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Poems on various subjects

By R. Anderson
Anderson, R. (1770-1833)
  
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[dedication]

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Miscellanies.
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Epistles.
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Sonnets.
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SONGS.
 I. 
SONG I. A LASSIE AND A GILL.
 II. 
SONG II. THE CAPTIVE.
 III. 
SONG III. MARIAN.
 IV. 
SONG IV. GENEROUS WINE.
 V. 
SONG V. BEN BOWSER'S MAXIM.
 VI. 
SONG VI. LUCY GRAY OF ALLENDALE,
 VII. 
SONG VII. DONALD OF DUNDEE.
 IX. 
SONG IX. HARK AWAY!
 X. 
SONG X. DEARLY DO I LOVE THEE.
 XI. 
SONG XI. THEODORE AND ANNETTE.
 XII. 
SONG XII. I SIGH FOR THE GIRL I ADORE.
 XIII. 
SONG XIII. LUCKLESS JEAN.
 XIV. 
SONG XIV.
 XV. 
SONG XV. POLLY.
 XVI. 
SONG XVI. COME, SWEET GIRL, AND LIVE WITH ME.
 XVII. 
SONG XVII. THE LASSES O' THE LYNE.
 XVIII. 
SONG XVIII. FAIR SALLY.
 XIX. 
SONG XIX. ELIZA.
 XX. 
SONG XX. BONNY JEM THAT'S O'ER THE SEA.
 XXI. 
SONG XXI. KATE.
 XXII. 
SONG XXII. ABSENCE.
 XXIII. 
SONG XXIII. ELLEN AND I.
 XXIV. 
SONG XXIV. AUTUMN.
 XXV. 
SONG XXV. JULIA.
 XXVI. 
SONG XXVI. TO-MORROW.
 XXVII. 
SONG XXVII. NANNY OF THE TWEED.
 XXVIII. 
SONG XXVIII. DONALD.
 XXIX. 
SONG XXIX. WILLY OF EDEN SIDE.
 XXX. 
SONG XXX. THE LOVELY BROWN MAID.
 XXXI. 
SONG XXXI. KATE OF DOVER.
 XXXII. 
SONG XXXII SUMMER.
 XXXIII. 
SONG XXXIII. THE SWEETEST FLOWER OF YARROW.
 XXXIV. 
SONG XXXIV.
 XXXV. 
SONG XXXV. HONEST JACK.
 XXXVI. 
SONG XXXVI. MY DEARY, O.
 XXXVII. 
SONG XXXVII. THE SEASON OF LOVE.
 XXXVIII. 
SONG XXXVIII. COLLIN'S COMPLAINT.
 XXXIX. 
SONG XXXIX. MUIRLAND WILLY.
 XL. 
SONG XL. HENRY.
 XLI. 
SONG XLI. DEARLY I LOVE JOHNNY, O.
 XLIV. 
SONG XLIV. THE PRESS-GANG.
 XLV. 
SONG XLV. THE BEGGAR GIRL.
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Epigrams, &c.

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SONG XXVII. NANNY OF THE TWEED.

How sweet to view the op'ning dawn,
When Phœbus ushers in the morn;
How sweet to trace the flow'ry lawn,
When blossoms deck the spangl'd thorn:
The birds sing sweet o'er hill and grove,
And sweet's the shepherd's oaten reed;
But sweeter far the maid I love,
Fair Nanny of the Tweed.
Let heroes fly in quest of fame,
And dauntless brave the battle's roar;
Let statesmen court a gilded name,
And sailors roam from shore to shore:
Dearer to me the hill and grove,
The rural dance and oaten reed,
When wand'ring with the maid I love,
Fair Nanny of the Tweed.
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What tho' I'm doom'd, alas! by Fate
To tend each day my fleecy care,
Content would crown my lowly state,
If she'd consent my flock to share:
Then blithe I'd sing o'er hill and grove,
And tune with glee my oaten reed;
My days I'd pass in peace and love,
With Nanny of the Tweed.
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