A VERSE composed and repeated by Burns to the Master of the House, on taking leave, at a Place in the Highlands, where he had been hospitably entertained.

WHEN death's dark stream I ferry o'er,
A time that surely shall come;
In Heaven itself, I'll ask no more,
Than just a highland welcome.

FAREWELL TO AYRSHIRE.

SCENES of woe and scenes of pleasure,
Scenes that former thoughts renew,
Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure,
Now a sad and last adieu!

Bonny Doon, sae sweet and gloamin,
Fare thee weel before I gang!
Bonny Doon, whare, early roaming,
First I weav'd the rustic sang !

Bowers, adieu, whare Love, decoying,
First inthrall'd this heart o' mine,
There the saftest sweets enjoying,—
Sweets that Mem'ry ne'er shall tyne !

Friends, so near my bosom ever,
Ye hae render'd moments dear;
But, alas! when forc'd to sever,
Then the stroke, O, how severe !

Friends! that parting tear reserve it,

Tho' 'tis doubly dear to me! Could I think I did deserve it, How much happier would I be !

Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, Scenes that former thoughts renew, Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, Now a sad and last adieu !

MISCELLANEOUS POETRY,

&c.

VERSES WRITTEN AT SELKIRK.

I.

AULD chuckie Reekie's* sair distrest,

Down droops her ance weel burnish❜t crest, Nae joy her bonie buskit nest

Can yield ava,

Her darling bird that she lo'es best,

Willie's awa!

II.

O Willie was a witty wight,

And had o' things an unco' slight;
Auld Reekie ay he keepit tight,

And trig an' braw:

But now they'll busk her like a fright,

Willie's awa!

III.

The stiffest o' them a' he bow'd,
The bauldest o' them a' he cow'd;

* Edinburgh.