BAYLIS AND LEIGHTON, JOHNSON'S-COURT, FLEET-STREET.

CONTENTS.

THE JOLLY BEGGARS, A CANTATA.

PREFACE TO THE FIRST, OR KILMARNOCK, EDITION

PREFACE TO The Second, or EDINBURGH, EDITION

WINTER, A DIRGE

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THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS CF POOR MAILIE

POOR MAILIE'S ELEGY............................................. ·

FIRST EPISTLE TO DAVIE, A BROTHER POET.........

ADDRESS TO THE DEIL

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THE AULD FARMER'S NEW-YEAR MORNING SALUTA-

TION TO HIS AULD MARE MAGGIE................

TO A HAGGIS

A PRAYER UNDER THE PRESSURE OF VIOLENT AN-

GUISH.............

A PRAYER IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH

STANZAS ON THE SAME OCCASION..

A WINTER NIGHT

Death and DR. HORNBOOK, A TRUE STORY........

THE KIRK'S ALARM, A SATIRE......

THE TWA HERDS, OR THE HOLY TULZIE...

HOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER.....

EPITAPH ON HOLY WILLIE

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THE ORDINATION

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THE CALF.-TO THE REV. MR. JAMES STEVEN..

To JAMES SMITH

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--THE VISION

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HALLOWEEN

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MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN, A DIRGE........

TO RUIN

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TO JOHN GOUDIE OF KILMARNOCK

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EPISTLE TO J. LAPRAIK, AN OLD SCOTTISH BARD.. 172

THE AUTHOR'S EARNEST CRY AND PRAYER TO THE

SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVES................ .. .. .. .. 215

ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID, OR THE RIGIDLY

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RIGHTEOUS

TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY

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SECOND EPISTLE TO DAVIE, A BROTHER POET...... 236

THE FIRST SIX VERSES OF THE NINETIETH PSALM 264

TO A MOUNTAIN DAISY

EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND.... .... .... ... .... .......................................... ......

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EPISTLE TO J. RANKINE, INCLOSING SOME POEMS.. 280

ON A SCOTCH BARD GONE TO THE WEST INDIES.... 285

THE FAREWELL.........

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DEDICATION TO GAVIN HAMILTON, ESQ.........

ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF ROBERT RUISSEAUX...... 298

LETTER TO JAMES TAIT, OF GLENCONNER

ON THE BIRTH OF A POSTHUMOUS CHILD..

To MISS CRUIKSHANKS

WILLIE CHALMERS.........................................

VERSES LEFT AT A. REV. FRIEND'S HOUSE

TO GAVIN HAMILTON, ESQ............

To MR. M'ADAM OF CRAIGEN-GILLAN.

ANSWER TO A POETICAL EPISTLE SENT TO THE

AUTHOR BY A TAILOR

LINES WRITTEN ON A BANK-NOTE......

A DREAM.....

A BARD'S EPITAPH

THE TWA DOGs, a Tale.......

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