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The Poetical Works of Hector MacNeill

... A New Edition, Corrected and Enlarged. In Two Volumes

Macneill, Hector (1746-1818)

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VERSES ADDRESSED TO HECTOR MACNEILL, ESQ. AUTHOR OF WILL AN' JEAN.

THE HARP, A LEGENDARY TALE.

DONALD AND FLORA,

TO MRS PLEYDELL.

TO ELIZA ON HER MARRIAGE.

TO MISS JEAN AND MISS ISABELLA MONRO,

EPITAPH. SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF JAMES GRAHAM, ESQ. LATE OF THE PARISH OF WESTMORELAND, JAMAICA.

ON THE DEATH OF LIEUT. GEN. SIR RALPH ABERCROMBY,

ON THE DEATH OF DR DAVID DOIG,

JACK AND NANCY,

THE PLEASURES OF AMBITION:

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THE LINKS O'FORTH:

[Yes! I've perused, with new, increased delight]

THE LINKS O'FORTH.

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SCOTLAND'S SCAITH;

I.

THE WAES O'WAR:

TO THE MEMBERS OF THE SOBER SOCIETY;

THE ROSE O'KIRTLE.

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I LOO'D NE'ER A LADDIE BUT ANE.

O TELL ME HOW FOR TO WOO.

TAK TENT, AND BE WARY

LASSIE WI' THE GOWDEN HAIR.

JEANIE'S BLACK EE;

THE PLAID AMANG THE HETHER.

COME UNDER MY PLAIDY;

VALOUR SHIELDS THE BRAVE.

THE AULD WIFE'S LAMENT—1804.

THERE'S NOUGHT I SEE, TO FEAR NOW.

THE SCOTTISH MUSE.

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So shall thy poverty come, as one that travelleth; and thy want as an armed man.

—Prov.

5

TO DAVID DOIG, LL. D. F.S.S.A. MASTER OF THE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, STIRLING.