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Poems, on sacred and other subjects

and songs, humorous and sentimental: By the late William Watt. Third edition of the songs only--with additional songs
Watt, William

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The Rose of Sharon.
  
All Must Die.
  
Ode to Charity.
  
Ode to Friendship.
  
ON THE Decay of the Scottish Language & Manners.
  
Elegy on Robert Frame,
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Donald Stuart: a Tale.
  
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DONALD'S SANG.
  
THE CHANGE O' THE TIMES;
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Hebrew Melodies.
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MELODY FIRST. Nahum, Chap. I.
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MELODY SECOND. Nahum, Chap. II.
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MELODY THIRD. Nahum, Chap. III.
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MELODY FOURTH. 2d Samuel, I. 19, &c.
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MELODY FIFTH. Proverbs, VII. 6, &c.
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MELODY SIXTH. Solomon's Song, Chap. II. III.
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MELODY SEVENTH. Psalm CXXXVII.
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MELODY EIGHTH. Isaiah, Chap. VI.
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MELODY NINTH. Genesis, VII. 10, &c.
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The Vision of Mopus.
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The Missionary's Death.
  
Britain's-Decline.
  
Epistle to I. Macpherson.
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SONGS.
  
ALL HAIL, CALEDONIA.
  
THE GLORIOUS BARD OF KYLE.
  
THE WARRIOR'S WELCOME.
  
THE BATTLE OF VITTORIA.
  
THE BELGIAN ACCOUNT OF THE BATTLE OF FLEURUS.
  
SONG.
  
BAB AT THE BOWSTER.
  
MERRILY DANCED THE QUAKER'S WIFE.
  
THE PEDLAR.
  
AULD JOHN PAUL.
  
ELSPA ADAIR.
  
GRIZZIL GRANGER.
  
KATE DARYMPLE.
  
SONG.
  
JEAN SAIPYSAPLES.
  
THE TINKLER'S WEDDING.
  
LOO ME LITTLE AND LOO ME LANG.
  
WALLACE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY BEFORE THE BATTLE OF FALKIRK.
  
THE CHEVALIER'S WELCOME.
  
THE CHEVALIER'S FAREWELL TO FLORA M'DONALD.
  
BAULDY FRAZER'S GAZETTE OF THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
  
THE BATTLE OF WATERLOO.
  
BUONAPARTE'S LAMENT IN HIS LAST EXILE.
  
THE REBEL'S LAMENT.
  
THE POLISH REFUGEE.
  
KATTIE CHRISTIE.
  
WHILE TEMPEST RAGES O'ER THE DEEP.
  
HAB O' THE MILL.
  
THE BRIDAL PROSPECT.
  
GREEN BUD THE BIRKS AGAIN.
  
THE LASSIE ON THE BANKS OF CART.
  
THE LASS OF DYCHMONT-HILL.
  
THE MERRY GARD'NER.
  
GALLOWA' TAM.
  
THE SOLDIER'S RETURN.
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POEMS.
  
The Pleasures of Faith.
  
A Dream.
  
Ode to the Sun.
  
A Sabbath Morning Reflection.
  
A Prayer.
  
The Infanticide.
  
On Scepticism.
  
“All is Vanity and Vexation of Spirit.”
  
The Mahometan Pilgrim.
  
The Waes o' Ambition;
  
On Genius.
  
Kilbride Kirk's most Sincere Thanks
  
An Elegy
  
EPITAPH.
  
Allan Bane's Dream.
  
The Revel of Riot.
  
The Misanthropos.
  
Britannia in Lacrymis.
  
Scotia's Lament.
  
The Poetaster: an Epigram.
  
Cash.
  
Ode on the Return of Peace.
  
Content.
  
Epitaph
  
Vice's Entreaty.
  
Epitaph on a Lady,
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SONGS.
  
DEAR CALEDONIA.
  
THE STAR OF BRUNSWICK.
  
THE SOLDIER'S DIRGE.
  
THE BATTLE OF NAVARINO.
  
THE HUNGARIAN REFUGEE.
  
NON MI RICORDO.
  
THE BARBER'S BRIBES.
  
THE BEADLE AND THE SEXTON.
  
CUPID'S CONQUEST.
  
SEND THE COG ABOUT.
  
GET NELLY'S HAND.
  
THE CADGER.
  
THE PAINTER.
  
THE MERRY NEW YEAR.
  
TIT FOR TAT.
  
MUNGO M'GILL.
  
THE RUNAWA' BRIDE.
  
A MASONIC SONG.
  
MY WIFE'S AYE TIPPLIN'.
  
BOB O' THE BENT.
  
THE HEROIC TAILOR.
  
FAR BEYOND THE ISLE OF KILDA.
  
THINK OF THY VOWS.
  
FAR AWA' FRAE THEE, ANNA.
  
THE FORTUNATE WANDERER.
  
FU' LEESOME AND LEAL IS MY LADDIE.
  
THE LASS WITH THE AUBURN HAIR.
  
THE LUCKLESS WOOER.
  
THE BRAES OF BUSBIE.
  
THE BLOOM OF KILBRIDE.
  
I WILL STRAY TO YON GLEN.
  
MARY, THE MAID O' THE INN.
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POEMS.
  
The Rich Man's Sabbath.
  
An Acrostic.
  
The Convert's Hymn.
  
A Hymn.
  
Winter's Approach.
  
STANZAS On a Starry Winter Night.
  
Ode to Spring.
  
ELEGAIC STANZAS
  
To Vice.
  
The Auld Weaver's Address
  
The Death o' Trade:
  
The Clachan New-Year Day.
  
STANZAS ON HEARING A YOUNG LADY PERFORM On the Piano Forte.
  
Extemporary Lines
  
Ode to Poetry.
  
The Bard's Address to his Flute.
  
The Life of the Loreless Bard.
  
The Tinkler's Wedding.
  
The Hawk.
  
Fable: THE REDBREAST AND LINNET.
  
ON HEARING A Lark Singing after Sunset.
  
The Lapdog Cured.
  
Emigration.
  
STANZAS COMPOSED ON READING THE ACCOUNT OF THE Execution of Marshal Ney.
  
Epistle to J. R.
  
To Louisa B.
  
Hospitality:
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SONGS.
  
THE EMIGRANT'S LAMENT.
  
THE LAST VIEW OF ERIN.
  
THE AFRICAN TRAVELLERS.
  
WAE DAYS FOR ANE AND A'.
  
TO THE MEMORY OF C. J. FOX.
  
IRISH ECONOMY.
  
BARNY BLAKE'S MISFORTUNE.
  
BARNY O'BRYNE.
  
THE INSPIRED BACHELOR.
  
NEIL M'NEIL'S NARRATIVE.
  
THE SHEPHERD OF LORN.
  
MAGGIE PICKEN.
  
MISS HARRIOT LUCY BROWN.
  
CALLER HERRIN'.
  
THE LOVELY HUSSAR.
  
THE BONNIE BANKS OF CALDER.
  
MARY'S LAMENT.
  
COME TO YON BIRKEN BOWER.
  
ANNA, MY DEAR!
  
MARIA.
  
DARKSOME WINTER'S COME AGAIN.
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POEMS.
  
Solitude.
  
Address to the Protestant.
  
ELEGY ON THE DEATH OF HIS MAJESTY George the Third.
  
DIRGE ON THE DEATH OF Queen Caroline.
  
LINES ON The Death of Buonaparte.
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The Battle of Issus,
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Elegy
  
Elegy ON THE LATE J. F. SURGEON.
  
Saturday in Glasgow.
  
Address to Line Water.
  
An Address to Calder Water.
  
An Address to the Mains Castle.
  
An Address to the Kirktoun Pharisees.
  
Lynda and Dormac of Cassimere.
  
LAMENT On the Dearth of Tobacco.
  
Whi'sonmonday.
  
The Twalt' o' August.
  
STANZAS ON READING IN THE GLASGOW HERALD THE ACCOUNT OF LAYING THE FOUNDATION STONE OF A MONUMENT In Memory of Robert Burns.
  
An Address to Poverty.
  
VERSES ON SEEING A Trout in a Small Pool,
  
On Hypocrisy.
  
Lines to a Young Lady,
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SONGS.
  
JACK JIBB.
  
ROBIN GLEN'S COURTSHIP.
  
GLASGOW FAIR.
  
THE ADVICE.
  
TAM TWIST.
  
LOVE TRIUMPHANT.
  
WISHING FOR MARRIAGE.
  
HE'S AWA' AND LEFT US:
  
THE INSTRUMENTAL BAND.
  
THE BRIDE OF LORN.
  
THE MAID OF ARRAN.
  
MY LASSIE'S FAR AWA'.
  
SWEET MARIA.
  
THE LOST SMILE OF HOPE.
  
CORA LINN.
  
MATRIMONIAL JOYS.
  
PARTING OF NORMA AND ANNA.
  
THE ABSENT SWAIN.
  
IN YON GREEN GLEN.
  
THE MAID OF ARGYLL.
  
THE LOVELY MAID OF JURA ISLE.
  
THE MAID OF COWAL.
  
A Reflection on Life.

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The Poetaster: an Epigram.

A pedant Peter Rithmus was,
Who vow'd he knew prosodial laws;
A bold pretender unto all
The strains which from the Muses fall:
But yet, alas! his visage shows
Want visits oft'ner than the Muse.
He sits up late, burns many a candle,
In hopes his subject well he'll handle:
His stock of lore in every lay is cramm'd,
And, after all his pains, his works are damned.
Though Rithmus thinks all else he doth surpass,
The critics term him still a stupid ass.
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