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

2018-11-12T18:27:15+00:001789, Ode, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Dweller in yondungeon dark, Hangman of creation! mark, Who in widow-weeds appears, Laden with unhonour'd years, Noosing with care a bursting purse, Baited with many a deadly curse? Strophe View the wither'd Beldam's face; Can thy keen inspection trace Aughtof Humanity's sweet, melting grace? Note that eye, 'tis rheum o'erflows; Pity's flood there never rose,

Epistle To Dr. Blacklock

2018-11-12T18:27:14+00:001789, Epistle, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Wow, but your letter made me vauntie! And are ye hale, and weeland cantie? I ken'd it still, your wee bitjauntie Wadbring ye to: Lord send you aye as weel's I want ye! And then ye'll do. The ill-thiefblawthe Heron south! And never drink be near his drouth! He tauldmyself by word o' mouth, He'd

Ode On The Departed Regency Bill

2018-11-12T18:27:15+00:001789, Ode, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Daughter of Chaos' doting years, Nurse of ten thousand hopes and fears, Whether thy airy, insubstantial shade (The rights of sepulture now duly paid) Spread abroad its hideous form On the roaring civil storm, Deafening dinand warring rage Factions wild with factions wage; Or under-ground, deep-sunk, profound, Among the demons of the earth, With groans

My Heart’s In The Highlands

2018-11-12T18:27:31+00:001789, Robert Burns Poems, Song, Type, Year|

Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, The birth-place of Valour, the country of Worth; Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. Chorus.-My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, My heart's in the Highlands, a-chasing the deer; Chasing the wild-deer, and following the

My Eppie Adair

2018-11-12T18:27:23+00:001789, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Chorus.-An' O my Eppie, my jewel, my Eppie, Whawadnabe happy wi'Eppie Adair? By love, and by beauty, by law, and by duty, I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair! By love, and by beauty, by law, and byduty, I swear to be true to my Eppie Adair! And O my Eppie, &c. A'

John Anderson, My Jo

2018-11-12T18:27:22+00:001789, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

John Anderson, my jo, John, When we were first acquent; Your locks were like the raven, Your boniebrow was brent; But now your brow is beld, John, Your locks are like the snaw; Butblessings on your frosty pow, John Anderson, my jo. John Anderson, my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither; And mony a

Jamie, Come Try Me

2018-11-12T18:27:22+00:001789, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Chorus.-Jamie, come try me, Jamie, come try me, If thou would win my love, Jamie, come try me. If thou should ask my love, Could I deny thee? If thou would winmy love, Jamie, come try me! Jamie, come try me, &c. If thou should kiss me, love, Whacould espy thee? If thou wadbe my

Impromptu Lines To Captain Riddell

2018-11-12T18:27:14+00:001789, Impromptu, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Your News and Review, sir. I've read throughand through, sir, With little admiring or blaming; The Papers are barren Of home-news or foreign, Nomurders or rapes worththe naming. Our friends, the Reviewers, Those chippers and hewers, Are judges of mortar and stone, sir; Butof meet orunmeet, In a fabric complete, I'll boldly pronounce they are

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