All Poems
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359. Song-O May, thy Morn
© Robert Burns
O MAY, thy morn was ne’er so sweet
As the mirk night o’ December!
356. Epigram-The Keekin Glass
© Robert Burns
HOW daur ye ca’ me “Howlet-face”?
Ye blear-e’ed, withered spectre!
Ye only spied the keekin-glass,
An’ there ye saw your picture.
355. Epigram-Divine Service at Lamington
© Robert Burns
AS cauld a wind as ever blew,
A cauld kirk, an in’t but few:
As cauld a minister’s e’er spak;
Ye’se a’ be het e’er I come back.
354. Epigram-The Toad-eater
© Robert Burns
OF Lordly acquaintance you boast,
And the Dukes that you dined wi’ yestreen,
Yet an insect’s an insect at most,
Tho’ it crawl on the curl of a Queen!
349. Song-Kenmure’s on and awa, Willie
© Robert Burns
O KENMURE’S on and awa, Willie,
O Kenmure’s on and awa:
An’ Kenmure’s lord’s the bravest lord
That ever Galloway saw.
348. Song-I hae been at Crookieden
© Robert Burns
I HAE been at Crookieden,
My bonie laddie, Highland laddie,
347. Song-Ye Jacobites by Name
© Robert Burns
YE Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear,
Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear,
Ye Jacobites by name,
Your fautes I will proclaim,
Your doctrines I maun blame, you shall hear.
346. Song-Such a parcel of Rogues in a Nation
© Robert Burns
FAREWEEL to a’ our Scottish fame,
Fareweel our ancient glory;
345. Song-Frae the friends and land I love
© Robert Burns
FRAE the friends and land I love,
Driv’n by Fortune’s felly spite;
344. Song-Nithdale’s Welcome Hame
© Robert Burns
THE NOBLE Maxwells and their powers
Are coming o’er the border,
342. Song-Sweet Afton
© Robert Burns
FLOW gently, sweet Afton! amang thy green braes,
Flow gently, I’ll sing thee a song in thy praise;
My Mary’s asleep by thy murmuring stream,
Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream.
341. Song-My Bonie Bell
© Robert Burns
THE SMILING Spring comes in rejoicing,
And surly Winter grimly flies;
339. Song-O for ane an’ twenty, Tam
© Robert Burns
Chorus.—An’ O for ane an’ twenty, Tam!
And hey, sweet ane an’ twenty, Tam!
I’ll learn my kin a rattlin’ sang,
An’ I saw ane an’ twenty, Tam.
338. Song-My Tocher’s the Jewel
© Robert Burns
O MEIKLE thinks my luve o’ my beauty,
And meikle thinks my luve o’ my kin;
337. Song-Fragment-Altho’ he has left me
© Robert Burns
ALTHO’ he has left me for greed o’ the siller,
I dinna envy him the gains he can win;
I rather wad bear a’ the lade o’ my sorrow,
Than ever hae acted sae faithless to him.
336. Song-My Eppie Macnab
© Robert Burns
O SAW ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie Macnab?
She’s down in the yard, she’s kissin the laird,
She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab.
335. Song-Fragment-Johnie lad, Cock up your Beaver
© Robert Burns
WHEN first my brave Johnie lad came to this town,
He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown;
But now he has gotten a hat and a feather,
Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver!
334. Song-Fragment-Damon and Sylvia
© Robert Burns
YON wandering rill that marks the hill,
And glances o’er the brae, Sir,
