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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
KILMARNOCK 1786
EPITAPHS
ADDED, EDINBURGH 1787
DEATH AND DOCTOR HORNBOOK
THE BRIGS OF AYR
THE ORDINATION
THE CALF
ADDRESS TO THE UNCO GUID
TAM SAMSON'S ELEGY
A WINTER NIGHT
STANZAS WRITTEN IN PROSPECT OF DEATH
PRAYER: O THOU DREAD POWER
PARAPHRASE OF THE FIRST PSALM
PRAYER UNDER THE PRESSURE OF VIOLENT ANGUISH
THE NINETIETH PSALM VERSIFIED
TO MISS LOGAN
ADDRESS TO A HAGGIS
ADDRESS TO EDINBURGH
SONGS
ADDED, EDINBURGH 1793
2.
Volume II
III.
Volume III
IV.
VOLUME IV
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The Poetry of Robert Burns
ON THE LAIRD OF LAGGAN
When
Morine, deceas'd, to the Devil went down,
'Twas nothing would serve him but Satan's own crown.
‘Thy fool's head,’ quoth Satan, ‘that crown shall wear never:
I grant thou'rt as wicked, but not quite so clever.’
The Poetry of Robert Burns