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The Poetry of Robert Burns

Edited by William Ernest Henley and Thomas F. Henderson

Burns, Robert (1759-1796)

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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

ADDED, EDINBURGH 1793

Volume II

III.

Volume III

IV.

VOLUME IV

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I HAE BEEN AT CROOKIEDEN

I

I hae been at Crookieden—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
Viewing Willie and his men—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
There our foes that burnt and slew—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
There at last they gat their due—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!

II

Satan sits in his black neuk—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
Breaking sticks to roast the Duke—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!

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The bloody monster gae a yell—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!
And loud the laugh gaed round a' Hell—
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie!