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Lo worms enjoy the seat of bliss Where Lords and Lairds afore did kiss.

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A Ballad - While prose work and rhymes A Bard's Epitaph A dedication to Gavin Hamilton Esq A Dream A Fiddler In The North A Fragment A Fragment [Ballad on the American War] A Fragment [On Glenriddel's Fox breaking his chain] A Fragment [When first I came to Stewart Kyle] A Grace After Dinner A Grace Before Dinner A Lass Wi A Tocher A Man's a Man for A' That A Mother's Lament A new Psalm for the chapel of Kilmarnock A Penitential thought, in the hour of Remorse A Poet's Welcome To His Love Begotten Daughter A Prayer in the Prospect of Death A Prayer, Under the Pressure of violent Anguish A sonnet upon sonnets A Tale A Toast A Verse composed and repeated by Burns A Waukrife Minnie A Winter Night Act Sederunt of the Session Adam Armour's Prayer Address Of Beelzebub Address to a Haggis Address to Edinburgh Address to General Dumourier Address to the Deil Address To The Toothache Address To The Unco Guid Address to the Woodlark Address, to the shade of Thomson Adown winding Nith I did wander Ae Fond Kiss Allan water Altered from an old English song Altho' He Has Left Me An Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed to the Excise And I'll kiss thee yet, yet Andrew And His Cutty Gun Anna Thy Charms Annotations in Verse Answer to an Invitation As I cam down by yon castle wa' As I cam o'er the Cairney Mount As I look'd over yon castle wa' As I Walk'd By Mysel As I was a wand'ring As I went out ae May morning At Brownhill Inn At Roslin Inn At Whigham's Inn, Sanquhar Auld Lang Syne Auld Rob Morris Awa Whigs Awa Ay Waukin O Banks of Cree Bannocks O' Bear Meal Behold The Hour The Boat Arrive second version Behold The Hour, The Boat, Arrive Bessy and her Spinning Wheel Beware o' Bonie Ann Birthday Ode For 31st December, 1787 Blyth Will an' Bessie's Wedding Blythe hae I been on yon hill Bonie Dundee Bonie Jean Bonie Laddie, Highland Laddie Bonie Mary Bonnie Peg Braw Lads O Galla Water Broom Besoms Brose and Butter Burns Grace at Kirkcudbright Ca' The Yowes To The Knowes Ca' the Yowes to the Knowes (2nd version) Caledonia Can you leave me thus, my Katy Carl an the king come Castle Gordon Cauld Frosty Morning Cauld is the e'enin blast Charlie, He's My Darling Chloris requesting me to give her spray of a sloe Clarinda (Mistress of my soul) Cock Up Your Beaver Come let me take thee to my breast Come Rede Me Dame Comin' O'er the Hills o' Coupar Comin' thro' the Rye Comin' thro' the rye [alternate version] Complimentary Epigram On Maria Riddell Composed In August Composed in Spring Contented wi little Corn Rigs Country Lassie Craigieburn wood Cuddie the Cooper Dainty Davie Death and Doctor Hornbook Delia Denty Daivy Despondency Divine Service In The Kirk Of Lamington Does Haughty Gaul Invasion Threat Down the burn Davie Dumfries Epigrams Duncan Davidson Duncan Davison Duncan Gray Duncan Macleerie Dusty Miller Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson Elegy on Mr William Cruikshank A.M. Elegy on Peg Nicholson Elegy On The Death Of Robert Ruisseaux Elegy On The Death of Sir James Hunter Blair Elegy On The Late Miss Burnet Of Monboddo Elegy on the year 1788 Ellibanks English Song English Song Epigram Epigram Addressed To An Artist Epigram on Captain Francis Grose, The Celebrated Antiquary Epigram on Mr James Gracie Epigram On Rough Roads Epigram On Said Occasion Epigram. Another On The Said Occasion Epigrams on Lord Galloway Epistle from a Taylor to Robert Burns Epistle To A Young Friend Epistle to Captain William Logan at Park Epistle To Davie, A Brother Poet Epistle to Dr Blacklock Epistle to Hugh Parker Epistle To J. Lapraik Epistle to James Smith Epistle To John Goldie, In Kilmarnock Epistle to John Ranken Epistle to Mr Tytler of Woodhouselee Epistle to Robert Graham Esq: of Fintry on the Election Epistle To The Rev. John M'math Epitaph Epitaph for Gavin Hamilton Esq Epitaph for Hugh Logan Epitaph for J H Writer in Ayr Epitaph For Mr Walter Riddell Epitaph for Robert Aiken Esq; Epitaph for the Author's Father Epitaph For William Nicol Epitaph on a Celebrated Ruling Elder Epitaph On A Henpecked Country Squire Epitaph on a Noisy Polemic Epitaph on a Wag in Mauchline Epitaph on D.C Epitaph On Holy Willie Epitaph on John Bushby Esq Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper Epitaph on Mr Burton Epitaph on my own friend, William Muir in Tarbolton Epitaph On Robert Muir Epitaph on Tam the Chapman Epitaph on Wee Johnie Epitaph On Wm. Graham, Esq of Mossknowe Epitaph. Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet Eppie Mcnab Errock Brae Esteem For Chloris Extempore Extempore - On being shown a beautiful Country seat Extempore - on some commemorations of Thomson Extempore (on The Loyal Natives' Verses) Extempore epistle to Mr McAdam of Craigengillan Extempore reply to an invitation Extempore to Mr Gavin Hamilton Extempore, in the Court of Session Fair Eliza Fair Jenny Fairest Maid on Devon Banks Farewell Thou Stream Farewell to Eliza Farewell to the Banks of Ayr For the sake o' Somebody Frae the friends and Land I love Fragment Fragment - Epistle from Esopus to Maria Fragment - Why, Why Tell Thy Lover Fragment [Montgomery's Peggy] Fragment [Now health forsakes that angel face] Galloway Tam Geordie - An old Ballad Gie The Lass Her Fairing Godly Girzie Grace after Meat Graces at the Globe Tavern Green Grow The Rashes Green grow the rashes [alternate version] Green grow the rashes [an older edition] Green Sleeves Grim Grizzle Gude Wallace Gudeen to you kimmer Had I a cave Had I the wyte she bade me Halloween Handsome Nell He Till't and She Till't Here awa', there awa' Here's a bottle and an honest friend Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear Here's a health to them that's awa Here's His Health In Water Here's to thy health my bonie lass Hey Ca' thro Hey for a Lass wi' a Tocher Hey tuti tatey Highland Laddie Highland Lassie O Highland Mary Holy Willie's Prayer How can I keep my maidenhead How lang and dreary is the night Hughie Graham I do confess thou art sae fair I Dream'd I Lay I hae a wife o my ain I look to the North I Love My Jean I Love My Love In Secret I Rede you beware o' the Ripples I Reign In Jeanie's Bosom I'll Aye Ca' In By Yon Town I'll mak you be fain to follow me I'll Tell You a Tale of a Wife I'm o'er young to Marry Yet Impromptu On Mrs Riddell's Birthday In the character of a ruined Farmer Inconstancy in Love Inscription on a Goblet It is na, Jean, thy bonie face It Was A' For Our Rightfu' King Jamie Come Try Me Jenny Macraw Jeremiah 15th, Ch 10 V Jessie A New Scots Song Jockey Fou and Jenny Fain Jockey was a Bonny Lad Jockey's Taen The Parting Kiss John Anderson My Jo John Barleycorn: A Ballad John come kiss me now Johnie Blunt Johnie Cope Johnie Scott Jumpin John Kellyburnbraes Ken ye na our Lass, Bess? Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose? Killiecrankie Lady Mary Ann Lady Onlie, Honest Lucky Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn Lament For The Absence Of William Creech, Publisher Lament Of Mary, Queen Of Scots, On The Approach Of Spring Lassie lie near me Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks Leezie Lindsay Let me in this ae night Letter to James Tennant, Glenconner Libel Summons Lines Addressed to Mr John Ranken Lines Inscribed In A Lady's Pocket Almanac Lines on Meeting with Lord Daer Lines on Stirling Lines on the Fall of Fyers, near Loch Ness Lines sent to John Syme of Ryedale Lines sent to Sir John Whiteford, of Whiteford, Bart Lines To A Gentleman Lines To An Old Sweetheart Lines written in the kirk of Lamington Lines Written on a Banknote Lines written on windows of the Globe Tavern, Dumfries Lines, wrote by Burns, while on his deathbed Logan Braes Logan Water Lord Gregory Lord Ronald My Son Love In The Guise Of Friendship Lovely Davies Lovely Polly Stewart Madgie cam to my bed stock Man Was Made To Mourn Mark Yonder Pomp Mary Morison McPherson's Farewell Merry Hae I Been Teethin A Heckle Monody on Maria Muirland Meg Musing On The Roaring Ocean My Ain Kind Dearie My Auntie Jean held to the shore My Bonie Bell My bony Mary My Collier laddie My Eppie My Father was a Farmer My girl she's airy My Harry was a Gallant gay My Heart's In The Highlands My Lady's gown there's gairs upon't My love she's but a lassie yet My Luve is like a Red Red Rose My Nanie, O My Nanie's Awa My Peggy's Face My Tochers the Jewel My Wife's a wanton wee thing My wife's a winsome wee thing Nae Hair On't Nature's Law Nithsdale's Welcome Hame No Churchman am I No Cold Approach O An Ye Were Dead Gudeman O ay my wife she dang me O Bonie was yon rosy brier O can ye labour lea O Can Ye Labour Lee, Young Man O dear Minny, what shall I do? O Gat ye me wi' naething O gin I had her O gude ale comes and gude ale goes O ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten O Kenmure's On And Awa , Willie O lay thy loof in mine lass O Leave Novels O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet O May thy morn O poortith cauld and restless love O Raging Fortune's Withering Blast O Saw ye bonie Lesley O saw ye my Maggie O Steer Her Up O That I Had Ne'er Been Married O this is no my ain lassie O Tibbie, I Hae Seen The Day O wat ye wha that lo'es me O wat ye wha's in yon town O were my Love yon Lilack fair O Wert Thou In The Cauld Blast O Whistle, and I'll come to ye, my lad O, for ane and twenty Tam O, were I on Parnassus Hill O'er the Water to Charlie Occasional Address, Spoken by Miss Fontenelle Ode [For General Washington's Birthday] Ode to Spring Ode to the departed Regency bill 1789 On A Bank Of Flowers On A Dog Of Lord Eglingtons On a Schoolmaster in Cleish Parish, Fifeshire On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies On a Suicide One On a Suicide Two On a window at the King's Arms Tavern, Dumfries On An Innkeeper In Tarbolton On An Innkeeper Nicknamed The Marquis On Andrew Turner On Captain Lascelles On Captain William Roddirk of Corbiston On Chloris being ill On Commissary Goldie's Brains On Fergusson A On Fergusson B On Findlater On Gabriel Richardson On James. Grieve, Laird of Boghead, Tarbolton On Jessy Lewars On John McMurdo On John Morine, laird of Laggan On Johnson's Opinion of Hampden On Marriage On Maxwell of Cardoness On Miss J. Scott, of Ayr On Miss PK On Miss Wilhelmina Alexander On Mr Pit's hair-powder tax On Robert Riddel On Scaring Some Water Fowl In Loch Turit On Seeing A Wounded Hare On seeing Miss Fontenelle in a Favourite Character On seeing Mrs Kemble in Yarico On the Birth of a Posthumous Child On the death of Echo, a Lap-dog On the death of John M'Leod, Esq. On the death of the late Lord President Dundas On the Duchess of Gordon's Reel Dancing On The Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations Thro' Scotland On the seas and far away On Wee Johnie On Willie Chalmers One Night As I Did Wander Open the door to me oh Orananaoig, or The Song of Death Our gudewife's sae modest Our John's Brak Yestreen Paraphrase Of The First Psalm Passion's Cry Pegasus at Wanlockhead Phillis The Fair Philly And Willy Pinned to Mrs Riddell's carriage Poem addressed to Mr Mitchell, Dumfries Poem on Life Poem On Pastoral Poetry Poetical Inscription, for An Altar to Independence Poor Mailie's Elegy Prayer - O Thou Dread Power Prologue Spoken At The Theatre Of Dumfries Prologue spoken by Mr Woods Put Butter In My Donald's Brose Rantin' Rovin' Robin Rattlin' Roarin' Willie Raving winds around her blowing Remorse Reply to Robert Riddell [Robert Burns] Revision for Clarinda Robert Bruce's March to Bannockburn Robert Burns' Answer [to 'Epistle from a Taylor to Robert Burns'] Robin shure in hairst Rusticity's ungainly Form Sae Far Awa Sandy and Jockie Saw Ye My Phely Scotch Drink Scotch Song Scotish Ballad Scotish Song Scots Ballad Scots Prologue, for Mrs Sutherland's Benefit Night Scroggam Second Epistle to Davie Second Epistle To J. Lapraik Sensibility how charming She says she lo'es me best of a' She's fair and fause She's Hoy'd Me Out O' Lauderdale Sic a wife as Willie's Wife Sketch Sketch for an Elegy Sketch New Year's Day. To Mrs Dunlop Sketch. Inscribed to the Right Hon. Ch. J. Fox Esq. Song [Tho' women's minds, like winter winds] Song composed at Auchtertyre on Miss Euphemia Murray of Lentrose Sonnet On Hearing A Thrush Sing Sonnet, on the death of Robert Riddel Stanzas On the Same Occasion Stay, my Charmer, can you leave me Strathallan's Lament Such A Parcel Of Rogues In A Nation Supper is na ready Sutors o' Selkirk Sweet Afton Sweet fa's the eve on Craigieburn Sweetest May Sylvander to Clarinda Tail Todle Tam Glen Tam Lin Tam o' Shanter Tam Samson's Elegy The Answer, to the Guidwife of Wauchope-House The Auld Farmer's Salutation To His Auld Mare The Auld Man's mare's dead The auld man's winter thought The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer The Banks O' Doon (First Version) The Banks O' Doon (Second Version) The Banks O' Doon (Third Version) The Banks of Nith The Banks of the Devon The Battle Of Sherramuir The Belles of Mauchline The Birks of Aberfeldy The Blue-Eyed Lassie The Bob o'Dumblane The bonie lad that's far awa The Bonie Lass Made The Bed To Me The Bonie Moor-Hen The Bonie Wee Thing The Bonniest Lass The Book Worms The Braes o' Ballochmyle The Braw Wooer The Brigs of Ayr The Calf The Campbells are coming The Captain's Lady The Cardin' O't, the Spinnin' O't The Cares o' Love The Charming Month Of May The Cooper o' Dundee The Cotter's Saturday Night The Couper o Cuddy The Dean Of The Faculty The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie The Deil's awa wi' the Exciseman The Deuks dang o'er my Daddie The Farewell The Farewell The fete champetre The First Psalm The Five Carlins The Fornicator The Gallant Weaver The Gardener wi' his paidle The German Lairdie The Gowden Locks of Anna The Guidwife of Wauchope-House The Henpecked Husband The Heron Ballads : Buy Braw Troggin The Heron Ballads : John Bushby's Lamentation The Heron Ballads : The Election : A New Song The Heron Ballads : Wham will we send to London The Highland Balou The Highland Widow's Lament The Holy Fair The Holy Tulzie The Hue and Cry of John Lewars The Humble Petition Of Bruar Water The Inventory The Jolly Beggars : Fiddlers Tune The Jolly Beggars : I am a bard of no regard The Jolly Beggars : I am a son of Mars The Jolly Beggars : John Highlandman The Jolly Beggars : Love and Liberty - A Cantata The Jolly Beggars : Merry Andrew The Jolly Beggars : My Bonie Lass I Work in Brass The Jolly Beggars : See the Smoking Bowl Before us The Jolly Beggars : Sir Wisdom's a fool when he's fou The Jolly Beggars : Sodger Laddie The Jolly Gauger The Keekin Glass The Kirk of Scotland's Garland The laddies by the banks o' Nith The Lament The Lass o' Liviston The Lass of Cessnock Banks The Lass of Ecclefechan The Lassie Gath'ring Nits The Lazy Mist The lea-rig The Linkin' Laddie The Lovely Lass o' Inverness The Lovers morning salute to his Mistress The Mauchline Wedding The Mill Mill-O. Original The Minstrel at Lincluden The Modiewark The Night was still The Ninetieth Psalm The Northern Lass The Ordination The Patriarch The Ploughman The Ploughman - merry muses The Ploughman's Life The Posie The Primrose The Rantin Dog, The Daddie O't The Rantin Laddie The Reel O' Stumpie The Rights of Woman The Ronalds of the Bennals The Rosebud The rowin't in her apron The Seventh of November The Shepherd's Wife The Slave's Lament The small birds rejoice The Solemn League and Covenant The Sons of Old Killie The Tailor The Tarbolton Lasses The Taylor The Taylor fell thro' the bed The Toadeater The Tree of Liberty The Trogger The Twa Dogs The Twa Herds The Vision The Vision Suppressed The Weary Pund O Tow The Whistle The White Cockade The Winter It Is Past The Wren's Nest (Fragment) The Yellow, yellow Yorlin' The Young Highland Rover Their groves o' sweet myrtle Then Guidwife count the lawin Theniel Menzies bonie Mary There Cam A Cadger There cam a Soger There Grows A Bonnie Brier Bush There was a bonie lass There Was Twa Wives There'll Never Be Peace Till Jamie Comes Hame There's a youth in this city There's hair on't There's news lasses news There's three true gude fellows They took me to the Haly Band Thine am I, my Chloris fair Third Epistle To J. Lapraik Thou Gloomy December Thou Hast Left Me Ever Jamie Though fickle fortune has deceived me Tibbie Dunbar Tibbie Fowler To a Louse To A Mountain Daisy To a Mouse To a painter To a Young Lady, Miss Jessy Lewars To Alexander Cunningham To Alexander Findlater To Capt Gordon on being asked... To Captain Riddell To Chloris To Clarinda To Daunton Me To Dr John MacKenzie To Dr Maxwell, on Miss Jessy Staig's recovery To John Kennedy To John Syme [A] To Maria To Mary in Heaven To Miss Ainslie, in Church To Miss Cruickshank, a very young Lady To Miss Ferrier To Miss Graham of Fintry To Miss Isabella MacLeod To Miss Logan To Mr E - on his translation of and commentaries on Martial To Mr Gavin Hamilton. Mauchline To Mr Graham of Fintry, On being appointed to my Excise Division To Mr John Kennedy To Mr McMurdo, with a pound of Lundiefoot Snuff To Mr S Mackenzie To Mrs C To one who affirmed of a well-known Character To Peter Stuart To Renton of Lamerton To Robert Graham a Request for an Excise Division To Robert Graham of Fintry Esq To Ruin To Symon Gray To Terraughty, on his birthday To the beautiful Miss Eliza J-n, on her principles of liberty and equality To the Hon Mr RM, of Panmure, on his high Phaeton To the memory of Mrs Oswald To the Memory of the Unfortunate Miss Burns To the Weaver's gin ye go To W. Simpson, Ochiltree To William Stewart Twas na her bonie blue e'e Tweedmouth Town Up and warn a' Willie Up In The Morning Early Verses addressed to J Ranken Verses intended to be written below a noble Earl's picture Verses written on a window of the Inn at Carron Verses written with a Pencil over the Chimney-piece Versicles on Sign-posts Wad ye do that? Wae is my heart We're a' gaun southie, O Wee Willie Gray Wha is that at my bower door? Wha the Deil can hinder the wind to blaw? Wha'll Mow Me Now What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man What will I do gin my Hoggie die When Princes and Prelates When she cam ben she bobbed When Wild War's Deadly Blast Was Blawn Where braving angry Winter's Storms Where Helen Lies Whistle O'er The Lave O't Why God had made Miss D so little and Mrs A so big Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary Will ye na can ye na let me be Willie Brew'd A Peck O' Maut Wilt thou be my Dearie Winter A Dirge Written In Friars' Carse Hermitage Written Under The Picture of the Celebrated Miss Burns Ye hae lien wrang, Lassie Ye Jacobites By Name Ye'se get a hole to hide it in Yon wild mossy mountains Yon, yon, yon lassie You're welcome, Willie Stewart Young Jockey was the blythest lad

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