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| 1551. | 311. On the Birth of a Posthumous Child by Robert Burns | | SWEET flow’ret, pledge o’ meikle love,
And ward o’ mony a prayer,
What heart o’ stane wad thou na move,
Sae helpless, sweet, and fair?
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| 1552. | 30. Song—Composed in August by Robert Burns | | NOW westlin winds and slaught’ring guns
Bring Autumn’s pleasant weather;
The moorcock springs on whirring wings
Amang the blooming heather:... |
| 1553. | 185. The Humble Petition of Bruar Water by Robert Burns | | MY lord, I know your noble ear
Woe ne’er assails in vain;
Embolden’d thus, I beg you’ll hear
Your humble slave complain,
How saucy Phoeb... |
| 1554. | 455. Epitaph on a noted coxcomb by Robert Burns | | LIGHT lay the earth on Billy’s breast,
His chicken heart so tender;
But build a castle on his head,
His scull will prop it under.... |
| 1555. | 245. Versicles on Sign-Posts by Robert Burns | | CURS’D be the man, the poorest wretch in life,
The crouching vassal to a tyrant wife!
Who has no will but by her high permission,
Who has not six... |
| 1557. | 424. Song—Phillis the Fair by Robert Burns | | WHILE larks, with little wing,
Fann’d the pure air,
Tasting the breathing Spring,
Forth I did fare:
Gay the sun’s golden eye
Peep’d oâ€... |
| 1558. | 387. Epigram on Miss Fontenelle by Robert Burns | | SWEET naïveté of feature,
Simple, wild, enchanting elf,
Not to thee, but thanks to Nature,
Thou art acting but thyself.
Wert thou awkwa... |
| 1560. | 307. Elegy on Captain Matthew Henderson by Robert Burns | | O DEATH! thou tyrant fell and bloody!
The meikle devil wi’ a woodie
Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie,
O’er hurcheon hides,
A... |
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