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© Robert Burns
RUSTICITYS ungainly form
May cloud the highest mind;
But when the heart is nobly warm,
The good excuse will find.
388. Extempore on some commemorations of Thomson
© Robert Burns
DOST thou not rise, indignant shade,
And smile wi spurning scorn,
When they wha wad hae starved thy life,
Thy senseless turf adorn?
188. SongStrathallans Lament
© Robert Burns
THICKEST 1 night, oerhang my dwelling!
Howling tempests, oer me rave!
Turbid torrents, wintry swelling,
Roaring by my lonely cave!
355. EpigramDivine Service at Lamington
© Robert Burns
AS cauld a wind as ever blew,
A cauld kirk, an int but few:
As cauld a ministers eer spak;
Yese a be het eer I come back.
79. Adam Armours Prayer
© Robert Burns
As for the jurr-puir worthless body!
Shes got mischief enough already;
Wi stanged hips, and buttocks bluidy
Shes sufferd sair;
But, may she wintle in a woody,
If she wh-e mair!
410. EpigramKirk and State Excisemen
© Robert Burns
YE men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering
Gainst poor Excisemen? Give the cause a hearing:
What are your Landlords rent-rolls?Taxing ledgers!
What Premiers?What evn Monarchs?Mighty Gaugers!
Nay, what are Priests? (those seeming godly wise-men,)
What are they, pray, but Spiritual Excisemen!
516. SongIll aye ca in by yon town
© Robert Burns
ChorusIll aye ca in by yon town,
And by yon garden-green again;
Ill aye ca in by yon town,
And see my bonie Jean again.
507. SongBonie Peg-a-Ramsay
© Robert Burns
CAULD is the eenin blast,
O Boreas oer the pool,
An dawin it is dreary,
When birks are bare at Yule.
236. SongI Reign in Jeanies Bosom
© Robert Burns
LOUIS, what reck I by thee,
Or Geordie on his ocean?
Dyvor, beggar louns to me,
I reign in Jeanies bosom!
131. SongWillie Chalmers
© Robert Burns
WI braw new branks in mickle pride,
And eke a braw new brechan,
My Pegasus Im got astride,
And up Parnassus pechin;
344. SongNithdales Welcome Hame
© Robert Burns
THE NOBLE Maxwells and their powers
Are coming oer the border,
And theyll gae big Terreagles towers
And set them a in order.
266. SongThe Banks of Nith
© Robert Burns
THE THAMES flows proudly to the sea,
Where royal cities stately stand;
But sweeter flows the Nith to me,
Where Comyns ance had high command.
525. SongHad I the wyte, she bade me
© Robert Burns
HAD I the wyte, had I the wyte,
Had I the wyte? she bade me;
She watchd me by the hie-gate side,
And up the loan she shawd me.
338. SongMy Tochers the Jewel
© Robert Burns
O MEIKLE thinks my luve o my beauty,
And meikle thinks my luve o my kin;
But little thinks my luve I ken brawlie
My tochers the jewel has charms for him.
546. SongJockies taen the parting Kiss
© Robert Burns
JOCKEYS taen the parting kiss,
Oer the mountains he is gane,
And with him is a my bliss,
Nought but griefs with me remain,
364. SongI do confess thou art sae fair
© Robert Burns
I DO confess thou art sae fair,
I was been oer the lugs in luve,
Had I na found the slightest prayer
That lips could speak thy heart could muve.
517. SongO wat ye whas in yon town
© Robert Burns
ChorusO wat ye whas in yon town,
Ye see the eenin sun upon,
The dearest maids in yon town,
That eening sun is shining on.
443. SongWilt thou be my Dearie
© Robert Burns
WILT thou be my Dearie?
When Sorrow wring thy gentle heart,
O wilt thou let me cheer thee!
By the treasure of my soul,
389. SongDuncan Gray
© Robert Burns
DUNCAN GRAY cam here to woo,
Ha, ha, the wooing ot,
On blythe Yule-night when we were fou,
Ha, ha, the wooing ot,
376. SongThe Deils awa wi the Exciseman
© Robert Burns
THE DEIL cam fiddlin thro the town,
And dancd awa wi th Exciseman,
And ilka wife cries, Auld Mahoun,
I wish you luck o the prize, man.