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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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THE DEAN OF THE FACULTY

MISCELLANIES

FRAGMENTS

EPIGRAMS

EXTEMPORE IN THE COURT OF SESSION

AT ROSLIN INN

TO AN ARTIST

THE BOOK-WORMS

ON ELPHINSTONE'S TRANSLATION OF MARTIAL

ON JOHNSON'S OPINION OF HAMPDEN

UNDER THE PORTRAIT OF MISS BURNS

ON MISS AINSLIE IN CHURCH

AT INVERARAY

AT CARRON IRONWORKS

ON SEEING THE ROYAL PALACE AT STIRLING IN RUINS

ADDITIONAL LINES AT STIRLING

REPLY TO THE THREAT OF A CENSORIOUS CRITIC

A HIGHLAND WELCOME

AT WHIGHAM'S INN SANQUHAR

VERSICLES ON SIGN-POSTS

ON MISS JEAN SCOTT

ON CAPTAIN FRANCIS GROSE

ON BEING APPOINTED TO AN EXCISE DIVISION

ON MISS DAVIES

ON A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY SEAT

AT THE GLOBE TAVERN, DUMFRIES

YE TRUE LOYAL NATIVES

ON COMMISSARY GOLDIE'S BRAINS

IN A LADY'S POCKET BOOK

AGAINST THE EARL OF GALLOWAY

ON THE SAME

ON THE SAME, ON THE AUTHOR BEING THREATENED WITH VENGEANCE

ON THE LAIRD OF LAGGAN

ON MARIA RIDDELL

ON MISS FONTENELLE

KIRK AND STATE EXCISEMEN

ON THANKSGIVING FOR A NATIONAL VICTORY

PINNED TO MRS. WALTER RIDDELL'S CARRIAGE

TO DR. MAXWELL

TO THE BEAUTIFUL MISS ELIZA J---N

ON CHLORIS

TO THE HON. WM. R. MAULE OF PANMURE

ON SEEING MRS. KEMBLE IN YARICO

ON DR. BABINGTON'S LOOKS

ON ANDREW TURNER

THE SOLEMN LEAGUE AND COVENANT

TO JOHN SYME OF RYEDALE

ON A GOBLET

APOLOGY TO JOHN SYME

ON MR. JAMES GRACIE

AT FRIARS CARSE HERMITAGE

FOR AN ALTAR OF INDEPENDENCE

VERSICLES TO JESSIE LEWARS

III.

IV.

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RAGING FORTUNE

I

O, raging Fortune's withering blast
Has laid my leaf full low!
O, raging Fortune's withering blast
Has laid my leaf full low!

II

My stem was fair, my bud was green,
My blossom sweet did blow;
The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild,
And made my branches grow.

III

But luckless Fortune's northern storms
Laid a' my blossoms low!
But luckless Fortune's northern storms
Laid a' my blossoms low!