of on 
 
 
 
 by oat, 
 
 
 stilted ? 
 
 
 wili 
 
 li-f.ui, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ihoiigh ii niaj at lirst 
 
 be. is the 
 
 
 
 
 in which 
 
 
 rs ,f 
 
 the understanding ar 
 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 ii.|.r.-ssioi 
 
 s, and ktt 
 
 ■ [he 
 
 'ihut the btnt i.t every man's mind should 
 be followed in his education and in bis dea 
 
 repeated, tut which cannt.i be admitted I 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 that Utile is produced. Rut where in 
 
 
 
 
 hand, the very r. rma of ll 
 
 
 quenlly to be the rule of conduct. In t 
 
 
 
 
 d, ! c; i „., l |. 1!l n;.n.:, ll .,i t! ,n,n,, : ,.lH 
 
 
 
 
 that the passions also may be kept unc 
 troi.» Hence the advantages, even ii 
 
 
 
 ral point of view, of studies of a severe 
 
 nature 
 
 * Quinctilian discusses the importar 
 
 i qnes 
 
 lion, whether the bent of the individu 
 
 
 nius should be followed in his ecuca 
 
 '. ,. r, , 
 
 j<cun-.'um rut quisque ineenii doceiitivs 
 
 
 f that admits of very ■ 
 
 tin ,r jui gu.i-i.t. lniug 
 
 poet. Jul 'what pet 
 lime by the lorce ol llii 
 does not see that lion. 
 till.d the rest of their 
 
 ledge— the know I.. L": i 
 
 palm of oratory, tten 1,; 
 Demosthenes 
 
 
 
 . It is only csteit- 
 ■fferentiy appli"-, 
 tj,e, though pti- 
 
the reader's candour and judgment will supply. 
 In supposing- that a gr-at poet might have 
 made a great orator, the physical qualities 
 necessary to oratory are presupp'osed. In sup- 
 should have devoted himself to poetry,' and that 
 numbers which by patience and attention may 
 
 found sometimes, but not alwavi 
 'lbe nature of the institutions o 
 
 viduals who excelled in varions di 
 
 The authority of Cicero may be appealed 1 
 in favour of the close connection between tl 
 poet and the orator. Est en im Jin itimus orato 
 f>,ta, numerisadstncUor pau'o, verl.orrm a,.; 
 in:,:!ia Ulterior, c/c. De Orator, lib. i. c. 1( 
 
 if Cicero i..-.;. be ,;u..!:-d ::_- . - 
 His attempts in verse, which are praised 1 
 Plutarch, did not meet the approbation i 
 Juvenal, or of many others. Cicero probablv 
 did not take sufficient time to learn the art of 
 the poet : but that he had the afflatus necessary 
 
 the other hand, nothing is more clear, than 
 
 mental qualities as an orator are included. It 
 is said by Quiuctilian of Homer, (Jmnijas eM- 
 
 i. 47. The study of Homer is therefore re- 
 
 tance. Of the two sublime poets in 'our owl 
 
 The identity, or at least the g 
 of the talents necessary to exeelle 
 oratory, painting, and war, wi 
 
 LIFE. £ 
 
 them into full exertion are rarer still. I 
 
 safe and salutary occupations may be found 
 
 ™set\i° an^ornlmental arts remain" trAe cu 
 rated, while the sciences remain to be stud 
 
 F ie and instruction is. as has already b 
 entioned, to strengthen the self-commai 
 
 ■xcluding the possibility of application to the 
 
 e habits, and from bestowing I 
 6 "ind "in'lhe ei 
 
 life. It has been common for persons conscious 
 of such talents, to look with a sort of disdain 
 on other kinds of intellectual excellence, and 
 
 absolved from these rules of prudence by 
 
 too much disposed to abandon themselves to their 
 
 But though men of genius are generally- 
 lied. The unbidden splendours of imagination, 
 may indeed at times irradiate the gloom which 
 inactivity produces ; but such visions, though 
 bright, are transient, and serve to cast the re. 
 alif.es of life into deeper shade. In bestowing 
 talents. Nature seems very generally to 
 
 ertion, if he wou 
 letter for him than sh 
 tl, or adventures the 
 ier to him than idlen 
 
 i wretchedness, 
 i the most pain- 
 zardous. Hap- 
 
 whosTown example will, however, far exceed 
 in weight the authority of his precepts. 
 " Abul Olo had so flourishing a reputation, 
 that several persons of uncommon genius were 
 ambitious of learning the art of poetry from so 
 able an instructor. His most illustrious scho- 
 lars were Feleki and Khakani, who were no 
 
 thJnf..'r'tW>kill in every branch of 'pure Lie! 
 
 nomy ; a striking proof that a su'blime poet 
 mav become master of auv kind of learning 
 which he chooses to profess; since a fine 
 imagination, a lively wit, an easy and copious 
 style, cannot possibly obstruct the acquisition 
 
 labour.' 1 ' S,r \\'i Ua','"]' ,. c s^ Works, Vol. 
 
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 ciaUj by the bi 
 
 ■njoTed \h"uln 
 
 i 10 the lot of li 
 
 ted villi new beauty H 
 
 half doubt 
 
 When, bailed round Citlia-rou's cruel sides, 
 lie saw two Mills and double Thebes ascend. 
 
 iv. I. 163. 
 
 Such are the pleasures and the pains of Fn- 
 sciisibilily, described by a genuine poet, with a 
 
 
 t There are a ^reat number of 01 
 
 , murals, and .happiness, of those 
 
 The effects of wine and of op; u m ou the tem- 
 
 iuve discussed in this' place at some length; 
 . Lit hefouna the subject too ..mfesiional to U 
 introduced with propriety. 'The uitliculty of 
 
 :d by habit, is well known. J oh 
 
BURNS — LIFE. 
 
 physically and morally, i 
 
 injurious. Id. proportio 
 
 . ,. ibe system (o 
 
 strength of the body decays, the 
 in proportion as tbe sensations ai 
 gratified, Ibe sensibility increases 
 
 tion. Actively, perseverance, i 
 maud, become more and more dif 
 great purposes of utility, patri 
 
 imagination, die away in fruitles 
 or in feeble efforts. 
 
 apply t 
 
 i, would beau 
 ,k. It is. indeed, 
 not to allow our a 
 
 d tbe" sym- 
 
 pathy they are called upon to bestow. 
 
 
 her periodical puo- 
 Bgant pen of a ludy 
 
 poet, should be unattended » 
 that commonly spring up at 
 
 gra 
 
 phers, wh 
 
 >, it is probable, m 
 
 ay, without 
 
 po,»-s = u,r 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ti,.is ot :.; 
 
 Burns. « The ins 
 
 
 lie 
 
 
 
 
 who hrst foun 
 
 d bim, like the prop 
 
 iet i-:hsha. 
 
 
 his plougb"f has been tbe por 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of genius have a da 
 
 
 
 ary capaci 
 
 
 of the Bri- 
 
 
 
 a court of justice! It 
 
 
 tried only by h 
 
 
 
 pre 
 
 e™eot;' 
 
 God U fo I 'rbid h i a shou J lc 
 
 '.''any'ti'.uV- 
 
 
 
 ality of other people, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 !"r° 
 
 ss 
 
 rs past, may perhaps 
 
 ju-l .." 
 
 pre 
 
 n.t.n- "to 
 
 be public a few of those ideas 
 
 
 
 ns 1 have had the 
 
 
 
 
 
 (bat Ci'J-r i 
 
 fur 
 
 errors, I h 
 
 ne of bis happy qua 
 
 ^ll\tlt^ : - 
 
 1; 
 
 ,^Tthe be r 
 
 the misfortune of Bu 
 
 no S t' r „ e n P lyt 
 
 
 re general 
 
 o.is and to foreigu c'o 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 contempor 
 
 tries, that he has be 
 
 n regarded 
 
 
 a poet, an 
 
 nothing but a poe 
 
 . It must 
 
 penetra-i 
 
 
 
 ct due to the wrea 
 
 
 by 
 
 
 lan myself; and run 
 
 
 
 ed of the 
 
 lerit of a self-taught bard, de- 
 
 to ' 
 
 Lis own, 
 
 Un te tha U t rS per'iod m of a 
 
 c.iiign..al 
 
 
 
 bad already biazed 
 
 or lb. ill all 
 
 
 
 
 
 ";' 
 
 hat even « 
 
 ce of sentiment. B 
 
 are'jlefded 
 
 
 
 will perhaps be fou 
 
 
 and 
 
 1 X7-- 
 
 less splendid, less 
 
 le^/attrael 
 
 
 
 al other writers have 
 
 
 
 poetry wa 
 
 s (I appeal to ail v, 
 
 ho had the 
 
 
 
 ing personally acqu 
 
 
 
 ) actually 
 
 not his forte. If 
 
 
 
 
 uccessfully to the bei« 
 
 htsofPar- 
 
 
 
 
 e Burns in 
 
 
 
 he sorcery I would 
 
 
 
 
 g conversation; tbe s, 
 
 pontaneous 
 
 eloquence of so 
 
 
 unstudied 
 
 poignancy of b 
 
 nUiant repartee. H 
 
 s personal 
 
 
 
 ere perfectly correspo 
 
 
 the 
 
 
 
 form was 
 
 
 
 tion energy itself; d 
 
 
 
 
 however, of those gra 
 
 ces, of that 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ot the op- 
 
 por 
 
 
 ix; but where, sue 
 
 
 
 ist.b'le poi 
 
 
 
 him 
 
 
 s appearance and ma 
 
 ine" were 
 
 t 
 
 •' Tbe Po 
 
 tic genius of my cou 
 
 ntry found 
 
 
 
 het.c bard Elijah di 
 
 Elisha— 
 
 
 re Ploutrh ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 .fade me^ng AeTove 1 
 
 
 
 
 and rural pleasures o 
 
 
 
 
 
 Burn:-' 
 
 Pre 
 
 
 
 nd Gadie. 
 
 met 
 
 of die Caledonian HunU 
 
 
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 never failed to deli 
 
 m:il -r..., 
 
 
 I'Mimr, un-icip ional,lj t.'on. lie wu candid 
 
 . Mart ol bis judgment, i 111, native yZurtr nev 
 
 d lead bim to the iudulgi . the value of a 
 
 J acute, but often unaccompanied I... uj-i-nhaucrd tenfold I 
 
 and. I he supprewio 
 
 ch and full pointed In n mot, from the : Bit mind, organized i 
 
 injuring it» object, the »a^;e of Zurich more acute operation t 
 
 for being rather 
 
 ; if so, tin.i would have depreased it into huiniliiv, 
 tiiliourlv | and equally superior to tin- encroachments "I 
 
 a heart that ackuowleilgi 
 
 ced bevoud the sra=p of p 
 
 ' '. '.j" uith'th 
 . . II - po = = iou= r 
 
 rlerei.ee, or who* resentment could be U ,11 be rcud.lv traced 
 .dered «iiu contempt. In tbu it sbou.d | to the pub;., as soon a 
 
Iliem, speak sufficiently fur their 
 ad th-y fallen from a hand mo. 
 e ranks of society than that of 
 had perhaps bestowed as unusui 
 as even in the humbler shade of 
 tion from whence they really 
 
 iyrshire, e at P a°sm all form near ih'c!,.!L , 
 and our poet', e.de=t son, (a Ld of nine yet 
 of age, »Ii.«ki disposition, already pro 
 him to be the luiinMM ul his tattler s talents 
 
 i no classical edu- 
 ivith the Greek and 
 
 an be e i.!dLpmably 
 
 '« That Euros 
 Roman authors 
 
 a'.e pre 
 
 
 and most favourite put 
 itedly seem he was mo: 
 
 but I really believe h; 
 aided Utile, if any, fai 
 
 si :.-. lis - - i'. ..;.'. 
 
 happiness of description, the frolic spirit ol 
 
 beauty always taught hitn to pour forth hi: 
 
 touches of nature ? And where is the tu^-'c 
 moralist who will persuade us so far to • dull 
 
 >r that 
 
 
 * This very respectable and verv superioi 
 au is now removed to Dumfriessriire. lit 
 nts lands on the estate of Clo=eburn, and is a 
 nant of the venerable Ur .Monteith. 
 
 ; the pebLle 
 nd it. The 
 
 of desires, 
 
 decorums of tl 
 seen to move h; 
 
 Icaunr^acifu'ie.-ce, that 
 patible: besides, the IV, 
 shade over sup. rior meri 
 
 
 pa-si. ...s "which u^re the only si.urje' n'f }-";, 
 frequent errors, Burns makes his own a.- !e-s 
 
 
 thv pulse's li'.'.<ld:-nii!£- rl-iv 
 s- nd thee Pleasure's deviou 
 d by Fancy |s meteor ray, 
 
 '• T have already transgressed far beyond the 
 inds I had pr'orjosed to myself, on first 
 nmitting to paper these sketches, which 
 
 Mil the leading features of Burns's mind and 
 
 fame, where Seotlan 
 memory with deligl 
 
 iu'iu'r.anc-s" tV'al warm.!', of' fancy and colour- 
 ing, in which he so eminently excelled. 
 
 the public prints, even since the idea of send- 
 ing these thither was formed. I rind private 
 
 animosities are 11..1 y et sui-ided, and env. has 
 
 fame will be at.o.vd to iluri.s's reputation, 
 which he wi.l be found to hay e merited by the 
 candid of his countrymen; and where a kin- 
 dreuUsum is found that has been taught -o 
 glow with, the iires that animated Burns, 
 
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 ii, 10 the tribu 
 
 s account of the life and personal 
 
 ■\ should le made into Ills liur.ni 
 
 iginirv ; In- j ■ .ui», ii- well a- Ins lulers. may 
 c considered as the illusions, of bis sbmIiI.;), 
 
 . [.Iical.li-. w 
 be port. 
 
 .on , i l.is tinh, and ol 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 - 
 
 . and susceptible of 
 
 poetical 
 
 
 
 
 
 ii. the l.leof a 
 
 
 -Mho takes no 
 
 
 disguise tbe low 
 
 
 
 .. 01 
 
 
 
 
 
 cumstanees a 
 
 
 -'■- 
 
 t, which « 
 
 title or 
 
 
 I.e. a 
 
 m 
 
 
 would have end 
 
 a>oured 
 
 
 
 Ihe 
 
 
 e rudeness and 
 
 
 
 
 „ the 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 ,'; 
 
 
 
 yhich 
 
 
 
 f the poems are 
 
 
 bus In. 
 
 , ol 
 
 
 
 f or harmony of 
 
 
 
 T:\ 
 
 nd 
 
 Lb. 
 
 deed. 10 an Lnglish ear, 
 'I be greater [art oi bis 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 »L, 
 
 
 
 ure, if not twin 
 
 Eligible 
 
 
 
 
 
 to* 1 "hot aim 
 
 still ad. 
 
 
 re or 
 
 .'- 
 
 tot 
 
 
 ='"") 
 
 'ihese singularities 
 er of the poet, who 
 with a simplicity 
 
 n alarms delicacy, 
 
 pressiun is perhaps 
 
 even on tbe lowest subjects, expresi 
 are highly interesting. 'Ihe scenery 
 
 relates, have the impression of nature and 
 truth. His humour, though wild and unbri- 
 dled, is irresistillv an, using, and is sometimes 
 heightened in Us effects Ly the introduction of 
 
 humour so happily unites. Nor is this the ex- 
 tent ol his power. 'Ihe leader, as he examines 
 farther, discovers that the poet is not conlined 
 to the descriptive, the humorous, or the pathe- 
 tic: he is found, as occasion oilers, to rise 
 
 Every where he appears de»oid of unifier, 
 perlorming what be attempts wilh little appa- 
 rent effort ; and impressing on the offspring of 
 hit fancy the htawp ../ I.n niio'ti t.'oiidiHe. The 
 reader, capable of forming a just estimate of 
 poetical talents, discovers in these circumstan- 
 ces marts of uncommon genius, and is willi:,;; 
 
 claim to originality. 'J bis lust point we shall 
 
 classical education, or of any degree ..I acijuaii,- 
 
 onginal tress, lias appeared in the history ol 
 bis life. He ucnuin n, indeed, some knowledge 
 ol the French lontuaee, but it does not apptar 
 that he was ever much conversant in French 
 literature, nor is there in) evidence of his lay- 
 ing derived any of bis poetical stories from llj.t 
 .' the 1 nglish classics he became 
 
 the efl.cls of ibis ucipiainlunce are cbser'vnLie 
 in Lis laiier productions , Lul the character and 
 style ol his poetry were (orn.ed very early, and 
 
 can le said to have had one, is to le SOOgbt lor 
 in ibe works of the poets who have written in 
 the Scottish dialed - in ihe works of such of 
 them, more especially, as are familiar to the 
 peasantry of Scotland. Some observations on 
 these ma'y form a proper introduction to a n ore 
 particular elainii.alion of the poetry of Burns. 
 
 indeed very recent and very imperfect. It 
 would have been imprudent for him to have 
 entered on this subject at all, but for the kind- 
 ness of Mr Kamsay of Ocbtertyre, whose atsw- 
 
 jt .seem to be satisfactorily ex- 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 g fur the torpor of Scottis] 
 
 illilllle 
 
 ned away the 
 
 
 
 
 
 %Z 
 
 e iMiirl^h itiiuT 
 
 
 d from the est 
 
 At the death of James the Fifth, in 1542, 
 the language of Scotland was in a flourishing 
 
 condition, wai.l.ng o:.i\ writers in prose equ.d 
 
 
 
 
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 7 
 
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 en in 
 
 igue, 
 
 as'wa'- 
 
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 f hit, 
 
 ™ 
 
 
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 hew 
 
 
 lave 1 
 
 
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 uage which 
 
 
 
 
 ted oth 
 
 
 
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 dgive 
 
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 rl 
 
 }thel 
 
 II1HK1L 
 
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 elf. T 
 
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 uula 
 
 rl 
 
 
 
 the 1.1, 
 
 ? d 
 
 En^sh ?! ro h nlncia.!on n 
 
 preva.led to a great degree, they u.sda.ned to 
 study the ntcet.es of the English tongue, 
 though of so much easier_acq.uis.tion than a 
 
 of Hawthornden, the only Scots.... n wi... 
 
 They siudie'd the language of England, ami 
 composed in it with precision and elegance. 
 They were however the last of their country- 
 
 ;.. Unit century. The ...uses o. .-.. oi .ami '-i, nk 
 into silence, and did not again raise .heir voices 
 for a per.od of eighty years. 
 
 iu «i.tii causes are we to attribute this ex. 
 tre.ue depression among a people coninmalneh 
 
 e.pial to account for the e'lire't. l.i i'.,'i"!;.ud, 
 
 'e. s. The Authors of the Ddicice Puctarum 
 
 , 1715. The nations being i.nally incorpo- 
 .ted, it was clearly seen that their tongues 
 
 eared, who studied the English classics, and 
 nitated their beauties, in the same manner 
 s they studied the classics cf Greece and 
 tome. They had admirable models of com- 
 osition lately presented to them by the 
 
 lrly in the periodical papers published Ly 
 
 _hich "irculated widely through Scotland, and 
 ifluseu every where a taste for purity of style 
 
 .t length, the Scottish writers succeeded in 
 
 a of their Scot- 
 
 nrolled on the Ii 
 
 10 the English thro, 
 rether, made the 
 
lil.NET LIBRARY. 
 i- I glory and ambilio 
 
 II; • dill' .'-ill .li .1 CI. ol III. .- ■■ ml. noli lauguns ■■ 
 
 If this conjecture be true, the Scottish mo-ic 
 
 more immediately of a Highland 
 
 ur sin, nod ihe Lowland times, though now of 
 
 have been long in possest ion of a 
 
 song, and ballads composed in I 
 
 I .iing to their native u 
 
 su j-ct. ol these compositions wi 
 
 n a tickle lover. 
 
 of hope breaks through, and dispels ilie deep 
 and settled gloom winch characterizes the 
 ..we-iest of the lli»!iliiiiu luriue*. or voc.il airs. 
 
 like; SUch us the Huh 
 Battle oy II 
 
 .;, il'--; ,:... 
 
 :...eilj »r. 
 
 ever genuiliM descripl mis .1 llie manner. ;;l „n 
 
 ! i op e in heir hours 
 
 ui iii, rlh and lesiiv.iv, ihoosh in loir portraits 
 
 tome objects are Draught into open view, which 
 
 la.. J breathed in sofier accent-. 'In ..... 
 
 itant of real evidenci reepectiog ibe history of 
 
 . tail Ranuaj of Ueburivre, -re- 
 
 be disposed to think, thai ill in 
 
 word! after the union of the crowns. The in 
 habitant, of the border., who bid formerly 
 been wan - husbandmen 
 
 were transformed into real she,.. 
 their eircum-iaii.e,, and satis 
 lot. Some sparks of that spirit of chivalry 
 
 remained sufficient to inspire elevation of sen- 
 timent and gallantry toward, the fair sex. The 
 familiarity and kindness which bad long sub- 
 sisted between the genirv and the peasantry, 
 could not all at once be obliterated, and this 
 
 atfecled simplicity and t. 
 urged, most likely to sol'tei 
 
 With un- 
 
 r- livelj a 
 
 They «. ' 
 
 is those rural poets sung for a 
 which, Mke the words of tl 
 
 „..'at change, ..„.» 
 
 ...g-wriliug. though we . 
 it;.- til- st'-[»s (.1 this eh. ins-' , an.-l t'el 
 tees ad in red in Queen .Mary's lime 
 
 
 iese conjectures are highly ingenious, 
 se and tranquillity d 
 
 leeply agu 
 
 iong the Scottish i 
 union of the two ci 
 
 d L. ,u: CI 
 
 le Banks of the Tweed, 
 
 »r subjects for popular poetry. Love, 
 :h haJ formerly held a divided sway witu 
 
 ll,,.l song, of the last 'ceiHUr,. tut tl 
 
 , fcriroci »/ a tetter from Mr Ramu.1, 
 Ocklerlyre to Ole Editor, fieofc II I79U. I 
 tbe Bee, Vol. II. p. 201, is a eotnmunica ic 
 
 of .Mr Ramsay, under the signature of - 1 li; 
 
 nore at larse. In that paper he give- ...- rei 
 ons for questioning the am , 
 be Celebrated S^'J. t. ail songs. 
 
r 
 
 iii-r'liic- re* 
 
 BURNS — I.IFE. 
 
 i succeeded freedom 
 
 It is not unreasonable to suppose, that the j the gol 
 peace and secun'y derived from the Revolu- | intellij 
 tion, and the Union, produced a favourable | by per; 
 
 aspects, Ramsay had advantages n 
 id by poets writing in the Scottish dii 
 
 Soon after this appeared Allan Ramsay, tlie spoken by persons of fashion. But till the 
 Anuandale, in a small ham'k-t i.;."ii.;- b.'.nki" ,.f 1 , ri : language. It is true, the English mo'. 
 
 e-'^^VuiTp 
 appeal 
 
 the gay, and ll 
 
 i Ediul 
 
 
 iugoftbe presei 
 - -* nn appre 
 
 Dr fifteen years of age. By 
 ne aequ.rea notice for 1 
 md his talent for the 
 
 ifession for 
 
 of tl 
 
 IKx 
 
 a volume of l 
 ls favonrablv 
 collection of \ 
 ! title of the 
 
 d with Mr Spittal, 
 a man of fashion, 
 lers of the Union 
 la seat. His pro- 
 differed as much 
 
 ames Street. °Had 
 lament of our own. 
 
 As in the Ever-Green he made some r 
 ancient poems, he probably used still gre; 
 
 * See Campbell's History of Poetry in 8 
 lam', p. 1S5. 
 
 t 'i he father of Mr Ramsay was, it is s= 
 a workman in the lead-mines of the Earl 
 Hopetouu, at Lead hills. The workmen 
 
 I have nol 
 beofave, 
 
 e year 1731, Robert Crawford of Auehi- 
 mes, wrote the modern song of Tmedtide.i 
 lich has been so much admired. In 1743, 
 r Gilbert Elliot, the first of cur lawyers who 
 both spoke and wrote English eiegantly, com- 
 posed, in the character of a love-sick swain, a 
 beautiful song. I epiunins, M; f A: ■ ;> ' .• ? > vhd, 
 
 uv.i, l!i.. 1-V.rb.,, with Ronabl lntird. 
 And about twelve years afterwards, the sister 
 of Sir Gilbert v, r. le the »Ml v,ords to the 
 tune of the Fioverf of the Forest :\\ and sup- 
 posed to allude to the battle of Flowden. In 
 
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 b parts allegorical, a n 
 
 music. ■• 1 or many years, "says Xr ltau,s,,y, 
 
 of the higher" and mmdle order of I be people, 
 as Hell as of ihe peasantry ; and though a tasti 
 for Italian music has interfered wilb thi 
 amusement, it is still verj prevalent Betweei 
 forty and fifty years ago, the common peop! 
 were not only exceedingly fond <.t songs am 
 Lallads, but of metrical history. O.t. n hove I 
 •nofyc 
 
 
 ing or r. 
 
 :e ond Jlruce against the >< m 
 ran. Lord Hailcs nas wont to call lilii 
 Horry their CiWr, he being their great fa\ou 
 ite next the Scriptures. When, therefore, one 
 in the rale of lib lelt the lirst emotion of ge. 
 nius, be Minted not models eui generie. Rut 
 though the seeds of poetry Here scattered will 
 a plentiful hand among the :scolti-.h peasantry, 
 the product Has probably like* that of pears ant 
 apples— of a thousand that sprung up, niiit 
 hunured and fifty ore so bad as to set the teeth 
 
 
 e passable uud 
 
 useful; and the rest of on exquL ._ _ 
 Allan Ramsay and Burns are urilalir.ge of thi 
 last description. 'Ihey had the example of the 
 elder Scottish poets; they net 
 the aid of the best English writ< 
 
 poems, the 
 
 principal of 
 
 which is the Get 
 
 
 Shepherd, k 
 the peasant!- 
 
 
 versallv read an.o 
 ry, and" have in so 
 
 ig 
 
 ee.-re-- ,t.p-r 
 
 
 
 
 
 recorded by 
 
 Rarbour and Bli 
 
 
 Harry, 'b" 
 
 
 icquainted with all 
 
 ol 
 
 these. He 1 
 
 ad also Lelo 
 
 
 of 
 
 
 the Scottish dialect, which ha 
 
 
 been produce 
 
 
 tunes, and of whi 
 
 :h 
 
 it will bene 
 
 essary to giv 
 
 e a short account 
 
 
 Iergus=on 
 
 
 
 
 .-.e.rpnwert 
 
 
 a liberal education 
 
 
 
 , however, w 
 
 hich in Scotland i 
 
 
 plies no very high rank. 
 
 n society. From a well 
 
 Hrillen auu appi.r.nily i 
 
 mm mi'; account of his 
 
 Hie, we learn that he 
 
 pent six years at the 
 
 schools of Edinburgh an 
 
 
 
 'm &£dH 
 
 
 destined for the Scottis 
 
 
 
 iod, he renounced ll.al 
 
 intention, and at l.dinl 
 
 Igh entered the ull.ee 
 
 
 
 
 
 attorneys. Ferguson 1 
 
 .m sensibility ot inii.il, 
 
 
 
 society of Ihe most ultra 
 
 lite kind, 'lb such a 
 
 into which he was led. impaired his feeble 
 
 constilulion, and he su 
 
 k um,er .hem in the 
 
 month of October, 177 
 
 1, in his 23d or 2-lth 
 
 year. Burns Has n..t 
 
 acquainted with the 
 
 l'.g!.'n to wr'i.e'p.l'l'iTj . 
 
 !'ii "when he'lii-l"'".,' 
 
 
 lic.uUsts. "lili. while 
 
 
 Irvine, meeting wilb 
 
 «!■!».«'. Hcvlthh r, 
 
 
 he "strung his lyre an 
 
 w with eu.u nling .i- 
 
 gour. " 'louched by the sympathy originating 
 
 in kindred genius, and 
 
 .., Ihe forebodings of 
 
 similar fortune, Burn 
 
 regarded Fcriussoi. 
 
 
 
 
 already been un nlioned , 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 From this account o 
 
 
 known to Hums, tho- 
 
 
 with l h. in will see lb 
 
 , are chiefly humor- 
 
 (us or puthetic: and l 
 
 
 these descriptions most i 
 
 
 
 mi will, his predeces- 
 
 sors under tach of thes 
 
 ■ points of view, and 
 
 close our examination H 
 
 th a few general oL- 
 
 It has frequently b> ■■ n 
 
 bserved, that Scotland 
 
 
 lively speaking, tew 
 
 
 
 
 
 those nho hate continm 
 
 
 country, and hate conln 
 
 d th.-msel-.es to cem- 
 
 
 
 
 sy explanation. 'Ihe 
 
 
 
 
 
 i or duelling on subjects 
 
 
 
 e excelled. It would 
 
 
 e ciulect of Scotland 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . «f dri.l,i' KM: ',., 
 
 the Grene was written by James the First , of 
 
 * In the Supplement 
 
 to the Encyclopedia 
 
 Brilamnca. See also, C 
 
 !.'■:, eci/rllt/i 
 
 to Ow HUiory offoelry l 
 
 i Scotland, p. 2bb. 
 
 t Notwithstanding the 
 
 evidence produced on 
 
 this subject by ..,r T.lier 
 
 ihe Editor acknow- 
 
 ledges his being somen h 
 
 
 point. Sir David Dairy 
 
 mp e inclines to the 
 
 
 ten by his successor 
 
 James the Fifth. The 
 
 e are oiflicult.es at- 
 
 
 also. But on the 
 
 subject of Scottish Antiqu 
 
 ties the Editor is an 
 
 incompetent judge. 
 
 
Scotland, this accomplished monarch 
 had received an English education unci 
 Direction of Henry the Fourth, and wh 
 
 of the 
 
 Grene 
 
 w 
 
 
 
 rinted 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i the 
 
 
 
 
 
 ad( 
 
 ed by 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i of Rii 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 II 
 
 
 
 n the 1 
 
 route,"' 
 
 
 a in r 
 
 "aV' 
 
 
 afiray. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 d the re 
 
 
 wal 
 
 
 the ru 
 
 the humours of 
 
 
 
 T 
 
 y wedd 
 
 r.-;.ecl; 
 
 • - 
 
 * l 
 
 ;;;, 
 
 ml 
 
 
 Of the 
 
 y at tl 
 
 
 
 
 P 
 
 ■Hod," 
 
 belli, lied, have been found to be susceptible of 
 an amusing and interesting species of poetry; 
 and it must appear not a little curious, thai the 
 single nation of modern Europe which pos- 
 
 The two additional cantos to Christis Kirk 
 of the Grene, written by Ramsay, though ob- 
 jectionable in point of delicacy, are among the 
 
 '■-:■ " 
 
 li of n 
 
 ;for 
 
 In his Gentle Shepherd, the character, are ue- 
 
 ana the Miller's Wife, though somewhat licen- 
 o^PrioTo/ll Fontaine. "lJuTwhen "he'at- 
 
 interesting," and seldom even reaches mediocri. 
 
 approbation. Though Fergu,sou had higher 
 
 ! LIFE. 65 
 
 genius was not of the highest order; nor did 
 
 hi, learning, which w .1, i oi,,iuerable, improve 
 his genius. His poems written in pure Eng- 
 
 h,h, in which he often follow, classical mo- 
 del,, though superior to (he English poem, of 
 
 those composed in the Scottish dialect he is 
 often very successful. He was, in general, 
 
 of his life in Edinburgh, and wrote for his 
 
 -i; ito.n, his Scottish poems are chiefly found- 
 ed on the incidents of a town life, which, 
 though they are not susceptible of humour, do 
 not admit of those delineations of scenery and 
 manners, which vivify the rural poetry of 
 Ramsay, and which ,o agreeai ly amuse the 
 fii.cy and interest the hear:. The town ec- 
 
 ilcni, an- however faithful to nature, and 
 often distinguished by a very happy vein of 
 humour. His poem* cntill-d The Daft Days, 
 The Kim- s Bidh-Mit in Edinburgh, Leila 
 Races, and The Halloii Fair, will jusiifv t!,., 
 character. In these, particularly in the last, 
 he imitated Chrttlis Air;; ,./ jie Grene, as 
 Bamsaj had done before him. His Address to 
 l':e Tron-kirk Bell is an exquisite piece of hu- 
 mour, which burns ha, scare. 1>, excelled. In 
 appreciating the genius of Fergusson, it ought 
 to be recollected, that his poems are the care- 
 less effusions of an irregular though amiable 
 young man, who wrote for the periodical pa- 
 per, of the day, and who died in early youth. 
 
 cum, lane-, , f to, t„i. e, he would probably have 
 risen to much higher reputation. He might 
 
 professed pastorals on the established Sicilian 
 model, are stale and uninteresting, The Far- 
 
 Scoltish pastoial, i, the happiest of all his 
 
 of the 'cotters SaTunmi/ Ni^ht. Vergus'on! 
 and more especially Burns, have shown, that 
 
 Scotland,'' of the present* tiniest are* as we'll 
 
 or of the Tul\i\'Vi'\.nn>:t~~'Kirk~' X "f~7<Le 
 
 The'humour of Burns is of a richer vein than 
 that of Ramsay or Ferguson, both of whom, 
 
 their flame, than to servile imitation." His 
 
 der. ~A superiority of'this kind is essential to 
 every -pedes of poetical excellence. In one of 
 
 cateTlesLiTot *■' 
 
 ,es of society, by showing that their superiors 
 
 selves ; and this he chooses to execute in the 
 form of a dialogue between two dogs. He in- 
 
 ii 1 r ,,it ikeis. The 
 

 DIAMOND CA 
 
 B1NET I4BBAEY. 
 
 
 His locked, lette 
 li-bred though he 
 
 is, he is however full of 
 
 | the humour of Bur 
 [form. The livelin 
 qnentlj impel, him 
 
 s appears in so simple a 
 
 o introduce into subjects ■/. 
 f tenderness or of pit) | 
 admits, lie is sometimes 
 e higher powers of iuia?i- 
 
 Weei clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; 
 His eawcie tail, wi' upward curl. 
 Hung oer ll >> hurdies wV a swirl. " 
 
 Never wer 
 led. Their 
 moralize, ar 
 
 happiness; 
 
 e twa dogs so eiqui-itely 
 gambols, before ttiey *.t 
 e described with an equal t 
 
 "That merry day the year bejins, 
 The nappy reeks »i' mantling reau 
 The luntin pipe, and sneesbin' uiill 
 
 from bis superior sagacity, as from bis bein< 
 more than any other, the friend and associa 
 of man. Tbe dogs of Burns, excepting i 
 their talent for moralizing, are dowimgl 
 dogs ; and nnt like the horse, of Swift, or tt 
 Hind and Panther of Dry den, men in ll 
 
 heightens the humour of the dialogue, Th 
 "twa dogs" are constantly kept before 01 
 
 played in its composition ; the ha| 
 
 * When this poem 
 
 lohad not an opporl 
 th a simple gentle. 
 le to portray tne chi 
 ch accuracy. And wb 
 at he had probably beet 
 
 ac'ter of bie-h-life wil 
 
 \V..rd* of 
 Vur-lVa 
 Maz-.-ie, a 
 
 is stimulating effecu oil the blacksmith work- 
 ng at his fo ge : 
 
 "Naemercv, then, for airn or «!eel ; 
 The brawr.ie, batnie, ploughman el.iel. 
 Brings hard owre-hip, wi' sturily wheel, 
 
 On another occa-ion.f choosing to t 
 whisky above wine, he inlroduces acompai 
 
 torn toe vine furnishes their beiernge. 
 
 ion of the poet. He goci 
 
 aught o' breathing lei 
 
 Again, however, he sinks into humour, and 
 tugbable, but most irreverent apostrophe : 
 
 The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer U 
 the Scotch Representative* in Parliament. 
 * Of whisky. 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 " Scotland, my auld, respected mither : 
 
 Till where you sit, on craps o' heather, 
 
 Freedom and Whisky sang thegiiber, 
 Tak' affjourarani!" 
 
 Of this union of humour, with the bigl 
 
 powers of iinazinaliuii. instances inav be tot 
 in the poem entitled Death and Dr Hornbo 
 
 the De'il, one o 
 
 lions. After reproaching tbi 
 
 of Scottish superstitions, and r 
 - high strain of poetry; he coi 
 
 . of the . 
 
 Of his 
 
 dress 
 
 le following v 
 
 «' But, fare < 
 O wad ye! 
 
 Humour and tenderness are here so happily 
 
 preponderates. 
 
 Fergusson wrote a dialogue between the 
 Cimu-uv and the Plainstones* of Ed,!,: urzh. 
 This probably suzgested to Burns his iti.ilozue 
 between the Old and New Bridge over the 
 river Ayr. 'Hie nature of such subjects requires 
 that they shall be treated humorously, and 
 Fergusson has attempted nothing beyond this. 
 Though the Causeway and the Plabubma talk 
 together, no attempt is made to per»,.nit\ Mi- 
 
 nis bed in the town of Ayr. and wand, 
 alone in the darkness and solitude of a 
 night, to the mouth of the river, wl 
 
 ing sound of the influx of the tide, 
 after midnight. The Dungeon.doc] 
 
 '< The chilly frost, bene 
 
 In this situation, the listening bard hears the 
 " clanging sugh" of wings movinz thr, u_b 
 the air, and speedily he perceives two beings, 
 reared, the one on the Old, the other on the 
 New Bridge, whose form and attire he 
 
 1 they preside, and afterwe 
 
 Ssi 
 
 " all before their sight 
 
 A» n the giitirrtt.z stream they featly danced; 
 
 While arts of minstrelsy among tl 
 
 Next follow a number of other allegorical 
 Rural Joy, Plenty, Hospitality, and Courage. 
 " Benevolence, with mild benignant air, 
 
 Learning and Worth in equal men-un - in,'." ' 
 
 The brokenlron instrument of Death ; 
 At sight of whom our Sprites forgat their kind- 
 displays various and powerful talents, and 
 may serve to illustrate the senilis of Burns. In 
 particular, it atlnrds a -tiikinz instance of his 
 being carried beyond his original purpose by 
 
 rs of ii 
 
 
 
 a high dezree the powers of his 
 in. During the whole dialogue thi 
 
 wrath of the Genii of the Brigs of Ayr 
 
 different parts of 
 i incongruity that 
 only to regret tlia 
 
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 - Ha 
 
 icards the South. It was not necesban li 
 Burns togi»e a description of this stream, lit 
 
 tenth not merely what the occasion rcquirei 
 but what it admitted; and the temptation i 
 describe so beautiful a natural object by moot 
 
 •• Why In, owre a linn the bornie plajs, 
 As through the glen it wimplet ; 
 
 W hjles round the rockj scaur it strays : 
 Vr'hyles in a w.elil uimplel ; 
 
 Wlnles glitter 'u to the i. 
 
 to understand the Scottish dialect 
 Will ■lion this to be one of the finest instances 
 of description w h eh the records of poetry af- 
 ford — 'i hough of a raj difierent nature, it 
 may be compared, in point of excellence, with 
 
 the rains of winter, Lurstint: thr.jucii the 
 streighls that conhne its torrent, ••boiling, 
 
 when. i. ir. loaming, and tl.unueriiig along, "t 
 
 r.ira, po-try of a serious nature, J... 
 
 be poem is one i 
 
 r comic. Be 
 the happiest 
 
 u Ireland it is still celebrated. It is not 
 T See XhmDMiu'a '•'. 
 
 it produced. To ex 
 
 muse, is an exquisite painting : 
 
 " There, lnnely, by the ingle-cheek, 
 1 sat Md eyed tin spewing reek, 
 
 'J hat null, e.ay bigg.!.'; 
 
 About the riggia. " 
 
 of an air al being mil. n mansion of this kind 
 
 required the powers of llurus-he, however, 
 succeeds. Coila entire, and lier countenance, 
 attitude, and dress, unlike those of other spir- 
 itual beings, are distinctly portrayed. To the 
 painting on her mantle, on when is depicted 
 the most striking scenery, as well as the most 
 oi.liiitruisl.ed characters^ il his nariie country, 
 Mine exceptions ma-, be made. The mantle of 
 Coiln, like the cup of 'I byrsis, J and the shield 
 
 . ■■■ . ,'..;i . ... t!,.->.... .]■ - 
 
 :',..' ' .... '-'.' I: 
 
 ualiy introduced, that he might include oljects 
 
 imis of ' °be 'tngiish mule. 'll,e concludia? 
 
 
 Inch he l 
 
 " And Ktar thou thit-hbe solemn said, 
 
 The polish d leases, and berries red, 
 
 Did rustling play ; 
 
 And, like a passing thought, she tied 
 lit light away. " 
 
 
 ~ See the £rst Jdyllium of Theocr 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 'lhe poem entitled Man v::y ii.ua u „ „ r'u, 
 ullords an instance of thU kind, and Tlw Win- 
 ter Nighi is of the same description. The 
 
 last is highly characteristic, Loth ot the te.n- 
 
 iTbe-i^'wilh'a description^' a dreadful'storm 
 on a° night in winter. The poet represents 
 himself as lying ... bed and listening to its 
 howling. In this situation, he naturally turn , 
 Ins thoughts to the our in * fall.,, una the 
 
 proceeds in the following: 
 
 " Ilk happing bird— wee helpless thing ! 
 Delighted me to hear thee sing, * 
 Whare wilt thou cow 'r thy cluttering wing. 
 
 He pur-ues this train of reflection t! 
 
 
 Cutter's Saturday Nigkl is perhaps entuied to 
 
 gusson evidently suggested the plan of this 
 poem, as has been already men. ion- d ; but after 
 
 ters and manners happily portrayed, and ex- 
 * Ourie, eut-lying. Ourie Cattle, Cattle 
 
 the imagination. The Farmer's Jut,!,.- te-in- 
 
 The waefu' 
 
 The '•Gttidame " is next introduced as 
 
 fitches and ghosts." 'lhe poet exclaims, 
 
 ' O mock na this, my friends I hut rather 
 
 Wi'eild our idle fam 
 
 ' bairn 
 
 The mind's aye craaVeJ when the g- 
 
 g day. 
 
 wife follow 
 
 By degrees the oil in the cruise begins to fail ; 
 the hre runs low: sleep steals on ha, ru>tic 
 group j and they n.oie off to enjoy their peace- 
 ful slumbers. The poet concludes by bellow- 
 ing hi. uless.ng on the "husbandman and all 
 
 Night. 
 
 The cottager returning from his labours, has 
 
 hfs farTor' to '. "JnT^Thl 
 
 ng scenes that more strongly i. 
 
 •nts of the courtship o, 
 
 la..ces°of the most i. ne- 
 'e most happily dcline.it- 
 igal supper, the repre. 
 
the worship of God, is a picture t 
 Ij affecting of any which the ru 
 ever presented to the view. Bun 
 ably adapted to this delineation, 
 of geuius he was of the temperai 
 tion, and the powers of memory i 
 
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 Before we concl 
 
 nandde 
 
 - 
 
 and rises at 
 sublimi 
 
 ;sed." The nobl< 
 
 lern poetry has 
 
 :ludes, correspond with the re 
 In no age or country have the pastoral 
 Jreathed such elevated accents, if the I 
 >f Pope be excepted, w hich is indeed a p 
 n form only. It is to be regretted 
 
 n other 
 
 
 lodu of the Scottish peasantry would hav 
 piy supplied. Such poetry is not to be est 
 ••■: bv Hie de?ree of pleasure which it bestows; 
 :i sink, deeply into the heart, and is calculated, 
 tar beyond any other human means, for giving 
 permanence to the scenes and the charact 
 »> exquisitely describes, f 
 
 
 will recollect that 
 ler. beep. 28. 
 
 
 found among the pipers i.l Bums, addres- 
 
 different parts of Britai 
 
 cal eniitle from Ml Telford o! .•Shrewsbury, of 
 superior m. rit. It was written in the Dialect 
 at Scotland (of which country .Mr Telford is a 
 native), and in the versilicalion generally em- 
 ployed bt our poet himself. Its object is to 
 recommend to iiim other suljects of a serious 
 nature similar to that ot the CoUcr't Saturday 
 -\ reAl i 
 
 enforced by example. 
 
 It would 
 
 
 
 of this putm. which he 
 
 hope, will 
 
 
 ue. Burns! thy happy style, 
 
 ■ 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 Recall the u;,, 
 
 rVfc 
 
 n tenner jovs, with pleasing smile, 
 
 
 Bless d my young ways. 
 
 1 se* 
 
 my fond companions rise, 
 
 
 
 1 see 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 its roaring lioods.* 
 
 N 
 
 istant Swiss wi:h warmer glow, 
 
 f the Elk in I 
 
 hes stronger grow, 
 Than still have mine, 
 
 tient mount t I go. 
 With songs of thine. 
 
 When up tb 
 
 O happy Bard ! thy generous flame 
 Was given 10 raise thy country's fame, 
 For this thy charming numbers came, 
 
 lhy matchless lavs; 
 
 \-\iih holy air. 
 And sing the course the pious choose, 
 ■With all thy care. 
 
 How with religious awe impress'd, 
 '1 hey open lay the guiltless breast, 
 
 All due prepare, 
 The symbols of eternal rest 
 
 Devout to share. }. 
 
 
 And gives a 
 
 Vs IJ , 
 
 Begui 
 ^uit'the'daj. 
 
 How placed along the 
 
 And faith, and hope, and joy afford. 
 And boundless loi 
 
 O'er this, with warm seraphic glow, 
 Celestial beings, pleased, bow, 
 And, wbisper'd, hear the holy vow, 
 
 '.Mid grateful 'ears 
 And mark, amid such scenes below , 
 
 f By turns in pious ta,k the] shai 
 With heavy hearts tb 
 
 
 I 
 
 A beautiful lilt 
 
 of Shrewsbury casth 
 Pulteney, Bart. 
 
 "" * Sacrament, generally administered il 
 ry parishes of Scotland in theopeu sir. 
 
 a seat of Sir William 
 
 ueraL 
 
BURNS.— LIFE. 
 
 In Ihe cold wind their grey locks wn 
 Their brother's body 'mongst the lave 
 
 
 
 arly 
 
 les-ons t 
 
 nfrht. 
 
 
 'T 
 
 uth'sple 
 
 
 
 
 itght) 
 
 
 
 in i 
 
 ntainted 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thesh 
 
 
 
 Who ten. 
 
 
 
 ..Iv h« 
 
 'Rht, 
 
 
 
 
 Feels h 
 
 .lyjoj 
 
 
 T , 
 
 roght on e 
 
 arth 
 
 so lovely 
 
 known 
 
 
 On 
 
 -v.L.Uth 
 
 
 and far 
 
 
 
 Hi 
 
 guileless 
 
 
 all naked 
 Before 
 
 hSGo 
 
 
 Su 
 
 eh prayer 
 
 
 v,. ■'..-,,. 11 
 And bit 
 
 ss'da 
 
 
 O tell ! with what a heartfelt joy, 
 The parent eyes the virtuous boy ; 
 And ail his constant, kind employ, 
 Is how to give 
 The best of lear he can enjoy, 
 
 The parish-school, its curious site, 
 The master who can clear indite, 
 And lead him on to count and write, 
 Demand thy care 
 Nor pass the ploughman's school at 
 
 Nor yet the tenty curious lad, 
 Who o'er the ingle hings his head, 
 And begs o' neighbours' books to read ; 
 
 Thy country's sons, who far are spread, 
 
 and Annandale, that a light pri 
 ; night every funeral, marking tl 
 
 uence of which, some observations have 
 Iready been offered. We may hazard a few 
 
 Of the historic or heroic ballads of Scot- 
 
 a this s 
 
 ore terrible, as we 
 
 j° n ; 
 
 of poe 
 
 
 ntlv 
 
 
 d. The Scottish s 
 
 
 >e the differs 
 rried life. B 
 1 surpas.ed h 
 
 Or may be, Burns, thy thrilling pa?e 
 May a' their virtuous thoughts e&2 ■.:-■ 
 Wiiil.- plajfal youth and placid age 
 
 lire s own pure emotions raise ; 
 
 i still the dear romantic blaze 
 
 Of purest love, 
 
 ! still each fond attachment glow, 
 
 r woods, o'er streams, o'er hills ..: -n 
 
 , rugged rocks s fJ e ^"£°J^ s 
 
 Thy patriot na 
 venal tribes decay, 
 
 Thy works sha 
 
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 generally, the incidents are referred to particu- 
 lar scenery. This last circumstance may be 
 considered as a distinguishing feature of the 
 Scottish songs, and on it a considerable pari ol 
 
 rticular aspect. Neither 
 brated ode of Sappho, the 
 
 in Che poetry of Greece or Rome, or perhaps of 
 any other nation. Mr.;iy of the love tongs of 
 Scotland describe sce/ies of rural courtship ; 
 many may be considered at invocations from 
 10 their mistr—-. -. Or 
 
 
 ., the 
 
 ■pot d< 
 
 interviews being particular zed. 'llie lovers 
 perhaps meet at the BuiA aboon Tratpuir, or 
 on the Bankt of Ellrick ; the nymph- are in. 
 voked to wander among the wild* of Rodin or 
 Vtt icoorft of limrmzy. Nor it the «pot mere- 
 ly p<iinted out ; lh- scenery is often described as 
 
 lialojuet. between husband* and the 
 ich form <.:,- u j t« if the Scottif 
 ! almost all ludicrous and salines 
 >' comets lnc lady is generally vi< 
 
 t One cr two «am P l 
 aervation. A Scottish song, wrilte 
 hundred years ago, begins thus : — 
 
 Come wading barefoot 
 
 Ml heart g.ew light, I r: 
 
 My arm, about ber id. 
 
 And kiss'd and clasp:u It 
 
 relate the language he em 
 
 ut pictura pnesh, is faithfully ob- 
 intpulse of nature and sensibility 
 
 by the powers of poetry or of 
 le birds of a ruder condition of 
 
 lusea, the easy access they ob- 
 irt. Generalization is the vice 
 b learning orerpowera their go- 
 
 greatly to the interest they excite, nlso shows 
 that they have originated among n people III 
 the earlier singes of society. Where this form 
 
 of composition nppeurs in songs of h modern 
 
 ■.sed by a lover 
 
 *of a beautiful l 
 actually seen, 
 
 •How blithe e« 
 My swain con, 
 
 along l he approaches n 
 leaps the brook, and Hie 
 
 ! neenerj bee 
 
 mer's evening, by tl 
 J which all of us c; 
 
 •O the broom, the bnnnie, bon 
 The broom of ibe Cuwden-kn 
 
 ■ e and U nMr« e - : "! r 
 o her arms. ' In 
 
 endeared to the 
 
 nto the following 
 
 ll spot of this happy int'T- 
 
 ramatic f.rm of writing charac. 
 Kluctions of an early, or, what 
 
 e illustrated by a reference to 
 
 mer. The form of dialogue is ad.-pieu in 
 old Scottish ballads, even in nairation, 
 eneier the .i'uation described becomes inter. 
 
 effect, of which an instance nraj L* given 
 m the ballad of Edom v' Gord n, a comno- 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 The Scottish song are of very unequal poet- 
 the different parts of the same song. Those 
 
 high power: rMchhideeddo 
 
 s°tLn?' 1 TheaniL a ce\f'the'wTds' e oVthe Scot 
 
 e s 
 
 euery" 
 
 of Scotland 
 
 con 
 
 Tibutes 
 
 o the 
 
 
 effect. 
 
 
 n th 
 
 
 merely 
 
 
 
 
 asimpa 
 
 
 
 orks of 
 
 man some portion 
 
 of the du 
 
 
 v of 
 
 
 rks of nature 
 
 . If 
 
 from on 
 
 
 erfec 
 
 t espe 
 
 itnce of the 
 
 
 
 judge 
 
 
 
 nhdence re 
 
 
 g the 't 
 
 
 
 tfthis 
 
 
 re of 
 
 all olhe 
 
 rs the 
 
 jej\ 
 
 
 die. In the 
 doubt suffer 
 
 chang 
 
 [f j^J" 
 
 ruage 
 
 
 n of sentime 
 
 it ant 
 
 of musi 
 
 3 wil 
 
 ;uccessful. His habitual ii 
 
 harmony of numbers, arising probably fi 
 
 formed, were faults likely to appear to re 
 advantage in this species of composition, t 
 
 the strength 'of his imagiuation, and the e 
 
 : of bis 
 
 within 
 
 Units of gentleness 
 
 his nation. Bun 
 re for following ii 
 
 ed by the robber Edom o* Gordon, 
 and wounds Gordon, who in his rag 
 
 Says, ' nmher dear, gie owre this house, 
 
 - For the reek it sraithers me. ' 
 I wad gie a' my gowd, my childe, 
 
 For ae blast o' the westlin wind, 
 To blaw the reek frae thee. " 
 
 songs, and the dramatic form which prevai 
 so generally in them, probably arises froi 
 
 song of Mary of Castle-Cary, the dramat 
 form has a very happy effect. The same ma 
 be said of Donald and Fiora, and Come undt 
 wy ptaidie, bv the same author, 3Ir Macniel. 
 
 B;. s 
 1 all 
 
 jpears 
 
 lis la 
 
 udy 
 
 the* 
 
 in 1 
 
 and prat 
 
 S 
 
 ofset 
 
 s'ibi 
 
 It, they 
 
 se, 
 
 
 which they are 
 
 A lady, of whose genius the editor enti 
 
 i high admiration (.'Mrs Barbauld), b 
 
 ll country." The damsels of Ramsay do 
 
 walk in the midst of frost and snow Al- 
 
 it all the scenes of the Gentle Shepherd are 
 
 5Cts, and at the 'most genial season of the 
 r. Ramsay introduces all his acts with a 
 fatory description to assure of this. The 
 It of the climate of Britain is not, that 
 s not afford us the beauties of su 
 .t the season of su 
 
 
 .ively 
 
 ain. There are 
 ights, even in the northern division 
 
 ; what are to be found itf'the latitude of 
 ly or of Greece. Buchanan, when he 
 le his exquisite Ode to Way, felt the charm 
 
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 To all these adve: 
 
 Scottish »ong», they nre iu the h. 
 
 he,l degree 
 
 
 ,ce,„. t.r.,,f 
 
 
 Lea Rig, 
 
 Highland Mary, to- Soldier's Rl 
 
 urn, Logan 
 
 Water, from that beautiful past 
 Jean, and a great number of oth 
 
 ral, Bonnie 
 
 
 sionally tbe force of bis genius car 
 
 
 
 
 and the natural otjects iniroauceu 
 
 lave more of 
 
 
 anceoftlns 
 
 kind is iw 'i:e.i bj .lr Syuie,* and 
 
 many others 
 
 might Le adduced. 
 
 
 ■•Had I a cave on some Mild, dist 
 
 ant shore, 
 
 Where the winds bowl to the wa 
 
 
 
 
 There would I weep my woes. 
 
 
 There seek my last repose, 
 
 
 'ill grief mj eyes should cu.se. 
 
 
 Ne'er to wake more." 
 
 
 In one song, the scene cf which 
 
 is laid in a 
 
 winter night, the ■« wau moon" is 
 
 described IU 
 
 this kind appear in Liberty, a Vision, and i 
 bis two war.sor.gs, Bruce to his Troops, an 
 the Son; of Death. These last are of a deacrip 
 lion of which we have no other in our language 
 The martial songs of our nation are not m.litary 
 
 rt of the songs of Burn 
 
 The greater part 
 written after he I 
 Dumfries. Influenced, perhaps, by ba'bil 
 formed in early life, he usually composed wbil 
 walking in the open air. When engaged u 
 
 live fugacis gloria seculi, 
 live secunda digoa dies nota, 
 
 Et specimen ■• - 
 
 * See page 18, 
 
 Dos aspects, as it appears 
 > of poetry, the productions 
 
 being learnt in the years of infancy, make a 
 deep impression on the heart before the evolu- 
 tion of the powers of the understanding. The 
 compositions of Burns, of this kiud, now pre- 
 
 a most important addition to the popular songs 
 
 Ihey exhibit independence o 
 
 wliici bind generous hearts to their native so 
 
 and to cherish those sensibilities which, und 
 
 
 If in 
 
 s ungua 
 
 imposed some songs on which this praise can- 
 not be bestowed, let us hope that they will 
 
 where Scottish airs were allied to words ob- 
 jectionable in point of delicacy, Burns has sub- 
 stituted others of a pur-r character. On such 
 occasions, without changing tbe subject, he has 
 changed the sentiments. A proof of this may 
 be seen in the air of JoAn Anderson my Jo, 
 
 striking proof of the strength of Hums ' genius, 
 than the general circulalion of his poems in 
 England, notwithstanding the dialect in which 
 the greater part are written, and which might 
 be supposed to render them here uncouth or ob- 
 
 dialect on subjects of a sublime nature; but in 
 
 he rises into elevation of thought, he assumes 
 a purer English style. The singular faculty 
 
 gery of a sublime and terrific nature, enabled 
 
 
 lis poem of Tarn 
 :e of this. There 
 e lowest humour. 
 *ful and terrible 
 at runs from the 
 
 An Englishman wno 
 
 is not offended, nay, on certain subjec's, he ,s 
 perhaps pleased with tbe rustic dialect, as h* \ 
 may be with the Ooric Greek of Theocritus. 
 
 But a Scotchman inhabiting his own coun- 
 try, if a man of education, and more especially j 
 
 words from his writings, and has alleinrieu to 
 
BURNS LIFE. 
 
 banish them from his speech ; and being 
 accustomed to hear them from the vulgar 
 
 indeed, opposes, the influence of fashion ; she, 
 possibly, abandons the grace of elegant and 
 
 fashionT^no sws 1 " 6 If sliV "succeeds, a ne" 
 association arises. The dress of the beautiful 
 rustic becomes itself beautiful, and establishes 
 w fashion for the joung and the gay. And 
 
 when, in after ages, the contempla 
 shall view her picture in the pallet 
 tains the portraits of the beauties o 
 centuries, each in the dress of hei 
 day, her drapery will not deviale, 
 that of her rivals, from the stan 
 taste, and he will give the palm 
 
 Burns wrote professedly for the ] 
 his country, and by them" their nati 
 universally relished. To a numer. 
 the natives of Scotland of another 
 
 idiom of tl 
 
 ments and the descriptions on which it is 
 
 pleasing, many tender recollections. Literary 
 men, residing at Edinburgh or Aberdeen, 
 
 and fifty thousand of their expatriated country- 
 
 reconciled. The dialect in question excels, ; 
 
 For Scotchmen of this description more parti- 
 predicted, willi" sunir'v.i'h ,.'-,al or superio'r 
 Mississippi, as on those of the Tay or the 
 
 eady been observed, in tl 
 
 ,ongs, it gives a I 
 y generally appro 
 t seem well ibu 
 
 wards di-tn.iiui-li.J in l.t-r ."ture, have been 
 born in as humble a Situation of life; but it 
 would be difficult to find any other, who, 
 while .-.rning his subsistence by daily labour, 
 
 distinguished place among the followers of the 
 muses. If he is deficient in grace, he is dis- 
 tinguished for ease as well as energy; and 
 these are indications of the hgher order of 
 genius. The father of epic poetry exhibits ono 
 of hi, heroes as excelling in strength, another 
 in swiftness— to form his perfect warrior, 
 
 1 olb, in who i both these qualities are united. 
 Of Homer Saftelf, it may be said, that Iik« 
 his own Achilles, he surpasses his competitors 
 
 '"The fo'rcVoV Burns la" m the powers of his 
 understanding, i ' ' 
 heart ; and these 
 living principle 
 
 e found to infuse the 
 
 of Ihe few pcvets that can be mentioned, who 
 have at once excelled in humour, in tenderness, 
 
 Voltaire. To compare Ihe ' writings of the 
 Scottish peasant with the works of these giants 
 in literature, might appear presumptuous; 
 vet, it may he asserted that he has displayed 
 the for,: '/Hercules. How near he might hi;-. 
 
 >ver the melancholy story of his life, it is 
 tnpossilile not to heave a sigh at the asperity 
 
THE DEATH OF BURNS. 
 
 BY MR ROSCOE. 
 
 : of cons 
 
 rable d( 
 
 The Editor, therefore, presents one poem only on this melancholy subject ; a poem -which has 
 not before appeared in print. It is from the pen of one who has sympathized deeply in the 
 fate of Burns, and will not be found unworthy of its author — the Biographer of Lorenzo de 
 Medici. Of a person so well known, it is wholly unnecessary for the Editor to speak ; and, 
 if it were necessary, it would not be easy for him to find language that would adequately tx- 
 press his respect and his affection. 
 
 Rear hijh thy bleak majestic hills, 
 Thv shelter'd valleys proudly spread. 
 
 And, Scotia, pour thv thousand rills, 
 And wave thy htaths with blossoms red ; 
 
 As bright thy summer suns may 
 As gaily charm thy feathery tl 
 
 What though thy vigorous offspri 
 In arts, inarms, thv so-., ex..; 
 
 Though beauty in thy "daughter, ' 
 And health in every feature dw 
 
 Yet who shall now their praises t 
 
 S i"?!Vhe" on's "hall s 
 
 To love, and liberty, and thee. 
 
 Thyl 
 
 
 i fro 
 
 wning skies 
 
 
 To 
 
 him wweall wi 
 
 !i ra 
 
 
 
 Heh 
 
 ard with joy th 
 
 
 
 
 Th 
 
 t waked him to 
 
 sub 
 
 
 
 
 ft thy winding 
 
 !■!!, 
 
 he sought" [t 
 
 
 
 ere wild flow 'rs pou 
 
 r'd their rcthe 
 
 per- 
 
 And with sincere dev 
 
 
 brought 
 
 
 To 
 
 hee the summe 
 
 r'se 
 
 rliest bloom. 
 
 
 Asdm 
 
 iaysi 
 
 . early tc 
 
 -k the gloo 
 
 Vud bid him feel 
 Before his infant eyes would glide 
 Day-dreams of immortality. 
 
 Yet, not by cold neglect depress 'd, 
 
 Snnk with the evening sun to rest, ' 
 
 And met at morn his earliest smile. 
 Waked by his rustle pipe, meanwhile 
 
 The pow'rs of fancv came along, 
 And soothed his lengthened hours "of toil 
 
 With native wit and sprightly song. 
 
 _Ah ! days of bliss, too swiftly fled, 
 
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 a cheerless shed, 
 is earl, joys; 
 
 That waits the son 
 
 s of polish 
 
 d lii>-. 
 
 Iben 
 H 
 
 Duh 
 
 wbik: fail throbbing rein 
 
 fro*n bis lip-, me cup oi to 
 d shroud the scene in iliad 
 
 beat iii 
 s of n° 
 
 A husband's and a father's n 
 'Tis done, (lie powerful cbarui 
 
 And, Scotia, pour ib\ ih< 
 
 And wave thy heaths with blossoms 
 
 J hy airy height, thy wondianj re'f? 
 S : -ice he (he s-wee le-t hard is dead 
 T^at e»er urtath'd .Ue soothing «tra 
 
GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE 
 
 ROBERT BURNS. 
 
ADVERTISEMENT. 
 
 It is impossible to d 
 
 smiss this \ 
 
 olume« of the 
 
 Correspondence of 
 
 our Bard, 
 
 
 anxiety us to the re 
 
 eption it m 
 
 }• meet with. 
 
 The experiment we 
 
 
 
 been tried; perhaps 
 
 nt a n nd° C uTp, 
 
 n Ins so large 
 
 fhe i pre*L fam ' m0t 
 
 genius been 
 
 committed to 
 
 Of the following 
 
 etters of Bu 
 
 rns, a consid- 
 
 erable number were 
 
 ™';;,' , I ',; t, ,T,'J 
 
 er publication. 
 were addres- 
 
 a b ed' : h bu"t V o dl few n 
 
 
 ted entire. It 
 
 will easily be believ 
 
 
 
 
 
 o publication. 
 
 
 
 
 hey have seemed in thcmselve: 
 lace in this volume, we have m 
 asert them, though they may nc 
 Bspond exactly with the letten 
 
 ong these was 
 
 to l)r Moore, 
 
 In copying 
 
 
 
 I being thought of inferior merit, or ot. 
 
 usions of panegyric In printing this volume, the Editor has found 
 
 is to whom thev uere addressed, others are j supposed to occur in the careless effusions, even 
 nted from first draughts, or sketches, found I of luerary characters, who have not been in the 
 ong the papers of our Hard. Though in ge- I habit of carrying their compositions to the 
 
 ' 'eration or effort than ! tended to uny habitual modes of exuression of 
 
 irns, jet 
 
 of li 
 
 
 original sketches were found; and as these dub; and this volume wdl 
 
 sketches, though less perfect, are fairly to be exhibit the progress of his style, as well as the 
 considered as the offspring of his mind, where history of his mind. In the Fourth Edition, 
 
 * Dr Currie's edition of Euros' Work, 
 originally published in four volumes, of , 
 the following Correspondence formed tl 
 
 of inferior importan 
 
LETTERS, &c. 
 
 No. L 
 
 TO A FEMALE FRIEXD. 
 
 WRITTEN ABOUT THE YEAR 17! 
 
 and piety. This, f hope, will account fur the 
 uncommon style of all my letters to you. l!y 
 
 > yoe 
 
 iplea 
 
 giddy raptut 
 
 I have often thought, that if a well-grounded 
 
 _:U of my E. warms my heart, every 
 feeling of humanity, every principle of gener- 
 osity, kindles in my breast. It extinguishes 
 
 creature in the arms of universal benevolence, 
 and equally participate in the pleasures of the 
 happy, 
 
 u.ifort 
 loot u; 
 
 , I often 
 its, with 
 
 you. I siucerely wish that he may bless my 
 
 worthy of a 
 may profess 
 in reality, h 
 
 and draw kindly. I disdain I 
 with "myself, if I thought I 
 
 No. II. 
 
 5 THE SAME. 
 
 lean the persons who proceed in the way of 
 ir?ain, but those whose affection is really 
 laced on the person. 
 Though I be, as you know very well, bat a 
 
 pportunities of observing the conduct of others 
 ho are much better skilled in the affair of 
 
 knows i 
 
 '.. wi 
 
 at, pleases hiir 
 
 , he 
 
 knows c 
 
 
 
 mpanv. This 
 
 [take 
 
 to be wl 
 
 is called love with the greates 
 
 
 of us, a 
 
 I rnustc 
 
 
 my dear E. it 
 
 is a 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i alu 
 
 ver. You cant 
 
 A rl; 
 
 use but 
 
 
 
 yet though you 
 
 
 
 favourably, p 
 
 
 
 ths, or 
 
 farthest 
 
 
 
 
 
 abie fan 
 of anoth 
 
 l, 1! t 
 
 ^Tt^nlre ™ 
 
 '■.' i 
 
 ... i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of se 
 
 ing you, you may bi 
 
 
 
 
 me.th 
 
 
 si6n I ha 
 
 "'">' r 
 
 fessed'for you i 
 
 s P ern 
 
 
 those tra 
 
 
 flashes I have 
 
 
 
 jns'tieetc 
 
 Mie 
 
 y dear E. you 
 ve me, when. I 
 
 as^L 
 
 d vou, e tl 
 
 the love 
 
 I hav 
 
 for yoa is fou 
 
 nded 
 
 
 cred pri 
 
 ';!?' 
 
 of virtue and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 c.f't'L;'. 1 . 
 
 aim a 
 
 le qualities wh 
 
 ch iir 
 
 t inspir 
 
 
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 ,ih kindred feelings of the heart, can 
 the foundation of friendship, and it 
 vs Lceuniy opinion, that the married 
 
 will be so pood as to grant my wishes. 
 
 I to my hopes by 
 
 dear E., the only courtship I shall c 
 °When I look over what I III 
 
 apolo'-y-ltnow 
 wuat your good st 
 
 
 TO THE SAME. 
 
 to be performed, if he be villain enough to 
 
 
 practised, and which I shall inva 
 pVam truth. There is something s < 
 
 rery imperfectly) by 
 
 n your real friend and », 
 
 ely yet collect my 
 u on the subject. 
 
 vas peremp- 
 wis'h me all 
 
 immon personal advantages, and 
 
 a warm feeling hearl 
 peet " J meet wilh in B " 
 id. All these charmi 
 
 ■ver efface. My imagination 
 
 !-•:.! ii-.;i[ with a wish, 1 dare 
 ached a hope, that possibly I 
 
 for the loss of what I really had no right to 
 expect. I must now think no more of you as 
 
 ted as a friend. As such I wish to be allowed 
 
BURNS — LETTERS. 
 
 TO V.R JOKN MURDOCH, 
 SCHOOLMASTER, 
 
 B Sin, LeclUee, \5th January, 178i 
 lave an opportunity of sending you 
 
 that 'l In 
 
 obligati 
 
 niil l„r_.t, 
 jour kind- 
 
 ness and frientbh.p. 
 
 I do not doubt, Sfr, 1*1 ,OT ^wfc* to 
 
 of an indulgent father, and'a masterly tccher ; 
 and I wish I could gratifv -our cur.osir. with 
 such a recital as you would be pleaded with; 
 
 conduct will not disgrace the education i ha*e 
 gotten ; but as a man of the world, I am most 
 
 inferably uebcient One would have thought, 
 
 that bred as I have been, under a father who 
 
 ing, "active tellow; but', to tell vou the truth, 
 Sir, there is hardly any thing more my reverse. 
 1 seem to be one sent into the world to see. 
 
 marine* -"'and'thelr way '°' ' andfor thi^oa 
 subject,"! cheerfully sacrifice every other 
 
 any mil- further. Even the last, wor/l .i„li~ 
 
 much terrify me: 1 know that even' then m 
 talent for what country folks call "a sensibl 
 
 head,' would procure me so much esteem, tha 
 
 
 lo here, must be tin 
 
 
 
 :is about which the terrtelilial race fret, at 
 mph swells my heart ! ' I forget that I a: 
 
 the same tor y ourself, from, 
 
 ed on a MS. of mj early years, in w Wh'fc, ; 
 
 b el for"une d amon" te a clas^f men* tVwhom^nf 
 i.v-.s would have been nonsense, 1 had 
 meant that the book should have lain by me, 
 
 alter! was no more, 'my thoughts would tail 
 
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 April, 1793. 
 
 II /and weaknes 
 
 Feels all the bitter horrors of his crime, 
 Can brmly force his jarring thoughts to peace 
 
 March, 1784. 
 
 I have 
 
 something goo. 
 
 it degree any other person, be- 
 :anbe, with strict justice, called 
 
 August. 
 
 I have always though! aline touch' of libtui 
 that passage in a modern love composition : 
 
 For my own | 
 pot once heartily'" 
 
 ■er had the least 
 
 September. 
 I entirely agree with that judicious philos 
 
 bosom. Any ordinary pitch of fortitude 
 
 Of all the 
 
 numerous ills that hurt our peace, 
 
 '1 hat ore. 
 
 
 
 sh, 
 
 B-vondci 
 
 mparison the worst are those 
 
 
 
 In every o 
 
 
 11., this 
 
 o say—" It was no deed of mine ;" 
 
 y,u: when 
 
 to all the evil of misfortune 
 
 '1 his sting 
 
 is added— "Blame thy foolish self! " 
 
 
 far, the pangs of keen remorse ; 
 
 'Jh.-tortur 
 
 - - 
 
 £?"*•_ 
 
 
 The young, the innocent, who fondly lo 
 Nav, more, that very iove their cause of i 
 O burning hell ! in all thy store of tormen 
 There's not a keener lash ! 
 
 Urity of conduct omoi 
 ■rant of opportunity. 
 
 many of tLe 
 escaped, be. 
 
 laracter ; those who, by thoughtless prodiga- 
 y or headstrong pa.sions, have been driven 
 rum. Jhough disgraced by follies, nay, 
 
 not a few instances? soT of "ihe'r.obS 
 rtu«, magnanimity, generosity, i 
 
 testy. 
 
 April. 
 
 is I am what the men of the wor 
 
 Migbty t^mpost, and tl 
 
 the sheltered side of the wood, or high planta- 
 in a cloudy winter-day, and hear the 
 j wind howling among the trees, and 
 ; over the plain. It is my best season 
 votion : my mind is wrapt up in a kind 
 
 age of the Hebrew bard, " walison the 
 
BURNS — LETTERS. 
 
 wines of the wind. " In one of these season 
 ust after a tram of misfortunes, I conipoa. 
 :he following : 
 
 miserable dupe to love, and have been led into 
 a thousand weaknesses and follies by it, for 
 
 critical skill, in distinguishing- foppery, and 
 
 thTfoliowin'g^song will stand the' test, I will 
 not pretend to say, because it is my own ; only 
 
 Behind yon hills, i 
 
 I think the whole s 
 
 grand classes, which I shall call the grave and 
 the merry ; though, by the bye these terms do 
 not with propriety enough express m; idea.-,. 
 The grave 1 shaU cast into the u=ual division 
 of those who are goaded on by the love of 
 money; and those whose darling wish is to 
 
 the men of pleasure of all denominations ; the 
 
 poises of nature ; the thoughtless, the car 
 the indolent -in particular he, who, w 
 happy sweetness of natural temper, : 
 
 ... .: .--.■;, . ..... 
 
 who can sit gravely down and make a rel 
 
 of all 'the towerin'gs of genius, and whose 
 are warmed with all the delicacy of feelii 
 
 As the grand end of human life is to 
 
 tion teach us To expect beyond the grave : I 
 do not see that the turn of mind, and pursuits 
 of any son of poverty and obscurity, are in the 
 least more inimical to the sacred intere.!_- of 
 piety and virtue, than the, even lawful, bustling 
 
 oursViTl do'not seeTnt th at° he' may ga?n 
 Heaven as well (which, by the bye, is no mean 
 consideration), who steals through the vale of 
 life, amusing himself with every little flower 
 that fortune throws in his way ; as he who, 
 
 where, after all, he can only see, 
 »r, indolent devil he has left behind 
 
 vhich shows th 
 land: and it hi 
 cl.e to reflect, 
 
 rokes of nature-that their very names (O 
 
 ,w certifying to a bard's vanity"!) are now 
 
 
 le adored. Li 
 hyou/sfarength o'f* 
 
 ippy cc 
 
 lightly on your 
 
 ,ich this world seldom gives to the 
 .uned to all the feelings of poesy and 
 
 is all worth quoting in my MSS. and 
 
 No. VII. 
 
 TO MR AIKEN. 
 
 [The Gentleman to whom the Cotter's 
 day Night is addressed.] 
 
 I was with Wilson, my printer, t'othe 
 us. After I had paid him all demands, 
 
 pounds, 
 
 md the printing ab 
 
 iteen: he 
 
 oilers to j£«£ «» « 
 
 ig, if I wi 
 
 
 
 
 -s . f a se 
 
 o.id edition till I gr 
 
 
 whic'i, I think, v 
 
 payment 
 
 of the British natio 
 
 scarcely . 
 
 ny thing hurts me 
 
 - 
 
 nted of my second e 
 
 
 n my power to show 
 
 Mr Balla 
 
 tyne, by publishing 
 
DIA'.'C'ND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 1,1., tor in- I. 
 
 I have only one an.wer— (he feeling 
 
 
 suing over my follv-devoted liead. Should 
 you, mv friends, my benefactors, be successful 
 in you/applications for me, perhaps it may not 
 
 To tell the truth, I have little reason for 
 this last complaint, as the world, in general, 
 
 I was, for some time past, fast getl 
 
 directed atmosphere of fortune, w 
 
 tile, all de- 
 
 
 looked about in vain 
 
 
 
 
 
 force it de< 
 
 erved, that this norl 
 
 
 
 
 il for a pro. 
 
 gressive strt 
 
 
 ver I might 
 
 I"'-""-' ■< » 
 
 
 
 
 
 • more than 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ullifulcoui- 
 
 
 
 epted, who 
 
 
 
 
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 in race), were striki 
 
 ig oil' with 
 
 other of'' li, 
 
 a mtnl a pal^ t ot % bmj 
 
 I';"'.' 7 was 
 
 i",," ;'",;' '",,' 
 
 e l of"'h he o" :lrl< t' Pl; ' 
 
 ■' n ' "? only 
 
 Boner, tab 
 
 u°nt°f a n4froinwaim 
 
 o'yvhiuT '° 
 
 You see, 
 
 Sir. that if to know 
 
 lie's errors 
 
 
 tbility of mending thei 
 
 , I'-taml a 
 
 fair chance 
 
 
 Westmitiste 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 implying it. 
 
 
 
 
 No. VIII. 
 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP, OF DUNLOP. 
 
 MADAM, 
 
 Ayvthi 
 
 re, 1786. 
 
 wheVr 1 ^ 
 
 
 .w,.er.!-.y. 
 
 
 
 
 iirou5 e 
 
 s. and incomparably i 
 
 
 
 ili',','er"l a,n fuM re P o'r 
 
 ased to pay 
 
 
 
 
 there is not 
 
 
 ,o feelin/ly 
 
 alive to the 
 
 7™T\fe*J!f'toZ 
 
 
 
 Si^i 
 
 
 ^«tly J 't'',a, 
 
 by noticing my attein 
 
 ,ts r t'o ".'-'ie! 
 
 
 lu»triou» ancestor, the 
 
 Saofour of 
 
 his Country 
 
 
 
 "Great, pa 
 
 riot hero ! ill requited 
 
 cli.ef \ J 
 
 The first book I met with in my 
 
 arly years, 
 
 which I per 
 
 tsed with pleasure, w 
 
 » The Life 
 
 
 the next was The Hi 
 
 lory of Mr 
 
 William W 
 
 '-■re: for several of 
 
 n7mat e a 
 
 
 have I stole out, af'te 
 
 the labori- 
 
 
 S of the day, to shed 
 
 
 
 
 
 beinz s'trucl 
 
 days 1 remember, in 
 
 aceWory 
 
 where the.e 
 
 ines occur - 
 
 
 * This le 
 
 ter was evidently wr 
 
 tten under 
 
 the digress 
 
 f mind occasioned by 
 
 our Poet » 
 
 separation f 
 
 om iirs Eurn=. 
 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 >retto; and, as I explore 
 to have lodged, 1 recolIe< 
 
 No. rx. 
 
 TO MRS STEWART OF STAIR. 
 
 MADAM, 17S6. 
 
 The hurry of my preparations for going abroad 
 has hindered me from performing my promise 
 
 , parcel of songs, &c. which never made their 
 ann-nraiice, except to a friend or two at most. 
 
 tainment to yon : but of that I am far from 
 being an adequate judge. The song to the tune 
 or Ettrirk Banks, you will easily see the inipro- 
 
 I think, myself, Tt has some merit, both as a 
 tolerable description of one of Nature 's sweetest 
 
 rocure me that permiss 
 
 No. X. 
 BLACKLOCK 
 
 THE REVEREND MR G. LOWRIE. 
 : ought to have acknowledged your favour long 
 
 nour in those of a 
 
 task for which I am alto: 
 nothing of your connect! 
 found— °he Tor"" *" 
 
 is by no means the road to your gooc 
 .turc of your character I shall evei 
 
 tfonlgo 
 
 , when 
 
 I had the honou 
 
 of wailhU 
 
 
 St.ur. 
 
 I am little acqu 
 
 aimed with 
 
 ^lUenes 
 
 
 
 of benevo- 
 
 lence of t 
 
 emper a 
 
 
 
 ly, did 
 
 
 
 know how 
 
 happy th 
 
 
 make some cla 
 
 ses of their 
 
 
 by cond 
 
 scension and aff 
 
 
 
 
 
 nrout wiiu 
 
 every loo 
 
 
 ight of their el 
 
 
 St"..?" 1 
 
 d as sweetly as did Mrs 
 
 Stewart ot 
 
 
 * 
 
 Miss A 
 
 
 iiaie 
 
 ong inc 
 
 osed is that given 
 
 in the Life 
 
 of our Po 
 
 
 
 
 'Twos e 
 
 eii-tie 
 
 dewy fields were 
 
 green, &c 
 
 Mr Stewart, Professor of Morals in th 
 
 nserted among the subscribers ; but whetl" 
 
 copy with di 
 
 No. XL 
 FROM SIR JOHN WHITEFORD. 
 
 STR, Edinburgh, 4.'A Lheemher, 17S£ 
 
 
 The read 
 
 prw 
 
 Jl perce 
 
 ve that 
 
 thi 
 
 is the 
 
 let 
 Ba. 
 
 d 
 
 vhich p 
 o give 
 ndies, 
 
 rodu 
 
 ced the 
 lis sche 
 
 rw^ 
 
 ring 
 
 i of our 
 
 
 
 h. M , 
 
 
 in Edi 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 at by M 
 
 
 
 
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 by 
 
 
 
 
 
 am 
 
 
 whose 
 
 papers it was found. 
 
 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 9.2,1 December, 17S6. 
 ■ed a letter from Dr lilack- 
 
 .',«■« BtiU hi" 
 )ul. a, a Itic 
 
 
 
 ul-.t- 
 
 and exalt and re 
 a poet. 
 
 ve and good report, and good opinion, 
 
 he crac'ice'as you do in the theory of 
 
 co^^tion fn vV'e " kTbV™ oi™ 
 news, and good wishes for your futther 
 
 nv xnr. 
 
 TO MR CHALMERS. 
 
 Edinburgh, S7lhDec 1788. 
 
 onfess I have 
 re is hardly any 
 
 ner ; but of 
 
 ,end you an 
 e plodding, 
 
 jc.ty preside over the dull routine of b 
 
 ever since I came to Edinburgh, i 
 ite a letter of humour as to virite 
 ary on the Revelations. 
 
 ad spun since I 
 i the address to 
 
 mour to be more than once. There has n 
 ■en any thing nearly like her, in nil the con 
 nations of beauty, grace, and goodness, tl 
 eat Creator ba9 formed, since .Milton's E 
 . the first day of her existence. 
 I have sent vou a parcel of subscription bill 
 id have wnlten to Mr Ballentine and i\ 
 iken. to call on you for some of them, if th. 
 ant tbem. My direction is— Care of Andre 
 ruce, merchant, Bridge Street. 
 
 No. XIV. 
 
 TO THE EARL OF EGLIN'TON. 
 
 HV LORD, Edinburgh, January, 1 737. 
 
 I have but slender pretentions to philoso- 
 y, I cannot rise to the exalted ideas of a 
 izen of the world; but have all those na- 
 nal prejudices which. I believe, glow pecu- 
 rlv strong in the breast of a Scotsman. 
 
 e '"as an the h honou r "ndwelfaTe of 
 i countr?: and. as a poet, I have no higher 
 ig her sons and daugh- 
 
 "^• V Tate' l.ad casf'm ».„„ v, . 
 bades of life ; but never did a heart pant 
 tore ardently than mine, to be di.linguished -. 
 tough, till very lately, I looked in vain on e.r, 
 ide for a ray of light. It is easy, then, to 
 uess how much I was grati5ed with the coun. 
 
 tost illustrious sons, when Mr VVaachope 
 ailed on me yesterday, on the part of your 
 irdship. Yonr munificence, my lord, cer- 
 linly deserves my very grateful acknowledg- 
 lents ; but your patronage is a bounty pecu- 
 
 enough of the etiquette of life to know whether 
 ■— be not some impropriety io troublme 
 lordship with my thanks ; but my heart 
 
 I hope, I am incapable of; and mercenary ser- 
 

 No. XV. 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 MADAM, Edinburgh, Jan-jary 15, 1787. 
 
 foi ungrateful neglect. I will tell you thi 
 1 truth, for I am miserably awkward at i 
 : I wished to have written to Dr Moon 
 Dre I wrote to you ; but though, every daj 
 ce I received yours of December 30th, thi 
 a, the wish to write him, has constantly 
 ssed on my thoughts, yet I could not fo. 
 * 'lout it. I know his fame ant 
 lam one of "the sons of littii 
 
 To w 
 
 affair, like a merchant's order, would be dis- 
 
 the author of The aety and Man- 
 
 artery runs cold at the thought. I shall try. 
 
 His kind interposition in my behalf I have al- 
 ready experienced, as a gentleman waited on 
 me the other day, on the part of Lord Eglin- 
 ton, with ten guineas by way of subscri— ' — 
 
 from Thomson ; but it does not strike me as 
 an improper epithet. 1 distrusted my own 
 judgment on your rinding fault with it, and ap- 
 plied for the opinion of some of the Literati 
 here, who honour me with theSr critical stric- 
 tures, and they all allow it to be proper. The 
 song you ask 1 cannot recollect, and I have not 
 t composed any thing 
 
 nclosed, which I will 
 
 le great Wall 
 
 composed my Vision, long ago, I had alternat- 
 ed a description of Kyle, of which the addi- 
 tional stanzas are a part, as it origiually stood. 
 My heart glows with a wish to be able to do 
 justice to the merits of the Saviour of his 
 Country, which sooner or later, I shall at least 
 attempt. 
 
 my prosperity as a poet! Alas ! madam, I 
 
 mean any airs of affected modesty ;'l am will- 
 ing to believe that my abilities deserved some 
 
 age and nation, when poetry is and has been 
 
 the study of men of the hist nalai 
 
 aided with all the powers of polite learning, 
 
 ged L^toAefMgllrtTne^i'a.al polite 
 Observation, with all my imperfections of awk- 
 ward rusticity and crude unpolished ideas on 
 
 LETTERS, 
 .y head-I a* 
 
 rely do 1 see that time 
 leave me, and recede, 
 le mark of truth. 
 
 and interesting your- 
 
 ed with the patronage of the descendant of the 
 
 No. XVL 
 
 TO DR MOORE. 
 
 solicitudes of authorship, i 
 ner by judges of the first char 
 
 certainly have altered, were gone to the press. 
 
 The hope to be admired for ages is, in by 
 
 far the greater part of those even who are au- 
 
 
 on and CollFnTde- 
 vain enough to hope 
 
 No. xvt r. 
 
 FROM DR MOORE. 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 lin of my friend 
 
 
 , of expression. Inde 
 
 country, thai fueling sensibility to ail t 
 
 which breathes through ihe whole, give 
 most favourable impression of the poe 
 havo made me often regret that I did r 
 the poems, the certain eflect of which 
 
 when I was'lonper'in Scotland than 1 
 been forma 
 
 
 ■rely at the encourage- 
 
 idinburgh, and I think 
 
 YOU peculiar!;, lurlunate in ihe patronage of 
 
 •elf very'moch'for you. 1 beg to be remem- 
 
 gard for that gentleman than I have, which, 
 independent of ihe worth of his character, 
 would be kept alive by the memory of 
 our common friend, the late Mr Ceorge 
 
 B e. 
 
 Before I received your letter, I - 
 
 in a letter to , a sonnet by Miss Wil 
 
 liams, a young poetical lady, which she wrote 
 on reading your Mountain-Daisy ; perhaps it 
 
 I have been Irving to add to the number of 
 your subscribers; but I tind many of my ac 
 qaaintanee are already among them. I have 
 
 A poet dr'ew from heaven, shall never die, 
 L 'Mid penury's bare soil and bitter gale'; 
 
 
 blows, 
 Nor ever kne 
 
 By genius in In 
 On nature vr 
 
 Then through 
 
 Indignant, and in light unborrow'd blazed. 
 &-.otia ! from rude affliction shield thy bard. 
 His heaven-taught numbers Fame herself 
 will guard- 
 
 No. XVIII. 
 TO DR MOORE. 
 Edinburgh, \blh February, 1787. 
 
 my seeming neglect in delaying so 
 
 
 jnest national prejudice of my country- 
 have borne me to a height altogether 
 able to my abilities. 
 r the honour Mi-s W. has done me. 
 
 grateful thanks. I have mure than once 
 thought of p ying her in kind, but have 
 hitherto quitted the idea in hopeless despon- 
 dency. 1 had never before heard of her : but 
 '' liber day I got her poems, which, for 
 
 No. XIX. 
 FROM DR MOORE. 
 Clifford Street, 2&th February, 1787. 
 
 letter of the 15th gave 
 
 played with most ostentation by those 
 have the greatest share of self-conceit, 
 which only adds undeceiving falsehood to 
 gosling vanity. For you lo deny the n 
 of your poems would be arraigniug the I 
 
BURNS.— LIFE. 
 
 small mark of yny esteem. It is sent by sea, 
 to the care of Jlr Creech; and, alcng will 
 these four volumes for yourself, I have alsc 
 sent my Medical Sketches, in one volume, fo) 
 ray friend Sirs Dunlop of Dunlop : this jot 
 
 so ample, and shall rejoice at every piec 
 good fortune that Details y ou : for you are a 
 
 ■writes 10 me that he is ti ai.,l:.tii.- h.k .-lai.z;.» 
 of your Hallowe'en into Latin ^erse, for the 
 benefit of his comrades. This union cf taste 
 partly proceeds, no doubt, from the cement of 
 
 who left Scotland tec. early in life for recoiled 
 
 with great sincerity, 
 
 J. MOORE. 
 
 No. XX. 
 TO THE EARL OF GLENCAIRN. 
 
 my gratitude ; I wanted to have it in my 1 cuu- 
 to say to a friend, Here is my noble patron, 
 
 ship by the honest throe of gratitude, by the 
 generous wish of benevolence, by all the powers 
 
 mind, do not deny me thU petition. * I owe 
 to your lordship ; and what has not in some 
 ' ways been the case with me, the 
 
 - ? htct 
 
 endent as your 
 
 I would be jealous of the purity of my grate 
 of one of the much favoured sons of fortune. 
 
 ., then, my lord, if you think the ve 
 
 ve i l. t . l...i.our to be 
 
 Your lordship's highly indeb 
 
 TO THE EARL OF EUCHAN. 
 
 honouryour lordship has done me, by your 
 
 raise from thy lips 'lis mine with joy to 
 our lordship l< 
 
 
 ti:,: 
 
 urely fil- 
 
 ler nothii.tr more than to mal 
 grimtige through my native c 
 11 u, t .11 those once hard-cont 
 
 ..';..;.', 
 
 wmds! " 'l, \Visdom, dwell with prudence."*" 
 
 This, my lord, is unanswerable. I must 
 return to my Lun.bie s ia:,on, and woo my ru r 
 
 Still, my lord, while the drops of life warm my 
 
 Erf. Property mfarovr of Mr Robert Burns, 
 to erect and ktep vp a Headstone in v.ev.ory 
 oj Poet Fergusson, 1787. 
 
 Session-house, u-ilhin the Kirk of Ca- 
 
 \ndred 
 
 and eightg-setxn yea 
 
 letter from Mr Robert Burns, of 
 ill, current, whehwas read, and 
 o le eiitrrossfd in their sederuul- 
 :.f which letter the tenor follows: 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 i. Ihen, Gentlemen, 
 
 K\>. '" 
 
 tubKi-UUur.) "ROBERT BURNS. 
 
 Thereafter the said managers, in 
 lion of the laudable and di*in:ereste. 
 Mr Burn-, and the propriety of h 
 
 n of the i 
 
 uning. Extracts 
 n Sprutt, Clerk. 
 
 many repeated ii 
 
 rh n «ni rt ou n - i bui p .r , oa 8 knVi, , wh«t p rdi»i"/rT 
 
 - J'lp'nR cur power, efli- 
 au. chief, be might be of 
 
 infan 
 
 
 deed over, than, amid»t the bitter 
 sequences of folly, in the very vol 
 
 w:th the feeling, of the d !. 
 
 I have inclosed you, by way ol 
 
 phu 
 
 truly e 
 
 The Inscription on the Stone is at follows ; 
 HERE LIES ROBERT FERGUSSON, 
 
 To poar her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. 
 On the other tide of the Stone is as follows 
 
 " By special grant of the Managers to Robert 
 Robert Fergussou. " 
 
 No. NX IV. 
 
 EXTRACT OF A LETTER FROM 
 
 8th March, 17S7. 
 I am truly happy to know you hnvo found n 
 
 friend in ; his patronage of you does 
 
 him gnat honour. He is truly a good man ; 
 by far the best I ever knew, or, perhaps, ever 
 shall know, in this world. But I must not 
 ■peak all I think of him, lest I should bo 
 thought partial. 
 
 Bo JOU have obtained liberty from the ma- 
 
 been, as Sliik-p.ure says," in the olden -time :" 
 "The port's fate, is here in emblem shown. 
 
 It is, I believe, upon poor Biillor'B tomb 
 
 of Parnassus, as well as poor Duller and poor 
 Fergusson, have u-ked for bread, aud been 
 served with the same -auce ! 
 
 ri ,i.- isavc i/ou liberty, did they ? 
 O generous magistrates ! • • • • , celebrated 
 over ihe three kingdoms for his public spirit, 
 gives a poor poet liberty to raise a tomb to a 
 poor pel's memory ! — most generous ■ • • •! 
 once upon a time, gave that same poet Ihe 
 mighly sum of eighteen pence for a copy of 
 bis works. But Ihen it must be considered 
 
 ltd, •) 
 
 urigerj a 
 
 ii ihi « 
 
 rortb. at least one-third of 
 ihe value, in exchange, but which, I believe, 
 the poet afterward* very ungratefully expunged. 
 
 seeing you in Edinburgh ; and as my Blay will 
 
 be for eight or ten days, I wish you or 
 
 would take a snug, well-aired bedroom for 
 me, where I may have the pleasure of seeing 
 you over a morning cup of lea. But by all 
 accounts, it will be a matter of some difficulty 
 to see you at all, unless vour company ii be- 
 spoke a week before-hand. There is a great 
 rumour here concerning your great intimacy 
 
 with the Duchess of , and other ladies 
 
 of distinction. I am really told that '• cards 
 
 " bribes to your old secretary." It seems you 
 are resolved to make hay while the sun shines, 
 and avoid, if possible, the fate of poor Fer- 
 gusson, (Jaartnda pe- 
 
 curtia primum eat, virtus post nummes, is a good 
 maxim to thrive by • you seemed to despise it 
 
 losopher in Edinburgh has taught you better 
 
 Pray, are , 
 
 i yet 
 
 nera.ingaswellasprinl 
 
 ore in the front, 
 d rhyme upou't 1 
 
BURNS.— LETTERS. 
 
 up this trifling, and at.e, 
 
 N-. XXV. 
 TO MRS DI7NLOP. 
 
 MADAM, Edinburgh, March 22, 17S7. 
 I read your letter with watery eyes. A little, 
 -,erv little while ago, I had soiree a friend bid 
 ;v, ftvM, n. pride i.t'im, . tc.'i Loom ; now 1 am 
 distinguished patronized, befriended by you. 
 Your friendly advices, I will not gnu theu'i the 
 
 3ld name of critic 
 
 ;,;,:, i «,=;;« 
 
 with re 
 
 ve- 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 the adv 
 
 
 
 us friends amo 
 
 ng the 1 
 
 
 
 them I some 
 
 mes find 
 
 
 ecessary to claim t 
 
 le privilege of thinking 
 
 or 
 
 yself. The nob 
 
 e Earl of G 
 
 
 
 horn I owe more 
 
 
 
 
 ae honour of givi 
 
 
 
 
 
 impropriety o 
 
 
 C J. 
 
 follow implicitly. 
 
 
 
 
 You kindly inter 
 
 est yourself i 
 
 my fut 
 
 
 tZ s . a - nd p ',? specl 
 
 ; there I can 
 
 give you 
 
 no 
 
 Was roll'd together, or had trud his beams 
 
 The appellation of a Scottish bard is by fa 
 my highest pride; to continue to deserve it i 
 my most exalted ambition. Scottish scenes an 
 Scottish story are the themes I could wish t 
 
 my power, unplagued with the routine of busi 
 
 enough, to make leisurely pilgrimages throug 
 
 ce, or folly, he may bi 
 
 ut where God and nature h 
 weltare of others to his ca 
 ist is sacred, and the ties are d. 
 ist be far gone in selfishness, 
 t to reflection, whom these c 
 
 letter of one of 
 
 ,,h,- ,'!f F.-rJI 
 
 rted, if they could have 
 
 tratesof Edinburgh had anyshare 
 
 n'the trans'ac 
 
 
 ected for Fer 
 
 gusson by our ard ; this, it is e 
 
 
 
 ion of the Ca 
 
 r.ongate. Neither at Edinburgh, 
 
 nor anvwher 
 
 else, do magistrates usually troul 
 
 le themselve 
 
 
 r poet is fur 
 
 .hall cast a leisure glance to that dear, that 
 inly feature of my character, which gave me 
 he notice of my country and the patronage of 
 
 Thus, honoured madam, I have given you 
 
 No. XXVI. 
 
 TO THE SAME. 
 
 Edinburgh, \ St h April, 1 
 i affectation of gratitude wh 
 
 so I shall not trouble you with any fine speeches 
 the truest, the warmest, sense of your good. 
 
 No. XXVI i. 
 TO DR MOORE. 
 Edinburgh, 23d April, 17S7. 
 led to Mrs Dunlop. I am Ul-skiiled 
 
9-i DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 hour will warmly remember il. 'lu be highly 
 pleased Willi jour Look. u. what 1 have in 
 common wilh the world ; but l" i 
 
 I -iill more supreme graliucation. 
 1 leave Edinburgh in Hie course ol leu days 
 or a fortnight; lad artel .i |. » 
 
 CvtaUn-Knouxi. lia„k*«l 1 urn.ir, 7V..J, A-r. 
 I »b>ll return io mj rural ehadee, 
 hood never man la quit tli.-m. I 
 
 all aid the, are allot loo It u construction 
 
 rriage a hundred and Bfti mUaa. To 
 
 mj in-i. or appearane* will b) ui 
 
 lilla me io u settled corrcapoudauce w.ih any 
 
 oi j.mj. win. arc ill.- parmaneut ligbu oi gaolui 
 
 itiou iii mj old circle, 1 may prooablj eo- 
 
 xirnAcr ox a it i i. k 
 I Mill'. 
 Edinburgh, 30(A April, 1787. 
 
 . lii>r mj Uallcrtd lho«e 
 L-o.,e»s'U the adventitious uualitn 
 
 I 
 
 [lie world by aud by — illiberal abu>e, and 
 pi caatempiooac neglect, 
 n happy. Madam, that tome of mjr own 
 rite piece* are distinguish, d 
 
 ifortunately iocorred jour loyal displea- 
 
 No. XXIX. 
 10 TUE REVBBEND DB HUGH 
 
 DLjIU. 
 Lawn- Market, Edinburgh, 3d Jby.1787, 
 
 : Edinburgh to-morrow morning, tut 
 iBcerdj to LhanJk you lot 
 
 of my singular 
 Biluatioa ; drawn forth from the \erie»i shauee 
 of life to the glare of remark ; und honoured 
 bj the notice of those illustrious mimes of my 
 
 warm gratitude I am, 4ic. 
 
 nnin 
 
 who arc trul, I t.i.l..ra 
 
 ire of ....... i 1 knew very 
 
 U....O.. nieril was far uncnunl to 
 
 'serving thai character when onco 
 
 us,-, or almost Bran neglect, will 
 
 you a proof impression of Heu- 
 
 No. XX. \. 
 Hit BLAIB. 
 ArgnU.Squart, Edinburgh, UA i 
 
 il. an inipressioi 
 
 t which I return yu my 
 ibauks. The I 
 
 nut luink wat beyond \ 
 have had an) amall hand iu contributing Io 
 
 ■rbo are advancec 
 
 ■ 
 
 . I rough! out to 
 
 I j Mlfiog on 
 
 loot the underlain,: lor ■ ...... ting ami pui.lish- 
 
 I 
 
 Your situation, an you say, wm ind« .1 very 
 singular; , 
 
 -hades of deepest privacy, to so 
 great a shore of public noli ca ana o 
 you had to aland a aeverc tr.ai. I am bappgf 
 thai you hate »lood il >o well ; and as hi as 1 
 have known or heard, though in the ni.dvl of 
 many lemplatious, withoui reproach to your 
 
 life i am) 1 Iru.l, wi.l conduct 
 re mih industry, prudence, and 
 
 .lion for 
 
 proper, yoa will not, 1 hope, neglect to pro- 
 thai eateem, by cultivating your genu., 
 Mending to such productions of it as may 
 
 .Is ; lor on any aecond pro- 
 
 llie world, , 
 uch depend. ' lo..ie _, i.u 
 
BURNS — LETTERS. 
 
 than all his other writings. But nothing now 
 
 1 Saturday Night In these are united fine iraa. 
 
 eery, natural and paih-tie description, with 
 
 expression and command of the English 
 guage; you ought, therefore, to deal r 
 sparingly for the future, in the provincial 
 
 
 As you mention your being just about to 
 
 leave town, you are £ouij, I snoiiU. sun >"-', 
 to Dumfriesshire to look at some of Mr Miller's 
 
 jou will not easily find a 
 belter hearted proprietor to 
 Miller. When you retur. 
 way, I will be happy to se 
 
 3, near the Musselburgh road. Wish- 
 i and esteem, 
 Dear Sir, 
 
 Yours sincerely. 
 
 HUGH BLAIR. 
 
 No. XXXL 
 FROM DR MOORE. 
 
 Clifford Street, May 23, 17S7- 
 
 pleasure of your letter by Mr Creech, 
 
 Some of the poems \ou have added in thi 
 last edition are beautiful, particularly the Win 
 ter Night, the Address to Edinburgh, Gree 
 
 ately following ,' the la r u' -.- ; ~ , 
 
 all persons of 'taste who'u, 
 language ? In my opini 
 
 cute any part of it til 
 of the best Englisl 
 
 Greek and Roman s 
 
 master of the 
 
 t highly deligLt 
 
 id. You should also, and very 
 
 i mind capable of attaining knowledge by a 
 
 licularly one called Somebody's Conlcssi.,n ; 
 if you will intrust me with the sight of any of 
 tbe-e, I will pawn my word to give no copies, 
 and will be obliged to you for a perusal of them. 
 
 auld clay iiU-L'iu. Virgil, before you, provi 
 
 hope that you may afford an example of a 
 poet beinz a successful farmer. I fear it 
 not be in rav oower to visit Scotland this 
 son; when'l'do, I'll endeavour to find 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 and tou msy depend o 
 
 J. MOUKL. 
 
 No. XXXII. 
 I ROM MR JOHN HUTCHINSON. 
 
 ary 178T. wl ... .. 
 enragad with Mr Douglas of Fort Anionio. for 
 three years, al thirty pound. sterling a-year; 
 and am happy sonie unexpected accidents in- 
 tervened that prrtenlrd your .ailinj,- with the 
 
 greater p. 
 
 Douglas's employ would by no means have 
 answered your expiations. I received a copy 
 .f your publication., for which I return you 
 my thank., and it i. my own opinioo. as 
 well •• that of .uch of my friends aa have 
 seen them, they arr mo»l ex. . .1. -i.t in tbefa 
 kind ; although some could hate wi.hrd they 
 had been in the Bag li.h »tyle. a. they allege lb* 
 
 elegance and beauties of your 
 — "e in a great mea.ure lost to far the 
 ■rt of tLr communis. " 
 
 u bad sufficient reasons for 
 
 .■-i -perhaps the wl.bea of soma of 
 
 J renin, your palroni, 
 
 I old country 
 
 ...alionsforlheaaiue. It 
 
 ; IWtH in >our verb, 
 
 -ritiog ,n Qm H.C1..1. 
 
 aa in the Scottish dialect, aod lam in great 
 
 hopes your g-uius for poetry, li 
 
 hoth for | oamatf and 
 
 I 
 
 roan'of U t aVn."'- r I I .d "iul'bS??'"'"" "" " 
 confident roa can do tar U-ller I 
 
 la Jamaica. 1 >m glad to hear 
 -re well, and .hall aJway. be happy 
 
 i, with reapect, 
 
 '.. Ac. 
 Joll.v ill rCHINSON. 
 
 No. XXX ill. 
 
 the effusion of an half hour I tpeut at Bru'ar.' 
 
 deavoured to brush it up aa well a. Air 
 
 .N 's chat, and the jogging of the chiiiw, 
 
 would allow, li Bases my heart a good deal, 
 as rhyme is the coin with which a poet pays 
 his debts of honour or gratitude. What I owe 
 
 * help n 
 
 shall nev.r I I 
 
 The tilth "angel ban.!! "— 1 declare I 
 prayed for thru very sincerely to-day at the 
 I- all of Kyars. I ahall never forget the tine 
 family-piece I saw at lllair ; the amiable, the 
 truly noble Duchess, with her smiling little 
 
 oral] •• 
 
 r head of the 
 
 No. XXXIV. 
 
 |] 1:1. It I Bl UN'S. 
 EdhJnn-gk, 17IA ScpL 1787. 
 
 • il hundred "unlrs, wmdiigs included. My 
 farthest stretch was about ten mile, beyond In- 
 1 wot tbrough the heart of (he 
 Highlands, by Crieff, 'Juynioutb, the famous 
 I llreadalbaoe, down the Tay, 
 among cascades and droidical circle* of stone* 
 lo Dunkrld. a seat of the Duke of Albole; 
 thence cross lay, and up one of his tributary 
 streams to Blair of Albole, another of tho 
 duke's seats, where 1 bad the honour of apend- 
 
 ily ; thence many unle* through a wild coun- 
 try, among cliffs gray wiih eiernal mom, ana 
 gloomy savage gin,., till I cros^d hpey and 
 
 famous in Scottish music, Badenoch, ate. till 
 I reached Grant Castle, where I spent half a 
 day with Sir James Grant and family , 
 and then crossed the country for r'orl George, 
 but called by the way at Cawdor, the ancient 
 «»! of .Macbeth ; there 1 saw the identical bed 
 in which, tradition says, king Duncan waa 
 murdered : lastly, from fort George to Invei- 
 
 I returned by the coett, tbrcoga Nairn, 
 Forres, and .o on, to Aberdeen; thence to 
 Stonehive, where James Burnes, from M a n 
 trose, met me by appointment. I spent t»< 
 
 e bad several letters from his * 
 
BURN'S — LETTERS. 
 
 what cared I for fishing towns or fertile carset 
 I slept at the famous Brodie of Brodie's o 
 night, and dined at Gordon Castle next d 
 with the Duke, Duchess, and family. I a 
 
 means of JohnRonald.atGIasgow: 
 hear farther from me before 1 lea\ 
 
 No. XXXV. 
 FROM MR R 
 
 Edinburgh, 
 ts from the 
 terlycompli- 
 
 mk, Ochtertyre, 22rf October; 1787. 
 
 Twas only yesterday I got Colonel Edmon- 
 
 Dmcnllieburi,, huh; nor Dainty Diri-, (I 
 forgot which ynu mentioned), were written Lv 
 Colonel G. Crawford. Next tim I meet 
 him, t will inquire about his cousin's poetical 
 
 A htmlTv,, 
 e field. His 
 
 might have kept Om. 
 countrymen were in i 
 
 simplicity and kindness .... A group 
 
 the plot, might be formed from his family', or 
 
 -th the exercise of^en' " ? - 
 ;rafted on patriarchal 
 state affairs, would 
 imedy; though a small spice of 
 
 study of the character of Eumteus 
 
 lir ai.d soil, 
 
 profitable mor 
 
 Now fondly marking the progress of my tree 
 
 Now studying the bee, its arts and manner.-. 
 
 Here, if it please Almighty God, 
 
 May I often rest in the evening of life. 
 
 ,nd long may ye flourish. 
 DOOR OP THE HOUSE. 
 1775. 
 
 On the banks of the Teith. 
 
 i the small but sweet inherit™ 
 
 Of my fathers, 
 
 i inscriptions, and the translati 
 and-writingofMrR . 
 
 ;xcuse the liberty taken by the n 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 diicovery ; «nd p»ici 
 
 n Ibe plot, and • hippy 
 
 Bol. wbil.t I presume lo five a few well- 
 meant him.. 1*1 me mMm vnu la aiudy Ibe 
 • pint of my mme-ike » dialogue,* winch i« 
 natural wi'lboul belli;? low. and, under ihe 
 trammelt of ver>e, to .uch a. country prople in 
 tbeir .,.u.l..n-. apart every da;. You have 
 only lo bring down jour own .train a very 
 little. A great plan, .u.-h o- tin-, would en 
 centre all your ideas, which fa.-ilitaie. the 
 
 • 
 
 -■•■j a 
 
 pur.uit be wel 
 
 cbu'en ond 
 
 .leadily pur.ued. 
 
 
 e lucrative 
 
 
 
 thia age of ra 
 
 id iu.pro.e- 
 
 
 
 
 
 Upon thi. 
 
 
 
 wi.l.e, and 
 
 
 
 to go a .tep f 
 
 rlher. Let 
 
 
 
 
 might, ha. 
 
 bratowed on 
 
 
 
 employed lo 
 
 the noble pu 
 
 tp.»^ of .up porting I 
 
 he c.u.e of 
 
 
 
 An imaginel.c 
 
 
 
 
 , ma, do lb,. 
 
 n many dif. 
 
 
 
 
 o be alw.v. 
 
 
 ■ :■-'- 
 
 h»v» been to good purpce ; 
 
 good moral. 
 
 i.a, b* 
 
 
 o. comedy, 
 
 
 
 Ureal allowar, 
 
 
 
 whichm 
 
 V.e, 
 
 man 
 
 an hundred 
 
 
 .ro 
 
 
 doubly daogerou 
 
 
 
 !3»ta 
 
 kS 
 
 end 
 
 be .lip. and 
 
 - tor pa;-;.. 
 
 "iSSS 
 
 
 of faith. 
 
 
 
 
 
 differed , 
 
 and 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 icn o 
 
 
 men of 
 
 
 phj.ieal 
 
 u ..'. 
 
 bu 
 
 .eldom me 
 
 
 
 temper. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ken. it i 
 
 ma 
 
 
 that all our 
 
 
 
 \\>u : 
 
 net 
 
 mora 
 
 ,. Youwil 
 
 forgive 
 
 B« f 
 
 ■ha 
 
 think you of good Lady C 
 
 f 
 
 i. a pity 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .inc., 
 
 Her 
 
 bom 
 
 
 n of the 
 
 
 
 jur gentry 
 
 of the last ag 
 
 
 ho-p 
 
 a the Gentle Shepherd. 
 
 and Mrs I. . ■'. - 
 
 st obedient humble i 
 
 | TALE OK OMElui.N CAMERON. 
 
 In one of the war. betwixt the Crown of 
 lb* Lord* of Ita* III**. Alexander 
 
 t'er in'tiie 'neenill century), and Donald Slew . 
 
 art, Karl ul Cuithue.., bad the comm.ind oi 
 
 to it oarebod lato l.ochaber, 
 
 with a view uf attacking a body of M 'Donalds, 
 
 commanded bj Donald llalloch, and po.ledupon 
 
 an arm ol t lie >ea which inler.ecl. thai country. 
 
 lining timely intelligence of Ibeir approach. 
 
 the Insurgent* got ort precipitately lo the oppo- 
 
 , i ,eir curagh.. or boat, covered 
 
 with akin.. 'Do- king", troopa encamped in 
 
 fu.l aecurity; but the M- Donald., returning 
 
 at, luratiaedtbaai, UUadlba Earl 
 
 of Cailhiie.a, and de.trojed or dispersed the 
 
 1... Bart'of Mir eeeapad In thadark, with- 
 out any all.ndauts. and made for the mure 
 l..lly pi.-t of the cuuntrv. In ihe cour.e of hi. 
 Ili-ln be came to the h.m.o of a pour man. 
 
 ! bi. wife be would direct!} kill 
 . * 10 feed the stranger. " Kill our 
 
 ihaaloTba'ri wlf». «t tU 
 
 laimly, be killed the 
 
 ,'. ami lendereat part, were im- 
 
 madialel) rua-ied before ihe lire, and pi. my ol 
 
 ii gh n-.i wop, prepared to con- 
 
 gu. .1 ate hcanly, end ihe evening wa. .pent 
 a. uaual, in telling lale, and .mging aonga be- 
 
 Utk, ipraad ilm cow hide upon 
 
 Earl wrapped hi. plaid about linn, and slept 
 sound on the bide, tshil.t the family betook 
 
 Next morning they had a plentiful breakfast, 
 and at hia departure hi. gue>t naked Cameron, 
 it he knew whom be had entertained ? " You 
 may probably," answered he, •' be one of the 
 king "a officer.; but whoever you are, you 
 came here in di.lre... and liere it waa my duty 
 to protect you. To what my cottage afforded, 
 you are most we.come."— •• Your guaal. 
 Iben, " replied the other, "is the Earl of 
 Mar : and if hereafter you fall into anv mlafor- 
 lune. fail not to come lo ibe castle uf Kildrum- 
 niie." — "Mj bles.ing he with you! nob 
 
 
 if I am ever in 
 >aa aoou after re-assembled -. 
 J tV."di.p»»ei "The M •- 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 Nj. XXXVI. 
 
 FROM MR W , 
 
 ithole House, 13th September, 1787. 
 
 letter of the 5th reached me only on the 
 
 'not : but it deprived me of the pleasure 
 ■iting to you in the manner you proposed, 
 u must have left Dundee before a letter 
 
 is the best consolation for the neatness of 
 I stiil think with vexation on that ill- 
 
 id of those v 
 
 . You know how an 
 have another day of you 
 
 ruptible. Your verses have given us mat 
 light, and I think will produce their j 
 effect.* They produced a pov\ erful one i 
 diately ; for the morning alter I read thei 
 all set out in procession to the Bruar, • 
 none of the ladies had been these seven or 
 them there. 
 
 of the dying Irouts. Of the high fall, " i 
 
 sceuded of this Higl 
 
 * The humble Pt 
 
 tneDukeofAthole, 
 
 im to % the 
 ind children 
 and requ.red 
 
 irved. Upon hearing how he had 
 
 , the earl gave him a four 
 
 ; castle: and it is said ther 
 , umber of Cameron 
 
 Here I cannot deny myself the pleasure of 
 eutioning an incident which happened yes- 
 
 ie confusion of her gratitude, invited us i 
 liss C. and I, that we might not hurt her ( 
 cacy, entered- but, good God, what wretc 
 
 :•.■■.•.'.-!. us, — herowncottc 
 
 
 re sU 
 
 a p 
 
 rfectly silent— looked at Miss 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ii,> 
 
 C. jo 
 
 ..,:'' 
 
 er, and, with a vel 
 
 
 
 ility, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 an "slap. What a 
 
 
 «n1 
 
 \z A , 
 
 "n 
 
 accomplished girl 
 a situation! Take 
 
 yc f ur e pef: 
 
 .1 :-. 
 
 dpain 
 
 
 in your most glow 
 
 
 -Ho 
 
 
 
 amidst the darkne 
 
 
 ■ uT 
 
 of hi 
 
 
 "****** L f }f £o, 
 
 
 Tw 
 
 .li i 
 
 . It 
 
 i,e n 
 
 a't'le 
 ledg* 
 
 Jharming place, 
 l too busy. Let m 
 
 t to Tav- 
 ut still' 1 
 
 and yuu 
 of naked 
 
 
 
 t surpassed. The 
 
 loch, the 
 
 ioth 
 
 
 
 id the fall of the h 
 
 
 
 "']'" 
 
 "fake 
 
 elight. But 1 thin 
 n proper advantage 
 
 t the last 
 of. The 
 
 s 
 
 "~i-:n 
 
 i-7 
 
 ie hairy gown. '1 
 
 ae Duke's 
 
 1 must now beg your permission (unless yc 
 ve some other design) to have your ver=, 
 inted. They appear to me extremely eurrtc 
 
 r friends, which many of u 
 
 A\ hen you pay your premi 
 Braes of Ochtertvre, Mr and I 
 Balgowan beg to have the plea: 
 ing you to the bower of Bessy 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBKAKY 
 
 No. WWII 
 PROM MB A M 
 
 I nrrWc! from (broad, l 
 
 11 nj hand* : tlie pli If 
 
 which place I shall 
 will be 11 I 
 
 puldir.""" 
 
 Your merit nnd 
 
 
 the f.dli.wina; ha.lilj ¥ 
 
 • ii-». 
 
 K.irfa' 
 
 ' yonr pen. my dainty Rob, 
 
 . r-olh. I'll ni 
 Yr ^id lh. poor linns v 
 
 Her dting word, upbraid }i 
 
 UidMtfkd .1 
 
 And l»k him 
 
 ■euoiom Uwlai.tl chiel. 
 
 Like joo to Yen* 
 Par fr- like ton cat 
 
 And .kelp auld wi 
 
 
 
 
 ErV'L'fi" ^ 
 
 UnRmayyoull 
 
 No. XXXVIII, 
 FROM MR J. RAMSAY, 
 
 w. YO\ WO, vi i : 
 
 Ochtvrtyrt, 22<i Odohrr, 17S7. 
 
 BM Mr Burn., whoM 
 
 I 
 
 h Hi, mm. 
 
 g bu b, 
 
 ■ of out 
 
 , u h 
 
 I 
 
 i 
 
 HOI llllllk II llil : 
 
 lure with a ump 
 
 HUio 
 
 '.'pi,, 
 
 
 I h 
 
 
 
 „..• U]i llir gboat 
 
 
 to inl 
 
 
 
 
 
 ; -l-cted aira 
 
 
 ■nil the fa 
 
 dioua mu.ician. 
 
 
 
 Bm i 
 
 ,1 be t,,,- Ih.lt 
 
 ...,-11, fwbora 1 
 
 looka 
 
 ,.,, .1, 
 
 Ibe Homer of muiic) in out of 
 
 
 
 
 e;-Uii., how- 
 
 
 
 out of in} pro\ 
 
 
 
 \i", ll„ 
 
 
 uf .inging Ibrae 
 
 
 ir&rfe. 
 
 and, if he en 
 
 
 
 1 do , 
 
 
 ',',,. Ofli of lb«n 
 
 ■ 
 
 up,„. l 
 
 e .lage, in lh 
 
 original Mvlc, 
 
 I am very »orry we are likel} to meet ao ael- 
 dom in this mi:.'hb..>urbood. It ia one of ihe 
 greamt drawbacks that aitenda ob.curii}, that 
 one baa ao few opportuntiea of cultivating 
 acquaintance! at a di.tance. I hope, bow- 
 I nc or other, lo hare the plea.ure 
 of beat ng up jour quarter! at Er.kine, and 
 i.f hauling you away to Pni.lej, &c. im-..n- 
 . , ..-„ :.:.,,, b-r-1 i ,j .Me.«ra Boog 
 and Mjlne. 
 
 If .Mr B. go*, by , gire him a billet 
 
 on our fri-i.d Mr Stuart, who, 1 prwuinr, 
 •• frown of bi> dioatan. 
 
 Your .i.o.i obedient h, n 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 cf Edinburgh. We frequently repea 
 
 MR RAMSAY TO DR ELACKLOCK. 
 OchUrtyre, 27th October, 1787. 
 
 Von maj 
 
 tell M 
 
 I'm 
 
 ds, whe 
 
 iyc 
 
 a see h 
 
 a: Cuui;, 
 
 lEdmc 
 
 
 
 
 
 at hi, c„i 
 
 sin, Ct 
 
 >'■'" 
 
 George 
 
 Cra 
 
 wford. 
 
 s P euLt" 
 
 r.">h-r 
 
 Rut 
 
 £ r <V 
 
 a ■ 
 
 Vmer'n 
 
 'f'-L u'.'i 
 
 lij,,;' } 
 
 .1- Ji 
 
 l.Ma&l* 
 
 'r 
 
 c'q'uair" 
 
 if-rct... 
 
 That 
 
 
 
 
 
 a "='V 
 
 ;:;■;; 
 
 y ^ 
 
 wari -I 
 
 the 
 JoL 
 
 ':: . 
 
 
 
 
 W h,,l 
 
 
 Crawfo 
 
 impany when in that capital. 
 
 ay let me know if you have any intentioi 
 
 ould afford matter t\,r a'.ar-e p. ,-m. ''};.,! 
 you would have an opportunity of indi.li.-i,,. 
 
 d tongues, who make it, as it were, 
 ! of their commerce. 
 
 : my respectful compliments to Mrs 
 
 He wa» 
 
 7i 
 
 L 
 
 dy 
 
 jung 
 
 -■■ 
 
 eis fa 
 
 
 ;■: 
 
 in 
 
 J 
 
 oM 
 
 bar 
 sB 
 
 l/r,„ 
 
 as he did ! if you do, you can never" be 
 ,ppy. I feel myself grown serious all at 
 , and affected in a manner I cannot de- 
 e. I shall only add, that it is one of the 
 lest pleasures I promise myself before I die, 
 
 I revere more than that of any person that 
 
 1 am, my dear Friend, 
 
 JOHN MURDOCH. 
 
 
 
 No. XL. 
 
 
 
 F 
 
 aoM j 
 
 R JOHN 
 
 M 
 
 .-R.DOCH. 
 
 
 
 London, 
 
 28 
 
 k Octobe 
 
 -, 1787 
 
 Asmyf 
 to your 
 
 iend.M 
 ne.gho 
 
 rBrown, is 
 urhood, 1 
 
 s z 
 
 &X 
 
 e oppor 
 
 t unity o 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 «-i< 
 
 
 o'f bein 
 
 letter. 
 
 i; ;,';' e 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 see th 
 
 
 uMhreeye 
 
 oh 
 
 'no/nm' 
 
 ,;,\': 
 
 
 
 lotlnng to 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 but that 
 
 
 -, busv. b 
 
 stli 
 
 
 
 
 ch taken 
 
 
 
 pursuits 
 
 in win 
 
 h we are h 
 
 ere 
 
 -" 
 
 thatn 
 
 No. XL I. 
 
 FROM MR 
 
 Gordon Castle, 3 1st October, ] 
 
 
 Your song I showed without producing the 
 mthor ; and it was judged by the Duchess to be 
 he production of Dr Beattie. I sent a copy of 
 t, by her Grace's desire, to a Mrs M'phersou 
 
 d it likewise, by Lady Charlotte's desire, 
 look belonging to her ladyship, where it is 
 in company with a great many oilier poems 
 and verses, some of the writers of which are 
 is eminent for their political than for their 
 
 aoudou, -.uil as much as they 
 
DIAMOND CABINET I.IIIUAUY. 
 
 t>oetical abilities. 'When the DucbeW 
 
 
 n- 
 
 •• Tune j 
 
 
 ,!„• 
 
 
 
 
 vou bad written the vcr.es in S.-utc 
 
 
 
 
 irtbii 
 
 Am Inter directed lo me here » 
 
 u 
 
 
 
 have it 
 
 hand safely, and. if •rut under 
 
 
 Dua 
 
 
 Bk inner, 
 
 M.tr, ii will likewise come free; 
 
 
 
 can fnt 
 
 luii,; a» the lluk.- i» in this country 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 " There 
 
 No. M.U. 
 
 
 
 
 Had g! 
 
 i BOM THE BEY. JOHH skinn 
 
 UK, Lintharl, jYownlcr Ufa, 1 
 
 poetic eogace,„e„t. I ail down Ids 
 
 lug genius, and jour o| on oi 
 
 . are both, 1 think, 1> far too high. 
 Inetf of edu- 
 
 favour. and give,, uu ll 
 
 I know a classical " 
 
 lastc. Lot it unglitil) im. 
 
 uaMta il ; and thought 
 
 • »• ground 
 
 Ud neither cramped l l 
 
 llOa, I Will .!»&). .li.ll.lll ll.r ju — 
 
 , riot claim to apple... 
 ' 1*10, this Mar. I hate had almost 
 Ip.m childhood, e»pc. 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 .11 :■ 
 
 
 
 food 
 
 >m for CAna 
 
 
 
 
 eh 1 had tj heart e, 
 
 1 >u 
 
 
 •- 
 
 . «nd 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 . ran 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ' 
 
 jod mi eapeti 
 
 '"'"• * 
 
 
 would aJwav. wish lo k* respeclcd. 
 
 A» lo the aaaislanee itM propose from me in 
 s.ng joa are engaged io.x 1 am 
 
 and jou, perhaps, expect. M. 
 
 lost that taste. There are two from im ovst, 
 . I might give jou. if worth the 
 I to the old Scorch tune of Dum- 
 barton', Dnau. 
 
 The other perhaps too have met with, aj 
 jour noble friend the I>'ucbe-» has, I am loid, 
 heard of it. It was squeezed out of me bj a 
 
 commodate a new Highland reel lor tae Mar- 
 
 ldles, tune them iwee'lj, "iie. 
 
 inter your pnmowi yea Mb] 
 
 i brother ol a, Mr .latins 
 
 in Edinburgh, who, 1 bellow, 
 
 ,<ee wifeikie wu coming frna 
 tile tlrapikie, which brtd bl r 
 K miIic's heart, und.be begun 
 
 I have heartl "f another new com;.. 
 •.young ploughman oi mj aomiaintuM, that 
 
 I am vaalli nut I "lib, Is UM of The 
 
 Atrmar. ./'.'. wb oh I ftni won t do, aa the 
 
 I I 
 
 readme., to . . tribal* m J 
 
 lou have o- ..ml what 
 
 ran Dual oi iba •bovaaball b 
 
 Meantime, while jou are thus publlr.iT, I 
 ma; aay, employed, do not .heath your OWN 
 proper and piercing wriii.uu. from nhil 1 
 
 .irtue and 
 morality. .... | -lyle, and 
 
 tiu would dofrou I. 
 
 . wbal cornea will br'od- 
 hnui1lln«i especially 
 
 OH from hit poet- pen, all success, 
 and in in} other character, all bappmesa and 
 
 .1.111. 
 I ROM MBS 
 
 A' 1- Cattle, 30/A Kotembcr, 1787. 
 
 I hope joo will 
 
 d :.■ | 
 
 r ;.,: 
 
 Kilravock, Wtirrtabirr 
 

 BURNS.— 
 
 LETTERS. 
 
 
 103 
 
 punctual perforn 
 
 ance of your parting promise, 
 
 the bottom a name that 
 
 shall ev 
 
 er value with 
 
 that has made m 
 
 
 grateful respect, "I ga 
 
 
 
 but mereiy the t 
 
 ifficulty" I had in getting the 
 
 spak." I was nearly a 
 
 
 truck as the 
 
 Highland songs 
 
 
 friends of Job, ol aiflic 
 
 
 ing memory, 
 
 
 
 seven nights, and spake 
 
 
 ven ys au 
 
 shall i convey a 
 
 long with them those graces 
 
 
 
 they acquired fr 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of the hill of Kildrummie ! 
 
 I am naturally of a su 
 
 
 s cast, and as 
 
 These I must 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 s functions, I 
 
 
 
 cast about what th;., ma 
 
 iaofyot 
 
 
 make them still 
 
 ribrate in the ears of memory. 
 
 tend. My foreboding ide 
 
 
 e wide stretch 
 
 To her I am indebted for getting t] 
 botes. They are clothed with " thou* 
 breathe, and words that burn. ' ' Thes 
 
 so many things, pen 
 
 you may be induce 
 That the old castle o 
 
 your very flattering 
 Addison's; at any 
 that " friendship w 
 
 gratitude, and the i 
 The friends of ! 
 
 looking at your pict 
 
 ate, allow me I 
 
 I maintain the g. 
 
 f your fame, sos 
 
 II be received « 
 of your genius 
 
 ; or St Peter's 
 it I come on. 
 
 tire, H. L. or 
 t ill-digested lu 
 
 Mass J. M. 
 At best they 
 
 eternal as the heroic swell of magnanimity, and 
 the generous throb of benevolence, shall look 
 
 No. XLV. 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 Edinburgh, 21sJ Januar 
 weeks confinement, I am bi 
 oss the room. They hav< 
 
 'rely j wretch, by selling cut. Lately I w 
 Idler enough ; now I march to the c 
 
 As soon as T can bear the journey, which 
 Edinburgh, 17S7. will be, I suppose, about the middle of Jeit 
 5 o elated with h 's success we -k, 1 >a-.e Edinburgh, and soon after I shall 
 letermined by a coup de pay my grateful duty at Dunlop-House. 
 
DIAMOND CVIJ1.NET LIBRARY. 
 
 No. XLYL 
 KXTKACT OF A LrTTER. 
 
 TO Till 
 
 h, 12lA February, 1 
 
 Religion, toy bououred Madam, has uul 
 been all my life my chief dependence, bu 
 ueare.1 enjoyment, I have iodc-l I 
 , rd rallies; but ala. ! I 
 
 bit character ; au IrreU 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 
 
 That 1 
 
 
 
 1 1.1. r. 1 
 
 
 
 
 Ua bu >bi 
 
 em^ed 
 
 
 1 bale an un;ro.iwi 
 
 
 
 .or., iban 1 do lb* 
 
 
 
 
 
 m.T be la.call 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■• ' 
 
 
 affur d lu pau b; uo 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 palalar «ho 
 
 Our* inc *o Old iw.-w.tr. a. Dr Heattie ta}. lo 
 
 
 my U t ., 
 
 - ooor held, bat o f 
 - 
 Ling bad .be l.en w.' tuff, and tl«gs, 
 
 ■mjatMl .triage, aud peea. 
 
 KLTUL 
 
 TO MR ROBI.HI I L 
 
 a track of melancholy joj leu muire, between 
 UallowiJ mid A . r.li.rr. It being Sunday, I 
 turned m> thought! to p.alrn., and bymoo, ud 
 
 ; and .our favourite ai'r, C'aptui'ji 
 : at length in ,„, head, I ltitli 
 
 ■ it. YoU Kill >ee that the It* 
 
 part of the luue oiu.l be repeated. I 
 
 lj |.|-a>ed «illl Ihe.e WI1M, but 
 
 with you u> in it they rail the orealure of tin 
 
 i. effaced aluioal • 
 
 I LBQHOBJT. 
 
 Saughlon iliU; 171 
 
 ur, Captain O'KmH. 
 
 would hate it in (he Jacobil* »t_. . 
 
 lag after ibefaial held of ( ..llodm 
 bj ibe unlorluna'e Cbarleal Tenducci p-rao- 
 
 . Mar} Smart in ih- 
 Mary", Lamrnlalnm.— Why may ... 
 ibe pel ton of ber great- great-great grandaou t ' 
 
 I ard gite* the tint iUuii of lb* 
 CkrtatUr, LumrnL 
 
 loot Ihi. id. ice. The whole of 
 tbi. beautiful aoag, a* it >u afterward* bniab- 
 
 The tmall bird* rej.ice in ibe green iea.ea re. 
 Tbe murmuring ttreamlet wind, clear thro 
 Mara io ihe dew. of Ik. 
 red co*tlipa bedeck tbc grui 
 
 Bat what can giee pleuare, or what can (eca 
 e lb* lingering moment* are numbered oi 
 X» !»»". eaily •pringmg, nor bird* f lwj 
 Can kootue, tue ud bo.om of jojlat* *a»aii> 
 
BURNS. -LETTERS. 
 have in country business you ] Dryden, and Tan 
 nay vary from each other, b 
 to hear from you soon. IM 
 
 ROBERT CLEGHORN. 
 
 No. L. 
 
 TO MRS r>Ui\ T LOP. 
 
 MADAM, Mauchline, 23th April, 17SS. 
 
 indeed, as I assure you they made in.,- m- it 
 
 Whitsunday, you will easily guess I must be 
 pretty busy ; but that is not all. as I oil tne 
 
 Your books have delighted me; Virgil, 
 
 The deed that I dared could it merit theii 
 A king and a father to place on his throne ? 
 
 No. LI. 
 
 FROM THE REV. JOHN SKINNER. 
 
 D.tAR sir, Linsharl, 2S(A April, 178S. 
 
 ou have fa'voured me with, and would have 
 lade oroner acknowledgments before now, but 
 iarily engaged in mat- 
 
 in plex 
 
 thank you for this 
 
 ■ te.-in i utii tile gift am: t!ie ;nei ; 'as a small 
 
 ition than what he picked up at an old 
 iv grandfather's fireside, though now, by 
 trength of natural ports, he is clerk to a 
 ing bleachiield in the neighbourhood. 
 
 she has lately helped him up. 
 
 S'v 
 
 p'leased me when 1 lirst Law it, if that 
 any recommendation to it. The other 
 
 brfore'wWtsunda '" StilT, madamrTpre? 
 
 is euti 
 
 
 pared with the sincerest pleasure to meet : oa 
 
 .:lld y 
 
 u may make use of one or both as you 
 
 at the Mount, and came to my brother's on 
 
 
 
 Saturday night, to set out on Sunday ; but for 
 ot °the win' " and rain 
 
 
 
 
 * CHARMING NANCY. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 &c. In consequence, I was on Sunday, 
 
 
 Tans— " Humours of Glen. " 
 
 Monday, and part of Tuesday unable to stir 
 
 
 
 out of bed, with all the miserable effects of a 
 
 
 sing of sweet Molly, some sing of fair 
 
 violent cold. 
 
 
 Nelly, 
 
 You see, madam, the truth of the French 
 
 And 
 
 some call sweet Susie the cause of their 
 
 
 
 
 semblable ■ your last was so full of expostula- 
 
 Some 
 
 
 tion, and was something so like the language 
 
 And 
 
 some love to sing of the Humours of 
 
 it thee, my dear Nancy, gin thou w 
 
 auty delights n 
 pleasant behav 
 ore, my swe> 
 
 Consent, my dear Nancy, t 
 
 it my sufferings thus vvrei 
 r'allant friends 'tis your ruir 
 
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 Her yellow locks shining in beauty combining. 
 My cboxminz, sweet Nancy, will thou be 
 
 I'll seek through the nation for some habita- 
 
 To shelter niy dear from the cold, snow, and 
 
 • to my deary, I'll keep her aye 
 
 My charm, ii-, sweet Nancy, gin thou w.rt 
 
 I 11 work at my calling (0 furnish thy dwa 1 i.g, 
 Wilbev'n thing nm 
 
 n ibou wert 
 
 Fot what it my Nancy should alia 
 
 forward and fain, 
 ■■■pel her, but plainlt I 
 Begone, thou false .Nancy, Hwu'k ne'er be 
 my am. 
 
 THE ■ ! 
 
 Dumbarton '» Drama. " 
 J',v TBM Kr.VKIlK.ND J. Si. 
 0: why .hould old age so much M 
 
 ■ Latin 
 
 IV. 1 fa 
 
 Green, printed nt Alerdeen some years ago; 
 the other Iialrachomuomachia llomrri Latinm 
 Mrmottf cum aiidituwrtiiit, given in lately to 
 Chalmers, to print if he please*. Mr ('. will 
 
 rm/ier. hemper deled 
 
 ,a mixta joci.. 
 
 No. LII. 
 
 TO PROFESSOR ITLGALD STEWART. 
 
 SIR. NnuMine, 3d May, 17ST. 
 
 buve any inllu ■• with tlinl urcut, unkuoMii 
 
 irames the chain of causes and 
 mutes proeperitj and happiness will attend 
 • our ».»■! to the Continent, and return you safe 
 to tour ..nine shore. 
 
 I in, alum roe, lir, to claim it ta 
 
 are 1 could 
 
 ■ i] it w hi. uuih, that, next to my Intl.: bine, 
 and the buying it iu my power 10 
 
 \\.- hate ph 
 
 st of our guinea*, O. 
 
 Ve baie plenl 
 
 And the, . 
 More desirable by far. 
 Than a pock full of poor yellow sleeniet, 0. 
 
 We have seen many wonder and fcrley, 0, 
 Of changes that almost are 
 
 i. lulk, up and down, 
 Both in country and in town, 
 Who now li»e but scrimply, and bureU, O. 
 
 We began in the world wi" nee't 
 
 , _nd loil'd tor the ae 
 
 We made use of what we had. 
 And our thankful hearts were glad. 
 When we got the bit meat ana the ciaitb- 
 
 We have lived all our lifetime contented, 0, 
 
 Y.-l we ueter were reduced to need charity, I 
 
 In this house we 6rst came together, l), 
 W here we've long been a father and Milber, 
 Andtbo' not of (tone and lime. 
 
 And, 1 hope, we shall never need anil her, I J 
 
 Yet we n. 
 
 * ... i 
 
 rd. 0. 
 
 We n» 'er thought of schemes to be wealthy, ( 
 liy ways that were cunning or stealthy, O, 
 
 B.lt we ■ . 
 
 And what farther could we wisi. 
 To be picased wi' ourselves, and be healthy, ( 
 
 To a belter house than this, 
 To make room for the neit generation, O. 
 
 Then why should old age so much wound us 
 
 There is noting in it all to confound us, V : 
 For how happy now am I, 
 With.... aniu wife sitting by, 
 our bairns and our oes all around us, 0, 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 more comfortable to those whom nature has I 
 made dear to me, I shall ever regard your , 
 countenance, your patronage, your friendly 
 good offices, as the most valued consequence of , 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 but the Georgics are to me by far the best c 
 Virgil. It is indeed a species of writing en 
 tirely new to me ; and has filled my head wit 
 
 
 |f ideas of him; though I 
 iicisms must be very in; 
 t, as there I have ever fel 
 
 No. LIV. 
 TO THE SAME. 
 
 what I^ee^round me) tha^n the'°impor Ell 
 opulent bestow on their trifling family affair 
 
 splendid carpet, and the gay table sparkled 
 
 partakers, and equally noble partakers of the 
 same nature with madame; are from time to 
 lime, their nerves, their sinews, their health, 
 
 ua\, a good part of their very thoughts, sold for 
 
 mouths and years, , 
 
 not only to the i 
 
 < of i! 
 
 We 
 
 talked of the insignif 
 
 cality, did some of the poor devils the honour 
 
 his breast, who taught "Reverence thyself." 
 
 No. LV. 
 TO THE SAM 
 
 Ellisland, 13th June, 17S 
 
 •' Where'er I roam, whatever realms I see 
 My heart, untravell'd, fondly turns to thee 
 
 This is the second day, my honoured friend, 
 
 mate of an old, smoky spence ; far from every 
 object I love, or by whom I am loved ; nor any 
 acquaintance older than yesterday, except Jenny 
 Geddes, the old mare I ride on ; while uncouth 
 cares, and novel plans, hourly insult my 
 
 j-etr.-eem 1 -ri-r than the life. Extreme'sen. 
 sibilit, , irritated and prejudiced on the gloomy 
 
 
 cargo i 
 
 nadam, is just; lam indeed 
 
 ile, literally and truly c; 
 
108 
 
 mercy of the nake A eler 
 
 ing with a fellow-cn 
 
 I be most placid pood 
 
 diamond cabinet lidraky. 
 
 . = itefully devoted goo 
 ar.d iprightly cbeerfulii?-». >h uil 10 ibe 1.-1 lo mention the irreparable mm of the egg. 
 
 i.-uie; tbe>e, I think, in a woman, may nui- 
 m rood wife, though ,he should never have read vplaen, lor t 
 ■ . ScWpftrm ej the 
 
 \ l.l. 
 in MB P. HILL. 
 
 gel one of the deal i ibem, Cunningham. 
 
 'J he brutality, 
 
 »nrl.! uiiworlhv ol huvin? sllc h „ |. 
 
 » II' 
 
 . ibing ll.nl will make 
 I. mi ii I, til. . 
 
 A, to lioneat J S e, lie is inch 
 
 a contented happy man, that I know not what 
 
 1 ot Blot 
 
 
 n I. mil. 
 
 it happened to be a com law, 1 n ihera pro- 
 
 hii will, ordrrrd hit •erranta great 
 
 I 
 
 fa eg at thi) to place ill. in far, tar nLoie lilt 
 
 1 loa a man of worth, 
 
 ■ 
 
 palate that i 
 
 ban any of theae akagreeablt Dnmfrii 
 
 - 
 
 IWein ni • .. e, a man 
 
 poaiiiiely of 'the Aral abilities and creates! 
 
 I of the lest 
 
 
 * Printer of the Eiiuburgh Evening Cooranb. 
 
 .lurch, u . 
 le poatage. 
 
 No. I.Vll. 
 
 amerling al 'ihe p.ncli of oi, ireful circum- 
 
 
 
 TO MBfl 1 
 
 
 
 n. but if you add a tankard of 
 
 NauMi'.e, 2d AuguH, 1788. 
 
 '. and superadd a magnum of right 
 
 MAI. AM, 
 
 Oporto, yoo will see his sorrows vanish like the 
 
 Your kind letter welcomed me jetternight. 
 
 
 you at the quantum of your lucipcnny ; Lut 
 
 G 1 — h, tbe tariievt friend, except my 
 
 only brother, that I have on earth, and one of 
 
 vexed and hurt ai I *•>, I could not help 
 .-. heart 1) at Ibe noble lord'* 
 
 ibe worthiest fcllow» that ever any man called 
 
 by the name of friend, if a luncheon of my 
 ■Id help to rid bim ot - 
 
 napkin. 
 
 I would write you Irom Mlhadale, and give 
 
 
 
 give. t him. 
 
 opportunity of calimg at a post-office once in 
 
 hhii Courortf cornea, too. across 
 
 n ilumfriea. 
 
 .. ueip bim 
 
 am scarcely ever in it my-elf, and, ai yd, have 
 
 largely from the said ewe-m'uk cheese, to en- 
 
 little acquaintance in the neighbourhood. 
 
 t A dob of ... 
 
BURNS.- 
 
 resides, I am now very busy on my farm 
 
 eth its own sorrows, and a stranger inter- 
 these " sorrow's "fThe ' heart, " is a kind i f 
 
 " Heaven oft tears the bosom-chords 
 
 Yen will excuse this quotation for the sake 
 
 The little fate bestows 
 Unlike sage, proverb 'd 
 
 Let prudence 'number o 
 Who life and wisdom a 
 Who feel by reason anc 
 
 Ye wise ones, hence ! 
 
 who give by rule ; 
 
 wait upon 1 should 
 A, but who feels they 
 
 ■e hurt the social eye 
 
 of the ami, or. ln,i.-ad ot entering on tins M,b- 
 
 I wrote in a her-miase i elon-iug to a gentle- 
 nan in my Ni!h=dale neighbourhood. They 
 
 Here the muse left n 
 what vou tell me cf An 
 never received it. Po 
 
 e. lam astonished 
 
 n clad m 
 
 hither 
 
 Life i: 
 
 Sprung from night, in darkrie=-i lost ; 
 Happiness is but a name. 
 
 Peace, the tenc 
 
 
 Pleasures, inse 
 
 
 Those that sip 
 
 
 
 flies thy own : 
 
 Those that woi 
 
 Id the bloom d 
 
 Crush the locu 
 
 
 For the future 
 
 be prepared, 
 
 
 r thou canst gu 
 
 But, thy uluios 
 
 t duly done, 
 
 Welcome wlia 
 
 
 Foilies past gi 
 
 
 Make their o-n 
 
 
 Keep the name 
 
 
 And dishonour 
 
 not thy kind. 
 
 Keverence will 
 
 lowly heart 
 
 le Eeadesni: 
 am in the wi 
 
 :elai 
 
 following w 
 
 hopes depend, .Mr lirahain of F.ntr, "; on,- 
 the worthiest and mo,l accomplished gentlemei 
 not only of this country, but I will dare to se 
 it, of this age. The following are just the br 
 crude thought, '■ U:ihuu s cU 'c, lliimiuinted, u. 
 aneaU'd." 
 
 Ah, that "the friendly e 
 
 audi by telling me that he is unfortunate . 
 hall be ill Ayrshire ten days from this date. I 
 lave just room for an old Roman farewell. 
 
 No. LVIII. 
 TO THE SAME. 
 Mauchline, 101A August, 178S. 
 
 Yours of the 24th June is before me. I found 
 it, as well as another valued friend— my wife 
 
 with the sincerest pleasure. 
 
 When I write you, Madam. I do not sit 
 down to answer every paragraph of yours, by 
 echoing every sentiment like the faithful com. 
 
 may perhaps le guilty of neglecting -onie of jour 
 kind im.uir.fs; but not trom jour verj odd 
 
DIAMOND CAB1.NET LIBRARY. 
 
 iid., ud who could trifle with such a 
 
 1 o.-.neaVly /anry 
 
 more agreeable compa- 
 
 n„ n lor niy journey 
 
 1. UpOU HIT 
 
 U MB, I have noul 
 
 
 slai.ee. 
 
 
 Circumstanced as I 
 
 am, I could never have 
 
 
 
 
 
 lavourite authors, & 
 
 c. without probably eo 
 
 tailing on me, at the 
 
 
 ing, fantastic caprice. 
 
 >erhaps api>b aJVeclalion, 
 
 
 „cd boarding-school ac- 
 
 ijuirrmrut., which ( f-irdonnr: mot, maJamc 
 
 • re sometime* to be 
 
 ound among femalea of 
 
 the upper ranks, but 
 
 almost Ui 
 
 vadelbe mi,,.-, of the 
 
 would-be-geu.rj. 
 
 elioue. thoughts that are the spoutaiico 
 g health, place, or company, have often 
 
 cngth , 
 
 J tat .. 
 
 «nd siudi d paragraphs. For me, 1 have often 
 
 thought »<l . .-rrsjlort, by 
 
 my reason fur wriling to you on paper of tail 
 kind, M n | lu you at 
 
 Urge. A • dissocial. 
 
 N 1 l\. 
 
 . I6£A /Israel. 1788. 
 
 -reofrieod. 
 1 want only 
 
 •• Why droop* my heart with fine ed woe* 
 ka my tool beneath each wintry 
 
 M] increasing care* in thi», M jet. Mil ge 
 
 . vobj conjectures in the dark v.»ia 
 
 awn inability 
 
 - r-rsle of the world — my broadened 
 
 : orrooe tt,e >er, thread of li' 
 To counterwork these baneful fe-li 
 
 science. Pardon me, ye, my adored house- 
 bold gods, liideprn.i. uce of Spirit, and Iuleg- 
 my oi Soul! lu ib.- course of conversation, 
 J.iAnj.rn's Mutical Museum, a collicimn of 
 Scottish song, with the music, waa talked of. 
 We got a song on the harpsichord, begin- 
 
 " Having wind, around her blowing. " 
 
 The air was much admired : the lady of the 
 
 bouse asked me win. 
 
 •• Mine, madam -they are Indeed D ) r«n best 
 
 them.' The old Scottish proierb says, well, 
 " king's catr is belter than iiber folk's corn. " 
 I .1 imenl nuota- 
 
 lion about •• costing pearls;'" but that Would 
 be loo virulent, for the lady is actually a wo- 
 man of sense and lasts. 
 
 After all that baa been said on lb* otba 
 side of the uur.lii.li, man is by 
 happy crealurr. 1 .l„ nol spesk'ol the select- 
 ed lie, favoured by pulls! Ii.avni, whose 
 souls are tuned lo gladues, amid riches and 
 I ..ud wisdom— I speak 
 cd many, sv| 
 
 I. Jc uiul Age uj Afu/i, bs- 
 
 I had an old grand-uncle, with whom my 
 
 i r girlish tears ; the 
 ud old mu, for such be was, was' long blind 
 ■ he died, during which nine, 1, 
 
 -" »<"' "J. ""'I* •"« 
 . hi pie old song of T/w 
 L.frvuiA;- 
 
 II i. thu way of thinking- it i. 
 
 naginalion of enthusiasm, 
 ■ What truth on earth • 
 
 ss 
 
 al, but the necessities I 
 the cold philosophizinga the lie. 
 for the heart weaned from earth ; 
 
 upon my soul 1 siwi; 
 
 with heaven; 
 
 ! ,ullb»nk.givi 
 
 ' ■:.• ■ 
 
 —,, ..™, i.oui the lady of the house quite 
 flattering. She sometimes bits on a couplet or 
 two. impromitu. She repealed one or two ' 
 u> the admiration of all present. My suffrage 
 
 went agomz.ng over tie be.iy of my cuu- 
 
 i Ibeir precious importance and divine efn- 
 
 rsses of disappointment, aiiixMion, poverty, 
 
 I am sure, dear madam, you are now avore 
 
 lau pleased with the IrtigfA of my letters. 1 
 
 i Idle of aexl w».k : end 
 
 quickens my pace to tbiuk that tone wiU 
 
LETTERS. 
 
 The order 'd 
 
 Nature well pi 
 But ere she ga 
 Half-jest, she 
 
 No. LX. 
 TO R. GRAHAM OF FINTRY, ESQ. 
 
 When I had the honour of being introduced 
 
 soon°of ^kingYfavour'ofyou. When Lear, 
 
 tobeinhT^. •■'fiecaJsevou 
 
 have that in jour face which I could like to 
 
 some filial and 
 
 ner, which 1 1 
 Lie parent in 
 
 friend, rescued 
 
 to have a claim 01 
 
 
 help of rigid economy, I will try to si 
 that independence so dear to my sou 
 which has been too often so distant fro 
 
 She form'd of various parts the various m: 
 Then first she calls the useful many fort 
 
 And merchandise' whole genus take th 
 
 The lead and buov are needful to the net : 
 
 The caput mortuu'm of srross desires 
 
 Makes a material, for mere knights £ 
 
 The i 
 
 
 ■in? lab 
 
 Such as the slightest breath of ai 
 With arch alacrity and conscious 
 Her Hogarth-art perhaps she mes 
 Creature, though oft the prey of 
 
 \V!,.-.i 
 
 A being fori 
 
 is'd to-di 
 
 
 t of all the ills of 1 
 
 Prone to enjoy each 
 Yet haply wanting 
 longing to wipe 
 
 Yet frequent* all unl 
 
 But honest Natut 
 She laugh 'd at fir 
 
 Pitying the propleai 
 
 Auich , o U Si P rn r t t o h th 
 
 — tho' humbly takes 
 
 is'd, did bliss on them d< 
 
 Ah, that " the friendly e 
 friend!" 
 
 But come, ye who the godlike pleasure 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish 'd-tobes 
 Whose arms of love would grasp the 
 
 Frientl of nni life, true patron of rov rhvmi 
 Prop ofmv'dearest hopes for future times, 
 Whv shrinks mv soul, half llurhiiis.h-.lf • f 
 Backward, abash 'd to ask thy friendly aid 
 I know my need, I know thy giving hand 
 
 1's pride sufclirr 
 begging prose. 
 
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 rk. ho* their Ufly indepeiulcn 
 
 Nark, ho* tlinr U fly independent spirit hi bil prt _t. ... but li! r n irur P . 
 
 Soar, on the spurning » imr ol' injuied merit : making, kindle, in In- 
 
 Iu all lb* clamorol 
 
 ; lark-shrill ton* 
 the carol enda. 
 
 
 I placed by 
 
 N I \i. 
 
 ! HILL 
 
 iboaJ three 
 
 limple, and widest, u 
 strength of hii pinion : L 
 
 Lbo i,kc 
 
 ■ 
 
 . language, fur au »ub- 
 ■ <Jreal mug of waters, llielnr I- 
 
 margin of an hundred miles. " 
 
 : .liuws mounlaini bin 
 . the Impri ,. rain - ii.- 
 
 .. w tree 
 ..Ibrad." 
 r.c. are beautiful. A Ihun.ler turn is a Mis- 
 led telrcuni 
 stance, ao far u 1 know, n.l.il, oiigiual : 
 
 
 I think lb* AUrra i,. i« simplicity, bar. 
 • o lb.' s 
 
 Iwked iaio nature for himself: you mm with 
 no copied „.»er,pt,on. One particular cnti- 
 
 . ' aaid too much." II 
 
 lo Cnliai 
 
 
 of .1. author to be n 
 
 l """ lK -'' of i.alnral hiatal] or of chemistry 
 fa» wanted to enable him 10 execute the ori- 
 ginal conception correctly. 
 
 ilifully fancied. IN. 1-oo.uud's "Ion,, 
 
 'I' p." "a good expression; and ike 
 
 ounding win from ii is truly great ; Ibc 
 
 it Hell described ; and km, be U 
 
 . poem wiih a little of thai passion 
 whn-h bids fair. I think, lo usurp i: 
 muses aliogctli r. 1 know not b a 
 episode i. a beaul) upon the »l, 
 
 ■vn h<-r •• partial lu» 
 leninp ear," i. n pretty thought. Hut. in my 
 opinion, the n,,l beautiful paasag.s in the 
 whole poem, an the fowls crowding, in winlry 
 " hospitable flood ;" 
 their wlie-i 
 
 dising, lie. and the glus-ioua itterripl 
 sportsman. Tl is last is equal to aj 
 the .Seasons. 1 be idea of • • the floating u-.Le» 
 distant seen, f-i glittering lo the moon," pro- 
 voking bis e 
 
 is a noble raj I f poetic genius. " 'lb- howl- 
 ing winds.''' the •• h.deous roar" of "Ike 
 
 I forget that whk lam ihna holding forth, 
 with the he., 1-ss waruilL of an .nlbu-ia.!, I 
 am perhaps tiring you ail 
 
BURNS.— LETTEI 
 
 ••The gleaming lake," &c I dare not go 
 
 No. LXII. 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP, AT MOREHAM 
 MAINS. 
 
 Mauchline, 13(A November, 178S. 
 
 I had the very great pleasure of dining a 
 
 " U m'°n IT"^-' ^''^ ar e e k 5a 'if it fs^scf 
 poets must be weaker still ; for Missea R. and 
 K. and Miss G. M'K. with their flattering 
 
 friendlj welcome" elegant manner, and 
 remark, lest I should be thought to ba 
 my orientalisms of applause over again; 
 
 * The poem entitled An Address to Loch 
 Lomond, is said to be written by a gentleman 
 now one of the masters, of the Hi-h School at 
 rd.ntursrh, and the same v. ho translated the 
 beautiful story of the Paria, as. publ.shed in 
 the See of Dr Anderson. 
 
 deuce is entv.is.led with the beart- 
 
 a ha;i;e. "u i\ of •• The feast 01 leaso'n 
 
 
 inso 
 
 ence to t 
 
 be fallen, ar 
 
 held 
 
 by all nun- 
 
 
 
 
 
 ives of the 
 
 
 
 Even the u. 
 
 i.app 
 
 
 mpa 
 
 of his f 
 ate brotht 
 
 r I we forge 
 
 ts'ol 
 
 the i 
 
 — who' it.: 
 ujuries, and 
 
 1 w c 
 
 nt last \V 
 
 ednesday to my pa 
 
 ish church. 
 
 
 ord.all, t 
 
 join iu gra 
 
 
 cknowledg- 
 
 
 
 thor of all Good, 
 
 
 quen 
 
 
 s of the gl 
 
 
 
 o th 
 
 
 
 
 io less thai! 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 sent Royal Fanii- 
 
 
 ruling fe 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ubiety and 
 
 
 ess of hi 
 
 
 
 
 Bred 
 
 and edu 
 
 
 lution 
 
 principles. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 icU the re 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 a which, 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 jage of the 
 
 TJ. 
 
 
 e-u;ce = ui-V'i 
 
 a:,;." 
 
 
 
 ■ Iron, p. 
 
 stevjs, with 
 
 
 aellj raki, g 
 
 pthe 
 
 ashes of 
 
 l.Ose, whose 
 
 m = l. 
 
 tune it was, 
 
 "The bloody and tyrannical House of 
 
 Stuart," may be said with propriety and jus- 
 
 K/:m\\7a\ia\heteMin,'.',,t\ o'l o'u'r ' u'i , s, ;' L ul 
 is ther'e no ah. jwai.ee to be made for the man- 
 ners of the tunes :- M ere the ro.al contempo- 
 
 subjects' rights? Might not the epithets of 
 
 appliec 
 
 e House of '1 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 r KB dark age* of ignorance and bar- 
 lie Vuart. onlj contended for prerofetitee 
 which the, knew their predece«»or» enjo,cd, 
 
 l"jinf ; but tbe.e prerogatives were mimical to 
 tha happinesa of a nation, aud the rigbu of 
 
 bad latel, dawned o»er Europe, the inuiiarcb 
 of France, for example, waa >i- 
 lb* aim?.- pit : with u., 
 
 luckilj tbe nourth failed, and hi. unwarran- 
 table prel^: 
 and bappinc.e. Whether it «i. 
 
 ling of parlie.. I cannot pretend to determine; 
 a, bappiU fur u». tbe kingl, power 
 waa .bified into another branch of the famil,, 
 who, aa the, owed tbe throne eolel, to the call 
 of a free peiiple, could claim nol.'i 
 
 laughed at lor the lolly and impractical. lit, of 
 
 1 . l.d I Mi. Th.l the, 
 
 . «. i„,' .„ aralM u. t 
 
 No. \.\l\. 
 Ill MI1S 1)1 Mi.l'. 
 E/Iblna, 17M Dcr.ni 
 
 and 'wboli, deaf, '■ are melancholy new. of bu 
 man nature; l,ul when told of a much lo.-d 
 
 .ironglj eutwi.ted ilwlf among tbe dearest 
 chuida of ui> bo.om ; and 1 tremble at t - 
 omen, of ,..ur late and preeenl ailing babll. 
 and .bailer. d health. Y..u nlaemlemlala B t> 
 ■rmilitnr on 
 you. le.l ii .!„.. .Id hurt my worhll. 
 M, ..mil ..-.Uui fanning ia exceedingly more 
 .iinple an. I eaa) than what ,ou have lately 
 .e a .i Mnstutn .Main., liut be that a. u 
 .it of the man, and llie I n > ..I 
 
 mpan liie be,l part of the func- 
 tion, uf in, wal iminornl. 1 baVd 
 
 ..laeued with Ul idea, .uperior 
 ind picking up (rube : 
 
 
 
 . a. a., in^Ko- 
 and particularly 
 
 retainer..* 
 
 Thia letter waa aeol to tbe pabli.ber of 
 
 Apropoe. I. i..t the sco'.li phraae, 
 
 i lai.r .yne, " exceeding!, expreeaite. 
 
 i. an old tonjr and tune wbicb baa often 
 
 . | knave, I am an 
 
 .Mr Ker will ea.e }ou tne p ..fee. f 
 
 Light be tbe tuif on the brea.l of tbe II* 
 .en-umpired poet wbo computed thia gloria 
 fragment ! '1 Here i. more of tbe fire of nati 
 
 Ki.rl.h llacct.ana lao-. Now 1 am on ■ 
 
 old alanzaa, wbicb plea. 
 
 mightily. 
 
 II..' I may drink, before I g 
 
 Ku" loud tha wind blawl fi 
 
 t Una followi tbe, of of A. 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 The ship rides by tne Berwick-law, 
 
 Nor shouts o' war that's heard afar, 
 It's leaving thee, my bonnie Mary. 
 
 No. LXV. 
 TO A YOUNG LADY, 
 
 
 No. LXVI. 
 TO SIR JOHN WHITEFORD. 
 
 tK, December, 178S. 
 
 Mr M-Kenzie, in Mauchline, my very warm 
 you are pleased to interest yourself in my fate 
 dearer) my fame as a poet. I have, sir, in one 
 your character in life, -when I was introduced 
 
 honoured acquaintances to me : but you are the 
 first gentleman in the country whose benevo- 
 
 fo^me^ 1 ns o licTed and e u r nk n a oVn n . "i am n™ 
 
 to know, nor cid I stay to inquire, whether 
 
 im thank. ng yon in >hi- man:;, r, as I am. con- 
 vinced, from the light in which you kindly 
 
 oThim or 'bis worTs^InTeeTthe^itu^ioVo! 
 
 me measure palliate that prostitution of 
 and talents they have at times been guilty 
 
 ble dexterity with his pencil. In the acci 
 l1 groups of life into which one is thr. 
 herever this gentleman met with a char 
 
 with a kind of pride, that will ever keep 
 out of the way of those windfalls of fort 
 
 fancy unfits him for the world, and w 
 character as a scholar, gives him some pr* 
 
 with the insipidity, affectation, and pride oi 
 
 " after my own heart, " I positively feel what 
 an orthodox protectant would call a species ol 
 
 impulse, than an JEolian harp can refuse its 
 tones to the streaming air. A distich or two 
 would be the consequence, though the object 
 which hit i -bearded age: 
 
 young lady whose personal charms, wit, and 
 sentiment. ar~ „ .■ _.:;. ... ing and unaffected, 
 bv heavens! though I had lived threescore years 
 
 was a married man, my imag nation would 
 
 itended in the least to the manners of the 
 Italian, should be so foolish, or worse, as to 
 
 and so inhumanly cruel, too, as to meddle- 
 
 my story! " With a te°ar of gratitude? Ft hank 
 you, sir, for the warmth with which you inter- 
 posed in behalf of my conduct. I am, I ac- 
 
 caprice, and passion—but reverence to God, 
 and integrity to my fellow-creatures, I hope I 
 shall ever preserve. I have no return, sir, to 
 make you for your goodness but one— a return 
 which. I am persuaded, will not be unaccepta- 
 ble—the honest, warm wishes of a grateful 
 heart for your happiness, and every one of that 
 lovely flock, who stand to you in a filial rela- 
 tion. If ever calumny aim "the poisoned shaft 
 
\ . I WII. 
 
 PROM MB 0. m i:w 
 
 Nougut, 1.1 Ja. 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET LIIJKAUY. 
 
 Ilffartnl out, makr* no n 
 
 I b..rju.l I.III L-d 
 
 dear brotbrr, hun food lb« Got 
 
 it portion oi 
 
 Ihi budding i Ireb, and 
 r> bawlborn, ibM 1 »ie» and bug a 
 
 I • t>. Ill U klllllt 
 
 ■ U 1 Cf>. TtU !■'••, UIJ UM 
 
 wl.ul can Ibil be owiiir? Are » 
 
 s ixvm 
 
 DUNLOP. 
 
 • 
 
 : 
 
 I aboul ibe 
 i.»i calm huh- 
 : llirw, Iidic 
 ■ i kind of boli- 
 
 i \l\. 
 
 lo Ui; 
 
 . LU Am. WW. 
 
 UI • ..I....U*. Ibai 
 
 . ami Hie alluir ul«ta)n 
 
 I rl»rrl, |,ul|,.,.« Ul.d 
 
 . '..<■, al 1.I-.I, got »ouir bOMMM 
 i . la Willi 
 
 
 
 I I ileal of BJ 
 
 •built ol By 
 
 
 
 cbaracler. I bate u< 
 lb.- apliludr, to l.ar 
 gilt Loluonl b» llin, •• »bu form, lb. aecrrl 
 
 » lo a word of I 
 Jib d»j of Ihi m 
 .- ciutonj of my forefa- 
 ■ » Mp AoVy. after I.- 
 
 /^l up mi morning ilnuii 
 : Uagcal. in ord 
 
 | 
 
 .-Iru.lof in 
 
 • b" tbt U 
 
 r—. 1 pul ofl l., a »rry di.lanl day, a day tbal 
 
 . l-rniined 
 < pro.e.-ute witb all lu) viCMBT. Nature lia» 
 
 
 
 ■ nothing, or next to notl.in. 
 t uibalance or uruciore of our «uul. 
 Boot account for ibo»« aeeming eapno 
 
 i e lo knowj wbelber .lie ba. rfltalU 
 
 i.me one ba» Lnubed a piece, n baa L'en >.. 
 
 I 
 ejr, ibal om 
 
 power, of .1 
 
most deplorable of all poetic d.seases-heart- 
 Lreakins: despondency of himself. Dare 1, sir, 
 
 already immensely indebted to your g.mci.t.-.-, 
 ask the auu,[,o„:il o, ligation of yiur being thai 
 
 in' a walk oV,, e- : ton,, "entirely new ; I meal! 
 - the epistle addressed to R. G. Esq. or Robert 
 Graham of Fintry, Esq. a gentleman of un- 
 common worth, to whom I lie under very 
 great obligations. The story of the poem, like 
 
 ^tting-ofti 
 
 I believe, I shall, in whole, £100 copy-right 
 
 and even part of this depends upon what the 
 gentleman has yet to settle with me. I give 
 
 fare. 
 To give the rest of my story in brief, I have 
 
 atistied ; 
 
 another 
 
 who supports my agec 
 
 younger brother, and tnree sibiers, in a iarra. 
 On my last return from Edinburgh, it cost me 
 about L180 to save them from ruin. Not 
 that I have lost so much- 1 only interposed 
 
 on this, for it 
 I was conscic 
 balance was 
 
 nn*e 
 
 "of the 
 
 "" My reque 
 
 No. LXX. 
 
 TO BISHOP GEDDES. 
 
 Ellialand. mar Dumfries, 3d Feb. 
 
 the conduct of tl 
 vay pointed out I 
 
 r/oV'ten.' 
 
 nty-hve years of m; 
 lim and method ii 
 
 
 your pardon for detaining so long, that I have 
 been tuning my lyre on the banks of Nith. 
 
 imagination, or partly put in execution, I shall 
 
 Edinburgh, I'shall have about the beginning 
 of March. 
 
 That acquaintance, worthy sir, with which 
 
 :e of the learned ana the j 
 
 No. LXXI. 
 FROM THE REV. P. C— 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 -c of literature, of taate , and poetic genius, sh. 
 added an invincible modest; of temper, to 
 
 i.-, .in.! cuiilinrd the perfect know 
 
 fr .in »., a few weeks ago, by an inflammatory 
 fever, in the prime of life_bcloved by alt 
 
 ever t 
 
 at woe fell 
 
 upon the head 
 
 ol mortal 
 
 man, it fell 
 
 in. tie has 
 
 eft behind 
 
 
 
 number of compositions, 
 
 chiefly poetical; sufficient, 1 imagin 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . a farce of 
 
 
 
 
 on differ. 
 
 
 1 
 
 
 who have 
 
 lived I 
 
 
 
 
 
 hip with him 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 incomparable poem*. It 
 
 the Boottisb BOM,— aaj a..ow i, 
 
 if it i« your op'moa they ere no 
 
 the author, and will be oo discn 
 
 ■i tb* taaliaatl 
 
 they should be immediately pub 
 
 periodical work, to pi" the wof 
 
 of what me. :- 
 
 in the poetic . 
 
 \ller»«rds published for the ad 
 
 hail,. 
 
 I must be? the favour of a l« 
 
 No. l.XXII. 
 1 ) MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 Kllidai 
 
 . 178 
 
 Here in I. my honoured friend, returned safe 
 
 bowe»er bumble or remote — if that home is 
 like mine, the scene of domestic eomfort_lbe 
 1 aalla of Edinburgh will soon be a business of 
 s -i.ning dUgUsU 
 
 
 orld, I bate 
 
 e gaping blockhead 
 
 being with the sceptre of rule, and tl 
 nches. in bin puny list, and 1 am kii 
 the world, the sport Of folly, or the l 
 
 fin Spain I 
 
 ey.teo, of a. 
 
 deal of labour ui.d absurdity. 1 will DOt de- 
 fend ilii, blasphemous speech ; but often, as 1 
 have glided witb humble stealth through Ih 
 pomp of Prince's Street, it baa si.r: 
 
 man figure, thai a u.a,., In proportion to In- 
 
 new. ..f many of hie Majesty 'a lb 
 
 second of the precise spherical angle or reve- 
 rence, or an Inch of iho particular point of 
 
 You are right, madam, ir 
 
 none-, under the title of Scotti.h Porta, that 
 the in, t.rni of S.otn.h Poetry borders on 
 
 the burioque. When I write to Mr t , 
 
 I shall advise him rather to try one of bis de- 
 ci -u fri-i. I am prod.gi- 
 
 s»ud have reqoeated a perusal of all Mjlne'i 
 
 • !. it would be proper for the pn .,. 
 What it is that occupies me so much, and 
 perbup. a little oppresses my pre., 
 shall Inl up a paragraph in some future letter. 
 
 with a few lines dune by a friend of mine . . 
 
 Like the fair plant that from our touch with- 
 
 Sbrink roildlj fearful even from appi 
 
 'And all you are. my charming , seem. 
 
 Straight as the foxglove, ere her I . 
 Mildaa the roaiden-blushiug hawthorn blows, 
 Fair as the fairest of each lovely kind, 
 Your form shall be the image of yoor mind : 
 
 That all shall long to kuon the worth ti.ey 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 No. LXXIIL 
 TO THE REV. P. CARFRAE. 
 
 REVEREND SIR, 1789. 
 
 :t that I he 
 
 u looking al 
 
 I am much to blame : the honour Mr Mylne 
 
 stance, of its being the last production of his 
 
 1 have, as you hint, thought of sending a 
 copy of the poem to some periodical publica- 
 
 that, in the present case, it would be an im- 
 proper step. My success, perhaps as much 
 accidental as merited, has brought an inunda- 
 tion of nonsense under the name of Scottish 
 poetry. Subscription-bills for Scottish poems 
 
 that the very name is in danger of t 
 
 For these reasons, if publishing any of Mr M. s 
 
 ■ My In, 
 
 :-:>L;e ; 
 
 let the friends s fame (among 
 
 whom I crave the honour of ranking myself), 
 always keep in eye his respectability as a man 
 
 MrMylne'spoems, is this :-l wou.d publish, 
 in two or three English and Scottish pubi.e 
 papers, any one of his English poems which 
 should, by private judges, be thought the most 
 
 one of the productions of a Lothian farmer, 
 
 poetic merits of the deceased ; and to s 
 in the most effectual manner, to those 
 
 The gentlei 
 MrNeilson 
 
 No. LXX1V. 
 TO DR MOORE. 
 
 Ellisland, 23d March, ITS! 
 an who will deliver you this 
 a worthy clergyman m my nei 
 
 oared to take this liberty with you, but that I 
 am told, by those who have the honour of your 
 
 servants and tenants. I know that she was 
 dete,ttd with the most heartfelt cordiality. 
 
 to Ayrshire, I had put up ac Bailie Wiguam's 
 
 place. The 'frost was keen, and the grim 
 evening and howling wind were ushering in a 
 
 boih much fatigued with tie labour- 
 day, aud just as my friend ,the Bailie and 1 
 were bidding defiance to the storm, over a 
 smoking bowl, in wheels the funeral pageantry 
 
 of the late great Mrs , and poor 1 am 
 
 forced to brave all the horrors of the tempes- 
 tuous night, and jade my horse, my young 
 
 cribe what I felt. Suffice it to say, that 
 
 No. LXXV. 
 TO MR HILL. 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 row, apply to 
 
 :r to compound, something 
 
 O Frugolity ! in. mi mother of 
 
 RMll _ili... i ■ 
 
 ru originally in- 
 ! in ii miserable 
 
 h. .ii-iin. I 
 
 Imi 
 
 ipibM 
 
 doming Ihj ■ 
 
 . thy need in 
 nd inc in thy clutching pul-i 
 Ignis, '.nd ii" 
 
 : ,i..l thou Parnassian 
 
 CfSgS, bleak an. I barren, wi.--r^ lli- hungry 
 
 wocrbipprn of fsme arc. brealln. 
 
 inr. banging between hn>M end hrll : but 
 
 P there the all- 
 
 .ll.puMrrful llrll,, \\ 
 
 lie court of joys and pleasures; 
 where the sunnr exporare of plenty, end th'- 
 hot walls of prufusin ., produce ll 
 
 • sybil, my 
 
 tress, ruber mc into i 
 
 adored pinciift !— The power, splendid and 
 
 potent a« he now is, wu once the paling nun 
 
 In.r of thy faithful care, and uvula arms! 
 
 kinsman, or 
 
 . lad adjure lb<- (rod, by the icnw of 
 
 hi- infant years, BO Longer to repulae me OS a 
 
 hi» peculiar countenance and protection ! II 
 daily bestows hia greatest kindnes. on ihr un- 
 
 . re, I will do any thin?. 
 
 ous cau»e of Lucre, I will do any thin 
 • 'he borse-leech of prim 
 lion, or the rulture of public robbery ' 
 
 10 descend from heroics, .... 
 
 the cheape*t is nUij- the L. -t for 
 
 .■..Miiiiis-i.m for "The MonUmd r-Tumdly 
 
 Society" — a copy of The Speclab;-. Mim,,, 
 .u, d V.i.iiHir.T; .Won .;/' Feeling, Man <;/' the 
 H..W,/, (iiilhri,\ Cngranhienl ( iramnmr,' v. ilh 
 ■ome religious pieces, will likely be our lir-t 
 
 but 1 w 
 
 ' reeding thee 
 
 1 UN, ».,li.tied. 
 
 Boat (I 
 
 No. LXWI. 
 TO MRS in (CLOP. 
 
 . Bd April, )78n. 
 
 
 ia falber of lictioi 
 
 I aing : If theee murlali, the critics, shoul 
 I care not, not I, let the crilici go wbisile. 
 
 may illuatrale and honour my etory. 
 Thou, first of our or 
 
 ghrrj., 
 m With knowledge 60 vast, and with judgmen 
 
 , of • 
 
 .ne- worth of any thing . 
 
 n at Closeburn. ui. >r the su-pic-sof 
 Mthof Closeburn, which will be on 
 »cale than ours. C'apu R. gave his 
 
 est days, I shall trouLle you with s 
 
 Good L d. what ii 
 
 he looks 
 
 is depths and his shallows, hia 
 ill he's a problem must puzzl 
 
On his one ruling passion Sir 
 
 a friend, would 
 Tull the string, ruling passion, the picture 
 ■\Vhat pity, in rearing so beauteous a sys- 
 One tr.rrng particular, truth, should have 
 
 Mankindls^ science 6 defe^etinmons! 15 ' 
 
 S — LETTERS. 
 
 On seeing a Fellow Wound a Hare u 
 April, 17S9. 
 
 Inhuman man! curse on thy barb 'i 
 And blasted be (hy muruer-iiui:n 
 May never pity sootbe thee with a 
 
 Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel he; 
 
 
 Seek, mangled inn 
 
 oceDt, some -wonted f 
 
 Some sort all our qualities each to its 
 
 That wonted for 
 
 u, alas ! thy dying b 
 
 
 The sheltering 
 
 rushes whistling 
 
 And think human nature thev truly describe ; 
 
 
 
 Have you found this, or t'other ? 'there 5 more 
 
 The cold earth w 
 
 th thy blood-stained 
 
 in the wind, 
 
 
 
 As by one drunken fellow his comrades you'll 
 
 
 
 
 Perhaps a mother' 
 
 
 But such is the flaw, or the depth of the plan, 
 
 The playful pair 
 
 crowd fondly bv tbv 
 
 lu the make of that wonderful creature Jaii'd 
 
 Man. 
 No two virtues, whatever relation they claim, 
 
 Alt! helpless nu 
 
 rslings, who will no 
 
 That life a mother 
 
 only can bestow ? 
 
 Possessing the one shall imply you're thi 
 
 No. LXXVII. 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 MY DEAR SIR, Elhland, ith May, 178: 
 Your duty free favour of the 2Sth April 
 
 pliment of ceremony; I perused it, sir, wi 
 
 letter, that not 
 
 you, nor 
 
 your friend, but tbe 
 
 legislature, by express pre 
 
 viso in their postage 
 
 laws, should fi~ 
 
 
 etter informed with 
 
 the soul of frier 
 
 d-lrp is 
 
 such an honour to 
 
 
 hat thev 
 
 should order it free 
 
 
 s to and 
 
 
 mails, as an en 
 
 - 
 
 nt and mark of dis- 
 
 tinction to super 
 
 
 
 I have just pu 
 
 
 band to a little poem 
 
 which I think w 
 
 11 be som 
 
 
 
 eiy as I 
 
 
 in the helds sow 
 
 
 
 the burst of a s 
 
 
 neighbouring plan- 
 
 tation, and pre 
 
 ently a 
 
 
 hare came crippling by n 
 
 
 
 
 human U feHow S wh S 
 
 could shoot a ha 
 
 
 season, when thev 
 
 all of them hav 
 
 
 ones. Indeed there 
 
 is something in 
 
 thicTa 
 
 ness of destroying. 
 
 
 in the animal crea- 
 
 
 
 s materially, which 
 
 1 could never 
 
 econcile 
 
 to my ideas of vir- 
 
 hapless fale. 
 
 e ruddy drops which warm my 
 
 No. LXXTIIL 
 
 rejlj.] ' 
 
 £.:,"•:'.;-£■'., 2d June, ITS 
 
 •m, I think they 
 itmost. This I 
 
 pieces of Mrs Hunter's poetry , tna 
 the value of such compositions. 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY, 
 I, I shall, wilh great freedom, (fire you 
 jou would gite me mother edition of 
 
 ■( ,Jrd Hart 
 
 jnti bnt 
 
 .' andlherhj. 
 
 Pope hid w'rillrei, 
 bosom |uml, " BO« 
 
 ■ too. a copj (.. much 
 
 iH I In 
 
 is a pretty pood sub- 
 • Irom the l.r.l ; and 
 
 If I wen 
 atloni in lb* Bra t»o 
 
 is inlii.ilrly belter. Vo 
 
 
 . ♦,._•• Who s 
 
 lad leslowcd and us- a i.j protide 
 
 ileal >l>p of the pen, 
 ■■«, " in the 
 
 No. LXXIX. 
 
 TO MR M'AILKV, OK DUMBARTON'. 
 
 pfak sin. ithJunr, 176t». 
 
 Though 1 an. not without my fears respecting 
 nit lull- i J lli.-il prund, unit, r-.il il,,jii. -I . I i : lit 
 
 oild wrof,". common.;, called 27ie Latt ]>oy, 
 hi I trust there Is one tin, which that areb- 
 regabond, Satan, who, I understand, is la l« 
 king's ctidcn.e, cannot throw in my l.rlh-I 
 mean ingratitude Then is ■ certain prrtly 
 large quantum .1 kind > for ttlnch I remain, 
 
 i 
 
 tbe obligation. It gucs BM n 
 
 pleasure to hear by mj old acquaintance, Mr 
 
 ten .!■ . ii..itol Allon'a 
 
 language, •• Hale and «n-l, and living ;" ond 
 
 that you eharuiini Family ure well, and pro- 
 
 ... nuiiable and respectable addi- 
 
 Dipani .,1 perfnraeta, whom the 
 
 i , ma of Man is bring- 
 
 i lo in t welfare, a' subject in 
 ind etTi clivals Infer- 
 
 i I am here in my old way, hold- 
 ugh, marking the growth of my 
 i , .lib of nit dairy ; and at times 
 sauntering by tbe delightful windings of the 
 Nilb, on il..- margin >.i wbleb 1 hair tuiit my 
 bumble domic. le, praying for srasousble wro- 
 th. r, ..r holding an intrigue will the Muses; 
 I be • i It rjpseys with whom I bate now uny 
 As I am amend Into the holy 
 sinir of matrimony, 1 trovt my face is ranted 
 /.uii.ward ; aud as il is a rule with 
 ■ II boueet i . rieeaneaa, I 
 
 hope Ibal the little poetic licences of former 
 days, willof course fall under ihe obhtioiis in- 
 
 proscription. In my family detolion, which, 
 
 like a good pre.b)lerien, I occasionally give lo 
 
 Id loiks, 1 am extremely fond of 
 
 errors of my youth, " 
 
 >, children aie God's 
 
 last Mrs Hums, who. 
 
 \c. and ■ 
 
 . i. ^s a glorious •• wooa-no'e wiia 
 allbcf old sone or psalmody, joins eon ttilb 
 
 c o. Mi. Ututcr'i ilm nnflifsj nf lliiiiltiPi aliaahh 
 
 ooet raay be sup 
 thrown bim qmL 
 
 bed by its good sense, thai 
 ununiu n j . It ■» impossi. 
 the maimer in which tin 
 
 i the sailors say, to has, 
 
 beliese in ibe iron justice of I)r G — 
 
 like tbe devils. I believe and lnmbl< 
 lever, he probted by these criticisms, as ihe ' beciouded 
 
 ,e poem, with that published aiierwards. 
 
 V.. LXXX. 
 TO MRS DUHXOP. 
 
 EUitlmd, 21il June, I75U. 
 
 Will yon tut the effusions, the miserable ef- 
 fusions of low spirits, just as they flow bum 
 their hitler spring. I know not of any parti- 
 cular cause for this worst of all my foe, betan- 
 
 tnickening aimosphcrc 
 md gloomy presage*. 
 
 Monday Erenirii 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 ail incomprehensibly great Being, to whom 
 
 mately acquainted with the operations and 
 progress of the internal machinery, and com.e-. 
 quent outward deportment of this creature 
 v.hich he has made; these are, I think, self. 
 
 ,-ond the grave ; must, I think, be allowed 
 iry one who will give himself a moment's 
 :tion. . I will go farther, and affirm, t 
 ni the sublimity, excellence, and purity 
 ; doctrine and precepts, unparalleled 
 
 Whatever mitigates the woes, or increase* 
 
 goodness; and whatever injures society at 
 large, or any individual in it, this is my mea- 
 
 What think you, madam, of my creed ? I 
 \aiue almost next to the approbation of my own 
 
 FROM DR MOORE. 
 
 Clifford Street, 10th. June, 17S9. 
 
 fully to pre, 
 
 re them at you 
 
 poetry. 
 
 The si 
 Christ's Kirk on the Green, 
 
 productions you should aban 
 luguage of modern Euglis 
 
 All the tine satire and humour of your Holy 
 
 trouble to yourself, von could have convejed 
 the whole to them. The same is true of some 
 of your other poems. In your Eyislle to J. 
 
 Mr C 
 
 
 
 
 iteto 
 
 copy 
 
 t • y. 
 
 h 
 
 re 
 
 This 
 but I 
 
 No. LXXSIL 
 
 FROM MISS J. L 
 
 kik, Lovdon-House, 12th July, 1789. 
 
 sonalfy acquainted with you, yet amongst the 
 
 your publications, may I be permitted to trou- 
 
 somewhat in love with the Muses, though I 
 cannot boast of any favours they have aeigned 
 
 House, at present possessed by Mrs H 
 
 she is daughter to Mrs Dunl'op of Dtinlo 
 whom 1 understand you are particularly a 
 quainted with. As I had the pleasure of pe 
 
 irtunity of seeing you 
 
«-»«"«••-» 
 
 -'■; 
 
 .o hear thy s. 
 
 Old Ramsay b 
 
 -i, 
 i. 
 
 'he'cTelref' 
 
 Loved Thalia 
 
 ii, 
 
 i ddiglitfu' a 
 
 Beem'd lug 
 
 
 
 To all she d.d 
 
 h« 
 
 aid refu.e, 
 ie« Allan's da 
 
 'Till Burns a^r 
 
 
 
 i 
 
 grace hi» lay 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 friendship : yet hoping 
 possessed of as mucl 
 
 To Robert Burns. 
 
 u nil) show yum 
 eiierosily and g. 
 your expo.ii.;: w 
 
 ,ure,'l shall lake ibe liberly tu 
 
 Sir, 
 Your mosl obedient humble se 
 
 t Loudun-llouso niur i.'uisu/oc. 
 
 No. LX.WI1I. 
 FROM MR 
 
 i- when I say, that ihe nncomn'.m 
 i render y oi-r 
 
 •irarU blrecl, Sobo. 
 
 
 
 
 1 cannot express my happiness siiffic : enlly i I 
 
 In jni 
 
 
 locution, who was psi- 
 
 Bui glauced by lb* mo.t i. 
 
 1. n.j.elf and relations. • 
 
 She auuU rrlctil. 
 
 VVhils 1 racollscl »ith pleasure his exlraor<i. 
 
 
 
 The daisy too je sins: wi 1 skill ; 
 
 affords me the grcatsal con.olalion, lhat I am 
 
 A, .J »rri ;r prais* Ibe Blhl.kj K ill 1 
 
 honoured wilh the correspondence of his sue- 
 
 
 ul >iiii|iliciiy and genius. 11...I 
 
 
 - refined la die art of poetry, mu~i 
 
 While echo sound, from ilka hill. 
 
 readily be admilled ; but notwithstanding many 
 
 lu Hum.', praise. 
 
 favourable representations, I am yet to leani 
 
 
 thai be inherits bis con.ivial powers. 
 
 or Pope tul hear. 
 
 • uch a ricbnesB of conversation. 
 
 -r.lic rn.,,1 ,rwe. 
 
 such a plenitude of fancy and attraction in 
 him, that Hben I call the happy period of our 
 intercourse to my memory, 1 (eel myself in a' 
 
 e wilh ihroal a.e clear 
 
 irije 
 
 Their works would a' iu pieces tear. 
 
 state of delirium. I was then JPOilfCT ihan 
 
 And curse jour page. 
 
 Sure Milton's eloquence were faint, 
 The beauties of jour verse lo paint, 
 My rude unpoli.b'd stroke, but taint 
 
 Their brilliancy; 
 Th' attempt would doubtless vex a saiol, 
 
 And weel may me. 
 
 .., feheitOUS, lhat he enraptured every person 
 around him, and infu»ed inlo the hearts of the 
 
 operated on his own iniml. 
 
 I am, dear Sir, yours, &c. 
 
 To heaven present my humble prajer. 
 
 No, LXXXIV. 
 TO MR , 
 
 The hurry of a farmer ii 
 
3VRXS LETTERS. 
 
 %on. and the indolence of a poet at all time 
 una seasons, will, 1 hope, plead niy excuse fo 
 neglecting so long to answer jour obliging let 
 ter of the fifth of August. 
 
 That you have done well in quitting you 
 
 >Mheh 
 
 ve written her as she 
 rry of this new busine 
 
 of her 
 and I 
 
 ell how 
 
 and her compositions 
 am happy to add, alw, 
 character. The fact 
 o write to her ; I shot 
 
 of point, such an elegance of paragraph, ai 
 such a variety of intelligence, that 1 can liar 
 
 When I received your letter I was transcrib- 
 er the Canoi-gate,' Edinburgh, begging their 
 Fergussou, and their edict in consequence of 
 
 ....!.. Poor Fergusson! If 
 
 there be a life beyond the grave, ' ' 
 
 and if It 
 overall nature, which 
 art now enjoying exist, 
 where worth of the h. 
 
 pleasure-purchasing p 
 and where that heavy ■ 
 
 ood God ] 
 
 ding 
 
 ei»; tin 
 
 those thoughtless, though often destri 
 
 equal oblivion as if they' had never been ! 
 Adieu, my dear Sir : so soon as your pi 
 views and schemes are concentred in an 
 
 •• far- and happiness is by no means a subject 
 
 Yours, 4c, 
 
 No. LXXXV. 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 Ellisland, 6/A September, ITS 
 
 who, by the bye, I trusl 
 
 e Era 
 
 
 Sjn 
 
 e parts 
 
 Vz 
 
 letter of the 20ih August, 
 
 '; 
 
 ite C t 
 
 Tour' 
 
 linu a 
 
 ancholy 
 presenU 
 
 oncern for the 
 
 
 "Wot 
 
 id i « 
 
 uld wr 
 
 
 ■tier of comfort! 
 
 i 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 n po 
 
 
 
 Uld equa 
 
 the Iliad, he- 
 
 lie 
 
 
 
 ir fne 
 
 
 true comfort! 
 
 in 
 
 ! : ' ; 
 
 g persi 
 a pro 
 
 ttmgr 
 
 ,..-.!!. 
 
 ii 'a futu 
 
 
 i" 
 
 ,p'le 
 
 so far 
 
 urtho" 
 
 stigation 
 sand year 
 
 s, have, in some 
 
 
 
 
 
 d it. In vain 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 to doubt. I 
 
 
 
 .self d 
 
 
 to a very 
 
 daring pitch ; 
 
 
 
 en 1 rellected 
 
 that 1 w 
 
 
 
 
 dent w 
 
 
 
 
 of 
 
 rood 
 
 
 and fly 
 
 ing in the 
 
 
 
 
 let. 111 
 
 
 
 shocked at my 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 whelh 
 
 er I have 
 
 
 he 
 
 foil 
 
 .wing 
 
 
 jr if you 
 
 
 he 
 
 
 
 oneo 
 
 
 
 
 ougl 
 
 |«V 
 
 ns" 
 
 .'.V.Ve 
 anguage 
 
 
 ly of battle and of war, ". 
 
 i this, my friend, that streaks our morn- 
 ing bright, 
 
 is that (ri.ds the horror of our night, 
 wealth forsakes us, and when friends 
 
 'Tis this that wards i. 
 
 Disarms affliction, or re 
 
 Within the ar.-a.t Lids I 
 
 au. Xeluc 
 1! A Diet 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 No. LXXXYI. 
 FnOM DB BLACKLOCK. 
 
 Edinburgh, 24/A Aucu I, IT: 
 IVar Burn., tbou broth- r 
 
 Both for thj i 
 
 li may becnlld 
 
 
 thy braai 
 And warms thy soul with all the .Mux-.. 
 Whether lo lutjrfa with • 
 
 Thy number, iim.e tiir -apr'. face. 
 
 Or lid the 
 
 Anl rulble.. k.uI. Willi |P 
 
 Tli Nature", roieed Uln 
 Through thee 
 
 111'*. I . 
 
 v., 1 WWII. 
 TO DB .';i I 
 
 EUitlarJ, 8 1st Orfoirr. 1789. 
 ,ut jour Inter made me. aum.e! 
 je hale, ami weel, and 
 
 • b.t , u 
 
 
 t aiblins honest Master Heron, 
 wire his theolotrie rare on. 
 
 Melt; supreme u ' 
 
 Maug HI in. i!. 
 
 i t 'b ill,. «r.rld o' cure '. 
 lonj itherv ; 
 
 r„. tee 
 
 Nut but 1 bar a richer. 
 
 I 
 
 But why vhould oe mm 
 
 Come, Firm Baaolte, ink thou the ran 
 
 Tl talk o'carl I n Ban! 
 
 And lei u . mind, falsi heart ne'er ami 
 
 To make a happy lir 
 Tb»!'a ibe true path 
 
 To «,.,,.. and wife, 
 > and .ublime 
 Of human life. 
 
 ■10 Beekie ; 
 
 No. I.XXWIII. 
 TO R. GRAHAM, ES(J. OF FINTRY. 
 
 
 SIR, 9tA Dtumbrr, 1789. 
 
 The ill-thief blaw the Heron sooth ! 
 
 • riot b( near his droulb ! 
 
 He uuld my set b» word o' mouth. 
 
 Il-'dtakmy leUer; 
 I lippeo'd to the chiel . 
 
 And bade nae better. 
 
 I have a enui while bad a with to trout te jon 
 with a Inter, and had certainly doni 
 
 now but for a humiliatinff »OM,e.h.n,7 lint 
 
 ihr.,w* cold water on ibe resolution 
 
 •hould say, •• You have found Mr Graham a 
 
 very powerful and kind friend indeed, audlhat 
 
 » Mr Heron, author of the History cl 
 land, lately publ.vhi! ; and anion? i 
 other works, of a respectable life ol oi 
 
BURNS — LETTERS. 
 
 of obliger and obliged is 
 my being under jour pad 
 honourable, yel, sir, alio 
 
 angels, are short and far 
 
 of Nithsdale, just as I us 
 of Ayr. I take the lite 
 
 and though 
 , me highly 
 t.er myself, 
 
 s friendship 
 nd the kind 
 pervisor. I 
 ibour. Nor 
 
 n Captain 
 
 •r into any 
 
 Perhaps 
 
 
 .r Doctoi 
 
 md his 
 
 family are in imminent dange 
 
 inclosed ballad on that business is, I confess, 
 too local, but I laughed myself at some con- 
 ceits in it, though I am convinced in my con- 
 science, that there are a good many heavy 
 
 The election ballad, a 
 to the present canva-' 
 boroughs. I do not 
 
 6P l a ir J. T i 
 
 No. LXXXIS. 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 Ellisland, \2th December, ] 7.S9. 
 Many thanks, dear madam, for your sheetfu 
 of rhymes. Though at present" I am belov 
 
 Man! To-day, in the 
 exulting in the enjoyme 
 few days, perhaps in 
 
 'r " b nnination o/^at" life^'is a^ome! 
 thing at which he recoils. 
 
 "Tell us, ye dead; will none of you in pity 
 
 ghastly corse is resigned into the earth, to be 
 
 ],fe, seem- and seen, enjoying' and enjoyed? 
 Ye venerable sages, and holy flatnens, is there 
 
 fables? If there 
 
 
 within 
 
 !_ There 
 
 should ] 
 
 with sp 
 
 eechless 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mary ! ° 
 
 
 
 fraught 
 
 with trut 
 
 h, honour, 
 
 constanc 
 
 y, and lo 
 
 e. 
 
 My Man 
 
 , dear dep 
 
 rted sha 
 
 e! 
 
 
 Wher. 
 
 is thy pla 
 
 e of hea 
 
 euly rest 
 
 ? 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LEBBABY. 
 
 death and the gra.c, is not one of the D 
 
 far beyond our present conceptions, m 
 
 I am a pood deal inclined (o think w 
 
 rOM affections ire in fact di- > 
 
 mind. I cannot reason, 1 canuul lh.uk ; and 
 
 walks of the peasant and tbe artisan, a matter 
 
 Mr Kiddel gut a number of hit own tenants, 
 and farming neighbour., to form themselves: 
 into a society for the purpose of having a librury 
 among themselves. 'Ibcy entered into a legal 
 engagement to abide by it for three years; 
 
 ■stance, or of dealh. Each uumber, at 
 nry, paid Bra shillings, and ut eacb of 
 meeting., which were held every fourth 
 
 re. ^ub their ciury- 
 
 _i, ami li.. .• .1 mIm.-Ii Hi.) took on the 
 faith of their future fundi, the; laid in a tole- 
 
 rable i 
 
 ., by woj of pcually, 1 
 
 V better, 
 
 ihile with a disea 
 ■ n mora than half 
 Yoar good ne.. i 
 
 be able to write ai 
 thing at all. 
 
 itfurt who ha> returned tr 
 ll i..u bur 
 
 . II ll. s BUfCUalB, 
 
 great importan . 
 
 and to society at large, dung them a uua 
 
 fur reading and reflection, is gtviqg [Lein a 
 
 degree in the scale of rationality. Impressed 
 
 . - ?..'E»q. of Glennddel, set on foot 
 a species of circulating librarj, oa a plan so 
 simple as to be praciicabie in any corner of the 
 country ; and so useful, as to descr 
 of every country gentleman, who thinks the 
 improvement of that part of bis own specie., 
 
 • lood, lor that night, brst on the list, had his 
 choice of what volume he plca.ed in the whule 
 collection ; ihe accond had In. choice after the 
 In. t ; the third niter the .ecoud, and so on to 
 bad been 
 first on the lift at the preceding meeting, was 
 is_i ui toil ; ha who baid boas Mooad was brst j 
 
 and so on through the whole three years. At 
 u.-ugeuielit, the books 
 
 .old by i 
 Ur. lheui.cl.ci 
 ■ of Ihe cum,,, 
 .. a. be cl,u.e l 
 
 only . „ 
 
 .... aril, ol unc hundred 
 
 sno Lilt .uluine.. ll will easily, be guessed, 
 
 that a good deal of trash would be bought. 
 
 : -ok., bo»e»er, of ibis little 
 
 idoir s Sermons, /ioorrtaon a ffw- 
 
 b/ry or .Votiaad, llumt '. //-story of the Dtuarlt, 
 
 Ux Spedator, Mier, Adrrnlutcr, Mirror, 
 
 Lounger, Otsrrrrr. SI*n of Reeling, Man of Ike 
 
 <ju,xolt, JosepA An. 
 
 to hu 
 
 * Tbe abore is extracted from the third to- 
 me oi Sir John Sinclair's Statistics, p. obs. 
 It »», inrlnwd lu Bit John by .Mr HiCoel 
 I in ibe following luter, also printed 
 
 inclose yon a letter, written by Mr Burns, 
 addition to luc account ol Uonacore par- 
 he was so good, (at my desire; as to set 
 
 , in this parish. As its uiility has been 
 tell, particularly among the younger class of 
 
No. XCI. 
 
 TO MR GILBERT BURNS. 
 
 Etlislaiid, Ulh January, 1790. 
 
 I mean to take advantage of the frank, though 
 I have not in my present frame of mind uvieh 
 appetite fo r elerl ioam wrUilg. My ner.es 
 
 hypochondria pervading every atom of both 
 
 BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 That whether doing, suffering, or fori 
 
 lypochondria pervading every atom of both 
 )o<ly and soul. This farm has undone my 
 " ,ent of myself. It is a ruinous alia r on 
 
 ids. But let it go to ! I'll fight 
 
 Hid be off with it. 
 We have gotten a set of very decent players 
 
 or two. David Ca 
 
 Sutherland 6 , w 
 following prol 
 
 No song nor dance I bring from yon gre 
 That queens it o'er our taste— the more's tl 
 Though, by the bye, abroad why will yi 
 
 Bu' not for panegyric I appear, 
 
 " a good new yea 
 
 Old Father Time deputes me £ 
 
 The sage grave aucient cough 'd, and 
 
 t ye, 
 
 Ye sprightly youths, quite flush with 1 
 Who thiiifc to sto'rm the world by din: of m 
 
 And humbly begs you 
 
 No. XCU. 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 Eilislaud, 251 A January, ] 790. 
 It has been owing to unremitting hurry of 
 long ere now. My health is greatly better, and 
 
 neither poetic ] 
 am so flattered 
 
 and friendly °c 
 
 n fneuUship 
 
 nd, amid your thoughtlesi 
 
 the skirt may try I 
 le hold to catch him, 
 
 °"te a"" 
 joungfeH 
 
 
 eepiy 
 
 land, it would tend greatly to the speedy im- 
 provement of the tenantry, trades people, and 
 work people. Mr Burns was so good as to 
 
 ore. After weathering the dread 
 Dphe he so feelingly descrit.es in 
 
 frigate [ T'Lget what pTr't of Sco 
 "- honour of giving bim birth, bi 
 
 mthor of the 
 
 To Sir John Sinclah 
 
 'ROBERT RIDDEL.' 
 
 d Leriphanes, then p 
 uterwards acquired a 
 
DIAMOND CAM NET LIBRARY. 
 
 was one of ihoit daring adventurous spirit*. 
 remarkable lor producing. Littlfl doM the 
 
 t.-r fair. Mir ( 
 
 Irsly/ih* author i» 
 
 Cn h . lo 
 
 I 
 
 . 
 
 a* I shoul : 
 
 i. iH ™, reading to h..< 
 
 ; lu speak lU laiuruagc 
 
 l^rr. aad l*tr*a 
 
 mul.trng ton 
 .ml •p.r.l. Bran person who 
 
 he has «-rcr k,». 
 
 boasted of him u h.i x! 
 
 oa from a 
 
 war. in ITTT. who la* 
 
 olar. The editor bad 
 m bolh Campbell and 
 
 rifp.ri.b~j .oou afta 
 
 Th»of h ibe death of Falconer happened to 
 lai-l. a. Iff* or 1771, yet io the b ograpby 
 prefixed bj l)> Anderson lo bit w rk,. in ibe 
 complete edition of the PocU of Great Britain, 
 
 il ii .a.d. "Of ih* family, 'birth-place, and 
 
 mtnorni. ' ' On llie authority already given, 
 
 on* of I be town, on ibe eoa-t of Fife, and ibat 
 bis parents, who bad suffered tome misfor- 
 tunes, remo<ed lo one of the tea-ports of Eng- 
 land, where ibe; both died, aoon after, of an 
 epidemic fever, leaving poor Falconer, then 
 ahoy, forlorn and destitute, la consequence 
 of which he rt.i.rrd oa board a man of oar. 
 The** Laat circumstance* are however Ion 
 
 * The bard's second aoe, Frinci,. 
 
 rriage of hi» head, and glance of lii. f n« 
 ■y, which promise the undaunted gal- 
 of on imlrpriii'riii mind. 
 
 1 have Ibe honour 
 
 V,. \( Ml. 
 1 HuM UB ( I \MM.IIAM 
 
 ii b rr.ki.nrd oopardeni 
 
 I Ittra id ;ou twice without haarl r 
 
 ■ n, 1 am apt lu Ihiuk my Utflri* 
 have m.tearr.. •!- Mj OMjoelaFO If only frajtud 
 
 up.ii iba chapter of accidents turning up 
 against me. sa il loo oflrn doea, in Ihe lri»iai, 
 
 ■ ib in. ili add, iba mora important 
 altar, of life i bul I shall continue occasionally 
 
 i -i lly brard 
 
 under ib* met of our hospitable friend at 
 niatlhnOOl Uilbt, there mm no 
 
 I .aw your AJdnu In (Ac Yiqj JIB in ibo 
 i '• jour production. 1 
 shall sav nolhn.r, but my OOCJOOloHHIOl al rare 
 that when your aarof b BMOtloO 
 rsrry man of celebrity mual know often hap- 
 pens, 1 am ibe champion, ibe .Menduza again, I 
 jarl.ng critics, and narrow- mi mded rep- 
 of whom a/ne on tbia plan. I 
 
 • oaopliounla to your wife, and her 
 black eyed sister, I remain, yours, Ate. 
 
 No. XCIV. 
 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 EUiiland, 13rA FrUnwiy, ITtHV. 
 yonr pardon, my dear and much vaiu>. 
 I to you on thia very uo 
 fashionable, un.ifhtly sheet— 
 
 Put lo make amends, aince of a 
 
 sheet of gilt, which lie* in m* dra' 
 my plebeian foolscap pages, like ih 
 
 "wed ha% 
 

 BURNS — 
 
 LETTERS. 
 
 131 
 
 -bearin„ he 
 
 D-mate of a village priest; 
 
 and trust to 
 
 "Sincere, though imperfect 
 
 
 sky-toddy, with the ruby- 
 
 
 
 Dke-fellow 
 
 i a foot-padding exciseman 
 
 
 
 ike a vow 
 
 o inclose this sheetful of 
 
 
 Tuesday, 16th. 
 
 
 s in that my only scrap of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 , I was prevented from the dis- 
 
 
 
 cu^ioa of the 
 
 knolty point at which I had just 
 
 
 [ ought to have written to 
 
 u, tti, a literal fact, I have 
 
 made a full sto 
 
 p. All my fears and cares are 
 
 
 
 
 
 moment. It is not that I 
 
 
 
 
 i ; Miss Bornet is not more 
 
 that wi.-hes to 
 
 
 her guardi 
 
 n angel, nor his grace the 
 
 unprejudiced i 
 
 
 
 
 
 not that there are any very stag- 
 
 friend Cu 
 
 uingham to me. It is not 
 
 ger.ng argum 
 
 uts against the immortality of 
 
 le regions of philology. 
 
 December, 1789. 
 
 Lie of enjoying plea. 
 tore, or of suite, ing 
 
 whethe'r there be not 
 of life ; whether met 
 
 see those who enjoy many 
 things, contrive, notwilhst 
 
 or all of these 
 "fe'wVthem 
 
 ahappy as others to whose lo 
 fallen. I believe one gr.at 
 
 . the hill of "life, not as we 
 
 source of this 
 , which goads 
 
 «ena 5 e'd f °anl e cl7e?DuVra r the 
 
 
 
 others of ou 
 
 Sunday, lith February, 1790 
 Cod help me! I am now obliged to join 
 
 " Night to day, and Sunday to the week. ' ' 
 If there be any truth in the orthodox faith o 
 
 me that this vTas* cer- 
 
 expired. I will write 
 jod bless him and all 
 y all the powers that 
 
 -:''-• ' 
 
 tind, think on these things, and 
 ROBERT BURNS. 
 
 No. XCV. 
 
 TO MB HILL. 
 
 Ellislani, 2d March, 1790. 
 eetimr of the Mookland Friendly 
 at their library 
 
 by the" following hooks, which you I 
 
 us as soon as possible -. — The Mirror, +,<* 
 
 Lounger, Man of Feeling, Man of the World, 
 
 first 'earner; Knox's HLtory of the Reforma- 
 tion; Roe's Hitlory of the RehtlUon in 1715; 
 any good History of the Rebellion in 1745 ; A 
 Secession Act and Testimony, by 
 Mr G.bb; Hcrc^'s M-.cihUi^ns ; B.l-.riL^ s 
 Thoughts; and another copy of Watson's Body 
 
 *•/£. 
 
 ) Mr 
 
 oaths ago. 
 
 In addition to 
 my last, I want 
 Excise Laws, o 
 

 
 -.■>.'■, Dry. 
 
 ■■•x-r't, Wucktriey'; lanbmth'i, 
 Ciiorr'a, or anr Dramatic H.irt. of i' 
 
 H.,w>,rt._U/,.:n, fi.imrt. J-..,/,. ( ', 
 
 a*. A food cup; loo 
 l, I much want. An] 
 tnalic author, in (hit language 1 nM afa»| 
 
 too. I .... 
 
 cheap, gel them for me. 
 
 Mr. Uilll I iru.l if now lad IBM i.ol so 
 ■ r. M> good- wife too 
 
 I am out of all llltim withi!, 
 
 1 here ami<! so Duct 
 nakedness, and hunger, in.' po. cell. and Mam, 
 
 Nothing can reconcile me lo the common 
 •m... -IngliahamUund r, I 
 
 DIAMOND CADIXET LIMIAUY. 
 
 Nothing can reconcile n 
 
 '"""Ir.ir,,.;, 
 
 equiiocal .liurucirr, Hastings, impeached Ij 
 ■ >iha Commoni ol Baft-land. Icil mr, my 
 
 11 uijr counlrj ; 
 
 .• v lale myself o 
 
 
 
 EUUiland, loth April. 1790. 
 noand friend. 
 
 >^:laior, Aimlurrr. HamUcr, ai.U WoWd! 
 thai tbej were 
 -j thoroughly and - 
 
 
 ■ bich my country r< 
 
 annihilation of her iodepeuiler.ee, and rsen ber 
 »<ry name ! I oflea repeal that Couplet of my 
 bnoariM po»», Ci 
 
 my conscience such ill 
 
 brr independence ; lier honour ; lb.- illu.lnoL 
 
 name* that mark ihe bi.i.ii . I mj BUlai 
 
 ljlid. " *.'.— 1 I rln-.c these, mimug juur Inn 
 
 n who iu Cut guide fur tbi 
 most pari and 
 
 , «illi aliiio.t all iheoUr stub-s- 
 talk of right and wrong, they un-y mean proper 
 
 . il.r ,r,J, ct m-in ; 
 man Iu lead naliuu.. Hut are ptal abilities 
 
 complete without a Haw, and polished with, u 
 
 Bttafd uf human excellence 
 
 
 
 .erd, ,e. 
 
 
 baBOT. and certainly would he aa 
 tuu-.-li rr.p«-clrd by the true judges of SOCirl) , 
 • ,1 ataad, wiihoui either a good 
 
 rapiara with ikaui 1 .bo'uid t« 
 
 i i/.<- paper.. 
 
 i raadf LoamgKr t No. oi, 
 
 1 '.ave read of I lo,!*-* time." W'Keoi'ia hi. 
 m called the Addi>ou of ibe .Scot., nod in 
 opinion, Addiaon w-.u.d not r.e hurt al |fca 
 nparison. If be has not Addison a e-xqui.le 
 
 der ,'nd the pa". 
 
 Iicitm.; 1 estimate a. the br.t perfurmanco 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 a the simple affecting tale of 
 pith all my admiration of M'Ken 
 
 humble frier 
 of mind wl 
 happy -or p 
 I have b 
 lately; but 
 
 No. XCVIL 
 FROM MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 Edinburgh, 25th May, 1790. 
 
 in much indebted to you for your lasl 
 ndly. elegant epistle, and it shall make c 
 I of the vanity of my composition, to main 
 r correspondence through life. It wa< 
 arkable your introducing the name of Miss 
 
 of a consumption. Alas! that so much beauty, 
 bud^Her '-" ■!,' ' r f nines" -of 
 
 to hear from you. I beseech you, do not forge 
 
 blessing of good health. All your friend", here 
 are well, among whom, and not the least, is 
 your acquaintance, Cleghorn. As for m '" 
 
 taman 
 
 be; but with these 
 
 I am happy. 
 
 When 
 
 ^mT^'hinT 
 
 f very agreeabl 
 for me a hearty 
 
 No. XCIX. 
 TO DR MOORE. 
 
 uty in this office, 
 let with a gentleir 
 
 r, as short as a hungry grace-before- 
 i long as a law-paper in the Douglas- 
 - ill-.~f.r-It as country John's billet- 
 is unsightly a scrawl as Betty Byre- 
 
 ;o flattered me, that n. 
 
 ginal tho 
 
 ugh 
 
 
 ably iv 
 
 remark on life 
 ell turned peric 
 
 a charac 
 
 er 
 
 
 ed'wi 
 
 h uncommon 
 
 Thoug 
 
 i I 
 
 halll 
 "Co 
 
 bley 
 
 ardly 
 
 npar'a 
 
 hink of faWj 
 
 t received fro'n 
 
 
 
 'is-' 
 
 - 
 That 
 
 time shall I 
 
 i-anity of thinking that my re- 
 rely from my own feelings as au 
 
N • \CIX. 
 
 • . I M I P. 
 
 <>KAH MADAM, HM Autvt. 1790. 
 
 After a long .hi '■ toil, plarue. and carr. I 
 ... down ... 
 
 in.* drUi «i ii w lune? ii m u»,„ k - i.. 
 Iiurrj, InlnUnrn. and Mb Mb* 
 
 iV«. aimabU it . •. mt. II. Iha 
 
 indrblrd >our lol rourlr.1 lo uir f r tin. U.I 
 
 nm.plm.rm; .. I p.. Il U 
 
 lioa of ... ,„..!,- . ItuUUj r.ihrr r.r 
 
 P 1 "" 
 
 v. . I ■ ■ .- 10 pM, will raw a 
 
 I. Ill* Bi; U 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 world .1 puling infant ■> thou didti, ai 
 
 TO MR ( I s MM. HAM. 
 
 . J. btk Jaffa*, 17D0. 
 
 . I rnaj rear op Ibr .upemrurlun 
 >i Indepeodrnce, »(..:, from il. dar 
 
 ■ 
 « •■ -.uniioaliun deaoullj to be Wl.d- 
 
 No. CL 
 
 I 'BOM I'll 1.1. M KLOCR. 
 
 FJinbu^k, III .Sro/rrnirr, ].!>(.. 
 How dor. inj drar frirnd .'— much 1 laiigui.h 
 
 Hi. f.,rli.nr, rotation*, and all Ibal arr dear i 
 With li»- ul Ibr Mum .u .lrui v lj ,n|) >,„,(. 
 
 I mranl IBll rpi.llr in >rr.r lo bn.r wr.n. I. | 
 Hal from aga a. ..I n.l.f.i.iii, n. iI.mci.cc Bows, 
 And lb,., mu.b 1 Irar, will t,.r... 
 
 Anon lu III, I. U. II. r.. I V...I. 
 
 ildoi ui.ii prorata, •• 
 
 . and world. 
 
 Which Will B ...inrol Idc 
 
 I be H*e, nl...li .u.k. donrj hoili ev "rjf r«j 
 
 •j tpoma- 
 Aa tragrautj, iii.i..i, and aa »ig'roualj grow.. 
 
 Lord J ib' 1 mo bran, and 
 
 et m< .bare ; 
 
 
 
 Ion!'b2r,' 
 
 - ,lvrm Ibal 
 
 bowla along the 
 
 
 
 
 Arr rut 
 
 drar noblr eervea 
 
 ? They arr Ibr 
 
 
 of SaaooVf. Oar 
 
 ■ > lr Imawai i ■-•- 1 
 
 If jou bar 
 
 -. oot an tor porta. I » 
 
 
 
 man thai din?. 
 
 cm bi the 
 
 l.our, of Ibr tTT 
 
 rat. To .briua 
 
 
 
 ■ . 1 r | . . :' 
 
 
 ce of .elf-eooaeou 
 
 
 
 fl. Iter, and .tale 
 
 | bautror. ii Lul 
 
 .Now wilh kind fralulalioi 
 
 You then, more at Wanna, aod free frurr 
 
 ■trong paaauiu that reign, n 
 
 Bol UoMil, . 
 
 lib 'a and loner..., '. piey. 
 ' lautuiu mj ibourdi. mt 
 
 * The preceding letter explaint the feel.nr, 
 inder which lb.. wa> wriiirn. 'lie .train of 
 
 u ihe atile which our dard an tuo opl lo ln- 
 lulffe, aod of which the reader h-. aJirau/ 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 FRO.M .MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 Edinburgh, 14th October, 17S 
 
 song adapted to each season of the year. The 
 task is difficult, but the theme is charming: 
 should you succeed, I will undertake to gel 
 
 there alive can draw so many 'beauties from 
 Nature and pastoral imagery as yourself? It 
 is, by the way, surprising that there does not 
 
 and return with a sonnet in your pocket foi 
 
 rude, correct'me; if impertinent, chastise me : 
 if presuming, despise me. But if you blend 
 all my weaknesses, and pound out one grail 
 
 Faithful friend, &c. 
 
 No. CIIL 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 November, 1780. 
 
 sorrow which I have received. In this in- 
 stance I most cordially obey the apostle— 
 
 of this epistle, is a pitch of extravagant rapture 
 
 I read your lelter_I literally jumped for 
 
 poet, lumpishly keep his seat on the receipt 
 of the best news from his best friend. Iseized 
 
 indispensably necessary, in my left hand, in 
 
 
 neut to the sweet little fellow than I, extem- 
 lore almost, poured out to him in the foilowi,,- 
 erses. See the poem— On the Birth of a IW- 
 mmous Child. 
 
 I am much flattered by your approbation of 
 ny Tarn o> SHanter, which you express m 
 i.r former letter, though, by the bye, you 
 - ! - that said letter with accusations 
 nany ; to all which I plead 710* 
 
 prepare it for the press, you have only to spell 
 it right, and place ihe capital letters properly ; 
 
 I have a copy of Tarn o' Shanter ready to 
 send you by the first opportunity : it is too 
 
 I heard' of Mr Corbet lately. He, in conse- 
 
 or'toVenei'l me soon with 
 
 an account of your good folk,; if Mr= 11. - 
 
 No. CIV. 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 EUhland, 23d January, 1791. 
 dear frie'nd^ "!"".» 'of lb"." SsTf 
 
 ry of the heart, no Ro 
 
 .li.bilitv of the Holy 
 
 ntroductory couplets ; 
 ELEGY 
 
 In richest ore the 1 
 In thee, high Heai 
 As by his noblest 
 
 the accomplished Burne 
 sweet maid, can I forget 
 ork the Godhead best ii 
 
i iv. > Ni> ( AlUNtT LIBRARY. 
 
 folliet and filrii-v»(roncf, are ipiri 
 
 And nol * wu„ 
 
 in youth tit.! 
 
 liul like .1,. HUMlil 
 
 II II III) I_ 
 
 all lb. Ilrkrew. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 e. Ik* man of MBit. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 'nJL* Zmk, ute 
 
 
 at -. 
 
 
 
 banMad ti 
 
 
 
 H. of gnuM, .boa. 
 
 l-tlarred ,m 
 
 ' 
 
 P u„. 
 
 
 >■< tilence, his remark neglected, and hit 
 
 pmon deapited. wb .* .hiho» n 
 
 Lit idiot il'fmpl. at an, .hill meet with 
 
 rwj:.itiu«< and applaute. V,r >. ii oi.lt ihr 
 
 Tamil; of ncilb thai h»>- MM lo complain 
 
 of Law* ; the ch.luren of foil, and vies, though 
 
 in common aitb ifcaa, ihe otl.pnur of r.il. 
 
 ama/t equally under ibj rod. 1 1 ■ 
 
 the man of unfortunate du»poti(»oii and neglect- 
 
 diaaapalton, de,p,ted and ahunnrd a> a 3»edt 
 wretch, when i. u foihc,, .. mm , bring bia 
 
 dritr bim ro di.boi.ni prtet.crt, 
 
 hii i 
 
 .nlry. Ii, 
 oi of fan: 
 
 ! f.r 
 
 1 foi-u 
 
 Hu enrl, 
 
 lul Dalioni. lie relurnt, |irrhapt, laden Willi 
 the tpoilt of rapine and murdrr; li»rt wicked 
 
 and ntMcltd, uml uir. a ami ii lard. 
 
 — Naj, wont of all, »u. r..r belpla 
 
 -iiinir, who ba> thi»errd at the 
 of llie .l'r.1, wailing to *arn llir wii^r. 
 
 . 1% Irll neglect 
 
 coronated mr, burning on to tl 
 
 (nation l tb.-, » 
 
 ' to plead, riota nightly in I 
 
 gnlltj, 
 
 No. ' IX 
 
 i It ■ \. i . i '. i ii H, I Bt). 
 
 KdiiuWgA, \1tk March. 1TUI. 
 
 UKAK »IK. 
 
 Mr II. i! jr.lrrdar put into my lini.il, 
 
 
 •oura, roillUd Tarn o' abator 
 
 • rrj l..rh plM 
 
 peru«al of lh.. admirable piece, 
 
 be la to tend off a packet for )ou ll. I. day ; 1 
 cannot I,. 1. 1 ihetrlure putting on 
 
 ad, would reproach me wit), ,,.- 
 
 rrtl.lu.ie. I ha.e teldom in my life lotted of 
 
 ..,, woik of Keuiu.. 
 
 bad ,ou nerrr wmlm ,.i.olhcr ., liable, would 
 .... tunic. enl lo have Iran. milted 
 jour nam* down lo potferily with I. 
 
 IM introductory part, where you 
 t.a.nt Ihe character of jour hero, and cilnl.it 
 bin at the aie-booae mrfc, with hit tippling 
 
 humour and naivrlr, ibal would ,1.. 
 Mallbrw Prior; but when you detente the 
 unfortunate orrfiea of the wilcbet' aabbalb. 
 i, leaver) in which they ara r\. 
 ii diaplay a power of it 
 
 Hut Shak 
 ceeded. 
 
 following: 
 
 know not that 1 bate ever 
 ure of more, horrible fancy ibat 
 
 •* ConSm atood round like open praam. 
 
 And by tome detill.h cantrip alifbl, 
 Each in bia cauid band held a l.gi.t." 
 
 blood ran r. 
 
 [ ™jsJtr~** Va * 
 
 "A knife 
 V\ bom I 
 
 father 't tbroal bad miof ,.', 
 i. tn. ton ol frl 
 
 The grry tudn jef afucir to lAc Krji. ■ ' 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 aflfr the two following lines, 
 'horrible and awfu',"&c. the de- 
 : might perhaps have been better 
 
 He, are 3 all features of hiuh merit, in tl 
 ellent composition. The only fault it p ( 
 xs, is, that the winding up, or conelusi 
 
 adequate. But for this, perhaps, you 
 good apology -you stick to the popular 
 
 an advice :- You have proved your talent foi 
 a species of composition, in which but a very 
 few of our own poets have succeeded — Go on 
 
 will eclipse Prior and La Fontaine ; for,' will 
 
 No. CV1I. 
 TO A. F. TYTLER, ESQ. 
 
 Nothing less than the unfortunate accident I 
 grateful acknowledgments for your letter. I 
 
 tempt ; to have that poem so much applauded 
 
 to keep up the proper proportion of evil with 
 the good, which it seems is necessary in this 
 sublunary state, thought proper to check my 
 exultation by a very serious misfortune. A 
 day or two after I received your letter, my 
 
 * done me since its disaster, "find^self™ able* 
 to do more than just in general terms to thank 
 
 age and friendship. As to the faults you 
 shall cut out ; as To the falling off in thTcat'as- 
 
 
 in my fancy. If I can bring these floating- 
 ideas to bear any kind of embodied form, it 
 will give me an additional opportunity of as- 
 
 No. CVIII. 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 good an apology for my seemingly ung 
 silence. I am now getting better, and a 
 
 you my having an idea of composing an elesry 
 on the late Miss Burnet of Monboddo. I had 
 
 with her.^nd have seldom fel^so mnXaTtae 
 
 iccomplished a piece of God's 
 lore. I have as yet gone no 
 following fragmr- - 
 
 {Here follows the E'.egy, 6,-c. 
 
 That 
 
 heart nowsnn 
 
 it nestled for 
 k, a prey t 
 
 '.'£.< 
 
 So dec] 
 Sofr 
 
 iSbsi 
 
 leaves 
 
 t yon aged 
 it bleak and 
 
 I have 
 
 proceeded no f 
 
 irther. 
 
 
 
 Your 
 
 kind letter, 
 
 with J 
 
 safe. 
 
 prid 
 
 ind rt 
 Thi 
 
 trnly happy to hear 
 
 oping head. " Soon and well may her • 'cru 
 unds" be healed ! I have written thus f; 
 h a good deal of difficulty. When I get 
 le abler \ou shall hear farther from, 
 
 Madam, yours, &c. 
 
DIAMOND CABINET L1BRAKY. 
 
 ffSTABLB. 
 
 a-emm. W tii tompn. 
 
 "'xbm, lafeallraeal 
 
 I 
 
 tmbm il« u> 
 
 lo«IUi>ll 
 
 .. uuaoi i in in .. 
 
 I lS4l lh. .luTJ Of K» M 
 
 1 bin, in 
 
 IbCOwed ' » ! OJJ U.ual 
 
 ■ 
 
 limit 1 am already 
 
 >r t* '• g'jwdnm ; 
 
 U CU do DM 
 
 come. 1 wu torn * puor do; ; »nd boweier 
 
 I 
 
 -olre the tiallmnr faith thai w> 
 poetry will coo.iderably oullne my potrrfy ; 
 uxl wiihout ant ftutian aJTretat 
 can prvtDiM and amrui, thai It BOM 
 
 ■g injuria, to the h 
 ■ he former. WhaJe»er mar be my failingi, 
 ire a part of human nature, majr 
 
 • 'r.uw c( 1 (twiuu. burl, and u 
 independent mind ! Ii >■ no fault of mine 
 that I wn born 10 dependence ; 
 C I I.-. can eoiu- 
 
 [fo, CXt 
 
 1 ROM 1111. U \. Li. haiho. 
 
 8IH. London, 8M February, I7D1. 
 
 talked of} ol .W..W1 Jirurc'f /Vail. Ibe 
 probli ol ibt edition are Is eu |o In. mother - 
 " » ul pool uud 
 
 hrljilr... The |HMini "le lo I" puull.ll.-d t.y 
 
 ■ubacrtplloii , aim .1 n«j 1 «■ ponitla, 1 ihu.k. 
 
 
 A only . 
 
 
 
 I .-ou Will 
 
 laUMllsl what cur- 
 
 rXI.,.t of thit rr S u. 
 
 .... earar.ee. 
 Mad; an I a.' I would .ub 'e.er/ line of 
 
 e already paid an honourable tri- 
 be mother of Uruce Mill rxjiriience 
 
 plain, humble .lone ova* hit pint. Tliia, at 
 
 1.1. I Iru.l ;ou will aerie la do — to furm.b, 
 
 early u pouibte ; a abort delay might di.ap- 
 ■ iut u. in procuring lli.l rattafH tue u-oliier, 
 hicb u the object of the whole. 
 You will be pleaaed loaddren for me oncer 
 
BfBNS LETTE! 
 
 No. CXII. 
 TO THE REV. G. BAIRD, 
 
 N ANSWER TO THE FOREGOING. 
 
 peccadilloes, failings, foilies, am 
 (aoy body but myself might perh 
 of them a worse appellation), tl 
 some balance, however trifling, ii 
 I am fain to do any good that 
 
 No. CXIIL' 
 TO DR MOORE. 
 
 lisland, 2S1A February, V 
 t's Antiquitit* oj Scotland 
 
 read 'the piece before, still tl 
 
 roe another opportunity of thanking you fo 
 
 of showing you, that the abil.ties you hav 
 teen pleased to commend and patronize ar 
 still employed in the way you wish. 
 
 The Elezy on Captain Henderson, is a tribui 
 to the memory of a man I loved much. Poet 
 
 all other kindness ceases to be of any avail. 
 ■Whether, after all, either the one or the other 
 be of anv real service to the dead, is, I ft 
 very problematical ; but I am sure they 
 highly gratifying to the living : and as a v 
 orthodox text, I forget where in Scriptt 
 
 so say I, whatsoever is not detrimental to to- 
 
 rn v h 
 
 am wonder* 
 t I can still 
 
 fully plea 
 
 ?p up a tender mtercoi 
 oved friend, or still 
 
 Hie ballad on yueen Mary was begun while 
 . vas busy «ith Percy's Reliques of English 
 Poetry. By the way, how much is every 
 honest heart, which has a tincture of Caledo- 
 .i an prejudice, obliged to you for your glorious 
 ,tory of Buchanan and Targe. 'Twas an un- 
 equivocal proof of your loyal gallantry of soul, 
 ;iving Targe the victory. I should have been 
 
 I am disposed to think unequal to the merits of 
 
 send them to you. Original stroke, that strong- 
 !o57 iC rov 1 inc n e U T-oTan S oZ r r a nove I l!s1''i 
 perhaps be excepted; but, unhappily, his 
 world; and however Ihey may captivate the 
 
 made human nature our study, dissatisfy our 
 riper minds. 
 
 As to my private concerns, I am going on, 
 a mighty tax-gatherer before the Lord, and 
 have lately had ihe interest lo get myself rank- 
 shall fall into the file of supervUorship by 
 death of the Earl of Gle'ncairrj 5 ; the patron 
 
 ment lo him, which was indeed so strong that 
 it pervaded my very soul, and was entwined 
 
 in the excii 
 
 ness than otherwise it will be. Though this 
 
 and as to my boys, poor little fellows ! if I 
 cannot place them on as high an elevation in 
 life as I could wish, 1 shall, if I am favoured 
 so much of the Disposer of events as to see 
 
 dent a basis as poss.ble. Among the many 
 wise adages which have been treasured up by 
 our Scottish anchor.-, this is one of the best, 
 
 o' the gentry. 
 
 interesting to me, is of no' manner of conse- 
 

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 f • book, which I Ihr DtlDOal i.f >nur pnwrr, I would h 
 
 I pabli. in othtf luhMf lotion i 
 
 n B of which I will cx^n inj.nlfwi 
 
 V.. < \1\. 
 
 ■BOM Dii M00R8. 
 
 riloinn «l -am..- ,.i, ib* lt->- Mr Hand, at 
 
 u.r liu.r^i Vi - .. aha b.J I 
 
 ; .:, i kurrk, ibi I 
 JfraoVreuia, aud ihe J-.oi.iipA. 'I i. 
 
 „rbl l.o» wb.ch t- r >" «"b 
 
 '-.«.. muki on Zr/at-o, • n ib. iDur.D. I 
 
 
 panicularij 
 
 who in perbape ihem«*i*n Um 
 tt» oafhl to U coo* uoirt proa. , 
 
 imed, tod ifm 
 
 of ib« lilandi whan jou 
 
 
 i* to 111. friend Mra Dun. 
 
 IO b. aflrcliun.lrl) rr- 
 MM niu.l nul judge of I bit 
 it in, MaUlBMU re.p.cu..|r tarr, by 
 
 ■I Of III) Irllri. ; I htldl, r,rr »nl- a 
 
 ii I ii. n. r., : uid I du nul know tbal I 
 
 TO uii in ». Am mi. AUBON. 
 
 M down m 
 Vondidnu 
 
 I ,.'■■'',..,■ <'.», n bmI 
 
 .- 1st of II 111' fuel l». 
 
 PUiurodoal 
 
 
 .uMiu.e, It.en lb. IwincU Iweiirjeof a j»»«- 
 baru ; Ifctal Ib* delicti- fjexuie of ■ row-lwir. 
 •hen ibe bell-Mown Bonn i. h.a.j Willi Um 
 ■ 
 ■ii. ib- upnirul Hub of ■ burdork ; 
 and Ibat from eooietbmr innaie II i 
 
 •d .'..,» ii a. irr-fiaf.blf, orthodox Irulh., until 
 
 . in) fanb. In abort. 
 
 ..r, except Em U'l KrmumU of Gtomtlry. 
 
 wb.cb I made a abifl IO unravel lj n>) ft»ba • 
 
 ..- muter c»euiruJ»oi lh« 6rat m- 
 
BURNS LETTER S. 
 
 co a t:I:z:\ 
 
 style, sounds 
 
 puha^ecTnvIn 
 
 meYhat'th'eya 
 
 
 
 I inclose jo 
 
 i some poetic 
 
 bagatelles of 
 
 
 n. Tbe one 
 
 
 essay in ike wa 
 
 y of telling a 
 
 a ' e ' o- 
 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 12th. March, 1791. 
 
 let me ha*e them. For my own part, a thing 
 that I have just composed, always appears 
 
 iu'which a°n amhor "will eve'/view bTo« 
 works. 1 believe, in general, novelty has 
 
 something in it that inebr 
 
 ates the fancy, 
 
 not unfrequently dissipates 
 
 
 
 ves the poor pan 
 
 a, usual, with an aching! 
 
 
 stance of this might be add 
 
 
 tion of many a hymeneal h 
 
 oneymoon. But 
 
 intrude'on the offiee^f my 
 
 jarish priest! Is 
 
 fill up the page in my owr 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 well as the former. 
 
 
 You must k.ow a be 
 
 
 There'll never be peace li' 
 
 Jamie comes he 
 
 When political combustio 
 
 ceases to be the 
 
 ject of princes and patriot 
 
 , it then, you kt 
 
 becomes the lawful pre 
 
 y of historians 
 
 friend, how' much you would oblige'me, if, by 
 the charms of your delightful voice, you would 
 
 "Th 
 
 od-nigh 
 
 lectable 
 
 Ke tlli, tl 
 
 i the tap 
 
 ' night's black arch the 
 
 to you ! Sound be your 
 our dreams! Aprup.,-, In. 
 ought in a ballad, I have 
 
 Tha 
 
 For f 
 The 
 
 to tbe west, when I gae to rest, 
 
 t happy my dreams and my sluo 
 
 lad that is dear to my baby and me 
 
 Good 
 
 nigh,, on 
 
 ce more, and God bless yo 
 
 
 
 No. CXYII. 
 
 
 TO 
 
 MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 E! lisland, 1 1/ h April, 17< 
 
 present of a fine boy ; rather stouter but not so 
 handsome as vour god-son was at his time 
 }f life. Indeed I look on your little namesake to 
 
 By yon castle wa', at the close of the da 
 I heard a man sing, though his head 
 
 grey: 
 And as he was singing, the tears fast 
 
 There '11 never be peace till Jamie comes 
 
 The church is in ruins, the state is in jat 
 
 Delu 
 
 Wei 
 
 i, oppre : 
 
 yerd: 
 It brack the sweet heart o' my faithfu' auld 
 
 There'll never be peace till Jamie conies hame. 
 
 Now life is a harden that bows me down. 
 
 Sin' I tint my bairns, and he tint his crown ; j 
 
 There'll never be peace till Jamie comes hame. 
 
 faclure, as 1 look on Tarn o' Sn 
 
 
 
 poetical line'. 
 
 
 other discover 
 
 a spice of roguish waggery, tha 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 finishing polish, that I despair 
 
 f ever excell- 
 
 ing. Mrs Burns is getting sto 
 
 
 breakfast, as 
 
 a^-eaperfrom the corn-ridged ' 
 
 hat is the pe- 
 
 culiar privilege and blessing 
 
 of our hale. 
 
 sprightly damsels, that are br 
 
 ed among the 
 
 hay and heather. We cannot 
 
 hope for that 
 
 highly polished mind, that char 
 
 ming delicacy 
 
 of soul, which is found anion 
 
 g the female 
 
 world in the more elevated stati 
 
 ns of life, and 
 
 which is certainly by far the m 
 
 
 charm in the famous cestus of 
 
 Venus. It is 
 
 
 
 where it can be had in its native 
 
 lea'^enly purl- 
 
 
 er of the man- 
 
 ly shades of affectation, and una 
 
 loved by some 
 
 one or other of the many species 
 
 
 
 nk it cheaply 
 
 purchased at the expense of ever 
 
 
 
 
 
 lion andra.k 
 
 of life, and totally denied to s 
 
 ach a humble 
 
 
 
 with the next rank of female exce 
 
 
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 eoul, mi.u.picu.u. of, hatiiim 
 Milh, ihe crooked wa\. of a 
 
 «"..ild 
 nd a geiicrou. 
 
 and ibe talM charm of all tl 
 
 CH, tcarcrlj err hope Co ell;o». «rr Ihe cktlW 
 
 oflo.el. m 
 
 lb.. I. Ibr er.aU.I cllorl in, Irokruarlll bu 
 
 j«i m»dr. I port, boa 
 
 Alioighljf (..oodiirt. preteoc am' 
 
 civiliii hi, J humiliating adrice. to be a 
 >luru) nvage, tlalking iu the pride of bit 1:1- 
 
 . . i id id.- •olitarj wild- of hit det- 
 ent, ralher ibm. in ci. lined lile, helplctilj 10 
 tremble for a tub.i.lence, precamu. 
 price ol a IrlluM-crcalur* I K.erj man but hit 
 .iriurt, and no man la wilboul bi» failings; 
 and curtc on tbal pri.ilcgrd plain-dealing of 
 fritodabip, which la ihe boat of nit calamiit, 
 caimul r.j.li lurih ibe hrlpiug hauu vinbuut al 
 lb* lam* lima pointing oul lho»* falling., and 
 apportioning I hen ibe.r .hare iu procuring my 
 preaaot di.irr... Mj friend., lor .urh the 
 w.,rld call. )c. and ,uch )e think jour.rl.r. lo 
 be, pa., bj wriur. if jou plca.c. lul do, alio, 
 ■para mj folliaa l il.<- Lr.t mil m,. 
 
 ... u...-l.e.. and Ibe la.l Mill gi»t> 
 i.. Ik* laMHOI mind Milliout 
 
 r iri> Item 
 
 roprktli UO rectitude, muii be 
 
 
 pul il in ■) pot>ar, .In.), from uijtell. and 
 
 No. CX.Ill. 
 
 
 
 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 1 in-; .il, 1 ul 1 Maul Iu ba ludcpcudrnl iu Wjf 
 
 DM, 1791. 
 
 I.- i.lurti in Ih • rambling iHl.r lo lb* lllb- 
 
 ■! ,u. mj dear (.uuiiiugbaai. in 
 
 ■1 »ilb. In me rrcommrlid mjr 
 
 
 Ir.rnd, Mr Clarke, lo jour acquaintance and 
 
 - . principal 
 
 
 
 •"•' bh . 
 
 
 Joug much lo hear lioui y.tx. Ad.eu. 
 
 
 
 a-«wd Of bai.hnna I 
 
 
 . b • CAtr. l~d boll 1 
 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 No. CM\. 
 
 
 
 
 1 RON TIIK KARL OK BLr 11 VN. 
 
 
 
 
 I>,yb*r,h Mtf, MtkJunr, 17111. 
 
 aiith a n./< 
 
 io ....nr Mr 
 
 
 llu..,. Iu make o, ba (orOMtiM ol ll.e 
 
 
 1 II . .... Ihe if 11 J 
 
 
 . , loe ahrli dat perhapa In. iilm 
 
 
 
 ' 
 
 . hum. .bould, lea. inn laM Vih. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 .. l.ofj Buchan billing 
 . n. 'lb-re Iba com- 
 a bear!} Mekcbnje, aod 
 
 . >u I lie a lar of Caledonian airtur. 
 ...,ur I b • BatMicaJ [H-iauibolalion ol i 
 
 i Ui*t'a and of 
 
 .. l.llOMed oul Li bu aceompl »b- 
 
 . Ihe prraeut ftir (Jilberi, >bo, 
 
 igh :he ui-uium bating been t>uh Lord Buchan lalelj, lb* 
 
 pro^-et W a. renewed, and will, Ihe; hope, be 
 
 J- 
 
 : tie HUM 
 
 
 d 
 
 
 TO THE EARL Of SOCMAN. 
 
 Language Main aader lb* ardoar of my feet. 
 . :..:.gL.,m. iagm, .Le.i i oouid ib.nk jour Wra.Uip .ut? 
 
the honour you have d 
 
 Thomson. In my first 
 the card you did me th 
 
 BURNS— 
 ition of the bust of 
 
 ■ harvest, is what, I much doubt, I da 
 
 I shall trouble your lordship with 
 
 No. CXX1. 
 
 FROM THE SAME. 
 
 Dryburgh Abbey, IS th September, 1791. 
 
 Your address to the shade of Thomson has been 
 well received by the public : and though I 
 should disapprove of your allowing Pegasus to 
 
 . 
 
 which [fid 
 
 at this moment to su 
 
 
 muse, Ham 
 
 st Home, as an exc 
 
 
 
 eful song, in whic 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ape c 
 
 
 for the employme 
 
 
 
 eisure and recess, 
 
 
 
 occupations. 
 
 :, 
 
 Halloween, 
 
 nd Saturday Night, 
 
 
 to distant po 
 
 terity as interesting 
 
 I 
 
 , _._pethe disguise 01 a 
 
 of expression. Without the assistance of any 
 
 any foreign muse, you may convey in epistolary 
 form the description of a scene so gladdening 
 
 of the borders of the once hostile nations of 
 Britain, with their former oppression and 
 misery, and showing, in lively and beautiful 
 colours, the beauties and joys of a rural life. 
 And as the unvitiated heart is naturally dis- 
 posed to overflow in gratitude in the moment 
 of prosperity, such a subject would furnish you 
 
 •wjp* your%irit;_ana , have' s ^ B ^yonc 
 
 No. CXXII. 
 TO LADY E. CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 sending you any thing I compose in my poeti- 
 cal way ; but as I had resolved, so soon as the 
 shock of my irreparable loss would allow me, 
 to pay a tribute to my late benefactor, I deter- 
 » I should do 
 
 wing of ray fancy been equal to the ardour of 
 my heart, the inclosed had been much more 
 
 lay it at your ladyship's feet. As all the 
 world knows my obligations to the late Earl of 
 Glencairn, I would wish to show as openly 
 
 wiih the most grateful sense and remembrance 
 of his lordship's goodness. The sables I did 
 myself the honour to wear to his lordship ;s 
 
 Nor shall my gratitude perish with me :— If, 
 t-mong my children, I shall have a son that 
 has a heart, he shall hand it down to his child 
 
 
 No. CXXIIL 
 TO MR AINSLIE. 
 
 ind diseased ? Can 
 
 hounds of hell, that bes< 
 
 who has been guilty of ll 
 ness — can you speak pea 
 
 ery cnicl 
 
 s of hou 
 
 vho, them, are ranked up before 
 
 ine with a burthen of anguish on' his back 
 ,our on my devoted head-and there is noni 
 lity me. My wife scolds me! my busii 
 
 * The poem inclosed, is The Lament 
 
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 i.T'ii'ni* nw, ana mj «ln« comr fi*rin(f rn» In I 
 lag ■ mu« billrr lata 
 
 an, tut ih. 
 
 had from rujr 
 
 lad 1 luckil< iboufht ,'f 
 
 . thaiTaj b, 
 
 ■ 
 
 
 i. ib<- ■■*. I 
 
 N i WIV. 
 MN Willi! 
 
 kt<rft d ■ » ■ I 
 
 vhrner I im ju»t rrturnrd. Yoir 
 furwordrd to BM Ibar* from K.liukur-b, »b... , 
 » tba d>ir, it had lai 
 
 iohi» anawtrad it imm«lm,lt on I H al i ng 
 
 othn. In »l..<-h I Iwind ajjfnnwmd all 
 Ibr l.nir 1 lah put It 
 
 I ran ijull 
 
 i . HaUrm.* 
 ■■ b] k ttaf )OU .1 I..,. i 
 
 r>lrj .bVJ find lb. 
 
 bu up ruM bfixbl Khurbtu ajiO 
 Ibr H.jjt.1." 
 
 
 FROM -V. 
 
 EdMmrfk, «7U .V«. 1791. 
 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 reedom, my opinion of h 
 
 No. CXXVL 
 TO MISS DAVIES. 
 
 ic purity of your youlhiu 
 Mppily must rank as th. 
 
 your obliging 
 
 coinni 
 
 ands. In 
 
 deed I had one 
 
 apology- the b 
 
 
 
 mg. Besides, 
 Miss D 's 
 
 
 rongly am 
 
 I interested in 
 
 
 nd welfare 
 
 
 business of life 
 
 
 its chances and changes 
 
 that to make h 
 
 
 r Ubj o e f Ct the f 
 
 
 is downright 
 
 
 
 
 ings; lis like 
 
 
 pertinent 
 
 est to a dying 
 
 friend. 
 
 
 
 
 Gracious H 
 
 
 why th 
 
 
 
 hes a 
 
 ad our po 
 
 vers? Why is 
 
 
 
 sh to nial 
 
 e others blest, 
 
 
 l.etV. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 '■ In my walks 
 
 
 
 th a few p 
 
 
 how gladly wo 
 
 
 have said- 
 
 " Go, be hap- 
 
 py ! I know 
 
 
 
 
 wounded by th 
 
 
 
 oud, whom ac- 
 
 cident has piac 
 
 edabc 
 
 ve you— o 
 
 
 whose hand ar 
 
 
 haps, plac 
 
 
 comforts of yoi 
 
 r life 
 
 But the: 
 
 
 rock, Independ 
 
 
 
 ustly down on 
 
 their littleness 
 
 of s 
 
 ul. Mak 
 
 
 tremble under 
 
 
 
 and the fool- 
 
 ish sink before 
 
 
 ontempt ; 
 
 
 part that happiness 
 
 
 which, I am 
 
 certain, will g 
 
 veyo 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Why, dear I 
 
 nad an 
 
 
 vake from this 
 
 delightful rev 
 
 lie, 
 
 nd hnd i 
 
 all a dream ? 
 
 hnd myself poo.' and powerless, incapable ol 
 wiping one tear from the eye of pity, o.- of ad- 
 ding one comfort to the friend Ilove!_Oul 
 upon the world ! say I, that its affairs are ad 
 ministered so ill 1 They talk of reform !— goot 
 
 them. Had I a world, there si 
 
 heart that could kindly forgive, and generously 
 
 Stillthe inequalities of this life are, among 
 
 delicacy, a tenderness, accompanying every 
 view in which we can place lovely Woman, 
 that are grated and shocked at the rude, capri- 
 cious extinctions of fortune. Woman is the 
 blood-royal of life: let there be slight atirrees 
 of precedency among them—but let them be ,. . 
 sacred. Whether this last sentiment be ri lit 
 or wrong, I am not accountable ; it is an on" i- 
 
 No. cxxvn. 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 I have just finished the following song, 
 which, to a lady the descendant of Wallace, 
 and many heroes of his mi!, ilioslr.ous lio-, 
 and herself the mother of several soldiers, needs 
 neither preface nor apology. 
 
 Scene,— Afield of battle— time of the day, even- 
 army are supposed to join in Uiejollowiu s 
 SONG CF DEATH. 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thon green earth, and 
 
 Thou grim king of terrors, thou life's gloomy 
 Go frighten the coward and slave ; 
 
 No terrors hast thou to the brave : 
 Thou strik'st the poor peasant— he sinks in tha 
 
 Thou strik'st the young hero-T 'glorious 
 He fails in the blaze of his fame! 
 
DIAMOND I U'.IM.T LIBRARY. 
 
 il fa\r Hat (•■ Il 
 
 will. 
 
 n op. 
 
 DumJrUi.i'U January, KUjJ. 
 ■ 
 
 mil. rallrd Toanf 
 
 la.l.r.. It,.,,, , (bt lb- b.t.1 
 
 i -in! MM 
 . ' | foeh oi"l ui,|irm. 
 
 who .III laka ibii In., lolowa « . 
 
 own waj, a. a nalurall.l and a' pi 
 
 . lualnlaiicr. 
 
 ■ >..t»r> ..f ili- iiiu.r. ; and »• 
 
 I 
 
 . 
 
 i .Vporlnari oflb'daj. 
 
 Mi. i« a flrar I 
 
 , l„ ,„u 
 
 
 • 
 
 - a fr«i for-al.lj. pro- „ho oul honour to ao 
 d»CTd >t wb.fm.Uaf. rap. and told ib*ta .ball . a II 
 
 ■ »..bra and moal ardrnl prajm, 
 
 11 aj nfin (brow jour aMatmi 
 
 .r cba/a*e»T 
 
 on tb. jadffm.nt of a fool, tut thai, unrij^bt 
 
 arid 'fMt, jou otaj walk to an lionrat fra*r. 
 
 * d«l jour eop m. two friend*. Apropoa, I 
 ,n of ~*"j M«J «' -xi -i~ 
 
 No. I \ 
 TO MR W. Mi.uL 
 
 !OaFri-Turry, ]T'J2. 
 
 tbt iman ! Maj all | O thou, withal eJDoojr lb* wia«, meridian 
 
 a/ad joun, whcrcicr blai- of prud>uc-. full moon of duxrrtion, an. I 
 
 w earth: cb«f of maaj eoanarllor. < How loliiHtrj 11 
 
 ' lb. puddle- headed, n ' * 
 

 BURNS. —LETTERS. 
 
 ed, round-headed si 
 of thy own right-li 
 
 iat from the luminous path 
 red rectitude, thou lookest 
 
 old Highland 
 
 It is a first-ra 
 
 Ihe zig-zag wander 
 calculation, from ih 
 
 ingldef/aU ihe p6w«s of 
 
 written what 
 it. I will sen 
 
 
 father of proverbs and roaster of maxims, that 
 antipode of folly , and magnet among the sages, 
 the wise and witty Willie Nicol! Amen I 
 
 nothing! From the cave of my ignorance, 
 
 fumes of my political heresies I look up to thee, 
 as doth a toad through the iron-bar reu lucerne 
 
 of a summer sun ! Sorely sighing in bitterness of 
 soul, I say, when shall my name be the quota- 
 tion of the wise, and my countenance be the 
 delight of the godly, like the illustrious lord of 
 Laggan's many hills i* As for him, his works 
 are perfect ; never did the pen of calumny blur 
 the fair page of his reputation, nor the bolt of 
 hatred fly at his dwelling. 
 
 Thou mirror of purity, when shall the elfine 
 lamp of my glimmerous understanding, purged 
 from sensual appetites and gross desires, 
 like the constellation of thy intellectual po 
 —As for thee, thy thoughts are pure, and thv 
 lips are holy. Never did the unhallo'- J 
 
 pleasures of darkness, pollute the sacred fil 
 
 O that like thine were the tenor of°my i 
 like thine the tenor of my conversation ! t 
 should no friend fear for my strength, 
 enemy rejoice in my weakness ! Then shou 
 
 afraid May thy pity and thy prayer be e 
 
 No. CXXXI. 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 3d March, 179! 
 
 Thank heaven, I feel my spirits buoj ing up 
 wards with the renovating year. Now I shal 
 
 daresay he thinks I have used him unkindly, an 
 
 l Cluh, such : 
 lamsay, in A 
 le Shepherd. 
 
 .par fed friend, which vexes u 
 ye gotten one of your Highlan 
 h I fancy would make a very d< 
 
 lie'; and by courtesy of 
 
 : of a herald; and shall 
 (em, my arms. On a 
 ish, seeded, proper, in 
 
 rL 'bZd. e By Ui lhe P shepherd's 
 I do not mean the nonsense of 
 idia ; but a Stock and Horn, and 
 
 cosfume".^ What! my "dear' S^gJraTis 
 
 No. cxxxn. 
 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 m Water Foot, 22d August, 17E2. 
 
I IAMOND CAB1NKT L1DKAHY. 
 
 mJ rrproting n 
 Im, iadoten 
 
 ... 
 •bk ■] n.u.-ti l.-. J friend and bn »id 
 
 ... and to Ixr, of Ihrm (o 
 kind lo JOB 
 
 
 eh, the drl.rjil 
 
 . u:,.: ILiraiof 
 ITiag in all Iho 
 
 
 
 loir ,||«| thill ,.|1 Ul , l.lLrr, UMOI 
 
 Will. 
 
 TO Mil < 1 VMM.IIWI. 
 in; burrj ol 
 
 dim, 1 H. i... wb.o 1 I'll Ih.m; 
 
 , ... 
 
 ui •• aiichl 
 
 inage ; or 1 
 
 Mi in mj plaitua," Ac. 
 So I pared.... 
 
 • (though io 
 
 , I ,N.M..:ru lo L..T uol.c 
 
 i I....! ai.nr u,tii bag ii- 
 
 i.-re i» to jour rood 
 
 , ju»l 1} waj of »p«ll, 
 
 II Mlbaitcrn nop. »to n.uj be on llicir ingbllj 
 
 ■ ud 1 k*id, 
 
 ? "The volt* 
 
 riM to you • "The »< 
 !.•' Wbel •hall lcrj 
 
 •>o« lo lb* »a.t coonirj, •• 1 am to Le in A 
 
 ■ tetnighc. lhi» »ofUiof ou 
 
 r.r»iib.uin:iiir >■ hn» buj good lb. 1.5. in 
 
 three people a ho would br the happier 
 
 . f'.rocr Ou; met together, n, almo»t with, 
 
 r twice e-jear, which, conferring 
 1 *rrj greal 
 . 
 lect ibal So-oniou hi* mentioned in bin 1 
 
 ■»er tbou make.t ihj.elf rlfjbbj ! be thou 
 
 . bogle I, 
 
 nmun 'biclr/'i'n" 
 f.ulde: Be (boa 
 
 , mi, ai dead of 
 night, 10 ihj tank b. the bluing ■ 
 
 ibj iron bail half arJrigbi ihjaelf, a* 
 
 rormeil the worl of twcnlj of ibe »on» of men, 
 
 rre ibe cock-er..wir,g •ummon ibee lot 
 
 cog of .uUiaiiiiaJ broae. — Batbou 
 
 lieuutiog ibe ford or ferrj, in the aiartnt inrln. 
 
 Jgblng jell with ibe I,. 
 toe .lorui, eod ibe roaring of ibe Hood, a* i'w 
 
BURNS.— LETTERS. 
 
 lastly" be thou a ghost, paying thy noctur- 
 visitstothe hoary ruins of decayed gran- 
 
 dow of thy time-worn church, while the 
 
 or the murderer, pourtray.ng on his dreaming 
 fancy, pictures, dreadful as the horrors of un- 
 
 ivho is quite jaded in 
 
 mark worth putting pen to paper for. 
 1 feel, I feel the presence of superuatl 
 
 cm her three-fooled stool, and like her too, la- 
 
 themasyou pie 
 
 tse; only. rtmeSer th. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ihysic; and parlicularly in the sightless soar- 
 
 
 
 ngs of school divinity, who, leaving Common 
 
 As for the res 
 
 of my fancies and rever 
 
 Sense confounded at his strength of pinion, 
 
 how I lately me 
 
 with Miss L B 
 
 Reason, delirious with eyeing his giddy Might ; 
 
 
 lful, elegant woman in 
 
 and Truth creeping back into the bottom of her 
 
 
 accompanied her and 
 
 
 
 tteen miles on their jou 
 
 scorned alliance to the wizard power of Theo- 
 
 
 
 and the needy loo often affirms ; and 'tis 
 teen hundred thousand to one, by the dc 
 
 But of all Nonsense, Religious Nonsei 
 
 than enough of it. Only, by the bye 
 you, or can you tell me, my dear Cunning 
 why a sectarian turn of mind has always 
 dency 10 narrow and illiberalize the 1 
 They are orderly; they may be just; nay, 1 
 
 aproned sons of mechanical life. I remembe: 
 in my plough-boy days, I could not conceive 
 
 iropos, how do you like, I mean really like 
 lite a uiflerent thing from what your love- 
 God, and 1 shall never quarrel' with any of his 
 institutions. I am a husband of older stand- 
 
 of°the conjugal state_(e» passant, you know 
 
 I am no Latinist, is not conjugal derived 
 from jugum, a yoke ?) Well, then, the scale 
 
 nal Charms, viz. a sw'eet face, eloquent 
 
 Mne waist too, but that is so scon spoilt, 
 now,) all these, one; as for the other 
 
 as Fortune, Connexions, Education, (1 
 
 education extraordinary ,j Family Blood, 
 
 Th|gS 
 
 The very Deil, 
 What< 
 
 He'd look into thy bonnie face 
 Andsay.-Icanuawrangthee." 
 
 -behold all these things are written in the 
 chronicles of my imagination, and shall be 
 read by thee, my dear friend, and by thy be- 
 Now to thee, and to thy before-designed 
 oosom-companion, be given the precious things 
 
 1 by the 
 
 h Mow from ihe fountains of 
 
 of li 
 
 
DIAMOND CABINET 1.1 HILARY. 
 
 . UDltl i- 
 
 W.M. ,.,. ."'.a mUtm will b. puiU, u 
 
 
 No. cxxxir. 
 
 N (WW. 
 
 - DUlfLOP. 
 
 TO MBS in M OP. 
 
 Dmmfrmm, SKA September, IT98. 
 
 m HA1 I HITS WRITTFS OX 
 
 lavmtkbt 
 
 r»K i.kaiii 0» KM H-, n. il 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 I bid been rrom home, and did nol recei.. 
 
 'rrtd UtdtLlakoa Mr* II — '» ajuutioa. 
 
 tout Urilaf until n,, reiurn ibe other da,. 
 \\ bit thall 1 
 
 
 
 
 r thai can 
 
 
 karroo the human fi-rhu-._ tick —looking, 
 
 1 uldl out to 
 
 ding none 
 
 
 
 — boo ju.l llir expi— lull ! »ud like e>rr¥ 
 
 much: be «ho wouudad i be only can), ma. 
 
 
 11. heal!* 
 
 which lb'. In » M-riuu,, 
 
 
 III ■ r, ..1 whi«h ll.e world bu 
 
 I mUk lb' firmer emi ,,, of bit new ae- 
 
 ■ 
 
 . . . 
 
 . make, the paaaii.g 
 
 ''•-Joj^^'^"* 
 
 remark, and proceed, to tbr tieat uu,el occur- 
 
 
 Alai, nadam ! who would wi,h for many 
 
 lairJ farm.. 
 
 !..,.■, ur.nl 
 
 
 
 U.llle wcibrr. in | 
 
 . which blol. 
 
 MMCUMimlobim, "..bat . . 
 
 out ibe »., Ihl fare of 
 
 , and in u.l li.. 
 
 \WI. 
 
 i di nop. 
 
 , booour i 
 ■ and m». 
 
 rl ahould aJoaii ba>e j foriurvr Apr.poa, mm 
 
 • Tr. . -- felaa* 
 
 .. GM December, IT 92. 
 
 oupralulaleour- 
 
 paaard balftbe ordinal) term of an old man.', 
 lie, and jet I acarcwjl . 
 
 tbat I ha«e krio»n, and wbich I, and oilier 
 
 ..'.diui -b. •> of uncertainly, ai.d 
 »budder with apprebeunon, for our own fate. 
 Hut of how d.fierent an im (KirUl.ce are the livea 
 '. . .1 »bat im. 
 portaou it one period of the .ame life, mora 
 than another ? A few year, ago, I could h*»e 
 
 lbe>e moat batplca* .!....>. aua)., would, t 
 luting me and m> exertion,, loa* both Ibe 
 •• ,uff and abidd." B> the waj, the. 
 
 hava lately got an addition 
 Mr. B. ha.iur; ;..<i. me a Lne girl ..uce 
 wrote you. Tliere i. a ebarmiug paatage i 
 
 * jrd and LUmxoto, 
 
BURNS — 
 "The valiant, in himself, what can he suffer- 
 As I am got in the way of quotations, I shall 
 liarly, alas, too peculiarly apposite, my dear 
 
 '< Who so unworthy but may proudly deck 
 
 The rough winds rage aloud; when from the 
 
 This virtue shrinks and in a corner lies, 
 Lamenting- Heavens! if privileged from trial, 
 
 The Righ tTaf Woman meritwme attention. 
 
 One sacred Uiglit of Woman is protection 
 The tender flower that lifts its head, elate 
 Helpless, must fall before the blast of fate 
 Sunk to the earth, defaced its lovely form. 
 
 I do not rem 
 
 mber to have heard you men- 
 
 tion Thomson' 
 
 
 quotations, an 
 
 1 store them in my mind as 
 
 
 offensive or defensive, amid 
 
 the struggle o 
 
 this turbulent existence. Of 
 
 these is one, « 
 
 very favourite one, from his 
 
 Alfred, 
 
 
 "Attach thee f 
 
 rmly to the virtuous deeda 
 
 And offices o 
 
 life ; lo life itself, 
 
 With all it 
 
 vain and transient joys, sit 
 
 loose. 
 
 
 Probably I 1 
 
 ave quoted some of these to you 
 
 formerly, as i 
 
 ideed when I write from the 
 
 heart, 1 am ap 
 
 
 The compass o 
 
 
 
 
 
 ion ; so the notes of the former 
 
 
 
 
 he paucity of its compass, its 
 
 few notes are r, 
 
 
 give you anoth 
 
 r quotation, which I aui almost 
 
 sist the lempta 
 
 ^ OU TL 0r s e u , bje U ctis C r a eHg < ion r _ 
 
 " Tis this, my friend, that streaks our mo: 
 ing bright, " &c as in p. 125. 
 
 I see you are in for double postage, so I sb 
 
 oeTHeavT 
 to gag me. V 
 
 I have taken up the subject in another 
 and the other day, forapretu adre-^'a 1h 
 
 THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN. 
 
 Ou 
 
 second Right — but needless here is 
 
 Toke 
 Each 
 He'd 
 Ther 
 A tun 
 
 ep that right inviolate's the fashion. 
 
 was, indeed, in far fess poli.-h'd" day -.' 
 
 ways : 
 d swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a 
 
 Nol' 
 
 even thus invade a lady's quiet. 
 
 Now 
 
 well-bred men— and you are all well- 
 
 Most 
 
 justly think (and we are much the 
 
 Such 
 
 
 For 
 That 
 
 Right the third, our last, our best, our 
 right to fluttering female hearts the 
 
 Whi 
 
 h even the Rights of Kings in low pros- 
 
 In tl 
 Ther 
 
 humbly own— 'tis dear, dear admiration I 
 at bles-'d sphere alone we live and move ; 
 taste that life of life-immortal love— 
 s, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtatious, 
 
 Who 
 
 Is'ro' rash' L U r,s J e° in rloel £m." C ' ,armS ' 
 
 But truce with kings, and trace with con- 
 
 With bloody armaments and revolutions ; 
 Let inaj„ty your l.rst attention summon. 
 Ah ! ea ira 1 The Majesty of Woman ! 
 
 I 
 
 .sms^er" Uunlop. ****** T 
 
 
 No. CXXXVII. 
 
 
 TO MISS B , OF YORK. 
 
 
 iDAM, 2 1st March, 1793. 
 
 il 
 
 ng many things for which I envy those 
 long-lived old fellows before the flood, 
 is in particular, that when they met 
 
 Cole 
 
 Ironical allusion to the saturnalia of the 
 onian Hunt. 
 
DIAMOND ( AIIINKT LIUkAllY. 
 
 In * ft "" 1 
 
 I 
 
 iuu dnpiM, ihr ill run of ilir chance. • hall be 
 
 luckv oor.. I wretch upon 
 
 w,lem,x . 1 tat • .turuj 
 
 lo b- (he don.,;, of that oM lolboi 
 
 k.i.d of it 
 
 tbauKbu, ud 1 Men 
 
 .. nled with imj walm ■ 
 l. ; how much I admired brr 
 
 
 
 
 
 .v.. awuii. 
 
 ill wot alio - 
 it deacent ,,, I believe, equally true 
 of a laical foe poetry ; nuue e>>r dr-p.aed il 
 
 cluntim of the rbimmg irlbe often employ 
 
 twy thocurhle wbcn I eui di»po»ed (o be mrlan- 
 
 -re u i.oi, among alt the manyro- 
 
 Ibe l.vre 
 
 f (be poeta — la 
 
 Ibem will 
 et of pu- 
 ; il|IMX 
 
 R»rv,.uch«» urranRing v»ild (lower, in fan. 
 . whopper to 
 
 111* haunt 1-1 lii* chirping aong, watching lli.. 
 ■illliv pool, 
 
 or luw. in.:; ..Ii.r tin- intrigue, of bullrrilica— 
 
 in aliurl, aend li.m adrilt ailrr -<• nur.uit 
 
 which thill 
 
 palhaoflaort, 
 
 teh.h ibaii any man living lor the pl.iu.ur.-a 
 
 ... purobaaa ; luilr, till up iha 
 
 ..... ,.i trlla, Bawllabiaf 
 
 p 'IT) i> l.kr trundling vi.ii.jii ; >lir III. iii 
 all egra Irrn atvuard of tll.aleadlo. 
 
 ■ .i.iii an.l i In- palba of 
 
 •...!./ llirm iii dilhculllea, bail- 
 
 ill poverty, branding ibmi with 
 pluBftai Ibmi ." lli" whirling 
 
 ■n la llM iii but in ...i 
 holj bara.i'a aolhary 
 
 ..-., i. but Ibe glillrr 
 
 .i • i...nli.-iii tun, rbrlo| aim a Iroteii region, 
 Maui ° 
 
 sre 
 
 
 ■ra. 
 
 
 
 /Vr.rmW, )7il3. 
 
 • .. hM 
 
 
 i.< areata* Ubaitln 
 
 
 
 
 
 ou.pl 
 
 
 .' manner in wbleb 
 
 
 
 apple 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 don't MH a ab.l- 
 
 
 
 
 ilirr. Ilul for lb.— 
 
 
 r'>, doge-eared Imle page,,* 1 bad 
 
 lloncmyM 
 
 
 
 bate vailed on Jou 
 
 
 
 
 of (he obligation. 
 
 
 'V' 
 
 111. laid 
 
 
 much aa I could ever make bead agaiuel ; bill 
 
 1 ibink I tmea mentioned eomething of a col- 
 
 been unking: 1 aend you a prruaal of whet I 
 have got together. 1 could i.ol conveniently 
 
 aix g lance, of ibera will probably mora than 
 euftlce vou. A very few of ibem are my own. 
 ./- I. red of Ibem, pleaaa leave 
 thin v., in Mr tiii.i, of ilic kinr'a Araa. 
 There ia not another copy of it 
 
 K Mfjlgeaaa . 
 
 
BURNS.— LETTERS. 
 
 No. CXL. 
 TO MRS R 
 
 I am thinking 
 
 sanction, so pr 
 As to the Tt 
 
 ,t got 
 
 play, let me beg of you, 
 my dear madam, let me beg of you to give us, 
 The Wander, a Woman keeps a Secret; to which 
 please add. The Spoiled Child— you will high- 
 )y oblige me by so doing. 
 
 a party of choice spirits— 
 " To play the shapes 
 
 Ah, 
 There n, 
 
 But as you rejoice w ith them that do rejoice 
 weep, and pity your melancholy friend. 
 
 No. CXLI. 
 
 TO A LADY, 
 
 IN FAVOUR OF A PLAYER 's BENEFIT. 
 
 Yon were so very good as to promise me to 
 honour my friend with your presence on his 
 beneht night. That night is tied for Friday 
 hrst ; the play a most interesting one. The 
 u-ay to keep Him. I have the pleasure to 
 know Mr G. well. His merit as an actor is 
 generally acknowledged. He has genius and 
 
 from their very silence, have the more forcible 
 
 good things of this life in their gift, too often 
 • L rightful due of reiiring, humble 
 
 ! Of all the qua 
 
 • of Nati 
 
 :, b, far th 
 
 r pardon, madam ; I came 
 
 I am ext 
 
 emely ob 
 
 rZi ' 
 
 oyon fo 
 
 your kind 
 
 
 f my inte 
 
 
 
 r which 
 
 
 S — 
 
 showed 
 
 
 Lt presen 
 
 , my = 
 
 
 tionary, a 
 
 t lea^t to 
 
 b t w'o c 
 
 
 
 fhe 
 
 ist ; and 
 
 ihvee yea 
 
 I am 
 
 on the 
 there by 
 all be at 
 
 l'. b- 
 
 icy, 
 i of 
 
 that list, and be appoint 
 friend might be of service 
 into a place of the kinp 
 
 
 genu,; 
 eh 1 v. 
 
 u'l.J 
 
 like. A 
 
 
 
 
 from a 
 
 boat 
 
 but the b" 
 would be 
 
 ' 
 
 ity.to 
 
 
 red a-y 
 
 misery, 
 
 and 
 
 his is always a business purely of political 
 latronage. A collectorship varies much, from 
 
 forward, I will 
 l same frankne-s 
 self the honour 
 
 No. CXLIIL 
 
 
 
 TO MRS 
 
 
 
 
 have called 
 up to your 
 
 n you 
 
 r, the 
 
 ight 
 
 of 
 
 ed puppies, sittin 
 
 nfa U nVc h a;"fXn 
 
 c phiz a part of yot 
 , when we may ar 
 
 ke'im 
 auge 
 
 the 
 
 Among the profusion of idle compliments 
 - aious craft, or unmeaning folly in- 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBBABT. 
 
 No. CXLIV. 
 
 Til II! 
 
 ''•'■• 
 ■ft] probablj keep ■ 
 » nb mj pen ui.i lil 
 I or a port', pe„ ! There u » . 
 
 
 >Iun.; 
 
 — without am idea or a wi.b bejund lueir c 
 
 tenth, ft d melange 
 
 Inclancholt ; I ' 
 
 I hate ih it moment fot the aon.- ! 
 • E.J I am »vir_< Is >c« thai he hi. I 
 
 • > Irnmi la bi bow I 
 ki.il bin anj iLiur ftgala. 
 
 tar, ■mlj hap.pt to bate 
 ant the amallral opportunity of <,- 
 
 ■4 of ■»} heart. ^ - 
 of bk >u .ucb. Ih*l a wretch nitii.; ite 
 
 >■' cm led mj 
 i 1 Ma the theme. 
 
 Use thing I aball pcoodlj aai, ihil I can 
 
 a h.rber tribute of niffm, 
 
 . more truly, 
 _ .n whom I hate kcu approach 
 
 Xo. t-VLVL 
 TO THE SA.MF. 
 
 I bare often It 
 
 irrefnigably proMiif il Could 
 
 fl .1 In. ud aaoh a. jou '!— .V. : 
 
 To-morrow 1 .hall have ihe honour of waning 
 
 farewell, ihuu firat of frirodt, and moat ae- 
 eompliabad ul woman ; area ttith all ihj lima 
 
 I Ml. 
 
 I.. I II. - 
 
 return jVur common-place book. I hat 
 
 ll ,l i. true lhal ••offence. rom« 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 -i eaa ill bear, li i.. 
 M kind of niiwrable rood luck. 
 
 i heal the 
 .. at tftBBI au opiate lo 
 
 • r .peel for jour atili- 
 
 Btn| and the u>.,.l fervent tti.h and prajrr 
 . and bliaa, 1 hate the 
 
 I Mil. 
 
 TO Ji B 
 
 You know that amour other hirb Hlflllfta. 
 too bata Ibe honour l» l» n; tapreme couil 
 of critical judicature, from ttbicl. U 
 appeal. liucloae jou a aong »l. I 
 po«rd .luce I aaw jou, and I am f 
 Jou Ihe hi.lort of it. Do jou know Ih-l 
 among much thai I admire in the character, 
 of iboa* rreal folki whom I have 
 now the honour to call mi acquaintance,, ih- 
 
 O familj , there i. nothing charm* me 
 
 mote than Mr U. . uneoueealable allacbmeiu 
 lo lhal incomparable woman. Did jou eter. 
 
 more lo the Divine Gi.cr of all rood ib.nr, 
 
 ;.nrhl mind, and In. • 
 loo, much bejoi.u the u.ual run of tounr fel 
 lot., of bit rank and fortune ; and lo all lhi>. 
 
 >uch a woman .' but of her ( aballaat not hi i.- 
 
 u all, indetpairof aa}ing any thing adeoiiale : 
 in mj tocr, I hate eu'deatouiol lo Co ju»«ic» 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 3 what would be his feelings on seeing, in the , not refuse th 
 cane I have drawn, the habitation of his Lucy. Led in ,ume 
 Jlam a good deal pleased with my ^perform- Willi 'li- : 
 
 t to'lUrs O - 
 
 man whom st 
 ill have the 
 
 it I offer as the 
 
 ■ of p..v 
 
 mthei 
 
 
 No. CXLIX. 
 TO MISS . 
 
 jour sense, taste, and worth, every senliinei.t 
 arising in my breast, as I put pen to paper to 
 
 the friend 'of m'y soul, and his amiable connex- 
 ions I The wrench at my heart to think that 
 
 To oppose those prejudices which have 
 raised against me. is not the business of this 
 
 to wage. The powers of positive vice " 
 in some degree calculate, and against 
 
 No. CL. 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 SSlh February, 179 
 Canst thou > 
 
 ■ _ ■ Ma, 
 
 troubles, without one friendly s 
 
 ves the blast ? If thou cans 
 of these, why wouldst thou 
 y miseries, with thy inquiries 
 
 can estimate the fatui 
 
 y of giddy c 
 
 aprice, or 
 
 ward 
 
 off the unthinking 
 
 mischief of 
 
 precipitate 
 
 folly 
 
 'ave a favour to r 
 
 quest of you 
 
 , madam. 
 
 
 
 
 
 s. You know, th 
 
 at. at the w 
 
 sh of my 
 
 late 
 
 riend, I made a co 
 
 lection of al 
 
 my trifles 
 
 
 rse which I had e 
 
 
 
 
 of them local, soi 
 
 
 uerile and 
 
 
 and all of them u 
 
 nfit for the 
 
 nblic eye. 
 
 Vi 
 
 
 Fame at stal 
 
 
 
 Intrust may live, 
 
 
 e'of those 
 
 
 
 
 the con- 
 
 
 lious sneer of tho 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 gone 
 
 to the regions of 
 
 oblivion; I 
 
 
 
 for the fate of th 
 
 
 pts. Will 
 
 ^.iri 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 pled e ge r °of 
 
 
 
 stowed ; an 
 
 
 
 tance, indeed, wa 
 
 
 rit. Most 
 
 
 ppily for me, tha 
 
 
 
 poss 
 
 
 Mrs ' 
 
 goodness, 
 
 whi 
 
 h I well know, an 
 
 d ever will r 
 
 "vere, will 
 
 * 
 
 The song inclosed 
 
 was the one 
 
 beginning 
 
 wit 
 
 
 
 
 
 •« O wa! ye wha 
 
 
 a." 
 
 ,'ha" 
 
 'i could ill be 
 
 r UO hav h e' r so 
 
 in' 
 
 were yet 
 
 
 my feelings at t 
 
 
 nh 
 
 le envied 
 
 by a 
 
 reprobate spirit 
 dooms it to perc 
 
 feteniog t 
 
 the 
 
 sentence 
 
 A 
 
 
 
 Fcoi 
 
 
 I b 
 
 a e ve JO eVau P st"ed' i 
 
 n reflection 
 
 
 y topic of 
 
 cba 
 
 as to myself, 1 
 
 was like J 
 
 d 1 
 uda 
 
 riSt 
 
 
 ching the gospel 
 
 he might melt 
 
 
 kep 
 
 hearts of those 
 
 .11, 
 
 bu 
 
 his own 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of the diffe 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ething in 
 
 
 
 
 age 
 
 
 magnaminity. " The 
 
 
 
 wever h the 
 
 feel 
 
 ngs and sentm 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 » original 
 
 
 
 of the hum 
 
 
 
 
 
 low 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 bose awful obsc 
 
 
 
 
 fui 
 
 and equally bene 
 
 ficent God ; 
 
 and 
 
 
 I do not remember, my dear Cunningham, 
 that you and lever talked on the sutj-ct a 
 
 as the trick of the crafty feu; to lead the tin- 
 discerning many; or at most as an uncertain 
 obscurity? which mankind can never know any 
 thing of, and withjWclMhey «™ J^ 1 * * * e { 
 
DUMU.M) CAIll.NEl LIBRARY. 
 
 «i-». and (or Ota reaaon, thai I will deeply 
 ImbM the ""»>! of e.eri cbi.d of mine mill 
 religion. If mj «on «bouid happen lo be a man 
 oi (tenor, aeoiim.ni, and IHU, I .lull itaui 
 add Itrjrlj 10 b.» —jojmm*. Let me flatter 
 
 a tnellin(. arJcul, (flo»iur h.erl : and an in.- 
 ar nation, uelujbied wilh ibe painter, and wr.pl 
 vtub thepo.1 Lei me brut. b,m, •aadtrtag 
 out in a ••••! e.enmr. lu inhale lb. t.lnij 
 galea, and eujuj tbt r'owiur luluri.nc- uf ilte 
 • pr.nr ; hiiuMir lb. wb.le iu Ibe blcKinni.(r 
 jouth of life. II' l--a. abroad on all ualure. 
 
 ;n, and bur.l. oul mis thr glori- 
 
 "1U>, aa ibej change. Almijlilj r'uber, 
 ■ ai (J«L lie rolling } tar 
 
 to tbe» r Aad .h., b 
 
 ■'.« joo errr r 
 
 Ut<n( joar eanh I do MX exacllj kooa . 
 
 --pailu/a id the h-al •.: 
 
 . coatractod at jour loo hoep 
 
 . alemal toaiu, for ibe 
 
 — lm I. laid oo a bad of pit.li 
 j aihii* head reclined on a p 
 
 tnadam, if I could in anj m.'a.ure be reinstated 
 in ibe rood opinion of the fair circle whom tnj 
 
 be roinpani I Mill Dl 
 lig.Lnd, wbo ili.i 
 
 , of m> gnilL Hut lu jou, oiadi 
 uiucb to apologize. Vour Jood o 
 
 forfeit it. ""n'e'rr '^L ."|SL lZA 
 
 -d wretch". U.I apol> 
 
 If i. rreal. were 
 d u.an i. ih. 
 
 i cm 
 
 - I UNLOP. 
 
 Aa I am ,u , 
 
 f oomj. .ull'i.. .IUJ..J. aa r.en Ifea 
 
 : r rn; lair >lleliee. Ol I 
 
 «, betnuee I know JOU will ajm- 
 
 .: i.onll,., a .weatliltla 
 
 . b»j baan •■> ill. ibai 
 
 aaafc or leaa threatened to lermi. 
 
 '. ^..ce. Tbere had much need be 
 
 u.ai.j plcaaure. annexed lo Ibe alataa of hue. 
 
 band and laiber. for God know., ihej ba.a 
 
 inanj peculiar care.. I cinM describe lojroa 
 
 Ibe ai.x.ou.. .lerplea. hour, theae i I . 
 
 1 ^e a bail of h ■■!— , Iinle 
 
 
 life of 
 
 I air, aaich tbine. happen ever; da] 
 Goal ! what Mould become of my I lib- Hock ! 
 "li» here tbil I en>) jour people of fortune. — 
 A f-it-er on hit dealhbed, lak.i.f an eaerlaelin* 
 lea.c of bia children, baa indeed woe enourli ; 
 
 aooa and dau jbtera independence and friend. ; 
 a bile I— but 1 .hail run diairactad if 1 ihiak 
 anr lonrer on the .object ! 
 
 I mailer ao *-ra»« :; , t 
 abail mac nub ibe old s«vu b -i l lai l . 
 
BURNS LETT] 
 
 Ve'U crowdiea'my meal away. " 
 
 December 24th. 
 We have had a brilliant theatre here, this 
 season ; only, as all other business has, it ex- 
 periences a stagnation of trade from the epide- 
 mical complaint of the country, want of cash. 
 
 casioual Address, which I wrote for the benefit- 
 night of one of the actresses, and which is as 
 follows: — 
 
 ADDRESS. 
 
 nothing like his 
 ist, my prologue 
 /rhymes r el) > 
 
 "3k' 
 
 Can jou-bu't Miss, I own I have my fears, 
 Dissolve in pause— and sentimental tears— 
 "With laden sighs, aud solemn rounded s. 
 
 Rouse from his sluggish slumbers fell Repe 
 
 Pai 
 
 Cal 
 
 t Ye. 
 .ng l 
 ug I 
 
 
 - 
 
 he take 
 to bear 
 
 'hmi" 
 
 er' a guilty 
 
 I 
 
 could 
 
 nc 
 
 mor 
 
 —askance the 
 
 reature eye- 
 
 D'y 
 
 * ti.if 
 
 
 aid I 
 
 this fee 
 
 ewasn 
 
 lade for cry- 
 
 I'll 
 
 sol'y 
 
 l'l 
 
 "erL 
 
 nt-gloo 
 
 y, more, the world 
 
 Tha 
 
 'ikd 
 
 t Mi= 
 
 r . v 
 
 A i 
 
 ay I be 
 
 ughier, 
 
 a bride 
 
 fixed belief, 
 rief: 
 
 ch life en- 
 
 Peerest to meditate the healing leap : 
 Wouldst thou be cured, thou silly, moping elf, 
 Laugh at her follies—laugh e'en at tin self : 
 
 To sum 
 
 ap all, be me 
 
 rrr, 
 
 
 se; 
 
 
 And 
 
 as we 
 
 re merry, may we 
 
 still 
 
 be wi 
 
 •*• 
 
 
 
 25th, 
 
 Chn 
 
 !ma. 
 
 Mart 
 
 ing. 
 
 Thi 
 
 
 iend. 
 
 
 
 ing of 
 
 
 
 
 o H 
 
 
 hear 
 
 
 "'u 
 
 s.eV 
 
 ncere! tha 
 
 bles 
 
 ings 
 
 may 
 
 attend 
 
 
 .•L .r.i 
 
 ng words o 
 
 Q mv" 
 
 
 
 
 
 Man 
 
 of Feeling, 
 
 ' Ma 
 
 
 grea 
 
 S;»int 
 
 
 
 e weight o 
 
 thy 
 
 gray 
 
 hair 
 
 j and 
 
 
 t the a 
 
 rrow that br 
 
 
 
 
 
 N 
 
 
 it I talk of 
 
 autht 
 
 rs, how 
 
 o yon 
 
 like 
 
 Coup 
 
 
 Task 
 
 a glorious 
 
 
 
 re.:g, 
 
 n of the Tat 
 
 
 ing 
 
 a few 
 
 scraps 
 
 of Calvini 
 
 tie divinity, 
 
 is til 
 
 rei 
 
 gion 
 
 of God 
 
 itely collected, for a friend's 
 ters ; I mean those which 
 n a rough draught, and aft 
 
 joyed. 
 
 Thou man of crazy care and ceasel 
 Still under bleak misfortune's blast.,, 
 Bbom'd to lhat sorest task of man all 
 
 'lo make three guineas do the work c 
 Laugh in Misfortune's face— the 
 
 Say, you'll be merry, though you 
 
 you a perusal of my boo 
 
 No. CLIIL 
 TO MRS DUNLOP, IN LONDON. 
 Dumfries, 20lh December, 1795. 
 London journey of yours. In the first place, 
 
 1 thought mi , e tin route'; 
 
 or whether this may reach you at all. God 
 
. \ 111 NET UIIIIAKY. 
 
 Ai I hop* lo Cfl a frank from mi friend 
 
 Ai I hop* lo cH • frank from my friend 
 • plain Miller, I thill, eterj ll 
 luke up the pen, and ro.„ip a* 
 
 In Hi., la.t utleU, I baTt'aboDiMbrJ of lata 
 
 appearand in tnur C "al in. Irop.l,., ami win , 
 ■ 
 , u.ounle a,r 
 
 Thla appointment nor.:. 
 
 Thla appoinlmnit it onl 
 
 
 take ; and ihil il nil pel 
 
 ii •modal 
 
 V . I IV. 
 
 TO Mlts . 
 
 iOth January. 1796. 
 irtM inj piiliud* la 
 
 """'"IT "'■ I -irhartin. 
 
 ,u.l warmly I".. I iCVbl.^aMon^ou haired 
 t under. I 
 
 Imi.jrer than I., m.t olh.r mdilidual or our 
 >ci»iy ; at Anacharwi. ia an indi.pentable dr- 
 idrratum lo a ton „f ih. 
 
 Tile health )uu wi.he.l „, r ,„ ,„ ur „„,„. 
 >g - a card, i., | Ihlllk, ll„wn from in r f„ 
 .er. 1 he>e m.l heel, .Me ii, I,. ... i 
 >.de>, nil about an hour ago. That* wick- 
 
 Unlucky ad>rrl,.e ,,l. | |e„l (| did 
 
 :> lo a Irirnd. and 1 am ill able lo go In 
 
 ";fh,m: 
 
 Hie BUM |,...e 
 
 The following deia. 
 
 
 I fortaken me. 
 
 No. CLV. 
 
 ro MM ii m ■ P. 
 
 ■any, 179* 
 
 hea. man; month, you hate I.ee,, i„„ ,,»,k- 
 . in ...j d.bl - wl | 
 
 .mm.llod egeln.l „, l,. r l>lj t.Jue.l . f„en.i. I 
 
 1 bad tcer.el, b 
 
 lookj beyond the grata. crawl aeroa. my room, and once iodaad |,e>e 
 
 when he lookj beyond the grate. 
 
 Yoa will hate ten our worth) and ingcmout 
 friend. Ibe Doctor, lonr ere ibis. 1 hope he 
 it well, and beg to be remembered to bim. I 
 hate jott been reading oter again, 1 dare say, 
 for the hundred and Mt.e.h nme, hit >W o/ 
 
 I Wewnm/ and tiill I read it with 
 
 II . humour '■ perfectly original — il 
 r taw humour of Addiaoo. rtor bwift, 
 
 oar Sterne, nor of an < body but llr Moora, 
 a hate depnted me of Zduco ; 
 
 I been before me < 
 
 op Ibe tioa of mj neglect from among the tehee 
 
 he baa paid me a pretty compliment, by 
 CO0Cjn£ me in hit last publication. * 
 
 no MM it— 
 
 • I am in aoch miserable health aa to be oiierly 
 i incapable of showing my loyally io toy way. 
 
BURNS LETTERS. 
 
 iay perhaps see you on Saturday, but I 
 ot'beatthebalL Why should I ? "man 
 
 :r 1 Do, if jou can, and oblige le pauvre 
 
 No. CLVII. 
 
 TO MR CUNNINGHAM. 
 
 Brow, Sea-balking Quarters, Ilk July, 1796. 
 
 I received yours here this moment, and am 
 indeed highly nattered with the approbation of 
 the literary circle you mention ; a literary cir- 
 
 Alas ! my friend, I fear the voice of the bard 
 will soon be heard among you no more I For 
 
 nes not! but 
 
 these last three months I have been tortured 
 with an excruciating rheumatism, which has 
 reduced me to nearly the last stage. You ac 
 
 uail;, v 
 
 ? ,f Cou 
 
 Pale, 
 
 the medical folks tell me that my last and only 
 
 an exciseman is off duty, his salary is reduced 
 to L.3j instead of L.ou. What way, in the 
 name of thrift, shall I maintain myself and 
 keep ahorse in country quarters, with a wife 
 and live children at home, on L.35 ? I men- 
 
 "tm ,h!? n be T S ild lb" 1 ^f '"uhe f°iends J °o U u 
 caiTrnVs"^^ move \m "commilstoneJZ 
 
 you know them all personally. If they do Dot 
 grant it me, I must lay my account with an 
 exit truly en poetL- ; if 1 die not of disease, I 
 
 I have sent you one o 
 my memory J 
 
 but I 
 
 :, Mr, Burns threatet 
 
 the other 
 mdlha 
 
 you. Apropos to being 
 
 No. CLVin. 
 TO .MRS BURNS. 
 
 if DEAKEST LOVE, Brow, Thursday. 
 
 bathing was likely to u 
 
 No. CLEX. 
 TO MRS DUNLOP. 
 
 U, 12/A July, 1796. 
 
 iver, that I would not trouble you again, 
 
 vhich has long hung about me, 'in all 
 .ity will speeaily send me beyond that 
 whence no traveller returns. Your 
 iip, with which for many years you 
 
 ifour conversation, and especially your 
 
 i above is supposed to be the last produc- 
 
 onth, nine days afterwards. He had, 
 -er, the pleasure of receiving a satisfac- 
 
 imply fulfilled. 
 
 obable that the greater part of her 
 
 nm were destroyed by our bard about 
 
THE POEMS 
 
 ROBERT BURNS. 
 
NOBLEMEN AND GENTLEMEN 
 
 CALEDONIAN HUN r. 
 
 K\ loHfM «XH <.»XTLBII«!<, 
 
 " inn-iu hrron atill r»n« u 
 
 d | ipiril, eu- 
 
 ■ litwrtj. In Hie latt plac 
 
 llhaTC, int. Fleuuri aver U> of jour 
 
 Mffj ; ar*i maj aocial joj ■wail jour r-iurn : 
 
 ill. or c.li.Ji. Milk tile 
 
 ' Lad Hi -ii >nd t»d in- i>ur-<. lluj 
 
 Though much ind-btrd lo jour goodn* 
 Jo &oi approach jou, m . Lord* and G« 
 
 brad lo th« Plough, and am indrpeodenl. 
 
 jou, mi illudrioua Couuerjm-u ; and lo u 
 ln» a or id thai 1 ftarj id I 
 
 (I jour gain! Maj « 
 > jour kindling indignant glance; 
 •jranuj in th- Uukr, and llllllW 
 m Htople, rquallj liod jou an iocxori 
 
 HOBEHT MIBJSa 
 
POEMS, 
 CHIEFLY SCOTTISH. 
 
 THE TWA DOGS : 
 
 
 
 
 
 Until u,' damn weary grown. 
 
 
 Upon a knowe they sat them down, 
 
 'Twas in that place o' Scotland's isle, 
 
 
 That bears the name o' Auld King Coil, 
 
 About the lords o' the creation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Forgather'd ance upon a time. 
 
 I've aften wonder'd, honest Luaih, 
 
 The first I'll name they ca'd him Cceear, 
 
 An' when the gentry's lift I saw, 
 
 Was keepit for his Honour's pleasure; 
 
 
 His locked, letter'd, braw brass coll 
 Show'd him the gentleman and schoU 
 But tho' he was o' high degree, 
 
 Was made lang syne— Lord knows how lang 
 He -was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, 
 
 Nae donbt but they were fain o' ither, 
 
 Wi' social nose whyles snuff'd and sno* 
 Whyles mice and moudieworti they how 
 
 * Cachullia's dog in Ossian's Fingal. 
 
 ie^'ellow'ktter'd'Ge^die keeks/ 
 
 Frae morn to e'en its nought but toilii 
 ; baking, roasting, frying, boiling; 
 
 Trowth, Cffisar, whyles they'n 
 
DIAMOND CABINET L1I1RARV. 
 
 I, how it comet, I ne«rr I 
 I bred iu »ucb. a wot a» ih 
 
 1 out baiih root and branch, 
 icol'» pridefu' Breed to qutncl 
 
 l.Utn kl.il llilll.ell'thr 1,,-t.r 
 
 Kordrl.er,. Oil 
 
 A. l«id by a Ml nkii.g brook. 
 
 I'.e noticM on our Loird . « 
 
 P 
 
 How they nmu.i uVala • factor '1 
 
 He'll .lamp ., 
 
 He'll apprrbr 
 
 WhUotbo) m 
 
 . 
 
 1 
 
 N tblll 
 
 lldt »Ulr., , 
 
 They're n.r Ml BTrotehed'l ln< wad think 
 Tbo' coo.la... 
 
 Ibr .it« o'l gnr. ibrm . 
 
 Then chance an' fortune are Me guidrd, 
 1 l^otidrJ ; 
 
 - an.) pr.r.1., 
 
 Or tell what new 11 
 
 ■Hit II It. folk IU 
 
 At L!eak.fi;-a 
 Thr, gctlbejo,i. 
 
 '■'. 
 
 That merry daj the year begin.. 
 They bar the door on fa I 
 The nappy reek. *?i* manlling ream 
 
 'lb* iuatio' p.p», and m—hiq' mill. 
 Are hauled ruund «i' right guid will : 
 The eanlie auld folk, crackin' crou»e. 
 The young anr, r.nl.n' tbro' the hourf. - 
 Mjr heart baa been Me fain to tee ibein, 
 Thai I for joy bae barkit wi' them. 
 
 Still it't owre true that je bae »aid, 
 Sic same i. Dow cure a/ten pla) 'd. 
 
 Far BrUain'i guUl-maU 
 
 All' »a}ing ay ... ,„ '. th.\ bid linn : 
 At oprrai an' plajn parading. 
 Mortgaging, gambling, ma.querading ; 
 Or ma) br, in . I..,],.- .lull, 
 
 I < .'an luke. a wan, 
 
 ir, and ink. whirl, 
 To learn bon fan and at* |hl »urf. 
 
 Thara, at VUmu, or VtrtttUlu, 
 
 I .)..-,'. ..ul.l rnl.iil. ! 
 
 Or down lulian >..la .lurtlr., 
 \\ h— rr-hunl.i 
 
 ' '.'..'I ''.,"r",',n'l fa"!"', 
 
 ' Blnera'a. 
 
 Ilechman! dtortfa! i. thai the K „i, 
 
 Ai'r wa .ae foughlra .*' bartta'd 
 For gear to gang that gale at la.t ! 
 
 Plant hari „• ibam'i .11 b 
 Eicepi for brr.km'o' li 
 Or .p-.ki„' lightly o'lh-.r I. n„n,r. 
 (ir .1.001, „' o' a horr or nioor.cock. 
 The ne'er a bit thej'f .1 
 
 But will It 1*11 me, Ma.ter f>«ir, 
 I be »«tj thought o't need na fear the 
 
 The gentlea ye wad ne'« 
 It'l Hue, ihrj need ni 
 
 Por a' tbe.r college* an' acbotle. 
 That whm nae real ill. perplex ihem. 
 They mak enow tbCDMClTOI 10 >•! tbral 
 An' are the leaa they bae to Hurt ibern, 
 In like proportion lea. will hurt lh.ni. 
 A country Mlow at the pleurb, 
 Hi> acre* till'd, hc'» right eueugti ; 
 
But Gentlemen, an' Lad 
 
 Their nights unquiet, lang, an' n 
 An' ev'n their sports, the.r balls, 
 Their gallopin' through public pi; 
 
 But hear their absent thoughts o' ither, 
 They're a' run deils aii'jads Ihegither. 
 Whyles o'er the wee bit cup an plaitie, 
 The} sip the scandal potion pretty ; 
 Or lee lang nights, wi' crabbit leuks 
 
 An' cheat like ony uuhang'd blackguard. 
 
 But this is Gentry 's life i 
 
 The bum-clock 
 The kye stood row, 
 \V hen up they gat 
 
 SCOTCH DRINK. 
 
 e forgets his fores' or debts, 
 • minds his griefs no more. 
 
 Salomon's Proverbs, xxxi. 6, 7. 
 
 O Thou, my Muse '. guid auld Scotch Drink ; 
 Whether thro' wimpling worms thou jink, 
 Or, r.ehly brown, ream o'er the brink, 
 In glorious faem, 
 
 Let husky Wheat the haughs adorn, 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 But when thou pours thy si 
 
 Food fills the wame, an' k 
 
 Tho' lifes a gift no worth r. 
 
 When heavy dragg'd wi' pit 
 
 But oil-d b 
 
 The wheels o' life gae down- 
 
 Yet humbly kind in time o' ne. 
 
 'Ihepoormai 
 His wee drap parritch, or his 1 
 
 Thou kitchen; 
 
 Thou art the life o' public hi 
 
 But thee, what were our fairs a 
 
 Ev'ii godly meetings o' the sau 
 
 liy thee i,,,;- 
 
 When gaping they besiege the I 
 
 Are doubly hr 
 
 an' freal 
 
 Then Bur 
 
 
 ev'ry chap. 
 for aim or steel ; 
 ', wi' "sturdy wheel,' 
 Till block an' studdie ring and reel 
 
 ■ligh', 
 
 How furabl.n' cuifs their deari 
 Wae worth tl 
 towdiegets a social ti.ght 
 Orplackfrae 
 
DIAMOND CAlllM.l L1IIU.VKV. 
 
 ■ 
 
 Alai» t that c'rr w; M«a >> 
 
 I 
 
 Uul DwOJ <Ull, Wrrt (h^.r »'i 
 
 
 1 »i.h au'.d V.!liul Hill 
 
 Poor pluUM^iiUI «- 
 
 ' kubar «r.uc 
 
 Ml.' pi.;, an jr.*.. I 
 \c<-?< . IWO . . bomt.. ib..... ! 
 
 - 
 Ai .U-- . 
 
 mm*l O ,wji_, i«t! 
 
 TtttwillmrlmkM 
 
 \Ht BU lb V' 
 
 Hud up lb, baa', U..I ! ana*. l-ur». lbri< 
 
 tan \m> pkayu* 
 
 TO TUB 
 
 51 0T( it Kl PR] ^l S l.\ H\ i', 
 
 I.N Till 
 
 hoi n 
 
 Dktiliatlaa! '»■' and b.»i . 
 
 Hum «rl ibou lo.l I 
 
 ... ' .bit... 
 
 wJt.i) ID.!..*' UUr «fl..J. 
 
 Alaa ! m, rouprt n 
 
 !. mi ' rr..: ■ 
 
 T-ll (b.tn «hi baa lh» . fa 
 
 An' m.,.- 
 
 si.nd forth. ■■>' l.ll j on Hrrmirr Vntl< 
 Th« boi>»,l, op»... n«k-u Irutb : 
 l.ll b.. n o' ».■.• «■■■ Scotland', droutb. 
 
 • bumble- 
 Tha mock I. <!»>,! Haw j* K/uib, 
 
 Don on, 
 Spaak out, ... 
 Lrl poata an' ; 
 
 If boontjf lb'; 
 
 an planch an' rlaom t 
 
 Parb, 
 
 In rarb'rmr lolra jc wrr# oa .lack ; 
 >o» .land ». • 
 St'tr claw j our luj. an' :... . 
 
 But ii.k .our arm. an' 1 
 
 Befortlh.u. a'. 
 
 Paim Scotland grading owrt bar ibriati. 
 Her mutcbk.o .loop aa loom', a whi.oa, 
 
 Au'd d ticimn in a buatl*. 
 
 Scotch PW aBh wi— , of »« 
 
 Scotland and li.« Aulhtr 
 -ratrful tbaiiki. 
 
BURNS.- 
 
 -POEMS. 
 
 Then on the tither hand present her, 
 A blackguard Smuggler right behint her, 
 An' cheek-for-chow, a chuffie Vintner, 
 
 For G-d sake 
 An' to the muck 
 
 Colleaguingjoin, 
 Fickinj her pouch as bare as winter 
 Of a' kind coin. 
 
 An' strive wi' a 
 
 Is there, that bears the name o' Scot, 
 But feels his heart's bluid rising hot, 
 
 Yon ill-tongue 
 Way taunt you v, 
 
 Trodei'them 
 
 re nut , 
 
 sight ! 
 
 But could I lik 
 
 .Mm!; 
 
 in r,,, 1U-' 
 
 
 Oreo 
 
 3 like Bos 
 
 There's some s 
 
 irk-.-.' 
 
 s I wad dr 
 
 
 The kind, auld, c; 
 
 An' sportin' lady. 
 1 bluid o' auld Bocomu 
 
 Could he some commutation broai 
 [•11 pledge my aitb in guid braid S 
 
 
 To round the [ 
 
 To 
 Then echo thro' St S 
 
 Dempster, a true blue Scot I'se warrat 
 Thee, aith-detesting, chaste Kilkerran ;* 
 An' that glib-gabbet Highland Baron. 
 
 The Laird o' Graham ; 
 An' ane, a chap that's danm'd auldfarra 
 
 Ers'k-ine, a spunkie Norland billie ; 
 True Campbells, Frederick an' Uaq ; 
 An' Livingstone, the bauld Sir Willie ; 
 
 An' mony ithers, 
 Whom auld Demosthenes or Tully 
 
 Wight own for brithers. 
 
 She'll no desert, 
 chosen Five-and-F 
 
 snap your ngers, P. "^ 
 God bless your Honours a' your days, 
 
 Toaet 
 
 se, my boys ! 
 
 
 Or Faith ! I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle. 
 
 POSTSCRIPT. 
 
 YeMIsee'torlang, 
 
 
 
 Let half-starved slaves, in warn 
 
 Anither sang. 
 
 See future wines, rich clusterin 
 
 
 
 This while she's been in cank'rous mood, 
 
 But blithe am 
 
 Her lost Militia fired her bluid ; 
 
 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid, 
 
 Tak aff their 
 
 Play'd her that pliskie !"> 
 
 
 An' now she's like to rin red-wud 
 
 What tho' their Phoebus kinc 
 
 Or hour. 
 
 The' 
 ded forth dishc 
 
 
 
 
 
 Inh 
 
 ngry droves. 
 
 
 Their 
 They d 
 
 sun's 
 
 a burden on their sho 
 
 fter; 
 
 March! 
 
 s 
 
 old Ho 
 
 guid m 
 
 less nf the A 
 metimesstnd, 
 Jd Scotch. Dri 
 
 d'i'oii. 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBKAHY. 
 
 Ilicir bauldnt ibourhl*. 
 
 Dul brine » Seotntan frar In. hill, 
 
 eb«k a Bl(hlaiid cfll, 
 
 .N«j. tucb If roj»l (iturft't will, 
 llr hu w though i but how IU kill 
 
 ol-brarlnl doubling. I»a»r liim; 
 
 baaaaablmi 
 
 d a ..rlcon.. g,r. h.m ; 
 
 a.,' .baa i.rf.'.. 
 
 in'Muooi 
 
 Hut Irll n U 
 
 »M Irll ,1. 
 
 ■Vuttmrf, m» li'd, IMB) 
 Jill «b»r« joti B| a , jn crap, o' hralbcr. 
 
 Mil. B0L1 I MIL* 
 
 
 I f- r. a ..morn Sandai o- 
 
 I ' 
 
 V-ing do»c 
 . . -.. aaW 1*11 
 
 * ibird that ;xd a a?, a-b«k. 
 1-u' g.j thatdaj. 
 
 III. 
 
 cr'd, laug, an* 
 
 p, hip nHp in* 
 
 .1 da,. 
 
 IV. 
 
 \\ i - blDMl »ff. ijiiulh 1. • - 
 
 I ibiak ••aaam u kaa bmi 
 
 tan ili.i boiii.i. r«cr, 
 
 laogbia' 4. a h« .pik, 
 
 •' My nm< i> r* n Tour rronir dMI 
 Tb« i.r.im fncud .. ha'., 
 
 A.. 1 ihi. ,. - 
 Ao' that*. II 
 
 I'm f.uu lo . II 
 
 r.o ; klf.| pall 
 
 M. 
 yuoll. I, 'Willi .' m, hr,n I'. | d, 
 
 
 | -h, In rldin" irr»ilb 
 
 I • ra» braid tlall 
 
 pia' ba/«<oot, thrang, 
 la .ilk. aa' •carltla glmr, ; 
 H .' awoaj wiUk tkmm in im.hu a whang 
 
 Mil. 
 Wh-n bjr the plait «.«■ mt our ooa*, 
 
 Wrri u r«|W up »i' ha'pence, 
 A jrr'rd* gloar U>ack Hon, <•< thro... 
 
 r- tiandi a abed (o lend ihe .boa'r 
 
BURNS— POEMS 
 
 ip grace-proud faces ; 
 To chairs lhat day. 
 
 'i' arm reposed on the chair-tack 
 He sweetly does compose him ! 
 
 tlnkenn'd thai day 
 
 Should Horrnit 
 
 The vera sight o' . 
 To's ain het harr 
 
 Hear how he deal 
 
 Wi* rattlia' an' wi' 
 Ivow meekly calm, now 
 
 His lengthened chin, h 
 
 Oh, how the; tire the h 
 
 Wi* fright that day. 
 XIII. 
 
 got the -word o' God, 
 
 An 
 
 aft', 
 
 
 Fast, fast lhat day 
 XVII. 
 
 Wee 
 
 
 
 
 
 orthodo 
 
 zy raibles, 
 
 Tho' 
 
 
 
 art he weel believes 
 
 
 oks 
 
 
 But, 
 
 
 , th 
 
 
 So 
 
 
 il, he hums them ; 
 
 Altho 
 
 ' hi 
 
 
 aal wit and sense, 
 
 Like hafflin 
 
 -ways o'ercomes him 
 
 
 
 
 At times that day. 
 
 
 
 
 XVIII. 
 
 Now bat an' hen, the change-house fills, 
 Here's ervingTurfoTbakeVa'nd" gills, 
 
 While thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang, 
 
 Wi' logic, an' wi' Scripture, 
 They raise a din, that in the end, 
 
 Is like 10 breed a rupture 
 
 O' wrath that day. 
 
 XIX. 
 
 Than either School or College 
 It kindles wit, it waukens lair, 
 
 To kittle up our notion 
 
 By night or day. 
 
 XX 
 
 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 To mind baith saul and body, 
 
 An' sleer about the toddy. 
 On this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk, 
 
 i, like Highland swords 
 
 Divide the join! 
 
 Our very saul does harrowt 
 
 Wi' fright that day 
 
 XXII. 
 
 Filled fou o' lowin' bruns'lane,' 
 Wha's rasin' flame and seorchin' heat 
 
 Wad n. e lt the hardest whun-stane ! 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear, 
 
 hen presently "it does appear, 
 
DIAMOND CADI.NET LIBRARY. 
 
 t>s e dr.ss. tier k*bbOi - 
 
 The las.es llir; err shier. 
 The euld guidmen, about ib« rrocr, 
 ..iber. 
 ISM l«). 
 And gi'e* them '< lik* a leiber, 
 
 Fu' lang that day. 
 
 ! r him ibai gets naa las. 
 that bar nactbing ! 
 Seas' ne»J h.i he lo say a grace 
 I. . braw clailhing ! 
 
 How boa me lade se wants. I. 
 
 hope, an' lone, an' drink, 
 
 Their hearts o' .lane, gin night, are gase 
 
 A. oft b .«) Ilr.h M. 
 
 -re fou o' loee disin* j 
 ■e are fou o' brandy : 
 i that da j begin, 
 a hougbmegandie 
 
 Some ilher da;. 
 
 DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK. 
 A TBI'* iTORT. 
 Some book* arc liea frae end to end. 
 
 Is just U true', the Deil'i in hell 
 Or Dublin city! 
 
 That e'er he nearer come, oureel* 
 'Samucklepily. 
 
 j The Clachan yill bad made me canly, 
 I was nu fou, but just had plrnly ; 
 
 1 .1... litre 'd while,, bul yet took leul a j >• 
 
 ■ inch.-. ; 
 An' hillocks, stanr., an' bushe., kenli'd ajo 
 Frae ghaists an' wilcbes. 
 
 The 'J'Zirrl!!''kZn. f o7'' e 
 lo count bcr horns. wi' a' inj pow'i. 
 
 But whether sho bad tin'. 
 
 1 couldna lell. 
 
 I was come round aboul thl lull. 
 And lodlin down on WIUVimW, 
 Setting my stall aji' a' mj skill. 
 
 To keep me sicker; 
 Tko' leeward while., .gains! ins will. 
 
 1 ■ l/i/ne did forgather. 
 
 All' awfu' ssstlle, .„il owre lr shsjullfr, 
 
 I leer-dam 
 
 A lliree-Uetl leisler on llie IthaT, 
 
 La;, large an' Inf. 
 
 lis stature .,,i„M lung Scotch ells Iwa, 
 hap* thai e'er I saw, 
 
 . Ill shanks. 
 
 '1 ■ 1 1 ' hae j* teen 
 
 When ilher folk ar* busy aawin' J"» 
 It ►eemdlomak'akiiidV slan'. 
 
 Bul r.anbing epak : 
 At length, sats I, ' Friend, where je gaun, 
 
 ■ to back?' 
 
 Ii epak right bowa,_* Mr name la Drain, 
 Bui b. i,i lie, M. ■_ yuoih I, • Oast, failb. 
 Ye're maybe come lo slap my brralb ; 
 Bul lent me, billie j 
 
 1 s gnl'j • ' 
 
 ' Guidman,' quo' be, « put up your whittle, 
 I'm no design'd lo try ils mellle ; 
 But if I did, I wad 1 
 
 Out owre my beard,' 
 
 a] !' says I, • a bargain be't; 
 
 . jour hand, an' sa* we're gree't; 
 We U ease our abanka an' lak a aeat. 
 
 Come gie'a your news ; 
 Thi* while t ye hae been mony a gate, 
 
 * This rencounter happened in seed-time, 
 178*1 
 
 t An epidemical ferer was then raging id 
 that country. 
 
•Ay, ay,' qno' he, an' shook his bet 
 •Its e'en a lang, lang time indeed 
 Sin' I began to nick the thread, 
 
 e Hornbook's* ta'en up the tr 
 An' faith he'll wai 
 
 ;n Jock Hornbook i' the Clad 
 
 .' pouk tny hips. 
 
 rhey hae pierced mony a gallant hea; 
 3ut Doctor Hornbook, wi'his art 
 
 < Hornbook was by, wi' ready a: 
 And had sae fortified the part, 
 
 stood the shock ; 
 I might as weel hae tried a quarrv 
 
 O' hard whin rock. 
 
 Eaifh their dise 
 
 • An* then a' di 
 Of a' dimensior 
 A' kinds o' box 
 
 Their Latin nai 
 
 * This gentleman, Dr Hornbook, is, pro- 
 issionally, nbrother of the Sovereign Order of 
 le Ferula y but by intuition and inspiration, 
 
 at once an Apothecary, Surgeon, and Phy- 
 
 t Buchan's Domestic Medicine. 
 
 — JPOEMS. 
 
 The Farina of beans and pease, 
 
 Aqua-fontis, what you please, 
 
 He can content 
 
 ' Forbye some n, 
 
 Sal- 
 
 „.._._ g-^^-y---™ 
 
 • Wa 
 Quo 
 His 
 
 Nae 
 
 es me for Johnnie Ged's Hole i now ;' 
 I, • If that the news be true ! ' 
 
 doubt they'll rive it wi' the plough ; 
 They'll ruin Johnnie:' 
 
 The 
 
 Kirk 
 They 
 
 ays, ' 'te needna yoke the pleugh] 
 yards will soon be tilled eneugh, 
 
 Tak ye nae fear ; 
 11 a' be trenched wi' mony a shengh 
 
 
 In twa-three year. 
 
 Has a 
 
 are I killed ane a fair strae death, 
 
 That Hornbook 's'skill 
 ad a score i' their last claith, 
 By drap an' pill. 
 
 •Anl 
 
 Win, 
 
 onest Wabster to his trade, 
 
 His only son for Hornbool 
 The lad, fortwagu:dg,ni 
 
 In Hornbook's care ; 
 Horn sent her aff to her lang hame, 
 To hide it there. 
 
 ' That's just a swatch o' Hornbook's wa 
 Thus goes he on from day to day. 
 Thus does he poison, kill, an' slay, 
 
 An's weel paid for't: 
 Yet stops me o' my lawfu' prey. 
 
 Wi' his damu'd dirt. 
 
 ' But hark ! I'll tell you of a plot, 
 
 I'll nail the self-conceited so", 
 
 Asdead'saherrin'; 
 
 Hegetshisfalrin':' 
 
 But just as he began to tell. 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 mi: niu< a 
 
 h it ib» rattle plough. 
 ■■rath, 
 
 . "-.- perching red Lrrul 
 
 
 li.rn. lirrc-,1.. the tunny d»Y«. 
 
 While ibiek 
 
 i. ll.'- ancient bror;h of A)'r. 
 Ill » bun m.pired, or haply pre.. 1 .! ■ 
 
 j Blmpaon't* wberi'a ih* laA 
 
 iDtll'd by all-directing Fat. 
 
 Or v. briber wrapt in uir.i I 
 
 i mi he knew not when, nnr 
 
 ITi- dr.,».j Dungeon-clock | li»«l uumbri'd 
 
 And Wallace tuwerf bid .worn the fact wni 
 
 . »ith .ullrn-tounding 
 
 Tbro' lb. .nil night da.h'd hoar.e alonr; the 
 
 I I uk'd in N.iurt'. clo.rd.V I 
 
 . lower and 
 
 Th, 
 
 '• 
 
 1. Imrnih thr .1 
 
 , rI 
 
 beam. 
 
 
 
 
 rhtliri 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 on either band 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tht 
 
 h. „'"; 
 
 du.ky (u 
 
 
 lag 
 
 win?. 
 
 l-o 
 
 m. dart ihroufh 
 
 M 
 
 midni.h 
 
 
 ..'lb. 
 
 
 a. 
 
 ■■■.II, 
 
 I 
 
 1.1. get or. ■ 
 
 -won crap [ 
 
 Are doora'd bj man, that tyrant o'er the , i hr (j^t, „,, Mm n >ng 
 
 laid Itnjr h'« *iry ahape uprcVr., 
 
 ■ 
 On warlike Ub.mr, i„„-., 
 
 . i .1 o»re it. Mnc 
 
 ., a' lb., can Mplain 
 
 ■ 
 
 1 . I . km - • - .-• 
 
 Thai he, .1 l.on 'on frae BM Adam. fol i 
 
 '" "a'l I be b«d. 
 
 ind Willi am.., 
 
 in erery artb ; 
 . - ..uie nerbor look hi. e'e 
 'en a trx'd an* angrr baVTl 
 
 r" 
 I doubl n*\ frirn', jell ibmk je*r» oae.heep. 
 low , Ance je were Mreekit o 'er frae bank to bank ! 
 
 ► A noted ta.ern at the Au'.d B 
 
 f The two .ie.pl**. 
 
 % The e//*-hav>k, or faleou. 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 rolling, mouldy, gloom- 
 
 Where twa wheel-barrows tremble wheu they 
 
 Your ruiu'dformless bulk, o' stane an' lime, 
 Compare wi' bonnie Brigs o' modern time ? 
 There's men o' taste would tak' the Ducal- 
 
 Tho' they should cast the very sark and 
 
 Ere they would grate their feelings wi' the 
 
 O' sic an ugly Gothic halt as yon. 
 
 An' th 
 
 
 y eild I'm 
 
 sal 
 
 fo 
 
 I'll be 
 
 - ! _ 
 
 
 
 
 
 e little ke 
 
 about th 
 
 
 
 
 i-three wi 
 
 
 
 
 When 
 
 
 
 
 -,: 
 
 Wi' de 
 
 epening de 
 
 uges o'er 
 
 
 th 
 
 When 
 
 r ni ill? h 
 ing Coil, 
 
 lis where 
 
 spr 
 
 ngs 
 
 Or stat 
 
 
 s mossy fo 
 
 
 
 Or wh 
 
 re lhe°Gi 
 
 
 nds 
 
 hi 
 
 Or haunted Garpalf draws his feeble source 
 
 ecture, trowth, I needs must 
 ie thankit that we've tint the 
 
 * A noted ford, just above the Aulc 
 
 + The banks of Garpal Water is o 
 
 few places in the West of Scotlan 
 
 Of any r. 
 
 Fit only 
 
 Or frosty maids ft 
 
 "- - ifsoflattr " 
 
 lat would disgrace the b 
 
 is wha held the noti 
 
 Fancies that our guid Brugh denies protec- 
 nd soon may they expire, unblest with re- 
 Were ye but here to share my wounded feel- 
 Ye worthy Vroveses an' mony a Bailie, 
 
 Ye godly Councils wha hae blest this town ; 
 Ye godly Brethren of the sacred gown, 
 Wha meekly gae your hurdies to the smiters ; 
 And (what would now be strange) ye godly 
 
 A' ye do 
 Were ye 
 How wc 
 
 but here, what would ye say or do 
 uld your spirits groan m deep ve 
 
 To see e 
 
 And ago 
 
 V, hen ■. 
 Nae Ian 
 
 ch melancholy alteration ; 
 nizing, curse the time and place _ 
 
 ger°Rev'rend Men, their countr 
 
 In plain 
 
 braid Scots hold forth a plain br 
 
 Nae Ian 
 -Meet o» 
 But sta 
 
 er thrifty Citizens, an' douce, 
 mrel, corky-headed, graceless G 
 
 Men, th 
 
 vment and ruin of the country ; 
 
 Whaw 
 
 iste v'our weel-hain'd gear on d— 
 new Brigs and Harbours ! 
 
 Now 
 
 aaud you there 1 for faith ye've 
 
 And m 
 
 ick^mair than ye can mak 
 
 As for your Priesthood, I shall say but little, 
 Corbies and Clergy are a shot right kittle : 
 
 § A small landing-place above the large key. 
 
l:i DIAMOND CAMNET LIHKARY. 
 
 Nm tn»ir the Council waddlee down tbe 
 In alt ibe pomp of ignorant conceit ; 
 
 
 ir c»ti*T*d Ib'ral trl 
 
 lodllaf vtrulb. 
 
 THE OBJ . 
 
 rthat farther cl.ibmuUicr might been 
 IB, if efvkan )i»d blood lo 
 > man Ma t'.ll . 
 own tbe fllal'l 
 
 Kilmarnock wabaien, bw£a and claw, 
 
 I ..-Mr', in a raw,*' 
 
 ; f I... ao near, 
 
 n J oMxtuf oa tl 
 .. .,/ iaa .!i-«t haft i ». . '">. 
 
 bweet l.ti.. Beaut; hud al 
 
 • .d with flow'rj haj, came Rural 
 
 Aad Summer, w.th h.a eWrwU-baaHlof ejai 
 
 .- Pleolj. with her torn 
 Led jellow Autumn wreathed ari 
 
 
 with cloudlet* brow ; 
 Nan follow 'd'tourare with h.. martial 
 From whoa the real wild-wood; 
 
 with mild benignant air, 
 A female form, came rrom the I 
 Learning and Worth ia reraal ettaaa 
 rrom aimple tninne, their long-kned abode: 
 Laea, a> hue-robed Peace, crow u 'd w itb a hazel 
 
 :iapa ahangaa at 
 
 xl ibe bauiia lo daud hrr 
 
 I .t.,ure, 
 U hall w rang ber. 
 
 I 
 And (kit meal; ahe'll whang bar 
 
 :. !b.. ..... 
 
 
 
 t rigour ; 
 
 
 
 
 ■ 
 
 I ibe inn lhatdaj. 
 
 TW. 
 
 in 1.: 
 
 mettle oa the creed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 .. a carnal weed. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 er the flock to feed. 
 
 An 1 
 
 
 each trauagrraaion ; 
 
 * Alluding 
 
 to a eeoaW ballad which »•• 
 
 madeo 
 
 ..f (be !at« reiereod uu 
 
 
 Mr L. 
 
 la .be Leigh K.rk. 
 
 
 a. >er. M. 
 
 
 
 ■**-. a. 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 Now auld Kiknnrnock, cock thy tail, 
 An' loss thy horns fu' canty ; 
 
 Nae mair thou'lt rowt out-o«re the dal 
 Because thy pasture's scanty ; 
 
 For'lapfu's large o' gospel kail 
 Shall £11 thy crib in plenty, 
 
 vin. 
 
 Lang Patronage, wi' rod o' aim, 
 
 '■: .. .... r- 
 
 As lately Fenwick, sair forfairn, 
 
 Come bring the tither mu 
 ' i' here's for a conclu 
 very New Light* mc 
 •om this time forth C 
 
 An' like a godly elect bairn 
 He's waled us out a true ane, 
 
 An' sound this day. 
 
 Sow R— 
 
 IX. 
 
 But steek your gab for 
 Or try the wicked town o 
 
 For there they'll think 
 Or, nae reflection on j ou 
 
 Ye may commence a si 
 
 An' turn a carpet wean 
 
 Though Heretics may laugh 
 
 For instance; there's yoursel' 
 
 God knows, an unco Calf! 
 
 An' should some Patron be so 
 
 Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch, 
 
 An' aye he catch'd (he tither wretch, 
 To fry them in his caudrons : 
 
 But, if the Lover's raptnred hour 
 
 Shall ever be your lot, 
 Forbid it, every heavenly Power, 
 
 You e'er should be a Stot ! 
 
 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes, 
 She's swingin' through the city ; 
 
 Hark how the nine-tail'd cat she plays! 
 I vow it's unco pretty : 
 
 There Learning, wi' his Greekish face. 
 
 Her plaint this day. 
 
 xn. 
 
 But there's Morality himsel', 
 Hear, how he gies the tither yell, 
 
 a famous Bullock ! ' 
 
 Dr Taylor of Norwicl 
 
ADDRESS TO TUE DEIL. 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET L1UKAUY. 
 
 An' duwlcl, iwal-plnt Hawki.'i 
 
 Wua ,u Jon ci 
 Spairge. aboul 
 
 To »kelp ao' acmud poor uV<i h 
 
 (ireal ■• thj po« r, an" |trr»l thj l»Ui« j 
 
 . ii*mr : 
 
 
 VY»' b«lj (1Mb 
 
 I 
 
 Tb» ,-ti.irel '■ ■>» ni*™ J'"* ak*a«, 
 
 ■ 
 
 Awl Je f . . 
 
 Oo whaling ninff*. 
 
 Lrt Warloeka prim. «n' wi b»r'd hart, 
 .'ou oa ragaetd ■>«<•» 
 
 ..jij mp. 
 
 \Mirn ihowra dlaaolra tbe ma»j Lot 
 An' lluil lt>«r jiiif-liti > icj-bvuru. 
 
 An' »fl jour mou-int-r 
 
 ' tba( Utt W urni.k it . 
 
 dr. ,lf«n e . lo l.li : 
 Thr jounr;r»t liruihrr je wad <*bi|. 
 
 Thra jou, m »ul.l, it.ic-drm«ii>K ■ 
 
 ■ >M incuf. 
 . Ml • . ur.'.l brogur. 
 . -jour I.'! 
 An' gml ihe IsiaM world • iba*. 
 '.M«j»i rumrd »'. 
 
 , .1 »iln 
 
 Ye did prnci.l jour .n 
 
 Ao' bow j« r>< bim i* jour ihrall, 
 ■ an' bail. 
 
 An' now. aold Cloota. I ke i j*'r« (bir.iin 
 I 
 
 Some lucklcaa bour will ,eod b.m liniio', 
 lojuur 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 But faith: he'll tu 
 i 
 
 But, fare ye wee 
 
 DEATH AND DYING WORDS 
 
 POOR MAILIE, 
 THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE. 
 
 As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither, 
 Were ae day nibbling on.the tether, 
 Upon her cloot she coost a hitch, 
 An' owre she warsled in the ditch; 
 There, groaning, dying, she did lie, 
 When Hughoc * he came doytm by. 
 
 
 « Tell him, he was 
 a' aye was gu id to i 
 a.' now my dying cl 
 
 •An' may thev r,ever learn the gates 
 Of ither vile, wanrestfu' pets ! 
 
 n' bairns greet for them when they 're dead, 
 « My poor toop-Iarab, my son an' heir, 
 
 ■r forgather up " 
 
 hink upo' vour inither, 
 to ane aniiher. 
 
 it Hughoc, dinna fail 
 
 POOR MAILIE'S ELEGY. 
 nt in rhyme, lament in prose, 
 
 The last sad cape-sts 
 
 Thro' a' the town she trotted by hi 
 A lang half-mile she could descry hii 
 VVi' kindly bleat when she did spy b 
 
 I'll say't, she never brak a fence, 
 
 Thro' thievish greed. 
 
 Our bardie, lanely, keeps the spence 
 Sin' Mailie's dead. 
 
 Or, if hi wanders up the howe, 
 Her living image in her yowe 
 Comes bleating to him, owre the knnwe, 
 
 For bits o' bread ; 
 An' down the brinv pearls rowe 
 For Mailie dead. 
 
 She was nae get o' moorland tips, 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBHAKV. 
 
 ■ forbe* 
 
 PVaajc 
 
 
 'Ibau Uailiedea 
 
 Wir worlh the mm <rb> Crat dl 
 hud* Iking— * n 
 
 I: UlJugU.dfrl. - 
 
 . -I our ».' cra| 
 Kor UaUll dead. 
 
 TO J. BYN& 
 
 r of ^-.cl« I 
 
 
 
 Ju.l no* PW Itrn (he Cl p" rh 
 W, bar.* aoddU'. -ork.ng pr.« 
 
 ■ 
 
 -Jlu'caab, 
 
 Fa. bcuua ImbU) 
 
 1 rh,mc foe fan. 
 
 M ruleam, Uckleea lot, 
 
 Am' Cuued kj fortune io ine groat : 
 
 Hut -till lb.- main I'm thai way bent, 
 
 I red jou, honest man. lak leal ! 
 
 Ye'll .haw jour foil,. 
 
 lib* potts, much >our betier,, 
 
 liar ibuugbi lb*) had in.ured iht i 
 A' future age. ; 
 
 Now uiotb. deform in >bap 
 
 II,. .unknown page..' 
 
 Then farewell hope, o* laurel-! 
 T.i garland mi noatk i 
 
 than bu., plough. 
 
 Are whi.tliiigihraiig. 
 
 An' leach ibe lanrl, height, an* limn 
 
 >i. ra«l 
 
 l.li rata ahausnapiha btlllte tUMd i 
 Than, all unknown. 
 
 Hut wb, </ d, 
 Thru top and m 
 
 I 
 
 Dance b, fu' light. 
 
 The migie-wand then lei u. wield ; 
 .e.au'-lorlj\ .peel'd, 
 
 ■■•j, tovlaaaaaU, 
 
 ..edf.ee, 
 Cornea BOatin , 
 
 | r,' pace. 
 
 mVi da, draw, near 
 
 An' larewell cbeerfu' tankard, foamio', 
 Aa' farewell dear deluding woman, 
 
 at jo,. : 
 
 O Life '. how pleaaanl in lb, morning, 
 You.g Pans.', r.,. .be bill, adorning ! 
 Co,d paining Caution '• leweou .coruuig. 
 
 We wander there, we wander be 
 . .,.11 Ibe brier, 
 
 .'u mindful that t:, 
 
 Atnang the .lea, ei 
 
 md though lh« p - 
 
 r r »l. 
 
 Ibe; drink Iba aweet ar 
 
 Bat ci 
 
BURNS — POEMS. 
 
 They close the day. 
 ' others, like your humble servan' 
 
 Is Fortune's tickle Lun 
 
 E'en 
 
 Beneath what light she 
 
 And kneel, 'YePow'rs! 
 
 ' Tho' I should wander it 
 
 In all h, 
 
 Grant me bat this, I ask i 
 
 An' jill an' whisky gie to a 
 
 But gi'e me real, sterling v 
 An' I'm < 
 
 • While ye are pleased to k( 
 
 O ye douce folk, that live by rule, 
 Grave, tideless- blooded, calm and cool 
 Compared wi' jou—O fool ! fool ! fool 
 
 How much anlike! 
 Your hearts are just a standing pool, 
 
 Nae hair-brained sentimental traces 
 In your unlettered nameless races ; 
 In arioso trills and graces 
 
 Ye never stray, 
 But grcuissimu, solemn basses 
 
 if ferly tho' ye do despise 
 
 —Ye ken the road— 
 
 Whilst I— but I shall hand me there- 
 Wi' you I'll scarce gang ony where- 
 Then, Jamie, I shall say nae mair, 
 
 Content wi' ou to mat"—— " U ' & 
 
 Whare'er I gang. 
 
 A DREAM. 
 
 Thoughts, words, and deeds, the statute blames 
 
 But surely dreams were ne'er indicted treason. 
 
 [On reading, in the public papers, the Lau- 
 
 4, 17S6, the author was no sooner dropt 
 asleep, than lie imagined himself transported 
 
 the following Address.] 
 
 I. 
 
 to your Majesty ! 
 
 I see ye're complimented thrang, 
 By mony a lord an' lady, 
 Hod save the King' 's a cuckoo sang 
 
 aye unerring steady, 
 
 On sic a day.' 
 
 IIL 
 
 my sov'reign king, 
 
 ut"f 
 
 icts are chiels that w 
 
 U ■ 
 An 
 
 less, will gang abo 
 Than did 
 
Far ba'l frae at lhai I a.p.re 
 To blame jour lee;..laiioii. 
 
 To rule (b>. unfhl, nation ! 
 Hutfailb" I oiuckl. doubl. mj .Si. r, 
 
 ..led mini.traliou 
 To cbap.. wha. in ■ I t 
 Wad teller l.ilM 1 1. , 
 
 Tu.u court.) on da.. 
 
 \ I. 
 >*■ ri»o iul4 Hrilain peace. 
 .h,n. 10 plahtn ; 
 ■i 
 T.lt .be b.. .«». a i—i.r ; 
 
 I,', (leu. 
 
 I I I 
 
 [BBAKT. 
 
 i; Acirironrt win «h. i , 
 
 i* lunnj queer Sir Job 
 
 
 «.«,Wcl. 
 
 
 U n bu lent. 
 
 V 
 
 .'Wale.. 
 
 Kor.oej. yoo»»pc««<..eo-W, 
 
 I'm UbM 
 
 B«l MM d«. je rot J T' 
 
 Au'cur.. joor I . | 
 
 . . palea. 
 Or rallied dice «■ I 
 
 U. oigal or d»j. 
 
 XL 
 
 feo. «e mat Co.. 
 for a' lieu eiuh-n-a-ci c. , 
 
 rannj queer Sn 
 
 u*. 
 
 W.J been a dr™. coinpleirr : 
 
 ll..lbe,„. 
 TUn. .»,tb! an'r.i. « 
 
 Or iroulb, jell Mala the rnilra 
 
 Some bj . 
 
 Mil. 
 Y..UI>C mil Tim lilrrk., I learn. 
 
 ,.,. .1.-.., ...'.I ■,.:. 
 
 h, \,„u.' b.ri.r . 
 Hoi nr.t haur out. lb. i ' 
 
 VII. 
 Ye. lastly, botinie blouoOM ■' 
 < daililj. 
 
 Bw'awbimpidMN 
 
 An' ri. jou U.I. »-pl.nl, I 
 Brkbk boj. .< 
 
 i ju.i than »i 
 
 rVcUa»lh«dar 
 
 KAN VIKIT-I 
 
 An Hunger 'd maukin ta'cn her w.y 
 
 To kau-vard. green. 
 While laithlew uaw. ilk rl 
 Wba/e i. 
 
 | crrtain rojal tailor*. 
 
 I i Doan, a lerin 01 uu.u'i 
 
 .f.M'J'htraoii'i 
 
BURNS 
 
 POEMS. 181 
 
 And whan the day had closed his e'e, 
 
 Here, rivers in the sea were lost ; 
 
 
 There, mountains to the skies were tost : 
 
 Ecu i' the spence, right pensivelie, 
 
 Here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast, 
 
 Igaedtorest. 
 
 With surging foam ; 
 
 
 There, distant shone Art's lofty loast, 
 
 There, lanely, by the ingle-cheek, 
 
 The lordly dome. 
 
 
 
 That nll'd wi' boast-provoking srneek, ; 
 
 Here Doon pour'd down his far-feteh'd 
 
 
 
 An' heard the restless rattons squeak 
 
 There, well-fed Irwine statelv thuds : 
 
 About the riggiu'. 
 
 Auld hermit Ayr staw thro' his woods, 
 
 
 On to the shore ; 
 
 All in this mottie, misty clime, 
 
 
 
 With seeming roar. 
 
 How I had spent my youthfu' prime, 
 
 
 An' doue nae-thing, 
 
 Low, in a sandy vallev spread, 
 
 But stringio' blethers up in rhyme, 
 
 An ancient borough rear*'d her head ; 
 
 For fools to sing. 
 
 -. . , .- ';: .-.' -'.,,..,•,-., 
 
 
 She boasts a race, 
 
 Had I to- guid advice but harkit, 
 
 To every nobler virtue bred, 
 
 I mieht bv this, hae led a market, 
 
 And polish 'd grace. 
 
 
 
 
 By stately tower or palace fair, 
 
 While here, half-mad, half-fed, half-ssrUt, 
 
 
 Is a' th' amount. 
 
 Bold stems of heroes, here and there, 
 
 
 
 I started, mutt 'ring, blockhead ! coof ! 
 
 
 And heaved on high my waukit loof, 
 
 With feature stern. 
 
 To swear by a' von starry roof, 
 
 
 Or some rash aith. 
 
 My heart did glowing transport feel, 
 
 That I, henceforth, would be rhyme-proof 
 
 To see a race A- heroic wheel, 
 
 
 And brandish round the deep-dyed steel 
 
 
 
 When click ! the string the sneck did draw ; 
 
 While back-recoiling seem'd to reel 
 
 An'jee! the door gaed to the wa' ; , 
 
 Their southron foes. 
 
 An' bv my ingle-lowe 1 saw, 
 
 
 Now bleezin' bright, 
 
 His Country's saviour,* mark him well! 
 
 A tight outlandish Hizzie, braw, 
 
 Bold Richardton's ± heroic sweU ; 
 
 Come full in sight. 
 
 The chief on Sark § : w ho glorious fell, 
 
 
 In high command ; 
 
 Ye need na doubt, I held my whisht ! 
 
 And he whom ruthless fates expel 
 
 The infant aith half-form't was crush't } 
 
 His native land. 
 
 I giowr 'das eerie 's I'd been dusht 
 
 
 In some wild glen ; 
 
 There, where a sceptred Pictish shade || 
 
 When sweet like modest worth, she blush't, 
 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, 
 
 And stepped ben. 
 
 I mark'd a martial race portray'd 
 
 Green, slender, leaf-clad holly boughs, 
 
 Bold, soldier-featured, undismay 'd ' 
 
 
 They strode along. 
 
 I took her for some Scottish Muse, 
 
 
 By that same token : 
 
 Thro' many a -wild, romantic grove, "J 
 
 
 
 Would soon been broken. 
 
 
 A wildly-witty, rus> 
 
 c grace 
 
 
 Her eye, ev'n turned 
 
 on empty space, 
 un'dkeen with honou 
 
 
 Pown flow'd her 
 
 Till half a leg was s 
 
 And such a leg ! my 
 
 Co 
 
 Sae straught, sae ta 
 
 Na 
 
 obe, a tartan sheen, 
 rimply seen ; 
 
 
 aid only peer it ; 
 er, tight, and clean. 
 
 
 Her mantle large, 
 My gazing wonder c 
 Deep lights and shad 
 
 of greenish hue, 
 
 es, bold mingling, thr 
 
 ew 
 
 And seem 'd to my a. 
 
 tonish'd view, 
 ell-kuown land. 
 
 
 * The Wallaces. f William Wallace. 
 % Adam Wallace of Richardton, cousin to 
 
 § Wallace, Laird of Craigie, who was 
 
 Ormond, at the famous battle on the 'banks of 
 Sark, fought, anno 144S. That glorious vic- 
 tory was principally owing to the judicious 
 conduct and intrepid valour of the gallant 
 Laird of Craigie, who died of his wounds after 
 
 roilus, king of the Picts, from whom the 
 
 buried, as tradition says, near the f .m:'v--.r 
 ; of the Moutgomeries "of Co.UMd, v.hefe his 
 
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 r fur Ion Or tore, wilh noble ■ 
 
 Di.pcii, iag good. 
 
 With derp-dnick reverential i«,» 
 The |,»roed tin and ton I ,aw, 
 
 Qod ana Nuan'iUn 
 The, ru> 
 
 Thl*. ill iU tourer and ■ 
 
 Auioadan. 
 
 '. bra>e ward f I well could »pj, 
 llenc'alb eld - 
 Who call'd on Fjui'. low •lauding bjr. 
 
 Where DUJ a 
 
 ■ thOMn 
 
 DIAN trXUND. 
 
 With inij.liif.drrp, a.lonitb'd .tare, 
 
 I 
 
 Of kuwi 
 When wilh .nrU'r .i.lrr'. t,r 
 
 • All bail ! m< own in. 
 
 la la- il... ulinnt. regard! 
 No longer ■ 
 
 I coax lo gi»« lbe> >u 
 At- 
 
 • K .. • - .,■-■ 
 
 ■ .: L«ud, 
 
 ;mmao<l, 
 
 - among Ibric tbt/c 
 Home teach the luJ. .da 
 
 •And when the bard, or boar} »age, 
 Thej bind lb* wild poetic rage. 
 
 f ■ iltrton the bran and joo ng ; 
 
 ugUe. ; 
 
 '.let laj.;" 
 . Ike oeai -t the late Doctor, and 
 
 'Hie nulla Hard. 
 
 le accplic'a bajt. 
 
 r * ar - »"ig"M 
 Vl,"lu'b ; m.g'li".u. 
 
 ThanrioHBun. 
 
 vll,,, 
 
 :':'•; 
 
 k. .11 : 
 
 ■ 1 lo a dialrit-t-apacr. 
 
 To in aia ibt tmbrjotlc trace 
 
 111 ru.H ll.r.l | 
 And careful BOl 
 
 UM guard. 
 
 • OribtMUB I— folia mj name; 
 W brre once lh- < 
 
 Haldrul 
 
 I mora'd tbj embr.o tuneful llame. 
 .1 bour. 
 
 • W,ih fuiurr bope. I oft would gale. 
 
 .,lllr r«lj Wajl, 
 
 lb; rud'lj ca/olld, cbiming phraae, 
 Fired al tbe aimple, art! 
 
 • I oaw the* •*»» tbe aooi 
 
 - i. ibrdo-bin* roar; 
 
 I ' Ibe .«>, 
 
 • Or wbrn the deep-green rnanll- 
 Warm cher.«b J e»'rj How TCI » H 
 And j«j an - 
 
 '»* jo«. 
 I; .talk. 
 
 : thai thy MW alonr 
 Tboae axxtnu. graieful lo ibj tongue 
 'IV adored Nam., 
 I uogbt lb«* bow lo pour in oong. 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 WikUe'nd thee Pleasure's devious way, 
 
 • I taught thy main, 
 
 The loves, the ways of 
 
 Till now o'er all my v 
 
 Thy 
 
 And some, the pride of 
 
 Or pour, with Gray, tin 
 
 : moving flow 
 on the heart. 
 
 The lowly daisy sweetly blows: 
 Tho' large the forest's monarch throw: 
 
 Yet green the juicy hawthorn grows, 
 Adown the glade. 
 
 rive my counsels all in one 
 eful flame still careful fan 
 i the dignity of Man, 
 
 With soul erect ; 
 St the Universal Plan 
 
 Will all protect. 
 
 wear thou this,'— she sol< 
 
 Did rustling play 
 a passing thought, sh " 
 la light away. 
 
 tied 
 
 ADDRESS TO THE UNCO QUID, 
 RIGIDLY RIGHTEOUS. 
 
 Mys< 
 
 ,d h,m 
 
 
 ecles. ch. vii. v, 
 
 And still the clap pla; 
 
 I] 
 
 Hear me, ye venerable i 
 As counsel for poor m 
 
 That frequent pass douc. 
 for glaikit Folly's po 
 
 I, for their thoughtless, 
 Would here propone < 
 
 That pu 
 
 rity ye p 
 
 
 
 
 And (wha 
 
 's aft ma 
 
 ir th: 
 
 
 thel 
 
 Your be 
 
 ter art o 
 
 hiai 
 IV. 
 
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 Think, wh 
 
 
 
 led 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 What rag 
 
 " 
 
 hisv 
 
 
 
 That sti 
 
 
 gallo 
 
 
 
 \\i Hind 
 
 
 liri' 
 
 
 
 Right o 
 
 - 
 
 ; ;,:: 
 
 ea- 
 
 way ; 
 
 See social life and glee sit down, 
 All joyous and unthinking. 
 
 Damnati 
 Ye high, e 
 
 uofexpen: 
 V. 
 
 godly laci 
 
 Ye're aiblins nae le 
 
 He knows each chord— its ' 
 Each spring— its various 
 
 Then at the balance let's be 
 We never can adjust it ; 
 
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 To death. 
 
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 rn lb* lod*« •* 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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 But now h. l«j» oo ii.»(b'i hoe-wwre, 
 
 - XMBUUil, ' 
 
 Aoa«i--. 
 
 Sine* dark I:. - 
 
 Urn liuMi dead ' 
 
 - rrine pailricki a': 
 
 Y. n7.uk 
 
 You no. 
 
 i hit worthy old »pon*ni*n went ru> 
 !mi muirfowl kuod, be tuppoaed it wa* lob*, 
 io Oeeian'a phrate, ' tbe but of b - 
 
 . . . blmi wi.b to die and be b 
 la the main. On ihu bint, ibe author 
 powd hi. de*y and epitaph. 
 
 reacher, a rreat fiToantc 
 the millisn. Tide the Ordination, Sun] 
 ; Another preacher, an equal fatoariu 
 th- f-». who w»« u Ileal I 
 •ee 2. .'j the Ordination, Stanza IX. 
 
 Tam Banana'* dud 1 
 
 in )iuii;ul 
 
 W »**. I. aim 1 
 
 Ilk hoary hunter nv 
 You auld gre, .iw.j 
 Wbar* Uutm hae w 
 
 DO.'* dead ! 
 
 "" 'Yam ■WMWl'.dMd. 
 
 When Auru«I wind* lb* heather wave, 
 
 winder by yoauraw, 
 
 I -n' lead, 
 Till Echo aniwer I. .- hrr care. 
 
 Tain Sainton'* dead ! 
 
 Bam real hi« aaul, wharr'er he L • '. 
 
 'I .'■>'.' sir 
 
 '* dea 1 : 
 
 THE EPITAPH. 
 
 Pam Sainton '. weel-worn rlay her* lie* 
 la, apara ■»! 
 
 PER < 
 Co, Fame, and canter like a filly. 
 
 •a uae for Kilmarnock. 
 

 
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BURNS — poz: 
 
 ' To cease his'grievin', 
 For yet unskakh'd by death's gleg gnllii 
 
 HALLOWEEN. * 
 
 [The following poem will, by many read 
 
 of those'who^unacquainted with the m 
 
 account of the principal charms and spell 
 that night, so big with prophecy to the ] 
 santry !n the West of Scotland. The , 
 sion of prying into futurity makes a stril 
 part of the history of human nature in 
 
 may be some entertainment to a philoso) 
 mind, if any such should honour the am 
 
 among the more unenlightened in our oh 
 
 Yes ! let the rich deride, the poor disdain, 
 The simple pleasures of the lowly train ; 
 To me more dear, congenial to my heart, 
 One native charm, lhau all the gloss of art. 
 
 I. 
 
 Upon that night, when fa 
 
 ries light, 
 
 On Cassilis Downans t 
 
 
 Or owre the lays, in splen 
 
 id blaze, 
 
 On sprightly coursers p 
 
 
 Or for Colean the route is 
 
 
 Beneath the moon's pal 
 
 beams '. 
 
 Amang the rocks and str 
 
 e'ams 
 
 To sport 
 
 that night, 
 
 II. 
 
 
 
 banks 
 
 Where Doon rini, win. 
 
 ''■''. clcar . 
 
 heir baneful midnight e.rai..'., ; 
 ose aerial people, the Fairies, 
 t night to hold a grand anui- 
 
 little. romantic, rocky, green 
 isrhbourhood of the ancient seat 
 Cassilis. 
 :avern near Colean-house called 
 
 The lasses feat, an' cleanly neat, 
 
 IWair braw than when their line ; 
 Their faces blithe, fu' sweetly kythe 
 
 Whyles fast at night. 
 
 hav'rel Will fell aff the drift, 
 i' wander'd thro' the bow-kail, 
 pou't, for want o' better shift, 
 
 Sae bow't that night. 
 
 Then, straught or crooked, yird 01 
 
 The very wee things todlin', rin 
 Wi* stocks out-owre their shout 
 
 An* gif the custoc 's sweet or suur, 
 Wi' joctelegs they taste them ; 
 
 n. I!, 
 
 He grippet Nelly hard an' fast; 
 
 Bnt her tcp-pickle maist was lost, 
 When kiuttlin' in the fanse-hous. 
 
 - || The first ceremony of Halloween, is puli- 
 ng each a stock, or plant of kail. They must 
 
 lull the first they meet with: Its being b'ig or 
 ittle, straight or crooked, is prophetic of the 
 iize and shape of the grand object of all their 
 
 ■ any } 
 
 r for- 
 
 he door ; and the Christian names', of the peo- 
 le whom chance brings into the house, are, 
 
 m i They go to the b'arn-yard, and pull each, 
 
 ** When the corn is in a doubtful state, by 
 heing too green, or wet, the stack-builder, by 
 
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 Ku'b.;bil»! night. 
 Mil. 
 "vJ.'^wm. .h. *, 
 
 -re h-r, »,..! •b.ownbu 
 nd «f.« m.,r put; 
 .T.rtrdupth. lum. 
 An' Jran u.i i'« • I 
 
 'lllMI Di(hl. 
 
 
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 • Hbonv woo.:. 
 
 I .-x.,. to ik* bd*. . 
 lb. pot . cla* of Mm ] . 
 
 Till .Olllrlllilll! I.. I.I wilblll III- p.l, 
 ' IUC .hr wu uu.k.ll' .' 
 
 Bal whttlur 't«». ibr IM liiml. 
 Dr whMha it wwl Andrew Ikl.'. 
 
 To ipirr ibai night. 
 \llt. 
 WmJwUJ tuhwjrr.uni.Mjr.. 
 I'll ml tb. >ppl. .1 lb. irlu., 
 
 I | |« xi' ..c . lunt. 
 
 0.*te.a%hl 
 
 An ju'< oo' II 
 
 - . II 
 
 Th.t I.. MinAchmu.il.: 
 I, r»l brap 
 
 Anb. en.d. una. light o'l ; 
 
 7.1. . end!., .nd go lk« to . looking- 
 
 I .d.uiu comb jour li.ir .11 th. 
 
 I . in Ibc glu., u if piping over 
 
 4 Sie*l out unpCTcrived. .nd tow . hnndful 
 of i.efnp-«rel ; b.rruwift; II with .nj thing juu 
 
 [*!,,,"? " 
 
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 m of jour fu- Oh.r. omil lb. burr ... 
 
 I «fte» st, tad turrvw the*. ' 
 
BURN§ POEMS. 
 
 But tnonie a day was by himsel', 
 He was sae sairly fnghted 
 
 That vera night." 
 
 XVII. 
 
 Then up sat fechtin' Jamie Fleck, 
 An' he"swoor by his conscience, 
 
 That he could saw hemp-seed a peck ; 
 For it was a' but nonsense ! 
 
 The auld guid-man raught down the pock, 
 An'ontahandfu'giedhim; 
 
 Syne bad him slip frae 'mang the folk, 
 
 Come after roe, and draw thee 
 
 Till presently he hears a squeak, 
 He by his shoulder gae a keek, ' 
 
 To hear the sad narration : 
 He swoor 'twas hilchin Jean M'C 
 
 Or crouchie Merran Humphie, 
 Till stop ! she trotted thro' iliein i 
 
 An' wha was it but Grumphie 
 
 XXI. 
 
 We? fain wad to the barn hae gane, 
 To win three wechts o' naethiug ;* 
 
 But for to meet the deil her lane, 
 She pat but little faith in : 
 
 * This charm must likewise be performed 
 possible; for there is^danger that the "being 
 
 country dialect, we call a'wecht, 'and go 
 through all the attitudes of letting down corn 
 against the wind. Repeat it three times ; and 
 the third time an apparition will pass through 
 Ihe barn, in at the windy door, and out at the 
 other, having toth the figure in question, and 
 the appearance or retinue, marking the em- 
 
 She gies the herd a pickle r 
 
 ee Tarn Kipples 
 That vera night. 
 
 Fu' fast that night. 
 
 XXIII. 
 
 Thenhecht him some fine bra v. an-'; 
 t chanced the stack he faddom'd thrice t 
 
 Was timmer-prapt for thrawin' ; 
 le taks a swirlie auld moss-oak, 
 
 XXIV. 
 
 But Och ! that night amang the sha 
 
 Shegotafearfu'settlin'! 
 She thro' the whins, an* by the cair 
 
 Where three lairds' lands met at a't 
 To dip her left sark. sleeve in, 
 
 Was bent that nig] 
 
 XXV. 
 
 Whyles ower a linn the burnie plays 
 As thro' the glen it wimpl't : 
 
 rVhyles glitter'd to the nightly rays, 
 Unseen that night. 
 
 Gat up an' gae 
 
 Take an opportunity of going, nnnoticed, 
 a bear-stack, and fathom it three times 
 nd. The last fathom of the last time, you 
 1 catch in your arms the appearance of your 
 
 ! J You go 6 out, one or more, for this is a 
 ial spell, to a south running spring or rivu- 
 
 ir left shirt sleeve. Go to bed in 'sight of a 
 fire, and hang your wet-sleeve before it to dry. 
 
 Lie awake ; and some time near midnight, 
 jarition having the exact figi . 
 ect in question, will come and turn the sleet 
 if to dry the other side of it. 
 
 ad 
 
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 Nnr Ix'iix-k-briphl eh* juniuil. 
 
 \\\ II. 
 
 In order, on the clean be irih 
 
 lire** IIMI 
 
 .j| the luoni-d..h thric. 
 
 \WIII. 
 
 MmuBjvm 
 
 Their «poru »fre cheap m 1 ebee 
 ir.eraut li 
 
 i ..o.i rie-o' mat, 
 
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 Al LI) I.VIfMI li s 
 mPtlAl HOBSII 
 Al LD ' 
 
 I 
 'Hw'lhou'. howe-l. . 
 
 The' ooo thou', dow e, .iff. «r..i er.rj. 
 A** lb. auld L. 
 
 ,-uiiie, 
 
 U« .hovld been lirbi that daur't'to rail* the. 
 
 » Tai» threw diahn, pat tliu wtirr in on*, 
 
 a Lew) bim lo lb* he»rth 
 m are ranged : !. 
 
 wife will come to lb* bar 
 
 if m the empty di.b. it fucete.,, - 
 r-nair.ij, oo marriage at uU Ilia repealed 
 ., and <nj time the arrangement 
 of tbe di.be* u altered. 
 
 ♦ sown*, with butter inatead of milk ia 
 them, U alwaji the Haliowctu Supaec. 
 
 An' could bae flown out-owr* a tlui.a. 
 Like ome b.rd. 
 
 It', now aonie ninr-an'-lwent. ,enr 
 Bio' IbM »"• my Run! tUB 
 Ucgicdmr:! 
 
 | mark ; 
 Tho' it Mi inn', 'twaa wcel-woii far. 
 
 I rard to woo mj Jenny, 
 
 . ...' lumur. 
 
 But bamrlj, lawie, iiu.et, an' canine, 
 
 \\>. g 
 
 ill'ol Ml' Ml". '. 
 
 .iia.r! 
 Kile Stewart I could bragged wid* 
 
 Tho' now •• dow but hoyle an' bobble, 
 An'wInlUlQ 
 
 •1 bat da, jewa..,,..ke, noble, 
 
 Kurheel.un 'Hi..'! 
 
 An' ran tbem till tl.r, »• .. 
 
 I .,, I.r L.li.i.'. 
 
 \\ hart ihoa an' I were mil em! akalgb, 
 
 \ ■ ■ • 
 
 I atheroma I * '" g ' 
 Town'e bodie* ran, an' .1....1 abrigh, 
 Au'ca'l lb*, mad. 
 
 Wbni iliou waa com'i, an' I waa mellow, 
 
 At bro..*** thuu b*.l i.'Vr a fellow, 
 
 .peed ; 
 
 The imt', droop-rumpl'i, bunler callle. 
 Might albllaa -.art thee fur a brattle 1 
 
 Ail' Ifar'l lliein wliftiZle : 
 Nae whip nor apur, but iu.1 a wallle 
 
 Tliou waa a noble fitlie Ian', 
 
 Aft thee an' I, >o aufht bows' g'aiiB. 
 
 I March weather, 
 Hi' turned aax rood b*»ide our ban', 
 .egithar. 
 
 Tboa nerer brmindg'i, an' feteh'i. 
 !lut mj auld tail thuu wad ha* wbi.kil. 
 Ao' apr*ad abreed lb; weel-nlled 
 
 10 keep, 
 I jried the cog a wee b 1 heap 
 
 AUn the iimij.tr : 
 I kea'd mj Maggie wadna tleep 
 
 For thii, or aim trie 
 
BURNS POE.US. 
 
 My pie 
 
 : h . 
 
 snow 
 
 hyb 
 
 irn-time a' 
 
 
 Four gal, 
 
 
 
 did draw ; 
 
 
 Fcrbyesa 
 
 
 e, I'v 
 
 self 
 
 
 
 
 
 Th 
 
 t 11,0 
 
 a hast nnrs 
 
 
 They drew me 
 
 thr.lt 
 
 
 ndan'twa 
 
 
 
 
 Th 
 
 vera 
 
 warst. 
 
 
 Monie s 
 
 sai 
 
 daurk 
 
 wet 
 
 iva hee wro 
 
 ght, 
 
 
 
 = urv v 
 
 arl'f 
 
 right! 
 
 
 Au' moai 
 
 an 
 
 
 'wad 
 
 be beaM 
 
 
 Yet here 
 
 
 zy '-- 
 
 
 e brought, 
 
 
 
 
 Wi 
 
 som 
 
 thing; yet. 
 
 
 And thi 
 
 nkn 
 
 a, my 
 
 i0 ld, 
 
 trusty serva 
 
 
 That now 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 *"' ** a 
 
 Idd 
 
 ays™ 
 
 Y£ 
 
 ist feu, 
 
 
 
 ut. r 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Lai 
 
 iL r r 
 
 or you. 
 
 
 TO A MOUSE, 
 
 Wi' 
 
 
 jstiiiesthat ill opinion 
 
 Which makes thee 
 
 whyles, but thou may th 
 
 I doubt m 
 What then i 
 
 An' bleak December's win. 
 Baithsn, 
 
 Thor saw the fields laid 
 
 An' cozie here beneath the blast. 
 
 Thou thoucht 10 dwell, 
 Till crash ! the cruel coulter past 
 
 Out thro' thy cell. 
 
 To thole the winter's sleety dribble, 
 But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, 
 
 Still thon art blest, compared wi' m 
 rhe present only touchethlhee : 
 Jut Och 1 I backward cast my e'e 
 
 A WINTER NIGHT. 
 
 Your loop'd and window' d raggedness, deft 
 From seasons such as these ?—Shakspean. 
 
 Whe 
 
 n biting Boreas, fell and doure, 
 
 Hhar 
 
 
 Hh. 
 
 n Phcebus gi'es a short-lived glo 
 
 
 Far south the lift, 
 
 Dim 
 
 darkening through the flaky sho 
 
 
 
 ~\\ ild-eddying swirl, 
 
 Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle 
 
 And through the drift, deep-lairing spraille 
 
 ping bird, w 
 
 Wh 
 
 lit thou cow 
 
 Au' 
 
 ee, helpless t 
 nth o' spring, 
 
 atromefo' th 
 
 ou on murd 
 
 "homes^le 
 
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 Now Ph.b€, in hrr midnight re.pn, 
 IWk mutflrd. .i.wrd Ibt dwn plain ; 
 Mill crowding thought!, a prnn.r Irani, 
 
 Wku oo mj rax tbi. plamu.r drain. 
 Mu», Hw 
 
 • Blow, blow ;r windt, with lira.itr gu.t 
 
 Not all tour ng«, u now, unilad, iho«» 
 Mora hard i . 
 
 i 
 Than hra.ru-. liuuiii.'d man uu Irutbcr m 
 
 1 l'1-ll I . 
 
 
 . 
 
 II. 
 Il'a hardlr la 
 
 Paahapa. Ik. 
 
 raja ihr.caa a! tut rock- 
 
 
 - . , mok lo brd. of down, 
 
 r N.lurr'. 
 
 aw Hi! biioa 
 
 Tk* arnca aJraadj a 
 Axflietioo'a aoaa ar- brothm is diatraa. 
 
 I rwd air na.tr, for Chaotic 
 
 Ore frac »• 
 Intruded fraud ot [aBi, 
 
 . ha ba', 
 lUaataaowMeaaawloawiiWl 
 
 And in.t.d .1.1. jou'll und .till. 
 
 ■ *D».id8nui,« 
 
 ■ .:. . . Ht 
 
BURNS— POEWS. 
 
 Is not more fondly deai 
 
 When heart-corroding C£ 
 
 Deprive my soul of res 
 
 Thou Being, All-seeing, 
 
 O hear my fervent prayer ; 
 Still take her, and make her 
 
 X. 
 
 All hail, ye tender feelings dear ! 
 The smile of love, the friendly tear. 
 
 The sympathetic glow ; 
 Long since, this world's thorny wi\i 
 
 HadTtYot been k/jmT ^ 
 
 In every care and ill "' 
 id oft a more endearing band, 
 A tie more tender still. 
 It lightens, it brightens 
 The tenebrific scene, 
 
 ■■■ 
 
 aiy worm their whi 
 .w oft in haughty n 
 
 Then let us cheerfu' acquis 
 
 Nor make our scanty pleas 
 
 By pining at our state ; 
 
 ambus and the famous Xine 
 ere glow'rin owre my pen. 
 
 My spaviet Pegasus will limp, 
 Till ance he's fairly het ; 
 
 And then he'll hitch, and stilt, and jii 
 
 But lest then, the beast then, 
 His°sweaty'wizen'dhide. 
 
 They gie the wit of age t< 
 Theyletuskenoursel'; 
 
 TV.™ w. n lr„ no coo *V,o Y^l 
 
 THE LAMENT, 
 
 There's wit the°re, ye'll get ther 
 Ye '11 find nae other where. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 O thou pale orb, that si 
 
 With woe I nightly vigils keep, 
 "^neath thy wan unwarming be; 
 
DIAMOND CABINET MnilARY. 
 
 I joyl«a* «ln Ihj tremblinjj liorn 
 Reflected in the eur R I.t.j; rill : 
 
 My fuodly-flutt.-r.ru,- hr.n be Itill ! 
 Thou bu.y power, R-tnernlraocr, c« 
 
 I -n'd poetic paint, 
 
 r.lurn lamenting, cllil 
 
 rd'l pipe— Arcadian •trail 
 
 . aa.nl and III 
 
 •II- pl,ghted U.ih ; the mutual tlami 
 
 The oft- . 
 The prum .«! Father*, lender name 
 
 Th*M were Ibe plr 
 
 
 
 
 Ye wingwd bean thai o'er ut put, 
 
 I of bop* doXroisi!, 
 
 And not a wua to gild the (loom ! 
 
 Then 
 
 Ml. 
 • arna 'be approaching day, 
 
 in long are... 
 
 Mil. 
 Awl wbra my n.gbtly coueh I try, 
 Sote haraaa'd out with can and grief, 
 raaa, and tear worn rye, 
 ifca nightly lb tU 
 Or if I .lumber, fax.'.. 
 
 .--. wild, in tore affright ; 
 
 From aacb a horror-brealb.ng night. 
 
 I\. 
 O ! thoo. bright .jaeen. who o'er lb' expaai 
 Now highest reiga'at, wiih bonixllcw awa 
 Oft haa Iby .Uent-marking giant* 
 _ 
 
 •eeCed. .ped away. 
 While lote'a luxurioua pu!,e beat bigb, 
 
 Beneath thy silicr-gleamlnc ray, 
 To mark, the mutual 1 
 
 mi eterj joy and pleasure 
 .ife'. weary .ale I'll wan 
 
 l)i:Sl'l)M)l \<_'i : 
 
 mi'd with - 
 . that. I can bear, 
 .« and ..Kb : 
 
 rVbat aorrowt >• 
 
 i .y fear! 
 M.I I caring, drtpairing. 
 
 Who, equal to the bu.tlifia; .trif., 
 
 R .'■/lord ! 
 K»'n wl-n Ibe vi.be,) end', deny'd, 
 iet .h.lelhebu., me..,. »r. ply 'd, 
 
 r.arJ: 
 ;--aLa..dou'd wight, 
 
 : returning nitrhi. 
 
 il w bUal theaolitary'. lot, 
 
 -• ■■■ f, all-forgot, 
 .u.Me cell. 
 
 Bc.de hi. cry. lal Weil! 
 Or haply, to hi. r.'uing thought. 
 II,. unfrequented .tream, 
 be amy* of mrn are dietant brought. 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 it all ! those pleasures, loves, and joys, 
 Which I too keenly taste, 
 
 When danc 
 
 To care, t 
 
 How ill exc 
 
 e, early days, 
 ,g thoughtless 
 
 Ye tiny elves that guiltless sport, 
 Ye little know the ills ye court, 
 
 My griefs it seems to ii 
 
 The leafless trees my fan. 
 
 Their fate resembles m 
 
 Thou Power Supreme, whose mighty schen: 
 
 ^These woes of mine fulfil, 
 
 " 3, firm, I rest, they must be best, 
 
 Because they are thy w 
 
 COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. 
 
 !t not ambition mock their useful toil, 
 
 My loved, my honour 'd, much respected 
 
 No mercenary bard his homage pays; 
 With honest pride I scorn each selfish end : 
 My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and 
 
 To you 1 sing, in simple Scottish lays, 
 The lowly train in life's sequester 'd 
 
 The native feelings strong, the guileless 
 
 What Aitken in a cottage wonld have 
 
 th! tho' his worth unknown, far happier 
 
 II. 
 
 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sough ; 
 The short'ning winter day "is near a 
 
 iting frae the pleugh ; 
 abour goes, 
 
 The blac 
 
 The'tort-wo' 
 
 This night his weekly moil i 
 
 s spat. 
 
 mattocks, and h 
 
 Hop 
 
 The lisping infant prattling on his 
 Lnd makes him quite forget his labot 
 
 A cannie errand to a neebor to' 
 In youthfu' bloom, love spar! 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 ComM hatne, prrhapa, to «li 
 
 Or ilrpo.il hrr 
 > btlp her parent 
 
 W unfrign'd brolhrn and 
 
 An' each fur otbrr'. Keclfaro kiudll 
 
 The »oc>al boon, awifi-wing'd. um. ,lic J 
 
 fleel ; 
 
 Eacb total Iht anew thai be are. or hear* ; 
 The pa-enit, pudiU, cje ibnr hopeful 
 
 ji.on forward poinl» ihiwn; 
 The mother, mi' her i,c~ilc •>.' 
 
 The IllLu ranee »' wi" admoo.i. 
 
 IX 
 
 And tx'cr, ibo' out o" rifkl, lo j.A or 
 pUj; 
 • An' O : be .ur. 10 f.ar lb« Lord elwai ! 
 
 ..Ltibe Lurd 
 MI. 
 
 i.'. C .. . 
 
 Wi' k.adlj welcome Jennr brinr. him ben ; 
 A .'reppm joulb; be iiii me molbcr'i 
 
 tad Unhfu'. 
 tehaee; 
 
 ikhcrbairn'arcapcxted l-ke 
 
 kl rapture* ! bi j. bejootl « 
 
 a draught of lie.vrulj plea.ur. 
 >1 in Ihll melancholy vale, 
 
 Ii ihrrr, in buumu form, that heart a 
 b-.rl_ 
 A orrich'. a tillain I k»l to lore and 
 
 Tbal au.wlth .ludird, air, I inuring nrl. 
 
 I «:l. : diaambjing 
 
 Are hooooV, rblM, c..n.eienr. all elilej • 
 
 1 
 
 Point. Ii, ihr parcutt fondling o rr llii-ir 
 
 Rut now Ibe topper crown, ibe 
 n u-h, chief o 
 
 airopl. 
 
 'IV dam* brinp foiib in complirncntal 
 To rr.ee ID* lad, ber wecl-ha 
 
 Ml 
 The cheerio' tapper oor.e. «i' vriou» fare, 
 r ,uud ibe injle, form a circle 
 
 ' parriarcbel rrace, 
 | kV-BekU, ancr bja father • 
 
 aU e.ide, 
 II.. I.eri LatM. ■earing ll.i i | 
 1hu»» iiraiu. that uuet u«l »» 
 
 llr M aln a port on «ilb iodic ou. care ; 
 And 'Let u. »unbip Ovd I ' ho »t>, with 
 
 Mil. 
 Tbej chant the* anleu note* in timp'e 
 
 ...*. ibeir hearU, by far ibe noble. I 
 
 Prrbapa Uundec'a wild warbling meal area 
 
 Or plaintive Manjn, worth/ of ibe 
 
 Ugin beeu the heat'a-ward 
 
BURNS 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 The tickled ears no heart-felt raptures 
 
 Would in the way his wisdo 
 
 For them and for their lit 
 
 But chiefly in their hearts n 
 
 XIV. 
 
 The prlest-Iike father reads the sacred page, 
 How Abrain was the friend of God ou 
 
 XIX. 
 
 From scenes like these old S 
 
 high; 
 
 Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage 
 
 That ' makes her loved at 
 
 Or, Job's pathetic plain 
 
 Or rapt Isaiah's wild, 
 
 Or other holy seers that tu 
 
 and wailing c 
 -the^iy 
 
 XV. 
 
 Perhaps the Christian v 
 How guiltless blood 
 
 lume is the the 
 or guilty man 
 
 HowHe,' who bore in 
 
 heaven the se 
 
 Had not on earth whe 
 
 How his first followers a 
 
 The precepts sage th 
 
 eon to lay his h 
 y wrote to ma 
 
 How he, who lone in Pa 
 And heard great Bab 'Ion 
 
 tmos banished, 
 ty angel stand 
 s doom pronuu 
 
 XVI. 
 
 Then kneeling down t 
 King, 
 The saint, the fathe 
 
 » Heaven's et 
 
 prays: 
 
 
 May hear, well-pleased, the language of 
 id in his book of life the inmates poor enrol. 
 
 The youngling cottager; 
 quest, 
 
 That He who stills the 
 And decks the lily fair i 
 
 
 And, O: may Heaven theii 
 
 I WAS MADE TO MOURN. 
 
 His face was furrow' 
 
 Young stranger, whitber wam'.'rest 
 Began the rev 'rend sage; 
 
 Does thirst of wealth tin st-p cons-tr 
 Or youthful pleasure's rage ! 
 
 Or, haply, pre>t with care, and to 
 
DIAMOND CAD1NET LIBRARY. 
 
 V . .red. labour 1 
 
 A haught, lordl..i K '. u 
 
 ■•' ttaZ "!u 
 
 O mm I while in thj earlj jeor., 
 
 H..w proJ 
 .Mi.iM-nJ.nir all lb« V 
 
 ,1 primo! 
 
 Look not alone on joutbijl prime, 
 ....j 1 . «ct,.r ■••.<>•■ ; 
 . u^lul lohi. kind. 
 . i..> r.«ht i 
 
 
 More po>nl' I 
 
 . r.mor — 
 
 oVrlnboor»d wight, 
 
 l\. 
 If 1 m deaipned yoo lordling'. .la- 
 •-■. !.w de»ur«'d. 
 
 E'er planted in mi m.nd ? 
 . ml u>bj«ct u 
 
 II . 
 
 
 ., iprojBMi bone»t m«n, 
 
 Hidtmr, ran, been bom. 
 I „ comfort ibo* that niuurui 
 
 1 br pwl, lb- ■ 
 Prom pomp and plc.uru turn; 
 
 „l Ml,! a bio) ■ 
 lhal wearj-ladt... mourn '. 
 
 A I'll AM H 
 
 IX tub FHiinriwr or UATBi 
 
 I 
 Q ibou unknown Almighty Cau.« 
 
 I„ *bo« d.raJ prr.ei.cr. «• »'• "our, 
 
 . 
 
 II. 
 If I h... wudar'd in ii 
 
 ofi.fr [oagbiio»hmi 
 
 ...i l*ea.t, 
 
 ruo.lbtir.doMi 
 
 • I i »ud goodnr. 
 
 OX lUtUIN 
 
 Wbj am I loath to lea.a thio tarthlr 
 
 1 M foubd il full of plea... ■ 
 
 Some drop", of joy with draoghla of ill b»- 
 
 Som* gleam, of .un.bine 'mie. renewed 
 
 ag pane, mj tool alarm. ; 
 Or death', unlorelr, drearj, dark abode f 
 For cull, for fu.lt. m. terror, are > U arm. | 
 1 tremble to approach an angry l"»d» 
 And juetlj atnart leroemlh b.a .in. a'toging rod. 
 
BURNS 
 
 1 I say, ' Forgive my foul of- 
 
 THE FIRST PSALM. 
 
 Who walks no! in the wicked's way 
 
 Nor learns their guilty lore ! 
 
 ;o oft have mourned, yet to ternpta- 
 
 :fore his God. 
 
 11 unfit I feel 
 rule their lor 
 
 Thou dread Pow'r who reign'st abovi 
 
 I know thou wilt me hear. 
 When from this scene of peace and love 
 
 II. 
 
 The hoary sire— the mortal stroke 
 
 it he whose blossom 
 
 Before the sweeping blasl 
 
 O Thou Great Being ! v 
 E all thy works belo 
 
 s ills that wring my soul 
 
 ;e them fast in death 
 
 must afflicted be, 
 some wise design ; 
 
 Their! 
 
 Shoodf 
 
 awnin-b 
 
 darli 
 
 g youth 
 
 Bless 1 
 
 im, thou God of 
 
 
 Upt 
 
 o a parent 
 
 s wish • 
 V. 
 
 
 
 The he 
 
 mteous, seraph siste 
 
 -band 
 
 
 Thouk 
 
 uow'sTtb 
 
 
 'ev'ry 
 
 
 Guid 
 
 e thon the 
 
 ur steps al 
 VI. 
 
 vay • 
 
 
 When 
 
 soon or lat 
 
 e they reach that 
 
 
 
 life', run 
 
 
 
 
 Way th 
 
 
 
 er lo'= 
 
 
 A family iu H 
 
 av'n' 
 
 
 
 THE NINETIETH PSALM. 
 
 O Thou, the first, the greatest Friend 
 
 ise strong right hand has ever beeu 
 ieir stay amfnwelling place ! 
 
 re the mountains heaved their heads 
 
■'.•■%%, iinb»);inn'n? lim% 
 
 ■ f jrar«, 
 
 lb] tight, 
 
 IIiad jclrrdav tbal'g pa»t. 
 
 • ihr word : Thj crratu 
 \ ...n. of m> 
 
 ) CA III NET MBHARY. 
 
 ch in ilir file of •irnplc Bnnl. 
 n -.li oenn luoklaaaala 
 Unskilful br ioi 
 
 Till bUaOM rag, 
 
 " ' '"brim fTm o"'r ! 
 
 Such fair 
 Who km . 
 
 Tb<-u aaJWt ihrm, i 
 
 ' .'..wo, it lira 
 
 i ihofl who mourn '.( ih. Dtiij't fair, 
 
 IIuh.'i plough-rhtrr drivn, tilt*, 
 
 u.li'J Lcnralh lli' lutr. x 
 
 Shall be lbj doom ! 
 
 i n i vis DAISY, 
 
 I ht tnlnialm of fntl »nd ptiu, 
 A .ullcn atleeBM, til! 
 
 her u..r bat col a*j drum tit, 
 
 .... kmi, 
 
 I o. d pourlnf, 
 . olrdbrad. 
 
 
 ' '.n- oorth, 
 
 \ct ch*»rfuilj ih-. (I.alrd forth 
 
 Amd r>. 
 Scire rrarnl «bo». lb* ptrrnl rtrlb 
 
 ' 
 
 1<-»ijvi lifr • JO)lr»t dtl ; 
 
 ia Ihr cltt ; 
 
 Tbrrr, ia thy araatj aaantlr clad, 
 • im tua-ward .prrad, 
 Tboa li/u lb; guHtaiDi brut 
 
 • - ffr of artlrtt >la:d. 
 r-t of the rural tbada ! 
 - '•> d. 
 
 Till aba, like iber . » 
 
 YKA»'.OIrT, JA-. 
 
 Ar»in ih. iil.nl -V...1. of liuw, 
 
 ■ 
 
Our sex with guile and faith 
 Is charged, perhaps, too t 
 
 But may, dear maid, each 1< 
 Ail Edwin still to you ! 
 
 EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND. 
 MAY , 1 786 
 
 I lang hae thought, my youthfu ' friend, 
 
 Tho' it should serve nae other end 
 
 Than just a kind memento; 
 But how the subject theme may gang, 
 
 Let time and chance determine J 
 Perhaps it may turn out a sang, 
 
 Ye'U try the warld soon, my lad, 
 And, Andrew dear, believe me, 
 
 Ye'U find mankind an unco squad, 
 And muckle they may grieve ye ; 
 
 For care and trouble set jour thoug 
 
 I'll no say, men are villaii 
 
 The real, harden'd wick 
 
 "VVha hae nae check but hu 
 
 A man may tak a neebor's 
 
 Wi' sharpen 'd sly inspection. 
 
 VI. 
 
 The sacred lowe o' weel-placed lo 
 
 Luxuriantly indulge it ; 
 But never tempt lb." illicit rove, 
 
 Tho'naething should nivulirc ii 
 
 The hazard of concealing ; 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 And gather gear by ev'ry wile, 
 
 That's justified by honour; 
 Notfortohideitinahedge, 
 
 Bui for "^glorious privUege 
 Of being independent. 
 
 VIII. 
 
 The fear o' hell's a hangman's whip, 
 Tohaud the wretch in order; 
 
 Let that aye be jour border ; 
 
 Debar a' side pretences i 
 
 The great Creator to r« 
 
 Must sure become th 
 
 But still the preaching 
 
 
 In ploughman phrase, * God send you 
 
 Still .ally to grow wiser; 
 And may you better reck the rede, 
 
 Than ever did th' adviser ! 
 
 ON A SCOTCH BARD 
 
 Wi'tearfu'e'e; 
 For weel I wat they'll sairly miss him 
 That's owre the sea. 
 
Ml 
 
 Ilad.ltliou u'enaffaomr i 
 
 Wua can do nought but f)ke a.i-lu. 
 
 •Tv..J been natpl 
 llut be wu gleg u oni -umblr. 
 
 That 'a owre the M 
 
 Auld. canlie Hjle rnaj weeperi - 
 
 I Ml || mak' her pour auld heart, I 
 In 81 
 
 Thal'io-re'thr'. 
 
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 '" mimtlr! 
 
 
 
 Hi wadoa • 
 
 
 Tb* groaning trencher there je £11, 
 UalfailL 
 
 -- Ul„ to mead a m.ll 
 
 UiiMo'ani, 
 
 -r aorta the Ur-a diaul 
 Lie amber brad. 
 
 - rov.ie labour d.gbt, 
 ■■an' readj .light, 
 ■ guahing en trail, bright. 
 
 Then liorn for horn ther itretch an' II 
 Dell l*Ji ihr hmlino.t. on the, dri.r. 
 Till a' (heir -eci-i-all'd k.te. beljva 
 Arc bn.i flkl drum. : 
 Tbrn auld guidman, maiil like lo rjie, 
 liethaukit bumi ; 
 
 Ii there that o'er hii French ragout , 
 
 I liia tra.h. 
 
 ru.lic, hairria-feJ. 
 la n,e», a blade, 
 
 He'll Ufa II -III..,.-; 
 
 An 1 leg... 
 
 And dlab ih.m oul Ihr.r hill <.' fare, 
 Auld .v-oiland waul, nae .kinking v. are 
 
 Tbalj.u, 
 Hut, Ifjfl -i.hber rr.lrlu' pr.) ',, 
 llaggi. ! 
 
 I in Ml 
 
 TO i.AVIN IIA.M, 
 
 - r. in Ibia narration, 
 
 • I.UII, 
 
 up afar, 
 
 -and'. .ear 
 afuleome, .infu' lie, 
 
 J be burl. 
 
 hia raaj do— maun do, Sir, wl' them 
 in pleaae the great folk for a aramaiu' 
 toe • ... laigh I neeuria bow. 
 , Lord be Ibankn, I ran plough ; 
 
 ,k. anaie. 
 en. Lord be it 
 I I .ball.aj.i 
 It', ju.t tic poet an' ■ 
 
 The Poet, wne guid angel help hii 
 i aaau hi an. .k.lp i,.:.. 
 
 He ma. do weel for a" be*, don* jet, 
 but onlj be'e no juat begun jet. 
 
 The Patron, CSir. je man forgie m 
 I wiona lie, coma what -ill o' u>e; 
 On et'rj band it -.11 allowed be, 
 
 - ■ better than be abould I 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 What's no his ain he winni t..k it 
 What anee he says lie winna breal 
 Ought he cau lend he'll no refuse' 
 Till aft his goodness is abused; 
 And rascals wbyles that do him wi 
 Ev'n that, he does na mind it lanj 
 As master, landlord, husband, fall 
 
 Morality, thou deadly b; 
 Thy tens o' thousands thoi 
 Vain is his hope, whose st 
 
 Abuse a brother to hi 
 Steal thro a winnock 
 But point the rake tl 
 Be to the poor like o 
 And haud their .lose- 
 Fly every art o' legal 
 No matter, st.ck to s 
 
 Learn three mile 
 
 graces, 
 
 Wi weel-spread loo 
 
 Grunt up a solemn, 1 
 
 A steady, sturdy, su 
 
 O ye wha leave th< 
 Forgumliedubsofv 
 Ye sous of heresy an 
 Ye '11 
 
 e'll some day squeel in quaking terror ! 
 Vhen Vengeance draws the sword in wratl 
 
 When Ruin withbis sweeping besom, 
 
 My readers still are sure to lose me. 
 
 So, Sir, ye see 'twas nae daft vapc 
 But I maturely thought il proper, 
 
 To dedicate them, Sir, to you: ' 
 
 Because (ye need na tak it ill) 
 
 I thought them something like yours. 
 
 Then patronise them wi* your favo 
 
 May K — 
 T."~li"_ 
 
 To serve their king : 
 By word, or pen, or 
 May health and pea. 
 
 re, 
 
 But if (which Pow'rs above prevent ! 
 
 
 That iron-hearted car!, Want, 
 
 
 
 
 By sad mistakes, and black mischances, 
 
 
 While hopes, and joys, and pleasures iij 
 
 
 M ..ke , on as poor a dog as I am, 
 
 
 Your humble servant then no more ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 rig, wry face ; 
 
 While recollection's power is given, 
 
 
 !...,,.■■._.-.. 
 
 
 The victim sad of fortune's strife, 
 
 
 
 
 Should recognize my master dear, 
 
 
 If friendless low we meet together, 
 
 Your impudence protects you sairly : 
 I canna say but ye strunt rarely, 
 
 Owre gauze and lace: 
 
 Tho' faith, I fear ye dine but sparely 
 
 Swith, in some beggar's haffet i 
 Wi' ither kindred, jump.n' catt 
 
Now haud jou ihm, jc'rc Ml 
 
 rili, .ouk.ii' ucan 
 
 N«, fiiih «l | 
 
 lai,«'-- 
 
 The »crj lapmoai low'i 
 
 O- Slu. . 
 
 M> toolh ! ri«hi bauki )<■ .<■[ . 
 A. plump and ptj u 
 
 ofidam, 
 
 I'd gi'« Jo-. 
 
 H 
 
 IxJot b**n iuriir.x-J to »pj 
 Or libUa* i 
 
 O J«nnj , dmn* lou jour b»ad, 
 
 I 
 
 Taw winka and L..;- 1 
 Ai« u 
 
 i I AltlM'.T 1.IHIIAKY. 
 
 -'a.r Burnal ilrikri th' ... 
 
 And o*u In. work n.J 
 
 
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 And • •»»">*. *"•>«■ it« u^ir 
 
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 Illll.tUod »..«lllllK WW, 
 rrpcll'd lb' III. 
 
 .'It twt-alnwi lboughi anil piijing Icui-, 
 
 •r )«!•, 
 I ■ ■■. , , ,.l ||..Hir. 
 
 ■•I how cbangad Ilia llinr. 10 ooui. .' 
 
 Wild l„*l. m, hrarl lo MM jour MM 
 ,. ..I jor-, 
 rukj and ruintd gap* 
 .'. bluudj lion bur* I 
 
 ■ 
 
 . .!.rlio(M*t! 
 A, I bail lb. pa 
 A 
 
 I I'll I I.I. in J. I .\, 
 AH OU n-orTiall MAJili, AFKH i 
 
 • ,rr««u. 
 
 Thi» freedom in an unknown frien - , 
 I pra, UCIU4. 
 
 | On faat«o-e*n w. bad a rockin', 
 
 j Ai.d Ikm waa m'ucki* fun and jokin', 
 
 Thj dauf birr, krickt ibj ailii u 
 
 There waa a* aanj amang lb* r*«t, 
 Aboun ibrm a' il oleaawd oa* beat, 
 Ibatao 
 
 Il ikirl'd th* b«ari-*irl 
 
 
Thought I, ' Can this'be Pope, or S 
 
 —POEMS. 
 
 That wad be lear eneugh for me ! 
 If I could get it. 
 
 Now, Sir, if ye hae friends enow, 
 Tho' real friends, I b'lieve, are few, 
 Yet, if jour catalogue be fou, 
 
 .tgifjewantaeftiend^hat^rue, 
 
 That nane excell'd it, few 
 
 As far abuse me. 
 ;e faut they whyles lay to 
 
 Tho' I should pawn my pleugh an' graith, 
 
 At some dyke back, 
 A pint an' gill I'd gie them baith 
 
 To hear your crack. 
 
 But, first an' foremost, I should tell, 
 Amaist as soon as I could spell, 
 I to the crambo-jingle fell, 
 
 'lho' rude an' rough, 
 
 Wi'aneanither. 
 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, 
 Syne we'll sit down an' tak our w'hitter, 
 
 Awa, ye selfish warly r; 
 
 z folk may cock their nost 
 
 To catch the plack • 
 la like to see your face, 
 
 Kor hear your crack. 
 
 Ye 're maybe w 
 i' your jargon o' your 
 
 Cc":il 
 
 lse their brains in collese classe 
 
 Tne : , 
 
 
 
 Plain truth to spea 
 
 An' 
 
 
 
 By dint o' Greek! 
 
 Gi 
 
 me ae spark o' Nature's fire ! 
 
 Ti.ai 
 
 
 Then 
 
 , tho' I drudge Thro' dub an' n 
 
 
 At pleugh or cart, 
 
 Myn 
 
 
 
 May touch the hea 
 
 My friends, my brother: 
 
 But, to conclude my Iang epistle, 
 As my auld pen's worn to the grissle: 
 ^ " lines frae you wad gar me fissle, 
 
 Who am most fervent, 
 While I can either sing, or whissle, 
 
 TO THE SAME. 
 aprix, 21, 1785. 
 
 O for a spunk o' Allan's glee : 
 
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BURNS POEMS. 
 
 The tithe o' what ye waste at cartes, 
 
 Wad stow dhispantr 
 
 Tet when a tale comes i' my head, 
 Or lasses gie my heart a screed, 
 As whjles the) 're Ike lo be my dead, 
 
 (O sad disease!) 
 I kittle up ray rustic reed; 
 
 Auld Cbila no« 
 Chiefs S W "ha n th P eir e ' 
 
 Gied Forth an' Tay 
 
 .y fidge fu' fair 
 
 While 
 
 
 'IV Ulissus, Tiber, Thames, an 
 Glide sweet iu monie a tunefu' lin 
 But, Willie, set your fit to mine, 
 
 We'll gl 
 
 
 We'll sing auld C 
 
 ie southern bi: 
 what Scottisl 
 
 Oft have our fearles; 
 
 By Wallac 
 
 award, red w 
 
 Or gloriou; 
 
 S ^'AheLrfeirsang:" 
 Tlie warly race may drudge and drive, 
 ef me fair Nature's face descrive, 
 
 my rhyme-composing bv 
 
 POSTSCRIPT. 
 
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 tmes, th 
 
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 raid lallans 
 
 Jus 
 
 like a sark 
 
 
 
 
 Wo 
 
 e by degree 
 
 "Gaed'p 
 
 aluheT 
 
 iewing, 
 
 An' 
 
 shortly afte 
 
 
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 An' jink 
 While t 
 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 bbc grew tnair bright. 
 
 tYI' hi 
 
 i, h.'l 
 
 Au' toine to learo il 
 
 Wan baug'd an' biuul. 
 
 Ttaia game wat play'd in uionie land.. 
 An' auld-lighl caddie, bure tie hand.. 
 'lUat hlifc. iLc juung.ter. took the .audi 
 
 \\,' nlnbli ahank*. 
 I'll lairda forbade, b. .tnci couiineiidj, 
 
 Sic bluidy pranks 
 
 Hut nrw-tight herdt gat tic a cowe, 
 
 a.pUc'd| 
 
 Au' KI .r, their Dtna-Ufhl fail l>i», 
 Juit foil! barefac'd. 
 
 'a il.gbt. 
 Au' .lay a month aaian| | 
 
 ■an right. 
 
 rail un ihey «ill gi'e them i 
 
 lue biudmott .baud, they'll letch it wi'l 
 
 EPISTLE TO J. RANKINE. 
 
 BGuma sous poems. 
 
 O Rough, rnde, ready-witted Rankine, 
 
 . in mercy tpare it ; 
 
 Tliul hoi) r..li.-. ti .inn,.. i..,r ic : 
 
 hi Muck : 
 
 Think, wicked .inner, wha ye're tkailhing 
 It'« ju.t the blue-gumi budge nil' cluilhiiig 
 
 O' taunt* j uk tbali ... lea ■ than luuihiug 
 
 l'rac out Uurrgeilerule li. nl..n 
 . url. 
 
 rlijmlng ware, 
 A' that 1 Lurgaiil'd for an' niuir ; 
 Sae. when ye hae an hour lo .pare, 
 
 I Bill expect 
 
 Von taog,| ye'll ten't »i' cannie car*. 
 
 And 
 
 Tho' faith, imt' heart hae I to alng ! 
 
 I'fa plaj'd Ul).el a bonnie tpriug. 
 
 I'd belter gaeu and tair'd the king 
 At Bunker t Hill. 
 
 'Twai ae night lately in mj fun 
 
 An' brought a pailriek lo die grun, 
 
 A bonnie hen. 
 An', at the IwOkhl » 
 
 lie wad ken. 
 
 The poor wee thing wat lillle burl ; 
 
 Ne'er tbiukin' they wad faab me for't j 
 
 Hut, deil uia care! 
 Somebody !•-. 
 
 Some aold ua'd handt had la'en a note. 
 That tic a hen had got a thot ; 
 I »u impacted lur ih- plot ; 
 
 Buf, by my gun, o' guut the wait. 
 
 The game thall pay o'er moor an' dale, 
 tm thit, niett year. 
 
 A tocg be had jromU- . 
 
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 Tho' t should herd the buckskir 
 For't .11 Viigi 
 
 Trowlh, they had meikle for 
 An' baith a yellow George to c! 
 
 It pi 
 
 
 They filled up a darksome pit 
 With water to the brim ; 
 
 They heaved in Juhu Barleycorn, 
 There let him sink or swim. 
 
 X. 
 
 They laid him out upon the floor. 
 To work him farther woe, 
 
 Aud still as signs of life appear 'd, 
 They toss'd him to and fro. 
 
 JOHN BARLEYCORN, + 
 
 A BALLAD. 
 
 I. 
 
 There were three kings into the eas 
 Three kings both great and high, 
 
 An' they hae sworn a solemn oath 
 John Barleycorn should die. 
 
 But the cheerfu' spring came kindly 01 
 And show'rs began to fall ; 
 
 IV. 
 
 The sultry suns of summer came, 
 
 His head weel arm'd wi' pointed 
 The sober autumn enter'd mild, 
 
 
 oopmg n 
 
 His colonr sicken'd more and t 
 To show their deadly rage. 
 
 A FRAGMENT. 
 Tune.— " Gillicrankie. " 
 
 I. 
 
 When Guildford good our pilot stood, 
 
 i they gat th 
 a the sea did 
 
 Than quite refuse our law, roan. 
 
 II. 
 
 Then thro' the lakes Montgomery takes, 
 
 But yet, what-reck, he, at Quebec, 
 "intgomery-like did fa', man ; 
 sword in hand, before his band, 
 
 * This is partly composed on the plan of a 
 
 >r Tommy Gage, within 
 
DIAMOND CABINET L1BHAUY. 
 
 ' iwurd Ml' pin he thought a tin 
 u.ii Cbri.uaii U..od lu uru», i.i hi ; 
 il New-York, wi" knife aad fork, 
 ir-luiu be backed una', nuk 
 
 BarroToa gaed up. like »pur an' whip, 
 
 . way. »e misty day, 
 Cornwall., (ought m I ..._'- L. dooght, 
 
 He hung il 
 
 
 rflolhraw, nun i 
 
 "" hj 'I" DOS, 
 
 .iik.crj.v,, man. 
 
 \l. 
 
 I I: .-ham look up Ihe game; 
 
 Tlllde.lb U .1 mm I...,. 
 
 MJ BMk held up I. . cbeeV 
 
 - 
 
 Ibraw, itieu, 
 
 1 : 
 
 U I 1 
 
 lie .wept lb* .lake, ana', man. 
 Till ibr il.tnoi.il'. ace ul Indian race, 
 
 L-J b.'i. .. - 
 
 He-uorth lfc« K .man >■', man : 
 An' Chatham', wra.th, in heavenly griith, 
 kardiae ■■«, man; 
 
 ' ica/'d ibcma', inao :" 
 
 IX. 
 Bui word an' blow, Norlk, Fox, and Co. 
 
 4 . nan, 
 
 I lke.rc.a.,e 
 .. in a raw. man ; 
 A.. ' Caledon Ibrew be the drone, 
 
 
 rt and blood 
 
 , unclouded light, 
 . i. ntleaa ha d. 
 
 Antqng (be rig, o' barley. 
 III. 
 
 I loek'd bar in mj fund embrace! 
 
 Her bearl waa beating rarely ; 
 klj bleuinn on lhal bapp 
 
 . u' barley ! 
 
 Bui by ii.e iiiimiii and iian ••■ brlg-hl, 
 
 i, ...i ham ,0 olaarlj : 
 
 She aye .ball bleu dial happy Illglil. 
 
 Aniaog ihe rig. o lar..-y. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Ihe ».' irndeedeor ; 
 
 I . lu' galh mi geari 
 
 happy Ihlnkio'i 
 ....... e'er Law. 
 
 Thai happy nlgbl «u, worth thin u', 
 
 Aui»„g the riga u' barlej. 
 
 CHORUS- 
 I an' barley riga, 
 
 COMFOSEO IK AUQUST. 
 
 Tunc — " I bad a llurte, i bad uae rnair. 
 
 L 
 N'ow weallin' windt and ilaughl'ring gun 
 
 Bring auiumn'a plea.au! waathal , 
 ll.e moorcock upr.ng., on whirring win-. 
 
 To uiu^e upon my charmer. 
 
 IL 
 
 The partridge lorei the fruitful fella : 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find, 
 
 The savage and the tender ; 
 Some social join, and leagues combine ; 
 
 AvaZ?a°way7 fcerue? sway. 
 
 Tyrannic man's dominion : 
 The sportsman's joy, the niurd'ring cry. 
 
 The flutt'ring, gory pinion '. 
 
 IV. 
 
 But Peggy dear, tha-ev'ning's clear, 
 Thick flies the skimming swallow ; 
 
 The 
 
 -■:■ - 
 
 lue, the 
 
 fields i,f 
 
 All fadin; 
 
 
 Cora 
 
 
 stray on 
 
 r gladsoL 
 
 
 
 the char 
 
 ms of na 
 
 The 
 
 rusclin 
 
 corn, th 
 
 fruited 
 
 An 
 
 d e: 'r 
 
 happy c 
 
 realure. 
 
 We'll gently walk, and sweetly talk, 
 Till the silent moon shine clearly ; 
 
 I'll grasp thy waist, and, fondly prestj 
 Swear how I love thee dearly : 
 
 Not vernal show'rs to budding fiow'rs, 
 Not autumn to the farmer, 
 
 My fair, my lovely charmer : 
 
 SONG. 
 
 Tune-" My Nannie, 0." 
 
 I. 
 
 Behind yon hills where Stinchar flows, 
 
 .Mang moors an' mosses many, O, 
 The wintry sun the day has closed, 
 
 id Maws loud an' shill ; 
 
 My Nannie's charming, swi 
 
 MayiUbefe'thVflatt™g J te 
 
 lhat wad beguile my Nan 
 
 GREEN GROW THE RASHES. 
 
 's nought but can 
 signifies the life c 
 
 ough at last they catc 
 
 re swears, the lovely dears 
 
 :e han' she tried on man, 
 I she made-the lasses, O. 
 
 All fresbly steep 'd in 
 
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 The merry plon'hboy cheer 
 Wi' joy it 
 
 And maun I .1.11, ic. 
 
 
 Wl" mid, unr. jUJ | wri i ri i i step 
 
 i tiefl h,m uu lb- ..- 
 
 And ouu I •nil, ic. 
 
 I when ih- lark, 'twre 
 
 II. .the waukeos bj lb- . 
 
 A. : r»_- i .• '-:. ! 
 
 When ualurr ilium: ... 
 
 And BUD I •(ill 
 
 Aid bear (be x 
 
 ■ 
 
 » This chorus U part of a long composed by 
 a gentleman in Edinburgh, a particular friend 
 
 T Meoie U a common abbrst'iation of Mari- 
 
 ; We cannot presume to alter any of the 
 poems of oar bard, aod more especially tho-e 
 primed under hi. own direction ; jet it is 10 be 
 re-retted that this chorus, which is not his 
 own composition, should be attached to these 
 fine stanzas, as il perpetually interrupts the 
 train of sentiment which they excite. 
 
 SONG. 
 Tune — ' 1 Roslin Castle." 
 
 I. 
 
 The gloomy nieht is gathering fast, 
 
 Shile'lirr. I wan'der"^ 
 
 The Autumn mot 
 Acton h-r pUdd, i 
 
 T.s not that falsi deadly shore : 
 Tbo' deslh in ever} .bape appear. 
 Hi- vreich-d ban no mure to f-ar : 
 ilul round mj heart the lies are bound, 
 
 These bleed afresh, those lies I tear 
 To leave ibe bourne banks of Ajrr. 
 
 IV. 
 
 Farewell, old Coila's lulls an' dales, 
 
 Poraafrtf p-t unhappy lo.es! 
 Farewell, m, fr.ei.d., farewell, m, foes'. 
 My peace with these, my lose wilu tbo.e— 
 II,- bur.l lie tear, iny heart declare. 
 Farewell lb. bourne banks of Ayr • 
 
 But boundless oceans roaring wide. 
 Between my love aod me, 
 
 Tb-y never, never can divide 
 .My heart and soul from tbee. 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 THE FAREWELL, 
 
 ire, a big-bell} 'd bottle still ea 
 
 " Good nigbt and joy be wi' you 
 
 Ye favo 
 
 r'd, y 
 
 en 
 
 ighte 
 
 n'dfew,' 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Tho' I t 
 
 o foreig 
 
 
 
 Pursu 
 
 n,- I-', 
 
 
 
 dd'ry ba', 
 
 With m 
 
 .,:,.;! 
 
 
 
 brimful e. 
 
 I'll in 
 
 
 
 I, th 
 
 ' fax awa*". 
 
 Oft hav 
 
 And, 
 
 Oft hon 
 
 I met 
 
 you 
 
 II 
 
 al band, 
 
 
 'i, 
 
 "up re 
 
 
 Presic 
 
 -'.i u'e 
 
 th 
 
 
 
 And by 
 
 hat hi 
 
 
 
 bright, 
 
 May freedom, harmony, : 
 
 That you may keep th' unerrii 
 Still rising by the plummet 
 
 Till order bright completely si 
 Shall be my pray*r when fa 
 
 SONG. 
 "Prepare, my dear Brethren, 
 
 No churchman am I for 
 
 Hera passes the s 
 There centum per 
 
 re my glory and care. 
 ; on his brother— hi 
 
 belly 'd 
 
 I once was persuaded a venture to make ; 
 But the pursy old landlord just waddl'd' up 
 With a glorious bottle that ended my cares. 
 
 ' Life's 
 By the t 
 
 s they a: 
 
 VI. 
 
 xt d'ye call him, that won 
 
 Forabig-belly'd 
 
 [A Stanza added in a Mason Lodge.] 
 Then fill up a bumper, and make it o'erflow, 
 May every true brother of the compass ai 
 
 FRIAR'S CARSE HERMITAGE, 
 
 * Young's Night Thought 
 
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 As the shades of ev'i 
 IiecL'ning thee to lonj 
 As life ilaatl becomes I 
 Seek the chimney -nru 
 
 Did man, ...em. gi 
 
 Or frugal nature gri 
 Tell them, and pre. 
 
 A> thou ihjmtf "i"> 
 
 The .mile or frown 
 
 ■ 
 
 Um tolid Klf-enjo) ntBl Mr. i 
 That fooh.b. s-ih.h. faiililr.. nil, 
 
 >l shortly find 
 
 rrichrd. vile, and bl 
 
 Night when ilioo .hall or' 
 Til future life, future no m 
 To light and joy the govd n 
 To light mill.) unknown L 
 
 ! II... ru be tl 
 
 SACRED TO TUB MEMOKV 
 
 M 
 Laden with unhuriour'a JMTI 
 
 Hailed wick man; a deadly ei 
 
 Keeper of Mammon '. 
 Lo, there .he go**, ur 
 bhe goo, but not to re 
 
 Plunderer of armies, lift thine eyes, 
 
 <A while forbear, ye tort I 
 
 Seest thou whose step unwilling hither bent 
 
 No fallen angel, burl'd from upper skies ; 
 
 'Tis thj tru.'j quondam mate, 
 
 Doom'd lo .hare tby fierj fale, 
 
 She, tardy, hell-ward plies. 
 
 And are thej of no more arail. 
 Ten thousand glitt'ring pound, a-year ? 
 In other worlds can Mammon fail, 
 Omnipotent as he is here ? 
 
 ■ mock'ry of the pompous bier, 
 own the wretched vital part isdl 
 e-lodged beggar, with a cons 
 
 CAPTAIN MATTHEW HENDERSON, 
 
 A umtchlr.. heavenly light! 
 
 O Death ! tliou ly 
 Mauri thee hauie I 
 And like stock-fish 
 
 Hi-, Matthew, Nature'. Ml' .hall mot 
 
 lly wood and wild. 
 Where baply, Pits sirs, 
 
 Yr bill., neai 
 V» clIA, the hi 
 
 r here echo sluml 
 
 ItfJX— 
 
 Mourn 1 
 
 lie harebells o' 
 
 er the Ice ; 
 
 Y, s.atel, 
 
 fox-glove, fair 
 
 
 Ye woodbi 
 
 ics, hanging be 
 
 iil.ilie 
 d towers ; 
 
 Ye rotes on your Iboi 
 
 
 
 The Ant 
 
 o' flowers. 
 
 At dawn 
 
 when rs'ry gra.sy blade 
 
 Droops aril 
 
 
 its head, 
 
 At ev'n, w 
 
 
 fragrance shed 
 
 
 
 tliug gale. 
 
 Ye maukins whiddin tbro 
 
 the glade, 
 
 
 Come jo 
 
 n my wail. 
 
 Mourn ye wee songsters 
 
 »• the wood • 
 
 Ye grouse that crap the heather bud ; 
 
 Ye curlews 
 
 ealliac tkn' ■ 
 
 
 
 Ye whist 
 
 ing plover; 
 
 
 ye whirring p 
 
 itrick brood ; 
 
 
 He 's gaue for ever '. 
 
BURNS — POEMS. 
 
 Wham we i 
 ae your ivy be 
 
 Wail thro' the dreary midnight hour 
 
 O rivers, forests, hills, and plains ! 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains: 
 But now, what else for me remains 
 
 Mourn, spring, thou darling of the year ! 
 Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear : 
 Thou, simmer, while each corny spear 
 
 For him that's dead! 
 
 Thou, autumn, wi' thy yellow hair, 
 In grief thy sallow mantle tear 1 
 Thou, winter, hurling thro' the air 
 
 Wide o'er the naked world declare 
 
 Mourn him, thou sun, < 
 
 Mourn, empress of the sill 
 
 And you, ye twinkling sta 
 
 My Mail 
 
 For through your orbs he' 
 
 Go to your sculptured tombs, ye great. 
 In a' the tinsel trash o' state! 
 But by the honest turf I'll wait, 
 
 Thou man of worth! 
 And weep the ae best fellow's fate 
 
 E'er lay in earth. 
 
 THE EPITAPH. 
 
 Stop, passenger! my story's brief ; 
 And truth I shall relate, man : 
 
 If thou on men, their works and ways. 
 Canst throw uncommon light, man ; 
 
 Here lies wha weel had won thy praise, 
 For Matthew was a bright man. 
 
 s was akinsman'o' thy^in"*"' 
 For Matthew was a true man. 
 
 f thoa hast wit, and fun, and fire, 
 
 To'blame'poor 
 For Matthew w 
 
 Now 
 
 Nature h 
 
 angs her 
 
 mantle green 
 
 On 
 
 
 
 
 And 
 
 ,.r- ,.\ h 
 
 
 o' daisies whi 
 
 Ou 
 
 
 
 
 
 Phcebus 
 
 
 crystal strean 
 
 
 
 
 
 But. 
 
 
 glad th 
 
 
 That fast in 
 
 durance 
 
 ies. 
 
 Now 
 
 lav 'rocks 
 
 wake th 
 
 merry morn, 
 
 
 ft on dev 
 
 
 
 The merle, in 
 
 
 de bow'r. 
 
 Ma 
 
 tes woodland echoes ring : 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 re and fre 
 
 edom the 
 
 y rejoice, 
 
 W 
 
 ' care no 
 
 thrall o 
 
 ppress'd. 
 
 Now 
 
 blooms the lily by 
 
 the bank, 
 
 Th 
 
 
 e down t 
 
 
 The 
 
 
 
 g in the glen, 
 
 
 d milk-w 
 
 
 
 The 
 
 
 nd in fa 
 
 r Scotland, 
 
 Ma 
 
 
 
 
 But 
 
 , the Qu 
 
 en of a' 
 
 
 Ma 
 
 un lie in 
 
 prison st 
 
 ang. 
 
 Iwa 
 
 the Que 
 
 n o' bon 
 
 nie France, 
 
 
 here happy I hae 
 
 
 Pa' 
 
 ightly ra 
 
 
 
 As 
 
 
 
 
 And 
 
 I'm the s 
 
 
 of Scotland, 
 
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 is for the*, thou fali 
 
 I pun thy fortune sh ne : 
 
 God keep thee frae III) DOthcr'l faes, 
 
 And wilt-re III. .u i.i. .-t ~ t ih_, inutlicr's friend, 
 
 r llle'telluv. corn! 
 
 A. ..I In the narrow doom 6' death 
 
 No heels to bear him from the opening dun ; 
 No dawn to d g, fail hated light to shun ; 
 
 No nerves olfiii'lury, Mm tin's trusty cur. 
 
 Clad in rich dtilness' comfortable fur. 
 In naked feeling, and in aching pride, 
 
 i , 1 1 ■ r ■ . k .- ■ i blul it. mii nan.gida: 
 \ ;mi|ijre lookseliers drain bio to the heurt. 
 And scorpion critics cureless veuouj dart. 
 
 i, the) uiangle to expose. 
 
 Hit heart by cat 
 fly blockhead'.' daring 
 
 TO ROBERT OBAUAU, : ,. 
 
 Late crippled of an arm, and now a leg, 
 About to beg a pass for li 
 
 It sooihr. p^ur misery, bearseutug to he 
 
 Tbou, Nature, partial Nature, 
 Of thy caprice maternal I cowpli 
 The lion and the bull tby care bj 
 
 Thy minions, kinga, defend, control 
 
 Tlie cit and polecat stink, aiid are se 
 Tuadj with their poison, doctors 
 
 The priest and hedge-bos '■» 'heir 
 
 i.-i Is no more the ruthless critic's 
 ruge! 
 
 So, by some hedge, the generous steed de- 
 Fur half.slarv'd snarling cur*, a dainty feast ; 
 Lies senseless of each tugging bitch's sou, 
 
 O dulnest ! portion of the truly bless'd ! 
 
 ' i ... .,M. .i ii. the ii.-fe exiremra 
 ll mantling high .be I.I . the golden cup, 
 Conscious the bounteous meed they well de- 
 
 When disappointment snaps the clue of hop". 
 And thro' disaatroua night they darkling 
 
 raf endurance sluggishly they bear, 
 
 And just conclude ' 
 
 So, heavy, passive to the 
 Strong on the »ign-post si 
 
 ,hly they b;-nr, 
 
 nigs of their moon-sin 
 
 Bytx 
 
 I dread the fate, relentless and aevere, 
 With all a pot's, husband's, father's tea 
 Already one strong bold of hope ■• lost, 
 Gleneairn. the truly noble, lies in dust ; 
 (.•'led. like the sun eclipsed as noon appear 
 ■ ,d left ur -'--'•■• 
 
 

 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 Way bliss domestic smooth his private path : 
 Give energy to life; and sootte his latest 
 
 With many a filial tear circling the bed ol 
 
 BeaeMhTc^yYteep^Yb^rd'." 
 Laden with years and meikle pa 
 
 "S 
 
 In loud lament bewail'd bis lord, 
 Whom death had all untimely 
 
 
 He lean'd him to an ancient aik, 
 Whose trunk was moulding 
 
 d 
 
 His locks we're bleached white wi 
 
 ti 
 
 His hoary cheek was wet wi' te 
 And as he touch'd his trembling 1 
 
 And as he tun'd his doleful san 
 The winds, lamenting thro' their 
 
 To echo bore the notes alang. 
 
 "1 
 
 " Ye seatter'd birds that faintly 
 
 ing 
 
 The relics of the vernal. 
 
 Ye woods that shed on a' I 
 
 The honours of the aged 
 
 Can gladness brin= 
 
 And ithers plant them in my room. 
 
 Unheard, u.pitied, unrelieved, 
 
 Lie a' that would my sorrow' share. 
 «• And last, (the sum of a' my griefs ! ) 
 
 And thou, my last, best, only friend, 
 
 lhat fillest an untimely tomb. 
 Accept this tribute from the bard 
 
 Thou brought from fortune's mirkest gloom. 
 
 " In poverty's low barren vale ; 
 
 Thick mists, obscure, involv'd me round ; 
 Tho' oft I turn'd the wistful eye, 
 
 Nae ray of fame was to be found : 
 Thou found'st me like the morning si 
 
 Tb?' m.l.c th» fi,„c in li.nnin „„ 
 
 Thef 
 
 ■ th J f^tering Ci 
 
 ipid air, 
 song 
 
 Tlial smiles sae sweetly on her kne 
 lut I'll remember thee, Glencairn, 
 And a' that thou hast done for me '. 
 
 Thou, who thy honour as thy God rever'st. 
 
 To thee this votive off'ring I impart, 
 " The tearful tribute of a broken heart." 
 The friend thou valued'st, 1 the patron lov'd ; 
 His worth, his honour, all the world ap- 
 
 id the dreary path to that 
 
 TAM O' SHAXTER : 
 
 in'fouan'uncotappy, 
 ises, waters, slaps, an' st 
 sits our sulky sullen daais 
 
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 This truth fond honest Tam o' Shaj 
 (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er u town >ur«i 
 
 O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae w 
 As la'en iby ain wife Kate's advice ! 
 .she tauld tbee weel thou was a skellu 
 
 The smith and tbee gat roaring fou on ; 
 That at the L-d's house, ev'n on Suuday, 
 Thou drank wi' kirkton Jean till Monday. 
 She prophesy 'd, that iate or soon. 
 Thou would be found deep droxn'd in Doon ; 
 
 The husband frae the wife de 
 
 But to our tale : Ae markel 
 Tam had got planted unco ri 
 Fast by an ingle, bleeiing 6u 
 
 The landlady- and Tam grew gracious. 
 
 The souter tauld his queerest stones ; 
 The landlord'* lau^h was ready chorus 
 The storm without might ra.r and ru.tl 
 Tam did ua mind the storm a whisiie. 
 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy, 
 
 
 Tliat night a child might understand, 
 
 Weel mounted on his grey mare, Meg- 
 Tarn ekelpit on through dub and mire, 
 
 Whiles holding'fasl his guid blue bonnet j 
 Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sun 
 Whiles glow 'ring round wi' prudent care-, 
 Lest bogles catch him unawares ; 
 Kirk-Allowuj was drawing nigh, 
 W bare gbaists and houleU nightly cry — 
 
 By this time he was cross the ford, 
 Wbare in the maw the chapman amoor'd 
 
 Whare druckeo Charlie brak '• neck banc 
 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! 
 What dangers tbou canst make us scorn ! 
 Wi' tippenny, we fear nae e»il ; 
 
 Wi' usquebae we'll face 1 the devil 
 
 The swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle. 
 Fair play, he cared na deils a boddle. 
 But Maggie stood right sair aslonish'dt 
 Till, by the beei and hand admomsb'd, 
 She ventured forward on the light ; 
 And, vow ! Tam saw an nnco sight ! 
 
 But hornpipes, jigs, straihspeys, and retl*. 
 Put life and mettle in their heels. 
 
 He screw'd his pipes and gart them skirl. 
 Till roof and rafters a' did dirl,— 
 Cvffins stood round like open presses. 
 That shaw'd the dead in the.r last dre»se, ; 
 nd by some devilish cantrip sleight, 
 lach in its cauld hand held a light, — 
 
 b note upon the haly table, 
 murderer's bane* in gibbet aims ; 
 Twa span-lang, wee uucbrisleu'd bairn. : 
 
 Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape: 
 
 indblew 
 
 Therattlin'shoi 
 'Ine speedy gleai 
 Loud, deep, and 
 
They recl'd, they s 
 Till ilka carli'a swat a 
 
 BURNS— POEMS. 
 
 , they There at them thou thy tall may I 
 
 But ere the key-stane she could n 
 ill she had to shake ! 
 for Nannie, far before the rest, 
 Hard upon noble Maggie press 'd, 
 ^nd flew at Tam wi'" furious ettle 
 3ut little wist she Maggie's meltl 
 5 spring brought aff her master 
 
 Butle 
 
 ,r bj tl: 
 
 But Tam kenn'd what was whatfu' br 
 There was ae winsome wench and wall. 
 That night enlisted in the core, 
 (Lang after kenn'd on Carr.ck shore ! 
 
 In longitude though sorely scanty', 
 That sarkshTcoft for Cr^Nanni'e!' 
 
 When on 
 
 When plund;ring terd/S their byke ; 
 When, pop' 
 
 tal foes, 
 
 rts before their nose ; 
 
 When «« Catch the thief!" resounds aloud; 
 
 So Maggie runs, the witches follow, 
 
 Wi* mome an eldritch screech and hollow. 
 
 Ah, Tam ! Ah, Tam ! thou'll get thy fairii 
 
 In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! 
 
 Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, 
 
 n fact, that witches, oi 
 no power to follow a 
 r than the middle of the 
 
 nk ye may buy the j 
 uember Tam o' Sha 
 
 '.I pleasure glad tby cru 
 
 etch, some place of n 
 
 The cold earth with thy bloody bosom press'd 
 
 Oft as hy winding Nith, I musing wait 
 
 The sober eve, or hail the cheerful dawn, 
 
 I'll m,ss thee sporting o'er the dewy lawn, 
 
 And curse the ruffian's aim, and mourn tnj 
 
 hapless fate. 
 
 ■gin Spring, by E 
 
 Unfolds her tender manl 
 
 Or pranks the sod in frolic 
 
 Yet oft, delighted, stops to tri 
 The progress of the spiky bl 
 
 While Autumn, benefactor ki 
 By Tweed erects his aged h 
 
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 Here souler John in death does sle: rp : 
 
 Satan, gie him thv fear to keep. 
 He 'J, Uaudit «eel Ihegilber. 
 
 OX A NOISY POLEMIC 
 
 ON WEE JOHNNY. 
 Hicjacct wee Johnny. 
 
 re his body lies fu* low — 
 
 FOR THE AUTHOR'S FATHER. 
 
 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 
 
 (For none that knew him need be told) 
 A warmer heart death ne'er made cold. 
 
 FOR G. H. Esq. 
 
 The poor man weeps— here G 
 
 it with such as he, where'er he 
 
 A BAUD'S EPITAPH. 
 
 fast for tbTugbi, owre hot for ru'e, 
 Dale to seek, owre proud to snool, 
 
 And owre this grassy heap sing dool, 
 
 Is there a bard of rustic song, 
 Who, noteless, steals the crowds among. 
 That weekly this area throng, 
 
 O, pass not by ! 
 But, w.th a frater feeling strong, 
 
 Her. heave a sigh. 
 
 Is there a man, whose judgment clear. 
 
 FOR R. A. Esq. 
 
 ou, O stranger to the U 
 h loved, much honour' 
 
 U-: | 
 
 and, through tli 
 Surve; - u: - 
 
 is grave. 
 
 The poor inhabitant below. 
 Was quick to learn and wise to kno 
 And keenly felt the friendly glow, 
 
 But thoughtless follies laid him low 
 
 Header, attend— whether thy soul 
 Or darkly grubs this earthly hole. 
 
 ON THE LATE CAPTAIN GRUSL'S 
 i THROUGH SCOTLAND, 
 NTIQLITIBS OK THAT 
 
 And, faith, he'll pi 
 
ifeS? 
 
 2* 
 
eur.vs poe:.;s. 
 
 Aad vow I he has ar 
 
 s, they say, L— d safe'3 ! 
 At some black ai 
 
 Ilk ghaist that haunts auld ha' or chains 
 Ye gipsy-gang that deal in glamor, 
 And you deep-read in hell's black gramma! 
 
 It's tauld he was a sodger bred, 
 But now he's quat the sporlle blade. 
 
 Of Eve's first fire he has a cinder : 
 Auld Tubal-Cain's fire-sh»l and fender 
 That which distinzuished the gender 
 
 Forbve he'll shape you aff, fu' gleg, 
 The cut of Adam 
 The knife that nickel Abel's craig, 
 
 He'll prove you fully, 
 It was a faulding jocteleg, 
 
 Orlang-kailgullie— 
 
 But wad ye see him in his glee, 
 
 Then set him down, and twa or three 
 
 Guid fellows wi' hi.n : 
 Aad port, O port '. shine thou a wee, 
 
 They sair misca' thee ; 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose. 
 
 Wad say. Shame fa' thee ! 
 
 TO MISS CRUIKSHANKS. 
 A VERY YOUNG LA 
 
 Never Eurus* pois'nous breath, 
 Never baleful stellar lights. 
 Taint thee with untimely blights ! 
 Never, never reptile thief 
 
 Shed thy dying honours ro 
 And resign to parent earth 
 The loveliest form she e'er 
 
 SONG. 
 
 Anna, thy charms my bosom fire, 
 
 A NEWSFAPKK , 
 THE DEATH OF JOHN M'LEOD, ESQ. 
 
 Fair on Isabella's r 
 
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 >bin pensive, aului 
 ill her locks ol yell 
 
 beyond Ihe grave, 
 is blossoms there shall blow, 
 
 And feai 
 Shall happy b< 
 
 My Lord, I know your noble ear 
 
 Kmlil'.Ul.'nM ilm,, I b. -a you'll hear 
 
 Your humble slave complain, 
 How saucy Phoebus' scorching beams. 
 
 Dry-withering, waste my foaming btrei 
 And drink my crystal "tide. 
 
 The lightly jumping glowrin IroUs, 
 Thai thru' my waters play, 
 
 r i he margin stray ; 
 If, hapless chance ! they linger lang, 
 
 I'm scorching up so shallow. 
 They're left Ihe whit'iiing stanes ninon 
 
 In gasping death to wallow. 
 
 Wi' ball my channel dry ; 
 
 Here, foaming down the shelry rocks, 
 . boiling torrent smoke,. 
 
 The sober laverock warbling wild, 
 
 Shall to the skies aspire ; 
 The gowdspink, music's gayest child. 
 
 Mi all sweetly join the choir: 
 The blackbird strong, the limwhite cle; 
 
 The mavis wild and mellow, 
 
 rom prone descending showers. 
 I here, by sweet endearing sl:a!:h 
 
 id eye the sm. king, Uewy Iuvmi, 
 And misty inountuin, grey ; 
 Or, by the reaper's nightly beam. 
 Mild cl,e,,„er,ug thro' the tree*. 
 
 So may old Scotin's darling hope. 
 
 Your little angel bund. 
 Spring, like their fathers, up to prop 
 
 Their bonour'd native land! 
 So may, thro' Albion's farthest ken. 
 
 To social flowing glasses. 
 The grace be_-Athole's honest inen, 
 
 And Alhole's houiiie lasses!" 
 
 ON SCARING SOME WATER-FOW 
 
 A WILD SCENE 
 
 
 
 TERTYKE. 
 
 Why, ye tenants 
 
 of the lake, 
 
 For me your wat 
 
 
 Tell me, fellow-c 
 
 features, wh, 
 
 At my presence t 
 
 tus you fly ? 
 
 Why disturb you 
 
 r social joys, 
 
 Parent, filial, ki 
 
 7dred ties ? 
 
 Common friend 
 
 
 Nature's gifts to 
 Peaceful keep yo 
 
 all are free : 
 
 or dimpling wave, 
 
 
 
 Or, beneath the 
 
 
 Bide the surging 
 
 billow's shock. 
 
BURNS — POEMS. 
 
 The eagle, from the cliffy bi 
 Marking you his prey below. 
 
 k Grief might heav 
 h forget and pardon i 
 
 In these savage, liquid plains, 
 Ouly known to wand'rmg swains, 
 
 WRITTEN WITH A PENCIL 
 
 Admiring Nature in In 
 
 The meeting cliffs each deep-sunk glen di- 
 
 The woods.'wild-scatter'd, clothe their ample 
 
 An outstretching lake, embosom'd *mong the 
 
 The eye with wonder and amazement fills ; 
 The Tay meand'ring sweet in infant pride, 
 The palace rising on his Mordant side. 
 The lawns wood-fringed in Nature's native 
 
 The arches striding o'er thTra^ta^stara ; 
 
 The village, glittering in the noontide beam — 
 
 Lone 
 
 roar of headlong tumbling 
 
 Misfortune's ligh'teu'd steps might waude 
 And Disappointment, in these lonely bounds, 
 
 WRITTEN WITH A PENCIL, 
 
 Till full he dash, 
 
 Where, thro' a 
 
 resounds. 
 
 As high in air th 
 
 en, through rising mists, and ce 
 
 A POSTHUMOUS CHILD, 
 
 Sweet Flow'ret, pledge o' meikle love, 
 And ward o' mony a prayer, 
 
 What heart o' stane wad thou na move, 
 Sae helpless, sweet, and fair ! 
 
 November hirples o'er the lea, 
 Chill on thy lovely form ; 
 
 "should 'shield thee frae the storm.' 
 
 May He who gives the rain to pour, 
 
 Fair on the summer mora: 
 Now teebU Lends she in the blast, 
 Unshelter'd and forlorn. 
 
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 THE WHISTLE i 
 
 As (lie authentic prose history i.f the Whistle 
 
 olAtiueof Denmark, when she ant 1.. Scot- 
 land wiili our James llie Sixth, there came 
 over also a Danish gentleman of gigantic sla- 
 
 pion of Bacchus. He had a little ebony 
 Whistle which ot the commencement of the 
 orgies he laid on the table, and whoever was 
 
 last able to blow it, ever) 1. dj else being dis- 
 
 nVlh.-\\hJi'l'c '.',?., tr. ',i, ; , of Victor). The 
 Dane produced credentials of bis victories, 
 without a single rVfcat, at the courts of Copen- 
 hagen, Stockholm, Moscow, Warsaw, 
 
 pell) c 
 
 o the nl- 
 
 challengcd th< 
 
 terualiveof in io- 
 know ledging Iheir inferiority After many 
 overthrows on the part of the Scols, ihe Dane 
 «» encountered by Sir lloberl Lawrie of 
 Maxwellun, ancestor to the present worthy 
 baronet of i bnt name; who, afier three days 
 and three nights' hard coute.t, left the Scan- 
 
 t, the lord of the C 
 
 No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he. 
 
 Thu9 Robert victorious, the trophy bas 
 Which now iu his house has for ages re- 
 Till three noble chieftains, and all of his 
 
 blood. 
 The jovial contest again have renew 'd. 
 
 Three joyous good fellows, with hearts clear 
 of flow J 
 Craigdarroch, so famous for wit, worth, and 
 
 And gullaiit Sir Robert, deep read in old 
 
 Craigdarroch began, with a tongue smooth 
 
 Desiring (ilenriddel to yield up the spoil ; 
 Or else he would muster the heads of the 
 
 And once more, in claret, try which was the 
 " By the gods of the ancients, " Clenriddel 
 
 the Whistle his requiem shrill. 
 
 • lie to Walle. 
 
 ad married a ''" injure the ghost of the gl 
 
 iday ihe Kith ' M«™ r 
 
 Waller's — On Pi 
 of October, 171)0, al Friars Cat 
 tie was once more contended for, as related in 
 Ibe ballad, by Ihe present Sir Robert Lawrie of 
 Maxwelton ; Robert Riddel, i'.tq. of Clenrid- 
 del, lineal descendant and representative of 
 Waller Rtddrl, who won the Whistle, and iu 
 whose family it had continued ; and Alexander 
 L-darroch, likewise de- 
 
 I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth, 
 1 sins ..i ■ Whistle, ihe pride of the North, 
 
 king, 
 
 And long with this Whistle all Scotland thai 
 
 And buiii| 
 
 bis born with him twenty times 
 
 Sir Robert, a soldier, no speech would pro- 
 
 Viend. 
 Said, To.s down the Whistle, the prize of the 
 
 held, 
 And knee-deep in claret, he'd die or he'd 
 
 yield. 
 
 To the board of Clenriddel our heroes re- 
 
 selected to witness Ihe fray ; 
 
 etested all sadness and spleen, 
 that Parnassus a vineyard hi 
 
 In the 1 
 
 And the band9 gTew the lighter th 
 
 •J- See Johnson's Tour to ihe Heor t 
 
And vowed that to leave them he was quite 
 
 Till Cynthia hinted he'd see them next morn. 
 
 Six bottles a-piece had well worn oat th. 
 
 When gallant Sir Robert, to finish the fight, 
 
 Andsv 
 
 15 '.lie V. 
 
 it their 
 
 ungodly would wage; 
 
 No longer the w 
 A high.ruling E: 
 He left the foul business to folks les 
 
 The gallant Sir Robert fought h 
 
 But who can with fate and quart bu 
 
 Though fate said-a hero should 
 
 Next np rose our bard, like a prophet in 
 " Craigdarroch, thou'It soar when creation 
 
 Come— one bottle more —and have at the sub- 
 
 " Thv line, that have struggled for Freedom 
 with Bruce, 
 Shall heroes and patriots ever produce ; 
 So thine be the laurel, and mine be the bay ; 
 The field th^u hast won, by yon bright god of 
 day ! " 
 
 SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE, 
 
 I'm three times doubly o'er von: 
 For jour auld-farrent, frien'lv 
 Tho' I maun say 't, I doubt ye: 
 
 POEMS. 
 But Davie, 
 
 Until ye fyke ; 
 usud ne'er be faikit, 
 Be hain't wha like. 
 
 a Parnassus' brink, 
 dstae gar them clink; 
 t wi' love, whyles dae: 
 
 Of a' the theuzhtles' 
 Commen' me to the ] 
 
 0' rhym.n' cl 
 that I suld ban, 
 They ever thir, 
 
 
 Haud tae the Muse, my dainty Davie ; 
 But for the Mu»e, she'll never leave ye 
 
 Tr^o, 
 
 S MY EARLY DAYS. 
 
 nd wi' the lave ilk merry ni 
 
 ang the bearded bear, 
 
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 increasing blast roar'd round Ihe beetling 
 e clouds, swift-wing'd, flew o'er the star- 
 
 Wild floated in my brain : 
 
 SIR JAMES HUNTER BLAIR. 
 
 dariteL 
 
 oudy, sunk beneath 
 
 iw whistled in the rocky cave. 
 
 rander'd by each cliff and dell, 
 
 ! loved haunts of Scotia's royal 
 
 (here limpid streams, once hallow'd 
 
 .6 
 
 I 'ring ruins mark the sacred fane. [ 
 
 this poem, in page 14. 
 
 f This is one of our Bard*3 early produc 
 dons. Miss Armour is now Mrs Burns. 
 
 i The King's Park at Holyrood-house. 
 
 And 'mo 
 In weeds ol 
 
 the cliffs disclosed i 
 
 The lightning of b< 
 
 Kf.erM-d ll 
 
 I that banner. 
 
 Tunc—" Bonnie Dundee.' 1 
 
 •' .My patriot son 611s an untimely grave!" 
 
 
 With accents wild and lifted ar'lns she eri.d ; 
 
 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young 
 
 '* Low lies the hand that oft was stretch'd to 
 
 belles. 
 
 
 The pride of the place and its neighbour- 
 
 Low lies the heart that swell'd with honest 
 
 hood a', 
 
 
 Their carriage and dress, a stranger would 
 
 
 
 " A weeping country joins a widow's tear, 
 
 In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a'. 
 
 'ihe helpless poor mix with the orphan's 
 
 Uiai Millet a fine, Uin MarUands divine. 
 
 C ° ■ 
 
 u ihe has wit, and Uia Hetty is 
 
 
 
 
 There's beauty and fortune to get »i' Una 
 
 Slgh. 
 
 Morion, 
 
 
 But Armour 'st the jewel for me o' them a'. 
 
 
 
 
 
 But, ah ! bow hope in Lorn but to expire ! 
 
 
 
 Relentless fate has laid the guaroian low 
 
 "And I will join a 
 Thro' future times 
 That distant yeat 
 Blairs."— 
 
 d with the swee 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 id the Moro low wa9 laid at the sou 
 Lai de daudle, &c. 
 
 d the simple artless rhymes, 
 
 THE JOLLY BEGGARS: 
 
 my country need me, with Elliot to 
 
 ter on my stumps at the sound of the 
 
 Lai de daudle, &c. 
 
 v though I must beg with a wooden 
 
 happy with n 
 
 ay callet, 
 
 u I used in s« 
 
 diet, my bottle : 
 o follow the drur 
 
 What tho' with hoary locks, I mi 
 Beneath the woods and rocks often 
 When the t'other bag I sell, and 
 
 He ended ; and the kebars sheuk, 
 
 Aboon the chorus roar ; 
 While frighted rattans backward leuk, 
 
 And seek the beninost bore ; 
 A fairy tiddler frae the neuk, 
 
 He skirl'd out encore! 
 But up arose the martial chuck, 
 
 And laid the loud uproar. 
 
 I am a son of Mars who have be 
 And show my cuts and scars when 
 
 r 'prenticeship I pass'd where my leadei 
 
 * The old Scotch name for 
 
 I once was a maid, tho* I cannot tell when, 
 
 Some one of a °troop of dragoons "was my 
 
 daddie. 
 No wonder I'm fond of a sodger laddie. 
 Sing, Lai de lal, &c 
 
 II. 
 
 The first of my loves was a swasjgering blade, 
 To rattle the thundering drum was his trade ; 
 His leg was so tight, and his cheek wa a so 
 ruddy, 
 rted was I with my sodser laddie. 
 Sing, Lal de lal, &c. 
 
 IIL. 
 
 But the godly old chaplain left him in the 
 
 lurch, 
 So the sword I forsook for the sake of the 
 
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 Full soon I gre 
 
 »sick 
 
 of the 
 
 The ngtaa.1 , . 
 
 Jrum the gild 
 
 ready, 
 I naked no more 
 
 large for a 
 d spontoou 
 
 bu! a sodge 
 Slug, Lai 
 
 But the peace it reduc'd me to beg in despnir. 
 Till 1 met my old boy at a Cunningham fair ; 
 11.= rage regimental the) flulter'd so gaudy. 
 My heart it rejoiced at uij sodger laddie, 
 
 VI. 
 
 And still I can join in a cup or a song ; 
 
 But whilst with both bands I can bold the 
 
 bee, my hero, my eodger laddie. 
 Sing, Lai de laf, Ice. 
 
 RBCITATIVO. 
 
 IKre's 
 
 a raucle carlin, 
 (u eleek Hie sterlii 
 she had hooked, 
 . well been ducked, 
 a Highland laddie 
 
 loon liigblaudmai 
 
 Then i 
 ■Whal 
 
 A llighlan 
 
 TUe Lalla. 
 
 But be atil 
 
 My gallant 
 
 Sing, hey my braw John Highlandmac 
 Sing, ho my braw John Highlaudmau 
 
 Was malch for my John Highlandman 
 
 II. 
 
 With his philibeg an* urtan plaid. 
 An' gude claymore down by his side. 
 The ladies* hearts he did trepan. 
 My gallant braw John Highlandman. 
 Sing, hey, &c 
 
 III, 
 
 Vie ranged a' from Tweed to Spey, 
 An' lived like lords and ladies gay ; 
 F. r a Lalland face he feared none. 
 My gallant braw John Highlandman, 
 Sing, hey, &c 
 
 They banish'd him beyon 
 
 Ml '■' 
 
 res that will ne'er r 
 
 
 No comfo 
 
 but a hearty can. 
 
 
 When 1 til 
 
 ink on John Highla 
 Sing, he, 
 
 
 
 &b 
 
 
 RECITATIVO 
 
 
 A pigmy s 
 
 draper, wi' hi. fidd 
 
 e, 
 
 
 
 .Iriii.i: 
 
 Her strap! 
 
 aulimbandgawiy 
 
 uidOle 
 
 ..■ hieh 
 
 Had hol'd 
 
 his heanie like a ri 
 
 die, 
 
 Wi' hand 
 
 on haunch, an' upward e'e 
 
 He croon' 
 
 1 hi, ;.«»!, one, t 
 
 
 Then in a 
 
 
 
 . 
 
 ""' The^wee Ap 
 
 Wo 
 
 Tunc-" Whistle owre the la 
 
 L 
 
 Let me ryke up to dight that tear, 
 
 CHORUS. 
 I am a fiddler to my trade, 
 
 Sut bless me wi' | 
 ind while I kitth 
 lunger, cauld, a 
 .May whistle ov 
 
is bad struck a sturdy Caird, 
 
 Relinquish her for ever. 
 Wi' ghastly e'e, poor tweedle dee 
 
 And pray'd for grace wi' ruefu' fac< 
 
 And sae ill 
 
 When round the tinkler prest'h'er 
 
 He feign'd to snirtle in his sleeve, 
 
 When thus the caird address'd he 
 
 In many a noble squadron : 
 But vain they search'd, when off I mareh'd 
 To go and clout the cauldron. 
 
 I've ta'en the gold, &c. 
 
 II- 
 
 Despise that shrimp, that withei'd itnp, 
 
 The budget an' the apron. 
 An' by that stowp. my faith and 1 
 
 Ife' 
 
 .' by that dear Keil 
 
 An' by that stowp, &c 
 
 i I ne', 
 
 The caird prevail'd— the unblushing fair 
 In his embraces sunk. 
 
 Sir Vio P lin r o, J wi 1 th W anVr Ua ' 
 Thatshow'damanofspunk, 
 
 Wish'd unison between the pair. 
 An' made the bottle clunk 
 
 To their health that nig 
 
 That 
 
 n Cupid 
 
 i shaft 
 
 Tho' limping with the spavie 
 
 He hirpl'd up, and lap like daft 
 
 An' shor'd them Daintie Dav 
 
 .POEMS. 
 
 as a care-d-efying blade 
 ever Bacchus listed. 
 Though Fortune sair upon him laid, 
 
 His heart she ever miss'd it. 
 He had no wish but-to be glad, 
 
 He hated nought but— to be sad, 
 And thus the .Muse suggested, 
 
 His sang that uight. 
 
 Time— " For a' that, an' a' that." 
 
 Wi' gentle folks, an' a' that: 
 Sut Homer-like, the glowran byke 
 
 For a' that, an' a' that; 
 
 I've lost but ane, I've twa 
 I've wife enough for a' t 
 
 tlove I bear to a' the fair, 
 eir humble slave, an* a' th 
 ordly will, I hold it still 
 
 For a' that, & 
 
 ang the ilie may slang, 
 For a' that, &c. 
 
 Their tricks and craft have i 
 They've ta'en me in an' a 
 
 But clear your decks, aud he 
 Ihkethejadsfora'that. 
 
 " For a' that, an' a* 
 
 > sung the bard-and Nan 
 
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 Thai » 
 Dr Mae.i 
 
 '■■lly Mortal. L!l >our (J 
 
 I. 
 
 hee the emoking bowl before m. 
 
 And in rapturo let Q> >mg. 
 
 t a-brcwing ; 
 
 A fig for lliose tv law protected ! 
 Chu/cho. Luilt lu pleaae the pric 
 
 Ofpl-MF.. f 
 
 rt vly trick • 
 
 Round »e v.«nd-r al 
 And at nighi in barn 01 
 
 .! Juiioa on ll 
 
 D'rymple mild,§ D'rymple mild, ~tho' }m r 
 And your lif.- Ilka tl,.- .«« driven ana>w, 
 
 For pmaching tbat three', ana an' Iwa. 
 Rumble John, || Rumble John, mount iba 
 
 1 bn 
 
 And roar ev 'rj note of the damu'd. 
 impar Jamea,^ Simper Jamee, leave the I 
 
 hat the pack ye 'II m 
 
 I'ttll 
 
 ife it all a rario 
 
 ram. 
 
 \\ - regard not 
 Woo have char 
 
 howitgoe.; 
 
 A fcg, i,c. 
 
 VI. 
 lam'a 10 budgeta, t d_'i, and wallet. ! 
 
 Hara'a to all the wand'ring min ! 
 i-r* '» «jf nigged brat, and caJlei. ! 
 
 One and ail cry out. Amen ! 
 
 A fi,Tfor tbo, 
 Libert. '. a 
 
 Cburchea L 
 
 ■e by law protected 1 
 gloriou. feaat ! 
 
 THE KIRK'S ALARM.* 
 
 Singel Sawney,** S.nget 8awn«y, ar 
 Iba penny . 
 
 \\V a jump, yell, and howl,' alarm t 
 
 For the foul ibief U ju.t al your gato. 
 
 Daddy Auld, ft Daddy Auld, there", a to 
 the fiuld, 
 A tod meikle waur than the clerk ; 
 Tho' ye can do little tenth, ye'll be in al 
 death. 
 And if ye canna bite ye may bark. 
 
 Davie Blu.ter.i* D 
 
 it', bejuat, royal 
 uthekingoflhe 
 
 , if for a taint 
 blood ye might 
 
 Orthodox, orthodox. 
 
 Jamie Gooae,§§ Jamie Goose, ye hat made bi. 
 
 But the Do 
 
 baly 
 
 He ha. a 
 
 t Irr ■«— 
 
 « Dr D 
 
 ' Mr H«- 
 
 f t MrA_ 
 
 ft* M r M y. 
 
 ±7 Mr G , Ochiltree. 
 
 — g, Co in nock. 
 
BURNS, 
 
 Poet Willie,* Poet Willie, gie the Doctor a 
 
 Wi' jour liberty's chain and jour wit ; 
 O'er Pegasus' side you ne'er laid a stride, 
 Ye but smelt, man, the place where he sh-t. 
 
 Audro Gouk.t Andro Gouk, ye may slander 
 
 And the book not the waur let me tell ye ; 
 
 Barr Steenie.q: Ban- Steenie, what mean ye ? 
 
 Ye may ha'e some pretence to havins' and 
 
 Wi' people wha ken ye nae better. 
 
 Irvine side,§ Irvine side, wi' your turkey-cock 
 pride, 
 
 Ye've^thefen jour faes will 
 
 allow, 
 And your friends they dare grant you nae 
 
 To confound the poor Doctor at ance. 
 Holy Will, "J Holy Will, there was wit i 
 
 Wha should swing in a rape for an hour. 
 
 Calvin's sons, Calvin's sons, seize your sp'ri 
 
 Ammunition ye never can need ; 
 Your hearts are the stuff, will be powthe 
 
 And your skulls are storehouses o' lead. 
 '-'-u'nglurnr 
 
 THE TWA HERDS. ** 
 
 O a* ye pious godly flocks, 
 Yweli.-don pastures orthodox, 
 Wha uow will keep you frae the fox, 
 
 Mr S h, Galston. || Mr S d, 
 
 ■J An Elder in Mauchline. 
 
 O, M y, man, and worthy R 
 
 "— could vou raise so vile a bustle, 
 see how new-light herds will wi 
 And think it fine '. 
 The Lord's cause ne'er got sic a twiss 
 Sin'Iha'emin'. 
 
 alhelik'dtoshed their bluic 
 
 igy sheep could scrub, 
 Or nobly fling the gospel club, 
 ' ' new-light herds could nicely drub, 
 
 Or pay their skin, 
 Could shake them o'er the burning dub ; 
 
 Or heave them in. 
 
 cfan 
 
 Ilk ither" 
 
 i, hypoer 
 
 But chiefly thou, apostle I 
 
 We trus 
 
 That thou wilt work them 
 
W30 DIAMOND 
 
 Andbailh'tbe 8 -I 
 
 Thai aft ha'e made us black and blae, 
 \\V vengefu' paws. 
 
 A chield wha'll roundlj buff our bwf| 
 1 meikle dread Um. 
 
 And monie a ane lhal I could tell, 
 
 There S_h for ane, 
 1 doubt he's but n grey-l 
 
 (1 
 
 a' je flockt o'er a* the btlUti 
 
 Bj 
 
 moon, mead 
 
 
 
 me join jour i 
 
 
 
 i get the brotc 
 
 To cow the laird.. 
 To choo.e their he 
 
 Th 
 
 rn Orthodoxy 
 d learning ,n 
 J that fell cur 
 
 jet maj prance, 
 ca'd Commoo'srai 
 
 1, 
 
 b-«va„.. 
 
 Lei him Lark tber< 
 
 Tli 
 
 n BW. an 
 
 Delrjmple's eloqo 
 
 M'V_«', pathetic manlj sense. 
 
 And gold & b, 
 
 »\ i' 5— h, who througn the heart cau glsji 
 Alay a* pack all. 
 
 1IIL IIESPECK'D BUbBANa 
 bo haa no will but bj her high permn-sioi 
 
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 The laen is game, a bluidj devi 
 
 But better stuff ne'er claw'da u 
 
 Ye keu yoursela, for little feck '. 
 
 Ye bonnio losses, dight jour een, 
 
 1„ Kigl.iy-eighi. je ken. was ta'e'n 
 \> hat ye'll ne'er hae M gi 'e again. 
 
 wry nowt an' aheep. 
 How d-jMff an' dowie now thej creep ; 
 
 lor Eiubru' welU are grulteu drj. 
 
 Eighty-nine thou", but a bairn. 
 Au'noowreauld, 1 hope, to learn 1 
 Thoo beardless boy , I pray tak' care. 
 Than now has got thy daddy's chair, 
 Nac haiid-cuff'd. uiizzl'd. huff-shockl'd 11..- 
 
 Hut, like 1,'insel', a full free agent, 
 
 Nat wwr than he°did. holies" man ! 
 As meikle better as you cau. 
 January 1, 1788. 
 
 VBB8BB 
 
 l W1MOOW09 TUB UK AT 
 
 H ere such the w Me bad fallen to m 
 I'd break herspirn, or I'd break hi 
 
 ELEGY ON THE YEAR 1789. 
 
 tn let them die— for mat they're born '. 
 >. ob, prodigious to reflect, 
 rowmont. Sirs, is gane to wreck ! 
 
 We cam na here to view your warks 
 
 B..i o.iw, le.t we gang to hell. 
 It mj be dm surprise : 
 
 S.- may, should" „„ 10 hell*, yet'ls come. 
 Your billy Satan sair us I 
 
 LINES WRITTEN BY BURNS, 
 
 ITe who of R— k— n aantr, lies stiff and dead 
 i green grassy hillock hides his head J 
 alas ! a devilish change indeed ! 
 
 At a meeting of the Dumfries-shire Volunteer*, 
 
 iney's victory, April 12ib, 1782. Burns 
 i called upon for a Song, instead of which 
 idivend the following Lines:— 
 
BURNS — ] 
 That we lost, did I say, nay, by heav'n ! that 
 For their fame 'it shall last while the world 
 The next ia succession. III give you the King 
 
 As built on the base of the gTeat Revolution ; 
 
 Be Anarchy curs M, and I 
 
 And who would to Liberty e'er prove disloyal 
 
 THE BIRKS OF ABERFELDY. 
 
 Bonny lassie will ye ■ 
 
 While o'er their heads the hazels hing, 
 The little birdies blythel" sing, 
 Or lightly flit on wanton" wing 
 In the b irks of Aberfeldy. 
 
 The braes ascend like 1 
 
 The foaming stream de 
 
 O'erhung w:' fragrant 
 
 Thebirksof Aberfeid 
 
 The hoary cliflFs are crown'd wi' 
 
 The birk's of Aberfeldy. 
 
 Bonnie lassie, &c 
 
 Let fortune's gifts at random fle. 
 
 Supremely bhst wi' love and th< 
 In thebirksof Aberfeldy. 
 
 Bonnie lassie, &c.' 
 
 STRATHALLAN'S LAMENT. 
 
 1 surround my lonely c; 
 il streamlets gently flow 
 
 n the cause of right engaged, 
 lonour's war we strongly waged. 
 
 THE YOUNG HIGHLAND ROVER. 
 Tune— " Morag." 
 
 Loud blaw the frosty breezes. 
 The snaws the mountains cover ; 
 
 Like winter on me seizes, 
 
 Since my young Highland rover 
 
 Far wanders nations over. 
 
 Where'er he go, where'er he stray; 
 
 When by his mighty warden, 
 My youth's return 'd to fair Stratuspi 
 And bonuie Castle Gordon- 4 
 
 t Slrathallan, it is presumed, was one n 
 the followers of the young Chevalier, and i 
 supposed to be lying concealed in some cave o 
 the Highlands, after the battle of Cuilodeu. 
 
 I Chevalier, Prince Charles E 
 
!«•— " M'fJrigor of Huoxu's Lamni 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 le (ripped by (be banks of Era, 
 ' Blythe, ic 
 
 mil, I 
 
 ■ 
 
 1 Ueu.urmg. 
 
 
 wdajiofjoj 
 
 Lit lhal know, no morrow. 
 " O'er (li>- pa B ( loo fondly wandering, 
 
 On (be bopeh-.-. lulur. 
 
 . IKr-biooU li<,r,». 
 
 
 
 
 ML mm. OK i in. EtOABINO 
 
 Tura:—'' Druituiondubb." 
 
 Gaudy day (o you U dear. 
 Gentle night, do thou befrienc 
 
 BLYT11E WAS MIC. 
 BWlhe, blytbr, and merry was tbi 
 
 «... ,be but and Leu; 
 
 Blytheby th, banks M Km, 
 And bijtbc in CHaunrit glen. 
 
 By Ougbtertjre grows lie aik. 
 
 !o (be Eiiilor. It il 
 
 Tbe .renin* .un 
 A» was (be bin 
 
 Jlljlbe, &C. 
 
 The Highland bills 1 
 
 I'Phemi 
 
 A Ros.-bud by my early walk, 
 Adown a cur... inclosed ba*k. 
 bo.- n-'-ilj benl iU thoruy stalk, 
 
 
 And drooping rich ibe dewy head, 
 It M.OU tbe earl, u.om.ng. 
 
 le l.u.b, her covert nest 
 ,;it .lull,, on her breast 
 
 io Ihou, dear bird, young Jeany fair 
 
 pay the tender care 
 Tunt lent, llij earl, morning. 
 
 young and gay, 
 
 ning ray 
 morning.* 
 
 The lofty Ocbil» n„e. 
 'ir in their shade my Peggy's chari 
 
 A lonely gem surrey*, 
 
 lotonish'd doubly marks its beam. 
 With art's moot poli.h'd blaae. 
 
Blest be the wild, sequester'd shade, 
 And blest the day and hour, 
 
 Where Peggy's charms I first survey V 
 When first I felt their power ! 
 
 Mast be a stronger death. 
 
 TIBBIE, I HAE SEEN THE DAY. 
 
 Tune—" Inyercauld's Reel." 
 
 O Tibbie, I hae seen the day 
 
 Ye would na been sae shy ; 
 
 For laik o' gear ye lightly me, 
 
 Yestreen I met yon on the t 
 Ye spak na, bat gaed by lit 
 Ye geek at me because I'm 
 
 Tibbie', I hae, &e 
 sorrow tak him that' 
 
 But if he hae the name o' gear. 
 
 Ye '11 fasten to him like a brier, 
 
 Tho' hardly he, for sense or leal 
 
 Be better than the kve. 
 
 O Tibbie, I hae, kc 
 
 But, Tibbie, lass, tak my advici 
 
 Yonr daddie's sear maks vou sa 
 
 The deil a ane Wad spier your p 
 
 Were ye as poor as L 
 
 Tibbie, I hae, ire 
 
 I w^uld'na gie hereunder sar*" 
 For thee wi' a thy thousand ma 
 
 O Tibbie, I hae, &c.° 
 
 CLARINDA. 
 Clarinda, mistress of my soul, 
 
 .POEMS. 
 
 Depriv'd of thee, his life and light. 
 
 She, the fair sun of all her sex, 
 
 Has blest my glorious day: 
 And shall a glimmering planet fix 
 
 Tune—" Seventh of November. " 
 The day returns, my bosom burns, 
 
 THE LAZY MIST. 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of 
 
 Concealing the course of the dark wine 
 How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, 
 
 Asav 
 
 ,ena!e ; . 
 
 The forests are leafless, the meadows 
 And all the gay foppery of summer is flow 
 
 How little of life's 
 
 And downward, how weaken'd, how darken 
 
 how pain'd ! 
 This life's not worth having with all it t 
 
 For something beyond it poor man sure ni 
 
0, WERE I 0.V PARNASSUS HILL. 
 
 Tune—" My lore it lotl to me. " 
 
 O wore I on Parnassus bill ! 
 Or hid of Helicon niy fill ; 
 'loat 1 might catch poetic skill, 
 To ting how dear I love tl„-e. 
 But Xilh maun be my mm 
 M» must maun be thy buuuie Mi' i 
 On U.r»incou I'n glower auj spell. 
 
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 And aye the wild wo 
 
 ForV 
 
 nm«e, inspire my lay ! 
 
 ng oVr the gi 
 
 imp, thy liiuus »ae cl 
 
 11 mj eartn I 
 
 By night, by day, afield, at hame, 
 The thoughts u' thee ui» breast lutlame; 
 Ann ijil muse and s ng thy uauic : 
 
 1 unit .i<- : 
 IV 1 were douoi'd to wander on, 
 lle.ondtbe sea, beyond the sun, 
 
 v3™' 
 
 Three blither hearts, that lee tang night, 
 Ve wad ua find iu Chruteudie. 
 
 Bui just a drappie in our e'e ; 
 
 The cock may craw, the day ma 
 
 Aud aye we'll taste the barley 
 
 I LOVE MY J! A.V. 
 .■Admiral Gordon's Strathspey." 
 
 Fe> ikmlfaaboa 
 
 me lassie live 
 
 
 
 The lassie 1 lo- 
 
 1 best: 
 
 
 
 There »ilJ wood. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 But day and nigh 
 
 my fancy '• 11 
 
 .-.it 
 
 
 Is ever »>• my 
 
 Jean. 
 
 
 
 I tee her in the d 
 
 wy flower,. 
 
 
 
 
 and fair: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 i hear her char 
 
 
 
 
 There's not a boo 
 
 lie Bower lha 
 
 .;.., 
 
 9 
 
 
 
 
 There'i not a bou 
 
 
 
 
 But minds me o 
 
 uiyJeau. 
 
 
 
 It is the moon, I ken her born, 
 
 iking in the lift sae high , 
 She shine, sae bright lo art U 01 hame, 
 
 Dot b. in) troth she'U wait a wee! 
 We are me fou, *c 
 
 irsl beside his chair shall fa °, 
 We are me fou, Uz.\ 
 
 THE BLUE-EYED LASSIE. 
 
 THE BRAES 0' BALLOCHMYLE. 
 
 The Catrine woods w 
 
 »en decayed on Catrme lee,* 
 
 Herset' in Leauty's bloom 
 
 A h*r golden ringlets brigbl t 
 
 in frae her e'en sae bi 
 
 L. rshire, the teat of r.ugald 
 o'lestor of Mo.al l'nilo-opby 
 >f Edinburgh. Ballochmj ' 
 of Sir John Whitefoord, e 
 r, Eetj. (1800.) 
 

t spare to speak, and spai 
 
 BURNS.— POEMS. 
 
 TAM GLEN. 
 
 THE BANKS OF NITH. 
 
 Tune — " Kobie Donna Gorach." 
 
 The Thames flows proudly to the sea, 
 Where royal cities stand ; 
 
 John Anderson, my jo, John, wh< 
 To try her canny hand, John, he 
 And you aroang them a', John, sae 
 
 le journey-work, John 
 
 !g fra £ 
 
 my jo. 
 
 John. 
 
 ly jo, John, ye were my firs: 
 
 How lovely, Nith, thy fruitful valt 
 
 Where spreading hawthorns gai 
 
 How sweetly wind thy sloping dali 
 
 e folk say ye're auld, John, Itt 
 
 Far from thy tx 
 May there my lab 
 
 JOHN ANDERSON MY JO. 
 John Anderson, my jo, John, 
 
 John Andera 
 
 therat the to 
 on my jo. f 
 
 ot, 
 
 
 
 
 Lochmaben!™ 
 
 ne of this son 
 This lady, n 
 
 g - 
 
 M 
 
 Miss J. 
 s R. a 
 
 of 
 
 residing some 
 with her husba 
 
 
 jrk 
 
 N 
 
 jrth Am 
 
 Jr- 
 
 + In the fa- 
 Poetry, Origi 
 Brash and Re 
 
 t volume of a 
 nal and Sele 
 d of Glasgow 
 
 ;; 
 
 
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 by 
 
 JOHN ANDERSON, MY JO, IMPROVED. 
 
 i, my jo, John, what pleasure 
 
 any sprouts, John, spring up 
 
 id lass, John, in our footsteps 
 
 leaven here on earth, John An- 
 my jo. 
 
 , my jo, John, when we were 
 
 ""like the raven, your bonnie 
 
 e like the snaw, 
 
 on your frosty pow, John An- 
 
 it affright us, John, our he 
 
 'er oar fpe, 
 
 :ent delight we lived, John 
 
 %£H j0 * John ' we clE 
 
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 Hut wbat vOI I da ■•' i'ui Glen ? 
 
 I'm thinking wi' tic a braw fellow. 
 
 In poorlith 1 in. g lit Baft • 1*0 : 
 \\ hit care 1 in riche. to wallow, 
 
 ll 1 ui.unna marry Tatu (Jlcn. 
 
 There'* Lowrie the lmrJ ..' DaaMlbjf 
 
 Tbcjr flatter, .be w).. la 
 Uut wha can think .a 
 
 Mj dedd.e.a... gii rii | 
 
 ■ the V.leut: 
 
 I dr*« iu 
 
 A i.- in* »ery grey bree., 
 Come coaneel, dear till.*, doa'l tarry ; 
 
 HatR'fl llll. JMM.I- 
 
 O meikle thinki mj lu>* a' tnj beauty, 
 
 ■ 
 
 will; bal.ad, it bu no accordance with (he 
 ■una of delicate tad I 
 unproved eoog. la regard Ij< 
 
 . - : .,ugn they are in Uie 
 
 - two Btania* that are 
 a«ly our bard'*, jet avarf rvadai 
 ment will teethe} are U an lal 
 and the real author I 
 bate g..eu -hem, nor tulTered theiu to be giren, 
 
 .. ae the production of Burn.. It 
 ibere were no other mark of their tpuriou. ori- 
 fiii. toe latter half of the third 
 
 - ,«rd haa ai 
 e rnjmee, but a tingle inalaai 
 produced, in which, to preaervc the rhynu 
 
 ha. g.ien a feei 
 
 - Ihoagfce, HI !+.,' ;• . ■ ..r 
 ae eauiiiooal ttanzae are not howe'er 
 without merit, and they may 
 
 Your proffer o' loie't an arlr prnm. 
 
 .Mi tocher 'a the bargain ye wad buy j 
 Hut an' ye be crafty. 1 aiu cuimm. 
 
 (lane it the day and nfrl ' 
 
 Hut we'll ne'er .tray lor f.ut. o' light, 
 
 For ale and brandy '. Han and 11.0011, 
 
 Then guidwife count lb. lawin, Ilia law 
 
 Than faidwlh counl ihe lawiu, and 
 
 - uia.r. 
 
 Tlirre'. wraith an' nw for gentlemen. 
 
 Hut bare we're «' 111 M 
 
 . .J«.l« count, ate. 
 
 M, coggi. I. a baly pool. 
 
 And plra.ure i> a wai.' 
 An' y« drink 11 a' i-'.i hud him out. 
 1 dw.f. count, etc. 
 
 What can a young laaiie, what .ball a young 
 
 . a young laaaie do wi' an auld 
 
 Bad luck on lha pennie that tempted my 
 
 , poor Je„ny tat .iller an lau* I 
 Bad luck on the pennie, U>- 
 
 lle'a alwaya compleeoing frae inorniug to 
 
 He bo.it an he birplet the weary day lang, 
 
 . jut he'. duZIU. tli. I 
 
 O ' dreiry '. the night wi ' a crazy auld man .' 
 
 He bum. and be hanker., he fret, and be 
 
 in p'leaa* him do a' that I can ; 
 He'. pc-»..b and yetioua of a' the young f.t- 
 
 O, dootoo the day. 1 met wi' an* auld man : 
 
 Mr aold Ml 
 
 7 pereon of taate moat I'll ero» b.oi. and w 
 
 
 
 11 1 bean. 
 it will boy me a new 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 THE BONNIE WEE THING. 
 
 Bonnie wee thing, cannie wee thing, 
 
 I wad wear thee in'my bosom, 
 Lest mj jewel I should tine. 
 
 Wistfully I look and languish, 
 
 , FOR ANE AND TWENTY TAM. 
 
 Tune-" The Moudiworl." 
 n' O, for ane and twenty, Tam ! 
 
 An' I saw ane i 
 
 They'll 
 
 
 e wed a wealthy 
 
 Tho' 
 
 I ray 
 
 el hae plenty, T 
 
 But he 
 
 r' = t i 
 
 ou laddie, there 
 
 BESS AND HER SPINNING WHEEL. 
 
 Where, blythe I turn my spinning 
 On lofty aiks the cushats wail, 
 
 J m k s n mnT d whee S l 1 
 
 COUNTRY LASSIE. 
 
 Tak 
 
 this frae me, 
 s plenty beet 
 
 lh 
 
 verl 
 
 ft 
 
 For 
 
 Johnnie o' th 
 
 e Bus 
 
 ie-gl 
 
 n, 
 
 Hel 
 
 o'es sae weel 
 
 
 ' 
 
 J kye 
 
 II 
 
 e has nae luv 
 
 
 
 
 But 
 
 blytbe's the b 
 
 
 
 
 A 
 
 id weel I wat 
 
 
 
 dear: 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 F 
 
 r Busk e-gleo 
 
 and a 
 
 
 jear. 
 
 il 
 
 oughtless lass 
 
 .. eaimie-t _a 
 
 e, life 
 e, the 
 
 'saf 
 
 ^a'i 
 
 And wilfu' folk maun hae their will ; 
 yne as ye brew, my maiden fair. 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yil 
 
 i gear will buy me rigs o' land, 
 And gear will buy me sheep and kye ; 
 at the tender heart o' leesome luve, 
 The gowd and siller canna buy : 
 We may be poor, Robie and I, 
 Light is the burden luve lays on ; 
 
 Contei 
 What mair hae queens 
 
 a throne 
 
 FAIR ELIZA. 
 
 Turn again, tl 
 Aekindblin 
 [ew on thy di 
 
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 1 urn again, than fair F.l.i» ; 
 
 II 10 lo.r lb) heart deuie». 
 
 For p.t, bide ibe cruel aciileiic 
 
 VN ha ft* thine wed gladl, uie ! 
 While Ibe life heel, .n m, bowiu 
 
 Ibou.baltm.x u*Uk* throat 
 
 Turn vim, ihou km 
 
 Not the be* upon ihe blo%»oro, 
 Not the lull .port i . 
 
 rtlewl M li..''-, 
 
 . Hi. r.pli 
 Tb.t lb, p.cruc. g.r. lo ..... 
 
 mi. POBUL 
 
 And »' lo pu' a i-..e lu m, uo dor May. 
 
 Ta* P i.«w i «iii p«", ib. tadhg u - ib« 
 
 '*>■« the piak. the emblem o" m, 
 
 r pak o' womankind, and L oom. 
 . peeri 
 Aau .* to be a pu. M lo a>, a. a aVer Me,. 
 
 - '...idd.og rea* when Pbxbua peep* 
 
 lb* b,ee,olh'e fur coniUKj Wl' ila ur.chang- 
 
 Aad > Intel poaie la m, am dau May. 
 
 ..pure, and lb. J I, it i. f.ir, 
 
 •Met* Imioi I'll place the III, 
 
 • la* ..mpi.r.ij aad unaffected airt 
 
 1h* ha.tboral ...I pu - , wi" ila lock* o* e.ller 
 
 ■ ■ *a aged man. it aland* at break 
 o'da, ; 
 
 . -.ler i r.-.t wilb.o ibe bu.b 1 
 
 Aad a' lo be a peuc u> m, aiu dear Ma,. 
 
 The woodbine I will pa' when tbee'ening atar 
 
 - * mend-drape u' dew abaUl be her 
 
 • for aioueatj which weel the fa'. 
 
 Anil I'igjei poaie u> *>, aia dear Ma,. 
 
 I tie ibe po* e round wi' the ailken band o 
 d III place il in her breaal. and I'll Iwai 
 
 And ibn will be a poaie lo m, « 
 
 Till: HANKS 0* D00N. 
 
 ii .. 
 
 '■ " ' 
 
 And I KM w.ar, iu'o' care! 
 
 Ii.mi'II break in j heart lliuu warbling Mr« 
 
 Thai waataw into' il.e ilowcr.ng iduiii i 
 
 . J..e ■}' departed jo,., 
 
 Depallrd oetrr lo lelurn. 
 
 ft hae I ro.ed br bonnie Doon, 
 
 
 bii a uii b .a vm in u . 
 
 Willi. ».. ... 
 
 a. an e'e, ibe baa but ai 
 cat haatwalh. .er, col 
 u.l, te«th. lorbje a .tun 
 
 ■ r r/ruux.e art 1 a ba-l.io 
 Her walie me.?* like en. 
 lier face wad f,l. the Logan water , 
 
 S.e a wife aa Willi* had. 
 
GLOOMY DECEMBER. 
 Ance mair I hailtbee, thou gloomy December, 
 
 Sad was the parting thou makes me remember, 
 Parting wi' Nancy, Oh! ne'er to meet mair. 
 
 Fond lovers parting is sweet painful pleasure, 
 Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour j 
 
 But the dire feeling, farewell for ever. 
 Is anguish unmingled and agony pure. 
 
 Still as I hail thee, thou gloomy Deeemb 
 
 Still shall I hail thee wi' sorrow and c. 
 
 For sad was the parting thou makes rr 
 
 Parting wi' Nancy, Oh, ne'er to meet : 
 EVAN BANKS. 
 
 To Evan banks, with tem 
 Home of my youth, it lea, 
 Oh ! banks to me for ever 
 
 Where Evan mingles with the Clyde. 
 
 Whose image lives within my breast ; 
 Who trembling heard my piercing sigl 
 
 POEMS. 
 
 Only thou, I swear and < 
 Shall ever be my dearie. 
 
 Lassie, say thou Io'es me : 
 
 SHE'S FAIR AND FAUSE. 
 She's fair and fause that causes my sin;:r 
 She's broken her vow, she's broken my h 
 
 An angel form's faun to thy share, 
 'Twad been o'er meikle to gien thee ni 
 
 AFTON WATER. 
 
 Ye lofty banks that E 
 
 , Flow gently, I'll sing Ihee 
 
 Thou 
 
 glen 
 
 
 elight, _ 
 
 Can all the wealth of Ir 
 Atone for years in absec 
 
 Swift from this desert let me part, 
 
 And fly to meet a kindred heart I 
 
 Nor more may aught my steps divide 
 
 From that dear stream which flows to Clyde. 
 
 WILT THOU BE MY DEARIE. 
 
 ' When sorrow wrings 'thy gentle heart, 
 O wilt thou let me cheer thee; 
 By the t 
 
 .at's the 1 
 
 ': I charge you disturb not my slumbering fair. 
 1 How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbonrii 
 Far marked with courses of clear windi. 
 
 How pleasant thy banks and green valley ba 
 
 Where wild in the woodlands the primrose 
 
 blow : 
 There oft as mild evening weeps over tne te.-,, 
 The sweet-scented birk shades my Mary am 
 
 Thy crystal stream, Afton, how lovely i 
 
 anli thou 
 

 " ■*■ """ 
 
 . Ag 
 
 . »weel Afloo. 
 . twtet rucr, 
 
 •woog ">J 
 
 |M 
 
 tbe iheme of mj 
 
 II] ttarj't a»lc*p be Ihj mc 
 
 , .».-( .illvli 
 
 "SSwCm 
 
 "l- 1 
 
 Bomrn ukll 
 
 
 Tbe tmilin; iprinj com'. 
 
 N 
 
 
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 Ki«:i and nation., twilh im! 
 
 I OB nil 
 
 . : ■- H 
 
 U. ekvaj • ftww'r aod >»rra4ia< l/r*. 
 -.i. lb. lad (or me. 
 
 ralaa, 
 ma. ftn. ; 
 
 A -.d 1 r>*d II la til. HM» 
 
 WWW birda rejoice io Uafr boerere ; 
 
 .-row. fttta in •immcr .bo a ere, 
 
 VT RLCK\ I BY MILE. 
 
 r is idbiiitoiMl for 
 
 (i ■wwtlj .roil, on eoinebod; ! 
 
 And wnd me nil m, 
 
 • r ...mrU..lj * 
 Ob-hn! . 
 
 Kur ibe ease of aoui.bou) ! 
 
 iiik LOVBL. I IM "I is ■. i 
 Thatonh l»« o' in.™,,,. 
 
 MN c.n .be M ; 
 Port 'an end mora .be criae, alae I 
 And ... lb. .aut far blm. btr •'« i 
 
 i ,,.li,, 
 
 A werfu' dej il wee Io m. ; 
 
 i im ■) hdurdaw, 
 
 M| r.ib.r u>«r ...J brelbreu ibree. 
 
 hat. lb. Moody ela;, 
 - wrio.inj MM 
 And b; lb.01 Im ib. drarr.t ud 
 
 . d . woman'. .'.! 
 Now war to I 
 
 ■ word, lb* arrow ep»d, 
 -: m; darling e bran : 
 
 B; cruel band, Ibe tapling drop*, 
 In du.t di.honoor'd laid ■ 
 
 • - of all m. kopta. 
 Ml age', fature ebade> 
 
 Tae mother linnrt in Ibe brake. 
 
 ' ■ 
 So I for me lo-l dailier; 'e eaewa 
 
 Lxu-eni ibe liea-daj loaf. 
 Death, oft I'.e fea/'d lb, falal blovr. 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 
 MAY, THY MORN. 
 
 
 O May, thy m 
 
 Hut 1 will a 
 And dear. 
 
 ere I m d e a mt2r, name ' 
 
 
 Andh 
 
 Aim b 
 May 
 
 And n 
 
 P",= h aL 
 
 sgude watch o'er then 
 
 o' the quorum, 
 
 
 
 
 WHAT 
 
 YE WHA'S IN 
 TOWN. 
 
 YON 
 
 Ve- 
 
 The fa 
 
 Tha 
 
 ee the e'ening sun upon, 
 rest dame's in yon town, 
 e'ening sun is shining on. 
 
 
 Now haply do 
 She wander 
 
 How blest ye i 
 Ye catch lb. 
 
 sn yon gay green shaw 
 by- yon spreading :ree 
 
 glauces o' her e'e. 
 
 aw, 
 
 Howb 
 
 And d 
 The 
 
 we -Tut 
 
 irds tha*. rotsnd her sin 
 • in the blooming year, 
 
 
 Thesu 
 
 Dutm 
 And 
 
 n blink 
 
 on yon 
 ■ deligl 
 
 blythe on yon town, 
 bonnie braes of Ayr; 
 
 bliss is Lucy fair. 
 
 
 O'p 
 
 ut ray love, not a' the charms 
 
 b me Lucy in my arms, 
 welcome Lapland's dreary sky 
 
 
 Mvca 
 Tho 
 
 And si 
 Tha 
 
 ewadr. 
 
 raging 
 
 I wad 
 
 e a lover's bower, 
 winter rent the air ; 
 y little flower, 
 tent and shelter there. 
 
 
 Oswe 
 Yon 
 
 A fair 
 His 
 
 rtlla'i' 
 setting 
 
 un'sgane down upon; 
 in yon town, 
 
 
 If angry fate 1 
 And sufferil 
 
 But spare m 
 
 glamdoom'dt'obear 
 e, spare me, Luc'y dear 
 
 
 Aet 
 
 bile life 
 
 e— "a = 'l 
 has llle 
 
 rae her shall ne'er dep 
 airest is her form, 
 
 'rt, 
 
 * The heroi 
 ly Miss L. J 
 
 ne of this song, Mrs 0. 
 ) died lately in Lisbo 
 shed and most lovely 
 this beautiful strain of 
 
 (former- 
 u. This 
 
 A RED, RED ROSE, 
 ray love's like a red, red rose, 
 
 That's newh .'.run- in June, 
 my love's like the melody 
 That's sweetly play'd in tune. 
 
 'Till a' the seas gang dry, my dear, 
 I will love thee still, my dear. 
 
 The v. 
 
 nds we 
 
 ela 
 
 d, the 
 
 air was st 
 
 The 
 
 
 eys 
 
 
 g the sky 
 
 Thefo 
 
 
 
 
 
 And 
 
 the dist 
 
 ant 
 
 choing giens repl 
 
 The si 
 
 ream ad 
 
 Dwn 
 
 its ha 
 
 elly path, 
 
 
 
 by 
 
 
 
 Ha.ni 
 
 fJdll 
 
 the 
 
 faring 
 
 swells and 
 
 The canld blu 
 
 no 
 
 thwa 
 
 streaming 
 
 ng this song. 
 To join von river c 
 
 •u the pale-faced Cynii 
 lo, informofminslre! 
 and stalwart ghaist ap 
 
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 lie «»ng wi* joj 111* I I 
 
 II. weep,,.* « U |'d hi. latter liul 
 
 I '. I. '.1 ADDIll ^-> 
 
 MB \ui.i i > 
 
 T 1.1 l»ia!niUI Muul, 
 
 ■ 
 
 Tbo" tomtlb 
 
 a{ like moulure cuoelute. 
 
 
 mitdeeai m • ■ 
 
 M) f.tb.r. 
 
 
 ':■:. 
 
 I || Uee«{. I DIM be «t- 
 
 beif title • ••«<• 'J bj lb' caullr;. 
 «bj of that epocba «>-• 
 
 bl ■ I ^ "-' L! 
 
 ■ 
 
 pcrbipi : •xsrioa. 1 
 
 may be questioned wli-ilier. emri in tiie r- 
 •oureee of h » e,et.iu», a Mil of poe'rj couli 
 iiatr been found north; of the grandeur ui 
 
 truc.t were on danger, 
 how tlit fuhiom may ltue>, 
 Daj Idiii!; u. a bailer, 
 ill-, a be.,1 of ■ LurJ, 
 Ihj JUL 
 
 .'djltlg 
 
 Nod UM*t aUUj rmtag dim dnteMjw 
 
 But'ou'uuihi 
 • •). 
 % oai ooafM to the utbxt i. bright. 
 
 Mj inuw j.iirj OH here, and turned a conn 
 
 i Um buuuur to bo, 
 
 I Btr, 
 Your obliged end v«j bun 
 
 KJiaoarjA, |7H7. 
 
 wal once a d»j. but old Tune lli.i 
 
 ,.rf..f harUai 
 
 n. 
 
 
 .. ber d. 
 
 lee.aulj relalicoi there fixed lier foiga, 
 
 ihi If (odbtadf <u »*/rai.i 
 
 :. rotM |rrew 
 
 With tillage or paalure at timet >he would 
 I fur flock, bj her jr- 
 
TheyM 
 
 BURNS. 
 
 luer'd and ruin'd a world be- 
 
 took wing from the 
 as, and the dread of 
 ioar issued forth 
 
 As Largs well can witness, and Loncart: 
 
 The Cameleon-savage disturb 'd her repose, 
 With tumult, disquiet, rebellion and strife ; 
 ked beyond bearing, at last she arose, 
 
 life:§ 
 
 l, the terror of Frai 
 
 .e Tweed's s: 
 ver flood ; 
 But taught by the bright Caledonian lance, 
 He learned to fear in his own native wood. 
 
 it is'Chauce, and old Time is tl 
 tledonia's the hypothenuse ; 
 
 THE FOLLOWING POEM 
 
 
 t.on of Pythagoras, the 47th of Euclid.™ I°n't 
 rig-ht-angled triangle, the square of the hypo- 
 thenuse is always equal to the squares of thi 
 
 Was manaeiniz- St Stephen's quorui 
 If sleekit Chatham Will was livin, 
 Or glaikit Charlie got his nieve in ; 
 How daddie Burke the plea was coc 
 If Warren Hastings' neck was yeu 
 
 ay, a' guid things may attend yo 
 iland, Monday Moruing, 1790. 
 
 And och ! o'er aft thy joys 
 'Mid a' t 
 
 Say, Lassie, why thv trail 
 While loud the trW.,', he 
 
 Wee Pop, 
 
 In thy sweet san 
 
 But thee, Theoc 
 They're no herd 
 Squire Pope but 
 
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 And wi' ihe far-famed QraaUt 
 
 an. ; a 3coiiUb caltao ! 
 
 Tiiuu need oa youk b.hint the b.a.n. 
 
 AchieLocle.-r; 
 lb. teeth o* Iim n.ai gnaw "lami.llan, 
 
 • 
 
 Where 
 
 Thy rnr»l lo' 
 
 THE BATTLI; 01 -HI 1(11 r-Ml IR. 
 
 " " -IT 1. h.r. lb. Bghl lo ikco 
 
 ►«Hth for wofb, 
 1 b» lb. tbada, • ■ !•- c ... 
 
 .. u'd at kingdom, inrr.. sua. 
 
 Tne red-coat laie wi* tlatk eockadea, 
 
 TWrj ru.b'j and pu.h'd, and bluid outfTub'd, 
 
 TV. (inl Arr .. 1. 1. J . 
 
 Taey haca'd and Uub'd, »L..e brcadiwoTdj 
 
 elaab'd. 
 And thro* th.y diah'd, and bcw'J and 
 
 T.I1 fey mm d ed i.i, nun. 
 
 But had 50a aeen lb. pbitibega. 
 
 •irtan lr.-., nap, 
 Wb« la'ihe teeth they dar'd oar whip, 
 
 la i.nea extendi lane and large. 
 When bajoacu opposed toe targe. 
 And tboaaanda hxuened to the cbarg., 
 Wi" Highland wrath ibey fr*e the .b-aib, 
 .0' death, t.lloalo'treaib. 
 They U«i like frighted deea, mau." 
 
 lot, rur.r.1 lol ! the gatre WI abol ; 
 For fear amaiat did awarf, roan. " 
 
 Their Irfl-liand grnrrel had DM akil 
 ll>- Ai.(u> lad. bad na. g.,...! will 
 I iial da) th'.r Btobor'l blood lo .pill ; 
 Pot f«u 1-j f •.», that th.j .buuld low 
 
 " TheyN. lo.t eom« gallant genll.men, 
 Auiang 1I1. II ghland 1 
 
 I . Panama 1. .lain. 
 Of falen „. whig* .1. hand., man ; 
 Now wad ye .in* Ibi. double tighl, 
 
 ai tag, ud tern* fur rigbl) 
 
 
 -night; 
 
 BEITOa, 
 
 m.w KBAV1 DAT, 
 
 TO MM DLNLO*. 
 
 Tbia day, Tim. winda lb* exhausted chain. 
 
 To run tha Iwel.eaionihe' l.n.-ib again 1 
 
 I 
 
 IV'iih ard.»i ej.., anaaplakloa .allow, 
 
 To wh.el the equal, dull rouliue. 
 
 The ebaerl lorer. minor h.ir, 
 
 Deaf aa m; fritnd be mm ih.n, praaa, 
 
 -That grandcLild'a 
 
 .da,', prop.l.ou. to be «... in, 
 
 -might d.li.er ; 
 
 noth.r year ia gone for e.tr." 
 
 * Tbia waa written about the time nor 
 made hia lour to lb. Higt. ■ 
 
 ' Tbii young lady wa, 
 of Coiia from lb* Vukam, aee pa;. I St. 
 
BURNS POEMS. 
 
 ■ . ■ . 
 
 Must lake its hue from this alone : 
 Whether as heavenly glory bright, 
 Or dark as misery's woful nigr" 
 i, my honoi 
 
 Let us' 5 th'°tnif 
 
 ends: 
 
 ■f frier 
 
 A sight pale envy to convulse; 
 Others now claim your chief regarc 
 ■iourself, you wan your bright rev 
 
 To Crochallan came 
 The old cock'd hat, the grey 6urlout, t 
 
 His bristling beard just rising in its might, 
 'Twas four long nights and days to shavii 
 
 His uneomb'd grizzly locks wild-staxii 
 
 A head for thought profound and clear, u 
 
 POETICAL INSCRIPTION, 
 AN ALTAR TO INDEPENDENCE, 
 
 Thoa of an independent mind, 
 
 THE DEATH OF MR RIDDEL. 
 
 yed Spring, thy charm's I ca 
 
 How can ye please, ye flowers, with all jour 
 ; Ye blow upon the sod that wraps my 
 
 That strain pours round th' untimely tomb 
 
 Ana "soothe "the ViVtueT weeing* 'on "his 
 
 The Man of Worth, and has not left his 
 
 Is in his"' narrow house* for ever darkly low. 
 
 Thee, Spring, again with joy shall others 
 
 Me, rnem'ry of my loss will only meet. 
 
 A LADY FAMED FOR HER CAPRICE. 
 
 How cold is that bosom which folly once tired. 
 
 lately glisten'd: 
 How silent that tongue which the echoes oft 
 
 How dull is that ear which to flattery so 
 
 So shy, grave, and distant, ye s 
 
 But come* all ye offspring of folly sc 
 
 
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 Well March through the r»ri!en for each tillf 
 I through ibe forett for web idle 
 
 :2rs?s: 
 
 Wul oulj ol goodne 
 
 approacb'd her but 
 arbte, or '11 m 
 
 M«4| g.J ■» B 
 
 NSWER TO \ 
 
 If T«I itUVBVOH or THE V 
 
 t eaandale d. 
 
 
 And j mx uild boeuur I 
 
 I., daji wbro riding >u qm eri». : 
 
 M] fur-a-h,n., a guid, grcj bearf, 
 
 A. e'er .« lug or to. -. 
 
 lb. focrb.a UigbUr.: D 
 
 m. ofcowieatoe wa.e, 
 
 Aubtk tpared lo b« a beajt. 
 
 ■ .a- hfteeo puttd at lnat. 
 
 >, and 1-a are feeble new. 
 
 * The fore-hoeee on ibe left-band, in the 
 
 1 rule them. a. I ought, i 
 
 And often labour them completely , 
 
 I on the uunlion. lairge them lijcfai 1 . . 
 
 fTho' .carc.l. langer than in, lag; 
 
 lleVl i ciM d )ou all etlcctu.ll calling, 
 A. fait aa out in the d wailing. 
 
 Knuugh of ought je like ka 
 Hut her, mi Ulllll,, n*ee- .. 
 
 :U fur her already. 
 And .fjn.i l.er or her m.iher, 
 U] the L_d j. ►. get them a' Ibegitbrr 
 
 And now, remember, Mr A ken. 
 Na.k.odcrf ItMM I'm i>....'. 
 
 fur III. I'll paldlt, 
 
 T.e . 
 
 " paj I* 
 
 ROBERT BL UN 
 
 :thinth.glen,«bu.hT, O. 
 xm the plain mt • 
 M me do..., wi* right go«d will, 
 .iug rojr Highland la».ie, O. 
 
 | Gentle i* aaed here in opposition ti 
 ile, in the Beotluh and old Kagliah ■ 
 be word. l\*e genii* daau» No 
 
BURNS — POEMS. 
 
 AHho' thro' foreign climes 1 range, 
 
 For Ler bosom burns with honour's g] 
 Mv faithful Highland lassie, O. 
 Williiu the glen, Sec. 
 
 For her I'll dare the billow's roar, 
 For her I'll trace a distant shore, 
 That Indian wealth uia) lustre thro.*, 
 Around my Highland lassie, O, 
 Withm the glen, &c. 
 
 She has my heart, she has my hand. 
 
 Within the glen, &c. 
 Farewell (he glen sae bushy, O, 
 
 IMPROMPTU, 
 
 h November, 17SS. 
 
 My cheerless suns no pleasu 
 
 My dismal months nojoy» i 
 But spleeny English hangii 
 
 
 ADDRESS TO A LADY. 
 
 Oh wert 
 M, plan 
 
 if thou wert there. 
 
 TO A YOUNG LADY, 
 
 Thine be the volumes, Jessy fair. 
 
 Sing on, sweet thrush, upon the leaflet 
 bough, 
 
 See aged VV niter 'ui.d his surly re gn, 
 So in lone poverty's dominion drear, 
 
 Noi asks it they bring aught to hope or fear. 
 
 Riches denied, thy boon was purer, 
 What wealth could never give nor Ink! 
 
 lal Tie' h"?gh C hea d ve°n f Z"ol^ S 
 
 On refusing to dine with him, afler havin 
 been promised 'the hrsl of Company, and in 
 farsc of cookery, 17th December, 1795. 
 
 No more of your guests, be they tilled or not, 
 
 
l>U\;o.\D CABINS! lihkaky. 
 TO UU S-E, 
 
 Jnu.iifui Tfenn, Duiurnr*. 
 
 TUB DI MFRU B »OLl IfTBl U. 
 
 2mb_'< Pu,U about the Jut i.u. " 
 April, IfM, 
 
 P.-i hiurhtj Osaj taraaioa thrr.i > 
 
 bta loou. b»»«f«. .,r. 
 ITi. N.ili .1.. 
 
 Altau rJniiib anan U rubied. 
 
 ikfafci 
 
 katlla bought. 
 
 Tt- wre'ch that wad 
 
 Shall BU{ u u,»h". 
 
 -« Mag •• twi »».. 
 \v c 'J M 'er forget the paoptc 
 
 1DUIIUU) T<> m,i„sh, S| pk\» 
 
 Mt honoured colonel, deep I feel 
 
 Ati! how .ma' he*. I ha- I 
 
 Surrounded Ihu, ly bolu. pill, 
 
 Andpo^ongla-ea. 
 
 O ■bit > e»oiT world were it. 
 
 . »ouid »lar>e ?, 
 » A hi E h hill at the aoorce of the Kith. 
 
 - a inounia-u ai the euvutii of Dame life, ibo* f-ct'oa out maj trick her. 
 , Ai,u iu pule gc.» and bipj - 
 
 ^re at ,t, ,.,|p, u - ! j, r and r «l. 
 
 In uij, poor Boaohaa. 
 
 I, modeitlj. fu' fain wad hint it. 
 
 And while mj heart ■■• I. le. blood llunle 
 
 I III IT. 
 
 Va'tr* hr,rJ IkJa while how I'vabMol.cl 
 • .d bl tell death wa. nearl, n.ckru 
 
 i.u loou ! ba . 
 
 Hut. Li guid Iu 
 
 ... kn, 
 
 tlth, l'ie got a .harr „',, 
 klj bale and weal I'll tall' a* car. o't, ' 
 Then farewaal foil., hidr aud bail o'l, 
 
 SKST TO A UaHTICMAN WHOM HE ] 
 
 The friend whom wild from wiadom'a w«, 
 Who Lot deplore, that baplo friend ? 
 
 i N I.ll i . 
 
Oh ! flickering, feeble, and nn 
 
 I've found h< 
 
 Aye wavering like the willow 
 
 Syne, whip '. his tail ye'il ne'er ca 
 
 Ah Nick ! ah Nick, it 
 Bright wines°aad bon: 
 
 Thy auiddamu'd elbow yeuk 
 Already in thy fancy's eye, 
 
 The Lord preserve i 
 
 ADDRESS TO THE TOOTH-ACHE. 
 
 My curse upon your venom'd stang. 
 
 When fevers burn, or ague freezes, 
 Rheumatics gnaw, or colic squeezes ; 
 Our neighbour's sympathy may ease us 
 
 Bat thee-thoa h^'^l^SeT '' 
 AyemMfcTuTgroan 
 
 POEMS. II 
 
 anked plagues their numbers tell, 
 Indreadfu'raw, 
 Thou, Tooth-ache, surely bear'st the bell, 
 Amang them a' '. 
 
 thou grim mischief-making chiel, 
 Vhat gars the notes o' discord sqneel, 
 'Till daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 Iu gore a shoe- thick; 
 Gie a' the faes o' Scotland's weel 
 
 A towmond's Tooth-Ache. 
 
 SONG. 
 Time— "Morag." 
 
 SONG. 
 le parting kiss 
 
 Sweetly blythe 
 
 le will think on 
 Fondly he'll re 
 
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 SONG. 
 
 >'.' Peggj .wortb. ■] I 
 
 '''«»'• ™K«< »"■ 
 Iter face .oirul), bexenlj fair, 
 
 BJ art. 
 But I adore pit Pcjsj'. heart. 
 
 Th. Iil,\ I 
 
 munsM in a vrRApraa, 
 
 . LBX4X?. 
 
 n— " 
 
 lafo, 
 
 1. W So»lA. or .. be H 
 l(i>. UMt ago, 
 
 Ur drowncj .1. th» n.rr Fuctb ' 
 
 a».<U«o. 
 
 Igo, ud ago. 
 
 If U, WW, d. 
 
 So maj je get in fin) po 
 Tb« euini o' Mu', eon 
 
 ROBERT GRAHAM, E*q. OF FIXiRY. 
 0!« KXCXIVI.NO A 7AV0UK. 
 
 Kf.r,»l ofm, 1Mb! m» ardeut.piriltiu....,' 
 
 r'or Umjii. tecurded, goodo- 
 
 I ur |in ,1,,. imtm u ibe gi>cr jm. 
 
 Thou orb of daj ! Iboa olber paler light : 
 And ill )« Ml) .pirklmg HSN of night ! 
 If augbt that gi.er fium in; tuiiiil ■ 
 If I ihal f.m'i bouulj e'er diagm-e ; 
 
 I !. b • image Llr.l ; 
 .r f,„i,.j „f man. Ibr friend of irulb. 
 I« friend of age, Miid guide of )oulb : 
 ■- bortl Ukl b». miiu <irlu. »..r„iM, 
 •w bead. with knowledge *o iaforn'd i 
 
 there b Boat, be mad* ibe bat of Ikta. 
 
 • QEAi I ii I DU DtmU B. 
 
 O Tboa. who kiodJj doei proelUo 
 
 . restore', waul! 
 We 1.1c.. (bee, God of nature wide. 
 Vm a.l lb; goodness lent , 
 
 Arid if it pleas* Ihee, bes.enlj guide. 
 
 But whether grsnied or 
 
 >IR5 DUXLOP. OP DUX LOP. 
 
 O.N IE.NBIBILITV. 
 
 Seniibililj bow cbarmiof , 
 
 Ibou, mjr friend, canst trulr tell ; 
 
 But di.tress, with horror, uruj.-c, 
 fboo but also koowu loo well ! 
 
 Fairest flower, behold the lilt. 
 
BURXS.— POEMS. 
 
 To each pirate of t'hi 
 
 Dearly bought the hide 
 Finer feelings can b 
 
 Chords that vibrate sw 
 Thrill the deepest nc 
 
 eath's dork stream I ferry o' 
 
 ■n itself, I'll ask noTo^re, 
 just a Highland welcome. 
 
CORRESPONDENCE 
 
 MR GEORGE THOMSON, 
 
CORRESPONDENCE, &c. 
 
 No. I. 
 
 MR THOMSON TO MS BURNS. 
 
 SIR, Edinburgh, September, 1792. 
 
 For some years past, I have, with a friend or 
 two, employed many leisure hours in selecting 
 
 a) melodies for publication. We have engaged 
 put accompaniments to these, and also to corn- 
 both public and private. To render this 
 
 mined bj Mr Eurns, and if he is of opinion 
 i Relying on the leiter accompanying this, ;o 
 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 poetry improved, wnereier it seems unwunny 
 
 SIR, Dumfries, I6lh September, 1792. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 enter into your undertaking with all the small 
 
 
 
 
 most exertion by the impulse of enthusiasm. 
 
 
 (July, don't hurry me: •' Deil tak the hind- 
 
 cate, as cannot be sung in decent company. 
 
 most 3 ' is by no means the cri de euerre of my 
 
 To remove this reproach, would be an easy 
 
 muse. Will you, as I am inferior to none of 
 
 task to the author of The Cotter's Saturday 
 
 you in enthusiastic attachment to the poetry 
 
 Jiight ; and, for the honour of Caledonia, I 
 
 and music of old Caledonia, and since yon re- 
 
 would fain hope he may be induced to take up 
 
 quest it, have cheerfully promised my mito of 
 
 
 assistance— will you let me have the list of 
 
 the public with a collection infinitely more 
 
 your airs, with the first line of the printed. 
 
 interesting than any that has yet appeared, 
 
 verses you intend for tbem, that I may have an 
 
 and acceptable to all persons of taste, whether 
 
 opportunity of suggesting any alteration that 
 
 they wish for correct melodies, delicate ac- 
 
 may occur to me. You know 'tis in the way 
 
 companiments, or characteristic verses — We 
 
 of my trade ; still leaving you, gentlemen, the 
 
 will esteem your poetical assistance a particu- 
 
 undoubted right of publishers, to approve, or 
 
 
 reject, at your pleasure, for vour own publica- 
 
 you shall please to demand for it. Profit is 
 
 tion. Apropos, if you are for English verses. 
 
 quite a secondary consideration with us, and 
 
 
 
 Whether in the simplicity of the ballad, or the 
 
 pense on the publication. Tell me frankly 
 
 pathus of the song, I can only hope to please 
 
 
 
 to the particular melodies, which 1 am pre- 
 
 
 larly the works" of Scotsmen, that have merit, 
 
 pared to send you. A few songs, exception- 
 
 are certainly very eligible. -Tweedside;' -Ah I 
 
 
 the poor Shepherd's mournful fate;' "Ah! 
 
 wise submit to your consideration : leaving it 
 
 
 to you, either to mend these or make new 
 
 mend ; but such insipid stuft' as ' To Fanny 
 
 songs in their stead. It is superfluous to os- 
 
 fair, could I impart,' &c. usually set to -The 
 
 
 Mill Mill 0,' is a disgrace to the collections in 
 
 anyofihe sterling old songs ; those only will 
 
 which it has already appeared, and would 
 
 be removed which appear quite silly, or abso- 
 
 doubly disgrace a collection that wi'l have the 
 
DIAJdOrTD CAI1IM I LiBOARY. 
 
 lof nuril of joOT«. But more of ibii in 
 *Lcrc i iu^»rit', ai i.aat, iMafc thai 1 
 
 „f ii,. wan that 1 
 
 :.».!.(•. 10 talk, of niuii.l 
 
 I", bir» f \c. would b. downnrbl pi 
 
 '''" ,1 '{"^."m,', ,our rrr, bumbl, . 
 
 No. IIL 
 
 ' U 111 HNS. 
 
 t t, lUAOcfaarr, 17VJ. 
 
 I UCb MltrfactioCl, Jet 
 
 of our coup.. iJir writer* Lave confounded 
 »iuipliciijr »nb nn i t — II and vulrariij j 
 although, bctwran ib< one and itae other, aa 
 l>r Heallie well ot,..r>.«. there » «. (Treat • dif- 
 f.renea u bciHrrn a plant nil of clotbe. and a 
 I undle of rac.. I hr buromou. ballad, or pa- 
 
 u.rlodiea; and more ImalllMJ indeed in all 
 
 •oof* than ihc nioal pointed wit, uajiliup, 
 
 .id U..«rr, lancica. 
 
 \Niili th... true ubwriiiiKiii, I tend jou 
 
 ele.cn of lb. -on*., for which il I. mj wuh lo 
 
 . of jour writing. 1 tballiooti 
 
 Iranian lb. Mat, aud al lb. uiai limr, a pro- 
 
 . ■■•! juu may 
 
 •o kiod aa lo k -i>. for ituptui iu,- ika work, wuh 
 
 Ma, iv. 
 
 VII 111 RNfl TO Ml! i 
 
 .' i ,. and balUda. lo«l. Iln 
 ,our emir .in. ar. ju.l | lb. Map jou .peril 
 
 ■ark in lb. to ; but v. bo .hall tnend (ha nu. 
 I .. op and MJ-Oolo, I ITl 
 
 ■...». a Utter » re \mmmam, »« r.adn.r o.< 
 • I... Laa-rtf,' l 
 
 • baaftag clm$, m) f,, 
 
 ■ 
 
 Mj %.u kuid draii. U. 
 In mirkeal (tiro al audi 
 
 ■ ..- lo tha*. 
 -''t Ha mid,* 
 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 257 
 
 ing of ardent passion, and though it might 
 
 ■:.■■■■. 
 
 ,=mment and style of ou 
 
 nay 
 Ml? 
 
 up^nmy'hor 
 
 
 e. For thi 
 r this reasoi 
 
 Rhme? 
 
 
 f opinion f> 
 
 t as I 
 
 fre.lv 
 
 told you be 
 
 fore, m 
 
 
 ., as you plea 
 
 
 my ballad o 
 
 
 O't 
 
 light perhaps 
 
 
 
 "'head 
 
 
 s™ i r ha U v'e d r 
 
 n""„ y , 
 
 
 ^mifda 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 bhip 
 
 
 
 o be pleased 
 
 r offend 
 
 h the = 
 
 or half, a 
 
 d copy 01 
 
 ssidnity. 
 
 name of the river is horridly prosaic. 
 
 "Behind yon hill where Lugar floy 
 
 Girvan is the name of the river that 
 idea of the stanza best, but Lugar is 
 agreeable modulation of syllables. 
 
 is I find I have 
 ,rning before ,ny 
 11 give you "Nat, 
 
 .ength. (bee p 
 bughls, Marion, ' 
 
 then 
 
 mplici 
 
 ty of wines, 
 Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary, 
 
 Will ye go the Indies, my Mary, 
 Across th' Atlantic's roar? 
 
 sweet grows the lime and the oran 
 
 I hae sworn by the Heavens to my Mar 
 1 hae sworn by the Heavens to be tru 
 And sae may the Heavens forget me, 
 
 O plight me your faith, my Mary, 
 
 And plight me your lily-white hand: 
 O plight me your faith, my Mary, 
 
 We hae plighted our troth, my Mary, 
 
 The hour and the mom< 
 
 with you in the furthers 
 
 In my very early years, when I was thinking 
 of going to the West lnd.es, 1 took the follow- 
 ing farewell of a dear girl. It i, qu te inllini. 
 
 
 
 
 No 
 
 V. 
 
 
 
 MR BURNS TO 
 
 MR THOMSON. 
 
 
 
 
 Novem 
 
 erSth, 1792. 
 
 If 
 
 yon n 
 
 ean.mydear 
 
 be' poet 
 
 all the song, 
 y of the hrst 
 
 ™ e 
 
 ■ii"l° 
 
 am afraid you 
 ertaking than 
 larrhytbmus 
 
 you are a 
 in many 
 
 more difficulty 
 ware of. There 
 
 
 
 y of adapting 
 
 syllables 
 
 
 \h 
 
 tm.e 
 
 
 all the fe 
 
 ad1a, n h,mu."f 
 
 
 aim' 
 
 
 e diffi'cu 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 be 
 
 adapt 
 
 fa few lines, 
 
 uTuca" 
 
 nd pretty, can 
 expect. The 
 
 fo 
 
 
 
 
 
 th 
 
 iii", 
 
 on farther s 
 
 
 ight give you 
 
 ra 
 
 - 
 
 s* 
 
 »f the air 
 
 * Tin 
 
 song Mr Tho 
 
 mson has 
 
 not adopted in 
 
 hi 
 
 colie 
 
 ction. It de 
 
 erves, h 
 
 owever, to be 
 
. A MM 1 LIUUAUY. 
 
 
 Th» narld\ «i 
 'In. anJlt ■ 
 
 Ai %hm f 
 
 I . 
 
 lb. • 
 Tboaa, 
 
 
 TV. IW,! L« cooiJ ... . I 
 
 1 ba«e hitbmo defcrrrf ih- ullimrr, mor« 
 . . ii*:tcr to dubuuour. Karcwt.l, 
 
 MR BUBH8 in MB THOMSON. 
 
 in. .111 \si> MAin. 
 Tarn—" k.ditrin. Oft*.' 
 
 (;..-„ b, )oai »ood*. ud hui yur lion 
 
 lutf inrrlli bloom 'd III- r»>. r"*H »' 
 
 ,', ! 
 
 VYu roj >«Ml lli k blaud .M«/j. 
 
 II L.lrr ! 
 ' -,( aia, 
 
 l> paW, p. I. now, tboaa roaj lip., 
 
 . ..•'. ibr mrkllof (Uat>, 
 
 - -.»jl, I 
 Staail 1... m] II.,. bland .Mu,. 
 
 >vdu«iii, Ittltatr, 
 
 I «t« oilh joj. that ih. ■((, ■ I 
 
 .-.. p.«r ^ufl. and u. ,«..,, lh, . aHo- 
 frtb* BBWanbjf <-r »o braul ful an »ir. I 
 
 bat ,i niu lb. .ir. 1 
 
 MM of lb. WU* .nl. r.. lint paa- 
 »fM of in,i joulbful Cij.i aud I o»n ibat I 
 
 . 
 Ivan a.r. »lml, »oolo I 
 I. ip. alti-r ail. V. lb. il-il gloMinf prrjudicv 
 
 »h.cb prom',.«''pT.'tli -eir^l'laka" 
 
 ■a ih. Im of ib' Biau 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 No. VII. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 UE SIR, Edinburgh, A" 
 
 93. 
 
 ., ihai 
 
 nding the chari 
 u wish her 
 
 I than 
 
 1*11 think my lot divin, 
 Tho' warld's care we s 
 Wi' her I'll bljthely b< 
 
 of any poem 
 
 pleasing ; 
 
 air shall, in the first place, have verses wholly 
 by Scottish poets ; and that those of English 
 writers shall follow as additional songs, for 
 the choice of the singer. 
 What you say of the «Ewe-bughts' is just ; I 
 
 If I si 
 
 night lead you to improve them. The wre, 
 
 I remain yours, faithfully, &e. 
 P. S. Your verses upon ' Highland Mary' 
 
 ■■' J u = 
 
 
 :try, a 
 
 air, with the delicate harmony of Pleyel 
 radded, might form a treat worthy of 
 g presented to Apollo himself. I have 
 
 No. YIIL 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 Dumfries, 1st Decn 
 Your alterations of my -Nannie C 
 ight. So are those of ' My wi 
 
 Sir, with the freedom which char 
 lie Lesley. ' You are right, tl 
 
 of Caledon 
 
 
 ; 
 
 
 
 
 
 it Hudibra. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Of the o 
 
 
 g, • My wife 
 
 
 
 
 wee thing, 
 
 I think 
 
 the firs 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I do not 
 
 
 iL~'..il, 
 
 
 igl, 
 
 
 
 if them 
 
 
 
 
 
 ' the 
 
 
 Ihav 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 following ; 
 
 do you 
 
 tnend I 
 
 
 V 
 
 jric. 
 
 did 
 
 Thi 
 
 she is.) 
 
 my opinio. 
 
 more 
 
 poe 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 rrial: > 
 
 
 
 
 
 I agre* 
 
 vithyou.i 
 
 
 
 
 .dbe wi 
 
 hed, Ihoug 
 
 
 
 three 
 
 r four it 
 
 TTa'L 
 
 ort, tl 
 
 Rai 
 
 Stan* 
 
 is h the P 
 
 most diffic 
 
 t I 
 
 tried. 
 
 
 
 
 
 The 
 
 •Lea.r 
 
 h > is as fo 
 
 
 (V 
 
 s .;« 
 
 Thorns 
 ther. 
 
 nhasdeci. 
 
 edon 
 
 «Ne 
 
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 rot K i»»lJ-* 
 Tbcra'aauld lUb Mocr. 0bsl MM bj jon 
 II. . .b- Ua| »' Juid r.llowi and walao auld 
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 An! M Un'u.r IMMN b . darl n C rnd M) 
 . u lb. •xxainc. >: 
 .. lb. ...oi»j .m.nr lb* n.w 
 
 Aad d.*r lo a; b.art aa lb. l.fbt lo o.j .V 
 Bwt Ob! aWa .. kMK "Id Robls*. I 
 
 J a. Went and unco ► kcijrh, 
 
 «xjr Duncan •land al.rij.-h ; 
 
 lln. ba, lW»uo.uj u ' 
 
 in llccch'd. and Duncan pn 
 
 M'; »■> dr. I a. Ailwcralg.t 
 
 < i "aT". M bsilb b Icrr 't and Mil 
 Spako'luwpinvVr * Imu ; 
 IU. ba, Vc. 
 
 II.. I.i. if. 
 ir;btad lorr >• Mil u bid*. 
 Ha, 1 • 
 
 shaii i. iik* • a 
 
 .-h im brli 
 Dbmh ... alado'j.ai 
 
 Tb. day act 
 TW akk] cc 
 
 1 i..\ rht bf.nja ma 
 
 al i. HAY. 
 
 Deltas Cray ems bcrs to arm, 
 
 I 
 Ob bijlk* jsl« ajtbt wh.o »« were 
 
 Ha, 
 Maggie. ~»»« -" ■*»« f -' »•«»• 
 
 
 
 H., ba. 0M. 
 
 .. ba. (b'a wooing o'l. J 
 4M 
 
 : in jour «.flii. Pi— in 
 
 ' lighl.bora* c.llop of rs 
 
 f wh.rb prx-ludn Mudmcul. I u, lldlnill 
 IU runof fcalura. 
 
 MR BUBN-> 
 
 SONG. 
 
 Tto— "I had a bora*." 
 
 ih raald and rra'lraa lot*. 
 
 > poortiih raald and rmUas lofi 
 
 O wb ? abosld fait air pUaaurt ban. 
 
 ♦ A wcU-kno.ni fork in ibe U 
 
 common with ibe old 
 lieratioua baliad of Duncan Cray, bat the tr.t 
 
 1 i.c and part of ibe Ui.rd. TbVrnt i* wbo.lj 
 
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RURNS. -CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 This wi 
 Ifsp 
 
 Fie, fie 
 That 
 
 rld's we: 
 "o-sfflj 
 
 1th when I 
 l* the iave o 
 
 he the slave 
 why, 4tc 
 
 Her een 
 
 sae bonn 
 
 ie bine betrs 
 
 How 
 
 But pru 
 
 be repay 
 
 smy^passio. 
 
 nk and fashi 
 why, 4:0. 
 
 O wba 
 Ands 
 
 MS 
 
 nee think up 
 e by him ? 
 
 How blest the humble cotta 
 
 He wooes his simple dea: 
 
 The silly bogles wealth an, 
 
 GALLA WATER. 
 
 The bonnie lad o' Galla Water. 
 
 Altho' his daddie was nae laird. 
 And tho' I hae na meikle tocher : 
 
 Yet rich in kindness, truest love, 
 We'll tent our flocks by Galla Wat< 
 
 ilth, it ne'er was weal 
 
 'utual love, 
 
 No. XI. 
 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 Edinburgh, Jaiiuai-y, 20(A, 1793. 
 
 flight them, and to honour yourself. 
 The four last songs with which you favoured 
 e, for 'Auld Rob Morris, Duncan Gray, 
 Galla Water,' and ' Cauld Kail,' are aciii. ra- 
 
 eeling, and powerfully touch the heart. 
 
 The number of songs which I had originally 
 n view was limited, but I now resolve to in. 
 lude everv Scotch air and song worth sing- 
 ng ; leaving none behind but meie gleanings, 
 o which the publishers of omnegatherum are 
 
 ollection from which nothing could be taken 
 way, than of one to which nothing could be 
 .dded. We intend presenting the subscribers 
 vith two beautiful stroke engravings; the one 
 
 That ooft con 
 The bands and bliss o' 
 O that's the chiefest 
 
 January, 1793. 
 Many returns of the season to yon, my dea 
 
 In short, I would wish to give you my opinio 
 
 •The wild-wood Ii 
 
 enameofih 
 
 her., : 
 
 e of each 
 
 song, and the 
 
 cident which 
 
 
 
 
 gratifying. 
 
 Pray , 
 
 will you 
 
 
 formation of this sor 
 
 
 
 
 , as the 
 
 'old ones 
 
 
 To all the fa 
 
 
 ong» uf . 
 
 
 
 "ill be 
 
 joined tl 
 
 
 
 
 f Pleyel. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 cely nee 
 
 es^ary , lh-y are chieily 
 
 ted for the o< 
 
 
 
 
 d a tuneful 
 
 
 
 3 er delivery of 
 
 
 
 emSrfe 
 
 t. Neverthe- 
 
 
 
 
 ssaccompani- 
 
 
 
 hey are fi 
 
 ted either for 
 
 ,gi„g,orfor 
 
 
 
 
 ere happens 
 
 
 singer. 
 
 
 oy our right 
 
 
 riend Mr 
 
 Clarke lo set 
 res me he will 
 
 
 
 
 
 n than he 
 
 ver be 
 
 towed on 
 
 any thing of 
 
at attempt to find mo 
 ic b»rd Peter 
 
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 irlv • The Sow'i tall to Oeordie, 
 
 cd I know not 
 writing for lb. tin I K m to him, broau.r of 
 the peculiarity of lllrir inra.ur-. and the tram- 
 mrl. they impoM on lii> Hying Per*»ua. I 
 •ilbjoin for joor peru.al the only one 1 ban 
 
 .1 Ma, baiaf fca ibi la* air ■ Lord 
 
 n r.e. pt.nt.-d with that 
 
 air, arc t.krn-from the middle of an old ballad, 
 
 ■ I f 1 . .' «h,.-b I do 
 
 n. a creditor of jour.. Maai of lb* Jaobne 
 
 I loll ;rd iu our volume 
 of conic tonga 1 
 
 II :tllM. 
 I it m mi HON. L i BSKOTB. 
 
 Mr Thomvon haa been .o oblirin*. H to giv. 
 D» a peeu.alofy.iu. 
 
 . I • Dui.cat 
 
 t obliging t|i*pa*ih*lna \uu kinily Dfo- 
 
 • ■><«». . I 
 
 i ret any trot, per- 
 
 MB BUBNfl i" '.lit iimm-un. 
 
 961k January, 1793. 
 1 appro* rr.Mli, tnv deir ilr. of jour plana. 
 
 ■ It*..., 
 On my part, I m.in lo dnw up an appeo 
 
 , . i.r'i anecdote. I bare by me, liken 
 Co»n in the toorie pf mj acquaintance wi L 
 
 lliaiiaat, that ia lb* coarae of ray ae.eral pel 
 
 - [land, I made a pilgrii 
 
 •••.ich every 
 
 aoiir took itt ri.*. ' Loebaber. ' and the ' Brae. 
 
 of Ballenden,' excepted. So far u the " 
 
 - 'r^ra the title of the air, or ibe 
 
 of the ton-, could be aaceriained, 1 bare paid 
 
 ., it toe particular ahrine of every 
 
 I do not doubt bol joo might make a very 
 
 -iection of Jacob le *on-« — bui 
 
 «rsald it give no offence » In the meantime, 
 
 I irll • The S.i«'i tail lo (.enrdie,' aa an air, 
 Willi other word., might be well worth a pluce 
 
 li it were possible lo procure aong* of merit, 
 it would be prop.r lo have one aet of BOOM 
 
 IO whieh the note* ought lo be Ml. Ill- I- I. 
 
 i«niiixiur. of Scot. word, and phraaeolugy, 
 winch i. mute in uniwn (at lea.l to my la.te, 
 and I will add, lo every genuine t 
 latta), villi the llnpla palhoa, or ruatk 
 
 aaoa of Peter Pindar, ia on «c- 
 aalallioo to your work. Ilia •Gregory' ia 
 
 Not Hi 
 
 implioilj hi It! 
 
 ,i,l i..- prttumn. 
 
 h ISM nrlat 
 
 or. of ibe ballad 
 
 LOBD t.iti BOB*/, 
 
 ,irk i. thi. midnight hour, 
 
 Loid (irrgorj op* thy d 
 
 barfttbart 
 
 . ..ing IBM ; 
 
 l-ord liter. , , 
 
 Where 'ur.t lown'dl'ba'l 
 
 » The aong of Ur Walcoll oo Ih 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 My most respectful corn} 
 nourable gentleman who f; 
 po=l„cript in jour last. I 
 lue and his MSS. soon. 
 
 No. XIII. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 20th March, 1783. 
 MARY MORISON. 
 Tune— «« Bide ye yet." 
 
 it i7t'he wish'TAhTtrJs'te.d hour; 
 Those smiles and elances let me see, 
 
 That make the miser's treasure poor; 
 How blj thely wad I bide the stoure, 
 
 A weary slave frae sun 10 sun; 
 Could 1 the rich reward secure, 
 
 The lovely Mary Morison. 
 
 The dance go 
 To thee mv fan 
 
 to the tremblini 
 
 O Mary, canst thou wreck his peace, 
 
 Wha for thy sake wad gladly oie ! 
 
 Or canst thou break that heart of his, 
 
 A thought ungentle canna be 
 The thought o' Maij Morison. 
 
 Think of the ring by yond 
 
 subject, w"hich is d< 
 
 No. XIV. 
 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 March, 1793. 
 
 WANDERING WILLIE. 
 
 s awa, there awa, wandering Willie, 
 
 ow tired with wandering, baud awa hame, 
 
 ad tell me thou bring'st me my Willie the 
 
 It was 
 
 nae ihe 
 
 bias 
 
 brought the 
 
 fow we 
 
 come t 
 
 hes 
 
 mmer, and 
 
 The sir 
 
 trner to 
 
 Datu 
 
 re, my Will 
 
 f e hurri 
 
 anes r 
 
 estir 
 
 the cave o' 
 
 Ohow 
 
 ft my 
 
 ldh 
 
 »w gently ,e 
 
 utifhe 
 still 
 
 ft 
 
 ten his faithfulles 
 tweeu us, thou v 
 
 No. XV. 
 
 MR BURINS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 OPEN THE DOOR TO ME, OH ! 
 
 s frae thee, Oh. 
 
 False friends, false lov 
 I'll ne'er trouble then 
 
i;t DIA1I0BD CABHfBT LIIIUAUY. 
 
 m'd (he door, ahe hat openM 
 
 a .1. ror.<. on th. plain. Oh: 
 
 ... crirJ, and .ana dowu tj 
 
 I do not know whether tbit aoag b* re* 
 
 Bo. \U. 
 
 MR BURN-* TO •■■II rBOMSON. 
 
 ,i M1& 
 
 T>Mi " Boun.. Ihlndee. •• 
 
 Tru* h-irlrU waa be, lb. 11J •»•..! o" I 
 
 And Mr in lu« aaaidt on lb* I «i.li o' I 
 
 ■ ih- Nith . windii 
 Ar. letHi » faithful, uxl nMni «. Mr i 
 
 J alloi.r; 
 
 ■bait. 
 
 
 pradoetiootof ynvrnsMi \»nr UvvUrtgnrri 
 
 IVI .V u.au"ful''-,.'n,. ,,! Y.'.u'r •"li'.r. A«'a 
 Willi*' iiui.t nndargo ««nt alteration! to <un 
 th. «ir. .Mr BnklM and I bin Urn Maura* 
 ,r ..vr: b* will aagfatf what it nKWllj lo 
 
 • w \mu.ui\i; WU.U& 
 
 aws 
 
 bnuj'.l m. mr 
 
 w 
 
 r lntar.erlaaa bin loud andcauld 
 
 la 
 
 For, lor my 
 
 Willi* brought tr 
 
 in 
 
 
 • imiu.r. and «r 
 
 
 „t, ». »ild.l..rm., inlhcrovo' 
 
 )OU 
 
 nod waft uij d*«f lajdl* 
 
 Hut ob. if b.'. f.ilhlrt. *nd mind. n. 
 How »lill l»H"« u«. il.uu dark-hea 
 
 £di« 
 
 for poel, will hit Mm] jorffintit, *d p'-d 
 ■JumiotWi >.nd r'/ttrd otb»r». 
 lb.laaledil.oa .... lollow.:- 
 
 Hat* awa. iktn aw*, w.r.d^rinf Will!., 
 i: .*, Ibtrtaw*, baud \% 
 
 •'/mV'ra^W.II.Vl'.'e.ar.*, 
 
 atari* eompl.i, 
 h*.e put do. 
 
 I propove fir'inf in tddilii 
 
 rent*. ir*n;oib<Toeesnto 
 
 lb. chtractrr of Ibr air*. 
 
 U l i uim upon ritTj thing eUc relaiiug I 
 
 >. mj Willi* to nr. 
 io the c»»e of jour I luoi 
 
 B drttd howl 
 the W.k.n j- br-eiea. ro 
 > aft mj dear L 
 
 lafrij t*aj me a rati • 
 
 M-uU added to them. 1 w..b jou were bef*. But ofc, if 
 
 ■ 
 ■ 
 
 2mpbo„.e», a 
 e icrvnpiui 
 
 I »m rtrj much pleated 
 
 tbej axe indeed bejond 
 
 the terenl but importance io 
 
 irre that »« W.llV. my ML 
 ! Sereral of tht alteration wem to be o' life 
 
The gentleman I li 
 pleased bolh with the 
 
 BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Sae wistfully she gaz 
 
 No. xvltl 
 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 WHEN WILD WAR'S DEADLY BL*. ST 
 
 WAS ELAWN. 
 
 Air—" The Mill, MillO." 
 
 iible knapsack a 'my wealth 
 ight heart was in my breast, 
 
 I thought upon the banks o' Cc 
 I thought upon my Nancy, 
 
 I thoueht upon the witching sn 
 That caught my youthful fan 
 
 O! happy, happy may he be, 
 That's dearest to tby bosom 
 
 My purse is light, I've far to ; 
 And fain wad be thy lodger 
 
 I've served my king and coun 
 
 'or gold the merchant ploughs 
 The farmer ploughs the man 
 
 iut glory is the sodger's prize. 
 The sodger's wealth is bonoi 
 
 'he brave poor sodger ne 'er de 
 
 MEG 0' THE MILL. 
 
 
 it Meg o' 
 
 is gotte 
 
 The Mill 
 
 epithet for the sea, dark-h 
 by Mr Erskine, is in itself i 
 well perhaps as more sul 
 
 element not so well adapted to the ideas of eter- 
 nal separation, which the fair mourner is sup- 
 posed to imprecate. From the original song 
 of Here awa Willie,' Burns has borrowed 
 nothing but the second line and part of the 
 
 jioero will, it is hoped, justify the different 
 editions of it vihic)i we have given. 
 
 the barley Miller. 
 
 pin', the Miller 
 
 A heartlike' a lord and a hue like a lady -, 
 The laird was a widdiefu', bleer-ee't knur 
 She's left the guid fello.v and taen the chi 
 
 The Miller he hecht her a heart leal and 
 
 The Laird' did address her wi' matter 
 
 ip by her 
 
 'he siller, 
 
 n the love that's 
 
 ie prev 
 
 "'";., 
 
 No. XIX. 
 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 'tk April, 1793. 
 Thank you, my dear sir, for >our packet 
 
Y--XI cannot imagine tow much ihit bu.ineaa 
 of compoing for jour publlcanon ha. added 10 
 «"J enjoyment., \\h«l with mi early attach- 
 ment total ad.. J.urlook. if. ballad-making 
 
 I 
 
 • ij ml I aeaa io the limn of mjr 
 grant ihel I may lair the right 
 
 . on itoWoaaH folia with «h™i 
 hue 1»™ happy, I (hall »ay, 
 rnrrry a. we a* bar been,* and railing my laat 
 
 lb. mj I... 
 
 lafBJ a* they 
 
 kayc occurred al random on looking, o,er jvur 
 
 4.1 I. ma I rameo'erlbe 
 .Md» of R.m.>, ! II- ».n- .. uuwurlby of 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 ing bay, bareheaded, on lb< 
 uUrryrd to Allan, ibal it * 
 fur.. one. R.m.aylook, 
 
 
 I. „ 
 
 I 
 
 
 
 
 ii, of HoLrtiend, i 
 .. Eail of Loudon, I 
 
 * call* bimaelf (be • Voice or 
 iai.cn of Mu, »bo deoomi- 
 at • \'i»ct of Con a. * • Sea merry 
 
 Idlwafinaibciiie 
 hinl. and Una 
 
 • One day I heard Mary t«J,' it a fine eonf ; 
 but for cuu.i.irucy'. aake, alter tbe name 
 tVu there e.er 1Mb banna pun- 
 ished, u a purpoae of marriage between 'AJo- 
 tii. and .Mary?' 1 agree with you that my 
 i care on every band,' 
 i. iiiu.h raptrior 10 • Puurlilh cauld.' 'I l.e 
 original eoog ' I he niill, mill t), ' though rl- 
 
 aibU| '.nil Hike the title, and think 'a Scolti.'. 
 
 - Dea' ia, 
 . .rally Lai.gulee lu . 
 
 . ■all enough, but baa mmt fal.e 
 
 " And • wcelly the nightingale tanf from (l.e 
 
 n.agery i. elwai. c I 
 I hit on another .lania euual 
 to 'Ibe.,, 
 
 
 I 
 
 ,',.'ral other., ark . 
 meal, are well worth, of preaer- 
 
 . until I 
 
 rot it taken down from a counliy girl', .ngin.-. 
 
 It ,. called ■ Cra.g.eburn Mood ,» and la tbe 
 
 . ■ an of our .weete.l 
 
 > k ,uit. an entbueia* 
 
 I would take bla H 
 
 li.h rou,i: agaitut the laele of mo.1 connoia- 
 
 la right in in»erlir.g the laat tat 
 
 I ba»e loat mj lore,' ia io me > 
 — what would jou tbink of a aei of 
 
 mended copy In 
 
 un« to it, aiia lei tbe In.h yer 
 
 flh.aong. ere, 
 ail; oat to W 
 
 altered elate. It <Joe, 
 
BURNS.— CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 • VwerikFh diwf 
 
 » are all pretty, but 
 Yours, &c. 
 
 his | 
 
 Let me know just h 
 
 ow you like these rand 
 
 om 
 
 No 
 
 XX. 
 
 
 MR THOMSON 
 
 TO MR BURNS. 
 
 
 Edinburgh, April, 1793 
 I rejoice to find, my dear sir, that ball 
 making continues to be your hobby hoi 
 
 and " witch the world with your horseui 
 
 *\ 
 
 « My Pati! is a lover 
 
 equal, is a natural an 
 1 humbly think we n 
 ter it except the last s 
 
 good many lively so 
 
 d very pleasing snng, 
 ght not to displace or 
 
 'gs 
 
 No. 
 
 XXI. 
 
 
 MS BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 
 I have yours, my dear sir, this moment, 
 shall answer it and your former letter, in 
 
 at the beginning what tiddlers call a star 
 iiote. is often a rub to us poor rhymers. 
 
 I 
 ap. 
 
 ••There's braw.br 
 That wander thro' 
 
 the blooming heather 
 
 ??' 
 
 You may alter to 
 
 
 
 " Braw, braw lad 
 Ve wander," &c. 
 
 on Yarrow braes. 
 
 
 bySfrTrf tine, Ten 
 
 irely approve of. and 
 
 ded 
 
 •• Yestreen I go 
 
 A place where 
 
 Yestreen lay on 
 
 b^law a?. 6 ' 
 
 
 It is highly chara 
 the strain of senlii 
 with the air, to whic 
 
 (eristic of our Bard, 
 em does not eorresp 
 n he proposes it shoul 
 
 V; 
 
 * The original lett 
 lams many observati 
 
 er from Mr Thomson c 
 
 is desire, are suppres 
 of Mr Burns refers to 
 
 I 1 
 
 j The reader has a 
 
 read} seen that Burns 
 
 did 
 
 
 !, ynu r 
 
 ,mplet, 
 
 
 which is the very essence of a ballad, I 
 
 eature you are a little apt to sacrifice to 
 bregoing. 
 
 j s equally happy in his piece's ; still I can- 
 
 >r as Mr W. proposes doing with ' The 
 '-r the Moor.' Let a poet, if he 
 
 
 ■ks of the poor bard w 
 seLby He'aven 6 ! twoul 
 
 
 spoiling the whole. One stanza in -The Lass 
 o Pa ie's Mill.' must be left out ; the song 
 will be nothing worse for it. I am not sure if 
 
 stanza and be the better for it. • Cauld Kail 
 
 Love. ' At any rate, my other song, ' Green 
 grow the rashes,' will never suit. That song 
 
 to the merry old tune of that name ; which of 
 course would mar the progress of your song to 
 celebrity. Your book will be the standard of 
 Scots songs for the future ; let this idea ever 
 keep your judgment on the alarm. 
 
 country to suit • Bonnie Dundee, ' 1 send y ou 
 also a ballad to the • Mill, mill 0. 't 
 
 istly ; but your learned Ivgs 
 ; displeased with the very fe: 
 
 ronounce them silly. Do you 
 
 not finally adopt all o 
 
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 »nJ lo Johotun' • I 
 
 B rHOMSOK. 
 
 \ win. 
 MB mOMBOM I" mii ill BM& 
 
 II »indiii« ll. 
 
 Ik^J. -,th. pott. 
 
 
 ,' ibe mill 
 
 :g. though u. ion not emrnilj 
 
 t Th- n brr« mttaioati u 
 IW wroie liw btlUd o< ' Boa 
 
 ■ 
 
 I am ■!«•}• U.lli llWlfllWd mil mm 
 t Infill} u;recaM>. It II >»rj poa.iblr I 
 
 uu- L4m of (impllaltj .n 
 
 
 ., I ,, 
 
 counlr} utoplr. 
 
 «Hj. ifeo, 
 
 ii} un4.-r.luod, M o 
 r . dr»ill} LI..I,' fcr. 
 
 IhoMb* 
 
 I. ; bul Hir 
 
 . ■ r n.« fir. I njfwM nul 
 I" 
 
 ,. .kick h. imrcdu ■ 
 
 ,. !...., I* l.k. .u.l. 
 ■ lu»l bu liutUiuf lu do Willi llto 
 
 • ikinkul am -f ii. i >».u 1....1 
 
 .t .. tu Chi. Il»rr i. 
 
 V,. WIV. 
 
 MB I 
 Wb..fi I uDjoa, mj ... 
 
 MMwij bu 
 
 will «*.il} allow Ibal ll ■ rl<f w.- 
 
 Mj U wn lo... 
 
 I ; bat Ik 
 
 total ruin of » much lo>«d fr cf.J. I. * lot. in- 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 ill now, with as much alacrit; 
 , go oo with your commands. 
 i Fraser, the hautboy player 
 
 •s that please 
 ! reel by the 
 d which I re- 
 id to sing by 
 
 2W_"Liggeramce 
 Blythe hae I been on yon h 
 
 Underneath the grass green sod, 
 [ should wish to hear how this pleases yot 
 
 No. XXV. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 January, 5, 1793. 
 
 hose mighty villains who divide kingd 
 iga'inst kingdom, desolate provinces, and 
 .ations waste out of the wantonness of am 
 ion, or often fro,., still more ignoble passio. 
 in a mood of this kind to-day, I recollec 
 
 
 substi 
 
 ate 
 
 «■ And eyes again with pleasure b 
 That had been bleared with mour 
 
 ling.' 
 
 
 Though better suited to the music, 
 ar- inferior to the original. This i 
 alteration adopted by Mr Thorns 
 
 the 
 
 
 ne that it3 querulous melody probably ha< 
 welling suffering heart, fired at the tyra 
 
 tall like j 
 
 ong, composed in three quarters of ai 
 
 leditation in my elbow chair, ought 
 
 lin. If I have ( 
 
 2'u7te — " Logan 
 
 Far, far frae 
 
 mean 
 
 dLoga 
 
 n braes 
 
 
 Again the m 
 
 errym 
 
 ntho* 
 
 May, 
 
 
 Has made o 
 The birds rej 
 
 r hills 
 
 
 ewer 8 
 
 Si 
 
 The bees hu 
 
 
 Ih- b 
 
 -i:n i,' 
 
 flo^ 
 
 Blythe morn 
 
 l.ff lift 
 
 hisro 
 
 J eye, 
 
 
 And evening 
 
 
 
 rs of jo 
 
 y = 
 
 My soul deli 
 
 
 
 veys, 
 
 
 While Will 
 
 e'5 far 
 
 Vae U 
 
 
 ies. 
 
 Within yon 
 
 milk-w 
 
 lite ho 
 
 wthorr 
 
 bus 
 
 Anianir h-r I 
 
 
 sits tl 
 
 
 h: 
 
 Herfaithtu' 
 
 
 ill sha 
 
 eher 
 
 oil, 
 
 in Witherspoon's Colled 
 U>— " Hughie Graham. 
 
 inexpressibly beautiful ; 
 I know, original. It is loo 
 
870 
 
 a'to-ribrr. 0»«Wi you f»»» » » place. I ha*e 
 
 : 11 la >».»■ 
 
 After balancing tnjaelf fur a inu.nc ■«• iui- 
 
 niHr., on the li .11.1. Ir.-, ol my elbow cluir, I 
 
 |.r>*lueeu Iba 
 
 I Oanklj co..ir». : but .1 worth) 
 
 al all, Ihc, m -lit I- l.r.t in place t a. »»rf) 
 
 ll.Nf.l 1.IIIKARV. 
 
 till follow r.» ii,. i 
 
 u • 
 
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 • 
 
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 r TO Ml in kn>. 
 
 llWay. 1 
 
 
 I 
 
 . 
 i 
 
 ■ much 1 am 
 
 , 
 
 .j mutt »uf- 
 Irt tse lo iujluM a .m»h mark of mj grail, 
 lade.* and lo repeal il after- 
 
 fail to bereapecuble ami 
 H'-J»rW ly moral*;. 
 
 ' 
 
 No. \\\ll. 
 MB in li\ ro MB THOMSON. 
 
 July?, I7V3. 
 
 1 )u.i uafaaad iIm feUawini balMi 
 
 i of il ; a... 
 
 . .1 ll,r 1,1.1 la.!....,, Ure. If >..( 
 
 do not lilu iba air enough lo Rive il a place u 
 . , . ■ rnum iu 'iba »o„. 
 . .. I lia n i lH H. 
 
 There »li a la... nn.l .he «« fuir, 
 Al kirk .,..1 markrl iobe.ee,.; 
 
 ««« inH, 
 ILr | 4|r ,l ,.. 
 
 And ajre .he trourbi her nummic'i walk, 
 I 
 
 
 if. danced «.,' 
 
 And now the work, ber nnmmie'a wrr '. 
 igai «i' csre and pa... ; 
 Ytt mitt 1,1 what her all roight be. 
 Or that wad roak her wed again. 
 
 tit't h»arl loop light, 
 Andd.dna.o, ■.!,,. k In her t'e, 
 
 r. be fondly 
 
 o h-r. be food If pre. 
 ./f'd thus huj laic o' 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Jennie fair, I lo'e thee dea] 
 
 canst thou think to fane 
 
 Or wilt tnou leave thy mamn 
 
 
 hough 
 
 sof 
 
 
 of my 6 
 
 
 
 
 
 V may 
 
 find th 
 f the 
 
 ; 
 
 
 of D. 
 
 erne 
 
 e holds in life but in the dress and character 
 
 No. XXVIII. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 Juhj, 1733. 
 
 sir, that S 
 
 ■ of aft'ec 
 
 : Howev 
 
 
 
 Thank you for my copy of your public; 
 
 • The Flower 
 
 the note's : but, 
 three stanzas be 
 
 Edinburgh. ' 
 
 Ibe old ballad, « I wish I were where Helen 
 >f it in Johnson's is not much better. Mr Pin- 
 
 n f "nTr r o]a ) tion S lb bu 
 
 ro = 
 
 1. It is 
 
 full of 
 
 "y next, I wMs^gg" 
 
 sUo' 
 
 
 nsider- 
 
 
 
 
 
 urried notice. Iu th 
 
 
 
 allow 
 
 congratulate you no 
 
 
 
 therof 
 
 11. You have coram 
 
 ii-n 
 
 
 
 rae; which will now 
 
 
 
 
 e, by (he illustriousj 
 
 nryo 
 
 FtheS 
 
 
 ters of Taste—all 
 
 
 a poes 
 
 
 
 hav 
 
 
 preten- 
 
 
 
 
 
 rit to foretell and affi 
 
 
 
 
 hild will bold up you 
 
 
 
 
 onest pride, " Thiss 
 
 
 
 
 was the work of my 
 
 
 -toi." 
 
 
 No. XXIX. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS, 
 Edinburgh, August, 1793. 
 ing your last ti 
 
 nappy tt 
 
 :e of li 
 
 r the 
 
 ,-ie slower airs of ' The bush aboon Tra- 
 Iquair,' • Lord Gregory, ' and the like ; for in 
 
 ^Yo™ ballad" * Therew as a ■ 
 ioubtedly grace my collection. 
 
 th 
 
 There is 
 
 ■■■ 
 
 a copy of 
 of the parish 
 
 this ballad g 
 ofKirkpairick 
 tomb of Fair 
 
 1! 
 
 £ 
 
 cV 
 
 - is 
 tainly nc 
 
 p. 275, to w 
 t applicable. 
 
 hich this char 
 
 
 ris 
 
N . \\\. 
 MS III UN^ 10 Mil I 
 
 XV nrAR THOMSON, 
 
 ;.-~ni, it .luJjmr ihr i. 
 
 . t of ih. l(o,,d-au .ubjwU, 
 
 i.i If muff »r - » acil«-J. u .in jou thai I ban 
 
 MR 1- 
 
 '"" P««|Tt 
 
 I Tk. .Xb.r o.....~ , 
 
 >.r of ilo.u| anj thing 
 
 pan 
 
 T.«— •• Robin A 
 
 Taatiac ib< brrtth ng tprinj , 
 
 ■ 
 
 lbs d*»j »pnj ; 
 . Old luj, 
 
 Down in a .hadj «»lk. 
 Irr.,rk d tn. cruel b'a.k 
 
 3o mcch fur 
 •11. try ■»• b»"d on H i 
 1 u« tj» find mjtcf d 
 
 DIAMOND CA111.NET LIBRARY. 
 
 I bare juil put lbs lut bind to tbe aoi 
 
 ) lb. ton K 1 
 
 . I .bull I,.- |,l,-«.„l, u 
 It I. * fttouriit of nun-: ,f not, I 
 
 .. II... I Mill 
 
 
 . joufcir. 
 
 N . \\\il. 
 Ml THOMSON TO MB ill ltN>. 
 
 OOJ «ll-,,Uinj; ||,,, |,uLll. .I 
 
 , arknuwlmlg. 
 I I 1.11 bun I 
 
 aioMi „f I,. ooiqdIi 
 
 Bptteripl lu 
 
 .1. -I.i.l. I prru.rd mortlbtii 
 .n.llj xlirihrr joor 
 . 
 h a tacaaioai ftitnd, uquualHJ ».ih i ;i«- 
 rUI l.aij.i. of tbt port tad ll 
 
 drowning car» together ) ibtt tn ■ 
 
 I] ihiug lb»l would dWpij affect 
 ) u. »J.d Ihr only ui.llrr jou could thm .lu^j 
 
 t -lad to •»• jou gi«e • It. .Lit 
 luroluluf 
 
 11 Wllb U hngli.b nil for I chtng., and 
 
 j ii. mil mti'-brd laftihtr. Bobio'i tit 
 . Ihoogk b« ttrulolt bt. tn oat of 
 
 the wtjr DMM I'tnitttlto 
 
 w.ght wtt nltgued with. I «i.h you woatd 
 
 . ■ 
 
 • -,ng iu»J no louder be -Xi-lud-d 
 from good compt..,. 
 
 Mr Allan ba. mad. tn inimitable drawing 
 
 ■ • ■ 
 
 charmed will. I. I H 
 
 couple tn - 
 
 "» >•> *"»' P> d humour, it clapping John'. 
 
 ,« Ibtt he fullj rec/,1- 
 ■ 
 ,..'i.i. ' I be drtwii.g would Oo 
 honour to tb« pencil of I 
 
 No. XXXIIL 
 MR BURN- . 
 
 AufuM. 1793. 
 Thtt erinkom-crtnlioin Innt • R- 
 bat roo to io mj hud. and I tuccenled to ill 
 in coj lut antra,.!, i. at I haie natal 
 
 | lent herewith it tbal in p. 193. 
 
BURNS — CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Till grief my eyes should clc 
 
 Falsest of womankind, canst thou i 
 All thy fond plighted vows _tioel:n 
 
 To thy new lover hie. 
 
 Laugh o'er thy perjury, 
 
 Ireland that could brim 
 [shrewdly suspect to hi 
 
 inging Gaelic 
 and ' Grama- 
 more of the 
 
 inity of Inver- 
 
 to a lover's sang, 
 ongbt on youthfu' pleasures mo 
 
 nsaid, "I'm thine for ever." 
 a kiss the seal impress'd, 
 1 vow, we ne'er should sever. 
 
 ■ spring's the primrose brae, 
 
 No. XXXIV. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 August, 1793. 
 
 n glad you are pleaded 
 
 'with my song, « Ha 
 
 a cave,' &c. as I like 
 
 it myself. 
 
 I walked out vesterd 
 
 
 me of the Museum in 
 
 my hand" when turn 
 
 No. XXXV, 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 August, 1793. 
 Is ' Whi«-tle and I'll come to you, my lad,' 
 if Hour airs? I admire it much: and yes- 
 y I set the following verses to it. Urbaui, 
 n I met with here, begged them of me, as 
 lames the air much ; bat as I understand 
 he looks with rather an evil eye on your 
 , I did not choose to comply. However, 
 e song does not suit your taste, I may 
 bly send it to him. The set of the a^r 
 
 aved unde°r the shadow of an old thoi 
 
 t know, that in Ramsay's Tea-Table, 
 ; modern song first appeared, the a 
 le of the tune, Allau says, is • All 
 
 itain west of Strath-Allan 
 R B. 
 
 ) my love Annie's verv bin 
 
 K. 1 
 
 e of the MSS. thefirsl fo 
 
.1 DIAMOND CABINET LIUKAKY. 
 
 . r and cnilhvr and a' ihould gao Bui b<«u(j, how frail and ho* «'r-»tine-. 
 niiu. ■ of ■ linr ramtiiar'i 
 
 wbi»iic and I'll com* lojou, my lad. 
 
 . ti-nt whrn you come lu court ma, 
 
 ■r, UC. 
 
 K\ kirk, or al marWf, »b»n<-'rr i - 
 «.>ur by mea. tbo' that )o o. 
 
 - 
 it bokia' (l me. 
 
 .rr iiu for m». 
 
 ■ 
 
 ■: ■ p. M.. .lain 
 Umnv Jcaiu lli«j arr I 
 You ahaJI hear from m*-, I 
 
 i.n ii U ;.i u,j rhjralag Bill 
 
 N w.wi. 
 Mil hi . MROR. 
 
 A<ifMt, L79S. 
 
 Thai MM 'Caul.! k.il/ i. .ucl. u 
 
 I ,. io.r.1 „ut )r»lrril.i) 
 
 Lr • (loualo-tbei • < ' 
 
 , maaribai pnwdM o't* la* abort 
 
 !, ikkaf ibal .1 «... u., mii), ••*•«, 
 
 <"»l"' in.pirrr Ib.i mm by ray elbow. 
 •• amuoth tflidinr, without rltpt «■ 
 lot .our on my rluw.nt: fancy, la DM Bl I 
 I .,!.. uola 
 
 kJ m, f„od fancy. 
 
 
 \ the Uu.b o- my cl 
 
 d b<,W Out. I. tbr I.I 
 
 lk«i through tbc (jrr- 
 
 ua au» c and pleasure, and lo»e. 
 A-a, Ac. 
 
 
 
 • ..Id Kail." 
 
 I 
 
 we tu'ar .ball iuimUt, 
 
 -.1 du.', 
 . ■•alia and (randrur : 
 
 i i lift alone 
 
 
 
 1 bat 1 m 
 
 j live to lo*c bar. 
 
 
 
 Tim. in m. 
 
 arm., wi'-.' thy ch 
 
 
 
 1 cla.p m 
 
 
 
 
 I'D .«k ,.M 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 1 .wear 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 r.k lb. abor. will tu 
 
 .'.or 
 
 
 jrou, fa.otir 
 
 
 t Gloamio^_t»ileht, probable from 
 iruj. A beautiful poetical word whieb 
 to be adopted in England. A gloaouD-i 
 twilight IBM 
 
BURNS — CORRESPONDENCE. 
 ;r tbe Moor,' I a 
 
 1 world have been, so long accustomed 
 amsay's words, that a different song, thou 
 
 ived. I am not fond of choruses to so n| 
 
 No. XXXVII. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 August 1793. 
 DAINTY DAVIE. 
 
 
 ? ay, grei 
 
 tinty Davie, 
 und us fa', 
 
 y Davie. 
 
 When ptirple morning star 
 
 To steal upon her early far 
 
 Then through the dews I v. 
 
 To meet my faithfu' Da\ 
 
 "When day, exniring in the 
 The curtain draws o' natur 
 Ifieetohisarmsllo'ebes 
 
 Meet me on the warloc 
 
 So much for Davie. The chorus, 
 
 * Dainty Davie is the title of an old Scottish 
 tbe'title and the measure. 
 
 No. XXXVIII. 
 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 Edinburgh, 1st Sept. 1703. 
 
 nee writing you last, I have received half 
 zen songs, with which I am delighted be 
 nd expression. The humour and fancy c 
 rVhistle and I'll come to vou. mv lad. ' wi 
 
 Ldo'wn vending "wi'th,' 
 
 breast,' 
 y Allan 
 ud feel- 
 
 iposition. Our friend, I 
 rs, read it with a swell! 
 . The union we are now 
 
 and will be fondly c] 
 
 tas \vh a i' d s t nsibilit; 
 
 think it right to in. 
 
 of all the fa- 
 no fewer than 
 lened the pleas- 
 
 
 N 
 
 . XXXIX. 
 
 
 
 MR BURNS TO 
 
 MR THOMSON. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Sept. 
 
 793. 
 
 an may 
 
 readily 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 n my po 
 
 
 
 ily at y 
 
 
 
 
 ngl 
 
 
 
 
 ry nam 
 
 B of Pet 
 
 r Pi 
 
 
 of grea 
 
 
 Jour p 
 
 ablicatio 
 
 1, so 
 
 Ft' a . 
 
 *erse Ir 
 
 om h 
 
 where i 
 
 uch of the merit lies 
 
 11] CO 
 
 nte 
 
 rpoii.t' 
 ish !>,- 
 
 howeve 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 fleet 
 
 my 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 On the 
 
 other hand, by way 
 
 of an 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 odies 
 
 
 Kch.ll 
 
 
 know whether the ol 
 nay rank among this 
 
 S ' a 'i y 
 
 H 
 
 n-i;.M 
 
 
 hat with Frazer's h 
 
 
 
 
 ten filled my eyes with tears. 
 
 'I'll 
 
 r'e 
 
 s a ira- 
 
 of Scotland, that it was Robe: 
 
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 ■ikuiana >n the ihm 
 
 i 
 
 .-. bur.i imhr air ik 
 
 a i". »u<ji 
 
 I i . hrfUIC lu.lvHtll UO lh.ll eicu.ful UJII 
 
 BHi ci: TO ill-. TROOPS. 
 
 > tii« ere or the sattlb vr ma.vm 
 
 b ^fu«4 U»»ri 
 Wha sill Ur.lr.iv.t-kn... 
 
 i-uxT. ainf and U-, 
 L«l b.a> 
 
 Ubiiu-j .kail be fin J 
 
 M \l. 
 MB UlRNSTO UU. THOMSON. 
 
 I na'l brlj. < 
 
 SruV. UN. 
 ,1 ,ou .,11 jr-J*. 
 
 l^n u. 1>, .r Dfa f 
 
 
 ','«" A^ 
 
 I licad.irourprTM.rri;, ih..i 
 ■it * bau- 
 ...moored Willi 111. 
 -. tiiikle-cinale of II. own bell., 
 lhal il i. ran lo run poor P.l-Jarl c. lb. bed- 
 lam u*r..j, uuile bcjoi.d anj ueaful poiDI or 
 ..f man. 
 
 - I 'ran r.u.l. I lit- Highland air Ibal JTW Ml rue, 
 
 ' 
 
 
 . lit ll ll .li« lo.ra | .l/at, 
 U lill u< u«. .b. u.u«ouio.: 
 
 Ml TIIOM-mi.N Id MR HI R.N 8. 
 Edinburgh, 5lA SrpL 17K3. 
 rwnlb allowed Ibal lb. pMr> 
 e»l modralr •• Ihe.ure .ilend.nl of lh< K re»i 
 
 J loowa. 
 
 jou .peak of Iba . »« il in.-, were ordinary pro- 
 
 i aia i. to ma iba i.c- 
 
 . (bl Neutti.ii 
 
 language. 1 ba;j$rened lo d.ne jeaiardav with 
 
 , to whom I read iu 
 
 [b« loea of f; imp il a luna to lolallv c. 
 merest or graadrur ai 'Maj tuttie laiinr.' Aa- 
 
 ; irti.liljr for tbu luna mi.lwiw 
 from ibe uliu aaaociated in .our mind bf tbe 
 
 Beralag il, for I oarer beard any 
 
BURNS.- CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 link 'Lewie Gordon' is most happily 
 'n of the fourt'h line, which I shall 
 
 :,i,~ 
 
 t sub, 
 
 ilut 
 
 ng yc 
 
 ur ode in 
 
 the 
 
 room 
 
 • Le 
 
 
 n ;.wu 
 
 
 ch has nei 
 
 the poetry 
 
 h z 
 
 h ch"r- 
 
 
 
 
 s! >. 
 
 
 
 i I ha 
 
 
 uggest 
 
 u po 
 
 n the 
 
 
 fea 
 
 h ver.- 
 
 the 
 
 tily In 
 
 
 
 for the air, 
 
 is as. 
 
 
 Ver 
 
 e Is/, 
 2d, 
 
 < ,u 
 
 n glo, 
 
 
 lave 
 
 r,e. 
 
 
 3d, 
 
 Let 
 Ji'u 
 
 ulZ 
 
 : 
 
 ..'.'•i. 
 
 be fre 
 
 
 6 th, 
 
 Le 
 
 
 t us do or 
 
 
 
 If 
 
 youco 
 
 tinect 
 
 each 
 
 line with 
 
 tsov 
 
 n verse 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ener 
 
 *h,l 
 
 heo 
 
 lv i., 
 
 e which I 
 
 ,..-; 
 
 e in ll 
 
 to welcome 1 In your next I will expect to be 
 
 proposed. These little alterations I submit 
 
 The beauty of the verses you have made for 
 
 No. XLIL 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 September, 1703. 
 
 A your 
 
 :, Uav 
 
 I hav 
 
 half of the third sti 
 As down (he burn 
 
 With "Mary 
 
 , when shall we ret 
 
 urn 
 
 S,c P lea»ur 
 
 
 
 
 "Love, Hike the 
 
 
 And aye sh 
 
 all follow you."f 
 
 
 * Mr Thorns 
 
 on-s list of songs fo 
 s remarks the bard 
 
 r his pub- 
 
 
 s through the who 
 
 
 
 : merely signifies h 
 
 
 tion. All his 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ion Mr Thomson h 
 
 
 (or at least inte 
 
 uded to adopt,) ins 
 
 ead of lue 
 
 • Through the wood laddi 
 
 "and 1 
 
 
 ° l' ■'■ '' 
 
 see r on b d e o? hY-h part of n the 
 
 ;;.";;, 
 
 eing'n 
 
 e, ' the 
 
 
 
 
 
 foriustruinei.talii.UMC, and 
 
 
 "bem 
 
 chbet- 
 
 ter omitted in singing. 
 
 
 
 
 •Cowden-knowes.' Re 
 
 
 
 
 beg,, t ,i,ing heSOnSinPUreE 
 
 iglish 
 
 to th 
 
 s tune, 
 
 "When summer comes 
 
 th 
 
 swa 
 
 
 Tweed," 
 
 
 
 
 is the production of Crav 
 
 ford 
 
 Rob 
 
 ert was 
 
 
 
 
 
 ! -Laddie lie near me.'m 
 
 
 eby 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 I am complete master of a 
 
 
 
 
 singing, (such as it is,) I 
 
 
 
 for it. My way is : 1 consii 
 
 
 poeti 
 
 
 
 
 the 
 
 H.-1C.I 
 
 expression ; then choose my 
 
 
 e; begin one 
 
 stanza; when that is composed, 
 
 
 is ge- 
 
 nerally the most difficult pa 
 
 rt ni 
 
 
 
 I walk out, sit down now and th 
 
 en, look out 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 of my 
 
 fancy, and workings of my 
 
 
 ; hu 
 
 
 
 
 the v 
 
 
 have framed. When I fee 
 
 my 
 
 
 begin- 
 
 
 
 
 sioe of 
 
 
 
 
 
 paper, swinging at interval 
 
 
 le hi 
 
 d legs 
 
 of my elbow-chair by way o 
 
 f call 
 
 ngfo 
 
 
 own critical strictures, as 
 
 
 
 
 Seriously, this at home, is 
 
 
 
 iriably 
 
 my way. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 •Gill Morice'I am for le 
 
 
 
 It is a 
 
 plagney length ; the air its 
 
 if ..: 
 
 
 sung: 
 
 
 ipplie 
 
 d by 
 
 
 two songs for fine airs th 
 
 
 
 n your 
 
 list. For instance, 'Craig 
 
 
 
 ' and. 
 
 ' Roy's Wife. ' The first. 
 
 .t-Miie .1-- 11 
 
 
 
 
 high 
 
 merit, as well as great cele 
 
 rity. 
 
 I ha 
 
 
 original words of a song for 
 
 
 
 
 hand-writing of the lady who 
 
 con. 
 
 osed 
 
 
 they are superior to any ed 
 
 
 of the sou? 
 
 
 
 
 
 'Highland laddie.' The 
 
 OldS 
 
 twill 
 
 please 
 
 a mere Scottish ear best ; a, 
 
 
 
 iltaL 
 
 ianized one. There is a tl 
 
 
 
 at U>- 
 
 wald calls the old ' H.ghla 
 
 nd 'laddie,' 
 
 
 pleases me more than eithe 
 
 of 
 
 
 It is 
 
 sometimes called ' Ginglan J 
 
 ohnn 
 
 
 being 
 
 name'. r YotfwiU nnd'it'kuh 
 
 Mus 
 
 -urn! 
 
 Vhae 
 
 been at Crookie-den,' &c. 1 
 
 would advi 
 
 
 in this musical quandary, 
 
 to ..lier^u 
 
 jour 
 
 and in. the meantime, wain 
 
 g"fo 
 
 ~ this 
 
 li.'r'cl 
 
 tion, bestow a libation to B 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 choice. Jfrobatum est. 
 
 
 
 
 original song, which is obj 
 
 etion 
 
 able! 
 
 point 
 
 ° * e Tbis song, so much ad 
 
 ■ ired 
 
 byou 
 
 bard. 
 
 will he found in the future p 
 
 1,'t o 
 
 the v 
 
 lume. 
 
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 kuld Sir Simon." I u 
 
 I as 
 
 • il.nhc hit I been on the bill ' ia one of • Saw je my father' if m of my greater . 
 
 .-. e\er I mid. in mj life ; and fa. our. tee. 'Ibe evening before l«(, I win. 
 
 t-.ide» ■• cuinpoeod on a young lady, poailieelj dered out end began a lender mill ; in wlmt 1 
 
 lue mo.1 beautiful, lo.ely woman in Ibe world. llmik ii ill nali<e .lyle. 1 mum preiui.e that 
 
 •...ng >ou -be name, »nd d«.i(r. the old «.), ud lb* way to ghra I 
 
 try girl .inga— " Saw jo my la- 
 i. lut |mI begun; and I .hould 
 
 like, before 1 |.r. . Mid, I.. know ,.,ur opinion if 
 il. I bate .prmkled il wilb ibe Scuili.h dia- 
 lect, but il way be ca.ily turned into corr.cl 
 Engl.ab. 
 
 If il will nut nil, ». I |.r-.,-..'d, we will Uj 
 I *o of the iiiiiii together, aud then make 
 
 .me when he pi... it. 
 
 . r. I .hall 
 
 the palbo. 
 make an ■ 
 
 A a bowl of 
 
 I -ept Ibe baulbuL aud tbe tuu.e. 
 
 Tboai boat left me e.rr, Jam... Tbou ba.t left 
 
 I M ha.1 lefl 
 
 ' Iboa i»«'J Ibat 
 ...e.er. 
 
 ... for a;« — I Biaa taw 
 
 Tboa ba»< m. forukca. Jamie, Thou ha.t aw 
 
 - t -r.aaen, Jamie, Tbou ba.l me 
 
 Tuou e»u ■ ^ :. .e my bea/l 
 
 I KM. 
 
 T*nc—" Saw ye my father." 
 
 \VI,.„ arelhejo,. I hae met in II 
 
 irk', early aang? 
 
 - peace ibal awaited u.j wander- 
 lag, 
 
 . wild wood, amaugr 
 
 Nae ma.r a-wind.ng the c lOrM o" WQ r,,er. 
 I irace Ibe light fooUfc 
 llui .on'.* and a*4 ngbing care. 
 I. il lhal M mt'i for.aken oar telle).. 
 
 . ..ear t 
 
 - Le.-. buuiiuiug louud the p»j 
 
 Proclaim il the pride o' ibe year. 
 K..n would I bid*, wb.i I fear to di.co.er, 
 
 1. Jeaul, I air Jeuny aluue. 
 Cetera I 
 
 • Todlia bam*. ' Urbani mentioned in 
 
 idea of hi. which baa loo;' Leeu unite- r I. . t 
 
 Ibii .ir i. highly .uweplible of palbo* ( to 
 
 i trill uuu hear him, at )uur 
 
 * Jocky aud Jem. ' 
 
 • 1 iiere . nae luck about 
 
 Ike inilui' »b a hi. a it. plraxut a r ; aod 
 
 • e-bajiad in 
 
 Miap. in any 
 
 -ru ben .be 
 
 i, old mao'a amgiug, u eoou(,b lo 
 
 ALLD LA 
 
 » The Soon «b (ibe Editor u.-» the word 
 aaawtaoti-' B P* B 3' the ab- 
 
 . ill for 1 .ba.l a. well a. I will; 
 ■ I .hall it ■ u~rj here. In An- 
 
 laud, for I .ball, tnej o.e L'ta. 
 
 | .iOg .;oe ? 
 
 Chonu. 
 Foe aold l»ng .joe, my dear. 
 
BURNS.— CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 And surely je'll be your 
 
 number of ballads, properly so called. • Gill 
 Morice, Tranent .Muir, MTherson's Fare- 
 well, Battle of Sheriff-rnuir,' or ' We ran and 
 they ran, (I know the author of this charming- 
 ballad and his history;, Hardiknute, Barbara 
 
 do vou know that t really have the old tune to 
 which ' The Cherry and the Slae ' was sung; 
 
 merit; but it is a great curiosity. I have : 
 
 No. XLI1L 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 e altered the song as follows : 
 BANNOCKBURN. 
 
 rord will strongly ura v. : 
 d or freeman fa', 
 ! ou wi'roe! 
 
 But tl 
 
 ey shall 
 
 be -shall be free ! 
 
 Lay the 
 
 proud us 
 
 urperslow! 
 
 lS 
 
 
 usdoo'rdie! 
 
 N.B. -II 
 
 the common 
 
 stall edi 
 
 Dwed the last stanza 1/ 
 ion of Wallace. 
 
 <«Afals 
 And libe 
 
 rty retur 
 
 sinks in eyery foe, 
 as with every blow. " 
 
 No. SLIV. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 your observations on the list of my songs! I 
 am happy to find your ideas so much in unisoii 
 with my own respecting the generality of the 
 
 veil a 
 
 Abou 
 
 ibli=h as an additional on* 
 the king of good fellows 
 of the lively Scottisl " 
 
 d thousands of 
 
i>k-; mi t \ni.\LT l.niHAUY. 
 
 ■ 
 
 i.n.l. l would »i.h tod... 
 
 ' 
 
 r more with regard I 
 that ft prudent general «uuld a> 
 
 I h»ve lii.i.l.r.l mr »0>i|f to 'Saw ye ml 
 tuber t' an.) in KmrIi. h, u ">u will Mi 
 
 ll,. i there i. . nllabfa loo nuuh Tor ihr iv 
 
 bu.il.r,. wllrrr I I...I iiij ideaa Willi lb* Ul • 
 
 Ihr old ohm ha.e merit, though unequal, 
 and are popular ; my ad.ice ll lo »et lli. air 10 
 
 pair jenht. 
 
 » Mr Tkomwn b*-. 
 
 |l10ilalll 10 I.. in. ' II* I... Hlnill. 
 •Jroi * hnrim Gortkm,' and perbap 
 
 lo lb. ulu.u.1 f Kb -I "'-rial nartioa. ' Tt»M 
 
 r..,.bl be .iluvlra'ed lad 
 
 rplrlt-atbrrlog mi ■ 
 
 ...I, e. 
 
 
 deeu.il may 
 • on.-obat ot 
 
 waraciu a..i/r., •■ 
 
 ■ 'ri.ii erf Bk> . liag ncuioii. Ba*ka«J. 
 
 of khm ScoUi.b Handel, if ■!... loch .bould waya lo pre^nl t picture ll.al ia «i».d, and la 
 la future axiae. In- reader Brill ha«e ob- or. form ly diapwd to ••cnl.ee ibe delieaciee 
 • ib- altar o.' llie imagination. Aud 
 
 
 : prrba 
 
 teiafa 
 
 - - -r, be rejected then , .of language. In how 
 
 ~;ly urged, with determined re- mauy ln.in.c-. migbt tbi. be eieaoplLwl 
 
 ~latioo. With e.ery reepeet for ibe judg- from ibe worke of our immortal bbalupeaia. 
 
 . we may 
 le .an.f.e-1 (bat be did .©. He who in prepar- . u Id fardeia bear. 
 
 
 mage. 
 
 Ilk, i 
 
 11 Utnnockburi 
 
 e bimaelf might nu r/aierna make 
 r* ea.y lo enlarge, Lut I 
 
BURNS — CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Enjoyment I'll seek in my w 
 
 No. XL VI. 
 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 Sepu 93. 
 have been turning over some volumes ( 
 
 For '°MuirIaiid Willie ' you have, in Ran: 
 
 
 The billows on 
 
 Ihec 
 
 cean 
 
 
 
 The cloud 
 They at 
 
 ezes idly roaming, 
 e but. types of woman. 
 
 
 O! arttn 
 
 ounc 
 
 tash 
 
 imed 
 
 
 
 To doat 
 
 If man th 
 
 Despise 
 
 the 
 
 afe 
 
 ill/ 
 
 5 
 
 ained, 
 
 
 Go, find a 
 
 Hold on t 
 
 And the 
 
 n honest fellow 
 aret set befure 
 
 n to beVS glor 
 
 Ue, 
 
 Tbef 
 
 aulty line i 
 
 iLo° 
 
 an-vs 
 
 
 I mend thus 
 
 •• How can yo 
 The widow's 
 
 e"" 
 
 ■L t 
 
 ■M 
 
 enjoy 
 j»cry ?" 
 
 Th 
 
 Greg 
 
 .song, oil, 
 ira Kua-S 
 
 iX 
 
 5 will 
 
 pass 
 will 
 
 see a song o 
 
 "ourt 
 
 'VlL^L 
 
 Jaw 
 
 et'"f 
 Vol 
 
 "if. 
 
 ur superior to 
 p. 181. The 
 
 so"5 
 
 begins, 
 
 
 
 
 
 inds around her blowing. " 
 
 sic's sake we shall not insert it. 
 the wars,' is a charming song; 
 w ye my Peggy.' 'There's nae 
 the house,' well deserves a place; 
 iy that ' O'er the hills and far awa' 
 as equal to your selection. ' This 
 
 ae kind pretty— but you 
 
 my . 
 
 t us a* to the bridal' to any other w 
 
 What pleases me, as simple and n 
 
 n, • Fye, gie me my coggie, sirs 
 t us a' to the bridal,' with several 
 that cast, are, to me, highly pleasing 
 
 my Fall 
 
 tt.th il 
 
 v ye 
 
 the mill has gotten ?' pleases myself sc 
 that I cannot try my hand at another i 
 
 No. XLVIL 
 MR EURNSTO MR THOMSON. 
 
 is will be found in the latter part of ihi: 
 3 Honourable A. Erskine, brother u 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRAS*. 
 
 ITjio. a.n I. inj f.iihful 
 
 TUm, 
 Kwj p«lM 
 
 L..i, in 
 
 To Ik, botom I.J mj he, 
 Ihrobtod I... 
 pi r had wrui 
 
 Tdw »«») Ibeui rc»t lip*, 
 
 T„,u..,, Ik 
 
 L«»l I die ».iu ulratur*. 
 
 .N»IU/c J»J Kluf u UJ. 
 
 
 TUB MCII IIM, .1.; 
 
 lh.lr.T IMrd !',r',,|", r ..!w\ r |'!!.'n 
 
 A* Juibj IrnuW Uboflon, 
 b d..( i« k.r liiMJH .„.,„.' ' 
 
 .-.h«d«. oUeur. ibe.l,. 
 A..d ».•«« Ih. .«,!.,„„ !,„„,. «.,„, 
 
 ' bM, lb, u.clod,. 
 Aud ..~!be I pw,r lur.^cu ■■«ia. 
 
 . 
 
 
 *r o air"" 
 
 
 
 |B .e! memo, 
 
 Aad ihough .,cw, oai 
 
 t donoi« 
 
 Let gtneroat pilj .irm ibee, 
 . r<l one* mtore ; 
 
 Th. riLo»ior idd/eaof ToroboU lo ih- 
 »:io.h. w«.?.„.» 
 
 m«imer. Pom, bit, u be u u old fr.e..d of 
 mine, I m»j be prejudiced ia bi» f»T ui- ; bul 
 1 like mii at ou piece, • -■ 
 
 r «l,rr, I „,||. 
 
 • o.d, wood,,, -...d.ujnll j 
 
 When », ni^ht Ihe drowrj, *v 
 
 • .■eb-eoaipeilinc rod, 
 
 Wh.le*„bbo U »dl«.jo,I rfc „ 
 1 bruugh (be Uu-, Unu „f | « , 
 
 •» »'"" 1 v.,11. 
 
 l_«ur» imuiuIi mj fanejr mil. 
 
BURNS. - CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 'llwedanot ._. 
 ancy, Nancy, 
 
 No. SLV1II. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 7th Nov. 1793. 
 
 out some that will answer as English songs to 
 ••■-iirs yet unprovided. 
 
 No. XLIX. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 Husband, husbar 
 
 Nor longer idll 
 
 Though 1 am you 
 
 My spouse Nancy." 
 
 My last ho 
 
 When ,oa la 
 
 Thini, thi 
 
 then break it must 
 
 v me in the dus't, 
 k, how you will bea 
 
 •• I will hope 
 My"spouse 
 
 and trust in heaven 
 ncy; 
 
 ear it will be given, 
 Nancy." 
 
 Well, sir, fr 
 
 m the silent dead. 
 
 Then all h 
 
 
 flyf 
 
 or fcar. 
 
 
 My spot 
 
 se Nai 
 
 C J.' 
 
 
 
 Air—> 
 
 The Sutor 
 
 s Doch.er 
 
 .» 
 
 Wilt thou 
 
 be my 
 
 dear 
 
 
 
 \\.V„ s,,r 
 
 
 l.ES 
 
 by gentl 
 
 heat 
 
 Wilt thou 
 
 
 
 thee f 
 
 
 By the tre 
 
 
 
 
 
 That's the 
 
 
 bear 
 
 
 
 
 
 ha: 
 
 nly thou 
 
 
 Shall ever 
 
 
 
 
 
 OnU thou 
 
 Isw 
 
 
 
 
 Shall ever 
 
 be my 
 
 dean 
 
 
 
 Lassie, sa 
 
 vtbou 
 
 o'es 
 
 
 
 No. L. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 Edinburgh, 7th April, 1794. 
 
 Owing to the distress of our friend for the loss 
 of his child, at the time of his receding you- 
 
 3°/ am I to find Borns saytog^ Calls* 
 
 he is delighting olhers from the one end of the 
 • u hypochondriae 
 
 : Go, 
 
 i physic 
 
 :■• the . 
 
 lp py Carlini ! 
 Your plan for ou 
 e greatly, and 1 tr 
 
 rboehter,' 
 
••Id to be Oa< 
 II..I I bali 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 of Edinburgh ! ' It has al-j work lo b» at • dead »lcp, anli] (lit allies «et 
 ludrrn Eugliah imitation ; | our Modern Orphru» at libcrtt from the •«<" 
 I diaowd. ! Alaa ilio 
 met That 
 
 N ... I I. 
 
 HI BUB1T8T0 hE THOMSON. 
 May, I7M. 
 
 return sou the plain, wilh which I am high- 
 humbly propoac. melead 
 
 1 
 
 .-e on Ilia 
 "ill. the 
 
 ,*''Z\ 
 
 I eo'ichooaiog 
 
 Ml| IS L« u:t 
 
 Li and I 
 
 
 .1.1 with the bappiucaa of m li- 
 
 nt page, I 
 
 HANKS OF CREE- 
 ->n. and here tbe bo« 
 
 Mafia, I «bn;*r.nr call ; 
 ut the haioij-brralhing gale. 
 ilh eome warbler', dj.ug tali 
 ■mj alar ut an to Qui. 
 
 .-. soietlh 
 
 . 'be woodlai 
 . •..tbful m.l 
 
 I hate prr.enled a copy of je 
 
 nourrd iriendof mm-, .Mr Qra 
 I wrolaoa iba Uaal ..deof il.e 
 fullo-.hgoddre,. to the ,ou,, g lad,. 
 
 Haras, wlirre the Scull.eh muse iinin .rl ,1 
 I ' atiaiaa anil lunrl ■.! 
 
 Accept the gift; though bumble be who 
 
 Rich la th<- tribute of the graltlul | 
 
 So mar no ruffian ( feeling in fa I 
 
 . an abatda umnuJ ; 
 
 Ul lore acalalic wake 1... aeraph ^ug. 
 
 Or pl<; 'a note* in luiurj of Iran, 
 
 Aud baauraa-bora pietj her ■auction iwlii 
 No. LI 1 1. 
 
 tdmiirrjA, lOUi Avpui. I7M. 
 
 I .,«• jou an apology, for basing ao long de- 
 layed to acknowledge the favour of tour laal. 
 ajl base au 
 r ..-I nil France and we 
 
 MU lo be prepared with tbe poetry, aud aa the 
 
 I tro.l I 
 fre^uemly (.-ratified with the rrauit o! y.ur 
 
 No. LIV. 
 '■ MR BURNS TO MR THOMB4 ,N. 
 
 30IA AufUMl, 1704. 
 The last erenir.?, aa 1 waa atrajing out a 
 thinking of 'O'er tbe hilla and far awa, 
 I apon the following stanza for it ; but wbell 
 
 case, my dear air, to } 
 
 No. LIL 
 I BURNS TO MR THOMSON 
 
 Jaly, 17D3. 
 e qo aews jet of Plejel ? Or i» j u li 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 
 in it, a 
 
 
 st; b 
 
 it I own, 
 
 
 
 a i 
 
 
 
 This is ju 
 
 
 sk, 
 
 
 ntil I see w 
 
 lier it be w 
 
 rth a cr 
 
 
 
 
 ailor songs 
 
 
 far 
 
 15 I 
 
 t present re 
 
 BCI, they a 
 
 
 lie 
 
 
 ns of the jo 
 
 
 he waili 
 
 •-- 
 
 of h 
 
 s lovelorn n 
 
 on-« Swe 
 
 t Annie f 
 
 
 ;),■ '•- 
 
 
 r ow for the 
 
 SOOg. 
 
 
 
 
 ON THE SEAS AND FAR AWAY 
 
 Ta 
 
 e_« O'e 
 
 rth 
 
 Hill 
 
 s,' &c. 
 
 Howca 
 
 a my poo 
 
 he 
 
 irtbe 
 
 glad, 
 
 How can I the thought forego, 
 He'sonthesea - i -'^ f - 
 Let me wander, 
 
 On the se: 
 On stormy 
 
 Nightly d: 
 
 Ajid thunders reud the howl 
 List'niug to the doubling re 
 Surging on the rocky shore, 
 All I can— I weep and pray 
 For his weal that's far awa 
 On the seas, &c. 
 
 Peace, thy olive wand ester 
 And bid wild war his ravag 
 
 No. LV. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 Edinburgh, 16th Sept. 1794. 
 
 it to my liking, part- 
 
 night hour, ' t 
 of imagery, t 
 thought would 
 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 
 Sept. 1794. 
 
 
 I shall withdraw my « On the seas and fc 
 
 
 
 thundering at his gun : 
 re my only joy • 
 
 of the work. Making a poem is like begetting 
 
 wise man or a fool, until you produce him lo 
 
 
 the world and try him. 
 
 ain flattered at your adopting ' CV 
 
 When I gave it to Johnson, I added some 
 still it will not do for you. In a solitary stroll 
 
 A r ofe by Mr Thomson. 
 Doctors differ. The objf 
 
 stanza dues not strike the £ 
 
DIAMOND CAMNBT LIURAIIV. 
 
 lUrk the m»;i' evening i- 
 
 W»"H r«« down bt Clouden aide 
 O'er th. wive, ih.i m 
 
 Po iou know t Uackg '•"' l» »b ">"g. called 
 
 . 
 
 fun of hen thall ban 
 
 -, to .... ...♦J.OCT. vrrte, |S . »> 
 
 '• p""< 
 
 Tat-*' Onagh't Waier-f.:!. ' 
 
 ie flaxen were bar I 
 
 Her ejebrr-wt of a darter hue, 
 
 Wbsnt.il* 
 Uaia iboe ro.j l.p* 10 fro* s 
 
 . in-alar. 11 
 
 Such «i. my Clilor'n" boani. far 
 
 i beaak hca l - 
 
 And are mjr ChlorV drarr»l aba! 
 
 Like harmony her motion : 
 
 Dciratinc fair ; 
 
 Wad ma. I .aim fort* Ch. .!>,. 
 Sae warming, lac charming, 
 
 Hrr fuulllr.t form and graceful air 
 Ilk fralur.-.uld Nature 
 
 Ihtelared that .h. could do na. man 
 II". are lb* -ill..., chain. „■ |,„ r . 
 
 U bnafl '. .overe.gn la 
 irr.l rlmriu. 
 
 Sll. .. Jt.be lo'etU.0 be.lol «'. 
 
 Fall ban ng .nd ..ream.,,,. 
 
 Ilrr ..l.rr I ■ a: !■ ( the bough* ainaiig j 
 Wk.l. railiar. racaUloc. 
 
 MM n.ru.b conclude, bit Bug : 
 
 Auu t-ij Ibou lor, BM t,. .1 „| a'. 
 
 Not to compare .mall thing, with great, my 
 
 . I ka tbr mighty I'rrdrnck A 
 
 Pntatia'l I..tr .11 aaltlng : we ar. told iL.nl 
 
 hr bamaalif adinirrd what tb. culinoiHeur. 
 
 car, brcaute pr^pl. of ui.di.putcd auil culli- 
 vaied la.le can bud no mem in ...j favourite 
 - , LrcaoM 1 am eh.ai.lv pleated, 
 I, that anj re. ton why 1 .bould dm, mj.r.l 
 Ibat pl.aaur. t Men, of ouj .trilhtpeyi, an- 
 
 l.owing dllgutl. Kor lli.ljl.r-. I 
 
 iiniml now making 
 
 tb.'. Hani,' an air which poll me in rapture. ; 
 
 and m fact, unlet. I be pleaaed »i h the lunr, 
 
 Clarke on my ..dr. who it a judge that I will 
 tlauyofyou. • Uoibirinurche, ' lie 
 
 part of the tune for a cboru., and tlir fourlb or 
 lait part for the aonr. I am but two tlauzat 
 derp in the work, and powiblj jot 
 
 .'. IB. p-^-irj i. at Jit tie worth 
 
 ' Let me in ibit «e 
 
 "be old cboru. t I "hi nk we muit retain loth 
 the old cboru. and the trtt ttanza of Ihe old 
 toog. I do not altogether Iflyj tbe third line 
 
 * In the original follow her* two tlanraa nf 
 a im(, L-r 
 
 ..ud at full length at- 
 
BURNS.-CORRESPONDEXCE. 
 isful or otherwise; should she -Met him 
 
 Did you not once propose « The Sow's ta 
 
 quite delighted with it; but I acknowleds 
 ihat is no mark of its real excellence. I one 
 
 
 TO DR MAXWELL, 
 
 conncTeTa?,; threes wh 
 
 proper to take every assistance from her luue- 
 ful sister, Part of the songs of course would 
 be to our favourite Scottish airs ; the rest might 
 be left with the London composer — Storace 
 for Drury Lane, or Shield for Covent garden ; 
 both of them very able and popular musician*. 
 
 often necessary to have a drama brought on : 
 so it may be with the namby pamby tribe of 
 llowery scribblers; but were you to address 
 Mr Sheridan himself by letter, and send him 
 a dramatic piece, I am persuaded he would, 
 
 No. LIX. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 
 
 No. LVIIL 
 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BU 
 
 es U wUd' 
 
 -r r 
 
 prightly muse is no 
 ivourile poet, whose 
 
 he says 
 pleasan 
 ceforlh 
 
 '£: 
 
 table songs I have 
 1 give Cunningham 
 
 itrary, I think it highly 
 
 strathspeys. 
 
 wbe 
 
 graced wi 
 
 h sttcil V 
 
 
 a. 
 
 
 mak. 
 
 very pleasi 
 
 -' S.l.g, 
 
 
 th 
 
 
 i.-h Chr.sti 
 
 
 
 
 and softened 
 
 tr i 
 
 vely woman 
 
 
 
 
 you kuow, t 
 
 
 ad been bru 
 
 
 
 
 
 fori 
 
 aving the • 
 
 
 1,' j 
 
 
 ticufaHyaT 
 
 
 roposed ver 
 
 
 
 
 tremely pron 
 
 
 . Geordie 
 
 asjou 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Mrs Thomsc 
 
 
 vie 'fctj 
 
 
 
 
 all poetical. 
 
 Re 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Jamie, or 
 
 
 
 bat 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Your ' Ca 
 
 
 yewes,» is 
 
 
 nali 
 
 
 
 ndee 
 
 1 am per 
 
 
 
 
 
 with the endles 
 
 var'iety 
 
 of y 
 
 
 fancy. He 
 
 V e 
 
 U ThCis°a 
 
 
 er • 
 
 8 UJ 
 
 
 yoLr genius, 
 
 
 hich it mlg* 
 
 t shine 
 
 rtny 
 
 
 all its splend 
 
 
 One or two 
 
 
 
 
 
 tage would 
 
 
 urt 
 
 
 tune. The 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 dramas ; few or u 
 
 one of thas 
 
 which have 
 
 >p- 
 
 collections. 1 
 have read and sung, and fiddled, and consider- 
 ed, till I am half blind and wholly stupid. 
 The few airs I have added, are inclosed. 
 
 Peter Pindar has at length sent me all the 
 songs I expected from him, which are in gene- 
 ral elegant and beautiful. Have you heard of 
 
 just published by Mr Ritson an Englishman." 
 
 send y 
 essa.v onthesubjecl 
 
 proof of the hypothesi 
 
 copy. 
 
 His i 
 
 On John Pinkerton, 
 
 
 tsofthe Scott 
 many of then 
 
 * Our bard had befor. 
 
 unjustly leaving it to be 
 
DIAMOND CA III NET LinHAKY. 
 
 «"'J, we know not bow loug, by or 
 munication, before being collected anil pnulni: 
 • i»l •• il ll«rrnt peraooe BUS the BUM air mj 
 
 r. to have poeeeeeed >: 
 lb* tul. aod di.ceromem to cooo,e lb. beat 
 ib.y roo id bear, (which i. far from oarfala.) 
 .'ill .1 mu.t IfMwllj l-r a ahanoe, whr her ihe 
 collection, eah.bit any of lb* Bat] 
 *•»'• lh »7 »•»• •>"<■ eompowd. In MhMtag 
 ih« melodic* lor myewu 
 
 ■ "•' "«•»• »• h Ibcdrad. 
 
 I . 
 
 ana tb. m«i |H BiB| . 
 
 "" ■■ ' ■ i •"' compl.m.ui lo on own capability 
 -, or .peaking of lb* | I 
 
 BwJj fr«-~»l Irura vulgar erior, on iba 
 . a 11 J aflecinl gracae on Ik 
 
 -v it bi am 
 
 fly lb.a r, r hit. «nd, • RoaliD Ca.lle' ia compo.'d. 'Ilia aecc 
 
 . I I part, In particular, fur lb* fir.! two "r lli 
 
 
 r cam b.n .be bolbei,' tli. fol 
 owing .lanraa of Bin., altered a Imle from 
 .fiat tbey war* formerly »bcn mi feu another 
 nr, may perllep. do iu.icad of wor ■ 
 
 BAW M. Ml I'm Vf, 
 
 Vwuidical PAi/iia.) 
 7W-- When aba cam ben .be bobbel. ' 
 
 ) ■■» t« my dear, my Ph.ly T 
 
 »••«»• 
 
 Itw'a dowu i" Ih. gro... .h.\ wi ' . new lorn, 
 bh. wiona coma bauic to br, \\ ,11,,. 
 
 >\hu .a;, aha, roy deare-if, my Ph.ly ? 
 Vhat.ay.ehe, m, daaraal, 
 
 IBB lb. brail o' tbj V. 
 
 Now for a few ml.c.Ilaneoua rem.;. 
 
 • ■ Muwuin), i. my compoeilio.i : 
 
 takaa dowa boa Hn Barn*' 
 
 ■•U knows in it,r u 
 
 t'j. but tfi. old word. ar. tra.b. II. ih- bn, 
 tax. a look at lb. tun. again, tad i 
 
 
 rlaclly Iba old a 
 i.ot' ia minr; iba mu.ic i. by oar ri 
 ly and deaervedly w 
 
 ' Donochi bawd, ' ia not mini 
 
 r^i.ri. He will return he" -.'..u h. a w..k wou'd git. ten pruodt it war.. It appeared 
 - ba will do, perui, H paper wiih iba 
 
 •Tlie Povie' will be found afterward., 
 n.r io me whet ^ ,;, mni ,h- other poema of winch be ipenk.. 
 
 ■ ■>«'"> <* I. b.S'in^u'ired'wbelber'Vey we're our bard'e.' 
 
 •■ .der . "■ - 
 
 .' it tnmnr oor ecquair,- 
 im. ) I iiijr yoa thai to my lo.ely friend 
 ' ' d for many of 
 
 poem eo highly prai.ed by Il..rii Ban 
 
 
 •feh life, aod lore, 
 
 with eothoaiaim, or melt" bits with patho.. 
 - renin, of your boo. 
 
 ...n ordinary 
 iaantg; to be in war e'efrree equal 
 
 K-enblew. the wind./ 
 "»-• •»"*■ I lie .... drive, .nelly through II 
 
 . ._- aofier, giu, T ,, e Oaberlunzie lirl. my aneek. 
 
 could iwpire a man ArM j .faiveritig tell. bi. waefu' tali 
 
 •• Cauid ,, me nigbl, Oletm.it., 
 Aod dinna let your miruUel (a*. 
 
 e I faal a 
 
 ;"> 
 
 I hare a glorioo. recipe ; ibe very one tbal for 
 hia own tue wa« invented by tee divinity of 
 healing and poetry, when br.t he piped to the 
 flock, of Admetuo. I put aayackT in a regimen 
 
 adorab lily of ber charm., in f 
 are deligbied with my veraea. The lightning 
 'be godhead of Paroaa.ua, and the 
 witchery of her .mile, the dhria lj 
 
 Ue nathing but a wreath o' .naw. 
 
 And pip'd whar gor-f 
 And mony a da, I've danced, I wren. 
 
 lo lilt, which from my drone I blew 
 My Eppie waked, and aooa .be cried. 
 
 Get up, Cuidman, and let b.m in , 
 For wael ye ken the winter night 
 
 Waa .hort whea be began bi. dm'. 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 though a red-wud Highlandman, constantly 
 claimed it ; and by all the old musical people 
 
 • Andrew and his cutty gun. ' The song to 
 which this is set in the Museum, is mine ; and 
 was composed on Hiss Euphemia Murray, 
 of Liutrose, commonly and deservedly called, 
 the flower of Strathmore. 
 
 < How laug and dreary is the night.' I met 
 
 somewhere, which I altered and enlarged ; and 
 to please you and to suit your favourite air, 
 
 and have arranged it anew, as you will find on 
 the other jage. 
 
 • Tune-Cauld kail in Aberdeen.' 
 
 How lang and dreary is the night, 
 Vy-lien lam fare my dearie , 
 
 Though I were ne'Vsaewe'ary. 
 
 Cfumn. 
 
 For oh, her lanely nights are lang ; 
 
 bass to your addenda airs. A lady of n 
 quaintance, a noted performer, plays and 
 
 But when it's tuned to sorrow's l 
 O, haith, its doubly dear to mi 
 
 Come in, auld carl, I'll steer my 
 I'll make it bleeze a tonnie Sal 
 
 Ye should na 6tray sae far frae 
 
 / life 
 
 This affecting poem is 
 
 the same time so charmingly, that I shall 
 
 e world as nakerTas Mr Whal-d'jJeall'sm 
 is done in his London collection.* 
 These English songs gravel me to death, 
 bave not that command of the language that 
 have of my native tongue. I have been at 
 )uncan Gray,' to dress it in English, but all 
 :au do is deplorably stupid. For instance. 
 
 Tune—' Duncan Gray.* 
 
 Lei not women e'er comp'lain, 
 Fickle man is apt to rove ; 
 
 d through Nature's range, 
 
 mighty U 
 
 -Man 
 
 
 Jove, I have been 
 
 Num. 
 
 ■; ilka I 
 
 And by the^reekingTods ; ' 
 Wild Nature's tenants, freely, gladly stray ; 
 The lintwhite in his bower 
 Chants o'er the breathing flower ; 
 'lhelav'rocktotheskv 
 Ascends wi' sangs 
 
 e the i 
 
 day.f 
 
 Phoebus gilding the 1 
 
 u arise to bless the 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 ' Cruifif-burn wood,' 
 
 mu.l criiainly be adopted inlo niv family, .incr 
 
 ol Jrcrn,-., I mu.l beg • new . Ii..iu. W 
 
 -Ui.ir beyond thee, de 
 
 prrh.p. . ron.un.malion lo be wi.bed, 
 
 
 |, and make 
 gta lobeun.l.r 
 , . mu.,c.l cur 
 
 ■ clolhed aud mude 
 
 ningbaro. in ■aadlaa; you Ru« 
 
 mad by lb- li 
 
 l ...lend pul. 
 
 1 ,;., i,.,( In, ,1 1,,. b. - 
 
 
 eel e«.ay on S.-olli.h .ong interc.'ii. 1 I 
 
 '.urn Ib* .er.e. 1 lalaajg foe it. 
 
 enccJole. and mi.cellaiiroue leniark. wi.l, 1 
 
 
 
 llll \l 1 1> MAS. 
 
 '•l-iggie Lau-, 
 
 
 danelaf with .urb , 
 
 Bat lel.ly ewao i» |Ml 
 
 bj plajlag with tba moat txuui. 
 
 Th. w„ 
 
 Thro' pall* • o«*r« ibe laugb. 
 
 ..1. gl*e. 
 
 
 1 am much inclined 10 gal a .mail copy, and 
 
 la b«». ii iaurntal in (ha .lyl- i 
 
 . 
 
 
 
 1 t ,, what do jour anredotea itj 
 ' Maggie Lauder ? ' >n .he a r.el 
 . ,r.J „f what rank? ^ 
 
 1 ,..11 bring the* a*. 
 
 
 . u ce'd al Au.lrulbrr 
 
 
 town. 
 
 
 
 
 
 No. LXII. 
 
 n 
 
 
 
 MR BURNS TO Mil 111' ■ a 
 
 
 
 
 l,.heoe,ge. -bch yoa mention in 
 
 I will think in for toolbar inform .lion, and 
 
 Many thar.ka lo yno, tny dear air, for jour 
 lo me. 1 bare jealerday begun my anecdote.. 
 
 nieerabW or.wi ng bolcb-potch a) 
 
 \c. for tour work. I inland drawing il up in 
 
 completely brad jvu of my cvrreepoadaoce. 
 
 
 
 fiom tba ladlrjM dull bejtlraaai of ayaiemalic 
 
 
 arrangement. Indeed, ae all 1 ha»e lo any eoo- 
 
 
 tiilt of unconnected remark., enecdele., acrape, 
 old aonga, fitc it would be imnoeeible to giae 
 
 
 MR THOMSON TO MR B1 
 
 which the cruic. in.i.t lo be absolutely necet- 
 
 awttajr*. 
 
 eke. whe^e bright eye. and witching .milee 
 ka>a to often enraptured ibe So. d.h tard ! 
 Ibat I m gbt drink bar avert health when tba 
 
 eary in a work.* In ma lail, I told you my 
 objectione lo tbr aong you bad tela Ii 
 locging ia on Ibe cold ground.' On my vi.it 
 the oiber da; lo my fair (.Mori. fib. I ia ibe 
 poetic name of iba o»e!y godde.e of my in.pe- 
 ral.onj the lurge.ted an idea, which I, in mr 
 
 return from ibe mil, wrought into the fol- 
 low iog aong. 
 
 
 Mj Cbloria. mark how green lb* groree, 
 
 When fr»e my Cbl Hi pined. 
 
 The primroae bank, bow fair : 
 
 Sad, cheerleu, broken-hearted. 
 
 The balmy galea awake ibe flower.. 
 
 Tben nlrtfa f : /«j .heart, e.cud«, dark. 
 
 
 " > »ky ; 
 
 
 Bui when abe chermi my light. 
 
 
 In pride of beamy 'a light. 
 
 * It doea not appear whether Burnt com- 
 
 When thro' my aerjbe.it 
 
 pleted ibeae anecdote., ate. Something of ibe 
 kind, probably the rude dranght., waa found 
 
 Her beaming gloria* dart ; 
 
 ia paper*, and appear, in p. 1 i. 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 The lav'rock shuns the palace gay, 
 To shepherds as lo kings. 
 
 In lordly light. 
 
 The shepherd stc 
 
 Blythe, in the 
 
 hepherd, in the flowery glen, 
 
 
 
 on which I deeply feel an 
 [ poesy as that other specii 
 - Where Love is liberty, ; 
 
 lusically speaking, the firs 
 
 as power equal to all the i 
 ons of the human soul. 
 
 elfare and happiness of tl 
 le first and inv.olate senti 
 
 they would give me, yet, if they interfere with 
 
 Despairing 
 
 ,i n 
 
 V own p 
 
 owers to 
 
 
 
 
 
 ,K.g=, 1 , 
 
 
 
 
 
 lo pick 0. 
 
 
 
 
 nething si 
 
 
 1 1 want 
 
 ami 
 
 with a 1 
 
 
 
 3 suit the 
 
 rhym 
 
 e of the 
 
 
 
 them fo 
 
 
 r work. 
 
 Where t 
 
 h^. 
 
 "been set 
 
 r/rr'i 
 
 but littl 
 
 ■atafs'h 
 
 
 A song 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 II h 
 
 
 msay's T 
 
 Mi, 
 
 cellany, ! 
 
 
 
 n for an 
 
 dress to your 
 
 'Da. 
 
 uty Dan 
 
 ,' as folio 
 
 The feith 
 Perch 'da 
 
 They'll 
 
 
 ■;?' 
 
 ■yoi 
 
 might se 
 
 dy 
 g Chloe. 
 
 
 
 'Till, painting 
 
 The glorious su 
 
 Outrival'd by t 
 
 Of youthful, 
 
 Lovely wa. 
 
 chai 
 she 
 
 &c 
 
 astern sk" 
 
 teyes 
 Chloe. 
 
 
 
 You may 
 ok at the b 
 
 thin 
 
 !1K:E 
 
 stor 
 
 an'.; 
 
 of this, I 
 
 u v,,:; 
 
 be 
 
 
 d my 
 
 ''.7 
 
 g tc 
 
 
 lofit. 
 
 mureh 
 
 I 
 
 Tune—' Rothiemurche's 
 
 When Cynthia lights •. 
 
 
 id when the howling wintry bl 
 
 And should th 
 
 e howling wintry blas 
 
 D.sturb my la 
 
 sie's midnight rest ; 
 
 I'.lfauldihee 
 
 to my faithfu' breast 
 
fJl 
 
 I... * 
 
 ll l»..i.. . 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 it-while look., an 
 
 torn m 
 \\ .11 thou be m, 
 
 Tbie pieee h» .1 l«-a»t 
 tvrular paatoral i in* in 
 
 it ii jut .ic reruiarl, r. 
 
 Ir Clarke, parti, by we, of joke, 
 fp lo lb. black k»y. of the barp- 
 prcarr.e M>nie kind of rbjlbn. ; 
 
 It of W.nc a I artula ll la, ibal, 
 ■n, ih» »oa. produced ibr rudim< 
 audthc wm. (lark., with aoma 
 
 JOm <* ' Saw J. ru, r- 
 
 •"■•J. Iboufh rxi-J prrlfj well UKMlm 
 
 ■ h l ay ni, ,.. or.rn.aH,. ...d ll 
 
 li.h product* -n. Ibn. i. a pr. 
 
 1**1 rf'j V 
 
 The a.r, if I undrrerend lb. •ipmilim of il 
 
 ..-rof .lU.pU 
 
 - ira.n £ooa 
 ■k ~u{ to • Naarj'a tc 
 
 
 
 . Ilb.nl 
 
 
 ufk.ka.faia. U> jow know tb- k 
 
 . or ou. ewoo^k. A rood •'«») 
 
 'o^ETa.*.' VaTl^ui'"'^"'^.^, 5 ^' 
 laow, we. in raapacj art oui fi 
 ^ ii^iu( U M^iut am;, M 
 
 • - - wur in It. oral ead beat dreee in 
 
 ll, ••Iccuid 
 
 paeioral eoo'r. a epnnkling of tot old Seotlieh 
 ha. a> iauaiiable 'if. oi.' 
 
 -. a new edition of iba 
 toot ia p. t68 of tkia .oiume, and propone! 
 it for another tunc. Ihe alteration, arc unim- 
 portant. Tne name Maria, be chanree lo 
 
 lutes, aa ia p. SOI, ha introduces, 
 
 •< Lo«e'. .erle»i wretch, unseen, unknown. 
 
 but Ihi. 1000001 which I be«» ju.t riven too 
 
 . ,.f .e.eial ,rer. .Va. 
 
 No. io.bow,oo how difficult il i. to trace 
 
 iba otir.o of our alt., I bate heard il reprau 
 
 thal ihn •■■ an In.h air i nay 
 1 Bel with an In.h rentlrman who alhrnied 
 that be bad braid il in Irrlaud amour the old 
 
 >. on ihe other hand, a coonle.. 
 
 couple of b 
 
 I tbaok }ou for admitting • f.'rairie-boro 
 ■Qod,' and I .hall t.k. oai. lo lur.ii.b ,oo 
 
 lb. air. If'l catch BjBino'. mora tbao 
 
 I I ..ill write a 
 
 - Lurn wood' altogether. My 
 
 I .n. eahamed, m, dear fellow, lo Bake the 
 li| but in 
 
 neb or poor. I proBiead Chloral a cop, of ,i ur 
 tragi n.j boneal pride lo write 
 . M uartactou. reuueet ia doubly 
 
 ao, b, a tediooe apoloe;,. To make ,ou Mima 
 
 ■olor,. T 
 i I ba.a a> 
 
 the lad, .. not a liillc prood thai aba I. to 
 
 No. LXIIL 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 ..'. I bare bad another 
 
 «e, and a loor eooaul- 
 
 lietniake the •Caledonian Hunt' ■ 
 
 accordinrl;. Pray did it e.er occur to jou 
 bow peculiarly well lb. Scotluh air. era 
 adapted for .eraea, ia Ibe form of d.elorxe ? 
 Tbi. edition oojrht lo baee teeo preferred, had lie tr.i pari of the air ia generally low. and 
 .in lime. suited for a man a toiee, aaa lb« eeecnu p-rt, 
 
BURNS — CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 m agreeable 
 
 a some of thi 
 ,e kind you 
 
 them. Your ( 
 the cold ground, 
 
 
 by it. Some of jour Chlorises I suppose have 
 flaxen hair, from jour partiality for this col- 
 our; else we differ about it; for I should 
 
 reading that she h 
 
 
 
 
 She. 
 
 
 
 
 The little swa 
 
 How's wanton win 
 
 I think excellent ; 
 
 
 
 Though wafti 
 
 ig o'er the flowery 
 
 
 
 
 Dm ne'er to l- 
 
 
 
 
 
 As meeting 
 
 o' my Willie. 
 
 Scottish and me! a 
 
 s ^ol, f Englis^ve 
 
 rses! The 
 
 
 
 
 
 emble each 
 
 
 He. 
 
 
 
 
 The bee, that 
 
 hrough the sunny 
 
 Those you have 
 
 manufactured f 
 
 r • Dainty 
 
 S.ps nectar in 
 
 
 Davie,' will answ 
 to find you have b 
 
 r charmingly, 
 gun your anecdo 
 
 am happy 
 
 Upon theTi 
 
 my delight is poor 
 ps o' Philly. 
 
 not how long they 
 
 be, fur it is imp 
 
 
 
 
 any thing from yo 
 
 
 ious. Let 
 
 
 She. 
 
 
 use no ceremon 
 
 y in telling 
 
 Th» woodbine 
 
 in the dewy weet 
 
 No. LX1V. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 19IA. November, 1794. 
 Yon see, ray dear sir, what a punctual cor 
 
 self for t 
 
 of my le 
 
 
 
 uch, t 
 
 O Philly, happy be that day 
 When rovin» through the gcth 
 My youthfu'heart was Blown i 
 And by thy charms, my Phi 
 
 O Willie, aye I bless the grove 
 Where first I own'd my maiden love. 
 Whilst tnou did.t pledse the puwers above, 
 To be my ain dear Willie. 
 
 ling is my Philly. 
 
 it's my ain dear Willie, 
 onestlyhow you like it: a 
 
 tion of Philhs 
 lich unfits it'for 
 
feet, in lb. bi.i c«rt of boib lu.io.. 
 I.r.l, drpend. w much of lh,ir I 
 
 PIAM0N1) CABINET LIBRARY. 
 
 ■M with « lto> - •r.nnn.l.lp, I Imvf fr.ni- 
 
 ieanirche.' la I. ManiM, bj w«) of kn 
 
 • K.1.1.-I1.I1 .i.rii lo Itfiy'i iri/r. You w.li nll.rn 
 
 Try 
 
 I 
 
 »,f. of AUiollorh. 
 
 1*« Dot 1 
 
 be t.-D,n 
 
 M.C 
 
 fib- nr-u«-.| q 
 
 nfcmu la iIm 
 
 r.C la.^ij mrlbou, II i. Ilk. ll.r („■, ,; Kr.« 
 . Liuuchl ,i.l.. 
 
 btfan 
 
 1 
 
 perdoa of lb' 
 
 rb.rnnnr. 
 lb.! II ... 
 
 . I a Barter. 
 
 „l.m. 
 
 Tune— •• Ii 
 
 .i than bam M i 
 
 F.rewrll! H 
 
 tg, brotaa btarl, uij K«ij t 
 
 ...d lir'rr 1Mb ...rr„ w . , rI . r 
 h..l>: 
 
 
 • ■ 
 
 I -...i.o'rJ «i" BMh •nd '"tie «i' n»ir. 
 
 - -i. J cere. 
 
 I 
 
 j . « the e:U» 
 
 iboofbi . 
 II. i men i. I 
 J>J, mirth «ud good humour 
 
 A lowmondo* IrooUe. tbould th»t be my ft*. 
 • peowtberi il«': 
 
 f our jiumey ti lui, 
 ... rued be be. 
 
 Biad 
 
 rt her anipper end iloyte oo 
 ! frae n*e. e 'en Id the jad e ae : 
 
 
 - .. irreaialibk 
 
 ,UUld b. (it) 
 
 . i!77 .,1 ll, 
 do. I.e. olln. 
 
 Hl.y, my Willie— «el Ull-.r m-, 
 
 , 
 
 Tell m< ib.l thou yet art true, 
 
 . r....tf. .hull U for)ri»*n, 
 AM »h-n Ibi. heart [.MnfluHlollK 
 
 ' Buy. o>) ■ 
 
 Bui lo ihink I m l.elnj'd. 
 
 Od ••« our km .hoold ii 
 lo..kr ibafloa'rM lumi Lree.t. 
 
 Slay, u... ■ 
 
 Cold I bop. ihoo 
 
 Ii may »muv the reader lo be told, that, an 
 If you docotre.ieh the air, I ail! tend it to '"'» oecaeioo. ibe enii.ein.n a»d the lady b..e 
 rbe Beouieh Li/a nab* In. ui- 
 
BURNS—CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 Well! I think this, to be do 
 three pinches of Irish Blac'kgua 
 
 
 on earth), that I much suspect he has, i 
 plates, mistaken the figure of the stock and 
 
 Tery rude instrument. It is composed of thr"- 
 parts; the stock, which is the hinder thig 
 
 the aperture be large enoush to admit t 
 it°be held 6 by* the thicker °end of the 'thig 
 
 
 i by the 
 
 layin. 
 
 flute. This of mine was made by a man 
 the braes of Athole, and is exactly wha 
 shepherds -wont to use in that country. 
 
 However, either it is not quite properly bored 
 in the holes, or else we ha^e not the art of 
 blowing it rightly ! for we can make little use of 
 it. If Mr Allan chooses, I will send him a 
 sight of mine ; as 1 look on myself to ' 
 kind of brother-brush with him. ' Pri( 
 
 Nc. LXV. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 Se&Nao. 1794. 
 I acknowledge, my dear sir, you are not onl; 
 
 dence, in so frequeotly nibbling at lines and 
 couplets of your incomparable lyrics, for which 
 perbaps, if you bad served me right, you 
 
 chef d? autre. Lumps of pudding shall ce 
 
 e one 
 
 of my f 
 
 amily dishes : yot 
 
 
 
 
 
 will p!e 
 
 
 ufin 
 
 gtve us 
 i yourse 
 
 f in got 
 
 d re spi f ri!s' 
 
 Z'j. 
 
 1 song, are 
 
 
 
 use of 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bes 
 
 ' : 
 
 
 
 
 
 e to every 
 at the au 
 
 body. 
 
 re eas.l, 
 I particip 
 some of o 
 
 
 
 
 it is pre 
 
 voking to 
 inted from 
 
 every 
 
 for 
 
 id, The 
 
 nf'iro 
 
 t,- 
 
 The 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 ar VVillv, 
 
 • She 
 
 
 
 
 e.' The 
 
 three 
 
 1 
 
 theread 
 
 ely'of 
 
 e no doub 
 
 ii 
 
 matter to you, and beg your opinion. 
 
 curate description of the stock and°horn, and 
 for the very gratifying compliment you pay 
 
 Pantheon. He has seen the' rude insl/nment 
 
 s to know wh°eiber 1, yoa beIieve n it , «o 
 
 have ever been generally used as a musical 
 pipe by the Scottish shepherds, and when, and 
 
 tig and roaring. A f.iend of _ mine says, he 
 ays (made of «ood instead" of your toJe^ind 
 Do not, 1 beseech you, return any books. 
 
 No. LXVL 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 :, in the Museum, 
 till Jamie comes ham 
 rt with Peter Pinda 
 
 MY NANNIE'S AWA. 
 ler green mantle blythe Nature arr 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIIIRAHY. 
 
 1 tit ro.w.drap a-id prim-cnr our woodland* 
 
 Taej pain me ead boaoro, u> i»"i) ibej 
 
 Um 
 TWj ».oU at o* Nann e_end Stun,.'. a«a. 
 
 Thoa lae'roek thai apri.g. <ra* ibe d-we o' ibt 
 
 km 
 
 .J lo «m«' lb- erey breaking 
 
 Com, Aoluean. 
 AmI »»b< m. - 
 
 low doaa ibi. pUaao jou f 
 
 Jab;*. ..-•&». ga'«f' 
 
 N» LV. 1L 
 MB BUBNs TO Mil Til 
 
 I fear for ».« aaegi » bowreer. a few ma 
 
 fort, m ID 
 r. for lb*. 
 
 - , and a. 111 
 
 a aaoaraaa* in lb* imagerj. ojc. of um rbjro- 
 
 A Kreai rriiic, A bra. o* ronca, n ibi 
 lo«r tad a>K on Iba cxctaaie* ibwaaea Cor aon 
 
 writing. In-lv.b.mji.c/ii. 
 
 FOB A' THAT AND A' THAT. 
 
 1. then for noneat po-renr 
 
 Thai bup bi» head, and »' ibai ; 
 The coward alar*, wo paae bin bj I 
 
 Tor bu'i lb* gowd for a' lut. 
 
 What iboor b oa hamelj fare we &... 
 
 Wear boddia' graj. and a' ibai ; 
 
 --it ailk.. and kna.e. tu« 
 
 For a' rbat, and a' iba". 
 
 Ye ae* ton birkie. t.'JiWJ, 
 
 \Yha ilruu. and aiaraa, and a' thai i 
 
 TIj.hi -h hundred, worabip al hit word, 
 II,'. but a roof for a'lbat; 
 
 Ilia riband, star, and a' dial, 
 The mill of independent mind. 
 " k»'k. and laugh, al a" Ibai. 
 
 V 
 
 
 lor a' ibat. and a' mat. 
 
 Iliac, tad ..' thai 
 
 Are higher rank, than a' thai. 
 
 ,o not gi»e jou the foregoing aor 
 jour Look, but merelj bj 
 utu-i fur tbt pee. i. not ,eallj poetrj. 
 " be folio » ia 
 
 Can jirld Br rujcbl but aorrox. 
 jiM aprrading Ir 
 
 ,dn.j gra.elbej'll w.tber.Jr 
 Farewell ! God b!e»a a. 
 
 * Craigie-beTn wood ieetoa 
 I at, and aboal I 
 I age of that oi 
 
 ndofDaau 
 
 1 lb* Imt-wbiu lock.. 
 
BURNS — CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 No. LXVIIL 
 
 ME THOMSON TO MR BURXS. 
 Edinburgh, 30Ui Jan. 1795. 
 
 as f« C«£gfe turn! wMchTihfnk™ Uy'con 
 
 flower thai deck'd the ra 
 
 The hird that charm'd his 
 
 How aft her tale's the sa 
 I tell you nos 
 
 I do not know whether i 
 
 No. LX1X. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 February, 1795. 
 
 Tune— « Let me in this ae i,igut. ' 
 
 let me i 
 
 toad je cam agait 
 you in, jo. 
 
 Ckorxs. 
 
 No. LXX. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSOX. 
 Eeclefechax, T.h February, 1795. 
 
 ia of the predica 
 hich; capacity I 
 
 id the dying agonies of a sow, undtr 
 tccouut, exceeding good company. 
 
 add 
 has 
 
 .atelL 
 
 10 M\ 
 
 ;;il 
 
 very o 
 
 get 
 uiys 
 
 -' 
 
 day from Dumfries. { 
 
 itslowish time, it would mal 
 i should think it worthy ofyou 
 
 As 1 am just going to bed, I wish you a goo 
 
 No. LXXI. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 25(A February, 1793. 
 
S-- 
 
 DIAMOND CABINET HIIHARY. 
 
 drunk or eober, tour * mini! ie Hnr mu.ldj, ' 
 lull h«>» d apla'j.d Ureal addr... in cl.r alo.e 
 .. .. Ha I -•- E <> I Ml. and ol ih. 
 
 .am. li*M lakre •»•) itM inurl.ci.-v ibal ulbrr- 
 «,.. «..uW I.«t. attached 10 hi. enlr.alira. 1 
 
 I t.d hu|r. )ou .uiild t'- arrr.ird .oni. 
 
 iliii ■! I*»l»ft«i«i *mt hi nhllin 
 
 N i | \ l L 
 
 > u i,i UN. ro ^u raoMKm. 
 
 Ur, •Uxb.K.rocb Mat' 
 
 • aanBag "oodiark. «•;, 
 
 . lb] l.j. 
 lb) aoolhiaf low M 
 
 A ( liO, If tin Ibal c 
 
 I i »u i««<b b.r baaile 
 
 .. .I'diMUiOibf;. 
 
 ► laj. ••• Ibj lull. m*l. unkind. 
 
 TkMIrl 
 
 Or ■>) , 
 Ln aa* kn->« jour m; : : 
 
 IN CBLOMI BBOta ILL. 
 
 Lonf . to-,' lb. nigbi. 
 uJu'hlruldo/lorVo^ 
 
 \\ h.ie m, is 
 I. ^o ibe c 
 i-oog, it 
 
 T.kr aurbl tUi of II""', 
 llul mij I'bloru .pure u.c I 
 
 Hon do jnu like ihr forfjroini; • The Iri.b 
 • ir, •• Humour, of film, '• lea great favour,!. 
 . I .„,i,r. ui,.l .... .x.rul Ibr .ill; .lull Ih lb. 
 
 rtM fee ii. l'k.. uriiiru f u r°iio"7ollo'«!" 
 B M.. 
 Tunc-' llutm,ur. uf <.|r,,.> 
 
 . ' •»<<! injri;. Id foreign I:. nd. 
 
 . brigbt-beaniliia; n 
 
 l.r 
 
 
 Far dr.irr lo in. >r. jun buinLI. br- in 
 
 dIhmU and row.n lurk lov.ir 
 
 J tripping •mini; the Mild 
 
 A.lialenu.g lb. Iiiiiirl. a/I wander. o,i Jeau. 
 
 . thf Ir r,r ,u ib^ir get auniit 
 >.l.).. 
 ' And cauld Calaatoote'l blaii on lb* »«.. ; 
 ■Mad »o,di..,d. lb. I ikin lb. 
 
 baunt 0* ih. I, rani 
 
 Ilia alat.'a apid) furci., and gold bubblinc. 
 
 h... Lo.e'i -rilling feller., tbecbaiueo' bl 
 Tune—' Laddie, Ii* near EM.' 
 
 1«i. lb. bewiicbing, awe 
 
 Sair do I f.ar tbai lo hope ia denied ma ; 
 Hair do I fear ib.i drap.u- maun abide mi 
 llul Ibo' Ml fonunr .bould fale u. lo art. 
 <Vu.ru -bail >be br ,u ui. bveom fur mar, 
 
 Let me bear trim jo'i. 
 

 No. 
 
 LXSIIL 
 
 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 hen' I saj 
 
 t think, 
 
 my good sir 
 ice to (he ii 
 
 that I ha 
 °L U Z § a 
 
 
 
 e design and 
 
 
 
 'a Sam 
 
 rday Night 
 
 
 pinion, on 
 
 i of the 
 
 happiest productions 
 
 liana pen 
 
 
 
 ously disa 
 
 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 i tor jour por 
 
 rait. Ithi 
 
 rikinci, 1; 
 
 
 a> far as I c 
 
 
 nurphiz. 
 
 
 uld make th 
 
 
 ££!"J! 
 
 ur fain 
 
 ly every we 
 
 V. Tell 1 
 
 BURNS.— CORRESPONDENCE 
 
 And feel through every ve.n Love' 
 roll. 
 
 "Well this is not amiss. Yon see 
 
 more punctual. Iain just now u, 
 
 No. LXXIV. 
 ME BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 ALTEEJD FRJ3I AN OLD ENGLISH SOKl 
 
 potion of jour applause, it will raise jour hum- 
 ble servant's phreuzy to any height jou want. 
 I am at this moment " holding high converse" 
 with the Muses, and have not a word to throw 
 away on such a prosaic dog as jou are. 
 
 No. LXXV. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 parcel (I was out , 
 at once. My most , 
 
 
 bom, from that propensity t( 
 
 Mark yonder pomp of cos 
 
 
 The gay, gaudy glare of vanity and aj 
 The polish 'd jewel's blaze, 
 
 The fan. 
 Bnt never. 
 
 But did jc 
 
 No. LXXVI. 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BU T RNP. 
 13lA May,1795. 
 
DIAMOND CABINET LIH11AUV. 
 
 V.Ian '• produc 
 
 O.po.111011 .ppe.rrd ... 
 ...d .Ufrreatrd wbom he .Lould b« 
 
 UfUking, whicb rgulj 
 Dot h..c 
 
 ...UUIUi.ttl.D, bj 
 
 ■ 
 
 S . 1 WVI1. 
 
 Mil : 
 1 • w .-...,., ... I ; .... I . 
 
 . Ml 
 
 tbj |MVtl ..Dior. bP ,.. m, lad. 
 
 la fan. a f.„ dam. at .bo*. . 
 
 ■ 
 
 areaad *J 
 
 - .....um.ul 
 
 Tax — ' TL.« i. no roj an. H»uk. 
 O Mi I* -o n, d- ain laaaia 
 
 S»a • bonn>«, tloomine. Mraifbt. and U 
 And lang baa bad raj baart iu ibrall ; 
 
 O th» .. no, ate. 
 
 Uui eli-ic at lirln are loier. - ■, 
 
 Wbrn kind Ion 
 
 U lb., i. no, ic. 
 
 Ii ma; r.rapr ilia courtly .park.. 
 
 Do jou know that tot! bar. rou.ed ihr tor- 
 
 .... .1 U.i f II. bai - 
 
 be .a" to art to mule h„i,.n" 'l 
 
 nlra.e to prra.nt to mj valued Irinid Cunu.ng- 
 
 I mcloa. lb. .beet opan, bolh for jour 111- 
 I..I im ..... com ih. way, ' (> 
 
 ..id .. ,1 ..ralrrmrl, pro!. tile the < lark.-'. 
 
 n.tth rotuad rrie.ii. I apa.k will HOS l" 
 
 ii.. tag* .1 liwJolau . 
 I.k. .be nong, .1 m., p, .. Boottiao <rr.r.. Is 
 
 I. Iinr. maj follow. 
 
 a.. couipv.cd bj a lad). 
 
 1(1 Mil I I NM.M.II.W. 
 
 ■ ha. clad .he etom In green. 
 
 .... „.. ,.,,. MO 
 
 Ika Ib.nr - 
 
 m jon wimpllng burn 
 
 . -. . ar.; 
 M. Mr ».. ance .hat Carrie., .1,. .... 
 
 Uaa acoreb'd bj fountain, drj. 
 
 The litlle Bow'rrt'. peac-ful lot. 
 
 In \ui.drr elHff that grown, 
 Wh.ch. «..tb. I.nnr.', Il.gbl. I wot. 
 
 Thr wake 
 
 I'd la. 'rock warbling .pr.i.p., 
 ib. .be earl, .kj. 
 ; ol.iaa bar daw; winga 
 .e'.ro.j eje, 
 
BURNS CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 So Peggy ne'er I'd known! 
 
 That tongue bis woes can tell ! 
 Within whase bosom, save despair, 
 
 SCOTTISH SONG, 
 
 That blooms sae far frae haunt o' man ; 
 It .haded frae the e'eniu' £un. 
 
 Yon rosebuds in the morning dew 
 
 How pure, amang the leaves sae green ; 
 
 But purer was the lover's vow 
 They witness'd in their shade yestreen. 
 
 All in its rude and prickly bower, 
 That crimson rose, how sweet and fair I 
 
 Bui love is far a sweeter flower 
 Amid life's thorny path o' care. 
 
 Wi' Chloris in my arms, be mine ; ' 
 And Ilhe world, nor wish, nor scorn, 
 Its joys and griefs alike resign. 
 
 Written on the blank leaf of a copy of 1 
 
 but with the most ardent sentiments o/n 
 friendship, I have so often sung under the nai 
 
 Since thou, in all thy youth ai 
 
 Must bid the world adieu, 
 (A world 'gainst peace in cons 
 
 Did nip a fairer flower.) 
 
 Since life's gay scenes must eham 
 Still much is left behind ; 
 
 Still nobler weallh hast tbou in sto 
 The comforts of the mind » 
 
 Thine is the self approving glow, 
 On conscious honour's part ; 
 
 And, dearest gift of heaven below, 
 Thine friendship's truest heart. 
 
 The joys refined of sense and taste 
 
 And doubly were the poet bless 'd 
 
 Une bagatelle de I'amiti, 
 
 No. LXXVIIL 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 Edinburgh., 3d Aug. 1795. 
 
 his will be delivered to you by a Dr Briati- 
 <n, who has read your works, and ppnts for 
 le honour of jour acquaintance. I do not 
 
 e just been gladdened, and my 
 
 , yours ! It is si 
 am delighted w 
 ,ell as your elegan 
 
 a verses to Chto- 
 duced to alter ' O 
 
 ne, ' Thy Jeany will venture v 
 
 ink the latter either reads or si 
 he former. I wish, therefor. 
 
 to give Mr Cunningham what 
 
 
 No. LXXIX. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 Far, far from thee I wande. 
 
DIAMOND C. Ill MI' UUItAIlY. 
 
 jun.l n> .row!. • winirj *k*, 
 i«l I lu'i eat :h bad of ho[M* ami 
 
 fUlbl i bean, 
 
 ' .1 fale u> turn., lot*. 
 
 Hal dr.erj though the moremli ll».t 
 c l«< m. (bin. nn| .bell .n.ei! 
 
 1n*l on!) nj oCoierr .»"1 
 
 \\. 
 
 Ml BDBltS TO MSI 
 
 • - «r MM down lb. I. 
 
 II. .pak o' lb. .ui. ■ ■; boo - 
 
 A>4 »ow 'd far e»f tot. b« we* dj ing i 
 I .*.d b. m fUl d « • 
 
 Ik* Ue* lorgi'e a. f>. May, for Ijing, 
 Tk« Lord foegi'e ox- : - 
 
 Bat ikoufht 1 mujbi hu aiur 
 Bui thjaght I m gbl ha* waur offer*. 
 Hut »h«i aid joa ibmk ! in * fortnig bi orU**, 
 
 a In the original MS. ibit line rum. • II 
 up lb. Ueiraleck lo m) Meek t-unn K*m : 
 Mr Tbomeoa objected to tbi. word, a* well a 
 u lb* word • Dalgaroock id ibe neit «er>e- M 
 
 i b.ud of parage up amer.g ib< Lauiher h.l!., 
 m ibe eoabne* of lb,, count,.' • Daleamoek 
 
 Nib. where an .i '.: • ruined church and a 
 iurni. ground.* Boa m ai, lei Ibe br»t line 
 
 L u ahraji a pn» .. iLrow oat aaj Ihiog 
 
 Hum y* bow Ibe j'*J I could bear her. could 
 C.ur,, t| bow lb. j«d I could bear bar. 
 
 1 gard lo lb. ir..i. ol" Dalcarnoca, 
 
 I flowr.U •• I'd MM • • 
 
 I rio-r.d .. I'd ...n a warlock. 
 
 Ai.dV.M I waahUdrar 1. .... 
 I •■ rar'd f r mi rou.in fu ' coiilby and iwrri, 
 . I.: I..r aul'd abachl'l 
 Sal aawwa* ! bow b. Ml a .wear n. ■ 
 1I..I haWTMMl how b. f.ll a .w.ar n. 
 
 He b.gg.d fur OaewMa-l ! I wad H bi. wifr, 
 
 I 
 
 I 
 
 1 KM 
 
 Tnc— <Tu. • ilaaVtaakM Hum'* aaitflw*' 
 
 .lit l.lllbi lo.er. 
 II. im b. o...r BMl 
 
 And Rue all bi* bop., ibe lie. 
 
 O »b.. arhlla fancj. raptured .luoib-r., 
 I llotal til lb. tb.m.. 
 | ...jlJ.t iboo. cru.l. 
 \S ... thj lo.er from bia dream. 
 
 naa**JUg i.a.aliooa of the loolnacb*. to bate 
 
 No. 1. 1 
 MR THOMSON TO ME BLRXS. 
 
 3d June, 1795. 
 KV DEAR SIB, 
 
 I lb!, a. 
 light,' are lender and beautiful; and jour 
 railed lo ibe ' Loibian Laaaie' la a maeier piee« 
 or ha humour and rw.ir.u-. Tb. fragment for 
 be ' Caledonian hum* ii quit* .ailed lo tb* 
 iriginal mea.ure of Ibe air. and, a* n plaruet 
 
 itrii-r, a* I ..id before, have bad Baeeb*n*li«o 
 eorda, had ir to pleaaed ih. poei ; bul n»>-»' >,-. 
 ■e ba.e received. Lord make at 
 thankful. 
 
No. L-iXXIL 
 MS THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 
 ES? 
 
 J1NS — CORRESPONDENCE. 
 
 he >weel yellow darlings wi' Geordie 
 
 .d'lhouga's 1 , 
 
 a high it 
 
 a lady: 
 
 -Uf 
 
 on ihe Scottish list ; but li 
 
 ey are now nam 
 
 
 vn good subject 
 
 
 
 
 ii much urged b 
 
 some friends to publish a co 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 friend Allan; what is your 
 
 
 No. LXXXIII. 
 MR BURKS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 appellation to a Scottish pas 
 
 nt description of beauty. -Of this also again. 
 God bless youl* 
 
 No, LXXXIV. 
 MR THOMSON TO NR BURNS. 
 
 ost excellent sons, and with you the subiect 
 ed. It is 
 
 nappy K 
 
 id you approve" of my pro- 
 
 for my remaining volume of P. Pindar.- 
 Peter is a delightful fellow, and a first favoui 
 
 idea of publishing a collection of our songs i 
 octaTo with etchings. I am extremely willin 
 to lend every assisiance in my power. Tb 
 Irish airs I shall cheerfully undertake the ta= 
 of bnding verses for. 
 
 I have already, you know, equippeu thre 
 
 kind of rhapsoov to another Hibernian melody, 
 which I admire' much. 
 
 HEY FOR A LASS WI' A TOCHER. 
 
 Tune — « Balinamona Ora.' 
 
 Then hey for 
 Then hey for 
 
 le Dutch boors of Ostade are s 
 
 No. LXXXV. 
 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 April, 179ti. 
 r it will be som 
 ! "By Babe 
 
 .ve sat ana wept. - almost ever sine 
 
 last; I have only ki 
 
 \las, my dear Thomson, I fe 
 
 nd of sii 
 
 le faster, the faster it grows 
 
 Rtieu 
 
 * Onr poet neve 
 Mj Thomson,* 
 
DIAMOND CAI1INF.T LIBRARY. 
 
 Tbit will K, deli.ered to ,ou b, ■ Mr. 1 
 111. lop. UUwiewij '' ,b ' Ohfci lax-rn li-r . 
 
 ami where our fr«-nd C.e.k.- tad I had "■• - 1 m 
 
 ,"tr. I am bit-hit drl.g led wicb A., ho.iele... I mute on llij e 
 
 Mr All...'. i t, •* ■ • Balwak e lha .I.e.. a' twaw 
 
 through ll; 
 
 
 
 Ran 
 
 * hr.lcli, &c. 
 
 I. f.ult'c. r rf.c..o... 1 ,,-.. ad.mrc • Turn. | »„.«» by lb* dear a„H .mil*. 
 
 im.p.k-. 1 What lliu laaei ... •J.unj .*..l i , , .. i , iht lot. , 
 Kc.de. lb. C-m.l. b-,..< ... h-r Bar why arc* in* l«n 
 
 
 near in Ib.t »orld- A. tor w 
 •but lb.! .. a utijecl ! 
 
 No. I.XWV 
 
 vu reojuaa n m r sta 
 
 Here', a brellb, Sic. * 
 
 
 No. LXWVIII. 
 Mil 111 HNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 
 Tbi. will be delivered by • Mr Leave, a 
 
 ,.-un r fellow at linaotaavai m.r.l. A. he will 
 
 be a d., or iwo in low.,. ,ou will have leleure, 
 
 . ..ml II yoe 
 
 ha. • ..pare half hour In .pmd will, h.rn, I 
 
 • h.ll |.lac jour kw.dnc. lo my account. I 
 
 ba.e no eop.e. of Ibe ...„ r . I bate .enl you. 
 
 u " ...d I bar* l.ken a fane, lo re.iew Ibeoi all. 
 
 and poe.,bl, may raaad taa« el Hum | ... wbta 
 
 I II I hank you for 
 
 _™1 b* tba aaibar oi 6«a wtll-wrltua .oi.r;. ih.n 
 
 
 etorigb... bu. a. yet I cannot b„„ 
 
 ..g baaltb. I ban ...,» nam I 
 ii my complaint .. a flying gout ; 
 
 ;.. I doubt oat. 
 
 Da let •. know how Clegborn la, and ra- 
 :■ ban ban deiivrred to yoa • 
 
 m..mb a/o. I am .1.11 ter> poorly , but .'uould 
 
 No. LX.XWII. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 MV DtABSI*, 
 
 which I 
 
 No. LXXXIX. 
 MR BURNS TO MR THOMSON. 
 1«(A July. 1796. 
 
 I o^ mentioned to too an air which I her, ^ ^ ^ ^ ^^ indep.ndem - , 
 
 . I'.*. Wt.X' if .- «aab an, n^ ««» «»»«'• ~ •« "V-Jou for fi™ pound. 
 
 "'^"o^uteouoo'oo^noir^rir™ tLly L " d ,h " ' » m d J iD K- h " «'"-»««<l • P'« 
 begun iU 
 
 CAorat. * In ih. latlar io Mr Thornton, the thrw 
 
 are* Utaitt only art given, and Mr I bom.oo 
 
 HTe*. a ha.lth to ana I lo'e deer. ,up[>e»ed our poei had never cone far. bee. A- 
 
 Tbou art .weel at ibr .m le wbe'n fond fourth .Ian/., which complete th.« eioui.li- 
 aong. the I..I 6oi«hed offspring of hi> muw. 
 
 M tbc parting lear-J 
 
 d.d not lite 
 
i, ana will infallibly put me inK 
 God's sake, send me ihat sum, 
 trnofpost. Forgive me this e 
 
 BURNS. —CORRESPOXDENX'n:. 
 by Mrs Hyslop, 
 
 bey are on the other side. Forgive 
 SONG. 
 
 No. XC. 
 
 MR THOMSON TO MR BURNS. 
 UUi July. 179G. 
 
 Ever since 1 received your melancholy letter 
 * These verses, and the letter ioclosing theai : 
 
 cellor of the Exchequer bi 
 ly, raj good sir, is it not \ 
 
 Full well thou know'st I love thee dear, 
 
 labour; r 
 
 emember Pope publishe 
 
 d the Iliad by 
 
 Couldst thon to malice lend an ear ! 
 
 subscript 
 
 on. Think of this, m 
 
 dear Burns, 
 
 O did not. love, exclaim • Forbear '. 
 
 
 
 
 Nor use a faitliful lover so. ' 
 
 ■rice. Yc 
 
 
 ed of the res- 
 
 Fairest maid, &c 
 
 pect and f 
 
 riendship I bear you, 
 
 o impute any 
 
 
 thing 1 sa 
 
 
 H.ve. Yours 
 
 Then come thou fairest of the fair. 
 
 "- 
 
 
 
 
 The ve 
 
 
 
 And by (hat beauteous self I swear, 
 
 finely. I 
 
 am happy to see you 
 
 an st.ll tune 
 
 
 your lyre. 
 
 
 
 Fairest maid, &c* 
 
 
 
 
 feeble state of their author. Mr Syme is of 
 opinion that he could not have been in any 
 danger of a jail at Dumfries, where certainly 
 
 sily of impjoring aid" from Edinburgh. 116 But 
 
 unsettled, and the horrors of a jail perpetually 
 haunted bit imagination. He cied on the 21st 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 Ii mn gral'fj corioeitr la know Mini particular of tha hittory of ih. preceding Pnemt, on 
 t.M ,! >Mit lUrd baa bean buherto fuui.d-d ; and with ibi. »i.w the following 
 ■ irom a letter "I liilbeti Uuiua. Ibe bruiher ul our I'o.i, «,.a In. fn.nd aud cou- 
 
 » I M. of March I i 
 
 el., 
 
 
 •ing printed. «nd ll.ll it would bo wall 
 
 nit of i..i. i tini I |hoq*hl it 
 
 " Ira. I Mjwai, if not aaperior. lo man) ol Al. 
 
 nr. and much other Meottut portrr, H I M o J 
 .oii.i.l pr.nripe.lj II. the kuack of ihr ax. 
 
 i.d 111. tOOttUlem of lb* 
 !(».«• ecercclj eaeined arTreled, but appear- 
 
 la be lb* natural language al 
 
 • ral Um inaiiilillaaji ibai a«r <a 
 
 - I.ould ICO a-begging. 
 
 -: >.., well plreard Villi n,, c„. 
 
 . wt laUfctd of eending .( lo aoma 
 
 >rei>nr, but a. ibia plan affordad no oppor- 
 
 Ull of knowing bow II would Ilk., lb* idea 
 
 I lb« winter followinr. u 
 ' »••■ «*■ <"' c "«' '» 
 .11 rould jet point out 
 I a> iooij Ibal Iba . 
 
 bentaf u 
 ■ b. Rob- I 
 in Hunt. • 
 
 road fro, 
 
 ' 
 
 
 The eurioc 
 
 .unla and f 
 
 .ih'a".! "h Boraboak! ' t 
 
 perton- 
 
 up a (hop of if i 
 .'ne motl bobbj 
 
 ■aMlll ana 
 
 little trade, lie bad 
 I lb. bottom of which, 
 iptciljl, be bad adrer- 
 
 roue ii lo anj poetu: exertion, be woold give got a 
 mj la the impulae, and embodt ibe lb 
 rbtou. I/be h.t on iwo or three eunzee H 
 
 p.eaae bin, be would iban think of proper in- diiorderi al lb* .hap, gratia. Hobert waa al 
 
 troductor. , coa nee ting, and concluding nan- a maaon meeting, in Tarbolton, when the 
 
 ■ie middle of a poem waa often • Dominie' unfortuna'elj made loo o.ienla- 
 
 nrat produced. It waa, I tnmk, in aummer, liosa a duplar of bit medical ok ill. At be 
 
 1781, when in the mleraal of harder iaboor, parlei in the eaeulng from themixiurrof pe- 
 
 be and I were weeding in the garden '(kail- dinlrr and pbja.e at Ibe place where be de- 
 
 fard), that be repealed to me the principal part acr.bee bia meeting with Death, one of tha<« 
 
 of thit epialle. 1 oelie.e ibe Erai idea of Boo- floating ideat of apparition, he ma 
 
 ert'i becoming an author waa alarted on tbit le rr lo fir Moon, created hit mind : ihit a-l 
 
 o:cuton. I waa much pleaecd with the epit- him la work for ibe real of ibe war beta-. 
 
 tic, aod taid to h.m 1 wu of op nioa it wou.d Tbete circumttancee be related when be re- 
 
BURNS. —APPENDIX. 
 
 was letting the Edinburgh,' I be 
 
 i Daisy were compos. 
 
 thing peculiai 
 ls worship ( 
 head of a fam 
 
 tnrday Night.' 
 
 ["unlettered 
 now, if the 
 aste of Mi 
 
 nuuy to this poem, agrees with t 
 
 bus ' Hallow Fair of 
 wise furnished a hint 
 ' Hoi J Fair.' The 
 
 the resolutio 
 
 a of publishing was 
 
 nearly taken. 
 
 Robert had 
 
 
 ailed Luath, 
 
 
 real favourite. The 
 
 dog had been 
 
 killed by th 
 
 e wanton cruelty o 
 
 
 the night b 
 
 efore my father's de 
 
 ath. Robert 
 
 immorality 
 
 hat he should like I 
 
 q confer snch 
 
 friend Luat 
 
 , and that he had a 
 
 great mind to 
 
 introduce so 
 
 
 
 title of • Sta 
 
 nzas to the Memory 
 
 
 ped Friend 
 
 
 given up for 
 
 the Tale as 
 
 
 
 ly the creatu 
 
 
 
 ted for the 
 
 purpose of holding 
 
 
 favourite L 
 
 ath. The first time 
 
 Robert heard 
 
 eft in the Room w 
 
 stanzas, p. 197, were 
 ■ be slept. It was to Dr 
 lock's letter was addres- 
 
 U Hen" my father feued his little property 
 
 *a>-r 
 
 . My fait 
 
 of ti 
 Jehad free 
 
 if the adjoining land, fori 
 
 m to r 
 
 
 :e for it people generally 
 
 ing in Ellisland, when 
 is peregriations through 
 e time at Carse-bouse in 
 ritfa Caplain Robert Rid- 
 
 " Unco pack and thiol 
 .wing of Alloway-K.ii 
 
 
 i scene of many a good story of witcht 
 >aritions, of which he knew the Captai 
 y fond. Ths Captain agreed to the re 
 
qu..l, proi.JeJ the poet would furt.i. 
 Ruij, lo b* printed alone with il • 
 Sbanler" WM produce 
 
 e a lifkl ... Allow*] Kilt, l...„,r 
 .ilj to look in, h.s seeing • danr* of 
 ■ lib Ik* d..il plajmr on lb* bag-pipa 
 
 tb. -cam, 
 which mad. b..n v. fir i 
 
 • .... : " — -tib 
 
 U he well atte«lrd bj 
 r .l. in thai nngbboui- 
 
 \H CABINET I.IIIIURY. 
 
 language. Though a rnjmrr from bit rorlict 
 jeara, ■( lea. I from I. . Mrllal Inpi 
 •oflrr p>H.om, il wa. nol lilt .rr, lately i| ia i 
 the appLu.c, pcrbapa the parlialil,, of friend- 
 ship, awakrurd hi. taniij >u far aj lo uiaka 
 hi... ihlah in) lbln| of hi. north ahowlnr : 
 and mm ff ihe following work, were conpu.. 
 rd w.lh a rata to th* praaa. To imiiH him- 
 ►ell w.ih the lilll. creation, of hi. own fane,, 
 • mid the to. I. .nd fal.gu*. of a labor.uua lift : 
 lu traiorr.br ibr var.oua feeling., the lovr,. 
 ibr grief.. I l| hi. own 
 
 - 
 f ■ warU, a)**}* u alitn MtM, 
 
 E2 
 
 Icoaol 
 
 ban tn.Mot.rd. I am a/raid, o.a. Ml 
 d.og anou e h. but ,ou *UJ Ml] m.k 
 
 » 
 
 taarnock. ■ Death .nd Df Hornbook 
 • bo ...J Jallllllj M I,,.., when he » 
 
 d«, | lb.. 
 
 •ddranalotb. I. 
 • . 
 
 Tb* A^.re.. 10 It- 
 Snaaaon'. i 
 
 I a. en tb. ..a. ... 
 pr., r .« ■ \.,.,. .Hi .1 . H... 
 Maa*|' 'lb. firat Paalas,' » Pi 
 
 ( Ibr n.orl ..b P.. 
 to W«. U<.a. >hh l»*a i*. Poem. ;• • To 
 
 .' "Tha glooaaj h.gbi ,' 
 I ,oa ba». ne.er arm lb* tr.l edition, i 
 
 u> Iba bar of public lucf/mcni. 
 
 PSKFACI TO TIIL UK- I 
 OF BI'*.I.S'm POrilx PlUUsHKD AT 
 aUUbUUIOCa. 
 
 •' Tm following Triflea an not ibr produc. 
 
 port b, rale, b* ..of. inr a< 
 
 Mra be Ml and a*, in hinaeii ana 
 
 id him, in t.» aaa li 
 
 • b* app-ara in ibr public charac- 
 
 irr 01 ... aatb. i, ha MM .1 with t'»r and tram. 
 
 10 thr rhiming irlLr, 
 
 it.. 1 r,,o ha. ... ■bactrra. Bamtltw Bard, 
 
 m.k. a ah.ft lo jngl.'afrw'do,v 
 
 rh,mra logeiber, looking upon himself aa a 
 
 •• it .• ... o b aaiiaHon -1 thai arifbrataaj p»n 
 
 our language, our i.afio. , and our iprcira, that 
 
 •mu. to a 
 
 I U possessed •/ acme | 
 
 Iba manner 
 b. baa donr, would b* a maniruvra below Ibr 
 woral cbaractrr which br hopra hi. wor.l 
 •Mam will r.rr gi.r b.m. Ilul la Iba geniur 
 • I a K.m.ai, or ibr glor.ou. dawning, of lha 
 poor unfortunata rargus~>n, he. ...h cuuall, 
 .....fleeted ..nrrril,, C-.rlarr.. lb. I r»l. ,1. bia 
 
 h gheat pul.a of .ao.li, hr haa not il.r moat 
 •■.on., thraa iwo ju.tl, adml-. 
 
 own lo ban* 
 
 fling b.m. if ha drarrrra it. it, It. I dr.re.« 
 ' . ; or lie boaom — 10 br dnllnrui.b- 
 I... rradrra, part cuiarll iba Ira/O- 
 
 rd and iba pol.tr, wl.a ma, honour him wiib • 
 prruaal, ibai ihrj will make rrrr, allowance 
 
 if after a fair, candid, and impartial crit.ciain, 
 
 c»^ do b, otbrn — i-rt him ba condrmnru, 
 without mere,, to contempt and oblirioo." 
 
 C.1LBEKT t 
 
 Da CuttRlE, LireipooL 
 
BURNS. —APPENDIX 
 
 To this history of the poems which are con- 
 tained lit this volume, it may be added, that 
 our author appears to have made little altera- 
 tion in them after their original composition, 
 
 able additions have been introduced. After 
 he had attracted the notice of the public by hi; 
 
 of his sentiments, and some of these which re- 
 main among his manusripts, are by persons ol 
 great taste and judgment. Some few of these 
 
 he rejected ; anu, though something has by this 
 means been lost in point of delicacv and cor- 
 rectness, jet a deeper impression is left of the 
 strength and ong.naliiy of his genius. The 
 
 counted for 'also, by the circumstance's undei 
 
 to the si'lence and solitude of his study, atu 
 commit his verses to paper as they arrange*, 
 themselves in his mind. Fortune did not af- 
 ford him this indulgence. It was during the 
 toils of daily labour that his fancy exertec 
 itelf; the muse, as he himself informs us, 
 
 and it was often many days, nay weeks, aftei 
 down!" During all mis time, by Frequent re" 
 
 partiality of taste with which written language 
 is reviewed and retouched after it has faded on 
 
 exerted. The original manuscripts of many 
 of his poems are preserved, and they differ in 
 nothing material from the last printed edition. 
 
 Erskine, a spunkie Noreland Billie, 
 there appears, in his book of manuscripts, the 
 
 I'hee, sodger Hugh, my watchman stented 
 
 If Bardies e'er are represented j 
 
 I ken if that your sword were wanted 
 
 But when there's ought to sav auent it. 
 Ye're at a stand. 
 
 • Sodger Hugh' is evidently the present Earl 
 of Eglmtou, then Colonel Montgomery of 
 
 county of Ayr. Why this was left out in 
 printing, does not appear. The noble Earl 
 will not be sorry to see this notice of him, 
 
 And Eve was like my bonnie Jean, 
 
 A dancin', sweet, young, handsome quean, 
 
 Wi'gUlllles, U ,-all. 
 
 She was nae get o' moorland tips, 
 
 was. at first, as follows : 
 
 She was nae get o' runted rams, 
 
 bhe was the flower o' Fairlie lambs, 
 A famous breed ; 
 
 ' U iVlailie dead. 
 
 It were a pity that the Fairlie lambs should lose 
 
 4. But the chief variations are found in the 
 poems introduced, for the first lime, in theeui- 
 
 1792. Of the poem written in Friar's Curse 
 Hermitage there are several editions, and one 
 of these* has nothing in common with the 
 
 effort on the subject, received considerable aL 
 
 Instead of the six lines beginning, 
 
 Say man's true genius estimate, 
 in manuscript the following are inserted. 
 
 Did thy fortune ebb or flow ? 
 Wert thou cottager or king ? 
 Prince or peasant ?— no such thing. 
 
 rouble than his 
 trary, 'Tamo' 
 
 tely. They came after 
 
 * This is gi'.en in the Correspond 
 
Th«. ft 
 
 DIAMOND rAIIl.NET LIBRARY. 
 
 \\h :,.ummrr, | 
 
 of other ob- 
 
 6. • Tb. Addrw. lo Ih. .hid. of Thonion } 
 D»r. »I7. t» r ." m lb. a,.uu.-r,pt cu|,J ... lb. 
 
 A cuptl hi . 
 
 Ik| bUd. ; 
 
 W.th •(. • ho«rj hai.ouri rl.nl. 
 Sun<->., null ••ir-«p|.rovm( mind, 
 K.cli trMlOM oo hi. bouuij led, Uc. 
 
 Rj Ih. ■JlOTtjIla* Id ll.e prii.l.d porm, II mar 
 
 " l.i. Ibaml .nr.n. lo 
 
GLOSSARY. 
 
 The ch and gh have always the guttural sound. The sound of the English diphthong oo, is com 
 monlj spelled otz. The French u, a sound which often occurs in the Scottish langunge, 
 marked oo, or ID. The a in genuine Scottish words, except when forming a diphthong, c 
 followed bye mute after a single consonant, sounds generallj like the broad English a in icaL 
 Tbe Scottish diphthong <s, always, and en, very often, sound like the French, e masculine 
 The Scottish diphthong ey, sounds like the Latin eu 
 
 Al 1 " 
 
 *.7ta 
 
 - 
 
 
 d, abro 
 
 up. 
 ea'dth. 
 
 - . 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Art', 
 
 ffj An 
 
 
 Arc- 
 
 , before 
 
 
 Ar'et 
 
 , often. 
 
 
 Agle 
 
 , offth 
 
 right 
 
 
 
 
 Am, 
 
 penny, 
 
 Airle,, 
 
 
 an°oaih 
 
 
 Aits, 
 
 oats. 
 
 
 Asklent, asquint ; aslant, 
 
 AughtJ posses 
 
 ion; as, In a my au"ht, in all 
 
 Beuk.abook. 
 
 my possessio 
 
 
 Bicker, a kind of wooden dish ; a short 
 
 Anld lang sy 
 
 
 Biel or B.eld, shelter. 
 
 Auld, old. 
 
 
 Bien, wealthy, plentiful. 
 
 
 , auld farrant, sagacious, cun- 
 
 Biggin, building; a house. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Bill, a bull. 
 
 
 
 
 Aw^'lhete^c 
 
 cfbarlev. oms. *-e. 
 
 Bing, a heap of grain, p( 5alo&-, &a. 
 
 Ba\ Ball. 
 
 Backets, ash boards. 
 
 Baeklins coining, coming back, r 
 
 ing large bones, stont. 
 
 i a family of children, a brood. 
 
 Beet, to add fuel to 
 B.ld, bald. 
 Belyve, by and by. 
 
318 
 
 Ul'RNS.-CLOSSARY. 
 
 Birken-ekaw, Uiicbco-»oo<l->baw, * i 
 
 •rr fellow. 
 
 ll.mug, the i.«iee <A pairidgrw, 4c when ihej 
 .ur.ug, 
 
 I. ...i.-. » ,lir.».llcd dwerf; • term of 
 
 luce al cournr) ueddinf-.-. 
 
 Uleeft audlm!.' 
 
 Mwi.urf, Lie/.. 
 
 IlirlbW. W ■«■» 
 
 U.i-k. a hill, w 
 
 luue-xowo, o..« si ihuw. terran, ■-» *« 
 
 ■ 
 
 I i. a Leer.. 
 
 BOfbl, ■ |.eu. 
 
 -oiliug of llie « an 
 u.i of V.irn... 
 
 >e <>r nrllflnf iLe > 
 
 llu.rdlj , eium made ; truaii mac 
 """"! beetle IL 
 
 HumuiiuK, bumuiiiiK aa bee*. 
 
 . In, 
 
 - | .eeipic ( 
 
 brukdf'i, reeled foewari 
 
 - 
 
 GallaT, fre,b ; wii.il; refre.bim 
 
 »•> Cw-»->, r ..,lU, UHldj . 
 
 Ik.wi, or 
 
 e, jnite. liquid. 
 g. a bridge. 
 
 . '. . 
 
 f. a chirp; to chirp. 
 CL... or (.Urti, a jo. - 
 
BURNS.- 
 
 Chimla or Chimlie, a fire-grate, a fire-place. 
 Cbiuila-Iug. ihebresiue. 
 
 Chockin, 'choking. 
 
 Chow, to chew : Cheek for enow, side bv side 
 
 Chulfie, fat-faced, 
 
 Ciachan, a small village aLout a church ; 
 
 Claught, snatched at, la 
 
 Cloot, the hoof of a cow, sheep, ,<vc. 
 Clootie, au old name for the devil. 
 Clour, a bump or swelling after a blow. 
 Cluds, clouds. 
 Coasin, wheedling. 
 
 Cockernony, a lock of hair tied upon a girl 
 
 h f ea 1 ' t h Ca? * 
 Cog'* wo°uden dish. 
 Coggie, diminutive of cog. 
 Coila, from Kyle, a district of Ayrshire ; 
 
 called, saith tradition, from Coil, or Coilu 
 
 a Piciish monarch. 
 
 Cookit, appeared, and disappeared by fits. 
 
 Coot, 'the ancle' or foot. 
 
 Cootie, a wooden kitchen dish :— also, thot 
 fowls whose legs are clad with feathers ai 
 
 Corbies, a species of the crow. 
 
 Corn'd, fed with oa'ts. 
 
 Couthie, kind, loving. 
 
 Co we', 'to terrify ; to keep under, to lop ; i ocll 
 fright ; a brauch of furze, broom, &c. 
 
 Cozie, s.iug. 
 Coziely, snuglv. 
 Crabbit, crabbed, fretful. 
 
 the noise of an ungreased wheel. 
 
 sely, cheerfully; courageously. 
 ration, &c 
 
 din*™" 
 Curigtl 
 
 Curpin, the crupper. 
 
 Cutty, short ; a spoon 
 
 Cutty-stool, the stool of repentance. 
 
 DADDIE, a father. 
 Damn, merr.meut ; fo 
 Daft, merry, giddy ; f 
 
 irofee 
 
 u ihn. 
 
 Dainty, plea' 
 
 Daise or Daez, to stupify. 
 
 Dales, plains, valleys? 
 
 Darklins, darkling. 
 
 Daud, to thrash, to abuse. 
 
 Daur, to dare. 
 
 Daurt, dared. 
 
 Daurg or Daurk, a day's labo 
 
 Davoc, David. 
 
 Dawd, a large piece. 
 
 Dawtit or Dawtet, fondled, c; 
 
 Dearies, diminutive of dears. 
 
 Dearthfu', dear. 
 
 Deave, )o deafen. 
 
 Deil-ma-care, no matter, for s 
 
Ill K.\S._(JLOSSARY. 
 
 P.'l I, cVane.l from chaff. 
 
 li.mc. io«o»i,iu P u.h. 
 
 . >, Ir.in. 
 
 
 K.irin, • fairing ; • preeeot. 
 
 Dool. eorrO« i 10 ling dool, 10 laDJfOl. 10 
 
 Fallow, f.llow. 
 
 
 Pkad.dM lad 
 
 
 F.rl.acek. of oaten bread. Ace. 
 
 
 . car. | lo WojOIc, 10 car, l.,r. 
 
 
 K..I.I. troubled. 
 
 
 K..irr.i>,',„, Fa.len'a area. 
 
 IKxiahi. «.. or »cr. aMa. 
 
 Feuld. a luld ; lo fold. 
 
 
 Fuildlw, folding. 
 
 Hou^.k.lp-r, ore lb.1 .'1,1-1 IK- oil. 
 
 Phi, hall. 
 
 
 F.ule. want, lack. 
 
 
 Fa«aoi.i. decent, .eemlr. 
 
 ■ .'.!.. ean. 
 
 Ftal. a Grid | .moolb. 
 
 ■ fort*. 
 
 . 
 
 Doalr, ». J<U «,(b (t 
 
 Prut, lYighlad. 
 
 aal~p. 
 
 
 IK...... a. OT are U* .bl., CaOOOl. 
 
 
 1 
 
 . i.'ing. 
 
 . impotent. 
 
 F«ke. S .n^nuer^"'/.'^! with 
 
 ■g , 10 drerrl. amour 
 
 
 
 
 ■ . .illj. 
 
 ' ?pW. 
 
 Fecklj. nearlj. 
 
 •-f > alow enunciation. 
 
 raj . a tr. 
 
 i r, io drop. 
 
 Km., feud, er.mil,. 
 
 -.ut it. 
 
 i i, ''•"",''. fch&aMd 1 
 
 - 
 
 
 
 drr ibe ik.n ; a Laid pratl. Ic.i, 
 
 Drwld.aa. lb. br<*eb. 
 
 or lop of a bill. 
 
 1 
 
 1 rial .iruggle; Sgbl. 
 
 nfl U tbt cropper. 
 
 ■ulorl.bl,. 
 
 ..ouder: • wonder: a 
 
 ■ 
 
 l.xn of cor.lrrr.pl. 
 
 Dro»ih. it. r . 
 
 K.ich. lo p 
 
 
 iitntlr. 
 
 Draaalj. »«:«). 
 
 r ..:»«. lo 1 de«. 
 
 Druam^k, meal and water mixed ia a raw 
 
 
 . 'iij oath. 
 
 
 . kaallkj | a brolbrrj fr .,,.). 
 
 pood. 
 
 oak* a retailing noue; io bdr '1 ; 
 
 i 
 
 
 • 
 
 
 i poibed, dri.ea. 
 
 F'.tiie lao', lha or-arrr bora* of Iba bii.dmoal 
 
 1 law, u.i«-U- 
 
 pa.r io Iba plough. " 
 
 
 Fizz, io make a hieeiog ooim, lib* lermenia- 
 
 Dueht, poabad tj ■ tan, as, & e. 
 
 PUnto, B.nnal. 
 
 mppllcaia io a flaitering manner. 
 
 B 
 
 
 Fleech'd, aupplica.ej. 
 
 'i ' 
 
 Fteecbii.r, .uppliealing. 
 
 E'en, ineejea. 
 
 Flee.b, a fleece. 
 
 
 
 -, dreading rpirita. 
 
 Fie* bar, to decor bj fa.r * 
 
 1 
 
 latla*iaa> 
 
 Eibork. it* elbow, 
 
 
 EUr.icb. rba. . 
 
 lluller. aa joung o». 
 
 Eller. as e:der, or church oficer. 
 
 Ibeir dam epproacbea. 
 
 E..'. end. 
 
 Flindera, abrefle, broken pieeee, aplinUre. 
 
 Enbrugb, Edmlmrgb, 
 
 -. a piece of ninbrr bung b» »e, 
 
 
 of oarutioo between two boraea in a alable ; 
 
 .-t.-i«llr. 
 
 ■C 
 
 Eti.e, loirj. toauempl. 
 
 •• at the joke. Fliakrt, frel'ed. 
 
 ;euL 
 
 . .itrate like Ike mora of auiall 
 
Flittering, fluttering, vi 
 Flunkie, a servant in In 
 Fodgel, squat and plum 
 Foord, a ford. 
 Forbears, forefathers. 
 Forbye, besides. 
 Forfairn, distressed ; w 
 Forfuughten, fatizued. 
 Forgather, to meet, to e 
 Forgie, t< forgive. 
 
 BURNS GLOSSARY. 
 
 Glaii 
 
 half-fitted fool 
 
 . 10 snatch g'reedil 
 Glaum 'd, aimed, snatch 
 Gleck, sharp, ready. 
 Cleg, sharp, ready. 
 Glieb, glebe. 
 Glen, a dale, a deep vail 
 
 Glib-gab 
 
 wrong. 
 
 Frammit, 
 
 
 
 with. 
 
 
 
 Freath, f 
 Frien', fr 
 
 oth. 
 
 
 Fu', full. 
 
 
 
 Fud, the 
 
 sent, or ta 
 
 \ of the h 
 
 Fyle, to soil, to dirty. 
 Fyl't, soiled, dirtied. 
 
 
 G 
 
 
 Gab, the mouth ; to speak boldly, or 
 Gaberlunzie, an old man. 
 Gadsman, a ploughboy, the boy that 
 
 pertly 
 
 drives 
 
 e, gon 
 
 Gaucy,' jolly, large. 
 
 Gaud, a plough. 
 
 Gear, riches i goods of any kind. 
 
 Ghai„t. 
 
 aVh'o 
 
 
 l.'ie, to 
 
 2IV-; 
 
 _'ieJ, 
 
 Giftie, 
 
 
 
 Gi s - = u 
 
 %'!,'' 
 
 
 'ill. if, 
 
 
 
 Gilpey 
 
 
 t gr 
 
 g>rl, 
 
 
 
 
 
 = f, 01 
 
 Gin, if 
 
 
 
 
 
 2 Sir 
 
 G- R?0D 
 
 grin, 
 
 
 
 ling. 
 
 s, the phiz ; a grunting noise. 
 e, thick; of thriving growth. 
 
l:lTtNS\-CLOSSARY. 
 
 
 . Iiopprd j barrrn. 
 
 
 Hitch, • if.p. a k„ i. 
 
 , ■ pntj i »ih of negation | DO- 
 
 II //,.,« hu..j, a)oun|frirl. 
 
 
 
 1 .. l.-aO. 
 
 
 
 
 
 drawn uiwlhi rink. 
 
 of podd.nf l~. . 
 
 II a| .lumber. • kind of hoi.. plaj. bj jilitll 
 
 d. .\'"~L 
 
 "- 
 
 . 'buul Iboagbt. 
 plan. 
 
 II in • col- 
 
 I 
 
 Baiw, .. ■ i, 
 
 Ham. I,. bom.l.. 
 
 I 
 
 H 
 
 ' 
 i 
 i 
 i 
 
 - 
 Uacbl 
 
 rt.tboS.ai 
 
 promiKd ; to fbrrtall »m>'i. r.; tbat 
 
 uu be rol oc ci<rn: for- 
 
 foretold ; ofTe,**! ■ 
 
 ■ rd. in which m Cx«d * numbrr 
 
 cf iba/p p.o,. aaed is dxtaaing htmp, flax. 
 
 Hl 
 
 I ' 
 
 Herrin, a •.- 
 
 llorj. to pioneer ; moat properly to plunder 
 
 .« who tend, flock*. 
 
 '.I, lun.'.l i 
 
 .u.A I. lb. 
 
 Il.'.n. .I.pplini houwjl 
 lluwk lodif. 
 
 !w"'' 
 
 llo" 10 ■»* 
 
 upwardt. 
 MaerasU*. 
 Ilorboe. dim 
 
 II. .l on, a ctub.oo. 
 
 ler^e', a (rttt^rudebt 
 
 Ilk, or Ilka, each, ererj 
 lll.«il|. e. ill-natured, u, 
 
 JAD. jade ; al«o a familiar term am 
 
 try folia for a r iddj juuor g rl. 
 Jauk.todal.. 
 
 t; to jerk •• ari'i'-d 
 . to ibptf tr. 
 
Jerkinet, a jerkin, at sho 
 
 Ji'.Ut, a jili, a giddy girl 
 Jimp, to jump ; slender 
 
 GLOSSARY. 
 
 ans, the Sco 
 
 Jouk, to'stt 
 Jow, to jo< 
 
 is quickly ; a gay sprightly 
 
 b which includes both the 
 
 Kebbuc 
 Keckle, to 
 
 Kefpies 3 , P a 
 
 wort ; a kind of broth. 
 
 Is, &c paid as rent by a farmt 
 
 Ken, to know ; Kend or Kenn'd, known. 
 Rennin, a small matter. 
 Kenspeckle, well known, easily known. 
 Ket, malted, bairy ; a fleece of wool. 
 
 LADDIE, diminutive t 
 
 torn of a wooden dial 
 
 Lairing, wading, ana i 
 
 r la> 
 
 e, thy Ian 
 
 thi 
 
 ik lang, to 
 
 rk. 
 d. 
 
 ing, bilL 
 
 , fa 
 
 thfol. 
 
 a phrase of congratulatory ei 
 
 Leugb, d. 
 
 L "' t \-- 
 Lift, tne s 
 Lightly, s 
 
 Xi Lint i' the bell, fli 
 
 Loun, a iellow, a ragami 
 
 L< ;.t', j mp, leap. 
 
Manlael, * maollr. 
 
 Wa/k. mark.. | IT,;. ,n,l ., 
 
 -bicb.o Kogli.b r»«n ■ 
 
 plural, an 
 
 M«rl.d, t.nrg.lfd; .polled. 
 Mar'.,..,. ,b.,,.rl7|i. 
 
 M..k. la m«.b. M mail, v \c. 
 
 , 
 
 lun,b,lt. 
 
 », a fuller •! ib. buiton of i 
 
 DURNS. —GLOSSARY. 
 
 ■r, an axchanga ; to exchange, to bi 
 ...... r. a nrgro. 
 
 Ninr-ia li-d-cat, a hangman', whip. 
 
 and. of or belonging to tbe north. 
 
 Nome, buck callla. 
 
 ing ; drooping. 
 
 I l.nl'huu.rd. 
 
 >«l| of fetching a blow B<||| lha 
 
 )• 
 
 I'M K. btlauU, familiar; twain .10 e uf 
 
 .u„cl,. 
 
 i pa.tridja. 
 
 ecb. 
 oeimeal podding, a wcll-knowi. 
 
 p'ourh-.laff. 
 
 Moo,, or > 
 
 M . -• 
 
 Moorlaa', of or beloorin* 10 
 
 eao.DO.td aimplt of naier, 
 
 P.,'.. pa.d; b.... 
 " , la Inch lb. bl 
 
 P'cban, lb. crop, lb 
 
 augbl, 
 
 alb .bor 
 
 I- 
 
 Pbilibeg., abort | 
 
 PWml 
 
 .l...p, A,c. 
 
 > pl»ugb..iaff*. 
 
 iicoau woro bjr the Iligh- 
 
 • peeebea, flattery j 
 jbland oar muiie a 
 Picklr, a .mall quantify. 
 P ', lopui! 
 Placad, public proclamation. 
 
 Pu.-k, 
 
 .b peniij, ,» t |, c & „ 
 
 ,b penny. 
 
 • . p-m.jlr.., wiihouti 
 
 NA. no. not. dot. 
 
 t\.ething. or Naathog. nothing. 
 Jja.g. a bora,. 
 
 Nappy, alt ; to be tipey. 
 Nrgiaaki, neglected. 
 
 Vim, ike 6«t, 
 xVierefo'. haod/nL 
 
 reof plai 
 
 or good, for reel, a* ibe 
 
 Poul, a poul', a chick. 
 i'i, d.d poll. 
 ', the brad, the akuil. 
 
BURNS GLOSSARY. 
 
 r down, lo propose. 
 
 pounds. 
 
 ■ caff, a single grain of chaff. 
 
 m of colewort or cabbsge. 
 
 e book so called : 
 
 RAGWEED, the herb ragworl 
 
 Raploch, 
 Rarely, a 
 
 ;e for ihe'plural roods 
 
 hollow. 
 
OLOBSARV. 
 
 
 
 
 P U t k. 
 
 . i jll.. cl» 
 
 So» w- troo. (Belted iuw. 
 Saatk. St.i;k. the lateb of a door. 
 
 SaM»kta-n> 11, a naff-box. 
 
 ribboa for b < c 
 
 M wboa* apirit ia orokea vkk opprea- 
 i»ery ; Co iutm.t ttmeli ; to aoeak. 
 
 Snook, lo «cent or inulT, an a dog, bo. 
 
 BaOwkit, acrirad, .null-,!. 
 
 Boofia, hating ■>«'., eogariug look. ; luck 
 
 Room, (0 • witO. 
 
 Suoib. truib, a petty oa'h. 
 
 > . .. a i-jimd J»ing on tbr n 
 Nouple, Urn 
 
 •malm 
 
 o."o.',.l aoarad. \V Hummer,.' 
 Soup, a .poouful, a .null u,uauUy of « 
 
 -r • iuii» wi'b a low MbittN 
 
 
 . 
 
 
 ■ajar, aa. wild 1 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . bay. lie. 
 
 
 
 -of .tag. 
 
 
 
 
 v.o, to 111.. . 
 
 
 
 
 
 Buaf, 
 
 
 
 -!> ... 
 
 u.j itiak i a pe 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 to r nn ai eatf|« i'anr by the gad-fli. 
 
 
 
 Butt, 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 . cr»u,mmg. 
 
 
 
 to .but; aaiileb. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 trm, compacted. 
 
 
 I 
 
 
 Bias, to ran aa a bora*. 
 
 
 
 re.red. 
 
 
 
 UibaUj du-aof.njkiod. 
 
 
 ' 
 
 
 
 - 
 
 
 per ia 
 
BURNS GLOSSARY. 
 
 mpart, the eignth part of a Winchester 
 
 Tapetless, heedless, foo 
 Tarrnw, to murmur at < 
 Tarrow't, murmured. 
 
 Stoup, or Stowp, a kind of jug or dish wii 
 
 Stoore, dust, more particularly dust in moll 
 Stowlins, by stealth 
 
 , or Tau 
 I Tawie,' that t 
 
 Tedding, spreading aflertbe 
 Ten-hours bite, a slight fi 
 
 Straik, did strike. 
 
 
 Teugh, toug 
 
 , stroked. 
 
 
 Thack, tha 
 
 Strappin, tall and handsome. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thae, these. 
 
 
 
 Thairms, sin 
 
 Striddle, to straddle. 
 
 
 Thankit, tha 
 
 
 
 Theekit, tha 
 
 Studdie, a stithy. 
 
 
 Thegither, t 
 
 Slumpie, diminutive of stamp. 
 
 
 Themsel, i*> 
 
 Strunt, spirituous liquor of any kind ; 
 
 
 Thick, inii-- 
 
 sturdily ; huff, sullenness. 
 
 
 Thieveless, 
 
 Stuff, corn or pulse of any kind. 
 
 
 
 
 
 Thir, these. 
 
 -r guted. 
 
 
 Thirl, thrill. 
 
 Sucker, sugar. • 
 
 
 Th.rled, thr 
 
 Sud, should. 
 
 
 Thole, to su 
 
 Sugh, the continned rushing noise of 
 
 
 Thowe, a tb 
 
 
 
 Thowleas, si 
 
 Southron, southern ; an old name 
 
 for the 
 
 Thmng, tbr 
 
 English nation. 
 
 
 Thrapple, th 
 
 Swaird, sward. 
 
 
 Thrave, twe 
 
 > tight strapping young 
 
 Swarf, to swoon ; a' swoon. 
 
 
 Thret^en, thirteVnr 
 
 
 
 Tbristle, thistle. 
 
 Swatch, a sample. 
 
 
 Through, to go on with ; to make 
 
 Swats, drink ; good ale. 
 
 
 Throuther, pell-mell, confusedly. 
 
 
 
 Thud, to make a loud intermittent 
 
 Sweer, lazy, averse ; dead-sweer 
 
 extremely 
 
 Thysd P ,'l'hjseif. Pe ' 
 
 
 
 T.li't, toil. 
 
 
 
 Timmer, timber. 
 
 Swirl, a curve ;' an eddying blast, 
 
 or pool; a 
 
 Tine, to lose ; Tint, lost. 
 Tinkler, a tinker. 
 
 Swirlie, kna-gie, full of knots. 
 
 
 Tint the gate, lost the way. 
 
 Swith, get away. 
 
 
 Tip, a ram. 
 
 Swither, to hesitate in choice ; at 
 
 
 
 
 
 :,r!r e Ts n iight noise; to u„c 
 
 Syne, since, ago ; then. 
 
 
 
 TACKETS, a kind of nails for driving into 
 Tae, a toe ; three-tae'd, having three prongs. 
 
 hatch; Thack an' rape, clotbiti; 
 
 
BURNS — GLOSSARY. 
 
 ■ .••.. . P fro.'h. 
 
 irj.i., la m.k. 
 
 Trj't. t,~i.' 
 
 .. of wMrb » old I,*.. [ 
 
 -.-jr.. onecuth; »rrj. 
 
 "»J C"«'. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 IBM.., out***;. 
 
 
 . u .-l«»«»«l. uohort. 
 
 
 . MWlU »(lj, OBkOu-l 
 
 t'r- 
 
 Vpo*. .p.O 
 
 
 Dreku, a b*d (< hof. 
 
 
 T 
 
 
 V*PRI\. ..pourinf. 
 
 
 
 
 | roand.-ro!.*.. Ate. 
 
 
 Tml*. com of til k.od.. food. 
 
 
 w 
 
 
 ■ .-.. w.l't. 
 
 
 ■«MW. 
 
 
 • -1 i ibtl.i plnigt. 
 
 - .door. 
 
 
 Wi>, wo ; K^ro.fuL 
 
 
 - fat, torrowfal. wt lis* 
 
 
 
 
 •TOT ibrnd. lbt( r«i 
 
 
 ihuitl. throoch tb< «>'. ; »oof. 
 
 
 Wtir, 10 I«t out. io nptod. 
 
 
 ' ■ cboot*. 
 
 
 Wtl.d. cKok, cboorn. 
 
 
 Wtl*. t»p>, Itrge, jolly ; tlto to 
 
 
 
 
 Wtme. the b«fiy. 
 
 
 W.m-fV. t b.ll,.f..ll. 
 
 V.r.H'd. M W.r.ld, wr..tl.J. 
 
 v..,,,. pradlc.Hl.. 
 
 Y.I, ,,i. I .... I -ol, 1 know. 
 
 -i.-d •• full.r* do cl 
 
 Hrapatdo. 
 
 »l,„.'„. >i, n ..,t. 
 
 WksM, -i -■ 
 
 i..r«, running but not 
 
 fr«M.d| .HO. 
 
 whl'J[!..T,7 nr %o^p^." t „"'f"M,n«' ,, " 
 
 .. Mlw or-.rn.ol., trillmf *p 
 
 W b.Ml.. . whi.ll. ; 1^ - 
 
 Mb' int. AM* | to bold on". Whilhl, 10 I. 
 
 Wh..k.'io .w~p, toluh- 
 
 WbbkJt, Itthrd. 
 
 WfcltWr. t b'trrjr dr.urhl of liqoor. 
 
 Hk.lM, afcilo*, tomttinx*. 
 
 WI'. ".lb. 
 
 Mithi. »i(rbt, powtrfol, itronj ; iniratirt , 
 
 tar, willow flM tmiV.rt »ort> 
 
 ... . diBiautiv. or endttrinr, term for 
 
 r rp rtriag .wkw.rd in it. 
 
 I'lBipl*. IO IS 
 
 
BURNS GLOSSARY. 
 
 Wimplin, waving, meandering. 
 
 
 spror 
 
 , luni 
 gs, bu 
 
 rn in (he 
 
 quently u 
 
 ed forth 
 
 olash 
 
 olhforsi 
 an eagle 
 
 S5! 
 
 s no milk. 
 
 plural j 
 
 j,rke 
 ii, yes 
 
 i farm 
 
 ern.gbt.' 
 yard or h 
 
 usually a 
 eld. 
 
 tbe entr 
 
 a'rth. 
 
 
 
 
 y-'-<" 
 
 JS about. 
 
 
 1, you 
 
 self. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 dimin 
 
 uliveof: 
 
 owe. 
 
 
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