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The works of Allan Ramsay

edited by Burns Martin ... and John W. Oliver [... and Alexander M. Kinghorn ... and Alexander Law]
Ramsay, Allan (1686-1758)

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VOL. I.—(Poems: 1721)
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VOL. II.—(Poems: 1728)
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VOL. III.—(Poems: Miscellaneous and Uncollected)
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PART I. Poems published during Ramsay's Lifetime.
  
TO MR. LAW. [1720]
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A Tale of Three Bonnets: 1722
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From Fables and Tales [1722]
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From The British Journal: March 9, 1723
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From The Tea-Table Miscellany [1724–29]
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SONGS INSERTED IN THE GENTLE SHEPHERD [1725–34]
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SANG I. The wawking of the Faulds
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SANG II. Fy gar rub her o'er with Strae
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SANG III. Polwart on the Green.
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SANG IV. O dear Mother, what shall I do?
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SANG V. How can I be sad on my Wedding-Day.
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SANG VI. Nansy's to the Green Wood gane.
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SANG VII. Cald Kale in Aberdeen
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SANG VIII. Mucking of Geordy's Byer.
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SANG X. Winter was cauld, and my Cleathing was thin.
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SANG XII. Happy Clown
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SANG XIII. Leith-Wynd.
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SANG XIV. O'er Bogie.
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SANG XV. Wat ye wha I met Yestreen.
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SANG XVI. Kirk wad let me be.
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SANG XVII. Woes my heart that we shou'd sunder.
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SANG XVIII. Tweed-side.
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SANG XIX. Bush aboon Traquair.
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SANG XX. Bony gray ey'd Morn.
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From The Tea-Table Miscellany [1729]
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From The Evergreen [1724]
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From Poems in English and Latin on the Archers and Royal Company of Archers [1726]
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From The Caledonian Mercury: July 12, 1726.
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From Poems [1729]
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From The Echo, or Edinburgh Weekly Journal: 29th January, 1729
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From The Scarborough Miscellany: 1732.
  
ADDRESS of Thanks from the Society of Rakes. [1735]
  
EPISTLE to the Reverend Philosarchus Minister of the Kirk of Scotland, occasioned by his late Essay, proving the Lawfulness of FORNICATION.
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From The Caledonian Mercury, August 2, 1736
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From The Caledonian Mercury, November 8, 1736
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From The Scots Magazine, October, 1741
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PART II. Poems in manuscript or posthumously published.
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VOL. IV.—(Poems not hitherto collected: Poems attributed to Ramsay)

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SANG XVII. Woes my heart that we shou'd sunder.

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Sung by Peggy, p. 67. [P. 261, l. 149: as alternative to ll. 130–149.]

Speak on,—speak thus, and still my grief,
Hold up a heart that's sinking under
These fears, that soon will want relief,
When Pate must from Peggy sunder.
A gentler face and silk attire,
A lady rich in beauty's blossom,
Alake poor me! will now conspire,
To steal thee from thy Peggy's bosom.
No more the shepherd who excell'd
The rest, whose wit made them to wonder,
Shall now his Peggy's praises tell,
Ah! I can die, but never sunder.
Ye meadows where we often stray'd,
Ye banks where we were wont to wander.
Sweet scented rucks round which we play'd,
You'll loss your sweets when we're asunder.
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Again ah! shall I never creep
Around the know with silent duty,
Kindly to watch thee while asleep,
And wonder at thy manly beauty?
Hear, heaven, while solemnly I vow,
Tho' thou shouldst prove a wandering lover,
Throw life to thee I shall prove true,
Nor be a wife to any other.
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