The Poetical Works of Robert Burns; with memoir, prefatory notes, and a complete marginal glossary. Edited by John & Angus Macpherson. With portrait and illustrations

Front matter

mt POETICAL WOEKS oj ROBERT BURNS /ty^W sHurmJ- %A JH? POŒTEGAL WORKS THE BifiT>l-PLACE OF BURNS. GLASGOW: JOHN j5, JVlAKR & 194 BUCHANAN £T.; EuooesEors to the Late GEORGE CAMEEOH. TOE POETICAL WORKS CI ROBERT BURNS; WUH MEMOIR, PREFATORY NOTES, _jn> A COMPLETE MAItdlXAL* GLOSSARY. EDITED B1 JOIIN & ANGUS MACPIIEESON. tvi'i-V) porlnit an!) lllus'rationa. GLASGOW: J'OllN S. MARK & SONS, 10-1 BUCHANAN ST., Suouk_.wib3 to ibh LAi- <J£OaGE OASIEIiOM. rREFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION. There are now so many editions of Burns's Poetical Works, that the issuing of a new one undoubtedly demands an explanation of the essential difference upon which it founds its claim to the attention of the public. In 1787, Cowper thus wrote regarding the perusal of Burns: — " Poor Burns loses much of his deserved praise in this country through our ignorance of his language.

I despair of meeting with any Englishman who will take the pains that I have taken to understand him. His candle is bright, but shut up in a dark lantern. I lent him to a very sensible neighbour of mine, hut his uncouth dialect spoiled all ; and before he had read him through, he was quite ramfeezled." Since Cowper wrote, this ignorance of the Scottish language has been increasingly prevalent even in Scotland. Now, to understand Burns's Scotch, the chief aid required is a good glossary. In this edition the words are glossed in the margin at the end of each line, so that no interruption occurs in perusal, for the translation is picked up at once without the delay attending the consultation of a glossary. All the Poems and Songs having a reasonable claim to be considered the composition of Burns, have been included, and those only kept out which had neither wit nor character to overlook, so far, their questionable tendency.

Preface

TO THE PRESENT EDITION. The arrangement of the Poems and Songs has been made so as to present, in the order of perusal, the means of justly esti mating the varied character of the poet's powers — " from grave to gay, from lively to severe." Prefixed to each composition, when necessary or beneficial, are Notes, explanatory of what might not be otherwise easily understood by the general reader. In these have been engrossed most of the valuable notes by Currie, GUbert Bums, Lockhart, Cunningham, Hogg, Jlothcr wcll, Chambers, Wilson, and some others. The fidelity of the text has been closely attended to, and, where it varied, the best, or both readings, have been given. CONTENTS. Pace f rtFFACE TO THE PRESENT EDITION, 5 Memoir of Robert Burns, "1 1'relaee to the First or Kilmarnock Edition 61 Dedication of the Second or Edinburgh Edition, . . . 63 POEMS.

The Cottar's Saturday Night, 65 Tam o' Shanter : a Tale, ....... 70 The Twa Dogs : a Tale, 76 The Jolly Beggars, ........ 83 The Vision, 9*1 The Holy Fair, . . .10- HaJloween, '. . .109 Address to the De'il, 117 Death and Dr. Hornbook 120 The Brigs of Ayr, 1,25 The Death and'Dying Words of Foor Mailie, . . . 1-|2 Poor Mailie's Elegy, . . . . . . . .134 The Auld Farmer's Salutation to his Auld Mare Maggie, . . 135 The Author's earnest Cry and Prayer to the Scotch Representatives, 1 38 Scotch Drink, H4 A Winter Night, H8 Man was made to Mourn, . . . . . • .151 Address to the Unco Guid, 1 54 A Dream, 156 First Epistle to John Lapraik, 160 Second Epistle to John Lapraik 1-H Third Epistle to Jobn Lapraik 167 To William Simpson, Ochiltree, lj]8 The Ordination, 174 To James Smith, 1 • 7 The Twa Herds, Is; Holy Willie's Prayer, 185 Epitaph on Holy Willie, 188 First Epistle to Davie, a brother Poet, 188 Second Efi-lle to Davie, a brother Poet, . . .

CONTEXT*.

Pace Tam Samson's Eiegv, '** Epistle t-) a Yomg Friend, 197 A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton, Esq., . . . .139 On Captain Matthew Henderson 2"3 First Epistle to Mr. Graham of Fintry, .... 207 Secon 1 Epistle to Mr. Graham of Fintry, .... 209 Third Epistle to Mr. Graham cf Fintry, .... 213 Fourth Epistle to Mr. Graham ot Fintry, .... 215 To the Rev. John M'Math, 215 The American War : a Fragment, 218 The Inventory, . . . • • ■ • "*■" Lament, occasioned by the unfortunate issue of a Friend's Amour, 222 A Note to Gavin Hamilton, Esq., 225 Despondcncr: an Ode, ....... 22G Address to Edinburgh, ....... 228 To John Goudie of Kilmarnock, 230 Epistle to John Rankine, ....... 231 Tragic Fragment, ........ 233 A Prayer, under the pressnre of violent anguish, . . . 234 A Prayer in the prospect of Death, ..... 234 Stanzas on the same occasion, ...... 235 On the Foet's Daughter, ....... 236 Lines intended to be written under a noble Earl's picture, . 236 On a Scotch Bard gone to the West Indies, .... 237 The Farewell, 238 Written on the blank-leaf of a copy of the Poems, presented tu\ ,n„ an old Sweetheart, . . . . . . / » The Kirk's Alarm: a Satire, 210 To a Mountain Daisy, 243 To a Mouse, 2(5 To a Haggis, ......... 246 To a Louse, 248 Address to the Toothache, 249 Willie Chalmers, 250 Winter: a Dirge, ........ 252 Verses written under violent grief, ..... 252 To Ruin 253 The First Six Verses of the Nineteenth Psalm, . . . 254 The First Psalm, 255 On seeing a Wounded Hare limp by me, .... 255 Verses written under the Portrait of Ferguson, . . . 256 Inscription on the Headstone of Ferguson, .... 256 Address to the Shade of Thomson, ..... 257 On Sensibility, 257 On the Death of a Favourite Child, 258 Verses to Miss Graham of Fintry, ..... 259 To Chloris, 259 Lines sent to a Gentleman whom he had offended, . . . ?"» CONTENTS. 9 Pai.'e Verses to John Rankine, 200 On Scaring some Water-fowl on Loch-Turit, . . . .261 The Rights of Woman, 202 A Vision, 203 A Mother's Lament for the Death of her Son, . . .204 The Ruined Maid's Lament, 265 The Hermit, written in the Hermitage of Aberfeldy, . . 2G6 The Humble Petition of Bruar Water, 207 ATerses on the Destruction of the Woods near Drumlanrig, . 270 Verses written with a pencil over the chimney-piece in the) 2yi parlour of the Inn at Kenmore, j Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, 272 Elegy on Miss Burnet of Monboddo, 274 Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn, 275 Lines sent to Sir John Whitefoord, 277 Ode to the Memory of Mrs. Oswald, 277 Letter to James Tennant of Glenconner, . .

" . 2i9 On the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair 280 To Miss Ferrier, enclosing the Elegy on Sir J. II. Blair, . : 82 Elegy on the Death of Lord-President Dundus, . . . 283 On reading of the Death of John M'Leod, Esq., . . . 284 On William Smellie, 285 Address to Mr. William Tytler 285 The Tree of Liberty, 286 Liberty : a Fragment, " .2.19 To Mr. Maxwell of Terraughty, 289 To Dr. Blacklock, in answer to a letter, .... 290 Epistle to Major Logan, 292 To Clarinda, with a present of a pair of drinking glasses, . 294 To Clarinda, on his leaving Edinburgh, .... 295 Epistle to Hugh Parker, 295 AVritten in Friars' Carse Hermitage, 296 — improved version, . . 297 Extempore to Captain Riddel of Glenriddel, . . ■ 299 On a Wag in Mauchline, 299 On Captain Grose's Peregrinations through Scotland, . . 3U0 To Mr. M'Adam of Craigen-gillan, 301 Epistle to William Creech, 302 On Mr. Burton, 30* To the Guidwife of Wauchope, 305 Elegv on the Death of Robert Ruisseaux, .... 3u7 The Calf, 308 To Mr. Mitchell, Collector of Excise, Dumfries, . . . 3»8 To General Dumourier, 3U9 Inscription for an Altar to Independence 310 Lines written on a Bank Note, 310 To a Kiss 3 ' l Sonnet on the Death of Captain Riddel, . . . .311 CONTENTS.

Impromptu on Mrs. Kiddel's Birthday, . . . .312 Sonnet on hearing a Thrush sing in a morning walk, . .313 Verses written while standing by the Fall of Fyers, . . 313 The Five Carlines, 314 The Laddies by the Banks o' Nith, ..... 316 On Mr. Heron's Elections : Ballad first, . . . .317 — Ballad second, . . . .319 Ballad third, . . . .321 ■ Ballad fourth, . . . .391 The Whistle, 323 Lines on meeting with Basil, Lord Daer, .... 326 Monody on a Lady famed for her caprice, . . . .327 Epistle from Esopus to Maria, ...... 328 Delia, 330 Sketch — New Year's Day, ....... 331 Prologue spoken at the Theatre, Dumfries, .... 332 Prologue for Mr. Sutherland's Benefit night, .... 333 Written to a Gentleman who bad sent a newspaper, . . 335 Prologue, spoken by Mr. Woods on his Benefit night, . . 336 Address, spoken by Miss Fontenelle on her Benefit night, . 337 On Pastoral Poetrv, . 338 The Vowels: a Tale, 340 Verses left at a Friend's house, . . . . . .341 To Miss Logan, with Beattie's Poems, ..... 342 AVritten in an Envelope enclosing a letter to Captain Grose, . 342 Extempore in the Court of Session, ..... 343 Fragment, inscribed to the Right Hon. C. J. Fox, . . . 344 Elegy on the Year 1789, ....... 345 Address of Beelzebub to the President of the Highland Society, 346 The Dean of Faculty, 34 8 On Life, addressed to Colonel De Peyster, . . . .349 Peg Nicholson, ......... 350 To my Bed, 351 On the Duke of Queensberry, ...... 352 Impromptu on Willie Stewart, 352 Verses to John M'Murdo, Esq., ...... 353 On Mr. M'Murdo, 353 To Miss Jessy Lewars, ....... 353 To Miss Cruickshanks, .351 A Sketch, 355 On being Appointed to the Excise, 355 The Discreet Hint, 355 Nature's Law, 35S Verses to John Rankine, ....... 357 The Poet's Welcome to his Illegitimate Child, . . . 358 The Henpecked Husband, ....... 358 To a Tailor, in answer to a Poetical Epistli, .... 359 Kemorse : a Fragment, CONTESTS.

P»e« On the Birlh of a Posthumous Child, 361 On the Illness of a Favourite Child, .... 361 To Mr. John Kennedy, ....... 362 To the Same, 363 To Mrs. C , on receiving a work of Hannah More, . . 363 Lines found among the Poet's Papers, ..... 364 Fickle Fortune: a Fragment, ...... 364 On an Evening View of the Ruins of Lincluden Abbey, . . 364 To Clarinda, 366 To the Same, 367 To the Owl, 367 Extempore pinned on a Lady's Coach, 368 Johnny Peep, 369 Impromptu, ......... 369 On a Henpecked Country Squire, 369 Another on his Widow, ....... 370 On Captain Grose, the celebrated Antiquary, . . . 370 On Incivility shown the Poet at Inverary, .... 370 Highland Hospitality, 371 On the Kirk at Lamington, ....... 371 Written on a Pane of Glass, ...... 371 On Elphinstone's Translations of Martial's Epigrams, . . 371 Lines on Mrs. Kemble, ....... 372 The Solemn League and Covenant, ...... 372 On a certain Parson's Looks, . . .

V . . 372 On seeing the beautiful Seat of the Earl of , . . . 372 On the Earl of , 372 On the Same, ......... 373 To the Same, on being threatened with his resentment, . . 373 On an Empty Fellow, who boasted of his great connections, . 373 The True Loyal Natives, 373 Written in a Lady's Pocket-book, ..... 373 Inscription on a Goblet, ....... 374 Extempore to Mr. Syme, . 374 To Mr. Syme, with a present of a dozen of porter, . . . 374 The Creed of Poverty, ....... 374 To John Taylor, . . . . . . . .375 The Toast, 375 To MLss Fontenelle, on seeing her in a favourite character, . 376 Written on a Window of the Globe Tavern, Dumfries, . . 376 On Robert Riddel, 376 On the Death of a Lap-dog, 376 Excisemen Universal, — written on a window, . . . 377 On a Suicide, ......... 377 Tam the Chapman, 377 A Bottle and an Honest Friend, 378 To the Brethren of the Masonic Lodge of Tarbolton, . .378 On Burns's Horse being Impounded, CONTEST*.

Pace Poetical Reply to an Invitation, 379 Another, . . . . • • - • • .3*9 The Toad-eater, • • 3^9 Invitation to a Medical Gentleman to attend a Masonic Meeting, 3«9 On War, 380 On Drinking, 3S0 On Innocence, ......-•• 380 On a Country Laird, . . . . . • . .381 Verses to the Landlady of the Inn at Rosslyn, . . . 381 Epigram on Bacon, ........ 381 On Andrew Turner, ........ 382 Lines to John Rankine, . . ■ . . . .382 On Miss J. Scott, Ayr, 382 Lines on Stirling, ........ 382 The Reproof, 383 The Reply, 383 On an Illiterate Gentleman who had a fine Library, . . 383 Written on a Window of the Inn at Carron, .... 383 AVritten under the picture of Miss Bums, . * . . . 384 Written on a Pane of Glass in the Inn, Mossat, . . . 384 Fragment, ......... 384 To Dr. Maxwell, on Miss Jessy Staig's recovery, . . . 384 On Miss Jessy Lewars, ....... 385 Grace before Meat, ........ 3S6 Grace after Meat, 386 Grace, spoken at the Table of Ryedale, .... 386 On the Author's Father, . 387 On a Henpecked Country Squire, ...... 387 On a celebrated Ruling Elder, 387 On a Friend, ......... 387 On a Noisy Polemic, 388 On Wee Johnny, 388 For Robert Aiken, Esq., 388 On John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchline, ..... 388 Epitaph on a person nicknamed The Marquis, . . . 389 For Gavin Hamilton, ........ 389 On a Schoolmaster in Cleish Parish, Fiseshire, . . . 389 On Mr. \V. Cruickshanks, ....... 389 < n Wat. 390 For William Nicol, . 390 On W , 390 On the Same, 390 On John Bushby, Writer, Dumfries, ..... 390 On Gabriel Richardson, Brewer, Dumfries, .... 391 A Bard's Enitaph, ......_.

CONTEXTS. SOXGS. I'nc. Adieu! a heart-warm, fond adieu ! 410 Adown winding Nilh I did wander, 516 Ae fond kiss, and then we sever, . . . . . .480 Again rejoicing nature sees, 4:15 Ah, Cldoris! since it may na be, 507 A Highland lad my love was bom, 87 Altho' my back be at the wa', 506 Altho' my bed were in yon muir, 505 Amang the trees where humming bees, ..... 657 Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December, . . . 505 And oh, for ane-and-twenty, Tarn ! 410 And oh! my Eppie, my jewel, my Eppie! .... 540 Anna, thy charms my bosom fire, 5<H A rose-bud by my early walk, . . . . . .491 As down the burn they took their way, .... 575 Ai I came in by our gate end, ...... 506 As I gaed down the water side, 52:!

As I was a-wand'ring ae r/lidsimmer e'ening, . . .519 As I was a-wand'ring ae morning in spring, . . . 6fi2 As I was walking up the street, • . . . . 550 A' the lads o' Thornie-bank, 551 Awa', Whigs, awa', . . 539 Awa' wi' your witchcraft o' beauty's alarms, . . . .415 Bannocks o' bear meal, 560 Behind yon hills, where Lugar flows, 336 Behold the hour, the boat arrive, 519 Blythe, blythe and merry was she, 490 Blythe ha'e I been on yon hill, 406 Bonnie lassie, will ye go, . . . . . . . 4-t "3onnie wee thing, cannie wee thing, . . . . .4(7 Braw, braw lads o' Galla water, 576 But lately seen in gladsome green, 499 By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove, 5!8 By yon castle wa', at the close of the day, .... 409 Ca' the ewes to the knowes, 594 Can I cease to care, 463 Canst thou leave me thus, my Katy ? «>__ Cauld is the e'enin' blast, . . . • • • .5*7 Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er, 585 Come, let me take thee to my breast, 519 Come rede me, dame, come tell me, dame, .... 577 Coming through the rye, poor body, 418 Contented wi' little, and cantie wi' mair, .... 430 Could aught of song declare my pains, CONTEXTS, P_« Deluded swain, the pleasure, ...... 520 Does haughty Gaul invasion threat? ..... 506 Duncan Gray cam' here to woo, ...... 403 Fairest maid on Devon banks, ...... 536 Fareweel to a' our Scottish fame, . . • • • 4,1 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, . . 472 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows, .... 530 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, .... 4o9 First when Maggy was my care, ...... 48-» Flow gently, sweet Afton ! among thy green braes, . .4 69 Forlorn, mv love, no comfort near, . . . • .534 Frae the friends an' land I love, . . . . .512 From thee, Eliza, I must go, 435 Gane is the day, and mirk's the night, 545 Gat ye me, oh gat ye me, ....... 559 Go fetch to me a pint o' wine, ...... 496 Green grow the rashes, 0! . . . . • • • 408 nad I a cave on some wild distant shore, .... 517 Hee balou! mv sweet wee Donald, . . . • 5.9 Here around the ingle bleezing, ...... 578 Here awa', there awa', wandering Willie, .... 440 Here is the glen, and here the bower, ..... 522 Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, ..... 535 Here's a health to them that's awa', ..... 423 Here's to thy health, my bonnie lass, ..... 457 Her flowing locks, the raven's wing, ..... 537 Hey, the dusty miller, ....... 413 How can my poor heart be glad, ..... . 522 How cruel are the parents, ....... 446 How lang an' dreary is the night, ..... 437 How pleasant the banks of the clear winding Devon, . . 486 Husband, husband, cease your strife, ..... 429 I am a bard of no regard, . . . . . . 91 I am a son of Mars, who have been in many wars, . . 84- I am mv mammy's ae bairn, .... . 436 I bought my wile a stane o' lint, ...... 516 I cost a stane o' haslock woo', ...... 5o9 I do confess thou art sae fair, . ... 4!'7 I drcain'd I lay where flowers were springing, . . . -14 7 I gnod a waetV pate yestreen, . . . . . 4<>2 I ha'e a wife o' my ain, . , . . . .

.417 I'll aye ca* in by yon town, . . . . . .427 I'U kiss thee yet, yet, COSTKM'S. 1 5 Pane I married with a scolding wife, 538 In coming by the brig o' Dye, 544 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles, . , 536 In simmer, when the hay was mawn, 476 1 once was a maid, tho' I cannot tell when, . . . .85 Is there, for honesty poverty, 395 It is na, Jean, thy bonnie face, 617 It was a' for our rightfu' king, 500 It was the charming month of May, ..... 529 It was upon a Lammas night 412 Jamie, come try me, 576 Jenny M'Craw, she has ta'en to the heather, .... 680 Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss, 653 John Anderson, my jo, John, 420 Landlady, count the lawin, ... ... 644 Lassie wi' the lint-white locks, 430 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the lang glen, . . 416 Let me ryke up to digbt that tear, i«9 Let not woman e'er complain, ...... 627 Long, long the night, ........ 463 Loud blaw the frosty breezes, . . . . . . 4'.»3 Louis, what reck I by thee, ...... 470 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, 44 7 Mining on the roaring ocean, ...... 489 My bonnie lass, I work in brass, . . . . .90 My Chloris, mark how green the groves, .... 628 My father was a farmer upon the Carrick border, O, . .443 My Harry was a gallant gay, ...... 4*8 My heart is a-breaking, dear tittie ! . . . . .451 My heart is sair — 1 darena tell, . . . . . . 4:'.6 My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, . . 580 My heart was ance as blythe and free, ..... 582 My lady's gown, there's gains upon't, ..... 609 My love she's but a lassie yet, . . . . . .421 My Peggy's face, my Peggy's form, . . . • . 4«7 Nae gentle dames, though e'er sae fair, . e 433 No churchman am I for to rail and to write, . . . 6a6 No cold reproach, no altered mien, ..... 41*0 Now banks au' braes are clakh'd in green, .... 50'/ Now in her green mantle blythe nature arrays, . . .434 Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers, ..... 4C> Now spring has clad the grove in green, .... bZ'A Now westlin winds aud sluught'ring guns, .... 4_>t lg COX1EXT8.

Pa -re O can ye labour lea, young man? . . . .581 O'er the mist-shrouded cliffs of the lone mountain straying, . 5S9 Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, 55a O gi'e my love brose, brose, . . • • • .582 O guid ale comes, and guid ale goes, Bil O how shall 1, unskilfu', try, 4"8 O leeze me on my wee thing, ...... 584 O Mav, thy morn was ne'er sae sweet, . . . ■ .5/2 O merry ha'e 1 been teethin' a heckle, »°» On a bank of flowers, in a summer day, .... *94 On Ce;snock banks there lives a lass, 4^ One night as I did wander, 5'3 0 saw ye my dearie, my Eppie M'Nab? .... 584 O steer her up and haud her gaun, 502 O that I had never been married, 5/1 O wat ye what my minnie did, ...... 580 O wha my babie clouts will buy? 583 O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? . . . 509 Oh aye my wife, she dang me, . . . . . .481 Oh bonnie was yon rosy brier, ...... 533 Oh cam' ye here the sight to shun, 45 1 Oh gin my love were yon red rose, ..... 4b8 Oh bow can I be bly the and glad, 4 95 Oh! 1 am come to the low countrie, ..... 540 Oh! open the door, some pity to show, . . . .514 Oh Kenmuro's on and awa', Willie! . . . ■ .411 Oh ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten, . . . .512 Oh lassie, art thou sleeping yet ? 461 Oh, Lady Mary Ann looked o'er the castle wa", . . . 550 Oh lay thy loos in mine, lass, ...... 504 Oh leave novels, ye Mauchline belles, 574 Oh leeze me on my spinning-wheel, ..... 407 Oh Logan, sweetly didst thou glide, . . . . .4 07 Oh lovely Polly S'tewart ! 506 Oh luve will venture in, . . . . . . .4.6 Oh Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, 556 Oh Mary, at thy window be, . . . . . .422 Oh meikle thinks my luve o' my beauty, . . . . 4U9 Oh mirk, mirk is this miduight hour, . • . . 421 Oh mount and go, ..... ... 484 Oh, my love's like a red, red rose, ..... 425 Oh once I lov'd a bonnie lass, . . . . . .44 8 Oh Philly, happy be that day, . . . . . .531 Oh poortith cauld, and restless love, ..... 438 Oh raging fortune's withering blast, ..... 573 Oh ratilin', roarin' Willie, ....... 5X0 Oh sad and heavy should I part, ..... 500 01-. saw ye bounie Lesley, . • • . . . .432 CONTKMS. 17 Paea Oh, saw ye my dear, my Phely? ..*... 526 Oh stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay, .... 4G3 Oh tell na me o' wind and rain, . .... 402 Oh this is no my ain lassie, ...... . 415 Oh Tibbie, I ha'e seen the day, ...... 5(14 Oh, wat ye wha's in yon town, ...... 427 Oh, were I on Parnassus' hill! . . . . .452 Oh, wert thou in the cauld blast, ...... 505 Oh wha is she that lo'es me, ...... 501 Oh wha will to St.

Stephen's house, 591 Oh, whare did ye pet that hauver meal bannock? . . . 585 Oh whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad, . . . .404 Oh, Willie brew'd a peck o' maut, ..... 401 Oh why the deuce should I repine, 573 Our thrissles flourished fresh and fair, ..... 539 Out over the Forth I look to the north, .... 553 Powers celestial, whose protection, 434 Raving winds around her blowing, ..... 487 Kubin shure in hatrst, ....... 5G1 Sae flaxen were her ringlets, ...... 525 Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled, ..... 393 See! the smoking bowl before us, ..... 92 She is a winsome wee thing, . . . . . .400 She's fair and fause that causes my smart, .... 471 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, ..... 394 Simmer's a pleasant time, . . . . . • .483 Sir Wisdom's a fool when he's sou', ..... 86 Sleep'st thou, or wak'st thou, fairest creature? . . . 528 Slow spreads the gloom my soul desires, .... 508 Stay, my charmer, can you leave me? . . . . 543 Stay, my Willie — yet believe me, 4C5 Streams that glide in orient plains, 492 Sweet fa's the eve on Craigieburn, 4GG Sweetest May, let love inspire thee, 5G2 The blude-red rose at Yule may blaw, 492 The bonniest lad that e'er I saw, ...... 558 The Catrine woods were yellow seen, . . . * .441 The day returns, my bosom burns, 479 The de'il cam' tiddlin' thro' the town, . . . . ,425 The gloomy night is gath'ring fast, 400 The heather was blooming, the meadows were inawn, . . 497 Their groves o' sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, . .4-15 The last braw bridal that I was at, 680 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill, . . .

CONTENTS, Pace The lovely lass of Inverness, . » . • • .4*0 The noble Maxwells and their powers, . 547 The ploughman he's a bonnie lad, ..... 5G3 There cam' a piper out o' Fife, ....•■ 580 There liv'd a carle on Kelly burn braes, • 651 There liv'd a lass in yonder dale, ...... 687 There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen, . . . 402 There's a youth in this city, it were a great pity, . . . 538 There's braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes, . . . ' There's news, lasses, news, ....••. 587 There's nought but care on ev'ry han', ..... 408 There was a bonnie lass, and a bonnie, bonnie lass, . .5.0 There was a lad was born in Kyle, . . • • .414 There was a lass, and she was fair, . . . • . ol 3 There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg, . . . • .542 There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, ..... 588 There was once a day, but old Time then was young, . . 5U2 There were three kings into the east, ..... 593 The small birds rejoice in the green leaves returning, . . 453 The smiling spring comes in rejoicing, ..... 480 The sun he is sunk in the west, ...... 5G7 The Thames flows proudly to the sea, . . . . ,451 The lither morn, when 1 forlorn, ...... 545 The weary pund, the weary pund, . . . . .646 Thickest night, o'erhang my dwelling! ..... 433 Thine am I, my faithful fair, . . . . . ,521 Though cruel fate should bid us part, ..... 562 Though women's minds, like winter winds, .... 575 Thou hast left me ever, Jamie, ...... 406" Thou lingering star, with less'ning ray, . . . .419 To thee, lov'd Nith, thy gladsome plains, .... 560 True hearted was he, the sad swain o' the Yarrow, . .515 Turn again, thou fair Eliza, . . . . . .473 Twas even — the dewy fields were green, .... 442 Twas na her bonnie blue e'e was my ruin, .... 446 Up in the morning's no for me, . . . . . .413 Up wi' the carles o' Dysart, ...... 553 Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e, .... 557 Whare ha'e ye been sae braw, lad? . . . . 54 1 What can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie, . . 4«»6 What will I do gin my hoggie die, ..... 574 When first I began fur to sigh and to woo her, . . . 691 When first I came to Stewart Kyle, ..... 672 When first I saw fair Jeanie's face, ..... 570 When first my brave Johnnie lad, ..... 690 When I think on the happy days, CONTEXTS, 19 r«ira tVhen Januar' wind was blawing cauld, .... 4H2 When o'er the hill the eastern star, . . . . ,431 When wild war's deadly blast was blawn, . . . .510 Where are the joys I have met in the morning, . . . 520 Where, braving angry winter's storms, ..... 486 Where Cart rins rowin' to the sea, ..... 489 Where live ye, my bonnie lass ? .518 While larks with little wing, 515 Why, why tell thy lover, 635 Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed, 473 Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary, ..... 398 Wilt thou be my dearie? ....... 498 Ye banks an' braes o' bonnie Doon, . . , . .398 Ye banks, and braes, and streams around, .... 399 Ye flowery banks o' bonnie Doon, ..... 397 Ye gallants bright, I rede ye right, . . . . .4 96 Ye Jacobites by name, give an