To A GENTLEMAN WHO SENT HIM A NEWSPAPER
*THE KIRK'S ALARM (second version)
PEG NICHOLSON......

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ELEGY ON CAPTAIN MATTHEW HENDERSON.

THE FIVE CARLINS: AN ELECTION BALLAD

*To GRAHAM OF FINTRAY ........................................................ 155

ON CAPTAIN GROSE'S PEREGRINATIONS................ 162

"KEN YE OUGHT O' CAPTAIN GROSE?".............. 166

TAM O' SHANTER...

*ADDRESS OF BEELZEBUB

*To JOHN TAYLOR

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LAMENT OF MARY, QUEEN OF SCOTS.................. 192

THE WHISTLE...........

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ELEGY ON MISS BURNET OF MONBODDO

LAMENT FOR JAMES, EARL OF GLENCAIRN..

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LINES TO SIR JOHN WHITEFOORD

TO THE SHADE OF THOMSON..

TO GRAHAM OF FINTRAY

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TO THE SAME, ON RECEIVING A FAVOUR...................... 217

A VISION

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TO MAXWELL, OF TERRAUGHTY .... .... .... ... .... ....................................... 222

THE RIGHTS OF WOMAN

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MONODY, ON A LADY FAMED FOR HER CAPRICE...... 227

*EPISTLE FROM ESOPUS TO MARIA...................

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POEM ON PASTORAL POETRY............................ 234

SONNET ON HEARING A THRUSH...........

SONNET ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT RIDDEL, ESQ.... 240

ON MRS. R- 'S BIRTHDAY........

VERSES TO A YOUNG LADY............................. 245

THE VOWELS: A TALE.......

VERSES TO JOHN RANKINE....

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To MRS. DUNLOP, ON SENSIBILITY .... ...... ...................................................... 251

SENT TO A GENTLEMAN WHOM HE HAD OFFENDED.... 253

ADDRESS SPOKEN BY MISS FONTENELLE................ 254

*ON MISS FONTENELLE IN A FAVOURITE CHARACTER 257

To CHLORIS........

FOR AN ALTAR TO INDEPENDENCE

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*THE HERON BALLADS: BALLAD FIRST.............. 261

*THE HERON BALLADS: BALLAD SECOND

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*THE HERON BALLADS: BALLAD THIRD

TO MISS JESSY LEWARS, WITH SOME BOOKS...
POEM ON LIFE: TO COLONEL DE PEYSTER....

EPITAPHS, EPIGRAMS, &c., &c.

ON THE AUTHOR'S FATHER

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ON A WAG IN MAUCHLINE..........

ON A CELEBRATED RULING ELDER..

ON A NOISY POLEMIC...............................................................

ON MISS J. SCOTT.......

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ON A HEN-PECKED COUNTRY SQUIRE..

ON THE SAME..................................

ON THE SAME......................

THE HIGHLAND WELCOME.... ... .... .... .......

ON WILLIAM SMELLIE..

VERSES WRITTEN AT CARRON.

*THE BOOK-WORMS

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*THE REPLY.....

LINES ON THE PICTURE OF MISS BURNS..........

EXTEMPORE IN THE COURT OF SESSION.... .... ... ... .... ... .... ...

THE HEN-PECK'D HUSBAND

WRITTEN AT INVERARY.

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ON ELPHINSTONE'S MARTIAL............................

INSCRIPTION FOR FERGUSSON..

ON A SCHOOLMASTER.........................................

A GRACE BEFORE DINNER.............

ON WAT

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ON CAPTAIN GROSE.....................................................................

*THE KIRK OF LAMINGTON

*THE LEAGUE AND COVENANT

WRITTEN AT MOFFATT....

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THE INVITATION ...............................

THE CREED OF POVERTY...

WRITTEN IN A LADY'S POCKET-BOOK...................

THE PARSON'S LOOKS............................................. .........

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ON ROBERT RIDDEL

THE TOAST...................

ON THE MARQUIS.........

LINES WRITTEN ON A WINDOW........

WRITTEN AT THE GLOBE TAVERN.............

*THE SELKIRK GRACE.

*ON THE POET'S DAUGHTER

ON GABRIEL RICHARDSON...... ...... ...... ...... ... ... ... ...

ON A LAP DOG NAMED ECHO.............

ON SEEING LORD GALLOWAY'S SEAT

ON THE SAME......

ON THE SAME

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TO LORD GALLOWAY........

ON A COUNTRY LAIRD..........................................

ON JOHN BUSHBY

THE TRUE LOYAL NATIVES.

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POEMS.

ADDRESS

ΤΟ

EDINBURGH.

I.

EDINA! Scotia's darling seat!

All hail thy palaces and tow'rs,

Where once beneath a monarch's feet Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs! From marking wildly-scatter'd flow'rs, As on the banks of Ayr I stray'd, And singing, lone, the ling'ring hours, I shelter in thy honour'd shade.

II.

Here wealth still swells the golden tide, As busy Trade his labour plies; There Architecture's noble pride

Bids elegance and splendour rise; Here Justice, from her native skies, High wields her balance and her rod; There Learning, with his eagle eyes,

Seeks Science in her coy abode.

III.

Thy sons, Edina! social, kind,

With open arms the stranger hail; Their views enlarg'd, their lib'ral mind, Above the narrow, rural vale; Attentive still to sorrow's wail, Or modest merit's silent claim; And never may their sources fail! And never envy blot their name!

IV.

Thy daughters bright thy walks adorn,
Gay as the gilded summer sky,
Sweet as the dewy milk-white thorn,
Dear as the raptur'd thrill of joy!
Fair Burnet strikes th' adoring eye,
Heav'n's beauties on my fancy shine;

I see the Sire of Love on high,

And own his work indeed divine!