Poems begining by &
/ page 11 of 41 /522. SongThe Cardin ot, the Spinning ot
© Robert Burns
I COFT a stane o haslock woo,
To mak a wab to Johnie ot;
For Johnie is my only jo,
I loe him best of onie yet.
348. SongI hae been at Crookieden
© Robert Burns
I HAE been at Crookieden,
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie,
Viewing Willie and his men,
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie.
336. SongMy Eppie Macnab
© Robert Burns
O SAW ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
Shes down in the yard, shes kissin the laird,
She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab.
265. SongYoung Jockie was the Blythest Lad
© Robert Burns
YOUNG Jockie was the blythest lad,
In a our town or here awa;
Fu blythe he whistled at the gaud,
Fu lightly dancd he in the ha.
381. SongFragmentNo cold approach
© Robert Burns
NO cold approach, no altered mien,
Just what would make suspicion start;
No pause the dire extremes between,
He made me blestand broke my heart.
445. The Minstel at Lincluden
© Robert Burns
AS I stood by yon roofless tower,
Where the waflowr scents the dery air,
Where the howlet mourns in her ivy bower,
And tells the midnight moon her care.
290. SongA Waukrife Minnie
© Robert Burns
WHARE are you gaun, my bonie lass,
Whare are you gaun, my hinnie?
She answered me right saucilie,
An errand for my minnie.
320. Lines to Sir John Whitefoord, Bart
© Robert Burns
THOU, who thy honour as thy God reverst,
Who, save thy minds reproach, nought earthly fearst,
To thee this votive offering I impart,
The tearful tribute of a broken heart.
405. EpigramCommissary Goldies Brains
© Robert Burns
LORD, to account who dares thee call,
Or eer dispute thy pleasure?
Else why, within so thick a wall,
Enclose so poor a treasure?
282. Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed to an Excise Division
© Robert Burns
SEARCHING auld wives barrels,
Ochon the day!
That clarty barm should stain my laurels:
Butwhatll ye say?
These movin things cad wives an weans,
Wad move the very hearts o stanes!
514. SongThe Lass o Ecclefechan
© Robert Burns
GAT ye me, O gat ye me,
O gat ye me wi naething?
Rock an reel, and spinning wheel,
A mickle quarter basin:
356. EpigramThe Keekin Glass
© Robert Burns
HOW daur ye ca me Howlet-face?
Ye blear-eed, withered spectre!
Ye only spied the keekin-glass,
An there ye saw your picture.
473. On Chloris requesting a sprig of blossomd thorn
© Robert Burns
FROM the white-blossomd sloe my dear Chloris requested
A sprig, her fair breast to adorn:
No, by Heavens! I exclaimd, let me perish, if ever
I plant in that bosom a thorn!
470. SongShe says she loes me best of a
© Robert Burns
SAE flaxen were her ringlets,
Her eyebrows of a darker hue,
Bewitchingly oer-arching
Twa laughing een o lovely blue;
69. Third Epistle to J. Lapraik
© Robert Burns
But stooks are cowpit wi the blast,
And now the sinn keeks in the west,
Then I maun rin amang the rest,
An quat my chanter;
Sae I subscribe myself in haste,
Yours, Rab the Ranter.Sept. 13, 1785.
227. Verses on Friars Carse Hermitage (First Version)
© Robert Burns
THOU whom chance may hither lead,
Be thou clad in russet weed,
Be thou deckt in silken stole,
Grave these maxims on thy soul.
491. SongLassie wi the Lint-white Locks
© Robert Burns
Chorus.Lassie withe lint-white locks,
Bonie lassie, artless lassie,
Wilt thou wi me tent the flocks,
Wilt thou be my Dearie, O?
485. SongHow lang and dreary is the night
© Robert Burns
HOW lang and dreary is the night
When I am frae my Dearie;
I restless lie frae een to morn
Though I were neer sae weary.
81. SongFor a that
© Robert Burns
THO 1 womens minds, like winter winds,
May shift, and turn, an a that,
The noblest breast adores them maist
A consequence I draw that.
476. Epigram on the same Lairds Country Seat
© Robert Burns
WE grant theyre thine, those beauties all,
So lovely in our eye;
Keep them, thou eunuch, Cardoness,
For others to enjoy!