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The Poetry of Robert Burns
Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson
Burns, Robert (1759-1796)
[epigraph]
[dedication]
I.
Volume I
2.
Volume II
THE JOLLY BEGGARS
SATIRES AND VERSES
THE TWA HERDS: OR, THE HOLY TULYIE
HOLY WILLIE'S PRAYER
THE KIRK'S ALARM
POSTSCRIPTS
A POET'S WELCOME TO HIS LOVE-BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER
THE INVENTORY
A MAUCHLINE WEDDING
ADAM ARMOUR'S PRAYER
NATURE'S LAW
LINES ON MEETING WITH LORD DAER
ADDRESS TO THE TOOTHACHE
LAMENT FOR THE ABSENCE OF WILLIAM CREECH, PUBLISHER
VERSES IN FRIARS CARSE HERMITAGE
ELEGY ON THE DEPARTED YEAR 1788
CASTLE GORDON
ON THE DUCHESS OF GORDON'S REEL DANCING
ON CAPTAIN GROSE
NEW YEAR'S DAY 1791
FROM ESOPUS TO MARIA
NOTES AND EPISTLES
THEATRICAL PIECES
POLITICAL PIECES
THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY
MISCELLANIES
FRAGMENTS
EPIGRAMS
GRACES
EPITAPHS
III.
Volume III
IV.
VOLUME IV
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The Poetry of Robert Burns
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ON MISS AINSLIE IN CHURCH
Fair
maid, you need not take the hint,
Nor idle texts pursue;
'Twas guilty sinners that he meant,
Not angels such as you.
The Poetry of Robert Burns