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Title: Index of the Project Gutenberg Works of Robert Burns

Author: Robert Burns and David Widger

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG

WORKS OF

ROBERT BURNS

Compiled by David Widger

CONTENTS

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##  POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS

##  THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS

TAM O'SHANTER

A DAY WITH THE POET BURNS

TABLES OF CONTENTS OF VOLUMES

POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS

by Robert Burns

CONTENTS

Glossary

Preface

1771 - 1779

Song—Handsome Nell

Song—O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day

Song—I Dream'd I Lay

Song—In The Character Of A Ruined Farmer

Tragic Fragment

Tarbolton Lasses, The

Montgomerie's Peggy

Ploughman's Life, The

1780

Ronalds Of The Bennals, The

Song—Here's To Thy Health

Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The^1

Song—Bonie Peggy Alison

Song—Mary Morison

1781

Winter: A Dirge

Prayer, Under The Pressure Of Violent Anguish

Paraphrase Of The First Psalm

First Six Verses Of The Ninetieth Psalm Versified, The

Prayer, In The Prospect Of Death

Stanzas, On The Same Occasion

1782

Fickle Fortune: A Fragment

Raging Fortune—Fragment Of Song

Impromptu—“I'll Go And Be A Sodger”

Song—“No Churchman Am I”

A Stanza Added In A Mason Lodge

My Father Was A Farmer

John Barleycorn: A Ballad

1783

Death And Dying Words Of Poor Mailie, The Author's Only Pet Yowe., The

Poor Mailie's Elegy

Song—The Rigs O' Barley

Song Composed In August

Song

Song—Green Grow The Rashes

Song—Wha Is That At My Bower-Door

1784

Remorse: A Fragment

Epitaph On Wm. Hood, Senr., In Tarbolton

Epitaph On James Grieve, Laird Of Boghead, Tarbolton

Epitaph On My Own Friend And My Father's Friend, Wm. Muir In Tarbolton Mill

Epitaph On My Ever Honoured Father

Ballad On The American War

Reply To An Announcement By J. Rankine On His Writing To The Poet,

Epistle To John Rankine

A Poet's Welcome To His Love-Begotten Daughter^1

Song—O Leave Novels^1

Fragment—The Mauchline Lady

Fragment—My Girl She's Airy

The Belles Of Mauchline

Epitaph On A Noisy Polemic

Epitaph On A Henpecked Country Squire

Epigram On The Said Occasion

Another

On Tam The Chapman

Epitaph On John Rankine

Lines On The Author's Death

Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge

The Twa Herds; Or, The Holy Tulyie

1785

Epistle To Davie, A Brother Poet

Holy Willie's Prayer

Epitaph On Holy Willie

Death and Doctor Hornbook

Epistle To J. Lapraik, An Old Scottish Bard

Second Epistle To J. Lapraik

Epistle To William Simson

Postcript

One Night As I Did Wander

Tho' Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part

Song—Rantin', Rovin' Robin^1

Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux^1

Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock

The Holy Fair^1

Third Epistle To J. Lapraik

Epistle To The Rev. John M'math

Second Epistle to Davie

Song—Young Peggy Blooms

Song—Farewell To Ballochmyle

Fragment—Her Flowing Locks

Halloween^1

To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough, November, 1785

Epitaph On John Dove, Innkeeper

Epitaph For James Smith

Adam Armour's Prayer

The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata^1

Song—For A' That^1

Song—Merry Hae I Been Teethin A Heckle

The Cotter's Saturday Night

Address To The Deil

Scotch Drink

1786

The Auld Farmer's New-Year-Morning Salutation To His Auld Mare, Maggie

The Twa Dogs^1

The Author's Earnest Cry And Prayer

The Ordination

Epistle To James Smith

The Vision

Suppressed Stanza's Of “The Vision”

Address To The Unco Guid, Or The Rigidly Righteous

The Inventory^1

To John Kennedy, Dumfries House

To Mr. M'Adam, Of Craigen-Gillan

To A Louse, On Seeing One On A Lady's Bonnet, At Church

Inscribed On A Work Of Hannah More's

Song, Composed In Spring

To A Mountain Daisy,

To Ruin

The Lament

Despondency: An Ode

To Gavin Hamilton, Esq., Mauchline,

Versified Reply To An Invitation

Song—Will Ye Go To The Indies, My Mary?

Song—My Highland Lassie, O

Epistle To A Young Friend

Address Of Beelzebub

A Dream

A Dedication

Versified Note To Dr. Mackenzie, Mauchline

The Farewell To the Brethren of St. James' Lodge, Tarbolton.

On A Scotch Bard, Gone To The West Indies

Song—Farewell To Eliza

A Bard's Epitaph

Epitaph On “Wee Johnie”

The Lass O' Ballochmyle

Lines To An Old Sweetheart

Motto Prefixed To The Author's First Publication

Lines To Mr. John Kennedy

Lines Written On A Banknote

Stanzas On Naething

The Farewell

Thomson's Edward and Eleanora.

The Calf

Nature's Law—A Poem

Song—Willie Chalmers

Reply To A Trimming Epistle Received From A Tailor

The Brigs Of Ayr

Fragment Of Song

Epigram On Rough Roads

Prayer—O Thou Dread Power

Farewell Song To The Banks Of Ayr

Address To The Toothache

Lines On Meeting With Lord Daer^1

Masonic Song

Tam Samson's Elegy

The Epitaph

Per Contra

Epistle To Major Logan

Fragment On Sensibility

A Winter Night

Song—Yon Wild Mossy Mountains

Address To Edinburgh

Address To A Haggis

1787

To Miss Logan, With Beattie's Poems, For A New-Year's Gift, Jan. 1, 1787.

Mr. William Smellie—A Sketch

Song—Bonie Dundee

Extempore In The Court Of Session

Inscription For The Headstone Of Fergusson The Poet^1

Epistle To Mrs. Scott

Verses Intended To Be Written Below A Noble Earl's Picture^1

Prologue

The Bonie Moor-Hen

Song—My Lord A-Hunting

Epigram At Roslin Inn

Epigram Addressed To An Artist

The Book-Worms

On Elphinstone's Translation Of Martial's Epigrams

Song—A Bottle And Friend

Epitaph For William Nicol, Of The High School, Edinburgh

Epitaph For Mr. William Michie

Address To Wm. Tytler, Esq., Of Woodhouselee

Epigram To Miss Ainslie In Church

Burlesque Lament For The Absence Of William Creech, Publisher

Note to Mr. Renton

Elegy On “Stella”

The Bard At Inverary

Epigram To Miss Jean Scott

On The Death Of John M'Leod, Esq,

Elegy On The Death Of Sir James Hunter Blair

Impromptu On Carron Iron Works

To Miss Ferrier

Written By Somebody On The Window

The Poet's Reply To The Threat Of A Censorious Critic

The Libeller's Self-Reproof^1

Verses Written With A Pencil

Song—The Birks Of Aberfeldy

The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water

Lines On The Fall Of Fyers Near Loch-Ness.

Epigram On Parting With A Kind Host In The Highlands

Strathallan's Lament^1

Castle Gordon

Song—Lady Onlie, Honest Lucky

Theniel Menzies' Bonie Mary

The Bonie Lass Of Albany^1

On Scaring Some Water-Fowl In Loch-Turit

Blythe Was She^1

A Rose-Bud By My Early Walk

Song—The Banks of the Devon

Epitaph For Mr. W. Cruikshank^1

Braving Angry Winter's Storms

Song—My Peggy's Charms

The Young Highland Rover

Birthday Ode For 31st December, 1787^1

On The Death Of Robert Dundas, Esq., Of Arniston,

Sylvander To Clarinda^1

1788

Love In The Guise Of Friendship

Go On, Sweet Bird, And Sooth My Care

Clarinda, Mistress Of My Soul

I'm O'er Young To Marry Yet

To The Weavers Gin Ye Go

M'Pherson's Farewell

Stay My Charmer

Song—My Hoggie

Raving Winds Around Her Blowing

Up In The Morning Early

Hey, The Dusty Miller

Duncan Davison

The Lad They Ca'Jumpin John

Talk Of Him That's Far Awa

To Daunton Me

The Winter It Is Past

The Bonie Lad That's Far Awa

Verses To Clarinda

The Chevalier's Lament

Epistle To Hugh Parker

Of A' The Airts The Wind Can Blaw^1

Song—I Hae a Wife O' My Ain

Lines Written In Friars'-Carse Hermitage

To Alex. Cunningham, ESQ., Writer

Song.—Anna, Thy Charms

The Fete Champetre

Epistle To Robert Graham, Esq., Of Fintry

Song.—The Day Returns

Song.—O, Were I On Parnassus Hill

A Mother's Lament

The Fall Of The Leaf

I Reign In Jeanie's Bosom

Auld Lang Syne

My Bonie Mary

The Parting Kiss

Written In Friar's-Carse Hermitage

The Poet's Progress

Elegy On The Year 1788

The Henpecked Husband

Versicles On Sign-Posts

1789

Robin Shure In Hairst

Ode, Sacred To The Memory Of Mrs. Oswald Of Auchencruive

Pegasus At Wanlockhead

Sappho Redivivus—A Fragment

Song—She's Fair And Fause

Impromptu Lines To Captain Riddell

Lines To John M'Murdo, Esq. Of Drumlanrig

Rhyming Reply To A Note From Captain Riddell

Caledonia—A Ballad

To Miss Cruickshank

Beware O' Bonie Ann

Ode On The Departed Regency Bill

Epistle To James Tennant Of Glenconner

A New Psalm For The Chapel Of Kilmarnock

Sketch In Verse

The Wounded Hare

Delia, An Ode

The Gard'ner Wi' His Paidle

On A Bank Of Flowers

Young Jockie Was The Blythest Lad

The Banks Of Nith

Jamie, Come Try Me

I Love My Love In Secret

Sweet Tibbie Dunbar

The Captain's Lady

John Anderson, My Jo

My Love, She's But A Lassie Yet

Song—Tam Glen

Carle, An The King Come

The Laddie's Dear Sel'

Whistle O'er The Lave O't

My Eppie Adair

On The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland

Epigram On Francis Grose The Antiquary

The Kirk Of Scotland's Alarm

Presentation Stanzas To Correspondents

Sonnet On Receiving A Favour

Extemporaneous Effusion

Song—Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut^1

Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes

I Gaed A Waefu' Gate Yestreen

Highland Harry Back Again

The Battle Of Sherramuir

The Braes O' Killiecrankie

Awa' Whigs, Awa'

A Waukrife Minnie

The Captive Ribband

My Heart's In The Highlands

The Whistle—A Ballad

To Mary In Heaven

Epistle To Dr. Blacklock

The Five Carlins

Election Ballad For Westerha'

Prologue Spoken At The Theatre Of Dumfries

1790

Sketch—New Year's Day [1790]

Scots' Prologue For Mr. Sutherland

Lines To A Gentleman,

Elegy On Willie Nicol's Mare

The Gowden Locks Of Anna

Postscript

Song—I Murder Hate

Gudewife, Count The Lawin

Election Ballad

Elegy On Captain Matthew Henderson

The Epitaph

Verses On Captain Grose

Tam O' Shanter

On The Birth Of A Posthumous Child

Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo

1791

Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring

There'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame

Song—Out Over The Forth

The Banks O' Doon—First Version

The Banks O' Doon—Second Version

The Banks O' Doon—Third Version

Lament For James, Earl Of Glencairn

Lines Sent To Sir John Whiteford, Bart

Craigieburn Wood

Epigram On Miss Davies

The Charms Of Lovely Davies

What Can A Young Lassie Do Wi' An Auld Man

The Posie

On Glenriddell's Fox Breaking His Chain

Poem On Pastoral Poetry

Verses On The Destruction Of The Woods Near Drumlanrig

The Gallant Weaver

Epigram At Brownhill Inn^1

Lovely Polly Stewart

Fragment,—Damon And Sylvia

Johnie Lad, Cock Up Your Beaver

My Eppie Macnab

Altho' He Has Left Me

My Tocher's The Jewel

O For Ane An' Twenty, Tam

Thou Fair Eliza

My Bonie Bell

Sweet Afton

Address To The Shade Of Thomson

Nithsdale's Welcome Hame

Frae The Friends And Land I Love

Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation

Ye Jacobites By Name

I Hae Been At Crookieden

O Kenmure's On And Awa, Willie

Epistle To John Maxwell, ESQ., Of Terraughty

Second Epistle To Robert Graham, ESQ., Of Fintry

The Song Of Death

Poem On Sensibility

The Toadeater

Divine Service In The Kirk Of Lamington

The Keekin'-Glass

A Grace Before Dinner, Extempore

A Grace After Dinner, Extempore

O May, Thy Morn

Ae Fond Kiss, And Then We Sever

Behold The Hour, The Boat, Arrive

Thou Gloomy December

My Native Land Sae Far Awa

1792

I do Confess Thou Art Sae Fair

Lines On Fergusson, The Poet

The Weary Pund O' Tow

When She Cam' Ben She Bobbed

Scroggam, My Dearie

My Collier Laddie

Sic A Wife As Willie Had

Lady Mary Ann

Kellyburn Braes

The Slave's Lament

O Can Ye Labour Lea?

The Deuks Dang O'er My Daddie

The Deil's Awa Wi' The Exciseman

The Country Lass

Bessy And Her Spinnin' Wheel

Love For Love

Saw Ye Bonie Lesley

Fragment Of Song

I'll Meet Thee On The Lea Rig

My Wife's A Winsome Wee Thing

Highland Mary

Auld Rob Morris

The Rights Of Woman

Epigram On Seeing Miss Fontenelle In A Favourite Character

Extempore On Some Commemorations Of Thomson

Duncan Gray

Here's A Health To Them That's Awa

A Tippling Ballad

1793

Poortith Cauld And Restless Love

On Politics

Braw Lads O' Galla Water

Sonnet Written On The Author's Birthday,

Wandering Willie—First Version

Wandering Willie—Revised Version

Lord Gregory

Open The Door To Me, Oh

Lovely Young Jessie

Meg O' The Mill

Meg O' The Mill—Another Version

The Soldier's Return

Versicles, A.D. 1793

The True Loyal Natives

On Commissary Goldie's Brains

Lines Inscribed In A Lady's Pocket Almanac

Thanksgiving For A National Victory

Lines On The Commemoration Of Rodney's Victory

The Raptures Of Folly

Kirk and State Excisemen

Extempore Reply To An Invitation

Grace After Meat

Grace Before And After Meat

Impromptu On General Dumourier's Desertion From The French Republican Army

The Last Time I Came O'er The Moor

Logan Braes

Blythe Hae I been On Yon Hill

O Were My Love Yon Lilac Fair

Bonie Jean—A Ballad

Lines On John M'Murdo, ESQ.

Epitaph On A Lap-Dog

Epigrams Against The Earl Of Galloway

Epigram On The Laird Of Laggan

Song—Phillis The Fair

Song—Had I A Cave

Song—By Allan Stream

Whistle, And I'll Come To You, My Lad

Phillis The Queen O' The Fair

Come, Let Me Take Thee To My Breast

Dainty Davie

Robert Bruce's March To Bannockburn

Behold The Hour, The Boat Arrive

Down The Burn, Davie

Thou Hast Left Me Ever, Jamie

Where Are The Joys I have Met?

Deluded Swain, The Pleasure

Thine Am I, My Faithful Fair

On Mrs. Riddell's Birthday

My Spouse Nancy

Address

Complimentary Epigram On Maria Riddell

1794

Remorseful Apology

Wilt Thou Be My Dearie?

A Fiddler In The North

The Minstrel At Lincluden

A Vision

A Red, Red Rose

Young Jamie, Pride Of A' The Plain

The Flowery Banks Of Cree

Monody

The Epitaph

Pinned To Mrs. Walter Riddell's Carriage

Epitaph For Mr. Walter Riddell

Epistle From Esopus To Maria

Epitaph On A Noted Coxcomb

On Capt. Lascelles

On Wm. Graham, Esq., Of Mossknowe

On John Bushby, Esq., Tinwald Downs

Sonnet On The Death Of Robert Riddell

The Lovely Lass O' Inverness

Charlie, He's My Darling

Bannocks O' Bear Meal

The Highland Balou

The Highland Widow's Lament

It Was A' For Our Rightfu' King

Ode For General Washington's Birthday

Inscription To Miss Graham Of Fintry

On The Seas And Far Away

Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes—Second Version

She Says She Loes Me Best Of A'

To Dr. Maxwell

To The Beautiful Miss Eliza J—N

On Chloris

On Seeing Mrs. Kemble In Yarico

Epigram On A Country Laird,

On Being Shewn A Beautiful Country Seat

On Hearing It Asserted Falsehood

On A Suicide

On A Swearing Coxcomb

On An Innkeeper Nicknamed “The Marquis”

On Andrew Turner

Pretty Peg

Esteem For Chloris

Saw Ye My Dear, My Philly

How Lang And Dreary Is The Night

Inconstancy In Love

The Lover's Morning Salute To His Mistress

The Winter Of Life

Behold, My Love, How Green The Groves

The Charming Month Of May

Lassie Wi' The Lint-White Locks

Dialogue song—Philly And Willy

Contented Wi' Little And Cantie Wi' Mair

Farewell Thou Stream

Canst Thou Leave Me Thus, My Katie

My Nanie's Awa

The Tear-Drop

For The Sake O' Somebody

1795

A Man's A Man For A' That

Craigieburn Wood

Versicles of 1795

The Solemn League And Covenant

Lines sent with a Present of a Dozen of Porter.

Inscription On A Goblet

Apology For Declining An Invitation To Dine

Epitaph For Mr. Gabriel Richardson

Epigram On Mr. James Gracie

Bonie Peg-a-Ramsay

Inscription At Friars' Carse Hermitage

There Was A Bonie Lass

Wee Willie Gray

O Aye My Wife She Dang Me

Gude Ale Keeps The Heart Aboon

O Steer Her Up An' Haud Her Gaun

The Lass O' Ecclefechan

O Let Me In Thes Ae Night

Her Answer

I'll Aye Ca' In By Yon Town

O Wat Ye Wha's In Yon Town

Ballads on Mr. Heron's Election, 1795

Inscription For An Altar Of Independence

The Cardin O't, The Spinnin O't

The Cooper O' Cuddy

The Lass That Made The Bed To Me

Had I The Wyte? She Bade Me

Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat?

Address To The Woodlark

Song.—On Chloris Being Ill

How Cruel Are The Parents

Mark Yonder Pomp Of Costly Fashion

'Twas Na Her Bonie Blue E'e

Their Groves O'Sweet Myrtle

Forlorn, My Love, No Comfort Near

Fragment,—Why, Why Tell The Lover

The Braw Wooer

This Is No My Ain Lassie

O Bonie Was Yon Rosy Brier

Song Inscribed To Alexander Cunningham

O That's The Lassie O' My Heart

Inscription

Fragment.—Leezie Lindsay

Fragment.—The Wren's Nest

News, Lassies, News

Crowdie Ever Mair

Mally's Meek, Mally's Sweet

Jockey's Taen The Parting Kiss

Verses To Collector Mitchell

Postscript

1796

The Dean Of Faculty

Epistle To Colonel De Peyster

A Lass Wi' A Tocher

Heron Election Ballad, No. IV.

Complimentary Versicles To Jessie Lewars

O Lay Thy Loof In Mine, Lass

A Health To Ane I Loe Dear

O Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast

Inscription To Miss Jessy Lewars

Fairest Maid On Devon Banks

Glossary

THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS

Containing His Poems, Songs, And Correspondence

With A New Life Of The Poet By Allan Cunningham

Illustrated

CONTENTS

PAGE

The Life of Robert Burns

xxiii

Preface to the Kilmarnock Edition of 1786

lix

Dedication to the Edinburgh Edition of 1787

vii

POEMS.

PAGE

Winter. A Dirge

61

The Death and dying Words of poor Mailie

61

Poor Mailie’s Elegy

62

First Epistle to Davie, a brother Poet

63

Second

65

Address to the Deil

65

The auld Farmer’s New-year Morning Salutation to his auld Mare Maggie

67

To a Haggis

68

A Prayer under the pressure of violent Anguish

69

A Prayer in the prospect of Death

69

Stanzas on the same occasion

69

A Winter Night

70

Remorse. A Fragment

71

The Jolly Beggars. A Cantata

71

Death and Dr. Hornbook. A True Story

76

The Twa Herds; or, the Holy Tulzie

78

Holy Willie’s Prayer

79

Epitaph to Holy Willie

80

The Inventory; in answer to a mandate by the surveyor of taxes

81

The Holy Fair

82

The Ordination

84

The Calf

86

To James Smith

86

The Vision

88

Halloween

92

Man was made to Mourn. A Dirge

95

To Ruin

96

To John Goudie of Kilmarnock, on the publication of his Essays

97

To J. Lapraik, an old Scottish Bard. First Epistle

97

To J. Lapraik. Second Epistle

99

To J. Lapraik. Third Epistle

100

To William Simpson, Ochiltree

101

Address to an illegitimate Child

103

Nature’s Law. A Poem humbly inscribed to G.H., Esq.

103

To the Rev. John M’Math

104

To a Mouse

105

Scotch Drink

106

The Author’s earnest Cry and Prayer to the Scotch Representatives of the House of Commons

107

Address to the unco Guid, or the rigidly Righteous

110

Tam Samson’s Elegy

111

Lament, occasioned by the unfortunate issue of a Friend’s Amour

112

Despondency. An Ode

113

The Cotter’s Saturday Night

114

The first Psalm

117

The first six Verses of the ninetieth Psalm

118

To a Mountain Daisy

118

Epistle to a young Friend

119

To a Louse, on seeing one on a Lady’s Bonnet at Church

120

Epistle to J. Rankine, enclosing some Poems

121

On a Scotch Bard, gone to the West Indies

122

The Farewell

123

Written on the blank leaf of my Poems, presented to an old Sweetheart then married

123

A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton, Esq.

123

Elegy on the Death of Robert Ruisseaux

125

Letter to James Tennant of Glenconner

125

On the Birth of a posthumous Child

126

To Miss Cruikshank

126

Willie Chalmers

127

Verses left in the room where he slept

128

To Gavin Hamilton, Esq., recommending a boy

128

To Mr. M’Adam, of Craigen-gillan

129

Answer to a Poetical Epistle sent to the Author by a Tailor

129

To J. Rankine. “I am a keeper of the law.”

130

Lines written on a Bank-note

130

A Dream

130

A Bard’s Epitaph

132

The Twa Dogs. A Tale

132

Lines on meeting with Lord Daer

135

Address to Edinburgh

136

Epistle to Major Logan

137

The Brigs of Ayr

138

On the Death of Robert Dundas, Esq., of Arniston, late Lord President of the Court of Session

141

On reading in a Newspaper the Death of John M’Leod, Esq.

141

To Miss Logan, with Beattie’s Poems

142

The American War, A fragment

142

The Dean of Faculty. A new Ballad

143

To a Lady, with a Present of a Pair of Drinking-glasses

144

To Clarinda

144

Verses written under the Portrait of the Poet Fergusson

144

Prologue spoken by Mr. Woods, on his Benefit-night, Monday, April 16, 1787

145

Sketch. A Character

145

To Mr. Scott, of Wauchope

145

Epistle to William Creech

146

The humble Petition of Bruar-Water, to the noble Duke of Athole

147

On scaring some Water-fowl in Loch Turit

148

Written with a pencil, over the chimney-piece, in the parlour of the Inn at Kenmore, Taymouth

149

Written with a pencil, standing by the Fall of Fyers, near Loch Ness

149

To Mr. William Tytler, with the present of the Bard’s picture

150

Written in Friars-Carse Hermitage, on the banks of Nith, June, 1780. First Copy

150

The same. December, 1788. Second Copy

151

To Captain Riddel, of Glenriddel. Extempore lines on returning a Newspaper

152

A Mother’s Lament for the Death of her Son

152

First Epistle to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray

152

On the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair

153

Epistle to Hugh Parker

154

Lines, intended to be written under a Noble Earl’s Picture

155

Elegy on the year 1788. A Sketch

155

Address to the Toothache

155

Ode. Sacred to the memory of Mrs. Oswald, of Auchencruive

156

Fragment inscribed to the Right Hon. C.J. Fox

156

On seeing a wounded Hare limp by me, which a Fellow had just shot

157

To Dr. Blacklock. In answer to a Letter

158

Delia. An Ode

159

To John M’Murdo, Esq.

159

Prologue, spoken at the Theatre, Dumfries, 1st January, 1790

159

Scots Prologue, for Mr. Sutherland’s Benefit-night, Dumfries

160

Sketch. New-year’s Day. To Mrs. Dunlop

160

To a Gentleman who had sent him a Newspaper, and offered to continue it free of expense

161

The Kirk’s Alarm. A Satire. First Version

162

The Kirk’s Alarm. A Ballad. Second Version

163

Peg Nicholson

165

On Captain Matthew Henderson, a gentleman who held the patent for his honours immediately from Almighty God

165

The Five Carlins. A Scots Ballad

167

The Laddies by the Banks o’ Nith

168

Epistle to Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray, on the close of the disputed Election between Sir James Johnstone, and Captain Miller, for the Dumfries district of Boroughs

169

On Captain Grose’s Peregrination through Scotland, collecting the Antiquities of that kingdom

170

Written in a wrapper, enclosing a letter to Captain Grose

171

Tam O’ Shanter. A Tale

171

Address of Beelzebub to the President of the Highland Society

174

To John Taylor

175

Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, on the approach of Spring

175

The Whistle

176

Elegy on Miss Burnet of Monboddo

178

Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn

178

Lines sent to Sir John Whitefoord, Bart., of Whitefoord, with the foregoing Poem

179

Address to the Shade of Thomson, on crowning his Bust at Ednam with bays

179

To Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray

180

To Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray, on receiving a favour

181

A Vision

181

To John Maxwell, of Terraughty, on his birthday

182

The Rights of Women, an occasional Address spoken by Miss Fontenelle, on her benefit-night, Nov. 26, 1792

182

Monody on a Lady famed for her caprice

183

Epistle from Esopus to Maria

184

Poem on Pastoral Poetry

185

Sonnet, written on the 25th January, 1793, the birthday of the Author, on hearing a thrush sing in a morning walk

185

Sonnet on the death of Robert Riddel, Esq., of Glenriddel, April, 1794

186

Impromptu on Mrs. Riddel’s birthday

186

Liberty. A Fragment

186

Verses to a young Lady

186

The Vowels. A Tale

187

Verses to John Rankine

187

On Sensibility. To my dear and much-honoured friend, Mrs. Dunlop, of Dunlop

188

Lines sent to a Gentleman whom he had offended

188

Address spoken by Miss Fontenelle on her Benefit-night

188

On seeing Miss Fontenelle in a favourite character

189

To Chloris

189

Poetical Inscription for an Altar to Independence

189

The Heron Ballads. Balled First

190

The Heron Ballads. Ballad Second

190

The Heron Ballads. Ballad Third

192

Poem addressed to Mr. Mitchell, Collector of Excise, Dumfries, 1796

193

To Miss Jessy Lewars, Dumfries, with Johnson’s Musical Museum

193

Poem on Life, addressed to Colonel de Peyster, Dumfries, 1796

193

EPITAPHS, EPIGRAMS, FRAGMENTS

On the Author’s Father

194

On R.A., Esq.

194

On a Friend

194

For Gavin Hamilton

194

On wee Johnny

195

On John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchline

195

On a Wag in Mauchline

195

On a celebrated ruling Elder

195

On a noisy Polemic

195

On Miss Jean Scott

195

On a henpecked Country Squire

195

On the same

196

On the same

196

The Highland Welcome

196

On William Smellie

196

Written on a window of the Inn at Carron

196

The Book-worms

196

Lines on Stirling

197

The Reproof

197

The Reply

197

Lines written under the Picture of the celebrated Miss Burns

197

Extempore in the Court of Session

197

The henpecked Husband

197

Written at Inverary

198

On Elphinston’s Translation of Martial’s Epigrams

198

Inscription on the Head-stone of Fergusson

198

On a Schoolmaster

198

A Grace before Dinner

198

A Grace before Meat

198

On Wat

198

On Captain Francis Grose

199

Impromptu to Miss Ainslie

199

The Kirk of Lamington

199

The League and Covenant

199

Written on a pane of glass in the Inn at Moffat

199

Spoken on being appointed to the Excise

199

Lines on Mrs. Kemble

199

To Mr. Syme

200

To Mr. Syme, with a present of a dozen of porter

200

A Grace

200

Inscription on a goblet

200

The Invitation

200

The Creed of Poverty

200

Written in a Lady’s pocket-book

200

The Parson’s Looks

200

The Toad-eater

201

On Robert Riddel

201

The Toast

201

On a Person nicknamed the Marquis

201

Lines written on a window

201

Lines written on a window of the Globe Tavern, Dumfries

201

The Selkirk Grace

202

To Dr. Maxwell, on Jessie Staig’s recovery

202

Epitaph

202

Epitaph on William Nicol

202

On the Death of a Lapdog, named Echo

202

On a noted Coxcomb

202

On seeing the beautiful Seat of Lord Galloway

202

On the same

203

On the same

203

To the same, on the Author being threatened with his resentment

203

On a Country Laird

203

On John Bushby

203

The true loyal Natives

203

On a Suicide

203

Extempore, pinned on a Lady’s coach

203

Lines to John Rankine

204

Jessy Lewars

204

The Toast

204

On Miss Jessy Lewars

204

On the recovery of Jessy Lewars

204

Tam the Chapman

204

“Here’s a bottle and an honest friend”

205

“Tho’ fickle fortune has deceived me”

205

To John Kennedy

205

To the same

205

“There’s naethin’ like the honest nappy”

205

On the blank leaf of a work by Hannah More, presented by Mrs. C

206

To the Men and Brethren of the Masonic Lodge at Tarbolton

206

Impromptu

206

Prayer for Adam Armour

206

SONGS AND BALLADS

Handsome Nell

207

Luckless Fortune

208

“I dream’d I lay where flowers were springing”

208

Tibbie, I hae seen the day

208

“My father was a farmer upon the Carrick border”

209

John Barleycorn. A Ballad

210

The Rigs o’ Barley

210

Montgomery’s Peggy

211

The Mauchline Lady

211

The Highland Lassie

211

Peggy

212

The rantin’ Dog the Daddie o’t

213

“My heart was ance as blithe and free”

213

My Nannie O

213

A Fragment. “One night as I did wander”

214

Bonnie Peggy Alison

214

Green grow the Rashes, O

214

My Jean

215

Robin

215

“Her flowing locks, the raven’s wing”

216

“O leave novels, ye Mauchline belles”

216

Young Peggy

216

The Cure for all Care

217

Eliza

217

The Sons of Old Killie

217

And maun I still on Menie doat

218

The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James’s Lodge, Tarbolton

218

On Cessnock Banks

219

Mary

220

The Lass of Ballochmyle

220

“The gloomy night is gathering fast”

221

“O whar did ye get that hauver meal bannock?”

221

The Joyful Widower

221

“O Whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad”

222

“I am my mammy’s ae bairn”

222

The Birks of Aberfeldy

222

Macpherson’s Farewell

223

Braw, braw Lads of Galla Water

223

“Stay, my charmer, can you leave me?”

224

Strathallan’s Lament

224

My Hoggie

224

Her Daddie forbad, her Minnie forbad

224

Up in the Morning early

225

The young Highland Rover

225

Hey the dusty Miller

225

Duncan Davison

226

Theniel Menzies’ bonnie Mary

226

The Banks of the Devon

226

Weary fa’ you, Duncan Gray

227

The Ploughman

227

Landlady, count the Lawin

228

“Raving winds around her blowing”

228

“How long and dreary is the night”

228

Musing on the roaring Ocean

229

Blithe, blithe and merry was she

229

The blude red rose at Yule may blaw

229

O’er the Water to Charlie

230

A Rose-bud by my early walk

230

Rattlin’, roarin’ Willie

230

Where braving angry Winter’s Storms

231

Tibbie Dunbar

231

Bonnie Castle Gordon

231

My Harry was a gallant gay

232

The Tailor fell through the bed, thimbles an’ a’

232

Ay Waukin O!

232

Beware o’ Bonnie Ann

233

The Gardener wi’ his paidle

233

Blooming Nelly

233

The day returns, my bosom burns

234

My Love she’s but a lassie yet

234

Jamie, come try me

234

Go fetch to me a Pint O’ Wine

235

The Lazy Mist

235

O mount and go

235

Of a’ the airts the wind can blaw

235

Whistle o’er the lave o’t

236

O were I on Parnassus’ Hill

236

“There’s a youth in this city”

237

My heart’s in the Highlands

237

John Anderson, my Jo

237

Awa, Whigs, awa

238

Ca’ the Ewes to the Knowes

238

Merry hae I been teethin’ a heckle

239

The Braes of Ballochmyle

239

To Mary in Heaven

239

Eppie Adair

240

The Battle of Sherriff-muir

240

Young Jockey was the blithest lad

241

O Willie brewed a peck o’ maut

241

The braes o’ Killiecrankie, O

241

I gaed a waefu’ gate yestreen

242

The Banks of Nith

242

Tam Glen

242

Frae the friends and land I love

243

Craigie-burn Wood

243

Cock up your Beaver

244

O meikle thinks my luve o’ my beauty

244

Gudewife, count the Lawin

244

There’ll never be peace till Jamie comes hame

245

The bonnie lad that’s far awa

245

I do confess thou art sae fair

245

Yon wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide

246

It is na, Jean, thy bonnie face

246

When I think on the happy days

247

Whan I sleep I dream

247

“I murder hate by field or flood”

247

O gude ale comes and gude ale goes

247

Robin shure in hairst

248

Bonnie Peg

248

Gudeen to you, Kimmer

248

Ah, Chloris, since it may na be

249

Eppie M’Nab

249

Wha is that at my bower-door

249

What can a young lassie do wi’ an auld man

250

Bonnie wee thing, cannie wee thing

250

The tither morn when I forlorn

250

Ae fond kiss, and then we sever

251

Lovely Davies

251

The weary Pond o’ Tow

252

Naebody

252

An O for ane and twenty, Tam

252

O Kenmure’s on and awa, Willie

253

The Collier Laddie

253

Nithsdale’s Welcome Hame

254

As I was a-wand’ring ae Midsummer e’enin

254

Bessy and her Spinning-wheel

254

The Posie

255

The Country Lass

255

Turn again, thou fair Eliza

256

Ye Jacobites by name

256

Ye flowery banks o’bonnie Doon

257

Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon

257

Willie Wastle

257

O Lady Mary Ann

258

Such a parcel of rogues in a nation

258

The Carle of Kellyburn braes

259

Jockey’s ta’en the parting kiss

260

Lady Onlie

260

The Chevalier’s Lament

260

Song of Death

261

Flow gently, sweet Afton

261

Bonnie Bell

262

Hey ca’ thro’, ca’ thro’

262

The Gallant weaver

262

The deuks dang o’er my Daddie

262

She’s fair and fause

263

The Deil cam’ fiddling thro’ the town

263

The lovely Lass of Inverness

263

O my luve’s like a red, red rose

264

Louis, what reck I by thee

264

Had I the wyte she bade me

264

Coming through the rye

265

Young Jamie, pride of a’ the plain

265

Out over the Forth I look to the north

265

The Lass of Ecclefechan

265

The Cooper o’ Cuddie

266

For the sake of somebody

266

I coft a stane o’ haslock woo

266

The lass that made the bed for me

267

Sae far awa

267

I’ll ay ca’ in by yon town

268

O wat ye wha’s in yon town

268

O May, thy morn

269

Lovely Polly Stewart

269

Bonnie laddie, Highland laddie

269

Anna, thy charms my bosom fire

270

Cassilis’ Banks

270

To thee, lov’d Nith

270

Bannocks o’ Barley

270

Hee Balou! my sweet wee Donald

270

Wae is my heart, and the tear’s in my e’e

271

Here’s his health in water

271

My Peggy’s face, my Peggy’s form

271

Gloomy December

272

My lady’s gown, there’s gairs upon ’t

272

Amang the trees, where humming bees

272

The gowden locks of Anna

273

My ain kind dearie, O

273

Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary

273

She is a winsome wee thing

274

Bonny Leslie

274

Highland Mary

275

Auld Rob Morris

275

Duncan Gray

276

O poortith cauld, and restless love

276

Galla Water

277

Lord Gregory

277

Mary Morison

277

Wandering Willie. First Version

278

Wandering Willie. Last Version

278

Oh, open the door to me, oh!

279

Jessie

279

The poor and honest sodger

279

Meg o’ the Mill

280

Blithe hae I been on yon hill

281

Logan Water

281

“O were my love yon lilac fair”

281

Bonnie Jean

282

Phillis the fair

283

Had I a cave on some wild distant shore

283

By Allan stream

283

O Whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad

284

Adown windng Nith I did wander

284

Come, let me take thee to my breast

285

Daintie Davie

285

Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled. First Version

285

Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled. Second Version

286

Behold the hour, the boat arrives

287

Thou hast left me ever, Jamie

287

Auld lang syne

287

“Where are the joys I have met in the morning”

288

“Deluded swain, the pleasure”

288

Nancy

288

Husband, husband, cease your strife

289

Wilt thou be my dearie?

289

But lately seen in gladsome green

290

“Could aught of song declare my pains”

290

Here’s to thy health, my bonnie lass

290

It was a’ for our rightfu’ king

291

O steer her up and haud her gaun

291

O ay my wife she dang me

291

O wert thou in the cauld blast

292

The Banks of Cree

292

On the seas and far away

292

Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes

293

Sae flaxen were her ringlets

293

O saw ye my dear, my Phely?

294

How lang and dreary is the night

294

Let not woman e’er complain

294

The Lover’s Morning Salute to his Mistress

295

My Chloris, mark how green the groves

295

Youthful Chloe, charming Chloe

296

Lassie wi’ the lint-white locks

296

Farewell, thou stream, that winding flows

296

O Philly, happy be the day

297

Contented wi’ little and cantie wi’ mair

297

Canst thou leave me thus, my Katy

298

My Nannie’s awa

298

O wha is she that lo’es me

299

Caledonia

299

O lay thy loof in mine, lass

300

The Fête Champêtre

300

Here’s a health to them that’s awa

301

For a’ that, and a’ that

301

Craigieburn Wood

302

O lassie, art thou sleeping yet

302

O tell na me o’ wind and rain

303

The Dumfries Volunteers

303

Address to the Wood-lark

304

On Chloris being ill

304

Their groves o’ sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon

304

’Twas na her bonnie blue een was my ruin

305

How cruel are the parents

305

Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion

305

O this is no my ain lassie

306

Now Spring has clad the grove in green

306

O bonnie was yon rosy brier

307

Forlorn my love, no comfort near

307

Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen

307

Chloris

308

The Highland Widow’s Lament

308

To General Dumourier

309

Peg-a-Ramsey

309

There was a bonnie lass

309

O Mally’s meek, Mally’s sweet

309

Hey for a lass wi’ a tocher

310

Jessy. “Here’s a health to ane I lo’e dear”

310

Fairest Maid on Devon banks

311

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

1781.

No.

I.

To William Burness. His health a little better, but tired of life. The Revelations

311

1783.

II.

To Mr. John Murdoch. His present studies and temper of mind

312

III.

To Mr. James Burness. His father’s illness, and sad state of the country

313

IV.

To Miss E. Love

314

V.

To Miss E. Love

314

VI.

To Miss E. Love

315

VII.

To Miss E. On her refusal of his hand

316

VIII.

To Robert Riddel, Esq. Observations on poetry and human life

316

1784.

IX.

To Mr. James Burness. On the death of his father

322

X.

To Mr. James Burness. Account of the Buchanites

322

XI.

To Miss ——. With a book

323

1786.

XII.

To Mr. John Richmond. His progress in poetic composition

323

XIII.

To Mr. John Kennedy. The Cotter’s Saturday Night

324

XIV.

To Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing his “Scotch Drink”

324

XV.

To Mr. Aiken. Enclosing a stanza on the blank leaf of a book by Hannah More

324

XVI.

To Mr. M’Whinnie, Subscriptions

324

XVII.

To Mr. John Kennedy. Enclosing “The Gowan”

325

XVIII.

To Mon. James Smith. His voyage to the West Indies

325

XIX.

To Mr. John Kennedy. His poems in the press. Subscriptions

325

XX.

To Mr. David Brice. Jean Armour’s return,—printing his poems

326

XXI.

To Mr. Robert Aiken. Distress of mind

326

XXII.

To Mr. John Richmond. Jean Armour

327

XXIII.

To John Ballantyne, Esq. Aiken’s coldness. His marriage-lines destroyed

328

XXIV.

To Mr. David Brice. Jean Armour. West Indies

328

XXV.

To Mr. John Richmond. West Indies The Armours

328

XXVI.

To Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing “The Calf”

329

XXVII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Thanks for her notice. Sir William Wallace

329

XXVIII.

To Mr. John Kennedy. Jamaica

330

XXIX.

To Mr. James Burness. His departure uncertain

330

XXX.

To Miss Alexander. “The Lass of Ballochmyle”

330

XXXI.

To Mrs. Stewart, of Stair and Afton. Enclosing some songs. Miss Alexander

331

XXXII.

Proclamation in the name of the Muses

332

XXXIII.

To Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing “Tam Samson.” His Edinburgh expedition

332

XXXIV.

To Dr. Mackenzie. Enclosing the verses on dining with Lord Daer

332

XXXV.

To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Rising fame. Patronage

333

XXXVI.

To John Ballantyne, Esq. His patrons and patronesses. The Lounger

333

XXXVII.

To Mr. Robert Muir. A note of thanks. Talks of sketching the history of his life

334

XXXVIII.

To Mr. William Chalmers. A humorous sally

334

1787.

XXXIX.

To the Earl of Eglinton. Thanks for his patronage

335

XL.

To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Love

335

XLI.

To John Ballantyne, Esq. Mr. Miller’s offer of a farm

335

XLII.

To John Ballantyne, Esq. Enclosing “The Banks o’ Doon.” First Copy

336

XLIII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Dr. Moore and Lord Eglinton. His situation in Edinburgh

336

XLIV.

To Dr. Moore. Acknowledgments for his notice

337

XLV.

To the Rev. G. Lowrie. Reflections on his situation in life. Dr. Blacklock, Mackenzie

338

XLVI.

To Dr. Moore. Miss Williams

338

XLVII.

To John Ballantyne, Esq. His portrait engraving

339

XLVIII.

To the Earl of Glencairn. Enclosing “Lines intended to be written under a noble Earl’s picture”

339

XLIX.

To the Earl of Buchan. In reply to a letter of advice

339

L.

To Mr. James Candlish. Still “the old man with his deeds”

340

LI.

To ——. On Fergusson’s headstone

341

LII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. His prospects on leaving Edinburgh

341

LIII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. A letter of acknowledgment for the payment of the subscription

342

LIV.

To Mr. Sibbald. Thanks for his notice in the magazine

343

LV.

To Dr. Moore. Acknowledging the present of his View of Society

343

LVI.

To Mr. Dunlop. Reply to criticisms

343

LVII.

To the Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair. On leaving Edinburgh. Thanks for his kindness

344

LVIII.

To the Earl of Glencairn. On leaving Edinburgh

344

LIX.

To Mr. William Dunbar. Thanking him for the present of Spenser’s poems

344

LX.

To Mr. James Johnson. Sending a song to the Scots Musical Museum

345

LXI.

To Mr. William Creech. His tour on the Border. Epistle in verse to Creech

345

LXII.

To Mr. Patison. Business

345

LXIII.

To Mr. W. Nicol. A ride described in broad Scotch

346

LXIV.

To Mr. James Smith. Unsettled in life. Jamaica

346

LXV.

To Mr. W. Nicol. Mr. Miller, Mr. Burnside. Bought a pocket Milton

347

LXVI.

To Mr. James Candlish. Seeking a copy of Lowe’s poem of “Pompey’s Ghost”

347

LXVII.

To Robert Ainslie, Esq. His tour

348

LXVIII.

To Mr. W. Nicol. Auchtertyre

348

LXIX.

To Mr. Wm. Cruikshank. Auchtertyre

348

LXX.

To Mr. James Smith. An adventure

349

LXXI.

To Mr. John Richmond. His rambles

350

LXXII.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Sets high value on his friendship

350

LXXIII.

To the same. Nithsdale and Edinburgh

350

LXXIV.

To Dr. Moore. Account of his own life

351

LXXV.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. A humorous letter

357

LXXVI.

To Mr. Robert Muir. Stirling, Bannockburn

357

LXXVII.

To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Of Mr. Hamilton’s own family

358

LXXVIII.

To Mr. Walker. Bruar Water. The Athole family

359

LXXIX.

To Mr. Gilbert Burns. Account of his Highland tour

359

LXXX.

To Miss Margaret Chalmers. Charlotte Hamilton. Skinner. Nithsdale

360

LXXXI.

To the same. Charlotte Hamilton, and “The Banks of the Devon”

360

LXXXII.

To James Hoy, Esq. Mr. Nicol. Johnson’s Musical Museum

361

LXXXIII.

To Rev. John Skinner. Thanking him for his poetic compliment

361

LXXXIV.

To James Hoy, Esq. Song by the Duke of Gordon

362

LXXXV.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His friendship for him

363

LXXXVI.

To the Earl of Glencairn. Requesting his aid in obtaining an excise appointment

363

LXXXVII.

To James Dalrymple, Esq. Rhyme. Lord Glencairn

363

LXXXVIII.

To Charles Hay, Esq. Enclosing his poem on the death of the Lord President Dundas

364

LXXXIX.

To Miss M——n. Compliments

364

XC.

To Miss Chalmers. Charlotte Hamilton

365

XCI.

To the same. His bruised limb. The Bible. The Ochel Hills

365

XCII.

To the same. His motto—“I dare.” His own worst enemy

365

XCIII.

To Sir John Whitefoord. Thanks for his friendship. Of poets

366

XCIV.

To Miss Williams. Comments on her poem of the Slave Trade

366

XCV.

To Mr. Richard Brown. Recollections of early life. Clarinda

368

XCVI.

To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Prayer for his health

369

XCVII.

To Miss Chalmers. Complimentary poems. Creech

369

1788.

XCVIII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Lowness of spirits. Leaving Edinburgh

370

XCIX.

To the same. Religion

370

C.

To the Rev. John Skinner. Tullochgorum. Skinner’s Latin

370

CI.

To Mr. Richard Brown. His arrival in Glasgow

371

CII.

To Mrs. Rose of Kilravock. Recollections of Kilravock

371

CIII.

To Mr. Richard Brown. Friendship. The pleasures of the present

372

CIV.

To Mr. William Cruikshank. Ellisland. Plans in life

372

CV.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Ellisland. Edinburgh. Clarinda

373

CVI.

To Mr. Richard Brown. Idleness. Farming

374

CVII.

To Mr. Robert Muir. His offer for Ellisland. The close of life

374

CVIII.

To Miss Chalmers. Taken Ellisland. Miss Kennedy

375

CIX.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Coila’s robe

375

CX.

To Mr. Richard Brown. Apologies. On his way to Dumfries from Glasgow

375

CXI.

To Mr. Robert Cleghorn. Poet and fame. The air of Captain O’Kean

376

CXII.

To Mr. William Dunbar. Foregoing poetry and wit for farming and business

376

CXIII.

To Miss Chalmers. Miss Kennedy. Jean Armour

377

CXIV.

To the same. Creech’s rumoured bankruptcy

377

CXV.

To the same. His entering the Excise

377

CXVI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Fanning and the Excise. Thanks for the loan of Dryden and Tasso

378

CXVII.

To Mr. James Smith. Jocularity. Jean Armour

378

CXVIII.

To Professor Dugald Stewart. Enclosing some poetic trifles

379

CXIX.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Dryden’s Virgil. His preference of Dryden to Pope

379

CXX.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His marriage.

379

CXXI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. On the treatment of servants

380

CXXII.

To the same. The merits of Mrs. Burns

380

CXXIII.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. The warfare of life. Books. Religion

381

CXXIV.

To the same. Miers’ profiles

382

CXXV.

To the same. Of the folly of talking of one’s private affairs

382

CXXVI.

To Mr. George Lockhart. The Miss Baillies. Bruar Water

383

CXXVII.

To Mr. Peter Hill. With the present of a cheese

383

CXXVIII.

To Robert Graham Esq., of Fintray. The Excise

384

CXXIX.

To Mr. William Cruikshank. Creech. Lines written in Friar’s Carse Hermitage

385

CXXX.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Lines written at Friar’s Carse. Graham of Fintray

385

CXXXI.

To the same. Mrs. Burns. Of accomplished young ladies

386

CXXXII.

To the same. Mrs. Miller, of Dalswinton. “The Life and Age of Man.”

387

CXXXIII.

To Mr. Beugo. Ross and “The Fortunate Shepherdess.”

388

CXXXIV.

To Miss Chalmers. Recollections. Mrs. Burns. Poetry

388

CXXXV.

To Mr. Morison. Urging expedition with his clock and other furniture for Ellisland

390

CXXXVI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Mr. Graham. Her criticisms

390

CXXXVII.

To Mr. Peter Hill. Criticism on an “Address to Loch Lomond.”

391

CXXXVIII.

To the Editor of the Star. Pleading for the line of the Stuarts

392

CXXXIX.

To Mrs. Dunlop. The present of a heifer from the Dunlops

393

CXL.

To Mr. James Johnson. Scots Musical Museum

393

CXLI.

To Dr. Blacklock. Poetical progress. His marriage

394

CXLII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Enclosing “Auld Lang Syne”

394

CXLIII.

To Miss Davies. Enclosing the song of “Charming, lovely Davies”

395

CXLIV.

To Mr. John Tennant. Praise of his whiskey

395

1789.

CXLV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections suggested by the day

396

CXLVI.

To Dr. Moore. His situation and prospects

396

CXLVII.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His favourite quotations. Musical Museum

398

CXLVIII.

To Professor Dugald Stewart. Enclosing some poems for his comments upon

398

CXLIX.

To Bishop Geddes. His situation and prospects

399

CL.

To Mr. James Burness. His wife and farm. Profit from his poems. Fanny Burns

399

CLI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections. His success in song encouraged a shoal of bardlings

400

CLII.

To the Rev. Peter Carfrae. Mr. Mylne’s poem

401

CLIII.

To Dr. Moore. Introduction. His ode to Mrs. Oswald

401

CLIV.

To Mr. William Burns. Remembrance

402

CLV.

To Mr. Peter Hill. Economy and frugality. Purchase of books

402

CLVI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Sketch inscribed to the Right Hon. C.J. Fox

403

CLVII.

To Mr. William Burns. Asking him to make his house his home

404

CLVIII.

To Mrs. M’Murdo. With the song of “Bonnie Jean”

404

CLIX.

To Mr. Cunningham. With the poem of “The Wounded Hare”

404

CLX.

To Mr. Samuel Brown. His farm. Ailsa fowling

405

CLXI.

To Mr. Richard Brown. Kind wishes

405

CLXII.

To Mr. James Hamilton. Sympathy

406

CLXIII.

To William Creech, Esq. Toothache. Good wishes

406

CLXIV.

To Mr. M’Auley. His own welfare

406

CLXV.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Overwhelmed with incessant toil

407

CLXVI.

To Mr. M’Murdo. Enclosing his newest song

407

CLXVII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections on religion

408

CLXVIII.

To Mr. ——. Fergusson the poet

408

CLXIX.

To Miss Williams. Enclosing criticisms on her poems

409

CLXX.

To Mr. John Logan. With “The Kirk’s Alarm”

410

CLXXI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Religion. Dr. Moore’s “Zeluco”

410

CLXXII.

To Captain Riddel. “The Whistle”

411

CLXXIII.

To the same. With some of his MS. poems

411

CLXXIV.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His Excise employment

412

CLXXV.

To Mr. Richard Brown. His Excise duties

412

CLXXVI.

To Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray. The Excise. Captain Grose. Dr. M’Gill

413

CLXXVII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections on immortality

414

CLXXVIII.

To Lady M.W. Constable. Jacobitism

415

CLXXIX.

To Provost Maxwell. At a loss for a subject

415

1790.

CLXXX.

To Sir John Sinclair. Account of a book-society in Nithsdale

416

CLXXXI.

To Charles Sharpe, Esq. A letter with a fictitious signature

416

CLXXXII.

To Mr. Gilburt Burns. His farm a ruinous affair. Players

417

CLXXXIII.

To Mr. Sutherland. Enclosing a Prologue

418

CLXXXIV.

To Mr. William Dunbar. Excise. His children. Another world

418

CLXXXV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Falconer the poet. Old Scottish songs

419

CLXXXVI.

To Mr. Peter Hill. Mademoiselle Burns. Hurdis. Smollett and Cowper

420

CLXXXVII.

To Mr. W. Nicol. The death of Nicol’s mare Peg Nicholson

420

CLXXXVIII.

To Mr. W. Cunningham. What strange beings we are

421

CLXXXIX.

To Mr. Peter Hill. Orders for books. Mankind

423

CXC.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Mackenzie and the Mirror and Lounger

423

CXCI.

To Collector Mitchell. A county meeting

424

CXCII.

To Dr. Moore. “Zeluco.” Charlotte Smith

425

CXCIII.

To Mr. Murdoch. William Burns

425

CXCIV.

To Mr. M’Murdo. With the Elegy on Matthew Henderson

426

CXCV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. His pride wounded

426

CXCVI.

To Mr. Cunningham. Independence

426

CXCVII.

To Dr. Anderson. “The Bee.”

427

CXCVIII.

To William Tytler, Esq. With some West-country ballads

427

CXCIX.

To Crauford Tait, Esq. Introducing Mr. William Duncan

427

CC.

To Crauford Tait, Esq. “The Kirk’s Alarm”

428

CCI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. On the birth of her grandchild. Tam O’ Shanter

429

1791.

CCII.

To Lady M.W. Constable. Thanks for the present of a gold snuff-box

429

CCIII.

To Mr. William Dunbar. Not gone to Elysium. Sending a poem

429

CCIV.

To Mr. Peter Mill. Apostrophe to Poverty

430

CCV.

To Mr. Cunningham. Tam O’ Shanter. Elegy on Miss Burnet

430

CCVI.

To A.F. Tytler, Esq. Tam O’ Shanter

431

CCVII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Miss Burnet. Elegy writing

431

CCVIII.

To Rev. Arch. Alison. Thanking him for his “Essay on Taste”

432

CCIX.

To Dr. Moore. Tam O’ Shanter. Elegyon Henderson. Zeluco. Lord Glencairn

432

CCX.

To Mr. Cunningham. Songs

433

CCXI.

To Mr. Alex. Dalzel. The death of the Earl of Glencairn

434

CCXII.

To Mrs. Graham, of Fintray. With “Queen Mary’s Lament”

434

CCXIII.

To the same. With his printed Poems

435

CCXIV.

To the Rev. G. Baird. Michael Bruce

435

CCXV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Birth of a son

435

CCXVI.

To the same. Apology for delay

436

CCXVII.

To the same. Quaint invective on a pedantic critic

436

CCXVIII.

To Mr. Cunningham. The case of Mr. Clarke of Moffat, Schoolmaster

437

CCXIX.

To the Earl of Buchan. With the Address to the shade of Thomson

437

CCXX.

To Mr. Thomas Sloan. Apologies. His crop sold well

438

CCXXI.

To Lady E. Cunningham. With the Lament for the Earl of Glencairn

438

CCXXII.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. State of mind. His income

439

CCXXIII.

To Col. Fullarton. With some Poems. His anxiety for Fullarton’s friendship

439

CCXXIV.

To Miss Davis. Lethargy, Indolence, and Remorse. Our wishes and our powers

440

CCXXV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Mrs. Henri. The Song of Death

440

1792.

CCXXVI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. The animadversions of the Board of Excise

441

CCXXVII.

To Mr. William Smellie. Introducing Mrs. Riddel

441

CCXXVIII.

To Mr. W. Nicol. Ironical reply to a letter of counsel and reproof

442

CCXXIX.

To Francis Grose, Esq. Dugald Stewart

443

CCXXX.

To the same. Witch stories

443

CCXXXI.

To Mr. S. Clarke. Humorous invitation to teach music to the M’Murdo family

444

CCXXXII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Love and Lesley Baillie

445

CCXXXIII.

To Mr. Cunningham. Lesley Baillie

446

CCXXXIV.

To Mr. Thomson. Promising his assistance to his collection of songs and airs

447

CCXXXV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Situation of Mrs.Henri

448

CCXXXVI.

To the same. On the death of Mrs. Henri

449

CCXXXVII.

To Mr. Thomson. Thomson’s fastidiousness. “My Nannie O,” &c.

449

CCXXXVIII.

To the same. With “My wife’s a winsome wee thing,” and “Lesley Baillie”

450

CCXXXIX.

To the same. With Highland Mary. The air of Katherine Ogie

450

CCXL.

To the same. Thomson’s alterations and observations

451

CCXLI.

To the same. With “Auld Rob Morris,” and “Duncan Gray”

451

CCXLII.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Birth of a daughter. The poet Thomson’s dramas

451

CCXLIII.

To Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray. The Excise inquiry into his political conduct

452

CCXLIV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Hurry of business. Excise inquiry

453

1793.

CCXLV.

To Mr. Thomson. With “Poortithcauld” and “Galla Water”

453

CCXLVI.

To the same. William Tytler, Peter Pindar

453

CCXLVII.

To Mr. Cunningham. The poet’s seal. David Allan

454

CCXLVIII.

To Thomson. With “Mary Morison”

455

CCCXLIX.

To the same. With “Wandering Willie”

455

CCL.

To Miss Benson. Pleasure he had in meeting her

455

CCLI.

To Patrick Miller, Esq. With the present of his printed poems

456

CCLII.

To Mr. Thomson. Review of Scottish song. Crawfurd and Ramsay

456

CCLIII.

To the same. Criticism. Allan Ramsay

457

CCLIV.

To the same. “The last time I came o’er the moor”

458

CCLV.

To John Francis Erskine, Esq. Self-justification. The Excise inquiry

459

CCLVI.

To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Answering letters. Scholar-craft

460

CCLVII.

To Miss Kennedy. A letter of compliment

461

CCLVIII.

To Mr. Thomson. Frazer. “Blithe had I been on yon hill”

461

CCLIX.

To Mr. Thomson. “Logan Water.” “Ogin my love were yon red rose”

462

CCLX.

To the same. With the song of “Bonnie Jean”

463

CCLXI.

To the same. Hurt at the idea of pecuniary recompense. Remarks on song

463

CCLXII.

To the same. Note written in the name of Stephen Clarke

464

CCLXIII.

To the same. With “Phillis the fair”

464

CCLXIV.

To the same. With “Had I a cave on some wild distant shore”

464

CCLXV.

To the same. With “Allan Water”

464

CCLXVI.

To the same. With “O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad,” &c.

465

CCLXVII.

To the same. With “Come, let me take thee to my breast”

465

CCLXVIII.

To the same. With “Dainty Davie”

466

CCLXIX.

To Miss Craik. Wretchedness of poets

466

CCLXX.

To Lady Glencairn. Gratitude. Excise. Dramatic composition

466

CCLXXI.

To Mr. Thomson. With “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled”

467

CCLXXII.

To the same. With “Behold the hour, the boat arrive”

468

CCLXXIII.

To the same. Crawfurd and Scottish song

468

CCLXXIV.

To the same. Alterations in “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled”

470

CCLXXV.

To the same. Further suggested alterations in “Scots wha hae” rejected.

470

CCLXXVI.

To the same. With “Deluded swain, the pleasure,” and “Raving winds around her blowing”

471

CCLXXVII.

To the same. Erskine and Gavin Turnbull

471

CCLXXVIII.

To John M’Murdo, Esq. Payment of a debt. “The Merry Muses”

472

CCLXXIX.

To the same. With his printed poems

473

CCLXXX.

To Captain ——. Anxiety for his acquaintance. “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled”

473

CCLXXXI.

To Mrs. Riddel. The Dumfries Theatre

474

1794.

CCLXXXII.

To a Lady. In favour of a player’s benefit

474

CCLXXXIII.

To the Earl of Buchan. With a copy of “Scots wha hae”

474

CCLXXXIV.

To Captain Miller. With a copy of “Scots wha hae”

475

CCLXXXV.

To Mrs. Riddel. Lobster-coated puppies

475

CCLXXXVI.

To the same. The gin-horse class of the human genus

475

CCLXXXVII.

To the same. With “Werter.” Her reception of him

475

CCLXXXVIII.

To Mrs. Riddel. Her caprice

476

CCLXXXIX.

To the same. Her neglect and unkindness

476

CCXC.

To John Syme, Esq. Mrs. Oswald, and “O wat ye wha’s in yon town”

476

CCXCI.

To Miss ——. Obscure allusions to a friend’s death. His personal and poetic fame

477

CCXCII.

To Mr. Cunningham. Hypochondria. Requests consolation

477

CCXCIII.

To the Earl of Glencairn. With his printed poems

478

CCXCIV.

To Mr. Thomson. David Allan. “The banks of Cree”

479

CCXCV.

To David M’Culloch, Esq. Arrangements for a trip in Galloway

479

CCXCVI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Threatened with flying gout. Ode on Washington’s birthday

479

CCXCVII.

To Mr. James Johnson. Low spirits. The Museum. Balmerino’s dirk

480

CCXCVIII.

To Mr. Thomson. Lines written in “Thomson’s Collection of songs”

480

CCXCIX.

To the same. With “How can my poor heart be glad”

480

CCC.

To the same. With “Ca’ the yowes to the knowes”

481

CCCI.

To the same. With “Sae flaxen were her ringlets.” Epigram to Dr. Maxwell.

481

CCCII.

To the same. The charms of Miss Lorimer. “O saw ye my dear, my Phely,” &c.

482

CCCIII.

To the same. Ritson’s Scottish Songs. Love and song

483

CCCIV.

To the same. English songs. The air of “Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon”

484

CCCV.

To the same. With “O Philly, happy be the day,” and “Contented wi’ little”

485

CCCVI.

To the same. With “Canst thou leave me thus, my Katy”

486

CCCVII.

To Peter Miller, jun., Esq. Excise. Perry’s offer to write for the Morning Chronicle

487

CCCVIII.

To Mr. Samuel Clarke, jun. A political and personal quarrel. Regret

487

CCCIX.

To Mr. Thomson. With “Now in her green mantle blithe nature arrays”

487

1795.

CCCX.

To Mr. Thomson. With “For a’ that and a’ that”

488

CCCXI.

To the same. Abuse of Ecclefechan

488

CCCXII.

To the same. With “O stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay,” and “The groves of sweet myrtle”

488

CCCXIII.

To the same. With “How cruel are the parents” and “Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion”

489

CCCXIV.

To the same. Praise of David Allan’s “Cotter’s Saturday Night”

489

CCCXV.

To the same. With “This is no my ain Lassie.” Mrs. Riddel

489

CCCXVI.

To Mr. Thomson. With “Forlorn, my love, no comfort near”

490

CCCXVII.

To the same. With “Last May a braw wooer,” and “Why tell thy lover”

490

CCCXVIII.

To Mrs. Riddel. A letter from the grave

490

CCCXIX.

To the same. A letter of compliment. “Anacharsis’ Travels”

491

CCCXX.

To Miss Louisa Fontenelle. With a Prologue for her benefit-night

491

CCCXXI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. His family. Miss Fontenelle. Cowper’s “Task”

492

CCCXXII.

To Mr. Alexander Findlater. Excise schemes

492

CCCXXIII.

To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle. Written for a friend. A complaint

493

CCCXXIV.

To Mr. Heron, of Heron. With two political ballads

493

CCCXXV.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Thomson’s Collection. Acting as Supervisor of Excise

494

CCCXXVI.

To the Right Hon. William Pitt. Address of the Scottish Distillers

495

CCCXXVII.

To the Provost, Bailies, and Town Council of Dumfries. Request to be made a freeman of the town

496

1796.

CCCXXVIII.

To Mrs. Riddel. “Anarcharsis’ Travels.” The muses

496

CCCXXIX.

To Mrs. Dunlop. His ill-health.

497

CCCXXX.

To Mr. Thomson. Acknowledging his present to Mrs. Burns of a worsted shawl

497

CCCXXXI.

To the same. Ill-health. Mrs. Hyslop. Allan’s etchings. Cleghorn

497

CCCXXXII.

To the same. “Here’s a health to ane I loe dear”

498

CCCXXXIII.

To the same. His anxiety to review his songs, asking for copies

498

CCCXXXIV.

To Mrs. Riddel. His increasing ill-health

498

CCCXXXV.

To Mr. Clarke, acknowledging money and requesting the loan of a further sum

499

CCCXXXVI.

To Mr. James Johnson. The Scots Musical Museum. Request for a copy of the collection

499

CCCXXXVII.

To Mr. Cunningham. Illness and poverty, anticipation of death

499

CCCXXXVIII.

To Mr. Gilbert Burns. His ill-health and debts

500

CCCXXXIX.

To Mr. James Armour. Entreating Mrs. Armour to come to her daughter’s confinement

500

CCCXL.

To Mrs. Burns. Sea-bathing affords little relief

500

CCCXLI.

To Mrs. Dunlop. Her friendship. A farewell

501

CCCXLII.

To Mr. Thomson. Solicits the sum of five pounds. “Fairest Maid on Devon Banks”

501

CCCXLIII.

To Mr. James Burness. Soliciting the sum of ten pounds

501

CCCXLIV.

To James Gracie, Esq. His rheumatism, &c. &c.—his loss of appetite

502

Remarks on Scottish Songs and Ballads

502

The Border Tour

522

The Highland Tour

527

Burns’s Assignment of his Works

530

Glossary

531

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INDEX OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS

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POEMS AND SONGS OF ROBERT BURNS by Robert Burns

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THE COMPLETE WORKS OF ROBERT BURNS

Containing His Poems, Songs, And Correspondence

With A New Life Of The Poet By Allan Cunningham

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POEMS.

EPITAPHS, EPIGRAMS, FRAGMENTS

SONGS AND BALLADS

GENERAL CORRESPONDENCE

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