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O, wat ye wha's in yon town?

A red, red rose,

Copy of a Poetical Address to Mr. William

Poem written to a Gentleman who had sent

a Newspaper, and offered to continue it free

Poem on Pastoral Poetry,

On the battle of Sheriff-Muir,

Sketch-New Year's Day, .

Extempore, on the late Mr. William Smellie,

Poetical Inscription for an Altar to Indepen-

Sonnet, on the Death of Robert Riddel, Esq.

Monody on a Lady famed for her caprice,

Answer to a Mandate sent by the Surveyor of

the Windows, Carriages, &c.

Song-Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair,

Impromptu, On Mrs.

Address to a Lady,

To a Young Lady, Miss Jessy L, Dum-

fries; with Books which the Bard presented

Sonnet, written on the 25th of January, 1793,

the Birth-day of the Author, on hearing a

Thrush sing in a morning walk,

Extempore, to Mr. S**E, on refusing to dine

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To Mr. S**E, with a present of a Dozen of

The Dumfries Volunteers,

Poem, addressed to Mr. Mitchell, collector of

Excise, Dumfries, 1796, .

Sent to a Gentleman whom he had offended, 78

Poem on Life, Addressed to Col. De Peyster,

Address to the Tooth-ach,

Song- wba is she that lo’es me,

Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss,

My Peggy's face, my Peggy's form, . 84

Written in a wrapper, inclosing a letter to

To Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry, on receiv-

Epitaph on a Friend,

A Grace before Dinner,

On Sensibility. Addressed to Mrs. Dunlop, of

A Verse. When Death's dark stream I ferry

Farewell to Ayrshire,

MISCELLANEOUS POETRY, SELECTED FROM THE RE-

LIQUES OP ROBERT BURNS; FIRST PUBLISHED BY

Verses written at Selkirk,

Liberty, a Fragment,

Elegy on the death of Robert Ruisseaux,

Guidwife, a Fragment,

The loyal Natives' Verses,

Burns-Extempore,

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To J. Lapraik, Sept. 13th, 1785,

To the Rev. John M‘Math,

To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Mauchline,

To Mr. M'Adam, of Craigen-Gillan,

To Capt. Riddel, Glenriddel, .

To Terraughty, on his Birth-day,

To a Lady, with a present of a pair of drink-

The Vowels, a Tale,

Scots Prologue, for Mr. Sutherland's Benefit, 114

Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed

On seeing the beautiful seat of Lord G, ib.

To the same, on the Author being threatened

with his resentment,

The Dean of Faculty,

Extempore in the Court of Session,

Verses to J. Ranken,

On hearing that there was falsehood in the

Rev. Dr. B-'s very looks,

On a Schoolmaster in Cleish Parish, Fifeshire, ib.

Address to General Dumourier,

Elegy on the Year 1788, a Sketch, .

Verses written under the Portrait of Fergusson

Song—0 once I lov'd a bonnie lass,

Up in the morning early,

I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing, 130

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Beware o' Bonnie Ann,

My Bonnie Mary,

There's a youth in this city,

My heart's in the Highlands,

The ranting dog the daddie v't,

Craigie-burn Wood, .

I do confess thou art sae fair,

Yon wild mossy mountains,

Wha is that at my bower door?

My father was a farmer upon the Carrick bor.

Tho' cruel fate should bid us part,

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever,

Now bank and brae are claith?d in green, 144

The bonie lad that's far awa,

Out over the Forth I look to the north, 145

I'll ay ca' in by yon town,

Whistle o'er the lave o't,

M'Pherson's farewell,

Here's a bottle and an honest friend,

Ilk care and fear, when thou art near,

On Cessnock banks there lives a lass,

Wae is my heart,

Yestreen I had a pint o' wine,

The deil cam fiddling thro' the town,

Powers celestial, whose protection,

I red you beware of the hunting,

Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass, 156

Amang the trees where humming bees, 157

One night as I did wander,

There was a lad was born at Kyle, .

When first I came to Stewart Kyle,

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Altho' my bed were in yon muir,

O raging fortune's withering blast,

Here's a health to them that's awa,

Her flowing locks the raven's wing,

To thee lov'd Nith, thy gladsome plains, ib.

The Winter it is past, and the Simmer comes

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SELECT POEMS OF HECTOR MACNEILL.

Life of Macneill,

Verses to the Author,

The Pastoral, or Lyric Muse of Scotland, 231

Dornock Ha.' A Ballad,

Donald and Flora. A Ballad,

The Whip, or a Touch at the Times,

Grandeur. An Ode,

Jack and Nancy,

The Links O' Forth,

Scotland's Scaith,

'The Waes O' War,

To C. L., Esq. with a present of a bottle of

The Rose O' Kirtle. A Ballad,

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I loed ne'er a Laddie but ane,

O Tell me how for to Woo,

Tak Tent and be Wary,

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