Accept the gift a friend sincere
Admiring Nature in her wildest grace Ae day, as Death, that grusome carl. Again the silent wheels of time
A guid new year, I wish thee, Maggie! A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight All devil as I am, a damned wretch
All hail! inexorable lord!
As cauld a wind as ever blew
An honest man here lies at rest
Among the heathy hills and ragged woods
As father Adam first was fool'd Ask why God made the gem so small As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither As on the banks o' wandering Nith Auld chuckie Reekie 's sair distrest Auld comrade dear and brither sinner A' ye wha live by soups o' drink
Beauteous rose-bud, young and say Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day! Bright ran thy line, () G
But rarely seen since Nature's birth
Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing Collected Harry stood awee
Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd Curs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life
Dear Smith, the sleest, pawkie thief Dweller in yon dungeon dark
Earth'd up here lies an imp o' hell Edina, Scotia's darling seat Expect na, Sir, in this narration
Fair empress of the Poet's soul Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face False flatterer, Hope, away! Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains Fill me with the rosy wine Fintray, my stay in worldly strife For lords or kings I dinna mourn Friend of the Poet, tried and leal From those drear solitudes and frowzy cells
Go, Fame, and canter like a filly
Grant me, indulgent Heav'n, that I may live Guid-mornin' to your Majesty!
Guid speed an' furder to you, Johnie
Hail, Poesie! thou nymph reserv'd! Hail, thairm-inspirin', rattlin' Willie! Ha, whare ye gaun, ye crowlin' ferlie? Has auld K********* seen the Deil? Health to the Maxwells' vet'ran chief Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots Heard ye o' the tree o' France He clench'd his pamphlets in his fist Here Brewer Gabriel's fire 's extinct Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay
Here lies J-y B-y, honest man!
Here lie Willie M-hie's banes
Here souter Will in death does sleep Here Stuarts once in glory reign'd
How cold is that bosom which folly once fir'd How shall I sing Drumlanrig's Grace How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite Humid seal of soft affections
Here where the Scottish Muse immortal lives He who of Rankine sang, lies stiff and dead Honest Will 's to Heaven gane
I am a keeper of the law
I call no goddess to inspire my strains
I gat your letter, winsome Willie I hold it, Sir, my bounden duty
I lang hae thought, my youthfu' friend I'm three times doubly o'er your debtor I mind it weel, in early date
I murder hate by field or flood Inhuman man! curse on thy barb'rous art In politics if thou would'st mix Instead of a song, boys, I'll give you a toast In this strange land, this uncouth clime In wood and wild, ye warbling throng Is there a whim-inspired fool Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief. Kilmarnock wabsters, fidge an' claw Kind Sir, I've read your paper through Know thou, O stranger to the fame Lament him Mauchline husbands a' Lament in rhyme, lament in prose Late crippled of an arm, and now a leg Let other poets raise a fracas Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize
Lone on the bleaky hills the straying flocks Long life, my Lord, an' health be your's
Maxwell, if merit here you crave My curse upon the venom'd stang My honour'd Colonel, deep I feel My Lord, I know your noble ear My lov'd, my honour'd, much respected friend. No more of your guests, be they titled or not No more, ye warblers of the wood, no more No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay No song nor dance I bring from yon great city No Stuart art thou, G-
Now Nature hangs her mantle green Now Robin lies in his last lair
O a' ye pious godly flocks
O, could I give thee India's wealth
O Death! hadst thou but spar'd his life
O Death! thou tyrant fell and bloody!
O'er the mist-shrouded cliffs of the lone moun-
Of all the numerous ills that hurt our peace O Goudie! terror o' the Whigs
Oh! had each Scot of ancient times Oh! sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave 569 O, had the malt thy strength of mind Old Winter with his frosty beard
Once fondly lov'd, and still remember'd dear One Queen Artemisia, as old stories tell Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care O rough, rude, ready-witted Rankine
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O Thou! dread Power who reign'st above. O Thou, great Being! what thou art O Thou, in whom we live and move O thou pale orb, that silent shines O Thou, the first, the greatest Friend. O Thou, unknown, Almighty cause O Thou, wha in the heavens dost dwell O thou! whatever title suit thee O Thou, who kindly dost provide O Thou whom Poetry abhors
O ye wha are sae guid yoursel'
O ye, whose cheek the tear of pity stains
Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare.
Rash mortal and slanderous Poet, thy name Rest gently, turf, upon his breast Revered defender of beauteous Stuart Right, Sir! your text I'll prove it true
Sad thy tale, thou idle page.
Say, sages, what's the charm on earth Searching auld wives' barrels Sensibility, how charming
Sic a reptile was Wat
Sing on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough Sir, as your mandate did request Sir, o'er a gill I gat your card
Some books are lies frae end to end Some hae meat, and canna eat Spare me thy vengeance, G—,
Still auxious to secure your partial favour Stop, passenger! my story's brief
Stop thief! dame Nature cried to Death Sweet flow'ret, pledge o' meikle love Sweet naïveté of feature
Talk not to me of savages
Tam Samson's weel-worn clay here lies That there is falsehood in his looks
The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying The friend whom wild from wisdom's way The grey-beard, old Wisdom, may boast of his
The king's most humble servant, I
The lamp of day, with ill-presaging glare The man in lite, wherever placed
The sun had clos'd the winter day The wintry west extends his blast
The poor man weeps-here Gavin sleeps There's death in the cup-sae beware! The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough The Solemn League and Covenant
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