The Works and Correspondence of Robert Burns, including his letters to Clarinda; remarks on Scottish songs and ballads, illustrated by historical and critical notes, biographical notices [by James Currie], &c. &c. With an extensive glossary of the Scottish language; a life of the author; and an...

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- -- -- : a _■'.-. .. -.2 THE WORKS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF EOBERT BUKNS, INCLUDIXG HIS LETTERS TO CLARINDA; REMARKS ON SCOTTISH SONGS AND BALLADS, ILLUSTRATED WITn HISTORICAL AXD CRITICAL NOTES, BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES, <fcc. &c. WITH AN EXTENSIVE GLOSSARY OF THE SCOTTISH LANGUAGE; A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR; AND AN ESSAY ON HIS GENIUS AND WRITINGS. ■• IIioh Chief of Scottish Song That couldst alternately impart Wisdom and rapture in thy page, And brand each vice with satire stror Whose lines are mottoes of the heart, Whose truths electrify the sage." Cawfbp.il. WILLIAM MACKENZIE: LONDON, GLASGOW, EDINBURGH, paternoster pow. 45 & 47 HOWARD STREET. 69 south bridge. CONTENTS. The Poems marked thus f are not contained in Dr. Currie* $ Bdilion. PAGE. Address to Edinburgh, .... 41 Epistle to J. Lapraik, an old Scottish Bard, ib.

To the same, ...... 42 To W. Simpson, Ochiltree, May, 1785, 43 Postscript, ...... 44 Epistle to J r Rankine, enclosing some Poems, 45 John Barleycorn, a Ballad, ... 46 Written in Friars- Carse Hermitage, on Nith. side, 50 Elegy on Capt. Matthew Henderson, . 51 The Epitaph, .... 52 Ode, sacred to the Memory of Mrs. ib. To Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintra, . 53 Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn, ib. Lines sent to Sir John Whitefoord, Bart. 54 Tam o* Shanter, a Tale, ... ib. On seeing a wounded Hare, ... 56 Address to the shade of Thomson, on crowning his bust with Bays, ... ib. Epitaph ou a celebrated ruling Elder, . 57 — on a noisy Polemic, . . ib. — on wee Johnnie, ... ib. — for the Author's Father, . ib. — for K. A. Esq. . . . ib. — for G. H. Esq. ... ib. A Bard's Epitaph, .... ib. On Captain Grose's Peregrinations through Scotland, ...... ib.

To Miss Cruickshanks, written on the blank leaf of a Book presented to her by the Author, 58 On the death of John M'Leod, Esq. . ib. The humble Petition of Bruar Water to the noble Duke of Athole, "... 59 On scaring some Water- Fowl in Loch Turit, ib. Lines written in an Inn at Kenmore, Taymouth, CO Written with a Pencil, standing by the Fall of Fyers, near Loch-Ness, ... ib. On the Birth of a posthumous Child, . ib. The Whistle, a Ballad, .... 61 Second Epistle to Davie, . . . 62 Verses on dining with Lord Daer, . 63 On the. Death of a Lap-dog, named. Echo, 64 Inscription to the memory of Ferguson, ib. First Epistle to R. Graham, Esq. . 65 Fragment, inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. F"ox, ....... ib. To Dr. Blarklock, .... 66 Prologue spoken at the Theatre, Ellisland, on New Year's day evening, . . ib.

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. A rose-bud by my early walk, . . 442 Auld Robin Gray. .... ib. Poem addressed to Burns by stir Telford, 479 Letter from Gilbert Burns to Dr Currie, 461 Up and warn a' Willie, . . . 443 Death and Character of Mrs Burns . 486 O can ye labour lea, young man, . . 444 Exhumation of the Poet's Skull, . . 488 Gil Morice, . .... ib. Description of the skull by stir Blacklock, 490 Duncan, ...... 446 Sale of the effects of Mrs Burns, . . 491 Kenneth 447 Absence, ...... 449 When I upon thy bosom lean, . . ib. My Harry was a gallant gay, . . ib. The Highland Character, ... ib. POEMS TO THE MEMORY OF BURNS. By Mr Roscoe, ■ 492 Leader Haughs and Yarrow, . . 450 Woo'd and married and a,' — (new set) . 451 Monody, by S. Kemble, .... 493 Poem, by Edward Rushton, . . ib. Do. Do. (>ld set) . 452 Ode, by Thomas Campbell, . . . 494 Muirland Willie, ib.

Poem, by F. G. Halleck, ... 495 The Gaberlunzie Man, . . . 453 Poem, by Hugh Ainslie, . . . 496 The Smiling Plains, .... 454 Ou Visiting the Grave of Burns, by William Wordsworth, . . . . . ib. 'This is no mine ain house, ... ib. The Flowers of the Forest, Part First, 455 Do. Do. Part Seco?id, ib, Tibbie Dunbar, ..... 456 ADDENDA TO THE POEMS. The day returns, my bosom burns, . ib. I love my Jean, ..... ib, Epistle to Major W. Loi?an, . . 497 To Robert Graham, of Fintry, . . 498 Cease, cease, my dear friend, . . ib, Johnnie Cope, ..... ib The Heron Ballads.— Ballad 1. . 499 Ballad II. . ib. Donald and Flora, .... ib. Ballad III. 500 Laddie, lie near me, .... 457 Ballad IV. . 501 The Black Eagle, .... ib, Epistle to stir Hugh Parker, . . ib. Adam A .'s Prayer, . . . .52 The Shepherd's Preference, . . ib.

O were I on Parnassus hill, . . 458 Epistle from Esopus to Maria, . . ib. Verses to the Landlady of the Inn at Roslin, 503 The Captive Ribbon, ... ib. A waukrife Minnie, .... ib. There's a youth in this city, ... ib, The Farewell, ..... ib. The bonnie Banks of Ayr, ... ib. Jessy Lewars, ..... 504 Tullochgorum, . . . . ib, The Toast, ..... ib. John o' Badenyon, .... 459 Written on a crystal Goblet, and presented to Miss Jessy Lewars, during a slight indisposition, ..... ib. On her recovery, ..... ib. On the Poet's Daughter, ... ib. The Creed of Poverty, .... ib. The Ewie wi' the crooked horn, . 460 Auld Lang Syne, .... 461 Ca' the yowes lo the knowes, . ib. Lady Mary Ann, . ib. The Battle of Killiecrankie, . . . 462 Lines to John Hankine, ... ib. Andrew wi' his cuttie Gun, . . 463 To John M'Murdo, Esq. ... ib.

Hughie Graham, ..... ib, Lines on Stilling — Reproof — Reply, ib- My tocher's the jewel, . - . 464 The Book- Worms, . 505 The bonnie Erie of Murray, . . . 465 A Southland Jenny, .... ib, On Walter S ib. Then guidwife count the lawin, . . ib, The League and Covenant, . . . ib. I do confess thou art sae fair, . . ib, Epigram on Andrew Turner, . . ib. On a National Thanksgiving for a Naval Victory, . . . . . . ib. A Toast, given at a dinner of tbe Dumfries Volunteers, ..... ib. The Sodger Laddie, .... 466 Where would bonnie Ann lie. . . ib, Galloway Tam, ..... ib. As I cam down by yon castle wa*, . ib. To a medical Gentleman, inviting him to attend a masonic meeting, ... ib. Lord Ronald, my son, .... ib. Logan Braes, * . • 467 To John Taylor, .... ib. Logan Water, . . • ■ ■ jb. Epitaph on Gabriel Richardson, . . ib.

O'er the muir amang the heather, . ib. Epitaph on W , ... ib. Lines on the same, .... ib. so the Rose-bud, .... ib. Yon wild mossy mountains, . . 468 It is na, Jean, thy bonnie face, . ib. The tears I shed must ever fall, . . ib. ib. Epitaph on Sir D. Maxwell of Cardoness, 506 Tragic Fragment, .... 520 The tither morn, ib- A Mother's Lament for the loss of her Son, 469 Dainty Davie, jb. SONGS, Dob o' Dumblane, .... 10. The Ayrshire Ballads, .... 470 O Saw ye my dearie, .... 506 The Cooper o' Cuddie ... ib. The dowie Dens of Yarrow, . . ib. Hob Roy 471 Lovely Davies, ..... ib. Nithsdales welcome hame, . . ib. Young Hvndhorn, .... ib. The Lass of Ecclefechan, ... ib. Watty and Sleg 472 Sketch of the life of Alex. Wilson, author of As 1 was a-wandering, . . . 507 Watty and Meg, . . . • 474 Merry hae I been teethin' a heckle, . ih.

On the American Blue Bird, . . ib. Our thrissles flourished fresh aud fair. ib. CONTENTS, PAGE. PACK. Cock up your Beaver, . . - 613 Frae the friend? and land 1 love, . 507 My heart was ance as blithe and free, . ib. Whar hae y«* been, .... 508 Simmer s a pleasant time, . .ib. The Carle of Kellyburn Braes, . 514 Jamie, come try me, .... ib. Lady Onlie, 515 The Captain's Lady, .... ib. The Carles of Dysart, ... ib. There's news, lasses, news, . . ib. Hee Balou, ib. O steer her up, ..... ib. The Cardin' o't, .... 51G O lay thy loos in mine, lass, . . 509 The Ploughman ib. Saint Stephen's House, ... ib. Bannocks o' Barley, .... ib. Cauld is the e'enin' blast, ... ib. The sons of old Killie, ... ib. The Highland Laddie, ... ib. Kenmure's on and awa, . . . 510 It is na, Jean, thy bonnie face, . . 511 'The weary pund o' Tow, . . ib.

Scroggam, ..... ib. Ye Jacobites by name, .... ib. O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, . ib. It was a' for our rightfu* king, . . ib. Such a parcel of rogues in a nation, . 511 Sae far awa, ..... ib. The bluid red Rose, .... ib. Guid ee'n to you, kimmer, * - ib. O whar did ye get, .... ib. Come boat me o'er to Charlie, . . ib. The laddies by the banks o' Nith, . 518 Had I the wyte, ib. The joyful Widower, .... ib. Her'D'addie forbad 512 Young Jamie, pride of a* the plain, . ib. 512 O that I had ne'er been married, . ib. I am my mammy's ae bairn, . . ib. The Highland Widow's Lament, . ib. Fragment, ...... 519 The 'Tailor, ..... ib. Hey the dusty Miller .... ib. Peg-a- Ramsey, ..... ib. 'There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg, ib. There was a bonnie lass, ... ib. Theniel Menzie's bonnie Mary, . . 513 Ae day a braw wooer cam down the lang glen 520 Glossary, ■ • • 521 lCppie Adair, ..... ib. Weary fa* you, Duncan Gray, . . ib. 520 Glossary,