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126

129

138

To A GENTLEMAN WHO SENT HIM A NEWSPAPER

*THE KIRK'S ALARM (second version).

PEG NICHOLSON..

ELEGY ON CAPTAIN MATTHEW HENDERSON............ 141

THE FIVE CARLINS: AN ELECTION BALLAD........ 148

*To GRAHAM OF FINTRAY................................................ ...... 155

ON CAPTAIN GROSE'S PEREGRINATIONS................ 162

"KEN YE OUGHT O' CAPTAIN GROSE?".............. 166

TAM O' SHANTER....
....................... 169

*ADDRESS OF BEELZEBUB

*To JOHN TAYLOR

186

190

LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.................. 192

THE WHISTLE..........

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196

201

204

209

ELEGY ON MISS BURNET OF MONBODDO

LAMENT FOR JAMES, EARL OF GLENCAIRN..

LINES TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD

TO THE SHADE OF THOMSON .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ............................................. 210

TO GRAHAM OF FINTRAY

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212

TO THE SAME, ON RECEIVING A FAVOUR................................................ 217

A VISION

218

TO MAXWELL, OF TERRAUGHTY .... .... ...... .... .... ........................ 222

THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN

224

MONODY, ON A LADY FAMED FOR HER CAPRICE...... 227

* EPISTLE FROM ESOPUS TO MARIA.................

POEM ON PASTORAL POETRY...........

SONNET ON HEARING A THRUSH...

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230

234

238

245

246

249

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SONNET ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT RIDDEL, ESQ.... 240

ON MRS. R'S BIRTHDAY.........................................

LIBERTY: A FRAGMENT

VERSES TO A YOUNG LADY.......

THE VOWELS: A TALE......

VERSES TO JOHN RANKINE................

TO MRS. DUNLOP, ON SENSIBILITY.
.............................................. 251

SENT TO A GENTLEMAN WHOM HE HAD OFFENDED.... 253

ADDRESS SPOKEN BY MISS FONTENELLE................ 254

*ON MISS FONTENELLE IN A FAVOURITE CHARACTER 257

To CHLORIS.......

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258

261

FOR AN ALTAR TO INDEPENDENCE ..................... 260

*THE HERON BALLADS: BALLAD FIRST......

*THE HERON BALLADS: BALLAD SECOND

*THE HERON BALLADS: BALLAD THIRD

POEM ADDRESSED TO MR. MITCHELL................... 273

To MISS JESSY LEWARS, WITH SOME BOOKS................
POEM ON LIFE: TO COLONEL DE PEYSTER...

EPITAPHS, EPIGRAMS, &c., &c.

Page

275

276

286

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ON MR. JOHN DOVE.......

ON A WAG IN MAUCHLINE.... .... .................

ON A CELEBRATED RULING ELDER...

ON A NOISY POLEMIC.....

ON MISS J. SCOTT.....

LINES ON THE PICTURE OF MISS BURNS....

EXTEMPORE IN THE COURT OF SESSION..

ON A HEN-PECKED COUNTRY SQUIRE..

ib.

296

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THE HEN-PECK'D HUSBAND

WRITTEN AT INVERARY.

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ON ELPHINSTONE'S MARTIAL....................................

INSCRIPTION FOR FERGUSSON..

ON A SCHOOLMASTER......

A GRACE BEFORE DINNER.....

ON WAT

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ON CAPTAIN GROSE...................................

*THE KIRK OF LAMINGTON

*THE LEAGUE AND COVENANT

WRITTEN AT MOFFATT....

SEARCHING AULD WIVES' BARRELS...................

LINES ON MRS. KEMBLE

To MR. SYME.... .. .. .. .. .

To MR. SYME......

*INSCRIPTION ON A GOBLET...

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THE INVITATION.

THE PARSON'S LOOKS.......

*THE TOAD-EATER......

ON ROBERT RIDDEL

ON THE MARQUIS....

LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW........

WRITTEN AT THE GLOBE TAVERN......

*THE SELKIRK GRACE..

.......

Page

306

THE CREED OF POVERTY..............................

WRITTEN IN A LADY'S POCKET-BOOK......

ib.

307

ib.

308

ib.

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309

ib.

310

311

ib.

312

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*ON THE POET'S DAUGHTER

ON GABRIEL RICHARDSON.....

ON A LAP DOG NAMED ECHO...........

ON SEEING LORD GALLOWAY'S SEAT

ON THE SAME.......................................

ON THE SAME

.................

To LORD GALLOWAY...

ON A COUNTRY LAIRD...

ON JOHN BUSHBY

.............

THE TRUE LOYAL NATIVES

*ON A SUICIDE

LINES TO RANKINE...

JESSY LEWARS

...............

THE TOAST........ .... .... ...... ...... ................................................

ON MISS JESSY LEWARS

ON HER RECOVERY...

SONGS AND BALLADS.

HANDSOME NELL

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LUCKLESS FORTUNE ............. ... .... ........................ ·

I DREAM'D I LAY............................

TIBBIE, I HAE SEEN THE DAY......................

MY FATHER WAS A FARMER........

JOHN BARLEYCORN..............................

THE RIGS O' BARLEY..........

MONTGOMERY'S PEGGY.........

THE MAUCHLINE LADY......................................................

THE HIGHLAND LASSIE .................. .

POEMS.

ADDRESS

ΤΟ

EDINBURGH.

I.

EDINA! Scotia's darling seat!

All hail thy palaces and tow'rs,

Where once beneath a monarch's feet Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs! From marking wildly-scatter'd flow'rs, As on the banks of Ayr I stray'd, And singing, lone, the ling'ring hours, I shelter in thy honour'd shade.

II.

Here wealth still swells the golden tide, As busy Trade his labour plies ; There Architecture's noble pride

Bids elegance and splendour rise ; Here Justice, from her native skies, High wields her balance and her rod; There Learning, with his eagle eyes, Seeks Science in her coy abode.

III.

Thy sons, Edina! social, kind,

With open arms the stranger hail; Their views enlarg'd, their lib'ral mind, Above the narrow, rural vale; Attentive still to sorrow's wail, Or modest merit's silent claim ; And never may their sources fail! And never envy blot their name!

IV.

Thy daughters bright thy walks adorn,
Gay as the gilded summer sky,
Sweet as the dewy milk-white thorn,
Dear as the raptur'd thrill of joy!
Fair Burnet strikes th' adoring eye,
Heav'n's beauties on my fancy shine;

I see the Sire of Love on high,

And own his work indeed divine!