WORKS

OF THE

BRITISH POETS,

WITH

LIVES OF THE AUTHORS.

EDITED BY

ROBERT WALSH, JR.

VOL. XXXVIII.

ROBERT BURNS.

PHILADELPHIA :

PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL F. BRADFORD,

FOR
JOHN LAVAL

William Brown, Printer.

CONTENTS OF VOL. XXXVIII.

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LIFE OF ROBERT BURNS,

3

On the death of Burns, by Mr. Roscoe,

27

Preface to the First Edition of Burns' Poems,

published at Kilmarnock,

33

Dedication of the Second Edition of the Poems

formerly printed. To the Noblemen and

Gentlemen of the Caledonian Hunt, .. 37

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POEMS, CHIEFLY SCOTTISH.

The Twa Dogs, a Tale,

41

Scotch Drink,

50

The Author's earnest Cry and Prayer to the

Scotch Representatives in the House of Com-

mons,

55

Postscript,

61

The Holy Fair,

63

Death and Dr. Hornbook,

72

The Brigs of Ayr, a Poem inscribed to J.

B*********, Esq. Ayr,

79

The Ordination,

87

The Calf. To the Rev. Mr.

93

Address to the Deil,

94

The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie, 98

Poor Mailie's Elegy,

101

To J. S****,

103

A Dream,

109

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The Vision,

114

Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly

Righteous,

125

Tam Samson's Elegy,

. 128

The Epitaph,

131

Halloween,

132

The Auld Farmer's New Year Morning Salu-

tation to his Auld Mare Maggie,

144

To a Mouse, on turning her up in her nest

with the Plough, November, 1785,

148

A Winter Night,

150

Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet,

153

The Lament, occasioned by the unfortunate

issue of a Friend's Amour,

159

Despondency, an Ode,

162

Winter, a Dirge,

165

The Cotter's Saturday Night,

166

Man was made to Mourn, a Dirge,

174

A Prayer on the Prospect of Death,

177

Stanzas on the same occasion,

178

Verses left by the Author, in a Room where

he slept, having lain at the House of a Re-

verend Friend,

179

The First Psalm,

181

A Prayer, under the Pressure of violent An-

guish,

The first Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm,

To a Mountain Daisy. On turning one down,

with the Plough, in April, 1786,

184

To Ruin,

186

To Miss L- with Beattie's Poems as a

New Year's Gift, Jan, 1, 1787,

187

Epistle to a Young Friend,

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On a Scotch Bard, gone to the West Indies, 191

To a Haggis,

193

A Dedication to Gavin Hamilton, Esq.

195

To a Louse, on a Lady's Bonnet at Church, 199

Address to Edinburgh,

201

Epistle to J. Lapraik, an old Scottish Bard, 204

To the Same,

208

To W. S*****n, Ochiltree, May, 1785,

. 212

Postscript,

216

Epistle to J. R******, enclosing some Poems, 219

John Barleycorn, a Ballad,

222

A Fragment,

225

Song—It was upon a Lammas night,

228

Song, composed in August,

229

Song—Behind yon bill where Lugar flows, 231

Green grow the Rashes, a Fragment,

233

Song—Again rejoicing nature sees,

234

Song The gloomy night is gath'ring fast, 236

Song–From thee, Eliza, I must go,

238

The Farewell to the Brethren of St. James's

Lodge, Tarbolton,

239

Song—No churchman am I for to rail and to

write,

240

Written in Friar's Carse Hermitage, on Nith-

Side,

242

Ode, sacred to the memory of Mrs.

of

244

Elegy on Capt. Matthew Henderson,

246

The Epitaph,

249

Lament of Mary Queen of Scots, on the ap-

proach of Spring,

251

To Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintra,

253

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