Poems begining by &
/ page 17 of 41 /72. SongYoung Peggy Blooms
© Robert Burns
YOUNG Peggy blooms our boniest lass,
Her blush is like the morning,
The rosy dawn, the springing grass,
With early gems adorning.
552. Complimentary versicles to Jessie Lewars
© Robert Burns
JESSIES ILLNESSSay, sages, whats the charm on earth
Can turn Deaths dart aside!
It is not purity and worth,
Else Jessie had not died.
549. Epistle to Colonel de Peyster
© Robert Burns
But lest you think I am uncivil
To plague you with this draunting drivel,
Abjuring a intentions evil,
I quat my pen,
The Lord preserve us frae the devil!
Amen! Amen!
212. SongRaving Winds Around her Blowing
© Robert Burns
RAVING winds around her blowing,
Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing,
By a river hoarsely roaring,
Isabella strayd deploring
187. Epigram on Parting with a kind Host in the Highlands
© Robert Burns
WHEN Deaths dark stream I ferry oer,
(A time that surely shall come,)
In Heavn itself Ill ask no more,
Than just a Highland welcome.
366. SongThe weary Pund o Tow
© Robert Burns
Chorus.The weary pund, the weary pund,
The weary pund o tow;
I think my wife will end her life,
Before she spin her tow.
289. SongAwa, Whigs, Awa
© Robert Burns
Chorus.Awa Whigs, awa!
Awa Whigs, awa!
Yere but a pack o traitor louns,
Yell do nae gude at a.
339. SongO for ane an twenty, Tam
© Robert Burns
Chorus.An O for ane an twenty, Tam!
And hey, sweet ane an twenty, Tam!
Ill learn my kin a rattlin sang,
An I saw ane an twenty, Tam.
71. Second Epistle to Davie
© Robert Burns
Haud to the Muse, my daintie Davie:
The warl may play you mony a shavie;
But for the Muse, shell never leave ye,
Tho eer sae puir,
Na, even tho limpin wi the spavie
Frae door tae door.
553. SongO lay thy loof in mine, lass
© Robert Burns
ChorusO lay thy loof in mine, lass,
In mine, lass, in mine, lass;
And swear on thy white hand, lass,
That thou wilt be my ain.
384. SongHighland Mary
© Robert Burns
YE banks, and braes, and streams around
The castle o Montgomery!
Green be your woods, and fair your flowers,
Your waters never drumlie:
317. SongThe Banks o Doon (Second Version)
© Robert Burns
YE flowery banks o bonie Doon,
How can ye blume sae fair?
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae fu o care!
500. SongCraigieburn Wood (Second Version)
© Robert Burns
SWEET fas the eve on Craigieburn,
And blythe awakes the morrow;
But a the pride o Springs return
Can yield me nocht but sorrow.
318. SongThe Banks o Doon (Third Version)
© Robert Burns
YE banks and braes o bonie Doon,
How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair?
How can ye chant, ye little birds,
And I sae weary fu o care!
285. SongI Gaed a Waefu Gate Yestreen
© Robert Burns
I GAED a waefu gate yestreen,
A gate, I fear, Ill dearly rue;
I gat my death frae twa sweet een,
Twa lovely een obonie blue.
194. SongBlythe was She
© Robert Burns
Chorus.Blythe, blythe and merry was she,
Blythe was she but and ben;
Blythe by the banks of Earn,
And blythe in Glenturit glen.
550. SongA Lass wi a Tocher
© Robert Burns
AWA wi your witchcraft o Beautys alarms,
The slender bit Beauty you grasp in your arms,
O, gie me the lass that has acres o charms,
O, gie me the lass wi the weel-stockit farms.
555. SongO wert thou in the cauld blast
© Robert Burns
O WERT thou in the cauld blast,
On yonder lea, on yonder lea,
My plaidie to the angry airt,
Id shelter thee, Id shelter thee;
506. Epigram on Mr. James Gracie
© Robert Burns
GRACIE, thou art a man of worth,
O be thou Dean for ever!
May he be dd to hell henceforth,
Who fauts thy weight or measure!
464. The Highland Widows Lament
© Robert Burns
OH I am come to the low Countrie,
Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie!
Without a penny in my purse,
To buy a meal to me.