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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)

VOL. I.—(Poems: 1721)

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VOL. II.—(Poems: 1728)

III.

VOL. III.—(Poems: Miscellaneous and Uncollected)

IV.

VOL. IV.—(Poems not hitherto collected: Poems attributed to Ramsay)

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RESIGNATION

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[February, 1744]

This world is freighted with wonders in store,
And we were sent to it to think and explore;
And when the due summons shall call us away,
No more's to be done but contented obey.