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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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WANTONNESS FOR EVERMAIR

Wantonness for evermair,
Wantonness has been my ruin.
Yet for a' my dool and care
It's wantonness for evermair.
I hae lo'ed the Black, the Brown;
I hae lo'ed the Fair, the Gowden!
A' the colours in the town—
I hae won their wanton favour.