Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, Volume 1
by Robert Burns
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Contents
- Preface
- Song—Handsome Nell
- Song—O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day
- Song—I Dream’d I Lay
- Song—In The Character Of A Ruined Farmer
- Tragic Fragment
- Tarbolton Lasses, The
- Montgomerie’s Peggy
- Ploughman’s Life, The
- Ronalds Of The Bennals, The
- Song—Here’s To Thy Health
- Lass Of Cessnock Banks, The
- Song—Bonie Peggy Alison
- Song—Mary Morison
- Winter: A Dirge
- Prayer, Under The Pressure Of Violent Anguish
- Paraphrase Of The First Psalm
- First Six Verses Of The Ninetieth Psalm Versified, The
- Prayer, In The Prospect Of Death
- Stanzas, On The Same Occasion
- Fickle Fortune: A Fragment
- Raging Fortune—Fragment Of Song
- Impromptu—“I’ll Go And Be A Sodger”
- Song—“No Churchman Am I”
- My Father Was A Farmer
- John Barleycorn: A Ballad
- Death And Dying Words Of Poor Mailie, The Author’s Only Pet Yowe., The
- Poor Mailie’s Elegy
- Song—The Rigs O’ Barley
- Song Composed In August
- Song
- Song—Green Grow The Rashes
- Song—Wha Is That At My Bower-Door
- Remorse: A Fragment
- Epitaph On My Own Friend And My Father’s Friend, Wm. Muir In Tarbolton Mill
- Epitaph On My Ever Honoured Father
- Ballad On The American War
- Reply To An Announcement By J. Rankine On His Writing To The Poet,
- Epistle To John Rankine
- A Poet’s Welcome To His Love-Begotten Daughter
- Song—O Leave Novels
- Fragment—The Mauchline Lady
- Fragment—My Girl She’s Airy
- The Belles Of Mauchline
- Epigram On The Said Occasion
- Another
- On Tam The Chapman
- Epitaph On John Rankine
- Man Was Made To Mourn: A Dirge
- The Twa Herds; Or, The Holy Tulyie
- Epistle To Davie, A Brother Poet
- Holy Willie’s Prayer
- Epitaph On Holy Willie
- Death and Doctor Hornbook
- Epistle To J. Lapraik, An Old Scottish Bard
- Second Epistle To J. Lapraik
- Epistle To William Simson
- Postcript
- One Night As I Did Wander
- Tho’ Cruel Fate Should Bid Us Part
- Song—Rantin’, Rovin’ Robin
- Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux
- Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock
- The Holy Fair
- Third Epistle To J. Lapraik
- Epistle To The Rev. John M’math
- Second Epistle to Davie
- Song—Young Peggy Blooms
- Song—Farewell To Ballochmyle
- Fragment—Her Flowing Locks
- Halloween
- To A Mouse, On Turning Her Up In Her Nest With The Plough, November, 1785
- Epitaph On John Dove, Innkeeper
- Epitaph For James Smith
- Adam Armour’s Prayer
- The Jolly Beggars: A Cantata
- Song—For A’ That
- Song—Merry Hae I Been Teethin A Heckle
- The Cotter’s Saturday Night
- Address To The Deil
- Scotch Drink
- The Auld Farmer’s New-Year-Morning Salutation To His Auld Mare, Maggie
- The Twa Dogs
- The Author’s Earnest Cry And Prayer
- The Ordination
- Epistle To James Smith
- The Vision
- Suppressed Stanza’s Of “The Vision”
- Address To The Unco Guid, Or The Rigidly Righteous
- The Inventory
- To John Kennedy, Dumfries House
- To Mr. M’Adam, Of Craigen-Gillan
- To A Louse, On Seeing One On A Lady’s Bonnet, At Church
- Inscribed On A Work Of Hannah More’s
- Song, Composed In Spring
- To A Mountain Daisy,
- To Ruin
- The Lament
- Despondency: An Ode
- To Gavin Hamilton, Esq., Mauchline,
- Versified Reply To An Invitation
- Song—Will Ye Go To The Indies, My Mary?
- Song—My Highland Lassie, O
- Epistle To A Young Friend
- Address Of Beelzebub
- A Dream
- A Dedication
- Versified Note To Dr. Mackenzie, Mauchline
- The Farewell To the Brethren of St. James’ Lodge, Tarbolton
- On A Scotch Bard, Gone To The West Indies
- Song—Farewell To Eliza
- A Bard’s Epitaph
- The Lass O’ Ballochmyle
- Lines To An Old Sweetheart
- Lines Written On A Banknote
- Stanzas On Naething
- The Farewell
- Thomson’s Edward and Eleanora
- The Calf
- Nature’s Law—A Poem
- Song—Willie Chalmers
- Reply To A Trimming Epistle Received From A Tailor
- The Brigs Of Ayr
- Fragment Of Song
- Epigram On Rough Roads
- Prayer—O Thou Dread Power
- Farewell Song To The Banks Of Ayr
- Address To The Toothache
- Lines On Meeting With Lord Daer
- Masonic Song
- Tam Samson’s Elegy
- Epistle To Major Logan
- A Winter Night
- Song—Yon Wild Mossy Mountains
- Address To Edinburgh
- Address To A Haggis
- To Miss Logan, With Beattie’s Poems, For A New-Year’s Gift, Jan. 1, 1787
- Mr. William Smellie—A Sketch
- Song—Bonie Dundee
- Extempore In The Court Of Session
- Inscription For The Headstone Of Fergusson The Poet
- Epistle To Mrs. Scott
- Verses Intended To Be Written Below A Noble Earl’s Picture
- Prologue
- The Bonie Moor-Hen
- Song—My Lord A-Hunting
- Epigram At Roslin Inn
- Epigram Addressed To An Artist
- Song—A Bottle And Friend
- Epitaph For Mr. William Michie
- Address To Wm. Tytler, Esq., Of Woodhouselee
- Burlesque Lament For The Absence Of William Creech, Publisher
- Note To Mr. Renton Of Lamerton
- Elegy On “Stella”
- The Bard At Inverary
- On The Death Of John M’Leod, Esq,
- Elegy On The Death Of Sir James Hunter Blair
- Impromptu On Carron Iron Works
- To Miss Ferrier
- Written By Somebody On The Window
- The Poet’s Reply To The Threat Of A Censorious Critic
- Verses Written With A Pencil
- Song—The Birks Of Aberfeldy
- The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water
- Lines On The Fall Of Fyers Near Loch-Ness
- Strathallan’s Lament
- Castle Gordon
- Song—Lady Onlie, Honest Lucky
- Theniel Menzies’ Bonie Mary
- The Bonie Lass Of Albany
- On Scaring Some Water-Fowl In Loch-Turit
- Blythe Was She
- A Rose-Bud By My Early Walk
- Song—The Banks Of The Devon
- Braving Angry Winter’s Storms
- Song—My Peggy’s Charms
- The Young Highland Rover
- Birthday Ode For 31st December, 1787
- On The Death Of Robert Dundas, Esq., Of Arniston,
- Sylvander To Clarinda
- Love In The Guise Of Friendship