Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation

2018-11-12T18:27:51+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Fareweel to a'our Scottish fame, Fareweel our ancient glory; Fareweel ev'n to the Scottish name, Saefam'd in martial story. Now Sarkrins over Solway sands, An'Tweed rins to the ocean, To markwhere England's province stands- Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! What force or guile could not subdue, Thro' many warlike ages, Is wrought

Sweet Afton

2018-11-12T18:27:52+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Flow gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes, Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise; My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. Thou stockdove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yonthorny den, Thou green-crested lapwing thy screaming forbear, I

Lovely Polly Stewart

2018-11-12T18:27:46+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

Chorus.-O lovely Polly Stewart, O charming Polly Stewart, There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, That's half so fair as thou art! The flower it blaws, it fades, it fa's, And art can ne'er renew it; Butworthand truth, eternal youth Will gieto Polly Stewart, O lovely Polly Stewart, &c. May he whasearms shall fauldthy

I Hae Been At Crookieden

2018-11-12T18:27:45+00:001791, Poem, Robert Burns Poems, Type, Year|

I Haebeen at Crookieden, My bonie laddie, Highland laddie, Viewing Willie and his men, My bonie laddie, Highland laddie. There our foes that burnt and slew, My bonie laddie, Highland laddie, There, at last, they gattheir due, My bonie laddie, Highland laddie. Satan sits in his black neuk, My bonie laddie, Highland laddie, Breaking sticks

Frae The Friends And Land I Love

2018-11-12T18:27:57+00:001791, Robert Burns Poems, Song, Type, Year|

Frae the friends and land I love, Driv'n byFortune's fellyspite; Frae my best belov'd I rove, Never mair to taste delight: Never mair maunhope to find Ease frae toil, relief fraecare; When Remembrance wracks the mind, Pleasures butunveil despair. Brightest climes shall mirkappear, Desert ilka blooming shore, Till the Fates, naemairsevere, Friendship, love, and peace

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