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A COMPLETE 
 
 Word and Phrase 
 
 CONCORDANCE 
 
 Poems and Songs 
 
 Robert Burns 
 
A Complete 
 
 Word and Phrase 
 
 Concordance 
 
 to the 
 
 Poems and Songs 
 
 of 
 
 Robert Burns 
 
 r- 
 
 Incorporating a Glossary of Scotch Words, 
 With Notes, Index, and Appendix of Readings. 
 
 Compiled and Edited by 
 
 J. B. Reid, M.A., &c. 
 
 Glasgow 
 
 Kerr & Richardson, 89 Queen Street. 
 
 1889. 
 
 \All rights reserved.'] 
 
PRINTED BY 
 ROBERT ANDERSON, 22 ANN STREET, 
 GLASGOW. " 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 HAKSPEARE has his Concordance; lesser poets, such as Tennyson and 
 Cowper, have theirs — why not Burns, the National Poet of Scotland? 
 It may be said that Burns is not a voluminous writer; yet there are 
 no fewer than six hundred distinct pieces in his "Poems and Songs;" 
 and the difHculty of verifying a quotation, finding a phrase, a happy expression, or 
 the exact words of a passage, is further augmented by the hopeless character of the 
 Index to any "Edition" that may be possessed. But, apart from the question of 
 utility, a genius hke Burns — wielding with unrivalled power what Ruskin characterises 
 as "the sweetest, richest, subtlest, most musical of all the living dialects of Europe" 
 — is a writer whose every word is deserving of study. 
 
 This Concordance claims to be not only a complete Verbal but also a complete 
 Phrase Concordance* — the first instance in which this combination has been attempted. 
 In view of the fact that no poet, except Shakspeare, is more quotable than Bums, the 
 aim has been to give every quotation in sufiScient fulness to serve the purpose of the 
 literary man, the public speaker, or the conversationalist. This fulness of the quotations "^ 
 also makes it easy to determine from the context the various shades of meaning in 
 which any word may be used. The Text adopted is that of the First Editions, 
 edited by the Poet himself. Alterations and additions made by the Poet's own hand 
 are embodied in the Work, and explained in an Appendix to which references are 
 given. It has been too much the practice of Editors to improve upon Burns. They 
 have, evidently, been unable to rid themselves of the idea that, although Burns was 
 a genius, he was also a ploughman, and therefore deficient in critical perception. The 
 "Titles" and "First Lines" of the Poems and Songs are given in as extended a form 
 as the exigences of space would permit. They are those with which the Poet 
 headed his pieces ; in a few instances only, such popular titles as " My Nannie's Awa," 
 " Wandering Willie," " Tam Glen," etc., have been preferred. The Glossary will be 
 useful to those Scotsmen whose acquaintance with their native tongue has become 
 vague and shadowy, as well as to those who are ignorant of the Scottish language; 
 and, as incorporated, will save some trouble. 
 
 This Concordance — done in intervals of other duties during several years past — has 
 been a growing pleasure; that it may add another stone to the cairn which many 
 successive hands have reared in love of Robert Burns is the humble ambition of 
 
 THE EDITOR. 
 
 * The Concordance contains over 11,400 words, and 52,000 quotations. 
 
EXPLANATIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS. 
 
 A complete Index, arranged in Alphabetic order, of all the "Titles" and "First Lines" used in the 
 Concordance, is appended to the Work. "Titles" and "First Lines" not used in the Concordance are 
 also given along with the above ; where these occur the lines are slightly indented. 
 
 An English numeral after a "Title" or "First Line" indicates the verse, stanza, or division of the 
 poem or song in which the quotation occurs. 
 
 Brackets [ ] enclose any explanatory word or words of the Editor. Words within parentheses ( ) 
 are the Poet's own. 
 
 A quotation beginning without a capital letter means that it does not begin with the first word of the 
 line, but shows where the quotation has been cut out. The pointing of the Poet has been preserved 
 at the end of every quotation ; and the capitals which occur in the Poet's text retained. 
 
 + indicates that the words which stand before it are a first line or part of a first line. 
 
 Add. 
 
 
 
 
 Address. 
 
 Lns Lines. 
 
 adj. . 
 
 
 
 
 adjective. 
 
 P., or P.S. . . . . Postscript. 
 
 adv. 
 
 
 
 
 adverb. 
 
 pres. . . . present tense of the verb. 
 
 Ans. 
 
 
 
 
 Answer. 
 
 pret. .... preterite of the verb. 
 
 Did. 
 
 
 
 
 Dedication. 
 
 pp. . . perfect participle of the verb. 
 
 D. . 
 
 
 
 
 Duan. 
 
 R Recitativo. 
 
 dim. 
 El. . 
 Ep. . 
 Epig. 
 Epit. 
 Extern, 
 fr. . 
 
 
 
 
 diminutive. 
 
 Elegy. 
 
 Epistle. 
 
 Epigram. 
 
 Epitaph. 
 
 Extempore. 
 
 from. 
 
 [>-«.] indicates that the word is repeated in 
 the poem or song, in the same or a similar 
 line, or in a similar connection; or, that 
 the word, if a proper name, occurs again 
 in the same piece. 
 
 S. , . . . Song. 
 
 s. . . . substantive. 
 
 Sp Spoke, Spoken. 
 
 Frag. 
 
 
 
 
 Fragment. 
 
 V.,V.s . . . Verse, Verses. 
 
 lb. . 
 
 
 
 
 . in the same place. 
 
 V See. 
 
 inscr. 
 
 
 
 
 inscribed. 
 
 [v. A. I, &c.] See Appendix, under heading i 
 
 lit. . 
 
 
 
 
 Literally. 
 
 Wr. . . . . Written. 
 
CONCORDANCE 
 
 TO THE 
 
 POEMS AND SONGS 
 
 OF 
 
 ROBERT BURNS. 
 
 A. First enter'd A, a grave, broad, solemn wight, The Vowels. 
 
 A* [all], bonie blossoms a", . . . A Dream. 14. 
 
 God bless you a' ! . . . . . . lb. 15. 
 
 Amang his en'mies a', man. . . . A Fragment. 2. 
 
 Nae mercy had at a', man; . ...Ib.j. 
 
 * Up, Willie, waur them a", man! ' Ib.y. 
 
 'Would I hae fear'd them a*, man! ' . . . . lb. 8. 
 till they a' did wauble. Far, far behin' ! A Guid New-year^ 7. 
 My Pleugh is now thy bairntime a'; , . Ih. IS' 
 
 They lay aside a' tender mercies, . Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 But smash them! crash them a' to spalls! . lb. 
 
 My funny toil is now a' tint, . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Thro' a' thy childish years I'll e'e thee, . ... lb. 
 For prey, a' holes an' comers tryin ; . Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 gied the infant warld a shog, 'Maist ruin'd a', , lb. 16. 
 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, . . lb. ig. 
 
 thou hell o' a' diseases, . . . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 bear'st the bell Amang them a'! . ... 73. 
 
 Gie a' the faes o' Scotland's weal 
 
 A towmond's Tooth-Ache ! . . . lb. 
 
 Tho* a' my daily care thou art. 
 
 And a' my nightly dream, . . S. Ah^ Chloris^ 
 
 Ye gallants braw, I rede ye a', S. A . MastertotCs bonie A nne. 
 When in my arms, wi' a' thy charms, 
 
 I clasp my countless treasure, O ! S. A «' Til kiss thee yet t 
 How's a' the folk about Gl — nc — r; Auld cotnrade dear\ 
 
 God bless them a' wi' grace an' gear. . . lb. 
 
 My riches a's my penny-fee, S. Behind yon hills + 
 
 My thoughts are a', my Nanie, O. . . lb. 
 
 Aboon them a' I loo him better; S. Braw lads on Var. braes\ 
 And a' the day to sit in dool, . . S. Cd the ewes. 
 
 She draigl't a' her pettiqoatie 
 
 Comin' thro' the rye. . S. Comin^ thro' the rye + 
 
 Oh Jenny's a' weet» poor body .... lb. 
 
 But a' the lads they lo'e me, and what the waur am I. . lb. 
 A night o' gude fellowship sowthers ita'; 
 
 S. Contented wC little f 
 To count her horns, wi* a' my pow'r, 
 
 I set mysel, . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 Bonie was the Lammas moon, 
 
 Glowrin' a' the hills aboon, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 We freely wad exchang'd the wife. 
 
 An' a' been weel content. . Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 And a* your views may come to nought, 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 I'll no say, men are villains a'; . . lb, 3. 
 
 BuJ: Och ! it hardens a' within, . . lb. 6. 
 
 Debar a' side-pretences ; . . - . . lb. 8. 
 
 Esteeming, and deeming. It a' an idle tale ! Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 ' There's a' the pleasures o' the heart, . . lb. 8. 
 
 It heats me, it beets me, 
 
 And sets me a* on flame '. . Jb. 
 
 Wi' a' this care and a' this grief, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, Ep. to J, L—k^ Ap. ist. 3. 
 
 It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, 
 
 A' to the life. 
 
 May fireside discords jar a base 
 To a' their parts ! 
 
 lb. 
 
 Ep. to Major Logan. 7. 
 
 But still, but still, I like them dearly — 
 
 God bless them a' ! . Ep. to Major Logan, g. 
 But here we're a' in ae accord, 
 
 For ilka man that's drunk's a lord. . . S. Gane is the day\ 
 An' ye drink it a' ye'U find him out, ... lb. 
 
 An' warly cares, an' warly men, 
 
 May a' gae tapsalteerie, O ! S. Green grow the rashes. 
 
 We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin. S. Gudeen to you, kimmer\ 
 How's a' wi' you, Kimmer, lb. 
 
 Are they a' Johnny's ? . . . ... lb. 
 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; . . Halloween. 4. 
 They roar an' cry a' throw'ther ; . . lb. 3. 
 
 For it was a' but nonsense : . . . . Jb. if.. 
 
 An' ran thro' midden-hole an' a', lb. 22. 
 
 Set a' their gabs a steerin ; ... lb. 28. 
 
 And a' the hills wi' echoes roar, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, 
 
 A' for thy glory, Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 A burnin' an' a shinin' light, To a' this place. . . lb, 
 A' my flowery bliss destroy'd. . . .S.I dreanid I lay\ 
 
 I've been her darling a' my days, . S. I^m deryouiig^ 
 
 Now a' is done that men can do, 
 
 And a' is done in vain ; . S, It was d for 07irf 
 
 Love to love mak's a' the sport. S. Jockey fou^ and Jenny \ 
 Weel may we a' be ! . .- S. Landlady count t 
 
 Not a' the quacks, wi' a' their gumption. 
 
 Will ever mend her, . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Tho' ye had a' the sun shines on, 
 
 And the earth conceals sae lowly ; 
 I wad turn my back on you and it a', S. My Collier Laddie. 
 But her tenpund lands o' tocher gude 
 Were a' the charms his Lordship lo'ed. 
 
 S. My Lord a-hu7ttingf 
 We're a' dry wi' drinking o't, . . S. My love she's bui\ 
 But Mary she is a' my ain, . . S. Now bank audbrae^ 
 The merry birds are lovers a', . 5". Now rosy May\ 
 
 I sigh'd, and said amang them a', 
 
 Ye are na Mary Morison. . S. O Mary^ at thy window t 
 May a' that's gude watch o'er them : S. O may thy mom f 
 It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree ; 
 It's a' for the hiney he'll cherish the bee ; 
 
 S. O -meikle thinks my love t 
 An' kissin' my Katie when a' was done. 
 
 ^. O merry Jiae I been\ 
 O' a' the lang day I ca' at my hammer. 
 
 An' a' the lang day I whistle and sing; . lb. 
 
 An exile frae her father's ha', 
 
 And a' for loving thee ; . S. mirky vtirk t 
 
 My thoughts are a' bound up in ane, . ^. O Pkely t 
 
 Yet poortith a' I could for^ve. 
 
 An' 'twere na for my Jeanie. . S. O poortith cauld\ 
 
 Its pride, and a' the lave o't ; , . . .lb. 
 
 To steel a blink by a* unseen ; . S. O this is no ?ny ain\ 
 
 A' for a penny fee, jo ? . . . S. O wat ye wliat my \ 
 I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; S. O were my love yon t 
 
 Thy bield should be my bosom. 
 
 To share it a', to share it a' . . S. wert thou in the t 
 And syne deny'd she did it at a'. . i*. O when she cani^ ben t 
 And kissin' a Collier lassie an a' ? . , . lb. 
 
A' [all] 
 
 Abode 
 
 A' [all]. O never look down, my lassie, at a*, 
 
 S. O wken she cam'ben^ 
 And a* my tears be tears of joy. 
 When he comes hame that's far awa'. 
 
 ^y. Oh^ kow can I be hlytke t 
 The Muse was a' that he took pride in, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W. Indies. 
 His faults they a' in Latin lay, On Mr. Cruickskanks. 
 
 Ye'se a' be het or I come back. . On Kirk of Lamington. 
 If there's a hole in a' your coats, 
 
 I rede you tent it : On Groses Peregrinations. 
 
 Abjuring a' intentions evil, I quat my pen : . Poem, on Life. 
 They carry the gree frae them a', man. S. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 And a conduct that beautifies a', man. . lb. 
 
 My stomach's as proud as them a', man. . lb. 
 
 And wish them in hell for it a', man. . lb. 
 
 And ay my Chloris' dearest charm, 
 She says she lo'es me best of a'. . S, Sas flaxen were t 
 
 Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man. 
 Commen' me to the Bardie clan ; 
 But a' the pride of Spring's return 
 Can yield me nought but sorrow. 
 To anger them a' is a pity, 
 O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! 
 Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. 
 A' plump and strapping in their teens, 
 
 Second Ep. to Dame. 
 
 S. Sweet fa^s the eve\ 
 
 S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 6. 
 
 lb. II. 
 
 lb. 13. 
 
 Wi' twa pund Scots ('twas a' her riches), . . . lb. /j". 
 ' Na, waur than a' ! ' cries ilka chiel, Ta^n SamsoiCs El. i. 
 tell your crack Before them a'. 
 
 The Authors cry and prayer. 6. 
 An' strive, wi' a* your wit an' lear, ... lb. 18. 
 
 But Armour's the jewel for me o' them a'. 
 
 The Belles of Mwuchline. 
 Oh wha wad leave this humble state 
 
 For a' the pride of a' the great ? S. The Contented Cottager. 
 He ca't the girrs out o'er us a'; S. The Cooper 0' Cuddy \ 
 
 Does a' his weary kiaugh and care beguile, 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night. 5. 
 Does a' his weary carking cares beguile, [v. A. 5]. . lb. 
 For a' that, and a' that, [re.] The Election Ballads. II. 
 
 The tongue o' the trump to them a'; . lb. III. 
 
 head ; Fine for a sodger A' the wale o' lead. . . lb. IV. 
 Quoth I, ' With a' my heart, I'll do't ;' The Holy Fair. 6. 
 For a' the real judges rise, lb. 14. 
 
 Are a' clean out o' season. . lb. 15. 
 
 Till a' the hills are rairan, . . lb. 21. 
 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack . lb. 26. 
 
 We dare be poor for a' that ! [?-?.] S. The honest man the best. 
 He swoor by a' was swearing worth 
 
 The yolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 I've wife eneugh for a' that. \re.'\ . . . lb. S. VI J. 
 Up and waur them a', Jamie, . . S. The Laddies by \ 
 
 The bride went to bed wi' the silly bridegroom. 
 
 In the midst o' her kimmers a' . The last braw bridal^ 
 Swith to the Laigh Kirk, ane an' a', . The Ordination. 
 Then up wi't a', my ploughman lad, S. The Ploughman. 
 
 I kent her heart was a' my ain ; . S, The Rigs d Barley. 
 That happy night was worth them a', . . . lb. 
 
 gin the truth were a' but kent, The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 The Taylor fell thro' the bed, thimble an' a', 
 
 S. The Taylor fell \ 
 Cut aff his head and a', man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 She sang a sang o* liberty, 
 
 Which pleased them ane and a', man. . . , lb. 
 
 An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble ! . The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 But human bodies are sic fools. 
 
 For a' their colledges an' schools, . . Ih. 2g. 
 
 Then sowther a' in deep debauches. . . lb. 32. 
 
 And a' that she has made o' that, 
 
 Is ae poor pund o' tow. . . . ^S". The weary pund. 
 He'll be a credit 'till us a', 
 
 We'll a' be proud o' Robin. . .i". There was a ladi 
 
 And his hair has a natural buckle and a'. S. There's a yottthi 
 The Pennie's the jewel that beautifies a'. . . lb. 
 
 But th' laddie's dear sel he loe's dearest of a*. . . lb. 
 Ahoon them a' ye tak your place, To a Haggis. 
 
 An' set your beauties a' abread ! . . Toa Louse. 
 
 For a' his meal and a' his maut, . . S. To daunton me. 
 
 But why should ae man better fare. 
 
 And a' men brithers \ ... To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 An' if a Devil be at a', 
 
 In faith he's sure to get him. . . To Gav, Hamilton. 
 This life, sae far's I understand, 
 
 Is a' enchanted fairy-land, . . . . ToJ.S. 12. 
 Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks. To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 I'll cock my nose aboon them a', . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 He was a dictionar and grammar 
 
 Amang them a'; . . . To W. Creech. . 
 
 Till echoes a' resound again 
 
 Her weel-sung praise. . . To W. Simpson. 6 
 
 Nature ! a' thy shews and forms 
 
 To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! . lb. 14. 
 
 Her modest demeanor's the jewel of a'. 
 
 S. True-hearted was he t 
 In some sma' points, altho' not a'; V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 The breaking of ae point, tho' sma', 
 
 Breaks a' thegither. lb. 
 
 To please us a', I've just ae ither, , . What ails ye nowf 
 
 1 never can please him, do a' that I can ; 
 
 .S". What can a young lassie\ 
 I'd lay them a' at Jeanie's feet, S. When first I saw t 
 
 For a* that, and a' that, 
 
 And twice as meikle's a' that, S. WometCs minds. 
 
 She'll be my ain for a' that. . . . . lb. 
 
 Ye've lien a' wrang ; , . . S. Ve kae lien wrang. 
 When in his arms he taks me a'; S. Young Jockey\ 
 
 A-back. The third, that gaed a wee a-back. The Holy Fair. 2. 
 O would they stay aback frae courts, The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 
 Abandon'd. a hope-abandon' d wight, 
 
 Unfitted with an aim, . Despondencp, an Ode. 2. 
 
 She sunk abandon'd to the wildest woe. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Abash'd. Backward, abash'd to ask thy friendly aid ? 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 ABC* * Their Latin names as fast he rattles 
 
 As A B C. ' . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 20. 
 
 Sir Abece the great, In all his pedagogic powers elate, 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Abel. The knife that nicket Abel's craig 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 AbePfeldy. the birks of Aberfeldy [r*.]. 
 
 S. Bonze lassie will ye go t 
 
 AbhOP. Tho' some there be abhor him : S. Come boat jne o'er. 
 
 O Thou whom Poetry abhors, Epig. on E.'s Martial. 
 
 AbhorP*d. thou grim Pow'r, by Life abhorr'd, . To Ruin. 
 
 AbhOPPent. Scenes so abhorrent to my heart ! 
 
 Sent to Gent, offended. 
 AbhOPPing. Wi' wh-re-abhorring rigour ; The Ordination. 4. 
 Abide. The deil would ne'er abide her. S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me ; 
 
 S. ' Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 Abiegh [at a shy distance]. 
 Towns-bodies ran, an' stood abiegh, A Guid New Year\ S. 
 Gart poor Duncan stand abiegh ; , . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 Abject, poor, o'erlabour'd wight, 
 
 So abject, mean, and vile, . Man was vzade to Mourn. 
 AbjUPing. Abjuring a' intentions evil, 
 
 I quat my pen : . . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Abjuring their democrat doings, The Election Ballads. III. 
 Able. And sev'n braw fellows, stout an' able, 
 To serve their King an' Country weel, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 14. 
 As able — ^and as wicked as the Devil. , . Scots Prologue. 
 By which heroic Tarn was able To note Tarn d Shanter. 11. 
 No tongue then was able their joy to express. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 I'll act with prudence as far's I'm able, 
 
 S. Tho' fickle Fortune t 
 Ablins V. Aiblins. 
 Ablution. Strong ale was ablution, 
 
 Epit. on J. Dove^ Innkeeper. 
 
 AboaPd. Then heave aboard your grapple airn, A Dream. 13. 
 
 Abode. Seeks Science in her coy abode. A dd. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 
 Taks up its last abode ; . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 Learning and Worth in equal measures trode. 
 
 From simple Catrine, their long-lov'd abode : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 For their abode they chuse it ; . S. The noble Maxwells \ 
 
Abode 
 
 AcGUstom'd 
 
 Abode. Or Death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode f 
 
 IVky am I loik\ 
 Th' abodes of coveyed grouse and timid sheep, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 AbOOn [above, up], a wee bit heap Aboon the timmer; 
 
 A GuidNew Year\i3. 
 " Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, . As on the banks \ 
 Aboon them a' I loe him better: S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee, S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 Bonie was the Lammas moon, 
 
 Glowrin a' the hills aboon, . . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. isi.3. 
 And screw your temper-pins aboon Ep. to Major Logan. 4. 
 coziely, aboon the door, . . Halloween, j. 
 
 My pains o' hell on earth are past, 
 
 I'm sure o' bliss aboon, man. S. O ay nty wife she dang. 
 Gude ale keeps my heart aboon [re.] . . O gude ale comes \ 
 Within yon chariot gilt aboon. . . S. O Mollis meek. 
 The powers aboon will tent thee, S. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 May powers aboon unite you soon, On Willie Chalmers. 
 
 His heart will never get aboon ! . . Poor Maine's El. 
 And near the thorn, aboon the well, 
 
 Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Tarn 0' Shanter. 10. 
 A' ye douce folk I've borne aboon the broo, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 though his brow be held aboon, . . S. The cardin' o't. 
 Aboon distress, below envy, . S. The contented Cottager. 
 Aboon the plain sae rashy, O, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 But an honest man's aboon his might, 
 
 S. TJie honest fnan the best. 
 the kebars sheuk, Aboon the chorus roar; 
 
 Thz Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 It raises man aboon the brute. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 But ay a heart aboon them a' [misfortunes] ; 
 
 S. There -was a lad\ 
 Aboon them a' ye tak your place, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 And ev'ry star that blinks aboon, . . . . ToJ.S. 
 I'll cock my nose aboon them a', . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Ramsay an' famous Ferguson 
 
 Gied Forth an' Tay a lift aboon ; . To IF. Simpson. 
 
 But there is ane aboon the lave, . . S, WometCs Minds, 
 Abortion. From mildews of abortion ; . , Nature's Lam, 
 Abound. And still the more and more they drank. 
 
 Their joy did more abound. John Barleycorn. 
 About. At length we had a hearty yokin, 
 
 At sang about. . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, ist. 2, 
 But Rab slips out, an' jinks about, . Halloween. 6. 
 
 I vow and svvear, I dinna care, 
 How lang ye look about ye. S. Here's to thy health^ 
 
 Above. Who would set the Mob above the throne, 
 
 S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Above the world on wings of love I rise, In vain wld Prudence t 
 O Thou dread Pow'r, who reign'st above ! 
 
 O thou dread Pow'r \ 
 While joys above my mind can move, S. The day returns^ 
 Beneath th' Omniscient Eye above. The farewell to St.J.'sL. 
 The oft-attested Powers above ; . The Lament. 3. 
 
 And I'll place it in her breast, and I'll swear by a' above, 
 
 .. *,.,., ^- ThePosie. 
 
 Abram. Is he to Abra m s bosom gane ? 
 
 S. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. Grose ^ 
 How Abram was the Friend of God on high ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 When the bloody die was cast on the heights of Abram ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. i. 
 Abread [abroad, in sight]. 
 
 An' set your beauties a' abread ! . . , To a Louse. 
 A-breaking. My heart is a-breaking, dear titty. 
 ..,.., ^' Tarn. Glen. 
 
 Abreed [in breadth]. 
 
 An' spread abreed thy weel-fiU'd brisket, A GuidNe^v Vearfis. 
 A-brewing", To meddle wi' mischief a-brewing ; 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Abridge. But, G-d-sake ! let nae saving-fit 
 Abridge your bonie Barges 
 
 An' Boats this day. ■ . . A Dream. 7. 
 Abroad. Look abroad through Nature's range, 
 
 S. Let not woman t 
 Tho', by the bye, abroad why will you roam ? 
 
 Prologue^ at Th.^D. 
 
 For Comedy abroad he need na toil, . Scots Prologue. 
 
 As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. . Tarn o' Shanter. 7. 
 That makes her lovM at home, rever'd abroad : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, zg. 
 Whistling his [Combustion'R] roaring pack abroad, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Nor from the seat of scornful Pride 
 
 Casts forth his eyes abroad, . . . The ist Psalm. 
 But whalpet some place far abroad, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 As lightsomely I glowr'd abroad, . . The Holy Fair. z. 
 Absence. Can all the wealth of India's coast, 
 Atone for years in absence lost ? 
 
 S. Slotu spreads tlie gloom \ 
 Sae sad was I, In absence o' my dearie. 'S. The tither mor7t\ 
 Absent' When absent from my sailor lad ? 
 
 S. How can my poor heart \ 
 And oh, her widow'd heart is sair. 
 That's absent frae her dearie. S. How lang attd dreary t 
 ■ The absent lover, minor heir. 
 In vain assail him with their prayer. Sketch. New-Yr'sDay. 
 But hear their absent thoughts o' ither, The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Absolute. I find that contentment's an absolute feast. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Absolutely. For absoluteljr in my breast 
 
 She reigns without control. lS". Handsome Nell. 
 Absorbent. Their hearts, no selfish stern absorbent stuff, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Abstraction. 
 But truce with abstraction, and truce with a muse, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Abuse. Thence, mystic knots mak great abuse, 
 
 On Young-Guidmen, fond, keen, an' crouse ; 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 And even th' abuse of poesy abused ! Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Abuse o' Magistrates might weel be spar'd ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Abuse, to. Abuse a Brother to his back ; A Ded. to G. H. 8. 
 Though I maun own, as monie still, 
 
 As far abuse me. . . Ep. to J. L~~k, Ap. ist. 16. 
 Abused, — *d, — 't. Which I in just proportion have abused. 
 
 Tragic Frag. 
 Till aft his guidness is abus'd ; . .A Ded. to G. H. j. 
 I, ance, was abus'd i' the kirk, . The Jolly Beggars. S. Hi. 
 
 mony scores as guid's the priest Wha sae abus't him. 
 
 To Rev. J. MMath. 
 Abusin*. Abusin' me for harsh 111 nature On holy men, 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Accent. But, Delia, more delightful still 
 
 Steal thine accents on mine ear. . Delia^ an Ode. 
 With accents wild and lifted arms she cried ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 ' Those accents, grateful to thy tongue. The Vision, D. ii. 16. 
 Accept. Will Ye accept a Compliment, 
 
 A simple Bardie gies Ye ? . A Dream, g. 
 
 " Accept this tribute from the Bard. Lament for Glencaim. 
 Now hear our pray'r, accept our song. New Psalmody* 
 
 Accept this mark of friendship, warm, sincere, 
 
 Once fondly lov*d\ 
 But accept it, good sir, as a mark of regard, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Accept a Bardie's gratefu' thanks ! . Scotch Drink. 18 
 
 Accept the gift ; tho' humble he who gives,! Tt? Miss Grakarn. 
 God won't accept your thanks for murther ! V. on Nat. Thanks. 
 Accept the gift a friend sincere 
 Wad on thy worth be pressin' ; . . V.s under Grief. 
 Acclaim, by a generous Public's kind acclaim, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 
 Accomplish' d. that which laid th' accomplish'd Burnet low. 
 
 El. on late Miss Burnet. 
 
 Accord. But here we're a' in ae accord, S, Gane is the day t 
 
 Accord, to. 
 
 To you [wastes, cliffs] I flyi ye with my soul accord. 
 
 El. on late Miss Burnet. 
 Accorded. For boons accorded, goodness ever new, 
 
 To R. Graham. 
 Account. Lord, to account who dares Thee call, 
 
 On Com. Goldie's brains. 
 And call the trembling vowels to account. . The Vowels. 
 Accustom'd. They're sae accustom'd wi' the sight. 
 The view o't gies them little fright. 
 
 The Twa Dogs, /j 
 
Ace 
 
 Adore 
 
 Ace. Till the Diamond's Ace, of Indian race, 
 
 Led him a saiv/aux^as, man: . A Fragmetit. 7. 
 
 The ace an' wale of honest men; . Auld comrade dear\ 
 
 But tent me, Davie, Ace 0' Hearts! . Ep. to Davie. 8. 
 
 A-Chasing. My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; 
 
 S. My hearts in the Highlands^ 
 
 Ache. But for their sake my heart doth ache, 
 
 S. The S2m ke is sunk\ 
 Achieve, feats like Squire Billy's you ne'er can achieve 'em. 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Aching. Well thou know*st my aching heart, 
 
 S. Cat^si thou kave me thus^ 
 
 In naked feeling, and in aching pride, . To R.G. ofF. 3. 
 
 Achmacalla. ' That liv'd in Achmacalla : Halloween. z6. 
 
 ACQUaint. * He's grown sae weel acquaint wi' Buchan, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbooks ^4- 
 when we were first acquaint, S. John Anderson, myjo\ 
 
 Acquaintance. An' next, my auld acquaintance, Nancy, 
 
 Auldcojnrade dear\ 
 Of lordly acquaintance you boast, . . On e^npty Fellow. 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
 
 S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 Acquainted. An' faith, we'se be acquainted better 
 
 Before we part. Ep. to J. L~k^ Ap. ist. ig. 
 Acquiesce. Then let us chearfu'- acquiesce ; Ep. to Dame. 7. 
 Acquirements. 
 Whose parts and acquirements seem mere lucky hits ; 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Acre. O gie me the lass that has acres o' charms, 
 
 S. Awa' •wi' your witchcraft \ 
 A farm of full forty good acres of land S. The Poor Thresher. 
 His acre's till'd, he's right eneugh ; The Twa Dogs, 30. 
 
 Acre-braid [acre-broad]. 
 
 In vain the burns cam down like waters, 
 
 An acre-braid ! . . . Ta^n Samson's El. 9. 
 
 Act. Sure Thou, Almighty, canst not act 
 
 From cruelty or wrath ! A Prayer under A ngiiish. 
 He bade me act a manly part. 
 Though I had ne'er a farthing, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 That feeling heart but acts a part, . . O leave novels t 
 
 niact with prudence as far's I'm able, i". Thd fickle Fortune^ 
 Loves and graces all rejected, 
 
 Then indeed thou'dst act a part. . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 Who act so counter Heavenly Mercy's plan? Why ami loth\ 
 Acted- I rather wou'd bear a' the load o' my sorrow 
 Than ever hae acted sae faithless to him. 
 
 S. As I was a~wandring\ 
 Acting, thanks to Nature, Thou art acting but thyself. 
 
 To Miss Fontenelle. 
 Action. Ilk action may he rue it ; . . On W. Stewart. 
 Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Active. The losses, the crosses. 
 
 That active man engage ; Despondency, an Ode.5. 
 Manhood's active might ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Actor. " Alas! I feel I am no actor here ! " 
 
 Ep.fr. EsQpus to Maria. 
 When here your favour is the actor's lot, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Adair. Wha wadna be happy Wi' Eppie Adair? \re^ 
 
 S. Eppie Adair. 
 Adam. As father Adam first was fool'd. 
 
 Epit. on Henpecked Squire. 
 For broken laws, 
 Five thousand years 'fore my creation, 
 
 Thro' Adam's cause. . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 So may he hae auld stanes in store. 
 The very stanes that Adam bore, 
 
 S, Ken ye ought o' Capt. Grose i 
 Fortjye, he'll shape you aff fu' gleg 
 
 The cut of Adam's philibeg; Oft Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 When angels met, at Adam's yett, . The FHe Champetre. 
 
 Adamfaill [name of a farm in Ayrshire]. 
 
 By Adamhill a glance he [Death] threw, 
 
 Ltis add. to J, Ranken. 
 Adams. New Brig was buskit in a braw, new coat, 
 That he, at Lon'on, frae ane Adams got ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 A'-day [all day], heavy, dark, continued, a'-day rains 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Add. Will time, amus'd with proverb'd lore. 
 Add to our date one minute more ? 
 
 Sketch, New-Vr's Day. 
 
 Nor ever sorrow add one silver hair ! . Blest be M'Murdo t 
 But to my heart I'll add my hand, . S. Where Cart rins\ 
 Added. And ev'ry time has added proofs, 
 That man was made to mourn. 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 3. 
 
 This sting is added—" Blame thy foolish self ! " 
 
 Remorse, a Frag. 
 Address. The frank address, the soft caress, O leave iiovels^ 
 The frank address, and politesse, Are all finesse . . 15. 
 Address, to. She'll gie ye a beck, and bid ye light. 
 And handsomely address ye. 
 
 The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 Addressed. — St. When thus the Caird address'd her 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. VI. 
 
 That some kind husband had addrest, 
 
 To some sweet wife: . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zst. 3. 
 
 Adieu. Adieu, my Liege ! . , . A Dream. 8. 
 
 Adieu, dear, amiable Youth ! . Ep. to Young Friend, ri. 
 And gae his bridle reins a shake. 
 
 With, adieu for evermore, . . . S. It was cCfor^ 
 Now a sad and last adieu. . . 'S'. Scenes ofwoe\ 
 
 Bowers adieu ! where love decoying, First enthrall'd . Ih. 
 
 Adieu too_, to you too, 
 My Smith, my bosom frien'; . . The Farewell. 
 
 Thee Hamilton and Aiken dear, A grateful, warm adieu ! Jb. 
 Adieu! a heart-warm, fond adieu ! The Farewell to St. JUL. 
 Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action, . To a Kiss. 
 
 Since thou, in all thy youth and charms, 
 Must bid the world adieu, . . To Ckloris. 
 
 Adjust. Then at the balance let's be mute, 
 
 We never can adjust it ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 Adjust the unimpair'd machine. Sketch, New-Vr's Day. 
 
 Adjusted. If Self the wavering balance shake, 
 
 It'srarelyrightadjusted! Ep.io Young Friend. 3. 
 Adjutant. The adjutant o' a' the core, 
 
 Willie's awa ! . . . To W. Creech. 
 Adle [foul putrid water]. 
 Then lug out your ladle, deal brimstone like adle. 
 
 The Kirk's A larm. 
 Admiration. The charms o' the min', the langer they shine 
 The mair admiration they draw, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Which even the Rights of Kings in low prostration 
 Most humbly own — 'tis dear, dear admiration! 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Admire. But ah I how bootless to admire. 
 
 When fated to despair ! .S". Anna, thy charms\ 
 It is na, Jean, thy bonie face, 
 
 Nor shape that I admire, . . S, It is na, Jean t 
 
 I'll drap the lyre, and mute, admire, S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 And whose that generous princely mien 
 
 Even rooted foes admire? . . V.s, below a Picture. 
 
 whose vernal tints His other works admire, , . lb. 
 
 If ance I had my lovely treasure. 
 Let the rest admire and die. S. Will ye go and marry\ 
 
 Admir'd. Admir'd and prais'd — and there the homage ends : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 Admiring, With little admiring or blaming : To Capt. Riddel. 
 
 Admiring Nature in her wildest grace, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 They charm th' admiring gazer's sight, . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Admit. Farewell, dear Friend I may guid luck hit you I 
 
 And 'mang her favourites admit you ! A Farewell. 
 Admonish'd. by the heel and hand admonish'd, 
 
 Tarn d Shanier. it. 
 Admonition. The Father mixes a' wi' admonition due. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, j. 
 Ado. Hey ca' thro' ca' thro', 
 
 For we hae mickle ado, . . S. Hey ca' thro'. 
 Adore. L— d, we thank an' thee adore, . . .A Grace. 
 
 I adore my Bonie Bell S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 To adore thee is my duty, . . 6". Bonie wee ihifigf 
 
 And 'a my days o' life to come 
 
 I'll gratefully adore thee. . . ^. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 And owning Heaven's mysterious sway, 
 
 Submissive, low, adore. . , . Fragment of Ode. 
 The maid that I adore I . . S. From thee, Eliza f 
 
 Thy goodness constantly we prove. 
 And grateful would adore. . . . Grace after Dinner. 
 
Adore 
 
 Ae [one] 
 
 AdOPe. The deities that I adore, 
 
 Are social Peace and Plenty, 
 
 Ltis on wiiidmvs, Gl. Tav. 
 Or nations to adore you, O, . S. MyfatJier was afartner\ 
 But I adore my Mary's heart. . . . S. My Mary's /ace + 
 The hearts of men adore thee. S, O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 
 For why ? that God the good adore 
 
 Hath giv'n them peace and rest, . The ist Psabn. 
 
 This, all its source and end to draw, 
 
 That to adore, [v. A. 4] . . . . The Vision. 
 The noblest breast adores them maist, . 6*. Wonteits Minds. 
 Adore the rising sun, . . S. Ye Jacobites by navie t 
 AdOPedi -*d. But, had I in my glory been. 
 
 He, kneeling, wad ador'd me. 
 
 The Petition o/Br. Water. 
 Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, 
 
 Th' adored Name, . . . The Vision. D. 11. 16. 
 
 Adoring. Fair B strikes th' adpring eye, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 By all on high adoring mortals know ! . .To Clarinda. 
 AdOPn. Thy Daughters bright thy walks adorn. 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 When they wha wad hae starv'd thy life 
 
 Thy senseless turf adorn ! Extern, on Conmiem. s of Thomson. 
 A fairer than either adorns the green vallies, 
 
 How pleasant the banks t 
 And Manj whose heav'n-erected face, 
 
 The smiles of love adorn, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 The snaw-drap and primrose our woodlands adorn, 
 
 S. My Nanie's awd. 
 When flow'ry May adorns the scene, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Let husky Wheat the haughs adorn, . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; Spoke extern, to yn^ Lady. 
 kind connubial Dear Your But-and-ben adorns, . TJie Calf. 
 Here's an honest consdence 
 
 Might a prince adorn ; . Tlie Election Ballads^ IV. 
 Let fragrant birks. in woodbines drest, 
 
 My craggy cliffs adorn ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 thy rays adorn The faintly-marked distant hill : The Lament. 
 Adorns the histie stibble-field, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 AdOPn'd. Saw him in shootin' graith adom'd. 
 
 Tarn Samson's El. 8. 
 AdOPning. When past the_ show'r, and ev'ry flow 'r 
 
 The garden is adorning : . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Nature gladdening and adorning ; S. Sleep' st thou, or wak'st t 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun, 
 
 Nature gay adorning S. Thine am li 
 
 Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning ! . . To J. S. /j. 
 With early gems adorning. . S. Youitg Peggy \ 
 
 Adown. Adown a corn-inclosed bawk, .S". A Rosebud by my t 
 The stream adown its hazelly path, . . A Vision. 
 
 Adown my beard the slavers trickle ! . Add. to Toothache. 
 Adown winding Nith I did wander, S. Adown winding Nith t 
 The shrinking bard adown an alley skulks, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Adown her neck and bosom hing ; . S. Her flowing locks t 
 Adown the glittering stream they featly danc'd ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 Adown my cheeks the pearls ran,. The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Yet green the juicy Hawthorn grows, 
 
 Adown the glade. . . . The Vision. D. 11. 20. 
 Adown some trottin bum's meander, , To W. Simpson. /J. 
 At noon the fisher seeks the glen,' 
 Adown the bum to steer, my jo: , S. WJien o'er the hill\ 
 AdPia. A flight of bold eagles from Adria's strand ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Adrift. ' Gie me o' wit an' sense a lift, 
 
 ' Then turn me, if Thou please adrift, 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 2ist. 13. 
 A-dpyin. And hing our fiddles up to sleep, 
 
 Like baby-clouts a-dryin : . The Ordination. 7. 
 Advance, in his [Want's] grim advances, A Ded. to G. H. 16. 
 Advance, to. As Youth and Love with sprightly dance, 
 Beneath thy morning star advance, 
 
 Wr. in Friars'Carse H. 
 Advanced. A venerable Chief advanc'd in years ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Advancing, seasons dancing, life advancing, S. Bonie Bell. 
 AdvePSe. wayward fortune's adverse hand 
 
 S. The Banks of Nith. 
 (Nature is adverse to a cripple's rest); . To R. G. ofF. i. 
 
 . lb. 4. 
 
 T/ie Vision, D.I. 5. 
 
 To a Painter. 
 
 Advice, They hoy't out Will, wi' sair advice ; Halloween. 23. 
 But Tibbie, lass, tak' my advice : . . S.O Tibbie, I hae t 
 sae wise, As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 3. 
 How mony lengthen'd sage advices, 
 The husband frae the wife despises 
 Had I to guid advice but harket, 
 
 Dear , I'll gie ye some advice, . 
 
 Advise. To sum up all, be meny, I advise ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Gin ye will advise me to marry 
 
 The lad I lo'e dearly, Tam Glen. . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Advisement. Of gude advisement comes nae ill. 
 
 S. In simmer when + 
 AdviseP. And may ye better reck the rede, 
 
 Than ever did th' Adviser ! Ep. to Young Friend, ti. 
 A-dying. The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 Ae [one]. Than did ae day. 
 Ae night, at tea, began a plea, 
 Then lost his way, ae mUty day, . 
 Ae night the storm the steeples rocked, 
 Ae dreary, windy, winter night, 
 Ae bonie simmer mom I stray 'd 
 In ae constellation shine ; 
 An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6. 
 The ae best fellow e'er was born ! El, on Capt. M. H. a. 
 
 There was ae sang, amang the rest, 
 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. ist. 3. 
 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, . . lb. 13. 
 
 But gif ye want ae friend that's true, 
 
 I'm on your list. 
 There's ae wee faut they whiles lay to me, 
 We'se gie ae night's discharge to care, . 
 'Twas ae night lately, in my fun, . 
 But here we're a' in ae accord, 
 Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor, . 
 I am my mammy's ae balm, 
 Ae blink o' him I wadna gie 
 
 For Buskie-glen and a' his gear. . 
 Ae day, as Death, that grusome carl, 
 Without, at_ least, ae honest man, 
 To grace this damn'd infernal clan. 
 As I was a-wand'ring ae morning in spring, 
 
 Lfis on a Ploughman. 
 True it is, she had one failing, 
 
 Had ae woman ever less ? Lns under Pict- of Miss Bums. 
 O let me in this ae night, 
 
 A Dream. 4, 
 
 A Fragment, i. 
 
 . lb. 4. 
 
 A Winter Night. 2. 
 
 Add. totheDeil. 7. 
 
 As on the banks + 
 
 S. Bonie wee thing i 
 
 lb. IS. 
 
 lb. 17. 
 
 lb. 18. 
 
 Ep. to J. R. 7. 
 
 r. Gatie is t/ie dayf 
 
 . Halloween. 13. 
 
 S. Tm o'eryoung\ 
 
 S. In sivuner when t 
 Lns add, to J. Ranken. 
 
 lb. 
 
 S. O lassie art thou sleep, f 
 
 lb. 
 S. O steer her up t 
 Tain o' Shanter. 2. 
 . Ib.3. 
 . Ib.s- 
 lb. 13. 
 lb. ij. 
 lb. 16. 
 lb. 18. 
 
 This ae, ae, ae night ; 
 
 For pity's sake, this ae night, 
 
 I tell you now this ae night. 
 
 And ance for a' this ae night . 
 
 Ne'er break your heart for ae rebute. 
 
 As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, 
 
 Ae market-day thou was nae sober ; 
 
 Ae market-night, Tam had got planted unco right ; 
 
 For ae blink o' the bonie burdies ! 
 
 There was ae winsome wench and wawlie, 
 
 first ae caper, syne anither, 
 
 Ae spring brought off her master hale, . 
 
 Ae social, honest man want we : . Tam Saiiison's El. 14. 
 
 Ae night, within the ancient brugh of Ayr, The Brigs of Ayr. 3, 
 
 Was ae day nibbling on the tether, The Death &'c, ofMazlic. 
 
 But the ae best dance e'er cam' to the Land, 
 
 Was the deil's awa' wi' th' Exciseman. 
 
 S. The dcil cavt fiddlin\ 
 Our lads gaed a hunting, ae day at the dawn, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming^ 
 Ae auld wheel barrow, mair for token, 
 
 Ae leg an' baith the trams are broken ; . . The Inventory. 
 Ae night at e'en .... The Jolly Beggars, R.I. 
 Ae night, they're mad wi' drink an' wh — ring, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 32 
 And a' that she has made o" that, 
 
 Is ae poor pund o' tow. . . S. The weary pund^ 
 
 Ae day as the carle gaed up the lang glen, 
 
 S, There liv'd ance a carle t 
 a tale o' love Ae ev'ning on the Uly lea ? S. There was a lass t 
 
Ae [one] 
 
 Afraid 
 
 Ae [one]. And ae bonnie lassie, his darling and mine, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Just ae hauf muchkin does me prime, There's naeihin' like t 
 I mean your ingle-side to guard 
 
 Ae winter night. . . Third E^. to J. Lap. 
 
 But why should ae man better fare, 
 
 And a' men brithers ! . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 I get it no ae day in ten. . . . To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 
 An' stay ae month amang the Moons To W. Simpson^ P.S. 
 Ae kind blink before we part ; S. Turn again, thQufair\ 
 
 Ae sweet smile on me bestow. Ih. 
 
 gin I fa', Ae way or ither, 
 
 The breaking of ae point, tho' sma' 
 
 Breaks a' thegither. . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 " To pleEise us a', I've just ae ither, . What ails ye kow\ 
 Ae look deprived me o' my heart, . S. When first /sawf 
 Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter; . S. Willie Wastlef 
 This ae thing I hae to tell, . S. Will ye go and marry f 
 Aerial. * Know, the great Genius of this Land, 
 
 * Has many a light, aerial band, The Vision. D. II. 3. 
 Aesop. Like Aesop's Lion, Bums says, sore I feel 
 All others scorn — but damn that ass's heel. 
 
 Reply to a Reprooj. 
 Afar. Thy rough, rude Fortress gleams afar; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, j. 
 I see her wave thy towering plumes afar, 
 
 Ep.from Esopus to Maria. 
 Ere ye toss me afar from my lov'd native shore ; 
 
 La-ment on leaving Nat. Land. 
 The shouts o' war are heard afar, . S. My bonie Mary. 
 
 That like a deathful meteor gleam'd afar. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 an ancient nation fam'd afar, . . Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 For your poor friend, the Bard afar. 
 
 He only hears and sees the war, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites by nayne^ 
 
 Aff [off]- Aff straught to H— 11. . Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 
 She dirl'd them aflf fu' clearly, O . S. Atnangthe treesf 
 
 " And stript the claeding aflf your braes As on. the banhsf 
 
 Horn sent her aff to her lang hame. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 Aff she started in a fright, . . . S. Donald Brodie. 
 Tak thou the Carlin's carcase aff, 
 
 Thou'se get the saul o' boot. Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 While caps an' bonnets aff are taen, 
 
 As by he walks? . . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zist. iz. 
 
 But your curst witj when it comes near it, 
 Rives't aff their back. 
 
 Ep.ioJ.R.3, 
 Halloween. 4. 
 
 lb. 23. 
 
 lb. 28. 
 
 Poor hav'rel Will fell aff the drift, . 
 Till skin in blypes cam haurlin Affs neives 
 They parted aff careerin Fu' blythe 
 Hadst thou taen aff some drowsy bummle, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W. Indies'. 
 Forbye, he'll shape you aff fu' gleg 
 
 The cut of Adam's philibeg ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 She eyes her freebom, martial boys, 
 
 Tak aff their whisky. The A uthor's cry and prayer, P.S. 
 Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throw 'ther, . , lb. 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither, 
 
 Tak aff your dram ! . . , ■ . Ih. 
 
 Tak' aff your whitter. [v. A. 2] . . . . lb. 
 
 Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, 
 
 Frae aff its thorny tree ; . . S. The Banks 0/ Doon. 
 , Gifted by black Jock 
 
 To get them aff his hands. The Election Ballads. IV, 
 
 Wi' bonnet aff, quoth I, "Sweet lass, , The Holy Fair, 4. 
 An' aff the godly pour in thrangs, .... lb. 14, 
 While Common-sense has taen the road. 
 
 An' aff, an' up the Cowgate Fast, fast lb. 16. 
 
 He'll screed you aff Effectual Calling, 
 
 As fast as ony in the dwelling. . , . The Inventory. 
 Haud aff your hands, young man, said she, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Then aff to B-;;^gb — 's in a raw. 
 
 An' pour divine libations . . . The Ordination, i. 
 
 An' touch it aff wi' vigour, lb. 4. 
 
 Now there, they're packed aff to h — II, ... lb. 12. 
 We'll rin them aff in fusion Like oil, ... lb. 14. 
 Cut aff his head and a', man. . , The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 
 I'd gie my shoon frae off my feet, 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man. The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 May a' pack aff. . . . The Two. Herds. 77. 
 
 Nor kick your rickles aff their legs, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 " You shou'd remember To cut it aff, an* whatfore no, 
 
 What ails ye now f 
 
 Trifled aff till she's grown auld, S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Affair. Somebody tells the Poacher-Court, 
 
 The hale affdr. . . . . Ep. to J. R. 8. 
 dousely manage our affairs In Parliament, 
 
 The Authot^s cry and prayer. 
 To mind the Kirk and State affairs ; . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 Affected. Who calls thee, pert, affected, v:un coquette, 
 
 Ep./r. Esopus to Maria. 
 
 awkward, stiff, affected. Spuming nature, torturing art ; 
 
 To Miss Fontenelle. 
 
 Affection. In loyal, true affection, . . A Dream. 8. 
 From friendship and dearest affection removed ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 She steals our affections awa, man. . Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Humid seal of soft affections, . . . To a Kiss. 
 
 What words can ever speak affection 
 
 So thrilling and sincere as thine ! . . lb. 
 
 In mutual affection to join, . . .To Mary. 
 
 Aff han' [off-hand, at once]. 
 
 Ay free, aff ban', your story tell, . Ep. to Young Friend. S- 
 
 An' wad hae done't aff han': . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Aff-hand [off-hand]. And marri^e aff-hand, 
 
 S. Last May a braiv ivooer^ 
 turn a Carpet-weaver Aff-hand this day. The Ordination, g. 
 AffiPm'd. This was deny'd, it was affirm'd ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Aiflicted. But if I must afflicted be. 
 To suit some wise design ; 
 
 A Prayer under Anguish, 
 
 Affliction. 'Affliction's sons are brothers in distress ; 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 I see the children of affliction, 
 Unaided through thy curs'd restriction ; 
 
 Lns back of Bank Note. 
 Scotland an' me's in great affliction, 
 
 The Author's cry and prayer. 
 Aff-loof [off-hand, extempopaneously]. 
 But I shall scribble down some blether 
 
 Just clean aff-loof. . . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 7. 
 Afford. The soupe their only Hawkie does afford. 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 11. 
 And wi' the beggar shares a mite 
 
 O' a' he can afford, man. . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 And thou grim Pow'r, by Life abhorr'd. 
 
 While ^ife a pleasure can afford, ... To Ruin. 
 
 Affright. Or guilt affrights thy contemplation. The HcTvnit. 
 Affrighted, startling half awake, Away affrighted springs. 
 
 .S". On a bank offlowers\ 
 Affront. * So dinna ye affront your trade, 
 
 Ep. toj^ L—k, Ap. 2zst. 4. 
 Affronted. An' dinna, for a kebbuck-heel. 
 Let lasses be affronted 
 
 On sic a day ! . The Holy Fair. 25. 
 
 A-fiel [a-field]. At hame, a-fiel, at wark or leisure. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 A field. By night, by day, a field, at hame, 
 
 S. O were I on Parnassus t 
 Afore [before]. Ae Hairst afore the Sherni-moor, 
 
 Halloween, ij. 
 And no for ony guid or ill 
 
 They've done afore thee ! . Holy Willie's prayer. 
 
 That I am here afore thy sight, lb. 
 
 So, took a birth afore the mast, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W. Indies. 
 I have four brutes o' gallant mettle. 
 As ever drew afore a pettle. 
 
 My Lan' afore's a gude auld has been, . . The iKveniory. 
 Foreby a Cowt, o' Cowts the wale. 
 
 As ever ran afore a tml, lb. 
 
 And sairly thole their mither's ban, 
 
 Afore the howdy. .... What ails ye nowf 
 Afraid. Why shrinks my soul half blushing, half afraid, 
 
 Ep. to R, Qraham. 5. 
 While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 No more I shrink appall'd, afraid ; , , , To Ruin. 
 
Afresh 
 
 Age 
 
 Aftesh. These bleed afreshj those ties I tear, 
 
 S. The glooitty 7iighi\ 
 
 Afk*ic. Afric's burning zone, . . .S". Nffw Spring has clad\ 
 
 savages From Afric's burning sun, , On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 This fruit is worth a' Afric's wealth, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Afrlght. Or if I slumber, Fancy, chief, 
 
 Reigns, haggard-wild, in sore afright : . The Lament. 
 Aft. The Fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. VII. 
 Aft [oft]. Till aft his guidness is abus'd; A Ded. toG. H.s. 
 Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known, 
 
 To mak a noble Aiver; . , , A Dream, ii. 
 
 Aft thee an' I, in aught hours gaun, A Guid Ne%v-year\ ir. 
 Aft 'yont the dyke she's heard you bumman. 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 An' aft your moss-traversing Spunkies 
 
 Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is : . . lb. 13. 
 'Till daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 In gore a shoe-thick; . . . Add. to Toothache. 
 (what's aft mair than a' the lave) Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 
 His cheek to hers he aft did lay, . S. As down the burn\ 
 If I had twenty thousand lives, 
 
 I'd die as aft for Charlie. . . S. Come boat vie der\ 
 Alas ! how aft, in haughty mood, 
 
 God's creatures they oppress ! . . Ep. to Davie, 6. 
 An' aft my .wife she bang'd me, S. O ay my wife she dang 
 Let witless, trusting woman say 
 How aft her fate's the same, jo, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thou sleeping\ 
 Aft has he doudl'd me upon his knee ; 
 
 S, O ivhare did ye get t 
 Poor man the flie, aft bizzes bye, 
 And aft as chance he comes thee nigh, 
 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi* joy, . Poem on Life. 
 
 And och ! o'er aft thy joes hae starv'd, P. on Pastor. Poetry 
 On thee aft Scotland chows her cood, Scotch Drink, 4. 
 
 Aft, clad in massy, siller weed, 
 
 Wi Gentles thou erects thy bead ; lb. 4. 
 
 Aft hae I rov'd by bonie Doon, . S. The Ban/es ofDoon. 
 And aft he's prest, and aft he ca's it guid ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, 11. 
 That aft has borne me hame frae KiUie, . The Inventory. 
 But 0[liphant] aft made her [Common-sense] yell. 
 
 The Ordination. 
 Fu' aft at e'en . . S. The tithermom\ 
 
 That aft ha'e made us black and blae, S. The T-wa Herds, 12. 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, 
 
 Gang aft agley, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Where glorious Wallace Aft bure the gree, 
 
 To W. Sitnpson. 10. 
 'Bout which our herds sae aft hae been 
 
 Maist like to fight. . . . .lb. P.S. 
 
 trysting thorn, Where Nancy aft I courted : 
 
 S. When wild Wa^s^ 
 pledging aft to meet ag^, 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes andstreams\ 
 those rosy lips I aft ha'e Idss'd sae fondly ! . .lb. 
 
 Aften [often]. Spare't for their sakes wha aften wear it, 
 
 Ep. toJ.R.3. 
 Lament 'im Mauchline husbands a'. 
 
 He aften did assist ye ; . Epit. on Wag in Mauchline. 
 The man wha boasts o' warld's wealth. 
 
 Is aften laird o' meikle care ; . S. Now bank and braef 
 How aften didst thou pledge and vow. 
 
 Thou wou'dst for ay be mine ; . S. O fnirk, mirk\ 
 
 Scots, wham Bruce has aften led ; . . S. Scots, wka ha'e t 
 An' aften labour them completely. . The Inventory. 
 
 He's aften wat and weary : . . S. The Ploughman. 
 
 I've aften wonder'd, honest Luath. 
 
 What sort o' life poor dogs like you have ; The Twa Dogs. 7. 
 Sic game is now owre aften played ; . . lb. 21, 
 
 Till curst with Age, obscure an' starvin', 
 
 They aften groan ToJ.S. ig. 
 
 Aftentimes [oftentimes]. 
 Beneath the woods and rocks, aftentimes for a home. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, I. 
 
 After, As fiU'd his after life wi' grief. . What ails ye now ^ 
 
 Afternoon. Some wait the afternoon. . The Holy Fair. 26. 
 
 When wearing thro' the afternoon, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Afton. Flow gently, sweet Alton, among thy green braes, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. . . lb. 
 
 How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 
 Thy crystal Stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, . . lb. 
 
 Afton's Laird, Afton's Laird, P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm." 
 
 trusty auld worthy Clackleith, Afton's Laird, . . lb. 
 
 AgBin, An somebodie were come again, 
 
 Then somebodie maun cross the main, 
 
 S. Carl, an the king come. 
 My warst word is, " Welcome, and welcome again ! " 
 
 S. Contented wi little t 
 A man may kiss a bonie lass, 
 
 And ay be welcome back again. . S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 The beast again can bear us baith, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 What ye'll ne'er ha'e to gi'e again. . . El. on Year f/SS. 
 But pennyworths again is fair, . , . Ep. to J. R. 13. 
 My horny fist assume the plough again ; Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 You have my choicest model ta'en, 
 
 How shall I make a fool again ? . . Epit. on W . 
 
 Tbou's welcome again to thy ain Jock Rab. .S". Eppie M^Nab. 
 I've dar'd his face, and in this place 
 
 I scorn him yet again I . S. Farewell, ye dungeons + 
 Till Revenge, wi' laurell'd head 
 
 Bring our Banish'd hame again ; S, Frae the friends \ 
 
 An' I'll ne'er lift a lawless l~g 
 
 Again upon her. , Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 And by yon garden green again ; . S. Til ay ca in by\ 
 
 And see my bonie Jean again. . lb. 
 
 What brings me back the gate again, .... lb. 
 And stownlin's we sail meet again. . lb. 
 
 haith, she's doubly dear again ! lb. 
 But if you come this gate again 
 
 I'll aulder be gin simmer, Sir. S. Ttn o'eryoung\ 
 
 But I hae parted frae my Love, 
 
 Never to meet again, . . S. It was d for our\ 
 
 John Barleycorn got up again, . John Barleycorn. 
 
 But far better days I trust will come again ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 Again ye'll charm the ear and e'e ; 
 But nocht in all-revolving time 
 
 Can gladness bring again to me. Lament for Glencairn. 
 And at night she'll return to her nest back again. 
 
 Lns on a Ploughman. 
 I'll never see him back again. 
 
 O for him back again . . S. My Harry was a t 
 
 Spirits kind, again attend me, S. Musing on the roaring^ 
 
 Gae back the gate ye cam' again, . S. O cap. ye labour lea \ 
 An' come to my arms and kiss me again,! S. O merry hae I\ 
 And blest be the day I did it again. . lb. 
 
 That we may brag we hae a lass. 
 
 There's nane again sae bonie. S. O saw ye bonie Lesley f 
 AgMn, again that tender part. 
 
 That I may catch thy melting art ! S.O stay, sweet warbling t 
 Wha will kiss me o'er again? . S. O wha my bahie-clouts^ 
 Never to rise again, Ob ! S, Oh, open the door\ 
 
 To run the twelvemonth's length again : 
 
 Sketch, New- Yr's Day. 
 Or R[obinson] again grown weel, 
 
 To preach an* read ? . . . Tam Samson's El. i. 
 
 Again ye'll flourish fresh and fair ; . S. The Catrine woods \ 
 Again ye'll charm the vocal air. . lb. 
 
 ...if e'er again he keep 
 
 As muckle gear as buy a sheep, T/ie Death, <Sr>c., oj Mailie. 
 I'll try him yet again. . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Again Thou say'st, 'Ye sons of men, 
 
 • Return ye into nought ! ' The 1st 6 Vs. ofgoth Ps. 
 
 Scenes, if in stupor I forget. 
 
 Again I feel, again I bum ! . . The Lament. 10. 
 
 1 kiss'd her owre and owre ag^n, 
 
 S. The lass that mccde the bed. 
 I kiss'd her owre and owre again, . The Rigs o' Barley. 
 
 Gie me the groat again, cany young man, ^. The Taylor fell\ 
 There's some that are dowie, I trow wad be fain 
 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again. . . lb. 
 Age. Yet here to crazy Age we're brought, 
 
 A Guid N&m-Year^ 16. 
 nae kindly thowe Shall melt the silaws of age ; 
 
 iS". But lately seen \ 
 Oh I age has weary days ! ... lb. 
 
 The fears all, the tears all. 
 
 Of dim declinirjg Age ! . Despondency, an Ode. 5. 
 
Age 
 
 Aimed, -'d 
 
 Age. Auld age ne'er mind a feg ; . . E^. to Davie. 2. 
 They [Misfortunes] gie the Wit of Age to Youth; . Ih. 7. 
 
 The friend of age, and guide of youth : . Epit, on a Friend. 
 My age's future shade. . . S. Fate gave ike word^ 
 
 He faded into age ; . , . , John Barleycorn. 
 
 the palsied arm of tottering, powerless age. . . Liberty. 
 Age and Want, Oh ! ill-match'd pair ! 
 
 Man was made to mourn. 
 The frost of hermit age might warm; lS*. My Mary's face\ 
 An' fill auld -age wi' grips an' granes ; . The Twa Dogs. zg. 
 curst with Age, obscure an' starvin, . . To J, S. ig. 
 Low-sunk in squalid, unprotected age, . To R. G. ofF. j". 
 The forms of ages long gone by . On Lincluden Castle. 
 That wound degenerate ages cannot cure. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 " And future ages hear his growing fame. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 In this hraw age o' wit and lear, . Poem on Pastor. Poetry, 
 What force or guile could not subdue, 
 
 Thro' many warlike ages, . , . .S". The Union. 
 Charm or instruct the future age, [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 Which [trophy] now in his house has for ages remaned ; 
 
 The Whistle. 5. 
 And tell future ages the feats of the day ; , lb. 11. 
 
 Hae thought they had ensur'd their debtors, 
 
 A' future ages; T0J.S.8. 
 
 Aged. By Tweed erects his [Autumn's] aged head, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 So deckt the woodbine sweet yon aged tree, 
 
 El. on late Miss Burnet. 
 Trees with aged arms were warring, . S. I dream' d I lay t 
 " The honours of the aged year, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 " I am a bending aged tree, ... * . Jb. 
 
 hope has left my aged ken, . . ... lb. 
 
 whose aged step Seem'd weary, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Welcome the hour, my aged limbs 
 
 Are laid with thee at rest ! . .lb. 11, 
 
 See aged winter 'mid his surly reign, 
 
 Sonnet writ, on birthday. 
 Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 3. 
 Where, like an aged man, it [the hawthorn] stands at 
 
 break o'day ; S. The Posie. 
 
 An aged Judge, I saw him rove, 
 
 Dispensing good [v. A. 4]. . . . The Vision. 
 Agent, like himsel', a full free agent. . El. on Year I'fSS. 
 Aghast, aghast. The wheeling torrent viewing, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou stream t 
 As trembling U stood staring all aghast, . The Voiuels. 
 Agincourt. Him at Agincourt wha shone, A Dream, ri. 
 Agley [off the right line, wrong]. 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, 
 
 Gang aft agley, . . . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Ago. Igo and ago, . . ICen ye ought o' Capt. Grose t 
 
 Agonizing. Can reason down its agonizing throbs ; 
 
 Remorse, a Frag. 
 agonizing, curse the time and place, The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Ah ! must the agonizing thrill, 
 
 For ever bar returning Peace! . The Lament. 2. 
 
 Agony. But the dire feeling, O farewell for ever. 
 Anguish unmingl'd and agony pure. 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Agree. How we love, and how agree ; S. First when Maggy t 
 And faith I agree with th' old prig to a hair ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 Wi' his proud, independent stomach, 
 
 Could ill agree ; . On Scot. Bard gone to W. Indies. 
 That thou wilt work them, hot and cauld. 
 
 Till they agree. . . . The Twa Herds, to. 
 
 Agreed. Wi' sma' persuasion she agreed, 
 
 To see me thro' the barley S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 And soon 'twill be agreed, man, 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 AgPiCUlture. To rustic Agriculture did bequeath 
 
 The broken iron instruments of Death, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 A-gFOaning. each bedpost with its burden a-groaning, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 Ague. When fevers burn, or ague freezes, Add. to Tootltache. 
 Ahin [behind]. My Lan' ahin's a weel gaun fiUie, 
 
 The Inventory. 
 My Furr ahin's a wordy beast, lb. 
 
 Ahint [behind]. May Homie gie her doup a clink 
 
 Ahint his yett, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 A-hunting. My Lord a-hunting he is gane, 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 
 Ai. And flagrant from the scourge he grunted, ai! The Vowels. 
 
 AlbllnS, Ablins. And aiblins ane been better A Dream. 3. 
 
 Might aiblins waur't thee for a brattle ; A Guid New-year\ 10. 
 
 Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — 
 
 Still hae a stake. . . . Add. to the Deil. 21. 
 
 Ye're aiblins nae temptation. . Add. to Unco Guid. 6, 
 
 She'll aiblins listen to my vow ; . . S. Igaed a waefU t 
 And aiblins when they winna stand the test, 
 Wink hard, and say, "The folks hae done their best." 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Till when ye speak, ye aiblins blether, [v. A. 2] 
 
 The Author's cry and prayer. P.S. 
 And aiblins gowd and honour baith The Election Ballads. I. 
 She's dour and din, a deil within, 
 
 But aiblins she may please ye. The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 aiblins thrang a parliamentin, . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 
 Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, . . To a Louse. 
 
 But aiblins honest Master Heron, 
 
 Had at the time some dainty fair one, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 For, faith, they'll ablins fin' them [chiels] fashious : 
 
 A uld comrade dear t 
 Aid. Backward, abash'd to ask thy friendly aid? 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Frae the Glenkin came to our aid 
 
 A chief o' doughty deed ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 I court, I beg_ thy friendly aid. 
 
 To close this scene of care ! To Ruin. 
 
 Aid, to. Who hold your being on the terms, 
 
 ' Each aid the others,' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 21. 
 Plain, dull Stupidity stept kindly in to aid them. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Time cannot aid me, my griefs are immortal, 
 
 S. Where are the joys i 
 O, aid me with Thy help. Omnipotence Divine ! 
 
 Why ain I loth t 
 Aik [oak]. And gie their hides a noble curry 
 
 Wi oil of aik. . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 By Ochtertyre grows the ^k, . . . S. Blythe was she t 
 Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik : 
 
 iS*. Lady Mary Ann, 
 He lean'd him to an ancient aik, , Lament for Glencaim. 
 On lofty aiks the cushats wail, S. The contented Cottager. 
 When I forlorn, Aneath an aik sat moaning, 
 
 S. The tither mom \ 
 Aiken [oaken]. She'll wander by the ^ken tree, 
 
 S. fllay ceC in^ 
 Aiken. O L — d my G-d, that glib-tongu'd A— n, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 14. 
 What A[iken] in a Cottage would have been ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, i. 
 Thee Hamilton, and Aiken dear, . . . The Farewell. 
 And now, remember Mr. A-k-n, 
 
 Nae kind of licence out I'm takin' ; . . Tlte Inventory. 
 Ail. Yet wist na what her ail might be, S. There was a lass t 
 Ail, ^i7. Tho' deil-haet ails them, yet uneasy ; The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 What ails ye now, ye lousie b — h, . . What ails ye nowf 
 Ailed. I couldna tell what ailed me, S. When first I saw\ 
 Allsa Craig. Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig, S. Duncan Grayi 
 Aim. Can harbour, dark, the selfish aim, 
 
 To bless himself alone! . . A Winter Night, 8. 
 
 a hope-abandon'd wight. 
 
 Unfitted with an aim, . . Despondency, an Ode. z. 
 
 And curse the rufiSan's aim, and mourn thy hapless fate. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 13. 
 Who formed this frame with beneficent aim, 
 
 S. The Sons of old K. 
 For me, an aim I never fash ; I rhyme for fun. To J. S. 5. 
 With steady aim. Some Fortune chase ; . . lb. 18. 
 
 Make content and ease thy aim. Wr. iji Hermitage at F. C. 
 Detraction's eye no aim can gain, 
 
 Her winning powers to lessen ; . 6". Voung Peggy t 
 Aimed, -'d. But yet he drew the mortal trigger 
 
 Wi' weel-aim'd heed ; Tarn Samson's El. 11. 
 With stern-resolv'd, despairing eye, 
 
 I see each aimed dart ; . - • . , To Ruin, 
 
Aiming 
 
 Airles [earnest-money] 
 
 Almlnif. And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye ; 
 
 On seeing- 'wounded Hare. 
 AIn [own]. What's no his ain, he winna tak it ; 
 
 ADed.toG.H.s, 
 For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin 1 . . . lb. lo. 
 But he wan my heart's consent, 
 
 To be his ain at the neist meeting. . ^S". As 1 came o'er\ 
 And every man shall hae his ain, S. Carl, an the king come. 
 This was a kinsman o' thy ain, El. on Capt. M. H.^ Epit. 
 Set by the Deil's ain dibble; .... Epit. on B.C. 
 She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab. [re.^ 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nah. 
 And ilk loyal, bonie lad 
 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. S. Frae the friends t 
 
 Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling. 
 
 An' her ain fit, it brunt it ; . , . Halloween, g. 
 Frae G — d's ain priests the people's hearts 
 
 He steals awa'. . . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 tho' you'd fain make me your ain, 
 
 S. fm o'er young to marry t 
 My ain gudeman, it is nae faute. . . S. John, come kiss ^ 
 gin the Lord's ain focks gat leave, . . Letter to J, Goudie. 
 I hae a wife o' my ain, .... S. Naebody. 
 
 But Mary she is a' my ain, . S. Now hank and brae t 
 
 My ain dear, dainty Davie, - . ^. Now rosy May f 
 
 The wierd may be her ain, jo. . S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 And swear on thy white hand, lass. 
 
 That thou wilt be my ain. , S. O lay thy loqf\ 
 
 But now he [love] is my deadly fae, 
 
 Unless thou'lt be my ain. .... lb. 
 
 Whilst thou did pledge the Powers above, 
 To be my mn dear Willy, [re] . . . S.O Phely\ 
 O this is no my ain lassie, . S. O this is no my aini 
 
 O weel ken I my ain lassie, /b. 
 
 Thy coat and thy sark are thy ain handywark. 
 
 S. O when she cavi ben t 
 We're your ain baims, e'en guide us as ye like, 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 
 Tarn! hadst thou but been sae wise. 
 As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 3. 
 Whom his ain son o' life bereft, ... lb. 21. 
 
 But left behind her ain gray tail : . . .lb. 18. 
 
 at Dunblane, in my ain sight, The Battle qfSherra-moor. 
 And bring our ain sweet Albany. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Whase ain dear lass, that he likes best. 
 
 Comes clinkan down beside him ! . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 To's ain het hame had sent him Wi' fright, . . lb. 12. 
 
 But now the L — 's ain trumpet touts, . lb. 21. 
 
 This list wi' my ain han' I wrote it, . The Inventory. 
 
 And a' to pu' a posie to my ain dear May [re.'l. S. The Posie. 
 
 1 ken't her heart was a' my ain ; . S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 If ye should doubt the truth o' this 
 
 It's Bessy's ain opinion ! . . The Tarbolion Lasses. 
 Now he's ta'en her hame to his ain reeky den, 
 
 ^S". There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 And to her ain henpeck e'en carried her back, . 75, 
 
 On my mn legs thro' dirt and dub, 
 
 I independent stand ay. . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 She's gotten Bardies o' her ain, . . To W. Simpson. 6. 
 Come to my bosom, my ain only deary, S. Wandering Willie. 
 But, djring, believe that my Willie's my ain. . . , lb. 
 My ain kind dearie O [re.l. . . S. When o'er the hill\ 
 Wha spied I but my ain dear maid, S, When wild War's f 
 Art thou my ^n dear Willie ? . . . , . lb. 
 
 Then, nae ither man can get ye, 
 
 But ye'll be my very ain : . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Or if thou wilt na be my ain. 
 
 Say na thou'lt refuse me. . . S. Wilt thou be my t 
 
 The bonie lass that I lo'e best 
 
 She'll be my ain for a' that. . . . S. Women's Minds. 
 Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath ; 
 
 S. Von wild 7nossy mountains t 
 An' ay he vows he'll be my ain 
 As lang's he has a breath to draw. . S. Young Jockey\ 
 Air [early], De'il tak the war ! I late and air Hae wish'd 
 
 S. The tither mom\ 
 I'm weary sick o't late and air ! . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Air [of musie]. struck old Scotia's melting airs, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 
 B 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. 13. 
 
 Aip [look, mien, manner]. 
 
 An' sweet an' gracefu' she did ride 
 
 Wi' maiden air ! . . . . A Giide Nffui-Year^ 
 Who long with jiltish arts and airs hast strove ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Her air so sweet, her shape complete, . S. As I gaed up by \ 
 Heaven, I thought, was in her air ; S, First when Maggy \ 
 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 May slightly touch the heart, . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 I love my Mary's angel air, . . . ^S". My Mar/sfacef 
 Great Nature spoke, with air benign, . . Natures Law, 
 But it's not her air, her form, her face, S. On Cessnock hanks t 
 And Modesty assume your air, . .OnW. Chalmers. 
 Her fautless form and giacefu' air ; . . S. Saeflaxeni 
 Benevolence, with mild benignant air, The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 ' And let us worship God ! ' he says with solemn air. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 12. 
 
 with an air That show'd a man o' spunk, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. vii. 
 
 The daisy for simplicity, and unaffected air, . S. The Posie. 
 Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtations, airs, 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 When with an elder Sister's air 
 
 She did me greet. . . . The Vision. D. II. i. 
 What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us. 
 
 And ev'n Devotion ! . . . . To a Louse. 
 
 Her air like nature's vernal smile ; S. ' Twos even — the dewy f 
 Pleasure with her siren air . . Wr. in Friars-Ca^se H. 
 Aip [the atmosphere]. 
 On trembling string, or vocal air, S. A rosebud by my \ 
 
 Where the wa' flower scents the dewy air, . . A Vision. 
 
 the air was still, lb. 
 
 They darken'd the air, and they plunder'd the land : 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Winter, hurling thro' the air 
 
 The roaring blast, 
 What tho*, like Commoners of air^ 
 
 We wander out, we know not where, . Ep. to Da/vie. 4. 
 Such as the slightest breath of air might scatter; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 As light as the air, and &use as thou's fair, S, Eppie MNah. 
 Ail thy fond-pUghted vows, fleeting as air ! S. Had I a cave t 
 thunders rend the howling air, S. How can my poor hearts 
 like the morning sun That melts the fogs in limpid air. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim» 
 And mount to the air wi' the dew on her breast ; 
 
 S. Ltis on a Ploughman. 
 Deal Freedom's sacred treasures free as air, 
 
 Lns extem. in Lady' s pocket-hook. 
 But see you the Crown how it ^vaves in the air, 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 Tho' raging winter rent the air, . S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 I hear her charm the air. . . S. Ofei the airts t 
 
 Th' inconstant blast howl'd thro' the darkening air. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. H. Blair. 
 larks with little wing, Fann'd the pure air, S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 in its native air And rural grace ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Two dusky forms dart thro' the midnight air, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Their likeness is not found on earth, in air, or sea. . lb. 8. 
 
 Ag^n ye'll charm the vocal air. . S, The Catrine woods ^ 
 
 to view the com, An' snuff the callor air. The Holy Fair. i. 
 
 Or ruins pendent in the air, [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 
 As high in mr the bursting torrents flow, Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Aire [old spelling of the town and river Ayr]. 
 
 Along the banks of Aire, . Man was made to jnoum. 
 
 Auld Aire ran by before me, . . One night as I\ 
 
 wha on Aire your chanters tune ! . Poor Mailie's El. 
 
 While Irwin, Lugar, Aire, an' Doon, 
 
 Naebody sings. . . . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Airle— , Arle-penny [earnest-money]. 
 
 I fee'd a man at Martinmas, 
 Wi' arle pennies three ; . S. O can ye labour leaf 
 
 Your proffer o' love's an airle-penny, 
 
 6*. O meikle thinks my love t 
 
 Airles [earnest-money]. 
 An' name the airles an' the fee, . To Gav. Hamilton, 
 
Aim [iron] 
 
 10 
 
 Ale 
 
 Airn [iron]. Then heave aboard your grapple aim, 
 
 A Dream. 13. 
 a good bay mare, As ever trode on aim ; El on Peg Nicholson. 
 Rusty aim caps and jinglin jackets, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Nae mercy, then, for aim or steel; . Scotch Drink. 11. 
 A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; . Tarn o' Shanter. it. 
 Patronage, wi' rod o' aim, . . . The Ordination. 8. 
 Alpt [direction, quarter of the sky]. 
 If he but want the miser's dirt, 
 
 Ye'U cast your head anither airt, . S. O Tibbie t J hoe \ 
 
 My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, 
 
 S. O wert thou in the t 
 Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, 
 I dearly like the west, . . . . S. 0/a* the airisf 
 AiPt, to [to direct]. 
 But your green graff, now, Luckie Laing, 
 Wad airt me to my treasure. . . . S, Gat ye me t 
 Airted [directed]. 
 An' her kind stars hae airted till her, 
 
 A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller : AuZd comrade dear^ 
 
 Airy. Ye duck and drake, wi' airy wheels 
 
 Circling the lake : . . El. on Capt. M. H. 8. 
 
 Nae mair the grove with airy concert rings, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Ane on the Auld Brig his airy shape uprears, . lb. 4. 
 
 . Fame a restless, airy dream ; Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 
 Aisles. Whose tones the echoing aisles prolong ; 
 
 On Lincluden Castle. 
 Her home, these aisles and arches high ; ' . . .lb. 
 Aith [oath]. ' This night I'm free to tak my aith,' 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 25. 
 But Duncan swoor a haly aith, . S. Duncan Davison^ 
 But Duncan, gin ye'll keep your aith, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Then up I gat, an swoor an aith, Ep. to Ji L — k^ Ap. ist. 7. 
 I'll pledge my aith in guid braid Scotch, 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 And a deadly aith she's ta'en, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 To which I'm clear to gi'e my aith. . The Inventory. 
 
 Did tak a solemn aith, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 To swear by a' yon starry roof. 
 
 Or some rash aith, . . . The Vision^ D. I. 6. 
 
 The infant aith, half-formed, was cmsht ; . . lb. 8. 
 
 Frae words an' aiths to clours and nicks; ToW.SimpsoniP.S . 
 Aith-detesting'. Thee, aith-detesting, chaste Kilkerran ; 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 13. 
 Aits [oats]. And Aits set up their awnie horn, Scotch Drink.3. 
 Aiver [an old horse]. 
 Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known. 
 To mak a noble Aiver ; .... A Dream. 11. 
 
 Aizle [a hot cinder]. 
 
 She notic't na, an aizle brunt 
 Her braw, new, worset apron Out thro' . Halloween, ij. 
 Ajee [to one side]. And come na unless the back-yett be ajee ; 
 
 S.O whistle, and ril\ 
 His bonnet he 
 
 A thought ajee, Cock'd sprush . 6", The tither mom \ 
 A-keeping. And has my heart a-keeping? 
 
 S. O watye wha that loesf 
 Alacrity. With arch-alacrity and conscious glee 
 
 £p. to R, Graham. 3. 
 Alake [alas!] Alake,alake the meikle deil. Friend of thepoet\ 
 Alake ! that e'er my Muse has reason, 
 
 To wyte her countrymen wi' treason ! . Scotch Drink. 14. 
 Without this tree, alake this life 
 Is but a vale o' woe, man ; . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Alane [alone]. Helpless, alane, thou clamb the brae, 
 
 Extem. on Comtnein.s of Thomson, 
 Love alane can gi'e delight. . S. Jockey fou^ and Jenny \ 
 I bear alane my lade o' care, . . Lament for Glencaim. 
 [Winter] Alane can delight me— now Nanie's awa', 
 
 ^. My Nanie's awa. 
 We'll e'en let this subject alane. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Adorns the histie stibble-field, 
 
 Unseen, alane. . . . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Alang [along]. The stars they shot alang the sky; A Vision. 
 
 That shoots my tortur'd gums alang ; .Add. to Toothache. 
 
 I gi'e them a skelp as they're creeping alang, 
 ^ S. Contented wi' little \ 
 
 To echo bore the notes alang. Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 But wi' miscarriage ? , Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Alarm, watching high the least alarms, Add. to Edinburgh. s. 
 Awa' wi' your witchcraft o' beauty's alarms, 
 
 .5". Awa' w{ yr witchcraft^ 
 And rueful thy alarms : .'.... Sadthytalei 
 Let me sound an alarm to your conscience ; The Kirk's A larm. 
 war's loud alarms . . . S. There was a bonie lass \ 
 
 Alarm, to. Wi' a jump, yell and howl, alarm every soul. 
 
 The KirJ^s Alarm. 
 
 No anxious fear their little heart alarms ; 
 
 S. The sun he is sunki 
 
 How your dread howling a lover alarms ! S. Wandering Willie. 
 Is it departing pangs my soul alarms ? . Why am I loth t 
 Alarm'd. The herds an' hissels were alarm'd ; 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Alarming". O then the heart alarming, 
 
 And all resistless charming, S. MarkyonderPomp\ 
 Had ne'er sic powers alarming : S. O watye wha that loes\ . 
 
 Alas! "Alas!" quoth I, " what ruefu' chance, 
 " Has twin'd ye o' your bonie trees ; 
 
 As on the banks\ 
 " Alas ! I feel I am no actor here ! " Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Alas ! how aft, in haughty mood, 
 
 God's creatures they oppress ! . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 Justice, alas ! has gi'en him o'er, . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 To what dark cave of frozen night, 
 Alas ! shall thy poor wand'rer hie ; 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress^ 
 Alas ! Alas ! a devilish change indeed. Lns wrote on death-bed. 
 The wife of my bosom, alas ! she did die ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am If 
 And gane, alas ! the sheltering tree, On birth ofPosth. Child. 
 One farewell, alas, for ever! . S. One fond kiss f 
 
 But alas ! when forc'd to sever. 
 
 Then the stroke, O how severe ! . . S. Scenes of woe \ 
 Alas ! my roupet Muse is haerse ! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 2. 
 Alas \ I'm but a nameless wight, . . . lb. 10. 
 
 But oh, alas, for her bonie face. 
 They've wranged the Lass of Albany. 
 
 The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Alas the day, and wo the day, . , . , lb. 
 
 But here, alas ! for me nae mair 
 
 Shall birdie charm, or flow'ret smile ; S. The Catrine woods f 
 For woman's wit, or strength o' man, 
 
 Alas ! can do but what they can ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Alas ! misfortune stares my face, . . . The Farewell. 
 Alas ! Life's path may be unsmooth ! . The Lament, j. 
 
 But ay she sigh'd and cry'd, " Alas ! 
 "Alas! young man, ye've ruin'd me." 
 
 S. The lass that fnade the bed. 
 For e'en and mom she cries, alas ! . 6". The lovely lass ofl.f 
 Alas ! sae sweet a tree as love, 
 Sic bitter fruit should bear ! 
 Alas ! that e'er a bonie face 
 
 Should draw a sauty tear ! . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 And, alas ! I am weary, weary O ! . S. The Slave's Lament. 
 Alas ! can I make it no better return ! 
 
 S, The small birds rejoice t 
 Albany. They've wranged the Lass of Albany, [re.] 
 
 S. TJte bonie Lass of A Ibany. 
 Albion. And wha wad betray Old Albion's rights, 
 May they never eat of her bread ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 That ruled Albion's kingdoms three, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 
 thro' Albion's farthest kin, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Ale. honest lucky. Brews gude ale 5". A' the lads o' Thomief 
 
 I wish her sale for her gude ale, lb. 
 
 Wi' a cog o' gude ale, and an auld Scottish sang. 
 
 S. Contented wi little\ 
 set him to a pint of ale, . Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. ist. 6. 
 
 Strong ale was ablution, . . Epit, on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 ale and brandy's stars and moon, . . 3'. Gane is the day f 
 O gude ale comes, and gude ale goes, 
 Gude ale gars me sell my hose, . ^. O gude ale comes \ 
 
 Gude ale keeps my heart aboon lb. 
 
 Gude ale bauds me bare and busy, . ... lb. 
 She brew'd gude ale for gentlemen. . . ^. Scroggam. 
 And ay the ale was growing better : . Tarn 0' Shanter. j". 
 Gae down by Faile, and taste the ale, 
 And tak a look 0* Mysie ; . . The Tarbolton Lasses, 
 
Alexander 
 
 11 
 
 Alms 
 
 Alexander. She's gane like Alexander, 
 
 To spread her conquests farther. 
 
 S. O saw ye Borne Lesley^ 
 Alias. I Rhymer Robin, alias Bums, On dinit^ with Doer. 
 Master Tootie, Alias, Laird M'Gaun, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Alison. My bonie Peggy AUson. [re.l 
 
 S. An' ril kiss tkee yet t 
 A-listening. A-listening the linnet, oft wanders my Jean. 
 
 S. Their graves of\ 
 Alive. That year I was the waest man 
 
 O' ony man alive. . . The Election Ballads. V. 
 Alkali. Sal-alkali o' Midge-tall clippings, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 All. The fears all, the tears all, 
 
 Ofdim declining Age! . . Despondency , an Ode. S- 
 And all my frowzy couch in sorrow steep ; 
 
 Ep.jr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Because thy guilt's supreme enough for all ? . . lb. 
 
 In all of thee sure thy Esopus shares. ... Ih. 
 
 And dare the war with all of woman bom : . .lb. 
 
 And thy still matchless tongue that conquers all reply. lb. 
 O, all ye Pow'rs who rule above ! . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; Ep^ to R. Graham. 
 And with him all the joys are fled, 
 
 Life can to me impart, . S, Fate gave the wordf 
 
 So fell the pride of all ray hopes, . , . . /b. 
 
 All in all he's a problem must puzzle the Devil. 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air ! S. Had I a cave t 
 All imdemeath the birchen shade ; . . S. Here is the glen t 
 We've all things that's nice, and mostly in season, Impromptu. 
 Clarinda, rich reward ! o'erpays them all ! 
 
 In vain would Prudence t 
 John Barleycorn got up again. 
 And sore surpris'd them all. . John Barleycorn. 
 
 All for to court this pretty maid, . Katharine J affray. 
 
 His worth, his honour, all the world approv'd. 
 
 Lns sent to Sir J. White/ord. 
 With all her [fortune's] wonted malice, O : 
 
 My father was a/artner^ 
 But as daily bread is all I need, 
 
 I do not much regard her, O. . . . lb. 
 
 Make, all and every one, A joyful noise. New Psalmody. 
 a big-bellied bottle's a cure for all care. 
 
 S. No Churchman atn If 
 Nature's gifts to all are free : . .On scaring Water-fowl. 
 
 Tyrant stem to all beside. /^. 
 
 All on Nature you depend, . . ... lb. 
 
 O buming hell ! in all thy store of torments 
 There's not a keener lash ! - . . Remorse^ a Frag. 
 Feels all the bitter horrors of his crime, . . .lb. 
 
 " The passing moment's all we rest on ! " 
 
 Sketch. New Vt^s Day. 
 Yes — all such reasonings are amiss ! . . lb. 
 
 On this poor being all depends ; . . /^, 
 
 And in an instant all was dark: . . Tam o' SHanter. 16. 
 With all the venal soul of dedicating prose ? 
 
 The Brigs oj Ayr. i. 
 He glows with all the spirit of the Bard, . . . lb. 
 All else was hush'd as Nature's closed e'e ; . . . lb. 3. 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit ; , lb. 10. 
 
 But all the soul of Music's self was heard ; . 16. 12. 
 
 That thus they all shall meet in future days : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 16. 
 Chose one who should owe it all, d'ye see. 
 
 To their gratis grace and goodness. The Dean of Faculty. 
 Despising worlds with all their wealth 
 
 As empty idle care : . . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Here's to all the wandering train ! The Jolly Beggars, S. VIII. 
 Oneandallcry out, Amen! . • ... lb. 
 
 Of all the women in the world, 
 
 I never could come at her. . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 And mourn, in lamentation deep, 
 
 How life and love are all a dream! . Tfie Lament, 1. 
 
 Morality himsel, Embracing all opinions; The Ordination. 12. 
 And nought but his labour to keep them up all. 
 
 The Poor 7 hresher. 
 Allan. By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove 
 
 S. By A lion stream t 
 
 Allan [Ramsay the poet]. 
 O for a spunk o' Allan's glee, Ep, to J. /-—A, Ap. ist. 14. 
 come forrit, honest Allan ! . Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 to speel, Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, 
 
 The braes o* fame ; ... To W. Simpson. 
 
 Allan [Mastepton, who composed the air of " Willie 
 brew'd,"] 
 And Rob and Allan came to see ; . S.O Willie brew'd\ 
 
 All-bitter. Ev'n day, all-bitter, brings relief, 
 
 From such a horror-breathing night. 
 
 The Lament. 8. 
 All-Chearing. All-chearing Plenty, with her flowing horn, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 All-conquering. 
 O these are my Lassie's all-conquering charms. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 
 All-directing, impell'd by all-directing Fate, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr 3. 
 Allegiance. I'll desert my sov'reign lord, 
 
 And so good-bye, allegiance I 
 
 S. Husband, husband f 
 Allegretto. Set off wi' allegretto glee His giga Solo. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars^ R. V. 
 But [your life] ^^ allegretto forte" gay 
 
 Harmonious flow . . Ep. to Major Logan, j". 
 
 Alley. The shrinking bard adown an alley skulks, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 All-forgot, all-forgetting, all-forgot. Despondency,anOde.3. 
 All-Good. Thou, All-Good, for such Thou art, 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 All-hail. All-hail then, the gale then. 
 
 Wafts me from thee, dear shore ! The Farewell. 
 
 All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, . . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 All hail ! ye tender feelings dear ! . . Ep. to Dame. 10. 
 
 All hail ! my own inspired Bard \ . The Vision, D. II. 2. 
 
 Alliance. Sae knit in alliance are kin. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 All-important. Who left the all-important cares 
 Of fiddles, wh-res, and hunters ; 
 
 The Election Ballads^ VI. 
 Allow. That sic a couple fate allows ye 
 
 To grace your blood. . Ep. to Major Logan. 13. 
 The little fate allows, they share as soon, 
 
 Ep toR. Graham, s. 
 Besides, I farther maun allow, . Holy Willies Prayer. 8. 
 Ye foam-crested billows, allow me to wail. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Friendship ! 'tis all cold duty now allows. Once fondly lov'd\ 
 Ye've the figure, 'tis true, even your faes will allow, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 AllOWay. Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, 
 By Alloway's auld haunted kirk. 
 
 Tain o'Sfianter. 3. 
 Kirk-AUoway was drawing nigh, 
 
 Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. . . lb. g. 
 
 Kirk-Alloway seem'd in a bleeze ; . . . . 16, jo. 
 Allowed, -'d. To rule their torrent in th' allowed line ; 
 
 Why am I lotki 
 , On ev'ry hand it will allow'd be, . .A Ded. to G. H. 4. 
 They durst nae mair than he allow'd, . . To W. Creech. 
 Alloy. God's image rudely etch'd on base alloy ! 
 
 Ep. ioR. Grahatn.S' 
 All-prevailing. And Burke shall sing, O prince, arise! 
 Thy power is all prevailmg ! 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI, 
 All-revolving. But nocht in all-revolving time 
 
 Can gladness bring again to me. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Allseeing. Thou Being, Allseeing, 
 
 O hear my fervent pray'r ! . Ep, to Daxfie. g. 
 Allur'd. An' nighted Trav'Uers are allur'd 
 
 To their destruction. . Add. to tlie Deil. 12. 
 
 Alluring. Gaunt, ghastly, ghaist-alluring edifices, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 Almagro [one of the Spanish conquerors of Peru]. 
 Between Almagro and Pizarro ; 
 A seat, I'm sure ye're weel deservin't ; Add. of Beelzebi^. 
 
 Almighty. O Thou unknown. Almighty Cause 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. ofDeatJu 
 
 Sure Thou, Almighty, canst not act 
 From cmelty or wrath ! . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 
 Alms. When ye pilfer'd the alms o' the poor ; 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm 
 
Jtloft 
 
 12 
 
 Amang £among] 
 
 Aloft. I rather think she is alofl, 
 
 And imitating -thunder ; . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Aloft on dewy wing ; . . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Alone, the selfish aim, To bless himself alone ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 Who made the heart, 'tis He alone 
 
 Decidedly can try us, . . . Add. to Unco Gmd. 8. 
 I ask for dearest life alone, 
 
 That I nmy live to love her. . S. Come, let me take thee t 
 Must thou alone in guilt immortal swell, 
 
 Ep^fi'. Esopi^ to -Maria. 
 Who says that fool alone is npt thy due, . . . lb. 
 The Friend of Man, to vice alone a foe ; 
 
 Epit, for A^tho-^s Father. 
 For had he said the soul alone - - 
 
 Th^Vi^ thou hadst slept for ever! . E^ii. on Country Laird. 
 The eagle's gaze alone surv^s 
 The sun'9 meridian splendour ; . , S. Lively Davies. 
 " Look not alone on youthful Prime, Man was made to mourn. 
 O why thus all alone are mine 
 
 The weairy steps o' woe. S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 — Man, to whom alone is^given 
 
 A ir^y direct from pitying Heaven, Oft scaring Waterfowl. 
 Virtue alone who dost revere, 
 
 Thy own reproach alone dost fear, , Poet. Inscription. 
 
 Dread Omnipotence, alone, 
 
 Can heal t^e wound He gave ; . . . Sad thy tale f 
 That future-life in worlds unknown 
 
 Must take its hue from this alone ; Sketchy New-Yf^s day. 
 The godlike bliss, to give, alone excels. The Brigs of Ayr. i. 
 While joys above my mind can move, 
 
 For thee, and thee alone I live : . S, The day returns^ 
 As theiis alone, the patent-bliss. 
 
 To hold a F§te Champetre. . . S, The FHe Champetre. 
 For her dear sake, and her's alone I . . The Lament. 4. 
 
 dear, dear admiration ! 
 In that blest sphere alone we live and move ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Your dear idea rejgns, and reigns alone : . To Clarinda. 
 Then let your schemes alone, in the state, 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites by name t 
 Aloud. When " Catch the thief!" resounds aloud; 
 
 Tarn oShanter, if. 
 An' tell aloud 
 Their jugglin' hocus-pocus arts . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Already. She's got mischief enough already; 
 
 Adam A' — * Prayer. 
 
 I've paid enough for her already, . . The Inventory. 
 
 AltaP. The altar sinks, the tapers fade, On Lincluden Castle. 
 Alter. Who knows how the fashions may alter, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 And thou'rt the angel that never can alter, 
 
 .S". Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 
 Alteration. To see each melancholy alteration ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Alter'd. No cold approach, no aiter'd mien, The Tears I shed. 
 Wi' aiter'd voice, quoth I, sweet lass, S. When wild War's \ 
 Alternate. Alternate Follies take the sway ; 
 
 Man was made to Mourn, 4. 
 
 Hope and Feajr's alternate billow ^S". Musing on the roaring \ 
 
 Alway,-S. Guide Thou their steps alway. O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 
 ^. ' And O ! be sure to fear the Lord alway ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, t 
 
 Then ergo, she'll match them, and match them always. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 6. 
 
 He's always compleenin frae momin' to e'enin, 
 
 S, What can a young lassie i 
 Fear not clouds will always lour. Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Amaist [almost]. I had amaist said, ever pray, 
 
 A bed. to G. H., 13. 
 The words come skelpan, rank and file, 
 
 Amaist before Iken! . - . Ep. to Davie, 11. 
 
 Amaist as soon as I could spell, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 8 
 ' Leeze me on rhyme I it's ay a treasure, 
 My chief, amaist my only pleasure. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 For fear amaist did swarf, man. The Battle of Sherra-moor. 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. S- 
 
 By a thievish midge 
 They had amaist been lost. 
 
 I'had amaist foigotten clean, . 
 Till now amaist on ■ev'rar knowe 
 
 Ye'U find ane plac'd ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 . . . lb. 
 
 Amalek. Or, Moses^bade eternal warfare wage, 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 
 Amalthea. And those, alas ! not Amalthea's horn : 
 
 To R.G. ofF. 3. 
 
 Amang [among]. Amang thae Birth-day dresses. 
 
 A Dream. 1. 
 
 Amang his en'mies a', man. . . . A Fragment. 2. 
 Amang the fresh, green leaves bedew'd, S. A . Rosebudby my\ 
 up amang thae lakes and seas, . . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Amang the springs, , . . Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 
 bear'st the bell Amang them a' ! . . Add. to Toothache. 
 Amang the reeds the ducklings cry, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing nature t 
 And down amang the blooming heather, S. As I came der \ 
 O'eryonmoss, amang the heather ; S. Braw ladsofG. Water. 
 Down amang the broom, the broom, . , . . lb. 
 Amang oursels united : . . , S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 There was ae sang, amang the rest, 
 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 3, 
 Or dealing thro' amang the naigs 
 
 Their ten-hours bite, lb., Ap. 21st. 2. 
 
 The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, 
 
 Ajre spent amang the lasseSj O. S. Green grow the rashes. 
 Amang the rocks an' streams 
 
 To sport that night, . . . Halloween, a. 
 
 Amang the bonie, winding banks, ... . Ib,2. 
 
 He marches thro' amang the stacks, . . lb. 18. 
 
 But Och ! that night, amang the shaws, 
 
 Shegatafearfu'settlin! .... lb. 24. 
 
 Amang the brachens, on the brae, .... lb, 26. 
 Sounding Clouden's woods amang, S. Hark! the mavis' t 
 
 Tho' bred amang mountains o' snaw ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them. \ 
 
 Amang its native briers sae coy, . S. I do confess thou t 
 If he's amang his friends or foes? 
 
 Ken ye aught ofCapt. Grose? t 
 
 The youngest he was the flower amang them a' : 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 The flower amang our barons bold, Lament for Glencaim. 
 The meanest hind in fair Scotland 
 
 May rove their sweets amang : Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Amang the heather in my plaidie, S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 Amang the blooming heather : S. Now westlin winds t 
 
 How pure, amang the leaves sae green; S, O bonie was yon rosy t 
 Amang her nestlings sits the thrush ; 
 
 iS". O Logan, sweetly didst t 
 I sigh'd, and said amang them a'. 
 
 Ye are na Mary Morison. S. O Mary at thy window t 
 
 And I mysel' the_ Zephyr's breath, 
 
 Amang its tonie leaves to play. S. O were my love yon t 
 Wha last beside his chair shall fa', 
 
 He is the king amang us three. . S. O Willie brew'd t 
 A chield's amang you, taking notes, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinatiofis. 
 Say, Lassie, why thy train amang, 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 And amang guid companie ; . S. RattUn, roarin Willie. 
 Fair beamingj and streaming 
 
 Her silver light the boughs amang ; 6". Sae flaxen were t 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy. 
 
 E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy : Tarn 0' Shanter, 6. 
 Yon auld gray stane, amang the heather, 
 
 Ta»t Samson's El. 12. 
 When first amang the yellow coni 
 
 A man I reckon'd was ; . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 
 Amang the bearded bear, lb. 
 
 They've lost some gallant gentlemen 
 
 Amang the Highland clans, man ; 
 
 T^ Battle ofSherra-inoor. 
 Few men o' sense will doubt your claims 
 
 To rank amang the Nowte The Calf. 
 
 The craik amang the clover hay, S. The Contcfited Cottager. 
 At Service put, amang the Farmers roun' ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, 6. 
 An' clos'd her e'en amang the dead I The Death ofMailie. 
 As flames amang a hundred woods. The Election Ballads, VI. 
 The gay-green woods, amang, man ; The FHe Champetre 
 
Amang [among] 
 
 13 
 
 Anee [once] 
 
 How drink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, 
 
 Amang the furms an benches ; . . TJk Holy Fair. S3. 
 They're left, the whitening stanes amang, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But I will down yon river rove amang the wood sae green, 
 
 S. The Paste. 
 I set her down, wi' right good will, 
 
 Amang the rigs o' barley : . . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Wh-re-hmiting amang groves o' myrtles : Tke Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Forby tum-coats amang oursel, . . The Twa Herds. 14. 
 But stray amang the heather bells, S. There was a lass^ 
 
 She's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob \ 
 Then I maun rin amang the rest . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 For I maun crush amang the stoure 
 
 Thy slender stem : . To a MountatftrDaisy. 
 
 He was a dictionar and grammar 
 
 Amang them a' ; . . . . To W. Creech. 
 
 When lintwhites chant amang the buds, To W. Simpson. 12. 
 An' stay ae month amang the Moons . . IB. P.S. 
 
 amang the chief O' lang syne saunts. . What ails ye now t 
 
 amang the saunts, At Davie's hip yet Id. 
 
 We heard nought but the roaring linn, 
 
 Amang the braes sae scroggie. . S. What will J do gin t 
 He strays amang the woods and briers, S. Young Jatnie t 
 Amaze. But seeing the ring, then she stood in amaze. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Amaz'd. As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, 
 
 Tatn o' Shanter. 12. 
 Amazement. The eye with wonder and amazement fills ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Amber. While thro' your pores the dews distil 
 
 Like amber bead. . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Ambition, mad Ambition's gory hand, A Winter's Night. 8^ 
 Ambition would disown 
 
 The world's imperial crown, . . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Ambition is a meteor gleam, , Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 Ambush 'd. ambush 'd by the chimla cheek, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Amen. An' a' the glory shall be thine. 
 
 Amen, Amen. . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 The Lord preserve us frae the devil ! 
 
 Amen ! Amen ! Poem on Life. 
 
 One and all cry out, amen ! The Jolly Beggars^ S. VIII. 
 
 And the Priest shall say. Amen. S. Will ye go and tnarry t 
 Amendment. And after proper purpose of amendment, 
 
 Remorse^ A Frag. 
 Amends. To mak amends for scrimpet stature, . To J. S.3. 
 America. Ae night, at tea, began a plea, 
 
 Wimin America, man : . A Fragment, i. 
 Amiable. Adieu, dear, amialsle Youth ! 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 Amiss. Were sayin or takin aught amiss : Kind Sir, T-ue read^ 
 An' gin she tak the thing amiss 
 
 E'en let her flyte her fill, jo. . . S.O steer her upf 
 Yes — all such reasonings are amiss ! Sketch, New-Y-^s Day. 
 Ammunition. Ammunition you never can need ; 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Am orous. While falling, recalling. 
 
 The amorous thrush concludes his sang ; 
 
 S. Saejiaxen\ 
 Twin'd amorous round the raptur'd scene : 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 And jinkin hares, in amorous whids, 
 
 Their loves enjoy, . . . To W. Simpson. 12. 
 
 Amount. • While here, half-mad, half-fed, half-sarket. 
 
 Is a' th' amount. . . The Vision. D.1. 5. 
 Amour. By some sweet elf I'll yet be dinted, 
 
 .Then, vive I'amour! Ep. to Major Logan, 12. 
 May powers aboon unite you soon, 
 
 ^d fructify your amours, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Leam'd vive la bagatelle, et vive I'amour ; , , A Sketch. 
 Ample. To show thy grace is great an' ample. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, 5. 
 
 The woods, wild-scattered, clbthe their ample sides ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Amuse. A being fonn'd t'amuse his graver friends, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham: 3. 
 Amuse me at my spinning-wheel. ^S*. The Contented Cottager. 
 AmuS*d. The daisy amus'd my fond fancy, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith + 
 Will time, amus'd with proverb'd lore. 
 Add to our date one minute more? Sketchy Nevi'Yi^s Day. 
 
 Amusement. Her darling amusement, the hounds luid the 
 horn. . . . .S". CaUdonia. 
 
 An, An', And [if]. Carl, an the king come, {re.} 
 
 S. Carl an the king come t 
 An somebodie were come again, 
 
 Then somebodie maun cross the main, . . .lb. 
 And pleasure is a wanton trout, 
 
 An' ye drink it a', ye'll find him out. S. Gone is the day \ 
 
 What signifies the life o* man, 
 
 An' 'twere na for the lasses, O. S. Green grow the rashes t 
 Deil tak Kate 
 
 An she be na noddin too ! S. Gudeen to you Kintmer\ 
 
 An ye had been whare I hae been. 
 
 Ye wad na been sae cantie O ; 
 An ye had seen what I hae seen, , . S. KilHecra^ie. 
 O father, O father, an ye think it fit, 
 
 We'll send him a year to the College yet ; .S". Lady Mary Ann. 
 Cog an ye were ay fou, . . . S. La^lady, county 
 O an ye were dead, gudeman, . .S". O gin ye were dead. 
 Yet poortjth a' I could forgive, 
 
 An' 'twere na for my Jeanie. . S. O poortiik cauld\ 
 
 An he get na hell for his haddin, 
 
 The deil gets na jusrice ava. The Election Ballads. III. 
 And see an onie bonie lad will fancy me. 
 
 ^S". There grows a bonie brier \ 
 And thou live thou'U steal a naigie. . . S. Hee balou t 
 Ananas [the pine-apple]. 
 
 Far dearer than the torrid plains 
 Where rich ananas blow! .... The Farewell. 
 Anarchy. Be Anarchy curs'd, and be Tyrany damn'd ; 
 
 At a Meet. o/D. Volunteers. 
 Anathem. An' rouse their holy thunder on it 
 
 And anathem her. . To Rev. /. M'Math. 
 Anbank [Mr. Cuninghame of Anbank, Ayrshire], 
 Anbank, wha guess'd the ladies' taste, 
 He gies a F6te Champetre. . The FSte Champetre. 
 
 Ance [once]. 
 What ance he says, he viinna break it ; A Ded. to G.H.., j". 
 He should been tight that daur't to raize thee, 
 
 Ance in a day. . . . A GuidNsw Year-f 2 
 Thou ance was i' the foremost rank, . . . . lb. 3. 
 Than let them ance out owre the water ; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 a royal ghaist wha ance was cas'd. S. Amang the trees f 
 
 And ance she bore a priest ; . . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 My spavet Pegasus will limp, 
 
 Till ance he's fairly het ; . . . Ep. to Dame. 11. 
 Ance to the Indies I were wonted, Ep. to Major Logan. 12. 
 But ha'd your nine-tail cat a wee. 
 
 Till ance you've heard my story. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Then farewell folly, hide and hair o't 
 
 For ance and ay. . . . Friend of the Poet \ 
 Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December I 
 Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care ; 
 
 S, Gloomy December. 
 Where Bruce ance rul'd the martial ranks, . Halloween. 3. 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; . . . . Ib.4. 
 My heart was ance as blythe and free 
 
 As simmer days were lang, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 My life was ance that careless stream, 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad t 
 And ance for a' this ae night S. O Lassie, art th. sleeping^ 
 Ance crowdie, twice crowdie, 
 
 Three times crowdie in a day ; . S.O that I had ne'er \ 
 Hand up thy han' Deil ! ance, twice, thrice ! 
 
 There, sieze the blinkers ! . . Scotch Drink, 2o. 
 That ance were, plush, o' gude blue hair, Tarn 0' Shanter, 13. 
 L — d ! if ance they pit her till't. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 17. 
 Ance ye were streekit owre frae bank to bank I 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, jr. 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 
 Tlte Cotters Sat Night, 12. 
 O Wives be mindfu*, ance yoursel, , 
 
 How bonie lads ye wanted, . . The Holy Fair, 2J. 
 ance whan in my wooing pride . . The Inventory. 
 
 I, ance, was ty'd up like a stirk, - - 
 
 I, ance, was abus'd i' the kirk. The Jolly Beggars, S. III. 
 To confound the poor Doctor at ance. The Kirk's A lamt, 15. 
 O love will venture in, where wisdom ance has been ; 
 
 S^ThePosie. 
 It stands where ance the Bastile stood, The Tree of Liberty, 
 
Ance [once] 
 
 14 
 
 Ane [one] 
 
 Gif ance the peasant taste a bit, 
 
 He's greater than a lord, man, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Auld Britain ance could crack her joke, . . The Posie. 
 Forgather'd ance upon a time. . . The Twa Dogs, /. 
 There liv'd ance a carle in Killyburn-braes, 
 
 S' There lived ance a carle t 
 When ance life's day draws near the gloamin, . . lb. 
 For, ance that five an' forty's speel'd. 
 
 See, crazy, weary, joyless Eild, . . . ToJ.S. IS. 
 And spunkie, ance to make us mellow To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Down droops her ance weel-bumish't crest, To W. Creech. 
 I hae been in for't ance or twice, . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 For Scotia's son— ance gay like thee V-.s under grief. 
 
 And waft my dear Laddie ance mair to my arms. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Quo' she, a sodger ance I lo'ed, . S. When wild Wat^s t 
 Ance the darling o' the men : S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 If ance I had my lovely treasure. 
 
 Let the rest admire and die lb. 
 
 Ance lightly lap ye owre the knowe, S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Ancestor. Whose ancestors in days of yore, 
 Old Scotia's bloody lion bore: 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh 7. 
 And swore 'twas the way that their ancestor did. 
 
 The Whistle. 14. 
 Anchor. A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n, 
 
 Is sure a noble anchor 1 Ep. to Young Friend^ 10. 
 Ancient. Our ancient crown's fa'n in the dust ; 
 
 S. Awa, whigSj awa. 
 He lean'd him to an ancient aik, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 The flow'r of ancierit nations ; . . Nature's Law. 
 
 The piety of ancient days \ . . On Lincluden Castle. 
 Oh ! had each Scot of ancient times. 
 
 Been, Jeany Scott, as thou art. On Miss J. Scott. 
 
 I saw my sons resume their ancient fire ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 an ancient nation fam'd afar, . . Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Strong may she glow with all her ancient fire ; , .lb. 
 His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony; . Tarn d Shanter.S- 
 Auld Brig appear'd of ancient Pictish race, The Brigs ofAyr.4. 
 
 ye, my dear-remember'd, ancient yealings, . lb. g. 
 Her ancient weed was russet gray. The Election Ballads. I. 
 Fareweel our ancient glory; . . . . S. The Union. 
 An ancient Borough rear'd her head ; The Vision, D.I. ij. 
 
 Ancle. Her pretty ancle is a spy, 
 
 Betraying fair proportion, . S. Saeflaxen\ 
 
 In vain the Gout his ancles fetters; Tarn Samson's El. g. 
 
 Anderson. John Anderson, my jo, John, [re.} 
 
 S. John Anderson^ 
 Andrew. Andrew dear believe me, Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 Her thoughts on Andrew Bell; . . . Halloween. 11. 
 Poor Merry Andrew, in the neuk. 
 Sat guzzling wi' a Tinkler-hizzie ; 
 
 S. The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Poor Andrew that tumbles for sport, . . . . lb. 
 AndFo lAndrew]. 
 Andro Gouk, Andro Gouk, ye may slander the book, 
 
 Th^ Kirk's Alarm. 
 Ane [one]. And aiblins awe been better Than You A Dream, 3. 
 Or else, I fear, some ill ane skelp him ! . A Ded. to G.H.3. 
 I'll reserve ane Laid by for you. . A Guid New-year^ ly. 
 a feckless matter To gie ane fash. . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 A dream of ane that never wauks. S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 And O for ane and twenty. Tarn 1 [re.] 
 
 S, And Ofor ane and twenty \ 
 My heart it shall never be broken for ane. 
 
 S. As I was a-wandring, t 
 But there is ane, a secret ane, ^S". Braw lads on Yar. braes ^ 
 Ilka body has a body, ne'er a ane hae I ; S. Comin thrd titc rye. 
 Ilka Jenny has her Jockey, ne'er a ane hae I, . . lb. 
 Till ane Hornbook's ta'en up the trade. 
 
 Death and Dr., Hornbook. 13. 
 
 1 threw a noble throw at ane ; .... Ih. 16. 
 
 Whare I kill'd ane, a fair strae-death, 
 A hich house and a laigh ane ; 
 For muckle anes, an' straught anes. 
 For monie a ane has gotten a fright, 
 Sometime when nae ane see'd him, 
 
 lb, 2S, 
 
 S. Gat ye me i 
 
 Halloween. 4, 
 
 lb. 14, 
 
 lb. 17. 
 
 They hecht him some fine braw ane ; Halloween. 2$. 
 
 Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, . . ^S". Here's a health f 
 Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, 
 
 A' for thy glory, , . Holy Willie's Prayer, 
 
 It's ye hae wooers mony ane, . . S. In simmer when^ 
 And ane to wait on, every hand, S. My Collier Laddie, 
 
 There's ane to you, and twa to me, S. O gin ye were dead. 
 I sell'd them a' just ane by ane; . ^S". O gude ale comes\ 
 My thoughts are a' bound up in ane, . . S. O Phely t 
 The deil a ane would spier your price, 
 
 Were ye as poor as I. . . . S.O Tibbie I hae seen \ 
 O that's the queen o' woman-kind, 
 
 And ne'er a ane to peer her. S. O watye wha tk. lo'es f 
 But I hae ane will take my part, S. Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 It's ten to ane ye'U find him snug in 
 
 Some eldritch part, On Grose* s Peregrinations. 
 
 And ane would rather fa'n than fled ; . .lb. 
 
 And Modesty assume your air, 
 
 And ne'er a ane mistak' her: . On Willie Chalmers. 
 
 my fond regard For ane that shares my bosom, . . lb. 
 
 Yes I there is ane ; a Scottish callan ! 
 There's ane ; come forrit, honest Allan \ 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 There's ane they ca* Jean, . . , Ronalds ofBennals. 
 For thrice I drew ane without failing, . , .S". Tarn Glen. 
 And how Tam stood, like ane bewitch'd, Tarn d Shanter. 16. 
 And ane, a chap that's d — mn'd auldfarran, 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 Ane on tb' Auld Brig his airy shape uprears, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 That he, at Lon'on, frae ane Adams got ; . . lb. 
 
 But nae ane could their fancy please, 
 
 O ne'er a ane but tway. 
 The first ane was a belted knight. The Election Ballads. I. 
 And ilka ane at London court 
 
 Would bid to him gude day. . . . . lb. 
 
 But we'll hae ane frae 'mang oursels, ... lb, II. 
 The deil ane but honours them highly. 
 
 The deil ane will give them his vote. . . . lb. III. 
 Ane gies them coin, ane gies them wine, 
 Anither gies them clatter ; . . S. The FHe Champetre. 
 Ane curses feet that fyl'd his shins, 
 
 Anither sighs and prays ; . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 
 On this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk. 
 
 They're makin observations ; . . . lb. 20. 
 
 Till some ane by his bonnet lays, .... lb. 24. 
 A gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other, . The Inventory. 
 
 Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted. . . .lb. 
 in auld, red rags, Ane sat ; . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 But what could ye other expect 
 
 Of ane that's avowedly daft ? . . . Ib.S. III. 
 
 I've lost but ane, I've twa behin', . . lb, S. VII. 
 
 Yet that winna save ye, auld Satan must have ye, 
 For preaching that three's ane and twa. 
 
 The Kirk's A larm, 4% 
 Swith to the Laigh Kirk, ane an' a, . The OvdinaMon. i. 
 He's wal'd us out a true ane. And sound . . .lb. 8. 
 As ane were peelin onions ! , ... lb. 12, 
 
 She sang a sang o' liberty. 
 
 Which pleased them ane and a', man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 Thy're no sae wretched's ane wad think ; The Twa Dogs. IS. 
 The young anes rantan thro* the house ... lb, 20. 
 It wadj for ev'ry ane be better, .... lb. 26. 
 But he has gotten to our grief, 
 
 Ane to succeed him, . . The Twa Herds. 13. 
 And mony a ane that I could tell, .... lb. 14. 
 
 There's S[mit]h for ane, lb. 
 
 Our monarch's hindmost year but ane S. Tliere was a lad\ 
 Sweet ane an' twenty ! . . . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 An' naething, now, to big a new ane, . . To a Motise. 
 if ye're ane o' warl's folk, . . , To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 ane, Whase heart ne'er wrang'd ye. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 An' shortly after she was done 
 
 They gat a new ane. . . ToW. Simpson, P.S. 
 amaist on ev'ry knowe Ye'U find ane plac'd ; . . .lb. 
 She has an e'e, she has but ane, . . S, Willie Wasile t 
 It's a pity ane sae pretty 
 
 Should na do the thing they can. S. Will ye go and marry t 
 But there is ane aboon the lave, . . S, Women's Minds. 
 
Ane anither [one another] 
 
 15 
 
 Another 
 
 Ane anithep [one another]. 
 We'll toyte about wi' ane anither; . A Guid New Veari i8. 
 An' hae a swap o' rhymin-ware, 
 
 Wr ane anither. . Ep. to/. L—Ky Ap.ist. iS. 
 And mony a canty day, John, we've had wi' ane anither ; 
 
 S. John Anderson^ my jo t 
 An' when ye think upo' your Mither, 
 
 Mind to he kind to ane anither. The death ofMailie. 
 
 Aneath [beneath]. When I forlorn 
 
 Aneath an aik sat moaning, S. Tlie iither mom. 
 Angel. The Poet, some guid Angel help him, A Ded.to G.H.3. 
 May guardian angels tak a spell, 
 
 An' steer you seven miles south 0' hell ; Auld comrade dear^ 
 Now health forsakes that angel face, . Fragment. 
 
 I guess by the dear angel smile, S. Her^s a health to ane \ 
 Guardian angels I O protect her, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 I love my Mary's angel air, . . . S. My Mary s face t 
 No fallen angel, hurled from upper skies ; 
 
 Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. . 
 
 sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave, 
 
 My dear little angel, for ever, . On Death offau. Child. 
 
 An angel form's faun to thy share ! 
 'Twould been o'er meikle to've gi'en thee mair, 
 
 I mean an angel mind. . S. She's fair andfause t 
 
 Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; 
 
 r/« Cottei's Sat. Nigkt. 15, 
 And swear he has the Angel met 
 
 That met the Ass of B^aam. . . The Dean ofFac. 
 When angels met, at Adam's yett, . The Fete Champetre. 
 And bring an angel pen to write 
 
 My transports wi' my Anna ! . S. The gowd. locks of A. 
 Old Scotia's darling hope. Your little angel band, 
 
 Tlie Petition of Br. Water. 
 You shouldna paint at angels mair, . . To a Painter. 
 To paint an angel's kittle wark, .... Jb. 
 
 An angel could not die. . . To Dr. Maxwell. 
 
 'Twas guilty sinners that he meant — 
 
 _Not angels such as you. . . To Miss Ainslte. 
 
 And thou'rt the angel that never can alter, 
 
 Twas na her honie blue ^e\ 
 The golden hours on angel wings, 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes and streams t 
 Angelic. Angelic forms, high Heaven's peculiar care ! 
 
 Prologue t at Th., D. 
 Anger. I canna tell, I maunna tell, 
 
 I darena for your anger : S. Craigie-bum Wood, 
 If Providence has sent me here, 
 
 'Twas surely in an anger. Epig, on being neglected at inn. 
 Fain, fain, would I my griefs impart. 
 
 Yet dare na for your anger ; . .S". Sweet fas the eve t 
 
 They canna sit for anger. . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 
 Anger, to. When neebors anger at a plea, Scotch Drink. 13. 
 
 To anger them a' is a pity, . . . . S, Tarn Glen. 
 
 Anger'd. And our gudwife has gotten a ca'. 
 
 That anger'd the silly gudeman, O. 
 
 The Cooper d cuddy t 
 Angler. An4 safe beneath the shady thom 
 
 Defies the angler's art : S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 Anglian. The Anglian lion, the terror of France, S. Caledonia. 
 Angry, Come Winter, with thine angry howl, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 If angry fate is sworn my foe, . S. O watye whds in t 
 My plaidie to the angry airt, I'd shelter thee, 
 
 S. O wert thou in the t 
 braving angry winter's storms, . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, . . Tarn, o'- Shanter. if. 
 And e'en a vex'd and angry heart had he ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 2. 
 Tho' stars in skies may disappear 
 And angry tempests gather, . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 
 1 tremble to approach an angry God, . Why am. I lothi 
 Anguish, on the couch of anguish ? . 5". Ay waking, O t 
 
 Leslie is sae fair and coy. 
 
 Care and anguish seize me. , S. Blythe hae I been t 
 
 And my heart it stounds wi' anguish. 
 
 Lest my wee thing be na mine. . . S. Bonie wee thing \ 
 But what avails the pride of art, 
 
 When wastes my soul with anguish ? 
 
 S. Could aught ofsong\ 
 
 To see thee in another's arms, / • - 
 
 My heart wad burst wi' angubh. S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Nor dare disclose my anguish. S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 But the dire feeling, O farewell for ever, 
 
 Anguish unmingl d and agony pure. S. Gloomy December. 
 If sorrow and anguish their exit await. Monody, on a Lady. 
 That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish, 
 
 Remorse, A Frag. 
 What bursting anguish tears my heart I The Farewell. 
 
 Yet dare not speak my anguish. . S. The last time If 
 
 Tho' despair had wrung its core, 
 
 That would heal its anguish. . . S, Thine am 1 1 
 enamour'd and fond of my anguish, S. Where are the joys t 
 Angrus. The Angus lads had nae gude will. 
 
 The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 Animated. No storied urn nor animated bust, 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 Anither [another]. We'll toyte about wi' ane anither ; 
 
 A Guid New Year 1 18 
 The Rigid Righteous is a fool, 
 
 The Rigid Wise anither : . . Add, to the Unco Guid. 
 And mony a canty day, John, we've had wi' ane anither ; 
 
 S. John Anderson. \ 
 Or if the Swede, before he halt. 
 
 Would play anither Charles the twalt : Kind Sir, Tve read\ 
 Sae ye wi' anither your fortune maun try. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 For Nature made her what she is. 
 
 And ne'er made sic anither ! .5*. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 First shore her wi' a kindly kiss, 
 
 And ca' anither gill, jo ; . , . S. O steer her up t 
 gin the lassie winna do't Ye'U find anither will, . . lb. 
 If he but want the miser's dirt 
 
 Ye'U cast your head anither airt, .S". O Tibbie ! I hae seen f 
 But court nae anither, tho' joking ye be, 
 
 S. O whistle, and Fllf 
 For now he s taen anither shore. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. Indies. 
 The priest o' the parish fell in anither [fever]. S. Scroggam. 
 first ae caper, syne anither, . Tam 'o Shanter, 16 
 
 She'll teach you, wi' a reekan whittle, 
 
 Anither sang. The Author's Cry and Prayer, is. 
 Ane gies them coin, ane gies them wine, 
 
 Anither gies them clatter ; . . The Fete Champttre. 
 Ane curses feet that fyl'd his shins, 
 
 Anither sighs and prays : . . . The Holy Fair, 10, 
 And or I wad anither jad, 
 
 I'll wallop in a tow S, The weary pund. 
 
 Gae fa' upo' anither plan, . . . What ails ye now t 
 Ann. O Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the castle wa', 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 Anna. Anna, thy charms my bosom fire, ^. A nna thy charms t 
 
 Then Anna comes in, the pride o' her kin, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Yestreen lay on this breast o' mine 
 
 The gowden locks of Anna, [re.] S. Thegtmd. locks of A. 
 
 Annandale, Bess of [the town of Annan]. 
 
 And blinkin Bess of Annandale, 
 
 That dwelt on Solwayside, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Then started Bess of Annandale 
 And a deadly aith she's ta'en, .... lb. 
 
 Anne. Beware o' bonie Anne, \re.'\ 
 
 S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 Annie. O dearly do I lo'e thee Annie. S. By Allan stream \ 
 Beneath the moon's unclouded light, 
 I held awa to Annie : , . . S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 Anointed. That Thou might'st greater glory give 
 
 Unto thine own anointed. New Psalmody. 
 
 Friday first's the day appointed, 
 
 By our Right Worshipful anointed, . To a Medical Gent. 
 Annual. When ye [craiks] wing your annual way 
 
 Frae our cauld shore, El. on Capt, M.H. g. 
 Auld, cantie Coil may count the day. 
 
 As annual it returns, Nature's Law. 
 
 Ag^n the silent wheels of time 
 Their annual round have driv'n, 
 
 To Miss L., with Beattie., 
 Another. I'll gie John Ross another bawbee. 
 
 To boat me o'er to Charlie. S. Come boat ?ne o'er\ 
 To see thee in another's arms, - - 
 
 'Twill be my dead, . , S. Craigie-bum Wood, 
 
 Like thee, where shall I find another. 
 
 The world around ! . . . EL on Capt. M.H. 13. 
 
Another 
 
 16 
 
 Apt 
 
 If there's another world, he lives in bliss ; 
 If there is> none, be made the best of this. 
 
 Epit* on a Friend. 
 S. Hushandi husband^ 
 
 1*11 wed another like my dear - - 
 Then all hell will fly for fear, 
 Henceforth to meet with unconcern. 
 
 One rank as well's another ; . On dining with Deter. 
 Another year is gone for ever. , Sketchy New-Vf^s day. 
 
 Your thrifty old mother has scarce such another 
 
 S. Ye sons of old Killie t 
 Thou canst love another maid, . S. Thou hast left me t 
 Answer. For still th' important end of life. 
 
 They [wha fa'] equally may answer : 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 And answer him fu' dry. . . . . S. O Tibbie! I hae\ 
 Till Echo answer frae her cave, . Tarn Samson's El. 13. 
 His flunkies answer at the bell ; . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 
 Come hither lad, an' answer for't, . . What ails ye now\ 
 Answ'rest. Thou, weeping, answ'rest no! . The Farewell. 
 Ant. Each one loves the other, we join with the ant, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Anthem. The holy anthem loud and clear ; 
 
 On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 Anticipation. Anticipation forward points the view; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, j. 
 Antidote, an antidote Against sic poosion'd nostrum ; 
 
 The Holy Fair. 13. 
 Antiquarian. And taen the — ^Antiquarian trade, 
 I think they call it. 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Antonine. Like Socrates or Antonine, 
 
 Or some auld pagan heathen. The Holy Faia: 13. 
 Anxious. An' monie an' anxious day, I thought 
 
 We wad be beat 1 A Gmd New-year\ 16. 
 Still anxious to secure your partial favor, 
 And not less anxious sure this night than ever, 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 The Goth was stalking round with anxious search, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 With heart-struck, anxious care enquires his name, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. NighU 7. 
 No anxious fear their little heart alarms ; 
 
 S. The sun he is sunk t 
 An anxious e'e I never throws 
 
 Behint my lug, or by my nose ; . . . To J. S. 23. 
 
 Any. For I'm as free as any he, . S. Here^s to thy health t 
 
 Apart, in some Cottage far apart, The Coitet^s Sat Night. 77. 
 
 Apart let me wander, apart let me muse, .S". The lazy Tnist^ 
 
 Ape. nameless wretches, That ape their betters. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 A-piece. Half-a-crown a-piece 
 
 Will pay for their fleece, . . Johnny Peep. 
 
 Six bottles a-piece had well wore out the night, 
 
 The Whistle. 14. 
 Apollo. Theii in an arioso key, The wee Apollo 
 Set off wi' allegretto glee 'S.v&jgiga Solo. 
 
 The Jolly Be^a/nyR. V. 
 With Pegasus upon a day, 
 
 Apollo weary flying, To J. Taylor. 
 
 To Vulcan then Apollo goes, lb. 
 
 Apostle. An there will be Buittle's apostle, 
 
 Wha's mair o' the black than the blue. 
 
 The Election Ballads, III. 
 But chiefly thou, apostle A[ul]d, 
 
 We trust in thee, The Twa Herds, 10. 
 
 Apothecary. But yet the bauld Apothecary 
 Withstood the shock ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 Appalled, -'d. Critics — appalled, I venture on the name. 
 
 To R, G. ofF. 4. 
 No more I shrink appall'd, afrauld, . . . , To Ruin. 
 Appeal. To common sense they now appeal, 
 
 A uld comrade dear f 
 Appeatingr. Keid, to common sense appealing. 
 
 Aula comrade dear\ 
 Appear. In whose dread Presence, ere an hour, 
 Perhaps I must appear 1 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Till smiling Spring again appear. . . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 Dim-backward as I cast my view. 
 
 What sick'ning scenes appear I Despondency, an Ode. i. 
 Brightest climes shall mirk appear, S. Frae the Friends t 
 Each eye it chears when she appears, . S. LffOely Davies. 
 
 But now thy flowery ^anks appear 
 Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, 
 
 S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 mark! Who in widow weeds appears, OdeJoMem.ofMrs.— 
 But not for panegyric I appear, . . Prologue at Th., D. 
 Before whose sons I'm honour 'd to appear ! 
 
 Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 
 Shall no longer appear in the records of fame ; 
 
 Reproof hy Himself. 
 
 At length his lonely Cot appears in view, 
 
 The CotieT^s Sat. Night. 3- 
 
 O thou, whase lamentable face 
 
 Appears to moum my woefu' case ! The Death ofMailie. 
 Appear no more before Thy sight 
 
 ■Than yesterday that's past. . The zst 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 Tho' death in ev'ry shape appear, 
 
 The wretched have no more to fear : S. The gloomy Night i 
 When presently it does appear, 
 
 'Twas but some neebor snoran . . The Holy Fair. 22, 
 How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, appear, 
 
 S. The lazy Mist \ 
 
 And tho' the pun^ wound appear, 
 
 Short while it grieves. . 71? /. S, z6. 
 
 (Fled, like the sun eclips'd as noon appears, To R. G. ofF. g. 
 Appeared. When glimmering thro' the trees appear'd, 
 Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, 
 
 As on the banks \ 
 And still, as signs of life appear'd, 
 
 They toss'd him to and fro. . . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Auld Brig appear'd of ancient Pictish race. The Brigs ofAyr.4. 
 
 A fairy train appear'd in order bright ; . . lb. iz. 
 
 The twa appear'd like sisters twin. The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 Appease. No arts could appease them, no arms could repel ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 Appetite. Nae the meat_, but appetite 
 
 Maks our eating a delight : . . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 Applaud. Like Caledonians, you applaud or blame. 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 
 Applause. So sung the Bard — and Nansie's waws 
 Shook with a thunder of applause 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 
 Apple. ' I'll eat the apple at the glass, . . Halloween. Z3. 
 
 She gies the Herd a pickle nits, 
 
 AiT twa red cheeket apples. 
 It's a' for the- apple he'll nourish the tree ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 
 Applecross [IVIf. Mackenzie of Appleeross]. 
 
 Faith, you and A****s were right . Add. ofBeelzehti. 
 
 Appointed. Th' ungodly o'er the just prevailed. 
 
 For so thou hadst appointed ; New Psalmody. 
 Friday first's the day appointed, . . To a Medical Gent. 
 Apprehend. He'll apprehend them, poind their gear; 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 13, 
 
 Apprehension. In rueful apprehension enter'd O, 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Approach. No cold apprbacb, no alter'd mien, 
 
 The Tears I shed. 
 Approach, to. Approach this slirine, and worship here. 
 
 Poet. Inscription. 
 See approach proud Edward's power, S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; . Tarn o' Shanter. 7, 
 I tremble to approach an angry God, . Why am I loth t 
 
 Approach'd. 
 
 When he [Satan] approach'd where poor Francis lay moaning, 
 
 Epig on Capt. Grose. 
 For none e'er approached her but rued the rash deed. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Approaching. As soon the rooted oaks would fly 
 Before th' approaching fellers. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The mom that warns th' approaching day, The Lament. 7. 
 Approve. Let my fancy first approve. . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 Approved. His worth, his honour, all the world approv'd. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J* WhiteJbrd. 
 Approving. Yet deviating own I must, 
 
 For so approving me. Wr. on leaf of H. More* 
 Apron. Her braw, new, worset apron . . Halloween. Z3. 
 An' take a share with those that bear 
 The budget and the apron ! The Jolly Beggars. S, VI. 
 
 Aproned, all mechanics' many-aproned kinds. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Apt. Fickle man is apt to rove : . S. Let not woman t 
 
 lb. 2Z. 
 
Aqua-fontis 
 
 17 
 
 Arm 
 
 AQUa-fontis. Aqua-fontis, what you please, 
 He can content ye. 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 21, 
 Aquavitae [whisky]. E'er sin' they laid that curst restnction 
 
 On Aquavitae ; 
 The A utho^s Cry and Prayer. 
 muse-inspirin' aqua-vitse . . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 Arab. Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse 
 
 To the sun-brown 'd Arab s lips; . . Delia. An Ode. 
 A-ranklln. May set their Highland blude a-ranklin; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, a. 
 Arboui*. Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour, 
 They ne'er wi' my Phillis can vie : 
 
 S. Adotvn winding Nith\ 
 APCadian. No shepherd's pipe — Arcadian strains; The Lament. 
 Arch. Lifts high it's roof and arches wide, On LiTichtden Castle. 
 Her home, these aisles and arches high ; . . lb. 
 
 That hour,©' night's black arch the key-stane, Tatn o'S/tanter.y. 
 Spying the time-worn flaws in ev'ry arch ; The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 The arches striding o'er the new-born stream ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Arch, to. Altho' his hair began to arch. 
 
 He was sae fley'd an' eerie ; . Halloween, ig. 
 Arched. The high-arched windows, painted fair. 
 
 On Lincluden Castle. 
 Apch-alacrity. With arch-alacrity and conscious glee 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Arch-fiend. — lust and pride, 
 
 The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers. 
 
 The Hermit. 
 Apching. Eewitchingly o'er arching 
 
 Twa laughing e'en o' bonie blue. 
 
 6". Sa£ flaxen were t 
 O'er-arching, mouldy, gloom-inspiring coves. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Architect. The glorious Architect Divine ! 
 
 The Farewell to St. fs L. 
 APChitectuPe. There Architecture's noble pride 
 
 Bids elegance and splendor rise ; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, a, 
 A lesson sadly teaching, to your cost. 
 
 That Architecture's noble art is lost ! The Brigs of Ayr, 7. 
 Fine architecture, trowth, I needs must say't o't ! . . lb. 8. 
 APdent. A flatt'ring ardent kiss he stole ; 
 
 S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 With ardent eyes, complexion sallow, Sketchy New Vrs Day. 
 To muster o'er each ardent Whig, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 *Mong swelling floods of reeking gore. 
 
 They ardent, kindling spirits pour ; The Vision^ D. II. 5. 
 Ev'ry pulse along my veins. 
 
 Tells the ardent lover, . . S, Thine am I f 
 
 O ! hear my ardent, grateful, selfish prayer ! To R. G. ofF. g. 
 Friend of my life ! my ardent spirit bums. To R. Graham. 
 ArdouP. All you who follow wealth and power 
 With unremitting ardour, O, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer i 
 Or tore, with noble armour stung, 
 
 The Sceptic's bays. The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 Poetic ardours in my bosom swell, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Apea. That weekly this area throng, . A Bards Epit 
 
 AP^ument. Till in a declamation-mist. 
 His argument he tint it : 
 
 Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
 APgyle. The great Argyle led on his files, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-moor. 
 Aright. They never sought in vain that sought the Lord 
 aright. . . . The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Apioso [light, airy]. 
 Then in an arioso key, The wee Apollo 
 Set oiF wi' allegretto glee "HASgiga Solo. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R.V. 
 In arioso trills and graces Ye never stray, . ToJ.S. 27. 
 
 Apise. And, by the moon-beam, shook, to see 
 
 A stem and stalwart ghaist arise, . . A Vision. 
 Then may L[aprai]k and B[ums] arise. 
 
 To reach their native, kindred skies, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2/st. 18. 
 No other light shall guide my steps 
 
 'Till thy bright beams arise. S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 And from thee many a parent stem 
 Arise to deck our land. . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 While the sun and thou arise to bless the day, 
 
 S. Sleep' st thou, or wak st \ 
 
 And Burke shall sing, O prince, arise ! 
 
 Tlte Election Ballads. VL 
 
 Ark. But the Doctor's your mark, for the L — d's haly ark, 
 He has cooper'd and cawd a wrang pin in't. 
 
 The Kirk's A larm. 
 Arle-penny, v. Airle-penny. 
 Arm. With open arms the Stranger hail; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 When in my arms, wi' a' thy charms, 
 
 I clasp my countless treasure, 01 S. An' Til kiss thee yet f 
 Clos'd in my arms, she murmur'd still. 
 
 Come kiss me at your leisure, . S. As Igaed up by f 
 
 And stately oaks their twisted arms, 
 
 Threw broad and dark across the pool : As on the banks \ 
 The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms ; 
 
 S. Awa' ivi yr witchcrafl f 
 And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep, , S. CeC the Ewes f 
 To see thee in another's arms, - - 
 
 'Twill be my dead, . .S*. Craigie-hum Wood. 
 in his arms he lock'd her sicker. . S. Donald Brodie + 
 
 Come to my bowl, come to my arms, 
 
 My friends, my brothers f Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 1st. zi. 
 Whose arms of love would grasp the human race : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 Collected Harry stood awee, 
 
 Then open'd out his arm, . Extem. in Court of Session. 
 And shelter, shade, nor home, have I, 
 
 Save in those arms of thine. Love. S. Forlorn^ my Love t 
 fell a martyr in her [Victory's] arms, . Fragment of Ode. 
 My arms about my Dearie, O ; S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber, 
 
 For then I am lock'd in thy arms S. Here's a health to ane\ 
 To my arms their charge convey, S. How can Tnypoor heart t 
 Trees with aged arms were warring, . ^S*. / dream' d I lay \ 
 And some will hause in ithers arms, . S. John, come kiss\ 
 No more shall my arms cling with fondness around her. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 That arm which, nerved with thundering fate, 
 
 Braved usurpation's boldest daring ! . Liberty. 
 
 the palsied arm of tottering, powerless age. lb. 
 
 I'd seek some dell, and in my arms 
 I'd shelter dear Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 I'll flee to's arms I lo'e the best, . . S. Now rosy May t 
 Wi' Chloris in my arms, . . S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 
 Come to my arms, my Katie, my Katie, ^ 
 
 An' come to my arms and kiss me again ! 
 
 S. O merry hoe I been t 
 But gi'e me Lucy in my arms, . S. O watye wha's in\ 
 
 With accents wild and lifted arms she cried ; 
 
 On Death of Sir. J. Blair. 
 Death tears the brother of her love 
 
 From Isabella's arms. . . . . Sad thy talef 
 
 But raise your arm, an' tell your crack 
 
 Before them a'. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 The scented birk and hawthorn white. 
 
 Across the pool their arms unite, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 ' In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 dying raptures in her arms, . S. Thegowd. locks of A. 
 
 My Donald's arm was wanted then 
 
 S. TheHighl. Widow's Lam. 
 Wi' arm repos'd on the chair-back, 
 
 He sweetly does compose him ; , . The Holy Fair. ti. 
 And birks extend their fragrant arms 
 
 To screen the dear embrace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 His doxy lay within his arm; . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 there I left for witness, an arm and a limb ; . , lb. S. I. 
 tho' I must beg, with a wooden arm and leg, . lb. 
 
 Encircled in her clasping arms, 
 
 How have the raptur'd moments flown ! . The Latnent. 
 I flang my arms about her neck. S. The Lass that 7nade the bed. 
 There lie my sweet babies in her arms, S. The sun he is sunk ^ 
 The Ladies arra-in-arm in clusters, . The Twa Dogs. £S. 
 Old Loda, still rueing the arm of Fingal, . Tite Whistle. 
 Till war's loud alarms 
 
 Tore her laddie frae her arms, S. Titere was a bonie lass \ 
 
 Weel are ye wordy of a grace 
 
 As lang's my arm. . . . To a Haggis. 
 
 An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned. 
 
 Like taps o' thrissle, . . lb. 
 
 Late crippled of an arm, and now a leg. To R. G. ofF. 
 
 And waft my dear Laddie ance mair to my arms. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 
Arm 
 
 18 
 
 Artemisa 
 
 She sank within my arms, and cried, 
 
 Art thou my ain dear Willie? S. When wild wat^s t 
 A weak arm, and a Strang For to draw. 
 
 S, Ye Jacobiies by name t 
 And the heart beating love as I'm clasped in her arms, 
 
 S. Yon wild -mossy mountains t 
 
 When in his arms he taks me a' ; . , S. Young Jockey ^ 
 Armament. But truce with lungs, and truce with constitutions, 
 With bloody armaments and revolutions; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Arm'd. His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, 
 
 John Barleycorn. 
 Craigdarroch led a light-arm'd core, The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Arming, distress, with horrors arming, . S. Sensibility t 
 Arminian. Nae poison'd soor Arminian stank, 
 
 The Twa Herds. 5. 
 Armorial. Here's armorial bearings 
 
 Frae the manse o' Urr; The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Armour,- 
 In her [Beauty's] armour of glances, and blushes, and sighs; 
 Yon wild mossy fnountains t 
 Armour, Jean. But Armour's the jewel for me o' them a'. 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 Arms. Like some bold Vet 'ran, gray in arms, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, j. 
 In a' their charms, and conquering arms, 
 
 S. A. MastertofCs bonie Anne. 
 No arts could appease them, no arms could repel ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 haughty Chieftain, 'mid the din of arms, 
 
 Ep.fr, Esoptts to Maria. 
 The man in arms, 'gainst female charms, S. Lovely Davies. 
 'Gainst headlong, ruthless, mad Rebellion's arms. 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Or hounded forth, dishonor arms 
 
 In hungry droves. The Author's Cry and Prayer^ P.S. 
 And train'd to arms in stern Misfortunes field. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 When awful Beauty joins with all her charms, 
 Who is so rash as rise in rebel arms ? Th& Rights of Woman. 
 As Arts or Arms they understand. 
 
 Their labors ply. . The Vision. D. II. 3. . 
 (A world 'gainst peace in constant arms) . To Chloris 
 
 For guilt, for guilt, my terrors are in arms ; Why am I loth \ 
 Army. Plunderer of Annies, lift thine eyes, 
 
 Ode to Me7n. of Mrs. — 
 Tho' large the forest's Monarch throws 
 
 His army shade, The Vision,, D. II. 20. 
 Arose. Provok'd beyond bearing, at last she arose, 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 From peaceful slumber she arose, . S. It was the charming^ 
 Before this ponderous globe itself 
 
 Arose at thy command : . . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 But up arose the martial Chuck, The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 Around. Around me scowls a wintry sky, 
 
 S. Forlorn, my Love \ 
 Ye lavish woods that wave around, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom f 
 I could range the world around 
 
 For the sake of Somebody S. Somebody. 
 
 When yon green leaves fade frae the tree, 
 
 Around my grave they'll wither. S. Sweet fds the eve t 
 
 And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat, Night, so. 
 Arouse. Arouse my boys I exert your mettle, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Aroused. While slee D— nd— s arous'd the class 
 
 Be-north the Roman wa', man ; A Fragment. 8. 
 Aroused by blustering winds an' spotting thowes, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Arraign. Thou, Nature, partial Nature, I arraign ; 
 
 To R. G. ofF. 
 Array. Yet maiden May, in rich array, 
 
 Again shall bring them a' . S. But lately seen t 
 
 In simplicity's array ; . , , S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 I see the hours in long array, . , . The Lament. 
 
 Array, to. Now in her green mantle blythe Nature arrays, 
 
 S. My Name's wwa. 
 Array'd, In beauty's pride ai-ray'd ; The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 Arrest. Some black bog>hole, Arrests us, 
 
 Ep. to Major Logau. 2. 
 Arrive. Behold the hour, the boat arrive ! S. Behold the hottr\ 
 
 Scotch Drink. 18, 
 
 Arrogant. The arrogant assuming ; On dining with Doer. 
 Arrow. She took to her hills, and h6r arrows let fly, 
 
 S. Caledonia, 
 
 Or turn the pole like any arrow; . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Fate gave the word, the arrOw sped. 
 And pierc'd my darling's heart : . S. Fate gave the word\ 
 
 Arse [the buttoclcs]. 
 
 Or if bare a yet were tax'd ; Kind Sir, I've read f 
 
 Thou comes — they rattle i' their ranks 
 
 At itber's arses ! 
 To her sittan on her arse 
 
 Low i' the dust, The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Alyuring their democrat doings. 
 
 By kissin' the a ■ of a peer. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 They set them down upon their arse, [v.A.r] The Twa Dogs.6, 
 Art. Ply ev'ry art o' legal thieving ; . A Ded. to G.H. 8. 
 Who long with jiltish arts and airs has strove; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Your better art o' hiding. . . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 No arts could appease them, no arms could repel ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 But what avails the pride of art. 
 When wastes the soul with anguish ? S. Could aught of song\ 
 
 thy gentle mind Disdains art's gay disguising ; . .lb. 
 wi' his art ' And cursed skill, . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 Hornbook was, by, wi' ready art, . . . lb. if. 
 
 And just to stop, and just to move. 
 
 With self-respecting art : . Despondency, an Ode. 4- 
 
 Her [nature's] Hogarth-art perhaps she meant to show it) 
 
 Ep. to R. Graha^z. 3. 
 Yet has sae mony takin' arts, . Holy Willie's Prayer, if. 
 
 The gay gaudy glare of vanity and art : 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp i 
 
 Her native grace so void of art ; . . S. My Mary's face t 
 And safe beneath the shady thorn 
 
 Defies the angler's art : . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 'Tis rakish art in Rob Mossgiel. . . .0 leave novels\ 
 Again, again that tender part, ^ 
 That I may catch thy melting art; 
 
 .S". O stay sweet warblingi 
 Inhuman man ! curse on thy barb'rous art. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare, 
 The drooping arts surround their patron's bier, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Wi' deils, they say, L — d safe's ! coUeaguin 
 
 At some black art. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 With Art's most polish'd blaze. . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 The flower it blaws, it fades and fa's. 
 
 And Art can ne'er renew it, . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 — every science — every nobler art — 
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods, 
 A lesson sadly teaching, to your cost. 
 
 That Architecture's noble art is lost ! The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 While arts of Minstrelsy among them rung, . . lb. Ii. 
 with studied, sly, ensnaring art. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 Curse on his perjur'd arts ! dissembling smooth ! . .lb. 
 In all the pomp of method, and of art, , . . lb. if. 
 Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refin'd ! . lb. ig. 
 Wha canna win her in a night. 
 
 Has little art in courting. . . The Tariolton Lasses. 
 There's sic parade, sic pomp an' art. 
 
 The joy can scarcely reach the heart. . The Twa Dogs. 31. 
 There distant shone, Art's lofty boast, 
 
 The lordly dome. . The Vision, D.I. 13. 
 
 Harmoniously, As Arts or Arms they understand. 
 
 Their labors ply. . , , lb. D. //. 3. 
 Some teach the Bard, a darling care. 
 
 The tuneful Art lb. 4. 
 
 Or wake the bosom-melting throe. 
 
 With Shenstone's art ; . . . lb. /p. 
 Might there have learnt new mysteries of his art ; The Vowels. 
 For ne'er a bosom yet was prief 
 
 Against your arts. . . To J. S, 
 
 Spurning nature, torturing art ; . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 Even silly woman has her warlike arts, . To R. G. ofF. 
 
 Their jugglin' hocus-pocus arts 
 
 To cheat the crowd. . 71? Rev. J. MWath. 
 Ill-suited law's dry, musty arts I . . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Artemisa. One Queen Artemisa, as old stories tell, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire, Another, 
 
Artful.-fU' 
 
 19 
 
 Asteer [astir] 
 
 Artful,-fU'« Could artful numbers move thee, 
 
 S. Could aught qfsong\ 
 Nae artfu' wiles to win ye, O : S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 Artillery. Miller brought up the artillery ranks, 
 The many-pounders of the Banks, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Artisan. The Rustic Bard, the lab'ring Hind, 
 
 The Artisan, The Vision^ D. II. 7. 
 Artless. [The daisy] So artless, so simple, so wild ; 
 
 S. A down winding Nith\ 
 Boiue lassie, artless lassie ! . S. Lassie wi' the lint white t 
 this dear artless creature, . . S. My Love's a winsome t 
 The Hero of these artless strains, 
 
 A lowly Bard was he, . , . . Nature's Laio. 
 
 the simple artless rhymes, . . . Once fondly lov'd^ 
 though his artless strains he rudely sings, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The Youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. S. 
 They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; . lb. 13, 
 
 Some grace the Maiden's artless smile ; The Vision, D. II, g. 
 the simple, artless lays Of other times. . . 13. iz. 
 
 Now what could artless Jeanie do ? . S. There was a lass t 
 As blythe and as artless as the lambs on the lea, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 Such is the fate of artless Maid, . To a Mountatn^daisy. 
 Ascend. The braes ascend like lofty wa's, 
 
 S. Bonie lassie^ will ye go \ 
 to heaven's gates the lark's shrill song ascends, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 The lav'rock, to the sky 
 
 Ascends wi' sangs o' joy ; . S. Sleep' st thou, or wok ^st \ 
 Ascends the holy rostrum : . . The Holy Fair. 16. 
 
 Ascertain. I could not then just ascertain 
 
 It's worth, for want of time, . Syttion Gray t 
 Ase [ashes]. In loving bleeze they sweetly Join, 
 
 Till white in ase they're sobbm. Halloween. 10. 
 Ash. She's stately like yon youthful ash, .S". On Cessnock Banks \ 
 Let lofty firs, and ashes cool. 
 My lowly banks o'erspread. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Ashamed. O l art thou not ashamed 
 
 To doat upon a feature ? S. Deluded Swain f 
 
 Asham'd himself to see the wretches, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Ashes. Where unknown, unlamented, my ashes shall rest. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, [v. A. 4] The Vision. 
 
 Aside. Or frailty stept aside, A Prayer inprosp. of Death. 
 
 To step aside is human : . . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth, 
 
 Can turn death's dart aside ? Epit. on Miss J. Lewars. 
 Wilt thou lay that frown aside, 
 
 And smile as thou wert wont to do ? . S. Fairest Maid f 
 Yet sune thou shalt be thrown aside, 
 
 Like ony common weed and vile. S. I do confess thou art t 
 They lay aside their private cares, . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 
 I tum'd my weeding heuk aside, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 12. 
 Ask. At present we will ask no more, . . .A. Grace. 
 In heaven itself, I'll ask no more. 
 Than just a Highland welcome. 
 
 A Verse on being hosp. entertained. 
 
 Ask why God made the gem so small, 
 
 While huge he made the granite ? Ask why God made t 
 I ask for dearest life alone, 
 
 That I may live to love her. S. Cotne^ let me take thee t 
 Backward, abash'd to ask thy friendly aid ? Ep. toR. Graham.5. 
 If thou should ask my love. Could I deny thee ? 
 
 S. Jatnie, come try me t 
 Why then ask of silly Man, 
 
 To oppose great Nature's plan ? . . S. Let not woman \ 
 One friendly sigh for hiip, he asks no more, Once fondly lov'd t 
 But 'twould be rude, you know, to ask the question ; 
 
 Prologue at Th., D. 
 To crown your happiness he asks your leave, . . lb. 
 Nor asks if they bring ought to hope or fear. 
 
 Sonnet writ, on birthday. 
 And would you ask me to resign. 
 
 The sole reward that crowns my pain. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 One round, I ask it with a tear. The Farewell toSt. J.'s L. 
 Grant me but this, I ask no more, 
 
 Ay rowth a' rhymes, . . . To/. S. 21. 
 I ask no kindness at thy hand. 
 
 For thou hast none to give To Lord G, 
 
 Askance, askance the creature eyeing, Add. sp. by Fontenelle 
 Asked. I asked no more but a 3odger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 And many a question he ask'd him at large, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Asklent [not straight, aslant]. 
 Sin' thou came to the warl asklent, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, . . S. Duncan Gray\ 
 Asleep. My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear, . . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 'Twas but some neebor snoran Asleep that day. . . lb. 
 
 The prosperous man is asleep, S. The sun he is sunk t 
 
 Aspar. Guid faith, quo' scho, I doubt you gar, ' 
 
 The bonie lasses lie aspar, S. There was a lad^ 
 
 Aspect. What aspects old Time in his progress has worn ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist \ 
 While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble. The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 Aspire. Far be't frae me that I aspire 
 
 To blame your Legislation, . . A Dream, j. 
 Poor dunghill sons o' dirt and mire, 
 
 May to Patrician rights aspire ! . Add. of Beelzebub, a. 
 The sober laverock, warbling wild. 
 Shall to the skies aspire ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Ass. They gang in [to College] stirks, and come out Asses, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. 1st. 12. 
 Ye're nought but senseless asses, O : 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 That which distinguished the gender 
 
 O' Balaam's ass; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 sore I feel All others' scorn — but damn that ass's heel. 
 
 Reply to a Reproof. 
 And swear he has the Angel met 
 
 That met the Ass of Balaam. . . The Dean ofFac. 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast. 
 
 If the ass was the king of the brutes. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Thou g^v'st the ass his hide, the snail his shell. To R.G. ofF. 
 
 Assail. Like wind-driv'n hail it did assail, 
 
 Extern, in Court of Session. 
 In vain assail him with their prayer. Sketch, New-Yr's Day. 
 As bees bizz out wi' angry fj^ke, 
 
 When plundering herds assail their byke ; Tam 0' Shanter.17 
 My Lord, I know, your noble ear 
 
 Woe ne'er assails in vain ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And nocht could him quail. 
 Or his bosom assail, . . S. There was a bonie lass t 
 
 Assailing. Have oft withstood assailing War, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 5. 
 Assassin. What makes heroic strife?^ 
 
 , To whet th' assassin's knife, S. Ye Jacobites t 
 
 Assemble. When yearly ye assemble a'. 
 
 One round, I ask it with a tear, 
 
 The Farewell to St. J.'s L. 
 Assembled. Ye sons of old Killie, assembled by Willie, 
 To follow the noble vocation ; 
 
 S. The Sons of old Killie t 
 Assiduous. To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, 
 Assiduous wait upon her ; 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 Assignation. An' forming assignations 
 
 To meet some day. . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 Assign'd. At my right hand assign'd your seat. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, s. 
 To lower Orders are assign'd. 
 
 The humbler ranks of Human-kind, The Vision. D. II. 7. 
 Assist. Assist poor Simson a' ye can, Auld cojnrade dearf 
 He aften did assist ye [husbands] ; Epit. on a Wag. 
 
 With that controuling pow'r assist ev'n me, Why am I loth t 
 Since to enjoy Thou dost deny, 
 
 Assist me to resign ! . . . Winter. 
 
 Assisting. Implore his counsel and assisting might: 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Assume. Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues, 
 
 S. Again rejoicitzg Nature \ 
 My horny fist assume the plough again ; Ep. to R. Graluan.5. 
 And Modesty assume your air, . . On W. Clialmers. 
 Nor Insolence assumes fair Freedom's name : 
 
 Prolog^, sp. by Woods, 
 Assuming. The gentle pride, the lordly state, 
 
 The arrogant assuming ; On dining with Doer. 
 Asteer [astir]. An' wha was it but Grumpbie 
 
 Asteer that night ? Halloween. 20. 
 
Astonished,-'d 
 
 20 
 
 Auld [old] 
 
 Astonished,-'d. 
 
 Astonished ! confounded! cry'd Satan, by G— d, 
 I'll want 'im, ere I take such a d — ble load. 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends, 
 
 Wr. hy Fall o/Fyers. 
 Astonish'd, doubly marks its beam, S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 But Maggie stood right sair astonish'd, Tarn o^ Shanter, ii. 
 And seem'd to my astonish'd view, 
 
 A well-known Land. The Vision, D. 1. 12. 
 
 With musing-deep, astonish'd stare, . lb. D. II. i. 
 
 AstPa.y. (Not moony madness more astray) 
 
 Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray. 
 
 The Cotiei^s Sat, Night. 6. 
 That auld grey yaud, yea, Nidsdale rade. 
 
 Astray upon Nidside. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 But yet the light that led astray, 
 
 Was light from Heaven. The Vision^ D. II. 17. 
 Again in folly's path might go astray ; TVhy am I loth t 
 
 AstPide. My Pegasus I'm got astride, On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Asunder. For why, — methinks I hear her yoice 
 Tearmg the clouds asunder. 
 
 S. The Joyful Widower. 
 We tore ourselves asunder, 
 
 S. Ye hanks and braes and streams^ 
 A-SW6aring. But heavens ! how he fell a-swearing, 
 
 S, Last May a braw wooer ^ 
 At, His haly lips wad licket at her. . S. Donald Brodie. 
 Are at it, skelpin I jig and reel, 
 
 In my poor pouches. Friend of the Poet \ 
 
 At strife thir carlines fell ; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Of all the women in the world, 
 
 I never could come at her. . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Come — one bottle more — and have at the sublime ! 
 
 The Whistle. 17. 
 An' if ye mak objections at it, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 Atheist. But twenty times, I rather wou'd be 
 
 An atheist clean, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Atheist-laugh. An atheist-laugh's a poor exchange 
 For Deity offended I 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 Athole. Or I had fed an Athole Gled S. Killiecrankie. 
 
 The grace be — " Athole's honest men, 
 
 "And Athole's bonnie lasses! " The Petition of Br. Water. 
 We'll awa to Athole's green, and there we'll no be seen, 
 
 S. TJiere grows a bonic t 
 AthOPt [athwaPt]. Athort the lift they start and shift, 
 
 A Vision. 
 AthwaPt. Ye've lately come athwart her ; . A Dream. 13. 
 like the star that athwart gilds the sky, Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Atlantic. Or haply lies beneath th' Atlantic roar. 
 
 Oncefondly lov^d\ 
 
 Across the Atlantic's roar ? To Mary. 
 
 AtmosphePe. Hid in an atmosphere of reek, Ep. to H.Parker. 
 Atone. Can all the wealth of India's coast. 
 Atone for years in absence lost ? 
 
 S. Slow spreads thegloom,\ 
 
 A' theglther [altogethep]. 
 
 Tam tint his reason a' thegither, . Tarn 0' Shanter. 16. 
 
 B' the L— d! ye'se get them a' thegither. . The Inventory. 
 
 * I'll frankly gie her't a' thegither, . . What ails ye now \ 
 
 AttaCh'd. Attach'd him to the generous truly great, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Attained. For care and trouble set your thought, 
 
 Ev'n when your end's attained ; Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 Attempted. Dear S[mith], the sleest, pawkie thief. 
 
 That e'er attempted stealth or rief, . ToJ.S. 
 Attend. Reader attend ... .A Bards Epit. 
 
 Draw near with pious rev'rence and attend! 
 
 Epit. for A uthor's Father. 
 And pray, a' gude things may attend you ! Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 Spirits kind, again attend me, . Musing on the roaring^ 
 How can I to the tuneful strain attend? Sonnet on Death ofR. 
 My blessings ^e attend the chiel, 
 
 Wha pitied Gallia's slaves, man, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Not a hope that dare attend ; ^ . S, Thickest night \ 
 
 Nor with unwilling ear attend 
 
 The morali2ing Muse To Chloris, 
 
 Then, Sir, God willing, I'll attend ye, . To Mr. Renton. 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives," attend to my song, 
 
 Ye true ^' Loyal Nat's." t 
 
 Attendant. Youth, grace, and love attendant move, 
 
 S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 Nor for a train-attendant ; . . Ep. to Young Friend, y. 
 Attended. Attended in his [Want's] grim advances. 
 By sad mistakes, and black mischances, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 16. 
 
 Ev'n them he canna get attended, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 Does the train-attended carriage 
 Thro' the country lighter rove? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Long did I bear the heavy yoke, 
 And many griefs attended ; . . S, The Joyful Widower. 
 Attention. And thy attentions plighted, 
 
 S, O watye wha that loesf 
 The Rights of Woman merit some attention. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Let Majesty your first attention summon. 
 Ah! ^aj'ra/ Tiie Majesty of Woman! . . . lb. 
 
 Attentive. Attentive still to sorrow's wail. 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 My dying words attentive hear, . The Death ofMailie. 
 Attested. The oft-attested Powers above; The Lament. 3, 
 AttiPe. My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, 
 
 May touch the heart. Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. 1st. 13. 
 Ye shall gang in gay attire, . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 AttiP'd. Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. . . A Vision. 
 AttOUP [over, besides]. Bye attour, my Gutcher has 
 
 A hich house and a laigh ane ; 
 
 S. Gat ye 7ne\ 
 Attpibute. Heaven's attribute distinguish'd — to bestow ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 Attune. But peace attune thy gentle soul to rest, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Atweel [well ! in tputh !]. 
 Are they a' Johny's? Eh ! atweel no : 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimtnerf 
 Atween [between]. Or how the collieshangie works 
 
 Atween the Russians and the Turks ; 
 Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 Ha'e had a bitter black out-cast 
 
 Atween themsel. . . The Twa Herds. 2. 
 Auehenbay, An' Auchenbay, I wish him joy ; 
 
 Auld comrade dear\ 
 Aught. Could aught of song declare ray pains, 
 
 S. Could aught of song ^ 
 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing, 
 
 Than aught in the world beside, Jessy. S. Here's a health t 
 We're sayin or takin aught amiss : Kind Sir, I've readi 
 
 Even they maun dare an effort mair. 
 
 Than aught they ever gave us, . lS". Lovely Davis. 
 
 The deil he cou'dna skaithe thee. 
 
 Or aught that wad belang thee ! S. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 I, careless, quit aught else below. 
 
 But spare me, spare me Lucy dear. S. O watye wha's in yon t 
 Can thy keen inspection trace 
 Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace ? 
 
 Ode to Mevi. of Mrs. — . 
 From aught that's good exempt. . On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 Nor more may aught my steps divide. 
 From that dear stream which flows to Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 
 Or nature aught of pleasure give ; . .S. The day returns t 
 
 That few for aught but folly lusted ; . . The Hermit. 
 
 Aught [eight], in aught hours gaun, A Guid New-year \ 11. 
 
 Aught [belong]. Whase aught thae Chiels maks a' this 
 
 bustle here ? . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Aughteen [eighteen]. A prisoner aughteen year awa, 
 
 S. Amang the trees t 
 Augment. May heaven augment your blisses, A Dream. /. 
 August. When August winds the heather wave, 
 
 Tam Samsoi^s EL, 13, 
 Auld [Rev. Mp.]. 
 Daddy Auld, Daddy Auld, there's a tod in the fauld, 
 
 The Kirk's Alartn. 8. 
 But chiefly thou, apostle A— d, 
 
 We trust in thee, . The Twa Herds. 10. 
 I did na suffer ha'f sae much 
 
 Frae Daddie Auld. . , What ails ye now t 
 Auld [old]. Ye've gien auld Britain peace, A Dream. 6. 
 
 Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie : A Guid New-Year\ 
 An' thy auld hide as white's a daisie, ... lb. 2. 
 
 But thy auld tail thou wad hae whisket, . . lb. 12. 
 my auld, trusty Servan', .... lb. 17. 
 
 An' thy auld days may end in starvin', * . * , /^, 
 
Auld [old] 
 
 21 
 
 Auld [old] 
 
 Auld, grim, black-bearded Geordie's sel, Adam A—s Prayer. 
 And [Death] tips auld drunken Nanse the wink, . . lb. 
 May twin auld Scotland o' a life . . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 An auld wife's tongue's a feckless matter 
 
 To gie ane fash. . . Add. to Iliegit. Child. 
 Auld Homie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, . Add. to the Deil. i. 
 
 Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee lb. 2. 
 
 where auld, ruin'd castles, gray. Nod to the moon, Jb. 5. 
 
 ye auld, snick-drawing dog I lb. 16. 
 
 An' now, auld Cloots, I ken ye' re thinkan, . . lb. so. 
 But fare-you-weel, auld Nickie-ben! ... lb. zi. 
 
 Auld Caledon drew out her drone, . S. Among the trees \ 
 Auld comrade dear and brither sinner, Auldcotnrade dear\ 
 My heart-warm love to guid auld Glen, . . . lb. 
 
 When bending down withauld grey hairs, . . . lb. 
 My auld school-fellow. Preacher Willie, . . lb. 
 
 An' next, my auld acquaintance, Nancy, . . lb. 
 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 
 His sheep and kye thrive bonie, O ; S. Behind yon hills\ 
 It brake the sweet heart of my faithfu' auld dame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame. 
 
 And Charlie's faes before him ! . S. Come boat me o'er\ 
 Wi' a cog o' gude ale, and an auld Scotish sang. 
 
 i". Contented wr little^ 
 The auld kirk-hammer strak the bell 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook, 31. 
 Our Mess John, wi' his auld grey pow, . S. Donald Brodie. 
 And auld Mess John will mend the skaith, 6". Duncan Gray. 
 And like stock-fish come o'er his studdie 
 
 Wi' thy auld sides! . El. on Copt. M.H. i. 
 In some auld tree, or eldritch tower, . . lb. lO' 
 
 An' my auld teethless Bawtie's dead ; El. on Year iy88. 
 
 An' no owre auld, I hope, to learn I .... lb. 
 While tears hap o'er her auld brown nose ! Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Or, when auld Phoebus bids good-morrow, . . . lb. 
 As my auld pen's worn to the grissle ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L y6, Ap. 1st. 22. 
 
 honest-hearted, auld L[aprai]k, . . lb, Ap, 21st. i. 
 
 Straught to auld Nick's. .... Ep. ioJ.R. j. 
 
 Some auld, us'd hands had taen a note, . . .lb. g. 
 
 Here lies with death auld Grizel Grim, Epit. on Grizel Grivt. 
 So may the auld year gang out moaning Frigid ofthepoet\ 
 Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 
 Her noblest work she classes, O : ^S". Green grow tJie Rashes. 
 The auld Guidwife's weel-hoordet nits . . Halloween. 7. 
 The auld guidman raught down the pock, . . lb. ly. 
 young an' auld come rinnan out, . . lb. 20. 
 
 a swirlie, auld moss-oak, lb. 23. 
 
 Auld, uncle John, wha wedlock's joys. 
 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, ... . lb. 2^. 
 
 They say ye're turning auld, John, and what though it be so, 
 S. John Anderson, tny jo\ 
 So may ye hae auld stanes in store, 
 
 S. Ken ye oitght d Capt. Grose \ 
 And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl't feet ; 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer^ 
 Auld Orthodoxy lang did grapple, . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 There wons auld Colin's bonnie lass, S. My Lord a- hunting^ 
 Auld, cantie Coil may count the day, . Nature's Law. 
 
 To sing auld Coil in nobler style ... .lb. 
 
 And bless auld Coila, large and long, ... lb. 
 
 Auld, cantie Kyle may weepers wear, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to VV. Indies. 
 'Twill mak her poor, auld heart, I fear, 
 
 In flinders flee : . . , lb. 
 
 By some auld, houlet-haunted, biggin, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Ilk ghaist that haunts auld ha' or chamer, , . lb. 
 
 He has a fouth o' auld nick-nackets : . . . .lb. 
 And parritch-pats, and auld saut-backets. 
 
 Before the Flood. . ... lb. 
 
 Auld Tubalcain's fire-shool and fender ; . . . lb. 
 
 Auld Truth hersel' might swear ye're fair. On W, Chalmers. 
 I sat me down to ponder. 
 
 Upon an auld tree-root : One night as I\ 
 
 Auld Aire ran by before me, . ... lb. 
 
 that curst carmagnole auld Satan, . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi' joyi . . lb. 
 
 Thou paints auld nature to the nines, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 that trusty auld worthy Clackleith, 
 
 P.S, to " The Kirk's Alarm." 
 Ilk feature — auld nature 
 
 Declar'd that she cou'd do nae mair ! . . ^S". Sae flaxen\ 
 O thou, my Muse ! guid, auld Scotch Drink \ Scotch Drink, a. 
 An' sends, beside, auld Scotland's cash 
 
 To her warst faes lb. ij. 
 
 Ye Scots wha wish auld Scotland well, ... lb. 16. 
 Sing auld Cowl, lay you down by me, . S. Scroggam. 
 
 Searching auld wives' barrels 
 
 Och, ho ! the day ! . Searching auld wives' f 
 Till bairns' bairns kindly cuddle 
 
 Your auld gray hairs. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
 
 S. Should auld acquaintance f 
 
 For auld lang syne, my dear, lb. 
 
 Sin' auld lang syne. \re.'\ . . . lb. 
 
 We auld wives' minions gie our opinions, . Symon Gray\ 
 By AUoway's auld haunted kirk. , . Torn d Shanter. 3. 
 Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet ; . lb. g. 
 
 There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; . lb. 11. 
 
 But wither'd beldams, auld and droll, . lb. 14. 
 
 Has auld K[ilmamock] seen the Deil? Tam Samson's El. i. 
 Now ev'ry auld wife, greetin, clatters, . . .lb. g. 
 
 Yon auld gray stane, amang the heather, . . .lb. 12. 
 for poor auld Scotland's sake . The Ans. to the Gudewife. 
 The auld man he came over the lea, S. The auld man t 
 
 Wi' his auld beard newlin shaven \re.'\ ... lb. 
 
 To see his poor, auld mither's pot, Thus dung in staves, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, g. 
 The kind, auld, cantie Carlin greet, . . . .lb, ii. 
 Then echo thro' Saint Stephen's wa's 
 
 Auld Scotland's wrangs . . lb. 12. 
 
 auld Demosthenes or Tully .... .lb. 14. 
 
 To get auld Scotland back her kettle! . . .lb. 15. 
 
 Tell yon guid bluid o' auld Boconnock's, . lb. 20. 
 
 An' drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's, lb. 
 
 Auld Scotland has a raucle tongue ; . .lb. 22. 
 
 if she promise auld or young To tak their part, . lb. 
 
 Their lot auld Scotland ne'er envies, . lb. P.S. 
 
 Scotland, my auld, respected Mither ! . .lb. 
 
 But gin ye be a Brig as auld as me, The Brigs of Ayr. $. 
 
 Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense, . . lb. 6. 
 
 Auld Ayr is just one lengthen'd, tiuubling sea ; . . lb. 7. 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, j. 
 How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' Lint was i' the bell. lb. 11. 
 And ilka wife cries " Auld Mahoun, 
 
 ' ' I wish you luck o' the prize, man. S. The deil cam' ^ddlin'^ 
 The fient-ma-care, quo' the feirrie auld wife, 
 
 S. The deuks dang der\ 
 O haud your tongue, my feirrie auld wife, . . lb. 
 
 A carline auld and teugh, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 The auld gudeman o' London court . lb. 
 
 The auld gudeman, or the young gudeman, 
 
 For me may sink or swim; . lb. 
 
 Her auld Scots heart was true ; . .lb. 
 
 And can we forget the auld Major, . . lb. III. 
 
 He founder'd his horse among harlots, 
 
 But gied his auld naig to the Lord. . lb. 
 
 Fame and high renown, For an auld sang . lb. IV. 
 
 The crest, an auld crab-apple Rotten at the core. . lb. 
 
 The Murray, on the auld grey yaud, ... lb. V. 
 
 Auld covenanters shiver . . lb. VI. 
 
 Like Socrates or Antonine, 
 
 Or some auld pagan heathen. The Holy Fair. 15 
 
 An' thinks it auld wives' fables : . . . . lb. ij. 
 
 The auld guidmen, about the grace, 
 
 Frae side to side they bother, ... lb. 24. 
 
 My Lan' afore's a gude auld has been, . . Tlie Inventory. 
 An' your auld burrough mony a time, . lb. 
 
 Ae auld wheelbarrow, mair for token, . . .lb. 
 
 An' my auld mother brunt the trin'le. . . lb. 
 
 niest the fire, in auld, red rags, . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Yet that winna save ye, auld Satan must have ye, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 4. 
 
Auld [old] 
 
 n 
 
 Avoid 
 
 Why desert ye your auld native shire? 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm:- iS. 
 Now auld K[ilmarnock], cock thy tail, . The Ofdinaiion^- 6. 
 Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch, . . /^. lo. 
 
 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes 
 
 She's swingein thro' the city ! . . . . 75. //. 
 
 Auld Britain ance could crack her joke, 
 
 T^ Tree of Liberty. 
 Syne let us pray, auld England may 
 
 Sure plant this far-famed tree, man j . . . lb. 
 
 That bears the name o' auld King Coil, The Two- Dogs. i. 
 The cantie, auld folks, crackan crouse, . . lb. so. 
 
 He rives his father's auld entails ; . . . . lb. 25. 
 Auld W[odro]w, lang has hatch'd mischief. 
 
 The Twa Herds. 13. 
 My auld grey head had lien in clay, . . S. The Union. 
 That fiU'd, wi' hoast-provoking smeek, 
 
 The auld, clay biggin ; The Vision. D. I. 13. 
 Auld, hermit Aire staw thro' his woods, . . lb. 14. 
 
 He met wi' auld Nick, wha said, how do ye fen? 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 So Nickie then got the auld wife on his back, . . lb. 
 Auld Sootie then swore by the edge of his knife, . . lb. 
 There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob t 
 He*s the king of gude fellows, and wale of auld men ; . lb. 
 But oh, she's an heiress, auld Robin's a laird ; . .lb. 
 Sae my auld stumpie pen I gat it Third MP- to J. Lap. 
 
 Till ye forget ye're auld an' gutty, ... .lb. 
 
 Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, 
 
 Bethankit hums. . . . To a Haggis. 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware [v. A. 7] . . lb. 
 on an auld wife's flainen toy ; . . . To a Louse. 
 
 Wi' auld Nick there's less danger ; . To a Painter. 
 
 But an auld man shall never daiuiton me. [re."] 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 Wi' his teethless gab and his auld held pow, . . .lb. 
 my gude auld cockie, I'm yours for ay. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Like scrapin' out auld Crummie's nicks. To Gav. Hamilton. 
 That auld, capricious carlin. Nature, . To J. S. 3. 
 
 And leave auld Scotia's shore? . . S. To Mary. 
 
 And may he wear an auld man's beard, To Mr. M'Adani. 
 Fareweel, auld birkie! Lord be near ye. To Terraughty. 
 
 Auld chuckie Reekie's sair distrest, . To W, Creech. 
 
 Auld Reekie ay he keepit tight, lb. 
 
 Until a pow as auld's Methusalem ! He canty claw ! . lb. 
 Auld Coila, now, may fidge fu' fain, . To W. Simpson. 6 
 We'll sing auld Coila's plains an' fells, . lb. 10. 
 
 In thae auld times, . . , . lb. P.S. 
 
 Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk ; lb. 
 
 For 'twas the auld moon tum'd a newk . . . lb. 
 
 Should think they better were inform'd, 
 
 Than their auld dadies. ... Jb. 
 
 when the auld Moon's gaun to lea'e them, . lb. 12. 
 
 auld cloven clooty's haunts . . What ails ye nffw t 
 
 Auld Clinkum at the Inner port . . .lb. 
 
 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man ? 
 
 S. What can a young lassie t 
 O dool on the day I met wi' an auld man. \re.'] . . lb. 
 My auld aunty Katie upon me takes pity, . lb. 
 
 And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan 1 . .lb. 
 Auld baudrans by the ingle sits, . S. Willie Wastle \ 
 
 Trifled aff till she's grown auld, .S". Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Auld-age [old-age]. Auld age ne'er mind a feg ; 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 In vain Auld-age his body batters ; Tarn Satnson's El. g. 
 
 An' fill auld-age wi' grips an' granes ; The Twa Dogs. ag. 
 
 Auld Brig [Old Bridge]. 
 Ane on th' Auld Brig his airy shape uprears, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Auld Brig appear'd of ancient Pictish race, . . . lb. 
 AuIdeP [older]. I'll aulder be gin simmer, 
 
 S. Tm o'er young to marry j 
 
 Auldfarran, -rent [knowing, sagaolous]. 
 
 And ane a chap that's d — mn'd auldfarran, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 your auld-farrent, frien'ly letter ; . Second Ep, to Davie. 
 
 Auld-light [of the old, orthodox Sehool of Theology]. 
 An' auld-light caddies bure sip hands, To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Nae doubt the auld-light flocks are bleatap ; . . lb. 
 Some auld-light herds in neebor tpwns. . ... lb. 
 Auld Reekie [Edinburgh]. 
 Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks, . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Auld Reekie ay he keepit tight, 
 
 And trig an' braw : . . . To W. Creech. 
 Auld-warld [old-world]. 
 To liken them to your auld-warld squad, 
 I must needs say, comparisons are odd. The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Aumous [alms]. While she held up her greedy gab, 
 Just like an aumous dish : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R.l. 
 Aunt* Nae we^ 1 tochered aunts, to wait on their drants, 
 
 Ronalds of Benn^ls. 
 Auntie idim. ^ Aunt]. A glebe o' land, a claut o'^gear, 
 Was left me by my auntie, 
 
 S. And Ojor ane and twenty t 
 At hame I faught my Auntie, O ; . . *S". Killiecrankie. 
 My auld auntie Katie upon me takes pity, 
 
 S. What can a young lassie t 
 Tak a mark by auntie Bettie, S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Aurora. Last, she [nature] sublimes th' Aurora of the poles, 
 Tlie flashing elements of female souls. 
 
 Ep, to R. Graham^ 2. 
 Author. I thank thee, author of this opening day! 
 
 Sonnet ivrit. on birthday. 
 should my Author health again dispense. Why am 1 loth t 
 And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. 
 
 Wr. under Port. ofFergusson. 
 Autumn. Autumn, benefactor kind. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 And yellow autumn presses near, . , S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 How cheery, thro' her shortening day, 
 
 Is aulumn in her weeds o' yellow : S. By Allan Stream. 
 Autumn, wi' thy yellow hair, 
 
 In grief thy sallow mantle tear ; . El. on Capt. M. H. 13. 
 The sober autumn enter'd mild, John Barleycorn. 
 
 Nae mair, to me, the autumn winds 
 
 Wave o'er the yellow com ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Come autumn, sae pensive, in yellow and grey, 
 
 S. My Names Awa. 
 Autumn's pleasant weather ; S. Now westUn -winds t 
 
 Not Autumn to the Farmer, So dear . . lb. 
 
 How I would mourn when it was torn. 
 
 By autumn wild and winter rude ! . S. O were my lave t 
 
 yellow Autumn wreath'd with nodding corn ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 The Autumn mourns her rip'ning com S, The gloomy ni^t^ 
 The robin pensive Autumn cheer, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 As autumn to winter resigns the pale year. S, The lazy mist\ 
 And sweet is night in autumn mild, S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Ava [at all, of all]. 
 An' lows'd his ill-tongu'd, wicked scawl 
 
 Was warst ava? . Add. to the Deil. 18. 
 
 For fient a wame it had ava, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 The deil gets na justice ava, The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 
 What way poor bodies liv'd ava. . . The Twa Dogs, 7. 
 Nae joy her bonie buskit nest 
 
 Can yield ava, . To W. Creech. 
 
 But, Sir, this pleas'd them warst ava, What ails ye now t 
 
 Avail, And are they of no more avail. 
 
 Ten thousand glittering pounds a year? 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Avail, to. But what avails the pride of art, 
 
 When wastes the soul with anguish ? 
 
 Could aught of song i 
 Avarice. Even Avarice would deny 
 
 His worshipp'd deity, S. Mark yonder pomp t 
 Avaunt. Avaunt, away ! the cruel sway, 
 
 Tyrannic man's dominion ; S. Now westlin' winds f 
 Avenged, it burns my heart I must depart 
 
 And not avenged be. S. Farewelltye dungeousf 
 Avenging. Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat, Night. 14, 
 By her inspired, the new-born race 
 
 Soon drew the avenging steel, man; The Tree of Liberty. 
 And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. 
 
 Whyamlloth\ 
 
 Avoid. But wha can avoid the fell snare? Inscrip. on Goblet. 
 
Avow 
 
 23 
 
 Awee [a little while ; somewhat] 
 
 Avow. An' some their New-light fair avow, 
 
 Just quite barefac'd. . To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Avow'd, Their title's avow'd by my country. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Avowedly, But what could ye other expect 
 Of ane that's avowedly daft ? 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Awa [away]. But sneer na British-boys awa; A Dream. 14. 
 He swept the stakes awa', man, . . A Fragment. 7. 
 But just thy step a wee thing hastet, 
 
 Thou snoov't awa. . . . A Guid New-year \ 14. 
 Forby sax mae, I've sell't awa, .... lb, /j". 
 Frightin awa your deucks and geese Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, . . Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 Awa wi' your belles and your beauties, 
 
 S. A down winding Nith \ 
 A prisoner aughteen year awa, . S. Ainang the trees \ 
 Awa, whigs, awa ! . . , S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 
 And I'll awa to Nanie, O. . S. Behind yon hills\ 
 
 But now our joys are fled 
 
 On winter blasts awa ! [v. A. 8] . . S. But lately seen t 
 Awa ye selfish, warly race, . Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 1st. 20. 
 Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter Ep. to Major Logan. 2. 
 For had ye staid whole weeks awa', 
 
 Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye. Epit. on Wag in M. 
 He gaped for't [his argument], he graped for't, 
 
 He fand it was awa, man : — Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Twa o' them were gotten 
 
 When Johny was awa. . S. Gudeen to you Kimvier. 
 Some start awa, wi* saucy pride, . . Halloween. 7. 
 
 Frae G — d's ain priests the people's hearts 
 
 He steals awa'. Holy IVillie's Prayer, 
 
 I think on him that's far awa', . S. It was a' for our t 
 
 And the days are awa that we hae seen ; iS". Lady Mary Ann. 
 Kings and nations, swith awa! . Louis what reck I\ 
 
 But to me its delightless, my Name's awa'. 
 
 .S". My Nanie^s awa. 
 Whisp'ring spirits round my pillow 
 Talk of him that's far awa. [re.] Musing on the roaring f 
 
 Kenmure's on and awa, Willie ! S. O Kenmurt^s on andawa\ 
 Here's him that's far awa, Willie ! . . . lb. 
 Till fley'd awa' by Phoebus' light S. O were my love yon t 
 Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
 
 A cuckold coward loun is he ! . S. O Willie brew'd^ 
 Is o'er the hills and far awa ? . S.O how can I he hiythe t 
 The bonie lad that's far awa. Sre.l .... lb. 
 
 Seek Heaven for help, and barefit skelp 
 
 Awa' wi' Willie Chalmers. . . On Willie Chalmers. 
 
 They fade and they wither awa, man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 If that wad entice her awa, man. . lb. 
 
 She steals our affections awa, man. . . lb. 
 
 the pick and the wale O' lasses that live here awa, . lb. 
 But for her sake sae far awa ; [re.] S. Saefar awa. 
 
 For loyal Forbes' Charter'd boast 
 
 Is ta'en awa ! , . Scotch Drink, ig. 
 
 Your mortal Fae is now awa'. Tain Samsofis El. 7. 
 
 With clavers and haivers Wearing the time awa' : 
 
 The Answer to the Guidwife. 
 Till fey men died awa, man. The Battle of Sherra^ntoor. 
 
 The Cooper o' cuddy cam here awa ; ^. The Cooper o' cuddy t 
 And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman ; S The deil catii fiddlin \ 
 The de'il's awa' wi* th' Exciseman, [re-] . . .lb. 
 I'll mind you still, tho' far awa. [re.] The Farewell to St. J.'s L. 
 Awa, thou flaunting god o' day! 
 
 Awa, thou pale Diana! . . S, Thegowd. locks of A. 
 An' I held awa to the school; The Jolly Beggars, S. III. 
 
 Turn tail and rin awa, Jamie, . . S. The Laddies by t 
 Ye turncoat Whigs awa ! . . .lb. 
 
 Beneath the moon's unclouded light, 
 
 I held awa to Annie : . . ^S*. The Rigs d Barley. 
 
 The flaes they flew awa in cluds, . S. The Taylor \ 
 
 Pi:vi2L. they gaed wi mock parade, . The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 Whiles scour'd awa in lang excursion. The Twa Dogs, 6. 
 
 We'll awa to Athole's green, and there we'll no be seen, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier i 
 What will I do for a lad when Sandy gangs awa ? 
 
 1 will awa to Edinburgh and win a pennie fee, . . lb. 
 That he from our lasses should wander awa ; 
 
 S. There's a youth i 
 Thou need na start awa sae hasty, , . To a Mouse. 
 
 Her darling bird that she loe's best 
 
 Willie's awa ! ire."] . . . To W. Creech. 
 Then to the blessed, New Jerusalem, 
 
 Fleet wing awa ! . . . .lb. 
 
 Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie, 
 Here awa, there awa, baud awa hame ; S. Wandering Willie. 
 An' snoov'd awa' before the Session What ails ye now t 
 
 I said 'Gude night,' and cam' awa', . . .lb. 
 
 In a' our town or here awa ; S, Voung Jockey t 
 
 Await. If sorrow and anguish their exit await. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin ! Tain 0' Shanter. 18. 
 
 Unconscious what evils await; . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Awake. So Nelly startling half awake. 
 
 Away affrighted springs. S. On a bank of powers t 
 Awake, to. Amang the fresh, green leaves bedew'd, 
 
 Awake the early morning, S.A Rosebud by my\ 
 The balmy gales awake the flowers, S, Behold, my love t 
 
 A workhouse ! ah, that sound awakes my woes, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Your blood shall with incessant cry 
 
 Awake at last th' unsparing power. . Fragment of Ode. 
 Awake thy last sad voice, my harp ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Awake, resound thy latest lay, lb. 
 
 And blythe awakes the morrow, . S, Sweet fa's the eve t 
 Awakes me up to toil and woe : . . . The Lament. 
 Sleep, whence thou shalt ne'er awake, fFir. in Friars-Carse H . 
 Awaken. Farewell ! within thy bosom free 
 
 A sigh may whiles awaken ; V,s under grief 
 Awald [down and unable to help oneself]. 
 The groom gat sae fu' he fell awald beside it, 
 
 S, O ken ye what Megi 
 A-wandering. 
 As I was a-wand*ring on a Midsummer ev'ning, 
 
 lS". As I was a-wand'ringf 
 A-wandering wi' my Davie. . . S. How rosy May\ 
 
 Award. Might well award him Muir and Palmer's fate : 
 
 Ep.fr, Esopus to Maria. 
 Aware, wakeful caution still aware Of ill To ayng Lady. 
 Awauk [awake]. AUho' thy beauty and thy grace 
 
 Might weel awauk desire. S. It is na, Jean t 
 
 Awauken [awaken] . And blythely awaukens the morrow : 
 
 S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 Away. False flatterer, Hope, away! . Fragment of Ode, 
 Nightly dreams, and thoughts by day, 
 Are with him that's far away. 
 On the seas and far away. 
 
 On stormy seas and far away, S. How can mypoorheart\ 
 For his weal that's far away, \re^ . . . lb. 
 
 Bnt now he's banish'd far away, ^. My Harry was\ 
 
 Avaunt, away ! the cruel sway, 
 
 Tyrannic man's dominion ; . . S. Now wesilin winds t 
 Te'U crowdie a' my meal away. X O that I had ne'er f 
 
 Away affrighted springs. . On a bank of flowers^ 
 
 What wealth could never give nor take away I 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday, 
 I wear away My life, and in my office holy 
 
 Consume the day. The Hermit. 
 
 Awe. My poverty keeps me in awe, man, Ronalds of Bennals, 
 But with hunulity and awe 
 
 Still walks before his God. . . The zst Psalm. 
 
 With deep-struck, reverential awe, [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 
 His guardian seraph eyes with awe 
 
 The noble ward he loves. . . V^ below Picture. 
 
 Awe, to. Shalleverdantonme.orawerae, j4£^. /^///(f^V.C/izVcf 
 
 Awe [owe]. But deevil a shilling I awe, man. 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 Awee [a little while ; somewhat]. 
 Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, . Add. to the Deil. 2. 
 
 I grudge a wee the Great folk's gift, Ep. to Davie, i. 
 
 I straiket it a wee for sport, . . . Ep. to J. R. 8. 
 
 But ha'd your nine-tail cat a wee, . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Collected Harry stood awee, . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Then wait a wee, and cannie wale S. In simmer when t 
 
 And whyles ye may lightly my beauty a wee ; 
 
 S. O whistle, and Fllf 
 She shines sae bright, to wyle us hame. 
 
 But by my sooth she'll wait a wee! . S. O Willie bre2t/d\ 
 And port, O port ! shine thou a wee, 
 
 And Then ye'U see him! On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The third that gaed a wee aback, . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 
Aweful,-fu' 
 
 24 
 
 Ayr [v. Aire] 
 
 Aweftll,-fu', The smile or frown of aweful Heaven, 
 
 JVr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 When awful Beauty joins with all her charms, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 His awful chair of state resolves to mount, . Th£ Vowels. 
 An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther, 
 
 Clear-dangling, hang ; Death and Dr. Homhook. 
 Wi' mair o' horrible and awefu'. 
 
 Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. Tarn o' Shanter. it. 
 Awe-StPUek. With awe-struck thought, and pitying tears, 
 
 Add, to Edinburgh. 6. 
 
 Awhile. And fare thee weel, a while \ . S. A redy red Rose. 
 To shun impelling ruin, 
 
 A while her pinions tries ; . . S. How cruel are the t 
 
 Tho' thou may gayly bloom a while, S. I do confess thou f 
 
 (A while forbear, ye torturing fiends) Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 Each worldly thought a while forbear, On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 A-Winding. No more a-winding the course of yon river, 
 
 S. Where are the joys \ 
 Awkart [awkward]. 
 My Awkart Muse sair pleads and begs 
 
 I would na write, Ep. to J. L — ^, Ap. 2ist. ^. 
 Awkward, Wert thou awkward, stiff, affected. 
 Spurning nature, torturing art ; 
 
 To Miss Fontenelle. 
 Awnie [having awns, bearded]. 
 
 And Aits set up their awnie horn, . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 Axiom, call aloud This axiom undoubted 
 
 Extern, on Cotnmem.s of Thomson. 
 Axis. While Terra firma, on her axis. 
 
 Diurnal turns, . . . To W. Simpson. 
 Ay. Ay, Ay ! quo he, and shook his head, 
 
 Death and Qr. Homhook. 
 Ay, and I love her still, . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 Ay [always]. We took the road ay like a Swallow : 
 
 A Gude Netv Year 1 9. 
 I stacher'd whyles, but yet took tent ay 
 
 To free the ditches ; Death and Dr. Homhook. 3. 
 And ay he catch'd the tither wretch, . The Ordination. 10. 
 She ay shall bless that happy night, S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 For ay he pree'd the lassie's mou, . . S. The Taylor t 
 
 At kirk and fair, I'se ay be there, . . S. The titfier mom \ 
 And ay she shook the temper-pin. . . 5". Duncan Damson. 
 And ay she set the wheel between : . . . 16. 
 
 And ay be welcome back again lb. 
 
 Ay free, aff han', your story tell, . Ep. to Young Friend, jr. 
 Let that ay be your border : . . . lb. 8. 
 
 Has ay some cause to smile : . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 The heart ay's the part ay, 
 
 That makes us right or wrang /3. 5. 
 
 And ay a westlin leuk she throws, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 It pits me ay as mad's a hare ; . . . Ep. toJ.R. 13' 
 Heaven send your heart-strings ay in tune, 
 
 Ep. to Major Logan. 
 Then farewell folly, hide and hair o't ■• 
 
 For ance and aye. . Friend of the Poet \ 
 
 I dighted ay her een sae blue, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 An' ay she win't, an' ay she swat, . . . Halloween, 12. 
 
 An' ay a rantan Kim we gat, lb. 75". 
 
 Thou'rt ay sae free informing me 
 
 Thou hast nae mind to marry ; S. Here's to thy health f 
 But far off fowls hae feathers fair. 
 
 And ay until ye try them : lb. 
 
 And ay the stound, the deadly wound, 
 
 Came frae her een sae bonie blue. ^S". I gaed a waefu' t 
 
 But ay fu-han't isfechtinbest, . . In simmer wheni 
 Ye're ay the same kind man to me, . S. John Anderson t 
 
 Cog an ye were ay fou, 
 
 I wad sit and sing to you, If ye were ay fou. 
 
 S. Landlady count \ 
 I sat beside my warpin-weel, 
 
 And ay I ca'd it roun* ; . . S. My heart was ance t 
 O ay my wife she dang me. . S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 And dear was she, I darena name, 
 
 But I will ay remember. . . S. O may thy mom \ 
 How aften didst thou pledge and vow, 
 
 Thou wou'dst for ay be mine ; . . S. O mirk, mirk \ 
 Willy, ay I bless the grove 
 
 Where first I own'd my maiden love, . . S.O Pkelyi 
 But prudence is her o'erword ay, . . S. O poortith cauldf 
 But ay I'm eerie they come ben. . ^S". O that I had ne'er \ 
 
 And ay it charms my very saul. 
 
 The kind love that's in her e'e. . S. O this is no my atn t 
 And ay I muse and sing thy name, 
 
 S. O were I on Parnassus t 
 Thou's ay the dearer, and dearer to me, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get i 
 Ay vow and protest that ye carena for me, 
 
 S. -whistle, and Tllf 
 And ay we'll taste the barley bree. S. O Willie brew'd\ 
 
 Ye'U find him ay a dainty chiel. 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W. Indies. 
 Ay wavering like the willow wicker, 
 
 'Tween good and ill. . . Poem on Life. 
 And ay my Chloris' dearest charm, 
 
 She says she lo'es me best of a' . S. Saeflajcen were t 
 
 An' whyles, but ay owre late, I think 
 
 Braw sober lessons. Second Ep^ to Davie. 
 
 Leeze me on rhyme ! it's ay a treasure, ... lb. 
 
 And ay the ale was growing better : . Tarn, o* Shanter. 5. 
 An' ay the tither shot he thumpit. Tarn Samson's El. 10. 
 So touched, bewitched, I rav'd ay to mysel : 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Wha in the paths o' righteousness did toil ay ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 And ay the wild-wood echoes rang, S. The Catrine woods t 
 An' ay was guid to me an' mine ; . The Death ofMailie. 
 An' warn him ay at ridin time, 
 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; [v. A. 3] . lb. 
 
 But ay keep mind to moop an' mell, 
 
 Wi* sheep o' credit like thysel ! . lb. 
 
 ay on Sundays duly, nightly, . . The Inventory. 
 
 (L — d keep me ay frae a' temptation !) . . . lb. 
 
 An' ay he gies the tozie drab 
 
 The tither skelpan kiss, . The Jolly Beggars, R.L 
 
 And ay she wist na what to say ; 
 
 S. The lass that ijtade the bed. 
 But ay she sigh'd and cry'd " Alas ! . lb. 
 
 Ye ay shall mak' the bed to me. . . , . lb. 
 
 Aye. She dresses aye sae clean and neat, S. Handsome Nell. 
 And aye I wish him back again. . . S. My Harry was t 
 But aye the tear comes in my ee, S. O how can I be blythe \ 
 (And aye a rowth, roast beef and claret ; . Poem on Life. 
 It's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee 
 
 To taste the barrel. Scotch Drink. 13. 
 
 And aye the salt tear blinds her ee ; S. The lovely lass off 
 And aye the o'erword o' the spring. 
 
 Was Irvine's bairns are bonie a'. The Night was stilly 
 
 My blessings aye attend the chiel, 
 
 Wha pitied Gallia's slaves, man, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 But vicious folk aye hate to see 
 The works of virtue thrive, man ; .... lb. 
 
 Aye [yes]. An' saying aye or no's they bid him : 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Ayont [beyond], Wi' you, mysel, I gat a fright, 
 
 Ayont the lough ; Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 Some wee, short hour ayont the twal. 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 31. 
 ' ' Is o'er ayont the water : " . . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 And a' the comfort we're to get. 
 
 Is that ayont the grave, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife. 
 Till far ayont fourscore ; . V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 
 Ayr [V< Aire], As on the banks of Ayr I stray'd. 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, 
 When in Ayr, some half-hour's leisure, 
 
 Ep. to Major Logan. 14., 
 L — d hear my earnest cry an* pray'r. 
 
 Against that presbyt'ry o' Ayr ; Holy Willie's Prayer. 13. 
 Was once a sweet bud on the braes of the Ayr. 
 
 6". How pleasant the banks \ 
 And on yon bonie braes of Ayr ; . S. O what ye whi£s in t 
 As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, 
 (Auld Ayr, whom ne er a town surpasses, 
 For honest men and bonny lasses.) . . Tarn o' SJianter. 2. 
 Ae night within the ancient brugh of Ayr, 
 
 TJte Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 The Sprites that ower the Brigs of Ayr preside. . . lb. 4. 
 Auld Ayr is just one lengthen'd, tumbling sea ; . . lb. 7. 
 In Ayr, Wag-wits nae mair can have a handle 
 To mouth "A Citizen," a term o' scandal: . . lb. 10. 
 Fareweel the bonie banks of Ayr, S. The Catrine woods \ 
 
Ajrp [V. Aire] 
 
 25 
 
 Bade [desired ; endured] 
 
 O' th' merry lads of Ayr, man ? 
 On the bonie banks of Ayr to meet, 
 Along the lonely banks of Ayr. 
 Far from the bonie banks of Ayr. {re.] 
 
 The FHe Champeire. 
 
 . . lb. 
 
 . The gloomy Night \ 
 
 . lb. 
 
 Town of Ayr, town of Ayr, it was mad I declare, 
 
 The Kirlis Ala-nn. 
 Or try the wicked town of A** The Ordination, g. 
 
 Can I forget the hallow'd grove, 
 Where by the winding Ayr we met To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore, . . Ih. 
 
 O Ayr, my dear, ray native ground. To Rev. ■/. M'Math. 
 And fair are the maids on the banks of the Ayr; 
 
 S. Truehearied 7vas he t 
 Azure. Now Phoebus chears the crystal streams, 
 And glads the azure skies ; 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 When ripen 'd fields, and azure skies, 
 
 Call'd forth the Reaper's rustling noise. The Vision, D. II. 15. 
 Ba* [ball], Gowff 'd Willie like a ba', man, A Fragment. 9. 
 However Fortune kick the ba', . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 She saw three bonie boys playing at the ba', 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba', The Farewell to St. /.'s L. 
 Babbling. Ye babbling winds, in silence sweep ; Liberty. 
 Babel. Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep, 
 
 The Ordination. 7. 
 
 Babie [baby]. Weel, my babie, may thou furder : 
 
 S. Hee balou \ 
 
 And send him safe hame to his babie and me. 
 
 S. O whare did ye get \ 
 
 The lad that is dear to my babie and me. 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 
 There lie my sweet babies in her arms, S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Babie-, Baby-clouts [baby-clothes]. 
 O wha my babie-clouts wlirbuy ^ S. O wha my babie-clouts t 
 And hing our fiddles up to sleep. 
 Like baby-clouts a-dryin : . . . The Ordination. 7. 
 Bab'lon. And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by 
 Heaven's command. The Cottet^s Sat. Night, is. 
 Bacchus. 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' druken Bacchus, 
 
 Scotch Drink. /. 
 
 He was a care-defying blade, 
 As ever Bacchus listed ! The Jolly Beggars, R. VII. 
 
 Bachelor. The boast of our bachelors a' man : 
 
 Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 
 Back, adv. " Friend, whare ye gaun, Will ye go back?" 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 
 Gae back the gate ye cam' again, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 So gratefu', back your news I send you, 
 
 Kind Sir, fve readi 
 
 Soor Bigotry, on her last legs, 
 
 Girnin' looks back, 
 
 Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 And at night she'll return to her nest back again. 
 
 Lns ona Ploughman. 
 
 I'll never see him back again.; 
 
 O for him back again I [r^.] S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 Gae back the gate ye cam' again, S. O can ye labour lea t 
 Ye'se a' be het or I come back. On Kirk o/Lamington. 
 
 To get auld Scotland back her kettle! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer^ /j, 
 
 I saw mysel. they did pursue 
 The horse-men back to Forth, man, 
 
 The Battle of Sherra-moor. 
 An' echoes back return the shouts ; The Holy Fair. 21. 
 
 But I call'd her quickly back again, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 And to her ain henpeck e'en carried her back. 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Then back I rattle on the rhyme 
 
 As gleg's a whittle 1 Therms naeihing like t 
 Back, s. Abuse a Brother to his back ; . A Ded. to G.H. 8. 
 Wi' a' their bastards on their back I Add. of Beelsebitb. 4. 
 Or die a cadger pownie's death, 
 
 At some dyke-back, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 7. 
 
 But your curst wit, when it comes near it, 
 
 Rives't aff their back. Ep.toJ. R. 3. 
 
 But Merran sat behint their backs, 
 Her thoughts on Andrew Bell ; . . • Halloween. 11. 
 
 Altho' my back be at the wa', [re-l 
 
 S. Here's his Health in Water. 
 
 They laid him down upon his back, John Barleycorn. 
 
 May woman on him turn her back, . On W. Stewart. 
 And warsle Time, and lay him on his back. Scots Prologue. 
 Ne'er claw your lug, and fidge your back, 
 
 An' hum an' haw. The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 His back's been at the wa'; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Wi' arm repos'd on the chair-back, . . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 His breast was white, his towzie back, 
 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; . The Twa Dogs. 5. 
 But he ne'er turned his back on his foe — or his friend. 
 
 The Whistle. 9. 
 So Nickie then got the auld wife on his back, 
 
 S. There lived ance a carle t 
 To thresh my back at sic a pitch ? . . What ails ye now \ 
 Back, to. And Honour safely back her [Truth], 
 
 On W. Chalmers 
 Backet [backed]. Tho' thou's howe-backet, now,an' knaggie, 
 
 A Guid New-year \ i 
 Backet [bucket], parritch-pats, and auld saut-backets. 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Backlins-comin [coming backwards]. 
 An' backlins-comin, to the leuk. 
 She [the Moon] grew mair bright. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Back-reeolling. While back-recoiling seem'd to reel 
 
 Their Sutbron foes. [v. A. 4] TheVision, 
 Backsliding. We're frail backsliding mortals merely, 
 
 Ep. to Major Logan, g. 
 Back-stairs. He'd up the back-stairs, and by G— he would 
 steal 'era, . . Fragment, insc. to Fox. 
 Back-style. Syne up the back-style, and let naebody see, 
 
 ^. O whistle, and Til t 
 Backward. Dim-backward as I cast my view, 
 What sick'ning Scenes appear I 
 
 Despondency, an Ode. i. 
 Backward, abash'd to ask thy friendly aid ? 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 The sun a backward course shall take - - 
 Ere ought thy manly courage shake ; S. Highland Laddie. 
 While frighted rations backward leuk, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. II. 
 I backward mus'd on wasted time, The Vision, D. I. 4. 
 
 His twisted head look'd backward on his way, The Vowels. 
 But Och ! I backward cast my e'e, 
 
 On prospects drear ! . To a Mouse. 
 
 Baek-yett [back-gate]. And come na unless the back-yett 
 be a-jee ; S. O whistle, and Pll^ 
 Bacon. And plenty of bacon each day in the year ; 
 
 Impromptu. 
 
 But why always Bacon — come, give me a reason? I&. 
 
 Bad. And clout the bad girdin o*t. . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 They may prove as bad as I am. . lS". Here's to thy health t 
 
 The past was bad and the future hid ; 
 
 S. My father was ajarmerf 
 I've got a bad wife, Sir, that's a' my complaint, 
 
 ■5". There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Bad luck on the penny that tempted my minny 
 
 What can a young lassie \ 
 Bad, Bade. Syne bad him slip frae 'mang the folk, 
 
 Halloween. 17 
 And bad her mak' a bed for me ; S. The lass that made f 
 
 Ye bad me write you what they mean To W. Sim^pson, P.S^ 
 Had I the wyte she bade me ? . . .S". Had I the wyte t 
 
 Had Kirk and State been in the gate, 
 
 I lighted when she bade me . . .lb. 
 
 And bade me mak nae clatter ; . lb. 
 
 He bade me act a manly part, S. My father was a farmer^ 
 And bade gudeen to me, jo. . . S. O wot ye what my t 
 The sage grave ancient cough'd, and bade me say, 
 "You're one day older this important day," Prologueat Th.D. 
 He [Time] bade me on you press this one word — " Think I " lb. 
 My mither she bade me gie him a stool, [re.] S. The auld man f 
 And mony bade the warld gudenight ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-moor. 
 Or Moses bade eternal warfare wage, 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 When fient a body bade him. . There came a piper \ 
 
 Bade [desired ; endured]. 
 I lippen'd to the chiel in trouth, 
 
 And bade nae better. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Yet, teughly doure, he bade an unco bang. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
Badge 
 
 26 
 
 Balm 
 
 Badge. Its just the Blue-gown badge an claithing, 
 
 O'Saunts; Ep.toJ.R.4. 
 
 ■ whose merits claim, 
 Justly that highest badge to wear ! T^e Farewellto St. J's L. 
 That gallant badge, the dear cockade, S. When wild War's t 
 Bag. weal brac'd wi' mealy bags. The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 When the tether bag I sell and tother bottle tell, Jb. S. i. 
 
 Here's to budgets, bags and wallets ! . .11). S. viii. 
 
 Baggie [dim. o/'bag; the stomach], 
 
 Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie : A Guid New Year f 
 Baiginet [bayonet]. When baiginets o'erpower'd the targe, 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-vioor. 
 Bailie, Baillie [a Magistrate of a Burgh]. 
 In some bit brugh to represent 
 
 A Baillie's name ? Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. sist. fi. 
 Ye worthy Proveses, an' mony a Bailie, 
 Wha in the paths o' righteousness did toil ay; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Your factors, grieves, trustees, and bailies, 
 I canna say but they do gailies ; . Add. of Beelzebub. 4, 
 Bairan [baring], Bairan a quarry, an' sic like. 
 
 The Twa Dogs, 10. 
 
 Bairn [a child]. Since I tint my bairns, S. By yon castle W(£\ 
 
 Ye [hills, cliffs] Nature's sturdiest bairns, El. on Capi. M.H. 3. 
 
 Eighty-nine, thou's but a bairn, . El. on Year I'jSS. 
 Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye pass 
 
 To school in bands thegither, , . . Epii. on Wag. 
 How mony bairns hae ye? . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 
 1 am my mammy's ae bairn, . S. Tm o'er young to marry t 
 Now I've gotten wife and bairns, S. O that I had ne'er t 
 We're your ain bairns, e'en guide us as ye like, 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Till bairns' bairns kindly cuddle 
 
 Your auld, gray hairs. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, 
 
 Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; Tarn o' Shanter. 10. 
 Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns ; . . lb. 11. 
 
 An' deed her bairns, man, wife, an' wean. 
 
 In mourning weed; Tain Samson's El. 2. 
 
 Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in, 
 
 TheCottei^sSat. Night. 
 Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. lb, 8 
 An' bairns greet for them when they're dead. 
 
 The Death of Mailie. 
 And now, my bairns, wi' my last breath, 
 I lea'e my blessin wi' you baith : . . . 
 
 The bairns gat out wi' an unco shout, 
 
 S. The deuks dang d'er\ 
 Irvine's bairns are bonie a'. . . The night was stilly 
 
 An' set the bairns to daud her 
 
 Wi* dirt this day. The Ordination. 2. 
 
 like a godly, elect bairn, ... .lb.8. 
 
 But Heaven's curse will blast the man 
 Denies the bairn he got ; The Ruined Mai£s Lament. 
 
 Bairntime [a family of children ; a brood]. 
 Thae bonie Bairntime, Heaven has lent, . A Dream. 9. 
 My Pleugh is now thy bairn-time a' ; A Guid New-year 1 13. 
 BaiSSemains. Faites mes baissemains respectuetcse, 
 
 Ep. to Major Logan. 13. 
 Baited. Such witching books are baited hooks O leave novels^ 
 Baited with many a deadly curse? Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — 
 Baith [both]. I'm baith dead-sweer, an' wretched ill o't ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H, 13. 
 Wi' constables, those blackguard fallows, 
 
 And sodgers baith ; Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 But, in the teeth o' baith to sail, 
 
 It maks an unco leeway, . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 The night's baith mirk and rainy, O ; S. BeJundyon hills t 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v. A. 6] 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 1. 
 Has made them baith no worth a f— t, . . lb. 13. 
 
 Baith their disease, and what will mend it, . lb. ig. 
 
 Which rais'd us baith : lb. 31. 
 
 I tint my curch and baith my shoon, . S. Duncan Gray, 
 The beast again can bear us baith, . . . Jb. 
 
 Duncan sigh'd, baith out and in, 
 
 Grat his een baith bleer't and blin', S. Duncan Gray f 
 
 Now they're crouse and canty baith I . . , .lb. 
 And counted was baith wight and stark. 
 
 El. on Death ofR, Ruisseaux. 
 
 lb. 
 
 An* gied you a' baith gear an' meal ; . El. on Year zy88. 
 Baith careless, and fearless. 
 
 Of either Heaven or Hell ; . . Ep, to Davie. 6. 
 
 A pint an' gill I'd gie them baith, 
 To near your crack. 
 
 Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. 1st. 7. 
 In rhyme or prose, or baith thegither, , lb. Ap. 21st. 7. 
 
 An' bajth a yellow George to claim. 
 
 An' thole their blethers ! . Ep. to J, R. 12. 
 He's tell'd her father and mother baith, Katharine Jaffray. 
 And shook baith meikle com and bear, Tarn 0' Shanter. is. 
 I lea'e my blessin wi' you baith ; . The Death of Mailie. 
 aiblins gowd and honour baith . The Election Ballads. I. 
 The lads and lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an* body, . . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 Ae leg an baith the trams are broken ; . The Inventory. 
 
 Are riven out baith root an' branch, . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 He smell'd their ilka hole and road, 
 
 Baith out and in, - . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 And baith the S[haw]s lb. J2. 
 
 Shall make us baith sae blythe an' witty. 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Baith snell an' keen ! . . . Toa Mouse. 
 
 And bless your bonie lasses baith, . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Baith honest men and lasses bonie, To Terraughty. 
 
 Baith loud an' lang. To W. Simpson^ P.S. 
 
 Balce [biscuit]. Here's crying out for bakes an' gills. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 18. 
 Bake, to. An' bake them up in brunstane pies 
 
 For poor d — n'd Drinkers. Scotch Drink. 20. 
 Bak'd. farls, bak'd wx' butter, Fu' crump The Holy Fair^ 7. 
 Baking. Frae morn to een its nought but toiling 
 At baking, roasting, frying, boiling ; 
 
 The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Balaam. That which distinguished the gender 
 O' Balaam's ass ; 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And swear he has the Angel met 
 That met the Ass of Balaam. . The Dean ofFac. 
 
 Balance. High wields her balance and her rod; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 Then at the balance let's be mute. 
 
 We never can adjust it ; . . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 
 If Self the wavering balance shake, 
 
 It's rarely right adjusted! . . Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 Her doubtful balance eyed, and sway'd her rod ; 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas 
 Balance, to. They took nae pains their speech to balance, 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 She's twisted right, she's twisted left. 
 To balance fair in ilka quarter ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Bald. But now your brow is bald, John, 
 
 S. John Anderson^ 7ny jo\ 
 Bald-pate. To you old Bald-pate smooths his wrinkled brow. 
 
 Prologue at Th., D. 
 Bald-pated. I see the old bald-pated fellow, 
 
 With ardent eyes, complexion sallow, 
 
 Sketch f New-Yrs Day. 
 Baleful. Never baleful stellar lights, 
 
 Taint thee with untimely blights ! . To Miss C. 
 Ball. An* ev'n their sports, their balls an' races, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 3/. 
 Ballad, -t. To lowse his pack an' wale a sang, 
 A ballad o' the best. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. VIH. 
 They're no herd's ballats, Maro's catches; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Ballantyne. When B[allantyne] befriends his humble name. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 BaUoehmyle. Fareweel the braes of Ballochmyle. 
 
 S, The Cairine woods t 
 
 Fareweel, fareweel ! sweet Ballochmyle ! . lb. 
 
 Among the braes o' Ballochmyle. S. Twos even, the dewy t 
 
 Bespoke the lass o' Ballochmyle. [re.] . . .16. 
 
 Balloon. Are mind't, in things they ca' Balloons, 
 
 To tak a flight, To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Balm. Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe 
 
 Fme woman's pitying e'e. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The gust 0' joy, the balm of woe. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Dropping dews, and breathing balm. . . To Miss C. 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr, in Kemnort Inn-^ 
 
Balmaghie [Mr. Gordon of Balmaghle] 27 
 
 Bank 
 
 Balmaghie [Mr. Gordon of Balmaghle]. 
 
 It may send Balmaghie to the Commons, 
 In Sodom 'twould make him a king. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Here's a reputation Tint by Balmaghie. . . li. IV. 
 
 And there was Balmaghie, I ween, . . lb. V. 
 
 But Balmaghie had better been 
 
 Drinking Madeira wine. . . lb. 
 
 Balmerlno. bold Balmerlno's undying name, 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Balmy. The rose-bud's the blush o' my charmer, 
 Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest ; 
 
 6". Adown winding Nith t 
 The balmy gales awake the flowers, J'. Behold my love t 
 
 But, Delia, on thy balmy lips 
 
 Let me, no vagrant insect, rove ! . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 'Tis but the balmy, breathing gale, . i". Here is the glen t 
 rosy lips, Rich with .balmy treasure ; . S. Thine am I \ 
 Balou [a lullaby]. Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald, 
 
 •S". Hee balou t 
 Baltic. No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he. 
 
 The Whistle. 4. 
 Bamboozle. May never wicked men bamboozle him ! 
 
 Ban. And sairly thole their mither's ban, 
 
 Afore the howdy. What ailsye~now^ 
 
 Ban, to. The devil-haet, that I sud bdn, 
 
 They ever think., Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Ban' Band [a badge of office worn by ordained 
 Clergymen], 
 gown, an' ban', an' douse black bonnet, To Rev. J. M'Matk^ 
 Fu' lifted up wi' Hebrew lore. 
 And band upon his breastie ; . . On W. Chaimers. 
 Band [company, troop]. 
 Wi' sword in hand, before his band, . A Fragment. ^. 
 
 To school in bands thegither, . , . Epit. on Wag. 
 
 Altho' that his [Charlie's] band be sma', 
 
 S. Here's a health, to them t 
 
 Success to Kenmure's band, S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 
 The beauteous seraph Sister-band, O Thou dread Povjr\ 
 
 . tyranny's empurpled bands ; . . S. Streams that glide \ 
 
 Whigs to h— 11 Flew off in frighted bands, 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-vwor. 
 Been there to hear this heavenly band engage, 
 
 , , , , . ^he Brigs o/Ayr. is. 
 
 a belted knight, Bred of a border band, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Oft have I met your social band, The Farewell to St. /.'s L. 
 Old Scotia's darling hope. Your little angel band 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Know, the great Genius of this Land, 
 
 Has many a light, aerial band, The Vision. D. II. 3, 
 
 A candid lib'ral band is found 
 
 Of public teachers, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 And little lambkins wanton wild. 
 In playful bands disporting. , . S. Young Peggy t 
 Band [tie, fetter, bond]. 
 The captive bands may chain the hands, 
 But powerful love enslaves the man : 
 
 S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 The bands and bliss 0' mutual'Iove, 
 
 S. Brofw lads on Var, braes t 
 And oft a more endearing band, . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 
 Untie these bands from off my hands, 
 
 S- Farcwellj ye dungeons t 
 Yet here I lie in foreign bands, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 O why should Fate sic pleasure have 
 
 Life's dearest bands untwining ? S. O poortith cauldi 
 
 In Love's silken band can bind it. . . S. Sweetest May t 
 The iron hand that breaks our band, S. The day returns \ 
 By sacred truth and honour's band ! S. The Highland Lassie. 
 , I'll tie the posie round wi' the silken-band o' love, 5. The Posie 
 That to my latest draught o' life the band shall ne'er remove 
 
 In the bands of old friendship and kindred so set, 
 
 And the bands grew the tighter the more they were wet. 
 
 The Whistle, iz. 
 My daddie sign'd my tocher band, S. Where Cart rins t 
 
 Bandits, Banditti. Those [critics] cut-throat bandits in the 
 paths of fame : To R. G. ofF. 4. 
 In spite o' dark banditti stabs 
 
 At worth an' merit, . . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Bane [bone]. It just played dirl on the bane, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 When banes are craz'd, and bluid is thin, Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap.'sist. 12. 
 Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes ; Epit. on noisy Polemic. 
 Here lie Willie M[ic]hie's banes, . . Ona Schoolmaster) 
 A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Tarn d Shanter. 11. 
 
 A boy no sae black at the bane ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 Sae merrily's the banes we'll pyke, The Jolly Beggars, S. V. 
 They've nae sair-work to craze their banes, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. zg. 
 Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle, 
 
 Your thick plantations. . To a Louse. 
 
 — by his banes wha in a tub 
 
 Match'd Macedonian Sandy! . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Bane. But English gold has been our bane . S. The Union. 
 Morality, thou deadly bane, . . A Ded. to G. H. 7. 
 
 Bang [a stroke, an effort]. 
 Yet, teughly doure, he bade an unco bang. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Bang, to [strike, beat]. 
 
 An I shall bang your hide, gudeman. S. O gin ye were dead. 
 Bang'd [struck, beat]. An' aft my wife she bang'd me, 
 
 S. O ay my wife. 
 And banged the despot weel, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Bangor [name of a minor Psalm Tune]. 
 
 An' skirl up the Bangor : . The Ordination. 3. 
 
 Banie [having large bones]. 
 
 The brawnie, banie, ploughman-chiel, Scotch Driftk. it. 
 
 Banish. Phcebus, gilding the brow of the morning, 
 
 Banishes ilk darksome shade, S. Steepest thou f 
 Banished, -'d. Till Revenge, wi' laurell'd head 
 
 Bring our banish'd hame again ; 
 
 S. Frae the friends t 
 But now he's banish'd faraway, S.MyHarrywasagallant\ 
 lone in Patmos banished, The Cotters Sat. Night. 15. 
 
 They banish'd him beyond the sea, The Jolly Beggars., S. IV. 
 Now there^ they're packed aff to h— 11, 
 
 And banish'd our dominions, . The Ordination. 12. 
 
 Be banish'd o'er the sea to France The Twa Herds. 16. 
 
 Bank. AsonthebanksofAyrlstray'd, Add. to Edinburgh, i . 
 How pleasant thy banks and green vallies below, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 on the banks of winding Nith, . . As on the banks \ 
 When a' my weel-clad banks could see, 
 Their woody picture in my tide : . . . lb. 
 
 my dry and wholesome banks, lb. 
 
 The primrose banks how fair ; . . S. Behold^ my love t 
 Blythe by the banks of Earn, ^. Blythe was she t 
 
 On Yarrow banks the birken shaw, . . lb. 
 
 She tripped by the banks of Earn, . . .lb. 
 
 O'er yon bank and o'er yon brae, S. Braw lads ofG. Water 
 Upon the banks they eas'd their shanks, S. Duncan Davison. 
 Fairest maid on Devon banks \ . . S. Fairest Maid \ 
 Along the flowery banks of Cree, . S. Here is the glen t 
 
 How pleasant the banks of the clear winding Devon, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 the bonniest flow'r on the banks of the Devon, . . lb. 
 Now blooms the lily by the bank, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 No more by the banks of the streamlet we'll wander, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Along the banks of Aire, Man was made to mourn. 
 
 Now bank and brae are clothed in green, 
 
 S.Now bank and brae \ 
 To Cassills' banks when ev'ning fa's, . . .lb. 
 
 Then let me range by Cassills' banks, . . lb. 
 
 But now thy flow'ry banks appear, 
 
 Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, S. O Logan, sweetly i 
 But I'll bigabow'r on yon bonie banks, S.O whare did ye get\ 
 On a bank of flowers one summer's day, On a bank of flowers t 
 On Cessnock banks there lives a lass, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Her voice is like the ev'ning thrush 
 
 That sings in Cessnock banks unseen, . . 16. 
 
 On Cessnock banks a lassie dwells ; . lb. Sett II. 
 
 Oh ! banks to me for ever dear ! S. Slow spreads t}te gloom \ 
 
 Ye lofty banks that Evan bound I lb. 
 
 Sweet banks ! ye bloom by Mary's side ; ■ lb. 
 
Bank 
 
 ^ 
 
 Bard 
 
 Give me the stream that sweetly laves 
 
 The banks by Castle Gordon. S. Streams tkai glided 
 
 Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon, 
 
 S. The Banks of Doon. Sett II. 
 Far from thy bonie banks and braes, S. The Banks o/Nith. 
 Ance ye were streekit owre frae bank to bank ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. J". 
 Fareweel the bonie banks of Ayr, . S. The Catrine woods t 
 There was Maggy by the banks o' Nith. 
 
 S. The Election Ballads. I 
 Buy braw troggin, Frae the banks o' Dee ; . . lb. IV. 
 'Twas by the banks o' bonie Dee, .lb.- V. 
 
 On the bonie banks of Ayr to meet, The FHe ChampHre. 
 Along the lonely banks of Ayr. . 5". The gloomy night t 
 Far from the bonie banks of Ayr. \re.'\ . . . lb. 
 
 He'll shade my banks wi' towering trees, 
 
 And bonie spreading bushes. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Delighted doubly then, my Lord, 
 
 You'll wander on my banks, . . lb. 
 
 Let lofty flrs and ashes cool, 
 
 My lowly banks o'erspread, . . , . lb. 
 
 The Laddies by the banks o' Nith, . S. The Laddies by t 
 I love thee, Nith, thy banks and braes, 
 
 S, To theet loved Nith ^ 
 Ettrick banks now roaring red, . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Her banks an' braes, her dens an' dells. To W. Simpson. 
 And fair are the maids on the banks of the Ayr ; 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 I thought upon the banks o' Coil, S. When wild Wars t 
 
 While, tumbling brown, the Burn comes down, 
 
 And roars frae bank to brae ; . . . . Winter. 
 Ye banks, and braes, and streams around 
 The castle-of Montgomery, 
 
 S. Ye banks f and braes, and streams t 
 Ye banks and braes o' bonie Doon, S. Ve banks and braes \ 
 Bank [fOP money]. The many-pounders of the Banks, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Or strutted in a Bank and clarket 
 
 My Cash-Account ; . . TAe Vision. D.I.S' 
 Banned, -'d. And bann'd the cruel randy, 
 
 S. Had I the wyte t 
 The courtly vermin's banned the tree, The Tree of Liberty. 
 Banner. The trumpets sound, the banners fly, 
 
 S. My borne Mary. 
 Reclined that banner, erst in fields unfurl'd, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 And by our banners march 'd Muirhead, 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 To muster o'er each ardent Whig 
 Beneath Drumlanrig's banners ; . . lb. VI. 
 
 Bannet [bonnet]. A gude blue bannet on his head, 
 
 S. The Ploughman \ 
 Bannoek, Bonnock [a round flat thickish cake of oat, 
 pease, or barley-meal, baked on the firej, 
 Wi' hale-breeks, saxpence, an' a bannock ; Auld comrade t 
 Bannocks o* bear meal, bannocks o' barley ; 
 
 S, Bannocks o' bear meal t 
 Here's to the Highlandman's bannocks o' barley, [re,] lb. 
 Never the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley. . . .lb. 
 O whare did ye get that hauver-meal bannock ? 
 
 S. O whxtre did ye get \ 
 I'll be his debt twa mashlum bonnocks, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Banquet. The flower-enamom-'d busy bee 
 
 The rosy banquet loves to sip ; Delia. An Ode. 
 Banter. — then the scathe an' banter 
 
 We're forced to thole. . Ep. to Major Logan. 2. 
 BaptlZ*d. Baptiz'd him g«, and kick'd him from his sight. 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Bar. The pond'rous wall and massy bar. 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, j. 
 Or loup the ecliptic like a bar; . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Bap, to. Ajid bar the doors wi' driving snaw, Ep, to Davie, i. 
 Ah 1 must the agonizing thrill, 
 
 For ever bar returning Peace I . . . The Lament. 
 They bar the door on frosty win's ; . . The Twa Dogs. so. 
 BaPbaPian. Far as the rude barbarian marks the bound. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Barbauld. In thy sweet sang, Barbauld, survives 
 Even Sappho's flame. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 BaPber. By barber woven, and by barber sold, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Men, three-parts made by Taylors and by Barbers, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Barb'POUS. Inhuman man ! curse on thy barb'rous art. 
 
 On seeing Wounded Hare. 
 Poor is the task to please a barb'rous throng. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Bap'd. And bar'd the treason under. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Bapd. a Bard of rustic song A Bards Epit. 
 
 The shrinking bard adown an alley skulks, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Thou bure the Bard through many a shire ? 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker. 
 a Bard, Laden with years ahd meikle pain. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Accept this tribute from the Bard 
 
 Thou brought from fortune's mirkest gloom. . . lb. 
 The friendless Bard and rustic song. 
 
 Became alike thy fostering care. . . . . lb. 
 
 A lowly Bard was be, ... . Natures Law. 
 
 And lo 1 the Bard, a great reward. 
 
 Has got a double portion ! lb. 
 
 By the Bard, what d' ye call him, that wore the blaek gown ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 Forgive the Bard ! my fond regard . On W. Chalmers. 
 I send you a trifle, a head of a bard, Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 O, a' ye Bards on bonie Doon ! Poor Mailie's El. 
 
 Is there no daring Bard will rise and tell, Scots Prologue. 
 ■ The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. i. 
 He glows with all the spirit of the Bard, . . lb. 
 
 a simple Bard, Unknown and poor, . . . .lb. 3., 
 
 on either hand the list'ning Bard, lb. 4. 
 
 (That Bards are second-sighted is nae joke, . . .lb. 4. 
 And soul-ennobling Bards heroic ditties sung. . lb. ir. 
 No mercenary Bard his homage pays ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 
 . Or how the royal Bard did groaning lye, 
 
 Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; . lb. 14. 
 But still the Patriot, and the Patriot-Bard, 
 
 In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard ! lb. zi. 
 For your poor friend, the Bard afar. 
 
 He only hears and sees the war, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 One round, I ask it with a tear. 
 To him, the Bard, that's far awa. 
 
 The Farewell to St. J.'s L. 
 That, to a Bard, I should be seen 
 
 Wi' half my dhannel dry : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Here haply too, at vernal dawn, 
 
 Some musing bard may stray, lb. 
 
 I am a Bard of no regard, 
 
 Wi' gentle folks an^a' that ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 So sung the Bard— and Nansie's waws 
 
 Shook with a thunder of applause, . . lb. R. VIII. 
 All hail I my own inspired Bard 1 . Th^ Vision. D. II. I. 
 And when the Bard, or hoary Sage, 
 
 Charm or instruct the future age, [v. A. 4] . . . lb. 
 Some teach the Bard, a darlipg care, 
 
 The tuneful Art. . . .lb. 4. 
 
 The rustic Bard, the lab'ring Hind, the Artisan ; . , lb. 7. 
 To mark the embryotic trace, Of rustic Bard ; . lb. 10. 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine, 
 
 A rustic Bard lb. zi. 
 
 A bard was selected to witness the fray. The Whistle. 11. 
 
 A bard who detested all sadness and spleen, . . , lb. 
 Next uprose our Bard, like a prophet in drink : . lb. /?. 
 Such is the- fate of simple Bard, . To a Mountain Daisy. 
 So prays thy faithful friend, the bard. . To a Young Lady. 
 Then take what gold could never buy 
 
 An honest Bard's esteem. . . . To J. MMurdo. 
 See wha taks notice o' the bard ! . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 But Oh 1 thou bitter step-mother and hard, 
 To thy poor, fenceless, naked child — the Bard 1 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.3' 
 A fabled Muse may suit a bard that feigns ; 
 
 To R. Graham. 
 An' may a bard no crack his jest . . ^ . lb. 
 
 Why is the bard unpitied by the world, 
 
 Wr. under Port, of Fergtisson. 
 
Bardie, -y [dim. of Bard] 
 
 20 
 
 Bashfu' [bashful] 
 
 Bardie, -y [dim, of Bard]. A humble Bardie wishes ! 
 
 A Dream, i. 
 
 Will ye accept a Compliment, 
 A simple Bardie gies ye? 
 
 . Ib.g. 
 A Fragment. 8. 
 Add, to the Deil. zo. 
 
 (Inspired Bardie's saw, man) 
 
 A certain Bardie's rantin, drinkin, 
 
 But for Hogarth's ma^ic pow'r 
 
 To show Sir Bardy's willyart glowr, On dinitt^ with Doer. 
 Our Bardie's fate is at a close, . . Poor Mailie's El. 
 Or make our Bardie, dowie, wear 
 
 The mourning weed : . . , lb. 
 
 Our Bardie, lanely, keeps the spence . . . .lb. 
 Accept a Bardie's gratefu' thanks ! . Scotch Drink. i8. 
 
 Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man, 
 
 Commen' me to the Bardie clan ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 To you a simple Bardie's pray'rs 
 
 Are humbly sent. The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer, s. 
 Your humble Bardie sings an' prays 
 
 While Rab his name is lb, 
 
 I, a simple, countra bardie, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 She's [Coila's] gotten Bardies o' her ain, To W. Simpson. 
 I hope we, Bardies, ken some better 
 
 Than mind sic brulzie. . . .lb. P,S. 
 
 Hardship. My Bardship here, at your Levee, A Dreafn, i. 
 
 Bare. ' ' But now, the Cot is bare and cauld, As on the banks^ 
 
 " Has laid your rocky bosom bare, . ... lb. 
 
 When birks are bare at Yule. S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 
 So from it ravish'd, leaves it bleak and bare. 
 
 EL on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Thy strong right hand, L — d make it bare. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 1$. 
 
 Bare her leg and bright her e'en, . . S. I met a lass t 
 
 Or if bare a yet were tax'd ; . Kind Sir, Vve readf 
 
 When chill November's surly blast 
 
 Made fields and forests bare, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Gude ale bauds me bare and busy, S. O gude ale cojnes t 
 
 Sae bleak and bare, . . . S. O wert thou in the t 
 
 Picking her pouch as bare as Winter, 
 
 The A uthov's Cry and Prayer, 8. 
 
 His lyart hafifets wearing thin and bare ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 12. 
 
 Wi' heaving breasts an' bare neck ; . The Holy Fair. 9. 
 
 Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wast, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 made bare My peace, my hope, for ever ! V.s under grief. 
 
 Bare, to. Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow, 
 
 Now, fond, I bare my breast, 
 
 S, Fate gave the word t 
 Some rouse the Patriot up to bare 
 
 Corruption's heart : The Vision. D- II. 4. 
 
 Barefae'd. An' some, their New-light fair avow, 
 
 Just quite barefae'd. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Barefit. A barefit maid I chanc'd to meet, 
 
 S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 Seek Heaven for help, and barefit skelp 
 
 Awa' wi' Willie Chalmers. . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 And kissing barefit hunters, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The lasses, skelpan barefit, thrang, 
 In silks an' scarlets glitter ; . . . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 Bargain. Forme, thank God, my life's a lease, 
 
 Nae bargain wearing faster, . A Dream. 6. 
 Ill har'sts, daft bargains, cutty stools, . Add. to Toothache. 
 ' Weel, weel ! ' says I, ' a bargain be't ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 11. 
 
 Loove for loove is the bargain for me, . My Collier Laddie. 
 My tocher's the bargain ye wad buy ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 Bargairi'd. A' that I bargain'd for, an' mair ; Ep. toJ.R. S- 
 Barge. But, G-d-sakel let nae saving-fit 
 
 Abridge your bonie Barges A Dream. 7. 
 
 Bark [of a tree]. Ye're like to the bark o' yon rotten tree ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 
 Bark [of a dogl. Misfortune's gowling bark, 
 
 A Ded. toG.H. 14. 
 
 Bark, to. Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter 
 
 Ep. to Major Logan. ^. 
 
 And gif ye canna bite, ye may bark. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Be [common sense] banish'd o'er the sea to France, 
 
 Let him bark there. - The Twa Herds. 16. 
 
 Barket [barked]. My heart has been sae fain to see them. 
 That I for joy hae barket wi' them. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. so. 
 
 Barkin [barking]. 
 Barley. 
 
 Now colic-grips, an' barkin hoast. 
 
 Bannocks o' bear meal, bannocks o' barley ; 
 
 S, Bannocks o' bear meal t 
 Here's to the Highlandman's bannocks o' barley. . . lb. 
 Never the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley. [re.'\ . lb. 
 
 And ay we'll taste the barley bree. S, O Willie brew'd t 
 
 Wi' sma* persuasion she agreed, 
 
 To see me thro' the barley. . . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Amang the rigs o' barley; [r^.] . . .lb. 
 
 Barley-brie [barley-julee, malt liquor]. 
 
 How easy can the barley-brie 
 Cement the quarrel I . . . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 
 Barleycorn v. John Barleycorn. 
 Barley-scone. A lee dyke-side, a sybow-tail. 
 
 And barley-scone shall cheer me. 
 
 To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Barm. That clarty barm should stain my laurels ; 
 
 Searching auld wives' barrels t 
 
 Barmie [of, or like barm]. 
 
 My barmie noddle's working prime, . .To/. S. 4- 
 
 Barn. To chaps, wha^ in a bam or byre, 
 Wad better fiU'd their station . 
 
 A Dream. S- 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 . Halloween. 21. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 S. In simmer when t 
 
 The Ans. to the Gmdwife. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 To lye in kilns and bams at e'en, 
 Meg fain wad to the Bam gaen. . 
 To watch, while for the Barn she sets, 
 Fu* is his bam, fu' is his byre ; 
 An' first cou'd thrash the barn, 
 — na bred to bam and byre, . 
 And at night, in bam or stable. 
 
 Hug our doxies on the hay. 
 At bam or byre thou shalt na drudge, S. There was a lassf 
 
 Barn-yard. Commend me to the Barn-yard, 
 
 S. The Ploughman \ 
 
 Baron. The flower amang our barons bold, 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Were I a baron proud and high, . S. Montgomerie' s Peggy. 
 An' that glib-gabbet Highland Baron, 
 
 The Laird o' Graham ; The Autho-^s Cry and Prayer. 13. 
 
 Maxwelton, that baron bold, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Barrel. And empty all his barrels : Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 
 A toom tar barrel 
 
 An' twa red peats wad send relief, . . Letter to J. Go-udie. 
 
 It's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee 
 
 To taste the barrel. 
 
 Searching auld wives' barrels 
 
 Och, ho ! the day ! Searching auld wives' barrels t 
 
 To gie the jars an' barrels A lift , The Holy Fair, 14. 
 
 And taste a swatch o' Manson's barrels, To a Medical Gent. 
 
 Barren. In Poverty's low barren vale, 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 What signifies his barren shine. 
 
 Of moral pow'rs an' reason ? . 1 . The Holy Fair, rj- 
 And hap'ly, eye the barren hut 
 
 With high disdain. . . To J. S., 17. 
 
 Barr Steennie [Rev. Stephen Young, of Barr]. 
 
 Barr Steennie, Barr Steennie, what mean ye? what mean ye? 
 
 Tlie Kirk's Alarm. 
 Barskimmin. And also Barskimmin's gude knight ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Scotch Drink. 13. 
 
 A Dream. 13. 
 . To- — . 
 
 Barter. Weel rigg'd for Venus barter ; 
 
 Bartie. I am as fu' as Bartie : 
 
 Base, adj. God's image rudely etch'd on base alloy ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. J, 
 
 Wha sae base as be a slave ? . . . S. Scots wha hde t 
 And, agonising, curse the time and place 
 When ye begat the base, degen'rate race ! The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Oh ! can she bear so base a heart, . . . The Lament. 
 Busy haunts of base mankind, . . S. Thickest night\ 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways. 
 
 Lead to be wretched, vile, and base, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Base [in music]. May fireside discords jar a base 
 To a' their parts ! 
 Ep. to Major Logan. 7. 
 
 Base. As built on the base of the great Revolution ; 
 
 At a Meet, ofD. Volunteers. 
 
 The upright is Chance, and old Time is the base; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Bashfu' [bashful]. 
 What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8, 
 
Bashing tbelng ashamed] 
 
 36 
 
 BeaminiT 
 
 Bashing [being ashamed]. 
 
 But bashing and dashing, 
 I kend na how to tell. . . The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Basin. A mickle quarter basin. . . . S.Gatyeme^ 
 Bask. There, ever bask in uncreated rays, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. i6. 
 Bask'd. He levell'd his rays where she bosk'd on the brae 
 
 S. The heather was bloomA 
 Basket. Curse thou his basket and his store^ 
 
 Kail an' potatoes. Holy Willie's Prayer. I2. 
 Bass. But gravissimo, solemn basses, 
 
 Ye hum away. . . ToJ.S.{37. 
 Bastard. And gar the tatter'd gypsies pack, 
 Wi' a their bastards on their back ! 
 
 Add, of Beelzebub. 
 Bastile. It stands where ance the Bastile stood? 
 
 The Tree of Liberty, 
 Batch [a party]. An' there a batch o' Wabster lads, 
 
 The Holy Fair. g. 
 Bathe. In the gay rosy mom, as it bathes in the dew ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 And violets bathe in the weet of the morn ; 
 
 S. My Nanie*s Awa. 
 Batter, in vain Auld-age his body batters ; 
 
 Tam Samson's El. g. 
 Battle. Is this the power in freedom's war 
 
 That wont to bid the battle rage? . . Liberty. 
 The battle closes deep and bloody : . S. My bonie Mary. 
 And fight thy chosen's battle ; . . New Psalmody. 
 the first blow is ever half the battle ; Prologue^ at Th., D. 
 See the front of battle lour ; . . . S, Scots^ wha ha'e t 
 Or did the battle see, man. 
 I saw the battle sair and teugh, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Thou shalt sit in state, 
 
 And see thy love in battle. . . S. The Captains Lady. 
 
 And Gordon the battle to win ! The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Such is the rage of Battle. . . . . lb. VI. 
 
 Batt'ry. I lastly was with Curtis among the floating batt'ries. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 BattS [the bottS]. A countra Laird had ta'en the batts, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 Bauekie-bird [the bat}. Or wavering like the Bauckie-bird. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R.I. 
 
 Baudrans, -ons, Bawd'rons [a cat}. 
 Auld baudrans by the ingle sits, . . S. Willie Wastle. 
 Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch, 
 
 Just like a winkin baudrons : . The Ordination. 10. 
 
 Satan, Watches, like bawd'rons by a rattan. Poem on Life, 
 Bauk [a cross-beam]. An' darklins grapet for the banks, 
 
 Halloween. 11. 
 Bauk-en* [end of a bauk]. Or whether 'twas a bauk-en', 
 
 Halloween, is. 
 Bauld [bold]. * But yet the bauld Apothecary 
 
 * Withstood the shock ; 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 O for a spunk o' Allan's glee. 
 
 Or Ferguson's the bauld an' slee, £p. to J. L — k. Ap. ist, 14. 
 bauld L[aprai]k, the king o* hearts, . . lb. Ap. 21st. jr. 
 A sweeping, kindling, bauld strathspey Ep. to Major Logan. j. 
 The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr, . . S. Killiecrankie. 
 May I but be sae bauld 
 
 As come to your bower-window, S. Lass, when yr mither f 
 Was na Robin bauld, 
 
 Tho' I was a cotter : . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 Livistone, the bauld Sir Willie ; The A uthay's Cry and Prayer^ 
 My sooth ! right bauld ye set your nose out, . To a Louse. 
 Your bodkin's bauld, .... What ails ye now^ 
 Bauldest [boldest]. 
 Their bauldest thought's a hank'ring swither, 
 
 To Stan' or rin, The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 The bauldest o' them a' he cow'd ; . . , To W. Creech. 
 
 Bauldly [boldly]. Syne bauldly in she enters: Halloween. 22. 
 
 Will bauldly try to gie us Plays at hame ? . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Baumy [balmy], like a baumy kiss o' her sweet bonie mou ; 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 Bawbee [a half-penny]. 
 I'll gie John Ross another bawbee, 
 To boat me o'er to Charlie. . . ,5. Come boat me o'er. 
 Bawd. The news o' princes, dukes, and earls, 
 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds, and opera-girls, 
 
 Kind Sir, tve readi 
 
 Bawd*pons v. Baudrans. 
 
 Bawk [a strip of land left untilled]. 
 
 Adown a corn-inclosed bawk, . . S. A Rose-bud by f 
 
 Baws'nt [having a white stripe down the face]. 
 
 His honest, sonsie, baws'nt face, . . The Twa Dogs. 5. 
 Bawtie [pet name for a dog]. 
 The Spanish empire's tint a head, 
 An' my teethless BavHie's dead ; . El, on Year 1788. 
 
 Bay. Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare, 
 
 El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 Bay, Bays. So thine be the laurel, and mine be the bay ; 
 
 The Whistle. 18. 
 Or tore, with noble ardour stung, 
 
 The Sceptic's bays. The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 
 His well- won bays, than life itself more dear. To R. G. ofF. s. 
 Or humbler bays entwining . . S. When first I saw t 
 Be. Be to the Poor like onie whunstane, A Ded. to G. H. 8. 
 An' if thou be what I wad ha'e thee. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 'Twas just the way he wanted 
 
 To be that night. . . . Halloween, g. 
 
 ' An' her that is to be my lass, 
 * Come after me an' draw thee 
 
 lb. 18. 
 Katharine J affray. 
 
 Her bridegroom for to be, O. . 
 Where'er he be, the Lord be near him ; 
 
 Ken ye ought 0' Capt. Grose \ 
 
 Weel may we a' be ! . S. Landlady count t 
 
 My pride and my darling to be ? . S. Leesie Lindsay. 
 
 How can I be but eerie ! . ^S". When I think on f 
 
 Be, to let [to let alone]. An' let poor damned bodies bee ; 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 2. 
 An' it [her e'e] winna let a body be ! S. Again rejoic. Nature^ 
 Bead. While by their nose the tears will revel, 
 
 Like ony bead ; Tattt Samson's El. 
 In's hand five taper staves as smooth's a bead. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 While thro' your pores the dews distil 
 
 Like amber bead. . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Beadsman. Stranger, go ! Heaven be thy guide ! 
 Quod the Beadsman of Nithside 
 
 Wr. in FriarS'Carse H. 
 Beagle. As keen as a beagle, . The Black-headed Eagle. 
 Like beagles hunting game, man, . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Beam. No other light shall guide my steps 
 'Till thy bright beams arise. 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 Beneath the moon's pale beams ; . . . Halloween. 
 Gaily in the sunny beam ; . . S. I dream' d I lay\ 
 
 By fits the sun's departing beam 
 Look'd on the fading yellow woods Lament for Glencaim, 
 What once was a butterfly gay in life's beam : 
 
 Monody on a Lady. Epit. 
 love wi' unrelenting beam . J. Now Spring has cladi 
 
 A fairer than's in yon town, 
 
 His setting beam ne'er shone upon. S. O watye whds in t 
 Like the beam of the day-star to-morrow. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Astonish'd, doubly marks its beam, . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Here holds her search by heaven-taught Reason's beam ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Thro' ilka bore the beams were glancing ; Tain d Shanterjo. 
 The chilly Frost, beneath the silver beam, The Brigs of Ayr.3. 
 Reflected beams dwell in the streams. The FHe Champetre. 
 saucy Phcebus' scorching beams, Tlie Petition of Br. Water. 
 Or by the reaper's nightly beam, .... lb. 
 
 Beneath thy wan, unwarming beam : . T}ie Lament. 
 
 Would to God I had one like a beam of the sun. 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 Of Fortune's polar frost, or torrid beams. To R, G. of F. 7. 
 The village glittering in the noontide beam 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Her eyes_ outshine the radiant beams 
 That gild the passing shower, . . S. Young Peggy t 
 Beam, to, virtue's light that beams beyond the spheres ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Beam'd. Beam'd keen with Honor, The Vision. D. I. 10, 
 And eyes again with pleasure beam'd iS". When wild War's f 
 Beaming. Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour ; 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Fair beaming^ and streaming 
 Her silver light the boughs amang ; . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
Beaming 
 
 31 
 
 Beastie [dim. of Beast] 
 
 When through my very heart 
 
 Her beaming glories dart, . . S. Slee^'st thou, or zvak'st t 
 
 And Summer, with his fervid-beaming eye ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13, 
 Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume ; 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Bean. The Farina of beans and pease, 
 
 He has't in plenty; Death and Dr. Hornbook, 21. 
 At even, when beans their fragrance shed, 
 
 El. on Copt. M. H, 6. 
 Her breath is Ijke the fragrant breeze 
 
 That gently stirs the blossom'd bean, S. On Cessnock dan/es\ 
 An' Pease an' Beans, at een or morn. 
 
 Perfume the plain, . . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 The zephyr wanton'd round the bean, 
 
 S. 'Twaseven — the dewy f 
 Bear. The carlin gaed thro' them like ony mad bear, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Bear [barley]} Bannocks o' bear meal, bannocks o' barley ; 
 S. Bannocks 0' bear tneal-f 
 I sing the juice Scotch bear can mak us, Scotch Drink. /. 
 And shook baith meikle com and bear, . Tarn o' Shunter, /j. 
 The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 Amang the bearded bear, . The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Bear, to. That bears the Keys of Peter, . . A Dream, is. 
 Then, man my soul with firm resolves 
 
 To bear and not repine ! . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 
 Calling the storms to bear him [Vengeance] o'er a guilty land! 
 
 Add, sp, by Fontenelle, 
 
 And bear the scorn that's in her e'e ! S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 
 I rather wou'd bear a' the load o' my sorrow 
 
 Than ever hae acted sae faithless to him. 
 
 S, As I was a-wand'ting t 
 A burden more than I can bear. Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 'Tis real hangmen, real scourges bear ! 
 
 Ep.fr. Esqpus to Maria. 
 And while my heart wi' life-blood dunted 
 
 I'd bear't in mind. . Friend of the poet t 
 
 L — d thou kens what zeal I bear, 
 
 When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, [v. A. 11] 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 
 When you lay me in the dust. 
 
 Think, think how you will bear it. S. Husband, husband t 
 Strength to bear it will be given, . . , lb, 
 
 1 bear a heart shall support me still. . .5". / dream' d I lay t 
 To bear this hated doom severe? 
 
 Improm, on Mrs. — 's birthday. 
 And as wi' thee I'd wish to live. 
 
 For thee I'd bear to die. . . S, It is na, Jean, t 
 
 I bear alane my lade o' care, . . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Guess ye how the jad ! I could bear her. 
 
 S, Last May a Bratu wooer. 
 Bear this in mind, be deaf and blind, 
 
 Lns on windows Gl, Tav. 
 Wi' her I'll blythely bear it, . . S. My Wife's a winsome. 
 So in my tender bosom ctows, 
 
 The love I bear my Willy S. O Phely, t 
 
 And suffering I am doom'd to bear, S. O watye wha's in t 
 O heavy loss, thy country ill could bear ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Thou young-eyed spring, thy charms I cannot bear'; 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR. 
 Is there, that bears the name o' Scot, 
 
 The Authot^s Cry and Prayer, g, 
 tell them, wi' a patriot-heat. Ye winna bear it? . lb, 11. 
 Is there, in human form, that bears a heart 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 10. 
 An' bear them to my Master dear. . The Death of Mailie. 
 But the sodger's friends hae blawn the best, 
 
 So he shall bear the horn. . The Election Ballads. I, 
 That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth. 
 
 May bear the gree, and a' that! . . S. The honest Man. 
 The world then the love should know 
 
 I bear my Highland lassie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 An' take a share with those that bear 
 
 The budget and the apron I The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 Great love I bear to all the Fair, . . lb. S. VII. 
 
 Long did I bear the heavy yoke, . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Oh ! can she bear so base a heart, . . The Lament. $• 
 
 The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 That bears the name o' auld king Coil, . The Twa Dogs, i, 
 A whisp'ring throb did witness bear The Vision, D. II. m. 
 
 Yet I bear a heart shall support me still. 
 
 S. Tko' fickle Fortune ^ 
 And when those legs to guid, warm kail 
 
 Wi' welcome canna bear me ; . , To Mr. M*Adam, 
 No heels to bear him from the opening dun ; 
 
 ToR. G, ofF.3. 
 He bears the unbroken blast from every side ; . lb. 
 
 With deaf endurance sluggishly" they bear, . . lb, 7. 
 
 Forsaken and friendless, my burden I bear, 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 By the treasure of my soul. 
 That's the love I bear thee ! S.' Wilt thou be my dearie t 
 Beard. Adown my beard the slavers trickle ! 
 
 Add. to Toothache. 
 * I wad na' mind it, no that spittle 
 
 * Out-owre my beard.' Death and Dr. Hom&ook, 10. 
 His bristling beard just rising in its might. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Old winter with his frosty beard, 
 
 Improvi. on Mrs. — 's birt/tday. 
 May claw his lug, and straik his beard, On W. Chalmers. 
 Wi' his auld beard newlin shaven. . . S. The auld jnan t 
 under favor o' your langer beard, . The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 ■He taks the Fiddler by the beard. The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Till icicles hing frae their beards ; . . , To J. S, 22. 
 And may he wear an auld man's beard, To Mr. M^Adam. 
 A whiskin beard about her mou', . . .S". Willie Wastle t 
 Bearded. The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 Amang the bearded bear, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Beardless. Thou beardless boy, I pray tak' care, 
 
 El. on Year 178S. 
 When I was beardless, young and blate, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 A beardless boy comes o'er the hills. The Election Ballads. II, 
 
 That beardless laddies 
 Should think they better were inform'd, 
 
 Than their auld dadies. To W. Shnpson, P.S. 
 Bearer. I've sturdy bearers, Gude be thankit The Inventory. 
 Bearing, Provok'd beyond bearing, at last she arose, 
 
 S. Caledonia. S- 
 Crushing the despot's proudest bearing, . Liberty, 
 
 Here's armorial bearings 
 
 Frae the manse o' Urr ; . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 The magna charta flag unfurls. 
 All deadly gules its bearing. . lb, VI. 
 
 Bear'St. Thou bear'st the gree. . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Thou, Tooth-Ache surely bear'st the bell 
 
 Amang them a' ! . . . , lb. 
 
 Beas' [lice]. Flaffan wi' duds, and grey wi' beas', 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Beast. The girdin brak, the beast cam down, 
 
 S. Duncan Gray, 
 The beast again can bear us baith, . . lb. 
 
 But least then, the beast then. 
 
 Should rue this hasty ride, . , . Ep. to Davie, ii. 
 Puir harmless beast! tak thee nae care. 
 
 On B's horse impound. 
 That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; Tarn d Shanter. 7. 
 There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; . lb. 11. 
 
 For mony a beast to dead she shot, ... lb. 13. 
 Mansions that would disgrace the building-taste 
 Of any mason reptile, bird, or beast ; . The Brigs of Ayr, 8. 
 The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 An' if he live to be a beast. 
 
 To pit some havins in his breast ! The Death of Mailie, 
 
 My Furr ahin's a wordy beast, . . . The Inventory. 
 If he be spar'd to be a beast, 
 
 He'll draw me fifteen pun' at least. . . .lb. 
 
 Where wild beasts find shelter, tho' I can find none I 
 
 S. The small birds ^ 
 if the beast and branks be spar'd . Third Ep. to J. Lap, 
 There's Gaun, misca't waur than a beast. To Rev. J, M'Math. 
 My only beast, I had nae mae, . iS*. What will I do gin t 
 And bird and beast, in covert, rest, . . . Winter. 
 Beastie [divt. of Beast]. The doited beastie stammers ; 
 
 On W. Chalmers. 
 
 If on a beastie I can speel, ... .To . 
 
 Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, . . To a Mouse. 
 What then ? poor beastie, thou maun live I . . lb. 
 
Beat 
 
 32 
 
 Bed 
 
 Beat. An' monie an anxious day, I thought 
 
 We wad be beat ! A Guid New-Year \ i6. 
 While pityless the tempest wild 
 
 Sore on you beats. . . A Winter Night j. 
 The wild-birds sang, the echoes rang, 
 
 While Damon's heart beat time, S. Damon, and Sylvia. 
 Beat hemp for others, riper for the string : 
 
 Ep.fr, Eso^tcs to Maria. 
 When o'er the hill beat surly storms, S. Montgomerie* s Peggy. 
 In weeds of woe that frantic beat her breast, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 While Love's luxurious pulse heat high, . The Lament. 
 While the life beats in my bosom, S. Turn again, thou fair \ 
 Beating". Spare my love ye winds that blaw, 
 Plashy sleets and beating rain, 
 
 S. jockey's ta'en the t 
 And the heart beating love as I'm clasp'd in her arms, 
 
 S. You -wild -mossy mountains t 
 Beattie. Thought I, 'Can this be Pope, or Steele, 
 
 Or Beattie's wark ; ' Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. ist. 4. 
 And Common Sense is gaun, she says, 
 To male to Jamie Beattie 
 
 Her plaint this day. . The Ordination. 11. 
 * Hence, sweet harmonious Beattie sung 
 
 ' His " Minstrel lays ; " The Vision. D. ii. 6. 
 Beau. A buck, a beau, or Dem -my eyes ! 
 
 Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 Beauteous. Shalt beauteous blaze upon the day. 
 
 S. A Rosebud by my t 
 by thy beauteous self I swear, . . S. Fairest maid\ 
 What pity, in rearing so beauteous a system. 
 One tufling particular, Truth, should have miss'd him ! 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 The beauteous, seraph Sister-band, O Thou dread P(mW\ 
 Ruins yet beauteous in decay, . On Lincluden Castle. 
 Revered defender of beauteous Stuart, Poet. Add, to Tyiler. 
 For beauteous, hapless Mary: . The Dean of Faculty. 
 Beauteous rose-bud, young and gay, . To Miss C. 
 
 Still may thy pages call to mind 
 The dear, the beauteous donor : Wr. on Leaf of H. More. 
 Beautify. And a conduct that beautifies a', 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 The Pennie's the jewel that beautifies a'. S. There's a youth \ 
 Beauty. Heav'n's beauties on my Fancy shine : 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Awa wi' your belles and your beauties, 
 
 6". Adown winding Nith f 
 But beauty, how frail and how fleeting. 
 
 The bloom of a fine summer's day ! . . . .lb. 
 Awa' wi' your witchcraft o' beauty's alarms, 
 The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms ; 
 
 6". Awa' wz" your witchcraft \ 
 Your beauty's a flower, in the morning that blows 
 
 And withers the faster, the faster it grows; . . lb. 
 And e'enwhen this beauty your bosom has blest, 
 
 The brightest o' beauty may cloy, when possest ; . 16. 
 Hast thou found that beauty's lilies 
 
 Were not made for aye to last? . . . Blue Bonnets. 
 Wit and Grace, and Love, and Beauty, 
 
 In ae constellation shine ; . . S. Bonie wee thing t 
 More lovely far her beauty blows. . . .Delia. An Ode. 
 We saw thee shine in youth and beauty's pride. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 By love, and by beauty, By law, and by duty; 
 
 S. Eppie Adair. 
 Altho' thy beauty and thy grace 
 
 Might weel awauk desire. . . . S. /t is na, Jean f 
 Beauty is at best deceit ; . . . .S. Jockey fou, t 
 
 'Here, in this hand, does mankind stand, 
 
 'And there, is Beauty's blossom ! ' , . Nature's Law. 
 O meikle thinks my love o' my beauty, S. O meikle thinks t 
 In grace and beauty charming ; S, O watye wha that loes + 
 I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; . . S. O were 7ny lovef 
 And whiles ye may lightly my beauty a wee ; S. O whistle f 
 Tho' matching beauty's fabled queen; S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 With manly lore, or female beauty bright, 
 (Beauty, whose faultless symmetry and grace, 
 Can only charm us in the second place,) 
 
 ^ Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 By conquering beauty's sov'reign law ; . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 But cold successive noonlidfi blasts 
 May lay its beauties low. . . . . Sadthytale^ 
 
 In pride of beauty's light ; . ^S". Sleep' st thou, or wak'st^ 
 in simple beauty drest, . . S. Slow spreads the gloom + 
 While Fragrance blooms an' Beauty charms I 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 There's beauty and fortune to get wi' Miss Morton, 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 Sweet Female Beauty hand in hand with Spring ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. rj. 
 Thro' faded groves Maria sang, 
 
 Hersel' in beauty's bloom the while, S, The Catrine woodsi 
 When Love and Beauty heard the news, The FHe Champetre. 
 In beauty's pride array'd ; . . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 When awful Beauty joins with all her charms, 
 Who is so rash as rise in rebel arms? The Rights of Woman. 
 For beauty and fortune the laddie's been courtin ; 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 An' set your beauties a' abread ! . . To a Louse. 
 
 Grace, beauty, and elegance, fetter her lover, 
 
 S. True-hearted was he t 
 Beauty's of a fading nature, . S. Will ye go and marry f 
 To Beauty what man but maun yield him a prize, 
 
 S. Yon ubild fnossy tnountains^ 
 BeaveP. Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver ! 
 
 S. Cock up yr beaver. 
 Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush, . . lb. 
 
 Became. The friendless Bard and rustic song, 
 Became alike thy fostering care. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Ae look deprived me o' my heart. 
 And I became a lover. . . S. When first I sawf 
 
 Beek [a curtsey]. She'll gie ye a beck, and bid ye light. 
 
 The Tarbolion Lasses. 
 Beckie. My compliments to sister Beckie ; To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Beck'nlng. As thy shades of evening close, 
 Beck'ning thee to long repose ; 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Become. The great Creator to revere, 
 
 Must sure become the Creature ; 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend, 9. 
 To shun a tyrant father's hate, 
 
 Become a wretched wife ! . . . . S. How cruel f 
 An' the horns become your brow, gudeman. 
 
 S, O gin ye were dead. 
 And some, the pride of Coila's plains, 
 
 Become thy friends. The Vision. D. H. 18. 
 Bed. Oh ye ! who, sunk in beds of down. 
 
 Feel not a want but what yourselves create, 
 
 A Winter Night. 10. 
 While my soul's delight 
 
 Is on her bed of sorrow. . . S. Ay waking, O t 
 
 I greet round their green beds in the yard, 
 
 . S. By yon castle wd \ 
 
 The wife slade cannie to her bed, 
 
 But ne'er spak mair. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 Hold on till thou art mellow, 
 
 And then to bed in glory. . . ,5. Deluded swain t 
 Ever round ^our midnight bed 
 
 Horrid sprites shall haunt you. . S. Husband, husband \ 
 For silent, low, on beds of dust. 
 
 Lie a' that would my sorrows share. Lament fbr Glencaim. 
 Hear it not, Wallace, in thy bed of death ! . . Liberty. 
 Altho' my bed were in yon muir, 5. Montgomerie' s Peggy. 
 And make my bed in the Collier's neuk, 
 ,_,, , S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 When a the lave gae to their bed 
 
 6". My Harry was a gallant t 
 She laid me in a saft bed, [re.] , S, O watye what my \ 
 No more of rest, but now thy dying bed I 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 The spring shall return to thy low narrow bed, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Welcome to your gory bed, 
 
 Or to glorious victory. . . . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 
 They laid the twa i' the bed thegither, . . S, Scroggam. 
 My mither she bade me put him to bed, S, The auld man t 
 I put him to bed, and he swore he wad wed, . lb. 
 
 He left his bed and took his wayward rout, The Brigs (^Ayr. 
 Low in your wintry beds, ye flowers, 6". The Catrine woods t 
 And view, deep-bending in the pool, 
 
 Their shadows' wat'ry bed : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Does the sober bed of Marriage 
 
 Witness brighter scenes of love ? The Jolly Beggars. S, VIU 
 And bad her mak' a bed for me : 
 
 She made the bed both large and wide, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
Bed 
 
 33 
 
 Begbie's 
 
 5". The Ploughman \ 
 . lb. 
 
 The lass that made the bed to me, \re.'\ 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 The bride went to bed wi' the silly bridegroom, 
 
 In the midst o' her kimmers a'. S. The last braw bridal t 
 Cast off the wat, put on the dry, 
 
 And gae to bed, my Dearie, 
 I will mak my Ploughman's bed, 
 My mither, she has ta'en the bed, 
 
 Wi' thinking on my fa'. . The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 The Taylor fell thro' the bed, thimble an' a', S, The Taylor^ 
 An' I'll no gang to my bed 
 
 Until I get a nod. . . S. There's news, lasses t 
 
 I'll no gang to my bed Till I get a man. . . , lb. 
 But now the share uptears thy bed, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 With many a filial tear circling the bed of death ! 
 
 ToR. G. ojF.g. 
 Thus, resigned and c|uiet, creep 
 
 To the bed of lasting sleep ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Ye've lien in some unco bed, . S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 Bedded. O ken ye how Meg o' the mill was bedded? [w.] 
 
 S. O ken ye "what Meg f 
 Bedeck. And wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale. 
 
 S. The small birds i 
 Bedevil'd. She's a' bedevil'd wi' the spavie. The Inventory. 
 Bedew. I thought sair storms wad never 
 
 Bedew the scene ; . . . V.s under grief. 
 
 Bedew'd. Amang the fresh, green leaves bedew'd, 
 
 lS*. a Rosebud by my t 
 Bedim. Bedim cauld Boreas' blast ; The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 Bedlam. Forms like some bedlam Statuary's dream. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Bed-post, each bed-post with its burden a-groaning, 
 
 Fpig. on Capt. Grose. 
 Bedropp'd. Trouts bedropp'd wi' crimson hail, 
 
 Ta-in Samson's El. 6. 
 Bee. Amang the trees where humming bees 
 
 At buds and flowers were hinging, S. A viang the trees f 
 The flower-enamour'd busy bee . . . Delia. An Ode. 
 The bees hum round the breathing flow'rs : 
 
 S. O Logan! sweetly^ 
 It's a for the hiney he'll cherish the bee ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 The bee that thro' the sunny hour 
 
 Sips nectar in the op'ning flower, . . S. O Phely \ 
 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure. 
 The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : 
 
 Tarn a' Shanter. 6. 
 As bees bizz out w' angry fyke. 
 
 When plundering herds assail their byke ; . . lb. ly. 
 
 The bees, rejoicing o'er their summer-toils, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 May have charms for the linnet and the.bee ; 
 
 S. The 'winter it ispast\ 
 Not the bee upon the blossom, 
 
 In the pride of sunny noon ; . 6". Turn again., thou t 
 No, no ! the bees, humming round the gay roses. 
 
 Proclaim it the pride of the year. 6". Where are the joys '^ 
 
 While bees delight in opening flowers ; S. Where Cart rins^ 
 
 Beech, spreading beech and tapering elm, As on the banks\ 
 
 Beef. (And aye a rowth, roast beef and claret ; Poem on Life. 
 
 Or tumbling in the boiling flood 
 
 Wi' kail an' beef ; . Scotch Drink, 4. 
 
 A chield wha'll soundly buff our beef ; The Twa Herds. 13. 
 For a' his fresh beef and his saut, S. To daunton me. 
 
 Been. I've been but three years in my teens ; 
 
 S. tm o'eryoung\ 
 Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad ! 
 
 Whare hae ye been sae brankie O ? . S. KilUecranJiie. 
 An ye had been whare I hae been. 
 
 Ye wadna been sae cantie O ; . . .lb. 
 
 I hae been in for't ance or twice, . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 Beer. Small beer persecution, Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 With his flail on his back and his bottle of beer, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Beet [to add fuel to fire]. 
 Lang beet his hymeneal flame, A Ded. to G. H. 14.. 
 
 It heats me, it beets me, . . . Ep. to Davie. 8. 
 
 It's plenty beets the lover's fire. . S. In simmer when \ 
 
 Or noble Elgin beets the heavenward flame, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 13. 
 Beetling, where the beetling cliff o'erhangs the deep, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Th' increasing blast roar'd round the beetling rocks. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 E 
 
 Befa' [befall]. May ill befa' the flattering tongue 
 That wad beguile my Nanie, O. 
 
 S. Behind yon hills \ 
 Befel. Which lately on a night befel, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, s. 
 Befitted. Was e'er pulr Poet sae befitted, 
 
 On B^s horse impound. 
 Before. Say, thou lo'es nane before me ; 
 
 S. Craigie-burn Wood. 
 The words come skelpan, rank and file, 
 
 Amaist before I ken ! . . . Ep. to Davie, ii. 
 
 On eighteen pence a week I've lived before. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham.^. 
 But, like guid mothers, shore before ye strike; Scots Prologue. 
 Tried all my skill, but find I'm still 
 Just where I was before. . . . Symon Gray t 
 
 Befriend. Nor person to befriend me, O ; 
 
 S. My father was afarmer\ 
 Gentle Night, do thou befriend me ; 
 
 lS". Musing on the roaring i 
 When B[allantyne] befriends his humble name, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 When kindly you mind me, 
 
 O then befriend my Jean ! . . The Farewell. 
 
 But to his utmost would befriend 
 Ought that belang'd ye. . . To Rev./. M'Math. 
 
 Beg. And when I downa yoke a naig. 
 
 Then, Lord be thanket, I can beg. A Ded. to G. H. 2. 
 For my sake this I beg it o' you, . . A uld comrade t 
 
 The last o't, the warst o't, 
 
 Is only but to beg. . . . Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 My awkart Muse sair pleads and begs, 
 
 I would na write. Ep. to J. L—k., Ap. sist. 2. 
 tho' I should beg Wi' lyart pow, . . . . lb. g. 
 
 Wha', wanting thee might beg or steal ; Friend of the poet '^ 
 Thy pardon I sincerely beg, . . Holy Willie's Prayer , 7, 
 Who begs a brother of the earth 
 
 To give him leave to toil ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 And humbly begs you'll mind the important — Now! 
 
 Prologue, at Th. D. 
 Embolden'd thus, I beg you'll hear 
 
 Your humble slave complain. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 tho' I must beg, with a wooden arm and leg. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 But the Peace it reduc'd me to beg in despair, , lb. S. II. 
 About to beg a pass for leave to beg ; . . To R. G. ofF. 
 I court, I beg thy friendly aid, . . . .To Ruin. 
 Began. Ae night, at tea, began a plea, . A Frag^nent. i. 
 
 Began to fear a fa', man ; . . , lb. 3, 
 
 The rising Moon began to glowr 
 The distant Cumnock hills out-owre; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 It's e'en a lang, lang time indeed 
 Sin' I began to nick the thread, . . .lb. 12, 
 
 just as he began to tell, lb, 31, 
 
 When first the human race began, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. ij. 
 I held the gate till you I met, 
 
 Syne I began to wander : . . S, Gat ye me t 
 
 Altho' his hair began to arch, . , Halloween, iq. 
 
 Till painting gay the eastern skies. 
 
 The glorious sun began to rise ; . S, It -was the chartningi 
 when Nature first began To try her canny hand, 
 
 S, John Anderson, fnyjo t 
 And show'rs began to fall ; . . . John Barleycorn, 
 His bending joints and drooping head 
 
 Show'd he began to fail lb. 
 
 And then his enemies began 
 
 To show their deadly rage. ... , , lb. 
 
 Young stranger, whither wand'rest thou? 
 
 Began the rev' rend Sage ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Too soon thou hast began. 
 
 To wander forth, with me, to mourn . . lb. 
 
 Yet they, even they, with all their strength. 
 
 Began to faint and fail ; . . . New Psalmody, 
 Wi' sighs an' sobs she thus began The Jolly Beggars. R. /K. 
 An' there began a lang digression . . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Craigdarroch began with a tongue smooth as oil, 
 
 The Whistle, 
 
 Begat. And, agonising, curse the time and place 
 
 When ye begat the base, degen'rate race ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, g, 
 
 Begbie'S. Then aff to B-gb— 's in a raw, 
 
 An' pour divine libations . TJie Ordination. 1. 
 
Beggar 
 
 34 
 
 BeU 
 
 Beggar. Lord grant, nae duddie, desperate beggar, 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. ' 
 Dyvor, beggar louns to me, , . S. Louis what reck I \ 
 The cave-lodged beggar, with a conscience clear, 
 
 Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout ; [v. A. i6] 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 
 And wi' the beggar shares a mite 
 
 O* a' he can afford, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Swith, in some beggar's haffet sqiiattle ; . To a Louse. 
 Begged. He begged for gude-sake! I wad be his wife, 
 
 S. Last May a bratu wooer t 
 Begging. Yet vilest reptiles in their begging prose. 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham, s. 
 
 Begin. Already I begin to try it, . A uld comrade dear t 
 
 When corn begins to shoot, . . . One night as I i 
 
 An' folk begin to tak the gate ; . Tarn o' Shanter. 
 
 Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlan tow, 
 
 Begins to jow an' croon ; . The Holy Fair. s6. 
 
 An' monie jobs that day begin, 
 
 May end in Houghmagandie Some ither day. . . lb. 27 
 
 And infant Frosts begin to bite, . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 That merry day, thfe yeal- begins, . The Twa Dogs. 20. 
 
 But why, o' Death, begin a tale ? . . . To/.S. 11, 
 
 Beguile. May ill befa' the flattering tongue 
 
 That wad beguile my Nanie, S. Behind yon hills \ 
 If e'er I beguile thee, My Eppie Adair ! S. Eppie Adair. 
 
 Pale sickness withers ilka grace. 
 
 And a' my hopes beguiles. . , . Fragment. 
 
 Or wi' his song her cares beguile : . S.O Logan! sweetly t 
 Does a' his weary kiaugh and care beguile. 
 
 The Cotte'/s Sat. Night. 3. 
 Does a' his weary carking cares beguile, [v. A. 5] . lb. 
 
 And make his cottage-scenes beguile 
 
 His cares and pains. The Vision. D. II. g. 
 
 Beguil'd. Wiser men than me's beguil'd, 
 
 S. First when Maggy t 
 Beguil'd the bonie lassie, . S. Her Daddie forbad t 
 
 But long ere noon, succeeding clouds 
 Succeeding hopes beguil'd. . . . Sad thy talc t 
 
 Begun. He may do weel for a' he's done yet 
 But only — he's no just begun yet. 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 3. 
 Sae I've begun to scrawl, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 7. 
 
 And, as the twilight was begun, 
 
 Thought nane wad ken. . Ep. to J. R. 7. 
 
 An' the wee powts begun to cry, .... lb. 11. 
 Who life and wisdom at one race begun, Ep. to R. Graham. $. 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun 
 To shed its influence on thy bright career. 
 
 Lns on Fergussofi. 
 My love is like yon sun, whose bright course is begun, 
 
 lS*. The winter it is past ^ 
 Our monarch's hindmost year but ane 
 Was five-and-twenty days begun, S. There was a lad f 
 Be-had. Or he-had, and I'll tak you : 
 
 S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Behave. An' could behave hersel wi' mense : 
 
 PoorMailie's El. 
 But blate and laithfu', scarce can weel behave ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 Behaviour. 
 There's somebody there we'll teach better behaviour 
 
 S. Cock up your beaver. 
 Behest. Yet sure those ills that wring my soul 
 
 Obey Thy high behest. A Prayer under Anguish. 
 He felt the powerful, high behest, . . . Nature's Law. 
 Behind. Behind the throne then Gr-nv-lle's gone, 
 
 A Fragment. 8. 
 an' coost their claise Behind him in a raw, . . .lb. 9. 
 But left behind her ain gray tail : . Tarn, 0' Shanter. iS. 
 
 Till coward Death behind him jumpit. Tain Samson's El. 10. 
 The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 Behint, Behin* [behind]. Behint a kist to lie an' sklent, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. Bist. II. 
 jinks about, Behint the muckle thorn : , Halloween. 6. 
 
 But Merran sat behint their backs, . . lb. //. 
 
 " By G-d I'll not be seen behint them, 
 
 Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Thou need na jouk behint the hallan. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 A blackguard Smuggler, right behint her. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 8. 
 An anxious e'e I never throws 
 
 Behint my lug, or by my nose ; . . . To J. S. 2$. 
 An' ran them till they a' did wauble, 
 
 Far, far behin' I . A Gude New-Year^ 7. 
 And them thatcomes behin', 
 
 Let them do the like, S. Hey cd thro\ 
 
 I've lost but ane, I've twa behin', 
 
 S. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Behold. Behold, my love, how green the groves, 
 
 S. Behold^ my love f 
 Behold the hour, the boat arrive! . S. Behold^ the houri 
 Behold that eye which shot immortal hate, . , Liberty. 
 Oh still I behold thee, all lovely in death, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Fairest flow'r ! behold the lily, 
 
 Blooming in the sunny ray ; . S. Sensibility t 
 
 With tears indignant I behold th' oppressor Tragic Frag. 
 Beild -v. Bield. 
 Being. O Thou great Being ! what Thou art. 
 
 Surpasses me to know : A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Thou Being, AUseeing, , 
 
 O hear my fervent pray'r ! Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 Who hold your being on the terms, 
 
 ^Each aid the others,' Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 21st. 21. 
 A being form'd t' amuse his graver friends, 
 
 Ep. to R. GraJiam. 3. 
 In weary being now I pine, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 O'er the hope and misfortune of being to mourn. 
 
 On Death offav. Child, 
 On this poor being all depends ; Sketch. New- V?^s Day. 
 
 Belang [belong to]. 
 
 The Deil he cou'dna skaithe thee, 
 Or aught that wad belang thee ! 6". O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 Belang'd [belonged to]. 
 But to his utmost would befriend 
 Ought that belang'd ye. . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Beld [bald]. And though his brow be held aboon, 
 
 S. The cardin dt. 
 Wi' his teethless gab and his auld held pow, 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 Beldam. Laugh in Misfortune's face — the beldam witch ! 
 
 Add. sp, by Fonienelle. 
 View the wither'd beldam's face Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 But wither'd beldams, auld and droll, . Tain d Shanter, 14. 
 Be-ledger'd, Gie Wealth to some be-ledger'd Cit, 
 
 To J. S., 1^3- 
 Belial. The sons of Belial in the Land . New Psalmody. 
 
 Belief. Firm as_my creed. Sirs, 'tis my fix'd belief, 
 That Misery's another word for Grief: 
 
 Add, sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Let me in this belief expire, — To God I fly.' The Hermit. 
 Believe. Believe me, happiness is shy, A Bottle and Friend. 
 If e'er Detraction shore to smit you. 
 
 May nane believe him ! . . A Farewell. 
 Tho' real friends I b'lieve are few, "Ep. to J. L^k^ Ap. ist. is. 
 My much-honor'd Patron, believe your poor Poet, 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 The deuce gae wi' him to believe me, 
 
 iS". Last May a braw wooer\ 
 Believe our glowing bosoms truly feel it. Prologue at Th., D. 
 Tho' in his heart he weel believes. 
 
 An' thinks it auld wives' fables : . . The Holy Fair. 17. 
 Orthodox, orthodox, wha believe in John Knox, 
 
 The Kirk^s A larm. 
 Should I believe, my coalxin billie. 
 
 Your flatterin strain. . To IV, Simpson. 
 But I'se believe ye kindly meant it, . . lb. <?. 
 
 But, dying, believe that my Willie's my ain. 
 
 ^. H^andering Willie. 
 Believer. A steady, sturdy, staunch Believer. 
 
 A Ded, to G. H. g. 
 Believing. No mattei^stick to sound believing. 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 8. 
 Bell, Andrew. Her thoughts on Andrew Bell ; [«.] 
 
 Halloween, 11. 
 Bell. Thou, Toothache surely bear'st the bell 
 
 Amang them a' I .Add. to Toothache. 
 The auld kirk -hammer strak the bell 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 31. 
 The village bell has told the hour, . . 5'. Here is the glen \ 
 
BeU 
 
 35 
 
 Bequeath 
 
 How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' Lint was i' the bell. 
 
 The Cotters Sat, Night, ii. 
 The bells they rang, and the carlins sang, 
 
 S. The last braw bridal \ 
 His flunkies answer at the bell ; . , The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 But stray amang the heather bells, S. There was a lass t 
 
 But let the kirk-folk ring their bells, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Her moors red-brown wi' heather bells. To W. Simpson. lo. 
 Belle. Awa wi' your belles and your beauties, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 O leave novels, ye Mauchline belles, . . O leave novels t 
 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles. 
 
 The Belles 0/ Mauchline. 
 Bellowed. Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : 
 
 Ta7n 0' Shaftter. 8. 
 Bellum [force, assault]. 
 
 He wha could brawlie ward their bellum, . To W. Creech. 
 BeUyfu' [bellyful]. On scarce a bellyfu' o' drummock, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W. I. 
 Bellys [bellows]. When Vulcan gies his bellys breath, 
 
 Scotch Drink. 10. 
 Belong. We have the honour to belong to you 1 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Belov'd, Frae my best Belov'd I rove, S. Frae the/riends t 
 Below. Plac'd for her lordly use, thus far, thus vxle, below ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 Below thir stanes Ue Jamie's banes ; Epit. on noisy Polemic. 
 He play'd a spring, and danc'd it round, 
 
 Below the gallows-tree. S. Farewell^ ye dungeons t 
 
 Whyles cooket underneath the braes, 
 
 Below the spreading hazle Unseen . . Halloween. 23. 
 I, careless, quit aught else below, 
 
 But spare me, spare me Lucy dear S. O watye wha's in t 
 Man, your proud usurping foe. 
 
 Would be lord of all below : . On scaring JVaterzfowl. 
 
 Which sweetly winds so far below ; 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 The saul o' life, the heav'n below, 
 
 Is rapture-giving woman. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Aboon distress, below envy, , S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 By all the conscious villian fears below ! . To Clarinda. 
 
 And still, below, the horrid caldron boils Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 
 Belt. An' durk an' pistol at her belt. 
 
 She'll tak the streets. 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. ly. 
 Belted. The first ane was a belted knight, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 A prince can make a belted knight, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 prouder than a belted knight, . S. Whenjirsi I saw \ 
 
 Bely ve [by and by]. 
 
 Belyve, the elder baims come drapping in, 
 
 The Cotte-/s Sat. Night. 
 Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes beljrve 
 
 Are bent like drums ; , To a Haggis. 
 
 Bemoan 'd. Ilk Sportsman-youth bemoan'd a father; 
 
 Tarn Samson^s El. 12. 
 Bemused* The idiot strum of vanity bemused, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 
 Ben [in, into the inner room; the inner room], 
 
 Blythe was she but and ben, . . . S. Blyt/ie was she t 
 While frosty winds blaw in the drift 
 
 Ben to the chimla lug, . . . Ep. to Davie, i. 
 
 Sae craftilie she took me ben, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 A routbie butt, a routhie ben : . S. In simmer when + 
 Buf ay I'm eerie they [Want and Hunger] come ben. 
 
 S. O that I had ne'er \ 
 
 when she cam ben she bobbed fu' law, 
 And when she cam ben she kiss'd Cockpen, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 The tappit-hen gae bring her ben, . . On W. Stewart. 
 
 1 cannily keekit ben, . . S, Fattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 " Gude day to you," (coof,) he comes ben ; . S. Tain Glen. 
 With kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben ; 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 As he gade but and ben, O. , . . S, The Taylor \ 
 Ben i' the Spence, right pensivelie, 
 
 I gaed to rest. . . . The Vision. D, I. 2. 
 
 she blusht, And stepped ben. lb. 8. 
 
 To its blackest nook he has carried her ben, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 Bench, How di-ink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, 
 
 Amang the furms an' benches ; The Holy Fair. 23. 
 
 Bench, the. The Bench sae wise lift up their eyes, 
 
 Extem. in Court of Session. 
 Bend. And raging bend the naked tree; 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 Seest thou whose step, unwilling, hither bends ? 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 Now, feebly bends she, in the blast, On Birth of Posth. Child. 
 And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 
 Bended. We'll daily pray, we'll nightly pray, 
 On bended knees most fervently, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Forms might be worshipped on the bended knee, 
 And still the second dread command be free, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Upon his hunkers bended, . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Bending. When bending down with auld grey hairs, 
 Beneath the load of years and cares, 
 
 A uld comrade t 
 O'er the dewy bending flowers 
 
 Fairies dance sae cheery. . , S. Hark i the mavis t 
 His bending joints and drooping head - John Barleycorn. 
 * ' I am a bending aged tree, , , Lament for Glencairn. 
 And view, deep-bending in the pool. 
 
 Their shadows' wat'ry bed : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Benefactor, Autumn, benefactor kind, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 O ! had I met the mortal shaft 
 
 Which laid my benefactor low ! . Lament for Glencairn. 
 Dear to his country by the names, 
 Friend, Patron, Benefactor! The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Beneficent. Who formed this frame with beneficent aim, 
 
 S. The sons of old Killie. 
 Benevolence. They dun benevolence with shameless front ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, s- 
 Benevolence, with mild, benignant air, The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Benevolent. The heart benevolent and kind 
 The most resembles God. 
 
 A Winter's Night, ii. 
 His heart was warm, benevolent, and good. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Benight. Dark despair around benights me. 
 
 S. One fond kiss t 
 Benign. Great Nature spoke, with air benign. Nature's Law. 
 Benignant. Benevolence, with mild, benignant air, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Ben-Ledi. While Phoebus sunk beyond Ben-Ledi. 
 
 S. By Allan Stream t 
 Ben-Lomond, While winds frae off Ben-Lomond blaw, 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 
 Benmost [inmost]. The benmost neuk beside the ingle. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, j- 
 An seek the benmost bore : . The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 
 BennalS. But ken ye the Ronalds that live in the Bennals, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 Be-north [to the northward of]. 
 
 Be-north the Roman wa', . . . A Fragment. 8. 
 Bent [where bent-grass grows ; the hill ; the moor]. 
 
 Now Phffibus blinkit on the bent. . . S. As I came der\ 
 Bent [of mind]. 
 " I know your bent— these are no laughing times : 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle, 
 Bent. Sae gently bent its thorny stalk, S. A Rosebud by my\ 
 To dip her left sark-sleeve in. Was bent . Halloween. 24., 
 On peace and rest my mind was bent, 
 
 S, O ay my wife sJie dang tne. 
 Rosebuds bent the dewy Spray ; . , S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Bent on slaughter, blood, and spoil : S. Streams that glide + 
 The infant ice scarce bent beneath their feet : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 bent on winning borough towns. The Election Ballads. VI, 
 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an' body, . . The Holy Fair. so. 
 As to the north I bent my way, S. The lass that made tlie bed. 
 Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve 
 
 Are bent like drums ; , . To a Haggis. 
 But still the mair I'm that way bent. 
 
 Something cries, " Hoolie ! , , ToJ.S. 7. 
 Bequeath. A copy o' this I bequeath, 
 
 P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm," 
 To rustic Agriculture did [Peace] bequeath 
 The broken, iron instruments of Death, Tfie Brigs ofAyr.13. 
 
Bereav'd 
 
 36 
 
 Bestow 
 
 Bereav'd, Of mony a joy and hope bereav'd me. 
 
 S. I dream'd I lay t 
 Of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav'd me, 
 
 S. Tho' Jickle Fortune^ 
 
 Bereft. Sad will I be, so bereft, . S. Husband^ hushand\ 
 Whom his ain son o' life bereft, . . Tarn d Skanter. ii. 
 tho* thou'rt bereft Of my parental care ; . The Farewell. 
 Berry. The polish'd leaves, and berries red, 
 
 Did rustling play ; The Vision, D. II. 23. 
 Her haffet locks as brown's a berry, .S*. T. Memie's Mary. 
 Berwick-law. The ship rides by the Berwick-law, 
 
 J>'. My bonie Mary, 
 Beset. Maybe thou lets this fleshly thorn, 
 Beset thy servant e'en and morn, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer, g. 
 
 a ring, Was a' beset wi' diamonds ; . S. My Sandy giedi 
 
 While here I sit all sore beset, . S. Thi sun he is sunk t 
 
 Consider, Sirs, how we're beset, . The Twa Herds., 11. 
 
 Beside. Wha will sit beside me there? 
 
 S. O wha fny babic'clouts t 
 Whase ain dear lass, that he likes best, 
 Comes clinkan down beside him ! . Tlie Holy Fair. ii. 
 Besiege. When gaping they besiege the tents, 
 
 Scotch Drink. 8. 
 Besom. Ruin, with his sweeping besom, A Ded. to G. H. jo. 
 Blit I'll sned besoms — thraw saugh woodies. 
 
 Before they want. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Besouth [to the southward of]. 
 Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil 
 
 BesoucH Magellan. . . To W. Simpson. 7. 
 Bespatter. Your Kingship to bespatter ; . A Dream. 3. 
 Bespoke. Bespoke the lass 0' Ballochmyle. 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 Bespotted. And mony a gililt-bespotted lad ; 
 
 Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 
 Bess. 
 blinkin Bess of Annandale, \.re.'\ The Election Ballads. 1. 
 He up the lang loan to my black cousin Bess, 
 
 S. Last May a braw t 
 Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins 
 
 O' marry ing Bess, to gie her a slave : S. O -merry hae I been t 
 Farewell, my Bess ! , . . , The Farewell. 
 
 My sonaie smirking dear-bought Bess, . The Inventory, 
 
 And such a leg! my Bess, I ween, 
 
 Could only peer it ; [v. A. 14] The Vision, D. I 11. 
 Bessy, -ie. Speer in for bonie Bessy; The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Blythe Bessie in the milking shiel, S. In simmer when t 
 
 Best. Ye'll get che best o' moral works, 
 
 'Mang blacK Gentooa, and Pagan Turks, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H, 6. 
 
 The best on a' the shore o' Bucky. 
 
 S. A' the lads 0' Thomie-bank^ 
 
 the best wark-lume i' the house, . Add. to tJie Deil. 11. 
 yiy kindest, best respects I sen' it, Auld comrade dear\ 
 
 The ae best fellow e'er was born ; . El. on Ca^t. M. H. d. 
 
 And weep the ae best fellow's fate 
 E'er lay in earth. 
 
 lb. 16. 
 
 by his noblest work the Godhead best is known. 
 
 EL on Miss Burnet, 
 How best o' chiels are whyles in want, . Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 And joys the very best, . . . . . lb. 8. 
 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist.3. 
 She's saft at best an' something lazy, . . lb. Ap. 2ist. 3. 
 And fram'd her last, best work, the human-mind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, i. 
 Pity the best of words should be but wind I . , . Ib.3. 
 If there's another world, he lives in bliss ; 
 If there is none, he made the best of this. Epit. on a Friend. 
 Frae my best Belov'd I rove, . . , S, Frae the friends t 
 A pint 0' the best o't, , . S. Gudeen toyou, Kimmer^ 
 
 And, what is best of a', 
 
 Her reputation is complete . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Wha, as it pleases best thysel', 
 
 Sends ane to heav'n and ten to hell. Holy Willie's Prayer. /. 
 But ay fu-han't is fechtin best, . S. In simmer when t 
 
 And as for the lave, let the deil do his best. Jenny M'Craw t 
 Beauty iS at bfest deceif; . . . , S. Jockey fou^ 
 
 my last, best, only friend, . . Lament for Glencaim. 
 O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, 
 The kindest and the best I . Man was made to Mourn, 
 
 But the Lassie that man Ices best, 
 
 that's the Lass to mak him blest. S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Come draw a drap o' the best o't yet, [re.'\ 
 
 S. My love she's but t 
 I'll flee to's arms I lo'e the best, . . S. Now rosy May \ 
 And here's the flower that I lo'e best 
 
 S. O Kennittre's on and awa t 
 That for a blink I hae lo'ed best, S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 ■f he lassie I lo'e best. . . S. Of a' the airts t 
 
 the bonie lad that I lo'e best . S. Oh, how can I be blythe \ 
 Who know them best despise them most. 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 Fare-thee-well, thou best and dearest! . S. One fond kiss ^ 
 For far in the west lives he I lo'e best, 
 
 .5". Out over the Forth\ 
 But for sense and guid taste she'll vie wi' the best 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 The sweetest and best o' them a', man. . . lb. 
 
 1 can haud up my head wi' the best o' the breed, . . lb. 
 My coat and my vest, they are Scotch o' the best, , lb. 
 And ay my Chloris' dearest charm, 
 
 She says she lo'es me bf-st of a'. \re.\ . S. Saeflaxen\ 
 An' deal't about as thy blind skill 
 
 Directs thee best. . . Scotch Drink. 2/. 
 Wink hard, and say, '" The folks hae done their best " 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 My best leg foremost, I'll set up my brow, . . .lb. 
 It was her best, and she was vauntie. . Tam. d Shanter, 13. 
 I lo'e him best of onie yet. , . . S. The cardin o't. 
 in the way His Wisdom sees the best. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 18. 
 But the sodger's friends hae blawn the best, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 But I will send to London town 
 
 Whom I like best at hame . . , . lb. 
 
 Or whom in a' the country roun', 
 
 The best deserves to fa' that? .... lb. II. 
 The best of our lads wi' the best o' their skill ; 
 
 iS". The heather was bloom.f 
 Some swagger hame, the best they dow, The Holy Fair. 26. 
 To lowse hii>-pack an' wale a sang, 
 
 A ballad o' the best. . The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 
 And dressed them all in the best of their clothes, 
 
 S, The Poor Threslier. 
 For Right the third, our last, our best, our dearest. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 The Twa Herds. 
 
 To a Mouse. 
 To Chloris, 
 . To W. Creech. 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 
 . Winter. 
 
 S. Women's Minds. 
 . lb. 
 
 The twa best herds in a' the wast, . 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, 
 
 Gang aft agley. 
 With every kindliest, best presage, 
 Her darling bird that she lo'es best 
 We'll gar our streams an' burnies shine 
 
 Up wi' the best. 
 Here, firm, I rest, they must be best, 
 
 Because they are Thy Will ! 
 The bonie lass that I loe best 
 
 She'll be my ain for a' that . 
 A bonie lass, I like her best, . 
 
 Bestow. The last, sad, mournful rites bestow ! 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 14. 
 Than heaven-illumin'd Man on brother Man be.<stows I 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish'd— to bestow! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 In all the splendour Fortune can bestow! Lns on Fergusson. 
 I wad bestow my widowhood 
 
 Upon a rantin Highlandman. . S. O gin ye were dead. 
 Dearly bought the hidden treasure 
 
 Finer feelings can bestow 1 . . . . S. Sensibility f 
 Skill'd in the secret, to bestow with grace ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 What he intended on them to bestow ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Now life's poor support, hardly earn'd, 
 
 My fate will scarce bestow : 
 ' I come to give thee such reward, 
 
 * As we bestow. 
 On thee a tack o' seven times seven 
 
 Will yet bestow it. . 
 Ae sweet smile on me bestow. 
 Nor hope dare a comfort bestow ; , 
 
 .S*. The sun he is sunk t 
 
 The Vision. D. II. z. 
 
 To Terraughty. 
 
 S. Turn again, thou\ 
 
 S. Where are the joys t 
 
Bestowed, -M. 
 
 37 
 
 Bewaird 
 
 Bestowed, -'d. 
 
 The mite high heaven bestowed, that mite with thee I'll share. 
 Sonnet, writ, on Birthday. 
 Her body is bestowed well, . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 My goose-quill too rude is to tell all your goodness 
 Bestow'd on your servant, the Poet ; . To Capt. Riddel. 
 Bestowing. For prodigal thoughtless bestowing. 
 His merit had won him respect. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 the earth bestowing My simple food ; . . The Hermit. 
 Bestrow. When lyart leaves- bestrow the yird» 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Be't [be it], , 
 Be't to me, be't frae me, e'en let the jade [chance] gae. 
 
 S. Contented vii little t 
 * Weel, weel ! ' says I, ' a bargain be't ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, it. 
 Be't light, be't dark, , . Ep. to Major Logan. 14. 
 
 Bethankit [the gpace after meat]. 
 Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, 
 
 Bethankit hums. . . . To a Haggis. 
 Betide. Sic fate ere lang shall thee betide ; S. I do con/ess^ 
 And she wad send the sbdger lad. 
 
 Whatever might betide. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Whate'er betide it, . , . What ails ye now\ 
 
 Betray. Whoe'er wou'd betrky him, on high may he swmg ; 
 A t Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 The bursting sigh, th' unweeting groan, 
 
 Betray the hapless lover : . ^S". Farewell, thou stream t 
 And wha wad betray Old Albion's rights, 
 
 May he never eat of her bread ! S. Here's a health to tfiem t 
 But fortune may betray thee. . S. Here's to thy health t 
 
 Her een sae bonie blue betray, 
 
 How she repays my passion ; , S. O poortitk cauld t 
 
 Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? 
 
 The Cottey's Sat. Night. 10. 
 The unweeting groan, the bursting sigh. 
 
 Betray the guilty lover. . , . S. The last time /t 
 While taithless snaws ilk step betray, 
 
 Whare she has been. . . . T/ie Vision. D. I. 1. 
 
 Ah, though my looks betray, I envy your success ; 
 
 To Clarinda, 
 Be tray 'd. 
 
 And would to Common-sense for once betray'd them, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 
 Her colours betray'd her on yon mossy fells ; 
 
 S. The heather was bloom.^ 
 
 By Love's simplicity betray'd, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Betraying. Her pretty ancle Is a spy, 
 
 Betraying fair proportion, . S. Sae fiaxen\ 
 
 Better. He's just— nae better than he should be. 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 4. 
 And aiblins ane been better Than You . . A Dream. 3. 
 To chaps, wha, in a barn or byre, 
 
 Wad better fiU'd their station . ...Ib.j. 
 
 Few better were or braver ; . . .lb. 11. 
 
 They're better just than want ay On onie day. lb. 14. 
 
 I doubt na they wad bide nae better . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 'Twould vamp my bill, said I, if nothing better ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 The mair they tank I'mkent the better. Add. tolllegit. Child. 
 
 In my last plack thy part's be in't, 
 The better ha'f o't. 
 
 lb. 
 
 Ye did present your smoutie phiz, 
 
 'Mang better folk, . Add. to the Deil. if. 
 Your better art 0' hiding. . . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Aboon them a' I loo him better ; S. Braw lads on Yar. braes, t 
 We gae the boot and better horse ; 5*. Carl, an the king come. 
 But better stuff ne'er claw'd a midden I El. on Year if 88. 
 As muckle better as you can. ... lb. 
 
 And may ye better reck the rede, 
 
 Than ever did th' Adviser ! . Ep. to Young Friend, ii. 
 Ye'U find me in a better tune ; . . Ep. taH. Parker. 
 Ye'd better taen up spades and shools. 
 
 Or knappin-hamniers, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 11. 
 An faith, we'se be acquainted better 
 
 Before we part lb, ig. 
 
 I'd better gaen an' sair't the king, . . . Ep.toJ.R.6. 
 We cheek for chow shall jog thegither, 
 
 I'se ne'er bid better. . . . Ep. to Major Logan. 8. 
 The better that I'm fou. , . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 
 for want 0' better shift, . ' . . . Halloween. 4. 
 
 But without some better qualities 
 
 She's no the Lass for me. . . S, Handsome Nell. 
 
 But far better days I trust will come again ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Alas ! there's ground o' great suspicion 
 
 She'll ne'er get better . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 I'm better pleas'd to make one more, 
 Than be the death of twenty. Liu, on Windows Gl. Tav. 
 
 But I gied him a far better thing, 
 I gied my heart in pledge o' h4s ring. S. My Sandy gied ^ 
 
 S. O gie my love brose t 
 
 For nane in Carrick or Kyle 
 
 Can please a lassie better. . 
 Tho' hardly he, for sense or lear. 
 
 Be better than the kye. . . S.O Tibbie t I hae\ 
 
 Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets, 
 
 Better than e'er the fairest she he meets. . . Sketch. 
 And ay the ale was growing better : . Tarn o' Shanter. 5. 
 A better never lifted leg, . . ...Ib.Q. 
 
 If honestly they canna come. 
 
 Far better want them, Tfie Authot^s Cry and Prayer. S- 
 But twa-three winters will inform ye better. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 But Balmaghie had better been 
 
 Drinking Madeira wine. . . Th^ Election Ballads. V. 
 Alas t can I make it no better return ! 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 Poor worthless elf, it eats a dinner, 
 
 Better than ony Tenant-man . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 It wad for ev'ry ane be beiter, . . , lb. 26. 
 
 Bu say thou wilt hae me for better for waur, 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 I lippen'd to the chiel in trouth, 
 
 And bade nae better. . To Dr. Blacklack. 
 But why should ae man better fare 
 
 And a' men brithers ! lb. 
 
 Should think they better were inform'd, 
 
 Than their auld dadies. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 I hope we, Bardies, ken some better 
 
 Than mind sic bnilzie /b. 
 
 Nine Ferriers wad done better. . . To Miss Ferrier, 
 ' Quo' I, I fear unless ye geld me, 
 
 I'll ne'er be better.' What ails ye now t 
 
 ' Gelding's nae better than 'tis cat, . , .lb. 
 
 Betters, nameless wretches, That ape their betters. 
 
 Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 '* There's ither Poets, much your betters, . . To J. S. 8. 
 Betty. Wee image of my bonny Betty, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Miss Smith she has wit, and Miss Betty is braw : 
 
 The Belles of Mazickline. 
 Tak a mark by auntie Betty, S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Between. And ay she set the wheel between : 
 
 S. Duncan Damson. 
 The cruel fates between us throw 
 
 A boundless ocean's roar ; . . S. From thee, Eliza t 
 Between her an' the moon, .... Halloween. 26. 
 And now what seas between us roar, ^S". How lang and drearyf 
 O poortith cauld, and restless love, 
 
 Ye wreck my peace between ye ; , . *S". O poortith cauld t 
 There wild-wOods grow, and rivers row, 
 
 And mony a hill between ; . » S. Of a' the airts t 
 
 That lie between us and our hame, . Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 
 Between themsels they were sae busy : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 
 Wish'd unison between the pair, . . lb. R. VII. 
 
 rising, rejoicing. Between his twa Deborahs, lb. R. VIII. 
 
 Beuk, Buke [book]. And write their names in his black beuk 
 
 S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 My Grannie she bought me a beuk, The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks ; The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 Some herds, weel leam'd upo' the beuk, To W. Simpsoti. P.S. 
 Sae dinna put me in your buke, . , , The Inventory. 
 Bevel. The Brethren o' the mystic level 
 
 May hing their head in wofu' bevel. 
 
 Tarn Samson's El^ 
 
 Bewail. And not a muse in honest grief bewail. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet, 
 The mother linnet in the brake 
 Bewails her ravisii'd young; . .S". Fategeeve the wordi 
 
 Bewall'd. In loud lament bewail'd bis lord. 
 
 Lament for Glencairiu 
 
fieware 
 
 38 Billie, -y [a brother ; a young fellow ; 
 a good fellow ; a fellow]. 
 
 Beware. Beware o' bonie Anne, {re.} 
 
 S, A. Mastetion's bonie Anne. 
 Then let the louns beware, Sir, , S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 There's death in the cup — sae beware ! . Inscrtp. on Goblet. 
 Beware a tongue that's smoothly hung ; O leave novels f 
 
 And bids me beware o' young men ; , , S. Tarn Glen. 
 I red you beware at the hunting, young men ; 
 
 S. The heather was bloom, \ 
 Bewildered. He cheeps like some bewildered chicken, 
 
 To W. Creech. 
 Bewitched, -'d. And how Tarn stood, like ane bewitch'd, 
 
 Tatn d Shanter. i6. 
 So touched, bewitched, I rav'd ay to mysel : 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Bewitching. The man and his wine's sae bewitching! 
 
 Inscrip. on Goblet, 
 'Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o' kindness. 
 
 S. ' Twos na her bonie blue e'e t 
 Bewitehingly. Bewitchingly o'er arching 
 
 Twa laughing een o' bonie blue. 
 
 S, Sae flaxen \ 
 
 Beyont [beyond]. There sat a bottle in a bole, 
 Beyont the ingle lowe ; 
 
 S. The weary Fund. 
 Bias. He knows each chord its various tone. 
 
 Each spring its various bias : Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 Bible, old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible, 
 
 Reproof by Hhnself. 
 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night, is. 
 
 Bicker [a wooden drinking-eup]. 
 
 Or reekan on a New-year-momin 
 
 In cog or bicker, . . Scotch Drink, g. 
 
 Bicker [a quick sudden movement, or short run]. 
 
 Tho' leeward whyles, against my will, 
 
 I took a^bicker. Death and Dr. Hornbook. $. 
 
 Bicker, to [to run swiftly], 
 
 Aff she started in a fright, 
 And through the braes what she could bicker ; 
 
 S. Donald Brodie. 
 Bicker'd [flowed with swift tremulous noise]. 
 
 Auld Aire ran by before me, 
 And bicker'd to the seas ; . . . One night as /f 
 
 Bickering, -in', -in [moving with swift tremulous 
 noise ; excited noisy contending]. 
 
 Whyles glitter'd to the nightly rays, 
 
 Wi' bickerin, dancin dazzle ; . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Thou needna start awa sae hasty, 
 
 Wi' bickering brattle! , . To a Mouse. 
 For there will be bickerin' there ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 Bid. There Architecture's noble pride 
 
 Bids elegance and splendor rise ; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, 2. 
 when auld Phoebus bids, good-morrow, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 And bid wild war his ravage end, S. How can tny poor hrt.\ 
 Point out a censuring world, and bid me fear ; 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Is this the power in freedom's war 
 
 That wont to bid the battle rage ? . . . Liberty. 
 He [Time] bids you mind, amid your thoughtless rattle, 
 That the first blow is ever half the battle ; 
 
 Prologue at Th., D. 
 Welcomes the rapid moments, bids them part, 
 
 Sonnet, writ, on BirtJtday, 
 And bids me beware o' young men ; . , S. Tarn Glen. 
 Go bid the hero who has run 
 Thro' fields of death to gather fame. 
 
 Go bid him lay his laurels down, . S. The Captive Ribband. 
 And sage Experience bids me this declare 
 
 Tlie Cotter^s Sat. Night, Q, 
 O, bid him save their harmless lives, ' The Death of MaiUe, 
 O, bid him breed him up wi' care I , . . . /^. 
 
 An' bid him burn this cursed tether, . . , * lb. 
 And ilka ane at London court 
 
 Would bid to him gude day. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 She'll gie ye a beck, and bid ye light, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 An' saying aye or no's they bid him : . The Twa Dogs. 22, 
 Tho' cruel fate should bid us part, . . S, Tho' cruel fate t 
 Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome, 
 
 S. TM fickle Fortune t 
 No vengeful spirit bid him fear ; . S.To thee^ lov'd Nith t 
 
 Bid better [seek, wish, or desire better], 
 I doubt na they wad bid nae better 
 
 Than let them ance out owre the water ; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 We cheek for chow shall jog thegither, 
 
 I'se ne'er bid better. Ep. to Major Logan. 8. 
 Bide [to stand, stay, endure]. 
 It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, 
 And bide by the buff and the .blue. 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 wha bide this brattle O' winter war, . A Winter Night. 3. 
 Slighted love is sair to bide, , . , S. Duncan Gray f 
 How blythely would I bide the stoure, 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window t 
 Bide the surging billow's shock. . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Yet coin his pouches wad na bide in ; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 They downa bide the stink o' powther ; 
 
 Tm Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 I fear ye'll bide till break o' day ; . ,6". Wha is that at f 
 Bield, Biel, Beild [a shelter ; a dwelling]. 
 And roses blaw in ilka bield ; , , S. In simpler when t 
 Thy bield should be my bosom, , ^S". O wert thou in the t 
 beneath the random bield O' clod or stane. 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 An' hap him in a cozie biel, . On Scot. Bard gone to W.I. 
 The sun blinks kindly in the biel', S. The Contented Cottager. 
 My trunk of eild, but buss or beild, . S. But lately seenf 
 Bien [plentiful, prosperous, decent and comfortable], 
 Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean, 
 
 S. A' the lads d Thomie-bank\ 
 That live sae bien an' snug : . . , Ep. to Davie. /, 
 Frae tap to tae that deeds me bieri, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Bier. And flowers let us cull for Eliza's cold bier. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 O bitter mockery of the pompous bier. 
 
 Ode, to Man. of Mrs. — . 
 The drooping arts surround their patron's bier, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 And soothe the Virtues weeping on this bier : [v, A. 10] 
 
 Sonnet, on Death of Riddel. 
 Big, Or purse-proud, big wi' cent per cent. 
 
 An' muckle wame, Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. 2ist ii. 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 12. 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig. 
 And ye'll ha'e a calf s head o' sma' value. The Kirk's A lami. 
 Big, to [to build]. We will big a wee, wee house, 
 
 S. Duncan Damson, 
 But I'll big a bow'r on yon bonie banks, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get \ 
 An' naething, now, to big a new ane, . . To a Mouse. 
 Perhaps upon his mould'ring breast 
 Some spitefu' muirfowl bigs her nest, [v. A. 15] 
 
 Tarn Samson's El. 
 Big-belly'd. 
 For a big-belly'd bottle's the whole of my care [re.] 
 
 S. No Churchman am If 
 Biggan [building]. Wi" dirty stanes biggan a dyke, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 Biggan [a building, a house]. 
 By some auld, houlet-haunted, biggin, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 That fiU'd, wi' hoast-provoking smeek, 
 
 The auld, clay biggin; . Tlic Vision. D. 1. 3, 
 Bigotry, Soor Bigotry, on her last legs, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Bike V. Byke. 
 
 Bill [bull]. As yell's the Bill. . . . Add. to the DHL 10. 
 Bill. And dish them out their bill 0' fafe, . To a Haggis. 
 'Twould vamp my bill, said I, if nothing better ; 
 
 Add. sp, by Fontenelle. 
 Billet. Your billet. Sir, I grant receipt ; To Mr. Renton. 
 
 Billie, -y [a brother ; a young fellow ; a good fellow ; 
 
 a fellow]. 
 But tent me, billie ; . . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 9. 
 This was thy billie, dam, and sire, El. on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 Though fbrtune's road be rough an' hilly 
 
 To every fiddling, rhymingljillie, Ep. to Major Logan. /. 
 Our billie's gien us a' a jink, , On Scot. Bard, gone to W.I. 
 Fareweel, my rhyme-composing billie ! . , . . Ibi 
 When chapmen billies leave the street, . Tam 0' Shanter. 
 
Billie, -y 
 
 39 
 
 Birring [whirring] 
 
 Tell ev'ry social, honest billie 
 
 To cease his grievin, Tain Samson's El. Per C. 
 Erskine, a spunkie norland billie ; 
 
 The A uthor*s Cry and Prayer^ 14. 
 The billie is gettin his questions, 
 To say in Saint Stephen's the morn. 
 
 Tke Election Ballads. III. 
 
 My gamesome billy Will, 
 At slaps the billies halt a blink, 
 Till lasses strip their shoon : 
 A rhyming, ranting, raving billie, 
 thae frank, rantan, ramblan billies, 
 Should I believe, my coaxin billie. 
 
 Your flatterin strain. 
 Aft bure the gree, as story tells, 
 
 Frae Suthron billies. 
 
 lb. r. 
 
 Tke Holy Fair. 26. 
 
 Tke Ttva Dogs 
 
 lb. 26. 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 lb. p.s. 
 
 . On scaring Water-Jowl. 
 
 Tke Election Ballads. VI. 
 S. Tke gloomy nigkt t 
 
 Tam Samson's El. 
 The Ordination. 5. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 
 
 An' when the new-light billies see them, 
 
 I think they'll crouch ! 
 Sae may, shou'd we to hell's yetts come, 
 Your billy Satan sair us ! . . V.s on IVindow, Carbon. 
 Billow. The billows on the ocean [a type of woman], 
 
 .S*. Deluded swain ^ 
 Ye foam-crested billows, allow me to wail. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Hope and Fear's alternate billow . Musing on ike roaring^ 
 Bide the surging billows' shock. 
 When all his wintry billows pour 
 
 Against the Buchan BuUers. 
 'Tis not the surging billows' roar, 
 For her I'll dare the billows' roar ; S. Tke Higkland Lassie. 
 Here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast, 
 
 With surging foam ; Tke Vision. D.I. 13. 
 
 Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, 
 
 And whelm him o'er ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Wauken, ye breezes ! row gently, ye billows ! 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Billy [William], my mason Billie, Auld comrade deari 
 
 Light lay the earth on Billy's breast, Epig. on noted Coxcomb. 
 Contending with Billy for proud-nodding laurels, [re."] 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Then feats like Squire Billy's you ne'er can achieve 'em, lb. 
 Bind. In Love's silken band can bind it. S. Sweetest May^ 
 And binds the mire like a rock ; 
 And bind him down wi' caution, 
 They bind the wild. Poetic rage. 
 In energy, [v. A, 4] 
 Binding. But, oh ! respect his lordship's taste. 
 
 And spare his golden bindings. Tke Book- Wortns. 
 
 Birch [for flogging]. 
 
 'Twas where the birch and sounding thong are ply'd, 
 
 Tke Vowels. 
 Birch [tree]. The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar, 
 
 Twin'd amorous round the raptur'd scene ; 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Birchen. All underneath the birchen shade ; 
 
 S. Here is tke glen t 
 Bird. An' could hae flown out owre a stank, 
 
 Like onie bird. A Guid New-Year \ 3. 
 dear bird, young Jeany fair, . . S. A Rosebud by my f 
 Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing ! . A Winter Nigkt. 4. 
 As light's a bird upon a thorn. 
 I hear t"he wild birds singing ; 
 The wild-birds sang, the echoes rang, 
 List'ning to the wild birds singing, 
 Ye scatter'd birds that faintly sing 
 The reliques of the vernal quire ; 
 While birds warble welcomes in ilka green shaw ; 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 The merry birds are lovers a', S. Now rosy May \ 
 
 The bird that charm'd his summer day, 
 
 Is now the cruel fowler's prey, , S. O Lassie, art tkouf 
 The birds rejoice in leafy bow'rs, . S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 And blythe be the bird that sings on her grave ! 
 
 S. O merry kae I been t 
 For pity's sake, sweet bird, nae mair ! 
 
 S. O stay, S7veet warbling j^ 
 How blest, ye birds thatround her sing, ^. Owatyewka'sznf 
 And I a bird to shelter there, . S. O were my love t 
 
 I hear her in the tunefu' birds, . S. O/a* the airisf 
 
 There's not a bonie bird that sings. 
 But minds me 0' my Jean. ... - lb. 
 
 . S. Blyike was she t 
 
 S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 I S. Datnon &* Sylvia. 
 
 . S. I dream' d I lay t 
 
 Lament for Glencairii. 
 
 The bird of eve flits sullen by . On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 While birds rejoice on every spray ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett. II. 
 In each bird's careless song, 
 
 Glad did I share ; , . . . S. Pkillis tke Fair. 
 Hapless bird ! a prey the surest 
 
 To each pirate of the skies S. Sensibility t 
 
 Sing on sweet bird, I listen to thy strain, 
 
 Sonnet, writ, on Birthday. 
 How can ye chant, ye little birds, 
 
 S. Tke Banks o/Doon. Sett. II. 
 Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, [re."] . lb. 
 
 And ilka bird sang o' it's luve ; . . . . lb. 
 
 Mansions that would disgrace the building-taste 
 
 Of any mason reptile, bird, or beast ; Tke Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 And listen mony a grateful bird 
 
 Return you tuneful thanks. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 As canty as ever a bird in the spring. S. Tke Poor Tkresher. 
 The small birds rejoice on the green leaves returning, 
 
 S. The small birds + 
 Nor birds sweetly singing, nor flowers gayly springing, 
 
 Can soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair. . lb. 
 
 And the small birds sing on every tree ; The Winter it is past t 
 The blythest bird upon the bush. 
 
 Had ne'er a lighter heart than she. S. There was a lass t 
 The birds sang sweet in ilka grove ; . . lb. 
 
 The birds sang love on ev'ry spray, To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 And every bird thy requiem sings ; . To Miss C. 
 
 Her darling bird that she lo'es best 
 
 Willie's awa 1 . . . To W. Creeck. 
 
 The birds sit chittering in the thorn, S. Up in the morning. 
 While birds rejoice in leafy bowers ; S. Where Cart rins t 
 And bird and beast, in covert, rest, , Winter. 
 
 Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, 
 
 S. Ve banks and braes \ 
 And ilka bird sang o' its love, . lb. 
 
 Birdie, -y \dim. ^bird]. 
 The little birdie's blythely sing, i". Bonie Lassie, willye go\ 
 The birdie's flit on wanton wing. S. Now bank and brae t 
 
 Ye birdies dumb, in with'ring bowers, S. The Catrine vjoods^ 
 nae mair Shall birdie charm, or flow'ret smile ; . lb. 
 
 to screen the birdie's nest, . tS*. The Contented Cottager. 
 The birdies dowie moaning, 
 
 Shall a' be blythely singing, S. The young High. Fover. 
 An' our gudewife's wee birdy cocks ; . El. on Year if88. 
 
 Birk [the birch tree]. 
 
 The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me. 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 And twa-three stinted birks are left, . As on the banks \ 
 the birks of Aberfeldy \re.'\ ? S. Bonie Lassie, willye go t 
 
 When birks are bare at Yule. S. Cauld is the e'enhig blast f 
 And past the birks and meikle stane, 
 Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane; 
 
 Tai7i d Skanter. 10. 
 The scented birk and hawthorn white, 
 
 S, Tke Contented Cottager. 
 And birks extend their fragrant arms 
 
 To screen the dear embrace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 fragrant birks, in woodbines drest, lb. 
 
 Down by the bum, where scented birks 
 
 Wi' dew are hanging clear, my jo, .S". When der tke hill f 
 How sweetly bloom'd the gay, green birk, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Birken [birchen]. Blythe in the birken shaw. 
 
 S. Bekold, my love t 
 On Yarrow banks the birken shaw, S. Blythe was ske t 
 
 And spring will deed the birken shaw ; 
 
 S. Oh, how can I be blythe \ 
 Birkie [a fellow ; a smart conceited fellow]. 
 
 To shame ye, disclaim ye. 
 
 Ilk honest birkie swears. Tke Ans, to the Guidwife. 
 
 And there will be Kempleton's birkie, 
 
 Tke Election Ballads. III. 
 But faith ! the birkie wants a Manse, . The Holy Fair. 77. 
 Ye see yon birkie ca'd a Lord, 
 
 Wha struts and stares, and a' that ; . S. Tke Honest Man. 
 
 Whare birkies march on burning marl : . To Mr. Renton. 
 
 Farewell, auld birkie ! Lord be near ye. To Terraugkty. 
 
 We've lost a birkie weel worth gowd, . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Birring [whirring]. Rejoice, ye birring Paitricks a' ; 
 
 Tam Samson's El. 7. 
 
Bipsies [bristles] 
 
 40 
 
 Blaek 
 
 BiFSies [bristles]. And tirl the hallions to the birsies ; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 Birth [berth]. So, took a birth afore the mast, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W.I. 
 Birth. And merchandise' whole genus take their birth : 
 
 E^. to R. Graham, d. 
 Proof o' shot to Birth or Money, . . S. Sweetest May \ 
 Warm-cherish'd ev'ry floweret's birth. The Vision, D, II. 14. 
 Passion's birth, and infants' play . . To a Kiss, 
 
 Cauld blew the bitter-biting North 
 
 Upon thy early, humble birth ; . To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 And resign to Parent Earth 
 
 The loveliest form she e'er gave birth. . To Miss C. 
 
 Birth-day. May heaven augment your blisses, 
 
 On ev'ry new Birth-day ye see, . A Dream, i. 
 Amang thae Birth-day dresses Sae fine . . . lb. 
 
 To pay your Queen, with due respect, 
 
 My fealty and subjection This great Birth-day. . lb. 8. 
 
 Birth-place. The birth-place of valour, the country of worth; 
 S. My heart's in the High.\ 
 Birtwhistle. And there will be roaring Birtwhistle, 
 Yet luckily roars in the right. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Bit [used as a dim. ; small, little.] 
 
 The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms ; 
 
 S. Awa' lui' yr witchcraft^ 
 In some bit Brugh to represent 
 
 A Baillie's name ? Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. zist. ii. 
 Proud o' the height o' some bit half-lang tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 2. 
 His wee-bit ingle, blinkan bonilie, The Cotter's Sat. Night. 5. 
 The sleepy bit lassie she dreaded nae ill, S. The Taylor f ell \ 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again. . . lb. 
 
 The ne'er-a-bit they're ill to poor folk. TJie Twa Dogs. 26. 
 Whyles, owre the wee bit cup an' platie, . . lb. 33. 
 
 Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, . . To a Louse. 
 
 Till some bit callan bring me news, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Bit [nick of time, crisis]. 
 Is instant made no worth a louse 
 
 Just at the bit. . Add. to the Deil. it. 
 
 Bit. And handsome ilka bit about her. .S". / met a lass t 
 
 Comes bleating till him, owre the knowe. 
 
 For bits o' bread ; . Poor Mailie's El. 
 
 So wives will gie them bits o' bread, The Death ofMailie. 
 Gif ance the peasant caste a bit, 
 
 He's greater than a lord, man, . The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 Bitch. Ne'er mind how Fortune waft an' warp ; 
 
 She's but a b~tch. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 8. 
 O Death, how horrid is thy taste 
 
 To lie with such a b — ? . . Epit. on Grizel Grim. 
 He mutters, glow' ring at the bitches, Lnsadd. to J. Ranken. 
 Ye midnight b — es. . . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 I'd kiss her maids, and kick the perverse b — h. 
 
 The Henpecked Htisband. 
 Lies, senseless of each tugging bitch's son. To R. G. of P. 6. 
 What ails ye now, ye lousie b— h, . IVhat ails ye now t 
 
 Bitch-fou [bitch-drunk]. 
 
 Nay been bitch-fou 'mang godly priests, On dining with Daer. 
 Bite. Or dealing thro' amang the naigs 
 
 Their ten-hours bite, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 2. 
 And fix j^our claws in Nicol's heart. 
 
 For deil a bite o't's rotten. . . . For W. Nicol. 
 
 Bite, to. When bitter bites the frost, 
 
 S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 And infant Frosts begin to bite. The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 And gif ye canna bite, ye can bark. The Kirk's A larm. 
 
 And that fell cur ca'd common sense, 
 
 That bites sae sair, . The Twa Herds, ib. 
 
 Biting, biting Boreas, fell and doure, A Winter Night. 
 
 And freeze, thou bitter-biting Frost ! . . . . Ib.y. 
 
 his caustick wit was biting, rude, . Extern, on W. SmelHe. 
 
 coming Winter's biting, frosty breath; . The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 
 Bitter. But ere the course o' life be through. 
 
 It may be bitter sautet : , . A Dream, 75". 
 
 While scabs an' botches did him [Job] gall, 
 
 Wi' bitter claw, Add. to the Deil. 18. 
 
 Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, . Add. to Toothache. 
 Was it the bitter eastern blast, . . As on the banks ^ 
 "Nae bitter blast," the sp'rit replies, . . . . Ib. 
 When bitter bites the frost, S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 
 Still caring, despairing, 
 
 Must be my bitter doom ; Despondency^ an Ode. /. 
 
 The bitter blast that round me blaws 5*. O Lassie-^ art thou t 
 Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins 
 
 O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave : 
 
 S. O merry hae I been \ 
 Or did misfortune's bitter storms 
 
 Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, S. Owertthouin the\ 
 O, bitter mockery of the pompous bier, 
 
 Ode, To Mem. of Mrs. —, 
 Lang-mustering up a bitter blast ; On Scot. Bard gne to W.I, 
 The bitter little that of life remains : On seeing wounded Hare. 
 The bitter frost and snaw. . On Birth ofPosth. Child, 
 
 It's no the loss o' warl's gear. 
 
 That could sae Htter draw the tear, . Poor Mailie's El. 
 Feels all the bitter horrors of his crime, Remorse. A Frag, 
 
 It sets ifou ill 
 Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell, . Scotch Drink. 16. 
 
 No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat, Night. 16. 
 
 When hailstanes drive wi' bitter skyte. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 
 Ev'n day, all-bitter, brings relief, . . The Lament. 8. 
 
 All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost, 
 
 S, The Slaves Lament. 
 And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear, 
 
 Ib. 
 
 But for their sake my heart doth ache. 
 
 With many a bitter throe: S, The sun he is sunkj 
 Alas \ sae sweet a tree as love, 
 
 Sic bitter fruit should bear ! The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 An' purge the bitter ga's an' cankers, [v.A.13] 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Ha'e had a bitter black out-cast 
 
 Atween themsel. . . The Twa Herds. 2. 
 But bitter, daudin showers hae wat it. Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Alas ! what bitter toil an' straining . . To J. S.^ 20. 
 
 An' sklent on poverty their joke, 
 
 Wi' bitter sneer, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 But Oh ! thou bitter step-mother and hard. To R. G, of P., 3. 
 To shun the bitter blaudin' show'r, . To Rev. J. M'Matk 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Bitter-biting. And freeze, thou bitter-biting Frost I 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 Cauld blew the bitter-biting North 
 
 Upon thy early, humble birth ; To a Mountain-Daisy 
 
 Bitterlie. She wadna trow't, the broust she brew't. 
 
 Wad taste sae bitterlie. S. Her Daddieforbad\ 
 Bittern. Ye bitterns, till the q^uagmire reels, 
 
 Rair for his sake. El. on Capt. M, H, 8. 
 
 Bizz [bustle]. D'ye mind that day, when in a bizz. 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 77. 
 
 Bizz, to [to buzz]. Poor man the flie, aft bizzes bye, 
 
 PoBTH on Life. 
 
 As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, . . Tarn d Shanter. if. 
 Bizzard [the Buzzard]. Here is Satan's picture. 
 Like a bizzard gled, 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Bizzie [busy]. I'm bizzie too, an' skelpin' at it. 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Black. 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 6. 
 Attended^ in his [Want's] grim advances, 
 By sad mistakes, and black mischances, . . Ib. 16. 
 
 (Black be your fa' !) . . Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 
 will send him linkan. To your black pit ; . . Ib. 20. 
 Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes. Add. to UncoGuid. z- 
 
 For it's jet, jet black, an it's like a hawk, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 
 And write their names in his black beuk S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 
 The meikle devil wi' a woodie 
 
 Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie. El. on Capt. M. H. 
 Spare't for their sakes wha aften wear it, 
 
 The lads in black ; . . . Ep. to J. R. 3- 
 Some black bog-hole, Arrests us, . Ep. to Major Logan, 2. 
 Nae wonder he's as black's the grun, 
 
 Observe wha's standing wi' him. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 How virtue and vice blend their black and their white ! 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 
 He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak, 
 
 For some black, grousome Carlin; . . Halloween. 23. 
 
Black 
 
 41 
 
 Blast 
 
 f The lass wi' the bonie black e'e. . S. Her Daddie forbad^ 
 Straight the sky grew black and daring ; S. I dreamed I lay \ 
 He spak o' the darts o' my bonie black een, 
 
 S, Last May a hraw t 
 He up the lang loan to my black cousin Bess, . . lb. 
 Dread of black coats and rev' rend wigs, Letter to J. Goudie, 
 Black gowns of each denomination, Lns add, to J. Ranken. 
 By the Bard, what d'ye call him, that wore the black gown ; 
 
 S. No Churchman ant /f 
 But steal me a blink o' your bonie black e'e, . S. O whistle t 
 Wi' deils, they say, L — d safe's ! colleaguin 
 
 At some black art. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And you, deep-read in hell's black grammar, . Jb. 
 
 I'll gie you my bonie black hen, . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane. 
 
 Tarn o' Sltanier. 7. 
 A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, . . lb. u. 
 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, [v. A. 16] lb. 
 The red-coat lads wi' black cockauds 
 
 The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 And mony braw thanks to the meikle black dell, 
 
 S. The deil camfiddliiC t 
 And black Joan, frae Chricton Peel, [r^.] 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 A boy no sae black at the bane ; . . .lb. III. 
 
 Wha's mair o' the black than the blue. . lb. 
 
 Gifted by black Jock To get them aff his hands. . lb. 
 
 Whose holy priesthood nane can stain. 
 
 For wha can dye the black ? . . lb. V. 
 
 Twa had manteeles o' dolefu' black. The Holy Fair. 2. 
 
 Black [Russel] is na spairan : lb. zi. 
 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; The Twa /)o£'s. S- 
 
 Ha'e had a bitter black out-cast 
 
 Atween themsel. . The Twa Herds, a. 
 
 Thataft ha'e made us black and blae, 
 
 Wi' vengefu' paws. . . lb, is. 
 
 To try my fate in guid, black prent ; , To J. S., f. 
 
 May Envy wallop in a tether, 
 
 Black fiend, infernal ! To W. Simpson. 77. 
 
 I hae lo'ed the Black, the Brown ; 
 I hae lo'ed the Fair, theGowden; S. Wantonness /or ever \ 
 Blaek-bearded. Auld, grim, black-bearded Geordie's sel, 
 
 Adavi A — 'j Prayer. 
 BlackbiFd, Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, 
 
 S, A/ton Water. 
 In days when Daisies deck the ground, 
 
 And Blackbirds whistle clear, . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 
 Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays 
 
 ' Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 They heard the blackbird's sang, man ; The FHe Champetre. 
 The blackbird strong, the lintwhite clear. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Black-bonnet [an Elder of the Church]. 
 A greedy-glowr black-bonnet throws, . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 My musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet 
 On gown, an' ban', an' douse black bonnet. 
 
 To Rev. Mr. M'Math. 
 
 Blackbyre. 
 
 The Laird o' Blackbyre wad gang through the fire, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals 
 Blackest. To its blackest nook he has carried her ben, 
 
 S. There Hv'd ance a carle t 
 Black^ard. Wi' constables, those blackguard fallows, 
 
 Adam. A — 's Prayer, 
 
 A blackguard Smuggler, right behint her. 
 
 The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer, 
 An' cheat like ony unhang'd blackguard. The Twa Dogs. 33, 
 Blackguarding. An' there, a batch o' Wabster lads, 
 Blackguarding frae K[ilmamo]ck 
 
 The Holy Fair. g. 
 Black-headed. The black-headed eagle, 
 As keen as a beagle, 
 
 The black-headed eagle t 
 
 Black-Jock. 
 
 Fy, bring Black- Jock, her [Superstition's] state physician, 
 
 Letter to J, Goudie. 
 
 Here is Murray's fragments O' the ten commands ; 
 Gifted by black Jock To get them aJff his hands. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Black-nebbit. And there will be black-nebbit Johnie, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 BIack*ning. The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night 
 Tho' thick'ning, and black'ning, 
 Round my devoted head, ... .To Ruin. 
 
 Blad V, Blaud. 
 Blade [a careless fellow]. 
 The first of my loves was a swaggering blade. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 He was a care-defying blade, 
 As ever Bacchus listed ! . . . lb. R. VII. 
 
 Blade. The progress of the spiky blade. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Just sh — in a kail-blade and send it, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 At dawn, when every grassy blade 
 
 Droops with a diamond at his head. El, on Capt, M, H. 6. 
 How cut-throat Prussian blades were hingin ; 
 
 Kind Sir., I've reetd\ 
 But now he's quat the spurtle blade, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 frae the sheath, Drew blades o' death, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 Or Phineas drove the murdering blade, The Ordination, 4. 
 Clap in his walie nieve a blade. 
 
 He'll mak it whissle ; . To a Haggis. 
 
 On every blade the pearls hung ; S. ' Twos even — the dewy t 
 Blae [blue ; livid ; sharp, keen]. 
 How do ye this blae eastlin win', . A uld Comrade dear t 
 And blae and bluidy bruis'd her ; . S. Had I the wyte \ 
 
 That aft ha'e made us black and blae, 
 
 Wi' vengefu' paws. The Twa Herds, 12. 
 
 His hose they are blae, and his shoon like the slae, 
 
 S. There's a youth\ 
 Blair. '* That distant years may boast of other Blairs" 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair 
 Sodgerin gunpowder Blair. . The Election Ballads. III. 
 Blam*d. Whom canting wretches blam'd : . Epit.for G. H. 
 An' some, by whom ;your doctrine's blam'd 
 
 (Which gives you honor) To Rev. J. M'Math 
 " Ye're blam'd for jobbin'." What ails ye now t 
 
 Blame. 
 
 Thoughts, words and deeds, the Statute blames with reason ; 
 
 A Dream. Mot. 
 Far be't frae me that I aspire 
 
 To blame your Legislation, . . .lb. S- 
 
 We darena weel say't though we ken wha's to blame, 
 
 S, By yon castle ivd t 
 Trowth. they had muckle for to blame! . Ep, to J. R. 12. 
 
 And wad na Manhood been to blame. 
 
 Had I unkindly us'd her : . . S. Had I the wyte \ 
 
 'Tis you and Taylor are the chief, 
 
 Wha are to blame for this mischief; . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, . . S. One fond kiss. \ 
 Like Caledonians, you applaud or blame. 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 This sting is added — " Blame thy foolish self ! " 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Is grown right eerie now she's done it. 
 
 Lest they shou'd blame her. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Your doctrines I maun blame, . ^. Ve Jacobites t 
 
 Blameless. All blameless joys on earth we find. To Chloris, 
 
 Blaming. With little admiring or blaming : To Copt, Riddel 
 
 Blanket. Wi' usquebae an' blankets warm. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 The blankets were thin, and the sheets they were sma', 
 
 S, The Taylor fell \ 
 Blast. And with a Mother's fears shrinks at the rocking blast ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 To shiver in the blast their lane. . As on the banks\ 
 
 Was it the bitter eastern blast, 
 
 That scatters blight in early spring ? . .lb. 
 
 " Nae bitter blast," the sp'rit replies, . . .lb. 
 
 But now our joys are fled 
 
 On winter blasts awa ! . . S. But lately seen \ 
 
 O cauld blaws the e'enin blast 
 
 When bitter bites the frost, S. Cauld is the e'eniji blast t 
 Thou, Winter, hurling thro' the air 
 
 The roaring blast. El. on Capt M. H. 13. 
 
 But now has come a cruel blast, Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 the howling wintry blast . . S. Lassie wH the lintwhite t 
 O raging fortune's withering blast S. Luckless Fortune. 
 
Blast 
 
 42 
 
 Blaze 
 
 chill November's surly blast . Man was made to Mourn. 
 No chilly blast nor shower 
 
 Shall blight this rose of mine. . S. My Ityvis a winsome^ 
 And now beneath the withering blast 
 
 My youth and joy consume. S, Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 ,The bitter blast that round me blaws 
 
 Unheeded howls, unheeded fa's ; . S. O Lassie art thou t 
 The snellest blast, at mirkest hours, . . . . lb. 
 in the cauld blast. On yonder lea, . .8*0 wert thou in t 
 
 Oh, cold is the blast upon my pale cheek, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door, t 
 Lang-mustering up a bitter blast ; On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 And wings the blast to blaw, . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Now, feebly bends she, in the blast, . . , lb. 
 
 Beneath the blasts the leafless forests groan ; 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 to the whistling blast and waters' roar, . . . lb. 
 
 Th' inconstant blast howl'd thro' the darkening air, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Th' increasing blast roar'd round the beetling rocks, lb. 
 
 She said, and vanished with the sweeping blast. . . lb. 
 But cold successive noontide blasts 
 
 May lay its beauties low. - . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 Virtue's blossoms there shall blow, 
 
 And fear no withering blast ; . .lb. 
 
 Let the blast sweep o'er the valley. 
 
 See it prostrate on the clay ! . . . S. Sensibility t 
 The rattling showers rose on the blast ; . Tarn d Shanter. 8. 
 And like the rootless stubble tost, 
 
 Before the sweeping blast. . . The ist Psalm. 
 
 Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast, S. The gloomy night t 
 Bedim cauld Boreas' blast ; The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 There's a heretic blast has been blawn i' the wast, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 That e'er ga'e gospel horn a blast. The Twa Herds. 2. 
 
 And cauld, Caledonia's blast on the wave ; S. Their groves of\ 
 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar win' 
 
 Blew hansel in on Robin. . S. There -was a lad\ 
 
 But stooks are cowpet wi' the blast. Third Ep. to J. Lap., 
 An' cozie here, beneath the blast, 
 
 Thou thought to dwell, . To a Mouse. 
 
 (And ne'er misfortune's eastern blast 
 
 Did nip a fairer flower.) . . . To Chloris. 
 
 He bears the unbroken blast from every side : To R.G. ofF. , $. 
 Sae loud and shill's I hear the blast, S. Up in the morning. 
 When wild War's deadly blast was blawn, 
 
 S. When wild War's f 
 The Wintry West extends his blast, , Winter. 
 
 The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast, ... lb. 
 
 Blast, to. That blasts each bud of hope and joy ; 
 
 S. Forlorn, my Love t 
 G-d confound their stubborn face, 
 
 And blast their name. Holy Willies Prayer. lo. 
 But Heaven's curse will blast the man 
 Denies the bairn he got ; . . The Ruined Maids L. 
 Blasted* -t. And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye ; 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 The very name of Douglas blasted. On Duke of Queensberry 
 Here lies a rose, a budding rose, 
 
 Blasted before its bloom ; . . On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 O, majj thou ne'er forgather up, 
 
 Wi' onie blastet, moorlan toop ; . The Death ofMailie. 
 Our Whipper-in, wee, blastet wonner, . Tlie Twa Dogs. g. 
 Ye ugly, creepan, blastet wonner, . . . To a Louse. 
 Blastie [a blasted ereatupe ; term of contempt]. 
 A d — n'd red wud Kilburnie blastie ; . The Inventory. 
 
 Ye little ken what cursed speed 
 
 Theblastie's makin! . . To a Louse. 
 Blasting. Still under bleak misfortune's blasting eye ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle: 
 Blate [shy, bashflil, backward]. 
 
 Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool, A Bard!s Epit.. 
 An' faith ! thou's neither lag nor lame. 
 
 Nor blate nor scaur. . Add. to the Deil. $. 
 Some unco blate, an' some wi' gabs, . . Halloween. 
 O steer her up, and be na blate, . . S. O steer her up \ 
 When I was beardless, young and blate. 
 
 The Ans. to tJie Guidwife. 
 But blate and laithfu', scarce can weel behave ; 
 
 The Cotief^s Sat. Night S.. 
 
 Blather [bladder]. 
 
 May Gravels round his blather wrench, * Scotch Drink, if. 
 An' for thy pains thou'se get my blather. The Death o/Mailie. 
 Blaud, Blad [a large piece.] 
 I'll write, an' that a hearty blaud, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 4. 
 To get a blad o' Johnnie's morals, . . To a Medical Gent. 
 Blaud, to [to slap, beat]. 
 
 An' he's the boy will blaud her ! The Ordination. 2. 
 
 Blaudin' [pelting]. 
 
 To shun the bitter blaudin' show'r, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Blaw [to blow]. 
 Thou never lap, an' sten't, an' breastet. 
 
 Then stood to blaw ; A Guid New-Year \ 14. 
 In vain to rae the cowslips blaw, S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 It blaws nae here sae fierce and fell. As on the banks \ 
 
 How do ye this blae eastlin win', 
 
 That's like to blaw a body blin' : . Auld Comrade dearf 
 The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill ; S. Behind yon hills t 
 O cauld blaws the e'enin blast 
 
 When bitter bites the frost, S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 While winds frae oflE" Ben-Lomond blaw, Ep. to Davie, i. 
 
 While frosty winds blaw in the drift, . . lb. 
 
 And there blaws up a hearty crack ; 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind 
 
 Blaws through the leafless timmer, Sir; S. Fin deryou7ig\ 
 And roses blaw in ilka bield ; . S. In simmer when^ 
 
 Spare my love ye winds that blaw, S. Jockey's tden the + 
 
 Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry, S. My bonie Mary. 
 They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, 
 
 S. My Nanie's awa. 
 The scented breezes round us blaw, . .S". Now rosy May^ 
 The bitter blast that round me blaws S. O Lassie^ art thon f 
 How blest, ye flowers that round her blaw, 
 
 .5". O watye wha^s in t 
 Or did misfortune's bitter storms 
 Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, 
 
 S. O wert thou in tlie t 
 Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, 
 
 I dearly like the west, . . S. Ofd the airts \ 
 
 And wings the blast to blaw, . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Blaw sweetly in its native air 
 
 And rural grace ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 The flower it blaws, it fades and fa's, . S. Polly Stewart. 
 Will gar Fame blaw until her trumpet crack, Scots Prologue. 
 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 2. 
 Lang may his whistle blaw, Jamie ; . ^S". The Laddies by\ 
 Loud blaw the frosty breezes, S. The young High. Rover. 
 The blude red rose at Yule may blaw, . S. To daunton me 
 And Ettrick banks now roaring red 
 
 While tempests blaw ; . .ToW. Creech. 
 Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west, S. Up in the morning. 
 And hail and rain does blaw ; .... Winter. 
 
 Blaw [to brag, boast]. 
 
 I winna blaw about mysel, Ep. to J. L — ^, Ap. ist, 16. 
 
 He brags and he blaws o' his siller, . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 Blaw south [to blow south, i.e. to England, banish 
 from Scotland]. 
 The muckle devil blaw you south, 
 
 If ye dissemble ! The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 The ill-thief blaw the Heron south ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Blawing [blowing]. 
 When January winds were blawing cauld, 
 
 S. The lass that made tlie bed. 
 
 Blawn [blown]. 
 
 The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 8. 
 
 But the sodger's friends hae blawn the best, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Had hol'd his heartie like a riddle, 
 
 An' blawn't on fire. Th^ Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 
 There's a heretic blast has been blawn i' the wast, 
 
 The Kirl^s Alann. 
 
 When wild War's deadly blast was blawn, 
 
 S. When wild War s^ 
 
 Blaze. He falls in the blaze of his fame. 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou fair day \ 
 
 Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze, 
 On sprightly coursers prance ; . . . Halloween. 
 
Blaze 
 
 43 
 
 Blessing, -in 
 
 The polish'd jewel's blaze 
 
 May draw the wond'ring gaze, . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Methinks they brighten to a blaze ! On Linchiden Castle. 
 With Art's most polish'd blaze. . , S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Mild, calm, serene, wide-spreads the noontide blaze. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Blaze, to. Shalt beauteous blaze upon the day, 
 
 S. A Rosebud by my f 
 Bleach. Where bonnie lasses bleach their claes; 
 
 Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 streekit out to bleach In winter snaw ; . , To W.Creech. 
 Bleached, -'d. His locks were bleached white with time, 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Winter's time-bleach'd locks did hoary show, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Bleak. Still under bleak misfortune's blasting eye ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 So from it ravish'd, leaves it bleak and bare. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 waste Sae bleak and bare, . . S. O wert thou in the \ 
 Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, . The Farewell. 
 
 An' bleak December's winds ensuin, . To a Mouse, 
 
 Ev'n winter bleak has charms to me, . To IV. Simpson. 13. 
 Bleak-fac'd. As bleak-fac'd Hallowmass returns. 
 They get the jovial, rantan Kims, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 19. 
 Bleaky. Lone on the bleaky hills the straying flocks 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Blear'd. And the rain rains down frae his red blear'd e'e, 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 That had been blear'd with mourning ; S. When wild War's t 
 Bleary [blear e'e, wet eye]. 
 That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. Water 
 Bleat. Wi' kindly bleat, when she did spy him, 
 
 She ran wi' speed : Poor Maine's El.. 
 Bleat, to. And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er the braes, 
 
 lS". My Name's Awa. 
 Bleating, -an. And o'er the knowes the Jambs were bleating : 
 
 S. As I came o'eri 
 That wantons round its bleating dam : S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Comes bleating till him, owre the knowe, Poor Maine's El. . 
 Nae doubt the auld -light flocks are bleatan ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 Bled. Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled ; S. Scots, ivha hde + 
 Which bled all the wounds of my dolour again. 
 
 S. As I mas a-wand'rijig^ 
 
 Bleed. (What warm, poetic heart but inly bleeds, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 These bleed afresh, those ties I tear, ^S". The gloomy night t 
 An' shall his fame an' honor bleed 
 
 By worthless skellums, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 this bruised heart that now bleeds in my breast, 
 
 S. Woe is viy heart t 
 
 Bleeding. The lover's raptur'd joys or bleeding cares ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Besides, he hated bleeding : . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 fell remorse, a conscience bleeding . . The Hermit. 
 Foiled, bleeding, tortured, in the unequal strife, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,5' 
 Bleei? [to blear]. I think on my bonie lad, 
 
 And I bleer my een wi' greetin. 
 
 Bleer't [bleared]. ■^- ^^ ™'""^»'' °- 
 
 Grat his een baith bleer't and blin', . Duncan Gray f 
 
 Bleeze [blaze]. In loving bleeze they sweetly join, 
 
 Halloween. 10. 
 When, glimmering thro' the groaning trees, 
 Kirk Alloway seem'd in a bleeze ; . Tarn d Shanier. 10. 
 
 Bleez'd [blazed]. He bleez'd owre her, an' she owre him, 
 
 Halloween. 8. 
 
 Bleezing, -an [blazing]. 
 
 The bleezan, curst, mischievous monkies 
 
 Delude his eyes, . Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 
 Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, . Tam d Shanter. 5. 
 
 And by my ingle-lowe I saw, , ,. . „ 
 
 Now bleezan bright, The Vision. D.I. 7. 
 
 Blellum (an idle, talking fellow). 
 
 A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; Tarn d Shanter. 3. 
 
 An' not a muse erect her head 
 
 Tocowetheblellums? . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 ev'ry sour-mou'd girnin' blellum, - I'o W. Creech. 
 
 Blend. How virtue and vice blend their black and their white I 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Bless. God bless you a'l A Dream, /jr. 
 
 We bless thee, God of nature wide, 
 For all thy goodness lent : . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 
 Lord bless us with content ! lb. 
 
 And bless the parent's evening ray S, A Rosebud by my \ 
 the selfish aim, To bless himself alone ! . A Winter Night. 8. 
 God bless them a' wi' grace an' gear. Auld Comrade dear\ 
 I'se bless you wi' my hindmost breath, S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 But still, but still, I like them dearly, 
 
 God bless them a' ! . Ep. to Major Logan, g. 
 Bless Jesus Christ, O C[ardoness], . Epit. on Country Laird. 
 I bless and praise thy matchless might, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 2, 
 L — d bless thy chosen in this place, ... lb. 10. 
 God bless the King And the companie ! .S*. Landlady, count t 
 And bless auld Coila, large and long, . Natures Lctnu. 
 
 O Willie, ay I bless the grove 
 
 Where first I own'd my maiden love, . . S. O Phely, t 
 To bless his little filial flock, . . O Thou dread PowW\ 
 O bless her with a Mother's joys, ... lb. 
 
 Bless him, Thou God of love and truth. 
 Up to a Parent's wish. . . . . . lb. 
 
 The widows, wives, an' a' may bless him. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 While the sun and thou arise to bless the day. 
 
 S. Sleep' st thou^ or wak'st t 
 Return ye moments of delight. 
 With richer treasures bless my sight ! 
 
 S, Slow spreads the gloom t 
 God bless your Honors, can ye see't, 
 
 7%e Author's Cry and Prayer. 11. 
 God bless your Honors, a' your days, . . lb. 24. 
 
 And should some Patron be so kind. 
 
 As bless you wi' a kirk, . . , . The Calf 
 
 Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble Name, 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Content and comfort bless me more in 
 
 This grot, than e'er I felt before in A palace . The Hennit. 
 But bless me wi' your heav'n o' charms. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 She ay shall bless that happy night, 
 
 Amang the rigs o' barley. . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 But hawks will rob the tender. joys 
 
 That bless the little lintwhite's nest ; X There was a lass t 
 Now bless the hour which charm'd my guilty sight. 
 
 To Clarifida 
 And bless your bonie lasses baith, . . To Mr. M'Adam 
 And God bless young Dunaskin's laird, . . .lb. 
 
 F[intry], my other stay, long bless and spare ! 
 
 ToR. G.ofF^g. 
 Wi' mornings blythe and e'enings funny 
 
 Bless them and thee ! To Terraughty. 
 
 I'll bless her and wiss her 
 
 A Friend above the Lift. . . Wr. on leaf of H. More. 
 Let Prudence bless Enjoyment's cup, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 And bless the dear parental name 
 With many a filial blossom. . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Blessed. Then to the blessed, New Jerusalem, 
 
 Fleet wing awa! . To W. Creech. 
 Blessing, -in. 
 
 A blessing on the cheery gang 
 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, . Ep. to Major Logan. 6. 
 
 Yet blessings on your frosty pow, . . S. John Atiderson \ 
 
 blessings on my wee thing, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 My blessins upon thy sweet, wee lippie! 
 
 My blessins upon thy bonie e'e bree ! 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 Life, thou soul of every blessing, . . S. Raving ivinds t 
 
 1 lea'e my blessin wi' you baith : . The Death ofMailie. 
 Farewell, a mother's blessing dear ! . . The Farewell. 
 Or frae puir man a blessin wan, . . S. The Laddies by t 
 My blessings on that happy place, 
 
 Amang the rigs o' barley ! . . S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 My blessings aye attend the chiel, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 So blessin's on thee, Robin ! . S. There was a lad t 
 
 I'll get a blessin wi' the lave. An' never miss't ! To a Mouse. 
 My blessings on you, sonsie wife ; . V.s to Landlady of Inn, 
 
Blest 
 
 44 
 
 Blinding 
 
 Blest. There's nane that's blest of human kind 
 
 But the cheerful and the gay, A Bottle and Friend. 
 blest with Fortune's smiles and favours, A Ded. to G.H.^ 1$. 
 And ev'ry thing is blest but I. ^S". Again rej'oic. Nature^ 
 
 And e'en when this beauty your bosom has blest. 
 The brightest o' beauty may cloy, when possest ; 
 
 S. AweC wi' yrwitchcra/t\ 
 Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day, . Blest be M'Murdo^ 
 Supremely blest wi' love and thee 
 
 ^S". Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 How blest the Solitary's lot, - Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 
 The Solitary can despise, Can want, and yet be blest ! lb. 4. 
 Blest Highland bonnet ! . ' . Ep.fi'. Esopus to Maria. 
 
 Yet then content could make us blest ; . Ep. to Dame. 3. 
 It*^ no in books ; it's no in lear, 
 
 To make us truly blest : Ib.S- 
 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast. 
 We may be wise, or rich, or great, 
 
 But never can be blest : Ib.^. 
 
 Think ye, are we less blest than they, 
 
 Wha scarcely tent us in their way, Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 Fate still has blest me with a friend, . . lb. jo. 
 
 When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. 
 
 Ep, to R. Graham. 3. 
 The world were blest did bliss on them depend, . . lb. j. 
 As e'er God with his Image blest, . . Epii. on a Friend. 
 He's blest — if as be brew'd he drink Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 She, the fair sun of all her sex. 
 Has blest my happy, glorious day : 
 
 S. Farewell^ dear mistress t 
 Than, if I canna mak thee sae, 
 
 At least to see thee blest. . . . S. It is na, Jean, t 
 Yet, think not all the Rich and Great, 
 
 Are likewise truly blest. . Man was made to Mourn. 
 But oh 1 [Death] a blest relief for those 
 
 That weary-laden mourn ! .... 2b. 
 
 But the Lassie that man loes best, 
 
 O that's the Lass to mak him blest. 6". My Lord a-hunting\ 
 J Blest be the hour she cool'd in her linnens, 
 
 iS". O merry hae I been \ 
 And blest be the day I did it again. , . .' lb. 
 
 How blest the humble cotter's fate, S. O poortith cauld\ 
 
 How blest, ye flowers that round her blaw, 
 
 6". O ivat ye wht£s in t 
 How blest, ye birds that round her sing, ^ lb. 
 
 Oh, there, beyond expression blest, 
 
 Id feast on beauty a' the night ; . . S. O -were my love t 
 Not ev'n to view the Heavenly choir. 
 
 Would be so blest a sight. . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 Blest be thy bloom, thou lovely gem, 
 
 On Birth o/Posth. Child. 
 Where the songs of the good, where the hymns of the blest. 
 Through an endless existence shall charm thee. 
 
 On Death of/av. Child. 
 Far in their shade my Peggy's charms 
 
 First blest my wond'ring eyes. . . 6". Peggy Chalmers. 
 Blest be the wild sequester'd shade. 
 
 And blest the day and hour, ... .lb. 
 
 Blest stream! she views thee haste to Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Your friendship much can make me blest, 
 
 S. Talk not 0/ Love ^ 
 Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, 
 
 Ta7H o' Shanter. 6 
 Ye godly Councils wha hae blest this town ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Blest wi' content, and milk and meal 
 
 .S". The Contented Cottager. 
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content 1 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night, so. ' 
 
 A House o' Commons such as he, 
 
 They wad be blest that saw that. The Election Ballads. //. 
 But hath decreed that wicked men 
 
 Shall ne'er be truly blest. . . . The /st Psalm. 
 
 O happy is that man, an' blest ! . . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 And by them lies the dearest lad 
 
 That ever blest a woman's ee ! . S. The lovely lass qfL t 
 
 In that blest sphere alone we live and move; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 He made me blest— and broke my heart ! The Tears I shed. 
 But praise be blest, my mind's at rest, S, Tht iithermom\ 
 
 Their little loves are blest, and their little hearts at rest, 
 
 S. The winter it is past \ 
 Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi' me 1 . To a Mouse. 
 
 And doubly were the poet blest 
 
 These joys could he improve. . . To Chloris. 
 
 Has blest me with a random-shot O* countra wit. To J. S., 6. 
 A great man's smile, ye ken fu' well, 
 
 Is ay a blest infection To Mr M'Adam. 
 
 O Dulness ! portion of the truly blest ! - ToR. G. ofF., 7. 
 Thy lengthen'd days on this blest morrow, To Terraughty. 
 Ye shades that echo'd to his vows. 
 
 And saw me once supremely blest, S. To thee^ lov'd Nith^ 
 
 Blether, Blethers [nonsense}. 
 
 But I shall scribble down some blether 
 
 Just clean afif-loof. Ep. to J. L^k, Ap. 2/st. 7. 
 An' baith a yellow George to claim, 
 
 An' thole their blethers! . . Ep. to J. R. 12. 
 Whare Burns has wrote, in rhyming blether, 
 
 Tam Samson's dead 1 Tam SamsotCs El., 12. 
 But stringing blethers up in rhyme 
 
 For fools to sing. . . The Vision, D.I., 4. 
 
 Blether, to [to talk nonsense]. 
 
 Till when ye speak, ye aiblins blether, [v. A. 2] 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P.S. 
 Blethering, -'ran [foolish-talking]. 
 Thou ne'er took such a bleth'ran b-tch, 
 
 Into thy dark dominion ! . . Epit. on noisy Polemic. 
 A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; Tam o' Shanter. 3. 
 An' some are busy bleth'ran Right loud The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Blew. An' Scotland drew her pipe an' blew, 
 
 * Up, Willie, waur them a', man ! ' A Fragment. 7. 
 N'er sae murky blew the night 
 
 That drifted o'er the hill, . S. Cattld is the e'enin blast t 
 The wind blew hollow frae the hills, Lament for Glencaim. 
 As cauld a wind as ever blew ; . On Kirk ofLamington. 
 The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; Tam d Shanter. 8. 
 The piper loud and louder blew; ... lb. I2. 
 
 And botch 'd and blew wi' might and main : . . lb. 16. 
 Blew up each Tory's dark designs. The Election Ballads. VL 
 And blew on the Whistle their requiem shrill. The Whistle. 3. 
 And ay the mair he hotch'd an' blew, 
 
 "The mair that she forbade him. . There cavie apiper\ 
 
 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar win' 
 
 Blew hansel in on Robin. . . S. There was a lad\ 
 
 Cauld blew the bitter-biting North 
 
 Upon thy early, humble birth ; . To a Mountain-Daisy 
 Blight. Was it the bitter eastern blast, 
 
 That scatters blight in early spring? Ason the banhsj 
 Never baleful stellar lights, 
 
 Taint thee with untimely blights ! . .To Miss C. 
 
 Blight, to. No chilly blast nor shower 
 
 Shall blight this rose of mine. 
 
 S. My Love's a winsome t 
 And frost will blight the fairest flowers, S. There was a lass t 
 Blighted. Was mine ; 'till Love has o'er me past. 
 And blighted a' my bloom, 
 
 5. Now spring lias clad t 
 Blin' [blind]. How do ye this blae eastlin win'. 
 
 That's like toblaw abodyblin' : Auldcomrade^ 
 Grat his een baith bleer't and blin', . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 But the body he was sae doited an blin, 
 
 S. The Cooper d cuddy t 
 
 Blin', to [to blind]. 
 
 Deil blin' them wi' the stoure o't, . J. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 Till clay-cauld death sail blin' my e'e, . S. Cd the Ewes, t 
 Blind. Blind chance, let her snapper and stoyte on her way, t 
 
 S, Contented wi! little t 
 
 Ye're a' blind drunk, boys, , . S. Landlady, count t 
 Bear this in mind, be deaf and blind, Lns on windows Gl. Tav. 
 O silly blind body, O dinna ye see; S, whare didyeget\ 
 An' deal't about as thy blind skill 
 
 Directs thee best. . Scotch Drink, zi- 
 
 To this be never blind ; . - . 6". She's fair andfause t 
 
 Blind, to. And aye the salt tear blinds her ee : 
 
 S. The lovely lass off. t 
 Blinded. When ranting round in Pleasure's ring, ■ 
 
 Religion may be blinded ; Ep, to Voung Friend. 10. 
 
 Blinding. Or blinding drifts wild-furious flee, 
 
 To W. Simpson. /J. 
 
 Or, the stormy North sends driving forth, 
 The blinding sleet and snaw : . Winter. 
 
Blindly 
 
 u 
 
 Bloody 
 
 Blindly. Had we never lov'd so blindly, S. One fond kiss t 
 Blink [a glance ; a look ; a moment ; a short time]. 
 
 When Death comes in, wi' glimmering blink, 
 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet, 
 
 As was the blink o' Phemie's e'e. S. Blythe was she t 
 
 Sae I gat paper in a blink, . E/>, to J. L — k, A_p. 2ist 6. 
 But biythe's the blink o' Robie's e'e, S. In simmer when t 
 Ae blink o' him I wadna gie 
 
 For Buskie-glen and a'liis gear. , . . , lb. 
 
 But owre my left shouther I ga'e him a blink, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 The bonie blink o' Mary's ee. [re.] 6". Now bank and brae t 
 That for a blink I hae lo'ed best, . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 To steel a blink by a' unseen ; . S. this is no my ain f 
 But steal me a blink o' your bonie black e'e, 
 
 S. O "whistle^ and I'll ^ 
 For ae blink o' the bonie burdies! . . Tarn o' Shanter. 13. 
 At slaps the biljies halt a blink, 
 
 Till lasses strip their shoon: . . The Holy Fair, 26. 
 A blink o' rest's a sweet enjoyment. . The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 At Darlet we a blink did tarry; ^S". T. Menzie's bonie Mary 
 Ae kind blink before we part; S. Turn again, thcu/air\ 
 Blink, to [to glance ; to look kindly ; to shine]. 
 And cheary blinks the ingle-gleede S. A' the ladsd Thornie t 
 Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go \ 
 While day blinks in the lift sae hie ; . S. Ca' tlie Ewes t 
 And may those pleasures gild thy reign, 
 
 That ne'er wad blink on mine f Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Nae star blinks thro' the driving sleet ; S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 The sun blinks blythe on yon town, S. O watye wha's in \ 
 The sun blinks kindly in the biel', S, The Contented Cottager. 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. The Twa Dogs. rg. 
 
 And did na joy blink in her e'e ; . S. There was a lass t 
 
 And ev'ry star that blinks aboon, . . . . ToJ.S. 
 
 Blinker [a pretty girl ; a term of contempt]. 
 
 The witching cursed delicious blinkers Ep. to Major Logan. 10. 
 Haud up thy han' Dei! ! ance, twice, thrice ! 
 
 There, sieze the blinkers ! Scotch Drink. 20. 
 Blinket, -it [blinked]. 
 Now Phoebus blinkit on the bent, . . S. As I came o'er\ 
 She blinket on her sodger: . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 Blinking, -in, -an [shining, glancing ; smirking]. 
 
 It is the moon, — I ken her horn. 
 
 That's blinking in the lift sae hie; .S". O IVillie brewd\ 
 
 His wee-bit ingle, blinkan bonilie, The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 
 And blinkin Bess of Annandale, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 There, racer Jess, an' twathree wh-res, 
 
 Are blinkan at the entry. . . The Holy Fair. g. 
 
 Blin't [blinded]. 
 
 The saut tear blin't his e'e; . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 Blirt [a violent outburst of crying]. 
 The lassie lost a silken snood. 
 That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 Bliss. May heaven augment your blisses, ■ . A Dream, i. 
 Still higher may they heeze Ye In bliss, . . .lb. g. 
 
 A Brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss ! 
 
 • A Winter Night, g. 
 
 The bands and bliss o' mutual love, 
 
 6". Braw lads on Yar. braes. 
 
 The world were blest did bliss on them depend, 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham. 3. 
 
 If there's another world, he lives in bliss ; Epit. on a Friend. 
 A' my flowery bliss destroy'd. . . . S. I dream' d I layf 
 The sparkling heavenly vintage, Love and Bliss! Innocence^ 
 And with him is a' my bliss, . ^. Jockey's ta'en the parting t 
 The more in this [wealth, &c,] you look for bliss. 
 You leave your view the farther, O : 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 
 My pains o' hell on earth are past, 
 
 I'm sure o' bliss aboon, man, S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 And offers, bliss to give and to receive. Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Then is it wise to damp our bliss? . Sketch. New Y^s Day. 
 
 All, all my hopes of bliss reside 
 Where Evan mingles with the Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 
 O why that bliss destroy ! . S. Talk not of Love t 
 
 The godlike bliss, to give, alone excels. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Lose all the bliss it had with you, S. The capt. Ribband. 
 
 heart-felt raptures ! bliss beyond compare ! 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night, g. 
 The iron hand that breaks our band. 
 It breaks my bliss, — it breaks my heart ! 
 
 S. The day returns t 
 Was naethin^ to my hinny bliss 
 Upon the lips o' Anna. . ^. The gowd. locks of A.. 
 
 1 ha'e nae wife ; and that my bliss is, . The Inventory. 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine, 
 
 A rustic Bard. - The Vision, D. II. 2/. 
 
 O, how past descriving had then been my bliss, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, . . . .To a Kiss. 
 With every kindliest, best presage, 
 
 Of future bliss enroll thy name : . To ayng Lady. 
 
 May bliss domestic smooth his private path ; To R. G. ofF., g. 
 An' said my fau't frae bliss expell'd me ; What ails ye now t 
 If so, may every bliss be hers. 
 
 Though I maun never have her, S. When first I saw t 
 
 Why, why tell thy lover. 
 Bliss he never must enjoy ? . . S. Why, why tell thy t 
 Blissful. The blissful day we twa did meet, 
 
 S. The day returns + 
 
 Where is thy place of blissful rest ? S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Blithe V, Blythe. 
 Blltter [the snipe]. 
 
 The blitter frae the boggie, . . S. What will I do gin \ 
 Block. Till block an' studdie ring an' reel 
 
 Wi' dinsome clamour. Scotch Drink. 11. 
 Blockhead. I like a blockhead boost to ride. The Inventory. 
 
 I started, mutt'ring blockhead! coof! The Vision, D. I. 6. 
 
 By blockhead's daring into madness stung ; To R. G. ofF.,S' 
 Blood. An' swoor fu' rude, thro' dirt an' blood. 
 
 To mak it guid in law, man . A Fragment, g. 
 
 By loss o' blood, or want o' breath, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23, 
 
 The life blood streaming thro' my heart, Ep. to Davie, 9. 
 That sic a couple fate allows ye 
 
 To grace your blood. Ep. to Major Logan. 13. 
 Your blood shall with incessant cry 
 
 Awake at last th' unsparing power. . Fragment of Ode. 
 And they hae taen his very heart's blood, John Barleycorn. 
 For if you do but taste bis blood, 
 
 'Twill make your courage rise. . lb. 
 
 The weeping blood in woman's breast 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 In wars at hame I'll spend my blood, 
 
 Lns on windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 And while life's dearest blood is warm, ^S". O watye wha's in t 
 The life-blood equal sucks of Right and Wrong : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Chilly grief my life-blood freezes, . S. Raving winds t 
 
 But when thou pours thy strong heart's blood, 
 
 There thou shines chief. . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 This lovely maid's of royal blood 6^. The bonie Lass of Albany 
 What bloody wars, if Sprites had blood to shed, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11* 
 How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; 
 
 .S". The Cotters Sat. Night. iS- 
 Chill runs my blood to hear it rave, S. The gloomy night t 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast. 
 
 If the ass was the king of the brutes. . The Kirk's A larm. 
 The Solemn League and Covenant ^ 
 
 Cost Scotland blood — cost Scotland tears : 
 
 The League and Coxienant 
 three noble chiefuns, and all of his blood. The Whistle. 5. 
 At Wallace' name, what Scottish blood. 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood ! . To W. Simpson. 
 Blood-hound. 
 Sending, like blood-hounds from the slip 
 Woe, Want, and Murder o'er a land! A Winter Night, 8- 
 
 Blood-stain'd. 
 
 The blood-stain'd roost, and sheepcote spoil'd, 
 
 My heart forgets, . . A Winter Night, j". 
 
 Bloody. Old Scotia's bloody lion bore : Add. to Edinburgh, . 
 
 O Death ! thou tyrant fell and bloody ! El. on Capt. M. H i. 
 
 On many a bloody plain 
 
 I've dar'd his [death's] face, S. Farewell, ye dungeofts^ 
 
Bloody 
 
 46 
 
 Blow 
 
 The battle closes deep and bloody : . S. My bonze Mary, 
 The cold earth with thy bloody bosom prest. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 And after many a bloody, deathless doing, . Scots Prologue. 
 What bloody wars, if Sprites had blood to shed, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. if. 
 The butcher deeds of bloody fate, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 When the bloody die was cast on the heights of Abram ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Their winding-sheet the bloody clay, S. The loz'ely lass of 1. 1 
 
 A bloody man I trow thou be ; lb. 
 
 [Truce] With bloody armaments and revolutions ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman 
 Your faith proved so loyal, in hot bloody trial, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 [Critics !] Bloody dissectors, worse than ten Monroes ; 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.^4. 
 toothy critics by the score, In bloody raw ! . To W. Creech. 
 As fiU'd bis after life wi' grief 
 
 An' bloody rants, . What ails ye now\ 
 
 Bloom. The bloom of a line summer's day ! 
 
 S. A down winding Nith t 
 Nae simmer sun exalt my bloom ; . Lament for Glencairn. 
 And blighted a' my bloom, S. Now Spring has cladi 
 
 When merry May its bloom renew'd. . S. O were 7fiy love t 
 Blest be thy bloom, thou lovely gem, 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Blasted before its bloom ; . On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 Such thy bloom ! did I say, . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Tant o' Shanter. 7. 
 Thro' faded groves Maria sang, 
 
 . Hersel' in beauty's bloom the while, S. The Catrine woods t 
 In youthfu' bloom. Love sparkling in her e'e, 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 
 
 Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, 
 
 Full on thy bloom, . ■ To a Mountain- Daisy 
 Those that would the bloom devour, 
 Crush the locusts, save the flower. Wr. in Hermitage at F.C.. 
 
 Blooni} to. So long, sweet Poet of the Year, 
 
 Shall bloom that wreath thou well hast won ; 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Tho' thou may gayly bloom a while, S. I do confess t 
 
 While clover blooms white o'er the lea, S. In simmer whenf 
 Now blooms the lily by the bank. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And the next flowers that deck the spring. 
 
 Bloom on my peaceful grave. ... . ///. 
 
 That blooms sae far frae haunt o' man ; 
 
 lS". O bonie was yon rosy t 
 The flower stem shall bloom like thy sweet Seraph form. 
 
 On Death offav. Child 
 And blooms a rose in Heaven. . On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That s half sae welcome's thou art. . On W. Stewart. 
 There's not a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half so fair as thou art. [re.l . S. Polly Stewart. 
 Sweet banks ! ye bloom by Mary's side ; 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 While Fragrance blooms an' Beauty charms ! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Where spreading hawthorns gaily bloom ! 
 
 S. The Banks of Nith. 
 For sbe's the pink o' womankind, and blooms without a peer ; 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 The simmer lillies [may] bloom in snaw, S. To daunton me 
 
 How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; 
 
 S. Ye- banks and braes t 
 
 Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass, S. Young Peggy \ 
 Bloomed. And bonie bloom'd our roses ; S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 the flower which bloomed sweetest in Coila's green vale. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 How sweetly bloom'd the gay, green birk, 
 
 S. Ye banks^ and byaesy and streams t 
 
 Blooming, -in. And down amang the blooming heather, 
 
 S. As i came o'er ^ 
 
 Ye wander thro' the blooming heather ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar, braes t 
 Desart ilka blooming shore ; . . S. Frae the friends \ 
 With green spreading bushes, and flow'rs blooming fair ; 
 
 iS". How pleasant the batiks^ 
 Now Nature han^s her mantle green 
 On every blooming tree, . Lament of Mary (f Scots 
 
 Amang the blooming heather : . S. Now ivestUn winds f 
 She's bonie, blooming, straight, and tall ; 
 
 S. O this is no my ain \ 
 And welcome in the blooming year ! ^S". O watye whcCs in \ 
 The youthful blooming Nelly lay, S. On a bank of flowers f 
 Blooming in the sunny ray ; . . S. Sensibility t 
 
 And blooming Keith's engaged with. Gray ;) 
 
 Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 The heather was blooming, the meadows were mawn, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 Blooming on thy early May, .... To Miss C. 
 
 Therefore while ye're blooming Katie, 
 
 Listen to a lovmg swain ; . . . Will ye go and 7narry f 
 As blooming spring unbends the brow 
 
 Of surly, savage winter. . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Bonie and bloomin, and straught was its make ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Blossom, 
 bonie blossoms a', Ye royal Lasses dainty, . A Dream. 14. 
 
 spare the dear blossom, ye orient breezes, 
 
 S. How pleasant the hanks t 
 My blossom sweet did blow, . . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 But luckless fortune's northern storms 
 
 Laid a' my blossoms low, [re-l ... lb. 
 
 Here, in this hand, does mankind stand, 
 
 And there, is Beauty's blossom ! . . . Nature's Law. 
 With purple blossoms to the spring ; . S. O were my love t 
 Ere the spoiler had nipt thee in blossom. 
 
 On Death ojfav. Child 
 
 1 saw fair freedom's blossoms richly blow : 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair 
 Virtue's blossoms there shall blow. 
 
 And fear no withering blast ; . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 And hey for the blossoms 'twill bring ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. HI. 
 But he whose blossom buds in guilt 
 
 Shall to the, ground be cast, . The ist Psalm. ^ 
 
 The blossom of our gentry ! . To Mr. M'Adam 
 
 Not the bee upon the blossom, 
 
 In the pride of sunny noon ; . S. Turn again, thou fairf - 
 Sweet as yon hawthorn's blossom, . S. When wild War's t 
 How rich the hawthorn's blossom ; 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams \ 
 And bless the dear parental name, 
 With many a filial blossom. S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Blossom, to. 
 
 And now she [Virtue] sees wi' pride, man, 
 How weel it buds and blossoms there, The Tree of Liberty. 
 Blossomed. 
 And the langer it blossom'd, the sweeter it grew ; 
 
 6". Lady Mary A nn. 
 Her breath is like the fragrant breeze 
 
 That gently stirs the blossom'd bean, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 From the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; . Sp. extern, to yr^ Lady. 
 Blot. A Scot still, but blot still, 
 
 I knew no higher praise. . T/ie Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Blot, to. And never envy blot their name ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 Blotch't. Tho' blotch't an' foul wi' mony a stain, 
 
 To Rev. J. M^Matlu 
 Blow. But, word an' blow^ N-rth. F-x, and Co. 
 
 Gowff 'd Willie like a ba , man, A Fragment, g. 
 By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow ? . A Winter Night, g. 
 Nor envious death so triumph'd in a blow, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet' 
 Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow, S. Fate gave the wordf 
 The Great, the Wealthy fear thy blow, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 Hearing the tidings of the fatal blow. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 the first blow is ever half the battle ; Prologue, at Tk., D.. 
 Liberty's in every blow! . . . . >S". Scots, wka haei 
 He has nae thought but how to kill 
 
 Twa at a blow. The Authors Cry aftd Prayer, P. 
 they scar'd at blows And hameward fast did flee, man. 
 
 6". The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 And brandish round the deep-dy'd steel 
 
 In sturdy blows ; [v.A.4] . The Vision, 
 And cruelty directs the thickening blows ; . The Vowels. 
 I jouk beneath Misfortune's blows 
 
 As weel's I may ; . . . ToJ.S.,s5- 
 
Blow 
 
 47 
 
 Blush'd -t 
 
 Blow, to. Blow, blow, ye Winds, with heavier gust ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow ; 
 
 S A/ton Water. 
 Your beauty's a flower, in the morning that blows, 
 
 S. Awa' ivV yr witchcraft \ 
 More lovely far her beauty blows. , . . Delia, an Ode. 
 My blossom sweet did blow, . . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 Still richer breathes and fairer blows, . S. O Phely t 
 
 But through the broken space, the gale 
 
 Blows chilly from the misty vale ; . On Lincluden Castle 
 I saw fair freedom's blossoms richly blow : 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair 
 Sweetly deckt with pearly dew 
 
 The morning rose may blow ; . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 Virtue's blossoms there shall blow, . . . lb. 
 
 Ye [flowers] blow upon the sod that wraps my friend : 
 
 Sonnet, on Death of R.. 
 Where rich ananas blow ! . . The Farewell 
 
 The primroses blow in the dews of the morning, 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 But Misery and I must watch 
 
 The surly tempest blow : S. The sun he is sunk + 
 Yet all beneath th' unrivall'd Rose, 
 
 The lowly Daisy sweetly blows ; . The Vision, D, II. 20. 
 Till billows rage, and gales blow hard. 
 
 And whelm him o'er ! To a Mountain- Daisy 
 Thy nod can make the tempest cease to blow, 
 
 Why am I loth t 
 Blowing*. This rock my shield, when storms are blowing, 
 
 The Hermit. 
 Raving winds around her blowing, 3*. Raving winds t 
 
 Western breezes softly blowing, 
 Suit not my distracted mind. . S. Thickest night t 
 
 Blude, Bluid [blood]. 
 May set their Highland blude a-ranklin ; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. £. 
 Our father's blude the kettle bought ! 
 
 S. Does haughty Gauli 
 And blude red wine's the rysin' Sun. . S. Gane is the day f 
 And kith and kin o' Cassillis' blude, S. My Lord a-huniing\ 
 There ne'er was a coward 0' Kenmiure's blude, 
 
 S. O Kenm-ure's on and awa t 
 Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted; Tarn o' Shanter. 11. 
 They rush'd, and push'd, and blude outgush'd, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 The Angus lads had nae gude will. 
 
 That d^y their neebour's blude to spill ; . . lb. 
 
 The blude red rose at Yule may blaw, . S. To daunton me 
 He's doyl't and he's dozin, his blude it is frozen, 
 
 lS". What can a yng lassie t 
 An' sprung o' great an' noble bluid ; A Ded. to G. H. , /. 
 
 Wi' sword an' gun he thought a sin 
 
 Guid Christian bluid to draw, man ; . A Fragment. 3. 
 
 When banes are crazed, and bluid is thin, . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 An' liquor guid to fire his bluid, . Scotch Drink. Mott.. 
 But feels his heart's bluid rising hot. 
 
 The Autho-^s Cry and Prayer. 9. 
 Her lost Militia fir'd her bluid ; . . . . lb. 16. 
 Tell yon guid bluid o' auld Boconnock's, . lb. 20. 
 
 My dearest bluid to do them guid, 
 They^re welcome till't for a that. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. Vll. 
 And weel he lik'd to shed their bluid. 
 
 And sell their skin. . The Twa Herds, 6. 
 
 Bludie V. Bluidy. 
 Blue. The cauld blue north was streaming forth 
 
 Her lights, wi' hissing eerie din : . .A Vision. 
 And by thy een sae bonie blue, . S. Aft' Til kiss thee yet ^ 
 And bonie blue are the sunny skies. ^S". Bonie Bell. 
 
 Sae bonie blue her een, my dearie ; 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown ; 
 
 S. Cock upyr beaver. 
 Like the unchanging blue, . S. El. on Copt. M. H. Epit. 
 I dighted ay her een sae blue , . ^S". Had I the wyte t 
 
 It's guid to support Caledonia's cause. 
 And bide by the buff and the blue. 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 
 On his head a bonnet blue, . . .S*. Highland Laddie. 
 Twa lovely een of bonie blue. . . .S". I gaed a waefu' t 
 
 It was her een sae bonie blue, [n?.] . S. I gaed a waefu' t 
 The diamond-dew in her een sae blue, 
 
 S. My Lord a-huniing t 
 The sky is blue, the fields in view. 
 
 All fading green and yellow : ,. S. Now westlin winds t 
 Her een sae bonie blue betray, 
 
 How she repays my passion ; . S. O poortith cauld t 
 The feeling heart's the royal blue, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Twa laughing een o' bonie blue. . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 Whiles holding fast his gude blue bonnet ; 
 
 Tarn (?' Shanter. 9. 
 That ance were plush, o' gude blue hair, lb. 13. 
 
 Wha's mair o* the black than the blue. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 As Queensberry blue and buff unfurled, . . lb. VI. 
 And Maxwell true, o' sterling blue ; . 6*. The Laddies by t 
 His bonnet it is blue, jo. . . .S. The Ploughman t 
 
 A gude blue bannet on his head, . . .lb. 
 
 The hyacinth for constancy, wi' its unchanging blue, 
 
 ^ S. The Posie. 
 
 The sky was blue, the wind was still, S. The Rigs o' Barley 
 His coat is the hue of his bonnet sae blue ; S. There's a youth\ 
 Though 'twere a trip to yon blue warl', . To Mr. Renton. 
 
 'Twas na her bonie blue e'e was my ruin ; 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 
 He roos'd my een sae bonie blue, . . S. Young Jockey \ 
 
 Blue-bell. Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk, lowly, unseen ; 
 
 S. Their groves of^ 
 Blue-clue [clew of blue yarn]. 
 And in the blue-clue throws then, 
 
 Right fear't that night. . . Halloween. 11. 
 Blue-gown [a beggap who got yearly on the King's 
 birth-day a blue cloak or gown with a badge]. 
 It's just the Blue-gown badge an' claithing, 
 O' Saunts; tak that, ye lea'e them naething, Ep. to J. R. 4. 
 Bluer. The milder sun and bluer sky 
 
 That crown my harvest cares wi' joy, S. O Phely t 
 Bluid V. Blude. 
 Bluidy, -ie [bloody]. 
 
 Wi' stanged hips, and buttocks bluidy, Adam A — 'j Prayer^ 
 The tane is game, a bluidy devil, El. on Year jf88 
 
 And blae and bluidy bruis'd her ; , S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 Wi' bluidy han' a welcome gies him ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Or Zipporah, the scauldin jad, 
 Was like a bluidy tiger 1' th' inn that day. 
 
 The Ordination, 4. 
 Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash, 
 
 O how unfit ! . To a Haggis. 
 
 Till Lairds forbad, by strict commands, 
 
 Sic bluidy pranks. 2"!? W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Or hunt a Parent's life Wi' bludie war. S. Ye Jacobites f 
 
 Blume [bloom]. 
 
 How can ye blume sae fair ! S. The Banks ofDoon, Sett II. 
 Blunder. It wad frae monie a blunder free us 
 
 An' foolish notion : To a Louse. 
 
 Blunt. It was sae blunt, 
 
 Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart 
 
 Of a kail-runt. . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 77. 
 Bluntie [a stupid person]. 
 
 And gar me look like bluntie, S. And O for one and twenty ^ 
 Blush. The rose-bud's the blush o' my charmer, 
 
 S. Admvn winding Nith \ 
 In manhood's dawning blush; . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 
 I doubt na, lass, that weel-kenned name 
 
 May cost a pair o' blushes ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 To gie the sweetest blush o' health, The Tree of Liberty. 
 In her [Beauty's] armour of glances, and blushes, and sighs; 
 
 S. Yon wild fnossy TJiounitts t 
 Her blush is like the morning, . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Blush, to. Or if I blush when thou shalt ca' me 
 
 Tit-ta or daddy. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Where truant 'prentices, yet young in sin. 
 Blush at the curious stranger peeping in ; 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Maria. 
 Blush*d, -t. He gaz'd, he wish'd, he fear'd, he blush'd, 
 
 S. On a bank of powers t 
 He blush'd for shame, he quat his name, The Fite Champetre. 
 When sweet, like modest Worth, she blusht. 
 
 And stepped 'ben. . . The Vision. D. 1. 8. 
 At length she blush'd a sweet consent, . S. There was a lass t 
 
Blushing 
 
 48 
 
 Boatman 
 
 Blushing. Why shrinks my soul half blushing, half afraid, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, S- 
 O mild be the sun on this sweet blushing flower, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks \ 
 
 Conscious, blushing for our race, . On scaring Water/owl. 
 
 youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong. The Vision, D. IT, i6 
 
 Thy bosom blushing still with dew ! . . To Miss C. 
 
 Bluster. 
 
 Davie Bluster, Davie Bluster, if for a saunt ye do muster, 
 The corps is no nice of recruits; . The KirJ^s Alarm, g. 
 
 Blustering. 
 
 A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; Tajn d Shanter. j- 
 Arous'd by blustering winds an' spotting thowes, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Blype [a shred]. 
 Till skin in blypes cam haurlin 
 
 AflTs nieves that night. . . Halloween. 23. 
 Blythe. Blithe. 
 
 And when the lark, 'tween light and dark, • 
 
 Blythe waukens by the daisy's side, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 But I'm as blythe that bauds his pleugh, S. Behind yon hills\ 
 The shepherd stops his simple reed, 
 
 Blythe in the birken shaw. . . S. Behold, my love t 
 
 Blythe, and merry was she, 
 
 Blythe was she but and ben , \re. ] . 5". Blythe was she t 
 Blythe ha'e I been on yon hill, . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 When at the blythe end of our journey at last, 
 
 S. Contented wi' little^ 
 Sae blythe and merry's we will be. 
 
 When ye set by the wheel at e'en. S. Duncan Davison. 
 An' baud their Halloween 
 
 Fu' blythe that night. . . Halloween. 
 Their faces blythe, fu* sweetly kythe, . lb. 3. 
 
 They parted aff careerin Fu' blythe . . lb. 28. 
 
 But Nelly's looks are blythe and sweet, S. Handsome Nell. 
 Blythe Bessie in the milking shiel, S. In simmer when t 
 
 But biythe's the blink o' Robie's e'e, . . . lb. 
 
 Sweetly blythe his waukening be. 
 
 .S". Jockey's id en the farting \ 
 As blythe lay down at e'en : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 My heart was ance as blythe and free 
 
 As simmer days were lang, . . S. My heart was ance \ 
 Now in her green mantle blythe Nature arrays, 
 
 S. My Nanie^s Awa. 
 Winnowing blythe her dewy wings S. Now Spring has clad'f 
 Blythe morning lifts his rosy eye, . 5". O Logan! sweetly^ 
 And blythe be the bird that sings on her grave! 
 
 S. O iiterry hcCe I been t 
 The sun blinks blythe on yon town, S. O watye wha's in^ 
 Thy smiles are sae like my blythe Sodger laddie, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get f 
 Oh, how can I be blythe and glad, . S. Oh, how can-I\ 
 
 Sound be his sleep and blythe his morn, 
 
 On Window of C. Inn, F.. 
 And blythe awakes the morrow, . S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 
 But blythe an' frisky, 
 
 She eyes her freeborn, martial boys, 
 
 Tak aff their Whisky. 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Where blythe I turn my spinning-wheel. 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taen ; 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 Blythe and merry may she be, S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 So blythe and so merry he'd whistle and sing 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 I hae been blythe wi' Comrades dear ; S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 When a' were blythe and merry, . .S". The tither mom t 
 
 And blythe we'll sing, and hail the day 
 
 That gave us liberty, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 And some instruct the Shepherd-train, 
 
 Blythe o'er the hill. The Vision, D. II. 8. 
 
 O welcome most kindly, the blythe carle said, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle f 
 As blythe and as artless as the lambs on the lea, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.f 
 Then muse-inspirin' aqua-vitae 
 Shall make us baith sae blythe an' witty, 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 When upward-springing, blythe, to greet 
 
 The purpling East. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Wi' mornings blythe and e'enings funny To Terraughiy 
 
 She's aye, aye sae blythe, sae gay. 
 She's aye so blj^the and cheerie ; 
 She's aye sae bonie, blythe, and gay, S. When first I saw t 
 Fu' blythe he whistled at the gaud, . S. Young Jockey \ 
 At thy blithe carol clears his furrowed brow. 
 
 Sonnet^ writ, on Birthday. 
 My heart was blithe and gay, . . To Clarinda. 
 
 Blythely. The little birdies blythely sing, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go \ 
 And blythely awaukens the morrow ; S Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Wi' her I'll blythely bear it, . S. My Wife's a winsome t 
 
 How blythely would I bide the stoure, 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window t 
 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an' body, . . .The Holy Fair. 20. 
 Shall a' be blythely singing, . S. The young High. Rover. 
 Blyther. Three blyther hearts, that lee lang night. 
 Ye wadna found in Christendie. 
 
 S. Willie brew' d\ 
 Blythest. But Phemie was the blythest lass, 
 That ever trode the dewy green. 
 
 S. Blythe was she t 
 The hlythest bird upon the bush, 
 Had ne'er a lighter heart than she. 
 
 S. There was a lass, and\ 
 Young Jockey was the blythest lad . S. Young Jockey \ 
 Blythesome. 
 
 My kindly blythesome wee thing, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Boar, The wild Scandinavian hoar issu'd forth. S.Caledonia. 
 Board. The Laird o' the Ford will straught on a board, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals, 
 But now the Supper crowns their simple board. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 Boarding school. 
 Now gawkies, tawpies, gouks and fools, 
 Frae colleges and boarding schools, . To W. Creech 
 
 Boast. The boast of our bachelors a', man : Ronalds of Bennals. 
 For loyal Forbes' Charter'd boast 
 
 Is ta'en awa ! 
 But wha is he, his Country's boast ? 
 
 Like him there is na twa, Jamie ; . S. The Laddies by t 
 My secret-heart's exulting hoast ? . T)ie Lament. 
 
 There distant shone, Art's lofty boast. 
 
 The lordly dome. . Tlie Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 
 Boast, to. - 
 
 The greybeard, old wisdom, may boast of his treasures, 
 
 Lns, on "windows Gl. Tav. 
 Had you the wealth Potosi boasts, 
 
 S. Myfatlier loas afanner^ 
 Let other heroes boast their scars, . . . Nature's Lofoi. 
 The man who hoasts o' warld's wealth, 
 
 Is aften laird o* meikle care ; . .iS*. Now batik and brae t 
 Of lordly acquaintance you boast, . On an empty Fellow. 
 That distant years may boast of other " Blairs" 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Here's the worth and wisdom CoUieston can boast ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast. 
 
 If the ass was the king of the hrutes. . The Kirk's A lann. 
 Then thou mayest freely boast . . The Toast. 
 
 Let Britain boast her hardy oak, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 She boasts a Race, To ev'ry nobler virtue bred, 
 
 And polish'd grace. The Vision, D. I. !$• 
 
 Boasted. 
 This boasted Honor turns away. 
 
 Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, . . A Winter Night, g. 
 Boat. But, G-d-sake I let nae saving-fit 
 
 Abridge your bonie Barges An' Boats A Dream. 7. 
 Behold the hour, the boat arrive! . S. Behold the hourf 
 
 The boat rocks at the Pier o' Leith, S. My bonie Mary. 
 
 And perish'd mony a bonie boat, . . Tarn d" Shanter. iS- 
 Boat, to. Come boat me o'er, come rowme o'er, 
 Come boat me o'er to Charlie ; 
 I'll gie John Ross another bawbee, 
 To boat me o'er to Charlie. 5". Come boat me o'er ^ 
 BoatfU*. There's a boatfu* o' lads 
 
 Come to our town to sell. S. There's news, lasses^ 
 Boatman. The boatmen on Nith's gentle stream. 
 
 On Lincluden Castle 
 
 Scotch Drink, ig. 
 
Bob 
 
 49 
 
 Bolus 
 
 Bob. Or were more in fury seen, Sir, 
 
 Than 'twixt Hal and Bob for the famous job 
 
 The Dean of Fac.. 
 But pious Bob, 'mid learning's store, 
 Commandment tenth remember'd. 
 
 Yet simple Bob the victory got, lb. 
 
 Bob's purblind, mental vision : lb. 
 
 And orator Bob is its ruin. . . The Kirk's Alarm. 3. 
 Bobbed [cuptseyed]. 
 And when she cam ben she bobbed fu' law, \re.1 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 Bobby. Nay Bobby's mouth may be open'd yet 
 
 Till for eloquence you hail him, The Dean of Fac. 
 Bock [to vomit]. 
 
 For aye the brose ye sup at e'en, 
 Ye bock them ere the morn, lassie. 
 
 S. Ye hae lien -wrang 
 
 Booked [vomited]. 
 
 Or thro* the mining outlet bocked, 
 
 Down headlong hnrl. . A Winter Night, a. 
 Boconnoek [Robert Pitt of Boeonnock, Cornwall]. 
 Tell yon guid bluid o' auld Boconnock's, 
 
 The A uiho-^s Cry and Prayer 20. 
 
 Boddle [a small copper coin equal, in value, to the 
 
 sixth of an English penny]. 
 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. . Tarn 0' Shanier. ii. 
 
 I'll wad a boddle, . . The Brigs of Ayr. J. 
 
 Bode. I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want, 
 
 As lang's I get employment. S. Here's to thy health^ 
 
 Bodement. Let Prudence' direst bodements on me fall. 
 
 /« V(tin would Prudence t 
 
 Boding, deep, as soughs the boding wind, As on the banks \ 
 
 A boding voice is in mine ear, S. From, thee, Eliza t 
 
 Bodkin. Your bodkin's bauld, . What ails ye now t 
 
 Body, -ie [person], poor worthless body, 
 
 ' Adorn A — '.? Prayer. 
 
 An' it [her e'e] winna let a body be ! S. Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 
 That's like to blaw a body blin' : . S. Auld Comrade dearf 
 
 Oh Jenny's a' weet poor body Ire.] S. Comin thro' the rye t 
 
 Gin a body meet a body Comin thro' the rye. 
 
 Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry. [«.] . lb. 
 
 Gin a body kiss a body Need the warld ken ! lb. 
 
 Ilka body has a body, ne'er a ane hae I ; [?r.] . lb. 
 
 Gin a body meet a body, comin frae the well, 
 
 Gin a body kiss a body, need a body tell ; . .lb. 
 
 Gin a body kiss a body, need a body gloom ; . . lb. 
 
 It's hardly in a body's pow'r, 
 
 To keep, at times, frae being sour, Ep. to Davie, a- 
 
 Yet crooning to a body's sel, 
 
 Does weel eneugh. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 8. 
 
 This worthless body damn'd himsel, 
 To save the Lord the trouble. . . Epit. on D. C. 
 
 Poor silly body see him ; . . Epit, on Holy Willie. 
 
 If Denmark, any body spak o't ; . Kind Sir, I've read t 
 
 So e'en to preserve the poor body in life, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 
 That ilka body talking 
 But her by thee is slighted, S. O wat ye wha that loes t 
 
 O silly blind body, O dinna ye see ; S. O wltare did ye get t 
 
 But the body he was sae doited an blin, 
 
 S. The Cooper 0' cuddy t 
 
 He was but a paidlin body, O ! . S. The deuks dang der 
 The body, e'en let him escape ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 A place where body saw na'; . S. Thegowd. locks of A. 
 
 Wi' monie a wearie body, In droves that day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 6. 
 When fient a body bade him. . ' There caine a piper \ 
 
 Gae somewhere else and seek your dinner. 
 
 On some poor body. . . To a Louse. 
 
 gi'en the body half an e'e, ... TV Miss Ferrier. 
 When ne'er a body heard or saw. . S. Young Jockey t 
 
 An' let poor, damned bodies bee ; , . Add. to the Deil. 2. 
 Wad made a bodie's mouth to water ; . S. Donald Brodie. 
 Wi' nae converse but Gallowa' bodies, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Is he slain by Highlan' bodies ? , , ^ ^ 
 
 .S". Ken ye ought o Capt. Grose t 
 
 Jamaica bodies, use him weel. On Scot. Bardgne to W. /. 
 
 a merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 
 What way poor bodies liv'd ava. . The Two, Dogs, 7. 
 
 Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, ... lb. 13. 
 
 I ken he weel a Snick can draw, 
 
 When simple bodies let him ; To Gav. Hamilton.. 
 Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony bodie ; . . S. Willie Wastle. 
 Body [as opposed to soul]. 
 Who said that not the soul alone, 
 
 But body too must rise. . Epit. on Country Laird. 
 
 An' here his body lies fu' low 
 
 For saul he ne'er had ony. . . . Epit. on wee Johnie. 
 Gie body strength, then I'll ne'er start, 
 
 At this my way sae far awa. . . S. Sae far awa. 
 In vain Auld-age his body batters ; Ta7n Samson's El., g. 
 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an' body, . . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 He ventur'd the Soul, and I risked the Body, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Her body is bestowed well, . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 And tired o' sauls to wastC'his lear on. 
 
 E'en tried the body. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Bog. Last day my mind was in a bo^. To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Boggle [^lOT. ^bog]. 
 
 The blitter frae the boggie, . . S. What will I do gin t 
 Bog-hole, till some mishanter. 
 
 Some black bog-hole. Arrests us, . Ep. to Major Logan. 2. 
 
 Bogle [a hobgoblin ; a, scarecrow]. 
 
 Nae nightly bogle make it eerie ; S. By Allan stream f 
 
 Gaist nor bogle shalt thou fear, . S. Hark ! the mavis t 
 The silly bogles, Wealth and State, S. O poortith cauld\ 
 
 Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares, 
 Lest bogles catch him unawares : . . Taj7i 0' Shanter. g. 
 Boil. By Heavens, the sacrilegious dog 
 
 Shall fuel be to boil itl . S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Or stately Lugar's mossy fountains boil, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Which shews that heaven can boil the pot, 
 
 Though the devil p — s in the fire. . The Dean of Fac. . 
 Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil 
 
 Besouth Magellan. . . To W. Simpson. 7. 
 At Wallace' name, what Scottish blood, 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood! . lb. 11. 
 
 And still, below, the horrid caldron boils 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Boiling. Or tumbling in the boiling flood 
 
 Wi' kail an' beef ; Scotch Drink. 4. 
 There high my boiling torrent smokes. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Frae mom to een it's nought but toiling. 
 At baking, roasting, frying, boiling ; . The Twa Dogs. 9. 
 Boisterous. 
 
 Cauld Boreas, wi' his boisterous crew, The FHe Ckampetre. 
 Bold. Like some bold Vet'ran, gray in arms, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 5. 
 A flight of bold eagles from Adria's strand ; S. Caledonia. 3. 
 bold, independent, unconquer'd, and free, . . lb. 6. 
 
 bold Balmerino's undying name, . Fragment of Ode. 
 
 John Barleycorn was a hero bold, . John Barleycorn. 
 
 The flower amang our barons bold, Lament for Glencaim. 
 Fall in bold manhood's hardy prime 1 . . lb. 
 
 Bold may she brave grim Danger's loudest roar. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! . . Tarn 0' Shanter^ 11. 
 Maxwelton, that baron bold, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Bold Scrimgeour follows gallant Graham, . lb. 
 
 And Stewart bold as Hector, . . .lb. 
 
 Bold stems of Heroes, [v. A. 4] . . The Vision. 
 
 Bold, soldier-featur'd, undismay'd [v. A. 4] lb. 
 
 Bold Richardton's heroic swell ; [v. A, 4] . lb. 
 
 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Boldest. Braved usurpation's boldest daring! , Liberty. 
 Bold -foil owing. Bold-following where your Fathers led ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, 7. 
 Boldly. Who boldly dare thy cause maintain 
 
 In spite of foes : To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Bold-mingling. 
 Deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw 
 
 A lustre grand ; . The Vision, D. I. 12. 
 
 Bole [a small recess in a wall]. 
 
 There sat a bottle in a bole, 
 Beyont the ingle lowe; . . S. The weary Pund, 
 
 Bolus. Surrounded thus by bolus pill. 
 
 And potion glasses. Poem on Life. 
 
Bombast 
 
 50 
 
 Bonie, Bonnie, 
 pretty] 
 
 -y [lovely ; handsome ; 
 
 Bombast. Nae bombast spates o' nonsense swell ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Bonds. Or gather'd lib'ral views in Bonds and Seisins. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. lo. 
 Bone. They wasted, o'er a scorching flame, 
 
 The marrow of his bones ; . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Till down my weary bones I lay S. My/atherwas a/armer\ 
 Bonie, Bonnie, -y [lovely; handsome ; pretty]. 
 
 Five bonie Lasses round their table, A Ded. to G. H.^ 14. 
 
 Abridge your bonie Barges An* Boats , A Dreavt, 7. 
 
 Thae bonie Bairntime, Heav'n has lent, lb. g. 
 
 bonie blossoms a', Ye royal Lasses dainty, . lb. 14. 
 
 dappl't, sleek an' glaizie, A bonie gray : A Guid New-year \ 3. 
 
 When ye bure hame my bonie Bride : . .lb. 6. 
 
 As fair art thou, my bonie lass, 
 So deep in luve am I ; . . . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 
 Lang syne in Eden's bonie yard, . Add. to the Deil. 15 • 
 
 Beware o' bonie Anne, \re.'\ . S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 
 My bonie Peggy Alison. . . S. An' I'll kiss thee yet t 
 
 And by thy een sae bonie blue, ... lb. 
 
 my bonie Highland lad, [re.] . . S As T came oer\ 
 And mark'd its bonie holms and haughs, As on the banks \ 
 what ruefu' chance. Has twin'd ye o' your bonie trees ; lb. 
 The worm that gnaws my bonie trees, lb. 
 And bonie bloom'd our roses; . , S. Awa, wAigs, awa. 
 But the rapturous charm o' the bonie green knowes, 
 
 Ilk spring they're new deckit wi' bonie white yewes. 
 
 S. Awa' wr your witchcrecft \ 
 
 1 think on my bonie lad, . . , S. Ay waukin, O. 
 As spotless as she's bonie, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 
 His sheep an' kye thrive bonie, O ; . . . .lb. 
 Her bonie face it was as meek. 
 
 As ony lamb upon the lee ! . . . S. Blythe was she t 
 And bonie blue are the sunny skies. . S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 And I rejoice in my bonie Bell. \,re.\ . . .lb. 
 
 Bonie lassie, will ye go 
 
 To the birks of Aberfeldy? \re\ S. Bonie lassie, will ye go^ 
 Bonie wee thing, canie wee thing, . . S. Bonie wee thing f 
 Wishfully I look and languish 
 
 In that bonie face of thine ; . . . . Tb. 
 
 Sae bonie blue her een, my dearie ; 
 
 S. Braw lads of G. watery 
 My bonie dearie. . S. Ca the Ewes. 
 
 But bonie Peg-a-Ramsey 
 
 Gat grist to her mill. . . . S. Cauld is the e'snin t 
 I see thee sweet and bonie ; S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 His braw calf-ward whare gowans grew, 
 
 Sae white an' bonie, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 A bonie lass, ye kend her name, . . lb. 28. 
 
 Bonie was the Lammas moon, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 I've play'd mysel a bonie spring, . . Ep. to J. R. 6. 
 
 An' brought a Paitrick to the grun', A bonie hen, . lb. 7. 
 
 Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 Ep. to Major Logan. 9. 
 Arid ilk loyal, bonie lad 
 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. , S. Frae the friends \ 
 
 A' forbye my bonie sel', S. Gat ye me, \ 
 
 Amang the bonie, winding banks. 
 
 Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, Halloween, s. 
 
 Rob, stownlins, prie'd her bonie mou, . , lb. 10. 
 
 once I lov'd a bonie lass, . S. Handsome Nell 
 As bonie Lasses I ha'e seen. 
 
 And mony full as braw, . . , . . lb. 
 
 A bonie Lass, all will confess, 
 
 Is pleasant to the e'e, lb. 
 
 My bonie dearie, [re.] . . . S. Harkl the inavis\ 
 Leeze me on thy bonie craigie, . . . S. Hee balou f 
 Beguil'd the bonie lassie, S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 
 The lass wi' the bonie black e'e. . ... lb. 
 
 O, what a feast her bonie mou! S. Her flowing locks f 
 
 Here's to thy health, my bonie lass, S. Here's to thy health f 
 Bonie Laddie, Highland Laddie, [re.] S, Highland Laddie. 
 Bonie lassie, Lawland lassie, \re.'\ . lb. 
 
 Twa lovely een of bonie blue. . 5. I gaedawaefu' t 
 
 It was her een sae bonie blue. [riff. ] , lb. 
 
 1 met a lass, a bonie lass, . S. I met a lass f 
 And see my bonie Jean again. . S. Til ay c<£ in\ 
 
 Tak' this frae me, my bonie hen. 
 
 It's plenty beets the lover's fire. . S. In sitntner when t 
 It is na, Jean, thy bonie face, . S. It is na, Jean t 
 
 your bonie brow was brent ; . . . S. John Anderson t 
 She saw three bonie boys playing at the ba* ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 My bonie laddie's young but he's growin yet. [«?.] . lb. 
 Bonie and bloomin, and straught was its make ; . .lb. 
 Sweet was its smell, and bonie was its hue : . . .lb. 
 I was the Queen o' bonie France, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Bonie lassie, artless lassie ! S. Lassie wi! the lintwhite^ 
 
 He spak 0' the darts o' my bonie black een, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 That I may drink before I go 
 
 A service to my bonie lassie." . S. My bonie Mary. 
 
 And I maun leave my bonie Mary. \re.'\ . . lb. 
 
 Whare live ye my bonie lass, . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 a bonie, westlin weaver lad \re.\ . S. My Jieart was ance \ 
 There wons auld Colin's bonie lass, S. My Lord a^hunting^ 
 She is a bonie wee thing, . .S". My Love's a winsome f 
 
 My bonie, bonie Sandy O ; . . S. My Sandy gied tof 
 The bonie blink o' Mary's ee. ire.} S. Now bank and brae t 
 O bonie was yon rosy brier, . . S. O bonie was yon rosy\ 
 And bonie she, and ah how dear ! . . . .lb. 
 
 the grove By bonie Irvine-side, . . S. O mirk, 7mrk\ 
 Her een sae bonie blue betray, 
 
 How she repays my passion ; . S. O poortith cauld\ 
 O saw ye bonie Lesley, . lS". O saw ye bonie Lesley f 
 
 He'd look into thy bonie face, 
 
 And say, " I [the Deil] canna wrang thee,*' . . lb. 
 That we may brag we hae a lass, 
 
 There's nane again sae bonie. . . . lb. 
 
 She's bonie, blooming, straight, and tall ; 
 
 S. O this is no my ain\ 
 And on yon bonie braes of Ayr; , .5*. O wat ye wha's inf 
 My Muse maun be thy bonie sell ; S. O were I on Pamass.f 
 And, I mysel' the zephyr's breath, 
 
 Amang its bonie leaves to play. . . S. O were my love \ 
 And I myseV a drap of dew, 
 
 Into her bonie breast to fa' ! . . . lb. 
 
 Between Saint Johnston and bonie Dundee. 
 
 S. O whare did ye get ^ 
 May Heaven protect my bonie Scots Laddie, . lb. 
 
 My blessins upon thy bonie e'e brie ! . lb. 
 
 But I'll big a bow'r on yon bonie banks, . lb. 
 
 But steal me a blink o' your bonie black e'e, S. O whistle t 
 For there the bonie lassie lives. 
 
 The lassie I lo'e best. ... S. Of a' tlie airts t 
 
 There's not a bonie flower that springs, 
 
 By fountain, shaw, or green ; 
 There's not a bonie bird that sings, 
 
 But minds me o' my Jean. ... . . lb. 
 
 When the bonie lad that I lo'e best 
 
 Is o'er the hills and far awa ? [re.} 
 
 S. Oh, how can I be blythe^ 
 The bonie lasses weel may wiss him. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to IV. I. 
 Your bonie face sae mild and sweet On W. Clialmers. 
 
 My bonie maid, before ye wed lb. 
 
 0, a' ye Bards on bonie Doon ! . Poor Maine's El. 
 
 As bonie a ass or as braw, man, . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Twa laughing een 0' bonie blue. . . . S. S(u flaxen t 
 Such was my Chloris' bonie face. 
 
 When first her bonie face I saw ; . . lb. 
 
 Bonie Doon, sae sweet at gloaming, [«.] .S". Scenes ofwoe\ 
 But woman is but warld's gear, 
 
 Sae let the bonie lass gang. . . .S". She's fair andfause\ 
 By bonie Castle Gordon. . S. Streams that glided 
 
 Not the wealthy, but the bonie ; . S. Sweetest May t 
 
 I'll gi'e you my bonie black hen, . . ,5. Tarn Glen. 
 
 For ae blink 0' the bonie burdies I . . Tam d Shanter. 13. 
 And perish'd mony a bonie boat, . . lb. 15. 
 
 Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon, 6". Tfie Banks of Doon 
 
 Thou'U break my heaM, thou bonie bird, [re.} lb. 
 
 Aft hae I rov'd by bonie Doon, . . .lb. 
 
 Far from thy bonie banks and braes, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 And the bonie lass of Albany. S. The bonie lass of Albany. 
 But oh, alas, for her bonie face. . . . . lb. 
 
 Compare wi' bonie Brigs o' modern time ? The Brigs of Ayr 6. 
 
Bonie, Bonnie, 
 pretty] 
 
 ■y [lovely ; handsome ; 
 
 51 
 
 'Boon [abovej 
 
 5. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 
 Fareweel the bonie banks of Ayr, . S. Tlie Cairine Woods t 
 On ilka band the burnies trot, 
 
 And meet below my bonie cot ; S. The Contented Cottager. 
 On the bonie banks of Ayr to meet, The FHe CHampetre. 
 Far from the bonie banks of Ayr. [re."] S. The gloomy night\ 
 At length they discover'd a bonie moor-hen. {re,} 
 
 S. The heather was bloom.\ 
 
 Skipping on yon bonie knowes, The High. Widow's Lain. 
 ** I'm sure I've seen that bonie face, . The Holy Fair. 4. 
 O Wives be mindfu', ance yoursel, 
 
 How bonie lads ye wanted, . . . . lb .23. 
 
 And bonie spreading bushes. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 My bonie lass I work in brass, The Jolly Beggars^ S. VI. 
 And aye the o'erword o" the spring, 
 
 Was Irvine's bairns are borne a . S. The night was still\ 
 The Ploughman he's a bonie lad, S. The Ploughman t 
 
 For it's like a baumy kiss o' her sweet bonie mou ; 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 It was upon aXammas ni^ht, 
 When com rigs are borne, . 
 Alas ! that e'er a bonie face 
 
 Should draw a sauty tear! The Ruined Maid's Lam. 
 
 Ye'U there see bonie Peggy ; The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 If ye'H dispense wi' want o' sense 
 
 She kens hersel she's bonie. . lb. 
 
 Speer in for bonie Bessy ; ... .lb. 
 
 There's few sae bonie, nane sae gude lb 
 
 Upon a bonie day in June, . . . The Twa Dogs, i. 
 He draws a bonie, silken purse . . . . lb. 8. 
 
 And such a leg 1 my bonie Jean, 
 
 Could only peer it ; [v. A. 14] The Vision. D. I, 11. 
 Return him safe to fair Strathspey, 
 
 And bonie Castle-Gordon ! ire.'\ S. The youjtg High Rover. 
 We drank a health to bonie Mary. [re.'\ 
 
 S. T. Menz.'s bonie Mary. 
 There grows a bonie brier bush in our kail-yard, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier \ 
 And see an onie bonie lad will fancy me. . lb. 
 
 He's a bonie, bonie laddie and yon be he. lb. 
 
 Hey and the rue grows bonie wi' thyme, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 There was a bonie lass, 
 
 And a bonie, bonie lass, 
 And she lo'ed her bonie laddie dear; S. There was a bonie lass \ 
 But the bonie lass he lo'ed sae dear. , . lb. 
 
 Guid faith, quo' scho, I doubt you gar, 
 
 The bonie lasses lie aspar, . . S. There was a lad\ 
 The fairest maid was bonie Jean. \re.\ 
 
 S. There was a lass, and she t 
 For he's bonie and.braw, weel favoured with a', 
 
 S. There's a youth t 
 Guid health, hale ban's, an' weather bonie ; 
 
 Third Ep. to J, Lap. 
 To spare thee now is past my pow'r, 
 
 Thou bonie gem. . To a Mountain- Daisy 
 The bonie Lark, companion meet ! . . .lb. 
 
 And bless your bonie lasses baith, . . To Mr. M^Adam. 
 Baith honest men and lasses bonie, . To Terraughty. 
 
 her bonie buskit nest ' To W, Creech. 
 
 The bonie lass o' Ballochmyle. \re.\ S. 'Twas even-the dewy t 
 'Twas na her bonie blue e'e was my ruin ; 
 
 S. Twos na her bonie blue e'e t 
 Down by yon stream, and yon bonie castle green ; 
 
 S. Woe is my Jieart t 
 She's aye sae bonie, blythe, and gay, ^S". When first I saw t 
 The bonie lass that I loe best 
 
 She'll be my ain for a' that. . S. Women's Mittds. 
 
 A bonie lass, I like her best, . . . .lb. 
 
 Ye banks and braes o' bonie Doon, [re.} S. Ye banks and braes t 
 He roos'd my een sae bonie blue, . S. Young Jockey \ 
 
 The bonnie lad o' Galla water. S. Braw lads on Yar. braes f 
 Bright wines and bonnie lasses rare. 
 To put us daft ; 
 
 Where bonnie lasses bleach their claes ; 
 
 Poem, on Pastoral Poetry 
 " And Athole's bonnie lasses I " The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And ae bonnie lassie, his darling and mine. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob \ 
 
 Wee image of my bonny Betty, . Add. to lllegit. Child 
 Ye bonnie lasses, dight your een, - • Ei> on Year lySS. 
 
 Poem on Life. 
 
 (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, 
 
 For honest men and bonny lasses.) . Tam 0' Sltanter^ z- 
 my bonny sweet wee lady, .... The Inventory. 
 I look'd her in her bonny face, S. The lass that made the bed 
 The bonny lass made the bed to me, . . lb. 
 
 the bonny glen, Where early life I sported ; 
 
 S. When wild Waf's t 
 Bonier. But Phemie was a bonier lass 
 
 ■^ Than braes o' Yarrow ever saw. S. Blythe was she t 
 For the lily in the bud will be bonier yet, 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 A bonier fleesh ne'er cross'd the clips . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 Boniest, Bonniest. 
 The boniest sight that e'er I saw 
 
 Was th' Ploughman laddie dancin. S. The Ploughman t 
 The bonniest lad that e'er I saw, 
 
 Wore a plaid and was fu' braw, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 But the bonniest flow'r on the banks of the Devon, 
 Was once a sweet bud on the braes of the Ayr. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass, S, Young Peggy t 
 Bonille, Bonnilie. 
 Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie, El. on Capt. M. H. 5. 
 
 But may ye flourish like a lily. 
 
 Now bonilie! . On Scot. Bardgne to W.l. 
 His wee-bit ingle, blinkan bonilie, The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 Bonnet. And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, 
 
 The sacred posy — Libertie ! . . .A Vision. 
 He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown ; 
 
 S, Cock up yr beaver^ 
 In Highland bonnet woo Malvina's charms ; 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus to Ma-ria 
 Blest Highland bonnet ! Once my proudest dress, lb. 
 
 While caps an' bonnets aff are taen, 
 
 As by he walks ? Ep. to J. L — ^, Ap. 'zist. 12. 
 On his head a bonnet blue, . . S. Highland Laddie. 
 Up higher yet my^bonnet ; . On dining with Daer. 
 
 An' Robin's bonnet wave wi' crape , Poor Mailie's EL. 
 Whiles holding fast his gude blue bonnet ; Tain o' Shanter. g. 
 His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 12. 
 Wi' bonnet aff, quoth I, " Sweet lass, The Holy Fair. 4. 
 
 A greedy glowr black-bonnet throws, . . lb. 8. 
 
 Till some ane by his bonnet lays. 
 
 An' gies them't, like a tether, Fu' lang . . lb. 24. 
 His bonnet it is blue, jo. . . . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 His bonnet he A thought ajee, 
 Cock'd sprush when first he clasp'd me ; 
 
 S. The tither mom\ 
 A feather in his bonnet and a ribbon at his knee, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie \ 
 His coat is the hue of his bonnet sae blue ; S. There's ayouth\ 
 The vera tapmost, towrin height 
 
 O' Miss's bonnet. . . To a Louse. 
 
 On gown, an' ban', an' douse black bonnet. 
 
 To Rev. /. M'Math. 
 Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet, 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Bonnock v. Bannoek. 
 Bon ton. To learn bon ton and see the worl*. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Booby. And to the wealthy booby 
 
 Poor woman sacrifice : . . S. How cruel ^ 
 
 Book. Some books are lies frae end to end, 
 
 Death and Doctor Hornbook, 
 It's no in books ; it's no in Lear, 
 
 To make us truly blest : . . Ep. to Davie. S- 
 
 And in thy fury burn the book 
 
 Even of that man M'Gill, . New Psalmody. 
 
 Such witching books are baited hooks . . O leave novels j; 
 That I for poor auld Scotland's sake 
 Some useful plan, or book could make. 
 
 The A ns. to the Guidwifc. 
 And in His Book of Life the Inmates poor enroll. 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 17. 
 Cry the book is wi' heresy cramm'd ; The ICirk's A larm, S 
 Andro Gouk, Andro Gouk, ye may slander the book. 
 And the book not the waur let me tell ye ; . . lb. 12 
 Bookseller. Vampyre booksellers drain him to the heart, 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.,3. 
 'Boon [above]. 
 Her smile's a gift frae 'boon the lift, . *y. Lovely Davies 
 
Boon 
 
 62 
 
 Bosom 
 
 Boon. Unlike sage proverb'd wisdom's hard wrung boon, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 I trust mean time my boon is in thy gift : . . . Ib»S, 
 
 Riches denied, thy boon was purer joys, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday 
 
 Clarinda, take this little boon, . . . To a Lady. 
 
 For boons accorded, goodness ever new, To R. Grahavt. 
 
 Boor. 
 
 Unskaith'd by hunger'd Highland boors! Add, of Beelzebub. 
 Boord [boapd]. 
 
 An' float the jinglan icy boord, Add, to the Deil. iz. 
 
 Boord-en' [board-end, head of the table]. 
 
 Sitting at yon boord-en', 
 And amang guid companie ; S. RattHn\ Roaritt Willie 
 Boortries [elder shrubs]. 
 
 Or, rustling, thro' the boortries coman, 
 
 Wi' heavy groan. . Add. to the Deil' 6. 
 
 Boost [must needs ; behoved]. 
 
 Or faith ! I fear that, wi' the geese, 
 
 I shortly boost to pasture . . . . A Dream. 6. 
 I like a blockhead boost to ride, . . TAe Inventory, 
 
 Boot [the balance of value in barter. 0* boot, to boot]. 
 
 We gae the boot and better horse. S. Carl, an the King come. 
 Tak thou the Carlin's carcase afT, 
 
 Thou'se get the saul o' boot. Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 An* shor'd them Dainty Davie 
 
 0' boot that night. The Jolly Beggars^ R. VII. 
 Boot. Peel a willie wand, to be him boots and jacket ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Booted. Though I canna ride in weel-booted pride, 
 
 Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 Bootless. But ah ! how bootless to admire, 
 
 When fated to despair! S. Anna, thy channs t 
 Border. We'll over the border and gie them a brush ; 
 
 S. Cock up your beaver. 
 But where ye feel your Honor grip, 
 
 Let that ay be your border : . Ep, to Young Friend. 8. 
 Thro' the Lawlands, o'er the Border, , . .S". Hee balou t 
 Then came the Laird o' Lochinton 
 
 Out frae the English border, . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 My father was a farmer 
 
 Upon the Carrick border, . iS". My father was a farmer \ 
 The first ane was a belted knight. 
 
 Bred of a border band, \.re.'\ . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 And there frae the Nidsdale border, 
 
 Will mingle the Maxwells in droves, . . .lb. III. 
 The noble Maxwells and their Powers 
 
 Are coming o'er the border, . . S, The noble Maxwells t 
 Ye powers who preside o'er the wind and the tide. 
 Who marked each element's border ; S. The Sons of old K. 
 Bore [a crevice, a cranny, a small hole]. 
 Thro' ilka bore the beams were glancing ; Tam 0' Shanter./o. 
 To guard, or draw, or wick a bore, Tam Satnson's EL, 3. 
 While frighted rattons backward leuk. 
 An seek the benmost bore : . The Jolly Beggars. R, II. 
 Bore. An' bore him to the wa', man. -v A Fragment. 6. 
 Old Scotia's bloody lion bore : . Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 And ance she bore a priest ; . . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 So may ye hae auld stanes in store, - - - 
 The very stanes that Adam bore, ^S". Ken ye ought d Capt. G. t 
 The winds, lamenting thro' their caves, 
 
 To echo bore the notes alang. . Lament for Glencatm. 
 Hate, envy, oft the Douglas bore ; On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 When thro' his dear Strathspeys they bore with Highland rage ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. iz. 
 He, who bore in heaven the second name. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, is. 
 The zephyr wanton'd round the bean, 
 And bore its fragrant sweets along ; S. Twos even— the dewy\ 
 BorealiS. Or like the borealis race, 
 
 That flit ere you can point their place ; 
 
 Tam 0' Shanier. 7, 
 Boreas* biting Boreas, fell and doure, A Winter Night. /. 
 Cauld is the e'enin blast 
 
 O' Boreas o'er the pool, . S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 That sunny walls from Boreas screen. S. Ott Cessnock batiks t 
 Cauld Boreas, wi' his boisterous crew, The Fite Champetre. 
 Bedim cauld Boreas' blast ; . . The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 May Boreas never thrash your rigs, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Boreas' hoary path, . . . . > To Miss C. 
 
 Born. The ae best fellow e'er was born ! El, on Capt. M. H. 2. 
 E'en let them die — for that they're born ! El. on Year 1788. 
 Had never, sure, been born, 
 Had there not been some recompence 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 But ah how hope is born but to expire ! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 A highland lad my Love was born. The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 There was a lad was born in Kyle, .S". There was a lad^ 
 
 Borne. 
 If sae, thy ban' maun e'en be borne. Holy Willies Prayer. 9. 
 On the lofty ether borne, . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 crashing ice, borne on the roaring speat. The Brigs of Ayr. 7, 
 A' ye douce folk I've borne aboon the broo, . . .lb. g. 
 That aft has borne me hame frae Killie, . The Inventory. 
 
 Borough V. Brugh. 
 Borrow. I hae naething to lend, 
 
 I'll borrow frae naebody. . . S. Naebody. 
 From housewife cares a minute borrow Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 oh, I pay weel For a' the joy I borrow, . V.s under Grief. 
 Bosom. Wbyles, in the human bosom pryin, 
 
 Unseen thou lurks. Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 Anna, thy charms my bosom fire, . S. Anna, thy charms*^ 
 Her nut-brown hair, beyond compare. 
 
 Was on her bosom straw'd so, . . S. As I gaed up by\ 
 Has laid your rocky bosom bare, . As on the banks f 
 
 And e'en when this beauty your bosom has blest. 
 The brightest o' beauty may cloy, when pos^est ; 
 
 S. Awd wi^ yr witchcraft \ 
 If she winna ease the throes, 
 
 In my bosom swelling ; . S. Blythe ht£e I been \ 
 
 I wad wear thee in my bosom, 
 
 Least my Jewel I should tine. . . S. Bonie wee tHng\ 
 Or thro' each nerve the rapture dart. 
 
 Like meeting her, our bosom's treasure. S. By A Han stream t 
 Something in her bosom Wrings, . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 Ay free, aff han', your story tell. 
 
 When wi' a bosom crony ; . . Ep. to Young Friend, j". 
 What gen' rous, manly bosoms feel ; Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist. 4. 
 
 mem'ry, spare the cruel throes 
 
 Within my bosom swelling : S. Farewell, thou stream f 
 Such is the tempest has shaken my bosom, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Then in thy bosom try, What peace is there ! S. Had I acave t 
 Adown her neck and bosom hing; . S. Her flowing locks \ 
 Breathing in the breeze that fans her. 
 
 Soothe her bosom into rest : . . S. Highland Maty. 
 To realms unknown while fate exiles me, 
 
 Make her bosom still my home lb. 
 
 Her heaving bosom, lily white, . ; S. I gaed a waefu t 
 Is he to Abra'm's bosom gane? 5". Kenye ought d Capt. G. t 
 The pride of my bosom, my Mary's no more. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 And joy shall revisit my bosom no more. . . .lb. 
 To warm me in thy bosom, . S. Lass^ whenyr mitker t 
 
 1 reign in Jeanie's bosom. . . S. Louis what reck 1 1 
 How cold is that bosom which folly once fired. 
 
 Monody, oti a Lady. 
 They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 * The liquid fire of strong desire 
 
 ' I've pour'd it in each bosom ; . . Nature's Law. 
 
 The wife of my bosom, alas ! she did die ; 
 
 S. No Churchtnan am 1 1 
 Within whase bosom save Despair 
 
 Nae kinder spirits dwell. . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 "So in my tender bosom grows, 
 
 " The love I bear my Willy. . . . S. O Phely t 
 Thy bield should be my bosom, . S. O wert thou in the \ 
 His bosom iU at rest. . . S.Ona bank ofjlowersf 
 
 The cold earth with thy bloody bosom prest. 
 
 Oft sccitig wounded Hare. 
 And nestled thee close to that bosom. On Death offav. Child 
 fond regard For ane that shares my bosom. On W. Chalmers. 
 Believe our glowing bosoms truly feel it. Prologue, at TJu, D., 
 And nocht can heal my bosom's smart, 
 
 While, Oh, she is sae far awa. . . S. Sae far awa. 
 Fate oft tears the bosom chords 
 
 That Nature finest strung : . . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 Friends so near my bosom ever, . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 
Bosom 
 
 Boundless 
 
 Nay, by heaven, said I, may I perish if ever 
 
 I plant in your bosom a thorn. . S^. extent, to ytig Lady. 
 But what a weary wight can please, 
 
 And care his bosom wringing. . S. Sweet/ds the eve t 
 Nor cause me from my bosom tear 
 
 The very friend I sought. . S. Talk not o/Love\ 
 
 With heartfelt throes his grateful bosom swells, 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr. 
 It shall upon my bosom live, . S. Tfie capt. Ribband. 
 
 The day returns, my bosom burns, S, The day retums\ 
 
 My Smith, my bosom frien' ; . , . The Farewell. 
 
 No thought of guilt my bosom sours ; . . The Hermit. 
 For her bosom burns with honour's glow, 
 
 S. The Highland Lassie 
 An's loof upon her bosom Unkend . . The Holy Fair. ii. 
 Her bosom was the driven snaw, 
 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fur to see, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 What throes, what tortures passing cure, 
 
 Were in my bosom swelling : . . S. The last time 1 1 
 What ties cruel Fate in my bosom has torn. S. Tfie lazy mist t 
 And in her lovely bosom I'll place the lily there ; S. The Pcsie. 
 soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair S. The small birds t 
 * To vent thy bosom's swelling rise, 
 
 * In pensive walk. . The Vision, D. II, /j". 
 And nocht could him quail, 
 
 Or his bosom assail, . . S. There was a bonie lass t 
 As in the bosom of the stream 
 
 The moon-beam dwells at dewy e'en ; S. There was a lass t 
 To thy bosom lay my heart, 
 
 There to throb and languish ; S. Thine am /f 
 
 There, in thy scanty mantle clad, 
 
 Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread. 
 
 To a Mountain Daisy, 
 
 For ne'er a bosom yet was prief Against your arts. To /. S. 
 Nor even Sol too fiercely view 
 
 Thy bosom blushing still with dewl . . To Miss C. 
 Till fled each hope that once his bosom fired. To R. G. ofF.jS- 
 While the life beats in my bosom, 
 
 Thou shalt mix in ilka throe : S. Turn again, thoufair^ 
 And nightly to my bosom strain 
 
 The bonie lass o' Ballochmyle. S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Queen shall she be in my bosom for ever. 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue ee t 
 Farewell ! within thy bosom free 
 
 A sigh may whiles awaken ; . . V.s, under Grief, 
 
 Come to my bosom, my ain only deary, S, Wandering Willie, 
 O! happy, happy may he be. 
 
 That's dearest to thy bosom : . S. WJun wild War's t 
 All that has caused this wreck in my bosom. 
 
 Is Jenny, fair Jenny alone. . S. Where are the joys t 
 
 Poetic ardours in my bosom swell, Wr. in Ken7nore Inn, 
 
 As underneath their fragrant shade, 
 
 I clasp'd her to my bosom ! 
 
 S. Ye banks., and braes, and streams f 
 But still within my bosom's core 
 
 Shall live my Highland Mary lb. 
 
 That nurse in their bosom the youth o' the Clyde, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns \ 
 
 Still fan the sweet connubial flame 
 Responsive in each bosom, . . S. Young Peggy ^ 
 
 Bosom-ehord. 
 
 Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among ; To Miss Graham. 
 Bosom-melting. 
 Or wake the bosom-melting throe. 
 
 With Shenstone's art ; The Vision, D. II. rg, 
 
 Boston. Perusing Bunyan, Brown and Boston. 
 
 A uld comrade dear t 
 Boston-ha*. Poor Tammy G-ge within a cage 
 
 Was kept at Boston-ha', man ; A Fragment.3. 
 
 Boswell. Or gab like Boswcll. 
 
 The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. 10. 
 
 Botch. While scabs an' botches did him [Job] gall, 
 
 Wi' bitter claw, Add, to the Deil. 18. 
 Bother, gin ye like to end the bother. What ails ye now \ 
 Bother, to. 
 The auld Guidmen, about the grace, 
 Frae side to side they bother, . . The Holy Fair. 24.. 
 
 Bottle. Here's a bottle and an honest friend ! 
 
 A Bottle and Friend. 
 
 A' kinds o' boxes, mUgs, an' bottles, ,„,.,, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, so. 
 
 My bottle is a holy pool, 
 
 That heals the wounds o' care an' dool ; 
 
 Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav. 
 For a big-belly'd bottle's the whole of my care. 
 
 S. No Churchman am I \ 
 And a bottle like this, are my glory and care lb. 
 
 There a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care, {re.'i . lb. 
 For a big-belly'd bottle's a heav'n of a care. . . .lb. 
 I'm as happy with my wallet my bottle and my Callet, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 When the tother bag I sell and the tother bottle tell, . lb. 
 An' made the bottle clunk 
 
 To their health that night. . . lb. R. VII. 
 
 There sat a bottle in a bole, 
 
 Beyont the ingle lowe ; . . S. The weary Pund. 
 The god of the bottle sends down from his hall The Whistle. 
 Unmatched at the bottle, unconquered in war, . . lb. 4. 
 Six bottles a-piece had well wore out the night, . lb. 14. 
 Turned o'er in one bumper a bottle of red, - . lb. 
 
 " Come— one bottle more— and have at the sublime ! lb. 17. 
 Bottle-swagger. 
 He reel'd his wonted bottle-swagger, Tarn Samsons El.^ 11. 
 
 Bough. Who, as the boughs all temptingly project, 
 
 Measur'st in desperate thought — a rope— thy neck 
 
 Add, sp. by FontenelU. 
 "Or was't the wilfire chok'd your boughs? Ason the banks^ 
 Fair beaming, and streaming 
 
 Her silver light the boughs amang ; . . S, Saejlaxen \ 
 Sing on sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird. 
 
 That sings upon the bough ; S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett II, 
 Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Bought. 
 Otu-father's blude the kettle bought I S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 But he may say he's bought her O. S. My love's she's but f 
 Dearly bought the hidden treasure 
 
 Finer feehngs can bestow ! . . . S. Sensibility t 
 
 For we're not to be bought or sold 
 
 Like naigs and nowt, and a' that. The Election Ballads. II. 
 My Grannie she bought me a beuk, The Jolly Beggars. S.III. 
 We're bought and sold for English gold . S. The Union. 
 
 I bought my wife a stane o' lint, . S. The weary Pund. 
 
 Bouk [the body ; a carcase]. 
 
 And mony a bouk did fa', man : 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Bound, s. 
 
 If in your bounds ye chance to light 
 
 Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Far as the rude barbarian marks the bound. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 May secrecy round be the mystical bound, 
 
 And brotherly love be the centre. S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 Within thy presbyterial bound 
 
 A candid lib'ral band is found . To Rev. J, M'Math, 
 
 And Disappointment, in these lonely bounds, 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Bound. And a' folk bound to sleep, . .S". // was d fQr\ 
 For Love has bound me, hand and foot, S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 ' My thoughts are a' bound up in ane, . S. O Phely t 
 
 Ye lofty banks that Evan bound ! ^S". Slotv spreads tJie gloom t 
 Never bound by winter's chains ! . S. Stremns that glide t 
 He [Love] bound me with an iron chain, S. Talk not ofLove\ 
 The feather'd field-mates, bound by Nature's tie. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 His manly leg with garter tangle bound. . lb. 13, 
 
 Cauld Boreas, wi' his boisterous crew, 
 
 Were bound to stakes like kye, man ; The Fete CJiampetre, 
 
 But round my heart the ties are bound, S. The gloomy night t 
 
 And bound him in^a dungeon fast, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 And bound the Holly round my head : The Vision. D. II. 23. 
 
 Bounded. 
 
 * Some, bounded to a district-space, The Vision. D. II. 10. 
 Bounden. I hold it, Sir, my bounden duty To Gav. HamiltoHv 
 Boundless. The cruel fates between us throw 
 
 A boundless ocean's roar ; S. Front thee, Eliza t 
 boundless oceans roaring wide, 1 . . Ibt 
 
fioundiess 
 
 54 
 
 Brae [the slope of a hill] 
 
 When winter rules with boundless power, 
 
 S. How can my poor hrt \ 
 Now highest reign'st, with boundless sway ! Tlt^ Lament, g. 
 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Pit, . Tke Holy Fair^ 22. 
 I saw thee eye the gen'ral mirth 
 
 With boundless love. The Vision, D. //. 14 
 Bounteous. And send us from thy bounteous store 
 
 A tup or wether head ! At Globe Tav. D.. 
 To lay strong hold for help on bounteous Graham. 
 
 £p. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Conscious the bounteous meed they well deserve, 
 
 ToR.G. o/F.,7. 
 And I can tell that bounteous Heaven 
 On thee a tack o' seven times seven 
 
 Will yet bestow it. . Td Rev. J. M'Math 
 
 Bounty. 
 
 ■V And sees, with self-approving mind, 
 Each creature on his bounty fed. Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 If I that giver's bounty e'er disgrace; . To R. Graham. 
 
 Bourbon. Let Bourbon exult in his gay, gilded lilies, 
 
 6". How pleasant the banks f 
 Bournonvllle. Aye, and Bournonville too? 
 
 Add. to Dmnourier. 
 Bouse V. Bowse. 
 Bousingr. While we sit bousing at the nappy, 
 
 Tarn d SJianter. /. 
 Bout [about]. , 
 An' bout a house that's rude an' rough, 
 
 The boy might learn to swear ; To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Bouze. And if we dinna baud a bouze 
 
 I'se ne'er drink mair. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Bow [rainbow]. Her forehead's like the show'ry bow, 
 
 S. On Cessnock bofiks t 
 Bow. The Peer I don't envy, I give him his bow; 
 
 S. No Churchtnan avt If 
 And many a low humble bow to the ground : 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 BoWf to. For me ! sae laigh I need na bow, A Dcjd. to G. H. , 2. 
 Now life is a burden that bows me down, 
 
 S. By yon castle weC t 
 Bow'd. I bow'd fu' low to this sam' maid, \re^ 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 The stifFest o' them a' he bow'd, . To VV. Creech. 
 
 Bower, -'r. 
 Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, . A Vision. 
 
 Sharp shivers thro' the leafless bow'r ; . A Winter Night, i. 
 Sweet on the fragrant, flow'ry swaird, 
 
 In shady bower. Add., to t/ie Deil. 15. 
 
 Oh that happy hour, and shady bow'r, S. As I gaed upby\ 
 O happy be the woodbine bower, . lS", By Allan streatnf 
 Slides by a bower where monie a flower 
 
 Sheds fragrance on the day, S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie, 
 
 In scented bowers ; . El. on Copt. M. H.S- 
 Ye houlets, frae your ivy bower, . . , lb. lo. 
 
 Here is the glen, and here the bower. 
 
 All underneath the birchen shade ; S. Here is the glen, t 
 The merle, in his noontide bower, Lament o/Mary of Scots. 
 We'll to the breathing woodbine bow'r, 
 
 S. Lassie wC the lintwhite t 
 In Roslin's fairest bower 
 
 I'll shelter this sweet flower, . S. My Love's a winsome t 
 To deck her gay green spreading bowers; S. Now rosy May f 
 All in its rude and prickly bower, S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 The birds rejoice in leafy bow'rs, . S. O Logan! sweetly \ 
 My cave would be a lover's bower, ^S". O watye wAa's in t 
 But I'll big a bow'r on yon bonie banks, S. O whare didyeget t 
 Bowers adieu ! where love decoying, 
 
 First enthrall'd this heart o' mine, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 In twining hazel bowers, 
 
 His lay the linnet pours ; . S. Sleep' st thou, or wctk'st t 
 Oft in the vocal bowers recline? S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 Ye birdies dumb, in with'ring bowers, S. The Catrine woods \ 
 gathering flowers and busking bowers, '^he FHe Champetre. 
 Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers ; 
 
 S. Tfieir groves qff 
 While birds rejoice in leafy bowers; S. Wfiere Cart rins\ 
 Bower [a lady's chamber ; an apartment]. 
 I'll come nae mair to thy bower door, S. Here's to thy health^ 
 
 May I but be sae bauld 
 As come to your bower-wiudow, S, Lass, xuhcn yr mtthcr t 
 
 Wha is that at my bower door ? . , S. Wha is that at t 
 
 In my bower if ye should stay, . . .lb. 
 
 What may pass within this bower, . . . . Jb. 
 
 Free-will'd I fled from courtly bowers ; . . Tke Hermit. 
 Bow-hough'd [crook thighed]. 
 
 She's bow-hough'd, she's hein-sfiinn'd, . S. Willie Wattle \ 
 Bow-kail [cabbage]. 
 
 Poor hav'rel Will fell aff the drift^ 
 An' wander'd thro' the Bow-kail, . . Halloween. 4. 
 
 Poor Willie, wi' his bow-kail runt, . . . lb. g. 
 
 Bowl. 
 
 Come to my bowl, come to my arms, 
 
 My friends, my brothers ! £p. to /. L — k, Ap. ist. 21. 
 
 But a full flowing bowl. 
 
 Was the saving his soul, . . Ep. on J . Dove, Innke^er. 
 
 The bowl we maun renew it ; . . . On W. Stewart. 
 
 See the smoking bowl before us, Tke Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Perhaps if bowls row right, and right succeeds, 
 
 Ye yet may follow where a Douglas leads \ [v. A. i^ 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 
 Bowse, Bouse, to. 
 
 There let him bowse an' deep carouse, . Scotch DniOe. Mott. 
 We'll bowse about till Dadie Care 
 
 Sing whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 Come bouse about the porter! . The Ordination. 13. 
 
 Then bowses drumlie German-water, Tke Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 Bow't [crooked]. A runt was like a sow-tail 
 
 Sae bow't . . Halloween. 
 Box. An' Charlie F-x threw by the box, A Fragmeftt. j. 
 
 An' send him to his dicing box. 
 
 An' sportin lady. Tke Authors Cry and Prayer, ig. 
 A' kinds o' boxes, mugs, an' bottle. 
 
 He's sure to hae. Death and Dr, Hornbook. 20. 
 
 Boy. But sneer na British-boys awa ; . .A Dream, 14. 
 
 Saint Stephen's boys, wi' jarring noise, . A Fragment 6. 
 
 On Chatham's Boy did ca', man ; . . , . lb. 7. 
 
 Instead of a song, boys, I'll give you a toast. 
 
 At Meet. o/D. Volunteers. 
 If he's a parent, lass or boy, . . Auld comrade dearf 
 
 Thou beardless boy, I pray tak' care. El. on Year 1788. 
 
 She saw three bonie boys playing at the ba' ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Ye're a' blind drunk, boys, . . S. Latidlady, count \ 
 Here are we met, three merry boys, 
 
 Three merry boys, I trow, are we ; . S.O Willie brew'df 
 Arouse my boys ! exert your mettle, 
 
 TJie Autfiof^s Cty and Prayer. 
 She eyes her freeborn martial boys, 
 
 Tak' aff their Whisky. . . lb. P. 
 
 A beardless boy comes o'er the hills, 
 
 Wi' uncle's purse, and a' that ; Tke Election Ballads. II. 
 
 A boy no sae black at the bane : . , . .lb. III. 
 For men, I've three mischievous boys, . The Inventory. 
 
 Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham fair ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 An' he's the boy will blaud her ! . . The Ordination. 2. 
 M'[Kinlay], R[ussel3, are the boys 
 
 That Heresy can torture : lb. 13. 
 
 Robin was a rovin' boy, . . . S. There was a lad t 
 This waly boy will be nae coof, . . . . lb. 
 
 Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On's wylecoat ; To a Louse. 
 An' bout a house that's rude an' rough. 
 
 The boy might learn to swear; To Gav. Hamilton, 
 The hairum-scairum, ram-stam boys, To J. S., 28. 
 
 Brace. M'K[enzi]e, S[tuar]t, such a brace 
 
 As Rome ne'er saw ; To W. Creech. 
 
 Brace, to. Keen hope does ev'ry sinew brace ; To J. S., 18. 
 
 Brae'd. weel brac'd wi' mealy bags, The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 
 Brachens, Breckan [fern], 
 
 Amang the brachens, on the brae, . . . Halloween. 26. 
 
 Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, 
 
 ^. Their groves of \ 
 
 Brae [the slope of a hill]. 
 
 The steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it ; A Guid New-year f 14 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, [r«.] 
 
 6\ A/ton Water. 
 " And stript the claeding aff your braes? As on the banks \ 
 But Phemie was a bonier lass 
 Than braes o' Yarrow ever saw. . , 6", Blythe was she \ 
 
Brae [the slope of a hill] 
 
 55 
 
 Branks [a kind of wooden curb 
 for horses] 
 
 Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes, 
 
 S. Bam'e Lassie, will ye go t 
 The braes ascend like lofty wa's, . . . lb. 
 
 But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws, 
 Can match the lads o' Gala water. 
 
 iS". Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 O'er yon bank and o'er yon brae, iS". Branu lads ofG. ivater. 
 The haunt o' spring's the primrose brae, 
 
 S. By Allan streavi f 
 Yon wand'ring rill that marks the hill. 
 
 And glances o'er the brae, Sir : S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 Coming o'er the braes o' Cupar ; \re. ] . S. Donald Brodie t 
 On braes when we please then, 
 
 We'll sit and sowth a tune ; . . Ep. to Davie. 4.. 
 Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter 
 
 Uphill, down brae, till some mishanter, Ep, to Maj. Logan, a. 
 Helpless, alane, thou clamb the brae, 1 
 
 Extern, on Conmiem.s of Thomson. 
 Whyles cooket underneath the braes, . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Amang the brachens, on the brae, ... lb. 26. 
 
 Was once a sweet bud on the braes of the Ayr. 
 
 How pleasant the banks \ 
 On th' braes o' Killiecrankie, O. S. Killiecrankie. 
 
 The primrose down the brae ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er the braes, 
 
 S, My Name's Awa. 
 Now bank and brae are clothed in green, 
 
 S. Now bank and brae t 
 Far, far frae me and Logan braes. [re.'\ S. O Logan! sweetly^ 
 And on yon bonie braes of Ayr ; . S. O wat ye whcCs in t 
 She's stately like yon youthful ash. 
 That grows the cowslip braes between, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Sae far I sprackled up the brae, . On dining with Daer. 
 A cushat crooded o'er me, 
 
 That echoed through the braes. . One night as /f 
 
 Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, 
 
 Wi' hawthorns gray, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 We twa ha'e run about the braes, 
 
 S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 Far from thy bonie banks and braes, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 But fell in a trap 
 
 On the braes o' Gemappe, The Black-Headed Eagle. 
 
 Fareweel the braes of Ballochmyle. ^S". The Catrine woods t 
 The lintwhites in the hazel braes, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 He levell'd his rays where she bask'd on the brae 
 
 The heather was blooming^ 
 I love thee, Nith, thy banks and braes, 
 
 S. To thee, lov'd Nith\ 
 to speel, Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, 
 
 The braes o' fame ; . To W. Simpson. 3. 
 
 Her banks an' braes, her dens an' dells, . . lb. 10, 
 
 While thro' the braes the cushat croods 
 
 With wailfu' cry ! , . lb. 12. 
 
 Among the braes o' Ballochmyle. S. Twos even — tlte dewy t 
 We heard nought but the roaring linn, 
 
 Amang the braes sae scroggie. . S. What will I do gin t 
 While, tumbling brown, the Burn comes down. 
 
 And roars frae bank to brae ; . . , Winter. 
 
 Ye banks, and braes, and streams around 
 The castle of Montgomery, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Ye banks and braes o' bonie Doon, S. Ye banks and braes i 
 
 Braehead. The Laird o' Braehead has been on his speed, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Brag. And it will be the brag o' the forest yet. 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Brag, to. 
 That we naay brag we hae a lass. 
 
 There's nane again sae bonie. S, O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 He brags and he blaws o' his siller, . . S. Tam. Glen. 
 Bragged. Kyle-Stewart I could bragged wide. 
 
 For sic a pair. A Guid New-year\6. 
 
 Braid [broad]. I hae a gude braid sword, ^. Naebody. 
 
 Braid money to tocher them a', man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 But seas between us braid ha'e roar'd 
 
 S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 In vain the bums cam down like waters. 
 
 An acre-braid ! Tam Samson's EL, 9. 
 
 I'll pledge my aith in guid braid Scotch, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 They hack'd and hash'd while braid swords clash'd. 
 
 The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 In plain, braid Scots hold forth a plain, braid story : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 But spak their thoughts in plain, braid lallans, 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Braid-claith [broad-cloth]. 
 
 swankies young, in braw braid-claith, The Holy Fair. 7. 
 
 Bralk [a large heavy harrow for rough ground]. 
 An' pownies reek in pleugh or braik, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. J. 
 Brain. Confuse their brains in CoUedge-classes ! 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 12. 
 Ye maggots, feed on Nicol's brain. 
 
 For few sic feasts you've gotten ; . . For W. Nicol. 
 
 They heat your brains, and fire your veins, . O leave novels f 
 Wild floated in my brain ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Nor such the workings of their moon-struck brain ; 
 
 ToR.G. of P., 8. 
 Bralng*t [rushed rashly forward]. 
 Thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an flisket, 
 
 A Guid New- Year i 12. 
 Brak [did break]. 
 
 That e'er ye brak Diana's pales, . A Dream, 10. 
 
 An' brak him out o' house an' hal', Add. to the Deil. j8. 
 
 My Sandy brak a piece o' goud, , S. My Sandy gied to t 
 A Jillet brak his heart at last, On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 I'll say't, she never brak a fence, 
 
 Thro' thievish greed. PoorMailie's El.. 
 
 Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; 
 
 Ta77t o' Shanter. 10. 
 She brak it o'er my pow. . . S. The weary Pund. 
 
 Brake, o. The mother linnet in the brake 
 Bewails her ravish'd young ; 
 
 S. Fate gave the word, t 
 As flies the partridge from the brake, S. On a bank of flowers t 
 No more the thickening brakes and verdant plains 
 
 On seeing luounded Hare. 
 Brake [broke]. 
 It brake the sweet heart of my faithfu' auld dame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wcC t 
 Branch. 
 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, 
 
 And made my branches grow, . S. Lttckless Fortune. 
 And staw'd a branch, spite o' the deil, Tlie Tree of Liberty. 
 Its branches spreading wide, man. . . . lb. 
 
 Are riven out baith root an' branch, . The Tiua Dogs, 21. 
 Whare the trees and the branches will be our safe guard. 
 
 There grows a bonie^ 
 
 Branchy. The branchy shelter lost and gane As on the banks t 
 
 Brand. 
 
 Waving on high the desolating brand. Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 I gae him a dram o' the brand sae Strang. S. The auld man f 
 
 Branded. Heavens, should the branded character, be mine ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Brandish. And brandish round the deep-dy'd steel 
 
 In sturdy blows ; [v. A. 4] The Vision. 
 
 Brandy, Bran'y. 
 
 For ale and brandy's stars and moon, S. Gane is the day^ 
 But I cam through the Tiseday's dew, 
 
 To wanton Willie's brandy. . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 Wae worth that Brandy, human trash ! 
 s Fell source o' monie a pain an' brash ! Scotch Drink. 15. 
 
 Does Nonsense mend, like Brandy, when imported 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 And brandy Jean, that took her gill, 
 
 In Galloway sae wide. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Then brandy Jean spak owre her drink, . lb. 
 
 But it's ne'er be sae wi' brandy Jean . . .lb. 
 
 There's some are fou o' brandy ; . . The Holy Fair. 27. 
 
 May ye ne'er want a stoup o' bran'y 
 
 To clear your head. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Brankie [pranked up], 
 
 Whare hae ye been sae brankie O ? . S. Killiecrankie. 
 Branks [a kind of wooden curb for horses]. 
 
 They were as thin, as sharp an' sma' 
 
 As cheeks o' branks. Death and Dr. Hornbook, 7. 
 goavan, as if led wi' branks, . . On dining with Daer. 
 Wi' braw newTaranks in mickle pride, . On W. Chalmers. 
 if the beast and branks be spar'd. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
Brash [a sudden and short fit of sickness] 56 
 
 Breach 
 
 Brash [a sudden and short fit of sickness]. 
 
 Fell source o' monie a pain an' brash ! . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 Brass. A broom-stick o' the witch of Endor, 
 
 Weel shod wi' brass. On Grose's Peregrinations 
 My bonie lass I work in brass, The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan ! 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie \ 
 
 Brass-collar. His locked, letter'd, braw brass-collar 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 
 Brassy. Pretensions rather brassy, . Tke Dean ofFac. 
 Brats [rags, coarse clothing]. 
 the wives and dirty brats . Add. of Beelzebub. 4.. 
 
 Wi' sowps o' kail and brats o' claise, 
 
 The Authot^s Cry afid Prayer. 
 Here's our ragged Brats and Callets ! 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 They maun hae brose and brats o' duddies ; To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Brattle [a short race ; fury ; hurry]. 
 Might aiblins waur't thee for a brattle; A Guid New-year^ lo 
 wha bide this brattle O' winter war, . A Winter Night. 3. 
 Thou need na start awa sae hasty, 
 
 Wi' bickering brattle ! To a Mouse. 
 
 Brave. Till Fraser brave did fa', man ; A Fragment. 4. 
 
 brave Caledonia, the chief of her line, . . S. Caledonia. 
 But brave Caledonia in vain they assail'd, . . .lb. 
 For brave Caledonia immortal must be ; . . .lb. 
 
 When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town, 
 
 iS". Cock up your beaver. 
 Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver! , . lb. 
 
 No terrors hast thou to the brave. S. Farewell, thou fair day\ 
 O, who would not die with the brave ! . . . lb. 
 
 The deed too daring brave is ; . ^. Lovely Davies. 
 
 The Stewarts all were brave ; . . On Lord G. 
 
 my son Maitland, wise as brave. The Election Ballads. V. 
 And Hopeton falls, the generous, brave ; . , lb. VI. 
 
 My brave gallant friends, 'tis your ruin 1 mourn ; 
 
 ^. The small birds ^ 
 Brydons brave Ward I well could spy, [v. A. 4] The Vision. 
 Fullarton, the brave and young ; . .lb. D. II. 6. 
 
 The brave Caledonian views with disdain ; S. Their groves of\ 
 The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, S. When wild War's f 
 Brave, to. 
 And there's no a man in all Scotland, 
 
 But I'll brave him at a word. S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 
 And the foe you cannot brave, 
 
 Scorn at least to be his slave. . . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Prepar'd power's proudest frown to brave. Poet. Inscription. 
 Bold may she brave grim Danger's loudest roar, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Give me the groves that lofty brave 
 The storms, by Castle Gordon. ^. Streams that glide \ 
 
 Braved. Braved usurpation's boldest daring ! . Liberty. 
 And brav'd the mighty monarchs of the world. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Bravely. To hardy Independence bravely bred, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Braver. Few better were or braver ; . A Dream. 11. 
 
 Bravest. 
 And Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord 
 
 That ever Galloway saw. ^S". O Kenmure's on and awa \ 
 The bravest heart on English ground, 
 Had yielded like a coward. . . On Miss J. Scott. 
 
 Braving, braving angry winter's storms, S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Bravo ! A sweeping, kindling, bauld strathspey 
 
 Encore 1 Bravo ! Mp. to MaJ. Logan, j. 
 
 Braw [handsome ; fine ; gaily or well dressed]. 
 
 And sev'n braw fellows, stout an' able, A . Ded. to G. H. , 14. 
 Heav'n mak you guid as weel as braw, . A Drea^n. 14. 
 
 Ye gallants braw, I rede ye a', lS". A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes, S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 Braw, braw lads of Galla Water ; S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa* t 
 His braw calf-ward whare gowans grew, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 23. 
 The lasses feat, an' cleanly neat, 
 
 Mair braw than when they're fine ; . . Halloween. 3. 
 Her braw, new, worset apron , . . , , lb, 13. 
 
 They hecht him some fine braw ane ; . , Halloween. 23. 
 Wore a plaid and was fu' braw, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad ! . . S. Killiecrankie. 
 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the lang glen, 
 
 S. Last May a braw \ 
 But gie me a braw moonlight, 
 
 And me and my love together, . .S". O gie my love brose t 
 A'braw new naig wi' the tail o't a* rottan, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg\ 
 Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window t 
 And Lady Jean was never sae braw. S. O when she cam ben t 
 Or how can I gang brisk and braw ; .S". Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 Wi' braw new branks in mickle pride, 
 
 And eke a braw new brechan, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 In this braw age o' wit and lear, Poe^n on Pastoral Poetry. 
 As bonie a lass or as braw, man, . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Though fluttering ever so braw, man. . . . lb. 
 
 There are no mony poets sae braw, man. . . lb. 
 
 An' whyles, but ay owre late, I think 
 
 Braw sober lessons. Second Ep. io Davie. 
 
 I'm thinking wi' sic a braw fellow, 
 
 In poortith I might mak' a fen' ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Ye Maukins, cock your fud fu' braw. Tarn Samson's El., 7. 
 Miss Smith she has wit, and Miss Betty is braw: 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline 
 New Brig was buskit in a braw, new coat. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 And mony braw thanks to the meikle black deil, 
 
 S. The deil cam fiddlin! t 
 Buy braw troggin, . . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 swankies young, in braw braid-claith, . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 Or melvie his braw claithing ! . . .lb. 25. 
 
 To wail her braw John Highlandman. \re.'\ 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 The braw lass made the bed to me, ^S". The Lass that made. 
 The last braw bridal that I was at, S. The last braw bridal f 
 His locked, letter'd, braw brass-collar . S. The Twa Dogs. 
 Hech man ! dear sirs \ is that the gate, 
 
 They waste sae mony a braw estate 1 , . . lb. 25. 
 
 A tight, outlandlish Hizzie, braw, . . The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 For he's bonie and braw, weel favour'd with a', 
 
 S. There's a youths 
 Weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel mounted and braw ; lb. 
 For your braw, nameless, dateless letter. 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Gie fine braw claes to fine Life-guards, . . To J. S., 22. 
 Auld Reekie ay he keepit tight. 
 
 And trig an' braw : . . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Brawest [most handsome]. 
 For Donald was the brawest man. 
 
 And Donald he was mine. . The High. Widows Lament 
 Young Robie was the brawest lad, S. There was a lass, \ 
 Brawlie, -y [very well, perfectly ; finely ; heartily]. 
 Brawlie kens our wanton Chief 
 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . S. Hee balou, t 
 See you not yon hills and dales 
 
 The sun shines on sae brawlie ? . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 And spen't at night fu' brawlie: ... , lb. 
 
 But little thinks my love I ken brawlie, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 But Tam kend what was what fu' brawlie, Tamo' Shanier.iS- 
 He wha could brawlie ward their helium, . To W. Creech. 
 Wi' gratefu' heart I thank you brawlie ; To W. Simpson. 
 
 Sae brawly's he could flatter ; S. Here's his Jiealth in water. 
 And ev'n the vera deils they [Bards] brawly ken them). 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 4. 
 Dame Justice fu' brawly has sped ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 Brawling, from the hills where springs the brawling Coil, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 7. 
 
 Brawnie. The brawnie, banie, ploughman-chiel 
 
 Scotch Drink. 11. 
 
 Braxie [a sheep that has died of splenic fever ; the 
 flesh of sucn]. 
 
 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies ; To W. Simpson, 
 Breach. Where, thro' a shapeless breach^ his stream resounds. 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 
Bread 
 
 57 
 
 Breast 
 
 Bread. Folk maun do something for their bread, 
 
 Death and -Dr, Hornbook. I2. 
 We're fit to win our daily bread, . . E^. to Davie, a. 
 I could lay my bread and kail . , Ep. to H. Parker. 
 And wha wad betray Old Albion's rights, 
 May they never eat of her bread 1 
 
 S. Here's a health to them f 
 And the warld before me to win my bread, 
 
 lS". My Collier Laddie. 
 I make indeed my daily bread, ^. My father was a/armer t 
 But as daily bread is all I need, 
 
 I do not much regard her [fortune], O. . . lb. 
 
 Comes bleating till him, owre the knowe. 
 
 For bits o' bread ; . . Poor Mailiis El., 
 His wee drap parritch, or his bread, 
 
 I'hou kitchens fine . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 So wives will gie them bits o' bread, The Death ofMailie. 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, 
 
 Was dealt about in lunches, An' dawds The Holy Fair. 23. 
 And thus earn my bread by the sweat of my brow. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Now when ye 're nickan down fu' cany 
 
 The staff o' bread, . Third Ep. to J , Lap.. 
 Bpeadalbaine. Till fam'd Breadalbaine opens on my view. 
 
 Wr. in Kenniore Inn. 
 
 Break. 
 
 One morning by the break of day, S, It was the charming t 
 Where, like an aged man, it stands at break o' day ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 I fear ye'U bide till break o' day ; ^. Wha is that at my t 
 Break, to. 
 What ance he says, he winna break it ; A Ded. to G. H. , 5. 
 And on thy lips I seal my vow, 
 
 And break it shall I never, O ! S. Aji I'll kiss thee yet i 
 Fresh o'er the mountains breaks forth the morning, 
 
 S. Bonie Bell. 
 But secret love will break my heart, S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 But a fly for your load, you'U break down on the road. 
 If your stuff be as rotten's her heart. Extern, pinned to Coach. 
 My poor heart then break it must, S. Hitsband, husband^ 
 Or can'st thou break that heart of his, 
 
 Whose only fault is loving thee t S. O Mary, at thy window + 
 Ne'er break your heart for ae rebute, . S. O steer her up t 
 That breaks the magic of my dream ; On Lincluden Castle 
 Thou'U break my heart, thou bonie bird, [w.] 
 
 S. The Banks of Boon, Sett II. 
 
 The iron hand that breaks our band. 
 It breaks my bliss, — it breaks my heart ! S. Tlie day returns \ 
 
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 
 And when wi' Usquebae we've wat it 
 
 It winna break. . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Canst thou break his faithfu' heart ? S. Turn again, thou t 
 The breaking of ae point, tho' sma'. 
 
 Breaks a' thegither . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 Night, where dawn shall never break, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Thoul't break my heart, thou warbling bird, 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes \ 
 
 Breaking, -in. Kind Fortune ease a breaking heart, 
 
 .S*. My Harry was a gallant \ 
 
 The shepherd to warn of the grey-breaking dawn, 
 
 ^. My Nannie s awa. 
 
 Except for breakin o' their timmer, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 The breaking of ae point, tho' sma', ,, . ^ „ 7 
 
 Breaks a' thegither. V:s to J. Ranken. 
 
 Breast. 
 
 As Something loudly in my breast, . ^t^ ., 
 
 Remonstrates I have done ; . A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 The dew sat chilly on her [the linnet's] breast, , , , ^ 
 
 S. A Rosebud by t 
 Perhaps this hour in Mis'ry's squalid nest, 
 She strains yoar infant to her joyless breast, ^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^ 
 
 How fair and how pure is the lily. 
 
 But fairer and purer her breast. S. Adown winding Nith \ 
 These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck 
 
 That spotless breast o' thine ; . • S. Behold, my lovef 
 
 Her head upon my throbbing breast, S. By Allan streajn f 
 
 Come, let me take thee to my breast, ^ 7 ^t . 
 
 ^ ' S. Come, let me take thee t 
 
 Light lay the earth on Billy's breast, Epig. on noted Coxcomb. 
 
 If happiness hae not her seat /„ n„,„v c 
 
 And center in the breast, ... Ep. to Davie, 5. 
 
 H 
 
 Her dear idea brings relief, 
 
 And solace to my breast. . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 3. 
 Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow, 
 
 Now, fond, I bare my breast, . ^. Fate gave the word\ 
 (What breast of northern ice but warms ?) Fragment of Ode. 
 For absolutely in my breast 
 
 She reigns without control. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 How sweet unto that breast to cling, S. Her flowing locks t 
 Make the gales you waft around her 
 
 Soft and peaceful as her breast, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 Nae mair ungen'rous wish 1 hae, 
 
 Nor stronger in my breast, . . S, It is na, /ean,^ 
 
 The weeping blood in woman's breast Lament of Mary of Scots 
 The storm's gloomy path on the breast of the wave. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 No more shall the soft thrill of love warm my breast, lb. 
 
 Enclasped to my faithful breast, 
 I'll comfort thee, my dearie O. S. Lassie wi the lintwhitei 
 
 And mount to the air wi' the dew on her breast ; 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman 
 
 And in her breast enthrone me : . S, Louis what reck I\ 
 
 Yet, let not this too much, my Son, 
 
 Disturb thy youthful breast : Man was made to Mourn. 
 And sought a correspondent breast, . Natures Law. 
 
 But thou art queen within my breast 
 
 For ever to remain. . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 And flinty is thy breast : . . . S.O mirk, mirk \ 
 
 Ere while thy breast sae warming, S. O wat ye wha that loesf 
 The thoughts o' thee my breast inflame ; 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass.f 
 And I mysel' a drap of dew, 
 
 Into her bonie breast to fa' ! . . S. O were my love\ 
 
 The frost that freezes the life at my breast, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door,\ 
 
 Wild wanton kiss'd her rival breast ; S.Ona bank of flowers f 
 
 In his breast no pity dwells, '. . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 
 In weeds of woe that frantic beat her breast, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 The south nor the east give ease to my breast, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 What breast so dead to heavenly Virtue's glow, 
 But heaves impassion'd with the grateful throe. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Whose image lives within my breast ; 
 
 .S*. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; Sp. Extem. to yng Lady. 
 Perhaps upon his mould'ring breast 
 Some spitefu' muirfowl bigs her nest, [v. A. 15] 
 
 Tain Samsofis El.. 
 A wish, that to my latest hour 
 
 Shall strongly heave my breast ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 To pit some bavins in his breast ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Yestreen lay on this breast o' mine 
 
 The gowden locks of Anna. S. Thegowd. locks of A. t 
 
 Wi' heaving breasts an' bare neck ; The Holy Fair. q. 
 
 Your dear remembrance in my breast, . . The Lament. 
 That breast, how dreary now, and void, . . lb. 
 
 And I'll place it in her breast, and I'll swear by a' above, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 
 There lies the dear partner of my breast , S. The sun he is sunk t 
 So trembling, pure, was tender love 
 
 Within the breast of bonie Jean. . S. Therewas a lassf 
 His breast was white, his towzie back, 
 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; The Twa Dogs. S- 
 
 Wi' kindling fury i' their breasts, . lb. 18. 
 
 And I sigh as my heart it wad burst in my breast. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 Wi's spreckl'd breast, . . To a Mountain-Daisy 
 
 Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? 
 
 To Mary in Heaven 
 So may no ruffian feeling; in thy breast. 
 
 Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among ; To Miss Graham. 
 Wha has mair honor in his breast 
 
 Than mony scores as guid's the priest To Rev. /. M'Math 
 this bruised heart that now bleeds in my breast, 
 
 .S. Wae is my heart t 
 A leal, light heart was in my breast, . When wild War's f 
 She has a hump upon her breast, 
 
 The twin o' that upon her shouther ; . S. Willie Wasfle t 
 The noblest breast adores them maist, . S. Women's Minds 
 
Breastet [did spring up or forward], 58 
 
 Brethren 
 
 Bpeastet [did spring up op forward]. 
 
 Thou never lap, an'sten't. an' breastet, A Guid New-Year^ 14 
 Breastie {dim. .t/" breast]. 
 Fu' lifted up wi' Hebrew lore, 
 
 And band upon his breastie ; . . On W. Chaimers 
 0, what a panic's in thy breastie ! . . . To a Mouse. 
 Breath. Her breath is the breath o' the woodbine, 
 
 S. Adown winding' Nith \ 
 Ye're maybe come to stap my breath ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 Sin' I began to nick the thread, An' choke the breath: I&. 12. 
 a fair strae-death, By loss o' blood, or want o' breath, IB. 23. 
 I'se bless you wi' my hindmost breath, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Such as the slightest breath of air might scatter ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 As Willie drew his latest breath ; . . Epit. on W. — . 
 
 what is death but parting breath?5'./^a?r«'?^/,j'tfi/««^tfi?MJt 
 See how she fetches at the thrapple. 
 
 An' gasps for breath. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Nor give the coward secret breath. . Liberty 
 
 And quickly stopped Ranken's breath. Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 And I mysel' the zephyr's breath, . . S. O were my love t 
 Her breath is like the fragrant breeze 
 
 That gently stirs the blossom'd bean, S. On Cessnock banks + 
 When the tear trickled bright, when the short stifled breath, 
 Told how dear ye were aye to each other. 
 
 On Death offav. Child 
 The tyrant Death, with grim control, 
 
 May seize my fleeting breath ; . . ^S". Peggy Chalmers. 
 When Vulcan gies his bellys breath, Scotch Drink. 10. 
 
 Drew b'ades o' death, till out o' breath 
 They fled like frighted dows, man. 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Of coming Winter's biting, frosty breath ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Princes and lord^ are but the breath of kings, 
 
 The Cqttet^s Sat. Night, ig. 
 And now, my bairns, wi' my last breath, 
 
 1 lea'e my blessin wi' you baith : . The Death ofMailie 
 That I, henceforth, would be rhyme-proof 
 
 Till my last breath . . The Visiofi. D. /. 6. 
 Never Eurus' pois'nous breath, ... To Miss C. 
 
 Heaven <4pare you lang to kiss the breath 
 
 O' mony flovvVy simmers ! . . .To Miss M^Adatn 
 An' ay he vows he'll be my ain 
 As lang's he has a breath to draw. S. Young Jockey t 
 
 Breathe. Still richer breathes and fairer blows, S. O Phely, t 
 And hark ! what more than mortal sound 
 Of music breathes the pile around? On Lincluden Castle.- 
 In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 9. 
 Breath'd. Her lips still as she fragrant breath'd, 
 
 It richer dy'd the rose. S. On abankoffl<ywers\ 
 My Prenticeship I past where my Leader breath'd his last. 
 
 The Jolly Baggars. S. I, 
 Breathln, s. 
 His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him 
 
 In faint huzzas. The Author's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Breathing. 'Tis but the balmy, breathing gale, 
 
 S. Her^ is the glen, \ 
 Breathing in the breeze that fans her, 
 
 Soothe her bosom into rest : S. Highland Mary, 
 
 We'll to the breathing woodbine bow'r, 
 
 4*. Lassie wV the liniwhitef 
 The bees hum round the breathing flow'rs: 
 
 S. O Logan! sweetly f 
 Tasting the breathing spring, , . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Dropping dews, and breathing balm. . . To Miss C. 
 
 Brechan [a horse-collar]. 
 
 And eke a braw new brechan, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Breckan v. Brachens. 
 
 Bred. I was bred up at nae sic school, . S. Ca' the Ewes 
 'Sax thousand years are near hand fled 
 ' Sin' I was to the hutching bred,' I)eath and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 Tho' he was bred to kintra wark, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaubc. 
 The hopeful youth, in Scottish senate bred, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Thp' br^H amang mountains o' snaw ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Thou kens how he bred sic a splore, Holy Willie's Prayer, 12. 
 And carefully he bred me 
 In decency and order, O ; . ^. My father was a fanner^ 
 
 To plough and sow, to reap and mow. 
 
 My father bred me early O: 
 For one, he said, to labour bred, 
 Was a match for fortune fairly. O. 
 
 .5*. My father "was a farmer \ 
 It's tauld he was a sodger bred, On Grose's Peregrinations 
 na bred to bam and byre, . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 To hardy Independence bravely bred, . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 a belted knight, Bred of a border band, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 An' buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies, 
 
 Are bred in sic a way as this is. . The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 
 To ev'ry nobler virtue bred. 
 
 And polish'd grace. . The Vision^ D. I. /j. 
 Bree [juice]. And ay we'll taste the barley bree. 
 
 S. O Willie brew' d\ 
 Breed. I can baud up my head wi' the best o' the breed, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Especial, rams that cross the breed, The Ordination.5. 
 
 Breed, to. No view nor care, but shun whate'er 
 Might breed me pain or sorrow, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer f 
 
 bigs her nest, To hatch an' breed: [v. A.T5] Tarn Samson's El. 
 
 O, bid him breed him up wi' care! . The Death ofMailie 
 
 They raise a din, that, in the end, 
 
 Is like to breed a rupture O' wrath . The Holy Fairy rS. 
 
 Breed! n'. 
 
 The tither's dour, has nae sic breedin', El. on Year iy88. 
 
 Breef, Brief [a spell or charm, a short writing]. 
 Ye surely hae some warlock-breef . To J. S. 
 
 King David o' poetic brief, . What ails ye now\ 
 
 Breeks [breeches]. Young, royal TarryBreeks, A Drea7n, 13. 
 Wi' hale-breeks, saxpence an' a bannock; Auld comrade dear\ 
 O' pairs o' guid breeks I ha'e twa, man, Rojialds of Bennals._ 
 Hale breeks, a scone, an' whisky gill, 
 
 An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, Scotch Drink. 21. 
 
 And the very grey breeks o' Tam Glen! S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, 
 
 That ance were plush, o' gude blue hair, Tain d Shanter, 13. 
 Breer [briar]. 
 The rose upon the breer will be him trouse an' doublet, 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray ^ 
 Breeze. 
 Her leafy locks wave in the breeze S. Again rejoicing Nature^ 
 Careless ilka thought and free, 
 
 As the breeze flew o'er me. . . .S. Blythe k(€e 2 been f 
 The breezes idly roaming [a type of woman], 
 
 S. Deluded Swain i 
 Breathing in the breeze that fans her, 
 
 Soothe her bosom into rest : . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 O spare the dear blossom, ye orient breezes, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks^ 
 The scented breezes round us blaw, . S. Now rosy May t 
 Her robes, light waving in the breeze, S. On a bank of flowers \ 
 Her breath is like the fragrant breeze 
 
 That gently stirs the blossom'd bean, S. On Cessncckbank,\ 
 While nightly breezes sweep the vines, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 The western breeze steals thro' the trees. The Fete Chamfeire. 
 Rave to my darkly dashing stream, 
 
 Hoarse-swelling on the breeze. Tfu Petition of Br. Water. 
 Loud blaw the frosty breezes, ^. T/ie young High. Rover. 
 Tho' rich is the breeze in their gay, sunny vallies, 
 
 ■5". Their gi-oves of\ 
 Western breezes softly blowing. 
 
 Suit not my distracted mind. . S. Thickest night t 
 
 Wauken, ye breezes I row gently, ye billows! 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Brent [high and straight]. 
 Sae fair her hair, sae brent her brow, S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 your bonie brow was brent; . S. John Anderson, my Jo t 
 Brent new [brand-new]. 
 
 Nae cotillion brent new frae France, . Tam 0' Shanter, 11. 
 Brethren, 
 That brethren rouse in deadly hate ! S. O Logan I sweetly\ 
 The Brethren o' the mystic level . Tam Samson's El.. 
 
 Ye godly Brethren 0' the sacred gown, The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 For there I lost my father dear, 
 
 My father dear and brethren three. S. The lovely lass ofL\ 
 Like brethren in a common cause, 
 We'd on each other smile, man; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
Brew 
 
 59 
 
 Bright 
 
 Brew. 
 Brews gude ale at shore o' "Sucky; S. A' the lads <*' Thorjtie t 
 Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill. ^ 
 
 6", In shunter when t 
 We'll mak our maut, and we'll brew our drink, 
 
 iS". The deil cam fiddlin' \ 
 And taste sic gear as Johnnie brews, To Mr, J. Kennedy. 
 Bpew'd, -'t. 
 He's blest — if as he brew'd he drink Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 She wadna trow't. the broust she brew't, 
 
 Wad taste sae bitterlie. . S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 
 6 Willie brew'd a peck o' maut, . . S. O IViiUe brew^d\ 
 She brew'd gude ale for gentlemen, . . S. Scroggam. 
 Brewer. 
 
 Here brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct, Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 Brewin [brewing]. 
 To ken what French mischief was brewin ; 
 
 Kind Siry fve read t 
 He saw mischief was brewin; , . The Ordination. 8. 
 
 Bridal. 
 
 The last braw bridal that I was at, 
 
 'Twas on a Hallowmass day, S. The last braw bridal t 
 
 Bride, so may I be a bride! . Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 
 When ye bure hame my bonie Bride : A Gude New-Year^ 6. 
 But Duncan swoor a haly aith, 
 
 That Meg should be a bride the morn ; S. Duncan Damson. 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, 
 
 Round the wealthy, titled bride S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 P Logan ! sweetly didst thou glide 
 
 The day I was my Willie's bride ; S. O Logan! s^ueetly t 
 The bride went to bed wi' the silly bridegroom. 
 
 In the midst o' her kimmers a'. S. The last bratu bridal t 
 
 Bridegroom. 
 
 AH for to court this pretty maid, 
 
 Her bridegroom for to be, O- 
 The bridegroom may forget the bride, 
 Was made his wedded wife yestreen; 
 
 Lament for Gleticaim. 
 Bridle* And gae his bridle reins a shake, 
 
 With, adieu for evermore, . S. It was a for t 
 
 Brief. 
 
 Stop, passenger ! my story's brief, El. on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 Brief z;. Breef. 
 Brier, 
 briers an' woodbines budding green, Ep. to J. L — k<, Ap. tst. z. 
 See yonder rose-bud, rich in dew, 
 
 Amang its native briers sae coy, . . S. I do confess^ 
 
 O bonie was yon rosy brier, 
 
 That blooms sae far frae haunt o' man ; 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 As on the brier the budding rose 
 
 Still richer breathes and fairer blows, . S. O Phely, t 
 
 Ye'll fasten to him like a brier, . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 The rose upon the brier by the waters running clear, 
 
 S. The Winter it is past i 
 There grows a bonie brier bush in our kail-yard, 
 And below the bonie brier bubh there's a lassie and a lad, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 
 Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 We eye the rose upon the brier, 
 Unmindful that the thorn is near, 
 
 To J. S., j6. 
 
 He strays amang the woods and briers, S. Young /aviie, t 
 Briery. Ye hazly shaws and briery dens ; El. on Capt. M. H. 4. 
 
 Brig [bridge]. 
 
 Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, 
 
 And win the key-stane of the brig ; Tain d Shanter. 18. 
 
 They took the brig wi' a' their might, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Ane on th' Auld Brig his airy shape uprears, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4^ 
 
 The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. lb. 
 
 Auld Brig appear'd of ancient Pictish race, . . lb. 
 
 New Brig was buskit in a braw, new coat, . lb. 
 
 But gin ye be a Brig as auld as me, . . .lb. j. 
 
 Compare wi' bonie Brigs o' modern time? . . lb. 6. 
 
 I'll be a Brig when ye're a shapeless cairn! . lb. 7, 
 
 Sweeps dams, an' mills, an' brigs, a' to the gate ; . .lb. 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on d— d new Brigs and 
 
 Harbours ! . . . ■ . . lb. g. 
 
 In coming by the brig o' Dye, S. T. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 
 Bright. 
 
 Thy Daughters bright thy walks adom, Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Ye gallants bright I rede ye right, 
 
 S, A. Masierton*s bonie Anne. 
 Her een sae bright, like stars by night, . ... lb. 
 Sae shortly you shall see me bright, Auld comrade dear^ 
 taught by the bright Caledonian lance, . S. Caledonia, ^j. 
 
 Her bright course of glory for ever shall run : . .lb. 6. 
 For Matthew's course was bright*, - . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 
 ye twinkling starnies bright, lb. 14. 
 
 Or bright L[aprai]k's, my friend to be, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 14. 
 No other light shall guide my steps 
 
 'Till thy bright beams arise. S. Farewell, dear mistress \ 
 Now farewell, light, thou sunshine bright, ' 
 
 iS". Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 With passions so potent, and fancies so bright, 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 at twal at night, when the moon shines bright, 
 
 S. Her^s to thy health t 
 'Twas not her golden ringlets bright, . S. I gaed a waefu^ -t 
 Bare her leg and bright her een, . . .S". / met a lass t 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun 
 To shed its influence on thy bright career. 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 And courtly grandeur bright 
 
 The fancy may delight, . . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night. 
 
 S. Now westlin winds \ 
 She shines sae bright, to wyle us hame, S. O IVilHe brew'd\ 
 With noiseless step and taper bright, On Lincluden Castle. 
 Bright ran thy line, O G — . . On same Lord G. 
 
 When the tear trickled bright, . On Death offav Child. 
 O' stature short, but genius bright, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations 
 Bright wines and bonnie lasses rare. 
 
 To put us daft ; . Poem on Life. 
 
 Your course to the latest is bright. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 With manly lore, or female beauty bright, 
 
 Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 Thou maks the gossips clatter bright, . Scotch Drink, is. 
 Or dark as misery's woeful night Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 
 Yourself, you wait your bright reward. ... lb. 
 
 Thou whose bright sun now gilds yon orient skies ! 
 
 Sonnit^ wr. on Birthday 
 
 A fairy train appear'd in order bfight : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 
 Bright to the moon their various dresses glanc'd : . .lb. 
 In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard ! 
 
 Tlie Cotters Sat. Night, zi. 
 The sun rose clear and bright ; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 But left behind him heroes bright, . . .lb. VI. 
 
 . by that Hieroglyphic bright, . T/ie Farewell to St. /.'s L. . 
 Till Order bright, completely shine, . . lb. 
 
 O I thou bright Qufeen, who, o'er th' expanse. 
 Now highest reign'st with boundless sw^! 
 
 The Lament, g. 
 S. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 
 The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 by the moon and stars so bright, . 
 There Sophy tight, a lassie bright, 
 
 Besides a handsome fortune : 
 by my inele-lowe I saw. Now bleezan bright, 
 
 The Vision, D. I. 7. 
 
 Brieht Phebus ne'er witnessed so joyous a corps, 
 
 T/te Whistle, ij- 
 
 So uprose bright Phebus— and down fell the knight. lb. 16. 
 " The field thou hast won, by yon bright god of day !" lb. 18. 
 My love is like yon sun, whose bright course is begun, 
 
 S. The winter it is past t 
 
 Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume ; 
 
 ^y. Tlieir groves of \ 
 
 Her een sae bright, her brow sae white, 
 
 S. T. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 
 Trenching your gushing entrzuls bright . . To a Haggis 
 And bright in cloudless skies his sun go down ! 
 
 To R. 0. ofF., g. 
 
 An' backlins-comin, to the leuk. 
 
 She [moon] grew mair bright. To W. Simpson, P. S. 
 
 Bright as a cloudless summer sun, . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 Her lips more than the cherries bright, 
 
 A richer dye has graced them ; . 
 
 S. Young Peggy ^ 
 
Brighten 
 
 60 
 
 Broaeh 
 
 Brighten. It lightens, it brightens, 
 
 . , . The.tenebrific scene, . Ep, io Davie. lo, 
 
 Methinks they brighten to a blaze ! On Lincluden Castle, 
 Thou ev'n brightens dark Despair, 
 
 Wi' gloomy smile. Scotch Drink, 6, 
 
 Brighter. 
 
 Does the sober bed of Marriage 
 
 Witness brighter scenes of love? The Jolly BeggarsS. VIII. 
 Glowing dawn of brighter day. . To a Kiss. 
 
 Brightest. 
 The brightest o' beauty may cloyi when possest ; 
 
 .S". Avja' wV yr witchcraft i 
 In richest ore the brightest jewel set! Ml. on Miss Burnet. 
 Brightest climes shall mirk appear, S. Frae the friends t 
 
 The brightest jewel in my crown, 
 Wad be my queen, wad be my queen. 
 
 S. O wert thou in the t 
 Brilliant. That brilliant gift will so enrich me, 
 
 Impront,^ on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 Brim. They iilled up a darksome pit 
 
 With water to the brim, . . John Barleycorn. 
 Brimful, the brimful grief-worn eyes Sad thy tale\ 
 
 Brimstone Iv. Brunstane]. 
 
 And fill her up wi' brimstone drink, 
 
 Red, reeking, het. . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 The death o' devils, smoor'd wi' brimstone reek : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Then lug out your ladle, deal brimstone like adle, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 But now his Honor maun detach, 
 
 Wi' a' his brimstone squadrons, . The Ordination, lo. 
 
 Bring. To bring them to a right repentance ? 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, x. 
 Let Meg now take away the flesh, 
 
 And jock bring in the spirit! . .At Globe Tav.^ D. 
 Yet maiden May, in rich array. 
 
 Again shall bring them a' [our joys]. S. But lately seen, t 
 Yet while the busy means are ply'd, 
 
 They bring their own reward : r Despondency, an Ode, 2. 
 For relief a sigh she brings ; . . . S. Duncan Grajy \ 
 Her dear idea brings relief. 
 
 And solace to my breast. . . . Ep. to Davie^ g. 
 Untie these bands from off my hands. 
 
 And bring to me my sword; S. Farewell, ye dungeons\ 
 Till Revenge, wi' laurelld head^ 
 
 'Bring our iJanish'd hame again ; S, Frae ihefriends\ 
 
 And bring a coggie main . . S. Gane is the day t 
 
 And bring hame a Carlisle cow. . . . S. Hee balou, t 
 And we hae pints to bring. . . . S. Hey ca thro'. 
 Brings the dusty siller ; , . S. Hey, the dusty miller t 
 Wha bring thy elders to disgrace, Holy Willie's Prayer. lo. 
 There's nane sail ken, there's nane sail guess, 
 
 What brings me back the gate again, . S. Til ay ca' in t 
 Content and love bring peace and joy, S. In simmer when t 
 But nocht in all-revolving time 
 
 Can gladness bring again to me. Lament for Glencaim. 
 Fy, bring Black-Jock, her [Superstition's] state physician, 
 
 Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns 
 
 Bring Autumn's pleasant weather ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 But soon may peace bring happy days, S. O Logan! sweetly t 
 Did ne'er to me sic tidings bring, 
 
 As meeting o' my Willy S. O Phely, t 
 
 The tappit-hen gae bring her ben, . . On W. Stewart. 
 The doctrine, to-day, that is loyalty found, 
 
 'lo-morrow may bring us a halter. . Poet. Add. to Tytler 
 No song nor dance I bring from yon great city. 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D. 
 Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, 
 
 The strong forehammer, . Scotch Drink, ii. 
 What secret charm to mem'ry brings 
 All that on Evan's border springs? 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Nor asks if they bring ought to hope or fear. 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 But bring a Scotchman frae his hill, 
 
 The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 We'll send him o'er to his native shore 
 And bring our ain sweet Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass qf Albany. 
 With kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben ; 
 
 The CottCT^s Sat. Night. S, 
 
 The Dame brings forth, in complimental mood, 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sa-t. Night. //. 
 The more incapacity they bring;, 
 
 U'he more they're to your liking. . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 While day and night can bring delight, S. The day returns^ 
 To bring them tidings hame, [re.l . The Election Ballads. I. 
 And bring an angel pen to write 
 
 My transports wi' my Anna! . S. Thegowd. locks of A. 
 Ev'n day, all-bitter, brings relief, . . The Lament, 8, 
 
 The happy hour may soon be near, 
 
 That brings us pleasant weather : ^S". The noble Maxwells t 
 Come, bring the tither mutchkin in, . The Ordination.. 14. 
 At night I do bring my full wages away : The Poor Thresher. 
 We thought ay death wad bring relief, The Twa Herds, 13. 
 The day comes to me, but delight brings me nane ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob t 
 I ken'd it still your wee bit jauntie. 
 
 Wad bring ye to : . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 if foot or horse E'er bring you in by Mauchline Corss, 
 
 To Mr. J, Kennedy 
 Til! some bit callan bring me news . . lb. 
 
 To thee I bring a heart unchang'd. .S". To thee, Iffdd Nith t 
 Bringing. 
 If bringing them [the Hanovers] over was lucky for us, 
 I'm sure 'twas as lucky for them. [v. A. 9] 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler, 
 Bring'st. 
 Tell me thou bring'st me, my Willie, the same. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie 
 Brink. Or richly brown, reani owre the brink. 
 
 In glorious faem, Scotch Drink. 2. 
 
 For me, I'm on Parnassus brink, . Second Ep. to Davie, 
 Tho' constantly on poortith's brink, . The Twa Dogs. /j". 
 By human pride or cunning driv'n 
 
 To Mis'ry's brink. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Briny. An' down the briny pearls rowe . Poor Mailie's El., 
 Brisk. I gat it frae a young brisk Sodger Laddie, 
 
 S. O where did ye get \ 
 Or how can I gang brisk and braw ; 
 
 S. Oh, how can I be blyihe t 
 Brisket. An spread abreed thy weel-fill'd brisket, 
 
 Wi' pith an' pow'r, A Gude New-Year^i2. 
 Bristrd. Each bristl'd hair stood like a stake. 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 Bristle. Like hoary bristles to erect and stare. Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Bristling. His bristling beard just rising in its might, 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Britain. And now Ye've gien auld Britain peace, 
 
 Her broken shins to plaister; A Dream. 6. 
 
 Be Britain still to Britain true, . ^S*. Does haughty Gaulf 
 Or how our merry lads at hame. 
 
 In Britain's court kept up the game ; Kind Sir, fve readf 
 Let Britain boast her hardy oak, . The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 Auld Britain ance could crack her joke, . . . .lb. 
 For Britain's guid his saul indentin . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 For Britain's guid! guid faith ! I doubt it. . . lb. 22. 
 For Britain's guid ! for her destruction ! . lb. 24. 
 
 Brither [brother]. 
 Auld comrade dear and brither sinner, . Auldcomradei 
 
 But come, your hand, my careless brither, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, 8. 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; . Tarn d Shanter.5, 
 
 Ilk hoary Hunter mourn 'd a brither ; Tam Samsons El.^ J2, 
 Whomauld Demosthenes or Tully 
 
 Might own for brithers. The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 But why should ae man better fare, 
 
 And a' men briihers! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Fareweel, ' my rhyme-composing ' brither ! To W. Simpson. 
 British. But sneer na British-boys awa; . A Dream, 14, 
 We'll ne'er permit a foreign foe. 
 
 On British ground to rally. [«?.] S. Does haughty Gauli 
 For never but by British hands 
 Maun British wrangs be righted . , , . lb. 
 
 Briton. But oh, it was a tale of woe, 
 
 As ever met a Briton's car ! . .A Vision. 
 
 Brittle. Till fate shall snap the brittle thread ; To J. S.^ 10. 
 Broach. Could he some commutation broach, 
 
 The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer^ 21. 
 
firoad 
 
 61 
 
 Brought 
 
 Broad. Threw broad and dark across the pool '.As on the banks t 
 
 Now gay with the broad setting sun ! 
 
 S, Farewell thou/air day \ 
 
 And for a mantle large and broad, 
 
 He wrapt him in Religion. . . . T/ie Holy Fair. 
 
 First enter'd A, a grave, broad, solemn wight, The Vowels. 
 Brock [a badger]. 
 
 They gang as saucy by poor folk, 
 
 As I wad by a stinkan brock. . . The Twa Dogs. i2. 
 
 The thummart, willqat, brock and tod, 
 
 Weel kend his voice thro' a' the wood, The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 Brodie. 
 
 Donald Brodie met a lass 
 
 Coining o'er the braes o' Cupar ; . . S. Donald Brodie t 
 
 Brogue [a trick]. 
 
 An' play'd on man a cursed brogue. . Add. to the Deil. i6. 
 
 Broil. So I must toil and sweat and broil, 
 
 S. MyfatJier was a farmer \ 
 
 Broke. 
 There's mony a lass has broke my rest, S. O lay thy looj t 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear. On Llnclvden Castle 
 
 But now Yerl Galloway's sceptre's broke. 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 He made me blest— and broke my heart ! The Tears I shed. 
 For there he rov'd that broke my heart, S. Tothee^lovdNith^ 
 But tell him, though he broke my heart, 
 
 Yet to that heart he still was dearl . ... lb. 
 Yet never met with that surprise 
 
 That broke my rest, . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 Broken. Her broken shins to plaister ; . A Dream. 6. 
 
 My heart it shall never be broken for ane. 
 
 .S". As I was a-wand!ring\ 
 
 Had I no got greeting, my heart wou'd hae broken, . lb. 
 *' To wander in my broken shade, . As on the banks t 
 
 Is this thy faithful swain's reward. 
 
 An aching broken heart, . . S. Canst thou leave me \ 
 'Twas neither broken wing nor limb, . Ep. to J. R., i2, 
 Thou's broken the heart o' thy ain Jock Rab. S. Eppie M^Nab. 
 
 [Damnation] For broken laws, _ 
 Five thousand years 'fore my creation, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 3. 
 
 The tearful tribute of a broken heart. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. White/ord. 
 
 For pity's sake, sweet bird, nae mair! 
 Or my poor heart is broken! S. stay., sweet warbling \ 
 
 But through the broken space, the gale 
 
 Blows chilly from the misty vale ; . On Linclitden Castle. 
 
 Thou'st broken the heart o' thy Willy. S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 
 She's broken her vow, she's broken my heart, 
 
 S. Site's fair and fause t 
 
 The broken, iron instruments of Death, The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Broken trade o' Broughton, The Election Ballads^ IV. 
 
 The Tory ranks are broken. . . . lb. VI. 
 
 Ae leg an' baith the trams are broken ; . . The Inventory. 
 And hopeless, comfortless, I'll mourn 
 
 A faithless woman's broken vow. . The Lament, 10. 
 reckless vows. Would soon been broken. The Vision. D.I. g. 
 
 I'm truly sorry Man's dominion 
 Has broken Nature's social union, 
 
 To a Mouse , 
 
 Broken-hearted. , ^ ^ ^ r ., . , . j. 
 
 And thou art broken hearted : S. O watye who. that lo es t 
 
 Never met — or never parted, 
 
 We had ne'er been broken-hearted. 
 
 S. One fond kiss ^ 
 
 When frae my Jeany parted, , „ „, , , ,, ,^ 
 
 Sad, cheerless, broken-hearted, S. Sleep st thou, orwakstf 
 
 . S. The tither mom t 
 
 But now as glad I'm wi' my lad, 
 As hhortsyne broken hearted. 
 Bronze. And even out-Irish his Hibernian bronze ; 
 
 Ep. fr. Esoptis. 
 
 Broo [broth, liquid ; water]. 
 
 Kate sits i' the neuk, r. ^ . j v j. 
 
 Suppin hen-broo ; . . S. Gudeen to you Ktminer^ 
 
 Cats like milk. And dogs like broo ; . . . lb. 
 
 The flesh to him the broo to me, . S. O gin ye were dead. 
 
 m mony a torrent down the snaw-broo rowes ;^^^ ^^^^^^ ^ 
 
 A' ye douce folk I've borne aboon the broo, . . .lb. g. 
 Brood, ye whirring paitrick brood ; El, on Capt. M. H. 7- 
 She [the linnet] soon shall see her tender brood, 
 The pride, the pleasure of the wood, S. A Rosebud by my t 
 Superstition's hellish brood, . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Brood, to. And fondly broods with miser care; 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Broom. Down amang the broom, the broom, 
 Down amang the broom, my deary, 
 
 S, Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 Where lambkins wanton through the broom ! 
 
 S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Wi' the burn stealing under the laiig, yellow broom ; 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Broom-stick. A broom-stick o' the witch of Endor, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Broose [a race at a country wedding]. 
 
 At Brooses thou had ne'er a fellow, 
 
 For pith an' speed ; A Guid New-year t 9. 
 Brose. O gie my love brose, brose, 
 
 Gie my love brose and butter ; 
 
 S. O gie my love brose t 
 For fear by foes that they should lose 
 
 Their cogs o' brose, S. The Battle of Sher^a-Moor. 
 I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose, S, The deuks dang o'er. 
 They maun hae brose and brats o' duddies ; To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Be't water-brose, or muslin-kail, . . To J, S., 24. 
 
 For aye the brose ye sup at e'en, 
 Ye bock them ere the mom, lassie. S. Ve hae lien wrang. 
 Brother. Abuse a brother to his back ; A Ded. to G. H. S- 
 Then, Sir, your hand — my friend and brother, . lb. 16. 
 Than heaven-illumin'd Man on brother Man bestows ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 Affliction's sons are brothers in distress ; 
 A Brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss I . . Jb. g. 
 The youngest Brother [Mason] ye wad whip 
 
 Aff straught to H— II. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 Then gently scan your brother man. Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 And the wretch, his [the Tyrant's] true sworn brother, 
 Who would set the Mob above the throne, 
 
 S. Does haughty Gaul + 
 O, H[enderson] ! the man ! the brother! 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. 1$^ 
 
 Though like as was ever twin brother to brother, 
 
 Fragjnentf inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Man with brother man to meet, 
 
 And as a brother kindly greet ; S. How can my poor heart \ 
 
 Who begs a brother of the earth 
 
 To give him leave to toil ; . Man was made to tnoum. 
 
 Here passes the Squire on his brother— his horse ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 
 May ev'ry true Brother of th' Compass and Square 
 Have a big-belly'd bottle when pressed with care. . lb. 
 
 For he but meets a brother. On Dining with Daer. 
 
 Death tears the brother of her love 
 
 i?'rom Isabella's arms. . Sad thy tale t 
 
 With joy unfeign'd, brothers and sisters meet, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, j. 
 And there will be rich brother Nabobs, 
 
 The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 
 Like brothers they'll stand by each other ; 
 Sae knit in alliance are kin. 
 
 . lb. 
 The Farewelly 
 
 A brother's sigh! a sister's tear ! 
 A faithful brother I have left, 
 
 My part in him thou'lt share, . . . lb. 
 
 Dear brothers of the mystic tye! The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 That man to man, the warld o'er. 
 
 Shall brothers be, for a' that. S. The Honest Man. 
 
 O thou my elder brother in misfortune, 
 By far my elder brother in the muses, 
 
 Wr. utidr Port. ofFergusson 
 
 Brotherhood. 
 
 Our Master and the Brotherhood . . To a Medical GeJit. 
 Brotherly. 
 May secrecy round be the mystical bound, 
 And brotherly Iqve be the centre. S. The Sons of old KilUe 
 Brought. 
 
 Yet here to crazy Age we're brought, A Gmd New-year \ z6 
 The ways of men are distant brought, Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 An' brought a Paitrick to the grun', . Ep. to J. R., 7. 
 
 Accept this tribute from the Bard 
 Thou brought from fortune's mirkest gloom. 
 
 Lament for Glencairtu 
 For she [our Kirk] by tribulations 
 
 Is now brought very low. . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 For her forbears were brought in ships, . Poor Mailie's El. . 
 And never brought to mind? J". Should auld acquaintance^ 
 
Brought 
 
 62 
 
 Buboes 
 
 Ae spring brought oflf her master hale, Tarn d Shanter. i8. 
 Miller brought up the artillery ranks, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 So dawning day has brought relief S. The noble Maxwells t 
 Thou giv'st the word ; Thy creature, man, 
 
 Is to existence brought ; . The ist 6 V.s o/goth Psahn. 
 Must I see thee, my youthful pride, 
 
 Thus brought so very low ! S. The sun he is sunk\ 
 An' darker gloamin brought the night : . The Two. Dogs, 35 
 Was brought to the court of our good Scotish King, 
 
 The Whistle. 
 
 Fears for my Willie brought tears in my e'e ; 
 
 S. Wandering Willie 
 
 Broughton, Hey for the chaste int'rest of Broughton, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Broken trade o' Broughton, A' in high repair. lb. IV. 
 
 Here's the worth o' Broughton In a needle's e'e ; . lb. 
 
 Broust [as much malt liquor as is brew'd at a time.] 
 She wadna trow't, the broust she brew't, 
 Wad taste sae bitterlie. . S. Her Daddie forbad t 
 
 Bpow. With lordly Honor's lofty brow, A Winter Night. 8. 
 Dark as the frowning rock his brow, 
 
 And curled as the wintry wave, . . As on the banks t 
 Sae fair her hair, sae brent her brow, S. Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 May Prudence, Fortitude and Truth 
 
 Erect your brow undaunting ! . Ep. to Young Friend, ii. 
 Your locks were like the raven, 
 Your bonie brow was brent ; 
 But now your brow is bald, John, . 6". John Anderson t 
 
 An' the horns become your brow, gudeman. 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 When shining sunbeams intervene 
 And gild the distant mountain's brow; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 The eagle, from the cliffy brow, . On Scaring Water-fowl. 
 To you old Bald-pate smooths his wrinkled brow, 
 
 ■ Prologue at Th., D. 
 My best leg foremost, I'll set up my brow, Scots Prologue. 
 Phoebus, gilding the brow of the morning, S. Sleep' st thou t 
 At thy blithe carol clears his furrowed brow. 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday 
 Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Tarn o' Shanter. i. 
 Hospitality with cloudless brow. . The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 And though his brow be held aboon, . J. The cardin o't. 
 On ilka brow she's planted a horn, S. The Cooper o' cuddy t 
 And wrinkled was her brow, . The Election Ballads, I. 
 
 (Th' enamour'd laurels kiss her brows,) . . lb. VI. 
 
 And brow bent gloomy melancholy, . . T/ie Hennit. 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill, 
 
 ^. The lazy mist t 
 And thus earn my bread by the sweat of my brow. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Green, slender, leaf-clad Holly-boughs 
 
 Were twisted, gracefu', round her brows ! The Vision, D. I. q. 
 Her een sae bright, her brow sae white, 
 
 S. T. Menzies bonie Mary. 
 Then farewel hopes of Laurel-boughs, 
 
 To garland my poetic brows ! . . To J. S., g. 
 
 Whose is that noble, dauntless brow ? . V.s, below Picture. 
 to justly shew that brow, And mark that eye of fire, . lb. 
 Did warlike laurels crown my brow, S. Whenjirst I saw t 
 As blooming spring unbends the brow 
 
 Of surly savage winter. . . . S. Young Peggy t 
 Brown. While tears hap o'er her auld brown nose 1 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Ye dark waste hills, and brown unsightly plains. 
 
 On death ofR. Dundas. 
 Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink, Scotch Drink. 2. 
 
 Sweet brushing the dew from the brown heather bells, 
 
 S. The Heather was blooming\ 
 The forests are leafless, the meadows are brown, 
 
 S. The lazy Mist \ 
 Her haffet locks as brown's a berry, T. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 Her moors red-brown wi' heather bells, To W. Simpson. 10, 
 I hae lo'ed the Black, the Brown ; S. Wantonness for ever\ 
 While tumbling brown, the Burn comes down, . Winter. 
 Brown [Rev. John Brown of Haddington]. 
 Perusing Bunyan, Brown and Boston ; A uld comrade dear f 
 
 Brownhill. 
 At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer. Impromptu, 
 
 Browster-wives [ale-house wives}. 
 
 But browster wives an' ivhiskie stills. 
 
 They are the muses. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Bruce. 
 Where Bruce ance rul'd the martial ranks, Halloween. 
 
 A drama worthy of the name of Bruce? Scots Prologue. 
 
 Scots, wham Bruce has aften led ; . S. Scots, wha hae t 
 
 Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace ! . .■ S. The Union. 
 
 ' ' Thy line, that have struggled for freedom with Bruce, 
 
 The Whistle, 18. 
 Brugh, Borough, Burrough. 
 In some bit Brugh to represent 
 
 A Baillie^s name? Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. iz. 
 Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, 
 Wha represent our Brughs an' Shires, 
 
 The Author's Cty and Prayer. 
 Ae night, within the ancient brugh of Ayr, The Brigs of Ayr, 3. 
 Fancies that our Brugh denies protection, . . .lb, 8. 
 bent on winning borough towns. The Election Ballads, VI. 
 Combustion thro' our boroughs rode, . . lb. 
 
 Low, in a sandy valley spread, 
 
 An ancient Boiough rear'd her head ; The Vision, D. 1. 1^, 
 An' your auld burrough mony a time, . The Inventory. 
 
 Bruised. And much oppressed and bruised she was ; 
 
 As priest-rid cattle are, El. on Peg Nicholson, 
 And blae and bluidy bruis'd her ; . S. Had I the wyte\ 
 
 this bruised heart that now bleeds in my breast, 
 
 .S". Woe is my hearty 
 Brulzie [a fray, broil]. 
 
 Wha in a brulzie, will first cry a parley ? 
 
 S. Bannocks d bear meal t 
 And hell mix'd in the brulzie. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 I hope we, Bardies, ken some better 
 Than mind sic brulzie. 
 
 To W. SijJipson, P.S,. 
 
 Brunstane [brimstone]. 
 
 Spairges about the brunstane cootie, . Add. to the Deil. i- 
 Your brunstane devilship I see 
 
 Has got him there before ye ; Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 An' bake them up in brunstane pies 
 
 For poor d — n'd Drinkers. Scotch Drink, zo. 
 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Pit, 
 
 Fill'd fou o' lowan brunstane, . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 Rake them,- like Sodom and Gomorrah, 
 
 In brunstane stoure. . To Terraughty, 
 
 Brunt [burned]. 
 
 Was brunt wi' primsie Mallie ; . Halloween. 9. 
 
 Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling. 
 
 An' her ain fit, it brunt it ; . . . lb. g. 
 
 She notic't na, an aizle brunt 
 
 Her braw, new, worset apron Out ihro' . lb, 13. 
 
 An' my auld mother brunt the trin'le. . Tlie Inventory. 
 
 An' some, to learn them for their tricks, 
 
 Were hang'd an' brunt. To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 
 Brush. We'll over the border and gie them a brush ; 
 
 iS". Cock up your beaver- 
 
 Brush, to. He wha could brush them down to mools. 
 
 To W. Creech, 
 
 Brushing. 
 Sweet brushing the dew from the brown heather bells, 
 
 S. The heather was blooimng\ 
 
 Brust [burst]. 
 
 An' scriechan out prosaic verse, 
 
 An' like to brust! Tlie Author's Cry and Prayer, z. 
 Brute. Four gallant brutes, as e'er did draw ; 
 
 A Guid New-year f IS- 
 (Instinct's a brute, and sentiment a fool !) Ep. to H. Graham, j". 
 Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. T/ie Death of Mailie. 
 I have four brutes o' gallant mettle, . . The Inventory. 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast, 
 
 If the ass was the king of the brutes. . The Kirk's A larm. 
 It raises man aboon the brute, . . The Tree of Liberty 
 But by the brutes themselves elekit, 
 
 To be their guide. . . The Twa Herds. 4- 
 And get the brutes the power themsels, 
 
 To choose their herds. ... lb. IS- 
 Again exalt the brute and sink the man ; Why am I lothi 
 Brydon. 
 
 Brydons brave Ward I well could spy, [v. A. 4] The Vision. 
 Buboes. An' purge the bitter ga's an' cankers," 
 
 0' curst Venetian b-res an' ch-ncres. [v. A. 13]- 
 
 'The Twa Dogs. 23* 
 
Buehan [Buehan's " Domestic Medicine"] 63 
 
 Bupgojrne 
 
 Buehan [Buehan's "Domestic Medicine"]. 
 
 He's grown sae weel acquaint wi' Buehan, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 14 
 Buehan Bullers [wild rocl<s on the Buehan coast, 
 having caves and a great * blow-hole ' where the 
 sea bullers, i.e. makes a loud gurgling noise]. 
 
 When all his wintry billows pour 
 
 Against the Buehan Bullers. Tke Election Ballads, VI. 
 
 Buck. A buck, a beau, or Dem my eyes ! Epit. on Mr. Burton 
 Buckhaven. Up wi' the carls of Dysart, 
 
 And the lads 0' Buckhaven, S. Hey ca' thro'. 
 
 Buckie idim. ^/buck], 
 
 that daft buckie, Geordie W[ale]s, . Kind Sir, fve readf 
 
 If envious buckies view wi' sorrow 
 
 Thy lengthen'd days on this blest morrow, To Terraughty. 
 Buckle. Snaw-white stockins on his legs, 
 
 And siller buckles glancin ; S. The Ploughman t 
 
 And his hair has a natural buckle and a*. S. There's a youth t 
 
 And his clear siller buckles they dazzle us a'. . . lb. 
 
 Buckler. 
 
 A guide, a buckler, an' example Holy Willie" s Prayer. $■ 
 
 Buckskin [an inhabitant of Virginia], 
 An* did the Buckskins claw, man ; . A Fragtnent. 4.. 
 
 The' I should herd the buckskin kye 
 
 For't, in Virginia! . Ep. to J. R. 11. 
 
 Bucky, -ie. When they gae to the shore o' Buckie, 
 
 S. A ' the lads d Thomie-hank t 
 Brews gude ale at shore o' Bucky ; ... Ih. 
 
 The best on a' the shore o' Bucky. . . . lb. 
 
 Bud, At buds and flowers were hinging, O . 
 
 S. A Viang the trees \ 
 Ye grouss that crap the heather bud ; El. on Capt. M. H. 7. 
 Now comes the sax an' twentieth simmer, 
 I've seen the bud upo' the timmer, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2/st. 10. 
 
 That blasts each bud of hope and joy; S. Forlorn, my Lof/e,f 
 Was once a sweet bud on the braes of the Ayr. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 For the lily in the bud will be bonier yet. S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 My stem was fair, my bud was green, S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Numbering ev'ry bud which nature 
 
 Waters wi' the tears of joy, S. Sleep' st thou, orwak'sti 
 Unnumber'd buds an' flow'rs' delicious spoils, 
 
 S. The Brigs 0/ Ayr. 
 But ere the bud was on the tree, The Jolly Beggars, S. IV. 
 When lintwhites chant amang the buds, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Bud, to. But he whose blossom buds in guilt 
 
 Shall to the ground be cast, . . The zst Psalm. 
 How weel it buds and blossoms there, The Tree 0/ Liberty, 
 
 Budding, briers an' woodbines budding green, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 
 The hawthorns budding in the glen. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Not vernal show'rs to budding flow'rs, S. Nowwestlin -winds \ 
 As on the brier the budding rose 
 Still richer breathes and fairer blows, 
 
 S. O Phely t 
 On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 Here lies a rose, a budding rose, 
 
 Blasted before its bloom, 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phcebus peeps in view, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 
 Budget. 
 
 An* take a share with those that bear 
 
 The budget and the apron ! The Jolly Beggars, S. VI. 
 
 Here's to budgets, bags and wallets I lb. S, VIII. 
 
 Buff- It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, 
 And bide by the buff and the blue. 
 
 S. Here's a health to them \ 
 
 Buff, to [to beat]. 
 
 A chield wha'U soundly bufFour beef; The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 Bughtin-time [the time of collecting the sheep in the 
 pens to be milked]. 
 
 When o'er the hill the eistern star _ 
 
 Tells bughtin-time is near, my jo : S. When o.er the hill^ 
 
 Build. 
 
 But build a castle on his head, . Epig. on noted Coxcomb. 
 
 And they'll gae build Terreagle's towers, 
 
 ^ ^ S. The noble Maxwells i 
 
 Building. 
 
 For building cot-houses sae fam'd, The Election Ballads. V. 
 Building-taste. 
 Mansions that would disgrace the building-taste . 
 Of any mason reptile, bird, or beast ; The Bngs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 Built. As built on the base of the great Revolution ; 
 
 At Meet, of D. Volunteers. 
 Churches built to please the Priest. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Buirdly [stout-made, broad-built], 
 
 A filly buirdly, steeve an' swank, . A Guid Ne%v- Year \ 3. 
 buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies, . . The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 Buittle. An there will be Bnittle's apostle, 
 
 Wha's mair o' the black than the blue. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Here's a little wadset Buittles scrap o' truth, . lb. IV. 
 
 And Buittle was na slack ; . lb, V. 
 
 Buke V. Beuk. - 
 
 Bulk. Your ruin'd, formless bulk 0' stane and lime, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Bull. The lion and the bull thy care have found, To R. G. ofF. 
 Bullers v. Buehan Bullers. 
 
 Bullock. ' Here lies a famous Bullock !' . . The Calf. 
 Bum [the Buttocks]. 
 And many a tatter'd rag hanging over my bum, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 Bum, to [to make a humming noise]. 
 Shall let the busy, grumbling hive 
 
 Bum owre their treasure. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Bum-elock [a hummingbeetle that flies in the summer 
 evenings]. 
 
 The bum-clock humm'd wi lazy drone, . The Twa Dogs. 35. 
 
 Bumman [making a humming noise]. 
 
 Aft 'yont the dyke she's [Graunie's] heard you bumman, 
 
 Wi' eerie drone ; Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 
 Bummle [a drone, an idle fellow]. 
 
 Hadst thou taen aff some drowsy bummle ! 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Bumper. Then fill up a bumper and make it o'erflow, 
 
 S. No Churchman avi /f 
 Come, bumpers high, express your joy, . On W. Stewart. 
 
 Wi' bumpers flowing o'er, Scotch Drink. Mott.. 
 
 Gay Pleasure ran riot as bumpers ran o'er ; The Whistle. 13. 
 Turned o'er in one bumper a bottle of red, . . lb. 14. 
 
 But who can with Fate and Quart Bumpers contend? lb. 16. 
 Bumper, to. " And bumper his horn with him twenty times o'er. 
 
 The Whistle. 8. 
 Bunker's Hill. 
 
 I'd better gaen an' sair't the king. 
 
 At Bunker's hill. . Ep. to J. R. 6. 
 
 Bunter [a low vulgar woman]. 
 
 And kissing barefit hunters. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Bunyan, 
 
 Perusing Bunyan, Brown, and Boston : Auld comrade dearf 
 Buoy. The lead and buoy are needful to the net : 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham, a. 
 Burden. 
 Now life is a burden that bows me down , S. By yon castle wa' t 
 A burden more than I can bear. Despondency, aji Ode. 1. 
 
 each bed-post with its burden a-groaning, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 Light is the burden love lays on ; . S. hi simmer when t 
 
 Their gun's a burden on their shouther ; 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear. 
 
 ^. The Slave's Lament. 
 Forsaken and friendless, my burden I bear, 
 
 , .S". Wae is my heart t 
 
 Burden-bearing, 
 
 Issachar, The burden-bearing tribe. Hew Psalmody. 
 
 Burdle [dim. ^bird ; a damsel]. 
 
 I wad hae g;Ven them off my hurdles, 
 
 For ae blink o' the bonie burdies! . . Tarn 0' Shanter. 13. 
 Bure [did bear]. 
 When ye bure hame my bonie Bride: A Guid New-Year^ 6 
 Thou bure the Bard through many a shire? 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Aft bure the gree, as story tells, 
 
 Frae Suthron billies. . To W. Simpson. 
 
 An' auld-light caddies bure sic bands, , . , lb. P.S. 
 Burgess. She won each gaping burgess' heart, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Burgoyne. 
 B-rg — ne gaed up, like spur an' whip, . A Fragment, 4, 
 
Burke 
 
 64 
 
 Bush 
 
 Burke. For Paddy B— rke, like ony Turk, 
 
 Nae mercy had at a', man : . A Fragment. 5. 
 How daddie Burke the plea was cookin, Kind Sir, I've readf 
 And Burke shall sing, O prince, arise! 
 
 T/ie Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Bupn [a rivulet]. 
 
 Down Lowrie's burn he took a turn, . A Frag7nent. 2. 
 While burns, wi' snawy wreeths up-choked. 
 
 Wild-eddying swirl, A Winter Night. 2. 
 
 As down the burn they took their way, S. As down the hum \ 
 Quoth Mary, *' Love, I like the burn, . . , . lb. 
 A burn was clear, a glen was green, S, Duncan Davison. 
 And flang them a' out o'er the burn. . . lb. 
 
 Whare three Lairds' lan's met at a burn, Halloween. 24. 
 
 The trout within yon wimpling burn S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 The pathless wild, and wimpling burn, 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 By wimpling burn and leafy shaw, . .S*. Sae flaxeni 
 
 We twa ha'e paidlet i' the burn, S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 In vain the burns cam down like waters. 
 
 An acre braid ! . Tarn. Samson's EL, g. 
 
 that my een were flowing burns! The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Ilk wimpling bum, ilk chrystal spring, The Fete Ckampetre. 
 
 1 never drank the Muses' Stank, 
 
 Castalia's burn an' a' that, - The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Wi' the burn stealing under the lang, yellow broom : 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Adown some trottin burns meander, To W. Simpson. 15. 
 
 Down by the burn where scented birks 
 
 Wi' dew are hanging clear, my jo, S. When o'er the hill\ 
 At noon the fisher seeks the glen, 
 
 Adown the burn to steer, my jo : .... lb. 
 
 While tumbling brown, the Bum comes down. 
 
 And roars frae bank to brae ; . . . . Winter. 
 Burn [water used in brewing spirituous liquor]. 
 An' just a wee drap sp'ritual burn in, 
 
 An' gusty sucker ! Scotch Drink, g. 
 
 Burn, to. 
 
 When fevers burn, or ague freezes, . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 It burns my heart I must depart 
 
 And not avenged be. S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 
 To bum their nits, an' pou their stocks, . . Halloween. 2. 
 Some [nits] kindle, couthie, side by side, 
 
 An' burn thegither trimly ; . . . . Ib.'j. 
 
 Licentious passions burn ; Man was made to mourn. 
 
 And in thy fury burn the book 
 
 Even of that man M'Gill. . - New Psalmody. 
 
 Who distant burns in flaming torrid climes, Once fondly lov'd\ 
 The day returns, my bosom burns, S. The day returns^ 
 
 And bid him burn this cursed tether, The Death ofMailie. 
 Still o'er the field the combat burns. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 For her bosom burns with honour's glow, 
 
 S. The Highland Lassie. 
 Again I feel, again I burn ! . . The Lament. 
 
 I bum,! burn, as when thi"ough ripen'd corn, 
 By driving winds, the crackling flames are borne ! To Clarinda. 
 Burn*d. 
 
 While pointers round impatient burn'd, Tarn Samson's El., 8. 
 Burnet. 
 
 Fair B — strikes th' adoring eye, . Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Burnewin \.iit. burn the wind ; a blacksmith]. 
 Then Burnewin comes on like Death 
 
 At ev'ry chap. . . Scotch Drink. 10. 
 
 Burnie [dim. e^burn]. White o'er the linns the bumie pours, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 
 Ca' them whare the burnie rowes, . . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 
 Ye burnies, wimplin down your glens, 
 
 Wi' toddlin din, El. on Capt. M. H. 4. 
 
 Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays, . . Halloween. 23. 
 In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 On ilka hand the burnies trot, S. The Contented Cottager 
 We'll gar our streams an' burnies shine 
 
 Up wi' the best. . . To W. Simpson, 
 Burning, -in', -an. 
 A burning an' a shining light. . A uld comrade dear \ 
 
 And pours his vengeance in the burning line, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Afric's burning zone, . . S, Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 Talk not to me of savages 
 From Afric's burning sun, . . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 burning hell ! in all thy store of torments 
 
 There's not a keener lash ! . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 Is there nae Poet, burning keen for Fame, Scots Prologue 
 Shading from the burning ray 
 
 Hapless wretches sold to toil, . S. Streams that glided 
 Could shake them o'er the burning dub, The Twa Herds, 8. 
 Whare birkies march on burning marl : . .To Mr. Renton 
 A bumin' an' a shinin' light. Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 To gnash my gums, to weep and wail. In bumin' lake, lb. 
 Wae worth that Brandy, human trash I . Scotch Drink. 15. 
 Burnish't. 
 
 Down droops her ance weel-burnish't crest, To W. Creech. 
 Burns, Robert. 
 Whose spleen e'en worse than Burns' venom when 
 He dips in gall unmixed his eager pen, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Then may Lfapraijk and B[urns] arise, 
 To reach their native, kindred skies. 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 2ist, 18. 
 The third of Libra's equal sway. 
 
 That gave another B[ums] . . . Natures Law. 
 
 And Brurns]'s spring, her fame to sing, . . .lb. 
 
 1 Rhymer Robin, alias Burns, On dining with Doer. 
 Like Aesop's Lion, Burns says, sore I feel 
 
 All others* scorn — but damn that ass's heel. Reply to a Reproof 
 Whare Burns has wrote, in rhyming: blether, 
 
 Tarn Samson's dead ! Tam Samsons El., 12. 
 Last day I grat wi' spite and teen. 
 
 As Poet B[ums] came by, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Subscripsi huic, Robert Burns. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Poet Burns, Poet Burns, wi' your priest-skelping turns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 The pray'r still you share still, 
 
 Of grateful Minstrel Burns. . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 If neist my heart I dinna wear ye 
 
 While Bums they ca' me. To Terraughty. 
 
 Poor Burns — e'en Scotch drink canna quicken. To W. Creech. 
 Count on a friend, in faith an' practice. 
 
 In Robert Bums. . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Burns, Miss. Lovely Burns has charms— confess ; 
 
 Lns under Pict. 0/ Miss B. 
 Burrough v. Brugh. 
 Burr-thistle [the spear-thistle]. 
 
 The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 Amang the bearded bear. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Burst. The gathering floods burst o'er the distant plains ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Bursting. 
 
 Then let the sudden bursting sigh 
 
 The heart-felt pang discover; . . S. Could aught ofsoJig\ 
 
 The bursting sigh, th' unweeting groan, 
 
 Betray the hapless lover : . S. Farewell, thou stream f 
 Noosing with care a bursting purse. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — 
 And stifle, dark, the feebly-bursting cry : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 What bursting anguish tears my heart ! . . The Farewell. 
 The bursting tears my heart declare, S. The gloomy night f 
 The unweeting groan, the bursting sigh, 
 
 Betray the guilty lover. S. T/ie last time I cajne t 
 
 As high in air the bursting torrents flow, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Burton. 
 
 Here cursing, swearing Burton lies, Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 Bush. Within the bush, her covert nest 
 
 A little linnet fondly prest, , S. A Rosebud by t 
 An' hillocks, stanes. an* bushes kenn'd ay 
 
 Frae ghaists an' witches. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 Ye tiny elves that guiltless sport, 
 
 Like linnets in the bush, . . Despondency, an Ode. S- 
 With green spreading bushes, and flow'rs blooming fair ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks \ 
 The hazel bush o'erhangs the Thrush, S. Now westlinwindsf 
 And shoots its head above each bush ; ^. On Cessnock banks f 
 While his mate sits ne-^tling in the bush ; . .lb. 
 
 Whiles owre a bush wi' downward crush, 
 
 The doited beastie stammers ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 He'll shade my banks wi* towering trees, 
 
 And bonie spreading bushes. Tlte Petition of Br. Water. 
 But the songster's nest within the bush I winna take away, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 
Bush 
 
 65 
 
 By 
 
 There grows a bonje brier bush in our kail-yard, 
 
 And below the bonie brier bush there's a lassie and a lad, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie drier f 
 We'll court nae mair below the bush in our kail-yard, lb. 
 
 Theblythest bird upon the bush, , ' S. There was a lass f 
 Bushby. 
 Who owns a Bushby 's heart without the head ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Here lies J — n B — y, honest man Epit. on J. B.^ Writer. 
 She's gotten the heart of a Bushby, 
 But what has become o' the head? 
 
 The Election Ballads, HI. 
 And there led I the Bushby's a' ; . . . . lb. V. 
 
 Bushy. Within the glen sae bushy, O, S. The Highland Lassie 
 Business. No sly man of business contriving a snare, 
 
 S, No Churchman am J f 
 The Deil had business on his hand. Tarn o" Shanter. 8. 
 
 He left the foul business to folks less divine. The Whistle, iS- 
 And did Sol's business in a crack ; . . To J. Taylor. 
 
 And last my prologue-business sUly hinted. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Busk [to adorn, dress]. 
 Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches 
 
 O' heathen tatters : Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 But now they'll busk her like a fright, . To W. Creech 
 
 Buskie-glen [bushy-glen]. 
 
 There's Johnnie o'the Buskie-glen, [r^.] S. In simmer when ^ 
 Buskin. And sock or buskin skelp alang 
 
 To death or marriage ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Busking [bedecking]. 
 
 gathering flowers and busking bowers, The Fete Champetre. 
 Buskit [dressed, bedecked]. 
 Weel buskit up sae gaudy ; . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 New brig was buskit in abraw, new coat, The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Nae joy her bonie buskit nest Can yield ava, To W. Creech. 
 Buss [a bush]. Ye, like a rash-buss stood in sight, 
 
 Wi' waving sugh. Add to the DeiL 7. 
 
 My trunk of eild, but buss or beild. 
 
 Sinks in time's wintry rage. S. But lately seen t 
 
 Bussle [bustle]. 
 
 An' d — mn'd Excise-men in a bussle, 
 
 Seizan a Stell. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Bust- " No storied urn nor animated bust," 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson 
 Bustle. " Whase aught thae Chiels maks a' this bustle here ? " 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 How could you raise so vile a bustle, . The Twa Herds. 3. 
 Bustle, to. if these mortals, the critics, should bustle, 
 
 Fragjnent inscr. to Fox 
 Bustling, equal to the bustling strife, Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 bustling and justling, Forget each grief and pain. . . lb. 
 Busy. As busy Trade his labours plies; Add. to Edinburgh, 2. 
 ' Guid-een', quo' I ; 'Friend! hae ye been mawin, 
 * When ither folk are busy sawin?' DeathandDr. Hornbook. 8. 
 The flower-enamour'd busy bee . Delia, an Ode 
 
 Happy ! ye sons of Busy-life, . . Despondency, an Ode, 2. 
 Yet while the busy means are ply'd. 
 
 They bring their own reward ; - . . , lb. n. 
 
 Quo' she, * Ye ken we've been sae busy 
 
 * This month an' mair, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 3. 
 Gude ale bauds me bare and busy, S. O gude ale comes t 
 
 Busy feed, or wanton lave ; . .On scaring Water-fowl. 
 His meddling vanity, a busy fiend, . . . Sketch. 
 An' some are busy bleth'ran Right loud . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Between themsels they were sae busy ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. III. 
 
 Thou busy pow'r, Remembrance, cease ! The Lament, a. 
 
 And they're busy, busy courtin in our kail-yard. 
 
 S, There grows a bonie brier t 
 Busy haunts of base mankind, . S, Thickest night t 
 
 where busy ploughs Are whistling thrang, To/. S., g. 
 
 Shall let the busy, grumbling hive ^ „^ ^. 
 
 Bum owre their treasure. To W. Simpson. 16. 
 But [without]. 
 My trunk of eild, but buss or beild. . S. But lately seen, t 
 But either house or hal' ? ... Ep, to Davie. 4- 
 But thee, what were our fairs and rants ? Scotch Drink, 8. 
 To live but her I canna ; . . S, The gowd locks of A . 
 
 They banish'd him beyond the sea. 
 But ere the bud was on the tree, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble. 
 
 But house or hald, . . . To a Mouse, 
 They drink the sweet and eat the fat. 
 
 But care or pain ; . . To J. S., ly. 
 
 But-and-ben, Butt-an'-ben {lit. the outer and inner, 
 kitchen and parlour; the whole house], 
 Blythe was she but and ben, . S, Blythe was she, t 
 
 For ay he pree'd the lassie's mou, 
 
 As he gade but and ben, O. ' . . . S. The Taylor \ 
 
 when some kind, connubial Dear 
 
 Your But-and-ben adorns, .... The Calf. 
 
 Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills, The Holy Fair. 18. 
 
 Butt [in the outer room or kitchen ; the outer room], 
 
 I pray an' ponder butt the house, . Auld comrade dearf 
 
 A routbie butt, a routhie ben : . S. In simmer when t 
 
 Butcher. May twin auld Scotland o' a life 
 
 She likes — as butchers like a knife! 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 The butcher deeds of bloody fate, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Butchlng. Sax thousand years are near hand fled 
 Sin' I was to the hutching bred, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 
 . Butter. Gie my love brose and butter ; S. Ogie my love brose t 
 
 farls, bak'd wi' butter, Fu' crump . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 
 Butter'd. butter'd So'ns, wi' fragrant lunt, Halloween. 28. 
 
 I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose, S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 
 Butterfly. Here lies, now a prey to insultingnee^lect. 
 
 What once was a butterfly gay in life's beam : 
 Monody, on a Lady, Epit. 
 Those that sip the dew alone, . ' 
 
 Make the butterflies thy own ; Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 Buttocks, Wi' stanged hips, and buttocks bluidy. 
 
 She's suffer'd sair; Adam A — ^s Prayer. 
 Button, I wad na gie a button for her. S, Willie Wastle t 
 Buy. And joys that riches ne'er could buy ; Ep. to Davie. 8 
 O gear will buy me rigs o' land. 
 
 And gear will buy me sheep and kye ; 
 But the tender heart o' leesome love, 
 
 The gowd and siller canna buy[: S. In simtner when t 
 
 But now I've found a treasure 
 
 Too rich for a king to buy. S. My Love's a winsome t 
 
 My tocher's the bargain ye wad buy; S. O meikle thinks m,y lovef 
 O wha my babie-clouts will buy ? S. O wha my baby clouts t 
 wha will buy the groanin maut ? . lb. 
 
 An for to sell his fiddle. 
 And buy some other ware ; S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 
 Willie come sell your fiddle, And buy a pint o' wine ; lb. 
 Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Tarn 0' Shanter. ig. 
 Wi' sma' to sell, and less to buy, 
 
 Aboon distress, below envy, i". The Contented Cottager. 
 
 As muckle gear as buy a sheep, The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Wha will buy my troggin, 
 
 Gude election ware ; . The Election Ballads. IV. . 
 
 Buy braw troggin, Frae the banks o' Dee ; . . . lb. 
 If to buy ye' re slack, Homie's turnin' chapman, 
 
 He'll buy a' the pack. . , . . .lb. 
 
 Lord send a rough-shod troop o' Hell 
 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, . . .lb. VI. 
 
 Or buy a score o' lairds, man ? The FHe Champetre. 
 
 Without a penny in my purse 
 
 To buy a meal to me. S. The High. Widow^s Lament. 
 
 His gear may buy him kye and yowes, 
 His gear may buy him glens and knowes. 
 But me he shall not buy nor fee, . . S. To daunton me. 
 Then take what gold could never buy — 
 
 An honest Bard's esteem. . . To John M^Murdo. 
 
 And then his auld brass wil\ buy me a new pan ! 
 
 S. What can a young Lassie \ 
 
 1 little thought the time was near, 
 
 Repentance I should buy sae dear : . S. Young Jamie \ 
 By. As I gaed up by yon gate end, S. As I gaed up by t 
 
 Come weel, come woe, I care na by, S. Behind yon hills f 
 Wae gae by you, Duncan Gray, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 While caps an' bonnets aff are taen 
 
 As by he walks? Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 12. 
 As soon's the clockin-time is by, . . ,Ep. to J. R. 11. 
 I care na by how few may see, . S. First when Maggie t 
 He by his showther gae a keek, . . . Halloween, ig. 
 O wae gae by his wanton sides, S. Here's his health in water. 
 It was na sae ye [hours] glinted by 
 When I was wi' my dearie, S. How lang and dreary t 
 
By 
 
 66 
 
 Cairn [a loose heap of stones] 
 
 I'll ay ca' in by yon town, . , . S. Til ay cd in \ 
 Louis what reck I by thee, . S. Louts what reck /f 
 
 But troth I care na by. . . . . S.O TibUeW 
 
 There's some great folk set light by me, 
 I set as light by them ; . , The Election Ballads. I, 
 
 I car'dna by, Sae sad was I, . S. The tither mom\ 
 
 When Hughoc he cam doytan by. . The Death of Mailie. 
 
 Maks Hours like Minutes, hand in hand, 
 
 Dance by fu' light. . . . ToJ.S., I2. 
 
 An anxious e'e I never throws 
 
 Behint my lug, or by my nose ; . . - . lb, 2S- 
 
 I'll ne'er gang by your door. . . . V.s to Landlady, 
 By [aside, apapt]. 
 
 An' Charlie F-x threw by the box, A Fragifient. S- 
 
 An' Caledon threw by the drone, . , , lb. g. 
 
 A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane 
 
 Laid by for you. A Guid New-year^ if. 
 
 When ye set by the wheel at e'en. . S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 Till some ane by his bonnet lays, . . The Holy Fair^ 24. 
 
 Threw by his coat and bonnet, To J. Taylor, 
 
 By an* by, -bye. 
 
 Till by an' by, if I hand on, 
 
 I'll grunt a real Gospel groan : . Auld comrade dearf 
 
 L — d, I'se hae sportin by an' by, 
 
 For my gowd guinea; . F^. to J. H,, if. 
 But I'll be wi' ye by an' bye ; 
 
 Or else the Deil's be in it. . . Extern. , to an Intimate. 
 O John, come kiss me by and by, . S. O John^ come kiss \ 
 By himsel [beside himself, out of his mind], 
 
 * But monie a day was by himsel, 
 ' He was sae sairly frighted . . . Halloween. 16. 
 
 By the bye. 
 Tho' by the bye, abroad why will you roam ? 
 
 Prologue, at Th.^ Dumf.. 
 
 Bye attour [besides, in addition]. 
 
 Bye attour, my Gutcher has 
 A hich house and a laigh ane ; . . S. Gat ye me,f 
 
 Bylce, Bike [a multitude ; a bee-hive]. 
 
 The hungry bike did scrape and pike S. Aniang the trees \ 
 As bees bizz out wi' angry fjrke, 
 
 When plundering herds assail their byke ; Tarn d Shanter. 77. 
 But Homer like the glowran byke, , 
 
 Frae town to town I draw that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Bype [a cow-house]. 
 
 To chaps, wha, in a barn or byre, 
 Wad better fiU'd their station . A Dream. S- 
 
 Fu' is his barn, fu' is his byre ; S. In simmer when t 
 
 na bred to bam and byre, . The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 At bam or byre thou shalt na drudge, S. Tltere was a lass t 
 Ca' [call]. 
 
 at Friendship's sacred ca' El. on Ca^t. M. H., Epit.. 
 
 But first on Sawnie gies a ca', . Halloween, 22. 
 
 Ca', to [to call]. 
 
 To roose you up, an' ca' you guid, . . A Ded. to G. H., /. 
 
 Nae godly symptom ye can ca' that ; . . lb. 6. 
 
 And C-rl-t-n did ca', man : . . A Fragment, 2. 
 
 Till Death did on him ca', man ; . lb. 6. 
 
 On Chatham's Boy did ca', man ; . . . Ib.y. 
 
 Or if I blush when thou shalt ca' me 
 
 Tit-ta or daddy Add. to Illegit. Child 
 
 What tho' they ca' me fornicator, ... lb. 
 
 Where'er that place be priests ca' hell, . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 The lang lad they ca' jumpin John, S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 
 I'll ay ca' in by yon town, . . S. Fllay ca' in f 
 
 How daur ye ca' me howlet-faced, In Defence of a Lady. 
 
 And tell me what they ca' ye? S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 And ca' anither gill, jo ; . . . . S, O steer her up t 
 
 O wha will tell me how to ca't ? S. O wha my babie-clouts \ 
 
 There's ane they ca' Jean, . . . Ronalds ofBennah. 
 
 May losses and crosses 
 
 Ne'er at your hallan ca'. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 And aft he's prest, and aft he ca's it guid ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 
 But there it streams an' richly reams, 
 My Helicon I ca' that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 She [your muse] cou'd ca' us nae waur than we are. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm 
 
 Her [Freedom's] sons did loudly ca', man ; 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 He ca's his coach ; he ca's his horse ; . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 
 I think we'll ca' him Robin. . S. There was a ladi 
 
 While Burns they ca' me, . To Terraughty. 
 
 in things they ca' balloons, . . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 And wha a crime dare ca' that ? . . S. Women's Minds. 
 Ca', s. 
 
 And our gudewife has gotten a ca', 
 That anger'd the sillygudeman, O. S. The Cooper 0' cuddy \ 
 Ca', to [to dpive], 
 
 Ca' the ewes to the knowes, 
 
 Ca' them whare the heather grows, 
 
 Ca' them whare the burnie rowes, . .S". Ca' the Ewes. 
 
 But deil a foreign tinkler loun 
 Shall ever ca' a nail in't : . ^S". Does haughty Gaul\ 
 
 On Fasteneen we had a rockin, 
 
 To ca' the crack and weave our stockin ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 2, 
 
 Ca' the ewes to the knowes, [re.'\ . S. Hark ! the mavis t 
 
 a' the lang day I ca' at my hammer, S. O merry hae I been \ 
 Hey ca' thro' ca' thro, For we hae mickle ado, S. Hey cc£ thro'. 
 Some ca' the pleugh, some herd. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 But ca them out to park or hill, . The Death of Mailie 
 When Jockey's owsen hameward ca'. . S. Young Jockey \ 
 
 Cabinet. Not cabinets even of kings would conceal 'em. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Ca'd, -'t [called]. 
 
 An' he ca'd me his dearie. . . S. CcC the Efwes. 
 
 There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg, S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 They ca'd him Duncan Davison. . . lb. 
 
 A coward loon she ca'd me ; \re.'\ . . S. Had I the wyte\ 
 
 These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans Searching auldi 
 
 Ye see yon birkie ca'd a Lord, . .5". The Honest Man. 
 
 The first I'll name, they ca'd him Csesar, The Twa Dogs. 2. 
 
 And in his freaks had Luath ca'd him, lb. 4. 
 
 1 watna what they ca'd him ; . . There came apiper\ 
 But if ye can match her ye're waur than ye're ca'd, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Till chiels gat up an' wad confute it. 
 
 An' ca'd it wrang ; . ToW. Simpson, P.S. 
 The spot they ca'd it Linkum-doddie, . S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Towns-bodies ran, an' stood abiegh, 
 ■ An' ca't thee mad. . 
 
 A Guid New-year \ 8 
 
 What ails ye now f 
 
 Gelding's nae better than 'tis ca't, . 
 Ca'd, -'t, Cawd [drove ; dpiven]. 
 
 While new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake, 
 
 Ep.toJ. L—k, Ap. zist, I.— 
 I sat beside my warpin-wheel. 
 
 And ay I ca d it roun' 1; . S. My heart was ame t 
 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, 
 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; Tarn o' Shanter. 3. 
 He ca't the girrs out o'er us a'; . S. The Cooper o' cuddy \ 
 He has cooper'd and cawd a wrang pin in't. The Kirk's A lann. 
 Cadgep. 
 Or die a cadger pownie's death, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 7. 
 Ilk smack still did crack still, 
 
 Just like a cadger's whip : . . The Jolly Beggars, R.I 
 
 Cadle, Caddie [a young fellow ; a fellow]. 
 E'en cowe the cadie ! The Authors Cry and Prayer, ig. 
 
 An' auld-light caddies bure sic hands. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Csesar. 
 
 The first I'll name, they ca'd him Csesar The Twa Dogs. 2. 
 Caff [chalf ]. The cleanest com that e'er was dight 
 May hae some pyles o' caff in ; 
 
 Add. to the Unco Guid Mott. 
 Cage. Poor Tammy G-ge within a cage 
 
 Was kept at Boston-ha', man ; A Fragment. 3. 
 
 Caipd [a tinker]. Her charms had struck a sturdy Caird, 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 When thus the Caird address'd her, . . , lb. 
 
 The Caird prevailed — th' unblushing fair 
 
 In his embraces sunk; . . . lb. R, VII. 
 
 And yill an' whisky gie to cairds, 
 Until they sconner. , . . ToJ.S. 22, 
 
 Caipn [a loose heap of stones]. 
 That proudly cock your cresting cairns ; El. onCapt. M.H.3. 
 She thro' the whins, and by the cairn, 
 
 An' owre the hill g.aed scrievin, . . . Halloween. 24. 
 And thro' the whins and by the cairn, 
 
 Whare hunters fand the murder'd baim ; Tarn 0' Shanter. 10. 
 I'll be a brig when ye're a shapeless cairn ! The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
Cairn 
 
 67 
 
 Cam [came] 
 
 Gairn. But now she's floating down the Nith, 
 
 And past the mouth o Cairn. EL on Peg Nicholson^ 
 Robert, the lord of the Cairn and the Scaur, Tke Whistle, 4. 
 Galrney. As I came o'er the Cairney mount, 
 
 S. As I came der\ 
 Caition [caution, security for]. 
 Wou'd a' the land do this, then I'll be caition, 
 Ye'U soon hae Poets o' the Scottish nation, Scots Prologue. 
 Cake [oatmeal dough pressed thin and flat, bailed 
 on a girdle and toasted before the fire]. 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And for m^ dear-loved land o' Cakes, 
 I pray with holy fire ; . . The Election Ballads. VI ^ 
 Calais. To Hague or Calais takes a waft, The Twa Dogs. 2Z. 
 Calces. Calces o' fossils, earths, and trees ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, si. 
 Calculate. O would they stay to calculate, 
 
 a Th' eternal consequences ; Add. to UncoGuid.^. 
 Caldron. And still, below, the horrid caldron boils 
 
 Wr. by Fall o/Fyers. 
 Caledon, Caledonie, Caledonia. 
 An' Caledon threw by the drone, . A Fragment^ g. 
 
 Auld Caledon drew out her drone, S. Amang the Trees t 
 
 Return again fair Lesley, 
 
 Return to Caledonie ! . . S.O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 brave Caledonia, the chief of her line, . S. Caledonia. 
 
 (Who knows not that brave Caledonia's divine ?) . lb. 
 
 But brave Caledonia in vain they assail'd, . lb. 
 
 For brave Caledonia immortal must be; . lb. 
 
 But brave Caledonia's the hypothenuse ; lb. 
 
 It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, 
 
 »?. Heres a health to them \ 
 Thee, Caledonia, thy wild heaths among, . Liberty. 
 
 'Twas Caledonia's trophied shield I view'd : 
 
 On death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Hail, Caledonia, name for ever dear ! Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 And cauld, Caledonia's blast on the wave ; S. Their grmjes qf\ 
 
 Caledonian, taught by the bright Caledonian lance, 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 In thy sweet Caledonian lines ; Poem oji Pastoral Poetry. 
 Like Caledonians, you applaud or blame. 
 
 Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 There's themes enow in Caledonian story, 
 Wad show the Tragic Muse in a' her glory. Scots Prologue. 
 Caledonian, on wi' me. . . . S. Scots ivlux. hae t 
 
 The Slave's spicy forests, and gold-bubbling fountains, 
 The brave Caledonian views with disdain ; 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Calf. For instance, there's yoursel just now, 
 
 God knows, an unco Calf ! . . Tfie Calf. 
 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig, 
 And ye'll ha'e a calf's head o' sma' value. The Kirk's A larm. 
 
 Calf-ward [a small inclosure for calves]. 
 
 His braw calf-ward whare gowans grew. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 
 Calker [the hinder part of a horse-shoe, sharpened 
 and turned downwards, for safety on the ice]. 
 
 To Vulcan then Apollo goes, 
 To get a frosty calker. . . . To J. Taylor.^ 
 
 Call. 
 
 Ill-satisfy'd, keen Nature's clam'rous call, A Winter Night, g. 
 'Tis not Maria's whispering call ; S. Here is the Glen t 
 
 Call, to. 
 And call each coxcomb to the wordy war. Ep.fr. Esopiis. 
 Who calls thee, pert, affected, vain coquette, , . lb. 
 Sir Bard will do himself the pleasure 
 
 ■ To call at Park. Ep. to Major Logan. 14. 
 
 Then first she [nature] calls the useful many forth ; 
 
 Ep. to R. GraJiam. £. 
 
 And wear it there ! and call aloud 
 
 This axiom undoubted, Extern, on Commem.s ofThottzson. 
 So calls the woodlark in the grove. 
 His little faithful mate to chear, S. Here is the Glen t 
 
 Love's, graces and virtues, I call not on you ; 
 
 Monody, ott a Lady. 
 
 By the Bard, what d'ye call him, that wore the black gown ; 
 S. No Churchman atn 1 1 
 
 Lord to account who dares thee call. On Com. Goldie's Brains. 
 
 And taen the Antiqusirian trade, 
 
 I think they call it. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Call a toast— a toast divine; .... The Toast. 
 And call the trembling vowels to account. . The Vowels. 
 I call no goddess to inspire my strains, . . To R. Grahatn. 
 Still may thy pages call to mind 
 The dear, the beauteous donor : Wr. on Leaf of H. More 
 
 Callan, Gallant [a lad, a stripling]. 
 Yes! there is ane; a Scottish callan! Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 lest he learn the callan tricks, . To Gax'. Haviilton 
 
 Till some bit callan bring me news 
 
 That you are there, . . To Mr, J, Kennedy. 
 In days when mankind were but callans. 
 At Grammar, Logic, an' sic talents. To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 There's no a callant tents the kye. 
 
 But kens o' Westerha', Jamie. . S. The Laddies by \ 
 
 Gall'd. When call'd on to order the fun'ral direction, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another, 
 (What scandal called Maria's jaunty stagger, 
 The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Who called her verse, a parish workhouse made 
 For motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed ?) lb. 
 
 But I call'd her quickly back again. 
 To lay some mair beneath my head. 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Who call'd on Fame, low standing by, 
 
 To hand him on, [v. A, 4] The Vision, D.I. 
 When ripen'd fields, and azure skies, 
 
 Call'd forth the Reaper's rustling noise, The Vision, D. II. 1$. 
 A furnicator lown he call'd me, . . What ails ye novj\ 
 Caller, Callor [cool, retVeshing]. 
 And little fishes' caller rest : S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 to view the corn, An' snuff the callor air. The Holy Fair. 1 . 
 Callet [a wench, a trull]. 
 
 I'm as happy with my wallet my bottle and my Callet, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Here's our ragged Brats and Callets ! . lb. S. VIII. 
 
 Galling. 
 Calling the storms to bear him [Vengeance] o'er a guilty land 1 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle 
 Ye curlews calling thro' a clud ; . El. on Capt. M. H. 7. 
 Leeze me on the calling 
 
 Fills the dusty peck. . S. Hey, the dusty miller i 
 
 He'll screed you aff Effectual Calling, 
 
 As fast as ony in the dwalling. . The Ittventory. 
 
 Callor V. Caller. 
 
 Calm. Mild, calm, serene, wide-spreads the noon-tide blaze, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 But few enjoy the calm I know in 
 This desert wood. 
 
 . The Hermit. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 To J. S., 26. 
 
 To Miss C. 
 To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 
 Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath. 
 Grave, tideless-blooded, calm and cool, 
 Till some evening, sober, calm. 
 Dropping dews, and breathing balm. 
 Calm sheltered haven of eternal rest ! 
 
 Galm-blooded. 
 
 I grant him [wisdom] his calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures, 
 Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 
 Calvin. 
 
 O ye wha leave the springs o' C-lv-n, 
 
 For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin ! A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 
 Calvin's sons, Calvin's sons, seize your sp'ritual guns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Frae Calvin's well, ay clear they drank, 
 
 O' sic a feast ! . The Twa Herds. J, 
 
 And Calvin's fock, are fit to sell him ; . To W. Creech. 
 
 Cam [came]. Ye cam to Paradise incog. Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 When there cam a yell o'lforeign squeels, S.Aviafigthe treesf 
 But whigs cam like a frost in June, S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 The whigs cam o'er us for a curse, . . . lb. 
 
 The girdin brak, the beast cam down, . 6". Duncan Gray. 
 Duncan Gray cam' here to woo, . ^. Duncan Gray cam' ^ 
 That nane excell'd it, few cam near't, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist.s. 
 But I cam through the Tiseday's dew, 
 
 To wanton Willie's brandy. . . ^. Had I the wyte t 
 
 Till skin in blypes cam haurlin Aff's nieves . Halloween. 23. 
 Cam ye by Killiecrankie O ? . . . S. KilUecrattkie. 
 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the lang glen, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer\ 
 
 „ , , , , , . c- f t? caji ye labour lea t 
 
 Gae back the gate ye cam again, 6"..^ | g ^^^^.^ ^^^ ^^^„ ^ 
 
Cam [came] 
 
 63 
 
 Canniest [easiest] 
 
 O when she cam hen she bohbed fu' law. 
 And when she cam ben she kiss'd Cockpen, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben f 
 As I cam by Crochallan I cannily keekit ben, 
 
 S. Rattlin^ Roarin Willie, 
 His likeness cam' up the house stalking, . S. Tarn Glen. 
 In vain the burns cam down like waters, 
 
 An acre-braid ! . Tarn Samson's El. , g. 
 He cam on purpose for to court me, . .S*. The auld man \ 
 
 cam ye here the fight to shun, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 My sister Kate cam up the gate 
 
 Wi' crowdie unto me, man ; . . . . Jb. 
 
 The Cooper o' cuddy cam here awa ; S. The Cooper o' cuddy t 
 When Hughoc he cam doytan by. . The Death ofMailie. 
 The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town, 
 
 And danc'd awa wi'th' Exciseman; S. The deil catn'Jlddlin'^ 
 But the ae best dance e'er cam to the Land 
 Was, the deil's awa' wi' th' Exciseman. . . . lb. 
 
 Till Charlie Stewart cam at last, 
 
 S. The High. Widow's Lament. 
 Cam skelpan up the way. . . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 The third cam up, hap-step-an'-loup, . . . . lb. 3. 
 Curst Common-sense, that imp 0' hell, 
 
 Cam in wi' Maggie Lauder ; . . The Ordination. 2. 
 The Taylor he cam here to sew, The Taylor \ 
 
 Whae'er she gat hands on, cam' near her nae mair, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 It ne'er cam i' their heads to doubt it. To W. Simpson.^ P.S. 
 We cam' na here to view your warks, 
 
 V.s on Window, Carron. 
 
 1 said ' Gude Night,' and cam' awa'. What ails ye nowf 
 Came. Told him I came to feast my curious eyes ; 
 
 Add. by Fontenelle. 
 Sin' thou came to the warl asklent, Add. to Ulegit. Child. 
 As I came o'er the Cairney mount, S. As I caine o'er^ 
 
 And as he was singing the tears down came, 
 
 S. By yon Castle Waf 
 So whip ! at the summons, old Satan came flying, 
 
 Bpig. on Capt, Grose. 
 But what his common sense came short. 
 
 He eked it out wi' law, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
 To Crochallan came The old cock'd hat. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 But, L — d, that Friday I was fow, 
 
 When I came near her, Holy Willie's Prayer. 8. 
 Came frae her een sae bonie blue, S. I g^ed a waeftC \ 
 
 But the chearful spring came kindly on, John Barleycorn. 
 The sultry suns of summer came, . . . lb. 
 
 Out came the Lord of Lauderdale, Katharine /affray. 
 
 Then came the Laird o' Lochinton, . . .lb. 
 
 And came to this conclusion, O : S. Myfatherwas afarmer\ 
 And Rob and Allan came to see ; S. O Willie brew'd \ 
 
 A friend mair faithfu' ne'er came nigh him, Poor MaiUe's El. 
 A coo£ came in wi' rowth o' gear, S. She^sfair andfause t 
 The auld man he came over the lea, ^S". The auld man t 
 
 Next came the loveliest pair in all the ring, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Then, crown'd wi' flow'ry hay, came Rural Joy, . . Xb. 
 A female form, came from the tow'rs of Stair : . lb. 
 
 Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 7. 
 Frae the Glenken came to our aid 
 
 A chief o' doughty deed ; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Came shaking hands wi' wabster loons, . . . lb. VI. 
 The Whigs came on like ocean's roar . . lb. 
 
 When Politics came there to mix 
 
 And make his ether-stane, man ! The FHe Champetre. 
 
 And hither came^ with men disgusted, 
 
 M.y life to end. . . . The Hennit. 
 Sae straught, sae taper, tight and clean [a leg], 
 
 Nane else came near it. The Vision, D. I. 11. 
 Last-day I grat wi' spite and teen, 
 
 As Poet B[urns] came by, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The last time I came o'er the moor, tS". The last tipielcame t 
 There came a piper out o' Fife, . There came a piper t 
 Chill came the tempest's lour ; . . . To Chloris, 
 When first I came to Stewart Kyle, 
 
 My mind it was na steady, . . S. When first I cajne t 
 when I came roun' by Mauchline town, . . lb. 
 
 An' ay my heart came to my mou, . . S. Young Jockey^ 
 
 Cameleon-savage. 
 
 The Cameleon-savage disturbed her repose. 
 With tumult, disquiet, rebellion and strife ; S. Caledonia. 
 Campbells. True Campbells, Frederick an' Ilay ; 
 
 The A utho^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Where once the Campbells, chiefs of fame, 
 
 Held ruling pow'r : The Vision, D. //. //, 
 Can, J. No comfort but a hearty can. 
 
 When I think on John Highlandman. 
 
 Th Jolly Beggars, S. IV. 
 Can. 
 For woman's wit, or strength o' man, 
 
 Alas ! can do but what they can ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Canaan. How graceless Ham leugh at his Dad, 
 
 Which made Canaan a niger ; The Ordination. 4. 
 Candid. Equal to judge— you're candid to forgive. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 A candid lib'ral band is found 
 
 Of public teachers, . To Rev. J. M'-Math. 
 
 Candle. And weel I wat her willin mou 
 
 Was e'en like succar-candie. S. Had I the wyte t 
 Candle. She snatch'd the candle in her hand, 
 
 if. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Cane. 
 
 Wi' rufii'd sark an' glancin cane, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sist. iz. 
 Canker. A Conscience but a canker Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 An' purge the bitter ga's an' cankers, [v. A. 13] 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 CankePj to. But hanker, and canker, 
 
 To see their cursed pride. Ep. to Davie. /. 
 He hums and he hankers* he frets and he cankers, 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie \ 
 Cankep-wopm, 
 Or canker-worm wi' secret sting? . . As on the banks \ 
 And on my dry and wholsome banks, 
 
 Nae canker worms get leave to dwell. . lb. 
 
 Cankrie [cross, crabbed]. 
 The melancholious, la^ie croon 
 
 O' cankrie care. Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 
 Canna [cannot]. 
 I canna say but they do gailies ; Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 Rest I canna get For thinking o' my dearie. 6". Ay waking, 1 
 I canna tell, I maunna tell, . S. Craigie-bum Wood 
 
 Ev'n them he canna get attended. Death and Dr. Homiook. ig^ 
 I can die, — but canna part. 
 
 My bonie dearie. ^S". Hark! the mavis \ 
 
 But the tender heart o' leesome love, 
 
 The gowd and siller canna buy : . S. In simmer when \ 
 Than, if I canna mak thee sae, 
 
 At least to see thee blest. . . S. It is na, Jean f 
 
 But Mary she is a' my ain. 
 
 Ah, Fortune canna gie me mair! S. Now bank and brae j 
 A thought ungentle canna be 
 
 The thought of Mary Morison. ^S". O Mary^ at thy window t 
 My laddie's sae meikle in love wi* the siller, 
 He canna ha'e love to spare for me. 
 
 S. O meikle tfmiks my love t 
 He'd [the Deil] look into thy bonie face, 
 
 And say, "I canna wrang thee." S, O saw ye bonie Lesley^ 
 If he canna get her at a', man. . S. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Though I canna ride in weel-booted pride, . . . lb. 
 If honestly they canna come. 
 
 Far better want them. The Author' s Cry and Prayer,S' 
 To live but her I canna; . . . The gowd. locks of A. 
 "But yet I canna name ye.'' . . Tfte Holy Fair, 4. 
 
 They canna sit for anger. lb. 14. 
 
 ^ And gif ye canna bite, ye may bark. The Kirk's Alarm, 8. 
 Some hae meat and canna eat, . . The Selkirk Grace. 
 Wha canna win her in a night. 
 
 Has little art in courting . The Tarbolton Lasses 
 
 I canna say but ye strunt rarely, . . To a Louse. 
 
 An' forward, tho' I canna see, 
 
 I guess an' fear! . . . To a Mouse. 
 The flinty heart that canna feel . . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Wi' welcome canna bear me ; . . .To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Poor Burns — e'en Scotch drink canna quicken, To W. Creeck. 
 I canna to mysel' conceal 
 
 My deeply-ranklin' sorrow. . . . Verses under Grief. 
 If it winna, canna be, . . . S. Wilt thou be my\ 
 
 Canniest [easiest]. 
 Oh ! thoughtless lassie, life's a fecht, 
 The canniest gate, the strife is sair ; 6'. In simmer when t 
 
Cannily, -ie [cautiously, prudently] 
 
 69 
 
 Cardoness 
 
 Cannily, -le [cautiously, prudently]. 
 
 As I cam by Crochallan 
 
 I cannily keekit ben, . . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 But cannily steal on a bonie moor-hen. 
 
 ■5". The heather was blooming \ 
 But faith I the birkie wants a Manse, 
 So, cannilie he hums them ; . The Holy Fair, 77, 
 
 Cannon. 
 Trumpets sound and cannons roar, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 When the drums do beat, 
 
 And the cannons rattle, . S. The Captain's Lady. 
 
 Over sea, over shore. 
 
 Where cannons loudly roar ; S. There was a bonie lass t 
 
 Canny, -ie. Cany, -ie [gentle, quiet, safe, easy, 
 cautious, prudent, wary, useful, expert]. 
 
 Was it for this, wi' canny care, 
 
 Thou bure the Bard through many a shire? Ep. toH. Parker. 
 
 But gie me a canny hour at e'en, 
 
 My arms about my Dearie, O ; S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 when Nature first began To try her canny hand, 
 
 S. John Anderson f 
 I never was canny for hoarding o' money, Ronalds ofBennals 
 hamely, talwie, quiet an' cannie, A Guid New-Year \ 3. 
 
 I maun guide it [my penny-fee] cannie, S, Behind yon hills^ 
 The wife slade cannie to her bed, 
 
 But ne'er spak mair. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 Yon Sangye'U sen't, wi' cannie care, . . Ep. toJ.R.5. 
 Wi' cannie care, they've plac'd them 
 
 To lye that night. . Halloween. 5. 
 
 She turns the key, wi' cannie thraw, . . lb. 22. 
 
 Then wait a wee, and cannie wale . „ S. In simmer when^ 
 An' straik her cannie wi' the hair, 
 
 The A utiior's Cry and Prayer. 18. 
 some tentie rin A cannie errand to a neebor town : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 couthie fortune, kind and cannie, . To Terraughty. 
 
 Gie me the groat again, cany young man, S. The Taylor/ell^ 
 Now when ye're nickan down fu' cany 
 
 The staff o' bread, Third Ep. to J. Lap. . 
 
 Canie wee thing, Lovely wee thing . ^. Bonie wee thing \ 
 Then canie, in some cozie place, 
 
 They close the day. . . To/.S., 18. 
 
 Cant [a merry story]. 
 
 Ye hae sae monie cracks an' cants, . . Ep. to J.R. ^. 
 
 . _ . . for a' my cants. 
 My wicked rhymes, an' drucken rants, . What ails ye nawi 
 Cant. But still the preaching cant forbear, 
 
 Ep. to Young Frieftd. g. 
 Cant, to. 
 Let them cant about decorum, 
 Who have character to lose. The Jolly Beggars. S, VIII. 
 Canter. I'd heeze thee up a constellation, 
 
 To canter with the Sagitarre, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter . Ep. to Maj. Logan, a. 
 As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, . Tarn 0' Shanter. a. 
 Go, Fame, an' canter like a filly 
 Thro' a' the streets an' neuks o' Killie, 
 
 Tarn Samson's El.., Per C. 
 Wi' you I'll canter ony gate, . To Mr. Renton. 
 
 Cantharidian [made of Cantharides]. 
 
 O how they fire the heart devout. 
 Like cantharidian plaisters . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 Canting, -an. 
 Whom canting wretches blam'd ; . Epit.for G. H., Esq. 
 Ye canting Zealots, spare him! Tain Safnson's El., Epit. 
 
 Their sighan, cantan, grace-proud faces. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Cantraip [a charm, spell, incantation]. 
 
 .By cantraip wit, 
 Is instant made no worth a louse . Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 
 Some cantraip hour. 
 By some sweet elf I'll yet be dinted, Ep, to Maj. Logan, is. 
 And by some devilish cantraip slight 
 
 Each in its cauld hand held a light. . Tam d Shanter. 11. 
 Canty, -ie [cheerful, merry, lively]. 
 Contented wi' little, and canty wi' mair, 
 
 S. Contented wS little^\ 
 
 The Clachan yill had made mc canty, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 
 Now they're crouse and canty baith I S. Duncan Gray \ 
 
 6, rivers, forests, hills, and plains ! 
 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains : El. on Capt MM. 11. 
 
 And mony a canty day, John, we've had wi' ane anither ; 
 
 S. fohn Anderson t 
 O what a canty warld were it. 
 
 Would pain and care and sickness spare it ; Poem on Life. 
 cock thy tail, an' toss thy horns fu' canty ; The Ordination. 6. 
 As canty as ever a bird in the spring. S. The Poor Thresher. 
 At kirk and fair, I'se ay be there, 
 And be as canty's ony. . . . S. The titker mom t 
 
 An be as canty 
 As ye were nine year less than thretty, Third Ep, to J. Lap,. 
 Until a pow as auld's Methusalem ! 
 
 He canty claw ! . . To W. Creech. 
 
 As cantie as a kittlen ; . . . . . Halloween, 24. 
 
 An ye had been whare I hae been, 
 
 Ye wad na been sae cantie O ; . . S. KUliecrankie. 
 Auld, cantie Coil may count the day, . Nature's Law. 
 
 Auld, cantie Kyle may weepers wear, On Scot Bardgne to W, I. 
 God bless your Honors, can ye see't, 
 The kind, auld, cantie Carlin greet. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, iz. 
 The cantie, auld folks, crackan crouse. The Twa Dogs. 20. 
 And are ye hale, and weel, and cantie ? To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Cany, -ie, w. Canny. 
 Cap. While caps an' bonnets aff are taen, 
 
 As by he walks? Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 12. 
 Rusty airn caps and jinglin jackets, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 That grandchild's cap will do to-morrow, 
 
 Sketchy New- Yr's Day. 
 Caper. Till first ae caper, syne anither, 
 
 Tam tint his reason a' thegither, Tam o' Shanter. 16. 
 Caper'd. My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink. 
 
 .S*. Last May a bra-w Wooer \ 
 
 Cape-stane [cope-stone]. 
 
 The last, sad cape-stane of his woes ; . Poor Mailie's El,. 
 Capon. 
 
 Their capon craws and queer ha ha's, S. Among the Trees t 
 
 Urinus Spiritus of Capons. Death and Dr. Hornbook, 22. 
 Caprice. 
 
 Of thy [nature's] caprice maternal I complain. To R. G. of F.. 
 Capricious. That auld, capricious carlin. Nature, To J,S.3. 
 Cap'rin, 
 
 With a' his noise an' cap 'rin ; . The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 Captain. 
 
 mount and go. 
 
 And be the Captain's Lady. . S, The Captain's Lady. 
 
 Captive. The captive bands may chain the hands, 
 But powerful Love enslaves the man : 
 
 S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 Dear Myra, the captive ribband's mine, 
 
 S. The Captive Ribband. 
 And share the fate I would impose 
 
 On thee, wert thou my captive too. , lb. 
 
 Caput mortuum. 
 
 The caput mortuum of gross desires Ep. to R. Graham, a. 
 Car. Night's horrid car drags, dreary, slow : 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. 's Birthday, 
 
 Cynthia's car, o' silver fu', . . The FHe Ckampetre. 
 
 Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car, .S". Tibbie Dunbar. 
 Car [a sledge, hurdle]. 
 
 In cart or car thou never reestet ; A Gude New-Year \ 14. 
 Carcase. 
 
 Tak thou the Carlin's carcase aff, 
 
 Thou'se get the saul o' boot. Epig, on Henpecked Squire. 
 Their worthless nievefu' of a soul. 
 
 May in some future carcase howl, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2ist. ly 
 Card. Unskilful he to note the card 
 
 Of prudent Lore, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Sir, o'er a gill I gat your card, . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Car'd. I never loot on that I kenn'd it, or car'd, 
 
 S. Last May a braw Wooer t 
 Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd nae a fiie ; 6". O whistle t 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. Tain 0' Shanter. 11. 
 Cardin. The cardin o't, the spinnin o't, 
 
 The warpin o't, the winnin o't ; S. The cardin o't. 
 Car'dna by [cared not by, was indifferent]. 
 
 1 card'na by, Sae sad was I, . . S. The tithennom t 
 Cardoness. 
 
 Bless Jesus Christ, O C[ardoness], , Epit. on a Laird. 
 Alas, alas ! O C[ardoness], 
 Then thou hadst slept for ever! . lb. 
 
CardonesS 
 
 70 
 
 Care 
 
 And there will be Cardoness, Esquire, 
 
 Sae mighty in Cardoness' eyes, The Election Ballads, III. 
 Here's the stuff and lining, O Cardoness' head; Ih. IV. 
 
 And there, sae grave, Squire Cardoness 
 
 Look'd on till a' was done ; 
 Sae in the tower o' Cardoness, 
 
 A howlet sits at noon lo. V. 
 
 Cape. 
 
 Wha kens, before his life may end, 
 
 What his share may be o' care, man 1 A Bottle and Friend. 
 . . . till Fate some day is sent, 
 
 For ever to release Ye Frae Care . . . A Dream, g. 
 Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether, A Guid New-Year \ i8. 
 Shalt sweetly pay the tender care 
 
 That tents thy early morning. S. A Rosebud by t 
 Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower. 
 
 And tells the midnight moon her care. . . A Vision. 
 
 Thou man of crazy care and ceaseless sigh, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Thou other man of care, the wretch in love, . . . lb. 
 
 Tho' a' my daily care thou art, . S. Ak, Chloris \ 
 
 Anna, thy charms my bosom fire. 
 
 And waste my soul with care ; . S. Anna, thy channs t 
 When bending down with auld grey hairs, 
 Beneath the load of years and cares, Aiddcomrade dear\ 
 An' has nae care but Nanie, . . . S. Behind yon hills\ 
 Nae ither care in life have I, 
 
 But live an' love my Nanie, lb. 
 
 No wrinkle furrow'd by the hand of care, Blest be M^Murdo \ 
 Lesley is sae fair and coy, 
 
 Care and anguish seize me. . S. Blythe iuCe I been t 
 Whene'er I forgather wi' sorrow and care, 
 I gi'e them a skelp as they're creeping alang, 
 
 ,y. Contented wi little \ 
 But pleasure they [flowers, birds] hae nane for me 
 While care my heart is wringing. S Cmigie-burti Wood. 
 
 She trusts hersel, to hide the shame, 
 
 In Hornbook's care ; Death and Dr. Homiook. 28. 
 Oppress'd with grief, oppreas'd with care. 
 
 Despondency, an Ode. i. 
 
 To Care, to Guilt unknown ! Ib.S. 
 
 That heart how sunk, a prey to grief and care, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Though twisted smooth with Harry's nicest care, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Maria, send me too thy griefs and cares ; . . .lb. 
 
 For care and trouble set your thought, 
 
 Ev'n when your end's attained ; Ep. to Young Friend. 
 
 When heart-corroding care and grief 
 
 Deprive my soul of rest, . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 Still take her, and make her 
 
 Thy most peculiar care ! , . . .lb. 
 
 Fate still has blest me with a friend. 
 
 In eVry care and ill ; . . . lb. 10. 
 
 Was it for this, wi' canny care, 
 Thou bure the Bard through many a shire? Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Wi' a' this care and a' this grief, . . lb. 
 
 We'se gie ae night's discharge to care, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 18. 
 
 Yon Sang ye'U sen't, wi' canny care, . Ep.toJ.R.S' 
 
 The melancholious, lazy croon 
 
 0' cankrie care. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 Creature, the' oft the prey of care and sorrow, 
 When blest to-day, unmindful of to-morrow, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3, 
 
 I gat some gear wi' meikle care, . . Extern.. Ap, 1782. 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : *S". Frae the friends f 
 
 My coggie is a haly pool, 
 
 That heals the wounds o' care and dool ; S. Gane is the day t 
 Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow, and care ; [re.} 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 There's nought but care on ev'ry ban', 
 
 In ev'ry hour that passes, O : S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 An' warly cares, and warly men. 
 
 May a gae tapsalteerie, O ! . . 
 Wi' canny care, they've plac'd them 
 
 To lye that night. . . Halloween, j. 
 
 And ev'ry time great care is taen, 
 
 To see them duely changed : . , . . lb. 2f. 
 Tho' they seem fair, still have a care, S. Here's to thy health t 
 Let my Mary be your care. . . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 A hungry care's an unco' care ; . S. In simmer when t 
 
 lb. 
 
 *' I bear alane my lade o' care, . Latnentfor Glencairtt. 
 *' The friendless Bard and rustic song, 
 
 ** Became alike thy fostering care lb. 
 
 Wi' care nor thrall opprest. . Lambent of Mary of Scots. 
 Yet here I lie in foreign bands. 
 
 And never ending care. lb. 
 
 But a' the niest week as I petted wi' care, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer ^ 
 Seem'd weary, worn with care ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 Or haply, prest with cares and woes, . . . .lb. 
 With Cares and Sorrows worn, . . .lb. 
 
 No view nor care, but, shun whate'er 
 
 Might breed me pam or sorrow, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer^ 
 The warld's wrack, we share o*t, 
 
 The warstle and the care o't ; . S. My Wife's a winsome t 
 Kind Nature's care had given his share, . Nature's Law. 
 For a big-belly'd bottle's the whole of my care, [re."] 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care, [r^.] , . .lb. 
 ' Life's cares they are comforts ' — a maxim laid down 
 By the Bard, what d'ye call him, that wore the black gown ; lb. 
 For a big-belly'd bottle's a heav'n of a care. . . .lb. 
 Have a big-belly'd bottle when pressed with care. . lb. 
 The man wha boasts o* warld's wealth, 
 
 Is aften laird o' meikle care ; . S. Now bank and brae f 
 Of witching love, in luckless hour, 
 
 Made me the thrall of care- . S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Amid life's thorny path o' care. S. O bonie was yon rosy\ 
 Or wi' his song her cares beguile. . S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 The milder sun and bluer sky 
 
 That crown my harvest cares wi' joy, . S. O Phely^ t 
 
 Thou tells of never ending care ; 5". O stay^ sweet warbling^ 
 O that I had ne'er been married, 
 
 I wad never hlad nae care, 4 S. O that I had ne'er t 
 
 Noosing with care a bursting purse. 
 
 Ode, sac. to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Puir harmless beast ! tak thee nae care, 
 
 On B.'s Horse impound. 
 And I will join a mother's tender cares. 
 
 On Death of Sir J, Blair. 
 
 what a canty warld were it, 
 
 Would pain and care, and sickness spare it ; Poem on Life. 
 
 1 send you a trifle, a head of a bfurd, 
 
 A trifle scarce worthy your care; Poet. Add. to Tytltr. 
 Angelic forms, high Heaven's peculiar care I 
 
 Prologue, at Th.^ D.. 
 An' liquor guid to fire his bluid. 
 
 That's prest wi' grief an' care : . Scetch Drink. Mott.. 
 Thou chears the heart o' drooping Care ; . . .Ib.6. 
 Tae cheer you thro' the weary widdle 
 
 0' war'ly cares, . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Nae cares tae gie us joy or grievin' ; . . . .lb. 
 Coila's fair Rachel's care to-day, Sketch, New-Yr's Day. 
 
 From housewife cares a minute borrow ... lb. 
 
 Yet come thou child of poverty and care, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 But what a weary wight can please, 
 
 And care his bosom wringing. . S, Sweet fa's the cvei 
 Carej mad to see a man sae happy, 
 
 E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy ; Tatn d Shanter. 6. 
 Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares, . . lb, g. 
 
 How can ye chant, ye little birds, 
 
 And 1 sae fu' o' care I . S. The Banks ofDoon, Sett II. 
 Still, if some Patron's gen'rous care he trace. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Seal'd up with frugal care in massive, waxen piles, . lb. 
 By whim inspir'd, or haply prest wi' care, . . .lb. 3. 
 The lover's raptur'd joys or bleeding cares ; . . lb. I2. 
 Does a* his weary kiaugh and care beguile, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 3- 
 Does a' his weary carking cares beguile [v. A. 5] . . lb. 
 With heart-struck, anxious care enquires his name, . lb, 7. 
 He wales a portion with judicious care ; . . lb. iz. 
 
 O, bid him breed him up wi' care ! . The Death ofMailie 
 
 Who left the all-important cares 
 
 Of fiddles, wh-res, and hunters ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 tho' thou'rt bereft Of my parental care ; TJie Farewell. 
 
 Thou layest them with all their cares 
 
 In everlasting sleep ; . . The ist 6 V.s tfgoth Ps.. 
 
 While here I wander, prest with care, S. Th4 gloomy night \ 
 
Care 
 
 71 
 
 Carleton 
 
 But if thou hast good cause to sigh at 
 
 Thy fault or care : . . . The Hermit. 
 Nae gentle dames, Cho' e'er sae fair, 
 
 Shall ever be my muse's care ; . lS. The Highland Lassie 
 Despising worlds with all their wealth 
 
 As empty idle care : • . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 An' then your every care an' fear 
 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 We'll bowse about till Dadie Care 
 
 Sing whistle owre the lave o't. . , . lb. 
 
 What is reputation's care ? . , lb. S. VIII. 
 
 Sore-harass'd out, with care and grief, . The Lament, 
 
 By my good luck a lass I met, 
 Just in the middle of my care, 
 
 S. The lass thai made the bed. 
 The weary night o' care and grief 
 
 May have a joyful morrow ; . 6". The noble Maxwells t 
 So hold thy industry with diligent cares. 
 
 .S". The Poor Thresher. 
 When the lingering moments are number'd wi' care? 
 
 S. The small birds t 
 Her cares for a moment at rest : S. The sun he is sunk f 
 
 Fair Virtue water'd it wi' care, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 They lay aside their private cares, 
 
 To mind the Kirk and State affairs ; . The Tiva Dogs. i8. 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. ... lb. ig. 
 Some teach the Bard, a darling care, 
 
 The tuneful Art. . . The Vision. D. II. 4 
 And make his cottage-scenes be^ile 
 
 His cares and pams. . . .lb. g. 
 
 So noted for drowning of sorrow and care ; The Whistle, jo. 
 And ay she sighs wi' care and pain ; S. There was a lass t 
 Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care, To a Haggis. 
 
 some dainty fair one, To ware his theologic care on, 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock 
 Lord help me thro' this warld o' care ! . . lb. 
 
 Heave Care o'er-side ! . . . ToJ.S., Ji. 
 
 They drink the sweet and eat the fat, 
 
 But care or pain ; . . . lb. 17. 
 
 Sworn foe to sorrow, care, and prose, I rhyme away. lb. 23. 
 And fondly broods with miser care ; To Mary in Heaven. 
 The lion and the bull thy [Nature's] care have found, 
 
 To R. G. ofF.. 
 And just conclude that " fools are fortune's care." . lb. 7. 
 I court, I beg thy friendly aid, 
 
 To close this scene of care ! . ... To Ruin. 
 
 Health, ay unsour'd by care or grief: . To Terraughty. 
 
 Though prest with care and sunk in woe, 
 
 S. Tothee,lffv'dNith\ 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife, 
 
 V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 but grief and care In wildest fury hae made bare 
 
 My peace, my hope, for ever ! . . Kj, under Grief. 
 Yet, for a' my dool and care, 
 
 It's wantonness for ever I . . S. Wantonness for everf 
 sorrow and sad sighing care. . S. Where are thejoys\ 
 
 And I sae weary fu' of care ! . . S. Ye banks and braes t 
 Care, to. Can I cease to care. 
 
 Can I cease to languish, . S. Ay wakings O \ 
 But what care I how few they be, [that ken me] 
 
 I'm welcome ay to Nanie, O. . . S. Behindyon hills\ 
 Come weel come woe, I care na by, . . , lb. 
 
 Nae mair then, we'll care then, 
 
 Nae farther we can fa'. . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 I care na by how few "may see, . . First when Maggy \ 
 I care not, not I, let the critics go whistle. 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 I dinna care, How lang ye look about ye. 
 
 S. Here's to thy health.,*^ 
 I dinna care a single flie ; . . S, In simmer when \ 
 Naebody cares for me, I care for naebody. S. Naebody. 
 
 I care na wealth a single flie ; . . S. O Phely^\ 
 
 But troth I care na by. . . . . S. O Tibbie t 
 
 But fient a hair care I. . . . lb. 
 
 Ay vow and protest that ye carena for me, . S. O whistle \ 
 Nae honest worthy man need care. 
 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, On dining with Daer. 
 What care I in riches to wallow, . . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 The fient-ma-care, quo' the feirrie auld wife, 
 
 S, The deuks dang o'e7: 
 
 For the auld gudeman o' London court ^ 
 
 She didna care a pin ; . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 L — d man, our gentry care as little 
 
 For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; The Twa Dogs. I2. 
 
 I care na thy daddie, his lands and his money, 
 I care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly : S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 
 Care-defying. 
 
 He was a care-defying blade, 
 As ever Bacchus listed! . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 
 Care na by [cd,re not by, to be indiflferent]. 
 
 Come weel come woe, I care na by, S. Behindyon hills t 
 I care na by how few may see, .S". First when Maggy t 
 But troth I care na by S. O Tibbie^ 
 
 Care-untroubled. 
 
 Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, 
 Gaudy Day to you is dear. ■ S. Musing on the roaring \ 
 
 thou pale Orb, that silent shines, 
 
 While care-untroubled mortals sleep ! . The Lament. 
 
 Career. Yet runs, himself, life's mad career. 
 
 Wild as the wave, A Bards Epit. 
 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun 
 To shed its influence on thy bright career. 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 Careerin [careering, cheerfully]. 
 
 They parted aff careerin Fu' blythe . . Halloween. 28. 
 Careful. 
 And careful note each op'ning grace, The Vision^ D. II. 10. 
 Thy tuneful flame still careful fan ; . lb. 22. 
 
 Carefully. 
 And carefully he bred me 
 In decency and order, O ; S. My father was a farmer t 
 
 Careless. 
 
 1 for their thoughtless, careless sakes 
 
 Would here propone defences, Add, to Unco Guid. 2. 
 
 Careless ilka thought and free, S. Blythe hae I been t 
 
 Baith careless and fearless. 
 
 Of either heaven or hell ; . . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 But come, your hand, my careless brither, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 My life was ance that careless stream, 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 And heard thee as the careless wind ? 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warbling woodlark t 
 I, careless, quit aught else below, 
 
 But spare me, spare me Lucy dear. S. O wat ye whds in t 
 In each bird's careless song, 
 
 Glad did I share,; , S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Then fareweel vacant, careless roamin ; To J. S., 14. 
 
 Where late with careless thought I rang'd, 
 
 S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 With careless step I onward stray'd, S.'Twas even, ike dewy^ 
 The hillocks dropt in Nature's careless haste; 
 
 Wr. in Kemnore Inn. 
 
 Caress. 
 
 The frank address, the soft caress, . . O leave navels t 
 Caressan. 
 But wad hae spent an hour caressan, 
 
 Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipsey's messan: The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Car est. The langer ye hae them the mair they're carest. 
 
 5". A wa wi' yr witcJicraft f 
 In pleasure's lap carest ; Man was made to jnoum. 
 
 I once was by Fortune carest, . S. The Sun he is sunk t 
 Caring. Still caring, despairing, 
 
 Must be my bitter doom ; Despondency, an Ode. 
 Carklng. Does a' his weary carking cares beguile [v. A. 5] 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 
 Carl, Carle [a man as distinguished from a boy ; a 
 strong man ; a churl ; an old man]. 
 
 That iron-hearted Carl, Want, A Ded. to G. H., ib. 
 
 Carl, an the king come, \re.'\ S. Carl, an the king come. 
 
 Until you on a crummock driddle 
 
 A gray^hair'd carl. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 Whae'er desires to ken [his religion]. To some other warl 
 Maun follow the carl, Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 
 Up wi' the carls of Dysart, . S. Hey ca' thro. 
 
 Death, that grusome carl. . Ltis add. to J. Ranken. 
 
 There liv'd ance a carle in Kellyburn-braes, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 
 Ae day as the carle gaed up the lang glen, . Ib. 
 
 " O welcome most kindly, the blythe carle said, . Ib. 
 
 Carleton. And C-rl-t-n did ca', man: A Fragment. 2. 
 
Carl-hemp [the male stalk of hemp] 
 
 72 
 
 Cast 
 
 Carl-hemp [the male stalk of hemp]. 
 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, 
 
 Thou stalk o' carl-hemp in man ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Caplie \dim. o/earl]» 
 
 An' he is but a fusionless carlie, O. S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 Carlin, Carline [a stout old woman ; a term of con- 
 tempt for a woman, a witch], 
 Tak thou the Carlin's carcase aiF, 
 
 Thou'se get the saul o' boot. E^ig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak. 
 
 For some black, grousome Carlin ; . . Halloween. 23. 
 Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, . Tain d Shanter. 12. 
 
 The carlin claught her by the rump, ... lb. 18. 
 God bless your Honors, can ye see't, 
 The kind, auld, cantie Carlin greet. 
 
 The Autkot^s Cry and Prayer. 11. 
 Then niest outspak a raitcle Carlin, The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 The bells they rang, and the carlins sang, 
 
 S. The last br aw bridal \ 
 The carlin gaed thro' them like ony mad bear, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 That auld, capricious carlin, Nature, . . To J. S,. 3. 
 
 There was five Carlines in the south, The Election Ballads. I. 
 Marjory o' the Monylochs, A carline auld and teugh. . lb. 
 Five wighter carlines werna found . . Jb. 
 
 At strife thir carlines fell ; . . . lb. 
 
 A carline stoor and grim, . lb. 
 
 Carlisle, Carlyle. 
 And bring hame a Carlisle cow. . . S. Hee balou^f 
 
 Will ye go to the dancin in Carlyle's ha', 
 
 6". There grows a bonie \ 
 I winna gang to the dance in Carlyle ha' ' lb. 
 
 Carmagnole. 
 
 that curst carmagnole auld Satan, . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Carnage. 
 
 To wanton in carnage and wallow in gore : S. Caledonia. 
 
 Sires, mothers, children, in one carnage lie : The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Carnal. It's just a carnal inclination, . A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 Altho' his carnal Wit an' Sense 
 
 Like hafflins-wise o'ercomes him At times The Holy Fair. 77. 
 That Stipend is a carnal weed . The Ordination, j. 
 
 Carnival, 
 
 Love-gifts of Carnival signoras [v. A. 13]. The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Carol. 
 But groveling on the earth the carol ends. Ep. to R, Graham.5. 
 At thy blithe carol clears his furrowed brow. 
 Caroird Sonnet, wr. 071 Birthday 
 
 Thy rudely-caroll'd, chiming phrase. The Vision, h. JI. 21. 
 Carouse. 
 
 There let him bowse an' deep carouse, Scotch Drink. Mott, 
 Carp. 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 Tho' Fortune use you hard an' sharp ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—h, Ap. 2isi. 8. 
 Carpet-weaver. And turn a Carpet-weaver 
 
 Aff-hand this day. The Ordination, g. 
 Carriage. Ithers seek they kenna what ; 
 
 Features, carriage, and a' that ; S. Jockey fou, t 
 Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess. 
 In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a' : The Belles ofMaitchline 
 Imprimis then, for carriage cattle, 
 
 I have four brutes o' gallant mettle, . The Inventory. 
 
 Wheel carriages I ha'e but few, . . .lb. 
 
 Does the train-attended Carriage 
 Thro' the country lighter rove ? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Carrick [the southern district of Ayrshire] . 
 Where Bruce ^nce rul'd the martial ranks, 
 
 An' shook his Carrick spear, . . . Halloween. 2. 
 My father was a farmer 
 
 Upon the Carrick border, O, S. My father was afar7ner\ 
 For nane in Carrick or Kyle 
 
 Can please a lassie better. . . S.O gie my love hrose t 
 (Lang after kend on Carrick shore ; Tarn d Shanter. 13. 
 
 Carried. 
 Say, was it the covenant carried her thither ; Jenny M^Craw \ 
 The Priest he was oxter'd, the Clerk he was carried, 
 
 S. O ken ye wliat Meg\ 
 To its blackest nook he [the Deil] has carried her ben, 
 
 S. There livd auce a carle t 
 
 And to her ain henpeck e'en carried her back, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle f 
 Carry. 
 They carry the gree frae them a', man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Dire was the hate at old Harlaw, 
 That Scot to Scot did carry ; . The Dean ofFac. . 
 
 Carryan. 
 
 Some carryan dails, some chairs an' stools, The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Cart [a river in Renfrewshire]. ' 
 
 Where Cart rins rowing to the sea. 
 By mony a flow'r and spreading tree, S. Where Cart rins \ 
 
 Cart. 
 
 In cart or car thou never reestet ; A Guid New-Vear^ i^. 
 Then the' I drudge thro' dub an' mire 
 
 At pleugh or cart, Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. ist. 13. 
 Then ty'd him fast upon a cart, . . John Barleycorn. 
 Three carts, an' twa are feckly new ; . The Inventory. 
 
 Cartes [cards]. 
 Then Clubs an' Hearts were Charlie's cartes, A Fragment, f. 
 (To say aught less wad wrang the cartes, . Ep, to Davie. 8 
 Tho' mankind were a pack o' cartes, Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. 2ist.s. 
 He drinks, an' swears, an' plays at cartes. 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 11. 
 The tythe o' what ye waste at cartes 
 
 Wad stow'd his [Ferguson's] pantry !) To W. Simpson 
 Cartie [dim. ^eart]. If on a beastie I can speel, 
 
 Or hurl in a cartie. . To — . 
 
 Cas'd [confined]. 
 
 But a royal ghaist wha ance was cas'd 
 A prisoner aughteen year awa, *S". Among the trees \ 
 
 Case, thou kens our waefu' case, Adam- A — '5 Prayer. 
 
 Before ye gie poor Frailty names, 
 
 Suppose a change o' cases ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 
 Maggie's was a piteous case, . .S. Duncan Gray \ 
 
 Whoe'er he be that sojourns here, 
 
 I pity much his case, . Epig. on being neglected at Inn, 
 As father Adam first was fool'd, 
 A case that's still too common, Epit. on Henpecked Squire. 
 " O thou, whase lamentable face 
 Appears to mourn my woefu' case ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 In case that worth should wanted be. 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 Cash. 
 A man may tak a neebor's part, 
 
 Yet hae nae cash to spare him. . Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 An' sends, beside, auld Scotland's cash 
 
 To her warst faes. . Scotch Drink, /J". 
 
 Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, . The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 
 Some rhyme, (vain thought !) for needfu' cash; ToJ.S.,3, 
 Gash-Account. Or strutted in a Bank and clarket 
 
 My Cash-Account ; The Vision, D. 1. 5. 
 Cassencarrie. And there will be gay Cassencarrie, 
 
 The Election Ballads. HI 
 
 Cassills, Cassills. 
 
 And kith and kin o' Cassillis' blude, S. My Lord a-huniing\ 
 
 To Cassills' banks when ev'ning fa's, S. Now bank and brae t 
 
 Then let me range by Cassills' banks, . .lb. 
 
 Cassilis Downans [three or four small green hills 
 near Cassillis Castle on the Doon, Asrrshire]. 
 
 Upon that night when Fairies light, 
 On Cassilis Downans dance, . . . Halloween. 
 Cast. But cast a moment's fair regard Add. to Unco Guid.3. 
 To cast my een up like a Pyet, . Auld comrade dear^ 
 Dim-backward as I cast my view, . Despondency, an Ode. 1. 
 ■Down the zodiac urge the race, 
 
 And cast dirt on his godship's face ; . Ep, to H. Parker. 
 He'd ne'er cast saut upo' thy tail. . . . I^- 
 
 Pitying the propless climber of mankind, 
 She cast about a standard tree to find ; Ep. to R. Graham.4- 
 Ye'U cast your head anither airt, . . S.O Tibbie!^ 
 
 Syne, whip! his tdl ye'U ne'er cast saut on, Poem on Life. 
 Tho' they should cast the vera sark and swim, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 0. 
 
 Nor from the seat of scornful Pride 
 
 Casts forth his eyes abroad, . . The ist Psalm. 
 
 But he whose blossom buds in guilt 
 
 Shall to the ground be cast, . . . . I^. 
 
 When the bloody die was cast on the heights of Abram ; • 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. L 
 
 Cast oflf the wat, put on the dry, S. The Ploughman t 
 
Cast 
 
 73 
 
 Cauld [cold] 
 
 The Two. Dogs. 32. 
 
 To a Mouse. 
 To/.S.,s3. 
 
 The Men cast out In party-matches, 
 
 But Och I I backward cast my e'e, 
 On prospects drear ! 
 I see ye upward cast your eyes 
 Castatia. 
 
 I never drank the Muses' Stank, 
 
 Castalia's burn an' a that, . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Wha by Castalia's wimplin streamies, 
 
 Lowp, sing, and lave your pretty limbies, 71? Dr. Blacklock, 
 Castallan. 
 Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers, 
 
 When they fa' foul earthly jinkers, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 10 
 Castigated, 
 Think, when your castigated pulse 
 
 Gies now and then a wallop, Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 Casting. 
 
 And casting woo' to me. S. The High. Widow's Lament 
 Castle. Or where auld, ruin'd castles, gray, 
 
 Nod to the moon, Add. to tfie Deil. S- 
 By yon castle wa' at the close of the day, 
 
 S. By yon castle wd t 
 But build a castle on his head, ^pig' 0^ noted Coxcomb. 
 
 O Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the castle wa', 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 O gin my love were yon red rose, 
 
 That grows upon the castle wa' ! . S. O ivere my love t 
 
 As the finest dame in castle or ha'. 5*. O when she cam hen t 
 The night was still, and o'er the hill 
 
 The moon shone on the castle wa' ; TJte night was still\ 
 while dew-drops hang Around her on the castle wa'. Ih. 
 
 Down by yon stream, and yon bonie castle green ; 
 
 S. Woe is my heart t 
 But the houlet cry'd frae the Castle wa', 
 
 S. Whatwillldogin^ 
 Ye banks, and braes, and streams around 
 The castle of Montgomery, 
 
 S. Ye banks t and braes, and streams t 
 Castle Gordon. 
 
 Give me the stream that sweetly laves 
 
 The banks by Castle Gordon. ^. Streams that glide t 
 
 Give me the groves that lofty brave 
 
 The storms, by Castle Gordon. . . lb. 
 
 Where waters flow and wild woods wave, 
 By bonie Castle Gordon. . . . . . lb. 
 
 Return him safe to fair Strathspey, 
 And bonie Castle-Gordon ! \re.\ S. The yng High. Rover. 
 Ca't V. Ca'd. 
 Cat. 
 Some cock or cat, your rage maun stop. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 But ha'd your nine-tail cat a wee, . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Cats like milk, And dogs like broo ; 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Ki-mmer^ 
 Hark, how the nine-tail'd cat she plays ! The Ordination, 11. 
 The cat has twa [een], the very colour ; . S. Willie Wastle \ 
 Catalogue. 
 Yet, if your catalogue [of friends] be fow, 
 
 I'se no insist ; . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. is. 
 Catch. Or witty catches, . Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist. 6. 
 They're no herd's ballats, Maro's catches ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Catch, to. 
 Then catch the moments as they fly, A Bottle and Friend. 
 No — stretch a point to catch a plack; . A Ded. to G.H.^ 8. 
 To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, 
 
 Assiduous wait upon her ; . . Ep. to Young Friend. 7, 
 And tho' at last they catch them [riches] fast, 
 Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 There catch her ilka glance of love, ^S". Now bank and brae t 
 Again, again that fender part, 
 That I may catch thy melting art ; 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warbling} 
 
 Ye [flowers] catch the glances of her e'e ! 
 
 S. O watye wh<£s in t 
 
 That I might catch poetic skill, S. O were I on Pamass.} 
 Yet by the forelock is the hold to catch him [Time] ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares, _ 
 
 Lest bogles catch him unawares ; . Tavi o Shanter. g. 
 
 As eager runs the market-crowd, 
 When " Catch the thief I " resounds aloud ; . . lb. 17. 
 
 K 
 
 Cateh'd. 
 Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, . Tam 0' Shanter. 3. 
 But Och ! they catch'd him at the last. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 And ay he [Homie] catch'd the tither wretch, 
 
 The Ordination, ro. 
 Catch-the-plack [money-grubbing]. 
 
 Wha think that havins, sense an' grace, 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plack I Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist. so. 
 Catechize. 
 
 Ye'll catechize him every quirk, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Catrine. Learning and Worth in ejjual measures trode, 
 From simple Catrine, their long-lov'd abode ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 The Catrine woods were yellow seen, 
 
 The flowers decay'd on Catrine lea, S. The Catrine woods \ 
 Cattle. 
 
 The sma', droot-rumpl't, hunter cattle, A Guid New-year} 10. 
 I thought me on the ourie cattle, . A Winter Night. 3. 
 
 And much ojjpressed and bruised she was ', 
 
 As priest-rid cattle are. El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 
 Imprimis then, for carriage cattle, 
 
 I have four brutes o' gallant mettle, . . The Inventory. 
 L — d man, our gentry care as little 
 
 For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; The Twa Dogs. 12. 
 
 Wi' ither kindred, jumping cattle. . To a Louse. 
 
 Caudron [a caldron]. 
 
 To go an' clout the Caudron. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 And ay he [Homie] catch'd the tither wretch, 
 To fry them in his caudrons ; . The Ordination. 10. 
 
 Cauf [calf]. 
 
 A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf, S. Her Daddie forbad} 
 Cauf-leather [calf-leather]. 
 
 Cauf-leather shoon upon your feet, . S. CeC the Ewes. 
 
 Caught. And shooting meteors caught the startled eye. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 I mark'd the cniel hawk 
 
 Caught in a snare ; . . . . S. PhUlis the Fair. 
 My heart was caught before I thought, S. Whenjirst I came} 
 I thought upon the witching smile 
 That caught my youthful fancy : S. When wild War's } 
 Cauk [chalkj. 
 And wow ! he has an unco slight 
 
 O' cauk and keel. On Grose's Peregrinations 
 Cauld [cold], adj., adv. 
 The cauld blue north was streaming forth Her lights, 
 
 A Vision. 
 But now, the Cot is bare and cauld, . As on the hanks } 
 O cauld blaws the e'enin blast 
 
 When bitter bites the frost, . S. Cauld is the e'enin blast } 
 And when ye [craiks] wing your annual way 
 
 Frae our cauld shore. El. on Capt. M. H. g. 
 Cauld poverty, wi' hungry stare. 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Ev'n as he is, cauld in his graff, Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 The Simmer had been cauld an' wat, . . Halloween, 1$. 
 When it is cauld an' wat, . S. Lass, whenyr miiher} 
 O Poortith cauld, and restless love, S. O Poortith cauld} 
 Upbraid na me wi' cauld disdain, S. O Lassie, art thou } 
 
 O wert thou in the cauld blast, . . S. O wen thou in } 
 Misfortune's cauld Nor-west . On Scot. Bard gne to W. I. 
 Though cauld be the clay, where thou pillows't thy head, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 As cauld a wind as ever blew ; 
 
 A cauld kirk, and in't but few ; 
 As cauld a minister's ever spak ; On Kirk of Lamington 
 
 Each in its cauld hand held a light. , Tam 0' Shanter, 11. 
 Nae cauld, faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; 
 
 The A utho^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Cauld Boreas, wi' his boisterous crew, S. The Fife Champeire. 
 [Smith] opens out his cauld harangues. The Holy Fair, 14. 
 When January winds were blawing cauld, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 The weather was cauld, and the lassie lay still. 
 
 S. The Taylorfell} 
 That thou wilt work them, hot and cauld. 
 
 Till they agree. • . The Twa Herds. 10. 
 
 And cauld, Caledonia's blast on the wave ; S. Their groves of} 
 Cauld blew the bitter-biting North 
 Upon thy early, humble birth ; . To a Mountain-Daisy 
 
Cauld [cold] 
 
 74 
 
 Cent, Centum 
 
 Winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld ! To a Mouse. 
 A creeping cauld prosaic fog . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west, S, Up in the morning. 
 Winter winds blew, loud and cauld, at our parting, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie 
 
 Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay, 
 
 S. Ye hanks and hraes and streams t 
 Cauld [cold], s. 
 And creep in frae the cauld? . S. Lass, when yr mither\ 
 Hunger, Cauld, an' a' sic harms 
 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly BeggarsJS. V, 
 Ye maist wad think, a wee touch langer, 
 An' they maun starve o' cauld and hunger : Tke Twa Dogs. ii. 
 Nae cauld nor hunger e'er can steer them, lb. 27. 
 
 It's true, they need na starve or sweat, 
 Thro' Winter's cauld, or Summer's heat ; Ih. sg. 
 
 Cauldness [coldness]. 
 
 The cauldness of thy heart's the cause 
 
 Of a' my grief and pain, jo. . i". O Lassie, art thouf 
 
 Caup [a wooden drinking vessel]. 
 
 O rare ! to see thee fizz an' freath 
 
 r the lugget caup ! . Scotch Drink, 10. 
 
 And mony a friend that kiss't his caup, 
 
 Is now a fremit wight : . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Wi' yill-caup Commentators : . . The Holy Fair. 28. 
 
 How drink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, . . Ih. 23. 
 
 Cause. O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. 0/ Death. 
 [The honest heart], However Fortune kick the ba', 
 
 Has ay some cause to smile : . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 Who nobly perished iu the glorious cause, Fragment of Ode. 
 ' Nae doubt but ye may get a sight ! 
 
 ' Great cause~ye hae to fear it ; . Halloween. 14.. 
 
 And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause, 
 May never guid luck be their fa' ! 
 
 S. Heris a health to them, t 
 It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, . lb. 
 
 [Damnation] For broken laws. 
 Five thousand years 'fore my creation, 
 
 Thro' Adam's cause. Holy Willie's Prayer.3. 
 Excisemen ? give the cause a hearing : 
 
 .Lns Oft Window, K.'s Arms. 
 Some cause unseen still stept between, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 The cauldness of thy heart's the cauge 
 
 Of a' my grief and pain, jo. S. O Lassie, art thou\ 
 
 Nay more, that very love their cause of ruin ! 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. 
 An' physically causes seek, 
 
 In clime an' season, The A uihors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 But if thou hast good cause to sigh at 
 
 Thy fault or care : . The Hermit. 
 
 But it sealed freedom's sacred cause 
 
 The League and Covenant. 
 Like brethren in a common cause, 
 
 We'd on each other smile, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle, The Twa Herds. 3. 
 In the cause of right engaged, . 6". Thickest nighi\ 
 
 And curst be the cause that shall part us ! .To Mary, 
 
 Who boldly dare th^ cause maintain 
 
 In spite of foes :- . To Rev. J. M^ Math. 
 Cause, to. She's fair and fause that causes my smart, 
 
 iS". She's fair and fause f 
 Nor cause me from my bosom tear 
 The very friend I sought. . . S. Talk not of Love ^ 
 Caused. All that has caused this wreck in my bosom. 
 
 Is Jenny, fair Jenny alone. S. Where are the joys \ 
 Causeless. 
 
 His heart by causeless wanton malice wrung, ToR.G. ofF.,5. 
 Causey-eleaners. 
 To whom our modems are but causey-cleaners ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Caustick. £ y -»' y 
 
 his caustick wit was biting, rude, . Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 
 Caution. And bind him down wi' caution. The Ordination. s> 
 And wakeful caution still aware Of ill . Toayoung Lady. 
 Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning, . To J. S., /j. 
 
 Cautious. Know, prudent, cautious, self-controul 
 
 Is Wisdom's root. A Bard^s Epit. 
 Tell them frae me, wi' chiels be cautious ; Auldcojnrade dearf 
 Propriety's cold, cautious rules . Rusticity's ungainly f 
 worthy Glenriddel, so cautious and sage, The Whistle, is. 
 
 Cave. 
 
 as soughs the boding wind, Amang his caves, As on the banks f 
 Had I a cave on some wild distant shore, S. Had I a cave t 
 To what dark cave of frozen nightj 
 Alas I shall thy poor wand'rer hie ; 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 The winds, lamenting thro' their caves, 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 My cave would be a lover's bower, S. O watye wha's in \ 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave, 
 
 The picture of thy mind ! . On seeing Lord G.'s Seat. 
 The hollow caves return a sullen moan. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Ye hills, ye plains, ye forests, and ye caves, . Jb. 
 
 And hollow whistled [the blast] in the rocky cave. 
 
 On Death of Sir/. H. Blair 
 And find at night a sheltering cave, S. Streams that glide t 
 Till Echo answer frae her cave, . Tajn Samson's El., 13. 
 In this lone cave, in garments lowly, . Tke Hermit. 
 
 Turbid torrents, wintry swelling, 
 
 Roaring by my lonely cave. . S. Thickest night t 
 
 Rest, ye wild storms, in the cave of your slumbers, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie 
 Or in the glens and rocky_ caves. 
 His sad complaining dowie raves. . 5". Young Jamie, f 
 
 Cave-lodged. 
 
 The cave-lodged beggar, with a conscience clear, 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 CavePn. in yon cavern grim and sootie. Add. to the Deil. /. 
 The cavern wild with tangling roots, Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 See from his cavern grim Oppression rise, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers. 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. . 
 
 Cavie [a hen-coop]. 
 
 The Fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft, 
 Behint the Chicken cavie : The Jolly Beggars, R. VH. 
 
 Cawd V. Ca'd. 
 Cease. Can I cease to care. 
 
 Can I cease to languish, . . S. Ay waking, 1 
 Husband, husband, cease your strife, S. Husband, husband^ 
 Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing, 
 
 Lns under Pict. of Miss Burns 
 Tell ev'ry social, honest billie 
 
 To cease his grievin, Tatn Savtson's El., Per C. 
 
 . Thou busy pow'r. Remembrance, cease ! The Lament. 
 
 The din o' war wad cease, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 My weary heart its throbbings cease, To Ruin. 
 
 Thy nod can make the tempest cease to blow, 
 
 WhyamIloth\ 
 Ceaseless. Thou man of crazy care and ceaseless sigh, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless showers, 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Ceasing. Wi' never-ceasing toil ; . Ep. to Davie, 6. 
 
 Celestial. 
 And Port was celestial glory. . Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Her cheeks a mair celestial hue, ^S". Herflowing locks\ 
 
 Powers celestial whose protection 
 Ever guards the virtuous fair, , . S. Highland Mary. 
 Cell. Within his humble cell, . . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 From those drear solitudes and frowzy cells, 
 Where infamy with sad repentance dwells ; Ep.fr. Esoprn. 
 Till crash ! the cruel coulter past 
 
 Out thro' thy cell. To a Mouse. 
 
 Lone wandering by the hermit's mossy cell ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Cement. How easy can the barley-brie 
 
 Cement the quarrel ! . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 Censure. 
 Yet they wha fa' in Fortune's strife, 
 
 Their fate we should na censure, . Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 Censuring. Point out a censuring world, and bid me fear ; 
 
 In vain wild Prttdence t 
 Cent, Centum. 
 Or purse-proud, big wi' cent per cent, 
 
 An' muckle wame, Ep>. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. it. 
 There Centum per Centura, the Cit with his purse ; 
 
 S, No Churchman am If 
 Gie Wealth to some be-ledger'd Cit, 
 
 In cent per cent ; , . To J. S., 23. 
 
Centre, Center 
 
 75 
 
 Chant 
 
 Centre, Center. 
 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast, . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 May secrecy round be the mystical bound, 
 And brotherly love be the centre. S. The Sons of old K.. 
 Certain. A certain Bardie's rantin, drinkin, 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 20. 
 This past for certain, undisputed ; . To JV, Simpson, P.S.. 
 With your Honours and a certain King, The Dean ofFac. 
 Certes. And certes^ in fair Virtue's heavenly road, 
 
 The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 Cesarean. Heroes in Cesarean fight The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Cess. 
 
 How cesses, stents, and fees were rax'd, KindSir^ I've readi 
 Cessnock. 
 On Cessnock banks there lives a lass, S. On Cessnock hanks t 
 Her voice is like the ev'ning thrush 
 
 That sings in Cessnock banks unseen, . lb. 
 
 On Cessnock banks a lassie dwells ; lb. Sett II. 
 
 Chace v. Chase. 
 Chain. 
 Condemn'd to drag a hopeless chain, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 He hugs his chain, and owns the reign S. Lovely Davies. 
 At Tyranny's, or direr Pleasure's chain ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Her's are the willing chains o' love, , . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Edward, chains, and slavery ! S. Scots wha hde\ 
 
 By your sons in servile chains, . . lb. 
 
 This day, Time winds th' exhausted chain. 
 
 Sketch, New-Vf^s Day 
 Never bound by winter's chains I . S. Streams that glide t 
 He [Love] bound me with an iron chain, 
 
 S. Talk not ofLtrve t 
 Wi' your liberty's chain and your wit ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Save Love's willing fetters, the chains of his Jean. 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 And maidenly modesty fixes the chain. 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 Chain, to. 
 The captive bands may chain the hands, 
 
 ^. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 Or chain the soul in speechless pleasure ; 
 
 S. By Allan stream f 
 In love's delightful fetters, she chains the willing soul ! 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Chain 'd. Whar damned devils roar and yell. 
 
 Chain 'd to a stake. Holy JVilHe's Prayer. 4. 
 Chain 'd at his feet they groan, Love's vanquish'd foes : 
 
 To Clarinda 
 Chair. 
 Thou now has got thy Daddy's chair, . El. on Year 1788. 
 Wha first beside his chair shall fa', 
 
 He is the king amang us three. . S. O Willie brew'd\ 
 
 Some carryan dails, some chairs an' stools. The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Thrang winkan on the lasses To chairs ... lb. 10. 
 
 His awful chair of state resolves to mount, . The Vowels. 
 Chaip-back. 
 Wi' arm repos'd on the chair-back, 
 He sweetly does compose him ; . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 
 Challenge. 
 '* This Whistle's your challenge, to Scotland get o'er, 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Chalmers. 
 
 And faith ye'U no be lost a whit, 
 Tho' waired on Willie Chalmers. [?i?.] On W. Chalmers. 
 Chamber. 
 
 And private was the chamber : . S. O May thy morn \ 
 And kindly she did me invite^ 
 To walk into a chamber fair. 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 And frae my chamber went wi' speed ; . . . lb. 
 
 Chamer, Chaumer [chamber]. 
 Ilk ghaist that haunts auld ha' or chamer, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The brethren o' the Commerce-Chaumer . To W. Creech. 
 Champetre. 
 
 Anbank, wha guess'd the ladies' taste, 
 He gies a Fete Champetre, ire.} S. The Fite Champetre. 
 
 Champion. In either wing two champions fought, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 What champions ventured, what champions fell ; 
 
 The Whistle. 3. 
 Chance. 
 By heedless chance I turn'd mine eyes, . . .A Vision. 
 I will take my chance with you ; . Add. to Dumourier. 
 
 "Alas ! " quoth I, " what ruefu' chance, 
 
 " Has twin'd ye o' your bonie trees ; As on the banksf 
 
 The upright is Chance, and old Time is the base ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 6. 
 Blind chance, let her snapper and stoyte on her way, 
 
 lS". Contented -wH little \ 
 Time and chance are but a tide, . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 sune as chance or fate had hush't 'em 
 
 El. on Death o/R. Ruisseaux. 
 But how the subject theme may gang, 
 
 Let time and chance determine ; Ep. to Young Friend, j. 
 But just a Rhymer like by chance, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist. Q. 
 Depending on some higher chance, S. Here's to thy health,^ 
 While yon wild flowers among. 
 
 Chance led me there ; . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 And aft as chance he [poor man] comes thee nigh. 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi' joy, . . Poem on Life. 
 If, hapless chance ! they linger lang, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water 
 Then chance and fortune are sae guided, The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 Stake on a chance a farmer's stackyard, . . lb. 33. 
 Thou whom chance may hither lead, Wr. in Friars-Carse H .. 
 Chance, to. 
 If in your bounds ye chance to light 
 Upon a fine, fat, fodgel wight, On Grose's Peregrinations 
 
 Chanc'd. 
 
 By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove . S. By Allanstream. t 
 It chanc'd the Stack he faddom't thrice, 
 
 Was timmer-propt for thrawln : . Halloween. 23. 
 
 A barefit maid I chanc'd to meet, . . S. O Mally's meek. 
 It chanc'd his new-come neebor took his e'e, 
 
 Th£ Brigs of Ayr. 4.. 
 
 A maiden fair I chanc'd to spy ; .S". Twos even — the dewy t 
 Chancre. 
 curst Venetian b-res an' ch-ncres [v. A. 13]. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 Change. Before ye gie poor Frailty names. 
 
 Suppose a change o' cases ; Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 Old Time and Nature their changes tell, S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 Nature's mighty law is change ; S. Let not woman t 
 
 Alas ! alas ! a devilish change indeed. . Lns, on Deathbed. 
 And fools o' change are fain ; . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Change, to. ' 
 Has gart me change my sang. S. My heart was arice t 
 
 I know her heart will never change, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 Changed, -'d, 
 
 Alas, how chang'd the times to come! Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 And ev'ry time great care is taen, 
 
 To see them duely changed : . . Halloween. 2y. 
 
 But hark ! the tent has chang'd its voice ; The Holy Fair. 14. 
 And chang'd with every moon my love, . S. Young Jamie, \ 
 Changefu*. 
 
 I've seen sae mony changefu' years, 
 On earth I am a stranger grown ; Lament for Glencairn. 
 Change-house [tavern]. 
 Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills, 
 
 The Holy Fair. 18. 
 Changing. 
 
 Cold, comfortless, changing, untrue. 
 
 .S". The Winter it is past f 
 Channel. 
 That, to a Bard, I should be seen 
 
 Wi' half my channel dry : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Time but the impression stronger makes, 
 As streams their channels deeper wear. 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Chant. How can ye chant, ye little birds, 
 
 S. The Banks of Doon. Sett II. 
 They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. 
 When lintwhites chant amang the buds. To W. Simpson, 
 
 While chearful peace, with linnet song, 
 Chants the lowly dells among. . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
Chanted 
 
 76 
 
 Charm 
 
 Chanted. 
 'Tis tiie soft chanted choral song, . On Lincludett Castle. 
 
 Chanter [the pipe which produces the melody in a 
 bag-pipe]. 
 
 Sae I conclude and quat my chanter, Auld comrade dear\ 
 
 O, a' ye Bards on bonie Doon ! 
 
 An' wha on Aire your chanters tune ! . Poor Maine's El., 
 
 Then I maun rin amang the rest 
 
 An' quat my chanter ; . Third Ep, to J. La^.. 
 Chiels wha their chanters winna hain, . To IV. Simpson. 
 Chanticleer. 
 Chanticleer Shook off the pouthery snaw, 
 And hail'd the morning with a cheer, A Winter Night. lo. 
 Chanting, -an. 
 The chanting linnet, or the mellow thrush, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The lav'rocks they were chantan 
 
 Fu' sweet that day. . The Holy Fair. i. 
 
 Chap, Chaup [a blow]. 
 Then Burnewin comes on like Death 
 
 At ev'ry chap [v. A. 17] . Scotch Drink. 10. 
 Chap [a fellow]. 
 To chaps, wha, in a barn or byre. 
 
 Wad better fiU'd their station . , . A Dream, jr. 
 He's grown sae weel acquaint wi' Buchan, 
 
 And ither chaps, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. ig. 
 a chap that's d-mn'd auldfarran, 
 
 Tlte Author's Cry attd Prayer. 
 On that [hand], a set o' chaps, at watch, 
 
 Thrang wiiikan on the lasses . . TJie Holy Fair. 10. 
 This chap will dearly like our kin', S. There was a ladi 
 
 Chapel, Chappel. 
 Haste, gie hername up i' the chappel, . Letter to J . Goudie. 
 Our land wha wi' chapels has stored ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Chapman [a pedlar, a hawker]. 
 As Tam the Chapman on a day 
 Wi' Death forgather'd by the way, 
 
 Epit. on Tant the Chapman. 
 
 When chapmen billies leave the street, Tam d Shanter. 
 
 the ford, Whare; in the snaw, the chapman smoor'd ; lb. 10. 
 
 Homie's turnin' chapman, 
 
 He'll buy a' the pack. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Chapter. 
 
 I sit and count my sins by chapters ; . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Character. Heaven's, should the branded character, be mine ! 
 
 Ep. to R. GraJtam.S- 
 Let them cant about decorum, 
 Who have character to lose, The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Charg'd. 
 Our Sex with guile and faithless love, 
 Is charg'd, perhaps too true ; To Miss L., with Beattie. 
 Charge. 
 to pay your debt. An' lessen a' your charges ; . A Dream. 
 To my arms their charge convey, S. How can my poor heart t 
 To gie them music was his charge : . Tam 0' Shanter. 11. 
 And thousands hasten'd to the charge ; 
 
 S. The Battle of SJterra-Moor. 
 An' now my dying charge I gie him, The Death o/Mailie. 
 With headlong speed rush'd to the charge, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 And still his discourse was concerning his charge, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Charge, to. 
 I charge you disturb not my slumbering Fair. S. A/ton Water. 
 But, hark ye, friend, I charge you strictly, 
 
 A uld comrade deari 
 Chariot. And twere more fit that she should sit, 
 
 Within yon chariot gilt aboon. S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 Charles. 
 
 The muffled raurtherer of Charles The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Or if the Swede, before he halt. 
 
 Would play anither Charles the twalt : Kind Sir, I've rcad\ 
 Charlie [Fox, the statesman]. 
 Or rattl'd dice wi' Charlie By night or day. . A Dream, 10. 
 An' Charlie F-x threw by the box, . A Fragment, j. 
 
 Then Clubs an' Hearts were Charlie's cartes, . . lb. 7. 
 Or glaikit Charlie got his nieve in ; Kind Sir, I've readf. 
 
 Charlie, Prince. 
 Wha in his wae days were loyal to Charlie ? 
 
 S. Bannocks d bear mealj 
 Come boat me o'er to Charlie ; . .S". Come boat me der\ 
 We'll o'er the water to Charlie ; . . . lb. 
 
 Come weel, come woe;^ we'll gather and go, 
 
 And live or die wi' Charlie ! . . .lb. 
 
 I lo'e weel my Charlie's name, . . lb. 
 
 But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame, 
 
 And Charlie's faes before him ! . . lb. 
 
 If I had twenty thousand lives, 
 
 I'd die as aft for Charlie lb. 
 
 Here's a health to Charlie the chief o' the clan, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Till Charlie Stewart cam at last, 
 
 Sae far to set us free ; , S. The High. Widow's Lament. 
 
 Charlie. 
 An' no forgetting wabster Charlie, A uld comrade dear t 
 
 Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik : 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann 
 Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; Tam d Shanter.io. 
 Charlie Gregor tint hisj>laidie, 
 
 Kissin' Theniel's borne ]VIary. S. T. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 But Charlie gat the spring to pay ■ lb. 
 
 Charm. 
 In a' their charms, and conquering arms. 
 They [youth, grace, love, &c.] wait on bonie Anne. 
 
 S. A. MastertorCs bonie Anne. 
 When in my arms, wi' a thy charms, 
 
 I clasp my countless treasure, . S. AfC Til kiss theeyet\ 
 Anna, thy charms my bosom fire, S. Anna, thy charms \ 
 
 O gi'e me the lass that has acres o' charms, 
 
 S A wd w£ yr witchcraft \ 
 
 But the rapturous charm o' the boniegreen knowes. 
 
 Ilk spring they're new deckit wi' bonie white yewes. . lb. 
 
 Rifled ilka charm about her. . . S. Donald Brodie\ 
 
 In Highland bonnet woo Malvina's charms ; Ep.Jr. Esopus. 
 
 Yet Nature's charms, the hills and woods, 
 
 The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, 
 
 Are free alike to all. . . Ep. to Davie, 4. 
 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth. 
 
 Can turn death's dart aside? Epit. on Miss J. Lewars. 
 As hopeless I muse on thy charms, S. Here^s a health to one t 
 Lovely Burns has charms — confess ; 
 
 Ltis under Pict. of Miss Bums. 
 Or they rehearse, in equal verse. 
 
 The charms o' lovely Davies. 
 The man in arms 'gainst female charms, 
 I'll drap the lyre, and mute, admire, 
 
 The charms o' lovely Davies. 
 But her ten-pund lands o' tocher gude 
 Were a' the charms his Lordship lo'ed. 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 
 The tender thrill, the pitying tear, 
 
 The generous purpose, nobly dear, 
 
 The gentle look that rage disarms ; 
 
 These are all immortal charms. . S. My Mary'sfacei 
 
 Come let us stray our gladsome way. 
 
 And view the charms of Nature ; i". Norv westlin winds \ 
 My tocher's the jewel has charms for him. 
 
 6". meikle thinks my lovej 
 
 My youthful heart was stown away, 
 
 And by thy charms, my Phely. . . S. PMy^\ 
 
 Without my love, not a' the charms 
 
 Of Paradise could yield me joy ; 5'. wat ye wild's in j 
 Far in their shade my Peggy's charms 
 
 First blest my wond'ring eyes. . . ^. Peggy Clialmers. 
 Where Peggy's charms I first survey'd, . . ^^• 
 
 That charm, that can the strongest quell, 
 
 The sternest move. Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 
 May he who wins thy matchless charms 
 
 Possess a leal and true heart \ . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 The charms o' the min', the langer they shine, 
 The mair admiration they draw, man ; Ronalds ofBennals, 
 
 And ay my Chloris' dearest charm. 
 She says she lo'es me best of a'. . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 Vain ev'n the omnipotence of Female charms, Scots Prologs. 
 
 What secret charm to mem'ry brings 
 
 AU that on Evan's border springs? S. Slow spreads t/tegioom 
 
 Thou young-eyed spring, thy charms I cannot bear ; 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR" 
 
 There I'll despise imperial charms, S. T/iegowd. Locks tf A. 
 
 S. Lovely Davies. 
 16. 
 
 . lb. 
 
Charm 
 
 77 
 
 Cheek 
 
 The flowers shall vie in all their charms 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But bless me wi' your heav'n o' charms, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 Her charms had struck a sturdy Caird, . . .lb. R, VI. 
 How have I wish'd for Fortune's charms, 
 
 For her dear sake, and her's alone ! . . The Lament. 
 When awf\il Beauty joins with all her charms, 
 Who is so rash as rise in rebel arms ? The Rights of Woman. 
 The rose upon the brier by the waters running clear, 
 
 May have charms for the linnet and the bee ; 
 
 S. The Winter it is ^ast^ 
 in all thy youth and charms, . . . To Chloris. 
 
 But a' the charms o' the Indies 
 
 Can never equal thine. . . To Maty. 
 
 Ev'n winter bleak has charms to me, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Nature ! a' th^ shows an' forms 
 
 To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! . . lb. 
 
 And still to her charms She alone is a stranger! 
 
 S. True-hearted was he t 
 There all her charms she does compile ! 
 
 S. Twos even — tJie dewy t 
 Have I so found it full of pleasing charms? Why am I loih\ 
 the charms o' yon wild, mossy moors ; 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns t 
 O, these are my Lassie's all-conquering charms. . . lb. 
 Charm, to. ^ 
 
 Ye cease to charm ; Eliza is no more. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 It warms me, it charms me. 
 
 To mention but her name : . . Ep. to Davie. S. 
 
 ye whom social pleasure charms, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist. zi. 
 Again ye'U charm the ear and e'e ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 My Mary's worth, my Mary's mind, 
 
 Might charm the first of human kind. . S. My Mary's face \ 
 And ay it charms my very saul. 
 The kind love that's in her e'e. . S. O this is no my ain t 
 
 1 hear her charm the air. . . S. Of a' the atrtsi 
 They tempt the taste and charm the sight ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 Where the songs of the good, where the hymns of the blest. 
 Through an endless existence shall charm thee. 
 
 , On Death offav. Child. 
 
 (Beauty, where faultless symmetry and grace, 
 Can only charm us in the second place,) 
 
 . Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Hear the woodlark charm the forest, . S. Sensibility, + 
 
 But when she charms my sight. 
 
 In pride of beauty's light ; . S. Sleep' st thou, or wak'si t 
 While Fragrance blooms an' Beauty charms ! 
 
 The A ■uthot's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Again ye'll charm the vocal air. . S. The Cairine woods ^ 
 But here, alas ! for me nae mair 
 
 Shall birdie charm, or flow'ret smile ; . . . lb. 
 
 I'd charm her with the magic of a switch. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Charm or instruct the future age, [v, A. 4] The Vision^ D, II. 
 Since life's gay scenes must charm no more, . To Chloris. 
 
 They charm th' admiring gazer's sight, . S. Young Peggy t 
 Charm'd. 
 She charm'd my soul, I wist na how ; S. I gaed a waefi \ 
 The bird that charm'd his summer day, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 Now bless the hour which charm'd my guilty sight. 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 Charmer. The rose-bud's the blush o' my charmer, 
 
 »?. A down winding Nith \ 
 And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night, 
 
 To muse upon my Charmer. . S. Now westUn winds t 
 My fair, my lovely Charmer ! . ... lb. 
 
 Stay, my charmer, can you leave me? S. Stay, my chamter\ 
 
 Cruel charmer, can you go ! lb. 
 
 Charming. 
 My Nanie's charming, sweet an' young ; S. Behind yon hills t 
 It was the charming month of May S. It was tlie chartningi 
 The youthful charming Chloe ; ire."] . . lb. 
 
 Sae droops our heart when we maun part 
 
 Frae charming, lovely Davies. . . S. Lovely Dames. 
 And all resistless charming, . . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Tho' to be rich was not my wish, 
 Yet to be great was charming, O : 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 
 So ilka day to me mair dear 
 
 And charming is my Phely. . . S. O Phely, t 
 
 In grace and beauty charming ; S. O watye wha that loes t 
 
 charming Polly Stewart, ire."] . S. Polly Stewart. 
 Sae warming, sae charming. 
 
 Her fautless form and gracefu' air ; . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 Sensibility, how charming, 
 
 Thou, my friend, canst truly tell ; . .S. Sensibility, + 
 Ail on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament 
 You, a charming lovely creature, S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Then, O ! then, my charming Katie, . ... lb. 
 Charter. But first hang out that she'll discern. 
 
 Your hymeneal Charter, , . A Dream, 13. 
 Were this the charter of our state, 
 
 * On pain 0' hell be rich an' great,' Ep, to J. L — k, Ap. 21st. 14. 
 Chartered. For loyal Forbes' Charter 'd boast 
 
 Is ta'en awa ! , Scotch Drink, ig. 
 Chase, Chace. 
 My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 In chase o' thee, what crouds hae swerv'd 
 
 Frae common sense, . . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 The chase gaed frae the north, man ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 There's a holier chace in your view ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 The hirelings ran — her foes gied chase. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Chase, to. 
 
 The warly race may riches chase, S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 
 1 wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, 
 
 Wi' murd'ring pattle ! To a Mouse. 
 
 With steady aim, some Fortune chase ; To J. S., 18. 
 
 Chasing. My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; 
 Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands t 
 Chaste. Thee, aith-detesting, chaste Kilkerran ; 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer, 13. 
 Hey for the chaste int'rest of Broughton, 
 
 Th€ Election Ballads. III. 
 Dove-like fondness, chaste concession, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Chasten'd. 
 An' whan we cfaasten'd him therefore. 
 
 Thou kens how he bred sic a splore, Holy Willie's Prayer, iz. 
 Chatham. The Saxon lads, wi' loud placads. 
 
 On Chatham's Boy did ca', man ; A Fragment. 7. 
 Chatham's wraith, in heavenly graith, . . . . lb. 8. 
 If sleekit Chatham Will was livin, . Kind Sir, Tve read t 
 Chaumer v. Chamer. 
 Chaunt. Ye woodland choir that chaunt your idle loves. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Cheap. Their sports were cheap an' cheary : Halloween. 28- 
 Wi' you no friendship I will troke 
 
 Nor cheap nor dear. . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Cheapest, it's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee 
 
 To taste the barrel. Scotch Drink, 13. 
 Chear, to, v. Cheer, to. 
 Chearful, -fU', -fully v. Cheerftil. -fully. 
 Chearing. 
 AU-chearing Plenty, with her flowing horn. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 13. 
 Chearless, Cheary v. Cheerless, Cheery. 
 Cheat. Fancy only kens nae cheat. , S. Jockey fou, t 
 
 Cheat, to. But faith ! he'll turn a corner jinkan. 
 
 An' cheat you yet. Add. to the Deil. so. 
 Cheat him. Devil, if you can. Epit, on J—n B—-y, Writer. 
 An' cheat like ony unhang'd blackguard. The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Their jugglin' hocus-pocus arts 
 
 To cheat the crowd. The Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Check. 
 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 Cheek, to. 
 
 Check thy climbing step, elate, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Cheek. 
 When Sh-lb-rne meek held up his cheek, A Fragment. 6. 
 His cheek to hers he aft did lay, . S. As down the bumf 
 They [its shanks] were as thin, as sharp, an' sma' 
 
 As cheeks o' branks. . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 ambush'd by the chimla cheek, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains, 
 
 Epit, for Author's Father. 
 
Cheek 
 
 78 
 
 Chief 
 
 Her cheeks a mair celestial hue, . .S". Her flowing lochs\ 
 His hoary cheek was wet wi* tears ; Lafnentfor Glencaim. 
 How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glistened ; 
 
 Monody i on a Lady. 
 While down his cheeks the saut tears row'd ; 
 
 S. My Sandy gzed to t 
 Oh, cold is the blast upon my pale cheek, S. Ohj o^en the doorf 
 Her cheeks are like yon crimson gem. 
 The pride of all the flowery scene, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks f Sett II. 
 Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The wily Mother sees the conscious flame 
 Spai^le in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 7- 
 His leg was so tight and his cheek was so ruddy, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Adown my cheeks the pearls ran, . . . . lb. S. IV. 
 Her cheeks like lilies dipt in wine, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 O I hae tint my rosy cheeks, The Ruined Maid's Lainent. 
 An' ay they dimpled wi' a smile 
 
 The rosy cheeks o' bonie Mary. S. T. Menzie's bonis Mary. 
 
 His cheek to her's he fondly laid, S. There ivas a Zass\ 
 
 Your rosy cheeks are turned sae wan, ^S". Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 Cheek-fOF-chow [cheek by jowl, close side by side]. 
 
 We cheek for chow shall jog thegither, 
 
 I'se ne'er bid better. E^. to Major Logan. 8. 
 An' cheek-for-chow, a chuffie Vintner, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 8. 
 Cheel V. Chiel. 
 Cheep [chirp]. 
 
 Come, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep, The Ordination. ?. 
 Cheep, to [to chirp]. 
 
 He cheeps like some bewildered chicken, To W. Creech. 
 
 Cheer. 
 And hail'd the morning with a cheer, A Winter Night. lo. 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Cheer, Chear, to. The merry Ploughboy cheers his team, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 Syne we'll sit down an' tak our whitter, 
 
 To chear our heart ; E^. to J. L—k^ A^. ist. ig. 
 To cheer you through the weary widdle 
 
 O' this wild warl', . Ep. to MaJ. Logan. 3. 
 How kindly thou would' st cheer me, S. Forlorn, fny Love, t 
 So calls the woodlark in the grove, 
 
 His little faithful mate to chear, . iS". Here is the glen, t 
 
 Now Phoebus chears the crystal streams, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Each eye it chears when she appears, . S. Lovely Dames. • 
 Nae mate to help, nae mate to cheer, S. O Logan, sweetly t 
 Thou chears the heart o' drooping Care ; Scotch Drink, 6. 
 Tae cheer you thra the weary widdle 
 
 O' war'ly cares, . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 The robin pensive Autumn chear, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And chear him late and early. S. The Ploughman f 
 
 And dawtingly did chear me ; S. The tither mom \ 
 
 It clears the een, it cheers the heart, The Tree of Liberty. 
 A lee dyke-side, a sybow-tail. 
 
 And barley-scone shall cheer me. . To Mr. M^Adam. 
 When sorrow wrings thy gentle heart, 
 
 wilt thou let me chear thee? . S. Wilt thou be my t 
 And cheer each fresh'ning flower. . , S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Cheered. And when the welcome summer show'r 
 Has cheer'd ilk drooping little flow'r, 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 Cheerful, Chearftil, -fu'. 
 There's nane that's blest of human kind. 
 
 But the cheerful and the gay, man. A Bottle and Friend. 
 But the chearful Spring came kindly on, John Barleycorn. 
 Then let us chearfu' acquiesce ; . . Ep, to Davie, 7. 
 But cheerful still, I am as well. 
 
 As a monarch in a palace, O, S. My father was a/annerf 
 A cheerful honest-hearted clown 
 
 1 will prefer before you, O, lb. 
 
 wait The sober eve, or hail the chearful dawn, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare, 
 Me, no cheerful twinkle lights me ; . S. One fond kiss, f 
 The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face, 
 Xhey, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat, Night, is. 
 
 And yet you are chearful, I pray tell me how 
 
 That you do maintain mem so well as you do. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 And spent the chearful, festive night ; 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.-, 
 chearfu' tankards foamin. An' social noise ; . ToJ.S., 14. 
 Be't water-brose, or maslin-kail, Wi' chearfu' face, lb. 24.. 
 While chearful peace, with linnet song. 
 Chants the lowly dells among. . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Cheerfully, ChearfuUy. 
 Wha cheerfully lays down the pack, 
 
 And there blaws up a hearty crack; Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Vet chearfully thou glinted forth 
 
 Amid the storm, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Cheery, -ie, Cheary. And cheary blinks the ingle-gleede 
 
 S. A' the lads 0' Thomie-bank\ 
 How cheery, thro' her shortening day, 
 
 Is autumn in her weeds o' yellow : iS". By Allan Stream \ 
 A blessing on the cheery gang 
 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, Ep. to MaJ. Logan. 6. 
 
 He whistl'd up lord Lenox' march, 
 
 To keep his courage cheary ; . . Halloween, ig. 
 
 Their sports were cheap an' cheary : . . lb. 28. 
 
 O'er the dewy bending flowers 
 
 Fairies dance sae cheery. , . S. Hark I the mavis \ 
 She's aye so blythe and cheerie; . S. Whenflrst I saw^ 
 Gi'e me the hour o' gloamin grey. 
 
 It makes my heart sae cheery O, S. When o'er the hilli 
 And for fair Scotia, hame again, 
 
 I cheery on did wander. . S,. When wild Wat's \ 
 
 Cheerless, Chearless. 
 
 Thy gloom will soothe my chearless soul, 
 
 iS*. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 My cheerless suns no pleasure know ; 
 
 Improm-. on Mrs. '5 Birthday. 
 
 Cheerless night that knows no morrow. S. Raving winds \ 
 When frae my Jeany parted, 
 Sad, cheerless, broken-hearted, S. Sleefst thou, orwaMst\ 
 Cheese. 
 Wi' sweet-milk cheese, in monie a whang, The Holy Fair. 7. 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, ** — 
 
 Was dealt about in lunches. An' dawds . . lb. 23. 
 Chequering. 
 
 Or, by the reaper's nightly beam, 
 Mild-chequering thro' the trees. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Cherish. It's a' for the hiney he'll cherish the bee ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks m.y love t 
 Cherished. 
 
 Warm-cherish'd ev'ry floweret's birth. The Vision, D. II. 14. 
 Cherry. 
 Her lips are like the cherries ripe, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 While peaches and cherries, and roses and lilies. 
 
 They fade and they wither awa, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Her lips more than the cherries bright, . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Chest. 
 
 Keeper of Mammon's iron chest. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Chicken. 
 His chicken heart so tender ; . . Epig. on noted Coxcomb. 
 The Fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft, 
 
 Behint the Chicken cavie : . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 He cheeps like some bewildered chicken. To W. Cfvech. 
 
 Chief, brave Ca^ledonia, the chief of her line, .S". Caledonia. 
 'Tis you and Taylor are the chief, 
 
 Wha are to blame for this mischief; . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 And him, among the Princes chief 
 
 In our Jerusalem, . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 But when thou pours thy strong heart's blood. 
 
 There thou shines chief. . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 Ye chief, to you my tale I tell, .... lb. 16. 
 My chief, amaist my only pleasure, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Others now claim your chief regard ; Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Tell them wha hae the chief direction, 
 Scotland an' me's in great affliction. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 The healsome Parritch, chief of Scotia's food : 
 
 The Cottefs Sat. Night. 11. 
 Or if I slumber, Fancy, chief, 
 
 Reigns, hagard-wild, in sore afright : The Lament. 8. 
 
 Among the illustrious Scottish sons 
 That chief thou may'st discern ; . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 An' yet he's rank'd amang the chief 
 
 0' lang syne saunts. . What ails ye now t 
 
Chief 
 
 79 
 
 Chlopis 
 
 Chief, J. The German Chief to thraw, man : A F'ragtttent. J. 
 Brawlie kens our wanton Chief 
 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . S. Hee daZou, t 
 Here's a health to Charlie the chief o' the clan, 
 
 i"". Here's a health to them f 
 A venerable Chief advanc'd in years ; Tke Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 A chief o' doughty deed ; . Tke Election Ballads, V. 
 
 The Chief on Sark who glorious fell, 
 
 In high command ; [v. A. 4] Tke Vision. D,I. 
 the Campbell's, chiefs of fame, Ih. D. II, jr. 
 
 Health to the Maxwells' vet'ran Chief! . To Terraughty. 
 
 Chlefest. The bands and bliss o* mutual love, 
 
 O that's the chiefest warld's treasure ! 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 Chiefly. 
 But chiefly the nettle so typical, shower, Monody on a Lady. 
 But the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, 
 
 An' chiefly in her sparklin' e'en. S. On Cessnock banks t 
 'Tis the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, 
 
 An' chiefly in her rogueish een. ... lb. Sett II. 
 
 But chiefly, in their hearts with Grace divine preside. 
 
 Tke Cottef's Sat Night, 18. 
 The youngest ay chiefly does dance on my knee ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 But chiefly thou, apostle A-d, 
 
 We trust in thee, . Tke Twa Herds, 10. 
 
 But chiefly the siller, that gars him gang till her, 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 Chieftain, -an. 
 
 Or haughty Chieftain, 'mid the din of arms, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Here's Chieftain M'Leod, a Chieftain worth gowd, 
 
 S. Here s a health to them \ 
 three noble chieftans, and all of his blood, The Wkistle,S- 
 Great Chieftan o' the Puddin race I . . To a Haggis. 
 Chiel, Chield, Cheel [a fellow ; a young man]. 
 
 thou grim mischief-making chiel, Add. to Toothache. 6. 
 An' her kind stars hae airted till her, 
 
 A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller : Auld comrade dearf 
 
 Tell them frae me, wi' chiels be cautious ; . .lb. 
 
 How best o' chiels are whyles in want, Ep. to Davie, a. 
 
 They told me 'twas an odd kind chiel 
 
 About Muirkirk. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 4. 
 Ye'll find him ay a dainty chiel, 
 
 An' fou o' glee ; On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, 
 
 A chiel sae clever ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Whase aught thae Chiels maks a' this bustle here ? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 The brawnie, banie, ploughman-chiel . Scotch Drink. 11. 
 ' Na, waur than a' ! ' cries ilka chiel, 
 
 * Tarn Samson's dead ! ' . Tarn Samson's El. 
 Hale to the sex, ilk guid chiel says, 
 
 Tke Ans. to tke Guidwife. 
 The chiel that's a fool for himsel, 
 
 Guid L— d, he's far dafter than I. Tke Jolly Beggars. S.III. 
 My blessings aye attend the chiel, 
 
 Wha pitied Gallia's slaves, man, Tke Tree of Liberty 
 
 buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies, . Tke Twa Dogs. 11. 
 
 1 lippen'd to the chiel in trouth, . . To Dr. Blacklack. 
 Ferguson, the writer-chiel, A deathless name. 
 
 To W. Simpson, 3. 
 Chiels wha their chanters winna hain, '. lb. 6. 
 
 Till chiels gat up an' wad confute it, lb, P.S.. 
 
 A chield's amang you, taking notes. 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Thou art a dainty chield, O Grose ! . . . , lb. 
 A chield wha'U soundly buff our beef; Tke Twa Herds. 13. 
 But Facts are cheels that winna ding, . . A Dream-. 4. 
 Child. 
 For she is Simplicity's child. S, Adown winding Nitk\ 
 
 Sweet and harmless as a child ; S. First wken Maggy \ 
 
 The mother may forget the child 
 That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 This darling child of nature, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 
 My child, thou art gone to the home of thy rest, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Yet come thou child of poverty and care, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 That night, a child might understand, 
 The Deil had business on his hand. . Tarn 0' Shanter. 8. 
 
 Points to the Parents fondling o'er their Child 1 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night. 10. 
 The gowdspink, Music's gayest child, 
 
 T/ie Petition of Br. Water. 
 tho' your heart's like a child, 
 And your life like the new driven snaw, Tke Kirk's A larm. 
 But Oh ! thou bitter step- mother and hard. 
 To thy poor, fenceless, naked child — the Bard ! 
 
 ToR. G. ofF.,3, 
 woman, nature's darling child ! S. Twas even — tke dewy \ 
 Childish. 
 
 Thro' a' thy childish years I'll e'e thee, Add. to Illegit. Ckild. 
 Children. I see the children of affliction, 
 
 Unaided through thy curs'd restriction. 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 Sires, mothers, children, in one carnage lie : The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Who had many children and most of them small, 
 
 S. The Poor Tkresker. 
 You have many children I very well know, . . .lb. 
 To my wife and children in whom I delight, . . .lb. 
 There was be, and his wife, and his seven children small. lb. 
 And even children lisp the Rights of Man ; 
 
 Tke Rigkts of Woman. 
 Chill. Chill, o'er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap ! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 With chill hoary wing as ye [breezes] usher the dawn : 
 
 lS". How pleasant tke banks \ 
 chill November's surly blast . Man was m,ade to Mourn. 
 November hirples o'er the lea, 
 
 Chill, on thy lovely form ; . On Birth ofPosth. Ckild. 
 
 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; 
 
 Tke Cottet^s Sat. Night, 2. 
 Chill runs my blood to hear it rave, ^S". Tke gloomy night t 
 Chill came the tempest's lour ; . .To Chloris. 
 
 Chilly. The dew sat chilly on her breast, S. A Rosebud by my t 
 Descend, ye chilly, smothering Snows ! A Winter Night. 7, 
 No chilly blast nor shower 
 
 Shall blight this rose of mine. S. My Love's a winsome t 
 But through the broken space, the gale 
 
 Blows chilly from the misty vale ; . On Lincluden Castle 
 Now life's chilly evening dim shades on your eye, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Chilly Grief my life-blood freezes, . S. Raving winds f 
 
 The chilly Frost, beneath the silver beam, Tke Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Never may'st thou, lovely Flower, 
 Chilly shrink in sleety shower! To Miss C. 
 
 Chiming. 
 
 They rudely-caroll'd, chiming phrase, The Vision, D. II. iz. 
 Chimla, -ie [chimney]. 
 
 While frosty winds blaw in the drift, 
 
 Ben to the chimla lug, . Ep. to Davie, i. 
 
 ambush'd by the chimla cheek, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Some [nits] start awa, wi' saucy pride. 
 An' jump out owre the chimlie Fu' high . Halloween, 7. 
 Chimney-nook. 
 
 As life itself becomes disease. 
 
 Seek the chimney-nook of ease. , Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Chin. His lengthen'd chin, his tum'd up snout. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 Her nose and chin they threaten ither ; S. Willie Wastle t 
 Chinky. 
 
 thro' the ragged roof and chinky wall, A Winter Night, g. 
 Chipper. 
 
 Our friends the reviewers, those chippers and hewers, 
 Chirp. ^^ Capt. Riddel. 
 
 The robin in the hedge descends, 
 And sober chirps securely. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Chittering [trembling with cold}. 
 
 Wharewilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing, j4 Winter Night. 4. 
 
 The birds sit chittering in the thorn, 
 fji- 1__ 'S. Up in the morning early. 
 
 The youthful charming Chloe ; [re.] S. It was the charming^ 
 From the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested, 
 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; Sp. extent, toyng Lady. 
 Chloris. 
 Ah, Chloris, since it may na be, ire.'\ S. Ah, Chloris, since \ 
 Take aught else of mine. 
 
 But, my Chloris spare me ! . . S. Ay waking, O t 
 
 Such was my Chloris' bonie face, , . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 
Chloris 
 
 80 
 
 Circle 
 
 ' And ay my Chloris' dearest charm, 
 
 She says she lo'es me best of a', [re.] . . S. Sm flaxen \ 
 There, dearest Chloris, wilt thou rove ... .lb. 
 The pathless wild, and wimpling burn, 
 
 Wi' Chloris in my arms, be mine ; . S.O bonie was yon t 
 Chloris, I'm thine wi' a passion sincerest, 
 
 S. Tivas na her bonie blue t 
 
 Chloris, Chloris all the theme! 
 
 S. Why, why tell thy \ 
 
 Choice. Meanwhile the hapless daughter 
 
 Has but a choice of strife, . . S. How crueli 
 
 Choicest. You have my choicest model ta'en, E^it. on W . 
 
 Let my Mary's kindred spirit 
 Draw your choicest influence down. , ^S". Highland Mary. 
 
 Choir, Quire. 
 
 Ye woodland choir that chaunt your idle loves, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 The reliques of the vernal quire ; . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Not ev'n to view the Heavenly choir, 
 
 Would be so blest a sight. , . On Miss /. Lewars. 
 
 The gowdspink. Music's gayest child, 
 Shall sweetly join the choir : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Choke. 
 ' Sin' I began to nick the thread, 
 
 * AiT choke the breath : Death and Dr. Hornbook. 12. 
 Choked. While burns, wi' snawy wreaths up-choked. 
 
 Wild-eddying swirl, A Winter Night, 2. 
 Or was't the wilfire chok'd your boughs? As on the banks \ 
 Chokin. It [a raep] maks guid fellows girn an' gape, 
 
 Wi' chokin dread ; . Poor Mailiis El.. 
 
 Cholic. 
 
 Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes ; . Add. to Tootluiche. 
 Choose, Chuse. 
 Rectangle-triangle, the figure we'll choose, S. Caledonia. 6. 
 Yet I wadna choose to let her refuse, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 '^Qvi, wham to choose, and wham refuse, 
 
 At strife thir carlins fell ; . The Election Ballads, I. 
 
 And get the brutes the power themsels. 
 
 To choose their herds. The Twa Herds, /j". 
 ' All chuse, as, various they're inclin'd, 
 
 ' The various man. The Vision, D. II, 7. 
 
 If it winna, canna be, 
 
 Thou, for thine may chuse me ; . .S". Wilt thou be tny t 
 Choral. 
 "Tis the soft chanted choral song, . On Lincluden Castle. 
 The choral hymn that erst so clear, 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear, . . lb. 
 
 Chord. 
 He knows each chord its various tone, Add. to Unco Guid, 8. 
 Fate oft tears the bosom chords 
 
 That Nature finest strung : . . . Sad thy tale, t 
 
 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure, 
 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . S. Sensibility, t 
 
 Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among ; To Miss Graham. 
 Chorus. 
 The landlord's laugh was ready chorus : Tarn d Shanier, 5. 
 He ended ; and the kebars sheuk, 
 
 Aboon the chorus roar ; . . The Jolly Beggars. R. If. 
 
 They mind't na wha the chorus teuk, lb. R. III. 
 
 Looks round him an' found them 
 
 Impatient for the Chorus. . . .lb. R. VIII. 
 
 Round and round take up the Chorus, . lb. S. VIII. 
 
 Chose. Chose one who should owe it all, d'ye see, 
 
 To their gratis grace and goodness. The Dean ofFac., 
 Chosen. 
 Yet I am here a chosen sample, .' Holy Willie's Prayer, j. 
 L — d bless thy chosen in this place, 
 
 For here thou hast a chosen race ; . . . , lb. 10. 
 Thou madest strong two chosen ones, . New Psalmody. 
 And fight thy chosen's battle ; . . , .lb, 
 
 e'en thy chosen lassie, . . S. O watye wha t/iat loesf 
 ye chosen Five and Forty, The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. 
 On this hand sits a chosen swatch, 
 Wi' screw'd-up, grape-proud faces ; [v. A. 18] 
 
 The Holy Fair. 10. — 
 
 Chow V. Cheek-for-chow. 
 Chow [to chew]. 
 
 Now Robin, greetin', chows the hams 
 
 O' Mailie dead! [v. A. 19] PoorMailie's El. 
 On thee aft Scotland chows her cood, . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 That 'yont the hallan' snugly chows her cood : 
 
 Th^ Cottet's Sitt. Night. //. 
 
 Chrichton Peel. 
 And black Joan, frae Chrichton Peel, 
 O' gipsy kith and kin, . . . The Election Ballads, I. 
 Christ. 
 Bless Jesus Christ, O C[ardoness], . ^ . E^it. on a Laird. 
 'Twas in the seventeen hundred year 
 O' Christ and ninety-five, . . The Election Ballads. V, 
 Christen. She forms the thing and christens it — a poet. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3, 
 Christendie. 
 Three blyther hearts, that lee lang night. 
 Ye wad na found in Christendie, . S. O Willie brew'di 
 
 Christened. 
 
 Who christened thus Maria's lyre divine ; . Ep. fr. Eso^us. 
 Christening. And there will be Douglasses doughty, 
 New-christening towns far and near, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 For building cot-houses sae fam'd, 
 And christening kail-yards. lb. V. 
 
 Christian. 
 
 Wi' sword an' gun he thought a sin 
 Guid Christian bluid to draw, man ; 
 For life and spunk like ither Christians, 
 I'm dwindled down to mere existence, '. 
 
 A Fragment. 3. 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker, 
 Perhaps the Christian Volume is the theme, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 I've travell'd round all Christian ground 
 
 In this my occupation; The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 As men, as christians too, renown'd, 
 
 An' manly preachers. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Chronicles. 
 
 Old poets have sung, and old chronicles tell, The Whistle. 3. 
 Chrystal. Thy chrystal stream, Afton, how lovely it gHdes, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Now chrystal clear are the falling waters, . .5*. Bonie Bell. 
 Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes, 
 
 And o'er the chrystal streamlet plays ; . S. Bonie Lassie t 
 Thou chrystal streamlet with thy flowery shore, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 List'ning to the wild birds singing, 
 
 By a falling, chrystal stream ; . S. I dream' d I layi 
 
 The chrystal waters round us fa', S. Now rosy May\ 
 
 The wimpling bum, ilk chrystal spring, 
 
 S. TJie Fite Champetre. 
 Chrystal streamlets gently flowing, S. Thickest night \ 
 
 Chuck [a hen ; a familiar name for a woman]. 
 
 But up arose the martial Chuck, The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 Chuckle idim ^chuek]. 
 I wat she is a dainty Chuckie \ S.A' the lads o' Tlicmie-bank t 
 I wat she is a dainty chuckie, 
 
 As e'er tread clay ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Auld chuckie Reekie's sair distrest. To W. Creech. 
 
 Chuffie tfat-faeed.3 
 An' cheek-for-chow, a chuffie Vintner, 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 Church. Our sad decay in Church and State, 
 
 Surpasses my descriving ; S. Awa, whigs, aiva. 
 The church is in ruins, the state is in jars: S. By yon castle wa'^ 
 Though there, his heresies in church and state 
 Might well award him Muir and Palmer's fate : Ep.fr. Esofius. 
 For sweet consolation to church I did fly ; 
 
 ^. No Churchman am /f 
 The sword I forsook for the sake of the church ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Churches built to please the Priest. . . lb. S. VIII. 
 Provost John is still deaf to the church's relief. 
 
 The Kirk's Alami. 
 
 Churchman. 
 
 No Churchman am I for to rail and to write, 
 
 S. No Churchman am /t 
 Chuse V. Choose. 
 Ciceronian. 
 Heroes in Cesarean fight 
 Or Ciceronian pleading. . The Election Ballads, VI. 
 
 Cinder. 
 
 Of Eve's first fire he has a cinder ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Circle. 
 Witness that filial circle round, . Sketch, New- Vr's Day. 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, iz 
 Sir, in that circle you are nam'd ; 
 Sir, in that circle you are fam'd ; . To Rev. J. MMath. 
 
Circled 
 
 81 
 
 Clanronald 
 
 Circled. 
 
 He circled round the magic ground, 
 But entrance found he nane, man : The FHe Chamfetre. 
 CiFCllllsr* Ye duck and drake, wi' airy wheels 
 
 Circling the lake : El. on Capt. M. H. 8. 
 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last S. Farewell^ thou stream t 
 While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night, i6. 
 With many a filial tear circling the hed of death! 
 
 ToJi. G. o/F., g. 
 Circumcision. 
 As once on Fis^ah purg'd was the sight 
 Of a son of Circumcision, . . . The Dean o/Fac., 
 Circumstance. 
 In every other circumstance, the mind 
 Has this to say — " It was no deed of mine ; " 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Cit [the civet]. 
 
 The cit and polecat stink, and are secure. . To R. G. o/F.. 
 Cit. 
 Wi' cits nor lairds I wadna shift, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2isi, 13. 
 Each prudent cit a warm existence finds, Ep. to R. Graham.2. 
 There Centum per Centum, the Cit with his purse ; 
 
 iS". No Churchman am If 
 Gie Wealth to some be-ledger'd Cit, 
 
 In cent per cent ; . To/. S.j 23. 
 
 Citizen. 
 Nae langer thrifty Citizens, an' douce. 
 
 Meet owre a pint, or in the Council-house ; The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 To mouth ' A Citizen,' a term o* scandal : lb. 10. 
 
 City. Is just as true's the Deil's in h-ll, 
 
 Or Dublin city : Death and Dr. Hornbook, 2. 
 No song nor dance I bring from yon great city^ 
 That queens it o'er our taste— the more's the pity : 
 
 Prologue, at Th,, D.. 
 Let others love the city, . . . S. Saeflaxen\ 
 
 Where royal cities stately stand ; . S, The Banks o/Nith. 
 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes 
 
 She's swingein thro' the city ! . The Ordination. 11. 
 
 There's a youth in this city, it were a great pity, 
 
 S. There's a youth f 
 City-gent. 
 
 Do ye envy the city-gent, . Ep. to J. L-~k, Ap. 2ist. 11. 
 Civil. To grant a heart is fairly civil, Auld comrade dear\ 
 But to the hen-birds unco civil ; . . El. on Year 278$. 
 Now Jove for once be mighty civil, 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. 'j Birthday. 
 
 Civilly. 
 I, ance, was ty'd up like a stirk, 
 For civilly sweanng and quaffing ; The Jolly Beggars. S.III. 
 
 Clachan [a small village about a church, a hamlet]. 
 
 For which we dauma show our face 
 
 Within the clachan. Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 The Clachan yill had made me canty, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hortihook, 3. 
 * Ye ken Jock Hornbook i' the Clachan,' lb. 14. 
 
 Claekleith. 
 To that trusty auld worthy Claekleith, 
 
 Afton's Laird, P.S. to " The Kirk's A lartrt." 
 Clad. * That Hornbook's skill 
 
 ' Has clad a score i' their last claith, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 
 Now Spring has clad the grove in green, 
 
 S. Now Spring Has cladf 
 
 Aft, clad in massy, siller weed, . . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 For roads were clad, frae side to side, 
 Wi' monie a wearie body, . . • The Holy Fair. 6. 
 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; . The Twa Dogs. 5. 
 
 in thy scanty mantle clad, . . To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 
 Clad in rich Dulness' comfortable fur. . To R. G. o/F., 3. 
 
 Be thou clad in russet weed, . ■ ^n in- Friars-Carse H. . 
 Claeding [clothing]. 
 
 Arid stript the claeding aff your braes ? . As on the banks t 
 Claes, Xlaise [clothes]. 
 
 Till Suthron raise, an' coost their claise 
 Behind him in a raw, man. . . . A Fragment, g. 
 
 Where bonnie lasses bleach their claes ; , „ , 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Wi' sowps o' kail and brats o' claise, , , „ , „ 
 
 The A uthors Cry and Prayer. 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 
 The twa appeared like sisters twin, 
 In feature, form an' claes ; . 
 
 Here, some are thinkan on their sins, 
 An some upo' their claes ; . 
 
 The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 lb. 10. 
 
 Gie fine braw claes to fine Life-guards, . . To J. S., 22. 
 Claim. Or modest Merit's silent claim ; Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 But Queensberry, thine the virgin claim, 
 
 From aught that's good exempt. On Duke 0/ Queensberry . 
 Few men o' sense will doubt your claihis 
 To rank araang the Nowte. . . . The Calf. 
 
 Claim, to. An' baith a yellow George to claim, 
 
 An' thole their blethers ! Ep. toJ.R. 12. 
 A title, and the only one I claim, 
 To lay strong hold for help on bounteous Graham. 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahavi. 4. 
 No two virtues, whatever relation they claim. 
 Possessing the one shall imply you've the other. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Deserves the proudest wreath departed heroes claim. 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 A poor friendless wand'rer may well claim a sigh, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Others now claim your chief regard ; Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 And You, farewell! whose merits claim, 
 Justly that highest badge to wear ! 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt. J.'sL.. 
 No idly-feign'd, poetic pains, 
 
 My sad, lovelorn lamentings claim : . . The Lament. 
 ' And this district as mine I claim, The Vision. D. II. it. 
 Claise v. Claes. 
 Claith [cloth, clothing]. 
 ' Has clad a score i' their last claith, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 swankies young, in braw braid-claith, . The Holy Fair, 7. 
 Claithing [clothing]. 
 It's just the Blue-gown badge an' claithing, 
 
 O' Saunts; . Ep.toJ. R. 4. 
 
 Or melvie his braw claithing ! . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 
 Clamb. And peacefu' raise its ingle reek. 
 
 That slowly curling clamb the hill. As on the banks t 
 Helpless, alane, thou clamb the brae, 
 
 Extern, on Comniem-.s of Tkoinson 
 we clamb the hill thegither, . S. John Anderson, my jo t 
 And Cynthia's car, o' silver fu', 
 
 Clamb up the starry sky, . . The Fete Champetre 
 
 Clamour. Till block an' studdie ring an' reel 
 
 Wi' dinsome clamour. Scotch Drink. 11. 
 May mourn their loss wi' doolfu' clamour ; . To W. Creech. 
 Clamouring. 
 
 Mourn, clamouring craiks at close o' day. El. on Gapt. M. H. 8. 
 Clam 'reus. 
 
 Ill-satisfy'd, keen Nature's clam'rous call, A Winter Night, g. 
 In all the clam'rous cry of starving want, Ep. toR. Graham. 3. 
 He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18 
 Clan. Here's a health to Charlie the chief o' the clan, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 " To grace this damn'd infernal clan." Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man, 
 
 Commen* me to the Bardie clan ; . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 To hear the thuds, and see the cluds 
 O' Clans frae woods, in tartan duds, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 They hough'd the Clans like nine-pin kyles . . lb. 
 
 They've lost some gallant gentlemen 
 Amang the Highland clans, man ; . 
 
 I was the happiest of a' the Clan, 
 
 S. The High. Widow's Lam.. 
 
 But he still was faithfu' to his clan. The Jolly Beggars. S. IV, 
 
 Or else he would muster the heads of the clan, The Whistle. 7. 
 Clang. While loud, the trump's heroic clang. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Clanging. 
 
 Swiftly seek, on clanging wings, 
 
 Other lakes and other springs ; On Scaring Waterfmvl. 
 
 The clanging sugh of whistling wings is heard ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Clangor. An' lilt wi' holy clangor ; The Ordination. 3. 
 
 Clankie [a sharp stroke that causes a noise, a severe 
 blow]. 
 
 An' Clavers gat a clankie, O ; . S. Killiecrankie. 
 
 Clanronald. Picture o' the great Clanronald ; S. Hee balou,\ 
 
 lb. 
 
Clap [the clapper of a mill] 
 
 82 
 
 Clajrmope 
 
 Clap [the clapper of a mill]. 
 
 The heajied happer's ebbing still, 
 And still the clap plays clatter. 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. i. 
 
 Clap. Turn out on her guard in the clap of a hand, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 
 ClaPs to. Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 He'll clap a shangan on her tail, . The Ordination. >:. 
 
 Clap in his walie nieve a blade, 
 
 He'll male it whissle ; . . To a Haggis. 
 Then we'll kiss and clap at pleasure, 
 
 S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Clapper. 
 
 A clapper tongue wad deave a miller ; . ^S". Willie Wasile. 
 Claret. Good claret set before thee : S. Deluded stuain^ 
 
 (And aye a rowth, roast beef and claret : . Poem on Life. 
 And once more, in claret, try which was the man. 
 
 The Whistle. 7. 
 And knee-deep in claret he'd die or he'd yield. . lb. g. 
 
 The dinner being over, the claret they ply. . . Ih. IB. 
 
 Clarinda. Clarinda, rich reward ! o'erpays them all! 
 
 In vain would Prudence t 
 Clarinda, take this little boon, . . To a Lady. 
 
 Before I saw Clarinda's face, 
 
 My heart was blithe and gay, . To Clarinda. 
 
 But now dejected I appear, Clarinda proves unkind ; lb. 
 
 Clark [scholarly]. 
 But tell him he was learn'd and dark, 
 
 Ye roos'd him then ! El. on death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Clark [clerk]. 
 An' took my jocteleg an' whatt it. 
 
 Like ony dark. . Third Ep. to J. L.. 
 
 Clarket [clerked]. 
 Or strutted in a bank and clarket 
 
 My Cash-Account ; The Vision. D. /., S- 
 
 Clarty [dirty, nasty]. 
 That clarty barm should stain my laurels ; 
 
 Searching auld wives' barrels t 
 Clash [tittle-tattle, the talk of the hour]. 
 
 Some rhyme to court the countra clash, . To J. S.,S- 
 
 Clash, to [to talk, to gossip]. 
 
 E'en let them clash ; . . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 Clash'd, They hack'd and hash'd while braid swords clash'd, 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Clasp. When in my arms, wi' a' thy charms, 
 I clasp my countless treasure, O! 
 
 ' S. An! ni kiss thee yet t 
 Or clasp me in a close embrace ; . S. The capt. Ribband. 
 Clasp'd, His bonnet he A thought ajee, 
 
 Cock'd sprush when first he clasp'd me ; 
 
 S. The tither mom t 
 As underneath their fragrant shade, 
 I clasp'd her to my bosom ! 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 And the heart beating love as I'm clasp'd in her arms, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns t 
 Clasping. Encircled in her clasping arms, 
 
 How have the raptur'd moments flown ! 
 
 The Lament. 4. 
 Class. While slee D-nd-s arous'd the class 
 
 Be-north the Roman wa', man : A Fragment. 8. 
 Class, to. Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 Her noblest work she classes, O : 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes, 
 Classic. The hills whence classic Yarrow flows, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Clatter. 
 And still the [mill] clap plays clatter. . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 Sae craftilie she took me ben, 
 And bade me mak nae clatter ; ^S". Had I the wyie t 
 
 Clatter, to. The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, ■ 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st ig. 
 An' there the pint-stowp clatters ; . . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Clatter [tattle, gossip, an idle story]. 
 An' tease my name in kintry clatter : Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 And dree the kintra clatter : S. Here's his health in water. 
 my puir, silly, rhymin' clatter . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter ; Tatn d Shanter. j. 
 Anither gies them clatter ; . . The FHe Champetre. 
 
 Sae, ye observe that a' this clatter 
 
 Is naething but a 'moonshine matter;' To W.Simpson, P. S.. 
 Clatter, to [to prattle, gossip]. 
 Thou maks the gossips clatter bright, . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 Now ev'ry auld wife, greetin, clatters, 
 
 ' Tam Samson's dead ! . Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Claught [snatched at, seized, clutched]. 
 And claught th' unfading garland there, 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson 
 The carlin claught her by the rump, . Tam d Shanter. 18. 
 Claughtin [clutching, grasping greedily]. 
 I never was canny for hoarding o' money, 
 Or claughtin't together at a', man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Clause. 
 An' with rhetoric clause on clause 
 
 To mak harangues ; The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 12. 
 Claut, Claute [what is scraped together ; a clutch of 
 anything], 
 A glebe o' land, a claut o' gear. 
 
 Was left me by my auntie, S. And Ofor one and twenty \ 
 Our sinfu' saul to get a claute on . , Poem on Life. 
 
 Clautet [scraped]. 
 But or the day was done, I trow. 
 The laggen they hae clautet Fu' clean A Dream. 15. 
 
 Claver [clover]. 
 Mourn, clamouring craiks at close of day, 
 'Mang fields o' flowering claver gay ; El. on Capt. M. H., g. 
 Clavers [frivolous talk, prattle]. 
 sunk enerv'd 'Mang heaps o' clavera ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 With davers and haivers 
 Wearing the time awa' : . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Clavers [John Graham of Claverhouse]. 
 
 An' Clavers gat a clankie, O ; . S. Killiecrankie. 
 
 Claw [scratch]. 
 While scabs an' botches did him [Job] gall, 
 
 Wi' bitter claw, Add. to the Deil 18. 
 
 Or gied her faes a claw, Jamie ; S. The Laddies by\ 
 
 Claw, to [to scratch]. 
 An' did the Buckskins claw, man; . A Fragment. 4. 
 
 I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought, 
 
 S. Contented w{ little,\ 
 May claw his lug, and straik his beard, On W. Chalmers. 
 Ne'er daw your lug, an' fidge your back. 
 
 An' hum an' haw, The Authors Cry and Prayer, 6. 
 K[ilmarnock] Wabsters, fidge an' claw. The Ordination, i. 
 Until a pow as auld's Methusalem ! 
 
 He canty claw ! . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Claw'd [scratched]. 
 
 But better stuff ne'er claw'd a midden ! . El. on Year 1788. 
 He claw'd her wi' the riplin-kame, . . S. Had I the wyie t 
 Claws. And fix your claws in Nicol's heart. 
 
 For deil a bite o't's rotten. . For W. NicoU 
 
 No claws to dig, his hated sight to shun ; ToR. G. ofF.,3. 
 Clay, 
 Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay. El. on Capt. M, H., g. 
 Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay 
 
 Taks up its last abode ; . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 My noble master lies in clay ; . Latnentfor Glencaim. 
 Though cauld be the clay, where thou pillow'st thy head, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Let the blast sweep o'er the valley, 
 
 See it prostrate on the clay ! . . S. Sensibility^^ 
 
 Tam Samson's weel-worn clay here lies, 
 
 Tajn Samson's EL, Epit, 
 Their winding-sheet the bloody clay, 5. The lovely lass t 
 
 My auld grey head had lien in clay, 
 
 Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace ! . . S. The Union. 
 
 That fiU'd, wi' hoast-provoking smeek, 
 
 The auld, clayTiiggin ; . The Vision, D. 1. 3. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 To Ruin. 
 
 I wat she is a dainty chuckie, 
 
 As e er tread clay ! 
 My weary heart its throbbings cease, 
 
 Cold-mould'ring in the clay? 
 Now green's the sod^ and cauld's the clay, 
 That wraps my Highland Mary ! 
 
 S, Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 
 Clay-cauld [clay-cold]. 
 
 Till clay-cauld death sail blin' my e'e, . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 Claymore. 
 
 Wi' durk, claymore, or rusty trigger, . Add. of Beelzebub' 
 
Claymore 
 
 83 
 
 Cliff 
 
 An' guid Claymore down by his side, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Glean. The laggen they hae clautet Fu' clean A Dream, ij. 
 Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean, 
 
 iS. A ' the lads a' Thomie-hnk t 
 But I shall scribble down some blether 
 
 Just clean afF-loof. Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. 2ist. 7. 
 In order on the clean hearth-stane, 
 
 The Luggies three are ranged ; . . Halloween. 27. 
 
 She dresses aye sae clean and neat, S, Handsome Nell. 
 
 Although his pouch o' coin were clean, . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean, 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 Her teeth are like a flock o' sheep. 
 
 With fleeces newly washen clean, S. On Cessnock banks\ 
 His clean hearth-stane, his thrifty Wifie's smile. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 5. 
 His English style, and gesture flne, 
 
 Are a clean out o' season. . . The Holy Fair, /j. 
 
 Sae straught, sae taper, tight and clean [a leg]. 
 
 The Vision. D. L 11. 
 But twenty times, I rather wou'd be ' 
 
 An atheist clean, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 I had amaist forgotten clean, . To W. Simpson. P. S. 
 
 Than garren lasses cowp the cran 
 
 Clean heels owre body, . What ails ye now t 
 Cleaner. To whom our modems are but causey-cleaners ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, g. 
 Cleanest. 
 The cleanest com that e'er was dight 
 May hae some pyles o' caflf in ; Add. to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 Cleanly. The lasses feat, an' cleanly neat, . Halloween. 
 Clear. He gied me thee, o' tocher clear, A Guid New-year t 
 Far mark'd with the courses of clear, winding rills ; 
 
 ^. A/ton Water. 
 As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave. lb. 
 Shaded my streams sae clear and cool ; As on the banks t 
 
 Now chrystal clear are the falling waters, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 I'll prove it from Euclid as clear as the sun : S. Caledonia. 6. 
 A bum was clear, a glen was green, S. Duncan Damson. 
 And Blackbirds whistle clear, . . Ep. to Davie, 4. 
 
 A head for thought profound and clear, unmatched : 
 
 Exte7tz. on W. Sinellie. 
 Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, . Halloween. 2. 
 
 the clear winding Devon, S. How pleasant the banks t 
 
 But Peggy dear, the ev'ning's clear, S. Now westlin winds t 
 Whare Tay rins wimplin by sae clear ; iS". O whare did ye get t 
 The cave-lodged beggar, with a conscience clear, 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 The holy anthem loud and clear ; . On Lincluden Castle. 
 The choral hymn that erst so clear, 
 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's car, . lb. 
 
 The sun rose clear and bright ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 To which I'm clear to gi'e my aith. . The Inventory 
 
 The blackbird strong, the lintwhite clear. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And the diamond drops o' dew shall be her een sae clear ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Frae Calvin's well, ay clear they drank, The Twa Herds, j". 
 The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 Three joyous good fellows with hearts clear of flaw ; 
 
 The Whistle. 
 The rose upon the brier by the waters running clear, 
 
 ^. The Winter it is past \ 
 And his clear siller buckles they dazzle us a'. 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 My morning raise sae clear and fair, . V.s under Grief. 
 Down by the burn, where scented birks 
 Wi' dew are hanging clear, my jo, S. When o'erthe hill\ 
 
 Clear, to. 
 Thou clears the head o' doited Lear ; . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 At thy blithe carol clears his furrowed brow. 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday 
 Hear how he clears the points o' Faith 
 
 Wi' rattlin an' thumpin ! , . . The Holy Fair, 13. 
 
 But clear your decks an' here's the Sex 
 
 I like the jads for a' that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 , It clears the een, it cheers the heart. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 And clear the consequential sorrows, 
 
 Love-gifts of Camival signoras [v. A. 13]. TJie Twa Dogs. 23, 
 
 Clear-dangling. 
 
 An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther. 
 
 Clear-dangling, hang ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6. 
 
 . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 11. 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 
 Clearing, -in*. 
 
 I hope to gie the jads a clearin' 
 In fair play yet. 
 Still shearing and clearing 
 The tither stooked raw ; 
 Clearly, 
 She dirl'd them afi"fu' clearly, O . S. Amangthe trees \ 
 The moon it shines fu' clearly. . S. Co! the Ewes. 
 
 We've faults and failings— granted clearly, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 
 O'er the waves, that sweetly glide 
 
 To the moon sae clearly. . . S. Hark ! the mavis t 
 We'll gently walk, and sweetly talk, 
 
 Till the silent moon shine clearly ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 The moon was shining clearly ; . S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 That shone that night so clearly 1 . . ■ , lb. 
 
 Cleckin [a brood of chickens, a brood]. 
 Scar'd frae its minnie and the cleckin 
 
 By hoodie-craw ; . . . ToW. Creech. 
 
 Cleed [to clothe]. 
 
 Now Nature deeds the flow'ry lea, 
 
 S. Lassie w€ the lintwhite t 
 
 And I'll cleed thee in Che tartan sae fine, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get \ 
 
 And spring will cleed the birken shaw ; 
 
 S. Oh, how can I be blythe f 
 
 An' cleed her baims, man, wife, an' wean. 
 
 In mourning weed ; Tavi Samson's El. 2. 
 
 Frae tap to tae that deeds me bien, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Cleek [to catch as by a hook ; to snatch up]. 
 
 Wha ken't fu' weel to cleek the Sterlin ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 
 Cleekit [linked themselves by the arms, in couples, 
 and whirled round in the dance]. 
 
 They reel'd, they set, they cross 'd, they cleekit. 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 12. 
 
 Cleft. As Highland craigs by thunder cleft. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Cleg [a gad-fly]. 
 But as the clegs o' feeling stang 
 
 Are wise or fool . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 Cleneh'd. He clench'd his pamphlets in his fist, 
 
 Extem. in Court of Session. 
 
 Clergy. Corbies and clergy are a shot right kittle : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. zo. 
 
 Clerk. 
 
 May ne'er Misfortune's gowling bark, 
 
 Howl thro' the dwelling o' the Clerk \ . A Ded. to G. H., 14 
 
 The Priest he was oxter'd, the Clerk he was quarried, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Megi 
 
 It may escape the learned clerks ; . S. O this is 710 my ain t 
 
 A tod meikle waur than the Clerk ; ■ . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Clerkship. Your clerkship he should sair, To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Clever. I grant thou'rt as wicked, but not quite so clever. 
 
 Epig. on ^. 
 
 A clever, sturdy fallow ; . . . Halloween. 16, 
 
 For clever Deils he'll mak 'em! . On a Schoolmaster. 
 
 Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, 
 
 A chiel sae clever ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies, . The Twa Dogs, 11. 
 
 Click ! When click ! the string the snick did draw. 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 Cliff. 
 where the beetling cliff o'erhangs the deep. Add. by Fontenelle. 
 As through the cliff he sank him down ; As on the banks \ 
 The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers, S. Bonnie Lassie\ 
 Ye cliffs, the haunts of sailing yearns, 
 
 Where Echo slumbers. El. on Capt. M. H. 3. 
 Ye rugged cliffs o'erhanging dreary glens. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 As from the cliff, with thundering course. 
 
 The snowy ruin smokes along, . Fragment of Ode. 
 
 O'er the mist-shrouded cliffs of the lone mountain straying, . 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land, 
 
 The little floweret's peaceful lot 
 In yonder cliff that grows, . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 Lone as I wander'd by each cliff and dell. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
CUff 
 
 84 
 
 Cloud 
 
 The paly moon rose in the livid east, 
 And 'mong the cliffs disclos'd a stately Form, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Let fragrant birks, in woodbines drest, 
 
 My craggy cliffs adorn ; . The Petition of Br, Water. 
 The meeting cliffs each deep-sunk glen divides, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn 
 Cliffy, 
 The eagle, from the cliffy brow, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold,' 
 
 Soar around each cliffy hold,. . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Climlo. 
 An' syne they think to climb Parnassus 
 
 By dint o* Greek! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. iz. 
 The waken'd lav'rock warbling springs 
 
 And climbs the early sky, . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 That climbs the mountam-sides at e'en, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett II. 
 Then pride might climb the slipp'ry steep ; 
 
 lS". Twos even — the dewy t 
 Climber. 
 
 Pitying the propless climber of mankind, Ep. to R . Graham. 4. 
 Climbing. 
 
 Check thy climbing step, elate, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Clime. 
 In this strange land, this uncouth clime, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Brightest climes shall mirk appear, ^S". Frae the friends \ 
 
 While in distant climes I wander, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 Who distant burns in flaming torrid climes, Oncefondlylov'd^ 
 An' physically causes seek. 
 
 In clime an' season. The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Altho' thro' foreign climes I range, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 All in this mottie, misty clime, . . The Vision, D. I. 4, 
 To make a happy fire-side clime 
 
 To weans and wife, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Tho' I should wander Terra o'er, In all her climes, To/.*?., 2/. 
 Cling. 
 How sweet unto that breast to cling, S, Her flowing locks t 
 No more shall my arms cling with fondness around her. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land, 
 Clink [a smart stroke; money]. 
 May Homie gie her doup a clink . Adam A~s Prayer. 
 An* ay eneugh o' needfu' clink. Auld comrade dearf 
 
 Because ye hae the name o' clink, . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 Except it be some idle plan 
 
 O' rhymm clink, . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Clink, to [to chink, jingle, rhyme]. 
 
 And if ye winna mak it clink. 
 
 By Jove I'll prose it ! ' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 21st. 6. 
 To proper ^oung men, he'll clink in the hand 
 
 Gowd guineas a bunder or twa, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Rivan the words tae gar them clink ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Clinkan [clinking]. 
 
 Comes clinkan down beside him ! . . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 Clinkum, Clinkumbell [the church bell-ringer]. 
 Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlan tow. 
 
 Begins to jow an' croon ; . . The Holy Fair. 26. 
 
 Auld Clinkum at the Inner port 
 
 Cry'd three times, " Robin ! " What ails ye now t 
 Clinton. 
 But Cl-nt-n's glaive frae rust to save 
 
 He hung it to the wa', man. . . A Fragment. 4. 
 Whare will ye get Howes and Clintons 
 
 To bring them to a right repentance? . Add. of Beelzebub, 
 Clipping. 
 
 Sal-alkali 0* Midge-tail clippings, DeathandDr. Hornbook. 22. 
 Clips [shears]. 
 
 A bonier fleesh ne'er cross'd the clips . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 Clishmaclaver [useless conversation]. 
 For a' their clish-ma-claver : . . . . ^ Dream. 11, 
 What farther clishmaclaver might been said, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 Cloak, When Winter muffles up his cloak, Tarn Samson's EL. 
 Wha rate the wearer by the cloak, . To Mr, J. Kennedy. 
 
 Clock. The drowsy Dungeon-clock had number'd two, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Clockin-time [hatchlng-tlme]. 
 As soon's the clockin-time is by, . , Ep.toJ.R.ii. 
 
 Clod. Put clods upon his head, . . John Barleycorn. 
 beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy, 
 
 Cloot [hoof]. 
 
 Upon her cloot she coost a hitch, . The Death ofMailie. 
 
 An' no to rin an* wear his cloots, Ih. 
 
 Cloots, Clooty, -ie [having cloots; the devil]. 
 Auld Homie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, . Add. to the Deil, i. 
 An' now, auld Cloots, I ken ye're thinkan, . . .lb. so. 
 So Clootie was glad to return wi' his pack, 
 
 S, There liv'd ance a carle t 
 I'll gie auld cloven Clooty's haunts 
 
 An unco slip yet, . . What ails ye now t 
 Cl0S*d. Clos'd under hatches, . . Add. to the Deil, i. 
 Rejoicin' clos'd the day so, 
 Clos'd in my arms, she murmur'd still, 
 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. S. As I gaed up by f 
 The wintry sun the day has clos'd, S. Behind yon hills f 
 
 With these what Tory warriors clos'd, 
 
 Tfie Election Ballads. VI. 
 The sun had clos'd the winter-day, . The Vision. D. 1. 1. 
 when the Day had clos'd his e'e. Far i' the West, . . lb, 2. 
 And clos'd for ay, the sparkling glance 
 
 S. Ye banks ^ and braes ^ and streams j 
 Close. And nestled thee close to that bosom. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Or clasp me in a close embrace ; . S. The Captive Ribband. 
 And, for the little songster's nest, 
 
 The close embowering thorn. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 An' tho' fatigu'd wi' close employment, 
 A blink o' rest's a sweet enjoyment. The Twa Dogs, 16. 
 
 M* U's close nervous excellence, . The Twa Herds^ ly. 
 
 Close, s. 
 By yon castle wa' at the close of the day, ^S". By yon castle wi£\ 
 Mourn, clamouring craiks at close o' day, 
 
 EL on Capt. M. H., g. 
 Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays 
 
 At close o' day. . . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Our Bardie's fate is at a close, . . Poor Mailie's EL 
 Or labour hard the panegyric close, . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, 
 And sweet is the lily at evening close ; 
 
 S. True hearted was he \ 
 Close, to. 
 Or close them fast in death! . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Whare wilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing. 
 
 An' close tby e'e ? . .A Winter Night. 4. 
 Sweet closes the evening on Craigie-burn wood, 
 
 S. Craigie-burn Wood. 
 My woes here, shall close ne'er. 
 
 But with the closing tomb I Despondency, an Ode. /. 
 
 Quoth I, * Before I sleep a wink, 
 
 * I vow I'll close It ; . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sist. 6. 
 'Till grief my eyes should close, . . S. Had I a cave t 
 The battle closes deep and bloody : . 6*. My bonie Mary. 
 Soon my weary eyes I'll close, never more to waken. 
 
 S, Thou hast left vie t 
 Then canie, in some cozie place, 
 
 They close the day. . . To/.S.,iS. 
 I court, I beg_ thy friendly aid, 
 
 To close this scene of care ! .... To Ruin. 
 
 As thy shades of evening close, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Closed. Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath'd, 
 
 S. On a bank offlowers\ 
 All else was hush'd as Nature's closed e'e ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Closer. Still closer knit in friendship's lies 
 
 Each passing year! Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. zist. 18. 
 Closing. 
 My woes here, shall close ne'er, 
 But with the closing tomb ! . . Despondency, an Ode, r. 
 Clothe. The woods, wild-scattered, clothe their ample sides ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Clothed. Now bank and brae are clothed in green, 
 
 6". Now bank and brae t 
 Clothes. And dressed them all in the best of their clothes, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Cloud. No envious cloud o'ercast his evening ray ; 
 
 Blest be M*Murdo t 
 
 The clouds' uncertain motion, [a type of woman] 
 
 6*. Deluded swain t 
 
Cloud 
 
 85 
 
 Cock 
 
 The clouds swift-wing'd flew o'er the starry sky, 
 
 On Death of Sir J, Blair. 
 
 But, long ere noon, succeeding clouds 
 
 Succeeding hopes heguil'd Sad thy tale, t 
 
 Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, S. The gloomy nighty 
 For why, — methinks I hear her voice 
 
 Tearing the clouds asunder. . .S". The Joyful JVidower. 
 When clouds in skies do come together 
 
 To hide the brightness of the sun, When clouds in shies t 
 Fear not clouds will always lour. . IVr. in FriarS'Carse. 
 Cloud, to. Rusticity's ungainly form 
 
 May cloud the highest mind ; . Rusticity's^ 
 Clouden, Clouden-slde. 
 Hark ! the mavis' evening sang 
 
 Sounding Clouden's woods amang; S. Hark! the mavis i 
 We'll gae down by Clouden-side, . . 16. 
 
 Yonder Clouden's silent towers, . . .lb. 
 
 Till , thence returned, they softly stray 
 
 O'er Clouden's wave, with fond delay ; On Lincluden Castle. 
 Cloudless. 
 Hospitality with cloudless brow. The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun . . S. Thine ant I\ 
 And bright in cloudless skies his sun go down ! 
 
 To R. G. ofF., g. 
 Bright as a cloudless summer sun, V.s below Picture. 
 
 Cloudy. Dim, cloudy, sunk beneath the western wave ; 
 
 On Death of Sir/. H. Blair. 
 Then night's gloomy shades, cloudy, dark, o'ercast my sky : 
 S. Sleep' st thou, or waUst t 
 
 Cloup [a lump op swelling caused by a blow]. 
 
 Frae words^an' aiths to clours an' nicks ; To W. Simpson, P. S. 
 Clout. The kettle o* the Kirk and State, 
 
 Perhaps a clout may fail in't ; S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 O wha my babie-clouts will buy 1 S. O wha my babie-clouts t 
 Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout ; [v. A. 16] 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 
 
 And hing our fiddles up to sleep, 
 Like baby-clouts a-dryln : . . The Ordination. 7. 
 
 Clout, to. And auld Mess John will mend the skaith. 
 
 And clout the bad girdin o't. S. Duncan Gray. 
 To go an' clout the Caudron. The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 Clouted. 
 
 Your royal nest — Is e'en right reft an' clouted, A Dream. 4. 
 Cloutin [patching]. 
 
 O merry hae I been cloutin a kettle, S, O merry hae I been\ 
 Cloven, auld cloven Clooty's haunts . What ails ye now t 
 Clover. 
 While clover blooms white o'er the lea, S. In simme^^hcn t 
 The craik amang the clover hay, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Clown. 
 A cheerful honest-hearted clown 
 I will prefer before you, O. . S. My father was afarrfter^ 
 Cloy. The brightest o' beauty may cloy, when possest ; 
 
 S. Awa' -wi" yourwitchcrafi\ 
 
 Club. 
 
 Then Clubs an' Hearts were Charlie's cartes, A Fragment. 7. 
 
 But a club of good fellows like those that are there, 
 
 And a bottle like this, are my glory and care, 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 
 Or nobly fling the gospel club, , . . The Twa Herds. 8. 
 Club, to. 
 
 The vices also, must they club their curse 1 . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 Clud [cloud]. 
 
 Ye curlews calling thro' a clud ; . El on Capi. M. H., 7. 
 
 To hear the thuds, and see the cluds 
 
 C Clans frae woods, in tartan duds, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 The flaes they flew awa in cluds, . S. The Taylor he cam t 
 Clue. Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony bodie ; S. Willie Wastle + 
 
 And in the blue-clue throws then, . . . Halloween, 11. 
 Clumsy-witted. 
 
 before ye wed Sic clumsy-witted hammers. On W. Chalmers. 
 Clunk [to emit a sound like that of liquor when 
 • violently shaken in a half-empty cask, op when 
 rapidly poured out of a bottle]. 
 
 An' made the bottle clunk 
 
 To their health that night. The Jolly Beggars^ R. VII. 
 Cluster. 
 The Ladies arm-in-arm in clusters, . The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 Clust'ring, 
 See future wines, rich-clust'ring, rise ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P.S. 
 Clutch, if kirk folks dinna clutch me, . The Inventory, 
 
 Clutch'd. 
 
 The pedant in his left hand clutch'd him fast. The Vowels. 
 Clyde. Where Evan mingles with the Clyde, 
 
 lS", Slow spreads the gloom t 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 That nurse in their bosom the youth o' the Clyde, 
 
 S. Von wild mossy mountains t 
 Coach. He ca's his coach ; he ca's his horse ; The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 Coalition. 
 
 Yon mixtie-maxtie, queer hotch-potch. 
 
 The Coalition. The Autltof's Cry and Prayer. 21. 
 
 Coals. 
 
 His coals, his kane, an' a' his stents : . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 Coap^er. 
 
 Some coarser substance, unrefin'd, . . A Winter Night. 7. 
 Coast. 
 When soon or late they reach that coast. 
 
 O'er life's rough ocean driven, , O Thou dread Pov^r\ 
 Scotland lament frae coast to coast ! , Scotch Drink, ig. 
 All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost, 
 
 S. TJie Slave's Lament. 
 Here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast, 
 
 With surging foam ; The Vision, D, 1. 13. 
 
 Coat. Hey, the dusty miller, And his dusty coat ; 
 
 S. Hey, the dusty miller \ 
 Dread of black coats and rev'rend wigs. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 If there's a hole in a' your coats, 
 
 I rede you tent it ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 My coat and my vest, they are Scotch o' the best, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 New Brig was buskit in a braw, new coat, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 I cofl a stane o' haslock woo, 
 
 To mak a coat to Johnie o't ; , S. The cardin o't. 
 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; . The Twa Dogs. j. 
 His coat is the hue of his bonnet sae blue ; 
 
 S, There's a youth \ 
 Has fated me the russet coat, . . To J.S.,6 
 
 Threw by his coat and bonnet, . . To J. Taylor. 
 
 Coat [petticoat]. 
 
 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee. 
 And follow my love through the water, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 Thy coat and thy sark are thy ain handywark, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 Or leaves the faithfu' lass he lo'ed, 
 To wear a ragged coat. . The Ruined Maid^s Lament. 
 Coatie {dim. of Coat]. 
 
 I wad gie my coatie 
 
 For the dusty miller. . .5". Hey, the dusty milleri 
 
 And come in thy coatie sweet Tibbie Dunbar. 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 Your coatie's shorter by a span. 
 Yet ne'er an inch the less, lassie. ^S". Ve hae lien wrang. 
 Coaxin. Should I believe, my coaxin billie, 
 
 Your flatterin strain. To W. Simpson. 
 Coble. 
 
 An' wintle like saumont-coble, . A Guid New-year^ 7. 
 Cobweb'd. 
 
 The cobweb'd gothic dome resounded, Y ! . The Vowels. 
 Cochran. Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik : 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 Cock [the mapk fop which eupleps play]. 
 
 Wha will they [the Curlers] station at the cock, 
 
 Tarn Samson's El.. 
 
 Cock. 
 
 Some cock or cat, your rage maun stop, Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 The toolzie's teugh 'tween Pitt an' Fox, 
 An' our gudewife s wee birdy cocks ; El. on Year 178S. 
 
 The wale o' cocks for fun an' drinkin ! . Ep. to J. R. i. 
 
 The cock may craw, the day may daw, S. O Willie breuSd\ 
 But gie him't het, my heaity cocks ! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Frae e*enin till the cock did craw; The night was still \ 
 
 When day did daw, and cocks did craw, 
 
 6". What will I do gin t 
 
Cock 
 
 Collier 
 
 Cock, to. Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver ! 
 
 S. Cock up yr heaver. 
 
 Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush, . . Ih. 
 
 Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns,_ 
 
 That proudly cock your cresting cairns ; El. on Capi. M. H.3. 
 Your Critic-folk may cock their nose, 
 
 Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. I si. ro. 
 Ye Maukins, cock your fud fu' braw, Tarn Samson's El.., 7. 
 Now auld K[ilmarnock], cock thy tail. 
 
 An' toss thy horns fu' canty ; . . Tlie Ordination. 6. 
 I'll cock my nose aboon them a', . . To Mr. M' Adam. 
 
 But Willie set your fit to mine. 
 
 An' cock your crest, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Cockade, -aud. The red-coat lads wi' black cockauds 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 That gallant badge, the dear cockade, S. When wild IVaT's^ 
 Cock'd. The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout, the same ; 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 
 His bonnet he A thought ajee, Cock'd sprush 
 
 S. The tither mom \ 
 
 Cockle \dim. iT/'coek; term of familiarity]. 
 
 And gratefully my gude auld cookie, 
 
 I'm yours for ay. . ,7T» Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Cockpen. And when she cam ben she kiss'd Cockpen, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 
 And wasna Cockpen right saucy witha', . . .lb. 
 
 There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, . S, Scroggam. 
 
 Cod, Where sailors gang to fish for Cod. The Twa Dogs. 2, 
 
 Cod [a pillow]. 
 
 A cod she laid beneath my head, The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 An' the cradle wants a cod, . . ^S*. There's news, lasses t 
 
 Coffers. He has gowd in his cofiTers, he has sheep, he has kine, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 
 Coffin. Coffins stood round, like open presses. 
 
 That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Coft [bought]. 
 It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth, 
 That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, 
 
 Wi' twa pund Scots, ('twas a' her riches), Tam o' Shanter. ij. 
 I coft a stane o' haslock woo, S. The cardin o't. 
 
 Cog [a wooden dish of cooper's work]. 
 I gied thy cog a wee-bit heap 
 
 Aboon the timmer; . A Gude New-Year\ 13. 
 I gt'e them [sorrow, care] a skelp as thejr're creeping alang, 
 Wi' a cog o' gude ale, and an auld Scottish sang. 
 
 S. Contented wV little\ 
 Cog an ye were ay fou, . . . S. Landlady, count t 
 Or reekan on a New-year-momin 
 
 In cog or bicker, . . Scotch Drink. 9. 
 For fear by foes that they should lose 
 Their cogs o' brose, they scar'd at blows 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 How drink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, The Holy Fair. 23. 
 Coggie Idim. ^cog]. 
 An' I hae seen their coggie fou, 
 
 That yet hae tarrow't at it, . . . A Dream, /j". 
 
 Coggie, an the king come, . S. Carl, an the king come. 
 And bring a coggie mair. . . . S. Gane is the day\ 
 My coggie is a haly pool. 
 
 That heals the wounds o' care and dool ,* ci . lb. 
 
 I never gat my Coggie fou 
 Till I met wi' the Ploughman. . . S. The Ploughman \ 
 Coil [an affluent of the river Ayr]. 
 from the hills where springs the brawling Coil, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 I thought upon the banks o' Coil, . S. When wild Wars t 
 
 Coil, Coila [Kyle, the middle district of Ayrshire, a 
 
 name popularly derived ft'om Coil or Coilus, d, 
 
 legendary Pictish king]. 
 
 Auld, cantie Coil may count the day, . . Nature's Law. 
 
 To sing auld Coil in nobler style . . . lb. 
 
 That bears the name o' auld king Coil, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 the flower which bloomed sweetest in Coila's green vale, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains . . Nature's Law. 
 And bless auld Coila, large and long, 
 
 With multiplying joys, . . lb. 
 
 Coila's fair Rachel's care to day, . Sketch. New-Yi^s Day. 
 
 Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, 
 
 Her heathy moors and winding vales ; S. The gloomy nighty 
 ' Of these am I— Coila my name ; . The Vision, D. II. Ji. 
 And some, the pride of Coila's plains. 
 
 Become thy friends. ... lb. 18. 
 
 Auld Coila, now, may fidge fu' fain, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 We'll sing auld Coila's plains an' fells, . . lb. 
 
 O sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, . . . . lb. 
 
 Coin. My mirth and gude humour are coin in my pouch, 
 
 S. Contented w{ little, t 
 The coins o' Satan's coronation! S. Ken ye ought o' Capt. G.\ 
 Although his pouch o' coin were clean, . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 Yet coin his pouches wad na bide in ; 
 
 On Sc. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Picking her pouch as bare as Winter, 
 
 Of a' kind coin. The A utho^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Glenriddel, skill'd in rusty coins, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Ane gies them coin, ane gies them wine, 
 
 The FHe Champetre. 
 And trusty Glenriddel, so skilled in old coins ; The Whistle. 6. 
 
 Cold. 
 
 A warmer heart Death ne'er made cold. Epit.for R. A.. 
 
 For the dew-drops of morning fall cold on her grave. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 How cold is that bosom which folly once fired, 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 And flowers let us cull for Eliza's cold bier. , . .lb. 
 Oh, cold is the blast upon my pale cheek, 
 
 But colder thy love for me. Oh : ^S*. Oh, open the door t 
 
 The cold earth with thy bloody bosom prest. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Friendship ! 'tis all cold duty now allows. Once fondly lovdi 
 Propriety's cold, cautious rules . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 But cold successive noontide blasts 
 
 May lay its beauties low Sad thy tale f 
 
 No cold approach, no alter'd mien, . The Tears I shed. 
 Cold, comfortless, changing, untrue. S. The winter it is past \ 
 Enclasj^ed, and grasped. 
 Within thy cold embrace ! ... To Ruin. 
 
 Cold-mould'ring. 
 My weary heart its throbbings cease, 
 Cold-mould'ring in the clay? . . To Ruin. 
 
 Cold-pausing. 
 
 Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning, , To/. S., 13. 
 Colean. Or for Colean, the rout is taen, . Halloween, 
 Colic-grips. 
 Now colic-grips, an* barkin hoast. 
 
 May kill us a' ; . . Scotch Drink, ig. 
 Colin. By Colin's cottage lies his game, 
 
 If Colin's Jenny be at hame. 6". My Lord a-huntingf 
 There wons auld Colin's bonielass, . . . . lb. 
 Collar. 
 
 His locked, letter'd, braw brass-collar . The Twa DogSy 3, 
 CoUeaguing, -in. 
 Wi' deils, they say, I. — d safe's ! colleaguin 
 
 At some black art. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 An' cheek-for-chow, a chuffie Vintner, 
 
 CoUeaguing join, The Authors Cry and Prayer. 8. 
 Collect. Collects his spades, his mattocks and his hoes, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 
 Collected. 
 Collected Harry stood awee, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
 The ways of men are distant brought, 
 A faint-collected dream : . . Despondency, an Ode, J- 
 
 CoUedge, College. 
 
 A set o' dull, conceited Hashes, 
 Confuse their brains in CoUedge-classes ! 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 12. 
 We'll send him a year to th& CoW^^ey eX.',S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Leeze me on Drink ! it gies us mair 
 
 Than either School or CoUedge : TJie Holy Fair. IQ. 
 
 But human-bodies are sic fools. 
 For a' their coUedges an' schools, . The Twa Dogs. 29. 
 
 Now gawkies, tawpies, gowks and fools, 
 
 Frae colleges and boarding schools, . To W. Creech. 
 
 Collie [a shepherd's dog]. 
 
 The tither was a ploughman'^ collie, . The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 
 Collier. And I follow the CoUier laddie, 5. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie \re.'\ . ... lb. 
 
 And make my bed in the Collier's neuk. 
 
 And lie down wi' my CoUier laddie lb. 
 
CollieF 
 
 87 
 
 Come 
 
 And fair fa' my Collier Inddie. . S. My CoUier Laddie. 
 And kissin a Collier lassie an a' ? . S.O when she cain den t 
 ColUeshangle [an uproar; a squabble]. 
 Or how the collieshangie works 
 Atween the Russians and the Turks ; Kind Sir^ I've read t 
 
 Collieston. And there will be Collieston*s whiskers. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Here's the worth and wisdom Collieston can boast ; lb. IV. 
 Colonel. 
 The crafty colonel leaves the tartaned lines, 
 For other wars, where he a hero shines ; . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 My honored colonel, deep I feel 
 
 Your interest in the poet's weal ; . . . Poem on Life. 
 And there will be gleg Colonel Tarn. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Colour. Simmer's a pleasant time, 
 
 Flow'rs of ev'ry colour ; S. Ay waukin, O. 
 
 Dusty was the coat, Dusty was the colour, 
 
 iS". Hey^ the dusty millerf 
 Colours mingl'd unco fine, . . . S. Jockey fou,\ 
 
 His colour sicken'd more and more, , John Barleycorn. 
 Her colours betray'd her on yon mossy fells ; 
 
 S. The heather was bloom.\ 
 I mark'd a martial Race, pourtray'd 
 
 In colours strong, [v. A. 4] The Vision, D. I. 
 Than under gospel colours hid be 
 
 Just for a screen. . To Rev. J. M^Maih. 
 
 A' the colours in the town, 
 
 I hae won their wanton favour. . S. Wantonness for ever \ 
 The cat has twa, the very colour ; . . S. Willie Wastle \ 
 Combat. 
 
 Still o'er the field the combat burns, The Election Ballads^ VI. 
 Combat, to. 
 
 I dare not combat — but I turn and fly : . . To Clarinda. 
 Combine. Some social join, and leagues combine ; 
 
 S. Now westlin winds t 
 Combustion. Combustion thro' our boroughs rode, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Come. Believe me, happiness is shy, 
 
 And comes not ay when sought, man. 
 
 A Bottle and Friend. 
 I winna lie, come what will o' me) , A Ded. to G.H., 4. 
 
 But when Divinity comes cross me, 
 
 My readers then are sure to lose me. lb. it. 
 
 Ye've lately come athwart her ; . . A Dream, 13. 
 
 An', large upon her quarter, Come full that day. . . lb. 
 Where human weakness has come short, 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 And I will come again, my Luve, . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 A time that surely shall come ; 
 
 A V. on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 What comes o' thee ? . . .A Winter Night. 4. 
 
 When Death comes in, wi' glimmering blink, 
 
 Adam A 'j Prayer. 
 
 Come thiggan at your doors and yetts. Add. of Beelzebtcb. 4, 
 And till ye come— your humble servant, . . .lb. j. 
 
 Why did they not come along with you, Add. to Dumourier. 
 Alas, how chang'd the times to come ! Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Come Winter, with thine angry howl, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 
 And then comes ane and twenty. 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 • Come kiss me at your leisure. [r<?.] S. As I gaed up by t 
 
 "And come ye here, my Son," he says, 
 
 "To wander in my broken shade, As on thebanks\ 
 
 Heavy comes the morrow, . S. Ay waking., O f 
 
 Lanely night comes on, • ■S'. Ay waukin, O. 
 
 Come weel come woe, I care na by, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing ; . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 Then in his turn comes gloomy Winter, . . . lb. 
 
 Come let us spend the lightsome days 
 
 In the birks of Aberfeldy. . S. Bonie Lassie^willye go\ 
 There will never be peace till Jamie comes hame \re.\ 
 
 S. By yon castle wd \ 
 
 Carl, an the king come, . . S.Carl, an the king come. 
 
 An somebodie were come again, lb. 
 
 Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er, 
 
 Come boat me o'er to Charlie ; . ^. Come boat me o'er. 
 Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go, 
 
 And live or die wi' Charhe. . ... lb. 
 
 Come, let me take thee to my breast, S, Come, let me take \ 
 Come ease, or come travail, come pleasure or pain ; 
 
 lS", Contented i^f little t 
 And a' my days 0' life to come 
 
 I'll gratefully adore thee. . . S. Craigie-bum Wood, 
 That e'er he [the Deil] nearer comes oursel 
 
 'S a muckle pity. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2. 
 I was come round about the hill, . . . . lb. 5. 
 
 ' Ye're maybe come to stap my breath ; . . . lb. g. 
 
 ' Come, gies your hand, an' sae we're gree't ; lb. 11. 
 
 ' Come, gies your news ! . . , . . lb. 11. 
 
 Till, slap ! come in an unco loun, . S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 How it comes, let Doctors tell, , . S. Duncan Gray ^ 
 come o'er his studdie Wi' thy auld sides ! El. on Capt. M. H. 
 Come join, ye Nature's sturdiest baims, 
 
 My wailing numbers, \re.'\ . lb. 3. 
 
 nor cankert care E'er mair come near him. 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Ye ministers, come mount the pupit, . El. on Year, 1788. 
 Unless he come to wait upon 
 
 The Lord their God, his Grace. 
 
 Epig, on being neglected at Inn. 
 Comes, 'mid a string of coxcombs to display, 
 That veni, vidi, vici, is his way ; . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 And a' your views may come to nought. 
 
 Where ev'ry nerve is strained. Ep. to Young Friend, s. 
 ev'n should Misfortunes come, . Ep. to Davie, 7. 
 
 The words come skelpan, rank and file, , . lb. 11. 
 
 They gang in [to CoUedge] Stirks, and come out Asses, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zst. 12. 
 Come to my bowl, come to my arms, 
 
 My friends, my brothers ! . lb. 21. 
 
 Come, kittle up your moorlan harp . , lb. Ap. 21st. 8. 
 Now comes the sax an' twentieth simmer, 
 I've seen the bud upo' the timmer, ... lb. 10. 
 
 But your curst wit, when it comes near it, 
 
 Rives't aff their back. . . Ep.toJ.R.3. 
 Come wealth, come poortith, late or soon, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, 4. 
 But come, your hand, my careless brither, . lb. 8. 
 
 But come ye who the godlike pleasure know. 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish'd — to bestow ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 Come thou who giv'st with all a courtier's grace ; . lb. 
 She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab. 
 Q come thy ways to me, my Eppie M'Nab ! S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 Then come, thou fairest of the fair ! . S. Fairest maid \ 
 To see the new [year] come laden, groaning. 
 
 Friend of the poet t 
 ' An' her that is to be my lass, 
 
 * Come after me an' draw thee . , Halloween. 18. 
 
 An' young an' auld come rinnan out, ... lb. 20. 
 
 Nought of ill may come thee near, S. Hark! the mavis t 
 
 And art thou come, and art thou true ! S. Here is the glen \ 
 I'll come nae mair to thy bower door, S. Here's to tky health, t 
 My dear, I'll come and see thee ; . lb. 
 
 And them that comes behin'. 
 
 Let them do the like, S. Hey ca' thro'. 
 
 Tho' Hallowmas is come and gane, I'm deryotmg\ 
 
 But if you come this gate again 
 
 I'll aulder be gin simmer, . lb. 
 
 But why always Bacon — come, give me a reason ? 
 
 Impromptu. 
 I'll be wed come o't what will, S. In simmer when t 
 
 Of gude advisement comes nae ill. . lb. 
 
 Jamie, come try me, ire."] . . S. Jamie, come try me\ 
 But far better days I trust will come again ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 May I but be sae bauld 
 
 As come to your bower- window, S. Lass, when yr Tnither t 
 But never, never can come near the heart. 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 But come, all ye offspring of folly so true, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Some unforeseen misfortune 
 
 Comes generally upon me, O ; S. My father was afarmer\ 
 But come what will, I've sworn it still, 
 
 I'll ne'er be melancholy, O. . lb. 
 
 Come draw a drap o' the best o't yet, S. My love she's but \ 
 Come autumn, sae pensive, in yellow and grey, 
 
 S. My Name's A wa. 
 
Come 
 
 8S 
 
 Comfort 
 
 Come, let us sweep them off, said they. New Psalmody. 
 
 Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers, . S. Now rosy May t 
 And now come in my happy hours, . . . lb. 
 
 Come let us stray our gladsome way, lS". Now westlin winds t 
 O gude ale comes, and gude ale goes, S. O gude ale comes ^ 
 O John, my luve, come kiss me now, [re.] 
 
 S. O John, cotne kiss t 
 But soon wi' sounding Victorie 
 May Kenmure's Lord come hame. 
 
 S. O Kemnure^s on and awa \ 
 Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck, 
 
 S. O Mally's meek. 
 Come to my arms, my Katie, my Katie, 
 An' come to my arms and kiss me again ! 
 
 S. O merry hae I been t 
 But ay I'm eerie they [Hunger and Want] come ben- 
 ds'. O that I had ne'er \ 
 Then come, sweet Muse, inspire my lay I 
 
 S. O were / on Parnass. t 
 
 whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad, lS". O whistle t 
 But warily tent, when ye come to court me. 
 
 And come na unless the back-yett be a-jee ; . . lb. 
 
 And come, as ye were na coming to me, . . lb. 
 
 But aye the tear comes in my ee, 
 
 To think on him that's far awa. ^S". Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 And a' my tears be tears of joy, 
 
 When he comes hame that's far awa. . lb. 
 
 Come, mourn wi' me ! . On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 Ye'se a' be het or I come back. . On Kirk of La^nington. 
 And every year come in mair dear On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Come, bumpers high, express your joy, . On W. Steward. 
 And aft as chance he comes thee nigh, . Poem on Life. 
 
 There's ane ; come forrit, honest Allan ! 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Comes bleating till him, owre the knowe. Poor Maili^s El.. 
 Come, join the melanchoHous croon O' Robin's reed! . lb. 
 
 1 come to wish you all a good new year ! Prologue, at Th. , D. . 
 O Willie, come sell your fiddle, [re.} 
 
 S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie 
 Then Anna comes in, the pride o' her kin, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 She winna come hame to her Willy. S. Saw ye tny Phely. 
 Thei^i Bumewin comes on like Death 
 
 At ev'ry chap. . . . Scotch Drink. lo. 
 Thou comes — thejr [my poor verses] rattle i' their ranks 
 
 At ither's arses ! . lb. i8. 
 
 Yet come thou child of poverty and care, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Some counsel unto me come len' ; . S. Tavi Glen. 
 
 " Gude day to you," (coof,) he comes ben ; lb. 
 
 Come counsel, dear titty, don't tarry ; . . lb. 
 
 If honestly they canna come, 
 
 Far better want them. The Author's Cry and Prayer. _s. 
 E'en let him come out as he dowe. The black-headed Eagle. 
 The time may come, with pipe and drum 
 We'll welcome hame fair Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 There'll be, if that day come, I'll wad a boddle, 
 Some fewer whigmeleeries in your noddle. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 5. 
 Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 4. 
 Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown, . lb, 6. 
 
 But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; . . . /^. 7. 
 When that grim foe of life below, 
 
 Comes in between to bid us part ; S. The day returns t 
 So may they, like their great forbears. 
 
 For monie a year come thro' the sheers : The Death ofMailie. 
 But downa do's come o'er me now, ^S". The deuks dang o'er. 
 A beardless boy comes o'er the hills, The Election Ballads. 11. 
 Wha wants troggin Let him come to me, . . lb, IV. 
 Come then, wi' uncouth, kintra fleg, 
 
 O'er Pegasus TU fling my leg, . ... lb, VI. 
 Come, will ye court a noble lord, . S. The FHe Champetre. 
 Come, in thy raven plumage, night, S. The gowd. locks of A. 
 Oh, I am come to the low countrie, 
 
 • S. The High. Widow's Lament. 
 Comes clinkan down beside him! . . The Holy Fair. if. 
 In guid time comes an antidote .... lb. 16. 
 In comes a gawsie, gash Guidwife, ... lb, 24, 
 
 Then let us pra^, that come it may. 
 
 As come it wdl for a' that, . . S, The Honest Man, 
 Of all the women in the world, 
 
 I never could come at her. . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 O' double verse come gie us four, . . The Ordination. 3. 
 Come, let a proper text be read, . . . . lb. 4. 
 
 Come, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep, . . , lb. 7. 
 Come bouse about the porter ! .... lb. 13. 
 Come, bring the tither mutchkin in, . . . lb. 14. 
 My Ploughman he comes hame at e'en, S. The Ploughman f 
 No work comes me wrong . . The Poor Thresher. 
 
 when I come home from my labour at night , . lb. 
 
 To see them come round me with prattling noise, . lb. 
 
 There's some that are dowie, I trow wad be fain 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again. S. The Taylor fell\ 
 But how it comes, I never kent yet. 
 
 They're maistly wonderfu' contented ; . The Twa Dogs. 11, 
 But comes frae 'mang that cursed set, . The Twa Herds. 11. 
 Come join your counsel and your skills, . lb. 1$. 
 
 A tight, outlandish Hizzie, braw, 
 
 Come full in sight. . The Vision, D. I. 7. 
 
 And come to stop those reckless vows, . . . . lb. g. 
 I come to give thee such reward, As we bestow. lb. D. II. 2. 
 Come — one bottle more— and have at the sublime ; 
 
 The Whistle. 17. 
 The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last, 
 
 S. The winter it is past t 
 A wooer like me maunna hope to come speed ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob. M.\ 
 The day comes to me, but delight brings me nane ; lb. 
 
 There's a boatfu' o' lads 
 
 Come to our town to sell. . S. There's news, lassesi 
 
 But may the tapmast grain that wags 
 
 Come to the sack. . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome, 
 
 S. Tf 10' fickle Fortune \ 
 And come in thy coatie sweet Tibbie Dunbar. 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Comes hostan, hirplan owre the field, 
 
 Wi creeping pace. . . . To J. S., 13. 
 Come Sir, here's tae you ; . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 when a tale comes i' my head, . To W. Simpson. 3. 
 
 Sae may, shou'd we to hell's yetts come. 
 
 Your billy Satan sair us ! . V.s on Window, Carron 
 
 Come to my bosom, my ain only deary, S^ Wandering Willie. 
 O come and see, quo' Findlay ; . . S. Wha is that at t 
 " Come hither lad, an' answer for't, . What ails ye now f 
 When clouds in skies do come together W/ten clouds in skies \ 
 The wars are o'er, and I'm come hame, S. When wild Wars\ 
 And come, my faithful sodger lad, 
 
 Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! . . . . 2b, 
 
 Come, then, enamour'd and fond of my anguish, 
 
 Enjoyment I'll seek ip my woe. S, Where are thejoys\ 
 When we're married what comes then ? 
 
 S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 While, tumbling brown, the Burn comes down, . Winter. 
 An' ay the night comes round again, 
 When in his arms he taks me a' ; . 3". Young Jockey\ 
 
 Comedy. 
 
 For Comedy abroad he need na toil, . , Scots Prologue. 
 Comely. Her comely face sae fu' o' grace, 
 
 S. A . Mastertoa's bonie A nne. 
 Comfort. And mind still, you'll find still. 
 
 A comfort this nae sma' ; . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 Forlorn, my Love, no comfort near, 6". Forlorn^ my Lme\ 
 Domestic peace and comforts crowning 
 
 The hail design. . . Friend of the poet \ 
 Till my last hope and last comfort is gone : 
 
 S, Gloomy December. 
 ' Life's cares they are comforts ' — a maxim laid down 
 By the Bard, . . . S. No Qhurchman am I\ 
 
 Some sairie comfort still at last, S. O ay 7ny wife she dang. 
 Content and comfort bless me more in 
 
 This grot, than e'er I felt before in A palace . The Hermit. 
 No comfort but a hearty can, 
 When I think on John Highlandman 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 But, to my comfort be it spoke, 
 
 Now, now her life is ended. . ^. The Joyful Widower. 
 No comfort, no comfort I have! . 6". The sun he is sunk\ 
 
Comfort 
 
 89 
 
 Companion 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 . ToR. G, o/F.,3. 
 
 And a' the comfort we're to get, 
 
 Is that ayont the grave, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 The dearest comfort n' their lives, ^ 
 
 Their grushie weans an' faithfu' wives ; The Twa Dogs. ly. 
 Still nobler wealth hast thou in store, 
 
 The comforts of the mind ; . . . . To Chloris. 
 Nor hope dare a comfort bestow ; . 6". Where are ihejoys^ 
 Gomfortt to. An' views beyond the grave comfort him. 
 
 A%tld comrade dear\ 
 Enclasped to my faithful breast, 
 
 I'll comfort thee, my dearie O. S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite\ 
 Had there not been some recompence 
 
 To comfort those that mourn f Man ivas made to Mourn. 
 To comfort us 'twas sent, man : 
 Comfortable. 
 
 Clad in rich Dulness' comfortable fur. 
 Comfortless. 
 And hopeless, comfortless, I'll mourn 
 
 A faithless woman's broken vow. . . . The Lament. 
 Cold, comfortless, changing, untrue, S. The winter it is past f 
 Now hopeless, comfortless, forsaken ! . V.s, under Grie/. 
 Coming, -in, -an. 
 Coming o'er the braes o' Cupar ; S. Donald Brodie t 
 
 With honest joy, our hearts will bound. 
 
 To see the coming year: . . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 
 For a' that, and a* that, 
 
 It's coming yet, for a' that, . . S. The Honest Man. 
 And come, as ye were na coming to me, . S. O whistle t 
 coming Winter's biting, frosty breath ; The Brigs of Ayr, 2. 
 The noble Maxwells and their Powers 
 
 Are coming o'er the border, . . S, The noble Maxwells t 
 In coming by the brig o' Dye, ^S". T. Mem.'s bonie Mary. 
 Comin thro' the rye, poor body, . S. Comin' thro' the ryei 
 How this new Play, and that new Sang is comin 1 
 
 Smts Prologue. 
 In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin! . Tarn o' Shanter. 18. 
 Or tell what new taxation's comin, . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 
 He's comin frae the North that's to fancy me, 
 
 ■S". There grows a bonie t 
 An' weary Winter comin fast, . . . To a Mouse. 
 
 "Ptsl^ hame this comin Friday ; . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Hae ye a leisure-moment's time 
 
 Tohear what's comin? . ToJ.S.^4. 
 
 Or, rustling, thro' the boortries coman, 
 
 Wi' heavy groan. . . Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 
 Command, Comman'. 
 I crave thy friendship at thy kind command ; 
 
 £p. to R. Graham. 3. 
 A scepter'd hand, a king's command. 
 
 Is in her darting glances : . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Where Cummins once had high command : 
 
 S, The Banks ofNith. 
 Forms might be worshipp'd on the bended knee, 
 And still the second dread command be free, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Their Master's and their Mistress's command, 
 The youngker's a' are warned to obey ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Here is Murray's fragments 
 
 O' the ten commands ; . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Oft, honor'd with supreme command, 
 
 The Farewell, To St. /.'s L.. 
 Before this ponderous globe itself 
 
 Arose at Thy command : . . The isi 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 The Chief on Sark who glorious fell, 
 
 In high command ; [v. A. 4] The Vision, D. I. 
 all beneath his high command, . . lb. D. II, 3. 
 
 Till Lairds forbad, by strict commands, 
 
 Sic bluidy pranks. . To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 " Ye, for my sake, hae gien the feck 
 ' • Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day. " 
 
 The Holy Fair. 4. 
 
 Command, to. 
 
 Who [false usurper] now commands the towers and lands 
 The royal right of Albany. S. The bonie Lass of Albany 
 Commander. And there will be Murray Commander, 
 
 The Election Ballads. IIL 
 Commandment. 
 But pious Bob, 'mid learning's store. 
 Commandment tenth remember'd. . The Dean of Foe.. 
 
 Commence. 
 
 Or, nae reflection on your lear. 
 Ye may commence a Shaver ; . .The Ordination. 9. 
 
 M 
 
 Commend, Commen*. 
 
 And where ye justly can commend— commend them; 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Of a' the thoughtless sons 0' man, 
 
 Commen' me to the Bardie clan ; . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Commend me to the Ploughman. . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 Commend me to the Barn yard, lb. 
 
 And to his goodness I commend ye. To Mr. Renton. 
 
 Commentator. 
 Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills, 
 Wi' yill-caup Commentators : . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 
 Commepce-Chaumer [Chamber of Commerce]. 
 The brethren o' the Commerce-Chaumer 
 May mourn their loss wi' doolfu' clamour; . To IV. Creech. 
 Commission. 
 
 Just frets till HeaVn commission gies him; A Ded. to G. H. , 10. 
 Committed. The maister drunk — the horse committed ; 
 
 On B.'s Horse Impound.. 
 Commix. 
 Heroes and heroines commix 
 
 All in the field of politics, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Commix*d. 
 There commix'd with foulest stains 
 From tyranny's empurpled bands : S. Streams that glide \ 
 Common. 
 Wi' common Lords ye shanna mingle. Add. of Beelzebub. 5, 
 I tell nae common tale o' grief, EL on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue 
 
 When pu'd and worn a common toy I . S. I do confess t 
 
 Yet sune thou shalt he thrown aside, 
 
 Like ony common weed and vile. . . lb. 
 
 Common motives lang sinsyne, . . . S. Jockey fou,\ 
 Common friend to you and me. 
 
 Nature's gifts to all are free : . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Like brethren in a common cause. 
 
 We'd on each other smile, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Unite in common recreation ; . . The Twa Dogs, ig. 
 
 But this is Gentry's life in common. . . lb. 34. 
 
 May I be Slander's common speech ; . . To W. Creech. 
 As far surpassing other common villains, 
 As Thou in natural parts hadst given me more. Tragic Frag. 
 Commoner. 
 What tho', like Commoners of air, 
 
 We wander out, we know not where, . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 The independent commoner 
 Shall be the man for a' that. The Election Ballads. II. 
 
 Commons. 
 A House o' Commons such as he. 
 
 They wad be blest that saw that. The Election Ballads. II. 
 It may send Balmaghie to the Commons, 
 In Sodom 'twould make him a king. . . lb. III. 
 
 Common-sense. 
 Reid, to common sense appealing, Auld comrade dearf 
 
 To common sense they [Philosophers] now appeal, 
 What wives an' wabsters see an feel ; . . . .lb. 
 But what his common sense came short. 
 
 He eked it out wi' law, . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 In chase o' thee, what crowds hae swerv'd 
 Frae common sense, . . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 And would to Common-sense for once betray'd them, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 While Common-Sense has taen the road. 
 An' aff, an' up the Cowgate Fast, fast . The Holy Fair. 16. 
 a rock To crush common sense for her sins, The Kirk's A larrtti 
 Curst Common-sense, that imp o' h-U, The Ordination, z. 
 Common Sense is gaun, she says, 
 
 To mak to Jamie Beattie Her plaint this day. . lb, 11. 
 And that fell cur ca'd common sense, 
 
 That bites sae sair, . . The Twa Herds. 16. 
 Commutation. Could he some commutation broach, 
 
 The Aufhot's Cry and Prayer. 
 Companie. 
 God bless the king And the companie ! ^, Landlady , count f 
 Sitting at yon boord-en'. 
 And amang guid companie ; S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 
 Companion. 
 Companions of my social joy! The Farewell. To St. J.^s L. 
 Hear, how he [Morality] gies the tither yell, 
 
 Between his twa companions ! . . The Ordination. 12. 
 The bonie Lark, companion meet 1 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 At me, thy poor, earth-bom companion, 
 
 An' fellow-mortal I . . . To a Mouse. 
 
Compare 
 
 90 
 
 Conclusion 
 
 Compare. 
 
 Her nut-brown hair, beyond compare, 6". As I gmd up by t 
 Her yellow hair, beyond compare, . S. O Maltey^s meek. 
 
 heart-felt raptures ! bliss beyond compare ! 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night, g. 
 Compare, ta. 
 Awa wi' your belles and your beauties, 
 
 They never wi' her can compare ; S. Adownwinding Nitk t 
 Compare wi' bonie Brigs o' modem time ? The Brigs of Ayr.. 6. 
 Compared. Ye see your state wi' theirs compar'd, 
 
 And shudder at the niffer, Add. to Unco Guid.3. 
 An' Mary, nae doubt, took the drunt. 
 
 To be compar'd to Willie : . . . . Halloween, g. 
 But when compar'd with real passion, 
 
 Poor is all that princely pride. . S. Mark yonder Pom^^ 
 Compar'd wi* my delight is poor . . S. O Phely, t 
 
 Compar'd with these, Italian trills are-tame ; 
 
 The CoiteT^s Sat. Night 13. 
 Compar'd with this, how poor Religion's pride, 
 
 In all the pomp of method, and of art, . Ih. 77. 
 
 Still, thou art blest, compar'd wi' me ! . . To a Mouse. 
 Compar'd wi' you— O fool! fool ! fool ! 
 
 How much unlike ! . . ToJ.S.^ 26. 
 
 Comparison. 
 Beyond comparison the worst [ills] are those 
 That to our folly, or our guilt we owe. Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 1 must needs say, comparisons are odd. The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Compass. 
 
 May ev'ry true Brother of th' Compass and Square 
 Have a big-belly'd bottle when pressed with care. 
 
 No Churchman am 1 1 
 Compeer. 
 
 With talents passing most of my compeers, Tragic Frag. 
 
 Compel. StrongTnecessity compels. On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Compile. There all her charms she does compile ; 
 
 S. Twas even— the dewy t 
 Complain. I may be distress'd, but I winna complain; 
 
 S. As I was a-wan£ring\ 
 Let not woman e'er complain 
 
 Of inconstancy in love ; 
 Let not woman e'er complain, 
 
 Fickle man is apt to rove : . . . S. Let not woman t 
 I beg you'll hear Your humble slave complain. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Of thy caprice maternal I complmn, . . To P. G. ofF.. 
 Complaining. Thy soothing fond complaining. 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warbling woodlark t 
 Bat truce with peevish, poor complaining! To J. 6*., 20. 
 
 His sad complaining dowie raves. . . 6". Young Jamie, i 
 Complaint. '* I've got a bad wife. Sir, that's a' my complaint, 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle f 
 Complaisance, 
 Yet ne'er with Wits prophane to range. 
 Be complaisance extended ; Ep, to Young Friend, g. 
 
 Compleat, Complete. 
 Her air so sweet, her shape complete, S. As Igaed up by t 
 Her reputation is complete . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Mally's ev'ry way compleat. . . . S. O Matty's meek. 
 Thy lips are as sweet and thy figure compleat, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 But [judges] of meet or unmeet, in a fabrick complete, 
 I'll boldly pronounce they [reviewers] are none, Sir. 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 Compleater. Altho' a ribban at your lug 
 
 Wad been a dress compleater : A Dream, is. 
 Compleenin [complaining, ailing]. 
 He's always compleenin ftae mornin' to e'enin, 
 
 S. What can a young lassie \ 
 Completely. Till Order bright, completely shine, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L 
 An' aften labour them completely. . . . The Inventory. 
 Complexion. 
 But Queen N[etherplace], of a different complexion, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another, 
 With ardent eyes, complexion sallow, Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Compliment. Will Ye accept a Compliment 
 
 A simple Bardie gies Ye ? . A Dream, g. 
 My compliments to sister Beckie ; . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Compliment, to. O some will court and compliment, 
 
 S. John, come kiss me now. 
 
 Complimental. 
 
 The Dame brings forth, in comjilimental mood, 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hmn'd kebbuck. fell. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, zi. 
 Complimentary. 
 I will not wind a lang conclusion, 
 With complimentary effusion : . A Ded. to G. H., ij. 
 
 Complimented. 
 
 I see ye're complimented thrang, . . . A Dream. 2. 
 
 Compose. 
 
 Wi' arm repos'd on the chair-back, 
 
 He sweetly does compose him ; . . The Holy Fair. //. 
 Composing. Fareweel, my rhyme-composing billie ! 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Fareweel, 'my rhyme-composing' brither! To W. Simpson. 77. 
 Compound. 
 
 Not all his mongrel diphthongs can compound ; The Vowels. 
 Comprehension. 
 An' what poor Cot-folk pit their painch in, 
 I own it's past my comprehension. . . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Compute. 
 What's done we partly may compute, 
 But know not what s resisted. Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 
 Comrade. 
 
 Auld comrade dear and brither sinner, . Auld comrade^ 
 As by one drunken fellow his comrades you'll find. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 ' I hae been blythe wi' Comrades dear ; S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 Wha for his friend an' comrade had him, The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Com'st. 
 
 Thou golden time o' youthful prime, 
 Why com'st thou not again! . . S. But lately seen^ 
 
 Con. 
 
 And echo cons the doolfu' tale ; S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Conceal. But secret love will break my heart, 
 
 If I conceal it langer. S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Conceal yoursel as weel's ye can 
 
 Frae critical dissection ; . . Ep. to Young Friend. S- 
 Not cabinets even of kings would conceal 'em, 
 
 Fragment., inscr. to Fox. 
 And [a'] the earth conceals sae lowly ; S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Your thought, if love must harbour there. 
 
 Conceal it in that thought ; . . S, Talk not of Love t 
 I canna to mysel' conceal 
 
 My deeply-ranklin' sorrow. . . . V.s, under Grief. 
 Ye maun conceal till your last hour I . S. Wha is that at t 
 Concealing. 
 The hazard of concealing ; . . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 Concealing the course of the dark winding rill ; 
 
 ^S". The lazy mist] 
 
 Conceit, ye were my first conceit, . -S". /ohn Anderson] 
 Nae snap conceits, but that sweet spell 
 
 O' witchin love. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit ; The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Conceited. 
 A set o' dull, conceited Hashes, Ep. to J, L—k, Ap, ist. 12. 
 Conceited gowk ! puffd up wi' windy pride ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Concerns. 
 
 This wot ye all whom it concerns, On dining with Doer. 
 
 Then know all ye whom it concerns, 
 
 Subscripsi huic, Robert Bums. . . . The Inventory. 
 Concert. Nae mair the grove with airy concert rings, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Harmonious concert rung in every part, . . lb. 12. 
 
 Concession. 
 
 Dove-like fondness, chaste concesaon, . . .To a Kiss. 
 Conclude. 
 
 Sae I conclude and quat my chanter, Auld comrade dear] 
 
 But to conclude my lang epistle, Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. ist, 22. 
 
 While falling, recalling, 
 The amorous thrush concludes his sang ; . 5. Sae flaxen f 
 
 And just conclude that "fools are fortune's care." 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 
 Conclusion. I will not wind a lang conclusion, 
 
 With complimentary effusion : A Ded. to G. H., i5' 
 And came to this conclusion, O ; S. My father was a farmer f 
 And now my conclusion I'll tell, 
 
 For faith I'm confoundedly dry : The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 And here's, for a conclusion. 
 
 . The Ordination. H- 
 
Condemn'd 
 
 91 
 
 Constantly 
 
 Condemned. 
 
 Condemn'd to drag a hopeless chain, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Condemn'd to see my rival's reign, . S, The last time I \ 
 Condition. 
 Waes me ! She's [Superstition's] in a sad condition ; 
 
 Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Conduct. 
 
 And a conduct that heautiiies a', . Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 Such conduct neither spirit, wit, nor manners. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Confess. A bonie Lass, all will confess, 
 
 Is pleasant to the e'e, . S. Handsotne Nell. 
 
 But yet, O L — d! confess I must, 
 
 At times I'm fash'd wi' fleshly lust Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 I do confess thou art sae fair, . . . S. I do confess t 
 
 I do confess thee sweet, but find 
 
 Thou art sae thriftless o' thy sweets, .... lb. 
 Lovely Bums has charms — confess ; 
 
 Lns -under Pict of Miss B., 
 Confession. 
 But why urge the tender confession, 
 'Gainst fortunes fell cruel decree 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 Speaking silence, dumb confession, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 I made an open fair confession, . . What ails ye now t 
 Confine. 
 
 Think on the dungeon's grim confine, A Winter Night, g. 
 Confine, to. 
 
 Those headlong, furious passions to confine ; Why ant I loth \ 
 Conform. When Sh-lb-me meek held up his cheek, 
 
 Conform to Gospel law, A Fragment. 6. 
 
 Confound. Confounds rule and law, reconciles contradiction 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 
 G-d confound their stubborn face, Holy Willie's Prayer, zo. 
 
 To confound the poor Doctor at ance. . The Kirks Alarttt. 
 
 Confounded. Astonished ! confounded 1 cry'd Satan, by G-d, 
 
 I'll want 'im, ere I take sudi a d ble load. 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 Confoundedly. 
 And now my conclusion I'll tell. 
 For faith I'm confoundedly dry : The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Confuse. Confuse their brains in Colledge classes ! 
 
 Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. 1st. 12. 
 
 Confusion. * 
 
 To ev'ry New-light mother's son, 
 From this time forth, Confusion : The Ordination. 14. 
 
 Confute. 
 
 Till chiels gat up an' wad confute it, To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 Conglobe. Tho' something like moisture conglobes in my eye, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Congratulation. 
 But accept, ye sublime Majority, 
 My congratulations hearty. . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Congregation. 
 When men display to congregations wide, 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! 
 
 The Cotte^^s Sat. Night, if. 
 Now a' the congregation o'er 
 Is silent expectation ; . . . The Holy Fair. is. 
 
 Congress. An' did nae less, in full Congress, 
 
 Than quite refuse our law, man. A Fragment, i. 
 Conjure. 
 " I'll conjure the ghost of the great Rorie More, 
 
 The Whistle. 8. 
 COAJuring. Ye'U quake at his conjuring hammer, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Connected. 
 She, honest woman, may think shame 
 That ye're connected with her. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Connexion. Dearest tie of young connexions, To a Kiss. 
 
 Connubial. Tho' when some kind, connubial Dear 
 
 Your But-and-ben adorns, . . The Calf. 
 Still fan the sweet connubial flame 
 Responsive in each bosom, , . . S, Young Peggy t 
 Conquer. 
 And thy still matchless tongue that conquers all reply. 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Conquer'd. 
 They'd conquer'd and ruin'd a world beside. S^ Caledonia. 
 
 Conquering. In a' their charms, and conquering arms, 
 
 S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 He hugs his chain, and owns the reign 
 
 Of conquering, lovely Davies. . . lS". Lovely Davies. 
 By conquering beauty's sov'reign law ; . . S. Saeflaxen\ 
 O, these are my Lassie's all-conquering charms. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Conqueror. 
 
 The son of great Loda was conqueror still. The Whistle. 3. 
 Conquest. 
 She's gane, like Alexander, 
 To spread her conquests farther. S. O saw ye bonie Lesley \ 
 Conscience. 
 A Conscience but a canker . Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 
 'Conscience,' says I, 'ye thowless jadi 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 2isi. 4. 
 An* he swoor by his conscience, . . Halloween. ly. 
 
 The cave-lodged beggar, with a conscience clear, 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Are Honor, Virtue, Conscience, all exil'd.? 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 10. 
 Here's an honest conscience 
 
 Might a prince adorn ; . The Election Ballads, IV. 
 That fell remorse, a conscience bleeding 
 
 Hath led me here. . The Hermit. 
 
 Let me sound an alarm to your conscience ; The Kirk's A larm. 
 Conscience in vain upbraids the unhallow'd fire ; To Clarinda 
 Their raxan conscience, . , , To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Conscious. 
 The conscious sun, out o'er yon hill, 
 
 Rejoicin' clos'd the day so, . . . S. As I gaed up byi 
 With arch-alacrity and conscious glee Ep, to R. Graham. 3. 
 Conscious, blushing for our race, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 The wily Mother sees the conscious flame 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 7. 
 Thine is the self-approving glow. 
 
 On conscious honour's part ; . . . To Chloris. 
 By all the conscious villain fears below ! .To Clarinda. 
 While conscious virtue all the strain endears, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Conscious the bounteous meed they well deserve, 
 
 ToR.G. ofF.yl. 
 Consciousness. 
 The torturing, gnawing consciousness of guilt 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. . 
 
 Consent. 
 
 But he wan my heart's consent. 
 
 To be his ain at the neist meeting. . S. As I came o'erf 
 At length she blush'd a sweet consent, S. There was a lass t 
 Consequence. 
 O would they stay to calculate 
 
 Th' eternal consequences ; Add. to Unco Guid.S. 
 
 And resolutely keep its [Honor's] laws, 
 
 Uncaring consequences. . Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 
 A consequence I draw that. . 5. Women's Minds. 
 
 ConsequentiaL 
 
 And clear the consequential sorrows. 
 
 Love-gifts of Carnival signoras [v. A. 13] The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Consider. 
 
 consider now, Ye're unco muckle dautet ; A Dream, 13. 
 
 Consider, Sirs, how we're beset, . The Twa Herds, ti. 
 Consolation. 
 
 For sweet consolation to church I did fly ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am If 
 
 To those who for her loss are grieved, 
 This consolation's given . . On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 Constable. 
 
 Wi' constables, those blackguard fallows, Adam A~'s Prayer. 
 Constancy. 
 
 The hyacinth for constancy, wi' its unchanging blue, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 Constant. We'll be constant while we can 6". Let not woman + 
 
 I'd fan it wi' a constant gale, . . . S. O were my love t 
 
 As thy constant slave regard it ; . . S. Sweetest May t 
 
 And is constant for ever and true ; S. The Winter it is past \ 
 
 (A world 'gainst peace in constant arms) , To Chloris. 
 Constantly. 
 
 Thy goodness constantly we prove, . Grace after Dinner. 
 
 My minny does constantly deave me, . . S. Tain Glen. 
 
 Tho' constantly on poortith's brink, . The Twa Dogs, is. 
 
Constellation 
 
 92 
 
 Cool 
 
 Constellation. 
 
 Witf and Grace, and Love, and Beauty, 
 
 In ae constellation shine ; . . S. Bonie wee tking\ 
 
 I'd heeze thee up a constellation, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Constitution. 
 
 And here's the grand fabric, our free Constitution, 
 
 At Meet, ofD. Volunteers. 
 But truce with kings, and truce with constitutions. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Constrain. Does thirst of wealth thy step constrain, 
 
 Man was made to mourn. 
 Consume. Consume that high-place Patronage, 
 
 From off thy holy hill ; . New Psalmody ~ 
 And now beneath the withering blast 
 
 My youth and joy consume. .S". Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 May there my latest hours consume, S. The Banks o/Nith, 
 I wear away My life, and in my office holy 
 
 Consume the day. . . . The Hermit. 
 
 Consumption. 
 
 Gane in a galloping consumption, . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Contagion. Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 20. 
 
 Contemplation. 
 
 Or guilt affrights thy contemplation, . The Hermit. 
 
 Contempt. 
 
 There keen indignation shall dart on her prey, 
 Which spurning contempt shall redeem from his ire. 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 And sunk them in contempt ; . . On Duke o/Queensberfy. 
 But where is your shield from the darts of contempt ? 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives" t 
 Contend. 
 But who can with Fate and Quart Bumpers contend ? 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 Contending. 
 Contending with Billy for proud*nodding laurels. 
 
 Fragffient, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Content. 
 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; . Death ofMailie. 
 We [O Death !] freely wad exchang'd the wife. 
 
 An' a' been weel content. . Epig. on Henpecked Squire, 
 Content am I, if Heaven shall give 
 
 But happiness to thee : . . . S. It is na, Jean t 
 Sit round the table, weel content, 
 
 An' steer about the toddy. . . . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 And mak us a' content, man. . . TJu Tree of Liberty. 
 But give me real, sterling Wit, And I'm content. To J. S., 23. 
 Content with You to mak a pair, Whare'er I gang. lb. 2g. 
 Content, ^ . 
 But whether granted, or denied. 
 
 Lord bless us with content ! . A Grace before Dinner. 
 
 Yet then content could make us blest ; . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 Content and love bring peace and joy, S. In simmer when t 
 Sits meek content with light unanxious heart. 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Blest wi' content, and milk and meal 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night. 20. 
 Content and comfort bless me more in 
 
 This grot, than e'er I felt before in A palace The Hermit. 
 Make conteAt and ease thy aim. Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Content, to. 
 Aqua-fontis, what you please. 
 
 He can content ye. DeathandDr. Hornbook, 2Z. 
 
 Contented. 
 
 Contented wi* little, and canty wi' mair, 
 
 S. Contented wi' little^ t 
 
 Wi' weans I'm mair than weel contented, . The Inventory. 
 
 They're maistly wonderfu' contented ; The Twa Dogs. ri. 
 
 Contention. 
 
 Within this dear mansion may wayward contention 
 
 Or withered envy ne'er enter ; iS". The Sons (fold Killie. 
 
 Contentment. 
 
 It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth, 
 That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Var* braes t 
 I find that contentment's an absolute feast, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Contest. 
 The jovial contest again have renewed. The Whistle, j. 
 
 Contradiction. 
 
 How genius, th' illustrious Jather of fiction,^ 
 
 Confounds rule and law, reconciles contradiction 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 Contrasted. 
 
 His forbears' virtues all contrasted, On Duke of Queensberty. 
 Contriving. No sly Man of business contriving a snare, 
 
 S. No Churchman am /f 
 Control. She reigns without control. S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 The tyrant Death, with grim control, S. Peggy Chalmers, 
 
 Wildly here without control, 
 
 Nature reigns and rules the whole ; S. Streams that glide f 
 
 Controul, to. 
 
 Thy minions, kings defend, controul, devour, To R. G. ofF.. 
 Controuling. 1 
 
 With that controuling pow'r assist ev'n me, Why am I lothf 
 
 Conveener. Ye dainty Deacons, an' ye douce Conveeners, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 Convene. Some merry, friendly, countra folks, 
 
 Together did convene, Halloween. 
 
 Convenience. 
 A dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug, 
 A treacherous inclination . . Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 
 Converse. 
 
 Wi' nae converse but Gallowa' bodies, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Who is proof to thy personal converse and wit, 
 Is proof to all other temptation. . Extem., To Mr. S—e. 
 Convert. 
 
 How monie hearts this day converts, The Holy Fair. 27. 
 
 Convey. 
 
 To my arms their charge convey, S. How can my poor hearty 
 Conviction. 
 An' rouse them up to strong conviction, 
 
 An' move their pity. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Convoy. To do some errands, and convoy her hame. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night. 7. 
 
 Convoy 'd. 
 
 Convoy'd me through the glen. . S. My heart was ance t 
 Convulse. 
 What ragings must his veins convulse. 
 
 That still eternal gallop : . . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 A sight pale envy to convulse) . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Cood [cud]. 
 On thee aft Scotland chows her cood, Scotch Drink. 4. 
 
 That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood : 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 11. 
 Coof, Cuif [a blockhead, a fool, a ninny}. 
 They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof, 
 
 S. And Ofor one and twenty t 
 While Coofs on countless thousands rant, Ep. to Damte. 2, 
 A coof like him wou'd stain your [Sir deil's] name, 
 
 Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But wha wad keep the handless coof, S. O can ye labour lea\ 
 How fumbling coofs their dearies slight, Scotch Drink. 12. 
 A coof came in wi' rowth o' gear, . ^. She's fair and fausei 
 " Gude day to you," (coof,) he comes ben ; *S". Tarn Glen. 
 Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Though hundreds worship at his word, 
 
 He s but a coof for a' that : . . ^S". Tlte Honest Man. 
 I started, mutt'ring blockhead ! coof! . Tlie Vision, D. /. 6. 
 This waly boy will be nae coof, . .S". There was a lad^ 
 Cooing. Down in a shady walk, 
 
 Doves cooing were ; 6". PhilUs the Fair. 
 
 Cooket [darted in and out of hiding, in ways un- 
 expected and playfUl]. 
 
 Whyles cooket underneath the braes, 
 Below the spreading hazle Unseen . Halloween. 23- 
 
 Cookin [cooking]. 
 
 How daddie Burke the plea was cookin, Rind Sir, Fve read\ 
 
 Cook*ry. 
 
 And cook'ry the first in the nation ; Extent., To Mr, S e. 
 
 Cool. 
 * ' Shaded my streams sae clear and cool ; As on Vie banks \ 
 A cool spectator purely ! . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 lofty firs, and ashes cool, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Grave, tideless-blooded, calm and cool, . To/,S , 26- 
 
Cool 
 
 93 
 
 Cost 
 
 Cool, to. 
 
 That the heat o' the tane might cool the tither, S. Scroggani, 
 Coord. Blest be the hour she cool'd in her linnens, 
 
 S. O intrry Aae I been t 
 Cooling. While Summer with a matron grace 
 
 Retreats to Dryburgh's cooling shade, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 Cooper. 
 
 The Cooper o' cuddy cam here awa ; S. The Cooper o' cuddy \ 
 
 We'll hide the Cooper behind the door, . , . lb. 
 
 Coopered. 
 
 They cooper'd at e'en, they cooper'd at morn, 
 
 S. The Cooper o' cuddy f 
 
 He has cooper'd and cawd a wrang pin in't. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Coop [to cover]. They scarcely left to coor their fuds 
 
 The Jolly Be^ars. R, VIII. 
 Cooser [a stallion]. 
 
 And no a perfect kintra cooser. . Kind Sir, Tve readj 
 Coost, Cuist [did cast]. 
 
 Till Suthron raise, an' coost their claise A Fragment, g. 
 
 Maggie coost her head fu' heigh, . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 Satan took stuff to mak a swine. 
 
 And cuist it in a corner ; . . Epig. on A. Turner. 
 
 And coost her duddies to the wark, . Tarn o' Shanter 12. 
 
 Upon her cloot she coost a hitch, . The Death ofMailie. 
 Coot. 
 
 The wanton coot the water skims, S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 
 Mourn, sooty coots, and speckled teals ; EL on Capt. M. H. 8. 
 Cootie [haviniT legs clad with feathers]. 
 
 Ye cootie Moorcocks, crousely craw ; Ta7n Samson's EL, 7. 
 Cootie [a wooden kitchen dish]. 
 
 Spairges about the brunstane cootie, . Add. to the Deil. 
 Copy. A copy o' this I bequeath, P>S. to ''The Kirk's Alarm." 
 Coquette. 
 
 Who calls thee, pert, afifected, vain coquette, Ep,/r. Esopus. 
 Corbie [a raven ; a crow]. 
 
 Corbies and Clergy are a shot right kittle : The Brigs o/Ayr.lo. 
 Cordial. One cordial in this melancholy Vale, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night, g. 
 Core. The crest, an auld crab-apple 
 
 Rotten at the core. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 The' despair had wrung its core, 
 That would heal its anguish. . . S. Thine am I \ 
 
 But still within my bosom's core 
 Shall live my Highland Mary. 
 
 S, Ye banks and braes and stream.s t 
 Core [corps]. 
 
 Hear me, ye venerable Core, . Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 
 " Nor 'mang the sp'ritual core present them 
 
 Lns add. to /. Ranken. 
 
 Lament him a' ye rantan core, . On Sc Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 That night enlisted in the core, . Tarn d Shanter. is. 
 
 He was the king of a' the Core, Tant Satnson's El., J. 
 
 My partner xn the merry core, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Craigdarroch led a light-arm'd core. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 a merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 The adjutant o' a' the core, Willie's awa! . To W. Creech. 
 Cork. 
 
 And every new cork is a new spring of joy ; The Whistle. i2. 
 Corky-headed. 
 
 staumrel, corky-headed, graceless Gentry, The Brigs 0/ Ayr. g. 
 Corn. 
 
 The cleanest Corn that e'er was dight 
 May hae some pyles o' caff in ; Add. to Utico Guid. Mott. 
 
 The yellow corn was waving ready : S. By Allan stream t 
 
 To feed her fair flocks by her green rustling corn : 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 Rattlin the corn out-owre the rigs, Ep. to J. E—k, Ap. 2/st. s. 
 
 To pou their stalks o' corn ; . . ■ • Halloween. 6. 
 
 And corn wav'd green in ilka field, S. In simmer when t 
 
 Nae mair, to me, the autumn winds 
 
 Wave o'er the yellow com ! . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The furrow'd waving corn is seen _ 
 
 Rejoice in fostering showers. S. Now Spring has cladf 
 Tke rustling corn, the fruited thorn, S. No7v wesilin windsi 
 When corn begins to shoot, . . . One night as li 
 
 That merry night we get the corn in, 
 And shook baith meikle com and bear, 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 lb. 20. 
 
 S. A Rosebud by my t 
 
 Scotch Drink, g. 
 Tarn d Shanter. 15. 
 When first amang the yellow corn 
 
 A man I reckon'd was ; . The Ans, to the Guidwife. 
 yellow Autumn wreath'd with nodding com ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Wi' taets o' hay an' ripps o' corn The Death ofMailie. 
 
 The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn S. The gloomy nighty 
 to view the com, An' snuff the callor air. The Holy Fair. /. 
 Lammas night, When corn rigs are bonie, 
 
 S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Com rigs, an' barley rigs, An' corn rigs are bonie ; . lb. 
 And tent the waving corn wi' me. . S. There was a lass t 
 I burn, I burn, as when through ripen'd corn. 
 By driving winds, the crackling flames are borne! To Clarinda. 
 While com grows green in summer showers, 
 
 S. Where Cart rins^ 
 Corner. 
 For prey, a' holes an' corners tryin ; 
 But faith I he'll turn a comer jinkan, 
 An' cheat you yet. 
 Corn-inclosed. 
 
 Adown a com-inclosed bawk, . 
 Corn-mou. Commend me to the Barn yard, 
 
 And the Corn-mou, man ; S. The Plougkntan\ 
 
 Corn't [fed with oats].. 
 When thou was corn't, an' I was mellow, 
 
 A Guid New- Veari g. 
 Cornwallis. 
 
 C-mw-U-s fought as lang's he dought, A Fragment. 4. 
 
 Corny, while each corny spear Shoots up its head. 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. 12. 
 Coronation. 
 
 The coins o' Satan's coronation S. Ken ye ought 0* Capt. G. t 
 Coronet. Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, 
 A virtuous Populace may rise the while, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 Corps. The corps is no nice of recruits ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Bright Phcebus ne'er witnessed so joyous a corps, 
 
 The Whistle. 13. 
 From envy and hatred your corps is exempt ; 
 
 Ye true ^ Loyal Natives " + 
 Correspondence. 
 A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n, 
 Is sure a noble anchor ! Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 
 Correspondent. 
 
 And sought a correspondent breast, 
 To give obedience due : . . . Natures Law. 
 
 Corroding, heart-corroding care and grief Ep. to Davie, g. 
 Corrupt. 
 
 It's naething but a milder feature, 
 
 Of our poor, sinfu', corrupt Nature ; 
 Corruption. 
 
 An' may Ye rax Corruption's neck. 
 
 Some rouse the Patriot up to bare 
 Corruption's heart : 
 
 Corse. She sees bis pale corse on the plain Oh ; 
 
 S. Ok, open the door,i 
 
 Corsincon [a mountain in New Cumnock parish, Ayr- 
 shire, where the Nith takes its rise]. 
 
 The Nith shall rin to Corsincon, S. Does haughty Gaul,\ 
 
 On Corsincon I'll glow'r and spell, S. O were I on Partiass.f 
 Corss [cross; market-place]. 
 if foot or horse E'er bring you in by Mauchline Corss, 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy, 
 Cost. 
 A lesson sadly teaching to your cost. The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 He'd venture the gallows for siller. 
 An 'twere na the cost o' the rape. TJie Election Ballads. III. 
 Cost, to. The lassie lost a silken snood, 
 
 That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 I doubt na, lass, that weel-kenned name 
 
 May cost a pair o' blushes ; On W. Chalmers. 
 
 When ilka ell cost me a groat, 
 
 The taylor staw the lynin o't. . S. The cardin dt. 
 
 The Solemn League and Covenant 
 Cost Scotland blood, cost Scotland tears : 
 
 The League and Covenant f 
 Has cost thee monie a weary nibble ! . . To a Mouse. 
 Ye've cost me twenty pair o' shoon 
 
 Just gaun to see you ; . . ■ To/.S. 
 
 . A Ded. to G. H,, 6. 
 A Dream, 8. 
 
 The Vision, D. II. 4. 
 
Costly 
 
 34 
 
 Country 
 
 Costly. 
 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, 
 Round the wealthy, titled bride S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Cot. My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 And winds by the cot where my Mary resides ; , lb. 
 
 When glimmering thro' the trees appear'd, 
 
 Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, , As on the banks t 
 But now, the Cot is bare and cauld, ... . .lb. 
 To Riddell, much lamented man ! 
 This ivied cot was dear ; . Lns on Window^ F.'s C Her. 
 
 This ivied cot revere ! Ih. 
 
 On ilka hand the burnies trot, 
 
 And meet below my bonie cot ; ^S". The Contented Cottager. 
 
 At length his lonely Cot appears in view, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 Or wilt thou leave thy mammie's cot, S. There was a lass t 
 Give me the cot below the pine, 
 
 To tend the flocks or till the soil, S. Twos even, the dewy \ 
 Our humble cot, and hamely fare, 
 Ye freely shall partake it, . . S. When wild War^s t 
 Cot-house. Loove for loove is the bargain for me, 
 
 Tho' the wee Cot-house should baud me ; 
 
 S. My Collier Laddie. 
 For building cot-houses sae fam'd, Tke Election Ballads, V. 
 
 And my daddie has nought but a cot-house and yard : 
 
 * S. There's auldRob. M. t 
 
 Cot-folk. An' what poor Cot-folk pit their painch in, 
 
 I own it's past my comprehension. The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Cotillion. 
 
 Nae cotillion brent new frae France, . Tarn 0' Shanter, 11. 
 Cottage. The lavrock shuns the palace gay. 
 
 And o'er the cottage sings ; i\ Behold, my Iffoe t 
 'Till deep it crashing whelms the cottage in the vale ; 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 By Colin's cottage lies his game, S. My Lord a'hunting\ 
 What A[iken] in a Cottage would have been ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 But hapiy, in some Cottage far apart, 
 
 May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the Soul ; lb. I'j. 
 And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, 
 The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind : . lb. ig. 
 Cottager. The youngling Cottagers retire to rest : Zb. 18. 
 Cottage-Fousing. 
 
 A cottage-rousing craw. . . . A Winter Night. 10. 
 Cottage-scene. 
 And make his cottage-scenes beguile 
 
 His cares and pains. The Vision, D. II. g. 
 
 Cotter. Cotter-man. 
 A vera gude tocher, a cotter-man's dochter, 
 
 S. Her Daddie forhad\ 
 How blest the humble cotter's fate, S. O poortitk cauld,\ 
 Was na Robin bauld, Tho' I was a cotter ; 
 
 S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Gaed hoddan by their cotters ; . . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 A Cotter howkan in a sheugh, . . TJ^ Twa Dogs. 10. 
 It wad for ev'ry ane be better, 
 The Laird, the Tenant, an' the Cotter ! . . lb, 26. 
 
 Couch. 
 
 And all my frowzy couch in sorrow steep ; Ep.fr, Esopus. 
 when my nightly couch I try, . . . The Lament. 
 While my darling fair 
 Is on the couch of anguish ? . . S.Ay waking, O t 
 
 Cou'd be. 
 
 God knows, I'm no the thing I shou'd be. 
 Nor am I even the thing I cou'd be. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Cough'd. The sage grave ancient cough'd, and bade me say, 
 " You're one year older this important day," 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Couldna, Cou'dna [could not]. 
 Her favour Duncan couldna win ; . . S. Duncan Davison. 
 Sae tickled Death, they couldna part : 
 
 Epit, on Tarn the Chapman, 
 The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife. 
 He could na preach for thinkin' o t. 
 
 S, My love she's but a lassie t 
 
 An' a' the faut I fan' wi' him, 
 
 He couldna labour lea. . . S. O can ye labour lea t 
 But wha wad keep the handless coof, 
 
 That couldna labour lea? lb* 
 
 I couldna tell what ailed me, . . S. When first I saw \ 
 I cou'dna get sleeping till dawing, for greeting, 
 
 S. As I was a-wandring\ 
 But whether she [the moon] had three or four [horns], 
 
 I cou'dna tell, . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 Duncan cou'dna be her death, . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 The Deil he cou'dna skaithe thee, S. O saw ye bonie Z..t 
 
 I cou'dna sing, I cou'dna say, 
 
 How much, now dear I love thee. S. O were Ion Pamass.f 
 
 Coulter. Till crash I the cruel coulter past 
 
 Out thro' thy cell. . To a Mouse. 
 Council. Ye godly Councils wha hae blest this town ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Nae mair the Council waddles down the street, 
 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit ; . . . lb. zo. 
 
 Council-hbuse. Meet owre a pint, or in the Council-house ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Counsel. 
 
 An' tak' the counsel I sail gi'e thee, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Hear me, ye venerable Core, 
 
 As counsel for poor mortals, . Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 Some counsel unto me come len' ; . . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 To think how mony counsels sweet. 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises I . Tom 0' Shanter. 4. 
 ' Implore his counsel and assisting might : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6 
 Come join your counsel and your skills. The Twa Herds, fj. 
 ' To give my counsels all in one. The Vision, D, II. 22. 
 
 Grave these counsels on thy soul. . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Counsel, to. 
 Come counsel, dear titty, don't tarry ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Count. To count her [the Moon's] horns, wi' a' my pow'r, 
 
 I set mysel, Death and Dr. Hom&ook. 4, 
 I sit and count my sins by chapters ; . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 The harpy, hoodock^ purse-proud race, 
 Wha count on poortith as disgrace Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 Then guid wife count the lawin, . S. Gane is the day f 
 
 I'll count my health my greatest wealth, 
 
 S. Here's to thy health, t 
 Landlady, count the lawin, . S, Landlady, count f 
 
 Auld, cantie Coil may count the day, . . Nature's Law, 
 Count on a friend, in faith an' practice, 
 
 In Robert Bums. . . To W. Simpson. 
 The brave poor sodger ne'er despise. 
 
 Nor count him as a stranger,' . . S. When wild Wars f 
 Counted. And counted was baith wight and stark, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 
 Counter. 
 
 Who act so counter Heavenly Mercy's plan? WhyamIlotk\ 
 Counterbalance. 
 Now Jove for once be mighty civil. 
 To counterbalance all this evil ; 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. — 's Birthday, 
 Countless. 
 When in my arms, wi' a' thy charms, 
 
 I clasp my countless treasure, O! S. An^ Til kiss theeyet\ 
 White Coofs on countless thousands rant, Ep. to Davie, 2, 
 Man's inhumanity to Man 
 Makes countless thousands mourn ! 
 
 Man was inade to mourn. 
 From countless, unbeginning time. The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 Country, -ie, -a [v. also Kintra]. 
 And sev'n braw fellows, stout an* able, 
 
 To serve their King an' Country weel, A Ded. to G. H, 14, 
 A country lad is my degree, . . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 O'er countries and kingdoms their fury prevailed, 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Our King and our Country to save, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day^ 
 Who nobly perished in the glorious cause. 
 Your king, your country, and her laws ! Fragment of Ode, 
 Travel the country thro' and thro', . S, Hee balou, t 
 
 His country's pride, his country's stay : 
 
 Lament for Glencaim, 
 The birth-place of valour, the country of worth ; 
 
 S. My heart's in the High, t 
 O heavy loss, thy country ill could bear ! 
 
 On Death ofR, Dundas. 
 To mourn the woes my country must endure, . , lb. 
 A weeping country joins a widow's tear, 
 
 On Death of Sir, /. Blair, 
 
Country 
 
 95 
 
 Courtly 
 
 Their title's avow'd by my country. Poet Add. to Tytler. 
 Wrench'd his dear country from the jaws of Ruin ! 
 
 Scots Prologue, 
 Rev'rend Men, their country's glory, The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 The herryment and ruin of the country ; . . lb. 
 
 Or whom in a' the country roun' 
 
 The best deserves to fa' that ? The Election Ballads. II. 
 Dear to his country by the names. 
 
 Friend, Patron, Benefactor! . . .16. VI. 
 
 Nae woman in the Country wide 
 
 Sae happy was as me. . . S. The High. Widow's L.. 
 My Donald and his Country fell, Upon CuUoden's field. Ih. 
 Yet let my Country need me, with Elliot to head me, 
 I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars^ S. I. 
 Does the train-attended Carriage 
 
 Thro' the country lighter rove? , . . lb. S. VIII. 
 The day he stude his country's friend, . S. The Laddies by \ 
 But wha is he, his Country's boast ? . . . .lb. 
 A country fellow at the pleugh, 
 His acre s till'd, he's right eneugh ; 
 A country girl at her wieel, 
 
 Her dizzen^ done, she's unco weel ; . The Ttua Dogs^ 30. 
 His Country's Saviour, mark him well ! [v. A. 4] The Vision. 
 O had she been a country maid, 
 
 And I the happy country swain, ^S". Twa^ even, the dewy t 
 A credit to his country. . . . To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 I've serv'd my king and country lang, S. When -wild War^s \ 
 Remember, he's his country's stay 
 
 In day and hour of danger. . . . . lb. 
 
 Kerry the louns o' the laigh Countrie, . . S. Hee balou t 
 Out came the Lord of Lauderdale, 
 
 Out frae the south countrie, . . Katharine J affray. 
 Five wighter carlines wema found 
 
 The south countrie within. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Oh, I am come to the low countrie, 
 
 S. The High. Widow's L., 
 Thence, countra wives, wi' toil an' pain, 
 May plunge an' plunge the kirn in vain ; Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 A countra Laird had ta'en the batts ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26, 
 Some merry, friendly, countra folks, . . Halloween. 2. 
 Some gapin' glowrin' countra laird, . On W. Chalmers. 
 An', screen our countra Gentry; . . The Holy Pair, g. 
 An' please themsels wi' countra sports, . The Twa Dogs, 26. 
 Some rhyme to court the countra clash, . To /, S., 5. 
 in requit, Has blest me with a random-shot 
 
 O' countra wit. . . . lb. 6. 
 
 ' Gie dreeping roasts to countra Lairds, . . lb. 23. 
 
 I, a simple, countra bardie, . To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Countrymen. Alake ! that e'er my Muse has reason, 
 To wyte her countrymen wi' treason ! 
 
 Scotch Drink. 14. 
 
 Country-side. 
 
 And kept the country-side in fear.) . Tarn o' Shanter. is. 
 Couple. > 
 
 That sic a couple fate allows ye . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 While pointers round impatient burn'd, 
 
 Frae couples freed; Tarn Samson's El., 8. 
 
 Cour V. Cow'p. 
 Courage. 
 
 Your courage much more than your prudence you show it. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Pox. 
 He whistl'd up lord Lenox' march, 
 
 To keep his courage cheary ; . . . Halloween, ig. 
 The sun a backward course shall take . . 
 Ere ought thy manly courage shake ; S. Highland Laddie. 
 'Twill make your courage rise. , . John Barleycorn, 
 Next foUow'd Courage with his martial stride. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 Course. Can others teach the course to steer, 
 
 A Bar£s Epit,. 
 
 But ere the course o' life be through. 
 
 It may be bitter sautet : . . • -A Dream, 15. 
 Far mark'd with the courses of clear, winding rills ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 
 Her bright course of glory for ever shall run : S. Caledonia. 
 
 The sun a backward course shall take . . 
 Ere ought thy manly courage shake ; ^S". Highland Laddie. 
 Then out into the world 
 My course' I did determine, O; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Your course to the latest is bright. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 The tide of Empire's fluctuating course ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods, 
 where the Greenock winds his moorland course. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat. Night. 
 At length from me her course she steer'd, 
 
 S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Concealing the course of the dark vrinding rill ; 
 
 S. The lazy Tnist t 
 My love is like yon sun, whose bright course is begun, 
 
 S. The Winter it is past \ 
 Courser, On sprightly coursers prance ; . Halloween. 
 
 Court. 
 
 To chaps, wha, in a bam or byre, 
 Wad better fiU'd their station Than courts 
 
 A Dream, s. 
 Kind Sir, fve read\ 
 
 But now his radiant course is run, 
 — -- ' ' 3 bright ; 
 
 El. onCapt.M.H. 
 
 For Matthew's course was 
 As from the cliff, with thundering course, 
 The snowy ruin smokes along, . . Fragment of Ode, 
 
 Or how our merry lads at hame, 
 
 In Britain's court kept up the game : 
 
 For the auld gudeman o' London court 
 
 She didna care a pin ; . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 There's even, I'm tauld, i' the Court 
 
 A Tumbler ca'd the Premier. The Jolly Beggars. S. Ill, 
 Courts for Cowards were erected, ... 75. S. VIII. 
 O would they stay aback frae courts, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 Was brought to the court of our good Scottish king. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Court, to. 
 Ye little know the ills ye court, 
 
 When Manhood is your wish ! Despondency, an Ode, 5. 
 But there are such who court the tuneful nine 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Gi'e me love in her I court ; . . . . S. Jockey fou, t 
 
 some will court and compliment, . S. John, come kiss. 
 All for to court this pretty maid, . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 A hapless lover courts thy lay, S. O stay, sweet ivarblingi 
 Bnt warily tent, when ye come to court me, S. O Whistle, t 
 But court nae anither, tho' joking ye be, . . lb. 
 He cam on purpose for to court me, . S. The auld man f 
 Come, will ye court a noble lord, . The Fite Champeire. 
 We'll court nae mair below the bush in our kail-yard, 
 
 S. There grows a bonze t- 
 Some rhyme to court the countra clash, . . To J.S., $• 
 
 1 court, I beg^ thy friendly aid. 
 
 To close this scene of care! .... To Ruin. 
 
 Courted. 
 I courted fortune's favour, O ; S. My father was a farmer \ 
 Why is outlandish stuff sae meikle courted ? Scots Prologue. 
 I past the mill, and trysting thorn, 
 Where Nancy aft I courted : . S. When wild Wars f 
 Court-day [rent day]. 
 
 on our Laird's court-day, . . . The Twa Dogs. 13, 
 Courtesie. And thank'd her for her courtesie ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Courtier. The courtier tells a finer tale, 
 
 But is his heart as true ? . S. BeJiold, my love,\ 
 The courtier's gems may witness love, 
 
 But 'tis na love like mine lb 
 
 Come thou who giv'st with all a courtier's grace ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Courting, -in. 
 wi' drink an' courting dizzy, . The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Wha canna win her in a night. 
 
 Has little art in courting. . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 And they're busy, busy courtin in our kail-yard. 
 
 S. There grow$ a bonie t 
 For beauty and fortune the laddie's been courtin ; 
 
 S. There's a youth f 
 When feather'd tribes are courting, . 6". Young Peggy t 
 Courtly. And courtly grandeur bright 
 
 The fancy may delight, . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 It may escape the courtly sparks, . ^S". O this is no my ain f 
 He wadna hecht them courtly gifts, The Election Ballads. I. 
 Free-wilVd I fled from courtly bowers ; . . The Hermit. 
 The courtly vermin's banned the tree. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
Cousin 
 
 96 
 
 Crabbed 
 
 Cousin. 
 
 My kindest, best respects I sen' it, 
 
 To cousin Kate an' sister Janet, Auld comrade deari 
 
 He up the lang loan to my black cousin Bess, 
 
 S. Last May a iraw wooer t 
 I spier'd for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet, . . lb- 
 He play'd our cousin Kate a spring, There came a^i^er^ 
 Couthy, -ie [affable, loving, kind, pleasant]. 
 Some [nits] kindle, couthie, side by side, . Halioween, f. 
 She was couthy, he was kind, . . . . S. Jockey fou^\ 
 I spier'd for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet, 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooeri 
 couthie fortune, kind and cannie, To Terraughty. 
 
 Cove. There, up the Cove, to stray an' rove, . Halloween. 
 O'er-arching, mouldy, gloom-inspiring coves, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Near many a hermit-fancy'd cove, [v. A. 4] The Vision, D. I. 
 Covenant. 
 Say, was it the covenant carried her thither; Jenny M^Craw\ 
 Their leagues and their covenants a* she has ta'en ; lb. 
 
 When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs 
 And covenant True blues, man ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 The Solemn League and Covenant 
 Cost Scotland blood— cost Scotland tears : 
 
 The League and Covenant. 
 Covenanter. 
 
 Auld covenanters shiver . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Cover. 
 Love's veriest wretch, unseen, unknown, 
 
 I f^n my griefs would cover ; S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 And cover him under a mawn, O. . S. The Cooper d cuddy t 
 Love's veriest wretch, despairing, I 
 
 Fain, fain my crime would cover : . S. The last time l\ 
 The snaws the mountains cover, S. The yng High. Rover. 
 CoveF*d. Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow, 
 S. My heart's in ike High, t 
 When a' the hills are cover'd wi' snaw, S. Up in the morning. 
 Covert. 
 Within the bush, her covert nest 
 
 A little linnet fondly prest, . S. A Rosebud by my t 
 
 From where the Feal wild-woody coverts hide : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 This too, a covert shall ensure. 
 
 To shield them from the storm ; The Petition of Br. Water, 
 And bird and beast, in covert, rest, 
 And pass the heartless day. Winter. 
 
 Covey. 
 The wounded coveys, reeling, scatter wide ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The scatt'red coveys meet secure, . S. The gloomy night t 
 Where the grous lead their coveys through the heather, to feed, 
 S. Yon wild jnossy mountains f 
 Coveyed. 
 Th' abodes of coveyed grouse and timid sheep, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Cow. And bring hame a Carlisle cow. . . S. Hee ialou, f 
 A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf, S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 Cow, to V. Cowe, to. 
 Cowapd. 
 Go frighten the coward and slave ! S. Farewell, thou fair day t 
 May coward shame disdain his name. 
 
 The wretch that dares not die ! S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 A coward loon she ca'd me ; . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 Nor give [ye winds] the coward secret breath. . Liberty. 
 There ne'er was a coward o' Kenmure's blude, 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 Fie, fie on silly coward man, 
 That he should be the slave o't [of wealth]. 
 
 S. Opoortithcauld\ 
 Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
 
 A cuckold coward loun is he I . . S. O Willie brew'd t 
 The bravest heart on English ground, 
 
 Had yielded like a coward. . . . On Miss J. Scott. 
 Wha can fill a coward's grave ? . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 
 Traitor, coward, turn and flee I . ... lb. 
 
 Till coward Death behind him jumpit, Tam Samson's El. , 10. 
 The coward slave, we pass him by, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 And coward maukin sleep secure, 
 
 Low in her grassy form. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Courts for Cowards were erected, The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Is wrought now by a coward few, . . , S. The Union. 
 
 Cow'd [depressed with fear, kept under]. 
 
 The bauldest o' them a' he cow'd ; . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Cowe [a setting-down, a repression]. 
 
 But new-light herds gat sic a cowe. To W. Simpson^ P. S. 
 Cowe, Cow, to [depress with fear, put down, lop]. 
 To cowe the rebel generation, . Add. 0/ Beelzebub. 2. 
 E'en cowe the cadie ! . The Authof's Cry and Prayer, ig. 
 And cowe her measure shorter 
 
 By th' head some day. . The Ordination. 13. 
 Come join your counsel and your skills, 
 
 To cow the lairds, . The Twa Herds, 15. 
 
 An' not a muse erect her head 
 
 To cowe the blellums ? To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 But shortly they will cowe the louns! To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Cowgate [a street or lane in Mauchline village, 
 striking off opposite the Church]. 
 
 While Common-Sense has taen the road. 
 An' aflf, an' up the Cowgate Fast, fast The Holy Fair. 16. 
 
 Cowl. 
 
 Sing auld Cowl, lay you down by me, [r^.] *. S.Scroggam, 
 
 Cow-milk. 
 
 But gie them guid cow-milk their fill, The Death ofMailie. 
 Cowp the cran [tumble over, v. Cran]. 
 
 Than garren lasses cowp the cran 
 
 Clean heels owre body, . What ails ye now f 
 
 Cowplt, -et [tumbled over, overset]. 
 
 ' I nearhand cowpit wi' my hurry, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 But stocks are cowpet wi' the blast. Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Cow'r, Cour [to cower, crouch]. 
 
 Whare wilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing, 
 
 A Winter Night. 4. 
 But here my Muse her wing maun cour ; Tam 0' Skanter. 16. 
 While at the stook the shearers cow'r To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Cowran [cowering]. 
 
 Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, . . To a Mouse. 
 Cowslip. 
 In vain to me the cowslips blaw, S. Again rejoicing Nature \ 
 Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear: . El. on Capt. M. H., 12. 
 And scattered cowslips sweetly spring ; 
 
 S. Now batik and brae f 
 She's stately like yon youthful ash 
 That grows the cowslip braes between, 
 
 5'. On Cessnock banks f 
 And wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale. 
 
 S. The small birds ^ 
 
 Cowt, Cowte [a colt]. 
 
 Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known. 
 
 To mak a noble Aiver ; . . A Dream, it. 
 
 Foreby a Cowt, o' Cowts the wale, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Coxcomb. 
 And call each coxcomb to the wordy war. . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Comes, 'mid a string of coxcombs to display, 
 That veni, vidi, vici, is his way ; . . . lb. 
 
 Coy. Seeks Science in her coy abode. Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 Lesley is sae fair and coy, . S. Blythe ha'e I been\ 
 
 See yonder rose-bud, rich in dew, 
 
 Amang its native briers sae coy, . . S. I do confess^ 
 
 wi* coy and fickle nature, . »?. Will ye go and marry ^ 
 Cozie [warm, comfortable, snug], 
 prie'd her bonie mou, Fu' cozie in the neuk . Halloween. 10. 
 And hap him in a cozie biel : . On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 While some are cozie i' the neuk, 
 
 An' forming assignations . . The Holy Fair^ bo. 
 
 An' cozie here, beneath the blast, 
 
 Thou thought to dwell, To a Mouse. 
 
 Then canie in some cozie place. 
 
 They close the day. . . To J. S., 18. 
 
 Coziely [snugly]. 
 
 Syne coziely, aboon the door, 
 Wi' cannie care, they've plac'd them 
 
 Halloween. J. 
 
 Crab-apple. The crest, an auld crab-apple 
 
 Rotten at the core. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Crabbed, -t. 
 
 An' crabbed names an' stories wrack us, 
 
 Or lee-lang nights^ wi' crabbet leuks. 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks \ 
 
 Scotch Drit^. j. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 33, 
 
Crack 
 
 97 
 
 Craw 
 
 Crack, in a [immediately]. 
 
 And did Sol's business in a crack ; . , To J. Taylor. 
 
 Crack [chat, convepsation, discourse]. 
 On Fasteneen we had a rockin, 
 To ca' the crack and weave our stockin ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isi. ^. 
 A pint an' gill I'd gie them baith, 
 
 To hear your crack. . . . . lb. y, 
 I dinna like to see your face, 
 
 Nor hear your crack. ... IB. 20. 
 Ye hae sae monie cracks an' cants, Ep. toJ.R.,z. 
 
 And there blaws up a hearty crack ; 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 She leases them gashan at their cracks, . , Halloween. 11. 
 Wi' merry sangs, an' friendly cracks, . . lb. 28. 
 
 But raise your arm, an' tell your crack 
 
 Before them a'. The A uthor's Cry and Prayer, 6. 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack The Holy Fair. 26. 
 
 Crack, to [to chat]. 
 Wha will crack to me my lane ? S. O tvha my babie-clouts f 
 The Father cracks of horses, ploughs and kye. 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 Crack, to. 
 And gar Fame blaw until her trumpet crack, Scots Prologue. 
 Ilk smack still did crack still, 
 
 Just like a cadger's whip ; . . The Jolly Beggars. E. I. 
 Auld Britain ance could crack her joke. The Tree of Liberty, 
 An' may a bard no crack his jest . To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Crack credit [to lose character and credit]. 
 
 And ye'll crack your credit wi' mae than me. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 Crackan [chatting]. 
 
 The cantie, auld folks, crackan crouse, . The Ttva Dogs. 20. 
 Cracked. For this the watchman cracked his crown, 
 
 The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 Crackling. 
 
 By driving winds, the crackling flames are borne! To Clarinda. 
 Cradle. Then I maun sit the lee lang day. 
 
 And jeeg the cradle wi' my tae, S. Duncan Gray, 
 The wean wants a cradle, 
 An' the cradle wants a cod, . S. There's news, lasses f 
 
 Craft [a croft, a field near a house]. 
 
 Or faith! I fear that, wi' the geese, 
 
 I shortly boost to pasture I' the craft . A Dream. 6. 
 
 I hae as gude a craft rig 
 As made o' yird and stane ; . S. There's news, lasses t 
 
 Craft. 
 In Homer's craft Jock Milton thrives ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Still making work his selfish craft must mend. . Sketch. 
 A hizzie's the half of my Craft : The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Her lord, a wight of Homer's craft, . lb. R. VII. 
 
 Their tricks an' craft hae put me daft, . lb. S. VII. 
 
 Craftilie. Sae craftilie she took me ben, - S. Had I the wyte t 
 Craftsman. 
 And by that Hieroglyphic bright, 
 Which none but Craftsmen ever saw ! 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Crafty. 
 The crafty colonel leaves the tartaned lines, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 But gin ye be crafty, I am cunning, S. O meikle thinks my lave t 
 A robe of seeming truth and trust 
 Hid crafty observation ; The Holy Fair, Mott.. 
 
 Crag". 
 
 They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags, Add. to the Deil, g. 
 Craggy. 
 Let fragrant birks, in woodbines drest, 
 My craggy cliffs adorn ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Craig [the neck, throat]. 
 
 The knife that nicket Abel's craig On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Craig [a crag]. 
 I sat me down upon a craig, . As on the banks f 
 
 As Highland craigs by thunder cleft. 
 Hurl down wi' crashing rattle ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Craigdarroch. 
 Craigdarrochledalight-arm'dcore, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Craigdarroch so famous for wit, worth, and law ; 
 
 T/ie Whistle. 6. 
 Craigdarroch began with a tongue smooth as oil, . . lb. 7. 
 " Craigdarroch, thou'lt soar when creation shall sink! lb. if. 
 N 
 
 Craigen-Gillan. 
 
 I'm rous'd by Craigen-Gillan ! To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 Craigie [(^:w. c/" craig, the neck, throat]. 
 Leeze me on thy bonie craigie, . . S. Hee balou,\ 
 
 If e'er ye want, or meet with scant, 
 May I ne'er weet my craigie ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 Craigie-burn. 
 Sweet closes the evening on Craigie-burn wood, 
 
 S. Craigie-burn Wood. 
 the pride of the spring in the Craigie-burn wood, . . lb. 
 Sweet fa's the eve on Craigie-burn, S. Sweet fa's the eve\ 
 Craigy [craggy]. 
 
 Beneath a craigy steep, a Bard, Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Craik [the landrail]. 
 Mourn, clamouring craiks at close o' day. 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., 8. 
 The craik amang the clover hay, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Crambo-clink, Crambo-jingle [rhymes]. 
 Amaist as soon as soon as I could spell, 
 I to the crarabo-jingle fell, . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 8. 
 A' ye wha live by crambo-clink. On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Cramm'd. And longer with Politics, not to be cramm'd, 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. Extern. 
 
 Cry the book is wi' heresy cramm'd ; . The Kirk^s Alarm. 
 
 Cran [an iron support on which to rest a pot op kettle 
 
 above the Are, " Cowp the cran," go to wreck 
 
 like a pot when the cran is upset]. 
 
 Gae fa' upo' anither plan. 
 
 Than garren lasses cowp the cran . What ails ye now t 
 
 Crank [the noise of an ungpeased wheel]. 
 
 When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks 
 
 Are my poor Verses ! . Scotch Drink. 18. 
 
 Crankous [fretful, captious, rebellious]. 
 
 This while she's [Scotland's] been in crankous mood, 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer, t6. 
 Cranpeuch [heap frost]. 
 
 And infant frosts begin to bite. 
 
 In hoary cranreuch drest ; . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 To thole the Winter's sleety dribble. 
 
 An' cranreuch cauld ! . , To a Mouse. 
 
 Crap [a crop, harvest ; the top or highest part of a 
 thing. " Craps 0' heather," heather- tops]. 
 
 He lo'es sae weel his craps and kye, 
 
 He has nae love to spare for me : S. In simmer when t 
 
 Till whare ye sit, on craps o* heather, 
 
 Ye tine your dam ; [v. A. 2] 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 And thack and rape secure the toil-won crap ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Crap, to [to crop]. 
 
 Ye grouss that crap the heather bud ; El. on Capt. M. H. 7. 
 Crape. An' Robin's bonnet wave wi' crape Poor Mailie's El. . 
 
 Crash. 
 
 But smash them! crash them a' to spails ! Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Till crash ! the cruel coulter past 
 
 Out thro' thy cell. . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Crashing. 
 
 'Till deep it crashing whelms the cottage in the vale ; 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 crashing ice, borne on the roaring speat. The Brigs of Ayr, 7. 
 Hurl down wi' crashing rattle ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Cravat. 
 
 A ten-shillings hat, a Holland cravat ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Twice a lily flower will be him sark and cravat ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray t 
 Crave. I crave thy friendship at thy kind command ; 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham, s. 
 Three vollies let his mem'ry crave Tam Samson's El., 13. 
 ' Its neither your stot nor your staig I shall crave, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Maxwell, if merit here you crave, 
 That merit I deny : . To Dr. Maxwell. 
 
 Craw [a crow]. 
 And flee o'er the hills like a craw, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 
 Scar'd frae its minnie and the cleckin 
 
 By hoodie-craw ; . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Cpaw [the crow of a cock]. 
 And hail'd the morning with a cheer, 
 
 A cottage-rousing craw. . A Winter Night. 10. 
 
 Their capon craws and queer ha ha's, S, Amang the trees t 
 
Craw 
 
 98 
 
 Grime 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 6, 
 
 Craw, to [to crow]. 
 
 The Gock may craw, the day may daw, S. Willie brew'd^ 
 
 Ye cootie Moorcocks, crousely craw ; T^m Samson's El., 7. 
 
 When day did daw, and cocks did craw, 
 
 S. What Willi do gin f 
 
 Crawl. 
 
 Yet an insect's an insect at most, 
 Tho' it crawl on the curl of a queen. On an empty Fellow. 
 Craze. They've nae sair-wark to craze their banes, 
 
 The Twa Dogs, 2g. 
 
 Craz'd. 
 
 When banes are craz'd, and bluid is thin, Ep. to Davie. 3, 
 The craz'd creations of misguided whim ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Crazy. 
 Tho' now thou's dowie, stiff an' crazy, A Guid New-year \ 2. 
 Yet here to crazy Age we're brought, . Jb. 16. 
 
 We've worn to crazy years thegither ; . . . Ih. 18. 
 Thou man of crazy care and ceaseless sigh, 
 
 Add. s^, by Fontenelle. 
 
 tho' wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfaim, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 crazy, weary, joyless Eild, . . ToJ.S., 13. 
 
 Create. Feel not a want but what yourselves create, 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 
 Creating. 
 
 ere she gave creating labour o'er, Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 Creation. [Damnation] For broken laws. 
 Five thousand years 'fore my creation, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 
 Hangman of creation, . . - Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 
 The craz'd creations of misguided whim ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 An' there began a lang digression 
 
 About the lords o' the creation. 
 
 " Craigdarroch, thou'lt soar when creation shall sink! 
 
 The Whistle. f7- 
 Creative. And look through Nature with creative fire ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Creator. 
 
 The great Creator to revere. 
 
 Must sure become the Creature ; Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 Nae unison hae they, with our Creator's praise. 
 
 The Cotiey^s Sat. Niqht. 13. 
 Together hymning their Creator's praise, . lb. 16. 
 
 Creature. O Thou, who kindly dost provide 
 
 For every creature's want ! A Grace bef. Dinner. 
 Thy creature here before Thee stands, 
 
 All wretched and distrest ; . A Prayer -under Anguish. 
 A creature of another kind, 
 
 Some coarser substance, unrefin'd, . A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 askance the creature eyeing, . .Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 And sees, with self-aj>proving mind, 
 Each creature on his bounty fed. 
 
 Add. to Shade ofThotnson. 
 All Creatures joy in the suns returning, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 The creature grain'd an eldritch laugh, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. 
 
 If man thou wouldst be named. 
 Despise the silly creature. . . . S. Deluded swain \ 
 
 The great Creator to revere, 
 
 Must sure become the Creature ; Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 Alas ! how aft in haughty mood, 
 
 God's creatures they oppress ! . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 Creature, the' oft the prey of care and sorrow, 
 When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 In the make of that wonderful creature, call'd Man, 
 
 Fragment, inscr, to Fox. 
 
 I dote on ev'ry feature 
 
 Of this dear artless creature, S. My Love s a winsome t 
 
 The rustling corn, the fruited thorn, 
 
 And eV'ry happy creature. . . S. Now westlin winds t 
 Glories in his heart humane — 
 
 And creatures for his pleasure slain. On scaring Waterfowl 
 Sleep'st thou, or wak'st thou, fairest creature ? 
 
 S. Sleep'st thou \ 
 
 Thou giv'st the word ; Thy creature, man, 
 
 Is to existence brought ; . . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 The wilfu' creature sae I pat to, . . . The Inventory. 
 All creatures retired to rest. . . ^. The sun he is sunk^ 
 You, a charming lovely creature, 
 
 Wharefore wad ye lie y'er lane ! S. Will ye go and marry\ 
 Now she's left by ilka creature ; . . .lb. 
 
 Credit. 
 
 Look something to your credit ; . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 And ye'U crack your credit wi' mae than me. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks m^y love t 
 But ay keep mind to moop an' mell, 
 
 Wi' sheep o' credit like thysel ! . The Death ofMailie, 
 He'll be a credit till us a', . S. There was a lad\ 
 
 A credit to his country To Mr. M*Adam. 
 
 Creditable. 
 There's monie a creditable stock 
 
 O' decent, honest, fawsont folk, . . The Twa Dogs, 2t. 
 Cree. Along the flowery banks of Cree. S. Here is the glen f 
 Creed. Firm as my creed, Sirs, 'tis my fix'd belief. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 But, thanks to Heav'n, that's no the gate 
 
 We learn our creed. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. zist. 14. 
 There, try his mettle on the creed. 
 And bind him down wi' caution. The Ordination. 3. 
 
 Creel [an osier basket, a pannier. "To have one's 
 senses in a creel," to be under some mental con- 
 fusion or craze]. 
 My senses wad be in a creel, . . To W. Simpson, 3. 
 
 dark in Death's fish-creel . . Tam Samsotis El. 6. 
 Her walie nieves, like midden-creels, S. Willie Wastle^ 
 
 Creep. 
 
 Observe the very nowt an' sheep. 
 
 How dowff an' dowie now they creep ; El on Year if 88. 
 
 When the shades of evening creep 
 O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, 
 
 S. Jockeys tden the parting^ 
 And creep in frae the cauld? . S. Lass, when yr mither^ 
 There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle. To a Louse. 
 Thus, resigned and quiet, creep 
 To the bed of lasting sleep ; . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Creepie-chair [the stool of repentance]. 
 
 When I mount the Creepie-chair, 
 
 Wha will sit beside me there ? S. O wka my babie-clouts t 
 Creeping, -an. 
 
 Ye ugly, creepan, blastet wonner, . . . To a Louse. 
 I gi'e them [sorrow, care] a skelp as they're creeping alang, 
 Wi' a cog o' gude ale, and an auld Scotish sang. 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 Comes hostan, hirplan, owre the field, 
 
 Wi creeping pace. . To/. S., 23. 
 
 A creeping cauld prosaic fog . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Creeshie [greasy]. 
 
 Their sarks, instead o' creeshie flannen, 
 
 Been snaw-white seventeen bunder linnen ! Tam o'Shanter. 13. 
 An' pour your creeshie nations ; . . The Ordination, i. 
 Crept, 
 
 The chilly Frost, beneath the silver beam. 
 Crept, gently-crusting, o'er the glittering stream 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Crest. The crest, an auld crab-apple. 
 
 Rotten at the core. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Down droops her ance weel-bumish't crest. . To W. Creech. 
 But Willie set your fit to mine. 
 
 An' cock your crest, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Crested. Thou green crested lapwing thy screaming- forbear, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Cresting. 
 
 That proudly cock your cresting cairns; El. onCapt. M. H.3. 
 Crew. 
 Cauld Boreas, wi' his boisterous crew, The FHe Cliampetre. 
 A wicked crew syne, on a time, 
 
 Did tak a solemn aith, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 "Even you, ye helpless crew, I ]pity you; 
 '* Ye, whom the seeming good thmksm to pity: TragicFrag.. 
 Crib. For lapfu's large o' gospel kail 
 
 Shall fill thy crib in plenty, , Tlie Ordination, 6. 
 
 Cried V. Cpy*d. 
 
 Criffel [a mountain 1895 feet high, near the mouth 
 of the Nith, overlooking the Solway]. 
 
 The Nith shall rin to Corsincon, 
 
 The Criffel sink in Solway, . S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 
 Crime. 
 To love they thought nae crime, Sir ; S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 To feel the follies, or the crimes, 
 
 Of others, or my own 1 . . . Despondency^ an Ode, 5. 
 
 Mark ruffian Violence, distain'd with crimes ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
Crime 
 
 99 
 
 Crown 
 
 Follies and crimes have stain'd the name 
 
 On Duke ofQtteensbeny. 
 Feels all the bitter horrors of his crime, Remorse, A Frag.. 
 Shall he [the Bard] be guilty of their hireling crimes, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 In days when riding was nae crime . . The Inventory. 
 Loves veriest wretch, despairing, I 
 
 Fain, fain my crime would cover : . S. The last time /f 
 Whose unsubmitting heart was all his crime. Tragic Frag.. 
 A bonie lass, I like her best, 
 And wha a crime dare ca' that ? S. Women's Minds. 
 
 CPimson. 
 
 In all its crimson glory spread, . S. A Rosebud by myf 
 A crimson still diviner ! . . S: Her flowing locks t 
 
 That crimson rose how sweet and fair; S. O bonie ivasyon rosy t 
 Her cheeks are like yon crimson gem, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett II. 
 Trouts bedropp'd wi' crimson hail, Tarn Samson's El., 6. 
 
 But while my crimson currents flow, 
 
 I love my Highland lassie, O. . S. The Highlatid Lassie. 
 
 Mayst thou long, sweet crimson gem, 
 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; . . . To Miss C. 
 
 Crimson-tipped. 
 
 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Cripple. (Nature is adverse to a cripple's rest); To R.G.o/F.. 
 Crippled. 
 
 Late crippled of an arm, and now a leg, . To R.G. of F. 
 Criterion. 
 
 The grand criterion of his fate, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Critic. Your Critic-folk may cock their nose, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 10. 
 I sing : if these mortals, the critics, should bustle, 
 I care not, not I, let the critics go whistle. 
 
 Fragfnent inscr. to Fox. 
 And scorpion Critics cureless venom dart. To R. G. o/F., 3. 
 Critics — appalled, I venture on the name, . . .lb. 
 He heeds or feels no more the ruthless Critic's rage ! . lb. 
 toothy critics by the score. In bloody raw ! . To W. Creech. 
 And self-conceited critic skellum His quill may draw ; . lb. 
 CriticaL Conceal yoursel as weel's ye can 
 
 Frae critical dissection ; Ep. to Young Friend, s- 
 Croehallan, To Crochallan came The old cock'd hat, 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 As I cam by Crochallan 
 
 I cannily keekit ben, . 6". Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 
 Crock [an old ewe that has ceased bearing]. 
 
 Or wha will tent the waifs and crocks, 
 
 About the dykes. . . The Twa Herds. 
 Crony, -ie. 
 
 Ay free, aff han', your story tell,' 
 
 When wi' a bosom crony ; . Ep. to Young Friend, j. 
 
 His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; . Tam o' Shanter. jr. 
 "My name is Fun— your cronie dear, The Holy Fair. ^. 
 
 Crood [to coo as a dove]. 
 
 While thro' the braes the cushat croods 
 
 With wailfu' cry ! To W. Simpson. 
 
 Crooded [cooed], 
 
 A cushat crooded o'er me, . . One night as I ^ 
 
 Crook. Do but try to develope his hooks and his crooks : 
 Crooked. ■ Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Then, straught or crooked, yird or nane, 
 They roar an' cry a' throw'ther ; . . Halloween. 
 
 Croon [a hollow continued moan]. 
 Ye fright the nightly wand'rer's way, 
 
 Wi' eldritch croon, . . Add. to the Deil.s. 
 The melancholious, lazy croon 
 
 O' cankrie care. Ep. to Major Logan. 4. 
 
 The Deil, or else an outler Quey, 
 
 Gat up an' gae a croon : ... Halloween. 26. 
 
 Come, join the melancholious croon 
 
 O' Robin's reed ! Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 Croon, to [to emit a low, hollow, continued sound]. 
 
 Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlan tow, 
 Begins to jow an' croon : . . . The Holy Fair. s6. 
 Croon'd [hummed]. He croon'd his gamut, one, two, three, 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Crooning [humming a tune]. 
 
 Yet crooning to a body's sel, 
 
 Does wee! eneugh. Ep. to J. L — K, Apt ist. 8. 
 Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet; Tam 0' Shanter. g. 
 
 Croose v. Crouse. 
 Cross [across]. 
 
 But when Divinity comes cross me, 
 
 My readers then are sure to lose me. A Ded. to G. i/., //, 
 By this time he was cross the ford, . Tam o' Shanter. 10. 
 
 Cross. And that we'll tell them at the cross, 
 
 S. Carl, an the King come. 
 The losses,_the crosses. 
 
 That active man engage ; . Despondency, an Ode.S- 
 
 Tho* losses, and crosses, 
 
 Be lessons right severe, . . Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 
 May losses and crosses 
 Ne'er at your hallen ca'. . The A ns. to the Guidwife. 
 Cross, to. An somebodie were come again, 
 
 Then somebodie maun cross the main, 
 
 S. Carl, an the King come. 
 
 And ilk loyal, bonie lad 
 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. 
 
 S. Frae the friends t 
 
 , S. Itwas a for\ 
 
 Tam 0' Shanter. iS. 
 
 I maun cross the main, My dear, . 
 A running stream they dare na cross. 
 Than a' the pride that loads the tide, 
 
 And crosses o'er the sultry line ; . lS". The day returns t 
 And I maun cross the raging sea; . S. The Highland Lassie. 
 I'll cross him, and wrack him, until I heartbreak him, 
 
 S. What can a Young Lassie t 
 Cross'd, Crost. 
 And hast thou crost that unknown river, ' 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. IS. 
 Where words ne'er crost the muse's heckles, 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker. 
 A bonier fleesh ne'er cross'd the clips . Poor Mailie's El. 
 They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, 
 
 Tatn 0' Shanter. is. 
 Crouch. 
 An when the new light billies see them, 
 
 I think they'll crouch ! To W. Simpson, P.S. 12. 
 Crouchie [crook-backed]. 
 
 Or crouchie Merran Humphie, . . Halloween. 20. 
 
 Crouching. The crouching vassal to the tyrant wife, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Crouse, Croose [brisk, lively, gleeful, bold]. 
 
 Young-Guidmen, fond, keen, an' crouse ; Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 
 Now they're crouse and canty baith I 5. Duncan Grayf 
 
 The cantie, auld folks, crackan crouse, . The Twa Dogs. so. 
 
 at times when I grow crouse, . . What ails ye now t 
 
 Crousely [gleefully, with spirit]. 
 
 Ye cootie Moorcocks, crousely craw ; Tam Samsons EL, 7. 
 Crowd, Croud. 
 Who, noteless, steals the crouds among, A Bard^s EpiU 
 
 But Oh ! what crouds in ev'ry land, 
 
 All wretched and forlorn, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 In chase o' thee, what crouds hae swerv'd 
 Frae common sense, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Their jugglin' hocus-pocus arts 
 
 To cheat the crowd. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 In spite o' crowds, in spite o' mobs, . . .lb. 
 
 Crowd, to. 
 
 Crowd thick on fancy's wondering eye. On Lincluden Castle. 
 Crouded. An' how they crouded to the yiU, 
 
 When they were a' dismist : The Holy Fair. 23. 
 Crouding. 
 
 Still crouding thoughts, a pensive train, A Winter Night. 6. 
 Crowdie [meal and water, or meal and milk, stirred 
 together in a cold state ; food of the porridge 
 kind in general]. 
 
 An' they cry crowdie ever mair. . S. O that I had ne'er\ 
 Ance crowdie, twice crowdie, 
 
 Three times crowdie in a day ; 
 Gin ye crowdie ony naair, 
 
 Ye'U crowdie a' my meal away. . lb. 
 
 My sister Kate cam up the gate 
 
 Wi' crowdie unto me, man ; S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Crowdie-time [breakfast-time]. 
 
 Then I gaed hame at crowdie-time, . Tlie Holy Fair. 6. 
 
 Crowlan [crawling]. 
 
 Ha ! whare ye gaun, ye crowlan ferlie ! . To a Louse. 
 
 Crown. 
 
 " The worm that gnaws my bonie trees, 
 
 " That Reptile wears a Ducal crown I " As on the banks f 
 Our ancient crown's fa'n in the dust : S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
Crown 
 
 100 
 
 Cry 
 
 Now life is a burden that bows rae down, 
 
 Since I tint my bairns, and he [Jamie] tint his crown, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 
 He bad a blue bonnet that wanted the crown ; 
 
 S. Cock np your beaver. 
 
 'Twas nothing would serve him but Satan's own crown ; 
 Thy fool's head, quoth Satan, that crown shall wear never, 
 
 Epig. on — . 
 And for your lawful King his crown, S. Highland Laddie. 
 The monarch may forget the crown 
 
 That on his head an hour has been ; Lam. for Glencaim. 
 Ambition would disown 
 
 The world's imperial crown, . . S. Mark yonder pomp \ 
 But see you the Crown how it waves in the air, 
 
 S. No Churchman am /t 
 The brightest jewel in my crown, 
 
 Wad be my queen, wad be my queen. S. O weri thou in the t 
 Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, 
 A virtuous Populace may rise the while, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 Than kingly robes, than crowns and globes, 
 
 S. The day returns t 
 Here shall the shepherd make his seat, 
 
 To weave his crown of flowers ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 For this the watchman cracked his crown, 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 Crown, to. 
 Let her crown my love her law, . . S. Louis what reck t 
 The milder sun and bluer sky 
 
 That crown my harvest cares wi' joy,- . . S. O Phely^ t 
 To crown your happiness he asks your leave, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 The sole reward that crowns my pain. S. The capt. Ribband, 
 But now the Supper crowns their simple board. 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night. 11. 
 Thro' a long life his hopes and wishes crown ; 
 
 To R. G. ofF., g. 
 Did warlike laurels crown my brow, S. When first I saw t 
 Crown 'd. 
 The hoary cliffs are crown 'd wi' flowers, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 with days and honors crown'd, . Sketch. New- Yr's Day. 
 His hoary head with water-lilies crown'd, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Then, crown'd with flow'ry hay, came Rural Joy, . lb. 
 Last, white-rob'd Peace, crown'd with a hazle wreath, . lb. 
 Crowning, 
 Domestic peace and comfort crowning 
 
 The hail design. . Friend ofthepoeti 
 
 My dismal months no joys are crowning, 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 
 Cruel. 
 
 By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow? . A Winter Night, g. 
 " Man ! cruel Man ! " the Genius sigh'd, As on the banks \ 
 
 mem'ry, spare the cruel throes 
 
 Within my bosom swelling : S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 By cruel hands the sapling drops, . -S. Fate gave the word, t 
 The cruel powers reject the prayer . . Fragment. 
 
 The cruel fates between us throw 
 
 A boundless ocean's roar ; . . S. From thee, Eliza, t 
 And bann'd the cruel randy, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 'Gainst fortunes fell cruel decree S. Here's a health to ane t 
 How cruel are the parents 
 
 Who riches only prize, . . . S. Hotv cruel are t 
 
 But now has come a cruel blast, . LaTn.for Glencaim. 
 
 I've seen th' oppressor's cruel smile, Lns. wr. on Bank Note. 
 Avaunt, away! the cruel sway, . S. Now wesilin winds f 
 The bird that charm'd his summer day, 
 Is now the cruel fowler's prey; . S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart ! 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 And heal her cruel wounds. . On Birth ofPosih. Child. 
 
 And throw on poverty his [Oppression's] cruel eyes ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 1 mark'd the cruel hawk 
 
 Caught in a snare ; . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Cruel, cruel to deceive me ! . S. Stay my chartner f 
 
 Cruel charmer, can you go I \re.'\ . . .lb. 
 
 What ties cruel Fate in my bosom has torn. 
 
 S. The lazy mist \ 
 Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord, ■ S, The lovely lass ofl.^ 
 
 The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 Tho' cruel fate should bid us part, . . S. Tho' cruel fate \ 
 Till crash ! the cruel coulter past 
 
 Out thro' thy cell. . . . To a Mouse. 
 Thy cruel, woe-delighted train, . . . .To Ruin. 
 For pity, hide the cruel sentence 
 Under friendship's kind disguise. 
 
 S. Turn again, thoufair\ 
 Why, why wouldst thou, cruel, 
 
 Wake thy lover from his dream ? S. Why, why tell thy t 
 she, my cruel, scornfu' Fair, , . S. Young Jamie^ 
 
 Cruelly. 
 Is this thy plighted, fond regard 
 Thus cruelly to part, my Katy ? . S. Canst thou leave mei 
 Cruelty. 
 Sure Thou, Almighty, canst not act 
 
 From cruelty or wrath ! . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 If not, why am I subject to 
 
 His cruelty, or scorn ? . . Man was made to Mourn, 
 And cruelty directs the thickening blows ; . The Vowels. 
 Crumbling. 
 Ye holy walls, that, still sublime. 
 
 Resist the crumbling touch of time ; On Lincluden Castle. 
 Crummie [a cow with crooked horns]. 
 
 Like scrapin' out auld Crummie's nicks, To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Crummock [a staif with a crooked head]. 
 
 Until you on a crummock driddle 
 
 A gray hair'd carl. . Ep. to Maj. LogoM. 3. 
 Lowping and flinging on a crummock. Tarn d Shanter. 14. 
 Crump [crisp]. 
 
 An' farls, bak'd wi' butter, Fu' crump . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 Crunt [a blow on the head with a cudgel]. 
 An' monie a fallow gat his licks, 
 
 Wi' hearty crunt ; . To W.'Simpson, P.S. 
 Crush. Whiles owre a bush wi' downward crush. 
 
 The doited beastie stammers ; On W. Chalmers. 
 Crush, to. To crush the villain in the dust : 
 
 Lns. wr. on Back of Bank Nate. 
 For I maun crush amang the stoure 
 
 Thy slender stem : To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Crush the locusts, save the flower. 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Crushed, -'d, -'t. 
 The Wretch, already crushed low 
 
 By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow? A Winter Night, g. 
 To tell the truth, they [poverty and care] seldom fash't him, 
 Except the moment that they crush't him ; 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 For he crush'd him between two stones. John Barleycorn. 
 The infant aith, half-form'd, was crush't; The Vision. D. L 8. 
 Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, 
 
 Shall be thy doom ! To a Mountain-Daisy, 
 Crushing, -an. 
 Crushing the despot's proudest bearing, . . Liberty. 
 
 Triumphant crushan't like a muscle 
 
 Tlie Authof^s Cry and Prayer, 
 Crust. I gae him some pye, and he lay'd the crust by, 
 
 5". The Auld Man^ 
 Crusted. 
 
 Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; Taftt d Shanter. 11. 
 Crusting. Crept, gently-crusting, o'er the glittering stream. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 Cry. 
 
 Their pounces were murder, and terror their cry, ^, Caledonia. 
 In all the clam'rous cry of starving want, Ep. to R, Graham.^. 
 Your blood shall with incessant cry 
 
 Awake at last th' unsparing power. Fragment of Ode. 
 
 L — d hear my earnest cry an' pray'r, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 13. 
 The Sportsman s joy, the murd'ring cry, 
 
 S. Now westlin wituis t 
 The widow's tears, the orphan's cry ! S. O. Logan! sweetly i 
 And stifle, dark, the feebly-bursting cry: 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 The helpless poor mix with the orphan s cry ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. I4' 
 While thro' the braes th« -cushat croods 
 
 With wailfu' cry ! . . To W, Simpson. 
 
Cry 
 
 101 
 
 Cure 
 
 Cpy, to. 
 Tho' rigid Law cries out, 'twas just ! Add. to Edinburgh. 6, 
 Amang the reeds the ducklings cry, S. Again rejoic. Nature^ 
 Wha in a brulzie, will first cry a parley? 
 
 iS". Bannocks o' bear meali 
 While flitting sea-fowls round me cry, S. Behold the hour\ 
 Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry. 
 
 S. Cojnin* ihro" the rye t 
 Whilst I here, must cry here, 
 
 At perfidy ingrate ! . Despondency ^ an Ode. 4. 
 
 An' cry till ye be haerse an* rupit ; . El. on Year ij88. 
 
 Nay, even the yirth itsel' does cry, . , lb. 
 
 An' the wee powt's begun to cry, . Ep, to J, R. 11. 
 
 " In his flesh there's a famine," 
 
 A starv'd reptile cries : . Epit. on Walter S.. 
 
 They roar an' cry a' throw'ther ; . Halloween. 
 
 An' they cry crowdie ever mair. . S. O that I had ne^er t 
 
 wha will tent me when I cry ? S. O wha my habie-cloiits \ 
 Such thy morn ! did I cry, . 6". Phillis the Fair. 
 The voice of nature loudly cries, 
 
 That something in us never dies : Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Wharc ghaists and houlets nightly cry^ . Tant 0' Shanier. g. 
 ' Na, waur than a' ! ' cries ilka chiel, 
 
 ' Tam Samson's dead! ' Tatn Savtson's El.. 
 And ilka wife cries, auld Mahoun, 
 
 I wish you luck o' the prize, man. S. Tlie deilcantfiddli^\ 
 That I might greet, that I might cry, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 One and all cry out, amen ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Cry the book is wi' heresy cramm'd ; . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Sweet lassie dinna cry, S, The Lass that made tlie bed. 
 
 For e'en and morn she cries, alas ! . . S. The lovely lass^ 
 We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills 
 
 To help, or roose us, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 But still the mair I'm that way bent, 
 
 Something cries, " Hoolie ! . To J. S., 7. 
 
 An' then cry zeal for gospel laws, 
 
 Like some we ken. . To Eev. /. M'Math. 
 
 Cpy'd, Cried, 
 Wi' kindling eyes cry'd, ' Willie, rise ! . A Fragment. 8. 
 
 Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death, . Epit. on JV.. 
 An' she cry'd, L — d preserve her! . . . Halloween. 22. 
 My true love ! she cried, — and sunk down by his side, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door,^ 
 With accents wild and lifted arms she cried ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 ' L — d, five I * he cry'd, an' owre did stagger ; 
 
 Tant Samson^s El., 11. 
 
 1 lap and cry'd fu' loud. ... To Mr. M^Adavt. 
 But ay she sigh'd and cry'd, "Alas ! 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Auld Clinkum at the Inner port 
 
 Cry'd three times, "Robin ! " What ails ye now t 
 But the houlet cry'd frae the Castle wa', 
 
 S. What will I do gin t 
 She sank within my arms, and cried, 
 Art thou my ain dear Willie 7 . S. When wild Way's t 
 
 Crying. 
 
 Here's crying out for bakes an' gills, . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 
 D'ye think, said I, this face was made for crying? 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontetielle. 
 Crystal. Beside his crystal well ! . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 
 Crystal Devon, winding Devon, [re.l . S. Fairest inaid\ 
 
 Now Phoebus chears the crystal streams. 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 And drink my crystal tide. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 And Eden scenes on crystal Jed, . To W. Creech. 
 
 And glitter o'er the crystal streams . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Cub. My voice, a lioness that mourns 
 
 Her darling cub's undoing ! The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 S. Naebody. 
 S. Willie brew'd\ 
 
 Cuckold. I'll tak Cuckold frae nane, 
 
 I'll gie Cuckold to naebody. 
 Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
 A cuckold coward loun is he ! 
 
 Cuddle [embrace, fondle]. 
 
 O a' the lang night I cuddle my kimmer, 
 
 S. O merry hae I been \ 
 
 Till bairns' bairns kindly cuddle _ 
 
 Your auld gray hairs. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Cuddled [fondled]. 
 I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose, 
 And cuddled me late and early, O; S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 Cuddy. 
 
 The Cooper o' cuddy cam here awa ; S. The Cooper d cuddy t 
 Cudgel. 
 The cudgel in my nieve did shake, . Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 
 The pedant swung his felon cudgel round, . The Vowels. 
 CudgeU*d. 
 
 And cudgell'd him full sore ; . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Cuff'd. 
 
 How huffd, an' cuff'd, an' disrespeket! The Twa Dogs. 12. 
 Cuif ». Coof. 
 Cuist V. Coost. 
 Cukoo. " God save the King " *s a cukoo sang 
 
 That's unco easy said ay : . .A Dream, z. 
 
 Cull. And flowers let us cull for Eliza's cold bier. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 CuUoden. 
 My Donald and his Country fell, 
 Upon Culloden's field, S. The High. Widow's Lament. 
 Cumbrous. Princes whose cumb'rous pride was all their worth, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Amid their cumbrous, dinsome joys ; 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 What is a lordling's pomp t a cumbrous load, 
 
 Th& Cotters Sat, Night, zg. 
 Cummins. Where Cummins once had high command: 
 
 S. The Banks ofNith. 
 
 Cummock [a short staff with a crooked head]. 
 To tremble under Fortune's cummock. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Cumnock. The rising Moon began to glowr 
 
 The distant Cumnock hills out-owre ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Cunning. But gin ye be crafty, I am cunning, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 But mete his cunning by the old Scots ell ; . . Sketch. 
 By human pride or cunning driv'n 
 
 To Mis'ry's brink, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Cunningham [the northern district of Ayrshire]. 
 Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham fair ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. II. 
 Cup. Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear : El. on Capt. M. H, 12. 
 And pours her [pleasure's] cup luxuriant ; Innocence^ 
 
 There's death in the cup — sae beware ! Inscrip. on Goblet. 
 We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, S. S hid auld acquaintance t 
 And still I can join in a cup and a song ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 She put the cup to her rosy lip, 
 
 S, The Lass that made tlie bed. 
 Whyles, owre the wee bit cup an' platie, 
 
 They sip the scandal-potion pretty ; . The Tina Dogs. 33. 
 If mantling high she fills the golden cup. To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 Let Prudence bless Enjoyment's cup, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Cupar. 
 Donald Brodie met a lass 
 Coming o'er the braes o' Cupar [re.} . S. Donald Brodie t 
 
 Cupid. 
 
 But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft. 
 That play'd a Dame a shavie The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Cur. O let us not,_ like snarling curs. 
 
 In wrangling be divided, . S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 And that fell cur ca'd common sense, 
 
 That bites sae sair, . The Twa Herds, 16. 
 
 For half-starved snarling curs a dainty feast ; 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 6. 
 Curch [a covering for the head, a kerchief]. 
 Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean, 
 
 S. A ' the lads d Tliorttie-bank t 
 I tint my curch and baith my shoon, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Curchie [curtsey]. 
 
 An' wi' a curchie low did stoop, . . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 Cure, a big-bellied bottle's a cure for all care. 
 
 S. No Churchman am /f 
 What throes, what tortures passing cure, 
 Were in my bosom swelling : . . S. The last time 1 1 
 Cure, to. That wound degenerate ages cannot cure. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 A woe that no mortal can cure. . S. The winter it is past t 
 
Cur'd 
 
 102 
 
 Cut-throat 
 
 Cup'd. Would'st thou be cur'd, thou silly, moping elf, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelh: 
 
 Cureless. 
 
 And scorpion Critics cureless venom dart. To R. G. o/F.,3. 
 CuPious. Told him, I came to feast my curious eyes ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 ■Blush at the curious stranger peeping in ; . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 Half-jest, she [Nature] tried one curious labour more. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 knit with curious tracery, . On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, Tarn d Shanter.iz. 
 My savage journey, curious, I pursue, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Cupl. 
 Yet an insect's an insect at most, 
 
 Tho' it crawl on the curl of a queen. On an empty Fellow. 
 
 His gawsie tail, wi' upward curl, . The Twa Dogs. 3. 
 
 Curled. And curled as the wintry wave. As on the banks t 
 
 Curler. 
 
 When to the loughs the Curlers flock, Tain Samson's El. 
 
 The Curlers quat their roaring play, The Vision. D. I.^ i. 
 
 Curlew. 
 
 Ye curlews calling thro' a clud ; . El. on Capt. M. H. 7. 
 Curlie [curly-headed]. 
 
 his wee, curlie John's ier-oe, . . A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 Curling. And peacefu' raise its ingle reek. 
 
 That slowly curling clamb the hill. As on the banks + 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 That shades the mountain-side at e'en, S. On Cessnock banks f 
 Curmurring [murmuring, a slight rumbling noise]. 
 
 Or some curmurring in his guts, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 Curpan, Curple [the crupper, the buttocks]. 
 An' haurls at his curpan ; , . . Halloween. 18. 
 
 Douse hingin o'er ray curple, . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Current. Kind Nature's care had given his share. 
 
 Large, of the flaming current ; Natures Law. 
 Reflected beams dwell in the streams, 
 
 Or down the current shatter ; . The Fete Champetre. 
 But while my crimson currents flow, 
 I love my Highland Lassie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 Curry. And [Devils] gie their hides a noble Curry, 
 
 Wi' oil of aik. . . Adam A — '5 Prayer. 
 Curse. 
 My curse upon your venom'd stang. Add. to Toothache. 
 
 The whigs cam o'er us for a curse, 6", Awa, ivhigs, awa. 
 
 The vices also, must they club their curse? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, 
 
 Ep, to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 Baited with many a deadly curse ? Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Inhuman man 1 curse on thy barb'rous art. 
 
 On Seeing wounded Hare. 
 Curse on his perjur'd arts ! dissembling smooth ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 And Thurlow growl a curse of woe, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 My curse upon them every one, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 But Heaven's curse will blast the man 
 
 Denies the bairn he got ; The Ruined Maid^s Lament. 
 
 My curse upon your whunstane hearts. 
 
 Ye Enbrugh Gentry ! . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd. 
 And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. 
 
 Wr. under Port, of Fergusson. 
 Curse, to. An' curse your folly sairly . . A Dream^ 10. 
 Curse thou his basket and his store. 
 
 Kail an' potatoes. Holy Willie^ s Prayer, 12. 
 And curse the ruflian's aim, and mourn thy hapless fate. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 And, agonising, curse the time and place 
 When ye begat the base, degen'rate race t 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Ane curses feet that fyl'd his shins, . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear. The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 Now maddening, wild, I curse that fatal night ; To Clarinda. 
 And hear him curse the light he first surveyed, 
 And doubly curse the luckless rhyming trade. To R. G. ofF.. 
 Cursed, -'d. Curst. 
 The bleezan, curst, mischievous monkeys Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 An' play'd on man a cursed brogue, . lb. 16. 
 
 Be Anarchy curs'd, and be Tyranny damn'd ; 
 
 At Meet. qfD. Volunteers. 
 
 To a Louse. 
 
 To J. 6"., ig. 
 
 . To Mary. 
 
 For now I'm grown sae cursed douse, Auldcomrade dearf 
 wi' his art ' And cursed skill. Death and Dr. Hornbook, /j. 
 But hanker, and canker. 
 
 To see their cursed pride. . . Ep. to Davie. /.— 
 
 But your curst wit, when it comes near it, 
 
 Rives't aff their back. , . Ep. to J. R., 3. 
 The witching cursed delicious blinkers Ep. to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 Wae worth thy power, thou cursed leaf, 
 
 Z-Mj, back of Bank Note. 
 Unaided through thy curs'd restriction ; . . . lb. 
 that curst carmagnole auld Satan, . . . Poem on Life. 
 Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise, . Scotch Drink, zo. 
 E'er sin' they laid that curst restriction 
 
 On Aquavitae ; The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 But, cursed lot! the gates were shut, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 An' bid him burn this cursed tether. The Death ofMailie. 
 Curs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life. 
 The crouching vassal to the tyrant wife. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Curst Common-sense, that imp o' hell, . The Ordination, a. 
 Wi' ev'n down want o' wark are curst. The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 curst Venetian b-res an' ch-ncres [v. A. 13]. . lb. 23. 
 
 But comes frae 'mang that cursed set, 
 
 I winna name, . The Twa Herds. 11. 
 
 And that curs'd rascal ca'd M'[Quha]e, . . lb. iz. 
 
 Ye little ken what cursed speed 
 
 The blastie's makin ! 
 Till curst with Age, obscure an' starvin. 
 
 They aften groan. 
 And curst be the cause that shall part us ! 
 Cursedly. 
 But never honest man's intent, 
 As cursedly miscarry' d. • . S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 Cursing. 
 
 Here cur-sing, swearing Burton lies, Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 Cur'st. Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief 
 
 Of Moses and his rod ; . Lns on Mrs, Kemble. 
 Curtain. 
 
 Downy Sleep, the curtain draw ; ^S*. Musing on the roaring^ 
 The curtain draws of Nature's rest, . S. Now rosy May t 
 Till Fate the curtain drops on worlds to be no more. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Curtain-lecture. 
 Who dreads a curtain-lecture worse than hell. 
 
 The Henpecked Httsband. 
 Curtis CCapt. Curtis, who destroyed the Spanish 
 floating batteries during the siege of Gibraltar]. 
 I lastly was with Curtis among the floating batt'ries 
 
 The Jolly Beggars^ S. I. 
 Cushat [the wood-pigeon]. 
 
 Mourn, ilka grove the cushat kens ; El. on Capt. M. H. 4. 
 Thro' lofty groves, the Cushat roves. 
 
 The path of man to shun it ; . S. Now westlin winds t 
 A cushat crooded o'er me, . . . One night as If 
 On lofity aiks the cushats wail, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 While thro' the braes the cushat croods 
 
 With wailfu' cry! . . To W. Simpson. 
 Custock [pith of a kale or cole-wort stalk]. 
 An' gif the custock's sweet or sour, 
 Wi' joctelegs they taste them ; , ' Halloween, j". 
 
 Cut. Forbye, he'll shape you aff'fu' gleg 
 
 The cut of Adam s philibeg ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Cut, to. And cut him by the knee ; John Barleycorn. 
 
 But lon^ ere night cut down it lies 
 
 All wither'd and decay 'd. . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 King Loui' thought to cut it down, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Cut aff his head and a', man lb. 
 
 An' cut you up wi' ready slight, . To a Haggis. 
 
 For one [dart] has cut my dearest tye, 
 
 And quivers in my heart. . , To Ruin. 
 
 " To cut it aff, an' whatfore no, 
 
 " Your dearest membe What ails ye no7v t 
 Cutted. A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, Tam o' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Cut-throat. 
 
 How cut-throat Prussian blades were hingin ; 
 
 Kind Sir, Vve read\ 
 Those [critics] cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame : 
 
 To R. G, afF., 4' 
 
Cutty 
 
 103 
 
 Dale, Dail 
 
 Cutty [short ; *' Cutty-sark," a short shift]. 
 Her cutty sark, o' Paisley ham, . . Tam o' Skanter. ij. 
 And roars out, " Weel done, Cutty-sark! " . . Id. i6. 
 Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, . . . lb. ig. 
 
 Cutty-stool [a low stool ; stool of repentance]. 
 
 Ill har'sts, daft bargains, cutty-stools. Add. to Tootkache. 
 Cyclopean. 
 Hieh-wav'd his magnum-bonum round 
 With Cyclopean fury. . . The Election. Ballads. VI. 
 Cynthia. Now looking over iirth and fauld, 
 
 Her horn the pale-faced Cynthia rear'd ; [v. A. 20] 
 
 A Vision, 
 When Cynthia lights, wi' silver ray, 
 The weary shearer's hameward way, 
 
 .S". Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 Cynthia's car, o' silver fu', . . The Fete Champetre. 
 Till Cynthia hinted he'd see them next morn. The Whistle.13, 
 Dad. May he be dad, and Meg the mitber. 
 
 Just five and forty years thegither ! Auld comrade dear\ 
 To meet their Dad, wi' fiichterin noise and glee. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 How graceless Ham leugh at his Dad, . The Ordination, 4. 
 Daddy, Daddie, Dadie [dim. of Dad, father]. 
 Or if I blush when thou shalt ca' me 
 
 Tit-ta or daddy. . Add. to IlUgit. Child, 
 An' [inherit] thy poor worthless daddy's spirit, 
 
 Without his failins, lb. 
 
 Altho' his daddie was nae laird, S, Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 Thou now has got thy Daddy's chair, El. on Year I'jSS. 
 
 How daddie Burke the plea was cookin, Kind Sir, Tve read\ 
 Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice ; S. O Tibbie t I hae \ 
 The rantin dog, the daddie o't. [>i?.] 
 
 S. O "wka viy babie-clouts t 
 And mak thee a man like thy daddie dear. 
 
 S. O whare did ye get\ 
 At his daddie's yett, 
 
 Wha met me but Robin. S. Robin skure in hairst. 
 
 My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him, 
 
 He'll gie me gude hunder marks ten : . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 The deuks dang o'er my daddie, O ! S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 She stares the daddy in her face, . . . The Inventory. 
 Some one of a troop of Dragoons was my dadie, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 We'll bowse about till Dadie Care 
 
 Sing whistle owre the lave o't lb. S. V. 
 
 And Susie whase daddy was laird o' the Ha' ; 
 
 *S". There's a youih\ 
 And my daddie has nought but a cot-house and yard : 
 
 S. There's auld Rob. M. t 
 I care na thy daddie, his lands and his money, 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 Should think they better were infonn'd. 
 
 Than their auld dadies. To W, Simpson^ P.S.. 
 My daddie sign'd my tocher band, S. Where Cart rins \ 
 
 Daddy Auld [Father Auld, the parish clergyman of 
 Mauchline, by whom Burns was rebuked]. 
 
 Daddy Auld, Daddy Auld, there's a tod in the fauld, . 
 
 The Kirk's Alann. 
 I did na suffer ha'f sae much 
 
 Frae Daddie Auld. . . What ails ye funv t 
 Daer [Basil Wm., Lord Daer, son of the Earl of Sel- 
 kirk, met by Burns at Prof. D. Stewart's villa]. 
 
 Nae honest worthy man need care, 
 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, On dining with Daer. 
 Daez*t [stupefied]. 
 
 Whyles daez't wi' love, whyles daez't wi' drink. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 I've seen me daez't upon a time ; . Therms naethin like t 
 Daffin [merriment, foolishness]. 
 
 Ne'er a fellow-creature slight 
 For random fits o' daffin. Add, to Unco Guid. Mott, 
 
 " To spend an hour in daffin : . . The Holy Fair, 3. 
 
 For towsing a lass i' my daffin. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 Until wi' daffin weary grown, - 
 
 Upon a knowe they sat them down. [v.A.i] The Twa Dogs, 
 Daft [mad, foolish, giddy, frolicsome]. 
 
 So Sir, you see 'twas nae daft vapour, A Ded. to G. H., 12. 
 
 Ill har'sts, daft bargains, cutty stools, . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Till daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 In gore a shoe-thick ; . . lb. 
 
 If that daft buckie, Geordie W[ale]s, ,^. ^ ^ . , 
 
 Was threshin still at hizzies tails, . Kind Sir, Ive read t 
 
 Bright wines and bonnie lasses rare, 
 
 To put us daft ; . . Poem on Life. 
 
 B^t what could ye other expect 
 
 Of ane that's avowedly daft? The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 He hirpl'd up an' lap like daft, . . . lb. R. VII. 
 Their tricks an' craft hae put me daft, . . lb. S. VII. 
 Or maybe, in a frolic daft, 
 To Hague or Calais takes a waft, . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 Dafter, 
 
 The chiel that's a fool for himsel, 
 Guid L— d, he's far dafter than I. The Jolly Beggars. S\III. 
 
 Dagger. 
 
 When at his heart he felt the dagger. 
 
 He reel'd his wonted bottle-swagger. Tarn Samson's El., 11. 
 Dalls [deals or planks]^ 
 
 Some carryan dails, some chairs an' stools, The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Daily. 
 
 There daily I wander as noon rises high, S. Afton Water. 
 
 Tho' a' my daily care thou art, . . S. Ah, Chloris,\ 
 
 In ploughman phrase ' God send you speed,' 
 Still daily to grow wiser ; . Ep. to Young Friend, 11. 
 
 We're fit to win our daily bread, . . Ep. to Davie, 2. 
 
 I make indeed my daily bread, S. My father was afarjner\ 
 
 But as daily bread is all I need, . . lb. 
 
 But monie daily weet their weason 
 
 Wi' liquors nice, . . Scotch Drink. 14. 
 
 We'll daily pray, we'll nightly pray, 
 On bended knees most fervently, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Daimen-icker [an occasional ear of corn]. 
 
 A daimen-icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request : To a Mouse. 
 Dainty [agreeable, pleasant, nice; worthy]. 
 
 Ye royal Lasses dainty, ..... A Dream. 14. 
 
 I wat she is a dainty Chuckie \S. A' the lads 0' Thornie-bank t 
 At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer. Impromptu. 
 My ain dear, dainty Davie. . . S. Now rosy May t 
 
 Ye'U find him ay a dainty chiel 
 
 An' fou o' glee : On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Thou art a dainty chield, O Grose! On Grose' s Peregrinations. 
 Haud tae the Muse, my dainty Davie ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Ye dainty Deacons, an' ye douce Conveeners, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 An' shor'd them Dainty Davie 
 
 O' boot that night. The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Had at the time some dainty fair one, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Ye glaiket, gleesome, dainty damies, . . lb. 
 
 I wat she is a dainty chuckie. As e'er tread clay ! . . lb. 
 Forhalf-starved snarling curs a dainty feast; ToR. G. ofF.,6. 
 
 Dainty [a delicacy, tid-bit, rarity]. 
 
 No gi'en by way o' dainty 
 
 But ilka day. . . The Ordination, 6. 
 
 Daisy, Daisle. 
 An' thy auld hide as white's a daisie, A Guid New Year 1 2. 
 The daisy amus'd my fond fancy,. 
 
 So artless, so simple, so wild ; S. Adown winding Nith^ 
 And when the lark, 'tween light and dark, 
 
 Blythe waukens by the daisy's side, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 In days when Daisies deck the ground, Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 
 And spreads her sheets o' daisies white 
 
 Out o'er the grassy lea : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The daisy for simplicity, and unaffected air, S. The Posie. 
 Yet all beneath th' unrivall'd Rose, 
 
 "The lowly Daisy sweetly blows ; The Vision. D. II. 20. 
 Ev'n thou who moum'st the Daisy's fate, 
 
 That fate is thine— no distant date ; To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Dale, Dail. 
 
 An' thro' the flowery dale; . . S. As down t/ie bitm \ 
 The Game shall Pay owre moor an' dail, 
 
 For this, niest year. Ep. to J. R. JO. 
 
 There liv'd a lass in yonder dale, Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 See 5^ou not ^on hills and dales 
 
 The sun shines on sae brawlie ? . .S". My Collier Laddie. 
 How sweetly wind thy sloping dales, S. The Banks ofNitk. 
 O'er hill and dale she [Mirth] flew, man ; 
 
 S. The FSte Champetre. 
 Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, S. The gloomy night \ 
 Nae mair thou'lt rowte out-owre the dale, The Ordination. 6. 
 
Dale 
 
 104 
 
 Danced 
 
 And wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale, 
 
 S. The small birds ^ 
 His voice was heard thro' muir and dale, 77« Twa Herds. 7. 
 O'er many a winding dale and painful steep, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Dalerarnock [an old parish in Dumfpies-shipe, now 
 fncoFpOFated with Closeburn Parish]. 
 I gaed to the tryste o* Dalgarnock, 
 And wha but my fine fickle lover was there ,■ 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer i 
 
 Dalrymple. 
 
 Dalrymple has been lang our fae, Tke Twa Herds. 12. 
 
 Shaw's and Dalrymple's eloquence, ... lb. if. 
 
 ' D'rymple mild, D'rymple mild, tho' your heart's like a child, 
 
 And your life like the new driven snaw, The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Dam [a mole across a stream]. 
 
 Sweeps dams, an' mills, an' brigs, a* to the gate ; 
 
 Tlie Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Dam [a female parent]. 
 This was thy billie, dam, and sire, El. on Copt. M. H. Epit. 
 That wantons round its bleating dam; ^S*. On Cessnock banks t 
 Dam [urine]. 
 Till whare ye sit, on craps o' heather. 
 
 Ye tine your dam ; [v. A. 2] 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Dame. Ye high, exalted, virtuous Dames, 
 
 Ty'd up in godly laces, Add. to UncoGuid. 6. 
 
 It brake the sweet heart of my faithfu* auld dame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa t 
 To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile. 
 
 Assiduous wait upon her; . Ep. to young Friend, 7. 
 
 Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death, . Epit. on W. 
 Out spak' a dame in wrinkled eild, S. In Simmer when t 
 
 As the finest dame in castle or ha' S. O when she ca^n benj 
 Dame life, tho' fiction out may trick her. Poem on Life. 
 
 Whare sits our sulky sullen dame, . . Tarn o' Shanter. 1. 
 Ah, gentle dames I it gars me greet, . lb. 4. 
 
 The Dame brings forth, in complimental mood, 
 To grace the lad, her weel-ham'd kebbuck, fell, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, iz 
 A dame wi' pride eneugh, Tke Election Ballads. L 
 
 Dame fortune should hing by the neck ; lb. III. 
 
 Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair, 
 
 Shall ever be my muse's care ; S. The Highland Lassie. 
 But hurchin Cumd shot a shaft, 
 
 That play'd a Dame a shavie The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Simper James, Simper James, leave the fair Killie dames, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 And the dames danced in the ha' ; S. The last braw bridal\ 
 Quoth I, for shame, ye dirty dame, S. The weary Pund. 
 
 Than the sense, wit, and taste of a sweet lovely dame. 
 
 The Whistle. 10. 
 Damle [dim. ^dame]. 
 
 Ye glaiket, gleesome, dainty damies, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Damn. 
 And damn a' Parties but your own ; . A Ded. to G. H. g. 
 Like iEsop's Lion, Burns says, sore I feel 
 All others' scorn — but damn that ass's heel. 
 
 Reply to a Reproof. 
 Damnable. 
 To join faith and sense upon ony pretence, 
 Is heretic, damnable error. The Kirk's Alann. 
 
 Damnation. 
 It's no through terror of D-mn-t — n ; . A Ded. to G. H.^ 6. 
 Or your more dreaded hell to state, 
 
 D-mnation of expences 1 . . Add. to Unco Guid.3. 
 Damnation then would be our fate, 
 
 Ep. to J. Z— ^, Ap. 2ist. 14. 
 Ere my poor soul such deep damnation stain, 
 My homy fist assume the plough again ; Ep. to R. Graham.j. 
 I wha deserve sic just damnation. Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 A wight that will weather damnation, 
 
 The devil the prey will despise. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Mid Lawson's port entrench'd his hold. 
 
 And threaten'd worse damnation. . lb. VI 
 
 For [Moodie] speels the holy door, 
 Wi' tidings o d-mn-t— n. [v. A. 22] . The Holy Fair. 12. 
 
 Damned, -*d. 
 
 Xhey 1— they be d d ! what right hae they 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 3. 
 Then we'll be d-mned no doubt . Add. to Dumourier. 
 
 An' let poor, damned bodies bee ; . . Add. to the Deil. 2. 
 Be Anarchy curs'd, and be Tyranny damn'd ; 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 D— n'd haet they'll kill ! , . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 * Yet stops me o' my lawfu' prey, 
 
 * Wi his.d-mn'd dirt ! 
 May they be damn'd together. 
 But with such as he, where'er he be, 
 May I be sav'd or d *d ! 
 
 lb. 2g. 
 S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 
 This worthless body damn'd himsel, 
 To save the Lord the trouble. 
 
 That the worms ev'n d d him 
 
 When laid in his grave. 
 
 If ever he rise, it will be to be d' 
 
 Epit. for. G.H. 
 
 . Epit. on D. C. 
 . Epit. on Walters.. 
 
 — 'd. 
 
 Extern, on " the Marguis.'' 
 Whar damned devils roar and yell, Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 To grace this damn'd infernal clan. Ljis add. to J. Ranken. 
 
 Poem- on Life, 
 lb. 
 
 Scotch Drink. 20. 
 
 thy spider snare O' hell's damned waft. . 
 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi' joy, . 
 
 An' bake them up in brunstane pies 
 
 For poor d — n'd Drinkers. 
 
 An' d-mn'd Excise-men in a bussle, 
 
 Seizan a Stell, The A uthor's Cry and Prayer^ 7. 
 
 And ane, a chap that's d-mn'd auldfarran, . lb. 13. 
 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on d — d new Brigs and 
 Harbours ! . . . The Brigs of Ayr, g. 
 
 A d — n'd red wud Kilburnie blastie ; . . The Inventory. 
 
 And roar every note of the damn'd. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 An' damn'd my fortune to the groat ; , To J. S., 6. 
 
 All devil as I am, a damned wretch, . Tragic Frag. 
 
 Damon. 
 
 There Damon lay, with Sylvia gay : [^^,] S. Damon andSylvia. 
 Damp. 
 
 Then is it wise to damp our bliss? Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Damplere. How does Dampiere do? Add. to Dumourier. 
 
 Dance. The princely revel may survey 
 
 Our rustic dance wi scorn ; S. Behold, my love, f 
 For monie a Plack they wheedle frae me, 
 
 At dance or fair : Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isi. 77. 
 Yestreen, when to the trembling string 
 The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', 
 
 S. O Mary, at the window f 
 No song nor dance I bring from yon great city, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Warlocks and witches in a dance ; . . Tam o' Shanter. 11. 
 Wad ever grac'd a dance of witches ! . .lb. ij. 
 
 Wi' merry dance in winter-days, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 " But the ae best dance e'er cam to the Land, 
 "Was, the de'il's awa' wi' th' Exciseman. 
 
 S. The deil cam fiddliti\ 
 To Harmony's enchanting notes, 
 
 As moves the mazy dance, man. The FHe Champetre. 
 
 I winna gang to the dance in Carlyle ha'. 
 
 S, There grows a bonie t 
 Youth and Love with sprightly dance, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Dance, to. 
 By my soul I'll dance a dance with you, Add. to Dumourier. 
 'Till daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 In gore a shoe-thick ; . Add. to Toothache, 
 Thou shalt dance, and I will sing, S, Carl, an the king come. 
 Upon that night, when Fairies light, 
 
 On Cassilis Downans dance, . . . Halloween, i. 
 Fairies dance sae cheery. . S. Hark! the mavis\ 
 
 But when will he dance like Tam Glen? . S. Tam Glen. 
 "We'll dance and sing and rejoice man; 
 
 S. The deil cam fiddlin \ 
 The youngest ay chiefly does dance on my knee ; 
 
 S. The Poor ThresJur. 
 Around it a' the patriots dance. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 And learning in a woody dance, . The Twa Herds, it. 
 
 Maks Hours like Minutes, hand in hand, 
 
 Dance by fu' light. . . . ToJ.S.,ii. 
 Danced, -*d. 
 
 I've play'd mysel a bonie spring, 
 fill! 
 
 Ep. toJ.R.6. 
 
 An' danc'd my fill ! . 
 He play'd a spring, and danc'd it round, 
 
 Below the gallows-tree. . S. Farewell, ye dungio»s\ 
 Adown the glittering stream they featly danc'd ; 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 
Danced 
 
 106 
 
 Dark 
 
 The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town, 
 
 And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman ; S, The deil camfiddliiC \ 
 
 He's danc'd awa' he's danc'd awa' 
 
 He's danc'd awa' wi' th' Exciseman. [«.] . lb. 
 
 And the dames danced in the ha ; S, The last hraw bridal^ 
 Sae merrily they danced the ring, . Tke night was still \ 
 
 We lap an' danced the lee-lang day, T. Memie's bonie Mary. 
 He danc'd wi' Jeanie on the down, S. There was a lass\ 
 Where are the joys I have met in the morning, 
 
 That danc'd to the lark's early song? S. Where are tke joys \ 
 Fu' lightly danc'd he in the ha'. . lS". Young Jockey f 
 
 Daneep. 
 
 The dancers quick and quicker flew ; . Tarn o" Shanter. 12. 
 Dancing, -in. 
 seasons dancing, life advancing, . S, Bonie Bell. 
 
 When dancing thoughtless Pleasure's maze, 
 
 Despondency t an Ode. j. 
 Nell's heart was dancin at the view ; . . Halloween. 10. 
 Whylesglitter'd to the nightly rays, 
 
 wi' bickerin, dancin dazzle; . . . lb. 23. 
 
 And singin' there, and dancin' here, [v. A. 11] 
 
 Holy Willie* s Prayer. 
 I see thee dancing o'er the green, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 And loud resounded mirth and dancing, Tam o' Shanter. 10. 
 The boniest sight that e'er I saw 
 
 Was th' Ploughman laddie dancin. S. The Ploughman t 
 Fu' aft at e'en Wi' dancing keen, . S. The tither mom t 
 
 Will ye go to the dancin in Carlyle's ha', 
 
 S. There grows a borne t 
 Dang, Dung [knocked, pushed, worsted, driven]. 
 
 When there cam a yell o' foreign squeels, 
 
 That dang her tapsalteerie, O. . S. Amang the trees \ 
 He fir'd a fiddler in the north 
 
 That dang them tapsalteerie, O. . . . .lb. 
 
 O ay my wife she dang me. 
 
 An' aft my wife she bang'd me, S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 The deuks dang o'er my daddie, O ! X The deuks dang der. 
 To see his poor, auld Mither's pot, 
 
 Thus dung in staves. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Danger. 
 And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar, Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Nay, more— there is danger in touching ; Inscrip. on Goblet. 
 Bold may she brave grim Danger's loudest roar. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 From ev'ry danger keep him free, . . . S. Somebody. 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! 
 
 What dangers thou canst make us scorn ! Tarn d Shanter. ii. 
 Where many a danger I must dare, S. The gloomy night t 
 Wi' auld Nick there's less danger ; . . To a Painter. 
 Remember, he's his country's stay 
 
 In day and hour of danger. . . S. When wild War's t 
 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold, 
 
 Soar around each cliffy liold, . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 Dangerous. But loyalty truce ! we're on dangerous ground. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Dangling. 
 
 An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther. 
 
 Clear-dangling hang ; Death and Dr. Homiook. 6. 
 As dangling in the wind he hangs 
 
 A gibbet's tassel. . . . Poem on Life. 
 Danton -v. Daunton. 
 Dappl't. 
 
 I've seen thee dappl't, sleek an' glaizie, A Guid New-Year^ 2. 
 Dare. 
 And my Freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch. 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 Our father's blude the kettle bought I 
 
 And wha wad dare to spoil it ? . S. Does haughty Gaul,\ 
 And dares the public like a noontide sun. . Ep.Jr. Msqpus. 
 And dare the war with all of woman bom : . . Jb. 
 
 Though thanks to heaven I dare even that last shift, 
 
 Ep. to R. Grakam.s. 
 Nor dare disclose my anguish. S. Farewell^ thou stream \ 
 May coward shame disdain his name. 
 
 The wretch that dares not die ! S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Even they [tunefu' powers] maun dare an effort mair, 
 
 S. Lovely Davies. 
 Lord, to account who dares thee call, 
 
 On Com. Goldie's Brains 
 Dare invade your native right, . On scaring Water-fowl, 
 O 
 
 Fain, fain, would I my griefs impart, 
 
 Yet dare na for your anger ; . S. Sweet fa's the eve \ 
 The stubborn Tories dare to die : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Where many a danger I must dare, S. The gloomy night \ 
 For her I'll dare the billows' roar; . S. The Highland L&ssie. 
 We dare be poor for a' that ! . . S. The Honest Man. 
 I ken the devils dare na touch me. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Yet dare not .speak my anguish. . . S . The last time I \ 
 Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtations, airs, 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Some seem'd to muse, some seem'd to dare, 
 
 With feature stern. [v.A.4] Th^ Vision^ D. I. 
 * Some fire the Sodger on to dare ; . . . lb. II. 4. 
 
 Not a hope that dare attend ; . . . S. Thickest night t 
 I dare not combat — but I turn and fly : . . To Clarinda. 
 Who boldly dare thy cause maintain 
 
 In spite of foes : To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Should I but dare a hope to speel, 
 Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, The braes o' fame ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 Nor hope dare a comfort bestow : S. Where are the joys \ 
 If I may dare a lifted eye to thee, . . Why am I loth t 
 And wha a crime dare ca' that ? . , S. Women's Minds. 
 
 Dar*d. On many a bloody plain 
 
 I've dar'd his [death's] face, .S". Farewell, ye dungeons \ 
 When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs, 
 
 And covenant True blues, S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Who dar'd to, nobly, stem tyrannic pride, 
 
 The Cotief's Sat. Night. 21. 
 Darena [dare not]. 
 We darena weel say't, though we ken wha's to blame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa'^ 
 I canna tell, I mauna tell, 
 
 I darena for your anger : , S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 Tho' the love that I owe to thee I darena show, 
 
 S. My Sandy gied\ 
 And dear was she, I darena name, S. O May thy mom t 
 
 And here's to them, we darena tell, lb. 
 
 I lo'e her mysel, but I darena weel tell, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 My heart is sair, I darena tell, . S. Somebody. 
 
 A running stream they dare na cross. . Tarn d Shanter. 18. 
 O love will venture in, where it dare na weel be seen ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Daring, -in. 
 
 His darin look had daunted me ; . . .A Vision. 
 
 Some daring Hancocke, or a Franklin, . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 The daring invaders they fled or they died. . ^. Caledonia. 
 Straight the sky grew black and daring ; S. I dream' d I layi 
 Braved usurpation's boldest daring ! . . . Liberty. 
 The deed too daring brave is ; . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Is there no daring Bard will rise and tell 
 How glorious Wallace stood, how hapless fell ? Scots Prologue. 
 Departed Whigs enjoy the fight, 
 
 And think on former daring : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 By blockhead's daring into madness stung ; To R. G. ofF. , j". 
 Dark. When death's dark stream I ferry o'er, 
 
 A V. on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 Can harbour, dark, the selfish aim, . A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 One point must still be greatly dark. 
 
 The moving Why they do it ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 And when the lark, 'tween light and dark, 
 Blythe waukens by the daisy's side, 
 
 S, Again rejoic. Nature \ 
 Dark as the frowning rock his brow, As on the banks ^ 
 
 Threw broad and dark across the pool : . . lb. 
 
 While sordid sons o' Mammon's line 
 
 Are dark as night ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 16. 
 Be't light, be't dark, . . . Ep. to Major Logan, 14. 
 Thou ne'er took such a bleth'ran b-tch. 
 
 Into thy dark dominion ! . Epit. on noisy Polemic. 
 
 To what dark cave of frozen night, 
 Alas ! shall thy poor wand'rer hie ; 
 
 S. Farewell, dear ntistress t 
 Thou strik'st the dull peasant, he sinks in the dark, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day t 
 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, 
 
 ^S". Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 And tread the dreary path to that dark world unknown. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 
Dark 
 
 106 
 
 Dashing 
 
 And winter nights were dark and rainy ; 
 
 S. Monigomerie's Peggy. 
 
 The dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw, 
 
 S. My Nani^s Awa. 
 
 Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 Of speechless grief, and dark despair : S. O Hay, sweet warB. t 
 Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 In the dark silent mansions of sorrow, 
 
 On Death o/fav. Child. 
 
 And stifle, dark, the feebly-bursting cry : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Ye dark waste hills, and brown unsightly plains, . . lb. 
 Bark despair around benights me. . .5". One fond kiss^ t 
 
 And to dark Oblivion join thee ! . S. Raving winds t 
 
 Thou ev'n brightens dark Despair, 
 
 Wi' gloomy smile. . Scotch Drinks 6. 
 
 Or dark as misery's woeful night Sketch. New-Y^s Day, 
 Then night's gloomy shades, cloudy, dark, o'ercast my sky : 
 
 S. Sleefsi thou, or wak'st f 
 And in an instant all was dark : Tam o' Shanter. i6. 
 
 dark in Death's fish-creel Tam Samson's El. 6. 
 
 heavy, dark, continued, a'-day rains The Brigs of Ayr. f. 
 Blew up each Tory's dark designs, The Election Ballads, VI. 
 Concealing the course of the dark winding rill ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 In spite o' dark banditti stabs To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Or Winter howls, in gusty storms, 
 
 The lang, dark night ! To W. Simpson. 14. 
 Death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode ? . Why am I loth t 
 Darken'd. 
 They [the eagles] darken'd the air, and they plundered the land: 
 
 S, Caledonia. 
 And downward, how weaken'd, how darken'd, how pain'd ! 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 
 Darkening, -'ning. 
 
 Dim-dark'ning thro' the flaky show'r, A Winter Night, i . 
 Th' inconstant blast howl'd thro' the darkening air, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Where ignorance her darkening vapour throws, The Vowels. 
 Or blinding drifts wild-furious flee, 
 
 Dark'ning the day ! . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Darker. Her eye-brows of a darker hue, . S. Sae flaxen + 
 An' darker gloamin brought the night : . The Twa Dogs, SS- 
 Darkest. lust and pride, 
 
 The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers, . The Hermit. 
 Darkling. Or darkling grubs this earthly hole. 
 
 In low pursuit, . A Bard's Epit. 
 
 But like the sun eclips'd at morning tide, 
 Thou left'st us darkling in a world of tears. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 And thro' disastrous night they darkling grope. 
 
 To R. G. ofF,, 7. 
 (Fled, like the sun eclips'd as noon appears, 
 And left us darkling in a world of tears :) . . . Ib.g. 
 
 Darklins [darkling]. 
 An' darklins grapet for the bauks, . . Halloween. 11. 
 
 Darkly. Rave to my darkly dashing stream, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The Man of Worth, and has not left his peer, 
 Is in his "narrow house" forever darkly low. [v. A. 10] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 
 Dark-muffl'd. 
 
 Now Phoebe, in her midnight reign^ 
 
 Dark-muffl'd, view'd the dreary plam ; . A Winter Night, 6. 
 Darkness. In shades of darkness hide [weakness, frailty]. 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 quenched in darkness like the sinking star, . Liberty. 
 
 The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; 
 
 Tajn o' Shanter. 8, 
 Life is but a day at most, 
 
 Sprung from night, in darkness lost ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Darksome. They filled up a darksome pit 
 
 With water to the brim, . John Barleycorn. 
 Wrongs, injuries, from many a darksome den, 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas, 
 Banishes ilk darksome shade, S. Sleep' st thou, or wak'st i 
 The darksome night did me enfauld, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed, 
 
 Darlet. 
 At Darlet we a blink did tarry ; S. T. Memie's bonie Mary. 
 
 Darling. Edina! Scotia's darling seat \ Add. to Edinburgh. 
 The sweet yellow darlings wi' Geordie imprest. 
 The langer ye ha'e them, the mair they're carest. 
 
 S. Awa' wi' your witchcrafts 
 While my darling fair 
 
 Is on the couch of anguish ? S. Ay waking, O f 
 
 Thou goest, thou darling of my heart : S. Behold the hour t 
 Her darling amusement, the hounds and the horn. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Spring, thou darling of the year ; . El. on Capt. M. H. iz. 
 Ye hae your Meg, your dearest part, 
 
 And I my darling Jean ! , . Ep. to Davie. 8. - 
 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, 
 
 And pierc'd my darling's heart : . S. Fate gave the word,\ 
 So I for my lost darling's sake, 
 
 Lament the live-day long lb. 
 
 I've been her [mammy's] darling a' my days, 
 
 S. I'm der young to marry \ 
 My pride and my darling to be ? . . S. Leezie Lindsay. 
 This darling child of nature, . S. My Lotie's a winsojne f 
 Their hope, their stay, their darling youth, 
 
 O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 My voice, a lioness that mourns 
 
 Her darling cub's undoing ! The Election Ballads, VI, 
 
 Old Scotia's darling hope, Your little angel band 
 
 The Petition of Br, Water. 
 Give the poet's darling flame, . The Toast. 
 
 Some teach the Bard, a darling care. 
 
 The tuneful Art. . The Vision, D. II. 4. 
 And ae bonnie lassie, his darling and mine. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 
 Her darling bird that she lo'es best . . To W. Creech. 
 
 woman, nature's darling child ! . S. Twas even, the dewy t 
 
 Ance the darling o' the men : . S, Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Dart. ' See, here's a scythe, and there's a dart, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. is. 
 That when I looked to my dart, It was sae blunt, lb. if. ■ 
 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth. 
 
 Can turn death's dart aside? , Epit. on Miss J. Lewars. 
 If you rattle along like your mistress's tongue, 
 
 Your speed will out-rival the dart : Extetn., pinned to Coach. 
 But it's innocence and modesty 
 
 That polishes the dart. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 He spak o' the darts o' my bonie black een, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer^ 
 The trout within yon wimpling bum 
 
 That glides, a silver dart, . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 Are worse than poison'd darts of steel, . O leave novels\ 
 
 Thou dart of Heav'n that flashest by, S. O mirk, mirk t 
 
 Nane other love, nane other dart, I feel, S. Sae far awa. 
 
 Her tongue and eyes, her dreaded spear and darts. 
 
 To R. G. ofF.. 
 With stern-resolv'd, despairing eye, 
 
 I see each aimed dart ; . . . . To Ruin. 
 
 But where is your shield from the darts of contempt? 
 
 Ve true ^^ Loyal Natives" t 
 when Wit and Refinement hae polish'd her [Beauty's] darts, 
 5. Yon wild tnossy mountains t 
 Dart, to. 
 Or thro' each nerve the rapture dart, S. By Allan stream t 
 There keen indignation shall dart on her prey. 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 When through my very heart 
 
 Her beaming glories dart ; . S. Sleep'st thou, or wak'st t 
 Two dusky forms dart thro' the midnight air, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 And scorpion Critics cureless venom dart. To R. G. ofF. ^3 
 Darting. A scepter'd hand, a king's command, 
 
 Is in her darting glances : . ^. Lovely Davies, 
 Dash. And dash the gumlie jaups up to the pouring skies. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash, 
 
 O how unfit ! . . . Toa Ha^s. 
 
 Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Wr, by FallofFyers. 
 Dashed. 
 And thro' they dash'd, and hew'd and smash'd, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Through the still night dash'd hoarse along the shore : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Dashing. 
 Across the rolling, dashing roat, . . S. Behold thi hour \ 
 Where the winds howl to the waves' dashing roar : 
 
 S. Had I a cave \ 
 
Dashing 
 
 107 
 
 Day 
 
 Suspend their dashing oars to hear On Liticluden Castle. 
 Down from the rivulets, red with dashing rains, 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas. 
 But bashing and dashing I keud na how to tell. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Rave to my darkly dashing stream, 
 
 The Petition of Br, Water. 
 Delighted with the dashing roar ; , The Vision^ D. II. 13. 
 Date. 
 O I why has Worth so short a date ? Lament for Glencaim. 
 Add to our date one minute more? Sketch. New-Vt's Day. 
 I mind it weel in early date, 
 When I was beardless, young and blate, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Tho' faith, that date, I doubt, ye'll never see ; 
 
 The Brigs oj Ayr. $. 
 That fate is thine — no distant date ; To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Date, to. 
 From these dire scenes my wretched lines I date, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Dateless. 
 
 your braw, nameless, dateless letter, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Daud [to thrash, abuse ; drive forcibly ; pelt]. 
 
 An' set the bairns to daud her [Common Sense], 
 
 Wi' dirt this day. . TJu Ordination^ z. 
 
 Daudin [pelting]. 
 
 But bitter, daudin showers hae wat it. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Daughter. 
 
 Thy Daughters bright thy walks adorn, 
 
 Add. to EdinhurgJu 4. 
 
 Nor ever daughter give the mother pain. Blest be M'Murdo t 
 
 Meanwhile the hapless daughter 
 
 Has but a choice of strife, ... S. How cruel \ 
 
 Daunt. 
 
 Still I will try to daunt you ; . ^S". Husband, hu^band\ 
 
 Daunted. His darin look had daunted me ; .A Vision. 
 Dauntingly. 
 
 Sae dauntingly gaed he : S. Farewell, ye dungeons f 
 
 Dauntless. The dauntless heart that fear'd no human Pride ; 
 
 Epit. for Autho-^ s Father. 
 
 Whose is that noble, dauntless brow ? . . V.s under Picture. 
 Daunton, Danton [to subdue, intimidate]. 
 
 Shall ever danton me, or awe me, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 But an auld man shall never daunton me. \re.'\ 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 
 To daunton me, and me sae young, . . .lb. 
 
 Daur [to dare]. 
 
 ' I daur you try sic sportin, . . Halloween, 14. 
 
 How daur ye ca' me howlet-faced, In Defence of a Lady. 
 How daur ye set your fit upon her, 
 
 Sae fine a Lady ! . To a Louse. 
 
 Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle, 
 
 Your thick plantations. . . lb. 
 
 How daur ye do't? ... . . lb. 
 
 Who in her rough imperfect line 
 
 Thus daurs to name thee [Religion]. 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Daurna [dare not]. 
 
 For which we daurna show our face Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 As for the deil, he daurna steer him 
 
 S. Ken ye ought o' Capt. G. t 
 Daurk [a day's labour]. 
 Monie a sair daurk we twa hae wrought, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 16. 
 An' nought but his han'-daurk. The Twa Dogs, 10. 
 
 Daur't [dared]. 
 
 He should been tight that daur't to raise thee, 
 
 A Guid New-year^ 2. 
 
 Daut, Dawte [to fondle, caress, make of, pet]. 
 
 I, fatherly will kiss an' daut thee, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 When I did kiss and dawte her, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 And ither some will kiss and daut ; . S. John., come kiss. 
 
 Dautet, Dawtet [made of, petted]. 
 
 Ye're unco muckle dautet ; . . . .A Dream. 15. 
 
 An' dawtet, twal-pint Hawkie's gane 
 
 As yell's the Bill. . Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 Dawtingly [caressingly]. 
 
 And dawtingly did chear me ; . S. The tither morn t 
 
 David, Davie [King David of Scripture]. 
 
 Mak haste an' turn king David owre. The Ordination. 3. 
 
 King David o' poetic brief, . What ails ye now t 
 
 An' snugly sit amang the saunts, At Davie's hip yet. . lb. 
 Davie. But Davie lad, ne'er fash your head, Ep. to Davie, z. 
 
 But tent me, Davie, Ace o' Hearts ! . . . lb. 8. 
 
 And now come in my happy hours, 
 To wander wi' my Davie, [w.] . S. Now rosy May t 
 
 Meet me on the warlock knowe, 
 Dainty Davie, dainty Davie; . . lb. 
 
 My ain dear, dainty Davie. . . , . . lb. 
 
 But Davie, lad, I'm red ye're glaikit ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Haud tae the Muse, my dainty Davie ; . . . lb. 
 
 Davie Bluster [Mr. Grant, Ochiltree]. 
 
 Davie Bluster, Davie Bluster, if for a saunt ye do muster, 
 The corps is no nice of recruits ; . . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Davies. 
 
 The charms o' lovely Davies. [«.] . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Davison. 
 
 They ca'd him Duncan Davison. . S. Duftcan Davison. 
 
 Davock [dim. of David]. 
 
 Wee Davock bauds the nowt in fother. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Till faith, wee Davock's turn'd sae gleg, . . . lb. 
 
 Daw [to Dawn]. 
 
 The cock may craw, the day may daw, . S. O Willie brew'd\ 
 When day did daw, and cocks did craw, 
 
 S. What will I do gin t 
 
 Dawd [a large piece of anything]. 
 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, 
 Was dealt about in lunches, An' dawds The Holy Fair. 23. 
 Dawing, -in [dawn of day, dawning], 
 I cou'dna get sleeping till dawing, for greeting, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ringi 
 And dawin it is dreary, 
 
 When birks are bare at Yule. . S. Cauld is tlie e'cnin t 
 The day is near the dawin; . . S. Landlady, county 
 As day was dawin in the sky S. T. Memie's bonie Mary. 
 
 Dawn. Ere twice the shades of dawn are fled, 
 
 In all its crimson glory spread, . S. A Rose-bud by '^ 
 At dawn, when every grassy blade 
 
 Droops with a diamond at his head, El. on Capt. M. H. 6. 
 With chill hoary wing as ye [breezes] usher the dawn : 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks \ 
 Lovely was she by the dawn, . . S. It was the charming^ 
 The shepherd to warn of the grey-breaking dawn, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews 
 
 At morning dawn and parting day. . .S". were my love^ 
 She's fresher than the morning dawn S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 or hail the chearful dawn. On seeing wounded Hare. 
 
 Our lads gaed a hunting, ae day at the dawn, 
 
 S. The heather was bloom.\ 
 Here haply too, at vernal dawn, 
 
 Some musing bard may stray. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Glowing dawn of brighter day. . . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Night, where dawn shall never break, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Corse H.. 
 The rosy dawn, the springing grass, 
 With early gems adorning. . S. Young Peggy ^ 
 
 Dawn, to. 
 
 But fairer still my Delia dawns, . Delia. An Ode 
 
 Dawning. 
 In manhood's dawning blush ; . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 So dawning day has brought relief S. The noble Maxwells t 
 Dawte, Dawtet, v. Daut, Dautet. 
 Day. 
 Ye'll some day squeel in quaking terror ! A Ded. to G. H.^ 10. 
 May Health and Peace, with mutual rays, 
 Shine on the ev'ning o' his days; . . . lb. 14. 
 
 On sic a day as this is, . . . A Dream, i. 
 
 Amang thae Birth-day dresses Sae fine this day. [re.l . lb. 
 . . till Fate some day is sent, 
 
 For ever to release Ye Frae Care . . lb. g. 
 
 But some day ye may gnaw your nails, ... lb. 10. 
 
 Or rattl'd dice wi' Charlie By night or day. . . lb. 
 
 He was an unco shaver For monie a day. . lb. 11. 
 
 Or trouth! ye'll stain the Mitre Some luckless day. lb. 12. 
 
 But or the day was done, I trow, 
 The laggen they hae clautet Fu' clean 
 
 lb. /J. 
 
Bay 
 
 108 
 
 Day 
 
 Then lost his way, ae misty day, . . A Fragmmt. 4. 
 
 I've seen the day, 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie A Guid New-year\ r. 
 He should been tight that daur't to raize thee, 
 
 Ance in a day. . . . . lb. 2. 
 
 That day, ye pranc'd wi' muckle pride, . . . . Ih. 6, 
 That day, ye was a jinker noble, . . » Ih. 7. 
 
 Hae turn'd sax rood beside our ban', 
 
 For days thegither. ... H' //■ 
 
 An' monie an' anxious day, I thought 
 
 We wad be beat ! . . . . lb. 16. 
 An' thy auld days may end in starvin', ... lb. 17. 
 Shalt beauteous blaze upon the day, . S. A Rosebud by t 
 He sang wi' joy his former day, . . -A Vision. 
 
 They I— they be d— d! what right hae they 
 To meat, or sleep, or light o' day ? . Add. of Beelzebub. 3. 
 Whose ancestors, in days of yore, Add. to Edinburgh 7. 
 
 D'ye mind that day, when in a bizz. Add. to the Deil. 17. 
 Sin' that day Michael did you pierce, ... lb. ig. 
 
 [Beauty] The bloom of a fine summer's day I 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith^ 
 
 The day was waxing weary, . . S. As I gaed -up t 
 
 Rejoicin' clos'd the day so, I^' 
 
 Gude help the day when royal heads 
 Are hunted like a maukin. . . S. Awa, •whigs^ awa. 
 
 Wha in his wae days were loyal to Charlie ? 
 
 S. Bannocks o^ bear meali 
 
 The wintry sun the day has clos'd, S. Behind yon kills ^ 
 
 Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day, . Blest be M'Murdoi 
 
 Come let us spend the lightsome days 
 
 In the birks of Aberfeldy. . S. Bonie Lassie^ will ye go t 
 But lately seen, in gladsome green, 
 
 The woods rejoic'd the day, . . S. But lately seen t 
 Oh ! age has weary, weary days ! . . . Jb. 
 
 How cheery, thro' her shortening day, 
 
 Is Autumn in her weeds o' yellow : S. By Allan stream t 
 
 By yon castle wa' at the close of the day, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 
 And a' the day to sit in dool, . . S. CeC the Ewes. 
 
 While day blinks in the lift sae hie ; . . . . lb. 
 There was once a day, but old Time then was young, 
 
 ^. Caledonia. 
 And a' my days o' life to come 
 
 I'll gratefully adore thee. . 5, Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 Slides by a bower where monie a flower 
 
 Sheds fragrance on the day, Sir. S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 ' Thus goes he on from day to day, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, zg. 
 
 . Delia, An Ode. 
 
 Despondency, an Ode. S- 
 
 S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Fair the face of orient day, 
 
 Oh, enviable, early days, 
 
 Then I maun sit the lee lang day, . 
 
 Mourn, clamouring craiks at close o' day, 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. g. 
 
 Whom we, this day, lament ! . Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 In days when Daisies deck the ground, 
 
 And Blackbirds whistle clear, . . Ep, to Davie- 4- 
 Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 
 Had number'd out my weary days, . . lb. 10. 
 
 May still your life from day to day, 
 
 Nae " lente largo" in the play, . Ep. to Maj. Logan, j. 
 They persecute you all your future days Ep. to R. Graham, j". 
 And mercy's day is gane . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 As Tam the Chapman on a day 
 Wi' Death forgather'd by the way, 
 
 Epit, on Tam the Chapman. 
 
 Shcj the fair sun of all her sex, 
 Has blest my happy, glorious day : 
 
 .S". Farewell, dear mistress t 
 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou/air day \ 
 
 Nor think to lure us as in days of yore : 
 
 We solemnize this sorrowing natal day, Fragment of Ode. 
 Gane is the day and mirk's the night, . S. Gane is the day \ 
 * But monie a day was by himsel, 
 
 ' He was sae sairly frighted . . . Halloween. 16. 
 I mourn through the gay, gawdy day, 
 
 S. Here s a health to ane f 
 
 L — d in the day of vengeance try him. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, is. 
 
 Nightly dreams, and thoughts by day, 
 
 S, How can my poor heart t 
 
 When I think on the lightsome days 
 
 I spent wi' thee, my dearie ; S, How lang and dreary f 
 The joyless day, how dreary ; . . . .lb. 
 
 I've been her [mammy's] darling a' my days, 
 
 S. Vm der young to marry \ 
 And plenty of bacon each day in the year ; , Impromptu. 
 Give me Maria's natal day ! Improjn. on Mrs. -~^'s Birthday. 
 When day is gane, and night is come, . S. It was e£ for\ 
 One morning by the break of day, S. It was the charming^ 
 O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, S. Jockeys ta'en theparting\ 
 And mony a canty day, John, we've had wi' ane anither ; 
 
 S. John Anderson, f 
 But he has na tell'd the lass hersel 
 
 Till on her wedding day, O. Katharine /affray. 
 
 This mony a day I've grain'd and gaunted. 
 
 Kind Sir, Vve read\ 
 And the days are awa that we hae seen ; 
 But far better days I trust will come again ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Why did I live to see that day ? 
 
 A day to me so full of woe ? . Lament for Glencaim. 
 The mavis mild wi' many a note, 
 
 Sings drowsy day to rest : . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 The day is near the dawin ; . . S. Landlady, county 
 Shrinking from the gaze of day. . .S". Mark yonder Pomp ^ 
 I can win my five pennies in a day, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 My heart was ance as blythe and free 
 
 As simmer days were lang, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 I rue the day I sought her O, [«.] S. My love site's butf 
 
 Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded. 
 
 Gaudy Day to you is dear. S. Musing on the roaring\ 
 
 Auld, cantie Coil may count the day, . . Natures Law. 
 There I'll spend the day wi' you, . . S. Now rosy May\ 
 When day^ expiring in the west, 
 
 The curtain draws of Nature's rest, . . . lb. 
 
 When a' thir days are done, man, S. O ay iny wife she dang. 
 The bird that charm'd his summer day, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thoui 
 O Logan ! sweetly didst thou glide, 
 
 The day I was my Willie's bride ; . S. O Logan! sweetly\ 
 Pass widow'd nights, and joyless days, . . . lb. 
 
 But soon may peace bring happy days, . lb. 
 
 O a' the lang day I ca' at my hammer, [re."] 
 
 S. O merry Jiael been t 
 And blest be the day I did it again. . . .lb. 
 
 O Phely, happy be that day, . S. O Phelyi 
 
 ' As songsters of the early year 
 
 * Are ilka day mair sweet to hear, . . lb. 
 
 O Tibbie ! I hae seen the day 
 
 Ye would na been sae shy ; . . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 a' the lee-lang simmer's day, . S. O were I on Pamass.^ 
 By night, by day, a field, at hame, . . lb. 
 
 And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews 
 
 At morning dawn and parting day. . S. O were my love t 
 The cock may craw, the day may daw, . S. O Willie brew'd\ 
 But day and night my fancy's flight 
 
 Is ever wi' my Jean. . . ^. Ofd the airts t 
 
 On a bank of flowers one summer's day 
 
 S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 The piety of ancient days \ . . On Lincluden Castle. 
 A ne'er to be forgotten day, . On dining with Doer. 
 
 A loss these evil days can ne'er repair ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 The lamp of day with ill-presaging glare, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. H. Blair. 
 . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 And blest the day and hour, . 
 
 Sweet to the opening day, 
 
 Rosebuds bent the dewy spray ; 
 
 Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays 
 
 At close o' day. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 •' You're one year older this important day," 
 
 Prologue, at Th.,D.. 
 For mony a rantin day 
 
 My fiddle and I hae had. . S. Rattlin, Roarin Wtlhe. 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . S, Raving winds t 
 Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash 
 
 0' half his days ; . . Scotch Drink. rS- 
 Now's the day, and now's the hour, . ^S". Scots wha ha'e t 
 
 Och, ho! the day! Searching auld^ 
 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
 
 And days 0' lang syne ? S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 
Day 
 
 109 
 
 Day-detesting 
 
 This day, Time winds th' exhausted chain. 
 
 Sketch. New-Y^s Day. 
 
 This day's propitious to be wise in lb. 
 
 And what is this day's strong suggestion? 
 
 " The passing moment's all we rest on ! " . Ih. 
 
 A few days may — a few years must — 
 
 Repose us in the silent dust. . . . .lb. 
 
 with days and honors crown' d, lb. 
 
 While the sun and thou arise to bless the day. 
 
 S. Sleep' si ihoUf orf 
 To Evan-banks, with temp'rate ray, 
 Home of my youth, he [the sun] leads the day. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 I thank thee, author of this opening day ! 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday 
 Life's poor day I'll musing rave, . S. Streams that glided 
 God bless your Honors, a' your days, 
 
 The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. 24. 
 Thou minds me o' the happy days 
 
 When my fause luve was true. 
 
 S. The Banks of Boon. Sett II. 
 May there my latest hours consume, 
 
 Among the friends of early days ! S. The Banks ofNith. 
 The Angus lads had nae gude will, 
 That day their neebour's blude to spill ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Alas the day, and wo the day, 
 
 A false usurper wan the gree, S, The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 The hoary morns precede the sunny days. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 There'll be, if that day come, I'll wad a boddle. 
 Some fewer whigmaleeries in your noddle. . . .lb. 5. 
 Yet I hae seen him on a day 
 
 The pride of a' the parishen. . S. The cardin o't. 
 
 We'll live a' our days, . . . S. The Carls <f Dysart. 
 The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, x. 
 Hope ' springs exulting on triumphant wing,* 
 
 That thus they all shall meet in future days : . lb. 16. 
 
 The day returns, my bosom burns. 
 
 The blissful day we twa did meet, S. The day returns t 
 While day and night can bring delight, . ... lb. 
 Was ae day nibbling on the tether. The Death ofMailie. 
 
 He saw her days were near hand ended, . lb, 
 
 I've seen the day, and sae hae ye. 
 
 Ye wad na been sae donsie, O, 
 I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose. 
 
 And cuddled me late and early, O ; S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 In March the three-and-twentieth day, 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 Awa, thou flaunting god o' day ! . S. The gowd. lacks of A . 
 Our lads gaed a hunting ae day at the dawn, 
 
 S. The heather was bloo7it.\ 
 [Think not] I joy my lonely days to lead in 
 
 This desert drear ; . . . The Hermit. 
 I wear away My life, and in my office holy 
 
 Consume the day. . . lb. 
 
 The lav'rocks they were chantan 
 
 Fu sweet that day. [«.] The Holy Fair. i. 
 Should Homie, as in ancient days, 
 
 'Mang sons o' G — present him, . . lb. iz. 
 
 How monie hearts this day converts, 
 
 O' sinners and o' Lasses ! . . . lb. 27. 
 
 An monie jobs that day begin, 
 
 May end in Houghmagandie Some ither day. lb. 
 
 Last day I grat wi' spite and teen, 
 
 As Poet Bturns] came by, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 An' wight an' wilfu' a' his days been. . The Inventory. 
 
 In days when riding was nae crime . . . lb. 
 
 Day an' date as under notit, lb. 
 
 Round we wander all the day; The J oily Beggars, S. VIII. 
 The day he stude his country's friend 
 
 That day the Duke ne'er saw, Jamie. S. The Laddies by t 
 The morn that warns th' approaching day, . The Lament. 
 Ev'n day, all-bitter, brings relief, 
 
 From such a horror-breathing night . ... lb. 
 I'll ne'er forsake till the day I die, 
 
 The lass that made the bed to me. S. The lass that made. 
 'Twas on a Hallowmass day, . . S. The last braw bridal \ 
 Drumossie muir, Drumossie day, 
 
 A waefu' day it was to me ; . S. The lovely lass ofi 
 
 So dawning day has brought relief S. The noble McLxwells t 
 
 An' pour divine libations 
 
 For joy this day. [«.] . The Ordination^ i. 
 
 This day M'[Kinlay] taks the flail, . The Ordination, n. 
 This day the Kirk kicks up a stoure, . . . .Ib.3. 
 O happy day! rejoice, rejoice ! . . . lb. 13. 
 
 I'll make thy days easy the rest of thy life ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Where, like an aged man, it [the hawthorn] stands at break o' 
 
 day; S. The Posie. 
 
 in far less polish'd days, . . The Rights of Woman. 
 
 The day it is short, and the night it is lang, 
 
 S. The Taylor fell\ 
 And blythe we'll sing, and hail the day 
 
 That gave us liberty, man. . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Upon a bonie day in June, . . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 That merry day the year begins, .... lb. 20, 
 Their days, insipid, dull an' tasteless, lb. 30. 
 
 Niest day their life is past enduring. . . lb. 32. 
 
 Resolv'd to meet some ither day. . . lb. 3$. 
 
 would, or I had seen the day . .S". The Union. 
 The sun had clos'd the winter-day, . . The Vision, D. I. /. 
 The Thresher's weary flingin-tree. 
 
 The lee-lang day had tir'd me ; 
 
 And when the Day had clos'd his e'e Far i' the West, lb. 
 
 " The field thou hast won, by yon bright god of day ! " 
 
 The Whistle. 18. 
 Sae I'll rejoice the lee-lang day, S. The young High. Rover. 
 As day was dawin in the sky . .S*. T. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 We lap an' danced the lee-lang day, . . lb. 
 
 Ae day as the carle gaed up the lang glen, 
 
 S. There liv'd once a carle t 
 And he had a wife was the plague of his days, lb. 
 
 But whatna day o' whatna style, , S. There was a lad\ 
 Our monarch'^ hindmost year but ane 
 
 Was five-and-twenty days begun, . lb. 
 
 The day comes to me, but delight brings me nane ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 Then han' in nieve some day we'll knot it. 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Glowing dawn of brighter day , . To a Kiss. 
 
 Friday first's the day appointed, 
 
 By our Right Worshipful anointed, . To a Medical Gent. 
 When ance life's day draws near the gloamin, To J. S.^ 14. 
 Then canie, in some cozie place, They close the day. lb. 18. 
 With Pegasus upon a day, 
 
 Apollo weary flying, . . To J. Taylor. 
 
 Again thou usher'st in the day 
 
 My Mary from my soul was torn. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 To live one day of parting love ! . . . lb. 
 
 'Till too, too soon the glowing west 
 
 Proclaim'd the speed of winged day lb. 
 
 Last day my mind was in a bog, . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Thou orb of day ! thou other paler light ! .To R. Graham. 
 When shall my soul, in silent peace, 
 
 Resign Life s joyless day? . 
 This day thou metes threescore eleven, . 
 If envious buckies view wi' sorrow 
 Thy lengthen'd days on this blest morrow, 
 Or blinding drifts wild-furious flee, 
 Dark'ning the day ! . 
 In days when mankind were but callans, 
 And ev*ry day has joys divine 
 
 With the bonie lass o' Ballochmyle. 
 
 X Twas even — the dewy t 
 A' day they fare but sparely ; . S. Up in the morning. 
 
 1 fear ye'll bide till break o' day ; . . lS". Wha is that at \ 
 He hosts and he hirples the weary day lang : 
 
 .5". What can a yng lassie t 
 O dool on the day I met wi' an auld man. [re.'\ . . lb. 
 When day did daw, and cocks did craw, S. What will I do gin i 
 the happy days I spent wi' you, my dearie ; 
 
 S. When I think on f 
 Remember, he's his country's stay 
 
 In day and hour of danger. . S. When wild War's t 
 
 And bird and beast, in covert, rest. 
 
 And pass the heartless day Winter. 
 
 The joyless winter-day. Let others fear, . . lb. 
 
 Life is but a day at most, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 As thy day grows warm and high, . . . . lb. 
 
 Day-detesting. 
 
 Or [their soul] in some day-detesting owl 
 
 May shun the light. . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 18. 
 
 To Ruin. 
 To Terraughty. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 To W. Simpson, 
 lb. P. S.. 
 
Day-lang" 
 
 no 
 
 Dear 
 
 Day-lang. For there, wi' my Lassie, the day-lang I rove, 
 
 S. Von wild mossy inountns t 
 
 Day-star. Like the beam of the day-star to-morrow. 
 
 On Death of/av. Child. 
 
 Dazzle. Whyles gUtter'd to the nightly rays, 
 
 Wi' bickerin, dancin dazzle ; . . Halloween. 25. 
 
 Dazzle, to. And his clear siller buckles they dazzle us a'. 
 
 S. There's a youth^ 
 
 They dazzle our een, as they flie to our hearts. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns t 
 
 Deacon. Ye dainty Deacons, an' ye douce Conveeners, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 Dead. 
 Might rtius'd the slumb'ring dead to hear; . . A Vision. 
 renew their leagues, Owre howcket dead. Add. to the Deil. 9. 
 ' I'll nail the self-conceited Sot, 
 
 ' As dead's a herrin ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 Would have eat her dead lord, on a slender pretence, 
 
 ^pig. on Henpecked Squire. Another. 
 Thy gay, green, flowery tresses shear, 
 
 For him that's dead. El. on Copt. M. H. I2. 
 An' my auld teethless Bawtie's dead ; El. on Year 17S8. 
 
 Ye honoured mighty dead ! . . . Fragment 0/ Ode. 
 • Well, Sir, from the silent dead. 
 
 Still I will try to daunt you ; S. Husband, husband \ 
 
 And they hae sworn a solemn "oath 
 
 John Barleycorn was dead. . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 For all the life of life is dead, ■ Lament/or Giencairtt. 
 
 Immingled with the mighty dead ! . Liberty. 
 
 He who of R — k-n sang, lies stiff and dead, 
 
 Lns while on Deathbed. 
 O an ye were dead, gudeman, S. O gin ye were dead. 
 
 The last, sad cape-stane of his woes ; 
 
 Poor Mailie's dead ! [re.] Poor Mailiis El.. 
 What breast so dead to heav'nly Virtue's glow, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by IVoods. 
 Coffins stood round, like open presses. 
 That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses; 
 
 TatK o' Shunter, iz. 
 * Tam Samson's dead ! ' Ire.] . . Tain Samson^ s El.. 
 
 And when ye're number'd wi' the dead, 
 
 Below a grassy hillock, . . . . - The Calf. 
 
 An' bairns greet for them when they're dead. 
 
 The Death o/Mailie. 
 An' clos'd her e'en amang the dead ! . .lb. 
 
 Now Robin, greetin', chows the hams 
 
 O' Mailie dead ! [v. A. 19] . . lb. 
 
 I'll lay me with th' inglorious dead, Forgot and gone ! 
 
 To J. S., 10. 
 Dead, even resentment, for his injured page, 
 
 ToR. G. o/F.,S- 
 Dead [death]. 
 To see thee in another's arms. 
 In love to lie and languish, 
 'Twill be my dead, that will be seen, ^S". Craigie-burn Wood. 
 Should she refuse, I'll lay my dead 
 
 To her twa een sae bonis blue. . . S. I gaed a waefiC t 
 For mony a beast to dead she shot, . Tarn o' Shaiiter. /j". 
 The wounds I must hide which will soon be my dead. 
 
 X There's auld Rob M.\ 
 
 As whiles they're like to be my dead,. To W. Simpsoji. 
 
 Deadly. Morality, thou deadly bane, . A Ded. to G.H..7. 
 
 Will turn thy very rouge to deadly pale ; . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 And ay the stound, the deadly wound, 
 
 Came frae her een sae bonie blue. . S. I gaed a waefu' t 
 To show their deadly rage. . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 But now he [love] is my deadly fae, 
 
 Unless thou'lt be my ain. . . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 That brethren rouse in deadly hate ! S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 purse, Baited with many a deadly curse? 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs, — , 
 Till coward Death behind him jumpit, 
 
 Wi' deadly feide ; . Tam Samson's El., 10. 
 And a deadly aith she's ta'en, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 The magna charta flag unfurls, 
 
 AH deadly gules its bearing lb. VI. 
 
 • 'Tis not that fatal, deadly shore ; . 6". The gloomy nighty 
 When wild War's deadly blast was blawn, 
 
 S. mien wild Wa^s^ 
 Dead-sweep [very reluctant], 
 I'm baith dead-sweer, an' wretched ill o't ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 
 Deaf. Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig, . .S". Duncan Grayf 
 Bear this in mind, [in politics] be deaf and blind, 
 
 Let great folks hear and see. Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 Deaf as my friend, he sees them press, 
 
 Sketch. Nem-Yi^s Day. 
 Provost John is still deaf to the church's relief, 
 
 The Kirk's Alann. 
 With deaf endurance sluggishly they bear, To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 Deal. 
 
 To you the dotard has a deal to say, Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Deal, to. 
 And deal from iron hands the spare repast, . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Deal Freedom's sacred treasures free as air, 
 
 Lns. extm. in Ladj^s Pocket-book. 
 Ye gipsy-gang that deal in glamor. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 An' deal't about as thy blind skill 
 
 Directs thee best, . Scotch Drink, 21. 
 
 Then lug out your ladle, deal brimstone like adie. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Dealing. 
 
 Or dealing thro' amang the naigs 
 
 Their ten-hours bite, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 2. 
 Yestreen at the Valentine's dealing. 
 My heart to my mou' gied a sten ; . S. Tam Glen. 
 
 Dealt. 
 
 He dealt it [coin] free : ^. On Scot Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps. 
 Was dealt about in lunches, An' dawds The Holy Fair. 23. 
 
 Dean. 
 
 Than 'twixt Hal and Bob for the famous job 
 
 Who should be Faculty's Dean, Sir. . The Dean of Fac.. 
 Dear. I, through the tender-gushing tear, 
 
 Should recognise my Master dear, A Ded. to G. H., z6. 
 Farewell, dear Friend ! may guid luck hit you! A Farewell. 
 And I will luve thee still, my Dear, [re.] S. A red, red Rose. 
 dear bird, young Jeany fair, . S. A Rosebud by wyt 
 
 As dear an' near my heart I set thee Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Dear as the rapturd thrill of joy ! . Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Yet let the friend be dear. . S. Ah, Chloris, \ 
 
 Auld comrade dear and brither sinner, A uld comrade t 
 
 Thou may'st find those will love thee dear, 
 
 But not a love like mine, my Katy. S. Canst thou leave me t 
 And Andrew dear believe me, 
 
 Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 Adieu, dear, amiable Youth ! . . . lb. //. 
 
 The life blood streaming thro' my heart, 
 Or my more dear Immortal part. 
 
 Is not more fondly dear ! . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 Her dear idea brings relief, 
 
 And solace to my breast. . . - "■ 9- 
 
 All hail ! ye tender feelings dear ! . .lb. 10. 
 
 An' by her een wha was a dear ane ! Ep. to Ma/. Logan, it. 
 
 Here lie the loving Husband's dear remains, 
 
 Epit. for Author's Father. 
 
 Farewell, dear mistress of my soul, 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 
 Farewell, loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties ! 
 
 ^. Farewell, thou fair day j 
 
 Farewell, farewell, Eliza dear, . S. From t/iee, Elisa\ 
 
 Thou'rt to love and heaven sae dear, S. Hark! the tnavisj 
 
 welcome dear to love and me ! . . S. Here is the glen t 
 Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, 5. Here's a health to ane t 
 
 1 guess by the dear angel smile, 
 
 I guess by the dear rolling ee ; S. Here's a lualth to ane t 
 Mydear, I'l come and see thee ; . S. Here's to thy health^ 
 My dear lad that's far away, ^. How canviy poor hearth 
 
 spare the dear blossom, ye orient breezes, 
 
 S. How pleasant the batthst 
 
 I'll wed another like my dear . . 3'. Husband, husband^ 
 And when her lovely form I see, , 
 
 O haith, she's doubly dear again ! . S. rll ay ca in T 
 But dear as is thy form to me, , . 
 
 Still dearer is thy mind. . . . S.ltts na, Jean, t 
 
 1 maun cross the main, My dear, [re.} . S. It was a'for\ 
 
 And vow'd I was his dear lassie, [re.] 
 
 Last May a braw wooer j 
 
 This ivied cot was dear ; Lns on Window, F.'s C. Her.. 
 
 Yet happy, happy would I be 
 Had I my dear Montgomerie's Peggy, [re.] _ 
 
 S. Montgomenes Peggy. 
 
Dear 
 
 111 
 
 Dear 
 
 I dote on ev'ry feature 
 
 Of this dear artless creature, . S. My Love's a winsome \ 
 
 The generous purpose, nobly dear, . S, My Mary s face \ 
 
 Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, 
 
 Gaudy Day to you is dear. . S. Musing on the roaring \ 
 Wi' her the lassie dear to me, . S. Now bank and brae t 
 
 My ain dear, dainty Davie. . . S. Now rosy May t 
 
 I'll flee to's arms I lo'e the best, 
 
 And that's my ain dear Davie lb. 
 
 But Peggy dear, the ev'ning's clear, S. Now westlin winds t 
 So dear can be, as thou to me, . . .lb. 
 
 And bonie she, and ah how dear ! S. O honie luas yon rosy t 
 While my dear lad maun face his faes, ^. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 And dear was she, I darena name, . .S". O May thy mom t 
 Whilst thou did pledge the Powers above, 
 
 To be my ain dear Willy . . S. O Pkely \ 
 
 So ilka day to me mair dear 
 
 And charming is my Phely. . . .lb. 
 
 My thoughts are a' bound up in ane. 
 
 And that's my ain dear Phely. [rs.] ... lb. 
 
 And doubly welcome be the spring, 
 
 The season to my Lucy dear. .S". O wat ye wtids in t 
 
 But spare me, spare me Lucy dear. . . .lb. 
 
 That I might catch poetic skill, 
 
 To sing how dear I love thee. \re.\ S. were I on Parnass. f 
 And mak thee a man like thy daddie dear. 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 And in their dear petitions place him : 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 O sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave, 
 
 My dear little angel, for ever, . On Death qfjav. Child. 
 Told how dear ye were aye to each other. . . . 16. 
 And every year come in mair dear . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Once fondly lov'd, and still remember'd dear, 
 
 Once fondly lov'd t 
 The lad that is dear to my babie and me. 
 
 S. Out over the Forth \ 
 He's lost a friend and neebor dear, Poor Mailie' s El.. 
 
 Hail, Caledonia, name for ever dear ! Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 O saw ye my dear, my Phely? S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 
 Friends so near my bosom ever, 
 
 Ye hae render'd moments dear; . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Friends, that parting tear reserve it, 
 
 Tho' 'tis doubly dear to me ; . . . lb. 
 
 For auld lang syne, my dear, . ^S". Should auld acquaintance^ 
 Wrench'd his dear country from the jaws of Ruin ! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 And still his precious self his dear delight : . . Sketch. 
 Oh I banks to me for ever dear! S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Nor more may aught my steps divide. 
 From that dear stream which flows to Clyde. . lb. 
 
 dear ! for Somebody ; . . . . S. Somebody. 
 From the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested, 
 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; Sp. Exte7n. to yng Lady. 
 My heart is a-breaking, dear titty, . S. Tain Glen. 
 
 Come counsel, dear titty, don't tarry ; . . lb. 
 
 Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, Tam o Shanter, ig. 
 
 1 tum'd my weeding heuk aside. 
 
 An' spar'd the symbol dear. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 When shall I see that honoured land. 
 
 That winding stream I love so dear! S. The banks ofNith. 
 Fame, honest fame, his great his dear reward. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. i. 
 
 Or frosty maids forsworn the dear embrace, . . .lb. 8. 
 When thro' his dear Strathspeys they bore with Highland rage ; 
 
 Ih. 12. 
 
 some kind, connubial Dear The Calf. 
 
 Dear Myra, the captive ribband's mine, S. The Ca.pt. Ribband. 
 To help her Parents dear, if they in hardship be. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 4. 
 Together hymning their Creator's praise, 
 
 In such society yet still more dear ; . . lb. 16. 
 
 O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! . . lb. zo. 
 
 My dying words attentive hear, 
 
 An' bear them to my Master dear. . The Death of Mailie. 
 Dear to his country by the names, 
 
 Friend, Patron, Benefactor! The Election Ballads, VL 
 Farewell, a mother's blessing dear ! . . The Farewell. 
 All-hail then, the gale then, 
 
 Wafts me from thee, dear shore ! lb. 
 
 Dear brothers of the mystic tye! The Farewell. ToStf.'sL.. 
 To Masonry and Scotia dear ! . . . lb. 
 
 Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 My name is Fun— your cronie dear, . The Holy Fair. j". 
 Whase ain dear lass, that he likes best, 
 
 Comes clinkan down beside him I , Tb. it. 
 
 And birks extend their fragrant arms 
 
 To screen the dear embrace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle, 
 
 Ere I sae dear pay for a saddle ; . , The Inventory. 
 
 An' go wi' me an' be my dear ; The Jolly Beggars, S. V. 
 
 And by that dear Kilbaigie, . . .lb. S. VI. 
 
 For her dear sake, and her's alone ! The Lament, 4. 
 
 Your dear remembrance in my breast, . , lb. 6. 
 
 For there I lost my father dear, 
 
 My father dear and brethren three. S. The lovely lass of I . \ 
 And a' to pu' a posie to my ain dear May. . S. The Posie. 
 And I will pu' the pink, the emblem 0' my dear ; lb. 
 
 Which even the Rights of Kings in low prostration 
 Most humbly own— 'tis dear, dear admiration ! 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
 I hae been blythe wi' Comrades dear ; ^S". The Rigs o' Barley. 
 
 And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 
 Within this dear mansion may wayward contention 
 
 Or withered envy ne'er enter ; S. The sons of old Killie. 
 There lies the dear partner of my breast, 
 
 S. The sun he is sunk t 
 But then my wife and children dear, 
 
 O whither would they go ? , lb. 
 
 And she lo'ed her bonie laddie dear; 
 
 S. There was a bonie lass + 
 the bonie lass he lo'ed sae dear. , . Ih. 
 
 O Jeanie fair, I lo'e thee dear; S. There was a lass-f 
 
 But th' laddie's dear sel he loe's dearest of a'. 
 
 S. There's a youth f 
 And dear to my heart as the light to my e'e. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. \ 
 Her dear idea round mjj heart 
 
 Should tenderly entwine. . S. Tho' cruel fate \ 
 
 Dear , I'll gie ye some advice, . To a Painter. 
 
 Your dear idea reigns, and reigns alone : To Clarinda. 
 
 By your dear self ! — the last great oath I swear, . lb. 
 
 Nor life nor soul was ever half so dear ! . 
 Dear S[mith], the sleest, pawkie thief, . 
 An' fareweel dear, deluding woman, 
 
 lb. 
 
 To J. S. 
 
 lb. 14. 
 
 O Mary! dear, departed shade ! . S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Those records dear of transports past, lb. 
 
 But may, dear Maid, each Lover prove 
 
 An Edwin still to you. To Miss L., with " Beattie." 
 
 Wi' you no friendship I will troke 
 
 Nor cheap nor dear, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Dear Peter, dear Peter, . ... To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 His well-won bays, than life itself more dear. To R. G. ofF.,5. 
 O Ayr, my dear, my native ground. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 For there he rov'd that broke my heart. 
 
 Yet to that heart, ah! still how dear. S. To thee, lov'd Nith\ 
 But tell him, though he broke my heart. 
 
 Yet to that heart he still was dear ! . . lb. 
 
 Thee, dear maid, have I offended? S. Turn again, thoufair\ 
 'Twas the dear smile when naebody did mind us, 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue t 
 And waft my dear Laddie ance mair to my arms. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Wha spied I but my ain dear maid, .S". When wild Wars t 
 That gallant badge, the dear cockade, . lb. 
 
 Art thou my ain dear Willie? . . .lb. 
 
 But, my dear and lovely Katie, .S". Will ye go and marry \ 
 to me more dear, Than all the Pride of May : Winter. 
 
 Still may thy pages call to mind 
 
 The dear, the beauteous donor : Wr. on Leaf of H. More. 
 For dear to me as light and life 
 
 Was my sweet Highland Mary. 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 But I lo'e the dear Lassie because she lo'es me. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns \ 
 Repentance I should buy sae dear : . ^S". Young Jamie \ 
 And bless the dear parental name 
 
 With many a filial blossom. . S. Young Peggy t 
 
Dear-bought 
 
 112 
 
 Death 
 
 Dear-bought. 
 
 My sonsie smirking dear-bought Bess, . . The Inventory. 
 Dearer. I never lo'ed a dearer, . S. My love's a winsome^ 
 My lassie, ever dearer ; . S. O watye wha that loes\ 
 
 Thou's ay the dearer, and dearer to me ! 
 
 S, O whare didyeget\ 
 Far dearer than the torrid plains 
 
 Where rich ananas blow ! , . . . The Farewell. 
 Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Far dearer to me are yon humble broom bowers, . . Ih. 
 Yet, dearer than my deathless soul, 
 
 I still would love my Jean. . . . S. Thd cruel fate t 
 The gift still dearer, as the giver you. To R. Graham. 
 
 Dearest. 
 
 My dearest member nearly dozen'd ; Auld comrade dearf 
 I ask for dearest life alone, 
 
 That I may live to love her. S. Come let me take thee t 
 
 Ye hae your Meg, your dearest part, . M^. to Davie^ 8. 
 Prop of my dearest hopes for future times. 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahaan^S. 
 O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, 
 
 Man was made to mourn. 
 But did you see my dearest Phillis, 
 
 In simplicity's array; . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 
 From friendship and dearest affection removed ; 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 The dearest o' the quorum, [rs.] . S. O May thy mom\ 
 
 why should Fate sic pleasure have. 
 
 Life's dearest bands untwining? . S. O poortith cauld\ 
 But my delight in yon town, 
 
 And dearest joy, is Lucy fair. . S. O mat ye wha's in\ 
 while life's dearest blood is warm, .... lb. 
 
 Fare-thee-well, thou best and dearest ! . l?. One fond kiss \ 
 That dearest meed is granted^honest fame ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 And ay my Chloris' dearest charm, 
 
 She says she loves me best of a', [re-'] . . S. Saefaxenf 
 There, dearest Chloris, wilt thou rove . . . /^. 
 
 What says she, my dearest, my Phely ? [re.] 
 
 S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 We will drain our dearest veins, . . S. Scots wha ha'e^ 
 And I hae tint my dearest dear ; . S. She's fair andfause\ 
 In that sober pensive mood, 
 
 Dearest to the feeling soul, . S. Streams that glide t 
 
 Dearest of Distillation ! last and best ! 
 
 How art thou losti The Author's Cry and Prayer , Mott. 
 My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, i. 
 lust and pride, The arch-fiends dearest, darkest powers, 
 
 The Hermit. 
 And by them lies the dearest lad 
 
 That ever blest a woman's ee ! . ^S". The lovely lass qfl.\ 
 For Right the third, our last, our best, our dearest. 
 
 The Rights of woman. 
 The dearest siller that ever I wan. . . S. The Taylor fell\ 
 The dearest comfort o* their lives 
 
 Their grushie weans an' faithfu' wives ; The Twa Dogs^ 77. 
 His dearest friend and brother scarcely knew I The Vowels, 
 But th' laddie's dear sel he lo'es dearest of a'. 
 
 S. Therms a youth\ 
 Dearest tie of young connexions, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 And, dearest gift of heaven below, 
 
 Thine friendship's truest heart. . . . To Chloris. 
 For one [dart] has cut my dearest tye, 
 
 And quivers in my heart To Ruin. 
 
 And thou hast plighted me love o' the dearest ! 
 
 .S. ' Twas na her bonie blue t 
 " To cut it afif, an' what fore no, 
 
 ■*' Your dearest member." . . . What ails ye now\ 
 
 1 happy, happy may he be. 
 
 That's dearest to thy bosom : . S. When wild War^sf 
 Dearie [.dim. ofde&r], 
 Wha did I meet upon the way, 
 
 But pretty Peg, my dearie. . . .S. As Igaedup by\ 
 Rest I canna get For thinking q' my dearie. 
 
 ^. Ay wakings 1 
 Sleep I can get nane, For thinking on my Dearie. 
 
 i". Ay waukin, O, 
 The mair I kiss she's ay my dearie. S. Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 Sae boaie blue her een, my dearie ; [«.] . . . lb. 
 
 Nor ever sorrow stain the hour, 
 
 The place and time I met my dearie I S. By Allan Stream^ 
 
 My bonie dearie, .S". Ca' the Ewes. 
 
 An' he ca'd me his dearie Xb. 
 
 And ye sail be my dearie [re."] . . . . 16. 
 
 O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie M'Nab? [re.] S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 Nae mair my Dearie smiles ; . . . . Fragment. 
 My arms about my Dearie, O ; S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 My bonie dearie, [re.] . . . S. If ark! the Mavis i 
 How lang and dreary is the night, 
 
 When 1 amfrae my dearie; [re.] S. How lang and dreary \ 
 Wilt thou be my dearie O ? . S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 And say thou'lt be my dearie O ? lb. 
 
 We'll to the breathing woodbine bow'r, 
 
 At sultry noon, my dearie O. lb. 
 
 And talk of love my dearie O. . lb. 
 
 I'll comfort thee, my dearie O. - . lb. 
 
 He [the cottar] woos his simple dearie : ^S". O poortith cauld, f 
 How fumbling coofs their dearies slight, Scotch Drink. I2. 
 Scroggam, my dearie, ruifum. . . S. Scroggam. 
 
 Sae sad was I, In absence o' my dearie. S. The titJiermom\ 
 Come to my bosom, my ain only deary, S. Wandering Willie. 
 O gin I were her dearie ! . S. When first I saw ^ 
 
 When I think on the happy days 
 
 I spent wi' you, my dearie ; . . When I think on t 
 It was na sae ye glinted by 
 
 When I was wi my dearie lb. 
 
 S. When o'er the hill^ 
 S. Wilt thou be my \ 
 
 Ih. 
 
 I'll meet thee on the lea-rig. 
 
 My ain kind dearie O. [re.l . 
 Wilt thou be my dearie ? 
 I swear and vow that only thou 
 
 Shall ever be my dearie : [re.] 
 The golden hotus, on angel wings. 
 
 Flew o'er me and my dearie ; 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams f 
 
 Dear-lov'd. 
 
 A dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug, 
 
 A treacherous inclination . . . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 And for my dear-lov'd Land o' Cakes, 
 
 I pray with holy fire : . The Election Ballads, VI. 
 
 Pearly. 
 
 O dearly do I lo'e thee Annie. S. By A llan Stream t 
 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 But still, but still, I like them dearly, . . .lb. g. 
 
 The wisest Man the warl' saw, 
 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. .S". Green grow the Rashes. 
 A gate, I fear, I'll dearly rue ; . . S. I gaed a waeftC \ 
 Swear how I love thee dearly ; . S. Now westlin winds\ 
 
 ken ye what Meg o' the Mill loes dearly ? 
 
 S. O ken ye what Megf 
 
 1 dearly like the west, . . . S. Of a' t/ieairts t 
 Wha dearly like a random-splore; On Scot. Bard gne to W. I. 
 Dearly bought the hidden treasure 
 
 Finer feelings can bestow! . . . S. Sensibility i 
 
 The lad I lo'e dearly, Tam Glen. . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 To Death she's dearly pay'd the kane, Ta?n Samson's El. 
 This chap will dearly like our kin', S. There was alad\ 
 
 Thou'rt welcome to it dearly! 5'. When wild Wars\ 
 
 That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! 
 
 .S*. Ve banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Dear-remember*d. 
 O ye, my dear-remember'd, ancient yealings, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Dears. 
 
 Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 
 Her noblest work she classes, O : S. Grsengvow the Rashes. 
 Ye're wae men, ye're nae men, 
 That slight the lovely dears,: The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Dear sirs! 
 Hech man I dear sirs 1 is that the gate, 
 They waste sae mony a braw estatel . The Twa Dogs, 25. 
 DearthfU'. it sets you ill, Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell, 
 
 Scotch Drink. 16. 
 Death. 
 Till Death did on him ca*, man ; . . A Fragment. 6. 
 Or close them [my weary eyes] fast in death! 
 
 A Prayer under Anguish. 
 When death's dark stream I ferry o'er, 
 
 A V.on being Hasp. Entertained. 
 
Death 
 
 113 
 
 Deceased 
 
 But gude preserve us frae the gallows, 
 
 That shamefu' death ! Adam A- 
 
 s Prayer. 
 . Id. 
 
 When Death comes in, wi' glimmering blink, 
 Till clay-cauld death sail blin' my e'e, 
 
 Ye sail be my dearie S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 
 It spalc right howe — 'My name is Death.' 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 ' Folk maun do something for their bread, 
 
 ' An' sae maun Death. ... li. 12. 
 Whare I kill'd ane, a fair strae-death, . . lb. zj 
 
 I took the way that pleas'd mysel, And sae did Death, I&. 31. 
 Duncan cou'dna be her death, . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 O Death ! thou tyrant fell and bloody ! EL on Capt. M. H. i. 
 Nor envious death so triumphed in a blow, 
 
 Ei. on Miss Burnet. 
 O Death, hadst thou but spar'd his life, 
 
 B^ig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Or die a cadger pownie's death, . Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. isi. 7. 
 A warmer heart Death ne'er made cold. . Epit.for R. A. 
 Here Souter [Hood] in Death does sleep ; 
 
 Epit. on ruling Elder. 
 For had he said, "the soul alone 
 
 ** From death I will deliver" . Epit. on Country Laird. 
 
 O Death, it's my opinion, 
 Thou ne'er took such a bleth'ran b-tch, Epit. on noisy Polemic. 
 Here lies with death auld Grizel Grim, Epit. on Grizel Grim. 
 O Death, how horrid is thy taste . . .lb. 
 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth, 
 
 Can turn death's dart aside? Ep. on Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 Wi' Death forgather'd by the way, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Death was nae less pleased wi' Thomas, . . .lb. 
 Sae tickled Death, they couldna part : . . lb. 
 
 Death takes him hame to gie him; quarters, . . .lb. 
 
 Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death, Epit. on W . 
 
 Death has murder'd Johnie ; . . Epit. on wee Johnie. 
 
 what is death but parting breath? S. Farewell, ye dungeons\ 
 Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow, S. Fate gave the word, t 
 And by fell death was nearly nicket : Friend 0/ the poet, t P. S. 
 While Death stands victor by, . S. From thee, Eliza, t 
 
 1 gat my death frae twa sweet een, . S. J gaed a waef^ t 
 There's death in the cup — sae beware ! . Inscrip. on Goblet. 
 Whom death had all untimely taen. Lament /or Glencaim. 
 And in the narrow house o' death 
 
 Let winter round me rave ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Haste, gie her name up i' the chappel, 
 
 Nigh unto death ; . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Her feeble pulse gies strong presumption 
 
 Death soon will end her. . . . lb. 
 
 Hear it not, Wallace, in thy bed of death ! , . Liberty. 
 Death, that gnisome carl, . . Lns add. id J. Ranken. 
 I'm better pleas'd to make one more, 
 
 Than be the death of twenty. Lns on IVindows, Gl. Tav.. 
 O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 Oh still I behold thee, all lovely in death, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 The Tyrant Death, with grim control, S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 But tearing Peggy from my soul 
 
 Must be a stronger death. .... !b. 
 
 And sock or buskin skelp alang 
 
 To death or marriage ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Death tears the brother of her love 
 
 From Isabella's arms Sad thy tale t 
 
 Then Bumewin comes on like Death 
 
 At ev'ry chap. . . . Scotch Drink, 10. 
 To Death she's dearly pay'd the kane, Tam Samsons El.. 
 Death's gien the Lodge an unco devel, . . . lb. 
 
 But now he lags on Death's hog-score, . lb. 5. 
 
 dark in Death's fish-creel . . . .Ib.6. 
 
 Till coward Death behind him jumpit, . lb. 10, 
 
 unskaith'd by Death's gleg guUie, ... IB. PerC 
 
 Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; 
 
 The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer, P. 
 frae the sheath, Drew blades 0' death, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 The death o' devils, smoor'd wi' brimstone reek : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 To rustic Agriculture did bequeath 
 The broken, iron instruments of Death, , ^ 1$. 13. 
 
 P 
 
 S. Thou hast left me \ 
 
 . To a Medical Gent.. 
 To J. S., II. 
 
 Thro' fields of death to gather fame, S. The capt. Ribband. 
 from the shades of death's deep night, 
 
 The Election Ballads, VI. 
 Now Death and Hell engulph thy foes, . . .lb. 
 Tho' Death in ev'ry shape appear. 
 
 The Wretched have no more to fear : S. The gloomy night t 
 In gasping death to wallow. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Tho* ye can do little skaith, ye'll be in at the death, 
 
 TJie Kirks A larm. 
 We thought ay death Svad bring relief, The Twa Herds, 13. 
 Often hast thou vow'd that death 
 
 Only should us sever : . 
 If death, then, wi' skaith, then. 
 Some mortal heart is hechtin, 
 But why, o' Death, begin a tale? 
 With many a filial tear circling the bed of death 1 
 
 TQR.G.ofF.,g. 
 Or Death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode ? Why am I loth f 
 But oh ! fell death's untimely frost, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams f 
 Deathful. That like a deathful meteor gleam'd afar, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Deathless. 
 after many a bloody, deathless doing, . Scots Prologue. 
 
 dearer than my deathless soul, . . S. Tho' cruel fate t 
 Ferguson, the writer-chiel, A deathless name. 
 
 To W. Simpson. 3. 
 
 Deave [deafen, stupefy with noise op clamour]. 
 
 And sair wi' his love he did deave me ; 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer^ 
 
 My minny does constantly deave me, . S. Tam Glen. 
 
 If mair they deave us wi' their din, . The Ordination. 14. 
 
 A clapper tongue wad deave a miller ; . .S". Willie Wastle \ 
 Debar. Debar a' side-pretences ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 Debauch. 
 
 Then sowther a' in deep debauches. . The Two, Dogs. 32. 
 Debauchery. 
 
 Till, quite transmogrify'd, they're grown 
 Debauchery and Drinking : . Add. to Unco Guid.^. 
 Deborah. 
 
 He, rising, rejoicing, 
 Between his twa Deborahs, The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 Debt. That he intends to pay your debt, . A Dream.. 7. 
 Till he forgets his loves or debts, . Scotch Drink, Mott. 
 I'll he his debt twa mashlum bonnocks, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Debtor. For neither Pension, Post, nor Place, 
 
 Am I your humble debtor : . .A Dream. 3. 
 This hour on e'enin's edge I take, 
 
 To own I m debtor, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st. 
 Which will oblige your humble debtor, 
 
 S. Ken ye ought o' Capt. Cf 
 I'm three times, doubly, o'er your debtor. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 It's now twa month that I'm your debtor, 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Hae thought they had ensur'd their debtors, 
 
 A future ages ; 
 Jove's tunefu' dochters three times three, 
 Made Homer deep their debtor ; To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Decay. 
 While worth in the mind o' my Phillis 
 
 Will flourish without a decay. .S". Adown winding Nith\ 
 Our sad decay in church and state, 
 
 Surpasses my descriving : . S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 And soothe me wi' tidings o' Nature's decay; 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 Ruins yet beauteous in decay. 
 Decay, to. 
 
 Who but knows they all decay ! 
 Decayed. 
 And all the splendid scene's decayed ; 
 The Catrine woods were yellow seen, 
 The flowers decay'd on CJatrine lea, 
 
 ToJ.S.,8. 
 
 On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 , S. My Mary's face \ 
 
 On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 S. The Catrine woods f 
 But long ere night cut down it lies 
 All wither'd and decay'd. . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 Deceased. 
 
 When , deceased, to the Devil went down^ Epig. on — . 
 
 So, by some hedge, the generous steed deceased, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,6. 
 
Deceit 
 
 114 
 
 Deep 
 
 Deceit. Beauty is at best deceit ; . . S. Jockey fou^ t 
 
 Deceitful. 
 
 Such was my life's deceitful morning, . S. I dream' d I lay t 
 Deceive. 
 And ony De'il that thinks to get you, 
 
 Good Lord deceive him. . A Farewell. 
 
 Thy hopes will soon deceive thee. . . S. Deluded swain \ 
 Cruel, cruel to deceive me ! . S, Stay, my charmer f 
 
 They flatter, she says, to deceive me, . . S. Tarn. Glen. 
 Deceived, -'d. 
 The fickle Fortune has deceiv'd me, . S. I dream! d I lay t 
 That he was still deceived who trusted 
 
 To love or friend ; . . , The Hermit. 
 Though fickle Fortune has deceiv'd me, 
 
 S, Though fickle Fortune t 
 Deceiver. 
 
 I'll warrant then, ye're nae Deceiver, . A Ded. to G. H. , 9, 
 Decembep. 
 the mirk night o' December, . S. O May thy mom \ 
 
 An* bleak December's winds ensuin, . . To a Mouse. 
 Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December! \re.\ 
 
 S. Gloom.y December, 
 Decency. 
 And carefully he bred me 
 
 In decency and order, O ; S. My father was a farmer t 
 With decency and law beneath his [Riot's] feet ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Decent. She dresses aye sae clean and neat. 
 
 Both decent and genteel : S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 decent, honest, fawsont folk, . 27« Twa Dogs. zi. 
 
 Decide. Till slap ! come in an unco loun, 
 
 And wi' a rung decide it : S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 Decided. An' monie lads an' lasses fates 
 
 Are there that night decided : Halloween. 7. 
 
 Decidedly. 
 Who made the heart, 'tis He alone 
 Decidedly can try us, . , Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 
 Deck. But clear your decks an' here's the Sex 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. VII. 
 Deck, to. 
 These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck 
 
 That spotless breast o' thine ; . . S. Behold, my love A 
 In days when Daisies deck the ground, . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 And the next flowers, that deck the spring, 
 
 Bloom on my peaceful grave. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 To deck her gay green spreading bowers ; .S". Now rosy May\ 
 And from thee many a parent stem 
 
 Arise to deck our land. On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 And in paste gems and frippery deck her ; Poetn on Life. 
 
 And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18. 
 Mayst thou long, sweet crimson gem, 
 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; . .To Miss C. 
 
 Deck'd, Deckt, Deckit. 
 Ilk spring they're new decljit wi' bonie white yewes. 
 
 S. Awa' w^ your witchcraft^ 
 So deckt the woodbine sweet yon aged tree, 
 
 Fl. on Miss Burnet. 
 The sweetest flower that deck'd the mead, 
 Now trodden like the vilest weed, . S. Lassie, art thou t 
 Sweetly deckt with pearly dew . . . Sad thy tale,i 
 Be thou deckt in silken stole, . . JVr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Declamation-mist. 
 Till in a declamation-mist, 
 
 His argument he tint it : Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
 Declaration. 
 
 But pith and power, till iny last hour, 
 I'll mak this declaration ; 
 
 S. The Union. 
 S. Ah, Chloris,^ 
 
 Declare. My passion I will ne'er declare, 
 Could aught of song declare my pains, 
 
 S. Could aught of song t 
 Wide o'er the naked world declare 
 
 The worth we've lost. EL on Capt. M. H, 13. 
 Falsest of woman-kind, canst thou declare, 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air I ^. Had I a cave t 
 And sage Experience bids me this declare 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night, g. 
 The bursting tears my heart declare, S. The gloomy nighty 
 Frae this time forth, I do declare, 
 
 I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie ,mair ; . . The Inventory. 
 And they declare Terreagle's fair, . S. The noble Maxwells \ 
 
 . In vain would Prudence t 
 
 Declared. 
 
 Then a' that kent him round declar'd, 
 
 He had ingine, J?ji. to J. L—k, Ap. ist.s. 
 Ilk feature— auld nature * 
 
 Declar'd that she cou'd do nae mair! . . S. SaeJlaxm\ 
 Declaring. Heavy, heavy is the task, 
 
 Hopeless love declaring; S. Blytheha'elbeen t 
 Declining, 
 The fears all, the tears all, 
 Of dim declining Age! Despondency, an Ode, 3. 
 
 Decorous, 
 
 Prudence, with decorous sneer, 
 Decorum. 
 Let them cant about decorum, 
 
 Who have character to lose. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 He'd die before he'd wrong it — 'tis decorum. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Decoy. 
 Morality's demure decoys 
 Shall here nae mair find quarter ; , The Ordination. 13. 
 Decoy, to. 
 
 Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is : Add. to the Deil. 13, 
 Decoying. 
 Bowers adieu ! where love decoying, 
 First enthrall'd this heart 0' mine, S. Scenes of woe t 
 
 Decree. 
 
 'Gainst fortune's fell cruel decree S, Here's a health to ane \ 
 Decreed. But hath decreed that wicked men 
 
 Shall ne'er be truly blest. . The ist Psalm. 
 
 Decyphering. 
 
 My periods that decyphering defy, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Dedicate. 
 To dedicate them, Sir, to You : A Ded. to G. H., 12. 
 
 To you I dedicate the hour In idle rhyme. 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Dedicating. With all the venal soul of dedicating Prose? 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Dedication. 
 
 A fleechan, fleth'ran Dedication, 
 I maist forgat my Dedication ; 
 Dee. Buy braw troggin, 
 
 Frae the banks o' Dee ; The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 'Twas by the banks o' bonie Dee, . Ih. V. 
 
 Deed. The Gentleman in word and deed, A Ded. to G.H., 6. 
 
 Thoughts, words and deeds, the Statute blames with reason; 
 
 A Dream, 
 famed for martial deed and sacred song, Liberty. 
 
 The deed too daring brave is ; . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 For none e'er approached her but rued the rash deed. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Has this to say — " It was no deed of mine ; " 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 And execrates man's savage ruthless deeds !) 
 
 V The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 A chief o' doughty deed ; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 The butcher deeds of bloody fate, . . . lb. VI. 
 
 The deed that I dared, could it merit their malice ? 
 
 6". The small birds^ 
 The gentleman in word an' deed, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Deep. When frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep, 
 
 A Guid New-year^ 13. 
 As fair art thou, my bonie lass, 
 
 So deep in luve am I ; . . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 
 But deep this truth impress'd my mind A Winter Night. 10. 
 And deep as soughs the boding wind, 
 
 Amang his caves, the sigh he gave. . As on the banks\ 
 The foaming stream deep roaring fa's, 
 
 S. Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 Law, physics, politics and deep divines : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, a. 
 Ere my poor soul such deep damnation stain, 
 My horny first assume the plough again ; . . lb. S' 
 
 'Till deep it crashing whelms the cottage in the vale ; 
 
 Fragment ofOde> 
 The battle closes deep and bloody : . S. My bonie Mary. 
 Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, [re.\ 
 
 S. One fond kisSff 
 deep X feel Your interest in the poet's weal ; . Poem on Life. ' 
 There let him bowse an' deep carouse, Scotch Drink, Mott.. 
 And plung'd me deep in woe. . S. Talk not of Love t 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 
 lb. II. 
 
Deep 
 
 115 
 
 Deil 
 
 She prophesied that late or soon, 
 
 Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon ; 
 
 Tant o' Shanter, 3. 
 Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : . .lb. 8. 
 How would your spirits groan in deep vexation, 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr., 9. 
 from the shades of death's deep night, 
 
 Tfie Election Ballads, VI. 
 It never fails, on drinkin deep, 
 
 To kittle up our notion, By night or day. The Holy Fair. ig. 
 And mourn, in lamentation deep, The Lament^ i. — 
 
 Then sowther a' in deep debauches. . Tke Twa Dogs, 32, 
 There's D[unca]n deep, and P[eeble]s shaul, 
 
 The Two, Herds, 10 
 Deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, The Vision, D. I. iz. 
 With musing-deep, astonish'd stare, . lb. D. II. i. 
 
 He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea, The Whistle. 
 Far seen in Greek, deep men o' letters, . . To/. S., 8. 
 
 Love thou hast pleasures, and deep have I lov'd, 
 
 S. Woe is my heart t 
 As deep recoiling surges foam below, Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Deep, the. where the beetling cliff o'erhangs the deep, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 from the eddying deep below, . . As on the banks t 
 
 And thirst of gold might tempt the deep, 
 
 S. Twas even—the dewy \ 
 Deep-bending. 
 
 Ajid view, deep-bending in the pool, 
 Their shadows' wat'ry bed : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Deep-dy'd, 
 And brandish round the deep-dy'd steel 
 
 In sturdy blows; [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 Deepening, -*ning. 
 
 And strikes the ever-deep'ning tones, . A Ded. to G. H. , 10. 
 Wi' deepening deluges o'erflow the plains; Tke Brigs of Ayr, 7. 
 Deeper. Time but the impression stronger makes, 
 As streams their channels deeper wear. 
 
 ' S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Deepest. 
 
 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure. 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . . S. Sensibility, t 
 
 The frost may freeze the deepest sea, . S. To daunton me. 
 Deep-green-mantrd. 
 
 Or when the deep-green -man tl'd Earth, 
 
 Warm-cherish'd ev ry floweret's birth. The Vision, D. II. 14. 
 Deep-lairing. 
 
 And thro' the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle. 
 
 Beneath a scar. . A Winter Night. 3. 
 
 Deeply-ranklin'. 
 
 1 canna to mysel' conceal 
 
 My deeply-ranklin' sorrow. . . V.s under Grief. 
 
 Deep-read. 
 deep-read in hell's black grammar. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And gallant Sir Robert, deep-read in old wines. 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 Deep-Struck. 
 With deep-struck, reverential awe. 
 
 The learned Sire and Son I saw, [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 Deep-sunk. The meeting cliffs each deep-sunk glen divides, 
 
 Wr. in Kemnore Inn. 
 
 Deep-ton'd. 
 
 Or deep-ton'd plovers, grey, wild-whistling o'er the hill ; 
 
 -^-^ The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Deer, My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; 
 
 Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, \re.\ 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands \ 
 The hunter lo'es the morning sun, 
 To rouse the mountain deer, my jo ; S. When o'er tke hill\ 
 Deevil v. Devil. 
 
 Defac'd. Sunk on the earth, defac'd its lovely form. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Defame. To stigmatize false friends of thine 
 
 Can ne'er defame thee. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Defence. 
 I, for their thoughtless, careless sakes 
 Would here propone defences, . Add. to Unco Guid. e. 
 
 Defend. 
 
 Not only hear — but patronise — defend them, Scots Prologue. 
 Thy minions, kings defend, controul, devour, To R. G. ofF, — 
 Ye pow'rs of honour, love, and truth. 
 From ev'ry ill defend her ; . . , S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Defender, 
 
 Revered defender of beauteous Stuart^ Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Defiance. 
 And Westerha' and Hopeton hurled 
 To every Whig, defiance. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Defile. Dishonour defile me. 
 
 If e'er I beguile thee, . . S. Eppie Adair. 
 
 Defil'd. But thou remembers we are dust, 
 
 Defil'd in sin. Holy Willie's Prayer, 6. 
 Define. The moral man he does define, Tke Holy Fair. /j. 
 Definition. Mankind is a science defies definitions. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Deform. 
 Now moths deform in shapeless tatters. 
 
 Their unknown pages. To J. 5., 8. 
 
 Deform'd. 
 
 But, ah! deform'd, dishonest to the sight! . Tke Vowels. 
 Defy. My periods that decyphering defy. . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Mankind is a science defies definitions. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 And safe beneath the shady thorn 
 Defies the angler's art : . S. Now Spring has cladf 
 
 Defying. 
 
 He was a care-defying blade, The Jolly Beggars, R. VII. 
 Degenerate. Mark ruffian Violence, distain'd with crimes ; 
 Rousing elate in these degenerate times ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 That wound degenerate ages cannot cure. . . .lb. 
 Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 And, agonising, curse the time and place 
 When ye begat the base, degen'rate race ! 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr, g. 
 Degree. A country lad is my degree, S. Behind yon hills f 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde 
 There sits an isle of high degree, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Which, by degrees, slips round her neck, Tke Holy Fair. 11. 
 But tho' he was o' high degree, 
 
 The fient a pride na pride had he. The Twa Dogs. 
 
 O had she but been of a lower degree. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Woor by degrees, till her last roon 
 
 Gaed past their viewin. To W. Simpson. P.S, 
 Deign. 
 Whose rhymes you'll perhaps. Sir, ne'er deign to peruse : 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Deil, De'il, Diel [devil]. 
 And ony De'il that thinks to get you, 
 
 Good Lord deceive him, . A Farewell. 
 
 I'm sure sma' pleasure it can gie, 
 
 Ev'n to a deil, . . Add. to the Deil, z. 
 
 Deil blin' them wi' the stoure o't, . S. Awa, wkigs, awa. 
 Wha the de'il ever thinks o' the road he has past. 
 
 S. Contented wr" little t 
 Is just as true's the Deil's in h-ll. 
 
 Or Dublin city : Death and Dr. Hortibook. s. 
 Diel mak his king's-hood in a spleuchan ! lb, 14. 
 
 But deil a foreign tinkler loun 
 
 Shall ever ca' a nail in't : . S. Does fiaughty Gauli 
 
 Here lies in earth a root of Hell, 
 
 Set by the Deil's ain dibble ; Epit. on D. C. 
 
 But hear me, Sir, de'il as ye are, . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But I!ll be wi' ye by an' bye ; 
 
 Or else the Deil's be in it. . . Extern.., to an Intimate. 
 For deil a bite o't's rotten. . For W. Nicol. 
 
 Alake, alake the meikle deil, Wi' a' his witches 
 Are at it, skelpin jig and reel, In my poor pouches. 
 
 Friend of the poet \ 
 Deil tak Kate An' she be na noddin too ! 
 
 ^S". Gudeen to you Kimtner\ 
 But whether 'twas the Deil hlmsel, . Halloween. 12, 
 
 But for to meet the Deil her lane. 
 
 She pat but little faith in : . . lb. 21. 
 
 The Deil, or else an outler Quey, . . lb. 26. 
 
 And as for the lave, let the deil do his best. Jenny M'Crawf 
 As for the deil, he daurna steer him, 
 
 6". Ken ye ought o' Capt. G.f 
 The deil tak' his taste to gae near her ! 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooeri 
 The Deil he cou'dna skaithe thee, S. O saw ye bonie Lesley \ 
 The deil a ane would spier your price, . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 For clever deils he'll mak 'em ! . On a Schoolmaster. 
 
Deil 
 
 116 
 
 Delusion 
 
 He wad na wrang'd the vera Diel, On Sc. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Wi' deils, they say, L — d safe's ! coUeaguin 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 For de'il a hair I roose him. . . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 Haud up thy han' Dell ! ance, twice, thrice ! Scotch Drink, 20. 
 The Deil had husiness on his hand. . Tani 0' Shanter. 8. ^ 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. . . .lb. 
 
 Has auld K[ilmarnock] seen the Deil ? . Tarn Samson's El.. 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Till when ye speak, ye aiblins blether, 
 
 Yet deil mak' matter! [v. A. 2] . lb., P.. 
 
 how deil Tarn can that be true? 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 And ev'n the vera deils they [Bards] brawly ken them). 
 
 The Brigs o/Ayr, 4. 
 
 Thea down ye'U hurl, deil nor ye never rise ! . .lb, 7. 
 
 He sought them out, he sought them in, 
 
 Wi' deil hae her ! and deil hae him I S. The cooper d cuddy \ 
 
 The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town, 
 
 And danc'd awa wi' th' Exciseman'; S. The deil cam jfiddlin* ^ 
 
 The de'ils awa' the de'il's awa' 
 The de'ils awa' wi' th' Exciseman, . , .lb. 
 
 And mony braw thanks to the meikle black deil, 
 
 That danc'd awa' wi' th' Exciseman, . . .lb. 
 
 But the ae best dance e'er cam to the Land, 
 
 Was, the deil's awa' wi' th' Exciseman Tb. 
 
 An he get na hell for his haddin, 
 The deil gets na justice ava. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 The deil ane but honours them highly, 
 
 The deil ane will give them his vote. . . Jb. 
 
 Run de'ils for rantin' an' for noise ; . The Inventory. 
 
 The deil would ne'er abide her. S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 She's dour and din, a deil within, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 De'il tak the war! I late and air Hae wish'd S.Thetithermom\ 
 And staw'd a branch, spite o' the deil, The Tree of Liberty. 
 They're a' run deils an' jads thegither. . Ths Tina Dogs. 33. 
 
 1 hae been a de'il now the feck o' my life, 
 
 S. There Hv'd ance a carle t 
 While deil a hair yoursel ye're better, Third Ep. to J, Lap.. 
 
 To tell the truth an' shame the Deil . . To . 
 
 Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, . To a Haggis. 
 
 Ye hate as ill's the vera de'il, 
 
 The flinty heart that canna feel . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Fareweel, auld birkie! Lord be near ye, 
 And then the Deil he dauma steer ye : . To Terraughty. 
 
 Deil-haet, Devil-haet [devil a thing], 
 Tho' deil-haet ails them, yet uneasy ; The Twa Dogs, 30. 
 
 The devil-haet, that I sud ban, 
 
 They ever thinTc. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Deil-ma-care [devil may cape, no matter !] 
 
 ' But deil-ma-care ! 
 ' It just play'd dirl on the bane, Deathand Dr. Hornbook. z6. 
 
 But, Deil-ma-care ! 
 Somebody tells the Poacher-Court, . . Ep. to J. R., 8. 
 Now deil-ma-care about their jaw, To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Deity. 
 From some of your northern deities sprung : S. Caledonia. 
 An athiest-laugh's a poor exchange 
 
 For Deity offended ! . . Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 
 The deities that I adore, 
 
 Are social Peace and Plenty, Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 Even Avarice would deny 
 
 His worshipp'd deity, . . S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 
 Dejected. But now dejected I appear, 
 
 Clarinda proves unkmd ; . To Clarinda. 
 
 Dull, listless, teased, dejected, and deprest, To. R. G, ofF.. 
 Delay. Till, thence returned, they [tones] softly stray 
 
 O'er Clouden's wave, with fond delay; 
 Delay, to. ^« Limludcn Castle. 
 
 I ken thy friends try ilka means 
 Frae wedlock to delay thee ; 
 
 Deleeret [delirous]. 
 
 ' For. monie a ane has gotten a fright, 
 ' An' Hv'd an' di'd deleeret, .... Halloween. 14. 
 Delia. But fairer still my Delia dawns, \re.\ Delia. An Ode. 
 Delicious. 
 The witching cursed delicious blinkers Ep, to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 Unnumber'd buds an' flow'rs' delicious spoils. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 S. Here's to thy health,^ 
 
 Delight. While my soul's delight 
 
 Is on her bed of sorrow. . iS". Ay waking, O t 
 Never mair to taste delight. . . . S. Frae thejriends t 
 Nae the meat, but appetite 
 
 Maks our eating a delight : . . . S. Jockey fou,\ 
 
 The Sun took delight to shine for its sake ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Compar'd wi' my delight is poor . . . S. O Phely^t 
 But my delight in yon town, 
 
 And dearest joy, is Lucy fair, . .S". O luatye wha's in\ 
 And still his precious self his dear delight : . . Sketch. 
 Return, ye moments of delight, S. Slow spreads thegloom\ 
 While day and night can bring delight, S. The day returns t 
 And still my delight is in proper young men : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 The day comes to me, but delight brings me nane ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Delight* to. 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 
 His sheep an' kye thnve bonie, . . S. Behind yon hill\ 
 And courtly grandeur bright 
 
 The fancy may delight, . . iS". Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 The dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw, 
 Alane can delight me — now Nanie's awa'. 
 
 S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain, 
 
 Delights the weary Farmer ; . S. Now westlin winds t 
 To my wife and children in whom I delight, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 While bees delight in opening flowers ; S. Where Cart rins \ 
 Delighted. 
 That, in the merry months 0' spring. 
 
 Delighted me to hear thee sing, . . A Winter Night. 4. 
 Yet [Summer] oft, delighted, stops to trace 
 The progress of the spiky blade. 
 
 Add. to SJiade of Thomson. 
 The lintwhites in the hazel braes. 
 
 Delighted, rival other's lays : S. The Contented Cottager: 
 Delighted doubly then, my Lord, 
 
 You'll wander on my banks, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Delighted with the dashing roar ; . The Vision. D. II. 13. 
 Delighteth. Goodness still Delighteth to forgive. 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Delightful. 
 
 But, Delia, more delightful still 
 
 Steal thine accents on mine ear. . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 In love's delightful fetters, she chains the willing soul! 
 
 ^. Mark yonder Pomp f 
 DelightlesS. But to me its delightless,— my Nanie's awa'. 
 
 S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 
 My soul, delightless, a' surveys, . S. O Logan^ sweetly \ 
 Deliver. 
 
 For had he said, " the soul alone 
 
 ■ " From death I will deliver," 
 
 We saw none to deliver. . 
 
 Epit. on Country Laird. 
 New Psalmody. 
 First, what did yesternight deliver ? 
 
 " Another year is gone for ever." . Sketch. New-Vt^s Day. 
 Enthron'd in her eyes he [Love] delivers his law : 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 Dell. I'd seek some dell, and in my arms 
 
 I[d shelter dear Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 The woodcock haunts the lonely dells ; S. Now westlin wiiuls t 
 Lone as I wander'd by each cliff and dell. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. H. Blair. 
 
 Her banks an' braes, her dens an' dells. 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 
 While chearful peace, with linnet song, ' 
 
 Chants the lowly dells among. . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Delude. 
 The bleezan, curst, mischievous monkies 
 
 Delude his eyes, AM. to tlte Deil. 13. 
 
 Pleasure with her siren air 
 
 May delude the thoughtless pair ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Deluded. Deluded swain, the pleasure 
 
 The lickle Fair can give thee, 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . 6'. Deluded swain i 
 
 Deluding. 
 dear, 4eluding woman. The joy of joys! . ToJ. S.,14. 
 
 Deluge. 
 
 Wi' deepening deluges o'erflow the plains; The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Delusion. Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars ; 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 fortune's vain delusion, 0, . S. My father was a farmer ^ 
 
Delver 
 
 117 
 
 Deseriving 
 
 Delver. 
 
 L— d man, our gentry care as little 
 
 For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; . The Twa Dogs. 12. 
 Delvin. 
 
 For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin! A Ded. to G. ff., 10. 
 Dem. 
 A buck, a beau, or Dem my eyes / . Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 And his last words were Dem tny blood! . lb. 
 
 DemeanOP. Her modest demeanor's the jewel of a'. 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 DemocFat. 
 Abjuring their democrat doings, 
 By kissin' the a — of a peer. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Demosthenes. 
 Whom auld Demosthenes or TuUy 
 
 Might own for brithers. The Auihot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Dempster. Dempster, a true-blue Scot I'se warran ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 13. 
 Hence, Dempster's truth-prevailing tongue ; [v.A.23] 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 A Title, Dempster merits it ; .... To J. S., 23. 
 Demure. 
 Morality's demure decoys 
 Shall here nae raair find quarter : . The Ordination^ /j. 
 Den. I'm wae to think upo' yon den, 
 
 Ev'n for your sake! Add, to tite DeiL 21. 
 Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 Ye hazly shaws and briery dens ; . El. on Capt. M. H. 4. 
 Wrongs, injuries, from many a darksome den, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Now he's ta'en her hame to his ain reeky den, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Her banks an' braes, her dens an' dells, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Denied, DenyM. 
 
 But whether granted or denied. 
 
 Lord bless us with content ! . A Grace before Dinner. 
 Ev'n when the wished end's deny'd, Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 Altho' even hope is denied ; S. Here's a health to ane'f 
 
 Want only of wisdom denied her respect. 
 Want only of goodness denied her esteem. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. Epit. 
 Where first I own'd that virgin love 
 
 I lang, lang had denied. . . S. O viirk^ mirk t 
 
 And syne deny'd she did it at a'. , S. O when she cam benj 
 Riches denied, thy boon was purer joys. 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 But the Heavens deny'd success. . . S. Thickest night t 
 This was deny'd, it was aflfirm'd ; . To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 Sair do I fear that to hope is denied me, 
 
 .S". Twos na her bonze blue ^e t 
 Denmark. 
 
 If Denmark, any body spako't; . KindSir, fve read^ 
 Denomination. 
 Black gowns of each denomination, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 An' ye wba leather rax an' draw. 
 Of a' denominations ; . The Ordination, i. 
 
 Deny. If thou should ask my love, 
 
 Could I deny thee \ . S. Jamie, come try me t 
 
 Even Avarice would deny 
 
 His worshipp'd deity, . S, Mark yonder Pomp t 
 
 Why urge the only, one request, 
 
 You know I will deny \ . . S. Talk not of Love + 
 That there is falsehood in his looks 
 
 I must and will deny : . . That there is falsehood f 
 
 Fancies that our guid Brugh denies protection, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Maxwell, if merit here you crave, 
 
 That merit I deny : . . . To Dr. Maxwell. 
 
 If to love thy heart denies, 
 
 For pity, hide the cruel sentence S. Turn again, thou fair \ 
 Since to enjoy Thou dost deny. 
 Assist me to resign ! Winter. 
 
 Deny'st. 
 
 Since thou then deny'st the pleasure, 
 Now 'tis fit that thou shouldst mourn. 6". Blue Bonnets. 
 Depart. 
 It burns my heart I must depart 
 
 And not avenged be. . . S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Ae thought frae her shall ne'er depart ; S, wat ye wheCs in t 
 
 Departed. 
 
 Deserves the proudest wreath departed heroes claim. 
 
 FragTneni of Ode. 
 De'il tak the war! I late and air 
 
 Hae wish'd since Jock departed ; . S. The tither mom t 
 Lo, from the shades of death's deep night, 
 Departed Whigs enjoy the fight, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 O Mary ! dear, departed shade ! S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Thou mind' St me of departed joys. 
 Departed, never to return. . . S. Ye banks and braes i 
 Departing. 
 By fits the sun's departing beam 
 
 Look'd on the fading yellow woods Lament for Glencairn. 
 Is it departing pangs my soul alarms? . Why am I loth\ 
 Depend. The world were blest did bliss on them depend, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Or why sae sweet a fiower as love, 
 
 Depend on Fortune's shining? S. O poortitk cauld\ 
 
 All on Nature you depend, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 On this poor being all depends, ' . Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Dependent. 
 
 Still self-dependent in her native shore, Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 Depending-. 
 
 Depending on some higher chance, S. Here's to thy health, + 
 Deplore. 
 Tell thae far worlds, wha lies in clay, 
 
 Wham we deplore. . El. on Capt. M. H. g. 
 In wood and wild ye warbling throng. 
 
 Your heavy loss deplore ; . .On Death ofLap'dog. 
 Pale Scotia's recent wound I may deplore. 
 
 On Death of R, Dundas. 
 Who but deplores that hapless friend? Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Deploring. By a river hoarsely roaring 
 
 Isabella stray'd deploring. S. Ravittg winds t 
 
 Deposite. 
 
 Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 Deprest. 
 
 Dull, listless, teased, dejected, and deprest, To R. G. of P.. 
 Deprived, -'d. 
 When depriv'd of her husband she loved so well, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another. 
 
 Depriv'd of thee, his life and light, ■5'. Farewell, dear mistress^ 
 
 Ae look deprived me o' my heart, . S. WJien first I saw t 
 
 Depth. An' in the depth of science mir'd, Auld comrade dear^ 
 
 With his depths and his shallows, his good and his evil. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 But such is the flaw, or the depth of the plan, . lb. 
 
 Depute. Old Father Time deputes me here before ye. 
 
 Prologue, at Tk., D.. 
 
 Dern'd [hidden, secreted]. 
 
 And now we're dern'd in glens and hollows, 
 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Desart v. Desert. 
 
 Descant. Nor pour your descant grating on my ear : 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 
 Descend. 
 
 Descend, ye chilly, smothering snows! A Winter Night. 7. 
 While laigh descends the simmer sun, 
 
 . . -S". The Contented Cottager. 
 
 The robin in the hedge descends, 
 
 And sober chirps securely. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 
 Descendmg. 
 
 Or find a sheltering, safe retreat, 
 From prone-descending showers. T/te Petition of Br. Water. 
 Describe* Some sort all our qualities each to its tribe. 
 
 And think human nature they truly describe * 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Could I describe her shape and mien ; S. On Cessnock banks 
 Described. I've scarce heard ought describ'd sae weel, 
 What gen'rous, manly bosoms feel ; 
 
 . r. .^ , ^P- ^^J- ^-h ^P- 'St. 4. 
 
 Descrive [describe]. 
 
 Let me fair Nature's face descrive, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Deseriving [describing]. 
 
 Our sad decay in church and state, 
 
 Surpasses my deseriving : . . S, Awa, whigs, awa. 
 With these what Tory warriors clos'd. 
 
 Surpasses my deseriving : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 O, how past deseriving had then been my bliss, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.^ 
 
Descry 
 
 118 
 
 Despised, -'d 
 
 Descry. 
 
 A lang half-mile she could descry him ; . Poor Maine's El,. 
 DeSCPy'd. Our warlock Rhymer instantly descry'd 
 
 The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr- 4. 
 Desert, Desart. Through the dire desert regions of sorrow, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 I joy my lonely days to lead in 
 
 This desert drear ; . . The Hermit 
 
 But few enjoy the calm I know in This desert wood. . lb. 
 Tho' mountains rise, and deserts howl, 
 
 And oceans roar between; . . . i". Thd cruel faie\ 
 Desart ilka blooming shore ; . S, Frae the friends t 
 
 The desart were a paradise, 
 
 If thou wert there, if thou wert there. S. O wert thou in the t 
 Swiftfrom this desart let me part, S. Slow spreads thegloomi 
 Desert [merit, what one deserves]. 
 Roose you sae weel for your deserts, 
 
 £p. to J. L—k^ Ap. 2Zst,S- 
 L — d mind G[avi]n H[amilto]n's deserts, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 11. 
 How true is love to pure desert, . S. Sae far awa. 
 
 O Pope, had I thy satire's darts 
 To gie the rascals their deserts, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Desert, to. 
 I'll desert my sov'reign lord, . S. Husband^ husband^ 
 
 Tho' by the neck she should be strung. 
 
 She'll no desert. The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 The Power, incens'd, the Pageant will desert 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 17. 
 
 never, never Scotia's realm desert, lb. 21. 
 Wad ne'er desert his friend. . , . 77« Election Ballads. I. 
 Why desert ye your auld native shire ? . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Again I might desert fair Virtue's way ; Why am I loth t 
 
 Deserted. 
 
 If every other fair one, 
 
 But her, thou hast deserted, lS" O wat ye wha that loes f 
 Or kirk, deserted by its riggin, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Deserve. 
 Deserves the proudest wreath departed heroes claim. 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 
 1 wha deserve sic just damnation, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 And fortune favor worth and merit. 
 
 As they deserve : . Poem on Life. 
 
 C^ould I think I did deserve it, 
 
 How much happier wou'd I be. S. Scenes of woe \ 
 
 For talents to deserve a place 
 
 Are qualifications saucy ; . The Dean ofFac. . 
 
 The best deserves to fa' that ? The Election Ballads. II. 
 
 Conscious the bounteous meed they well deserve, 
 
 ToR.G. ofF., 7. 
 Deservin. An' think na, my auld, trusty Servan' 
 That now perhaps thou's less deservin, 
 
 A Guid New-Year i f/. 
 A seat, I'm sure ye're weel deservin't; Add. of Beelzebub, j. 
 Design. But if I must afflicted be, 
 
 To suit,some wise design; A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Then marks th' unyielding mass with grave designs, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Domestic peace and comforts crowning 
 
 The hail design. . . Friend of the Poet ^ 
 Blew up each Tory's dark designs, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 May Freedom, Harmony and Love 
 Unite you in the grand Design, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. fs L.. 
 Design, to. 
 
 Take a heart which he designs thee ; S. Sweetest May f 
 
 Designed, -'d. 
 I'm no design'd to try its mettle; Death and Dr. Homhook. 10. 
 When nature her great master-piece designed, 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham, m. 
 If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, 
 By Nature's law design'd, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Desire. 
 The caput mortuum of gross desires Ep. to R. Graham, 2, 
 Hides young desire amid her flowery wreath, Innocence^ 
 
 Altho' thy beauty and thy grace 
 
 Might weel awauk desire. . . S. It is na^ Jean, t 
 
 The liquid fire of strong desire . , . Natures Law, 
 And wan his heart's desire ; . The Dean ofFac. , 
 
 Remorse's throb, or loose desire ; . . The Hermit. 
 
 Desire, to. 
 
 Gie me ae spark o'^ Nature's fire, 
 
 ■That's a' the learning I desire; Ep. to J. L^k, Ap. ist. 13. 
 Whae'er desires to ken, Epit, on J. Dove^ Innkeeper. 
 
 The Friend we trust ; the Fair we love ; 
 
 And we desire no more Grace after Dinner. 
 
 Auld uncle John, who wedlock's joys, 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, . . . Halloween. 37. 
 
 Desiring. 
 
 Desiring Glenriddell to yield up the spoil ; . The Whistle. 
 Desolating. 
 
 Waving on high the desolating brand, Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Desolation. 
 The many-pounders of the Banks, 
 
 Resistless desolation ; , . The Election Ballads. VL 
 desolation's lang teeth'd harrow, To Terraughty. 
 
 Despair. 
 When Remembrance wracks the mind, 
 
 Pleasures but unvail Despair. . S. Frae the fiends \ 
 
 Ye Heavens, how great is my despair, . . Fragment 
 The voice of woe and wild despair ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 Within whase bosom save Despair 
 
 Nae kinder spirits dwell. . . S. Now Spring has cladi 
 Of speechless grief, and dark despair : 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warblingi 
 Dark despair around benights me. S. One fond kiss, t 
 
 Fell Despair my fancy seizes. . . S. Ramng winds\ 
 
 Gie him strong Drink until he wink, 
 
 That's sinking in despair ; . Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 
 Thou ev'n brightens dark Despair, Wi' gloomy smile. lb. 6. 
 I know my doom must be despair, . . S. The last time I \ 
 soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair. S. The small birds f 
 Tho' despair had wrung its core, . .S. Thine amif 
 
 Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me ; 
 
 S. Twos na her bonie blue e'e \ 
 Despair, to. But ah ! how bootless to admire, 
 
 When fated to despair! S. Anna, thy charms t 
 For sure 'twere impious to despair 
 
 So much in sight of Heaven lb. 
 
 I know thou doom'st me to despair, S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Despaired. 
 
 And but for you I might despair'd of. Kind Sir, Tve read t 
 Despairing. Sighing, dumb, despairing! S. Blythehdelbeen\ 
 Still caring, despairing, 
 
 Must be my bitter doom ; . . Despondency, an Ode., i. 
 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing. 
 
 Than aught in the world beside. ^S". Here's a health to ant \ 
 Till of escape despairing, . . . S. How crml\ 
 
 Love's veriest wretch, despairing, I 
 
 Fain, fain my crime would cover : . S, TJie last time /t 
 
 The wailing minstrel of despairing woe ; The Vowels,. 
 
 With stem-resolv'd, despairing eye, . To Ruin. 
 
 Rue on thy despairing lover, . S. Turn again, thou /air i 
 
 Desperate. 
 
 Lord grant, nae duddie, desperate beggar. Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Measur'st in desperate thought — a rope— thy neck 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Desperation. In dreadfu' desperation! . Halloween, so. 
 Despise. Leam to despise those frowns now so terrific, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 If man thou wouldst be named, 
 
 Despise the silly creature. . . ^. Deluded swain t 
 
 The Solitary can despise [pleasure. Loves, Joys], 
 
 Can want, and yet be blest! . Despondency, an Ode, 4. 
 I know its worst — and can that worst despise. 
 
 In vain would Prudence t 
 
 Who know them best despise them most. 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 How mony lengthen'd sage advices. 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises I . Tarn d Shanter. 4. 
 The devil the prey will despise. The Election Ballads. III. 
 There I'll despise imperial charms, S. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 Despise that Shrimp, that withered Imp, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. VL 
 Nae ferly tho' ye do despise 
 
 The hairum-scairum, ram-stam boys, ^ . To J, S, ,28. 
 The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, 6". When wild Wars\ 
 Despised, -'d. 
 But now 'tis despised and neglected : Poet, Add. to Tytler. 
 Ye poor, dcspis'd, abandon'd vagabonds, . Tragic Frag. 
 
DespisiniT 
 
 119 
 
 Devout 
 
 Despising. 
 
 Despising wind, and rain, and fire ; . Tam o' Shanter. g. 
 Bespising worlds with all their wealth 
 
 TAe Petition of Br. Water. 
 Despite. 
 But yet, despite the kittle kimmer [Fortune], 
 
 I, Rob, am here. Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 10. 
 Despot, 
 You're welcome to Despots, Dumourier ; Add. to Dmnourier. 
 Crushing the despot's proudest bearing, , Liberty, 
 
 Till slave and despot be but things which were. 
 
 Lns extent, in Lady's Pocket-bk. 
 And banged the despot weel, man. The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 Destin'd. 
 
 tiny thieves not destin'd yet to swing, . , Ep.fr, Esopus. 
 Destiny, -ie. 
 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, 
 
 The wretcli's destinie ! . S. Farewell, ye dungeons \ 
 
 Such make his destiny, 
 
 He who would injure thee, ^. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Inspire thehighly favour 'd youth 
 The destinies intend her. . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Destroy. But for thy people's sake destroy 'em, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer^ 15, 
 
 O why that bliss destroy ! . .S. Talk not ofLove\ 
 
 Destroy'd. 
 
 A' my floweiy bliss destroy'd. S. I dreajn'd I lay t 
 
 Ev'n ev'ry ray of Hope destroy'd, . The Lajnent. 
 
 Destruction. An' nighted Trav'Uers are allur'd 
 
 To their destruction. Add. to the Deil. 12, 
 For Britain's guid ! for her destruction ! Tlie Twa Dogs. 24. 
 Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction, Tragic Frag.. 
 
 Destruction-breathing. 
 
 At whose destruction-breathing word, 
 
 The mightiest empires fall ! , . To Ruin. 
 
 Detach. 
 
 But now his Honor maun detach, 
 Wi' a' his brimstone squadrons, , . The Ordination. 10. 
 
 Detail. 
 
 If I should detail the pick and the wale Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Determine. 
 Let time and chance determine; Ep, to Young Friend, i. 
 Then out into the world 
 My course I did determine, O ; 
 
 S. My father was afarmer\ 
 Detest. And flatt'ry I detest) . . Ep. to Davie. 8. 
 
 Detested. 
 
 A hard who detested all sadness and spleen, The Whistle. 11. 
 Detested, shunn'd, by saunt an' sinner, . . To a Louse. 
 The most detested, worthless wretch among you ! 
 
 Tragic Frag. 
 Detesting. Thee, aith-detesting, chaste Kilkerran ; 
 
 The A utJior's Cry and Prayer. 13. 
 Detraction. If e'er Detraction shore to smit you. 
 
 May nane believe him! A Farewell. 
 Detraction's eye no aim can gain, 
 Her winning powers to lessen ; . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Deuce. O why the deuce should I repine. Extern. Ap. ifSs. 
 The deuce gae wi* him to believe me, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Last May a bra/w wooer\ 
 
 Deuck, Deulc [duck]. 
 
 Frightin awa your deucks and geese Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 The deuks dang o'er my daddie, O ! S. The deuks dang der. 
 Devel [a stunning blow]. 
 
 Death's gien the Lodge an unco devel, . Tam Samson^ s El. . 
 Develope. Do but try to develope his hooks and his crooks : 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Deviating. 
 
 Yet deviating own I must. 
 For so approving me. . . . Wr. on Leaf of H. More, 
 Devil, Deevil [v. also Deil]. 
 
 Some devils seize them in a hurry, Adam, A — 's Prayer. 
 
 But to grant a maidenhead's the devil I . Auld comrade \ 
 
 The meiMe devil wi' a woodie 
 
 Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie. El. on Capt. M. H. x. 
 
 The tane is game, a bluidy devil, . . El. on Year iyS8. 
 
 When , deceased, to the Devil went down, Epig. on . 
 
 The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 
 The followers o' the ragged Nine, 
 Poor, thoughtless devils I yet may shine 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 16. 
 Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, . . . Ep. to J. R. 2. 
 
 Here lyes a man a woman rul'd. 
 
 The devil rul'd the woman. Epit, on Henpecked Squire. 
 Cheat him, Devil, if you can. . . Epit. on J. B., Writer. 
 All in all he's a problem must puzzle the Devil, 
 
 Frag. , inscr. to Fox. 
 May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist. 
 
 And wander their way to the devil ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Whar damned devils roar and yell, Holy Willie's Prayer, 4. 
 But I met the Devil and Dundee 
 
 On th' braes o' KilUecrankie, O. . .S". Killiecrankie. 
 
 The Lord preserve us frae the devil '. 
 Amen ! Amen I 
 
 . Poem on Life. 
 Scotch Drink, 16. 
 . Scots Prologue. 
 Tam. tf' Shanter, 11. 
 
 Poor, plackless devils like mysel, . 
 As able — and as wicked as the devil ! 
 Wi' usquabae, we'll face the devil! 
 The muckle devil blaw you south, 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 She's [Scotland's] just a devil wi' a rung ; lb. 22. 
 
 The death o' devils, smoor'd wi' brimstone reek : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Which shews that heaven can boil the pot. 
 
 Though the devil p-s in the fire. . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 The devil the prey will despise. The Election Ballads, III. 
 Like furious devils driving. ... lb. VI. 
 
 His talk o' H-U, whare devils dwell. 
 Our vera " Sauls does harrow" Wi' fright 
 
 The Holy Fair. zi. 
 1 ken the devils dare na touch me. . The Inventory. 
 
 Or lee-lang nights, wi' crabbet leuks. 
 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks ; . The Twa Dogs, 33. 
 Poor devil ! see him owre his trash. To a Haggis. 
 
 You shouldna paint at angels mair, 
 
 But try and paint the devil. To a Painter. 
 
 An' if a Devil be at a', 
 
 In faith he's sure to get him. To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 All devil as I am, a damned wretch, . Tragic Frag.. 
 
 I've little to spend, and naething to lend, 
 
 But deevil a shilling I awe, man. . Ronalds of Bennals. 
 A reekit wee deevil looks ower the wa', 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 Devil-haet v. Deil-haet. 
 Devilish. 
 Alas ! Alas ! a devilish change indeed. 
 
 Lns while on Deathhed. 
 by some devilish cantraip slight . Tam o' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Devilship. 
 Your brunstane devilship I see 
 Has got him there before ye ; Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 Devious. 
 
 Wild-send thee Pleasure's devious way, The Vision, D. II. 17. 
 Devon. 
 Fairest maid on Devon banks ! 
 
 Crystal Devon, winding Devon, ire."] S. Fairest maidi 
 How pleasant the banks of the clear winding Devon, 
 
 -5". How pleasant the banks \ 
 Where Devon, sweet Devon, meand'ring flows. lb. 
 
 Devoted. Tho' thick'ning, and hlack'ning, 
 
 Round my devoted head. . To Ruin. 
 
 Devotion. Wearying Heav'n in warm devotion, 
 
 S. Musing on the roaring t 
 Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion. 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 17. 
 What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us. 
 
 And ev'n Devotion ! To a Louse. 
 
 Devour. 
 Thy minions, kings defend, controul, devour. To R. G. of F.. 
 Those that would the bloom devour, 
 Crush the locusts, save the flower. 
 
 Wr. in Her>nitage at F. C. 
 
 Devout. And, all devout, he never sought 
 
 To stem the sacred torrent. . . . Nature's Law. 
 
 O how they fire the heart devout, 
 Like cantharidian plaisters . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
Dew 
 
 120 
 
 Die 
 
 Dew. The dew sat chilly on her [the linnet's] breast, 
 
 S. A Rosebud by i 
 All freshly steep'd in morning dews. 
 
 S. Agfiin rejoicing- Nature^ 
 The op'ning gowan, wat wi' dew, . . S. Behind yon Mllsi 
 But I cam through the Tiseday's dew, . S. Had I the wyte f 
 Her lips are roses wet wi' dew ! . S. Her flowing locks \ 
 In the gay rosy morn, as it bathes in the dew ; 
 
 S, H<yw pleasant the hanks\ 
 See yonder rose-bud, rich in dew, . . S. I do confess^ 
 
 Her lips like roses wet wi' dew, . . S. I gaed a wae/u* \ 
 Lady Mary Ann was a flower in the dew : S. Lady Mary A nn. 
 And mount to the air wi' the dew on her breast ; 
 
 ^. Lns on a Plough-man. 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 The diamond-dew in her een sae blue, 
 
 S. My Lord a-huniingi 
 Thou lavrock that starts frae the dews of the lawn, 
 
 S. My Nanie^s Awa. 
 Then through the dews I will repair, . S. Now rosy May f 
 Yon rose-buds in the morning dew, 6". O bonie was yon rosy \ 
 As dews o' summer weeping, 
 
 In tears the rose-buds steeping : S. O wat ye wha that loes\ 
 And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews S. O were tny love^ 
 
 And I mysel' a drap of dew, 
 
 Into her bonie breast to fa' ! . . . . lb. 
 
 Sweetly deckt with pearly dew , . . Sad thy tale,\ 
 Sweet brushing the dew from the brown heather bells, 
 
 S. The heather was hloo3n.\ 
 And the diamond drops o' dew shall be her een sae clear ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 The primroses blow in the dews of the morning, 
 
 S. The small birds ^ 
 While thro' your pores'the dews distil 
 
 Like amber bead, . To a Haggis- 
 
 Nor even Sol too fiercely view 
 
 Thy bosom blushing still with dew ! To Miss C. 
 
 Dropping dews, and breathing balm. . . . Jb. 
 
 Down by the bilrn, where scented birks 
 
 Wi' dew are hanging clear, my jo, S. When der the hill\ 
 Those that sip the dew alone, 
 
 M^e the butterflies thy own ; Wr. in Hermitage at P. C. . 
 Dew-drop. 
 It's [the woodbine's] dew-drop o' diamond, her eye. 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith \ 
 For the dew-drops of morning fall cold on her grave. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 When dewdrops twinkle o'er the lawn ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks f 
 The mavis sang, while dew-drops hang 
 Around her on the castle wa'. , The night was stillf 
 
 Dewy. AH on a dewy morning. . . S. A Rosebud by f 
 
 drooping rich the dewy head, lb. 
 
 Where the wa'-flower scents the dewy air, . . A Vision. 
 Sweet as the dewy, milk-white thorn, A^d. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 I meet him [the Sheep-herd] on the dewy hill. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 But Phemie was the blythest lass, 
 
 That ever trode the dewy green. . S. Blythe was she t 
 O'er the dewy bending flowers S. Hark! the mavis \ 
 
 The dewy star of eve to hail. . S. Here is the glen ^ 
 
 Aloft on dewy wing ; . . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Winnowing blythe her dewy wings 
 
 In mommg's rosy eye ; . S. Now Spring has clad^ 
 The woodbine in the dewy weet, . . . S. O Phely, t 
 I see her in the dewy flowers, . . S. Of a' the airts t 
 
 When purest in the dewy morn ; . S. On Cessnock banks f 
 I'll miss thee sporting o'er the dewy lawn, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Rosebuds bent the dewy spray ; . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Gi'e me the lonely valley, 
 
 The dewy eve, and rising moon ; . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 And eye the smoking, dewy lawn, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 As in the bosom of the stream 
 
 The moon-beam dwells at dewy e'en ; S. There was a lass t 
 Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Oh fresh is the rose in the gay dewy morning, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 'Twas even— the dewy fields were green, 
 
 S. Twas even— the dewy t 
 
 Diamond. 
 
 Till the Diamond's Ace, of Indian race, 
 
 Led him a sair faux pas, man : . . A Fragment. 7. 
 Its dew-drop o' diamond, her eye. S. Adown winding Nith ^ 
 At dawn, when every grassy blade 
 
 Droops with a diamond at his head, Ml. on Capt. M. H. 6. 
 My Sandy gied to me a ring. 
 
 Was a' beset wi' diamonds fine ; . . S , My Sandy gied^ 
 And the diamond drops o' dew shall be her een sae clear ; 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 But Kindness, sweet Kindness, in the fond-sparkling e'e, 
 Has lustre outshining the diamond to me ; 
 
 .S". Von wild mossy mountains t 
 Diamond-dew. 
 
 The diamond-dew in her een sae blue, S. My Lord a-hunting^ 
 Diana. An' curse your folly sairly, 
 
 That e'er ye brak Diana's pales, . A Dream. 10. 
 A-W3.t thou pale Diana ! . . S. The gowd. locks of A . 
 
 Dibble. Here lies in earth a root of Hell, 
 
 Set by the Deil's ain dibble ; . Epit. on D. C. 
 Dice. Or rattl'd dice wi' Charlie 
 
 By night or day. . . A Dream. 10. 
 
 Dicing. 
 An' send him [Charlie Fox] to his dicing box. 
 
 An' sportinlady. The Authors Cry and Prayer, ig. 
 Dietionap [Dictionary]. 
 He was a dictionar and grammar Amang them a^ ; 
 
 To W. Creech. 
 Did. It just play'd dirl on the bane, 
 
 But did nae mair. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 A coof like him wou'd stain your name, 
 If it were kent ye did it, Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 wat ye what my minnie did, 
 
 On Tysday 'teen to me, jo ? S. O wat ye what my \ 
 
 An' wat ye what the parson did, 
 
 A' for a penny fee, jo? . . . lb. 
 
 And swore 'twas the way that their ancestor did. 
 
 The Whistle. 14. 
 
 Diddle [to shake, jog]. 
 
 Lang may your elbuck jink and diddle, Ep. to Maj'.Loge^n. 3. 
 
 Lang may your elbuck jink an' diddle. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Didna [did not.] 
 
 She did na wait on talkin To spier . . . Halloween, is. 
 
 1 wat they didna weary ; . . lb. 28. 
 The fault wad be mine, if they didna shine, 
 
 The sweetest and best o' them a', man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 I wonder didna turn thy stomach. . . Tarn 0' Shanter^ 14. 
 For the auld gudeman o' London court 
 
 She didna care a pin ; . . . The Election Ballads, I. 
 
 I didna trow, I'd see my jo . . S. The tither mom \ 
 
 And did na joy blink in her e'e ; 6". There was a lass t 
 
 Die. When the bloody die was cast on the heights of Abram ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. I. 
 
 Die, to. Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go, 
 
 And live or die wi' Charlie. S. Come boat me o'er\ 
 If I had twenty thousand lives, 
 
 I'd die as aft for Charlie. ... ib. 
 
 Shall I like a fool, quoth he. 
 
 For a haughty hizzie die ? . - ^. Duncan Gray \ 
 
 E'en let them [Lords or Kings] die— for that they're bom ! 
 
 El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Or die a cadger pownie's death, Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 7. 
 O, who would not die with the brave ! 
 
 6". Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 I die by treacberie ; . . S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 
 May coward shame disdain his name, 
 
 The wretch that dares not die ! , ... lb. 
 
 How can I see him die ! . . • Fragment. 
 
 I can die,— but canna part, . S. Hark! the mavis \ 
 
 And as wi' thee I'd wish to live. 
 
 For thee I'd bear to die, . . S. It is na, Jean, t 
 
 And they hae sworn a solemn oath 
 
 John Barleycorn should die. . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 I said he might die when he liked for Jean ; 
 
 S. Last May a brtm wooer \ 
 And I'll keep it until the hour I die. . S. My Sandy gied \ 
 
 The wife of my bosom, alas ! she did die ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am /t 
 
 They'll live, or die wi' fame, Willie ! 
 
 S. O Kenmure s on and awa t 
 
 Who for thy sake would gladly die ! . , . 
 
 6*. Mary, at thy window t 
 
Die 
 
 121 
 
 Dinna 
 
 And now in fainting murmurs die ; On Linchtden Castle. 
 Forward,— let us do or die ! , . . S. Scots, wka ha'e \ 
 That something in us never dies : Sketch. New- Yrs Day. 
 Let us th' important now employ, 
 
 And live as those who never die 75. 
 
 Or nobly die, the second glorious part : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night. 21. 
 In your heretic sins may you live, and die, The Dean o/Fac. 
 The stubborn Tories dare to die : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 And when I die, 
 Let me in this belief expire, — " To God I fly.'' The Hennit. 
 I'll ne'er forsake till the day I die, 
 The lass that made the bed to me. 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 He'd die before he'd wrong it — 'tis decorum. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 And knee-deep in claret he'd die or he'd yield. The Whistle, g. 
 Turn awa^ thine eyes of love, 
 
 Lest I die with pleasure. . , . S. Thine am /f 
 An angel could not die. . To Dr. Mttxwell. 
 
 Canst thou wreck his peace for ever, 
 
 AVha for thine wou'd gladly die ! S. Turn again, ttwu t 
 What will I do gin my Hoggie die ? S. What will I do gin \ 
 If ance I had my lovely treasure, 
 
 Let the rest admire and die. S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Let me, lassie, quickly die, 
 Trusting that tbou lo'es me : . S. Wilt thou he my f 
 
 Died, Di'd, Dy'd, 
 The daring invaders they fled or they died. . S. Caledonia. 
 It is not purity and worth, 
 
 Else Jessy had not died. Epit. on Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 ' For monie a ane has gotten a fright, 
 
 ' An' liv'd an' di'd deleeret, . . Halloween. 14. 
 
 Till fey men died awa, man. S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Still pressing onward, red-wat-shod, 
 
 Or glorious dy'd ! . . To W. Simpson. 
 Diedst. Thou diedst unwept as thou livedst unloved. 
 
 Monody., on a Lady. 
 Diel V. Deil. 
 Differ [differenee]. 
 
 What maks the mighty differ ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Different, 
 But Queen N[etherplace], of a diff'rent complexion, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another. 
 Nor even two different shades of the same [virtue], 
 
 Fragment., inscr. to Fox. 
 Dig, 
 
 No claws to dig, his hated sight to shun ; To R. G. ofF., 3. 
 Diglit [to wipe, dry by rubbing ; prepare for use]. 
 Ye bonnie lasses, dight your een, . EL on Year i*j88. 
 
 I'll light now, and dight now, 
 
 His sweaty wizen'd hide. . . . Ep. to Davie. 21. 
 Let me ryke up to dight that tear, The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 His knife see Rustic-labour dight, . . . To a Haggis. 
 She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion ; .S". Willie Wastle t 
 Dight [cleaned from chaff]. 
 The cleanest com that e'er was dight 
 May hae some pyles o' caff in ; Add, to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 Dighted [wiped], 
 
 I dighted ay her een sae blue, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 Dignity. For a' that, and a' that, 
 
 Their dignities, and a' that, S. The Honest Man. 
 " Preserve the dignity of Man, 
 
 With Soul erect ; The Vision, D. II. sa. 
 
 Digression. 
 Your pardon, Sir, for this digression, A Ded. to G. H, 11. 
 An' there began a lang digression . . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Diligent. 
 
 So hold thy industry with diligent cares. The Poor Thresher. 
 Dim. The fears all, the tears all, 
 
 Of dim declining Age ! . Despondency, an Ode. j". 
 Dim, cloudy, sunk beneath the western wave ; 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 Now life's chilly evening dim shades on your eye, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Dim-backward. 
 Dim-backward as I cast my view, 
 What sick'ning scenes appear ! , Despondency^ an Ode. t. 
 Dim-dark'ning. 
 Dim-dark'ning thro' the flaky show'r, . , A Winter Night, i. 
 Q 
 
 Dim-seen, 
 Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless showers, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Dimension, 
 And then a' doctor's saws and whittles, 
 Of a' dimensions, shapes, an' mettles, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, so. 
 Dimpled, -*t. 
 Whyles in a wiel it [the burnie] dimpl't ; . Halloween. 23. 
 An' ay they dimpled wi' a smile 
 The rosy cheeks o' bonie Mary. S. T. Menzie's honie Mary. 
 Dimpling. 
 
 Peaceful keep your dimpling wave, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Din [dun in colour]. 
 She's dour and din, a deil within, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 He had a wife was dour and din, . . S. Willie Wasile t 
 Din, The cauld blue north was streaming forth 
 
 Her lights, wi' hissing eerie din ; . .A Vision. 
 There [o'er hell] let him hing, and roar, and yell, 
 
 Wi' hideous din, . Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 Ye burnies, wimplin down your glens, 
 
 Wi' toddlin din, El. on Capt. M. H. 4. 
 
 Or haughty Chieftain, 'mid the din of arms, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Half-wauken'd wi' the din, . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Now half your din of tuneless sound, 
 
 With echo silent lies. . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 
 What needs this din about the town o' Lon'on ? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 They raise a din, that, in the end. 
 
 Is like to breed a rupture O' wrath . The Holy Fair. 28. 
 If mair they deave us wi' their din, . The Ordination. 14. 
 Some rhyme to court the countra clash, 
 
 An' raise a din ; . . To/.S.,S- 
 
 An' muckle din there was about it, 
 
 Baith loud an' lang. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Ye'U keep me waukin wi' your din ; S. Wha is that at \ 
 
 We's mak nae din about your tocher ; 
 
 S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Dine [dinner-time], 
 
 Frae morning sun 'till dine : S, Shld auld acquaintce t 
 
 Dine, to. 
 What tho' on hamely fare we dine, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Invited him home to dine with him next day ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 They all went to dine at the Nobleman's hall. . . lb, 
 Tho' faith, I fear ye dine but sparely. 
 
 On sic a place. . . . To a Louse. 
 
 Dined. And the dukes that you dined wi' yestreen, 
 
 On an empty Fellow. 
 
 Ding [to drive, knock, beat ; overcome, surpass ; be 
 pushed or upset]. 
 
 But Facts are cheels that winna ding, . . A Dream. 4. 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, Add. to the Deil. ig. 
 Whare Sandy and Nancy I'm sure will ding them a' ? 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks, . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Dink [neat, trim]. 
 
 My Lady's dink, my Lady's drest, S, My Lord a-huntingi 
 Dinna [do not]. 
 Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken- 
 Still hae a stake . . Add. to the Deil. 2i. 
 I dinna envy him the gains he can win ; 
 
 S, As I was a-wand'ring\ 
 Tho' dinna ye be speakin o't ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 For Lords or kings I dinna mourn, . EL on Year i\ 
 I dinna like to see your face. 
 
 Nor hear your crack. Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 1st, 20. 
 So dinna ye affront your trade, 
 
 But rhyme it right. . . lb., Ap. 2ist, 4. 
 
 That holy robe, O dinna tear it ! . , Ep. to J. R., 3. 
 
 dinna think my pretty pink. 
 But I can live without thee : 
 
 1 vow and swear, I dinna care, . S, Heres to thy health \ 
 L — d weigh it down, and dinna spare. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 13. 
 But for thy people's sake destroy 'em. 
 
 And dinna spare lb, is. 
 
 For Johnie o' the Buskie-glen, 
 
 I dinna care a single flie ; . . S. In simmer when f 
 
 O silly blind body, O dinna ye see ; S, O whare did ye get t 
 
Dinna 
 
 122 
 
 Discourse 
 
 Now, honest Hughoc, dinna fail, 
 
 To tell my Master a' my tale ; The Death ofMailie. 
 
 An' dinna, for a kebbuck-heel, 
 
 Let lasses be aflFronted On sic a day ! The Holy Fair. 25, 
 An' then if kirk folks dinna clutch me, 
 I ken the devils dare na touch me. . The Inventofy. 
 
 Sae dinna put me in yoiir buke, lb. 
 
 And dinna sae uncivil be ; S. The lass that Tnade the bed. 
 And said, Sweet lassie dinna cry, . . lb. 
 
 O Jenny dinna toss your head, . To a Louse. 
 
 As lang's the Muses dinna fail 
 
 To say the grace. , To J. S. , 24. 
 
 And if we dinna baud a bouze 
 
 I'se ne'er drink mair. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 For me, shame fa' me, 
 
 If neist my heart I dinna wear ye . . To Terraughty. 
 
 Dinner. The dinner being ended, he then let them know, 
 
 ^S". The Poor Thresher. 
 Poor, worthless elf, it eats a dinner 
 
 Better than ony Tenant-man . . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 The dmner being over, the claret they ply. The Whistle. 12. 
 Looks down wi' sneering, scomfu' view 
 
 On sic a dinner ? . To a Haggis. 
 
 Gae somewhere else and seek your dinner, 
 
 On some poor body. , To a Louse. 
 
 Dlnnep'd. 
 Sae far I sprackled up the brae, 
 
 I' dinner'd wi* a Lord. On dining with Daer. 
 Dinsome [noisy]. 
 Till block an' studdie ring an' reel 
 
 Wi' dinsome clamour. Scotch Drink. 11. 
 
 Amid their cumbrous, dinsome joys ; 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Dint. 
 
 Sweet fruit o' mony a merrj' dint, . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Who think to storm the world by dint of merit, 
 
 Prologue, at Th. D.. 
 Dinted. 
 
 By some sweet elf I'll yet be dinted, E^. to Maj. Logan. 12. 
 Dip. He dips in gall unmixed his eager pen, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 To dip her left sark-sleeve in, . . Halloween. 24. 
 
 Diphthong. 
 
 Not all his mongrel diphthongs can compound ; The Vowels. 
 Dipt. Her cheeks like lilies dipt in wine, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Dipe. What dire events ha'e taken place ! El. on Year ifSS. 
 From these dire scenes my wretched lines I date, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 the dire feeling, O fareivell for ever, ^. Gloomy Deccjnber. 
 Through the dire desert regions of sorrow, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 
 Dir^ was the hate at old Harlaw, . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 And dire the discord Langside saw, . , , lb. 
 
 No pause the dire extremes between, . The Tears I shed. 
 
 Direct. 
 
 A ray direct from pitying Heaven, On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Direct, to. This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 An' deal't about as thy blind skill 
 
 Directs thee best. . . Scotch Drink. 21. 
 And cruelty directs the thickening blows ; . The Vowels. 
 Directed. 
 
 Till God knows what may be effected. 
 
 When by such heads and hearts directed : Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Directing, 
 
 impell'd by all-directing Fate, . . The Brigs of Ayr, 3. 
 Direction. 
 Then, Water-kelpies haunt the foord, 
 
 By your direction, . Add. to the Deil. 12. 
 
 Tell them wha hae the chief direction, 
 Scotland an' me's in great affliction, 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 Direful. Keen Recollection's direful train, The Lament, 7. 
 Direr, 
 
 Tyranny's or direr Pleasure's chain ; Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Direst. Let Prudence' direst bodements on me fall, 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 To glut that direst foe,— a vengeful woman ; Scots Prologue. 
 Dirgeful. Thou, amid the dirgeful sound. 
 
 Shed thy dying honours round, . To Miss C, 
 
 Dirk. And secret hung, with poison'd crust, 
 
 The Dirk of Defamation : The Holy Fair. 
 
 Dirl [a vibrating blow]. 
 
 It just play'd dirl on the bane. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 Dlrl, to [to vibrate]. 
 
 Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. . . Tarn d Shanter, zi. 
 Dirl'd [played with vibrating energy], 
 
 'Twas Pibroch, Sang, Strathspey, or Reels, 
 She dirl'd them aff fu' clearly, O S. Amang the trees f 
 
 Dirt. An' swoor fu' rude, thro' dirt an' blood. 
 
 To mak it guid in law, man. . A Fragment, g. 
 
 Poor dunghill sons o' dirt and mire, . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 ' Yet stops me o' my lawfu' prey, 
 
 Wi' his d-mn'd dirt ! Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2g. 
 
 Down the zodiac urge the race, 
 
 And cast dirt on his godship's face ; . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 If he but want the miser's dirt, 
 
 Ye'll cast your head anither airt, . . S. O Tibbie ! f 
 
 Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle, . The Inventory. 
 
 An' set the bairns to daud her [Common-sense] 
 
 Wi' dirt this day, . . The Ordination. 2. 
 
 On my ain legs through dirt and dub, 
 I independent stand ay. To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 Dirty, the wives and dirty brats Add, of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave, 
 The picture of thy mind ! . On seeing Seat of Lord G. . 
 
 Wi' dirty stanes biggan a dyke, . . The Twa Dogs, 10. 
 
 Quoth I, for shame, ye dirty dame, . S. The weary pund. 
 Disagreet. 
 
 Sic famous twa should disagreet, . . The Twa Herds, g. 
 Disappear. 
 
 The' stars in skies may disappear, S. The noble Maxwells f 
 Disappointment. 
 
 When disappointment snaps the clue of hope. To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 
 And Disappointment, in these loneljr bounds. 
 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Disarm. 
 
 The gentle look that rage disarms ; . S. My Mary's face t 
 Disaster. 
 
 An' when they meet wi' sair disasters. 
 Like loss o' health or want o' masters, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. is. 
 . To J. Taylor. 
 
 Pity my sad disaster ; 
 Disastrous. 
 And thro' disastrous night they darkling grope. 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 Discarded. 
 Discarded remnant of a race 
 Once great in martial story ! . On Duke of Queensberry. 
 Discern. But first hang out that she'll discern, 
 
 Your hymeneal Charter, . A Dream, 13. 
 
 Bold stems of Heroes, here and there, 
 
 I could discern; [v.A.4] . The Vision. 
 
 Among the illustrious Scottish sons 
 That chief thou may'st discern ; . . V.s below Picture. 
 Discharge. We'se gie ae night's discharge to care, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 18. 
 
 Disclaim. 
 
 To shame ye, disclaim ye, 
 
 Ilk honest birkie swears. . Tfie Ans. to the Guidtvife. 
 And all his well-earn'd praise disclaim. ^. T/te capt. Ribband. 
 Disclose. 
 Nor dare disclose my anguish. S. Farewell, thou stream^ 
 Whose innocence did sweets disclose 
 Beyond that flower's perfume. . On Poet's Daughter. 
 DiSCl0S*d. The paly moon rose in the livid east, 
 
 And 'mong the cliffs disclos'd a stately Form, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Discord. 
 O thou grim mischief-making chiel. 
 
 That gars the notes of discord squeel, Add. to Toothache. 6. 
 May fireside discords jar a base 
 
 To a' their parts ! . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 
 And dire the discord Langside saw, . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Discordant. 
 
 Scream your discordant joys ; . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 
 Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among ; To Miss GraJiam. 
 
 Discount. 
 
 Discount what scant occasion gave. Add, to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Discourse. And still his discourse was concerning his charge. 
 
 S, The Poor Thresher. 
 
Discover 
 
 123 
 
 Distant 
 
 Discover. 
 
 Then let the sudden bursting sigh 
 
 The heart-felt pang discover ; , S. Could aught of song t 
 Thine am I ray faithful fair, 
 Well thou may'st discover ; . . S. Thine am If 
 
 DisCOVer'd. At length they discover'd a bonie moor -hen. 
 
 ^ iS". The heather was Moom. t 
 
 Discreet. Mally's modest and discreet, S. O Mally's meeh. 
 
 Discreetly. I rule them as I ought, discreetly, The Inventory. 
 
 Disdain. 
 
 Upbraid na me wi' cauld disdain, , ^S". O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 Firm may she rise with generous disdain 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch 
 
 O' sour disdain, . . Scotch Drink, 17. 
 The Slave's spicy forests, and gold-bubbling fountains, 
 The brave Caledonian views with disdain ; 
 
 iS". Their groves off 
 And hap'ly, eye the barren hut, With high disdain. 
 
 Tof.S.,17. 
 Disdain, to. 
 
 For well I know thy gentle mind 
 
 Disdains art's gay disguising ; . S. Could aught of song f 
 
 May coward shame disdain his name, 
 
 The wretch that dares not die ! S. Farewell^ ye dungeons t 
 The English steel we could disdain, . . S. The Union. 
 My faithful love disdains, . . To Clarinda. 
 
 Parnassian queens, I fear, I fear, 
 
 Ye'll now disdain me, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 But mean revenge, an' malice fause 
 
 He'll still disdain, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Disdaining. 
 
 Wha kills me wi' disdaining. . S. stay, sweet ivarblingf 
 Disease, thou hell o' a' diseases, . . Add. to Toothache. 
 Baith their disease, and what will mend it, 
 
 At once he tells't. Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 As whiles they're like to be my dead, 
 
 (O sad disease!) . To W. Simpson. 
 
 As life itself becomes disease, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Disgrace. 
 
 For Geordie's jurr we're in disgrace, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 The harpy, hoodock,_ purse-proud race, 
 
 Wha count on poortith as disgrace Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 
 Wha bring thy elders to disgrace. Holy Willie's Prayer. 10. 
 
 Alas ! misfortune stares my face. 
 
 And points to ruin and disgrace, . . The Farewell. 
 
 Disgrace, to. 
 
 Mansions that would disgrace the building-taste 
 Of any mason reptile, bird, or beast ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 If I that giver's bounty e'er disgrace ; To R. Graham. 
 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev. J. M^Maih. 
 Disguise. 
 For pity, hide the cruel sentence 
 Under friendship's kind disguise. S. Turn again, thou + 
 Disguising. 
 
 For well I know thy gentle mind 
 
 Disdains art's gay disguising ; . S. Could aught ofsongf 
 What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load. 
 Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, ig. 
 Disgusted. And hither came, with men disgusted, 
 
 My life to end. The Hermit. 
 Dish. Because he gat the toom dish thrice. 
 
 He heav'd them on the fire, . . Halloween. 27. 
 While she held up her greedy gab, 
 Just like an aumous dish : . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Dish, to. And dish them out their bill o' fare, To a Haggis. 
 
 Dish*d. 
 
 Wha I wish were maggots' meat, 
 
 Dish'd up in her winding-sheet ; S. First when Maggy f 
 
 Dishonest. 
 
 But, ah ! deform'd, dishonest to the sight ! The Vowels. 
 
 Dishonour. Dishonour defile me, . . S. Eppie Adair. 
 
 O ! may it ne'er be a livin' plague ^ 
 
 To my dishonour, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 Dishonour, -or, to. 
 
 Or hounded forth, dishonor arms 
 
 In hungry droves. TIte Author's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 
 And dishonour not thy kind. . Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Dishonor*d. In dust dishonor'd laid: S. Fate gave the word, t 
 
 Disloyal. 
 
 And who wou'd to Liberty e'er prove disloyalj 
 May his son be a hangman, and he his first trial. 
 
 A t Meet, of D. Volunteers. 
 
 Let no one misdeem me disloyal ; Poet. Add. to W. Tytler. 
 Dismal. My dismal months no joys are crowning, 
 
 Improfn. on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 Dlsmist. An' how they crouded to the yiU, 
 
 When they were a' dismist : The Holy Fair. 23. 
 Disobey. Fain promise never more to disobey ; Why am I loth t 
 Disown. As ye disown yon paughty dog. 
 
 That bears the Keys of Peter, . A Dreajn, is. 
 Whom friends and fortune quite disown ! A Winter Night, g. 
 And for ever disowns thee, her ain Jock Rab. S, Eppie M'Nab. 
 Reif randies I disown ye ! . . S. Louis what reck If 
 Ambition would disown 
 The world's imperial crown, S. Mark yonder Pomp f 
 
 Disown'd. 
 
 My friends they hae disown'd me a', S. Oh, how can I be hlythe f 
 Dispense. 
 
 If ye'il dispense lyi' want o' sense . Tlie Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 should my Author health again dispense. Why am I loth f 
 Dispensing. 
 
 An aged Judge, I saw him rove. 
 
 Dispensing good, [v, A. 4] The Vision. 
 
 Display. 
 
 Comes, 'mid a string of coxcombs to display, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 And England, triumphant, display her proud rose ; 
 
 S. Ho-w pleasant the banks f 
 How strongly still your view displays 
 
 The piety of ancient days ! . On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 Each Gothic ornament display. . . . lb. 
 
 When men display to congregations wide, 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night, 17. 
 Disporting. 
 
 And little lambkins wanton wild, 
 
 In playful bands disporting. S. Young Peggy f 
 
 Dispute. 
 
 Or e'er dispute thy pleasure ? . On Com. Goldie's Brains. 
 
 Disputed. But Facts are cheels that winna ding. 
 
 An' downa be disputed : . , A Dream. 4. 
 Disquiet. 
 
 With tumult, disquiet, rebellion, and strife ; S. Caledonia. 
 Disrespeket [disrespected]. 
 
 How huff' d, an' cufF'd, and disrespeket ! TItS Twa Dogs. 12. 
 Dissector. 
 Bloody dissectors, worse than ten Monroes ; 
 He hacks to teach, they [Critics] mangle to expose. 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 4. 
 Dissection. An' majf Ye rax Corruption's neck, 
 
 And gie her for dissection ! . A Dream. 8. 
 Conceal yoursel as weel's ye can 
 
 Frae critical dissection ; Ep. to Young Friend. $. 
 
 Dissemble. 
 
 The muckle devil blaw you south. 
 
 If ye dissemble ! The Author's Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 
 Dissembling. Curse on his perjur'd arts! dissembling smooth! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 
 Dissipation. 
 
 Wi' dissipation, feud, an' faction I The Twa Dogs. 24. 
 
 Dissolve. Dissolve in pause — and sentimental tears 
 
 Add. spkn by Fontenelle. 
 When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord, Add. to the Deil. 12. 
 Distain'd. Mark ruffian Violence, distain'd with crimes ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Distant. Whase distant roaring swells and fa's. . A Vision. 
 Yon distant isle will often hail ; . S. BeJuild tJie /lourf 
 
 The rising Moon began to glowr 
 The distant Cumnock hills out-owre; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 The ways of men are distant brought, Despondency, an Ode.3. 
 Had I a cave on some wild distant shore, S. Had I a cave f 
 While in distant climes I wander, [re.] S. Highland Mary. 
 And far be thou distant, thou reptile that seizes 
 The verdure and pride of the garden and lawn. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks f 
 For whare'er he distant roves, 
 
 Jockey's heart is still at hame. S. Jockey's ta'en the parting f 
 I haste with the storm to a far distant shore ; 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land, 
 
Distant 
 
 124 
 
 Do 
 
 So shy, grave and distant, ye shed not a tear : 
 
 Monody on a Lady. 
 And gild the distant mountain's brow ; S, On Cessnock banks t 
 The gathering floods burst o'er the distant plains ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 That distant years may boast of other " Blairs " 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Who distant bums in flaming torrid climes, 
 
 Once fondly lov'd t 
 For her I'll trace a distant shore ; S. The Highland Lassie. 
 The faintly-marked, distant hill : . . The Lament^ z. 
 ere Phoebus, low, Shall kiss the distant, western main. lb. 7. 
 There, distant shone, Art's lofty boast. The Vision. D. /. 13. 
 Your hurdies like a distant hill, . . . To a Haggis. 
 That fate is thine — no distant date ; To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 DIstant-echoin iT. 
 
 And the distant-echoing glens reply. . . .A Vision. 
 Distil. While thro* your pores the dews distil 
 
 Like amber bead. . To a Haggis. 
 Distillation. 
 Dearest of Distillation ! last and best ! 
 How art thou lost! . The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Distiird. 
 
 ' Mite-horn shavings, filings, scrapings, 
 
 DistilrdjJer js; Death and Dr. Hon^ook. 22. 
 Distinguished, -'d. 
 That which distinguished the gender 
 
 O' Balaam's ass ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish'd — to bestow ! 
 
 E^. to R. Graham, j. 
 Distracted. 
 Western breezes softly blowing, 
 Suit not my distracted mind. . S. Thickest night i 
 
 Distraction. 
 Then paints the ruin'd Maid, and their distraction wild I 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 10. 
 As now my distraction no words can express ! 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Distress. 
 Affliction's sons are brothers in distress ; A Winter Night, g. 
 To lye in kilns and barns at e'en, 
 When banes are craz'd, and bluid is thin, 
 
 Is, doubtless, great distress! E^. to Davie. 3. 
 distress, with horrors arming, . . . S. Sensibility,^ 
 
 Wi' sma'^ to sell, and less to buy, 
 
 Aboon distress, below envy, . S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Her [Life's] way may lie thro' rough distress ! The Lament. 
 I view the helpless children of distress. . Tragic Frag.. 
 
 Distressing. 
 Life, thou soul of every blessing, 
 
 Load to Misery most distressing, . . S. Raving winds t 
 Distrest, Distressed. 
 I may be distress'd, but I winna complain ; 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring\ 
 Thy creature here before Thee stands. 
 
 All wretched and distrest ; . A Prayer under Angitish. 
 I once could relieve the distrest ; S. The sun he is sunk t 
 
 Auld chuckle Reekie's sair distrest, . . To IV. Creech. 
 District. 
 
 And this district as mine I claim, . The Vision. D, II. 11. 
 District-space. 
 
 Some, bounded to a district-space, The Vision. D. II. 10. 
 Disturb. Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 I charge you disturb not my slumbering Fair. . . lb. 
 And when the howling^ wintry blast 
 Disturbs my lassie's midnight rest, 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the Untwhite t 
 Disturb not ye [winds] the hero's sleep, . . Liberty. 
 
 Yet, let not this too much, my Son, 
 
 Disturb thy youthful breast : Man was made to Mourfi. 
 Why disturb your social joys, . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Disturbed. 
 
 The Cameleon-savage disturb'd her repose, . S. Caledonia. 
 Ditch. 
 I stacher'd whyles, but yet took tent ay 
 
 To free the ditches ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 An' owre she warsl'd in the ditch ; 
 
 Trenching your ^ushln^; entrails bright 
 Like onie ditch ; 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 To a Haggis. 
 
 Ditcher. 
 L — d man, our gentry care as little 
 
 For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; . The Twa Dogs. 12. 
 Ditching*. And sometimes a hedging and ditching I go ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Ditty. And soul-ennobling Bards heroic ditties sung. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. ij. 
 Then staggering, an' swaggering, 
 
 He roar'd this ditty up . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Grunts out some Latin ditty ; . . The Ordination. 11. 
 
 Diurnal. While Terra firma, on her axis. 
 
 Diurnal turns, To W. Simpson. 18. 
 Diversion. An' worry'd ither in diversion ; The Twa Dogs, 6. 
 Divide. They [boundless oceans] never, never can divide 
 
 My heart and soul from thee. S. From thee, Eliza, t 
 Musing on the roaring ocean, 
 
 Which divides my love and me : S. Musing on the roaring\ 
 Nor more may aught my steps divide, 
 From that dear stream which flows to Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 His piercin words, like Highlan swords, 
 
 Divide the joints an' marrow ; . . The Holy Fair. 21. 
 The meeting cliffs each deep-sunk glen divides, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Divided. 
 
 let us not,^ like snarling curs. 
 
 In wrangling be divided, . . S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 The auld Guidwife's weel-hoordet nits 
 Are round an* round divided, . . Halloween. 7. 
 
 Divine. 
 
 1 see the Sire of Love on high. 
 
 And own his work indeed divine! Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Hear me, Powers divine ! 
 
 Oh, in pity hear me ! . . . . S. Ay waking, 1 
 (Who knows not that brave Caledonia's diidne ?) S. Caledonia. 
 Who christened thus Maria's lyre divine ; Ep, fr. Eso^us. 
 O Mandate, glorious and divine ! Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st, 16. 
 Wi' mercies temp'ral and divine. Holy Willie's Prayer. 16. 
 Wi' her I'll blythely bear it, 
 
 And think my lot divine. . . S. My Wife's a winsome. 
 Thou art divine, fair Lesley, . S. O sawyebonie Lesley^ 
 Miss Miller is fine, Miss Markland's divine, 
 
 The Belles ofMauchlim. 
 But chiefly, in their hearts with Grace divine preside. 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night, 18. 
 The glorious Architect Divine ! The Farewell. ToSi.J.'sL.. 
 There's some are fou o' love divine ; . The Holy Fair. 27. 
 An' pour divine libations For joy this day. The Ordination, z. 
 Call a toast — a toast divine ; . . . . The Toast. 
 He left the foul business to folks less divine. The Whistle, 15. 
 All hail. Religion ! maid divine! . . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 And ev'ry day has joys divine 
 With the bonie lass o' Ballochmyle. 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy \ 
 O, aid me with Thy help. Omnipotence Divine! 
 
 WhyamIloth\ 
 Divine, s. 
 Law, physics, politics and deep divines : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, a. 
 Divinely. 
 
 Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; Tarn d Shanter. j". 
 Diviner. Her cheeks a mair celestial hue, 
 
 A crimson still diviner ! S, Her flowing locks t 
 Divinity. 
 
 But when Divinity comes cross me. 
 
 My readers then are sure to lose me. . A Ded. to G. H. Ii. 
 Divulge. 
 But never tempt th' illicit rove, 
 Tho' naething should divulge it : Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 
 Dizzen, Diz'n [dozen]. 
 
 Till H[amiUon]'s, at least a diz'n, 
 
 Are frae their nuptial labors risen : . A Ded, to G. H., 14. 
 
 Her dizzen's done, she's unco weel ; . The Twa Dogs. 30, 
 Dizzy, -ie. 
 
 They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags, . Add. to tlte Deil. g. 
 
 That trouth, my head is grown right dizzie, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist,3. 
 
 wi' drink an* courting dizzy, . The /oily Beggars, R. III. 
 Do. This may do— maun do, Sir, wi' them wha 
 Maun please the Great-lblk for a wamefou ; 
 
 A Ded.toG.H.,2. 
 
 He may do weel for a' he's done yet, . . . lb. 3. 
 
Do 
 
 125 
 
 Dome 
 
 Wad gar you trow ye ne'er do wrang, . . A Dream, 2. 
 I canna say but they do gailies ; . Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 How does Dampiere do ? . . . Add. to Dumourier. 
 Ye've nought to do but mark and tell 
 
 Your Neebours' fauts and folly ! . Add. to Unco Guid. i. 
 One point must still be greatly dark, 
 
 The moving Why they do it ; , . . -lb. 7. 
 
 How do ye this blae eastlin win', . A uld comrade dear t 
 Ye'll do nae gude at a'. . . . S. Awa, -wHigs, awa. 
 To hunt, or to pasture, or do what she would : S. Caledonia. 
 Folk maun do something for their bread, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 12. 
 The swap we yet will do't ; . E^ig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Sir Bard will do himself the pleasure Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 And how do ye do? . . S, Gudeen to you Kiimner^ 
 
 Let them do the like, 
 
 And spend the gear they win. . S. Hey ccC thro\ 
 
 Now a' is done that men can do, - . S. It was a* /or t 
 And as for the lave, let the deil do his best. Jenny M'Craiv. 
 And that's the way I like to do. . . S. Johny come kiss. 
 Sweet lass, may I do that? . S. Lass, whenyrmitherf 
 That gin the lassie winna do't, 
 
 Ye'll fin' anither will, jo. . . . S. O steer her up \ 
 Wha can do nought but fyke an' fumble, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 You may do miracles by persevering. Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 For making o' rhymes, and working at times, 
 
 Does little or naething at a', man. . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Ilk feature— auld nature 
 
 Declar'd that she cou'd do nae mair ! . . S. Saejlaxen \ 
 Forward, — let us do or die ! . . S. Scots^ wha ha'e t 
 
 "The passing moment's all we rest on ! " 
 Rest on— for what? what do we here? Sketch. New-VrsDay. 
 I would do— what would I not ? 
 
 For the sake of Somebody. . . . . S. Somebody. 
 But what will I do wi' Tam Glen ? . . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid. 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer^ 16. 
 Were ye but here, what would ye say or do ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 To do some errands, and convoy her hame. 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night, 7. 
 Not only bring them tidings hame. 
 
 But do their errands there, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 And he wad do their errands weel, . ... lb. 
 
 For woman's wit, or strength o' man, 
 Alas ! can do but what they can ; . lb. VI. 
 
 wha will to Saint Stephen's house, 
 
 To do our errands there, man ? . X The Fite Champetre. 
 Quoth I, " With a' my heart, I'll do't ; . The Holy Fair, 6. 
 Tho' ye can do little skaith, ye'll be in at the death. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 What will I do for a lad, when Sandy gangs awa ? 
 
 S. There grows a bonze f 
 Now what could artless Jeanie do ? S. There was a lass t 
 Just ae hauf muchkin does me prime, There's naethin like t 
 Father, quo* she, Mither, quo' she, Do what ye can, 
 
 S. There's ftews, lasses t 
 fye! How daur ye do't? . . . To a Louse. 
 
 Lord send you ay as weel's I want ye, 
 
 And then ye'll do. . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Wha does the utmost that he can. Will whylfes do mair. lb. 
 Do what I dought to set her free, . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man? 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie \ 
 
 1 never can please him, do a' that I can ; . . .lb. 
 I'll do my endeavour to follow her plan ; . . . lb. 
 What will I do gin my Hoggie die ? S. What will I do gin \ 
 It's a pity ane sae pretty 
 
 Should na do the thing they can. iS". Will ye go and tnarry i 
 
 Doat. 
 
 And maun I still on Menie doat, S. Again rejoicing Nature \ 
 O ! art thou not ashamed 
 To doat upon a feature ? . . . S. Deluded swain t 
 
 Dochter [daughter]. 
 
 A vera gude tocher, a cotter-man's dochten 
 
 S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 In leaving the dochter of a lord, . S. O when she cam ben t 
 And me the EUer's dochter? . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 The gudewife's dochter fell in a fever, . . S. Scroggam. 
 
 Jove's tunefu' dochters three times three, To Miss Ferrier. 
 Doctor. Doctor Hornbook, wi' his art And cursed skill. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook^ 13. 
 
 a' doctor's saws and whittles, ... lb. zo. 
 
 How it comes, let Doctors tell, . .S". Duncan Grayf 
 
 But the Doctor's your mark, . . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Poet Willie, Poet Willie, gi' the Doctor a volley, . lb. 
 
 To confound the poor Doctor at ance. ... lb. 
 
 Toads with their poison, doctors with their drug, 
 Doetptoe. ToR.G.c/F.. 
 
 The doctrine, to day, that is loyalty found. 
 To-morrow may bring us a halter. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 An' some, by whom your doctrine's blam'd 
 
 (Which gives you honor) To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Your doctrines I maun blame, S. Ye Jacobites by name t 
 
 Dog. Make you as poor a dog as I am, A Ded. to G. H., 16. 
 
 yon paughty dog. That bears the keys of Peter, A Dream. 12. 
 
 The young dogs — swinge them to the labour 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 I'm sure sma' pleasure it can gie, Ev'n to a deil, 
 
 To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, . Add. to the DeiL 2. 
 
 ye auld, snick-drawing dog ! . . . lb. 16. 
 
 By Heavens, the sacrilegious dog 
 Shall fuel be to boil itT . S. Does haughty Gauli 
 
 Cats like milk, And dogs like broo ; 
 
 S. Gttdeen to you Kimmer\ 
 
 Even as two howling, ravening wolves 
 To dogs do turn their tail. . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 The rantin dog, the daddie o't. S. O wha my baiie-clouts t 
 
 Frae dogs an' tods, an' butcher's knives! 
 
 The Death ofMaiUe. 
 
 Twa Dogs, that were na thrang at hame. The Twa Dogs. 
 
 His hair, his size, his ^outh, his lugs, 
 
 Shew'd he was nane o' Scotland's dogs, . . lb. 
 
 After some dog in Highland sang, lb. 
 
 What sort o' life poor dogs like you have ; . . . lb. y. 
 
 Rejoic'd they were na men but dogs ; . . lb. 33. 
 
 The grave sage hem thus easy picks his frog, 
 
 And thinks the Mallard a sad worthless dog. 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 Doggie idim. of dog]. 
 
 Me and my faithfu' doggie ; . ^S". What will I do gin t 
 
 Dog-skin. 
 
 But now he's quat the spurtle-blade, 
 
 And dog-skin wallet. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Doing, -in. 
 
 Or what the drumlie Dutch were doin ; Kind Sir, fve read\ 
 
 That whether doing, suffering, or forbearing, 
 
 You may do miracles by persevering. Prologtee, at Th., D.. 
 
 after many a bloody, deathless doing, . , Scots Prologue. 
 Doings. 
 
 But a' your doings to rehearse, . . ., 
 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, Add, to the Deil. ig. 
 
 Abjuring their democrat doings Tlie Election Ballads, III. 
 Doited [stupefied ; hebetated]. 
 
 The doited beastie stammers ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Thou clears the head o' doited Lear ; . Scotch Drink, 6. 
 
 Fit only for a doited Monkish race, The Brigs of Ayr. S. 
 
 But the body he was sae doited an blin, S. The Cooper o' Cuddy ^ 
 
 A creeping cauld prosaic fog 
 My very senses doited. . . , To Miss Ferrier. 
 Doleftil, -fu'. 
 
 as he tuned his doleful sang, . . Lament for Glencairn. 
 
 Twa had manteeles o' dolefu' black, . The Holy Fair. s. 
 Dolour. Which bled all the wounds of my dolour again. 
 Domain, ^' ^^ ^ ^'^ a-watufringf 
 
 From Tweed to the Orcades was her domain, J". Caledonia. 
 
 Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, . . The Farewell 
 
 'Till now, o'er all my wide domains, 
 
 ' Thy fame extends ; The Vision. D. II. iS. 
 Dome. 
 
 With awe-struck thought, and pitying tears, 
 I view that noble, stately Dome, Add. to Edinburgh, 6. 
 
 Again the dome, in pristine pride, 
 
 Lifts high its roof and arches wide, On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 There; distant shone. Art's lofty boast. 
 
 The lordly dome. . The Vision. D. I. 13, 
 
 The cobweb'd gothic dome resounded, Y ! . The Vowels. 
 
Domestie 
 
 126 
 
 Door 
 
 Domestic. 
 
 Domestic peace and comforts crowning 
 
 / The hail design. . . Friend of the poet ^ 
 
 May bliss domestic smooth his private path ; 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 9. 
 Domicile. 
 
 The noisy domicile of pedant pride ; . . The Vowels. 
 Dominion. 
 Thou ne'er took such a bleth'ran b-tch, 
 
 Into thy dark dominion ! . Mpit. on noisy Polemic. 
 
 Tyrannic man's dominion ; . . S. Now westlin winds t 
 in lone poverty's dominion drear, . Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 And banish 'd our dominions, 
 
 Henceforth this day. The Ordination, 12. 
 
 There's few sae bonie, nane sae gude, 
 
 In a' King George' Dominion ; The Tarbolton. Lasses. 
 
 I'm truly sorry Man's dominion 
 Has broken Nature's social union, . . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Donald. 
 
 Donald wi' his Highland hand, {re."] . S. Donald Brodie f 
 Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald, . . .6". Hee balou t 
 For Donald was the brawest man, 
 
 And Donald he was mine. S. The High. Widow's Lament. 
 My Donald's arm was wanted then 
 
 For Scotland and for me. . lb. 
 
 Ochon, O, Donald Oh ! . . . .lb. 
 
 My Donald and bis Country fell, 
 
 Upon Culloden's field. . . . lb. 
 
 The fourth's a Highland Donald hastie, . The Inventory. 
 Done. He may do weel for a' he's done yet, A Ded. to G. H.y 3, 
 But or the day was done, I trow, 
 
 The laggen they hae clautet Fu' clean A Dream, i^. 
 
 As Something, loudly, in my breast, 
 
 Remonstrates I have done ; A Prayer in Pro&p, of Death. 
 What's done we partly may compute. 
 
 But know not what's resisted. . Add. to Unco Guid. S. 
 And we hae done wi' thriving. S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 And sing't when we hae done. . Ep. to Davie., 4. 
 
 Whatever thou hast done, be it late be it soon, 
 Thou's welcome again to thy ain Jock Rah. S. Epj>ie M'Nab. 
 And no for ony guid or ill 
 
 They've done afore thee ! Holy Willie's Prayer, i. 
 
 What have I [winter] done of all the year. 
 To bear this hated doom severe 1 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. — U Birtliday. 
 'Tis done ! says Jove ; so ends my story, . . lb. 
 
 Now a' is done that men can do. 
 
 And a' is done in vain; ... 5. It was a' /or^ 
 But I'll remember thee, Glencairn, 
 
 And a' that thou hast done for me ! Latnent/or Glencairn. 
 But what was said, or what was done, 
 
 Shame fa' me gin I tell ; . . S. My heart was Ance t 
 When a' thir days are done, man, S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 Stand i' the stool when I hae done, ^S". O gude ale comes t 
 An' kissin my Katie when a' was done. 
 
 S. O merry hae I been t 
 As ye have generous done, . . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Wink hard, and say, " The folks hae done their best." lb. 
 And roars out, " Weel done, Cutty-sark! " 
 
 Tavi Shanter. 16, 
 The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face. 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night, iz. 
 Look'd on till a' was done ; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Her dizzen's done, she's unco weel ; TJie Twa Dogs, 30. 
 
 How I had spent my youthfu' prime, 
 
 An' done nae-thmg, . The Vision. D. /. 4. 
 And ev'ry ither pair [o' shoon] that's done, 
 
 Mair taen I'm wi' you. . . To J. S., a. 
 An' wad hae done't affhan' : . . To Gavin Hamilton. 
 
 Nine Ferriers wad done better ! . To Miss Ferrier, 
 
 Is grown right eeiie now she's done it, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 An' shortly after she was done 
 
 They gat a new ane. To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 But thy utmost duly done, 
 Welcome what thou canst not shun : 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 
 Donor. 
 
 Still may thy pages call to mind 
 The dear, the beauteous donor ; Wr. on Leaf of H. More, 
 
 Donsie [over-nice ; restive, unmanageable ; unlucky]. 
 
 Ye ne'er was donsie \ . . . A Guid NeW'Year. t J. 
 Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes, • 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 I've seen the day, and sae hae ye, 
 Ye wad na been sae donsie, O. . S. The deuks dang d er. 
 Dool [sorrow]. 
 And o'er this grassy heap sing dool, . . A Bards Epit. 
 O' a' the num'rous human dools, ... 
 
 Thou bear'st the gree. Add. to Toothache. 
 
 And a' the day to sit in dool, . . . S. Cd the Ewes. 
 May dool and sorrow be his lot, El. on Capt. M. H.^ Epit. 
 My coggie is a haly pool, 
 
 That heals the wounds o' care and dool ; S. Gane is the day f 
 Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins 
 O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave : 
 
 .S". O merry hae I been t 
 O ! dool to tell, . . The Twa Herds. 2. 
 
 Yet, for a' my dool and care. 
 It's wantonness for ever! . . S. Wantonness for ever ^ 
 
 dool on the day I met wi' an auld man, 
 
 •S". What can a yng lassie t 
 Doolfu' [sorrowful]. 
 And echo cons the doolfu' tale ; S. The Contented Cottager. 
 May mourn their loss wi' doolfu' clamour ; To W. Creech. 
 
 Doom. Still caring, despairing, 
 
 Must be my bitter doom ; Despondettcy^ an Ode. i. 
 To bear this hated doom severe ? 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. — *s Birthday. 
 The wretch whase doom is " hope nae mair," 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad^ 
 Though wandering now must be my doom, 
 
 S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Retrieve its doom and take its place. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 And heard great Bab'Ion's doom pronounc'd by Heaven's 
 command. . . The Cotters Sat. Night. 15. 
 
 1 know my doom must be despair, . .S". The last time /f 
 Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, 
 
 Shall be thy doom ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Doom'd. Doom'd to that sorest task of man alive 
 
 To make three guineas do the work of five : 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Thus all obscure, unknown, and poor, 
 Thro' life I'm doom'd to wander, O, 
 
 S. My father was afarmer^ 
 And suffering I am doom'd to bear, S. O watye whds in\ 
 Tho' I were doom'd to wander on, 
 
 Beyond the sea, beyond the sun, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 Doomed to share thy fiery fate, Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 Are doom'd by Man, that tyrant o'er the weak, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Doom'st. 
 
 I know thou doom'st me to despair, Farewell, thou streatn \ 
 Doon. Amang the bonie, winding banks. 
 
 Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, . Halloween. 
 O, a' ye Bards on bonie Doon ! Poor Mailie's EL. 
 
 Bonie Doon, sae sweet at gloaming, . .S". Scenes ofwoe\ 
 Bonie Doon, whare early roaming, 
 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. . . .lb. 
 
 Thou would be found deep drown 'd in Doon ; 
 
 Tarn q' Shanter. 3. 
 Before him Doon pours all his floods *, . ■ fb. 10. 
 
 Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon, 
 
 S. The Banks of Doon, Sett //. 
 
 Aft hae I rov'd by bonie Doon lb. 
 
 Here, Doon pour'd down his far-fetch'd floods ; 
 
 T/ie Vision. D. I. 14- 
 While Irwin, Lugar, Aire an' Doon, 
 
 Naebody sings. . . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Ye banks and braes 0' bonie Doon, [re.'\ 
 
 S. Ve banks and braes ^ 
 Door. Steal thro' the winnock frae a wh-re, 
 
 But point the Rake that taks the door; A Ded. to G. H., 8. 
 List'ning, the doors an' winnocks rattle, A Winter Night. 3. 
 Come thiggan at your doors and yetts, Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 That frequent pass douce Wisdom's door Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 Yet spurn'd at Fortune's door, man ; El, on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 Whom Prose has turned out of doors, Epig. on E.'s Martial. 
 And bar the doors wi' driving snaw, . Ep. to Davie, t. 
 Syne coziel^, aboon the door, 
 
 Wi' cannie care, they've plac'd them . . Halloween- S- 
 V\\ come nae mair to thy bower door, S. Here's io thy healthy t 
 
Door 
 
 127 
 
 DOUF 
 
 Lord Gregory ope thy door. . . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 
 Sair I fecht them [Want, Hunger] at the door, 
 
 S. O that I Jiad ne'er \ 
 My father put me frae his door, 6". Oh, how can I he blythe t 
 Oh, open the door, some pity to shew, [«.] 
 
 S. Oh, open ike door, t 
 She has open'd the door, she has open'd it wide, 
 
 She sees his pale corse on the plain, Oh ; . . .lb. 
 Na, even tho' limpan wi' the spavie 
 
 Frae door tae door. Second Ep. to Davie, 
 
 Windows and doors in nameless sculptures drest, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. S. 
 We'll hide the Cooper behind the door, S. The Cooper o' cuddy^ 
 But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 For [Moodie] steels the holy door, 
 
 Wi' tidings o' s-lv-t— n. [v. A. 22] The Holy Fair. I2. 
 We still keep the ravening wolf from the door. 
 
 ^. The Poor ThresJier. 
 They bar the door on frosty win's; . The Tiva Dogs, so. 
 And jee! the door gaed to the wa' ; . The Vision. D. 1. 7. 
 My pen I here fling to the door, And kneel, . To J. S., 2i. 
 Nae inair we see his levee door 
 
 Philosophers and Poets pour, . . To W, Creech. 
 
 And, while I toddle on through life, 
 
 I'll ne'er gang by your door. . V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 But whan we tirl'd at your door, 
 
 Your porter dought na hear us ; V.s^ on Window, Carron. 
 Wha is that at my bower door? . . S. Wha is thai at t 
 Dopty [huffy ; supercilious, saucy], 
 tho' a Minister grow dorty, An' kick your place. 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer, 2j, 
 Dose. I'd gie you sic a hearty dose o't. 
 
 Wad dress your droddum 1 To a Louse, 
 Dote. I dote on ev'ry feature . S. My Love's a winsome^ 
 Dotard. 
 Who think to storm the world by dint of merit, 
 To you the dotard has a deal to say, Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Double. In double pride were gay. . S. But lately seen t 
 To see the new [year] come laden, groaning, 
 Wi' double plenty o'er the loanin 
 
 To thee and thine ; . ,, Friend of the poet ^ 
 And lo ! the Bard, a great reward, 
 
 Has got a double portion ! . . Nature's Law, 
 
 Now wad ye sing this double flight, 
 Some fell for wrang and some for right, 
 
 iS". T/ie Battle of Sherra-moor.^ 
 O' double verse come gie us four, . . The Ordinatiojt, 3. 
 Doublet. 
 
 The rose upon the breer will be him trouse an' doublet, 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Doubling. 
 
 With doubling speed and gathering force. Fragment of Ode. 
 Listening to the doubling roar. 
 
 Surging on the rocky shore ; . S. How can my poor heart + 
 The doubling storm roars thro' the woods : Tarn o' Shanter, to. 
 Doubly. And when her lovely form I seej 
 
 O haith, she's doubly dear again ! S. Til ay ca in f 
 How doubly severer, Eliza, thy fate, . Monody, on a Lady. 
 And doubly welcome be the spring, 
 
 The season to my Lucy dear. . S. O wat ye ivha's in t 
 Astonish'd, doubly marks its beam, . S, Peggy Chalvzers. 
 I'm three times, doubly, o'er your debtor, 
 
 Second Ep, to Davie. 
 Fnends, that parting tear reserve it, 
 
 Tho' 'tis doubly dear to me ; , . S. Scenes of woe t 
 By theeinspir'd, When gaping they besiege the tents. 
 
 Are doubly fir'd. . Scotch Drink, 8. 
 
 Delighted doubly then, my Lord, 
 
 You'll wander on my banks, TJie Petition of Br. Water. 
 And doubly curse the luckless rhyming trade. 
 
 „ ^. '^0^- G- ofF.,1. 
 
 Doubt. 
 
 Then we'll be d-mned no doubt Add, to Dumourier. 
 
 Nae doubt they'll rive it wi' the plew ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23, 
 Wha ever wi' Kerroughtree's met, 
 
 And has a doubt of a' that ? The Election Ballads. II. 
 
 Nae doubt but they were fain o* ither, . The Twa Dogs, 6. 
 Ye are sae grave, nae doubt ye're wise ; . ToJ.S., 28. 
 Nae doubt the auldrlight flocks are bleatan ; 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Doubt, to. 
 But faith I I muckle doubt, my Sire, . A Dream. S' 
 
 I doubt na they wad bide nae better . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 And there was muckle fun and jokin, 
 
 Ye need na doubt ; Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. ist, 2. 
 I doubt na, lass, but ye may think, . . S. O Tibbie I ^ 
 I doubt na, lass, that weel-kenned name 
 
 May cost a pair o' blushes ; . . On W, Chalmers, 
 
 I doubt na Fortune may you shore 
 
 Some mim-mou'd pouthered priestie, . , . . lb. 
 Tho' I maun say't, I doubt ye flatter, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 I doubt na, frien', ye'U think ye're nae sheep-shank, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 5. 
 The' faith, that date, I doubt ye'U never see ; . lb. 
 
 I doubt na, Sir, but then we'll find, 
 
 Ye're still as great a Stirk. . . T)te Calf, 
 
 Few men o' sense will doubt your claims 
 
 To rank amang the Nowte. . . lb. 
 
 If ye should doubt the truth o' this 
 
 It's Bessy's ain opinion! . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 For Britain's guid ! guid faith ! I doubt it. The TwdDogs, 22. 
 I doubt he's but a grey nick quill, . Tlie Twa Herds. 14, 
 
 Ye need na doubt, I held my whisht ; The Vision. D, I. 8. 
 I doubt it's hardly worth the while, S, There was a lad t 
 
 I doubt you gar. The bonie lasses lie aspar, . . lb. 
 
 I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; To a Mouse. 
 
 As faith I muckle doubt him, . , To Gav, Hamilton. 
 
 It ne'er cam i* their heads to doubt it, To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 Doubted. My skill may weel be doubted; A Dream. 4. 
 
 Doubtful. Her doubtful balance eyed, and sway'd her rod; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 DoubtingS. Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ; 
 
 TJie A utho-^s Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Doubtless. Is, doubtless, great distress ! Ep. to Davie, 3. 
 Douce V. Douse. 
 Doudl'd [dandled]. 
 
 Aft has he doudl'd me upon his knee ; lS". O whare did ye get t 
 Dough. She [nature] kneads the lumpish philosophic dough, 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahayn. 2. 
 Dought ipret. ^/dow; was op were able, could, might]. 
 C-mw-11-s fought as lang's he dought, A Fragment. 4. 
 
 Do what I dought to set her free. 
 
 My saul lay in the mire ; To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Your porter dought na hear us ; . V,s, on Window, Carron. 
 Doughty. And there will be Douglasses doughty, 
 
 The Election Ballads, III. 
 Douglas. 
 The very name of Douglas blasted. On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 Hate, envy, oft the Douglas bore ; . lb. 
 
 Here Douglas forms wild Shakespeare into plan. 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 One Douglas lives in Home's immortal page, 
 But Douglases were heroes every age ; [v.A.12] • 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 A Douglas followed to the martial strife, , . Ih. 
 
 Ye yet may follow where a Douglas leads ! . .lb. 
 
 And there will be Douglasses doughty, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 The Douglas and the Heron's name. 
 
 We set nought to their score : . Ih. V, 
 
 But Douglasses o' weight had we, . . . Jh, 
 
 Douked [ducked]. 
 An' had in mony a well been douked ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV, 
 Doup [the posteriors, the breech]. 
 
 May Hornie gie her doup a clink 
 
 Ahint his yett, . Adam A—'s Prayer, 
 While raving mad, I wish a heckle 
 
 Were in their [the giglets'] doup. Add. to Toothache. 
 Doup-skelpep [one who stpikes the bpcech]. 
 
 That vile doup-skelper, Emperor Joseph, Kind Sir, I've readi 
 Dour, Doure [intrepid, hardy, stubborn, severe]. 
 And S-ckv-lle doure, wha stood the stoure, A Fretgment. 5. 
 biting Boreas, fell and doure, . . A Winter Night, i. 
 
 The tither's dour, has nae sic breedin', . El. on Year 1788. 
 Yet, teughly doure, he bade an unco hang. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4, 
 She's dour and din, a deil within. The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 He had a wife was dour and din, . . S. Willie Wastle t 
 
Douse 
 
 128 
 
 Doylt 
 
 Douse, Douce [sedate, sober, grave, decorous]. 
 
 To say her pray'rs, douse, honest woman ! Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 That frequent pass douce Wisdom's door 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. a. 
 For now I'm grown sae cursed douse, 
 
 I pray an' ponder butt the house, . Auld comrade dear\ 
 An' either douse or merry tale, E^. to J. L — k., Ap. ist. 6. 
 For you sae douse, ye sneer at this, lS". Green grow the Rashes. 
 Douse hingin o'er my curple, . The Ans. to the Guidivi/e. 
 Ye dainty Deacons, an' ye douce Conveeners, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. . 
 A' ye douce folk I've borne aboon the broo, . . lb. 
 
 thrifty Citizens, an' douce, lb. g. 
 
 O ye, douse folk, that live by rule, . To J. S., sd. 
 
 On gown, an' ban', an douse black bonnet, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Dousely [soberly, prudently]. 
 So, ye may dousely fill a Throne, . . A Dream, ii. 
 
 An' dousely manage our affairs 
 
 In Parliament, The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Douser [more decorous]. 
 
 Or if he was grown oughtlins douser, Kind Sir^ I've read\ 
 Dove. 
 Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 The trembling dove thus flies, . . S. How cruel f 
 
 Down in a shady walk. Doves cooing were ; 
 
 S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Dove-like. 
 
 Dove-like fondness, chaste concession, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Dow [dove]. They fled like frighted dows, man. 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Dow. But, as I'm sayin', please step to Dow's 
 And taste sic gear as Johnnie brews, 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Dow, Dowe [to be able, can]. 
 Tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hoble, A Gude New-Year \'j. 
 Trembling, I dow nought but glowr, S. Blythe ha'e I been. 
 I'll laugh, an' sing, an' shake my leg, 
 
 As lang's I dow ! Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 2ist. g. 
 My Muse dow scarcely spread her wing : Ep. to J. R. 6. 
 
 E'en let him come out as he dowe. The Black-headed Eagle. 
 Some swagger hame, the best they dow, The Holy Fair. 26. 
 He hirples twa-fauld as he dow, . . S. To daunton me. 
 Dowf, Dowff [dull, flat, pithless, silly}. 
 
 Observe the very nowt an' sheep, 
 
 How dowff an' dowie now they creep ; El. on Year 17SS. 
 
 Her dowf excuses pat me mad; Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st. 4. 
 
 Return sae dowf and weary O : . S. When o'er the hilli 
 Dowie [worn-out, spiritless, low-spirited]. 
 
 Tho' now thou's dowie, stiff an' crazy, A Guid New-Year, t 2. 
 
 Observe the very nowt an' sheep, 
 
 How dowff an' dowie now they creep ; . El. on Year if88. 
 
 Dowie she saunters down Nithside, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 When a' the lave gae to their bed 
 I wander dowie up the glen ; S. My Harry was a gallants 
 
 Or make our Bardie, dowie, . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 There's some that are dowie, . . . S. The Taylor/ell, t 
 
 The birdies dowie moaning, i". The young High. Rover. 
 
 Bow now, alas ! ye're dowie grown, S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 His sad complaining dowie raves. . . S. Young Jamie, t 
 Down iadv.,prep.'\. 
 
 As I gaed down the water-side, . 6*. Co! the ewes. 
 
 I set me down and sigh : ' . Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 The girdin brak, the beast cam down, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Ye bumies, wimplin down your glens, El. on Capt. M. H., 4. 
 
 But now she's floating down the Nith, El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 
 I set me down, to pass the time, . . Ep. to Davie, /. 
 
 I'm dwindled down to mere existence, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Dowie she saunters down Nithside, . . . . lb. 
 
 Down the zodiac urge the race, .... lb. 
 
 An' down gaed stumpie in the ink ; 
 
 Ep. to j. L—k, Ap. Sfsi. 6. 
 
 But I shall scribble down some blether 
 
 Just clean aff-loof. lb. 7. 
 
 awa' we canter Uphill, down brae, . Ep. to Maj. Logan, 
 
 She's down in the yard, she's kissin the Laird ; 
 
 S. Eppie'MNab. 
 
 The auld guidman raught down the pock, . Halloween, ly. 
 We'll gae down by Clouden-side, . S. Harkt the mains'^ 
 Now we maun totter down, John, but hand in hand we'll go, 
 
 S. John Anderson^ 
 The primrose down the brae ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Till down mjr weary bones I lay 
 
 In everlasting slumber, O. . S, My father was a farmer \ 
 Tho' fortune's frown still hunts me down, . . . lb. 
 While down his cheeks the saut tears row'd ; 
 
 S. My Sandy gied t 
 Her yellow hair, beyond compare, 
 Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck, 
 
 S. O Maliys meek. 
 Now, haply down yon gay green shaw, 
 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree ; S. O watye whds in\ 
 Then set him down, and twa or three 
 
 Gude fellows wi' him ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Down in a shady walk, 
 
 Doves cooing were ; . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Wi' saut tears trickling down your nose ; Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 And down the briny pearls rowe lb. 
 
 She's down i' the grove, she's wi* a new love, 
 
 S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 In vain the bums cam down like waters, 
 
 An acre braid ! . Tam Samsotis EL, g. 
 And down by Simpson's wheel'd the left about : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 Then down ye'll hurl, deil nor ye never rise ! . lb. 7. 
 
 Reflected beams dwell in the streams. 
 
 Or down the current shatter ; . S. Tlie Fite Champetre. 
 The hares were hirplan down the furrs, The Holy Fair. i. 
 
 An' guid Claymore down by his side, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 But I will down yon river rove amang the wood sae green, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 Gae down by Faile, and taste the ale. The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen, TJu Vision. D. I. it. 
 So uprose bright Phcebus— and down fell the knight 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 
 And down the gate, in faith, they're worse, 
 
 To Mrs. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Down by yon stream, and yon bonie castle green ; 
 
 S. Wae is my heart f 
 Down by the burn, .... 5". When o'er the hill\ 
 Down. Oh ye ! who, sunk in beds of down, 
 
 Feel not a want but what yourselves create, 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 
 Down, Downs. 
 
 Frae the downs o' Tinwald— The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 He danc'd wi' Jeanie on. the down, S. There was a lass\ 
 Downa [cannot]. 
 when I downa yoke a naig, . . .A Ded, to G. H., e. 
 He downa see a poor man want ; . . . . Ib.S- 
 
 An' downa be disputed : A Dream. 4. 
 
 They downa bide the stink o' powther ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 
 Downa do [impotence, inability]. 
 
 But downa do's come o'er me now, S. Tlte deuks dang o'er. 
 Downans v. Cassilis-Downans. 
 Down-hill. 
 
 The wheels 0' life gae down-hill, scrievin, 
 
 Wi' rattlin glee. . Scotch Dnnk, J. 
 
 Downright. 
 
 That's little short o" downright wastrie. The Twa Dogs, g. 
 Downward. 
 
 Whiles owre a bush wi' downward crush. 
 The doited beastie stammers; . . On W. Ckalnters. 
 
 And downward, how weakened, how darken'd, how pain'd ! 
 
 3". The lasy mtsij 
 
 Or downward seek the Indian mine ; S. Twas even— the dewy j 
 Downy. 
 
 Downy Sleep, the curtain draw ; S. Musing on the roaringi 
 
 Doxy. His doxy lay within his arm ; The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 And at night, in barn or stable, 
 
 Hug our doxies on the hay. 
 
 Doylt [stupified, crazed]. 
 
 Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash , „ . , ^ 
 
 O' half his days ; . . Scotch Drink, fj- 
 
 He's doyl't and he's dozin, his blude it is frozen, _ 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 
 lb. S. VIIL 
 
Doytan 
 
 129 
 
 Drawn 
 
 Doytan [moving In a doltish manner]. 
 
 When Hughoc he cam doytan by. . The Death ofMailie. 
 Dozened [benumbed, torpid]. 
 
 My dearest member nearly dozen'd : A uld comrade dear \ 
 Dozln [torpid, impotent]. 
 He's doyl't and he's dozin, his blude it is frozen, 
 
 S. What s<tn a yng lassie \ 
 Dr. IHac [Rev. Dr. MacGill, of Ayr]. 
 Dr. Mac, Dr. Mac, you should stretch on a rack, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Drab. An' ay he gies the tozie drab 
 
 The tither skelpan kiss, . The Jolly Beggars. R.I. 
 Drag. Condemn'd to drag a hopeless chain, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Night's horrid car drags, dreary, slow : 
 
 Im^rom. on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 Dragg'd. heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin ; 
 
 Scotch Drink. S- 
 Dragoon. Some one of a troop of Dragoons was my dadie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Draigl't [draggled]. 
 She draigl't a' her petticoatie 
 Comin thro' the rye . . S. Comin thro' the rye t 
 
 Drain. We will drain our dearest veins, S, Scots, wha heCe t 
 Vampyre booksellers drain him to the heart, ToR.G. ofF.,3. 
 Drake. Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, 
 
 On whistling wings. Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 Ye duck and drake, wi' airy wheels 
 
 Circling the lake ; El. on Caft. M. H. 8. 
 
 Dram. 
 A dram was viemento mori ; Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 A dram o' gude strunt in a morning early, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg t 
 My mither she bade me gie him a dram, S. The auld 7nan t 
 I gae him a dram o' the brand sae Strang, . . .lb. 
 Freedom and whisky gang thegither, « 
 Tak aff your dram ! [v. A. 2], 
 
 The A-uthor^s Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Tak tent how ye purchase a dram ; The Election Ballads, III. 
 Drama. 
 
 A drama worthy of the name of Bruce ? Scots Prologue. 
 
 Drank. 
 
 And drank my fill o' fancy's dream, . As on the banks t 
 She reduc'd him to dust, and she drank up the Powder. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another. 
 And drank it [his heart's blood] round and round ; 
 And still the more and more they drank, 
 
 Their joy did more abound. . John Barleycorn. 
 
 That at the L — d's house, even on Sunday, 
 Thou drank wi' Kirkton Jean till Monday. Ta7n d Shanter. 3. 
 Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; . lb. j". 
 
 I never drank the Muses' Stank, The Jolly Beggars, S. VII. 
 And drank, "Young man, now sleep ye sound." 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Frae Calvin's well, ay clear they drank, 
 
 O' sic a feast ! . . , The Twa Herds, j. 
 He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea. The Whistle. 4. 
 We drank a health to bonie Mary. S. T. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 Drants [sour humours]. 
 Nae weel tochered aunts, to wait on their drants, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Drap [drop]. 
 Has clad a score i' their last claith, 
 
 By drap and pill. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2$. 
 But twa-three draps about the wame . . Ep. to J. R. 22. 
 Come draw a drap o' the best o't yet, [re.l S. My love she's but t 
 And I myseV a drap of dew, 
 
 Into her bonie breast to fa' ! . . S. O were my love'f 
 His wee drap parritch, or his bread, 
 
 Thou kitchens fine. fv. A, 21] Scotch Drink. 7. 
 An' just a wee drap sp'ritual burn in. An' gusty sucker ! lb. g. 
 Drap, to tto drop]. 
 Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe 
 
 Frae woman's pitying e'e. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 I'll drap the lyre, and mute, admire, S. Lonely Davies. 
 
 Drapplng [dropping]. 
 
 And frae my een the drapping rains 
 
 Maun ever flow. . El. on Capt. M. H. 11. 
 Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in, 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 4. 
 
 R 
 
 Drappy, -le {dim. o/'drap]. 
 We are na fou, we're nae that fou, 
 
 But just a drappy in our e'e ; . S. O Willie brew'd^ 
 
 As them wha like to taste the drappie 
 
 In glass or horn. . There's naethin like t 
 Draught. 
 His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him. 
 
 In famt huzzas. The Author's Cty and Prayer, P. 
 If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, 
 
 The CotteT^s Sat. Night, g. 
 Some drops of joy with draughts of ill between ; 
 
 Why am I loth t 
 That to my latest draught o' life the band shall ne'er remove, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Drauntlng [whining, drawling]. 
 
 To plague you with this drauntlng drivel, . Poem on Life. 
 Drave v. Drove. 
 
 Draw. Let him draw near ; . . . A Bard^s Epit. 
 
 When Vengeance draws the sword in wrath, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 Wi' sword an 'gun lie thought a sin 
 
 Guid Christian bluid to draw, . . A Fragfnent. 3. 
 An' did her whittle draw, man ; ... lb. g. 
 
 Four gallant brutes, as e'er did draw ; A Guid New-Year^ 13. 
 They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me, 
 
 .5". Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 Draw near with pious rev'rence and attend ! 
 
 Epit. for A uthoT^s Father. 
 An' her that is to be my lass, 
 
 Come after me an' draw thee . . Halloween. 18. 
 
 Let my Mary's kindred spirit 
 
 Draw your choicest influence down. ^S". Highland Mary. 
 When trystin time draws near again ; . S. Til ay ca^ in t 
 The polish'd jewel's blaze 
 
 May draw the wond'ring gaze, . S. Mark yonder Pojnp \ 
 Come draw a drap o' the best o't yet, [re.'\ 
 
 S. My love she's but t 
 Downy Sleep, the curtain draw ; S. Musingon the roaringi 
 The curtain draws of Nature's rest, S. Now rosy May t 
 
 That could sae bitter draw the tear, . Poor Mailie's El. 
 The charms o' the min', the langer they shine, 
 
 The mair admiration they draw, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 Freedom's sword will strongly draw ? . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 To guard, or draw, or wick a bore, Tam Samsoiis El., 3. 
 
 There's some sark-necks I wad draw tight, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer, 10. 
 Or haunted Garpal draws his feeble source, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 An' we maun draw our tippence. , . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Syne draws her kebbuck an' her knife ; . . . lb. 24. 
 
 He'll draw me fifteen pun' at least. . The Inventory. 
 
 An' draws a roosty rapier. . The Jolly Beggars, R. VI. 
 But Homer like the glowran byke, 
 
 Frae town to town I draw that. . lb. S. VII. 
 
 An' ye wha leather rax an' draw, 
 
 Of a' denominations ; .... The Ordination. 1 . 
 My wife she is willing to draw in the yoke, The Poor Thresher. 
 Alas ! that e'er a bonie face. 
 
 Should draw a sauty tear ! The Ruined Maid!s Lament. 
 He draws a bonie, silken purse. As lang's my tail. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 When click! the string the snick did draw; The Vision, D. I. 7. 
 This, all its [Nature's law] source and end to draw, 
 
 That [Nature's GodJ, to adore, [v. A. 4] lb. 
 You'll easy draw a weel-kent face, . . To a Painter. 
 
 I ken he weel a Snick can draw, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 When ance life's day draws near the gloamin, To J. S., 14. 
 And self-conceited critic skellum 
 
 His quill may draw ; . To W. Creech. 
 
 ' As sair owre hip as ye can draw't ! ' . What ails ye now t 
 A consequence I draw that. . S. Women's Minds. 
 
 A weak arm, and a Strang For to draw. S. Ye Jacobites t 
 
 As lang's he has a breath to draw. . . ^. Young Jockey t 
 Drawing. 
 Kirk-AUoway was drawing nigh, 
 
 Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. Tam 0' Shanter. g. 
 Drawn. 
 Thou was a noble Fittie-lan', 
 
 As e'er in tug or tow was drawnl A Guid New-Year \ 11. 
 Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car, 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 
Dread 
 
 130 
 
 Dressed 
 
 Dread, adj. 
 In whose dread presence, ere an hour, 
 
 Perhaps I must appear ! A Prayer in Prosp, of Death. 
 O Thou dread Pow'r who reign'st above ! 
 
 O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 
 thou, dread Power! whose empire-giving hand, 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honour'd land ! 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Bread Omnipotence, alone. 
 
 Can heal the wound He gave . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 , Forms might be worshipp'd on the bended knee, 
 And still the second dread command be free, 
 
 The Brigs oj Ayr, 8, 
 
 How your dread howling a lover alarms! lS". Wandering Willie. 
 Dread, s. An' p— d vn' dread. Holy Willie's Prayer. 14. 
 
 Dread of black coats and sev'rend wigs, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 It [a rape] maks guid fellows girn an' gape, 
 
 m' chokin dread ; . . Poor Maine's El.. 
 Ye Maukins, cock your fud fu' braw, 
 
 Withoutten dread ; Tain Samsofis El., 7. 
 
 Dread, to. Slumber ev'n I dread, . . S. Ay waking, O t 
 And dreads a meeting worse than Woolwich hulks ; 
 
 Ep.fr. Esoptts, 
 Who dreads a curtain lecture worse tjlan hell. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 
 1 meikle dread him. . . . The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, 
 Are notice tafein ! . 
 
 To a Louse. 
 ToR. G. o/F.,g. 
 
 I dread thee, Fate, relentless and severe, 
 Then low'ring, and pouring. 
 
 The storm no more I dread ; . To Ruin. 
 
 I dread ye'U learn the gate again ; S, Wha is that at t 
 
 Dreaded. 
 
 Or your more dreaded h-ll to state, 
 
 D-mnation of expences ! . . Add. to Unco Guid.S' 
 The sleepy bit lassie she dreaded nae ill, S. The Taylor fell\ 
 Her tongue and eyes, her dreaded spear and darts. 
 
 To R. G. o/F., 2. 
 Dreadfu'. 
 And ranked plagues their numbers tell, 
 
 In dreadfu' raw, . . Add. to Toothache. 
 In dreadfu' desperation! . ... Halloween, so. 
 
 Dreadin'. 
 Not dreadin' onie body, 
 My heart was caught before I thought, S. Whenjlrst I came t 
 
 Dream. 
 
 But surely Dreams were ne'er indicted Treason. A Dream. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 But life to me's a weary dream, 
 A dream of ane that never wauks. 
 
 ^S". Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Tho' a' my daily care thou art. 
 
 And a' my nightly dream, . . . S. Ah, Chloris, \ 
 And drank my fill o' fancy's dream, . As on the banks \ 
 Ev'ry dream is horror. . . . . S. Ay waking, O t 
 The ways of men are distant brought, 
 A faint-collected dream : , . . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 Your dreams an' tricks 
 Will send you, Korah-like, a sinkin, . . Ep.toJ.R.i. 
 But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber, 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 Nightly dreams, and thoughts by day, 
 
 Are with him that's far away. S. How can my poor heart \ 
 And oh, her dreams are eerie ; S. How lang and dreary t 
 I dropt my schemes, like idle dreams, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 That breaks the magic of my dream ; On Lincluden Castle. 
 That happy my dreams and my slumbers may be, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth \ 
 Philosophy, no idle pedant dream, Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Forms like some bedlam Statuary's dream, The Brigs of Ayr. S. 
 How life and love are all a dream ! . . The Lament. 
 Why, why wouldst thou, cruel, 
 
 Wake thy lover from his dream ? ^S". Why, why tell thy f 
 Fame a restless, airy dream ; . Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Resides a sweet Lassie, my thought and my dream. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns f 
 Dream, to. 
 When I sleep I dream, O ! when I wake I'm eerie. 
 
 S. Ay waking, O t 
 My muse to dream of such a theme, 
 Her feeble powers surrender ; . , > S, Lovely Davies. 
 
 Dream'd. I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing, 
 
 S. I dream'd I lay t 
 Drear. 
 
 From those drear solitudes and frowzy cells, 
 Where infamy with sad repentance dwells ; Ep.from Esopus. 
 Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, S. O Logan! sweetly \ 
 in lone poverty's dominion drear, . Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 [Think not] I joy my lonely days to lead in 
 
 This desert drear ; . . ' . The Hermit, 
 But Och ! I backward cast my e'e. 
 
 On prospects drear ! . To a Mouse. 
 
 Dreary. Dark-muffl'd [Phcebe], view'd the dreary plain ; 
 
 A Winter Night. 6. 
 Ae dreary, windy, winter night, . . Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 Life to me how dreary ! . . . S. Ay waking, Of 
 
 And dawin it is dreary, 
 
 When birks are bare at Yule. . S. Cauld is the e'enin t 
 And in the mirk and dreary drift 
 
 The hills and glens are lost. . . . lb. 
 
 Wail thro* the dreary midnight hour El. on Capt M.H., 10. 
 that unknown river, Life's dreary bound ! . lb. is. 
 
 Ye rugged cliffs o'erhanging dreary glens. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 The wretch beneath the dreary pole, 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 But dreary tho' the moments fleet, S. Forlorn, my Love,\ 
 How lang and dreary is the night, ^. H(mi lang and dreary \ 
 The joyless day, how dreary ; . .lb. 
 
 Night's horrid car drags, dreary, slow : 
 
 Jmprom. on Mrs. 's Birthday. 
 
 And tread the dreary path to that dark world unknown. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 The dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 But gi'e me Lucy in my arms. 
 
 And welcome Lapland's dreary sky. ^. O watye wha's in f 
 And ushers the leng dreary night ; Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; Tarn o" Skanter. 7. 
 That breast, how dreary now, and void, . The Lament. 
 
 Death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode ? . Why ant I loth\ 
 
 Dree [to suffer, endure]. 
 
 And dree the kintra clatter : . S. Here's his health in water. 
 And ye will dree the scorn, lassie ; ^. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 And laugh at a' the pangs I dree ; . S. Young Jamie,^ 
 
 Dreeping [dripping-,] 
 
 Gie dreeping roasts to couiltra Lairds, . To J. S., 22. 
 
 Dress. 
 
 thae Birth-day dresses Sae fine this day. . A Dream, i. 
 a ribban at your lug Wad been a dress compleater : lb. 12. 
 Blest Highland bonnet ! Once my proudest dress, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 And then there's something in her gait 
 
 Gars ony dress look weel. . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 
 May slightly touch the heart, ... lb. 
 
 That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses 
 
 Ta7n o' Slianter. ii. 
 Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess, 
 In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a' : 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 Bright to the moon their various dresses glanc'd : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 On this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk, 
 , They're makin observations ; The Holy Fair. zo. 
 
 What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, 
 
 And ev'n Devotion ! . To a Louse. 
 
 Dress, to. 
 She dresses aye sae clean and neat, . S. Handsome Nell. 
 And I will dress his o'erlay ; . . S, The Ploughman t 
 
 Dressed, -'d, Drest. 
 My Lady's dink, my Lady's drest, S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 For summer lightly dress'd, . . S.Ona bank offlowers\ 
 And she in simple beauty drest, S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 Windows and doors in nameless sculptures drest, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 fragrant birks, in woodbines drest, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And infant Frosts begin to bite, 
 
 In hoary cranreuch drest ; . The Jolly Beggars. R. L 
 
 And dressed them all in the best of their clothes, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
Drew 
 
 131 
 
 Driven 
 
 Drew, An' Scotland drew her pipe an' blew, A Frctgment, 7. 
 They drew me thretteen pund an' twa, 
 
 The vera warst. . A Gmd New-Year \ ij. 
 Auld Caledon drew out her drone. . S. Amangihe trees\ 
 My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword, 
 
 S. By yon castle ivd t 
 ' I drew my scythe in sic a fury, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 As Willie drew his latest breath ; . E^ii. on W. — . 
 
 An' loot a winze, an' drew a stroke, . Halloween. 23. 
 
 They [sax owsen] drew a' weel enough ; S. O gude ale comes t 
 For thrice I drew ane [a Valentine] without failing, 
 
 And thrice it was written, Tarn Glen. . S. Tant Glen. 
 
 But yet he drew the mortal trigger, 
 
 Wi' weel-aim'd need ; Tain Samson's El,, is. 
 frae the sheath, Drew blades o' death, 
 
 ^. Tke battle o/Sherra-Moor. 
 I have four brutes o' gallant mettle, 
 
 As ever drew afore a pettle. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Soon drew the avenging steel, man ; The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 My gazing wonder chiefly drew ; . The Vision. D. I. 12. 
 
 Dribble [drizzle]. 
 
 To thole the Winter's sleety dribble, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Driddle [to move slowly, to be constantly in action 
 but making little progress]. 
 
 Until you on a crummock driddle 
 
 A gray hair'd carl. E/>. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 
 Wha us'd to trystes an' fairs to driddle. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Driegh [slow, lingering ; tedious, wearisome]. 
 An' Stable-meals at Fairs were driegh, A Gude New-Year^ 8. 
 The moor was driegh, and Meg was skiegh, 
 
 .S". Duncan Davison. 
 Drift [a drove: "fell afF the drift," fell away or 
 wandered from the company]. 
 
 ^ Poor hav'rel Will fell aflF the drift, . . Halloween. 
 
 Drift. 
 Dim-dark'ning thro' the flaky show'r, 
 
 Or whirling drift. . A Winter Night, s. 
 
 And thro' the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle. 
 
 Beneath a scar. . . . lb. 3. 
 
 And in the mirk and dreary drift 
 
 The hills and glens are lost. S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 While frosty winds blaw in the drift, . Ep. to Davie. /. 
 It's no the driving drift and snaw ; 
 
 S. Oh, how can I be blytke \ 
 Or blinding drifts wild-furious flee, 
 
 Dark'nihg the day ! . To W. Simpson. 
 
 The drift is dnving sairly ; . 6". Up in the vioming. 
 
 Drifted. 
 
 Ne'er sae murky blew the night 
 
 That drifted o'er the hill, 
 Her bosom was the driven snaw, 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see, 
 
 S. The lass that made Vie bed. 
 Drifting. 
 
 Spare my love, thou feath'rysnaw, 
 Drifting o'er the frozen plain. S. Jockey's ta' en the parting \ 
 Drifty. Chill, o'er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap ! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 Drink. And fill her up wi' brimstone drink, 
 
 Red, reeking, het. Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Mony a laugh and mony a drink, . Auld Comrade \ 
 
 Some ill-brewn drink had hov'd her wame, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink, 
 
 S. Last May a Braw Wooer ^ 
 A' ye wha live by sowps o' drink, On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Gie him strong Drink until he wink, Scotch Dritik. Mott. • 
 O thou, my Muse I guid, auld Scotch drink, . . .lb. a, 
 Whyles daez't wi' love, whyles daez't wi drink, 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd. Tarn o' Shanier. ig. 
 
 We'll mak our maut, and we'll brew our drink, 
 
 S. Tke Deilca7nyiddlin'\ 
 Then brandy Jean spak owre her drink, 
 
 The Election Ballads, I. 
 The limpid streamlet yonder flowing, Supplying drink. 
 
 The Hermit. 
 Leeze me on Drink ! it gies us mair 
 
 Than either School or Colledge : Th^ Holy Fair. rg. 
 
 How drink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, , . lb, S3. 
 
 S. Cauld is the e'enin t 
 
 Wi' faith an' hope, an' love an' drink, 
 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack. Tke Holy Fair. 26. 
 wi' drink an' courting dizzy, . The Jolly Beggars, R. HI. 
 For drink I would venture my neck ; . . lb. S. III. 
 
 And there was routh o' drink and fun, S. The lastbraav bridali 
 Ae night, they're mad wi' drink an' wh-ring, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 32. 
 Next uprose our Bard, like a prophet in drink : Tke Whistle^ 17. 
 And never drink be near his drouth ! To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 'Twere drink for first of human kind, . . To Mr. Syme. 
 Poor Burns — e'en Scotch drink canna quicken, To W. Creech. 
 Drink, to. 
 A man may drink and no be drunk ; 5. Duncan Davison. 
 Where strumpets, relics of the drunken roar. 
 Resolve to drink, nay, half to whore no more ; Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 He's blest — if as he brewed he drink Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 An' ye drink it a', ye'U find him [pleasure] out. 
 
 S. Gane is tke day f 
 He drinks, an' swears, an' plays at cartes, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 11. 
 Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, 
 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill. S. In simmer wkeni 
 That I may drink before I go 
 
 A service to my bonie lassie. . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 And drinks the stream with vigour fresh ; 
 
 6". On Cessnock Banks t Sett. II. 
 An' drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's 
 
 The A utkor's Cry and Prayer. 
 Then let us drink the Stewartry, 
 
 Kerroughtree's laird, and a' that, Tke Election Ballads. II. 
 And drink my crystal tide. Tke Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 To drink f heir orra dudies : . . Tke Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 " And drink them to hell. Sir ! or ne'er see me more! " 
 
 Tke Whistle. 
 They drink the sweet and eat the fat. 
 
 But care or pain ; To J. S., 17. 
 
 Drinker. 
 Ochon fot- poor Castalian drinkers. 
 When they fa' foul o' earthly jinkers, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 
 L — d thou kens what zeal I bear, 
 
 When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, [v. A. 11] 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 An' bake them up in brunstane pies 
 
 For poor d — n'd Drinkers, Scotck Drink, zo. 
 Drinking, -in. A curtain Bardie's rantin, drinkin, 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 20. 
 Till, quite transmugrify'd, they're grown 
 
 Debauchery and Drmking: . Add. to Un£0 Guid,S- 
 
 The wale o' cocks for fun an' drinkin ! Ep. to J. R. i. 
 
 We're a' dry wi' drinking o't, [re.] S. My love she's but t 
 
 Balmaghie had better been 
 
 Drinking Madeira wine. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 It never fails, on drinkin deep, 
 To kittle up our notion. By night or day. Tke Holy Fair. ig. 
 
 1 hae been merry drinking ; S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Drive. 
 
 Wha drudge and drive thro' wet and dry, Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Eschylus' pen Will Shakespeare drives ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Swift as the Gos drives on the wheeling hare ; 
 
 The Brigs on Ayr. 4. 
 When hailstanes drive wi' bitter sky te, Tke Jolly Beggars. R.I. 
 Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, . To a Haggis. 
 
 Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, 
 
 Full on thy bloom, , To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 The warly race may drudge an' drive, 
 
 Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an' strive, To W. Simpson. 
 Drivel. 
 
 To plague you with this draunting drivel. Poem on Life. 
 
 Driven, -'n. 
 
 Driv'n by Fortunes felly spite, . 5. Fra^ the friends t 
 
 O'er life's rough ocean driven, O Thou dread Pow'r^ 
 
 While down the wretched vital part is driven ! 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 And your life like the new driven snaw, The Kirk's Alarm. 4. 
 Her bosom was the driven snaw, 
 
 S. Tke lass tkai made tlte bed. 
 By Passion driven ; . . . Tlie Vision. D. II. 17. 
 
 His fecket is white as the new driven snaw ; 
 
 S. There's a youtk\ 
 Ruin's wheel has driven o'er us, . . S. Thickest might t 
 
Driven 
 
 132 
 
 Drumlie 
 
 By human pride or cunning driv'n 
 
 To mis'ry's brink . To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 Again .the silent wheels of time 
 
 Their annual round have driv'n, To Miss L., with "•Beatiie.*' 
 I had been driven forth like you forlorn, . Tragic Frag., 
 Driving. Down Pleasure's stream, wi' swelling sails, 
 
 I'm tauld ye're driving rarely ; . A Dream, lo. 
 And bar the doors wi' driving snaw, . Bp. to Davie, i. 
 Was driving to the tither warl', 
 
 A mixie-maxie motely squad, . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 The dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw, 
 
 S. My Name's am}t£. 
 Nae star blinks thro' the driving sleet ; S. O Lassie^ art thou t 
 It's no the driving drift and snaw ; ^S". Ok^ how can I be blythe^ 
 Protect thee frae the driving shower, On Birth qfPosth. Child. 
 Like furious devils driving. . The Election Ballads. VI, 
 I see it driving o'er the plain ; . lS". The gloomy night \ 
 
 Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' haggs 
 
 ' Like drivin' wrack; Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 By driving winds, the crackling flames are borne ! To Clarinda. 
 The drift is driving sairly. . . S. Up in the morning. 
 Or, the stormy North sends driving forth, 
 The blinding sleet and snaw : . . . Winter. 
 
 Droddum [the breech]. 
 I'd gie you sic a hearty dose o't, 
 
 Wad dress your droddum ! . To a Louse. 
 Droll. 
 
 But wither'd beldams, auld and droll. Tarn, d Shunter. 14. 
 Drone. An' Caledon threw by the drone, A Fragment, g. 
 Aft: 'yont the dyke she's [Grannie's] heard you bumman, 
 
 Wi' eerie drone; . Add. to the Deil. 
 
 Auld Caledon drew out her drone, . • S. Among the trees t 
 We never had sic twa drones ; . . The Ordination. 10. 
 The bum-clock humm'd wi' lazy drone. The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Droop. 
 At dawn, when every grassy blade 
 
 Droops with a diamond at his head, El. on Capt. M. H. 6. 
 Sae droops our heart when we maun part S. Lovely Davies. 
 Down droops her ance weel-burnish't crest. To IV. Creech. 
 Droop'd. Her form majestic droop'd in pensive woe. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Drooping, drooping rich the dewy head, S. A Rose-hud by t 
 His bending joints and drooping head . John Barleycorn. 
 Has cheer'd ilk drooping little flow'r, 
 
 S. Lassie wV the lintwhite\ 
 The drooping arts surround their patron's bier. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Thou chears the heart o' drooping Care ; Scotch Drink. 6. 
 Droot-rumprt [that droops at the crupper]. 
 
 The sma', droot-rumpl't, hunter cattle, A Guid New-Year\io. 
 Drop. 
 We part — ^but by these precious drops, 
 
 That fill thy lovely eyes ! . S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 And the diamond drops o' dew shall be her een sae clear ; 
 
 S» The Posie. 
 Some drops of joy with draughts of ill between ; 
 
 Why am I loth \ 
 
 Drop, to. 
 
 By cruel hands the sapling drops, . S. Fate gave the word,\ 
 She trusts the ruthless falconer, 
 
 And drops beneath his feet. . . . S. How cruel\ 
 
 Till Fate the curtain drops on worlds to be no more. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Dropping. 
 
 Dropping dews, and breathing balm. . . To Miss C. 
 
 Dropt. I dropt my schemes, like idle dreams, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 The hillocks dropt in Nature's careless haste ; 
 
 Wr. in Kemnore Inn. 
 Drouk [to drench, soak]. 
 And ay she took the tither souk. 
 To drouk the stourie tow. . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 Droukit [soaked, drenched]. 
 
 The last Halloween I was waukin 
 My droukit sark sleeve, as ye ken ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 Drouth [drought ; thirst]. 
 Their hydra drouth did sloken, . On dining with Daer. 
 Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, 
 
 The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 Pawn'd in a gin-shop, Quenching holy drouth. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 To quench their lowan drouth. The Jolly Beggars, R. VIII. 
 And never drink be near his drouth ! . -To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Drouthy [thirsty]. 
 And drouthy neebors, neebors meet, Tarn d Shanier. 
 
 His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; . . . . Ih.^. 
 Drove. Or hounded forth, dishonour arms 
 In hungry droves. 
 
 The Auihof^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Wi' raonie a wearie body, In droves that day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 6. 
 Drove, Drave. 
 The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter ; Tom 0' Shanter. 5. 
 Or Fhineas drove the murdering blade, 
 
 Wi' wh-re-abhorring rigour ; . . The Ordination. 4. 
 Or when the North his fleecy store. 
 
 Drove thro' the sky, The Vision. D. II. 13. 
 Drowned, -^d. Or drownfed in the river Forth ? 
 
 S. Ken ye ought of Capt. G. t 
 Is drowned amid the mournful scream, On Ltncluden Castle. 
 Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon ; 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 3. 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy, 
 
 E'en drown*d himsel amang the nappy : . . .Ib.6. 
 Drowning. But spleeny English, hanging, drowning. 
 
 Improm.y on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 So noted for drowning of sorrow and care ; The Whistle. 10. 
 Drowsy. 
 The mavis mild wi^ many a note, 
 
 Sings drowsy day to rest : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Hadst thou taen aff some drowsy bummle, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W. I. 
 The drowsy Dungeon-clock had number'd two. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Drub. 
 
 And new-light herds could nicely drub. The Twa Herds. 8. 
 Drudge. sic as you and I, 
 
 Wha drudge and drive thro' wet and dry, 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Then tho* I drudge thro' dub an' mire 
 
 At pleugh or cart, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 13. 
 At barn or byre thou shalt na drudge, S. There was a lass t 
 The warly race maj^ drudge an' drive, 
 
 Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an' strive. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Drug. Toads with their poison, doctors with their drug. 
 
 To R. G. ofF. 
 Druken, Drucken [drunken]. 
 And in your wicked, druken rants, . . . Ep. to J. R. z. 
 Druken or sober here s to thee, Katie ! 
 
 S. O merry hoe I been\ 
 I've been at druken writers' feasts. On dining with Daer. 
 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' druken Bacchus, Scotch Drink, i. 
 Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash 
 
 O' half his days ; . . . . lb. ij. 
 My wicked rhymes, an' drucken rants, . What ails ye now f 
 Drum.' The time may come, with pipe and drum 
 We'll welcome hame fair Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 When the drums do beat, 
 
 And the cannons rattle, . , S. The Captain's Lady. 
 When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. 
 
 TJte Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 
 And the Moro low was laid at the sound of the drum. . Ih. 
 I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum. . . lb. 
 when I us'd in scarlet to follow a drum. . . .lb. 
 
 I could meet a troop of Hell at the sound of a drum. . lb. 
 To rattle the thundering drum was his trade ; . Ih. S. II. 
 Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belye 
 
 Are bent like drums; . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Drumlanrig, How shall I sing Dnimlanrig's Grace? 
 
 On Duke ofQueensherry. 
 
 I'll sing the zeal Drumlanrig bears, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 To muster o'er each ardent Whig 
 
 Beneath Drumlanrig's banners ; . . . ■ '<*■ 
 
 Drumlie [dark, troubled ; muddy ; of gloomy aspect; 
 
 confused, muddy-brained]. 
 Trees with aged arms were warring, , , r » j. 
 
 O'er the swelling, drumlie wave. . S. I dream dllay\ 
 
 Or what the drumlie Dutch were doin; Kind Sir, Tve read\ 
 
 Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, S. O Logan! sweetly \ 
 
 Then bowses drumlie German-water, . The Twa Dogs. aj. 
 
 Your waters never drumlie ! , . 
 
 S. Ye hanks, and braes, and streofns t 
 
Dpummoek 
 
 133 
 
 Duncan 
 
 Dpummoek [meal and water mixed paw]. 
 
 On scarce a bellyfu' o' drummock, On Scot. Bardgne to fV.f. 
 Drumossle [the moor on which Prince Charles foug-ht 
 and lost the battle of CuUoden, 1746}, 
 
 Drumossie muirj Drumossie day, 
 A waefu' day it was to me ; . S. The lively lass ofIn.\ 
 Drunk. 
 Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is : Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 A man may drink and no be drunk ; S. Duncan Davison. 
 Fdr ilka man that's drunk's a lord. , . S. Gane is the day t 
 Ye're a' blind drunk, boys, . . S. Landlady^ count f 
 The maister drunk — the horse committed : 
 
 On B. 's Horse Impound. 
 Partly wi' Love o'ercome sae sair, 
 
 An' partly she was drunk : . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Drunken. And [Death] tips auld drunken Nanse the wink, 
 
 Adam A — '* Prayer, 
 strumpets, relics of the drunken roar, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 As by one drunken fellow his comrades you'll find. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 A blethering, blustering, drunken blellum ; Tarn d Shanter. 3. 
 Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; . lb. 10. 
 
 Drunker. 
 
 No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he. The Whistle. 4. 
 Drunt [pet, sulks]. 
 An' Mary, nae doubt, took the drunt. 
 To be compar'd to Willie : . . . Halloween, g. 
 
 Drury Lane. 
 Let them [the hizzies] in Drury Lane be lesson'd ! 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 4, 
 Dry, Till a' the seas gang dry. [re. ] . S. A red, red Rose. 
 on my dry and wholesome banks, . . As on the banks t 
 Embro' wells are grutten dry. . El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Wha drudge and drive thro' wet and dry, Ep. to Dame. 6. 
 We're a' dry wi' drinking o't, . . S. My love she's but t 
 But love wi' unrelenting beam 
 
 Has scorch'd my fountains dry. S. Now Spring has cladi 
 And answer him fu' dry. . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 In his sly, dry, sententious, proverb way! Prologue, at Th., D. . 
 That, to a Bard, I should be seen 
 
 Wi' half my channel dry : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And now my conclusion I'll tell, 
 
 For faith I'm confoundedly dry; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Cast oflf the wat, put on the dry, . . S. The Ploughman^ 
 (O Ferguson ! thy glorious parts, 
 
 Ill-suited law's dry, musty arts ! . To W. Simpson. 4. 
 
 Dry, to. Wha wou'd soon dry the tear frae his Phillis's e'e. 
 
 S. Woe is my heart t 
 Dry-withering. Dry-withering, waste my foamy streams, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Dryburgh, 
 While Summer with a matron grace 
 Retreats to Dryburgh's cooling shade, 
 
 A<m. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Drsmaple v. Dalrymple. 
 
 Dub [a pond or small pool, a puddle, a gutter]. 
 
 For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin ! A Ded. to G. H. 10. 
 
 Then tho' I drudge through dub an' mire, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 13. 
 Tam skelpit on thro' dub an' mire, . . Tatn d Shanter. g. 
 Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle, . The Inventory. 
 
 Could shake them o'er the burning dub, 
 
 Or heave them in. . . The Twa Herds. 8. 
 Dublin. Is just as true's the Deil's in hell. 
 
 Or Dublin city : Death and Dr. Homhook. 
 Ducal. 
 
 '* The worm that gnaws my bonie trees, 
 " That Reptile wears a Ducal crown ! " As on the banks \ 
 Ducat-stream. There's men of taste wou'd tak the Ducat- 
 stream, . . The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Duck. Ye duck and drake wi' airy wheels 
 
 Circling the lake : El. on Capt. M. H. 8. 
 Duckling. Amang the reeds the ducklings cry. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature f 
 Duddie [ragged]. 
 Lord grant, nae duddie, desperate beggar, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Nae tawted tyke, tho' e'er sae duddie, The Twa Dogs. 3. 
 A smytrie o' wee, duddie weans, .... lb. 10, 
 Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, On's wylecoat ; To a Louse. 
 
 Duds, Duddies, Dudies [rags ; clothes]. 
 
 Flaffan wi' duds, and grey wi' beas', . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Wi' reeket duds, and reestet gizz, . . Add. to the Deil, if. 
 And coost her duddies to the wark, Tam d Shanter. 12. 
 
 Clans frae woods, in tartan duds, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 To drink their orra dudies. . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 They toom'd their pocks, they pawn'd their duds, lb. R. VIII. 
 The Taylor rase and sheuk his duds, S. The Taylor he cavi t 
 I hae a wife and twa wee laddies, 
 
 They maun hae brose and brats o' duddies ; To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Due, adj. To pay your Queen, with due respect. 
 
 My fealty an' subjection . . A Dream, 8. 
 And sought a correspondent breast, 
 
 To give obedience due : . . . Nature's Law. 
 
 The Father mixes a' wi' admonition due. 
 
 The Cotte-t^s Sat. Night, S- 
 And served me with due respect ; 
 
 S. The lass that tnade the bed. 
 Due, J. 
 Who says, that fool alone is not thy due, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Inspires my muse to gie 'm his dues, On W. Chabners. 
 
 Duely, Duly* And ev'ry time great care is taen, 
 
 To see them duely changed : Halloween, zj. 
 And mind your duty, duely, morn and night ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Nighty 6. 
 An' tent them duely, e'en an' morn, The Death ofMailie. 
 An' ay on Sundays duly, nightly, 
 
 I on the questions targe them tightly ; . . The Inventory. 
 But thy utmost duly done, 
 Welcome what thou canst not shun : 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Duke. 
 The news o' princes, dukes and earls. 
 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds and opera-girls ; KindSir, I've read\ 
 And the dukes that you dined wi' yestreen, 
 
 On an empty Fellow. 
 Wi' dukes and lords let Selkirk mix The Election Ballads. II. 
 A princfe can make a belted knight, 
 
 A marquis, duke, and a' that ; . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 That day the Duke ne'er saw, Jamie. . S. The Laddies by \ 
 Dull. 
 A set o' dull, conceited Hashes, Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 12. 
 Thou strik'st the dull peasant, he sinks in the dark, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day t 
 How dull is that ear which to flattery so listened, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 To wheel the equal, dull routine. Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Symon Gray You're dull to day. . . Symon Gray. 
 
 Plain, dull Stupidity stept kindly in to aid them. 
 
 The Brigs ofAyr^ 10. 
 Their days, insipid, dull an' tasteless. The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Dull, listless, teased, dejected, and deprest, To R, G. ofF.. 
 But tho' dull prose-folk latin splatter 
 
 In logic tulzie, To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 DulnesS. Dulness, with redoubled sway . Symon Gray. 
 
 Clad in rich Dulness' comfortable fur. To R. G. ofF.,3. 
 
 O Dulness ! portion of the truly blest ! . . . . lb. 7. 
 
 Dumb. Sighing, dumb, despairing! S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 
 Ye birdies dumb, in with'ring bowers, 
 
 Again ye'U charm the vocal air. . S. The Catrine woods t 
 Speaking silence, dumb confession, . . .To a Kiss. 
 Dumeller. 
 
 There's Lowrie the laird o' Dumeller, . . S, Tam Glen. 
 Dumourier. You're welcome to Despots, Dumourier ; [re.] 
 
 Add. to Dumourier. 
 Dun. No heels to bear him from the opening dun ; 
 
 ToR.G. ofF.,3. 
 Dun, to. They dun benevolence with shameless front ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Dunaskin. ^ 
 
 And God bless young Dunaskin's laird. 
 The blossom of our gentry ! 
 
 Dunblane. And at Dunblane, in my ain sight 
 
 They took the brig wi' a' their might, 
 
 S. The Battle ^Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Duncan, There's D n deep, and P[eeble]s, shaul, 
 
 The Twa Herds. 10. 
 Duncan. 
 
 Her favour Duncan couldna win ; . S. Duncan Davison. 
 But Duncan swoor a haly aith, lb. 
 
 To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
Dunean 
 
 134 
 
 Dye, Brig o' 
 
 Weary fa' you Duncan Gray, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 And Duncan, ye're an unco loun ; . . . . Ih. 
 
 But Duncan, gin ye'll keep your aith, [r^.] . . . lb. 
 Gart poor Duncan stand abiegh ; . . S, Duncan Gray f 
 Duncan fleech'd, and Duncan pray'd, . . lb. 
 
 Duncan sigh'd, baith out and in, . lb. 
 
 Duncan was a lad o' grace, . . ... lb. 
 
 Duncan cou'dna be her death, .... lb. 
 
 Dundas [The Right Hon. H. Dundas, Treasuper of the 
 Navy, and M.P. for Edinburgh]. 
 
 While slee D-nd-s arous'd the class 
 
 Be-north the Roman wa', man : . . A Fragment. 8. 
 And ane, a chap that's d-mn'd auldfarran, 
 
 Dundas his name. The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Had I Dundas's whole estate, . S. When first I saw t 
 Dundee [name of Psalm-tune], 
 Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. 
 
 Dundee [Claverhouse, Viscount Dundee]. 
 
 From great Dundee, who smiling victory led. 
 
 And fell a martyr in her arms, . Fraginent of Ode. 
 
 But I met the Devil and Dundee 
 On th' braes o' Killiecrankie, O. . S. KilUecrankie. 
 Dundee. Between Saint Johnston and bonie Dundee. 
 
 S. O whare didyeget\ 
 She swoor she saw some rebels run 
 To Perth and to Dundee, man : The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 
 Dung V. Dang. 
 Dungeon. 
 
 Think on the dungeon's grim confine, A Winter NighU g. 
 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, 
 
 S, Farewell^ ye dungeotis t 
 Dweller in yon dungeon dark, Hangman of creation, 
 
 Ode^ Sac. to Mem.' of Mrs. —. 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave. On seeing seat of Lord G. 
 And bound him in a dungeon fast, The Jolly Beggars, S. IV. 
 Dungeon-clock. 
 The drowsy Dungeon-clock had numbered two. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 Dunghill. 
 
 Poor dunghill sons o' dirt and mire, Add. of Beelzebub. <?. 
 
 Dunse. I gaed up to Dunse, 
 
 To warp a wab o' plaiden ; S. Robin shure in kairst 
 
 Dunt [a blow, a stroke producing a dull sound]. 
 
 I'll tak dunts frae naebody. . . S. Naebody. 
 
 Dunted [beat, thumped, palpitated]. 
 
 And while my heart wi' life-blood dunted 
 
 I'd bear't in mind. . . Friend of the Poet t 
 
 Durance. 
 
 In durance vile here must I wake and weep, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 But nought can glad the weary wight 
 That fast in durance lies. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Durk [dirkJ. 
 
 Wi durk, claymore, or rusty trigger, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 An' durk an' pistol at her belt, 
 
 She'll tak the streets. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, jy. 
 
 Durst. They durst nae mair than he allow'd. To W. Creech. 
 Dusht [pushed as by a ram or ox]. 
 
 I glowr'd as eerie's I'd been dusht, 
 
 In some wild glen ; The Vision. D. I. S. 
 
 Dusky. Two dusky forms dart thro' the midnight air, 
 
 Tlie Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Dust. 
 
 Their royal Name low in the dust! Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Our ancient crown's fan in the dust ; S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 And I shall spurn as vilest dust. 
 
 The warld's wealth and grandeur: S. Come, let me take thee,\ 
 She reduc'd him to dust, and she drank up the Powder. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another. 
 
 By cruel hands the sapling drops, 
 
 In dust dishonor'd laid : - . S. Fate gave the wordy t 
 But thou remembers we are dust, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 When you lay me in the dust, 
 
 Think, think how you will bear it. S. Husband, husband i 
 
 To pour her sorrows o*er her poet's dust. 
 
 Inscrip, on Tomb ofFergusson, 
 
 For silent, low, on beds of dust, 
 Lie a' that would my sorrows share. Lament for Glencairn, 
 
 To crush the villain in the dust : Lns on Back of Bank Note. 
 Repose us in the silent dust. . Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 
 To see her sittan on her arse 
 
 Low i' the dust, The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 Th' unmanner'd dust might soil his star. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VL 
 Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid 
 
 Low i' the dust. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 mouldering now in silent dust. 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Dusty. Hey, the dusty miller. And his dusty coat; [«.] 
 
 S. Hey, tJie dusty miller \ 
 Dutch. 
 
 Or what the drumlie Dutch were doin; Kind Sir, fve readj 
 Duty. To adore thee is my duty, _ 
 
 Goddess o' this soul o' mine ! . S. Bonie wee thing^ 
 By love, and by beauty. By law, and by duty ; 
 
 S. Eppie Adair. 
 Friendship ! 'tis all cold duty now allows. Once fondly lov'd\ 
 ' And mind your duty, duely, morn and night ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Your duty ye wad sae neglekit, . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 
 I hold it. Sir, my bounden duty To warn you 
 
 To Gavin Hamilton. 
 Dwalling [dwelling]. 
 
 As fast as ony in the dwalling. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Dwalt [dwelt]. And clos'd for ay, the sparkling glance 
 That dwalt on me sae kindly ! 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams^ 
 Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed. . . S. Willie Wastlej 
 Dwell. 
 "■ Nae canker worms get leave to dwell. As on the banks i 
 Where infamy with sad repentance dwells ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 O Thou, wha in the heavens dost dwell. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, i. 
 Within whase bosom save Despair 
 
 Nae kinder spirits dwell. - S. Now Spring Jias clad\ 
 
 On Cessnock banks a lassie dwells ; 
 
 S. On Cessftock banks^ Sett. II. 
 In his breast no pity dwells, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles, 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 
 Reflected beams dwell in the streams. The Fite CJiampetre. 
 
 His talk o' H-U, whare devils dwell, The Holy Fair. zi. 
 
 As in the bosom of the stream 
 
 The moon-beam dwells at dewy e'en ; S. There was a lass f 
 
 An' cozie here, beneath the blast, 
 
 Thou thought to dwell, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 In equanimity they [the Muses] never dwell, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,8. 
 
 Mark Scotia's fond returning eye. 
 
 It dwells upon Glencaini. . - , V.s belo^u Picture. 
 
 Dweller. Dweller in yon dungeon dark. Hangman of creation, 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. 
 
 Dwelling. 
 
 May ne'er Misfortune's gowHng bark. 
 
 Howl thro' the dwelling o' the Clerk ! A Ded. to G. H. 14. 
 
 Underneath the grass-green sod, 
 
 Soon maun be my dwelling. S. BlytJuJide I been\ 
 
 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows 
 
 Around Eliza's dwelling ; S, Farewell, thou stream f 
 
 The last time I came o'er the moor, 
 
 And left Maria's dwelling, . . S. The last time /t 
 
 Thickest night surround my dwelling ! . S. Thickest nighti 
 
 Wha spied I but my ain dear maid, 
 Down by her mother's dwelling 1 S. When wild Wat'si 
 
 Dwelling-place. 
 
 Whose strong right hand has ever been 
 Their stay and dwelling-place ! The ist 6 V.s ofgotk Ps. 
 
 Dwelt. 
 
 And blinkin Bess of Annandale, 
 That dwelt on Solwayside, . . The Election Ballads, I. 
 
 Dwindled. 
 
 I'm dwindled down to mere existence, £p. to H. Parker. 
 Dy'd V. Died. 
 Dy'd. Her lips still as she fragrant breath'd. 
 
 It richer dy'd the rose. S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 And brandish round the deep-dy'd steel 
 
 In sturdy blows ; [v. A. 4] The Visum. 
 
 Dye, Brig o\ 
 
 In coming by the brig 0' Dye, S. T, Mensie's bonie Maty, 
 
Dye 
 
 136 
 
 Earn 
 
 Dye. The lily's hue, the rose's dye, 6". My Mary's/ace t 
 
 How can ye please, ye flowers, with all your dies ? 
 
 Sonnet on Death of R.. 
 The lily's hue and rose's dye 
 
 Bespoke the lass p' Ballochmyle. S. ' Twos even — the dewy f 
 A richer dye has graced them ; . S. Young Peggy \ 
 
 Dye, to. 
 Whose holy priesthood nane can stain, 
 For wha can dye the black? The Election Ballads. V, 
 
 Dye-vapylng. A mask that like the gorget show'd, 
 
 Dye-varying on the pigeon ; The Holy Fair. 
 Dying. Mixt with some warbler's dying fall, S, Here is theglen\ 
 And vow'd for my love he was dying : 
 
 S. Last May a hraw Wooer t 
 No more of rest, but now thy dying bed ! 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Sincere as a saint's dying prayer. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 There, groaning, dying, she did ly. The Death ofMailie. 
 My dying words attentive hear, . . . , lb. 
 
 An' now my dying charge I gie him, . lb. 
 
 While dying raptures in her arms, 
 
 I give and take with Anna! The gowd. locks of A.. 
 
 Shed thy dying honours round, . . To Miss C—. 
 
 But, dying, believe that my Willie's my ain. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie, 
 
 Dyke [a wall op fence of turf op stone]. 
 
 Aft 'yont the dyke she's [Graunie's] heard you bumman, 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 An' sun oursells about the dyke ; The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, 
 
 As ever lap a sheugh or dyke. . The Twa Dogs. j. 
 
 Wi' dirty stanes biggan a dyke, . . lb. lo. 
 
 Or wha will tent the waifs and crocks, 
 
 About the dykes. . The Twa Herds. 
 
 Vour lives, a dyke ! .... To J. S., 26. 
 
 An unco tyke lap o'er the Dyke, . S, What will I do gin t 
 
 Dyke-back. 
 
 Or die a cadger pownie's death, 
 
 At some dyke-back, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist. 7. 
 Dyke-slde. 
 A lee dyke-side, a sybow-tail, , 
 
 And barley-scone shall cheer me. . To Mr. M^Adatn. 
 
 Dysapt. up wi' the carls of Dysart, S. Hey ca' thro\ 
 
 Dyvop [a bankpupt, a dispeputable fellow]. 
 And rot the dyvor's i' the jails ! . . Add of Beelzebub. 
 Dyvor, beggar louns to me, . . S. Louis what reck 1 1 
 E, Reluctant, E stalked in ; . . The Vowels. 
 
 Each. Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 5. 
 
 Eagep. 
 
 He dips in gall unmixed his eager pen. 
 
 As eager runs the market-crowd, 
 
 When " Catch the thief! " resounds aloud ; Tom o' Shanter. ly. 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Learning, with his eagle eyes, Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 
 A flight of bold eagles from Adria's strand ; S. Caledonia. 
 
 The eagle's gaze alone surveys 
 
 The sun's meridian splendor: . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 The eagle, from the cliffy brow, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 The black-headed eagle. As keen as a beagle, 
 Eagle-pinioned. ^■*' Hack-headed EasU. 
 
 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold, 
 
 Soar around each cliffy hold, Wr. in Friar's Carse H.: 
 
 EaP. But oh, it was a tale of woe, 
 
 As ever met a Briton's earl . . .A Vision. 
 
 When on my ear this plaintive strain, 
 
 Slow — solemn, stole A Winter's Night. 6; 
 
 The parasite [Flatt'ry] empoisoning her [Luxury's] ear, /b. S. 
 
 But Delia, more delightful still [than lark or rill] 
 
 Steal thine accents on mine ear. . . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Could'st thou to malice lend an ear! . S. Fairest Maid\ 
 
 A boding voice is in mine ear, . ^S". From thee, Eliza^ t 
 
 '* Again ye'U charm the ear and e'e ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 How dull is that ear which to flattery so listened. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear. On Lincluden Castle. 
 
 Unheard , unseen, by human ear or eye. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Nor pour your descant grating on my ear : 
 
 Sonnet on Death ofR. 
 
 The tickled ears no heart-felt raptures raise ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 13. 
 My Lord, I know, ypyxx noble ear 
 
 Woe ne'er assails in vain : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Nor with unwilling ear attend 
 
 The moralizing Muse. ... .To Chloris. 
 
 And the sweet voice of pity ne'er sounds in my ear. 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 While men have eyes, or ears, or taste, 
 
 She'll always find a lover. . S. Whenfirst I saw t 
 
 And viewless Echo's ear, astonished rends, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, Sre.l S. Ye Jacobites t 
 EaP* [eaPly]. I lo'ed ye ear* and late : S. John Anderson t 
 Eapl. 
 The news o' princes, dukes and earls, 
 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds and opera-girls ; KindSir, Tvereadj 
 A Lord — a Peer — an Earl's son, . On Dining with Daer. 
 Here's a noble Earl's Fame and high renown, 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Eaply. A Rose-bud by my early walk, . . S. A Rosebud^ 
 It scents the early morning. . . . lb. 
 
 Sae early in the morning. lb. 
 
 Awake the early morning. . . lb. 
 
 the tender care That tents thy early morning. . . lb. 
 parent's evening ray That watch'd thy early morning. . lb. 
 Was it the bitter eastern blast, 
 
 That scatters blight in early spring? . As on the banks f 
 And sun that shines so early, . . S. Come boat me o'eri 
 Oh, enviable, early days, . Despondency, an Ode. $. 
 
 And late or early never grumbled ? Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Man! while in thy early years, 
 
 How prodigal of time I . Man was -made to Mourn. 
 
 To plough and sow, to reap and mow, 
 
 My father bred me early, O ; S, My father was afarjner\ 
 When purple morning starts the hare, 
 
 To steal upon her early fare, . . S. Now rosy May t 
 
 The waken'd lav 'rock warbling springs 
 
 And climbs the early sky, . . S. Now Spring has cladf 
 A dram o' gude strunt in a morning early, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg f 
 As songsters of the early year 
 
 Are ilka day mair sweet to hear, . S. O Phely^ 
 
 Sweet early object of my youthful vows. Once fondly lov'd^ 
 Bonie Doon, whare early roaming, 
 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. . S. Scenes of woe t 
 
 1 mind it weel in early date, 
 
 When I was beardless, young and blate, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 May there my latest hours consume, 
 
 Among the friends of early days ! S. The Banks ofNith. 
 By early Poverty to hardship steel'd, . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 An' he paidles late an' early, O ! .5*. The deuks dang o'er. 
 
 Aud cuddled me late and early, O ; . .lb. 
 
 The Autumn mourns her rip'ning com 
 
 By early Winter's ravage torn ; . S. The gloomy night t 
 Three hizzies, early at the road, The Holy Fair, 2. 
 
 I will mak my Ploughman's bed. 
 
 And chear him late and early. . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 This poor man was seen to go early to work, 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Early next morning the goodwife arose, lb. 
 
 The time flew by, wi* tentless heed, 
 
 Till 'tween the late and early ; . S. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 With future hope, I oft would gaze. 
 
 Fond, on thy little, early ways, . TJie Vision. D. II. 12. 
 Cauld blew the bitter-biting North 
 
 Upon thy early, humble birth ; To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 That lov'st to greet the early morn, ^. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Blooming on thy early May, . . To Miss C. 
 
 Up in the morning early, . . S. Up in the m.oming. 
 
 the bonny glen, Where early life I sported ; 
 
 S. When wild Wars t 
 That danc'd to the lark's early song? lS". Where are the joys \ 
 That nipt my flower sae early ! 
 
 ^. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 With early gems adorning. . . . S, Young Peggy t 
 Eapn. 
 
 Blythe [was she] by the banks of Earn, S. Blythe was she, f 
 She tripped by the banks of Earn, ... lb. 
 
Earn 
 
 136 
 
 Echo 
 
 Earn, to. 
 
 When sometimes by my labour 
 
 I earn a little money, O, S. My father wees a farmer t 
 
 Earn'd. 
 
 Go bid him lay his laurels down, 
 
 And all his well-eam*d praise disclaim. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 
 Now life's poor support, hardly earn'dj 
 
 My fate will scarce bestow : S. The sun he is sunk \ 
 Ea,Fnest. 
 
 L — d hear my earnest cry an' pray'r, Holy Willie's Prayer. 13. 
 
 With earnest tears I pray, . . O Thou dread Pemir^ 
 
 Earth. Calces o* fossils, earths, and trees ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 21. 
 
 And weep the ae best fellow's fate 
 
 E'er lay in earth. . El. on Capt, M. H. 16. 
 Light lay the earth on Billy's breast, Epig. on noted Coxcomb. 
 Must earth no rascal, save thyself, endure? . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Thence peasants, farmers, native sons of earth, 
 
 Ep. to E. Graham, a. 
 
 But groveling on the garth the carol ends. . . .lb. S- 
 Here lies in earth a root of Hell, . . . Ep, on D. C. 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth. 
 
 Can turn death's dart aside ? Epit. on Miss J. i^ewars. 
 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou fair day t 
 And my last hald of earth is gane : Lament for Glencaim. 
 " On earth I am a stranger grown ; . . .lb. 
 
 Who begs a brother of the earth 
 
 To give him leave to toil ; Man was inade to Mourn. 
 
 Tho' ye had a' the sun shines on, 
 
 And the earth conceals sae lowly ; .S*. My Collier Laddie. 
 My pains o' hell on earth are past, S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 By heaven and earth I love thee, S. O were I on Pamass.\ 
 The cold earth with thy bloody- bosom prest. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Their likeness is not found on earth, in air, or sea. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 How He, who bore in heaven the second name, 
 Had not on Earth whereon to lay His head ; 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 15. 
 Had I on earth but wishes three, 
 
 The first should be my Anna. . S. The gowd. locks of A . 
 the earth bestowing My simple food ; ^. . The Hermit. 
 That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, 
 
 May bear the gree, and a' that I S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Sunk on the earth, defac'd its lovely form, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. . The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 Or when the deep-green-raantl'd Earth, 
 Warm-cherish'd ev'ry floweret's birth, The Vision. D. II. 14. 
 The trembling earth resounds his tread. To a Haggis. 
 
 Scarce rear'd above the Parent-earth 
 
 Thy tender form. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 And resign to Parent Earth 
 
 The lovliest form she e'er gave birth. . To Miss C. 
 
 Earth-born, At me, thy poor, earth-born companion. 
 
 An' fellow-mortal ! To a Mouse. 
 Earthly. 
 Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, . . A Bards Epit. 
 Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers. 
 
 When they fa' foul o' earthly jinkers, Ep, to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 Who, save thy mind's reproach, nought earthly fear'st, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Why am I loth to leave this earthly scene ? .S". Why am I loth \ 
 
 Ease. 
 
 Come ease, or come travail, come pleasure or pain ; 
 
 S, Contented wi' little t 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : . S. Frae the friends t 
 There's wealth and ease for gentlemen, 6". Gane is the day \ 
 Her lovely form, her native ease, . .S". On a bank of flowers t 
 The south nor the east give ease to my breast, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth \ 
 Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 With sober selfish ease they sip it up : . To R. G. ofF.^ 7. 
 I kittle up my rustic reed ; It gies me ease. To W. Simpson. 
 As life itself becomes disease, 
 
 Seek the chimney-nook of ease. Wr. in Friars Carse. H.. 
 Make content and ease thy aim. Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 
 Ease, to. 
 Our neighbour's sympathy may ease us. Add. to Toothache. 
 If she winna ease the throes, 
 
 In my bosom swelling ; . . S. Blythe hde I been \ 
 ' We'll ease our shanks and tak' a seat, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 11. 
 Kind Fortune ease a breaking heart. 
 
 My Harry was a gallant t 
 There a big-belly*d bottle still eases my care. 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 Eas'd. 
 
 Upon the banks they eas'd their shanks, S. Duncan Damson. 
 East. There was three kings into the east, John Barleycorn. 
 The paly moon rose in the livid east. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The south nor the east give ease to my breast, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth \ 
 A winnock-bunker in the east 
 
 There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast; Tain d Shunter, 11. 
 I hae been east, I hae been west, . S. The Ploughman^ 
 When [the Lark] upward springing, blythe, to greet 
 
 The purpling East, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Ye monarchs, tak the east and west, 
 
 Frae Indus to Savannah ! 15*. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 
 Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west, S. Up in the morning. 
 But gang she east, or gang she west, S. When first I saw \ 
 Eastern. 
 Was it the bitter- eastern blast,' 
 
 That scatters blight in early spring ? As on the banks \ 
 
 Till painting gay the eastern skies, 
 
 The glorious sun began to rise ; ^S". It was the charming^ 
 (And ne'er misfortune's eastern blast 
 
 Did nip a fairer flower.) . . To Chloris. 
 
 When o'er the hill the eastern star 
 Tells bughtin-time is near, my jo ; S. When der the hill\ 
 Eastlin [easterly]. 
 
 How do ye this blae eastlin win', . . Auld Comrade t 
 Easy, a cukoo sang That's unco easy said ay : A Dream, 2. 
 The stibble rig is easy plough' d, . .S". O can ye labour lea t 
 How easy can the barley-brie 
 
 Cement the quarrel ! . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 I'll make thy days easy the rest of thy life ; The Poor Thresher. 
 You'll easy draw a weel-kent face, . . . To a Painter. 
 The grave sage hem thus easy picks his frog. To R. G. ofF. 7. 
 Can easy, wi' a single wordie, 
 
 Lowse h-11 upon me. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Eat. Would have eat her dead lord, on a slender pretence. 
 Not to show her respect, but — to save the expence. 
 
 Epig. on henpecked Squire. Another, 
 That, like th' old Hebrew walking-switch, eats up its neigh- 
 bours: ... . Fragment J inscr. to Fox. 
 I'll eat the apple at the glass, . . . Halloween. 13. 
 And wha wad betray Old Albion's rights. 
 May they never eat of her bread ! 
 
 S, Heris a health to them t 
 Some hae meat and canna eat, 
 
 And some wad eat that want it, 
 But we hae meat and we can eat, . The Selkirk Grace. 
 
 Wae worth the loon wha wadna eat 
 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 They drink the sweet and eat the fat, 
 
 But care or pain ; . . . To J. S., 17. 
 Eaten. 
 
 And eaten like a wether haggis? S. Ken ye ought d Capt.G. t 
 Eating. Nae the meat, but appetite 
 
 Maks our eating a delight : . S. Jockey fou^ t 
 
 Ebb. Ocean's ebb, and ocean's flow ; i". Let 7Wt woman t 
 
 Ebbing. 
 When ebbing life nae mair shall flow, . A Ded. to G.H. 14. 
 The headed happer's ebbing still, 
 
 And still the clap plays clatter. Add. to Unco Quid. 1. 
 
 While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands, 
 O, who would not die with the brave ! 
 
 S. Farewell, tfioufair day t 
 Echo [name of a lap-dog]. 
 Now half-extinct your powers of song, 
 
 Sweet Echo is no more.' . . On death of Lap-dog. 
 Now half your din of tuneless sound. 
 
 With Echo silent lies. . lb. 
 
 Echo. Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, 
 
 S. A/ion Water. 
 And ay the wild wood echoes rang, 
 O dearly do I lo'e thee Annie. . S. By A llan Stream t 
 
Echo 
 
 137 
 
 Ee, E'e, Een 
 
 The wild birds sang, the echoes rang. S. Damon and Sylvia, 
 Where Echo slumbers. . . . El. on Capt. M. H. 3. 
 And a' the hills wi' echoes roar, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 The winds, lamenting thro' their caves, 
 
 To echo bore their notes alang. Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Makes woodland echoes rjng ; Lament o/Mary of Scots. 
 How silent that tongue which the echoes oft tired, 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 Till Echo answer frae her cave, . Tani Samson's El. , 13, 
 And ay the wild-wood echoes rang, 
 
 Fareweel the braes of Ballochmyle. S. The Catrine Woods \ 
 And echo cons the doolfu' tale ; .S". The Contented Cottager, 
 An' echoes back return the shouts ; The Holy Fair. 2i. 
 
 Till echoes a' resound again, 
 
 Her weel-sung praise. . To W, Simpson. 
 Except where green-wood echoes rang 
 
 ■5". ' Tivas even — the dewy \ 
 And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Echo, to. Then echo thro' Saint Stephen's wa's 
 
 Auld Scotland's wrangs. 
 Echoed -'d ^^^ Autkot^s Cry and Prayer^ 12. 
 
 A cushat crooded o'er me, 
 
 That echoed through the braes, , One night as I\ 
 
 Ye shades that echo'd to his vows, S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 
 Echoing. And the distant-echoing glens reply. . A Vision. 
 
 Whose tones the echoing aisles prolong ; . On Lincluden. 
 
 The echoing wood, the winding flood, S. The FHe Champetre. 
 
 Eclips'd. 
 
 like the sun eclips'd at morning tide. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 (Fled, like the sun eclips'd as noon appears. To R. G. ofF., g. 
 
 Ecliptic. Or loup the ecliptic like a bar ; E^. to H. Parker. 
 
 Ecstasy. Is heaven-ward raised in ecstasy. . On Lincluden. 
 
 Eddying. Wild-eddying swirl, . A Winter Night, a. 
 
 When, from the eddying deep below, 
 
 Up rose the Genius of the stream. As on the banks \ 
 
 Eden. 
 Lang syne in Eden's bonie yard, 
 
 When youthfu' lovers first were pair'd, Add. to the Deil. 15. 
 While virgin Spring, by Eden's flood, 
 Unfolds her tender mantle green. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Edge. This hour on e'enin's edge I take, 
 
 To own I'm debtor, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st. i. 
 But see him on the edge of life, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Auld Sootie then swore by the edge of his knife, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Edifice. 
 
 Gaunt, ghastly, ghaist-alluring edifices. The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Edina, Edinburgh, Embro', Enbrugh. 
 
 Edina! Scotia's darling seat ! Add. to Edinburgh, i. 
 
 Thy Sons, Edina, social, kind, . . . . lb. 3. 
 
 Embro' wells fire grutten dry. . . El. on Year lySS. 
 
 I will awa to Edinburgh and win a pennie fee, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 My curse upon your whunstane hearts, 
 
 Ye Enbrugh Gentry ! To W. Simpson. 
 
 Education. 
 
 My talents they were not the worst. 
 
 Nor yet my education, O ; S. My father was a fanner \ 
 O' nice education but sma' is her share : 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains + 
 Edward. See approach ^roud Edward's power, 
 
 Edward, chains, and slavery ! S. Scots, wha hae + 
 Edwin. I send you more than India boasts 
 
 In Edwin's simple tale. To Miss L., with " Beattie." 
 But may, dear Maid, each Lover prove 
 An Edwin still to you. . . /5. 
 
 Ee, E'e, Een [eye, eyes], 
 
 Whare wilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing, 
 
 An' close thy e'e ? . .A Winter Night. 4. 
 And bear the scorn that's in her e'e! 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Her een sae bright, like stars by night, 
 
 S. A. mastertotC s bonie Anne. 
 And by thy een sae bonie blue, . .5". A7t Vllkiss iheeyei\ 
 To cast my een up like a Pyet [just shot], Auld comrade^ 
 I bleer my een wi' greetin. . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 
 The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet, 
 As was the blink o' Phemie's e'e. , S> Blyth$ was she,^ 
 
 Sae bonie blue her een, my dearie ; 
 
 * S. Braw lads ofG. Water \ 
 
 Till clay-cauld death sail blin' my e'e, S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 
 Grat his een baith bleer't and blin', . S. Duncan- Gray f 
 And oh I her een they spak sic things ! . . . .lb. 
 And frae my een the drapping rains 
 
 Maun ever flow. . El. on Capt. M. H. Ji. 
 Ye bonnie lasses, dight your een, . . El, on Year ijSS. 
 An' by her een wha was a dear ane ! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 11. 
 His lordship sat wi' ruefu' e'e. Extent, in Court of Session. 
 I dighted ay her een sae blue, . iS". Had I the wyte \ 
 
 They steek their een, an' grape an' wale, . Halloween, 4. 
 Jean slips in twa [nits], wi' tentie e'e ; ... lb. 8. 
 
 A bonie Lass, all will confess, 
 
 Is pleasant to the e'e, . , . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 The lass wi' the bonie black e'e. . S. Her Daddie forbad t 
 I guess by the dear rolling ee ; ^S". Here's a health to ane \ 
 I gat my death frae twa sweet een, 
 
 Twa lovely een of bonie blue, {re."] . S. I gaed a waefu\ 
 Bare her leg and bright her een, . ^S". / met a lassi 
 
 But bly the's the blink o' Robie's e'e, S. In simmer when t 
 Let love sparkle in her e'e ; . . S. Jockey fou,i 
 
 the day's fair, gladsome e'e, . S. Jockey's ta'en the parting \ 
 Again ye'U charm the ear and e'e ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 Frae woman's pitying e'e. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 He spak o' the darts o' my bonie black een, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 The diamond-dew in her een sae blue, 
 
 Where laughing love sae wanton swims. 
 
 S. My Lord a- hunting^ 
 The bonie blink o' Mary's ee. [re.] S. Now bank and brae t 
 Her een sae bonie blue betray, 
 
 How she repays my passion ; S. O poortith cauld\ 
 
 Kind love is in her e'e. \re.'\ . S. O this is no viyain^ 
 
 But gleg as light are lovers* een, . . lb. 
 
 Ye [flowers] catch the glances of her e'e ! 
 
 S, O wat ye wha's in t 
 Thy tempting lips, thy glancing een, 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass.i 
 But steal me a blink o' your bonie black e'e, . S. O whistle,^ 
 Wa are na fou, we're nae that fou. 
 
 But just a drappy in our e'e ; •■ S. O Willie brewd^ 
 
 But aye the tear comes in my ee, 
 
 To think on him that's far awa. .S". Oh^ how can I be blyihe^ 
 The widows, wives, an' a' may bless him, 
 
 Wi' tearfu' e'e : On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 And the glancin' of her sparklin' e'en. S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 An* she's twa glancin' sparklin' e'en {re.] . lb. 
 
 But the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, 
 
 An' chiefly in her sparklin' -een. . ... lb. 
 
 An' she has twa sparkling rogueish een. {re.] . lb. Sett. II. 
 'Tis the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, 
 
 An' chiefly in her rogueish een lb. 
 
 And sic twa love-inspiring een, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 The saut tear blin't his e'e ; S. Fattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 
 Twa laughing een o' bonie blue. . .S". Sae flaxen \ 
 
 And thought his very een enrich'd ; . Tam 0' Shanter. 16. 
 Her pauky smile, her kittle een. The Ajts. to the Guidwife. 
 Sages their solemn een may steek, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 All else was hush'd as Nature's closed e'e : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 3. 
 It chanc'd his new-come neebor took his e'e, . . .lb. 4, 
 But Nature sicken'd on the e'e. . S. The Catrine Woods \ 
 In youthfu' bloom, Love sparkling in her e'e, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, 4, 
 The wily Mother sees the cpnscious flame 
 
 Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek, . . lb, 7. 
 Wi' glowrin een, an' lifted ban's, The Death ofMailie. 
 
 An' clos'd her een amang the dead ! . . lb. 
 
 Here's the worth o' Broughton In a needle's e'e ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. II '. 
 O that my een were flowing burns ! . . lb. VI. 
 
 She is the sunshine o' my e'e, S. The gowd. Locks of A, 
 
 Wi' hand on hainch, and upward e'e, The Jolly Beggars, R, V. 
 Wi' ghastly e'e poor Tweedledee 
 
 Upon his hunkers bended, . . lb. R. VI, 
 
 While the tear stood twinklin' in her e'e ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
£e, E'e, Een 
 
 138 
 
 And aye the salt tear blihds her ee : S. The lovely lass\ 
 
 And by them lies the dearest lad, 
 
 That ever blest a woman's ee ! . . ■ . Il>- 
 
 And the diamond drops o' dew shall be her een sae clear ; 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 
 Whene'er I meet my mither's e'e, 
 
 My tears rin down like rain. The ruined Maid's Lament, 
 It clears the een, it cheers the heart, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Her e'en sae bright, her brow sae white, 
 
 S. T. Menz.'s honie Mary. 
 
 And did na joy blink in her e'e ; . S. There was a lass t 
 
 And dear to my heart as the light to my e'e, 
 
 S. Therms auld Rob M. t 
 
 I backward cast my e'e. On prospects drear ! To a Mouse. 
 
 And the rain rains down frae his red blear'd e'e, 
 
 S, To daunton me. 
 An anxious e'e I never throws 
 
 Behint my lug, or by my nose ; . . To J. S., zj- 
 
 gi'en the body half an e'e, . , . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Ye turned a neuk — I saw your e'e lb. 
 
 Not the Poet in the moment 
 
 Fancy lightens in his e'e, S. Turn again, thou fair \ 
 
 'Twas na her bonie blue e'e was my ruin ; 
 
 S. *Tivas na her bonie t 
 A tear may wet thy laughin' e'e, 
 
 For Scotia's son — ance gay like thee V.s under Grief. 
 
 Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e ; S, Woe is my heart t 
 • Wha would soon dry the tears frae his Phillis's e'e. . lb, 
 Fe^s for my Willie brought tears in my e'e ; 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 My een they almost failed me. . S. When first I saw t 
 And turned me round to hide the flood 
 
 That in my een was swelling. . When -wild War's t 
 
 She has an e'e, she has but ane, 
 
 The cat has twa, the very colour ; . .S". Willie Wastle t 
 They dazzle our een, as they ilie to our hearts. 
 
 ^. Yon luild mossy mountains \ 
 Kindness, sweet Kindness, in the fond-sparkling e'e, . lb. 
 He roos'd my een sae bonie blue, . . S. Young Jockey^ 
 E'e, to [to eye, watch]. 
 
 Thro' a' thy childish years I'll e'e thee, Add. to Illegit, Child. 
 E'e bpie [eye-brow]. 
 
 My blessins upon thy bon?e e'e brie ! S. O whare did ye get t 
 Eel. Ye fisher herons, watching eels ; El. on Ca^t. M. H. 8. 
 Eels weel kend for souple tail, . Ta7n Sajnson's El., 6. 
 Een V. E'e. 
 E'en [even]. 
 And I may e'en gae hang. . . ^S". She's fair andfause t 
 E'en let him come out as he dowe. The black-headed Eagle t 
 And e'en a vex'd and angry heart had he ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 4. 
 But as to his fine Nabob fortune, 
 
 We'll e'en let this subject alane. The Election Ballads, III. 
 The body, e'en let him escape ; . . . lb. 
 
 E'enln, E'en [evening]. 
 
 cauld blaws the e'enin blast 
 
 When bitter bites the frost, . S. Cauld is the e'enin t 
 
 Sae blythe and merry's we will be, 
 
 When ye set by the wheel at e'en. S. Duncan Davison, 
 To lye in kilns and barns at e'en, E^. to Davie. 3. 
 
 Paitricks scraichan loud at e'en, . Ep. to /. L — k. Ap. 1st. 
 This hour on e'enin's edge I take, ' 
 
 To own I'm debtor, . . .lb. Ap. sist. 
 But gie me a canny hour at e'en, 
 
 My arms about my Dearie, O ; S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Beset thy servant e'en and morn, Holy Willie's Prayer, g. 
 
 1 restless He frae e'en to morn, S, How long and dreary \ 
 As blythe lay down at e'en ; . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 
 That shades the mountam-side at e'en, S. On Cessnock bank\ 
 An' Pease an' Beans, at een or morn. 
 
 Perfume the plain, . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 And haps mc fiel and warm at e'en ! 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 They cooper'd at e'en, they cooper'd at morn, 
 
 S. The Cooler d cuddy t 
 For e'en and morn she cries, alas ! . . S. The lovely lass t 
 Frae e'enin till the cock did craw ; T/ie night was siill\ 
 
 Fu' aft at e'en Wi' dancing keen, . S. The tither morn -f 
 
 Frae morn to een it's nought but toiling. 
 
 At baking, roasting, frying, boiling ; The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 As in the bosom of the stream 
 
 The moon-beam dwells at dewy e'en ; S. There was a lass t 
 In Paisley John's, that night at e'en. 
 
 To meet the Warld's worm ; . .To Gav. Hatnilton. 
 And lang's the night frae e'en to morn, S. Up in the vioming. 
 He's always compleenin frae momin' to e'enin, 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie \ 
 For aye the brose ye sup at e'en, 
 
 Ye bock them ere the morn, lassie. 6*. Ye hae lien wrangf 
 
 E'er V. Ever. 
 
 Eerie [scared ; affected with superstitious fear ; in- 
 spiring fear of the supernatural]. 
 
 wi' hissing eerie din ; . . . A Vision. 
 
 bumman, Wi* eerie drone ; . . . Add. to the Deil, 6. 
 Their capon craws and queer ha ha's 
 
 They made our lugs grow eerie, O. S. Amang the trees f 
 O! when I wake. I'm eerie, . . . S. Ay waking, Of 
 When I wauk I'm eerie ; . . ^S". Ay waukin, O. 
 
 Nae nightly bogle make it [the bower] eerie ; 
 
 . S. By Allan stream \ 
 
 I there wi' Something does forgather, 
 
 That pat me in an eerie swither ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6. 
 He was sae fley'd an' eerie : . , . . Halloween, ig. 
 And oh, her dreams are eerie ; S. How lang and dreary t 
 And now what seas between us roar. 
 
 How can I be but eerie. Ih. 
 
 . To leave her [my mammy] I am eerie, Sir. .S". I'm o'eryoung\ 
 The silly bogles, Wealth and State, 
 
 Can never make them eerie. . S. O poortith cauld,f 
 Sair I fecht them [Hunger and Want] at the door, 
 
 But ay I'm eerie they come ben. lS". O that I had ne'er \ 
 I glowr'd as eerie's I'd been dusht. The Vision. D. I. 8, 
 
 Is grown right eerie now she's done it, To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 How can I be but eerie ! . . . When I think on \ 
 
 At midnight hour, in mirkest glen, 
 I'd rove and ne'er be eerie O, S. When o'er the hills t 
 
 Efface. 
 Eternity cannot efface 
 
 Those records dear of transports past, To Mary in Heaven. 
 If aught that giver from my mind efface : To R. Graham. 
 Effected. 
 God knows what ,may be effected, 
 
 When by such heads and hearts directed : Add, of Beelzebub. 
 Effectual Calling [a ' Question ' in the Catechism]. 
 He'll screed you aff Effectual Calling, 
 
 As fast as ony in the dwalling. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Effort. Even they [tunefu* powers] maun dare an effort mair, 
 
 S. Lovely Davies. 
 Effusion. I will not wind a lang conclusion, 
 
 With complimentary effusion ; A Dedto G. H, 15, 
 Egg. 
 
 There's sax eggs in the pan, gudeman, S. O gin ye were dead. 
 Egyptian. Wishin' the ten Egyptian plagues 
 
 Wad seize you quick. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Eight and thirty. 
 In your heretic sins may you live and die. 
 Ye heretic eight and thirty! Thx Dean of Feu:.. 
 
 Eighty-eight. 
 O Eighty-eight, in thy sma' space 
 
 What dire events ha'e taken place ! . El. on Year rj88. 
 Eighty-eight he wish'd you [ministers] weel, . . .lb. 
 In Eighty-eight, ye ken, was ta'en 
 
 What ye'U ne'er ha'e to gi'e again. ... .lb. 
 
 Eighty-nine. 
 
 O Eighty-nine, thou's but a bairn, . El. on Year iy88. 
 
 Eild [Old age]. 
 My trunk of eild, but buss or beild, S. But lately seen, t 
 
 a dame in wrinkled eild, ... ^. /« simmer when t 
 wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfaim, . The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 See, crazy, weary, joyless Eild, Wi* wrinkl'd face, 
 . Comes hostan, hirplan owre the field, Wi creeping pace. 
 
 T71 r 1 1 To J. S., 13. 
 
 Eke [also]. 
 And eke a braw new brechan, . . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 But now Yerl Galloway's sceptre's broke, 
 
 And eke my hangman's loufe. The Election Ballads. V, 
 And eke the same to honest Lucky, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Eked. But what his common sense came short, ' 
 
 He eked it out wi' law, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
Elate 
 
 139 
 
 Employed 
 
 Elate. Rousing elate in these degenerate times : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 The tender flower that lifls its head, elate, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 In all his pedagogic powers elate, . . . The Vowels. 
 Stern Ruin's plough-share drives elate, 
 
 Full on thy bloom, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Check thy climbing step, elate, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Elbow. I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought, 
 
 S. Contented wi' little, t 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks ^i' joy, . . Poem on Life. 
 And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, . . Tain o' Shanter. 5. 
 Elbuck [elbow]. 
 Lang may your elbuck jink and diddle, Ep. toMaj. Logan, 3, 
 Lang may your elbuck jink an' diddle, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Oh, rare ! to see our elbucks wheep, . The Ordination, y. 
 Elder. Belyve, the elder bairns come drapping in, 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night, 4. 
 When with an elder Sister's air She did me greet. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. I. 
 O thou my elder brother in misfortune, 
 By far my elder brother in the muses, 
 
 Wr. under Port. o/Fergusson. 
 Eldep [a Church office-bearer whose office is "to 
 rule," and so, called "ruling elder " in distinc- 
 tion from the "teaching elder" or minister], 
 Wha bring thy elders to disgrace. Holy Willie's Prayer. 10. 
 A high ruling elder to wallow in wine ! . The Whistle. IS- 
 Eldest. 
 Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-grown, 
 
 The Cotief's Sat. Night. 4. 
 But she wad send the sodger youth 
 To greet his [the king's] eldest son. 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Eldritch [weird, unearthly, ghastly, hideous, horrid, 
 wild, frightful]. 
 
 Ye fright the nightly wand'rer's way, 
 
 Wi' eldritch croon. . . Add. to the Deil. S. 
 wi' an eldritch, stoor quaick, quaick, . . . lb. 8. 
 
 The creature grain'd an eldritch laugh, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. 
 Ye houlets, frae your ivy bower, 
 
 In some auld tree, or eldritch tower. El. on Copt. M. H. 10. 
 It's ten to ane ye'U find him snug in 
 
 Some eldritch part, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. Tarn o' Shanter. ij. 
 His eldritch squeel an' gestures, . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 Elect. 
 On this hand sits an Elect swatch, 
 Wi' screw'd-up, grace-proud faces ; [v. A. 18] 
 
 The Holy Fair. 10. 
 And like a godly, elect bairn, . . The Ordination. 8. 
 
 Election. Wha will buy my troggin, 
 
 Gude election ware ; The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Elegance. 
 There Architecture's noble pride 
 
 Bids elegance and splendor rise ; Add. to Edinburgh, a. 
 Here History paints, with elegance and force. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Grace, beauty, and elegance, fetter her lover, 
 
 S. True hearted was he^ 
 Elekit [elected]. 
 But by the brutes themselves elekit, 
 
 To be their guide. . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 
 Element. 
 Last, she [Nature] sublimes th' Aurora of the poles. 
 The flashing elements of female souls. Ep. to R. Grdhafn. 2. 
 But still the elements o' sang 
 In formless jumble, right an wrang. 
 
 Wild floated in my brain ; The Ans. to the Guidwifk. 
 Who marked each element's border ; S. The Sons ofoldKillie. 
 Elf, though I am an elf o' mettle, . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Wouldst thou be cur'd thou silly moping elf, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Ye tiny elves that guiltless sport, Despondency, an Ode. S- 
 By some sweet elf I'll yet be dinted, Ep. to Maj. Logan, iz. 
 Poor, worthless elf, it eats a dinner, 
 
 Better than ony Tenant-man . . . The Twa Dogs, g. 
 Simple, wild, enchanting elf, . . .To Miss Fontenelle. 
 Elgin [name of a minor Psalm-tune]. 
 Or noble Elgin beats the heaven-ward flame, 
 The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 13, 
 
 Eliza. 
 
 Ye cease to charm ; Eliza is no more. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows 
 Around Eliza's dwelling ; ire.] S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 
 From thee, Eliza, I must go, . S. From thee, Eliza t 
 
 How doubly severer, EHza, thy fate, Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 And flowers let us cull for Eliza's cold bier. . . . lb. 
 
 Turn again, thou fair EHza, ire.} S. Turn again, thou/air\ 
 Ell [a Scotch ell is thirty-seven inches]. 
 
 Its stature seem'd lang Scotch ells twa, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 An sic a Lord—lang Scotch ells twa, On dining with Daer. 
 
 But mete his cunning by the old Scots ell ; . . Sketch. 
 
 When ilka ell cost me a groat. 
 The taylor staw the lynin o t. . . .S". The cardin o't. 
 Eller [an elder of the Church, v. Elder], 
 
 And me the EUer's dochter ? . .S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 Elliot [the defender of Gibraltar]. 
 
 Yet let my Country need me, with Elliot to head me, 
 I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 
 Elm. spreading beach and tapering Elm, As on the banks \ 
 Eloquence. 
 Nae, Bobby's mouth may be open'd yet 
 
 Till for eloquence you hail him, . . The Dean ofFac. . 
 Shaw's and Dalrymple's eloquence, The Twa Herds. ly. 
 
 Emblem. Thou [daisy] emblem, said I, o' my Phillis, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith t 
 And I will pu' the pink, the emblem o' my dear : S. The Posie. 
 Embolden*d. 
 
 Embolden'd thusi I beg you'll hear 
 Your humble slave complain. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Embowering. 
 
 The close embowering thorn. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Embrace. 
 frosty maids forsworn the dear embrace, Th^ Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Or clasp me in a close embrace ; . S. The capt. Ribband. 
 And birks extend their fragrant arms 
 
 To screen the dear embrace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The Caird prevail' d — th' unblushing fair 
 
 In his embraces sunk; . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 I lock'd her in my fond embrace ; S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 
 Thy image at our last embrace ; . To Mary in Heaven. 
 Enclasped, and grasped, Within thy cold embrace ? To Ruin. 
 Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Embrace, to. 
 
 I wad turn my back on you and it a', 
 
 And embrace my Collier laddie. S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 Her robes, light waving in the breeze. 
 
 Her tender limbs embrace, . . S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 Embracing. 
 
 Adown my cheeks the pearls rain. 
 
 Embracing my John Highlandman. The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Morality[himsel, Embracing all opinions ; The Ordination, iz. 
 Embro* v. Edina. 
 Embryo-tuneful. 
 
 ' I mark'd thy embryo-tuneful flame. The Vision. D, II. u. 
 Embryotic. 
 To mark the embryotic trace, 
 
 Of rustic Bard ; . 7V« Vision. D. II. 10. 
 Emperor. That vile doup-skelper, Emperor Joseph, 
 
 Kind Sir, I've readf 
 Empire. The Spanish empire's tint a head. El. on Year 1788. 
 The tide of Empire's fluctuating course ; ■ 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 The fate of empires and the fall of kings. The Rights of Woman. 
 At whose destruction-breathing word, 
 The mightiest empires fall ! .... To Ruin. 
 Empire-giving. 
 O thou, dread Power ! whose empire-giving hand 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honour'd land \ 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Employ. L— d visit them wha did employ him. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, /j. 
 Let us th' important now employ, Sketch. New-Yf's Day. 
 Employ'd. 
 
 Your dear remembrance in my breast, 
 My fondly-treasur'd thoughts employ'd. . The Lament. 
 
Employment 
 
 140 
 
 Enerv'd 
 
 Employment. 
 
 I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want, 
 
 As lang's I get employment. . S. Here's to thy health, t 
 tho' fatigu'd wi' close employment, . The Twa Dogs. i6. 
 Empoisoning. 
 The parasite empoisoning her [Luxury's] ear, 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 Empress. 
 Mourn, Empress of the silent night : El. on Copt. M. H. 14. 
 There I'll despise imperial charms, 
 
 An Empress or Sultana, . ■. S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 Fair Empress of the Poet's soul, . To a Lady. 
 
 Empty. And empty all his barrels : EJ>it. on G. Richardson. 
 While empty greatness saves a worthless name ! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Their titles a' are empty show ; S. The High. Lassie. 
 
 Despising worlds with all their wealth 
 
 As empty idle care : . . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Her eye, ev'n turn'd on emptj^ space, 
 
 Beam'd keen with Honor. The Vision, D. /, 10. 
 Empurpled. 
 There commix'd with foulest stains 
 
 From tyranny's empurpled bands : S. Streams that glide t 
 
 Emulate. To emulate his sire ; . . . Nature's Law. 
 
 En* [end]. Or whether 'twas a bauk-en', Halloween. I2. 
 
 Glowrin by the hallan en' ; . . S. O that I had ne'er ^ 
 
 Enamour. His honest heart enamours, On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Enamour 'd. 
 
 The flower-enamour'd busy bee . . . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 (Th' enamour'd laurels kiss her brows,) 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 enamour'd and fond of my anguish, S. Where are the joys \ 
 Enbrugh -v. Edina. 
 
 (Enchant. 'Tis this enchants my soul, S. Handsome Nell. 
 Enchanted. This life, sae far's I understand. 
 
 Is a' enchanted fairy-land, . To J. 6"., 12. 
 
 Enchanting. 
 
 The Queen of love could never move 
 
 With motion more enchanting S. As I gaed up by^ 
 
 To harmony's enchanting notes, S. The Fite Champetre. 
 
 Simple, wild, enchanting elf, . . .To Miss Fontenelle. 
 
 Encircled. Encircled in her clasping arms. The Lament. 
 
 Enclasped. 
 
 Enclasped to my faithful breast, 
 
 I'll comfort thee, my dearie O. S. Lassie w£ the lint white\ 
 Enclasped and grasped, Within thy cold embrace? To Ruin. 
 Enclose. 
 Else why within so thick a wall 
 Enclose so poor a treasure ? On Coin. Goldie's Brains. 
 
 Enclosed. But please transmit the enclosed letter, 
 
 Ken ye ought ofCapt. G. t 
 Encore. A sweeping, kindling, bauld strathspey — 
 
 Encore! Bravo! Ep. to Maj. Logan, 3. 
 He skirl'd out, encore. The Jolly Beggars. R. IL 
 
 Encounter. 
 
 Whoe'er shall provoke thee, th' encounter shall rue. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 End. As I gaed up by yon gate end, . S. As I gaedup by^ 
 When at the blythe end of our journey at last, 
 Wha the de'il ever thinks o' the road he has past. 
 
 S. Contented wt' little t 
 Some books are lies frae end to end, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hfimbook. 
 Ev'n when the wished end's deny'd, 
 Yet while the busy means are ply'd, 
 
 They bring their own reward ; , Despondency, an Ode. £. 
 nae other end Than just a kind memento ; 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend, i. 
 For care and trouble set your thought, 
 
 Ev'n when your end's attained ; lb. 2. 
 
 For still th' important end of life. 
 
 They [wha fa'] equally may answer ; . . . . lb. 4. 
 With bonest pride, I scorn each selfish end, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 This night his weekly moil is at an end, , . , lb. 2. 
 This, all its source and end to draw, 
 
 That to adore. [v.A.4] . . The Vision. 
 The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end ; 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 They raise a din, that, in the end, 
 Is like to breed a rupture 0' wrath . The Holy Fair., 18. 
 
 End, to. 
 
 Wha kens, before his life may end. 
 
 What his share may be o' care, man ? A Bottle and Friend. 
 An' thy auld days may end in starvin*, 
 
 A Guid New-year \ ly. 
 Admir'd and praisM — and there the homage ends : 
 
 ■' ^, to R. Graham, 3. 
 
 But groveling on the earth the carol ends . . 15. j. 
 
 And bid wild war his ravage end, S. How can my Poor heart\ 
 Her feeble pulse gies strong presumption 
 
 Death soon will end her. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 wad send relief. An' end the quarrel. . . .lb. 
 
 So how this weighty plea may end, 
 
 Nae mortal wight can tell : . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 And hither came^ with men disgusted, 
 
 My life to end. . . . The Hennit, 
 
 An' monie jobs that day begin, 
 May end in Hougbmagandie Some ither day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 27. 
 To end the wark here's Whistlebirk, . S. The Laddies hy\ 
 I think my wife will end her life, 
 
 Before she spin her tow. . . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 gin ye like to end the bother, , . What ails ye now\ 
 
 Endear. While conscious virtue all the strain endears, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Endearing. 
 And oft a more endearing band, . . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 by sweet eridearing stealth, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Endeavour, 
 But whilst your wishes and endeavours. 
 Are blest with Fortune's smiles and favours, 
 
 ADed. toG.H.,15. 
 Some cause unseen still stept between, 
 To frustrate each endeavour, O : 
 
 S. My father was a fanner \ 
 For our sincere, tho' haply weak endeavours, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 And do our endeavour to keep us from want. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 I'll do my endeavour to follow her plan; 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie \ 
 Ended. With a glorious bottle that ended my cares. 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 So ran the far-fam'd Roman way, 
 
 So ended in a mire. . . . On same Lord G. 
 
 He saw her days were near hand ended. The Death ofMailie. 
 He ended ; and the kebars sheuk, 
 
 Aboon the chorus roar ; The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 
 An' so the quarrel ended ; . . . . lb. R. VI. 
 
 But, to my comfort be it spoke, 
 Now, now her life is ended. S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 Endless. 
 Through an endless existence shall charm thee. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Endor. A broom-stick o' the witch of Endor, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Endow 'd. 
 O injured God ! Thy goodness has endow'd me 
 With talents passing most of my compeers, . Tragic Frag. 
 Endurance. 
 
 With deaf endurance sluggishly they bear, To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 Endure. 
 Must earth no rascal, save thyself, endure? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Is nought to what poor she endures 
 
 That's trusted faithless man, jo. . S. O Lassie, art thouf 
 To mourn the woes my country must endure, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Oh I I pity the pangs that you endure : 
 
 S. The Winter it is past \ 
 Enduring. 
 
 Niest day their life is past enduring. . The Twa Dogs. 32. 
 Enemy. Wi' sword in hand, before his band, 
 
 Amang his en'mies a', man. . A Fragment, 2. 
 
 And then his enemies began 
 
 To show their deadly rage, . . . John Barleycorn. 
 Or in his en'mies hands, man : S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Energy. They bind the wild, Poetic rage 
 
 In energy, [v. A. 4] The Vision. D. IL 
 Give energy to life ; and soothe his latest breath, 
 
 ToR. G. ofF.,g. 
 Enerv'd. sunk enerv'd 'Mang heaps o' clavers ; 
 
 Poetn on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
Enough 
 
 141 
 
 Entice 
 
 Eneugh [enough]. 
 
 An' ay eneugh o' needfu' clink. . A uld comrade dear t 
 Kiik-yards will soon be tiU'd eneugh, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. 
 Yet crooning to a body's sel, 
 
 Does weel eneugh. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. S. 
 That would be lear eneugh for ine, ... 75. 14. 
 
 An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, 
 
 Yet unco proud to learn. T/ie Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 I've wife eneugh for a' that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 His acre's till'd, he's right eneugh ; . The Ttua Dogs. 30, 
 Enfauld [infold]. The darksome night did me enfauld, 
 
 .S". The Lass that made the bed. 
 Engage. The losses, the crosses, 
 
 That active man engage ; Despondency, an Ode, 5. 
 Common motives lang sinsyne, 
 
 Never can engage my love ; . . . . S- Jockey fou, t 
 Been there to hear this heavenly band engage, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 12. 
 Engaged. And blooming Keith's engaged with Gray ;) 
 
 Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 In the cause of right engaged, . . S. Thickest nighty 
 Engine. Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, 
 
 Like racking engines! . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 England. And England, triumphant, display her proud rose ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 
 'Gainst mighty England and her guilty Lord, Scots Prologue, 
 
 Syne let us pray, auld England may 
 
 Sure plant this far-famed tree, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 To mark where England's province stands S. The Union. 
 English. But spleeny English, hanging, drowning. 
 
 Improni. on Mrs. — j' Birthday. 
 Then came the Laird o' Lochinton 
 
 Out frae the English border, . Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 The bravest heart on English ground. 
 
 Had yielded like a coward. . . On Miss J, Scott. 
 
 His faults they a' in Latin lay, 
 
 In English nane e'er kent them. On W. Cruickshanks. 
 
 His English style, and gesture fine, 
 
 Are a' clean out o' season. . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 The English steel we could disdain, S. The Union. 
 
 But English gold has been our bane lb. 
 
 We're bought and sold for English gold . . lb. 
 
 Engulph. 
 Now Death and Hell engulph thy foes, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Enhusked. The red peat gleams a fiery kernel, 
 
 Enhusked by a fog infernal : Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Enjoy. 
 
 Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches give, 
 Yet haply wanting wherewithal to live ; Ep. to R. Grahain.3. 
 An' tho' at last they catch them [riches] fast, 
 Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. 
 
 S, Green grow the Rashes, 
 I'll count my health my greatest wealth, 
 
 Sae lang as I'll enjoy it : S. Here's to thy health,^ 
 
 But the present hour was in my pow'r, 
 
 And so I would enjoy it, O, lS". My father was a fanner^ 
 How can your flinty hearts enjoy 
 
 The widow's tears, the orphan's cry ! S. Logan ! sweetly t 
 Thy girning laugh enjoys his pangs . Poe7n on Life. 
 
 To the shades we'll ^o, 
 
 And in love enjoy it. . • 'S'. The Captai7is Lady. 
 
 Departed Whigs enjoy the fight. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 But few enjoy the calm I know in f 
 
 This desert wood. . The Hermit. 
 
 And jinkin hares, in amorous whids, 
 
 Their loves enjoy, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Why, why tell thy lover, 
 
 Bliss he never must enjoy ? . S. PVhy, why tell thy \ 
 
 Since to enjoy Thou dost deny. Assist me to resign ! Winter. 
 Enjoy'd. ' so much laughter, so much life enjoy'd. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Such the pleasures I enjoy'd ; . S. I dream' d I lay\ 
 
 Enraptur'd more, the more enjoy'd, . . The Lament, 
 
 Enjoying. 
 
 There the saftest sweets enjoying, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 
 Enjoying large each spring and well 
 As Nature gave them me, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Enjoyment. 
 
 Of what enjoyments thou hast reft us I . El. on Year lySS. 
 Pt-ace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure I . S. One fond kiss,\ 
 
 A blink o' rest's a sweet enjoyment. . The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 
 And large, before Enjoyment's gale, 
 
 Let's tak the tide. . , . To J, S,, ii. 
 
 Enjoyment I'll seek in my woe. S. Where are the joys \ 
 
 Let Prudence bless Enjoyment's cup, Wr. in Friars-Carse H .. 
 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and wise, 
 
 There solid self-enjoyment lies ; . . . lb. 
 
 Enlarge. When taxes he enlarges, . . A Dreatn, 7. 
 
 Enlarged. Their views enlarg'd. Add, to Edinburgh. 3. 
 Enlightened. 
 
 Ye favored, enlighten'd Few, . The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Enlisted. 
 
 That night enlisted in the core, . . Tarn o Shanter. /j. 
 
 Enough. That never gives— tho' humbly takes enough ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j". 
 
 Now baud you there ! for faith ye've said enough, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 10. 
 Enough of ought ye like but grace ; . The Inventory. 
 
 I've paid enough for her already, . . . . lb. 
 
 Your hearts are the stuff, will be powther enough, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm., ly. 
 Is that enough for you to souse 
 
 Your servant sae ? . What ails ye now \ 
 
 Enow [enough]. 
 
 Now, Sir, if ye hae friends enow, Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. ist, 13. 
 
 There's themes enow in Caledonian story, . Scots Prologue. 
 
 That when nae real ills perplex them, 
 
 They mak enow themsels to vex them ; The Twa Dogs, 2g. 
 Enquire. With heart-struck, anxious care enquires his name, 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 7. 
 Enraptur'd. 
 
 Enraptur'd more, the more enjoy'd, . The Lament, 
 
 Enrich. 
 
 That brilliant gift will so enrich me, 
 
 Improm. , on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 
 Enpieh'd. 
 
 And thought his very een enrich'd ; . Tarn d Shanter. 16. 
 Enroll. And in His Book of Life the Inmates poor enroll. 
 
 The Cottef's Sat Night, 17, 
 Enroird. 
 
 I've ta'en the gold an been enroll'd The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 Ensanguined. 
 Oft prowling, ensanguin'd the Tweed's silver flood ; 
 
 S. Caledonia, j. 
 Enslave. But powerful Love enslaves the man ; 
 
 S, A. Masterton s bonic Anne. 
 Enslav'd. 
 The music of thy voice I heard. 
 
 Nor wist while it enslav'd me ; S. Farewell^ thou stream f 
 
 Ensnaring. 
 
 with studied, sly, ensnaring art, The Cotters Sat- Night, to. 
 Love sits in her smile, a wizard ensnaring ; 
 
 S. Tnie hearted was he t 
 
 Ensure. 
 
 This too, a covert shall ensure. 
 
 To shield them from the storm ; The Petition of Br, Water. 
 Foxes and statesmen, subtile wiles ensure ; To R. G. ofF., 2, 
 Ensured. Hae thought they had ensur'd their debtors, 
 
 A' future ages ; To J, S., 8. 
 
 Entails. 
 
 He rives his father's auld entails ; . . The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Enter. Syne bauldly in she enters : . . Halloween. 22, 
 Within this dear mansion may wayward contention, 
 
 Or withered envy ne'er enter ; 6". The Sons of old Killie, 
 Enter'd. The sober Autumn enter'd mild, John Barleycortt. 
 In rueful apprehension enter'd O, . . The Vowels. 
 
 Enterprise. John Barleycorn was a hero bold. 
 
 Of noble enterprise,. . John Barleycorn, 
 
 Enthral. 
 
 It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral, 
 
 6". The Slave's Lament. 
 EnthralPd, 
 
 Bowers adieu ! where love decoying. 
 First enthrall'd this heart o' mine, S. Scenes of woe t 
 
 Enthrone. 
 
 And in her breast enthrone me : . S, Lonis what reck /f 
 Enthron'd. Enthron'd in her eyes he delivers his law : 
 
 S, True hearted was he \ 
 Enthusiasm. 
 
 Enthusiasm's past redemption, . . Letter to J. Goicdie, 
 Entice. If that wad entice her awa, man. Ronalds of Benjials, 
 
Entrails 
 
 142 
 
 Estate 
 
 Entrails. Trenching your gushing entrails bright 
 
 Like onie ditch ; , Toa Haggis. 
 
 Entrance. 
 
 He circled round the magic ground, 
 But entrance found he nane, man : The Fife Cham^etre, 
 Entrenched. Mid Lawson's port entrench'd his hold, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Entry, There, racer Jess, an' twathree wh-res, 
 
 Are blinkan at the entry. The Holy Fair, g. 
 
 Entwine. 
 
 And round that neck entwine her! . S. Her Jlowing locks ^ 
 
 Her dear idea round my heart 
 
 Should tenderly entwme. . . . S. Thd cruel faie\ 
 
 Entwining. Or humbler bays entwining. S. When first I sa'w\ 
 
 Envenomed. Th' envenom'd wasp, victorious, guards his cell. 
 
 ToR. G. qfF.,2. 
 Enviable. Oh, enviable, early days, DespoTtdbncy^ an Ode^S. 
 O, happy ! happy ! enviable man ! . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Envious. No envious cloud o'ercast his evening ray ; 
 
 Blest he M^Murdo\ 
 Nor envious death so triumph'd in a blow. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Cease ye prudes your envious railing, 
 
 Lns under Pict. of Miss B. 
 If envious buckies view wi' sorrow 
 
 Thy lengthen'd days on this blest morrow. To Terraughty. 
 Envy, A name not Envy spairges) . . . A Dream. 7. 
 And never envy blot their name ! Add, to Edinburgh. 3. 
 
 Hate, envy, oft the Douglas bore; On Duke o/Queensherry. 
 A sight pale envy to convulse) . Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 No nation, no station My envy e'er could raise : 
 
 The Answ. to the Guidwife. 
 Wi' sma' to sell and less to buy, 
 
 Aboon distress, below envy, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Within this dear mansion may wayward contention 
 
 Or withered envy ne'er enter ; S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 May envy wallop in a tether. 
 
 Black fiend infernal ! To W. Simpson. 17. 
 
 Nor wi' envy troubled be ; 6". Will ye go and marry ^ 
 
 From envy and hatred your corps is exempt ; 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Nat.s " t 
 And fretful envy grins in vain 
 
 The poisoned tooth to fasten. . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Envy, to. I dinna envy him the gains he can win; 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ringi 
 Do ye envy the city gent, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 2ist. 11. 
 
 The Peer I don't envy, I give him his bow : 
 
 S. No Churchman am /t 
 
 Their lot auld Scotland ne'er envies, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer^ P. 
 Oh ! how must thou lament thy station. 
 
 And envy mine ! . The Hermit. 
 
 The gentles ye wad ne'er envy them ! The Twa Dogs. 28. 
 Ah, though my looks betray, I envy your success ; To Clarinda. 
 Eolian. 
 
 Or tunes Eolian strains between. Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Epilogue. A Prologue, Epilogue, or some such matter. 
 
 Add. by Fontenelle. 
 Epistle. Tak this excuse for nae epistle. Ep. to H. Parker. 
 But to conclude my lang epistle, Ep. to J. L — A, Ap. ist. 22. 
 Enocha. But why of that epocha make such a fuss, [v. A. 9] 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 Eppie. An' O, my Eppie, 
 
 My Jewel, my Eppie! \re.'\ . S. Eppie Adair. 
 O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie M'Nab? [r^.] 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 His Sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean, . Halloween^ 16. 
 
 Equal. 
 And do I hear my Jeanie own, 
 
 That equal transports move her ? S. Come, let me take\ 
 equal to the bustling strife, . . Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 rehearse, in equal verse, . X Lovely Davies. 
 
 Libra's equal sway, . . . . Natures Law. 
 
 The life-blood equal sucks of Right and Wrong : 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas. 
 Equal to judge— you're candid to forgive. 
 
 Prologue, sp. 6y Woods. 
 To wheel the equal, dull routine. . Sketch. New-Yt's Day. 
 Learning and Worth in equal measures trode, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 And equal rights and equal laws 
 Wad gladden every isle, man. The Tree qf Liberty, 
 
 Equal, to. To equal young Jessie, seek Scotland all oyer ; 
 To equal young Jessie, you seek it in vain : 
 Eauallv ^' ^^'^^^'^^'^^^ ^^ i 
 
 For still th' important end of life. 
 They equally may answer : . . Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 Equanimity. 
 
 In equanimity they .[the Muses] never dwell. To R. G. ofF. , 8. 
 Erect. Preserve the dignity of Man, 
 
 With Soul erect ; The Vision. D. II. 22. 
 Erect, to. By Tweed erects his [Autumn's] aged head. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Like hoary bristles to erect and stare. . . Ep.fr. EsoPtis. 
 May Prudence, Fortitude, and Truth 
 
 Erect your brow undaunting ! . Ep. to Young Friend, iz. 
 Wi* Gentles thou erects thy head ; . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 An' not a muse erect her head 
 
 To cowe the blellums? To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Erected. 
 
 Courts for Cowards were erected. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Ere lang [ere long]. 
 
 Sic fate ere lang shall thee betide ; . . .S.I do confess t 
 Ere while. 
 
 Ere while thy breast sae warming, S. O zvatye wha that ldes\ 
 Ergo. Then ergo, she'll match them, and match them always. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Ermine. Than ony ermine ever lap, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Errand. 
 Ev'n you on murd'ring errands toil'd, . A Winter Night. S- 
 A cannie errand to a neebor town : The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 To do some errands, and convoy her hame. . . lb. 7. 
 
 Not only bring them tidings hame. 
 
 But do their errands there, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 And mony a knight and mony a laird, 
 
 That errand fain would gae. [rs.] . ... lb. 
 And he wad do their errands weel, . . lb. 
 
 O wha will to Saint Stephen's house, 
 To do our errands there, man ? The Fite ChMnpetre. 
 
 Err'd. Where with intention I have err'd, 
 
 No other plea I have. But, Thou art good ; 
 Errinff "^ Prayer in Prosp. of Death, 
 
 Guilt, erring Man, relenting view! . A Winter Night, g. 
 
 As guileful Fraud points out the erring way : 
 _. 'On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Error. 
 
 Ye sons of Heresy and Error, _ 
 
 Ye'U some day squeel in quaking terror ! A Ded. to G. H, 10. 
 
 To join faith and sense upon ony pretenccj 
 Is heretic, damnable error. . 
 Erse. 
 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, Add. to the DeiL ig. 
 Erskine. Erskine. a spunkie norland biUie ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 14. 
 Erst, thy hair, tho' erst from gipsy polled, . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 The choral hymn that erst so clear. 
 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear, . , .On Lincluden. 
 
 Reclined that banner, erst in fields unfurl'd. 
 Erudition. OnDcathofSirJ.Blmr. 
 
 He need na fear their foul reproach 
 
 Nor erudition, The Autlun's Cry avd Prayer. 
 Escape. Till of escape despairing, . . . S. Him crutl\ 
 Escape, to. 
 
 It may escape the courtly sparks, 
 ^t may escape the learned clerks ; S. O this is m my am t 
 
 The body, e'en let him escape ; Tht Election- Ballads. HI. 
 EschylUS. Eschylus' pen Will Shakespeare drives ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Esopus. To tell Maria her Esopus' fate. E^.Jr. Esopus. 
 
 Espy. If thou should kiss me, love, 
 
 Wha could espy thee ? i'. Jamie, come try me t 
 
 Esquire. 
 And there will be Cardoness, Esquire, 
 Sae mighty in Cardoness' eyes, The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Essay. 
 
 In many a way, and vain essay, .S. Myfatherwas a/armer^ 
 Essay, to. I wad in vain essay the strain, 6'. Lovely Dames. 
 Estate. 
 
 I ken they scorn my low estate, S. Here's to thy health t 
 
 Hech man ! dear sirs I is that the gate, 
 They waste sae mony a braw estate ! The Twa Dogs. 2J. 
 
 Had I Dundas's whole estate, . J. When first I saw t 
 
 The KirHs Alarm. 
 
Esteem 
 
 143 
 
 Ever, E'er 
 
 Esteem. I'll hide the struggle in my heart, 
 
 And say it is esteem. . . S. Ah, Chloris t 
 Want only of goodness denied her esteem. 
 
 Monody t on a Lady. Ej>it., 
 My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise ; 
 
 The Coitet^s Sat. Night. 
 Then take what gold could never buy — 
 An honest Bard's esteem. . . . To John M''Murdo. 
 
 Esteem*d. 
 
 Even Sir, by them your heart's esteem'd; 
 
 An' winning manner. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Esteeming. 
 Esteeming, and deeming. 
 It [Heaven and Hell] a' an idle tale ! . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 Estimate. 
 
 man's true, genuine estimate, . JVr. in Friars-Carse ff.. 
 
 Eteh'd. 
 
 God's image rudely etch'd on base alloy ! Ep. to R. Grahavi,S' 
 Eternal. 
 What ragings must his veins convulse, 
 
 That still eternal gallop: . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 O would they stay to calculate 
 
 Th' eternal consequences ; . . . Ih. $. 
 
 But Worth and Truth eternal Youth 
 
 Will give to Polly Stewart. . . 6'. Polly Stewart. 
 
 That on this frail, uncertain state, 
 
 Hang matters of eternal weight : . Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage, 
 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, . lb. 16. 
 While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. lb. 
 To right or left eternal swervin, ' . . To/. S., ig. 
 
 Calm sheltered haven of eternal rest ! . To R, G. ofF. , 7. 
 Eternity. 
 
 Eternity cannot efface 
 Those records dear of transports past, To Mary in Heaven. 
 Ether. 
 
 On the lofty ether borne, 
 
 Man with all his powers you scorn ; On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Ether-stane [adder-stone]. 
 
 When Politics came there to mix 
 And make his ether-stane, man ! . The Fite Champetre. 
 Ettle [aim, attempt, endeavour]. 
 
 And flew at Tarn wi' furious ettle ; . Tavi d Shanier. 18. 
 
 Ettrick. But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws, 
 Can match the lads o' Galla water. 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 Ettrick banks now roaring red 
 
 While tempests blaw ; . ToW. Creech. 
 
 Eu. 
 
 Baptiz'd him ««, and kick'd him from his sight. The Vowels. 
 Euclid. 
 
 I'll prove it from Euclid as clear as the sun : S. Caledonia. 
 Europe. While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Weel Europe kens the fame o't. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 EuruS. Never Eurus' pois'nous breath. To Miss C. 
 
 Evan. To Evan-banks, with temp'rate ray. 
 Home of my youth, he leads the day. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom\ 
 Where Evan mingles with the Clyde. [?•«.] . . lb. 
 
 Ye lofty banks that Evan bound ! . . lb. 
 
 What secret charm to mem'ry brings 
 
 All that on Evan's border springs ? . lb. 
 
 Evanishing. 
 Or like the rmnbow's lovely form 
 
 Evanishing amid the storm. . . - Tarn 0' Shanter. 7. 
 Eve. Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 For our grand fa' ; Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 Of Eve's first fire he has a cinder ; On Grose' s Peregrinations. 
 Eve, Even. 
 The dewy star of eve to hail. . . ■ S. Here is the glen f 
 The bird of eve flits sullen by . . . On Lincluden. 
 
 musing, wait The sober eve, . On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Gi'e me the lonely valley, 
 
 The dewy eve, and rising moon ; . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 At even, when beans their fragrance shed, El. on Capt. M. H. 6. 
 'Twas even— the dewy fields were green, S. 'Twos even t 
 
 Evening, Ev'ning. 
 
 May Health and Peace with mutual rays, 
 
 Shine on the ev'ning 0' his days ; . .A Ded. to G. H. 14. 
 
 And bless the parent's evening ray 
 
 That watch'd thy early morning. - S. A Rosebud byf 
 
 There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea, S. Afton Water. 
 As I was a-wand'ring on a Midsummer ev'ning, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring \ 
 
 No envious clouds o'ercast his evening ray ; 
 
 Blest be M'Murdof 
 The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet, 
 
 As was the blink o' Phemie's e'e . S. Blythe was she t 
 
 The ev'ning gilds the Ocean's swell ; . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 Sweet closes the evening on Craigie-burn wood,_ 
 
 S. Craigie-burn Wood. 
 
 Or haply, to his ev'ning thought, Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 Hark the mavis' ev'ning sang 
 
 Sounding Clouden's woods amang; S. Hark the mavis \ 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 
 That steals on the evening, each leaf to renew. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 When the shades of evening creep 
 
 O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, 
 
 S. Jockey's taen the parting^ 
 One ev'ning as I wand'red forth, Man was made to Mourn. 
 To Cassills' banks when ev'ning fa's, S. Now bank and brae t 
 But Peggy dear, the ev'ning's clear, ^S". Now westlin winds \ 
 And bonie she, and ah how dear ! 
 
 It shaded frae the ev'ning sun. S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 
 And ev'ning's tears are tears o' joy : S. O Logan! sweetly \ 
 When evening shades in silence meet, S. O Phely, t 
 
 The fairest maid's in yon town , 
 
 That ev'ning sun is shining on \re.\ S. O watyewha's ini 
 Her voice is like the ev'ning thrush S. On Cessnock banks f 
 When ev'ning Phoebus shines serene, . . lb. Sett. II. 
 Now life's chilly evening dim shades on your eye, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 One evening this nobleman, taking his walk. 
 Did meet the poor Thresher and freely did talk ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 The woodbine I will pu', when the ev'ning star is near, 
 
 ' S. The Posie. 
 I saw thee leave their ev'ning joys, 
 
 And lonely stalk, . The Vision. D. II. ij. 
 As Robie tauld a tale o' love 
 
 Ae ev'ning on the lily lea? S. There was a lass, and\ 
 
 She's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. \ 
 Till some evening, sober, calm, 
 
 Dropping dews and breathing balm. To Miss C. 
 
 Wi' mornings blythe and e'enings funny To Terraughty. 
 
 And sweet is the lily at evening close ; 
 
 ^. True hearted was he t 
 At evening the wild-woods among ? S. Where are the joys t 
 As thy shades of evening close, 
 
 Beck'ning thee to long repose ; Wr. in Friars-Carse. H.. 
 Her smile is as the evening mild, . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Event. What dire events ha'e taken place ! El. on Year if 88. 
 Ever, E'er. 
 And your Petitioner shall ever — 
 
 I had amaist said, ever pray, . . A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 For ever to release ye Frae Care . . . A Dream, g. 
 She, sinking, said, " I'm thine for ever! " 
 
 S. By A llan stream \ 
 Her bright course of glory for ever shall run : S. Caledonia. 
 He's gane for ever : . El. on Capt. M.H. 7. 
 
 Alas, alas 1 O C[ardoness], 
 
 Then thou hadst slept for ever ! . . Epit. on a Laird. 
 And for ever disowns thee, her ain Jock Rab. 
 
 S. Eppie M'NaB. 
 The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, 
 
 Are spent amang the lasses, O. [v.A.24] 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 The wisest man the warl* e'er saw, 
 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [v.A.24] ■ • ^^■ 
 
 the dire feeling, O farewell for ever, S. Gloomy Dece-inber. 
 Ever round jrour midnight bed 
 
 Horrid sprites shall haunt you. . S. Husband, husband^ 
 
 My dear little angel, for ever, 
 For ever, — Oh no ! let not man be a slave, # 
 
 His hopes from existence to sever. On Death offav. Child. 
 As cauld a wind as ever blew ; On Kirk ofLamington. 
 As cauld a minister's ever spak ; lb. 
 
Ever, E'er 
 
 144 
 
 Excursion 
 
 On Wtndotv of Inn. F.. 
 S. One fond kiss ^ 
 
 For misery ever tholed a pang. 
 One farewell, alas, for ever ! . 
 But to see her, was to love her, 
 
 Love but her and love for ever Z^- 
 
 The teeth o' time may gnaw Taratallan, 
 
 But thou's for ever. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 That the first blow is ever half the battle ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. at Th., D.. 
 Hail, Caledonia, name for ever dear! Prologue, sfi. by Woods. 
 Though fluttering ever so braw, man. . Ronalds of Bennals. 
 And for ever disowns thee, her Willy. S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 An' hardly, in a winter season, 
 
 E'er spier her price. . Scotch Drink- 
 
 And grateful still, I trust, ye'U ever find us : Scots Prologue. 
 The devil-haet, that I sud ban, 
 
 They ever think. . Second Ep. to Davie.' 
 
 But for the Muse, she'll never leave y^, 
 
 Tho' e'er sae puir, . . .lb. 
 
 First, what did yesternight deliver ? 
 
 "Another year is gone for ever." . Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Oh ! banks to me for ever dear ! .S". Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Is in his ' narrow house ' for ever darkly low. [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 Nay, by heaven, said I, may I perish if ever 
 
 I plant in your bosom a thorn. Sp. Extern, to Yng Lady. 
 Or like the snow falls in the river, 
 
 A moment white — then melts for ever ; Tarn o' Shanter. 7. 
 No nation, no station 
 
 My envy e'er could raise : . T^ie Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Must wayward fortune's adverse hand 
 
 For ever, ever keep me here ? S. The Banks ofNith. 
 
 There, ever bask in uncreated rays. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 16. 
 But the ae best dance e'er cam to the Land 
 Was, the de'il's awa' wi' th' Exciseman. 
 
 S. The Deil cam fiddling 
 Wha's honour was ever his law ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 Now Death and Hell engulph thy foes, 
 
 Thou liv'st on high for ever. . , lb. VI. 
 
 Whose strong right hand has ever been 
 
 Their stay and dwelling-place ! The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 From countless, unbeginmng time 
 
 Was ever still the same. . . . . lb. 
 
 Unless he would from that time forth 
 
 Relinquish her for ever : . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Canst thou wreck his peace for ever, 
 
 S. Turn again, thou fair ^ 
 Queen shall she be in my bosom for ever. 
 
 S. ' T'was na her bonie blue t 
 In wildest fury hae [grief, care] made bare 
 My peace, my hope, for ever ! V.s under Grief. 
 
 Ever-deep'ning. • 
 
 While o'er the Harp pale Misery moans, 
 
 And strikes the ever-deep' ning tones, A Ded. to G. H., zo. 
 
 Everlasting. 
 
 Till down m^ weary bones I lay 
 
 In everlasting slumber, O. . ^S". My father -was afamier\ 
 She goes, but not to realms of everlasting rest ! 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Thou layest them with all their cares 
 
 In everlasting sleep : . . The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 Evermaip, Evermore. 
 
 With adieu for evermore. My dear, . S. It was a' fori 
 Awake, resound thy latest lay. 
 
 Then sleep in silence evermair ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 An' they cry crowdie ever main . S. O that I had ne'er t 
 
 Every, Ev'ry. 
 
 And every year come in mair dear . On IV. Chabners. 
 
 Life, thou soul of every blessing, . . S. 'Raving winds t 
 Then Burnewin comes on like Death 
 
 At ev'ry chap. . . . Scotch Drink, 10. 
 A Knave an' Fool are plants of ev'ry soil : . Scots Prologue. 
 But Douglases were heroes every age : . . . .lb. 
 From ev'ry danger keep him free, . . S. Somebody. 
 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, 
 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; S. Tarn d Shanter, 3. 
 Three priestsi hearts, rotten, black as muck. 
 Lay stinking, vile, in every neuk. [v. A. 16] . . lb. 
 
 Now ev'ry auld wife, greetin, clatters, 
 
 ' Tarn Samson's dead ! ' Tarn Sarnson's El., 9. 
 
 Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The thund'ring guns are heard on ev'ry side, . . Ih. a. 
 Harmonious concert rung in every part, . lb, 12. 
 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 17. 
 Evil. With his depths and his shallows, his good and his evil, 
 Fragjnent, inscr. to Fox. 
 May prudence protect her [liberty] frae evil! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them \ 
 Now Jove for once be mighty civil, 
 To counterbalance all this evil ; 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 A loss these evil days can ne'er repair ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Abjuring a' intentions evil, I quat my pen : Poein on Life. 
 But when to all the evil of misfortune 
 This sting is added — *' Blame thy foolish self! " 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Wi' tippeny, we fear nae evil ; . . Tarn d Shanter. 11. 
 Unconscious what evils await ; . . The Kirk's Alarjn. 
 Thou's met me in an evil hour ; . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Evils lurk in felon wait : . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Evil doer. To strike evil doers wi' terror ; The Kirk's A lann. 
 
 Ev'n down [downright]. 
 
 Wi' ev'n down want o' wark are curst, . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Ewe. Ca' the ewes to the knowes, . S. Hark ! tJie mains f 
 Exalt, 
 
 Nae simmer sun exalt my bloom ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume; 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 
 Again exalt the brute and sink the man ; Why am I loth\ 
 Exaltation. 
 
 That I should get such exaltation. Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 Exalted. 
 
 Ye high, exalted, virtuous Dames, . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 Example. 
 
 A guide, a buckler, an' example Holy Willie's Prayer, 5. 
 
 An' get sic fair example straught, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Keep his goodness still in view, 
 
 Thy trust — and thy example too. Wr. in Hermitage at F.C.. 
 
 Excel. 
 
 Our lassies a' she far excels, 6". On Cessnock Battksi Sett. II. 
 With heartfelt throes his grateful bosom swells. 
 The godlike bliss, to give, alone excels. . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Excell'd. That nane excell'd it, few cam near't, 
 
 EprtoJ. L—k, Ap. 1st. S- 
 That I for gear and grace may shine. 
 
 Excell'd by nane, Holy Willie's Prayer. 16. 
 
 Excellence. 
 
 And thou, sweet excellence ! forsake our earth, 
 
 And not a muse in honest grief bewail. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 M'[Gi]irs close nervous excellence. The Twa Herds, 17. 
 
 Excellent. Hail, Majesty most Excellent ! . A Dream, g. 
 Exception. 
 
 There's some exceptions, man an' woman ; The Twa Dogs. 34. 
 Excess. Or else, neglecting a' that's guid, 
 
 They riot in excess ! . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 Exchange. 
 
 An atheist laugh's a poor exchange ' 
 
 For Deity offended ! , . . Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 Exchanged. 
 How ill exchang'd for riper times, Despondency, an Ode^S' 
 We freely wad exchang'd the wife, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 
 Excise. 
 
 Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise, . Scotch Drink, zo. 
 Exciseman, why all this sneering 'Gainst poor Excisemen? 
 Lns on Window, K.'s Arms. 
 
 What are they [Priests] pray? but spiritual Excisemen. lb. 
 
 An' d-mn'd Excise-men in a bussle, 
 
 Seizan a Stell, The Author's Cry and Prayer, 7. 
 The de'il's awa' wi' th' Exciseman, S. The deilcamfiddlitCi 
 He's danc'd awa' wi' th' Exciseman ; [re.] . ■ lb. 
 
 " But the ae best dance e'er cam' to the ^land 
 " Was, the deil's awa' wi' th' Exciseman. . . lb. 
 
 Excursion. 
 Whiles scour'd awa in lang excursion, . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
Excuse 
 
 146 
 
 Eye 
 
 Excuse. Tak this excuse for nae epistle. Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Her dowf excuses pat me mad ; Ep. to J. L~-k, Ap. 21st. 4. 
 For using thy name offers fifty excuses. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 The good excuse will find. . Rusticity's jtng'ainlyf 
 
 Excuse, to. 
 This freedom, in an unknown frien', 
 
 I pray excuse, . Ep. to J. L~k^ Ap. 1st. 1. 
 A prayer from the muse you well may excuse, 
 
 The Sons of old Killie. 
 Tho' in sic phraisin terms ye've penn'd it, 
 
 I scarce excuse ye. . . To IF. Simpson. 
 Excused. 
 When sic a husband was frae hame, 
 What wife but wad excus'd her ? . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 Execpate. And execrates man's savage, ruthless deeds!) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. n. 
 Exempt. 
 From aught that's good exempt. . On Duke ofQiteensberry. 
 From envy and hatred your corps is exempt ; 
 
 Ve true "Loyal Natives" i 
 Exert. Arouse my boys! exert your mettle, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Exhausted. This day, time winds th' exhausted chain, 
 
 Sketch. New-Yr^s Day. 
 Exile. An exile frae her father's ha', 
 
 And a' for loving thee ; . . S. O tmrk, mirk t 
 Exile, to. K pleasure exile me, S, Eppie Adair. 
 
 To realms unknown while fate exiles me. 
 
 Make her bosom still my home. . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 Exiled, -'d. 
 Lone, from your savage homes exil'd, A Winter Night. S- 
 Where, haply, Pity strays forlorn, 
 
 Frae man exil'd. . El. on Capi. M. H. 2. 
 Are Honor, Virtue, Conscience, all exil'd ? 
 
 ^'he Cotters Sat. Night. 10. 
 Or hast been exiled from thy nation, . . TJie Hennit. 
 Existence. 
 
 I'm dwindled down to mere existence, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Each prudent cit a warm existence finds. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Our race of existence is run. S. Farewell, thou fair day f 
 
 For ever — Oh no ! let not man be a slave, 
 
 His hopes from existence to sever. On death offav. Child. 
 Through an endless existence shall charm thee. lb. 
 
 Thou giv'st the word ; Thy creature, man. 
 Is to existence brought ; . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps., 
 
 Exit. Shall venal lays their [princes'] pompous exit hail ; 
 
 El. 071 Miss Burnet 
 If sorrow and anguish their exit await, Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 Expanse. 
 
 1 thou bright Queen, who, o'er th' expanse, 
 
 Now highest reign'st, with boundless sway ! The Lament. 
 Expect. Expect na, Sir, in this narration, 
 
 A fleechan, fleth'ran Dedication, A Ded. to G. H. 
 
 1 will expect Yon Sang ye'U sen't, . . Ep. to J. R. 5. 
 But what could ye other expect 
 
 Of ane that's avowedly daft ? The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 When I, what reck, did least expect, S. The tither morn t 
 But Foordsday, Sir, my promise leal, 
 Expect me o' your party, .... To^. 
 
 Expectant. 
 The expectant wee-things, toddlan, stacher through 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 
 Expectation. Now a' the congregation o'er 
 
 Is silent expectation ; The Holy Fair. 12. 
 Expected. Like school-boys, at th' expected warning, 
 
 To joy and play. To /. S., is. 
 Expedient. But pennyworths again is fair, 
 
 When time's expedient : Ep. to J. R. ij. 
 
 Expekit [expected]. 
 
 O, Sirs I whae'er wad ha'e expekit, 
 
 Your duty ye wad sae neglekit, . The Twa Herds, 4. 
 
 Expel. And He whom ruthless Fates expel 
 
 His native land. [v.A.4] The Vision. 
 Expeird. 
 
 An' said my fau't frae bliss expell'd me ; What ails ye notv^ 
 Expence. Or your more dreaded hell to state, 
 
 D~mnation of expences! Add. to Unco Guid.j- 
 Would have eat her dead lord, on a slender pretence, 
 Not to show her respect, but — to save the expence. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another, 
 T 
 
 Experience. But still the hope Experience taught to live, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 And sage Experience bids me this declare 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night, g. 
 Saws of experience, sage and sound. Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Expert. Th' Inquisitor of Spain the most exi^ert, 
 
 Might there have learnt new mysteries of his art ; 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Expire. Expires in rags, unknown, and goes to Heaven. 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 But ah how hope is born but to expire ! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 And soon may they expire, unblest with resurrection ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 And when I die, '' Let me in this belief expire,— 
 
 " To God I fly." . . The Hermit. 
 
 Love grasps its scorpions — stifled they expire ; To Clarinda. 
 Expiring. 
 When day, expiring in the west, 
 
 The curtain draws of Nature's rest, S. Now rosy Mayi 
 
 Explain. 
 Fays, Spunkies, Kelpies, a', they can explain them, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Explore. 
 Now [wrongs, &c.] gay in hope explore the paths of men : 
 
 On D%ath ofR. Dundas. 
 Explore at large Man's infant race. The Vision. D. //. 10. 
 Expose. 
 He [Monroe] hacks to teach, they [Critics] mangle to expose. 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 4. 
 Express. 
 
 Come, bumpers high, express your joy, . On W. Stewart, 
 
 Expression. 
 
 Oh, there, beyond expression blest, 
 
 I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; . . S. O were my love t 
 An' syne Mess John, beyond expression, 
 
 Fell foul o' me. . What ails ye now \ 
 
 Exquisite. A Brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 Extatic. 
 
 Or love extatic wake his seraph song. To Miss Graham. 
 
 Extend. 
 
 Peace, thy olive wand extend, S. How can my poor heart t 
 
 And birks extend their fragrant arms 
 
 To screen the dear embrace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 ' Till now, o'er all my wide domains, 
 
 ' Thy fame extends ; The Vision. D. II. 18. 
 
 The Wintry West extends his blast, . Winter. 
 
 Extended. 
 
 Looks o'er proud property extended wide ; A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 In lines extended lang and large, 
 
 S. TJie Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Squadrons extended long and large. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Extinct. 
 
 Here brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct, Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 Extremes. 
 
 No pause the dire extremes between. The Tears I shed. 
 
 Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 
 Of fortune's polar frost, or torrid beams. To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 Exult. Let Bourbon exult in his gay, gilded lilies, 
 „ ,^ , 'i'. How pleasant the banks t 
 
 Exulted. 
 
 Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Exulting. While Scotia, with exulting tear, 
 
 Proclaims that Thomson was her son. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Hope ' springs exulting on triumphant wing,' 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 16. 
 My secret heart's exulting boast? The Lament. 4. 
 
 Eydent [busy, diligent]. 
 
 And mind their labors wi' an eydent hand, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Eye {v. also E'e]. 
 
 Wi' kindling eyes cry'd, ' Willie, rise ! A F'ragment. 8. 
 
 O free my weary eyes from tears, A Prayer under Anguish. 
 By heedless chance I turned mine eyes, , A Vision. 
 
 Told him, I came to feast my curious eyes ; 
 
 Add, sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Still under bleak misfortune's blasting eye ; . lb. 
 
 Learning, with his eagle eyes. Add. to Edinburgh. 2, 
 
 Fair B[umet] strikes th' adoring eye, , , lb. 4. 
 
Kye 
 
 146 
 
 Fa' 
 
 The bleezan, curst, mischievous monkies 
 
 Delude his eyes, . . Add. to the Deih 13. 
 Its [the woodbine's] dew-drop o' diamond, her eye. 
 
 S. Adown winding Nitk t 
 My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 I'll westward turn my wistful eye : S. Behold the houri 
 
 And steal from me Maria's prying eye. Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Her [nature's] eye intent on all the mazy plan, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. /. 
 Ye wise ones, hence ! ye hurt the social eye ! . .lb. J. 
 With grateful lifted eyes, . . Epit. on Country Laird. 
 A buck, a beau, or Dem my eyes ! Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 
 The Bench sae wise lift up their eyes, 
 
 Extern, in Court 0/ Session. 
 We part — ^hut by these precious drops, 
 
 That fill thy lovely eyes ! . S. Farewell, dear mistress -f 
 I saw thine eyes, yet nothing fear'd, 
 "Till fears no more had sav d me : 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 'Till grief my eyes should close, . . S. Had I a cave t 
 
 Out-rival'd by the radiant eyes 
 Of youthful, charming Chloe. . S. It was the channing^ 
 
 'Twill make the widow's heart to sing 
 
 Tho' the tear were in her eye. . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Though oft I turned the wistful eye, 
 
 Nae ray of fame was to be found : Lament for Glencairn. 
 To thee I turn with swimming eyes ; . . Liberty. 
 
 Behold that eye which shot immortal hate, . . .lb. 
 Each eye it chears when she appears, . S. Lovely Davies. 
 More sweet than the light to my eye. 
 
 lS". My Love's a 7vinsame t 
 The kindling lustre of an eye ; . . S. My Mary's face t 
 Look down with gracious eyes ; . . . Nature's Law. 
 Winnowing blythe her dewy wings 
 
 In morning's rosy eye ; . S. Now Spring- has clad\ 
 Blythe morning lifts his rosy eye, . .S*. O Logan ! sweetly f 
 And her two eyes like stars in skies, . S. O Mally's meek. 
 Were ne'er sae welcome to my eye, 
 
 As is a sight o' Phely S. O Phely,\ 
 
 Note that eye, 'tis rheum o'erflows, 
 
 Pity's flood there never rose. . . Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Plunderer of Armies, lift thine eyes, ... lb. 
 
 Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath'd, 
 
 S. On a hank of flowers t 
 Crowd thick on fancy's wondering eye, . &n Lincluden. 
 
 And pensive gaze with wistful eyes, . . .lb. 
 
 Slowly they move, while every eye 
 
 Is heaven-ward raised in ecstasy. . . . . lb. 
 
 And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye ; 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Unheard, unseen, by human ear or eye, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 And throw on poverty his [Oppression's] cruel eyes ; . lb. 
 And shooting meteors caught the startled eye. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The lightning of her eye in tears imbued. . . . lb. 
 Far in their shade my Peggy's charms 
 
 First blest my wond'ring eyes. . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Gay the sun's golden e^je, 
 
 Peep'd o'er the mountains high ; . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Already in thy fancy's eye. 
 
 Thy sicker treasure. . . Poem on Life. 
 Tho' something like moisture conglobes in my eye, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Now life's chilly evening dim shades on your eye, . lb. 
 Can point the brimful grief-worn eyes 
 
 To scenes beyond the grave. . . . Sad thy tale,i 
 With ardent eyes, complexion sallow, Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Rosy morn now lifts his eye, . S. Sleep* st thou, or wak'st t 
 And long pursued me with her eye. S. Slow spreads thegloom\ 
 Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Summer, with his fervid-beaming eye : The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 A strappan youth ; he takes the Mother's eye ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 And there will be Cardoness, Esquire, 
 
 Sae mighty in Cardoness' eyes. The Election Ballads. III. 
 With melting heart, and brimful eye, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Beneath th' Omniscient Eye above, , , . lb. 
 
 Nor from the seat of scornful Pride 
 
 Casts forth his eyes abroad, . . . The 1st Psalm. 
 Thou haply throw'st a scornful eye at 
 
 The hermit's prayer . . The Hermit. 
 My toil-beat nerves, and tear-worn eye, . The Lament. 
 
 To mark the mutual-kindling eye .lb, 
 
 I saw thine eyes, yet nothing feared,* 
 
 Till fears no more had saved me. , S. The last time /f 
 While Europe's eye is flx'd on mighty things. 
 
 The Rights ofWotnan. 
 Her eye, ev'n tum'd on empty space, 
 
 Beam'd keen with Honor. The Vision. D. 1. 10. 
 Brydons brave Ward I well could spy, 
 
 Beneath old Scotia's smiling eye ; [v. A. 4] . . lb. D. I. 
 I saw grim Nature's visage hoar, 
 
 Struck thy young eye. . . lb. D. II. 13. 
 Or point the inconclusive page 
 
 Full on the eye. [v. A. 4] . . lb. D. II. 
 
 Turn away thine eyes of love. 
 
 Lest I die with pleasure. . S. Thine am I\ 
 
 Soon my weary eyes I'll close, never more to waken. 
 
 S. Thou hast left me\ 
 In vain Religion meets my shrinking eye ; To Clarinda. 
 
 I see ye upward cast your eyes — 
 
 Ye ken the road To J. S., 25. 
 
 Her tongue and eyes, her dreaded spear and darts. 
 
 To R. G. ofF.. 
 With stern-resolv'd, despairing eye, . To Ruin. 
 
 Enthron'd in her eyes he delivers his law : 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 Her look was like the morning's eye, 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 And whose that eye of fire ? . V,s, below Picture. 
 
 Mark Scotia's fond-returning eye, 
 
 It dwells upon Glencairn. . . lb. 
 
 While men have eyes, or ears, or taste, 
 
 She'll always find a lover. . S. When first I saw t 
 
 And eyes again with pleasure beam'd 
 
 That had been blear'd with mourning; S. When wild Wai^s \ 
 If I may dare a lifted eye to thee, . . S. Why am I loth t 
 The eye with wonder and amazement fills ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Her eyes outshine the radiant beams 
 
 That gild the passing shower, S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Detraction's eye no aim can gain, 
 Her winning powers to lessen ; . .lb. 
 
 Eye-bpow. 
 
 Her eye-brows of a darker hue, . . . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 Eye, to. 
 And eyes the simple, rustic Hind, . . A Winter Night. 7. 
 She, who her lovely Offspring eyes 
 
 With tender hopes and fears, O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 
 She eyes her freeborn, martial boys, 
 
 Tak aff their Whisky. The A uthoT^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The Parents partial eye their hopeful years ; 
 
 The CottCT^s Sat. Nighi.J. 
 And eye the smoking, dewy lawn, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 ' I saw thee eye the gen'ral mirth 
 
 With boundless love. 
 We eye the rose upon the brier. 
 Unmindful that the thorn is near, . 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 14. 
 
 To J. S., 16. 
 
 And hap'ly, eye the barren hut, With high disdain. lb. 17. 
 His guardian seraph eyes with awe 
 The noble ward he loves. . . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 Eyed. 
 His lordship sat wi' ruefu' e'e, 
 
 And ey'd the gathering storm. Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Her doubtful balance eyed, and sway'd her rod ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 I sat and ey'd the spewing reek, . . The Vision. D. 1. 3. 
 Eyeing, askance the creature eyeing, Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Fa* [fall, lot]. Then M-nt-gue, an' Guildford too. 
 
 Began to fear a fa', man ; A Fragment. J. 
 (Black be your fa' I) . . . Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 A towmond o' trouble, should that be my fa', 
 
 S. Contented wi little ^ 
 
 Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 For our grand fa' ; Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 
 And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause 
 May never guid luck be their fa' ! S. Here's a health to them t 
 
 And thou mellow mavis that hails the night fa', 
 
 S. My Name s awot 
 
Fa' 
 
 147 
 
 Face 
 
 Farewell then, lang hale then, 
 An' plenty be your fa' : . 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 And I hae lost my lightsome heart 
 
 That little wist a fa'. . . The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 My mither, she has ta'en the bed» 
 
 Wi" thinking on my fa' lb. 
 
 Fa', to [to faU]. 
 But yet, whatreck, he, at Quebec, 
 
 Montgomery-like did fa', man, . . A Fragment, z. 
 
 Till Fraser brave did fa', man ; lb. 4. 
 
 Whase distant roaring svffells and fa's. . . A Vision. 
 
 raishanter fa" mej .... Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 The foaming stream deep roaring fa's, 
 
 S. Bonze Lassie^ will ye go t 
 Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Yet they wha fa' in Fortune's strife, 
 
 Their fate we should na censure, Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 Nae mair then, we'll care then, 
 
 Nae farther we can fa*. . . . E^. to Davie^S. 
 Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers, 
 
 When they fa' foul o' earthly jinkers, Ep. tdMaj\ Logan, zo. 
 And fair fa' my Collier laddie. 6". My Collier Laddie. 
 
 Shame fa' me gin I tell ; . . . S. My heart was ance t 
 Shame fa' the fun ; wi' sword and gun 
 
 To slap mankind like lumber I . <% • Nature's Law. 
 To Cassills' banks when ev'ning fa's, S. Now bank and brae \ 
 The chrystal waters round us fa', . Now rosy May \ 
 
 The bitter blast that round me blaws 
 Unheeded howls, unheeded fa's ; . S. O Lassie^ art thou \ 
 
 And I mysel' a drap of dew 
 Into her bonie breast to fa' 1 
 
 . iS". O were my love t 
 S. O Willie brew' d\ 
 
 Wha first beside his chair shall fa', 
 He is the king amang us three. . 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose, 
 
 Wad say, Shame fa' thee. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The flower it blaws, it fade's and fa's, S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 Freeman stand, or freeman fa', . . S. Scots who. ha'e t 
 Sweet fa's the eve on Craigieburn, S. Sweet fds the eve t 
 
 An' when he fa's, 
 His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him 
 
 In faint huzzas. The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 And mony a bouk did fa', man: ^S". The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 But wearie fa' the waefu' woodie 1 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 The violet for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 And waly fa' the ley-crap 
 
 For I maun tiU'd again. . S. There's news, lasses t 
 
 Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 For me, shame fa' me, 
 If neist my heart I dinna wear ye . To Terraughty. 
 
 Some people tell me gin J fa', Ae way or ither, 
 The breaking of ae point, tho' sma', Breaks a' thegither. 
 
 V.s to J. Ranken. 
 I maun Gae fa' upo' anither plan, . . What ails ye now f 
 
 Fa' that [have that fall to one, have that as one's 
 lot OP fortune]. 
 
 Or whom in a* the country roun'. 
 
 The best deserves to fa' that ? The Election Ballads. II. 
 Where is the laird or belted knight 
 
 That best deserves to fa' that? , . lb. 
 
 Wi' dukes and lords let Selkirk mix, 
 
 And weel does Selkirk fa' that. . . . . lb. 
 
 But an honest man's aboon his might, 
 
 Gude faith he maunna fa' that ! 6". The Honest Man. 
 
 Fable. Tho' in his heart he weel believes. 
 
 An' thinks it auld wives' fables : The Holy Fair. 17. 
 With the ready trick and fable 
 
 Round we wander all the day ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Fabled. 
 
 Tho' matching beauty's fabled queen ; S. On Cessnock banksf 
 No fabled tortures, quaint and tame. . The Lament. 
 
 A fabled Muse may suit a bard that feigns ; To R. Graham. 
 Fabric, Fabriek. 
 But of meet, or unmeet, in a fabrick complete, 
 I'll boldly pronounce they [reviewers] are none, Sir. 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 And here's the grand fabric, our free Constitution, 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 Face. Set up a face, how I stop short. 
 
 For fear your modesty be hurt. . A Ded. to G.H., i. 
 Wi' weel spread loovcs, an' lang, wry faces ; . . .Ib.t). 
 
 For me ! before a Monarch's face, 
 
 Ev'n there I winna flatter ; . . . .A Dream. 3. 
 For which we daurna show our face Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 D'ye think, said I, this face was made for crying? 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Laugh in Misfortune's face— the beldanj witch ! . .lb. 
 Her comely face sae fu' o' grace, 
 
 S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 Her face is fair, her heart is true, . . ^S". Behind yon hills t 
 Her bonie face it was as meek, 
 
 As ony lamb upon the lee ! . . . S. Blythe was she,i 
 In that bonie face of thine ; . . S. Bonie wee things 
 
 Altho' their face he ne'er had kend it, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 Fair the face of orient day, . . , Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Wi' nae kend face but Jenny Geddes. . ^p. to H. Parker. 
 Down the zodiac urge the race, 
 
 And cast dirt on his godship's face. . . .lb. 
 
 I dinna like to see your face, 
 
 Nor hear your crack. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist. 20. 
 
 On many a bloody plain 
 I've dar'd his [death's] face, S. Farewell, ye dungeons^ 
 
 Now health forsakes that angel face, . Fragment. 
 
 Their faces blythe, fu' sweetly kythe, Halloween. 3. 
 
 Ye little Skelpie-limmer's-face ! . . . . lb. 14. 
 G-d confound their stubborn face, Holy Willies Prayer. 14. 
 My face was but the keekin' glass 
 
 And there ye saw your picture. . In Defen£e of a Lady. 
 It is na, Jean, thy bonie face. 
 
 Nor shape that I admire, . . . S. Itis na, Jean<t\ 
 And smile at the moon's rimpled face in the wave ; 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 His face was furrow'd o'er with years, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 And Man, whose heav'n.-erected face, 
 
 The smiles of love adorn, . . .lb. 7. 
 
 My Mary's face, my Mary's form. 
 
 The frost of hermit age might warm; S. My Maty'' s face ^ 
 Her face so truly heavenly f^r, . . . lb. 
 
 He'd [the Deil] look into thy bonie face, 
 
 And say, "I canna wrang thee." S. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 I see a form, I see a face, 
 
 Ye weel may wi' the fairest place : S, O this is no my ain \ 
 View the wither'd beldam's face . Ode to Metn. of Mrs. — . 
 The graces of her weel-far'd face, . iS". On Cessnock banks \ 
 But it's not her air, her form, her face, ... lb. 
 
 Your bonie face sae mild and sweet On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Such was my Chloris' bonie face, 
 
 When first her bonie face I saw ; . ^S". Sae flaxen t 
 
 Ye'll snap your fingers, poor an' hearty, 
 
 Before his face. The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 But oh, alas, for her bonie face, , 
 
 They've wranged the Lass of Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 The vera wrinkles Gothic in his face : The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face. 
 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat Night. 12. 
 
 thou, whase lamentable face 
 
 Appears to mourn my woefu' case ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Alas ! misfortune stares my face, . . . The Farewell. 
 Upon a simmer Sunday morn. 
 
 When Nature's face is fair, . The Holy Fair. i. 
 
 " I'm sure I've seen that bonie face, 
 
 *' But yet I canna name ye." . . . lb. 4. 
 
 Wi' screw' d-up, grace-proud faces ; ... lb. 10. 
 
 The vera Sight o' [Moodie]'s face, 
 
 To's ain het hame had sent him Wi' fright lb- 12. 
 
 She stares the daddy in her face, . . . The Inventory. 
 He stoiter'd up an' made a face ; The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Observ'd ye yon reverend lad 
 
 Mak faces to tickle the Mob ; . . . . lb. S. III. 
 For a lalland face he feared none, . . .lb. S. IV. 
 
 An' pray'd for grace wi* ruefu' face, . . lb. R. VI. 
 
 1 look'd her in her bonny face, lS". The Lass that made the bed. 
 Learning with his Greekish face, . . The Ordination. 11. 
 That e'er your face I knew. The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Alas 1 that e'er a bonie face 
 
 Should draw a sauty tear ! . . . . lb. 
 
 His honest, sonsie, baws'nt face. 
 Ay gat him friends in ilka place ; . . The Twa Dogs. 5. 
 
Face 
 
 148 
 
 Fainness 
 
 A * ' hare-brain'd sentimental trace " 
 
 Was strongly marked in her face ; The Vision. D. I. lo. 
 
 The justHng tears ran down his honest face ! The Vowels. 
 
 Fair fa' your honest, sonsy face, . ' . To a Haggis. 
 
 You'll easy draw a weel-kent face, . . . To a Painter. 
 
 Before I saw Clarinda's face, 
 My heart was blythe and gay, . '. To Clarinda. 
 
 See, crazy, weary, joyless Eild, 
 
 Wi' wrinkl'd face, . . . To J. S.^ 13- 
 
 Be't water-brose, or muslin-kail, Wl' chearfu' face, lb. 24. 
 
 In your unletter'd nameless faces! ... lb. zy. 
 
 No fear more, no tear more, 
 To stain my lifeless face, .... To Ruin. 
 
 Their sighan, cantan, grace-proud faces. To Rev. J. M'Maik. 
 
 worthy G[regor]y's latin face, . . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Let me fair Nature's face descrive, To W. Simpson. 16. 
 
 Wi' pinch I put a Sunday's face on, IVhat ails ye now \ 
 
 When first I saw fair Jeanie's face, 
 
 I couldna tell what ailed me, S. When first I saw t 
 
 And wi' her loof her face a washin ; S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Her face wad fyle the Logan-water ; . /b. 
 
 Face, to. 
 
 I see her face the first of Ireland's sons, Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 
 While my dear lad maun face his faes, 3". O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 Wi' usquabae, we'll face the devil ! Tatn o Shunter, it. 
 
 Fae'd, -'t. 
 
 The steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it; A Guid New-Year f 14.. 
 
 And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar, Add. to Edinburgh. 7, 
 Fact. But Facts are cheels that winna ding. 
 
 An' downa be disputed : . . .A Dream. 4. 
 
 And Wallace Tow'r had sworn the fact was true : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Faction. Wi' dissipation, feud, an' faction ! The TwaDogs. 24. 
 Factor. 
 
 Your factors, grieves, trustees, and bailies, 
 
 I canna say but they do gailies ; . Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 Poor tenant bodies, scant o cash. 
 
 How they maun thole a factor's snash ; The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 Faculty [of Advocates]. 
 
 Than 'twixt Hal and Bob for the famous job 
 Who should be Faculty's Dean, Sir. . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 So their worships of the Faculty, 
 Quite sick of merit's rudeness, . . .lb. 
 
 Faculty. 
 
 For me my faculties are frozen, . Auld Comrade dear\ 
 Faddom't [fathomed]. 
 
 the Stack he faddom't thrice, . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Fade. The altar sinks, the tapers fade, . On Lincluden. 
 
 The flower it blaws, it fades and fa's, . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 They fade and they wither awa, man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 When yon green leaves fade frae the tree, 
 
 Around my grave they'll wither. ^.S". Sweet fa's the eve t 
 
 Faded. He faded into age ; S. John Barleycorn. 
 
 Thro' faded groves Maria sang, 
 Hersel' in beauty's bloom the while, S. The Catrine woods\ 
 Fading. 
 
 By fits the sun's departing beam 
 
 Look'd on the fading yellow woods Lament for Glencaim. , 
 
 Beauty's of a fading nature, . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Fading-green. 
 
 The sky is blue, the fields in view, 
 All fading -green and yellow : . S, Now westlin winds t 
 Fae [foe]. Gie a' the faes o' Scotland's weal 
 
 A towmond's Tooth- Ache ! Add. to Toothache. 
 O, to see auld Nick gaun hame. 
 
 And Charlie's faes before him ! . S. Come, boat >ne o'er. 
 thou false woman, My sister and my fae. 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 God keep thee frae thy mother's faes, . ... lb. 
 And that their faes shall ken. ^\ O- Kenmure's on and awa t 
 But now he [love] is my deadly fae. 
 
 Unless thou'lt be my ain. . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 While my dear lad maun face his faes, . S. O Logan !\ 
 
 An' sends, beside, auld Scotland's cash 
 
 To her warst faes. . . Scotch Drink, ij. 
 Your mortal Fae is now awa', . Tarn Samson's El. 7. 
 Ye've the figure, 'tis true, even your faes will allow, 
 And your friends they dare grant you nae mair. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 
 
 Or gied her faes a claw, Jamie ; . S. The Laddies by f 
 
 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes 
 
 She's swingein thro' the city ! . The Ordination. 10. 
 
 Dalrymple has been lang our fae, The Twa Herds. 12. 
 
 Your friends ay love, your faes ay fear ye, To Terraughiy. 
 Faem [foam]. 
 Or, richly brown, ream bwre the brink. 
 
 In glorious faem, . . Scotch Drink. 2. 
 Faikit [abated, let off, spared}. 
 
 Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit. Second E^. to Davie. 
 Fail. He dees na fail his part in either. A Ded. to G. H.,j. 
 And never may their [thy Sons'] sources fail ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 . The kettle o' the kirk and State, 
 
 Perhaps a clout may fail in't ; . S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 His bending joints and drooping head 
 
 Show'd he began to fail. . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 And may his great posterity 
 
 Ne'er fail in old Scotland ! . . . . . Jb. 
 
 In other worlds can Mammon fail. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 But as I gaze the vision fails, 
 
 Like frost-work touched by southern gales ; . On Lincluden. 
 Now, honest Hughoc, dinna fail, 
 
 To tell my Master a' my tale ; . The Death ofMailte. 
 It never fails, on dKJpkin deep, 
 To kittle up our notion, By night or day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. ig. 
 As lang's the Muses dinna fail To say the grace. To /. S.,24. 
 Faile. 
 
 Gae down by Faile, and taste the ale, The Tarbolion Lasses. 
 Failed. My een they almost failed me. S. When first I saw t 
 Failing. 
 
 For thrice I drew ane [a Valentine] without failing, 
 
 S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Failing, -in, ^. 
 
 An' thy poor, worthless daddy's spirit. 
 
 Without his failins. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Their failings and mischances. Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 
 And then their [the Saunts'] failings, flaws an' wants, 
 
 Are a' seen thro'. . . Ep, to J. R. 2. 
 
 We've faults and failings — granted clearly, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 ' For ev'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.' 
 
 . Epit. for Authcf^s Father. 
 True it is, she had one failing, Lns under Pict. of Miss B. 
 Fain. 
 
 It pat me fidgean-fain to hear't, Ep. to J. L — ^, Ap. ist. J. 
 I fain my griefs would cover ; 6". Farewell, thou stream t 
 I modestly fu' fain wad hint it, Friend of the poet \ 
 
 Meg fain wad to the Bam gaen, . . . Halloween. 21. 
 And tho' you'd fain make me your ain. 
 In troth I'm fear'd to venture. Sir. 
 
 S. fm deryomig to marry t 
 Jockey fou, and Jenny fain, - . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 And I would fain be in, jo. . . S. O Lassie, art thou\ 
 Fain, fain, would I my griefs impart, S. Sweet fa's the eve^ 
 Even Satan glowr'd, and fidg'd fu' fain, Tatn Shanter. 16. 
 O mony a knight and mony a laird, 
 
 That errand fain wad gae ; \re.'\ . TIte Election Ballads, I. 
 And fools o' change are fain ; . . . . . 16. 
 
 Fain, fain my crime would cover : S. The last time I came t 
 There's some that are dowie, I trow wad be fain 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again. 
 
 6'. The Taylor Jell\ 
 Nae doubt but they were fain o' ither, The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 My heart has been sae fain to see them, 
 That I for joy hae barket wi' them. . . !b. 20. 
 
 Wha fain would openly rebel, . The Twa Herds. 14. 
 
 There's Meg wi' the mailin that fain wad a haen him ; 
 
 .S". There's a youth \ 
 
 Auld Coila, now, may fidge fu' fain. To W. Simpson, 
 
 My purse is light, I've far to gang. 
 And fain wad be thy lodger; . 6". W/ien wild Way si 
 
 Fain would I hide what I fear to discover, 
 
 S. Where are t/ie joys \ 
 
 Fain would I say, * Forgive my foul offence ! ' 
 
 Fain promise never more to disobey ; Why ajn I loth t 
 
 And o'er the lea I leuk fu' fain . . S. Voung Jockey t 
 Fainness [fondness]. 
 And I, I wat, Wi fainness grat, . S, The tithermorni 
 
Faint 
 
 149 
 
 Fair 
 
 Faint. 
 
 His latest draught o' breathin' lea'es htm 
 
 In famt huzzas. The A uihor^s Cry atid Prayer. P. 
 In summer he toil'd thro' the faint, sultry heat ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 
 And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan 
 
 A lady fair : . . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Faint-collected. 
 
 The ways of men are distant brought, 
 A faint-collected dream : . . Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 Faint-hearted. 
 Nae cauld faint-hearted doubtings tease him ; 
 
 S. The A ttihors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Faint, to. Yet they, even they, with all their strength, 
 
 Began to faint and fail ; New Psalmody. 
 
 Fainting. 
 
 And now in fainting murmurs die ; . . On Littcluden. 
 
 Faintly. 
 
 Ye scatter'd birds that faintly sing Lament /or Glencaim. 
 Faintly-marked. 
 
 The faintly-marked, distant hill : . . The Lament. 
 
 Fair. As fair art thou, my bonie lass, 
 
 So deep in luve am I ; . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 
 dear bird, young Jeany fair, . . . S. A Rosebud hy + 
 Fair B[urnet] strikes th' adoring eye, Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 But cast a moment's fair regard . A dd. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail, . . .lb. 4. 
 
 How fair and how pure is the lily, 
 
 But fairer and purer her breast. S. A down winding Nith t 
 Her skin's fair hue is like the swan ; 
 
 S. A. Mastrtn's bonie Anne. 
 Our thrissles flourish'd fresh and fair, S. Awa, whigSj awa. 
 Her face is fair, her heart is true, . ^. Behitid yon hills f 
 
 The primrose banks how fair ; ^S". Behold, my love f 
 
 Lesley is sae fair and coy, . S. Blyihe hde I been \ 
 
 Sae fair her hair, sae brent her brow, 
 
 S. Braw lads o/G. Water. 
 To feed her fair flocks by her green rustling corn : 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Whare I kill'd ane, a fair strae-death, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 Fair the face of orient day. 
 
 Fair the tints of op'ning rose ; . . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Ye stately foxgloves fair to see ; . El. on Copt. M. ' H., 5. 
 But pennyworths again is fair, . Ep. to J. R. 13. 
 
 The ordered system fair before her stood, Ep. ioR. Graham.3. 
 As light as the air, and fause as thou's fair, S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 She, the fair sun of all her sex, ^. Farewell, dear mistress \ 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thoujair day \ 
 He'll have them by fair trade, if not, he will smuggle ; 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 And fair without a flaw S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 Fair and lovely as thou art, . . 6". Hark the Mavis t 
 
 But far off fowls hae feathers fair, S, Here's to thy health f 
 Tho' they seem fair, still have a care, . . lb. 
 
 Let her form so fair and faultless, 
 
 Fair and faultless as your own, . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 I do confess thou art sae fair, 
 
 I wad been o'er the lugs in luve; S. I do confess^ 
 
 She [Fortune] promised fair, and performed but ill ; 
 
 S. I dream d / lay \ 
 Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, 
 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill, S. In simmer when t 
 It was a' for our rightfu' king, 
 
 We left fair Scotland's strand ; .5". It was d for\ 
 
 O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, 
 
 Ji'. Jockeys ta'en the parting\ 
 The meanest hind in fair Scotland, 
 
 May rove their sweets amang; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 My stem was fair, my bud was green, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 To the weavers gin ye go, fair maids, - - 
 I rede you right, gang ne'er at night, S. My heart was attce t 
 Her face so truly heavenly fair, S. My Mary's face t 
 
 My fair, my lovely charmer ! 3". Now westlin winds t 
 
 I found that old Solomon proved it fair, 
 
 iS". No Churchman a>n I\ 
 That crimson rose how sweet and fair ; 
 
 »S". O bonie was yon rosy t 
 Mally's rare, Mally's fair, . . . S.O Mallys meek. 
 
 But O the road was very hard, 
 
 For that fair maiden's tender feet. S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 Tho' this was fair, and that was braw, 
 
 S. O Mary^ at the window + 
 Thou art a queen, fair Lesley [*r.] S, O saw ye bonie L. t 
 Fair tho' the lassie be : . , . S. O is this no my adn t 
 
 were my love yon lilac fair, . . S. O were my love + 
 
 1 see her sweet and fair ; . . S. Of a' the airts + 
 The high-arch'd windows, painted fair, On Lincluden. 
 In window fair, the painted pane 
 
 No longer glows with holy stain, ... .lb. 
 
 What dost thou in that mansion fair 7 
 
 On seeing Seat of Lord G. 
 Sae helpless, sweet, and fair. On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 Fair on the summer morn : . . . . lb. 
 
 I saw fair freedom's blossoms richly blow : 
 
 On death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Auld Truth hersel' might swear ye're fair, On W. Chalmers. 
 Such thy morn ! did I cry, 
 
 Phillis the fair, [rg.] ... S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Ah ! Nick, ah Nick it is na fair, . . . Poem on Life. 
 There's not a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half so fair as thou art \re.'\ . S. Polly Stewart. 
 Nor Insolence assumes fair Freedom's name ; 
 
 Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 
 Her pretty ancle is a spy, 
 Betraying fair proportion, S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 Fair beaming and streaming 
 
 Her silver light the boughs amang ; . . lb. 
 
 Fair on Isabella's mom 
 
 The sun propitious smil'd ; . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 Tho' I maun s^'t, I doubt ye flatter, 
 
 Ye speak sae fair ; . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 She's fair and fause that causes my smart, 
 
 S. She's fair and fause t 
 
 woman, lovely woman fair, .... .lb. 
 Coila's fair Rachel's care to-day. Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn : Sp. Extem. to Vng Lady. 
 For G — d-sake. Sirs ! then speak her fair, 
 
 7'he A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 18. 
 How can ye blume sae fair ! . . S. The Banks ofDoon. 
 The time may come, with pipe and drum 
 We'll welcome hame fair Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Upon a simmer Sunday morn, 
 
 When Nature's face is fair, . . T/ie Holy Fair. 
 
 And kindlyshe did me invite, 
 To walk into a chamber fair. St The La^s that made the bed. 
 
 1 bow'd fu' low to this fair maid, .... lb. 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see, . . lb. 
 And they declare Terreagle's fair, S. The noble Maxwells t 
 Again ye'll flourish fresh and fair ; S. The Catrine woods t 
 And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride. 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 18. 
 in fair virtue's heavenly road, . . lb. ig. 
 
 For far-aff fowls hae feathers fair. The Election Ballads. I. 
 Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair, 
 
 Shall ever be my muse's care ; S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 Simper James, leave the fair Killie dames, 
 
 T/ie Kirk's Alann. 6. 
 The lily it is pure, and the lily it is fair, S. The Posie. 
 
 But what can give pleasure, or what can seem fair. 
 When the lingering moments are number'd wi' care ? 
 
 i?. T/ie small birds rejoice t 
 Fair Virtue water'd it wi' care, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 By stately tow'r, or palace fair, [v. A. 4] . . Tfu Vision. 
 Then bowses drumlie German-water, 
 
 To mak himsel look fair and fatter, . The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Return him safe to fair Strathspey, S. TJte yng High. Rover. 
 There was a lass, and she was fair, S. There was a lass, and t 
 O Jeanie fair, I lo'e thee dear ; lb. 
 
 She promis'd fair and perform'd but ill; 
 
 .S". Tho. fickle Fortune t 
 Fair Empress of the Poet's soul, . . To a Lady. 
 
 Thine be the volumes, Jessy fair, . . To a yng Lady. 
 
 'Tis Friendship's pledge, my young, fair friend, To Chloris. 
 faint heart ne'er wan A lady fair : . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 You save fair Jessie from the grave ! To Dr. Maxwell. 
 
 An' get sic fair examplp straught, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Thro' fair, thro' foul, they urge the race, . To J. J., rS. 
 
FaiF 
 
 150 
 
 Faith 
 
 Fair maid, you need not take the hint, . To Miss Ainslie. 
 Let me fair Nature's face descrive, . To W. Simpson, i6. 
 
 An' some, their New-light fair avow, 
 
 Just quite barefac'd. . . .lb. P.S. 
 And fair are the maids on the banks of the Ayr ; 
 
 i". True hearted was he t 
 Are lovers as faithful, and maidens as fair. . . .lb. 
 But in the fair presence of lovely young Jessie, 
 
 Unseen is the lily, unheeded the rose. . . lb. 
 
 Turn again, thou fair Eliza, \re.\ S. Turn again, thou/air^ 
 A maiden fair I chanc'd to spy ; S. Twos even — the dewyf 
 
 Fair is the morn in flow'ry May, lb. 
 
 Fair the' she be, that was ne'er my undoing ; 
 
 S. Twas na her bonis blue e'e t 
 My morning raise sae clear and fair, . V.s under Grief. 
 I hae lo'ed the Fair, the Gowden ; S. Wantonness for ever ^ 
 I made an open fair confession, . . What ails ye now \ 
 When first I saw fair Jeanie's face, S. When first I sww t 
 And for fair Scotia, hame again, . S. When wild War's \ 
 And marking sweet flowerets so fair ; S. Where are the joys t 
 
 Jenny, fair Jenny alone lb. 
 
 Again I might desert fair Virtue's way ; Why am I loth t 
 
 To balance fair in ilka quarter ; . S. Willie Wastle + 
 
 Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; S, Ye banks and braes \ 
 She is not the fairest, altho' she is fair; 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns \ 
 
 Fair, the Fair, Fair one, 
 
 Whaever has met wi' my Phillis, _ 
 
 Has met wi' the queen o' the fair. S. Adown winding Nith^ 
 I charge you disturb not my slumbering Fair. 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair, 
 
 To hope may be forgiven ; . 5". Anna, thy charmsi 
 
 While my darling fair Is on the couch of anguish ? 
 
 S. Ay waking, O t 
 the pleasure The fickle Fair can give thee. 
 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . S. Delttded swain t 
 
 Who on my fair one satire's vengeance hurls ? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 The Friend we trust ; the Fair we love ; Grace after Dinner. 
 Powers celestial whose protection 
 
 Ever guards the virtuous fair, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 If thou hast met this fair one, S. O watye wha that loesf 
 If every other fair one. But her, thou hast deserted, . /b. 
 Last, tho' not least in love, ye youthful fair. 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 That form'd this Fair sae far awa, . . S. Sae far ^wa. 
 But fairer never touch'd a heart 
 
 Than her's, the Fair sae far awa. . . . lb. 
 
 th' unblushing fair In his embraces sunk ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. VII. 
 Great love I bear to all the Fair, ... lb. S. VII. 
 J view'd the heavenly-seeming Fair ; The Vision. D. II. /. 
 Thine am I my faithful fair, . . . S. Thine am. If 
 In plaintive notes my tale rehearses 
 
 When I the fair have found ; 
 Had at the time some dainty fair one. 
 While she, my cruel, scornfu' Fair, 
 
 Forbids me e er to see her mair! . S. Young Jamie,\ 
 
 Fair [market]. An' Stable-meals at Fairs were driegh, 
 
 A Gude New-Year\8. 
 For monie a Flack they wheedle frae me, 
 
 At dance or fair : Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist. ly. 
 Mauchline Race or Mauchline Fair, . . lb. i8. 
 
 he held to the fair, . . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 But thee, what were our fairs and rants ? Scotch Drink. 8. 
 I'm gaun to [Mauchline] holy fair, . . The Holy Fair. 5. 
 Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham fair ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 
 Wha us'd to trystes an' fairs to driddle, . . .lb. R. V. 
 
 At kirk and fair, I'se ay be there, . S. The tither morn t 
 Fair fa' [good luek befall op betide]. 
 
 And fair fa' my Collier laddie. . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, . . . To a Haggis. 
 Faipplay. 
 
 1 hope to gie the jad's a clearin' 
 
 In fair play yet. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 11. 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. Tarn d Shunter, 11. 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Fair-won. Thy fair-won, rightful spoil , 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Fairer. But fairer still my Delia dawns, Delia, an Ode. 
 
 Where man and nature fairer in her sight. 
 My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer flight. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 A fairer than either adorns the green valleys, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks f 
 I never saw a fairer, . . . S. My love's a winsome t 
 Still richer breathes and fairer blows, . S. O Phely \ 
 
 A fairer than's in yon town. 
 
 His setting beam ne'er shone upon. S. O watye wha's in\ 
 But fairer never touch'd a heart 
 
 Than her's, the Fair sae far awa. . ^. Sae far awa. 
 (And ne'er misfortune's eastern blast 
 Did nip a fairer flower.) .... To Chloris. 
 Fairest. Fairest maid on Devon banks ! S. Fairest maidi 
 Then come, thou fairest of the fair I . . . lb. 
 
 But she my fairest faithfu' lass, . . S. I II ay cd in\ 
 Ye weel may wi' the fairest place : S. O this is no my aiji t 
 The fairest maid's in yon town 
 
 That ev'ning sun is shining on. . S. O watye whds in \ 
 For she, as fairest is her form, 
 
 She has the truest, kindest heart. . . . lb. 
 
 Fare-thee-well thou first and fairest ! . S. One fond kiss \ 
 Fairest flow'r 1 behold the lily, 
 
 Blooming in the sunny ray ; . . . S. Sensibility \ 
 Better than e'er the fairest she he meets. . . Sketch. 
 Sleep'st thou, or wak'st thou, fairest creature ? 
 
 S. Sleep' St thou'^ 
 But still as the fairest she sat in their sight, 
 
 S. The father was blooming f 
 When a' our fairest maids were met, 
 
 The fairest maid was bonie Jean. S, There was a lass f 
 And frost will blight the fairest flowers, ... Ih. 
 
 She's fresh as the morning, the fairest in May, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob \ 
 That fate may in her fairest page, - enroll thy name : 
 
 Toayng Lady. 
 She is not the fairest, altho' she is fair ; 
 
 S. Yon wild-mossy jnountns t 
 
 Fajrin [a present at a fair, a present, a reward]. 
 
 Niest time we meet, I'll wad a groat, 
 
 He gets his fairin ! Death and Dr. Hornbook.30. 
 Ah, Tam ! Ah, Tarn ! thou'll get thy fairin ! 
 
 Tam d Shanter. 18. 
 Fairlee. 
 She was the flower o' Fairlee lambs, 
 
 A famous breed : [v. A. ig] Poor Mailie's El., 
 Fairly. I'm tauld he offers very fairly, . . Auld comrade i 
 
 To grant a heart is fairly civil, lb. 
 
 For one, he said, to labour bred. 
 Was a match for fortune fairly, O. 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 
 I tell your Highness fairly, . , , . A Dream. 10. 
 My spavet Pegasus will limp, 
 
 Till ance he's fairly het ; . . . Ep. to Davie, iz. 
 
 Tho' three times doubl'd fairly, . S. The Rigs d Barky, 
 
 I'm sure it's winter fairly. \re.'\ . S. Up in the wtoming. 
 
 A mailin plenish'd fairly; . S. When wild Wat^sf 
 
 Fairy, the pleasure The fickle Fair can give thee. 
 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . . lS". Deluded swain f 
 Upon that night, when Fairies light, 
 
 On Cassilis Downans dance, . . . Halloween. 
 Fairies dance sae cheery. . . S. Hark! the mavis i 
 Girvan's fairy haunted stream . S. Now bank and brae t 
 A fairy train appear'd in order bright ; The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 A fairy Fiddler frae the neuk, 
 
 He skirl'd out, encore. . The Jolly Beggars. R. II, 
 
 Not the little sporting fairy, 
 
 All beneath the summer moon : 
 
 Fairy-land. This life, sae far's I understand, 
 
 Is a' enchanted fairy-land, 
 Faltes. 
 
 S. Turn again, thou t 
 ToJ.S.iis. 
 
 Faites vies baissemains respectueuse, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 Faith. To whom hae much, shall yet be given, 
 Is every great man's faith ; 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 
 But for to meet the Dell her lane, 
 
 She pat but little faith in : . . . . Halloween. 2i. 
 
 A mutual faith to plight, . . .On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 By the faith you fondly plighted ; . 6". Stay, my chartner\ 
 
Faith 
 
 161 
 
 False 
 
 For its faith and truth reward it. . . ^S". Sweetest May\ 
 Hear how he clears the points o' Faith 
 
 Wi' rattlin an' thumpin ! . . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 But ne'er a word o' faith in That's right . . lb. 13. 
 Wi' faith an* hope, an' love an' drink, 
 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack ... Ih. 26. 
 And by that Stowp I my faith an' houpe, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 To join faith and sense upon ony pretence. 
 
 Is heretic, damnable error. . . The Kirk's Alartn. 
 
 The plighted faith ; the mutual flame ; . . The Lament. 
 Your faith proved so loyal, in hot bloody trial, 
 
 S. The small Mrds \ 
 I wat they pledged their faith, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 Count on a friend, in faith an' practice, 
 
 In Robert Burns. . . To W. Simpson. 
 Faith ! But faith ! I muckle doubt, my Sire, A Dream. 5. 
 Faith, you and A[pplecros]s were right Add. of Beelzebub. 
 An' faith ! thou's neither lag nor lame. Add. to the Deil. 3. 
 But faith! he'll turn a corner jinkan, ... lb. 20. 
 For, faith, they'll ablins fin' them fashious : 
 
 Auld comrade dear\ 
 And faith, he'll waur me. . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 An' faith, we'se be acquainted better 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 1st. ig. 
 Tho' faith, sma' heart hae I to sing ! . Ep. to J. R., 6. 
 
 And faith, to me, 'twas really new ! Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 " There's just the man I want, in faith," Lns to J. Ranken. 
 And faith I agree with th' old prig to a hair ; 
 
 S. No Churchfita7t ant If 
 And, faith, he'll prent it. . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 And faith ye'U no be lost a whit, On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Or faith I I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 15. 
 Tho' faith, that date, I doubt, ye'll never see ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. $. 
 Now haud you there ! for faith ye've said enough, lb. 10. 
 Faith, we'se hae fine remarkin ! . The Holy Fair. 6. 
 
 But faith ! the birkie wants a Manse, ... lb. 17. 
 
 Gude faith he maunna fa' that ! lS". The Honest Man. 
 
 Till faith, wee Davock's turn'd sae gleg, . The Inventory. 
 For faith I'm confoundedly dry : The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 And faith I'm gay and hearty ! . . . To — . 
 
 Tho' faith, I fear ye dine but sparely, . To a Louse. 
 
 Na faith ye yet I ye'll no be right, 
 
 Till ye've got on it, . . . lb. 
 
 As faith I muckle doubt him, . , To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 An' if a Devil be at a', 
 
 In faith he's sure to get him. . . . lb. 
 
 down the gate, in faith, they're worse To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 That faith, the youngsters took the sands 
 
 Wi' nimble shanks, To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Faithful, -fu'. 
 
 It brake the sweet heart of my faithfu' auld dame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' i 
 Is this thy faithful swain's reward, 
 
 An aching broken heart, S. Canst thou leave m.e thus f 
 Nor use a faithful lover so ? . . S. Fairest Maid f 
 
 So calls the woodlark in the grove, 
 His little faithful mate to cbear, S. Here is the glen f 
 
 But she my fairest faithfu' lass, . . ^S". Til ay cd in t 
 Enclasped to my faithful breast, 
 
 I'll comfort thee, my dearie, O. 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 To meet my faithful Davie. . . S. Now rosy May f 
 
 Her faithfu' mate will share her toil, S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 A friend mair faithfu' ne'er came nigh him. Poor Mailie' s El.. 
 'Twas all my faithful love could gain ; S. The capt. Ribband. 
 A faithful brother I have left, .... The Farewell. 
 My faithful Highland lasie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 But he still was faithfu' to his clan. The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Or leaves the faithfu' lass he lo'ed, 
 
 To wear a ragged coat. The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, . . The Twa Dogs. S. 
 Their grushie weans an' faithfu' wives ; . . . lb. 77. 
 Thine am I my faithful fair, . . , ^S". Thine am 1 1 
 So prays thy faithful friend, the bard. . . To Chloris. 
 My faithful love disdains, . . To Clarinda. 
 
 Are lovers as faithful and maidens as fair. 
 
 S. True hearted was he \ 
 
 Canst thou break his faithfu' heart? S. Turn again, thou fair f 
 
 Me and my faithfu' doggie ; . . .S". What will I do gin t 
 
 And come, my faithful sodger lad, S. When wild Wat^s t 
 
 Faithless. Amang them I spied my faithless, fause lover, 
 
 S. As I was a-njuandring \ 
 I rather wou'd bear a' the load o' my sorrow 
 
 Than ever hae acted sae faithless to him. . . lb. 
 
 Is nought to what poor she endures 
 
 That's trusted faithless man, jo. .5". O Lassie, art thou t 
 And hopeless, comfortless, I'll mourn 
 
 A faithless woman's broken vow. The Lament. 10. 
 
 While faithless snaws ilk step betray The Vision. D. I. i. 
 Our sex with guile and faithless love, 
 
 Is charged, perhaps too true ; To Miss L., with *' Beattie.'^ 
 But oh, if he's faithless, and minds na his Nanie, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways. 
 
 Lead to be viretched, vile, and base. Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Falconer, 
 
 She trusts the ruthless falconer 
 And drops beneath his feet. . . S. How cruel t 
 
 Fald [fold], 
 
 Seal'd on her silk-saft falds to rest, .5*. O were my love t 
 
 Fall. Mixt with some warbler's dying fall, S. Here is the glen \ 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 
 S. How pleasant the bajiks t 
 Or like the snow falls in the river, . Tam o^ Shanter. 7, 
 
 The fate of empires and the fall of kings, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Fall, to. 
 Or must no tin3r sin to others fall. 
 
 Because thy guilt's supreme enough for all ? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 He falls in the blaze of his fame. S. Farewell., thou fair day \ 
 Let Prudence' direst bodements on me fall, 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 And show'rs began to fall ; John Barleycorn. 
 
 Must thou, the noble, generous, great, 
 Fall in bold manhood's hardy prime ! 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 For the dew-drops of morning fall cold on her grave. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 My patriot falls, but shall he lie unsung, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Tyrants fall in every foe ; . S. Scots wha ha'e t 
 
 While Tories fall, while Tories fly. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 And Hopeton falls, the generous, brave ', . . . lb. 
 Helpless, must fall before the blasts of fate, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 At whose destruction-breathing word. 
 
 The mightiest empires fall ! . . . To Ruin. 
 
 Fallen. No fallen angel, hurled from upper skies ; 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 My fathers have fallen to right it ; Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 Were such the wife had fallen to my part, 
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart ; 
 
 The Henpecked Httsband. 
 Falling. 
 Now chrystal clear are the falling waters, S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 List'ning to the wild birds singing. 
 
 By a falling chrystal stream ; , . S. I dream' d I lay \ 
 While falling, recalling. 
 The amorous thrush concludes his sang ; . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 Fallow. The fallow land is free ; . S. O can ye labour lea t 
 Fallow [fellow]. 
 Will's a true guid fallow's get, . . A Dream. 7. 
 
 Wi' constables, those blackguard fallows, 
 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 A clever, sturdy fallow ; . . . . Halloween. 16. 
 
 An' monie a fallow gat his licks, 
 
 Wi' hearty crunt ; To W. Sijnpson, P.S. 
 
 False. False flatterer, Hope, away ! . Fragment of Ode. 
 thou false woman. My sister and my fae. 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 But spare and pardon my false Love, . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 Tho' thou has been false, I'll ever prove true, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door,f 
 False friends, false love, farewell 1 . . . lb. 
 
 If thou hast kno\vn false love's vexation, . The Hermit. 
 
False 
 
 162 
 
 Fancy 
 
 'Twas then I prov'd false to my Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Alas the day, and wo the day, 
 
 A false usurper wan the gree, S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 To stigmatize false friends of thine 
 
 Can ne'er defame thee. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 And should the false one hither stray, 
 No vengeful spirit bid him fear ; S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 Falsest. 
 Falsest of woman-kind, canst thou declare, 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air ! S. Had I a cavef 
 
 Falsehood. 
 
 That there is falsehood in his looks 
 I must and will deny : . . That there is falsehood \ 
 
 Falter. Sooner the sun in his motion would falter. 
 
 S. ' Twos na her bonze blue e^e t 
 Fame. 
 Great is thy^pow'r, an' great thy fame ; Add. to the Deil. j". 
 For their fame it shall last while the world goes round, 
 
 A t Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 Know thou, O stranger to the fame 
 
 Of this much lov'd, much faonoiir'd name ! Epit.for R, A. 
 He falls in the blaze of his fame. S. Farewell^ thou fair day \ 
 Nae ray of fame was to be found : Lament for Glencaim. 
 I sing his name and nobler fame, 
 
 Wha multiplies our number. . . . Nature' s^Law, 
 And Btum]'s spring, her fame to sing, . . . lb. 
 
 They'll live, or die wi' fame, Willie ! 
 
 S. O Kenmure s on and awa t 
 And future ages hear his growing fame. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 I am nae stranger to your fame, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives 
 
 Horatian fame ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 That dearest meed is granted — honest fame ; 
 
 Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 Shall no longer appear in the records of Fame ; 
 
 Reproof by himself. 
 Is there nae Poet, burning keen for Fame, 
 Will bauldly try to gie us Plays at hame ? Scots Prologue. 
 Will gar Fame blaw until her trumpet crack, . lb. 
 
 Go, Fame, an' canter like a filly 
 Thro' a' the streets an' neuks o Killie, 
 
 Tam^ Samson's El., Per. C. 
 And a town of fame whose princely name 
 Should grace the Lass of Albany. 
 
 S, The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Fame, honest fame, his great his dear reward. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And hands the rustic Stranger up to fame, . . . lb. 
 • Thro' fields of death to gather fame, S. The capt. Ribband, 
 Here's a noble Earl's Fame and high renown, 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Yerl Galloway lang did rule this land, 
 
 Wi' equal right and fame, Ih. V. 
 
 Nor wanting ghosts of Tory fame ; . . lb, VI. 
 
 Weel Europe kens the fame o't. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Fareweel to a' our Scotish fame, . . S. The Union. 
 
 Who call'd on Fame, low standing by. 
 
 To hand him on, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Where once the Campbell's, chiefs of fame, 
 
 Held ruling pow'r : . . lb. D. 11. 11. 
 
 Till now o'er all my wide domains, Thy fame extends ; lb. 18. 
 But for wine and for welcome not more known to fame, 
 
 The Whistle. 10. 
 With native worth, and spotless fame, . To a yng Lady. 
 
 Those [Critics] cut-throat bandits in the paths of fame : 
 
 ToR. G. of F.J 4. 
 An' shall his fame an' honor bleed 
 
 By worthless skellums. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 to speel, Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, 
 
 The braes o' fame ; . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Then pride might climb the slipp'ry^ steep, 
 Where fame and honours lofty shine; 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 Fame, a restless, airy dream ; . Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Famedj -'d, Scotia's kings of other years, Fam'd heroes I 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 famed for martial deed and sacred song, . Liberty. 
 
 And wi' the far-fam'd Grecian share 
 
 A rival place ? . Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 But here an ancient nation fam'd afar, Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 Sae fam'd for his gratefu' return ? The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 For building cot-houses sae fam'd, . . lb. V. 
 
 Fareweel even to the Scotish name, 
 
 Sae fam'd in martial story. . . . . S. The Union, 
 Sir, in that circle you are fam'd ; . , To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Till fam'd Breadalbaine opens on my view. 
 
 Wr. in Kentnore Inn. 
 What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, \re.'\ S. Ye Jacobites f 
 
 Family, -*ly. 
 
 His worthy fam'ly far and near, 
 
 God bless them a' wi' grace an' gear. . A uld comrade t 
 May they rejoice, no wand'rer lost, 
 A Family in Heaven ! . . . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 Famine. In his flesh there's a famine, Epit. on Walter S—. 
 Famish'd. When wretches range, in famish'd swarms. 
 The scented groves, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Famous. As Phoebus and the famous Nine 
 
 Were glowran owre my pen. Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 Weel pleased, he [Death] greets a wight sae famous, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn, the Chapman. 
 She was the flower o' Fairlee lambs, 
 
 A famous breed : . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 While healths gae round to him wha, tight, 
 
 Gies famous sport. . . Scotch Drink. 12. 
 ' Here lies a famous Bullock ! ' . . . The Calf. 
 
 Than 'twixt Hal and Bob for the famous job 
 
 The Dean of Fac. 
 We will get famous laughin At them this day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. s. 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack that day. , lb. z6. 
 Sic famous twa should disagreet. The Twa Herds, g. 
 
 Craigdarroch so famous for wit, worth, and law ; 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 Ramsay an' famous Ferguson To W. Simpson. 8. 
 
 Fa*n, Faun [fallen]. 
 
 Our ancient crown's fa'n in the dust ; S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 And ane wad rather fa'n than fled ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 An angel form's faun to thy share ! S. She's fair andfause t 
 Fan. Breathing in the breeze that fans her, 
 
 Soothe her bosom into rest : . S. Highland Mary, 
 I'd fan it wi' a constant gale, , . S. O were my lovef 
 
 Thy tuneful flame still careful fan ; The Vision. D. II. 22. 
 Still fan the sweet connubial flame 
 Responsive in each bosom, . . S. Young Peggy \ 
 
 Fancy. Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, A Bards Epit. 
 Heav'n's beauties on my fancy shine ; Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 The daisy amus'd my fond fancy, S. Adown winding Nith t 
 I flatter my fancy I may get another, 
 
 S. As I was a-wandring\ 
 And drank my fill o' fancy's dream, . As on the banksi 
 Since she is fitted to her fancy ; Auld comrade t 
 
 Beyond what Fancy e'er refin'd 
 
 The voice of Nature prizing. S, Could aught ofsong\ 
 
 For motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed? 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter . Ep. to Maj. Logan, e. 
 With passions so potent, and fancies so bright. 
 
 Fragment, itiscr. to Fox. 
 Let my fancy first approve. . . .S". Jockey feu,'^ 
 
 Fancy only kens nae cheat. . . . . lb. 
 
 And courtly grandeur bright 
 
 The fancy may delight, . . S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 
 The flower and fancy o' the west ; . ^. My Lord a-hunting \ 
 They make your youthful fancies reel, . . O leave novels\ 
 To thee my fancy took its wing, 5. O Mary at tfie window t 
 For fear that she wyle your fancy frae me, [«.] S. O whistle t 
 But day and night my fancy's flight 
 
 Is ever wi' my Jean. . . S. Of a' the airts t 
 
 Crowd thick on fancy's wondering eye, . On Lincluden, 
 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear, . .. , . lb. 
 
 I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, . ^S". One fond kiss,\ 
 
 Already in thy fancy's eye. Thy sicker treasure. Poem on Life. 
 Fell Despair my Fancy seizes. . S, Raving winds t 
 
 Fancies that our guid Brugh denies protection, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 But nae ane could their fancy please, 
 
 O ne'er a ane but tway. . . The Election Ballads, I. 
 
 The scenes where wretched Fancy roves. 
 
 Pursuing past, unhappy loves ! , S. The gloomy night t 
 
Fancy 
 
 153 
 
 Pap-feteh'd 
 
 Fancy, chief, Reigns, hagard-wild, in sore afright : 
 
 The Lament. 
 Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray, . The Vision. D. II. if. 
 There's lang-tocher'd Nancy maist fetters his fancy 
 
 S. There' s a youth\ 
 My fancy yerket up sublime Wi' hasty summon : To J. S.^4. 
 Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning ! . IB. ij. 
 
 L — d man there's lasses there wad force 
 
 A hermit's fancy, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Not the Poet in the moment 
 
 Fancy lightens in his ee', . S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 I thought upon the witching smile 
 
 That caught my youthful fancy : S. When wild Wars t 
 O why, while fancy, raptur'd, slumbers, S. Why, why tell thy \ 
 The leafless trees my fancy please, 
 Their fate resembles mine ! . . . Winter. 
 
 Fancy, to. 
 If she be shy, her sister try, 
 
 Ye'll maybe fancy Jenny, . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 O can'st thou think to fancy me ! . S. There was a lass t 
 And see an onie lad will fancy me. 
 He's comin frae the North that's to fancy me, 
 Fancv'd '^^ ^'^^'^ grows a honie brier f 
 
 Near many a hermit-fancy'd cove, [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 Fand, Fan* [found]. 
 He gaped for't [his argument], he graped for't, 
 
 He fand it was awa, man ; . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 An' a' the faut I fan' wi' him. 
 
 He couldna labour lea. . S. O can ye labour lea t 
 
 This truth fand honest Tam o' Shanter, Tain d Shanter. 2. 
 Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; Ih. 10. 
 
 The Muse nae Poet ever fand her, 
 
 Tin by himsel he learn'd to wander, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Fane. 
 That seek, in prayer, the midnight fane. . On Lincluden. 
 Or mould'ring ruins mark the sacred Fane. 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 Fann'd. While larks with little wing, 
 
 Fann'd the pure air, . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Fantastic. 
 
 Supporting roofs, fantastic, stony groves : The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Fa.V. Far be't frae me that I aspire 
 
 To blame your Legislation, A Dream. S- 
 
 till they a' did wauble, Far. far behin'! A Guid New-year^ "j. 
 a short-liv'd glow'r. Far south the lift, A Winter Night, i. 
 Plac'd for her lordly use thus far, thus vile, below ! . lb. 7. 
 Far kend an' noted is thy name ; . . Add. to the Deil.3. 
 Thou travels far ; ... lb. 
 
 And just as lamely can ye mark, 
 
 How far perhaps they rue it. Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 
 Far mark'd with the courses of clear, winding rills ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 His worthy fam'ly far and near, . A uld comrade dear \ 
 More lovely far her beauty blows. . . Delia, an Ode. 
 
 Tho' I maun own, as monie still, 
 
 As far abuse me. Ep. to J. L—^k, Ap. ist. 16. 
 Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay, El. on Capt. M. H. g. 
 Far, far from thee, I wander here ; 
 Far, far from thee, the fate severe 
 
 At which I most repine. Love. . .S". Forlorn, my Lffve^ 
 No man with the half of 'em e'er went far wrong ; 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 But far off fowls hae feathers fair, . S. Here's to thy health, t 
 Nightly dreams, and thoughts by day. 
 Are with him that's far away, [re.] 
 
 S. How can my poor heart t 
 On stormy seas and far away, [re.] . . Jb. 
 
 My dear lad that's far away, [re.] lb. 
 
 And far be thou distant, thou reptile 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks ^ 
 I think on him that's far awa'. 
 
 The lee-lang night, and weep, . . S. It was a'for\ 
 yon moors, Out-spreading far and wide, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 3. 
 But far better days I trust will come again ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 I haste with the storm to a far distant shore ; 
 
 Lavteni on leaving Nat. Land. 
 But now he's banish'd far away, S. My Harry was agallant t 
 But I gied him a far better thing, . . S. My Sandy giedi 
 V 
 
 Whisp'ring spirits round my pillow 
 
 'Talk of him that's far awa. ire.} S, Musing on the roaring^ 
 That blooms sae far frae haunt o' man ; 
 
 S. O honie was yon rosy t 
 But love is far a sweeter flow'r . . . . lb. 
 
 Here's him that's far awa, Willie ! 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa f 
 Far, far frae me and Logan braes. S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 Is o'er the hills and far awa ? S. Oh how can I he hlyihe t 
 
 But aye the tear comes in my ee, 
 
 To think on him that's far awa Ih. 
 
 The bonie lad that's far awa. . . . . . Ih. 
 
 When he comes hame that's far awa lb. 
 
 Our lassies a' she far excels, lS". On Cessnock banks t Seti. II. 
 Sae far I sprackled up the brae, . On diniHg with Doer. 
 The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. 
 
 S. Out over the Forth \ 
 For far in the west lives he I lo'e best, . . Ih. 
 
 Where the mossy riv'let strays. 
 
 Far from human haunts and ways ; On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Far in their shade my Peggy's charms S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Far as the rude barbarian marks the bound. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Or worser far, the pangs of keen remorse ; Remorse. A Frag.. 
 But for her sake sae far awa ; [re.} . . S, Sae far awa. 
 My native land sae far awa. [re.] lb. 
 
 And nocht can heal my bosom's smart, 
 
 While, Oh, she is sae far awa. [re.} . . Ih. 
 
 Nor need he hunt as far as Rome or Greece, Scots Prologue. 
 For Nannie, far before the rest, 
 
 Hard upon noble Maggie prest, . . . Ih. 18. 
 
 Sic flights are far beyond her pow'r ; Tam d Shanter. 16. 
 
 Far from thy bonie banks and braes, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Which sweetly winds so far below; S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Ah ! tho' bis worth unknown, far happier there I ween ! 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim ; Ih. 12. 
 
 The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : . . . Ih. 
 
 But haply, in some cottage far apart, . Ih. if. 
 
 The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind ; . Ih. ig. 
 
 I'll mind you still, tho' far awa. The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write 
 
 Those happy scenes when far awa ! lb. 
 
 Shall be my Pray'r when far awa. . , . Ih. 
 
 To him, the Bard, that's far awa. ... lb. 
 
 Far from the bonie banks of Ayr. . S. The gloomy night t 
 Till Charlie Stewart cam at last, 
 
 Sae far to set us free ; . The High. Widow's Lament. 
 
 The chiel that's a fool for bimsel, 
 
 Guid L— d, he's far dafter than I. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 But whalpet some place far abroad, . The Twa Dogs. 2. 
 when the Day bad clos'd his e'e, Far i' the West, 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 2. 
 Far wanders nations over. . S. The yng High. Rover. 
 Tho' cruel fate should bid us part, 
 
 Far as the pole and line ; . . . S. Tho' cruel fate t 
 I'll act with prudence as far's I'm able, 
 
 S. Tho. fickle Fortune \ 
 Far seen in Greek, deep men o' letters, . .' To J. S.,8. 
 An' far unworthy of thy train, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 When I forget thee ! Willie Creech, 
 
 Tho' far awa I . . . . To W. Creech. 
 As far surpassing other common villains, 
 As Thou in natural parts hadst given me more. Tragic Frag. 
 And winna say owre far for thrice, . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 My purse is light, I've far to gang, S. When wild War's t 
 By far my elder brother in the muses, 
 
 Wr. undr Port, of Fergusson. 
 Fap-aff [fap-ofn. 
 
 For far-aff fowls hae feathers fair, TJie Election Ballads. I. 
 Far-fam'd. 
 Thro' many a far-fam'd sire ! 
 
 So ran the far-fam'd Roman way, . . On same Lord G, 
 And with the far-fam'd Grecian share 
 
 A rival place ? Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Syne let us pray, auld England may 
 
 Sure plant this far-fam'd tree, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 Far-fetell'd, Here, Doon pour'd down his far-fetch'd floods ; 
 
 The Vision- D. I. /^. 
 
Far-honop'd 
 
 154 
 
 Fashion 
 
 Fap-honop'd. 
 
 K[ennedy]'s far-honor'd name . . A Ded. to G. /f., 14. 
 
 F£l1?ce. Till tir'd at last wi' mony a farce, 
 
 They set them down upon their arse, [v.A.i] 
 
 The Two, Dogs. 6. 
 Fare. When purple morning starts the hare, , 
 
 To steal upon her early fare, . S. Now rosy May t 
 What tho' on hamely fare we dine, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 And dish them out their hill o' fare, . To a Haggis. 
 
 Our humble cot and hamely fare, 
 Ye freely shall partake it, . . S. When wild War's^ 
 Fare, to. And how do ye fare ? S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 Tasting the breathing spring, Forth I did fare ; 
 
 ^. Phillis the Fair. 
 An' O sae nicely's we will fare ! The Jolly Beggars, S. V. 
 
 But why should ae man better fare, 
 
 And a' men brithers ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 A' day they fare but sparely ; . S. Up in the morning. 
 
 Fare thee weel, Fare-you-weel. 
 And fare thee weel, my only Luve ! 
 
 And fare thee weel, a while ! . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 But fare-you-weel, auld Nickie-ben! Add. to the Deil. 21. 
 Fare thee weel before I gang, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 
 Fare-thee-well, Fare ye well. 
 Fare-thee-well, thou first and fairest 1 
 
 Fare-thee-well, thou best and dearest ! . S. One fond kiss t 
 Now fare ye well, an' joy be wi' you, Auld comrade dear\ 
 Fareweel [farewell]. 
 My Love and Native Land fareweel, . S. It was i£ for\ 
 Fareweel, my rhyme-composing billie ! 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Fareweel the braes of Ballochmyle. S. The Catrine woods\ 
 Fareweel the bonie banks of Ayr, 
 
 Fareweel, fareweel ! sweet Ballochmyle ! . . .lb. 
 Fareweel our night o' sorrow. . lS". The noble Maxwells t 
 
 Fareweel to a' our Scotish fame, 
 
 Fareweel our ancient glory ; 
 Fareweel even to the Scotish name, . . lS". The Union. 
 Then fareweel vacant, careless roamin ; 
 An' fareweel chearfu' tankards foamin, An' social noise ; 
 An' fareweel dear, deluding woman, The joy of joys ! 
 
 To J. S., g. 
 
 Fareweel, auld birkie ! Lord be near ye, To Terraugkty. 
 
 Fareweel, ' my rhyme-composing ' brither ! To W. Simpson. 
 Farewell. 
 Farewell, dear Friend ! may guid luck hit you ! A Farewell. 
 E'en here^ I took the last farewell ; . S. Behold the hour t 
 Farewell ! and ne'er such sorrows tear 
 
 That fickle heart of thine, . . ^. Canst thou leave me t 
 Farewell, dear mistress of my soul, S. Farewell, dearmistressf 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 Farewell, loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties ! lb. 
 
 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou stream \ 
 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, 
 
 S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Now farewell, light, thou sunshine bright, . . lb. 
 
 Then farewell folly, hide and hair o't 
 
 For ance and ay, . Friend of the poet t P. S. 
 Farewell, farewell, Eliza dear, . S. From thee, Eliza,\ 
 But the dire feeling, O farewell for ever, 
 
 Anguish unmingT'd and agony pure. iS". Gloomy December. 
 Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands t 
 False friends, false love, farewell ! . S. Ok, open the door, \ 
 One farewell, alas, for ever! . . S. One fond kiss, \ 
 
 Farewell, hours that late did measure 
 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . 6*. Raving winds \ 
 Farewell then, lang hale then. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, . . The Farewell. 
 Farewell, a mother's blessing dear! . . . . Jb. 
 Farewell, my Bess ! tho' thou'rt bereft 
 
 Of my parental care ; lb. 
 
 And You, Farewell I whose merits claim, 
 
 Justly that highest badge to wear I 
 
 The Farewell, To St. fs L.. 
 Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, S. The gloomy nighty 
 Farewell, my friends! farewell, my foes! . . . lb. 
 Farewell, the bonie banks of Ayr I lb. 
 
 Farewell, the glen sae bushy, O I 
 
 Farewell, the plain sae rashy, 0\ S, The Highland Lassie. 
 Then farewell hopes of Laurel-boughs, . . .ToJ.S. g. 
 Farewell ! within thy bosom free 
 
 A sigh may whiles awaken ; . . V.s, under Grief. 
 For there I took the last farewell 
 Of my sweet Highland Manr. 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams f 
 Farina. 
 The Farina of beans and pease, 
 
 He has't in plenty ; Death and Dr. Homhook. 21, 
 Far! rthe fourth or third part of a thin cake made of 
 oat, flour, or other meal]. 
 An' farls, bak'd wi' butter, 
 
 Fu' crump that day. . The Holy Fair. 7, 
 Farm. O gi'e me the lass wi' the weel-stockit farms, 
 
 S. Awa' w^ your witchcraft \ 
 A farm of full forty good acres of land S. The Poor Thresher. 
 And learn to tent the farms wi' me ? S. There was a lass t 
 Farmer. 
 Thence peasants, farmers, native sons of earth, 
 
 Fp. to R. Graham. 2. 
 My father was a farmer 
 
 Upon the Carrick border, O, S. My father was afarmer\ 
 Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain. 
 
 Delights die weary Farmer ; . S. Now westlin winds t 
 At Service out, amang the Farmers roun' ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 4. 
 
 Here, farmers gash, in ridin graith, . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 
 Stake on a chance a farmer's stackyard, The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 For gold the merchant ploughs the main, 
 
 The farmer ploughs the manor; „ i". When wild War's \ 
 
 Farther, 'Twas but yestreen, nae farther gaen. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 Nae mair then, we'll care then, 
 
 Nae farther we can fa'. . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 Besides, I farther maun allow, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 To work him farther woe, . . . John Barleycorn. 
 I make indeed my dally bread, 
 But ne'er can make it farther, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 The more in this [wealth, &c.] you look for bliss. 
 
 You leave your view the farther, O : . . . .lb. 
 She's gane, like Alexander, 
 
 To spread her conquests farther. S. O saw ye bonie L. t 
 What farther clishmaclaver might been said, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 Farthest. 
 
 thro' Albion's farthest kin, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Farthing. He bade me act a manly part. 
 
 Though I had ne'er a farthing, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a fanner \ 
 
 Fash [trouble, annoyance]. 
 
 An auld wife's tongue's a feckless matter 
 
 To gie ane fash. . Add. to Ulegit. Child. 
 The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools, Add. to the Toothache. 4. 
 Fash, to [to trouble, bother, care for, take pains]. 
 
 But Davie lad, ne'er fash your head, 
 
 Tho' we hae little gear, ... Ep. to Dame. 2. 
 Ne'er thinkan they wad fash me for't ; . Ep. to J. R. 8. 
 
 Then hiltie, skiltie, we gae scrivin'. 
 
 And fash nae mair. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Speak out an' never fash your thumb. 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 
 For me, an aim I never fash ; I rhyme for fun. To J. S,-,S- 
 Fash'd, -'t [troubled]. 
 To tell the truth, they [poverty, &c.] seldom fash't him. 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 At times I'm fash'd wi' fleshly lust Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 
 Trowth, Caesar, whyles their fash't enough ; 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 
 Fashion. 
 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, 
 
 Round the wealthy, titled bride S. Mark yonder Pomp^ 
 She talks of rank and fashion. . S. Opoortith cauld, t 
 Who knows how the fashion's may alter, Poet. A dd. to Tytler. 
 A man of fashion too, he made his tour, . . Sketch. 
 Was in the fashion shining Fu' gay that day. The Holy Fair. z. 
 He takes [stipend] but for the fashion; . The Ordination. 5. 
 To keep that right inviolate's the fashion, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
 As praying's the ton of your fashion; S. TheSonsofoldKilHe. 
 
Fashious 
 
 155 
 
 Fate 
 
 Fashious [troublesome]. 
 For, faith, they'll ablins fin' them [chiels] fashious : 
 
 Auid comrade \ 
 Fast. Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, A BanPs EpU. 
 Or close them fast in death ! . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Their Latin names as fast he rattles 
 
 As A B C Death and Dr. Hornbook, 20. 
 
 Where turnkeys make the jealous portal fast, E^.fr. Esopus. 
 An' tho' at last they catch them [riches] fast, 
 Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Gar lasses hearts gang startin 
 
 Whyles fast at night. Halloween. 3. 
 
 ' An' her that is to be my lass, 
 
 * Come after me an' draw thee As fast . . lb, 18. 
 
 An' pray'd wi' zeal and fervour, Fu' fast ... lb. 22, 
 Then ty'd him fast upon a cart, . . John Barleycorn- 
 But nought can glad the weary wight 
 
 That fast in durance lies. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 But late she flourished, rooted fast, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, . Tarn d Shanter. $• 
 
 Whiles holding fast his gude blue bonnet ; , . .Ib.g. 
 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious ; . . lb. is. 
 And hameward fast did flee, man. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 And bound him in a dungeon fast, The Jolly Beggars, S. IV. 
 The gloomy night is gath'ring fast, ^S". The gloomy night t 
 An' aff, an' up the Cowgate Fast, fast that day. 
 
 The Holy Fair, 16. 
 He'll screed you afiF Effectual Calling, ^ 
 As fast as ony in the dwalling. . , The Inventory. 
 
 And a' like lamb-tails flyin Fu' fast this day 1 
 
 The Ordination. 7. 
 But now his Honor maun detach, 
 
 Wi' a' his brimstone squadrons. Fast, fast this day. lb. 10. 
 The peHant in his left hand clutch'd him fast, The Vowels. 
 An' weary Winter comin fast, . To a Mouse. 
 
 Fasten. Ye'U fasten to him like a brier, S. O Tibbie! t 
 
 And fretful envy grins in vain 
 The poisoned tooth to fasten. . . S. Young Peggy t 
 Fasteneen [fasterns' or fastens' even, the evening 
 before the first day of the fast of tent]. 
 On Fasteneen we had a rockin, Mp. to J. L — k^ Ap. ist. 2. 
 Faster. 
 my life's a lease, Nae bargain wearing faster, A Dreavt. 6. 
 And withers the faster, the faster it grows ; 
 
 S. Awd! wV yr witchcraft \ 
 Wha thinks to knit himsel the faster 
 
 In favor wi' some gentle Master, . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 
 Fat. a fine, fat, fodgel wight, . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 They drink the sweet and eat the fat. But care or pain ; 
 
 To J. S., 17. 
 Whde moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. iS. 
 Fatal, 
 
 Death, ofl I've fear'd-thy fatal blow, 6". Fate gave the word^ 
 It only lags the fatal hour ; . . . Fragment of Ode. 
 Hearing the tidings of the fatal blow, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Nae wonder then they've fatal been 
 
 To honest Willie Chalmers. , . OnW. Chalmers. 
 'Tis not that fatal, deadly shore ; S, The gloomy nighty 
 
 Now maddening, wild, I curse that fatal night ; To Clarinda." 
 Fate, the Fates. 
 In bliss, till Fate some day is sent, 
 
 For ever to release Ye Frae Care . A Dream, g. 
 
 Think, for a moment, on his wretched fate. 
 Whom friends and fortune quite disown ! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 But fate has will'd, and we must part ! . S. Behold the hourf 
 And weep the ae best fellow's fate 
 
 E'er lay in earth. . El. on Copt. M. H. 16. 
 sune as chance or fate had hush't 'em [poverty, &c.] 
 
 EL on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 To tell Maria her Esopus' fate. . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Though there, his heresies in Church and State 
 Might well award him Muir and Palmer's fate ; . .lb. 
 Yet they wha fa' in Fortune's strife, 
 
 Their fate we should na censure, Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 Fate still has blest me with a friend, . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 Damnation then would be our fate, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2/st. 14, 
 
 That sic a couple fate allows ye 
 
 To grace your blood. Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 The little fate allows, they share as soon, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, S. Fate gave the word^ 
 Far, far from thee, the fate severe 
 
 At which I most repine, Love. . S. Forlorn, my Love,\ 
 Till the Fates, nae mair severe, 
 
 Friendship, Love and Peace restore. iS". Frae thefriendsi 
 Not unrevenged your fate shall be, Fragment of Ode. 
 
 The cruel fates between us throw 
 
 A boundless ocean's roar ; . . S. From thee, Eliza, t 
 An monie lads an' lasses fates 
 
 Are there that night decided : . . Halloween. 7. 
 
 To realms unknown while fate exiles me. 
 
 Make her bosom still my home, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 Sic fate ere lang shall thee betide ; S. I do confess t 
 
 nerved with thundering fate, Liberty. 
 
 A few seem favourites of Fate, Man was made to Mourn. 
 How doubly severer, Eliza, thy fate, . Monody, on a. Lady. 
 With the hand and heart of my wee thing, 
 
 No more at my fate I'll repine. S. My Love's a winsome t 
 bad my fate been Greenland snows, 
 
 Or Afnc's burning zone, . . ■ Now Spring has clad\ 
 Let witless, trusting woman say 
 
 How aft her fate's the same, jo. S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 why should Fate sic pleasuf e have, 
 
 Life's dearest bands untwinmg? S, O poortith cauld\ 
 
 How blest the humble cotter's fate, . . . lb. 
 
 Then lea'e the lassie till her fate, . . S. O steer her up t 
 If angry fate is sworn my foe, . S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 
 Doomed to share thy fiery fate, . Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 And curse the ruffian's aim, and mourn thy hapless fate. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Relentless fate has laid their guardian low. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Our Bardie's fate is at a close, . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Till Fate the curtain drops on worlds to be no more. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Fate oft tears the bosom chords 
 
 That Nature finest strung : . . Sad thy tale, t 
 
 For sae I sat, and sae I sang, 
 
 And wist na o' my fate. S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett II. 
 impell'd by all-directing Fate, The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 And share the fate I would impose 
 
 On thee, wert thou my captive too. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 The butcher deeds of bloody fate. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 But fate the word has spoken : . . . lb. 
 
 Their waefu' fate what need I tell, 
 
 S. The High. Widow's Lament. 
 How quick Time is flying, how keen Fate pursues. 
 
 S. The lazy mist \ 
 What ties cruel Fate in my bosom has torn. . lb. 
 
 The fate of empires and the fall of kings. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Helpless, must fall before the blasts of fate, . . lb. 
 
 Now life's poor support, hardly earn'd, 
 
 My fate will scarce bestow : S. The sun heissunk\ 
 And He whom ruthless Fates expel 
 
 His native land. [v. A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 ' Nor longer mourn thy fate is hard, 
 
 * Thus poorly low ! . lb. D. II. 2. 
 
 But who can with Fate and Quart Bumpers contend? 
 Though Fate said, a hero should perish in light ; 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 Tho' cruel fate should bid us part, . . S. Tho' cruel fate t 
 Such is the fate of artless maid, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Such is the fate of simple Bard, . . .lb. 
 
 Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n, . lb. 
 
 Ev'n thou who mourn'st the Daisy's fate. 
 That fate is thine — no distant date ; . . . lb. 
 
 That fate may in her fairest page,— enroll thy name : 
 
 To a yng Lady. 
 To try ray fate in guid, black prent; . To J. 5., 7. 
 
 Till fate shall snap the brittle thread ; . . lb. 10. 
 
 1 dread thee. Fate, relentless and severe. To R. G. ofF., g. 
 Inspir'd, I turn'd Fate's sibyl leaf, 
 
 This natal morn, . . To Terraughty. 
 
 The leafless trees my fancy please, 
 
 Their fate resembles mine I . . . . Winter. 
 
 The grand criterion of his fate, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 
Fate 
 
 156 
 
 Fautless 
 
 to the wrongs of Fate half reconcil'd, IVr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 With tears I pity thy- unhappy fate ! 
 
 Wr. undr Port. ofFergusson. 
 And leave a man undone To his fate. S. Ye Jacobites t 
 
 Fate, to. tho' fell fortune should fate us to sever, 
 
 , S. Twas na her bonis Hue e'e f 
 Fated. But ah ! how bootless to admire, 
 
 When fated to despair! . S. Anna, thy charms^ 
 Has fated me the russet coat, . . ToJ.S., 6. 
 
 Father. 
 
 As Master, Landlord, Husband, Father, 
 He does na fail his part in either. . A Ded. to G. H.j J. 
 
 A lovin' father I'll be to thee, . . Add. to Ilkgit Child. 
 O, may no son the father's honour stain, Blest he M'Murdo t 
 Our father's blude the kettle bought ! S. Does haughty Gattl\ 
 The tender Father and the gen'rous Friend. 
 
 £^it. for A uthor's Father. 
 As father Adam first was fool'd, E^it. on Henpecked Squire. 
 O tread ye [bairns] lightly on his grass 
 
 Perhaps he was your father. . . EJfit. on IVag. 
 
 geniusj th' illustrious father of fiction, Frag. insc. to Fox. 
 To shun a tyrant father's hate, . . S. How cruel, t 
 
 He's tell'd her father and mother baith, Katharine Jaffray. 
 O father, O father, an ye think it fit, 
 
 We'll send him a year to the College yet ; S. Lady Maty Ann. 
 My father was a farmer 
 
 Upon the Carrick border, O, lS". My father was a farmer t 
 To plough and sow, to reap and mow, 
 
 My father bred me early, O ; lb- 
 
 An exile frae her father's ha', . . S. O mirk, mirk^ 
 
 The' father and mother and a' should gae mad, S. O whistle, t 
 My father put me frae his door, S. Oh, how can I be hlythe t 
 
 Old Father Time deputes me here before ye, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D., 
 
 Their father's a laird, and weel he can spare't, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 A knife, a father's throat had mangled. Tarn o' Shanter.ii. 
 
 Ilk Sportsman-youth bemoan'd a father ; 
 
 Tain Samson's El. jz. 
 
 The Father mixes a' wi' admonition due. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Might. J. 
 The Father cracks of horses, pleughs and kye, . . Id. 8. 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : ^ lb. 12. 
 
 The priest-like Father reads the sacred page, . lb. 14. 
 
 ' The Saint, the Father, and the Husband prays : . lb. 16. 
 The promis'd Father's tender name ; . . The Lament. 
 For there I lost my father dear. 
 
 My father dear and brethren three. S. The lovely lass of In. t 
 Whene'er my father thinks on me, 
 
 He stares into the wa' ; The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 Whene'er I hear my father's foot, 
 
 My heart wad burst wi' pain ; . . ^ . . lb. 
 
 A king and a father to place on his throne ? 
 
 S. The small birds f 
 She kens her father is a laird, . The Tarbolton Lasses. , 
 
 Father, quo' she, Mither, quo' she, Do what ye can, 
 
 S. There's news, lasses t 
 With all a poet's, husband's, father's fear ! To R. G. ofF., 9. 
 Fathers. 
 Bold following where your Fathers led! Add. to Edinburgh. 
 My fathers, that name have rever'd on a throne ; 
 
 My fathers have fallen to right it ; 
 Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son, 
 That name should he scoffingly slight it. 
 
 Poet. Add. to W. Tytler. 
 And tho' your fathers, prodigal of life 
 A Douglas followed to the martial strife, [v. A. 12] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Spring, like their fathers, up to prop 
 Their honour'd native land ! The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Oft have our fearless fathers strode 
 
 By Wallace' side, . . To W. Simpson. 
 Fatherly. 
 
 I, fatherly will kiss an' daut thee, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 Fatigue. 
 
 Whare ye may nobly rax your leather 
 
 Wi' sma' fatigue. . A Gmd New- Year f z8. 
 Fatigu'd. 
 
 An' tho' fatigu'd wi' close employment, 
 
 A blink 0' rest's a sweet enjoyment. . The Twa Dogs, 16. 
 
 Fatter. 
 
 Then bowses drumlie German-water, 
 To mak himsel look fair and fatter, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 Fatt'rels [ribbon-ends, trimmings, folds, puckerlngs 
 and similar mysteries of female dress]. 
 Now haud you there, ye' re out o' sight, 
 Below the fatt'rels, snug and tight, . . To a Louse. 
 
 Faught [j.] V. Feeht. 
 Faught [fought]. 
 
 I faught at land, I faught at sea, 
 At hame I faught my Auntie, O ; S. Killiecrankie. 
 
 Fauld [fold]. 
 Daddy Auld, Daddy Auld, there's a tod in the fauld. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 A' ye wha tent the gospel fauld, . ,. The Twa Herds. 10. 
 The lee-lang night we watch'd the fauld, 
 
 S. What will I do gin t 
 
 Fauld ["firth and fauld," frith and fell, wold and 
 wild, wood and common]. 
 
 Now looking over firth and fauld. 
 Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd [v. A. 20] A Vision. 
 
 Faulding [folding; "faulding slap," the gate of the 
 fold}. 
 
 The Sheep-herd steeks his faulding slap, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Then a faulding let us gang, , S. Hark! the mavis ^ 
 
 It was a faulding jocteleg. 
 
 Or lang-kail guUie. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Fault. We've faults and failings — granted clearly, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 Whose only fault is loving thee t S. O Mary, at thy window f 
 His faults they a' in Latin lay, . On W. Cruickshanks. 
 The fault wad be mine, if they didna shine, 
 
 ' Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 Then of its faults my honest thoughts I'll give Symon Gray\ 
 But if thou hast good cause to sigh at 
 
 Thy fault or care : . . The Hermit. 
 
 Faultless. Let her form so fair and faultless. 
 
 Fair and faultless as your own, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 faultless symmetry and grace, . Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Faun V. Fa'n. 
 
 Fause [false]. Amang them I spied my faithless fause lover, 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring^ 
 As light as the air, and fause as thou's fair, ^S". Eppie M^Nab. 
 She's fair and fause that causes my smart, 
 
 S. She's fair and fause t 
 Thou minds me o' the happy days 
 
 Whan my fause love was true. . S. The Banks efDoon, 
 O meikle do I rue, fause love, Ths Ruined Maid^s Lament. 
 Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, S. To daunton me. 
 But mean revenge, an' malice fause 
 
 He'll still disdain, . To Rev. J. M'Matk. 
 And my fause lover staw my rose, S. Ye banks and braes f 
 
 Fause-house Ian empty space in a corn-stack]. 
 
 When kiutlan in the Fause-house 
 
 Wi' him that night. . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 Nell had the Fause-house in her min', . . lb. 10. 
 
 Faussont, Fawsont [seemly, orderly]. 
 
 The hizzies, if they're oughtlins faussont, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 O' decent, honest, fawsont folk, . The Twa Dogs, 21. 
 
 'Faut, Faute [fault]. 
 
 Ye've nought to do but mark and tell 
 
 Your Neebours' fauts and folly ! Add. to Unco Guid. i. 
 As ill I like my fauts to tell ; . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist 16. 
 There's ae wee faut they whiles lay to me, , . lb. 17. 
 But we'll ne'er stray for faute o' light, ^. Gane is the dayj 
 My ain gudeman, it is nae faute. . . S. John, come kiss. 
 An' a' the faut I fan' wi' him, 
 
 He couldna labour lea. . , S. O can ye labour lea t 
 O wha'will own h.e did the faut 1 S. O wha my babie-clouts t 
 
 He had twa fauts, or maybe three, 
 
 Yet what reniead ? Tarn Samson's El., 14. 
 But twenty fauts ye may hae waur, S. There was a ladf 
 An' said my fau't frae bliss expell'd me ; What ails ye now t 
 ' I'd rather suffer for my faut, A hearty fiewit, , , lb. 
 Your fautes I will proclaim, . . . S. Ye Jacobites t 
 Fautless [faultless]. 
 Her fautless form and gracefu' air ; . >?. Sae^axenf 
 
Fautop 
 
 167 
 
 Fear 
 
 Fautor [a transgressor]. 
 
 Let him be planted in my place, 
 
 Syne, say, I was a fautor. . . . S. Had I the -wyte t 
 And tho' he be the fautor, S. Here's his health in •water. 
 
 Faux pas. 
 
 Led him [Fox] a sair faux pas, man : A Fragment, 7. 
 
 Favop, Favour. 
 Then patronize them wi' your favor, . A Ded. to G.H.^ T3. 
 Are blest with Fortune's smiles and favours, . lb. js. 
 
 Like fortune's favors, tint as win. . . , A Vision. 
 
 Still anxious to secure your partial favor, A dd. sp. by Fontenelh. 
 Her favour Duncan couldna win ; . S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 Thy favors are the silly wind 
 
 That kisses ilka thing it meets. . S. 1 do confess t 
 
 I courted fortune's favour, O ; S, My father was afarvieri 
 Who for her favour oft had su'd, . S. Ona bank of powers t 
 Some gapin' glownn' countra laird, 
 
 May warele for your favour ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 And och ! o'er aft thy joes hae starv'd, 
 
 Mid a' thy favors ! Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 And in token of favour he gave him a ring. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 With grateful pride we own your many favors : 
 
 Prologue, at Th.y D.. 
 When here your favour is the actor's lot, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious : Ta7n d Shanter.^. 
 But, under favor o' your langer beard, The Brigs of Ayr. 10, 
 Wha thinks to knit himsel the faster 
 
 In favor wi' some gentle Master, . The Twa Dogs. 2Z. 
 
 I hae won their wanton favour. . S. Wantonness for ever \ 
 But sair I fear some happier swain 
 Has gained sweet Jeanie's favour ; S. When first I saw \ 
 ^2iN<ye, to. And fortune favor worth and merit, Poem, on Life. 
 Favored, Favoup'd. 
 Ye favored, enlighten'd Few, The Farewell. To St. J.'s. L.. 
 Inspire the highly favour'd youth 
 The destinies intend her. . . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Favourite, Fav'rite. 
 
 A few siMm favourites of Fate, Man was made to Mourn. 
 A prayer from the muse you well may excuse, 
 
 Tis seldom her favourite passion. S. The sons of old Killie. 
 " To muse some favourite Scottish theme, 
 
 " To sing some favourite Scottish maid. As on the banks t 
 But chiefly the woods were her fav'rite resort, S. Caledonia. 
 Farewell, dear Friend ! may guid luck hit you ! 
 And 'mang her favourites admit you ! , .A Farewell. 
 Fawsont v. Faussont. 
 Fay. Fays, Spunkies, Kelpies, a', they can explain them, a 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 FeaL From where the Feal wild-woody coverts hide : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. /j. 
 Fealty. My fealty an' subjection . . A Dream. S. 
 
 Fear. For fear your modesty be hurt. . A Ded. to G. H., i. 
 
 Thou unknown, Almighty Cause 
 
 Of all my hope and fear ! . A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 And with a Mother's fears shrinks at the rocking blast ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 ' ' Can you — but Miss, I own I have my fears. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Ev'ry hope is fled, Ev'ry fear is terror ; . S. Ay waking, O \ 
 ' Kirk-yards will soon be till'd eneugh, 
 
 ' Tak ye nae fear : Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. 
 The fears all, the tears all. 
 
 Of dim declining Age ! . . Despondency, an Ode. j. 
 The fear o' Hell's a hangman's whip, £p. to Young Friend. 8. 
 
 1 saw thine eyes, yet nothing fear'd. 
 Till fears no more had sav'd me : 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 For I am keepit by thy fear 
 
 Free frae them a' [v. A. 11] Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 " Then all hell will fly for fear, S. Husband, husband f 
 
 And next my heart I'll wear her. 
 
 For fear my jewel tine. . . S. My Love's a winsome t 
 
 Hope and Fear's alternate billow S. Musing on the roaring f 
 She, who her lovely Offspring eyes 
 
 With tender hopes and fears, . O Thou dread Pow'rf 
 For fear that she wyle your fancy frae me, [re.] S. O whistle, f 
 On fear inspired wings ; . . . S.Ona bank of flowers \ 
 
 Conscious, blushing for our race, 
 
 Soon, too soon, your fears I trace : On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 Witness my heart, how oft with panting fear, 
 
 As on this night, I've met these judges here ! 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 And kept the country-side in fear.) Tam 0' Shanter. 13. 
 
 My heart for fear gae sough for sough, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 For fear amaist did swarf, man. . ... lb. 
 
 For fear by foes that they should lose 
 
 Their cogs o' brose, . . . . lb. 
 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear, . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 An' then your every care an' fear 
 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 No anxious fear their little heart alarms ; 
 
 S. The sun he is sunk t 
 He still was a stranger to fear : ^S". There was a bonie lass t 
 An' get [wi' you] sic fair example straught, 
 
 I hae na ony fear. . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 With all a poet's, husband's, father's fear ! To R. G. ofF. , g. 
 No fear more, no tear more, 
 
 To stain my lifeless face, . . . .To Ruin. 
 
 Fears for my Willie brought tears in my e'e ; 
 
 S. Wandering Willie 
 Fear, to. 
 
 Or else, I fear, some ill ane skelp him ! . A Ded. to G. H.,3. 
 Or faith ! I fear that, wi' the geese, 
 
 I shortly boost to pasture I' the craft . A Dream, 6. 
 
 Began to fear a fa', man ; . . . A Fragtnent.S- . 
 
 Your Hand's owre light on them, I fear; Add. q/Beelzebub. 4. 
 He learned to fear in his own native wood. . S. Caledonia, 
 What Sorrows yet may pierce me thro'. 
 
 Too justly I may fear ! . . Despondency, an Ode. 
 And ne'er gude wine did fear, . El. on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 
 Cauld poverty, wi' hungry stare, 
 
 Nae mair shall fear him ; El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 ' Mair spier na, nor fear na,' . . Ep. to Davie, e. 
 
 His saul has ta'en some other way, 
 
 I fear, the left-hand road. . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 ' Nae doubt but ye may get a sight ! 
 
 ' Great cause ye hae to fear it ; . . . Halloween. 14. 
 Gaist nor bogle shalt thou fear, . S. Hark t the mavis t 
 I'll fear nae scant. I'll bode nae want. 
 
 As lang's I get employment. . S. Here's to thy health, t 
 A gate, I fear, I'll dearly rue ; . . iS". I gaed a waefu t 
 Point out a censuring world, and bid me fear ; 
 
 In vain vjld Prudence \ 
 The Great, the Wealthy fear thy blow, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 But Oh ! I fear the kintra soon 
 
 Will ken as weel's mysel ! . . S. My Iteart was ance t 
 The man that fears thy name, . . New Psabnody. 
 
 There's no a heart that fears a Whig, 
 
 That rides by Kenmure's hand. 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 'Twill raak her poor, auld heart, I fear. 
 
 In flinders flee : On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Thy own reproach alone dost fear, . Poet. Inscription. 
 
 Virtue's blossoms there shall blow, ' i 
 
 And fear no withering blast ; . . Sad thy tale, t 
 
 Nor asks if they bring ought to hope or fear. 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 Wi' tippeny, we fear nae evil ; . . Tam d SJianter. 11. 
 He need na fear their foul reproach 
 
 Nor erudition, The A uthor^s Cry and Prayer, 21. 
 I fear my Lord Panmuir is slain, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 ' And O ! be sure to fear the Lord alway! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Tho' Death in ev'ry shape appear, 
 
 The Wretched have no more to fear : ..S". The gloomy night t 
 I fear I my talent misteuk, . The Jolly Beggars, S. Ill, 
 The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear, 
 
 S. The Slaveys Lament. 
 While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble, 
 An' hear it a", an' fear an' tremble! The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 
 The vera thought o't need na fear them. . . lb. 2y. 
 Tho' faith, I fear ye dine but sparely, . To a Louse, 
 
 An' forward, tho' 1 canna see, I guess an' fear ! To a Mouse. 
 By all the conscious villain fears below \ To Clarinda. 
 
 Parnassian queens, I fear, I fear, 
 
 Ye'll now disdain me, . To Dr. Blacklock, 
 
Fear 
 
 158 
 
 Fee 
 
 Your friends ay love, your faes ay fear ye, To Terraughty. 
 No vengeful spirit bid him fear ; . S, To thee, lffddNith\ 
 I fear they'll now mak mony a stammer, . To IV. Creech, 
 Sair do I fear that to hoije is denied me, 
 Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me ; 
 
 S. Twos no. her bonie blue e'e t 
 I fear ye'U bide till break o' day ; . ' . S. Who. is that ai t 
 Quo' I, ' I fear unless ye geld me, 
 
 I'll ne'er be better*. What ails ye now t 
 
 But sair I fear some hapi)ier swain 
 Has gained sweet Jeanie's favour : S. When first I saw \, 
 
 Fain would I hide what I fear to discover, 
 
 S. Where are the Joys ^ 
 
 The joyless winter-day, Let others fear, . . Winter. 
 
 Fear not clouds will always lour. . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 I fear your mind gae wrang, lassie. iS*. Ve hae lien wrang. 
 Feared, -'d, -'t. 
 
 ' Would I hae fear'd them a', man ! ' . A Fragment. 8. 
 The dauntless heart that fear'd no human Pride ; 
 
 Epit.forAuthof^s Father. 
 I saw thine eyes, yet nothing fear'd, 
 
 Till fears no more had sav'd me : S. Farewell, thou stream\ 
 Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow, S. Fate gave the word \ 
 And in the blue-clue throws then. 
 
 Right fear't that night. . . Halloween, ii. 
 There's nane ever fear'd that thetruth should be heard, 
 But they wham the truth wad indite. 
 
 S. Here's a health to them, t 
 In troth I'm fear'd to venture, Sir. 
 
 S. Vm o'er young to marry \ 
 He gaz'd, he wish'd, he fear'd, be blush'd, 
 
 S. On a hank o/fiowers t 
 For a lalland face he feared none. The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 And I was fear'd my heart wou'd tine, S. Where Cart rins t 
 Fearfu' [fearful]. 
 She gat a fearfu' settlin ! . . . Halloween. 24. 
 
 And them that stay'd gat fearfu' thuds, S. The Taylor ^ 
 
 Fearless. Or some Montgomery, fearless, lead them ; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, a. 
 Baith careless, and fearless, 
 
 Of either Heaven or Hell ; . . . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Death comes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer., P. 
 Oft have our fearless fathers strode 
 
 By Wallace' side, . 71? W. Simpson. 11. 
 
 Fear'st. 
 Who, save thy mind's reproach, nought earthly fear'st, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. White/ord. 
 
 Feast. For Solway fish a feast. - El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 For few sic feasts you've gotten ; . . Fof W. Nicol. 
 
 O, what a feast her bonie mou ! . S. Her flowing locks -f 
 I've been at druken writers' feasts, On dining with Daer. 
 I find that contentment's an absolute feastj 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Frae Calvin's well, ay clear they drank. 
 
 O' sic a feast I . The Twa Herds, j*. 
 
 For half-starved snarling curs a dainty feast ; To E.G. q/'F.,6. 
 Feast, to. Told him I came to feast my curious eyes ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; . . S. O were my love t 
 Feasted. O Lord, since we have feasted thus, 
 
 Which we so little merit, At Globe Tav, 
 
 Feat [spruce]. The lasses feat, an' cleanly neat, Halloween. 
 Feat. 
 Then feats like Squire Billy's you ne'er can achieve 'em, 
 It is not, outdo him, the task is, out thieve him. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 And tell future ages the feats of the day ; The Whistle, 11. 
 Feather. But now he has gotten a hat and a feather 
 
 S. Cock up your beaver. 
 But far off fowls hae feathers fair, . S. Here's to thy health, t 
 Fient haet he had but three 
 
 Goos feathers and a whittle. S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 For far-aff fowls hae feathers fair. The Election Ballads. I. 
 A feather in his bonnet and a ribbon at his knee, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 
 Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet, 
 
 S.Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Feathered. 
 The feather'd people, you might see, 
 Perch'd all around on every tree, S. It was the charming^ 
 
 The feather'd field-mates, bound by Nature's tie. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 
 Free as the wind or feather'd race . . To Clarinda. 
 
 When feather'd tribes are courting, . .S". Young Peggy f 
 
 Feath'ry. 
 
 Spare my love, thou feath'ry snaw, 
 
 Drifting o'er the frozen plain. . S. Jockeys ta'en the t 
 
 Featly [sprucely]. 
 
 Adown the glittering stream they featly danc'd ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 Feature. 
 It^s naething but a milder feature, 
 Of our poor, sinfu', corrupt Nature: A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 
 ! art thou not ashamed 
 
 To doat upon a feature ? . . S. Deluded Swain\ 
 
 But still the preaching cant forbear, 
 
 And ev'n the rigid feature ! Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 
 Ithers seek they kenna what, 
 Features, carriage, and a' that ; . . . S. Jockey fou, t 
 
 1 dote on ev'ry feature 
 
 Of this dear artless creature, S. My Lovers a winsome t 
 
 Ilk feature — auld nature 
 
 Declar'd that she cou'd do nae mair! . S. Saefiaxen^ 
 
 The twa appear'd like sisters twin. 
 
 In feature, form and claes ; . . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 Some seem'd to muse, some seem'd to dare. 
 
 With feature stem. [v. A. 4] The Vision. 
 
 And in her [Nature's] freaks, on ev'ry feature, 
 
 She's wrote, the Man. . To J. S.,3. 
 
 Sweet naivet^ of feature, . . .To Miss Fontenelle. 
 
 Fecht, Faught [a fight]. 
 But man is a soldier, and life is a faught : 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 Oh ! thoughtless lassie, life's a fecht, 
 The canniest gate, the strife is sair ; S. In simmer when t 
 Fecht, to [fight]. 
 And semple-folk maun fecht and fen ; S. Gane is the day t 
 Sair I fecht them [Want, Hunger] at the door, 
 
 S. O that I had ne'er ^ 
 To thrum guittars an' feclit wi' nowt ; The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Inform him [death], and storm him. 
 That Saturday ye'll fecht him. . . Toa Medical Gent, 
 
 Fechtan, -in [fighting]. 
 
 Then up gat fechtan Jamie Fleck, . . Halloween, if. 
 
 Your wily snares an' fechtin fierce. Add. to the Deil. ig. 
 
 But ay fu-han't is fechtin best, X In sim?ner when t 
 
 Feck [the greater part, the most ; value]. 
 
 E'en mony a plack, an' mony a peck, 
 
 Ye [ministers] kenyoursels, for little feck ! El. on YearifSS. 
 *', Ye, for my sake, hae gien the feck 
 " Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day," 
 
 The Holy Fair. 4. 
 I hae been a de'il now the feck o' my life, 
 
 S. There liv' dance a carle j 
 
 Fecket [a garment with sleeves, worn by working 
 people, in lieu of vest and shirt ; an undershirt is 
 also, now-a-days, sometimes called a "fecket"]. 
 
 Grim loon ! he [Death] gat me by the fecket, 
 
 Friend of the poet t P. S. 
 
 His fecket is white as the new driven snaw ; 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 
 Feckless [weak, silly, pithless]. 
 
 An auld wife's tongue's a feckless matter 
 
 To gie ane fash. . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 As feckless as a wither'd rash, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Feckly [mostly]. 
 
 Three carts, an' twa are feckly new ; . . Th^ Inventory. 
 Fed. And sees, with self-approving mind, 
 Each creature on his bounty fed. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson, 
 
 Or I had fed an Athole Gled . . . S. Killiecrankie. 
 
 Well fed on pastures orthodox, . . The Twa Herds. 
 Fee, My riches a's my penny-fee, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 So gat the whissle o' my groat, 
 
 An' pay't the fee. . . . Ep.toJ,R,9- 
 
 How cesses, stents, and fees were rax'd, Kind Sir, Vve read\ 
 
 It's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee 
 
 To taste the barrel. ^ Scotch Dnnk. 13. 
 
 An' name the airles an' the fee, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Fee, to. But me he shall not buy nor fee, S. To daunton me. 
 
Fee'd 
 
 159 
 
 Fell 
 
 Fee'd. I fee'd a man at Martinmas, 
 
 Wi' arlo pennies three ; . S. O can ye lahour lea f 
 Feeble. Her feeble pulse gies strons; presumption 
 
 Death soon will end her. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 My Muse to dream of such a theme, 
 
 Her feeble powers surrender ; . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Oh ! flickering, feeble, and unsicker 
 
 I've found her [life] still, . Poem on Life. 
 Or haunted Carpal draws his feeble source, 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr, 7. 
 In vain the laws theif feeble force oppose ; . To Clarinda. 
 Feebly. Now, feebly bends she, in the blast, 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Feebly-bUPSting". And stifle, dark, the feebly-bursting cry : 
 On Deat/i ofR, Dundas. 
 Feed. To feed her fair flocks by her green rustling corn : 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Ye maggots, feed on Nicol's brain, 
 
 For few sic feasts you've gotten ; . For W. Nicol. 
 
 Busy feed, or wanton lave ; . S. On scaring Water-fowl. 
 And gie him o'er the flock, to feed, . The Ordination, $• 
 We labour soon, we labour late, 
 
 To feed the titled knave, man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Where the grous lead their coveys through the heather, to 
 feed, . . S. Yon "wild mossy mountains t 
 
 Feeding. 
 Feeding on yon hill sae high, 
 
 S. The Highl. Widow* s Lament. 
 Feel. Feel not a want but what yourselves create, 
 
 A Winter Night. 9. 
 To common sense they [philosophers] now appeal, 
 What wives an' wabsters see an' feel ; Auld comrade dear\ 
 To feel the follies, or the crimes, 
 
 Of others, or my own ! . . Despondency , an Ode. .f . 
 Alas ! I feel I am no actor here ! . . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 
 But where ye feel your Honor grip. 
 
 Let that ay be your border : . Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 What gen'rous, manly bosoms feel ; Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist. 4. 
 Who feel by reason and who give by rule, Ep. to R. Graham, s. 
 We own they're prudent, but who feels they're good ? . lb. $■ 
 To feel a fire in every vein, S. Farewell, thou stream f 
 
 What heart that feels and will not yield a tear, 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Lns extern, in Lady's Pocket-bk. 
 And feel thro' every vein love's raptures roll. 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp ^ 
 A heart that warmly seems to feel ; . O leave novels^ 
 
 My honored colonel, deep I feel 
 
 Your interest in the poet's weal ; . . . Poem on Life. 
 And howsoe'er our tongues may ill reveal it, 
 Believe our glowing bosoms truly feel it. Prologue^ at Th., D. . 
 Feels all the bitter horrors of his crime, Remorse. A Frag.. 
 sore I feel All others' scorn . . Reply to a Reproof. 
 
 Nane other love, nane other dart, I feel, .S". Sae far awa. 
 
 But feels his heart's bluid rising hot, 
 
 The Aiitho-^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Can they the peace and pleasure feel 
 
 Of Bessy at her spinning-wheel ? ^S". The Contented Cottager. 
 Again I feel, again I bum ! . . . The Lament. 
 
 To feel a fire in every vein, 
 
 Yet dare not speak my anguish. . . S. The last time /f 
 My heart did glowing transport feel, [v.A.4] The Vision. 
 
 He heeds or feels no more the ruthless Critic's rage ! 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.,s. 
 Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, 
 
 That thy presence gies to me. S. Turn again, thoufair\ 
 In solitude — then, then I feel . . . Verses under Grief 
 I can feel by its throbbings, will soon be at rest. 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 For all unfit I feel my powers be, . Why am I loth \ 
 
 Feeling. In that sober pensive mood, 
 
 Dearest to the feeling soul, S. Streams that glide \ 
 O Nature ! a' thy shews an' forms 
 
 To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! To W. Simpson. 14, 
 That feeling heart but acts a part, . . O leave novels t 
 
 The feeling heart's the royal blue, . . Oh W. Chalmers. 
 Feeling, s. with a frater-feeling strong, . A Bard's Epit. 
 Smith, wi' his sympathetic feeling, Auld comrade dearf 
 
 But Och 1 it hardens a' within. 
 And petrifies the feeling ! . . Ep, to Vouttg Friend, 6. 
 
 All hail ! ye tender feelings dear I . . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 But as the clegs o' feeling stang 
 
 Are wise or fool. . Ep. to MaJ. Logan. 6. 
 But the dire feeling, O farewell for ever, 
 
 Anguish unmingl'd and agony pure, S. Gloomy December. 
 Dearly bought the hidden treasure 
 
 Finer feelings can bestow ! . . . . S. Sensibility, \ 
 E'er they would grate their feelings wi' the view 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Were ye but here to share my wounded feelings ! , lb. g. 
 
 The native feelings strong, the guileless ways. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 So may no ruffian feeling in thy breast, 
 Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among ; To Miss Graham. 
 In naked feeling, and in aching pride. 
 He bears the unbroken blast from every side : 
 
 ToR, G,ofF.,3. 
 Feet V. Foot. 
 
 Feg [a flg]. Auld age ne'er mind a feg ; Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 Fegs [an exclamation equivalent to * faith I *], 
 
 But fegs, the Session says I maun . . What ails ye now\ 
 
 Feide [feud, enmity]. 
 Till coward Death behind him jumpit, 
 
 Wi' deadly feide ; . Tam Samson's El., 10. 
 Feign. 
 
 They who but feign a wounded heart. 
 
 May teach the lyre to languish ; S. Could aught of song \ 
 A fabled Muse may suit a bard that feigns ; To R. Grahain. 
 Feign'd. 
 
 He feign'd to snirtle in his sleeve. The Jolly Beggars R. VI. 
 
 No idly-feign'd, poetic pains, . . The Lament. 3. 
 
 Feint v. Fient, 
 Feire, Fier [a companion, a brother]. 
 
 And there's a hand, my trusty feire, 
 
 S. S hid auld acquaintance \ 
 
 But what d'ye think, my trusty fier. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Feirrie [fresh, vigorous, active]. 
 
 The fient-ma-care, quo the feirrie auld wife, 
 
 S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 
 O baud your tongue, my feirrie auld wife, . /^, 
 
 Fell [cruel, savage, fierce, dreadful ; keen, biting : 
 nippy, tasty], 
 
 biting Boreas, fell and doure, . . .A Winter Night. /. 
 Rouse from his sluggish slumbers, fell Repentance ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 It blaws nae here sae fierce and fell, As on the banks + 
 
 The fell Harpy-raven took wing from the north, S. Caledonia. 
 O Death ! thou tyrant fell and bloody ! El. on Copt. M.H.,j. 
 Go teach them to tremble, fell tyrant ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day f 
 And by fell death was nearly nicket : Friendofthe Poei,\P.S. 
 'Gainst fortune's fell, cruel decree — Jessy T 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 But wha can avoid the fell snare ? Inscript. on Goblet. 
 
 Fell source of a' my woe and grief; 
 
 Lns on Back of Bank Note. 
 Fell Despair my fancy seizes. . S. Raving winds f 
 
 Fell source o' monie a pain an' brash ! . Scotch Drink. 15. 
 fell remorse, a conscience bleeding . . The Herjnit. 
 
 And that fell cur ca'd common sense. The Twa Herds, 16. 
 Or fell, red smeddum, . . To a Louse. 
 
 tho' fell fortune should fate us to sever, 
 
 S. 'Twas 7ia her honie blue \ 
 But oh ! fell death's untimely frost, 
 
 S, Ye banks andhraes and streams \ 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, it. 
 Fell [the flesh or cuticle immediately under the 
 outer skin]. 
 
 See, how she peels the skin an' fell. 
 As ane were peelin onions ! . The Ordination, is. 
 
 Fell [high rocky land, a field pretty level on the 
 side of a hill]. 
 
 The partridge loves the fruitful fells ; S. Now westlin winds \ 
 Her colours betray'd her on yon mossy fells ; 
 
 S. The heather was blooming^ 
 By mosses, meadows, moors, and fells, The Twa Herds. 15. 
 We'll sing auld Coila's plains an' fells, . To W. Simpson, 
 
Fell 
 
 160 
 
 Fervent 
 
 Fell. I to the crambo-jingle fell, Ep. to J. L—k, April ist, S. 
 So fell the pride of all my hopes, ^S". J^ate gave the word^ t 
 And fell a martyr in her [victory's] arms, Fragment qfOde. 
 Poor hav'rel Will fell afif the drift, . . Halloween. 4. 
 
 An' just on Halloween It fell that night. . . lb. 15. 
 When frae my mother's womb I fell, 
 
 Thou might hae plunged me in hell. Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr, . . ^S*. Killiecra^kie. 
 But heavens! how he fell a-swearing, 
 
 S. Last May a braiv wooer \ 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 The groom gat sae fu' he fell awald beside it, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg^ 
 How glorious Wallace stood, how hapless fell ? Scots Prologue. 
 She fell— but fell with spirit truly Roman, . lb. 
 
 The gudewife's dochter fell in a fever, Scroggam ; 
 The priest o' the parish fell in anither. . . S. Scroggam. 
 Some fell for wrang and some for right, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 How Tories fell and Whigs to h-11 Flew off . lb. 
 
 But fell in a trap On the braes o' Gemappe, 
 
 The Black-headed Eagle. 
 They fell upon a scheme. 
 To send a lad to London town The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 At strife thir carlines fell ; . . . Jb. 
 
 My Donald and his Country fell, 
 
 Upon CuUoden's field. 6". The High. Widow's Lament. 
 The Taylor fell thro' the bed, thimble an' a', 
 
 S. The Taylor fell ^ 
 The Chief on Sark who glorious fell, 
 
 In high command ; [v.A.4] , The Vision. 
 What champions ventured, what champions fell ; The Whistle. 
 So uprose bright Phoebus — and down fell the knight. Ih. 16. 
 Obliging Vulcan fell to work, . To J. Taylor. 
 
 Mess John, beyond expression, 
 
 Fell foul o' me. . What ails ye now t 
 
 Feller. 
 As soon the rooted oaks would fly 
 Before th' approaching fellers. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Fellow. 
 And sev'n braw fellows, stout an' able, A Ded, to G. H. 14. 
 At brooses thou had ne'er a fellow, 
 
 For pith an' speed ; A Gmd New Vea^ 1 9- 
 Go, find an honest fellow ; . . , S, Deluded Swain t 
 The ae best fellow e'er was born ! ire."] El. on Capt. M. H. 2. 
 As by one drunken fellow his comrades you'll find. 
 
 Fragment.) inscr. to Fox. 
 Or why has man the will and pow'r 
 
 To make his fellow mourn ? . Man was made to viourn. 
 It [a rape] maks guid fellows girn an gape, 
 
 Wi' chokin dread ; . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 I see the old, bald-pated fellow, . Sketch, New-Yrs Day. 
 I'm thinking wi' sic a braw fellow, 
 
 In poortith I might mak' a fen' ; . . S. Tavi Glen. 
 
 Fient haet o' them's ill hearted fellows ; The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 A country fellow at the pleugh. 
 
 His acre's till'd, he's right eneugh ; . . . lb. 30. 
 He's peevish, and jealous of a' the young fellows, 
 
 i^". What can ay ng lassie \ 
 Fellow-cpeature. 
 So ne'er a fellow-creature slight 
 
 For random fits o' dafiin. . Add. to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 Tell me, fellow-creatures, why 
 
 At my presence thus you fly ? On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 Fellow-moptal. 
 At me, thy poor, earth-bom companion. 
 An' fellow-mortal 1 . 
 
 Fellow-worm. 
 
 And see his lordly fellow-worm, 
 
 The poor petition spurn, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Fellowship. A night o' gude fellowship southers it a' ; 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 Felly [relentless, biting]. 
 
 Driv'n by Fortunes felly spite, . . S. Frae the friends + 
 Felon. Our sinfu' saul to get a claute on 
 
 Wi' felon ire ; . . . Poem on Life. 
 The pedant swung his felon cudgel round, . The Voxels. 
 And wakeful caution still aware 
 
 Of ill — but chief, man's felon snare ; . . To Chloris. 
 Evils lurk in felon wait : . . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 To a Mouse. 
 
 Felt. And keenly felt the friendly glow. 
 
 And softer flame ; . A Bard's Epit. 
 
 She laugh'd at first, then felt for her poor work 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 The pitying Heart that felt for human Woe ; 
 
 Epit.for Authot^s Father. 
 He felt the powerful, high behest, 
 
 Thrill, vital, thro' and thro' ; . Nature's Law. 
 
 Where first I felt their power. . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 When at his heart he felt the dagger, 
 
 He reel'd his wonted bottle-swagger, Tam^ Sainson'sEl., 11. 
 Had felt our weight before. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Content and comfort bless me more in 
 
 This grot, than e'er I felt before in A palace . The Hermit. 
 Female. 
 Last, she sublimes th' Aurora of the poles, 
 The fiashing elements of female souls. Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 The man in arms, 'gainst female charms, S. Lovely Davies. 
 With manly lore, or female beauty bright. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Vain ev'n the omnipotence of Female charms, 
 'Gainst headlong, ruthless, mad Rebellion's arms. 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Sweet Female Beauty hand in hand with Spring ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 13. 
 A female form, came [Benevolence] from the tow'rs of Stair; lb. 
 That right to fluttering female hearts the nearest, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Though sweetly female every part, Wr. onleafof^'H. More." 
 Fen. Ye heathy wastes immix'd with reedy fens. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Fen' [a fairly successful struggle, a shift]. 
 
 In poortith I might mak' a fen' ; . . . .S". Tarn Glen. 
 
 Fen, Fend, to [keep off; provide for: make shift; 
 fare]. 
 
 And semple-folk maun fecht and fen ; . S. Gam is the day f 
 Till they be fit to fend themsel ; The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs. 
 
 An' screen our countra Gentry ; . . The Holy Fair. g. 
 He met wi' auld Nick, wha said, how do ye fen ? 
 
 S. There liii'd ance a carle t 
 Fence. I'll say't, she never brak a fence. 
 
 Thro' thievish greed. Poor Mailie's El,. 
 Fenceless. To thy poor, fenceless, naked child— the Bard 1 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,3. 
 Fender. Auld Tubalcain's fire-shool and fender ; 
 
 On Grose's Peregnnations. 
 Fenwiek. As lately F-nw-ck, sair forfaim. 
 
 Has proven to its ruin : . The Ordination. 8. 
 Ferguson, Fergusson [the Scottish Poet]. 
 
 for a spunk o' Allan's glee. 
 
 Or Fergusson's, the bauld an* slee, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isf. 14. 
 
 Ill-fated genius! Heaven-taught Fergusson! Lns on Fergusson. 
 
 Ferguson, the writer-chiel, A deathless name. To W. Simpson. 
 
 (O Ferguson ! thy glorious parts. 
 
 Ill-suited law's dry, musty arts ! . . .lb. 
 
 Ramsay an' famous Ferguson 
 
 Gied Forth an' Tay a lift aboon ; , , lb. 
 
 Ferintosh [whisky, so called from the village in 
 Ross-shire where it was made ; v. Forbes]. 
 
 Thee Ferintosh! O sadly lost ! . . Scotch Drink, ig. 
 Ferly, -ie [a wonder ; a term of contempt]. 
 
 Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle she prove, .S". She's fair and fause^ 
 
 Ha ! whare ye gaun, ye crbwlan ferlie ! . To a Louse. 
 
 Nae ferly tho' ye do despise 
 
 The hairum-scairum, ram-stam boys, . . To J. S.^ 28. 
 Ferlie, to [to wonder]. 
 
 An' ferlie at the folk in Lon'on. . . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 Ferrier. But, gi'en the body half an e'e, 
 
 Nine Ferriers wad done better ! To Miss Ferrier. 
 Ferry, 
 
 Fu' loud the wind blaws firae the Ferry, S. My honie Mary. 
 Ferry, to. When death's dark stream I ferry o'er, 
 
 A V. on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 Fervent. 
 
 1 am, Dear Sir, with zeal most fervent, 
 
 Your much indebted humble servant. A Ded. to G.'H., IJ, 
 Thou being, All-seeing, 
 O hear my fervent pray'r ! . . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 Who am most fervent. 
 While I can either sing or whissle, 
 
 Your friend and servant. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isi. 22. 
 
Fervently 
 
 161 
 
 Field 
 
 Fervently. We'll daily pray, we'll nightly pray, 
 
 On bended knees most fervently, 
 Fervid-beaming, ^- ^^'^ ^'"''^ ■^'"^ of Albany. 
 
 Summer with his fervid-beaming eye : The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Fervour. An' pray'd wi' zeal and fervour, 
 
 Fu' fast that night. . ■. Halloween. 32. 
 Propriety's cold, cautious rules 
 Warm Fervour may o'erlook ; . Rnsiicity's ungainly t 
 Festive. And spent the chearful, festive night ; 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt/.'sL.. 
 Wi* humble prayer to join and share 
 This festive Fete Champetre. . ^. The Fete Ckam^etre. 
 Fetch. Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, . S. My bonie Mary. 
 The hindmost shaird, they'll fetch it wi' them, 
 
 Just i' their pouch, To W, Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Fetch [to breathe intermittently]. 
 See how she fetches at the thrapple, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Fetch't [pulled by fits and starts]. 
 
 Thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an flisket, 
 ^ A Gtide New-Year \J2. 
 
 Fete Champetre. 
 Anbank, wha guess'd the ladies' taste, 
 
 He gies a FSte Champetre. \re.\ The FHe Champetre. 
 
 As theirs alone, the patent-bliss, 
 
 To hold a Fete Champetre. . . Ih. 
 
 The western breeze steals thro' the trees, 
 
 To view this Fete Champetre. . . . lb. 
 
 When angels met, at Adam's yett, 
 
 To hold their Fete Champetre. . . . Jb. 
 
 Fetter. 
 In vain the Gout his ancles fetters ; Tarn Samson's El., g. 
 A vow, they [Love, Beauty] seal'd it with a kiss 
 
 Sir Politics to fetter, . . The FHe Champetre. 
 
 There's lang-tocher'd Nancy maist fetters his fancy 
 
 S. There's a youth t 
 Grace, beauty, and elegance, fetter her lover. 
 Fetters '^' ■^'^^ hearted was he t 
 
 In love's delightful fetters, she chains the willing soul! 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Save Love's willing fetters, the chains of his Jean. 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Feud. Wi' dissipation, feud, an' faction! The Twa Dogs. 24. 
 Feudal. Or is't the paughty, feudal Thane. 
 pgygp^ ^ £p. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 12. 
 
 When fevers burn, or ague freezes. Add. to Toothache. 
 
 The gudewife's dochter fell in a fever, S. Scroggam. 
 
 Few. Few better were or braver ; . A Dream, ii. 
 
 An' few there be that ken me, O ; 
 
 But what care I how few they be, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 That nane excell'd it, few cam near't 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. ist.S. 
 'Tween Inverness and Tiviotdale, 
 
 He had few matches. . /3. 6. 
 
 Tho' real friends I b'lieve are few, . . /b. ij. 
 
 The real, harden'd wicked. 
 
 Are to a few restricked : . . . Ep. to young Friend. 3. 
 Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd, 
 Few heads with knowledge so inform'd : Epit. on a Friend. 
 I care naby how few may see, S. First when Maggy \ 
 
 For few sic feasts you've gotten ; . . For W. Nicol. 
 
 A few short months [ye woods], and glad and gay. 
 
 Again ye'II charm the ear and e'e ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 A few seem favourites of Fate, Man was made to Mourn. 
 A cauld kirk, and in't but few ; . On Kirk ofLamington. 
 My sarks they are few, but five o' them new, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 A few days may — a few years must 
 
 Repose us in the silent dust. . Sketch. New-YrsDay. 
 
 Few men o' sense will doubt your claims 
 
 To rank amang the Nowte. . The Calf 
 
 Ye favored, enlighten'd Few, The Farewell To St. J.'s L.. 
 That few for aught but folly lusted ; . . The Hermit. 
 But few enjoy the calm I know in This desert wood. lb. 
 
 ^ Wheel carriages I ha'e but few, . . . The Inventory. 
 For puppies like you there's but few. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 But such Noblemen there's but few to be found. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 There's few sae bonie, nane sae gude, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Is wrought now by a coward few, . . .S". The Union. 
 
 To join the friendly few To Chloris. 
 
 X 
 
 Fewer. Some fewer whigmeleeries in your noddle. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. $• 
 Fey [predestined ; marked for death]. 
 
 Till fey men died awa, man. S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor._ 
 Fickle. 
 
 Farewell! and ne'er such sorrows tear 
 
 That fickle heart of thine, . S. Canst thou leave me t 
 
 the pleasure The fickle Fair can give thee, 
 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . . . S. Deluded Swain'^ 
 Tho' fickle Fortune has deceiv'd me, S. I dream' d I lay \ 
 And wha but my fine fickle lover was there, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooerf 
 Fickle man is apt to rove : . . S. Let not woman t 
 
 Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle she prove, S. She's fair andfause t 
 But fickle Fortune frowns on me, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 And it's O. fickle Fortune, O ! S. T)u sun he is sunk t 
 
 Though fickle fortune has deceiv'd me, S.Tho.fickle Fortune^ 
 Is Fortune's fickle Luna waning ? . . . To J. S.^ 20. 
 wi' coy and fickle nature, . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Fiction, genius, th' illustrious father of fiction, 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Dame life, tho' Fiction out may trick her, . Poem on Life. 
 
 Fiddle. Hale be your heart! Hale be your fiddle ! 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 O he held to the fair. 
 An' for to sell his fiddle \re.'\ S, Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 
 But parting wi' his fiddle, The saut tear blin't his e'e ; . lb. 
 
 Willie, come sell your fiddle, And buy a pint o' wine ; lb. 
 For mony a rantin day My fiddle and I hae had. . . lb. 
 Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle ; Second Ep. to Davie. • 
 Who left the all-important cares 
 
 Of fiddles, wh-res, and hunters ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 A pigmy Scraper wi' his Fiddle, The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 And hing our fiddles up to sleep, 
 
 Like baby-clouts a-dryin : . . . The Ordination. 7. 
 
 Fiddler. He fir'd a fiddler in the north - 
 
 That dang them tapsalteerie, S. Amang the trees ^ 
 
 The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife, 
 
 S. My love she's but a lassie t 
 A fairy Fiddler frae the neuk. 
 He skirled out, encore. The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 
 1 am a Fiddler to my trade, . . . . lb. S. V. 
 He taks the Fiddler by the beard, ... lb. R. VI. 
 The Fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft, 
 
 Behint the Chicken cavie : . . . lb. R. VII. 
 
 Fiddling, -in'. 
 
 Though Fortune's road be rou^h an' hilly 
 To every fiddling, rhyming billie, . . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town, S. TJie Deilcantfiddlin^ t 
 Fidge [to fidget]. 
 
 Ne'er claw your lug, an' fidge your back, 
 
 An' hum an' haw. The A uthors Cry and Prayer. 
 K[ilmamock] Wabster's, fidge an' claw. The Ordination, i. 
 Auld Coila, now, may fidge fu' fain, To W. Simpso7i. 
 
 Fidg*d [fidgeted]. 
 
 Even Satan glowr'd, and fidg'd fu' fain, Tarn, o' Shanter. 16. 
 Fidgean-fain, Fidgin fain [fidgeting with eagerness 
 or pleasure.] 
 
 It pat me fidgean-fain to hear't, Ep. to J. L — A, Ap. ist. j. 
 Wha will mak me fidgin fain ? S. O wha my baby-clouts t 
 
 Fie V. Fy, 
 
 Fiel [Fell, very ; *' fiel and warm," very warm]. 
 And haps me fiel and warm at e'en ! 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Field. 
 'Mang fields o' flowering claver gay ; El. on Capt. M. H. g. 
 In the field of proud honour, our swords in our hands, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 And corn wav'd green in ilka field, ^S". In simmer when\ 
 
 Through yellow, waving fields we'll stray, 
 
 S. Lassie wi' tlie lintwkite\ 
 I murder hate by field or flood, Lns on Windows Gl. Tav.. 
 When chill November's surly blast 
 
 Made fields and forests bare, Man was made to Mourn. 
 The sky is blue, the fields in view, 
 
 All fading -green and yellow : . S. Now westlin ivinds t 
 poor wanderer of the wood and field, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Reclined that banner, erst in fields unfurl'd, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
Field 
 
 162 
 
 Fill 
 
 And train'd to arms in stern Misfortune's field. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Nae mair the flow'r in field or meadow springs ; . .lb. 
 Thro' fields of death to gather fame, S. The capi. Ribband. 
 Heroes and heroines commix 
 
 All in the field of politics, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Still o'er the field the combat burns, . Ih. 
 
 My Donald and his Country fell, 
 
 Upon CuUoden's field. S. The HighL Widow's Lament. 
 ripen'd fields, and azure skies, . The Vision. D. II. iS- 
 
 *' The field thou has won, by yon bright god of day ! " 
 
 The Whistle. i8. 
 
 Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash, how unfit ! 
 
 To a Haggis. 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Adorns the histie stibble-field, 
 Unseen, alane. 
 
 Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wast, . To a Mouse. 
 
 And riots wanton in forbidden fields! . To Clarinda. 
 
 Comes hostan, hirplan owre the field, 
 
 Wi' creeping pace. . . ToJ.S.,i3. 
 
 'Twas even— the dewy fields were green, 
 
 lS". ' Ttvas even — the dewy + 
 And owsen frae the furrowed field 
 
 Return sae dowf and weary O : S. When o'er the hill\ 
 
 I left the lines, and tented field, S. When wild War's^ 
 
 Field-mates. 
 The feather'd field-mates, bound by Nature's tie, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Fiend. (A while forbear, ye torturing fiends), 
 
 Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 His meddling vanity, a busy fiend, Sketch. 
 
 May Envy wallop in a tether, 
 
 Black fiend, infernal ! To W. Simpson, 17. 
 
 Fient, Feint [Fiend! a petty oath; "fient haet," a 
 petty oath of negation, nothing]. 
 
 For fient a wame it had ava, . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 ' Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart 
 
 ' Of a kail-runt. lb. 17. 
 
 But fient a hair care I. . . . . S. O Tibbie ! \ 
 
 The feint a pride, nae pride had he, On dining with Daer. 
 Fient a heuk had I, . S, Robin skure in hairst. 
 
 Fient haet he had but three 
 
 Goos feathers and a whittle. ... .lb. 
 
 But ere the key-stane she could make. 
 
 The fient a tail she had to shake ! . Tatn o' Shanter. 18. 
 
 The fient a pride na pride had he, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Fient haet o' them's ill hearted fellows ; . lb. 26. 
 
 When fient a body bade him. . . There cam apiper^ 
 
 Fient-ma-eare [fiend ! if I care]. 
 
 The fient-ma-care, quo* the feirrie auld wife, 
 
 S. The deuks daTtg o'er. 
 Fier [sound, healthy]. 
 We're fit to win our daily bread. 
 As lang's we're hale and fier : Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 Fiep V. Feire. 
 Fierce. 
 Your wily snares an' fechtin fierce, Add. to the Deil. ig. 
 
 It blaws nae here sae fierce and fell, . As on the banks f 
 Shun the fierce storms among the sheltering rocks ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 Fiercest. 
 
 The langest thong, the fiercest growler Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Fiercely. Nor even Sol too fiercely view 
 
 I Thy bosom blushing still with dew ! To Miss C, 
 
 /Fiery. Some spumy, fiejy, ignis fatuus matter ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 The red peat gleams, a fiery kernel, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Doomed to share thy fiery fate, . Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 I hope frae heav'n to see them yet 
 
 In fiery flame. . The Twa Herds, 11. 
 
 Fife. From the gilded Spontoon to the Fife I was ready, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, II. 
 
 Fife, County of. 
 
 There came a piper out 0' Fife, . There came a piper ^ 
 
 Fifty. And then my fifty pounds a year 
 
 Will little gain me. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Fig. 
 
 A fig for those by law protected ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII, 
 
 Fight. O cam ye here the fight to shun, 
 
 .S". The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Heroes in Cesarean fight . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Departed Whigs enjoy the fight. 
 
 And think on former daring : . . . .lb. 
 
 When gallant Sir Robert, to finish the fight, 
 Turned o'er in one bumper a bottle of red, The Whistle. 14. 
 Fight, to. 
 I will fight France with you, [«.] . . Add. toDmnouHer. 
 
 Then let us fight about, [re.l lb. 
 
 A man may fight and no be slain ; . . S. Duncan Davison. 
 For freedom and my King to fight, S. The Highland Laddie. 
 And fight thy chosen's battle ; . . New Psalmody. 
 No Statesman nor Soldier to plot or to fight, 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 But could I like Montgomeries fight, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, jo. 
 'Bout which our herds sae aft hae been 
 
 Maist like to fight. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Figure. 
 
 Rectangle-triangle, the figure we'll choose, S. Caledonia. 
 
 Thy lips are as sweet and thy figure compleat, 
 
 S, O when she cam ben f 
 Tropes, metaphors, and figures pour, 
 
 The Election Ballads, VI. 
 Ye've the figure, 'tis true, even your faes will allow. 
 And your friends they dare grant you nae mair. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 File. 
 The words come skelpan, rank and file, Ep. to Davie, iz. 
 
 The great Argyle led on his files, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Filial. 
 To bless his little filial flock, . . O Thou dread Pow'r^ 
 Parent, filial, kindred ties ? . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Wild to my heart the filial pulses glow, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Witness that filial circle round, . Sketch. New-Vt's Day. 
 With many a filial tear circling the bed of death ! 
 
 To R. G. ofF., g. 
 And bless the dear parental name 
 With many a filial blossom. . . S. Young Peggy f 
 
 Filings. 
 
 Mite-horn shavings, filings, scrapings, 
 
 Distill'd per se ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 Fill. And drank my fill o' fancy's dream. As on the hanks\ 
 I've play'd mysel a bonie spring, 
 
 An' danc'd my fill ! . . Ep. to J. R. 6. 
 
 I sit me down and greet my fill, S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 E'en let her flyte her fill, jo. . . S. O steer her up^ 
 
 Or had o' Helicon my fill, . . S.O were I on Pamass.\ 
 But gie them guid cow-milk their fill. The Death ofMailie. 
 Fill, to. So, ye may dousely fill a Throne, . A Dream. 11. 
 And fill her up wi' brimstone drink, Adam A—^s Prayer. 
 Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, 
 
 An' fill them fou ; . . . Ep.ioJ.R.2. 
 Leeze me on the calling Fills the dusty peck. 
 
 S. Hey, the dusty miller t 
 Then may heaven with prosperous gales. 
 Fill my sailor's welcome sails, .S". How can my poor heart \ 
 And fill it in a silver tassie ; . . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 Then fill up a bumper and make it o'erflofl^ 
 
 S, No Churchman am /f 
 
 " My patriot son fills an untimely grave! " 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 A race outlandish fills their throne ; On Window at Stirling. 
 Food fills the wame, an' keeps us iivin ; Scotch Drink. S- 
 Wha can fill a coward's grave? . S, Scots, wha ha'e t 
 
 But there's a youth, a witless youth, 
 That fills the place where she should be ; 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 
 Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 18. 
 
 The Ordination. 6. 
 The Toast. 
 
 For lapfu's large o' gospel kail 
 Shall fill thy crib in plenty, 
 Fill me with the rosy wine, . 
 Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their peghan 
 
 Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie, The Twa Dogs. g. 
 An' fill auld-age wi' grips an' granes ; . .lb. 2g. 
 
 The groaning trencher there ye fill, . . To a Haggis. 
 
Fill 
 
 163 
 
 Finger-end 
 
 And fill them high with generous juice, . To a Lady. 
 
 "To those who love usi " — second fill; . . . . lb. 
 If mantling high she fills the golden cup, To R. G, q/F.^ 7. 
 The eye with wonder and amazement fills ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenviore Inn. 
 
 Fiird, -'d. To chaps, wha, in a barn or byre, 
 
 Wad better fiU'd their station A Dream. 5. 
 
 They filled up a darksome pit 
 With water to the brim, 
 
 John Barleycorn. 
 The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 FiU'd fou o' lowan brunstane, 
 
 That fiU'd, wi' hoast-provoking smeek, 
 
 The auld, clay biggin ; . The Vision. D. 1. 3, 
 
 As fiU'd his after life wi' grief 
 
 An' bloody rants, . What ails ye now \ 
 
 Finest. 
 
 That fillest an untimely tomb, . Lament/or Glencairn. 
 Filly, -ie. 
 A filly buirdly, steeve an' swank, . A Gtiid New-Year \ 3. 
 But take it [fortune's road] like the unbacked filly, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, 
 Go, Fame, an' canter like a filly 
 Thro' a' the streets an' neuks o Killie, 
 
 Ta^n Samson's EL, Per C. 
 
 My Lan' ahin's a weel gaun fiUie, . The Inventory. 
 
 I play'd my fillie sic a shavie, . . . lb. 
 
 Fin' [to find]. For, faith, they'll ablins fin' them fashious : 
 
 A uld comrade dear t 
 Ye'U fin' him just an' honest man : . . lb. 
 
 That gin the lassie winna do't, 
 
 Ye'U fin' anither will, jo. . . S.O steer her up t 
 
 I doubt he's but a grey nick quill, 
 
 And that ye'U fin', . The Tiva Herds., 14. 
 
 Find. 
 Thou may'st find those wiU love thee dear 
 
 But not a love like mine, . S. Canst thou leave me thus t 
 Go, find an honest fellow ; . . S. Deluded swain^ 
 
 I, listless, yet restless, Find ev'ry prospect vain. 
 
 Despondency, an Ode. a. 
 Like thee, where shall I find another. El. on Capi. M. H. 13. 
 Ye'U find mankind an unco squad, Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 There's wit there, ye'U get there [in losses, crosses], 
 
 Ye'U find nae other where. . . . Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 Each prudent cit a warm existence finds, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 
 She [Nature] cast about a standard tree to find ; . . Ih. 4. 
 Never mair maun hope to find 
 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : . S. Frae the friends t 
 
 As by one drunken fellow his comrades you'll find. 
 
 Fragfnent, ifiscr. to Fox. 
 
 An' ye drink it a', ye'U find him [pleasure] out. 
 
 S. Gane is the day \ 
 I do confess thee sweet, but find 
 
 Thou art sae thriftless o' thy sweets, . S. I do confess t 
 Something in ilka part o' thee 
 
 To praise, to love, I find, . . S. It is na, Jean,\ 
 
 Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find, S. Now -westlin winds t 
 Ye'U find him ay a d^nty chiel, . On Sc. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 Flit G[alloway] and find 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave, On seeing Seat of Lord G. 
 It's ten to ane ye'U find him snug in 
 
 Some eldritch part, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The good excuse will find. . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 
 And grateful still, I trust, ye'U ever find us : Scots Prologue. 
 And find at night a sheltering cave, S. Streams that glide t 
 Tried all my skill, but find I'm still 
 
 Just where I was before. . Symon Gray t 
 
 I doubt na, Sir, but then we'll find, 
 
 Ye're still as great a Stirk The Calf. 
 
 And, Oh, I find it sairly, O ! . S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 
 Morality's demure decoys 
 
 Shall here nae mair find quarter : The Ordination. 13. 
 
 I find that contentment's an absolute feast, 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Where wild beasts find shelter, the' I can find none ! 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 Or find a sheltering, safe retreat, 
 
 From prone-descending showers. 
 
 The Petition of Sr. Water. 
 But if success I must never find. 
 Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome, 
 
 S. Tho' fickle Fortune \ 
 I, sighing, drop the silent tear, 
 
 But no relief can find To Clarinda. 
 
 Some, lucky, find a flow'ry Spot, 
 For which they never toil d nor swat ; 
 
 To/. S.,17. 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Till now amaist on ev'ry knowe 
 
 Ye'U find ane plac'd ; 
 While men have eyes, or ears, or taste, 
 
 She'll always find a lover. . S. When first I saw \ 
 
 The wars are o'er, and I'm come hame, 
 
 And find thee stUl true-hearted ; S. When wild Wat's t 
 As thou thyself must shortly find, Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr, in Kemnore Inn. 
 Findlay. O wha is it but Findlay : S. Wha is that at t 
 
 Indeed maun I, quo' Findlay [re.l lb. 
 
 Fine, thae Birth-day dresses Sae fine this day. A Dream, x. 
 The bloom of a fine summer's day ! .S". Adown winding Nith\ 
 The ready measure rins as fine, . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 
 That nane excell'd it [his ingine], few cam near't, 
 
 It was sae fine. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. S- 
 
 For, in spite of his fine theoretic positions. 
 Mankind is a science defies definitions. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 The lasses feat, an' cleanly neat, 
 
 Mair braw than when they're fine ; . . Halloween, 3. 
 They hecht him some fine braw ane ; . lb. zj. 
 
 Colours mingl'd unco fine, . . . . S. Jockey fou,^ 
 And wha but my fine fickle lover was there, 
 
 S. Last May a hraiu wooeri 
 Was a' beset wi' diamonds fine ; . . S. My Sandy gied\ 
 It were mair meet, that those fine feet 
 
 Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon, . S. O Mally's meek. 
 Your fine Tom Jones and Grandisons, . O leave noveh t 
 
 And I'll deed thee in the tartan sae fine, 
 
 S.- O whare did ye get t 
 a fine, fat, fodgel wight, . . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 O sell your fiddle sae fine ; . S. RattKn, Roarin Willie. 
 His wee drap parritch, or his bread, 
 
 Thou kitchens fine. [v. A. 21J Scotch Drink. 7. 
 And pu'd the gowans fine ; . S. Shld auld acquaintance t 
 Miss Miller is fine. Miss Markland's divine, 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 Fine architecture, trowth, I needs must say't o't! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 8. 
 But as to his fine Nabob fortune, 
 We'll e'en let this subject alane. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Fine [head] for a sodger 
 
 A' the wale o' lead. 
 Yon palace and yon gardens fine ! 
 Faith, we'se hae fine remarkin ! 
 His EngUsh style, and gesture fine. 
 
 Are a' clean out o' season. . 
 
 lb. IV. 
 S. The Highland Lassie. 
 The Holy Fair. 6. 
 
 lb. IS. 
 
 Ye'U see how new-light herds will whistle. 
 
 And think it fine ! . . The Twa Herds. 3. 
 He fine a mangy shepp could scrub, . . . lb 8. 
 
 How daur ye set your fit upon her, 
 
 Sae fine a Lady ! . To a Louse. 
 
 But Miss's fine Lunardi, fye ! . . . lb. 
 
 Gie fine braw claes to fine Life-guards, . . To J. S., 22. 
 
 They gied me rings and ribbons fine ; S, Where Cart rins \ 
 
 Finer. The courtier tells a finer tale. 
 
 But is his heart as true ? . . S. Behold my love \ 
 Dearly bought the hidden treasure 
 
 Finer feelings can bestow ! . . . . S. Setisibility t 
 And ev'n his matchless hand with finer touch inspir'd ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 
 Finest. 
 
 As the finest dame in castle or ha'. S, -when she cam ben t 
 Fate oft tears the bosom chords 
 That Nature finest strung : . . . S. Sad thy tale, f 
 Finely. Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, Tain d Shanter. j. 
 Finesse. 
 The frank address, and politesse. 
 Are all finesse in Rob Mossgiel. . . . O leave novels i 
 Fingal, Old Loda, still rueing the arm of Fingal, The Whistle. 
 Finger. 
 The weans baud out their fingers laughin, 
 
 And pouk my hips. Death and Dr. Hornbook, 14. 
 You'll snap your fingers, poor an' hearty, 
 
 Before his face. The Authof's Cry and Prayer, 23. 
 FingeP-end* Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread. 
 
 Are notice takin I To a Louse. 
 
Fintry 
 
 164 
 
 First 
 
 Fintpy. 
 
 Fintry, my stay in worldly strife, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 F[intry], my other stay, long bless and spare ! Tt}R. G. ofF. g. 
 FiP, Let lofty firs, and ashes cool, 
 
 My lowly banks o'erspread, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Fire. And in the fire throws the sheath ; A Ded. to G. H.^ lo. 
 Or say, ye wisdom want, or fire, 
 
 To rule this mighty nation ; . A Dream, j". 
 
 As round the fire the giglets keckle, 
 
 To see me loup ; . . Add. to Toothache. 
 If thou hast wit, and fun, and fire. 
 
 And ne'er gude wine did fear, El, on Capt. M. H. EJ>it. 
 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, 
 
 EJ>it to J. L-k, Ap. 1st. 13. 
 Here brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct, Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 To feel a fire in evry vein, . S. Farewell^ thou stream \ 
 Whose soul of fire, lighted at Heaven's high flame, 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Eecause he got the toom dish thrice, 
 
 He heav'd them on the fire, . . . Halloween. 2y. 
 
 It's plenty beets the lover's fire. . S. In simtner when t 
 
 ' The liquid fire of strong desire . Nature's Law. 
 
 With more poetic fire. . . .lb. 
 
 Sing round about the fire wi' a rung she ran, 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 I saw my sons resume their ancient fire ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Of Eve's first fire he has a cinder ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Syne, whip ! his tail ye 'II ne'er cast saut on. 
 
 He's off like fire. . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Strong may she glow with all her ancient fire ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 The Laird o* Blackbyre wad gang through the fire, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Despising wind, and rain, and fire ; Tarn o' Shanter. g. 
 
 Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 14. 
 And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. lb. so. 
 Which shews that heaven can boil the pot, 
 
 Though the devil p — s in the fire. . The Dean ofFac., 
 I pray with holy fire ; . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Unknown each guilty worldly fire, . . . The Hermit. 
 In comes a gawsie, gash Guidwife, 
 
 An' sits down by the fire, . . , The Holy Fair. 24. 
 First, niest the fire, In auld, red rags, Ane sat, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R, I. 
 Had hol'd his heartie like a riddle. 
 
 An' blawn't on fire. ... lb. R. V. 
 
 To feel a fire In every vein, 
 
 Yet dare not speak my anguish. . S. The last time I \ 
 
 Conscience in vain upbraids the unhallow d fire ; To Clarinda. 
 Ye turned a neuk — J saw your e'e — 
 
 She [my saul] took the wing like fire ! To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 And whose that eye of fire ? . . F. j, below a Picture. 
 And mark that eye of fire, .... lb. 
 
 And look through nature with creative fire ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Fire, to. Anna, thy charms my bosom fire, 
 
 S. Anna thy charms f 
 They heat your brains, and fire your veins, ^S". O leave novels f 
 Might fire even holy Palmers ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 An' liquor guid to fire his bluid, . Scotch Drink. Moit. 
 
 When lightnings fire the stormy lift, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 O how they fire the heart devout, . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 ' Some fire the Sodger on to dare ; The Vision. D. II, 4. 
 
 Fired, Fir'd. 
 He fir'd a fiddler in the north . . S. Amang the trees \ 
 How cold is that bosom which folly once fired, 
 
 Monody., on a Lady. 
 When gaping they [the Saunts] besiege the tents, 
 
 Are doubly fir'd. . . Scotch Drink. S., 
 Her lost Militia fir'd her bluid ; 
 
 TVie Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 How would his Highland lug been nobler fir'd. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Fir'd at the simple, artless lays 
 
 Of other times. . The Vision. D. II. 12. 
 
 Fire-shool [flre-shovel]. 
 
 Auld Tubalcain's fire-shool and fender ; 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Fire-side. 
 
 I tent less, an4 want less 
 
 Their [the Great-folk's] roomy fire-side : Ep. to Davie 
 
 May fireside discords jar a base 
 
 To a' their parts ! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 
 The prattling things are just their pride, 
 That sweetens a' their fire side. . . The Twa Dogs. if. 
 To make a happy fire-side clime 
 
 To weans and wife, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Firm, Then, man my soul with firm resolves 
 
 A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Firm as my creed, Sirs, 'tis my fix'd belief. 
 
 Add. sp, hy Fontenelle. 
 His royal heart was firm and true, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 Firm may she rise with generous disdain 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Lives there a man so firm, who, 
 Can reason down Its [his heart's] agonizing throbs; 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 The fruitful top is spread on high, 
 
 And firm the root below. . . . The 1st Ps.. 
 
 Here, firm, I rest, they must be best, 
 Because they are Thy Will ! . . . . Winter. 
 Firirta J. He lent them his name to the firm. 
 
 The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 Firmly. Can firmly force his jarring thoughts to peace 1 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 First. But first hang out that she'll discern, 
 
 Your hymeneal Charter, . . A Dream. 13. 
 
 When first I gaed to woo my Jenny, A Guid N^w-y ear \s- 
 When youthfu' lovers first were pair'd, Add. to the Deil. /j". 
 May his son be a hangman, and he his first trial. 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 But first, before you see heaven's glory, 
 May ye get mony a merry story, . Auld comrade dear\ 
 Wha in a brulzie, will first cry a parley ? 
 
 S. Bannocks d bear meal\ 
 When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town, 
 
 S. Cock up yr beaver. 
 Ye roses on your thorny tree, 
 
 The first o' flowers. . El. on Capt. M.H.,S' 
 I see her face the first of Ireland's sons, Ep, fr. Esopus. 
 
 But first an' foremost, I should tell, Ep. to J. L — ^, Ap. 1st. 8. 
 When first the human race began, . lb. Ap. 2ist. 13, 
 
 Then first she [nature] calls the useful many forth ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graliam. 
 Would thou hae nobles' jpatronage, 
 ' ' First learn to live without it ! " 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 And cook'ry the first in the nation : . Extem. To Mr. S. 
 Thou first of our orators, first of our wits ; 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 First when Maggy was my care, 
 
 Heaven, I thought, was in her air ; S, First when Maggy ^ 
 Then, first an' foremost, thro' the kail, 
 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; . Halloween. 4. 
 But first on Sawnie gles a ca\ ... lb. 22, 
 
 Let my fancy first approve. . . , S. Jockey fou t 
 
 when Nature first began To try her canny hand, 
 
 S. John Anderson f 
 
 when we were first acquaint, lb. 
 
 ye were my first conceit, . . . .lb. 
 
 Might charm the first of human kind. S. My Mar^sface t 
 Where first I own'd that virgin love 
 
 I lang, lang had denied. . S. O Mirk, mirk t 
 
 O Willy, ay I bless the grove 
 
 Where first I own'd my maiden love, . S. O Phely t 
 
 First shore her wi' a kindly kiss, . S. O steer Iter up \ 
 
 Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
 
 A cuckold coward loun is he ! 
 Wha first beside his chair shall fa', 
 
 He is the king amang us three. . . S. O Willie brew'df 
 
 When rising Phcebus first is seen, . S. On Cessnock banks^ 
 
 Of Eve's first fire he has a cinder ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Fare-thee-well thou first and fairest ! . .S". One fond kiss, t 
 
 . Far In their shade my Peggy's charms 
 
 First blest my wond'ring eyes. . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Where Peggy's charms I first survey'd, 
 
 Where first I felt their power lb. 
 
 First shewing us the tempting ware, . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Wae worth that man wha first did shape, 
 
 That vile, wanchancie thing— a raep ! , Poor Mailies El., 
 
First 
 
 165 
 
 Flame 
 
 That the first blow is ever half the battle; Prologue, at Th.,D.. 
 Such was my Chloris' bonie face, 
 
 When first her bonie face I saw ; . . ^S". Seu flaxen \ 
 Bonie Doon, whare early roaming, 
 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 where love decoying, First enthrall'd . . .lb. 
 
 How on this spot he first unsheath'd the sword Scots Prologue, 
 my honor'd, first of friends, . Sketch. New-V^s Day. 
 
 Till first ae caper, syne anither, . . Tam o' Shanter, i6. 
 An' first cou'd thrash the barn, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 When first amang the yellow corn 
 
 A man I reckon'd was ; . . . .lb. 
 
 An' rin her whittle to the hilt, 
 
 r th' first she meets ! The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 How His first followers and servants sped ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night. 15. 
 This Hal for genius, wit, and lore, 
 
 Among the first was number'd ; . . The Dean ofFac. 
 The 'first ane was a belted knight, The Election Ballads. /. 
 Though Nabobs, yet men o' the first ; . lb. Ill, 
 
 O Thou, the first, the greatest friend 
 
 Of all the human race ! . The ist 6 V.s o/goth Ps. . 
 
 Had I on earth but wishes three, 
 
 The fir§E should be my Anna. .S". T^te gowd. Locks of A . 
 The first of my loves was a swaggering blade, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. II. 
 Let Majesty your first attention summon, 
 Ah ! ga ira ! The Majesty of Woman ! 
 
 5. The Rights 0/ Woman. 
 the gentry first are steghan, . . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 And saw gin they were sick or hale 
 
 At the first sight. . The Twa Herds. 7, 
 
 Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss. . . To a Kiss. 
 
 She's turn'd you off, a human-creature 
 
 On her first plan, , To J. S,, 3. 
 
 'Twere drink for first of human kind, . To Mr. Synie. 
 
 And hear him curse the light he first surveyed, 
 
 ToR.G. o/P,, I. 
 When first I came to Stewart Kyle, 
 
 My mind it was na steady, . . S, When first I came t 
 When first I saw fair Jeanie's face, 
 
 I couldna tell what ailed me, . S. When first I saw t 
 There simmer first unfauld her robes, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes ^ and streams^ 
 Firstling. 
 
 The primrose I will pu', the firstling o' the year, S. The Posie, 
 Firth [an estuary]. 
 The tide-swoln Firth, with sullen-sounding roar. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Firth [wood- sheltered land; v. *'fauld"]. 
 Now looking over firth and fauld. 
 Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd ; [v. A. 20] A Vision. 
 Fish. And like stock-fish come o'er his studdie 
 
 Wi' thy ajild sides ! El. on Capt. M. H. 
 For Solway fish a feast. . . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 
 And little fishes' caller rest : . S. The Contented Cottager. 
 That griens for the fishes and loaves. The Election Ballads. 3. 
 Fish, to. Where sailors gang to fish for Cod. The Twa Dogs. 
 Fish-ereel [fish-basket]. 
 Since dark in Death's fish-creel we wail 
 
 Tam Samson dead I Tain Samson's El., 6. 
 
 Fisher. Ye fisher herons, watching eels ; El, on Capt. M. H. 
 
 At noon the fisher seeks the glen. S. When o'er the hill t 
 
 Fissle [to make a slight continued rustling noise, to 
 
 fidget]. 
 Twa lines frae you wad gar me fissle, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 1st. 22. 
 Fist. 
 My horny fist assume the plough ag^n ; Ep. to R. Graham. 
 He clench'd his pamphlets in his fist, 
 
 Extern, in Court of Session, 
 Fit [foot]. 
 And then [my Pegasus] he'll hilch, and stilt, and jimp. 
 
 And rin an unco fit : . . . Ep. to Davie, ii. 
 
 Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling. 
 
 An' her ain fit, it brunt it; . ... . Halloween, g. 
 But mist a fit, an' in the pool, 
 
 Out owre the lugs she plumpet, .... lb, 26. 
 
 How daur ye set your fit upon her, 
 
 Sae fine a Lady! . . . To a Louse. 
 But Willie set your fit to mine, 
 
 An' cock your crest, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Fit. Now 'tis fit that thou shouldst mourn, Blue Bonnets. 
 
 Less fit to play the jsart. 
 The lucky moment to improve, . Despondency, an Ode. 
 We're fit to win our daily bread, . . Ep. to Davie, a. 
 And twere more fit that she should sit, 
 
 Within yon chariot gilt aboon. . , S.O Mally's meek. 
 Fit only for a doited Monkish race. The Brigs of Ayr. 8, 
 
 Till they be fit to fend themsel ; The Death ofMailie, 
 
 If ill manners were wit, there's no mortal so fit 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 (Fit haunts for Friendship or for Love, 
 
 In mufeing mood) [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 A gift that e'en for S — e were fit. . . To Mr. Syme, 
 
 And Calvin's fock, are fit to sell him ; To W. Creech. 
 
 Fit. .?. 
 
 By fits the sun's departing beam 
 
 Look'd on the fading yellow woods Lament for Glencairn, 
 Just now I've ta'en the fit o' rhyme, . . ToJ.S.^ 4. 
 Fit, to, And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl't feet ; 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer i 
 Fitted. Since she is fitted to her fancy ; A uld comrade dear t 
 If sae be, ye may be Not fitted otherwhere. 
 
 To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Fittie-lan' [the near horse of the hinder pair in the 
 plough, which * foots ' the unploughed * land * 
 while its neighbour walks in the furrow]. 
 Thou was a noble Fittie-lan' 
 
 As e'er in tug or tow was drawn! A Guid New-Year ^ ii. 
 
 Five. My sarks they are few, but five o' them new, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted ; 
 Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; Tam 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 ' L — d, five ! ' he cry'd, an' owre did stagger ; 
 
 Tam Samsat^s EL , //. 
 In's hand five taper staves as smooth's a bead. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 4, 
 There was five carlines in the south, Tfie Election Ballads, I. 
 Five wighter carlines werna found . lb. 
 
 Five and Forty, 
 ye chosen Five and Forty. The A uthors Cry and Prayer. 23. 
 For, ance that five an' forty's speel'd. 
 
 See, crazy, weary, joyless Eild, . . . To J.S,, 13. 
 Fix. And ne'er shall glimmering planet fix 
 
 My worship to its ray. . S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 And fix ^our claws in Nicol's heart, 
 
 For deil a bite o't's rotten. . . For W. Nicol, 
 
 And maidenly modesty fixes the chain. 
 
 S, True hearted was he t 
 Fixed, -'d. Firm as my creed. Sirs, 'tis my fix'd behef. 
 
 Add. sp. by FontencUe. 
 Her heavenly relations there fixed her reign, S, Caledonia. 
 A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n, Ep. to Young Friend, zo. 
 While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
 Fizz [to make a slight hissing noise]. 
 
 O rare ! to see thee fizz an' freath 
 
 r the lugget caup! . . Scotch Drift/c. 10. 
 
 Flae [a fiea]. 
 
 The flaes they flew awa in cluds, . S. The Taylor he cam \ 
 ye prick the louse. An' jag the flae. What ails yc nozu \ 
 
 Flaffan [flapping, fluttering]. 
 
 Flaffan wi' duds, and grey wi' beas', Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 Flag, at all mankind the flag unfurls, . Ep.from Esopus. 
 
 The magna charta flag unfurls, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Flagrant. 
 
 And flagrant from the scourge he grunted, ai ! The Vowels. 
 Flail. This day M'[Kinlay] taks the flail, The Ordination, 2. 
 
 With his flail on his back and his bottle of beer, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Flainen v. Flannen. 
 Flaky. 
 
 Dim-dark'ning thro' the flaky show'r, . A Winter Night, i. 
 Flame. And keenly felt the friendly glow, 
 
 And softer flame ; . .A Bard^s Epit. 
 Lang beet his hymeneal flame, . A Ded, to G. H. 14. 
 
 Whose soul of fire, lighted at heaven's high flame. 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 They wasted o'er a scorching flame, 
 
 The marrow of his bones ; . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 In thy sweet sang, Barbauld, survives 
 
 Even Sappho's flame. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
Flame 
 
 166 
 
 Flesh 
 
 The wily Mother sees the conscious flame 
 
 TJie Cottet^s Sat. Night. 7. 
 Or noble Elgin beets the heaven-ward flame, . Ih. 23. 
 As flames amang a hundred woods, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Whase raging flame, an' scorching heat. 
 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane ! . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 The plighted faith ; the mutual flame ; . . The Lament. 
 Give the poet's darling flame, . . . The Toast. 
 
 I hope frae heav'n to see them yet 
 
 In fiery flame. . . The Twa Herds. 11. 
 
 ' I mark'd thy embryo-tuneful flame, The Vision. D. II. if. 
 ' I taught thee how to pour in song, 
 
 * To soothe thy flame. . . lb. 16. 
 
 ' I'hy tuneful flame still careful fan ; . . Id. 22. 
 
 " By driving winds, the crackling flames are borne ! " 
 
 Still fan the sweet connubial flame 
 
 Responsive in each bosom, . 
 Flaming. 
 Kind Nature's care had given his share, 
 
 Large, of the flaming current ; . 
 Who distant bums in flaming torrid climes. 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 S. Young Peggy\ 
 
 . Natures Law. 
 
 Once fondly lov*d\ 
 
 The Petition o/Br. Water. 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 In flaming summer-pride, 
 Life's meridian flaming nigh, . 
 Flang [did fling, did caper]. 
 And flang them a* [her spinnin-graith] out o'er the burn. 
 
 S. Duncan Damson. 
 
 To sing how Nannie lap and flang, . Tarn d Shanier. x6. 
 I flang my arms about her neck. S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Flannen, Flainen [flannel]. 
 Their sarks, instead o* creeshie flannen, 
 Been snaw-white seventeen bunder linnen ! 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 13. 
 
 You on an auld wife's flainen toy ; . . To a Louse. 
 
 Flaring. 
 
 Amid their flaring, idle toys, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Flash. 
 
 The lightnings flash from pole to pole ; Tarn d Shanter. 10. 
 Flashest. 
 
 Thou dart of heaven that flashest by, S. O mirky mirkj 
 
 Flashing. 
 
 Last, she [nature] sublimes th' Aurora of the poles, 
 
 The flashing elements of female souls. £p. to P. Graham. 2 
 Flatter. For me ! before a Monarch's face, 
 
 Ev'n there I winna flatter ; . .A Dream. 3. 
 
 I flatter my fancy I may get another, 
 
 »?. As I was a-wand^ring + 
 
 Sae brawly's he could flatter ; S. Here's his health in water. 
 
 Tho' I maun say't, I doubt ye flatter, Second Ep. to Davie, 
 
 They flatter, she says, to deceive me, . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 I speak and do not flatter, . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 Flatterer. False flatterer, Hope, away ! Fragment o/Ode. 
 Flattering, -'ring, Flatterin, -'rin. 
 
 Sae I shall say, an' that's nae flatt'rin, 
 
 It's just sic Poet an' sic Patron. A Ded. to G. H., a. 
 
 May ill befa' the flattering tongue 
 That wad beguile my Nanie, O. S. Behind yon hills \ 
 
 A flatt'ring ardent kiss he stole ; S. On a bank 0/ flowers t 
 
 O sairly do I rue, 
 
 That e er I heard your flattering tongue. 
 
 The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, .5". To daunto7i me. 
 
 Should I believe, my coaxin billie, 
 
 Your flatterin strain. . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Thou flattering mark of friendship kind, 
 
 Wr. on Lea/qf^^ H. More." 
 
 Flattery, -'ry. 
 
 pamper'd Luxury, Flatt'ry by her side, A Winter Night. 7. 
 And flatt'ry I detest) .... Ep. to Davie. 8. 
 How dull is that ear which to flattery so listened. 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 Our flatt'ry we'll keep for some ither. 
 Him it's only justice to praise. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Flaunt. In vain ye flaunt in summer's pride, ye groves ; 
 
 El. on Miss Bumei. 
 
 Flaunting. 
 Awa, thou flaunting god o' day ! . S. The gowd. locks of A. 
 
 The flaunting flow'rs our Gardens yield, 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Flavour. O had the malt thy strength of mind. 
 
 Or hops the flavour of thy wit ; . To Mr. Synie. 
 Flaw. And then their [the Saunts'] failings, flaws an' wants. 
 Are a' seen thro*^. . Ep. to J. R. 2. 
 
 But such is the flaw, or the depth of the plan, 
 
 Fragment.^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Her reputation is complete 
 
 And fair without a flaw. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Spying the time-worn flaws in ev'ry arch ; 
 
 T/ie Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Three joyous good fellows with hearts clear of flaw ; 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 Flaxen. The balmy gales awake the flowers, 
 
 And wave thy flaxen hair, . .S". Behold, my love t 
 Sae flaxen were her ringlets, . . . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Fleck. Then up gat fechtan Jamie Fleck. . Halloween. 17. 
 Fled. Ere twice the shades of dawn are fled, 
 
 S. A Rosebud by viy \ 
 Ev'ry hope is fled, Ev'ry fear is terror ; . S. Ay waking^ O t 
 But now our joys are fled, . . S. But lately seen,^ 
 
 The daring invaders they fled or they died. . S. Caledonia. 
 And with him all the joys are fled. 
 
 Life can to me impart. . . S. Fate gave the word^ 
 
 And hope has left my aged ken, 
 
 On forward wing for ever fled. . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Where is that soul of freedom fled ? . . Liberty. 
 
 And ane wad rather fa'n than fled ; 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Where are the Muses fled, that should produce 
 A drama worthy of the name of Bruce ? Scots Prologtte. 
 
 They fled like frighted dows, man. 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Free-will'd I fled from courtly bowers ; . The Hermit. 
 
 Now, thank our stars ! these Gothic times are fled ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 And like a passing thought, she fled. 
 
 In light away, . . The Vision. D. II. 23. 
 Till fled each hope that once his bosom fired. 
 And fled each Muse that glorious once inspired, 
 
 ToR. G. o/F.,3. 
 
 (Fled, like the sun eclips'd as noon appears, . . .lb. g. 
 Flee V. Flie. 
 Flee, to, V. Fly. 
 Fleece. 
 
 Half-a-crown a-piece Will pay for their fleece, Johnny Peep. 
 
 With fleeces newly wasfien clean, . S. On Cessnock banksf 
 Fleece, to. 
 
 Your sair taxation does her fleece, . A Dream. 6. 
 
 Fleechan [cajoling, wheedling]. 
 
 A fleechan, fleSi'ran Dedication, . A Ded. to G. H. 
 
 Fleeeh'd [cajoled, flattered, tried to gain his end by 
 wheedling methods]. 
 Duncan fleech'd, and -Duncan pray'd, . S. Duncan Gray t 
 Fleecy. Or when the North his fleecy store 
 
 Drove thro' the sky, The Vision. D. II. 13' 
 
 Fleesh [fleece]. 
 
 A bonier fleesh ne'er cross'd the clips [v. A. 19] 
 
 Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 Fleet. Then to the blessed, New Jerusalem, 
 
 Fleet wing awa ! . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Fleet, to. 
 
 But dreary tho' the moments fleet, S. Forlortt, my Lo^ie, t 
 The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 
 Fleeting. But beauty, how frail and how fleeting, 
 
 S, Adown winding Nith t 
 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air! S. Had I a cave t 
 The tyrant Death, with griin control. 
 May seize my fleeting breath ; . S. Peggy Cltalmers. 
 
 Fleg [a kick, a chance blow; a sudden motion]. 
 
 She's (Fortune's) gien me monie a jirt an' fleg, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. g. 
 
 Come then, wi' uncouth, kintra fleg, 
 
 O'er Pegasus I'll fling my leg, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Flesh. Let Meg now take away the flesh. 
 
 And Jock bring in the spirit ! . At Globe Tav., D. 
 
 " In his flesh there's a famine," . Epit on Walter S—. 
 
 The flesh to him the broo to me, . S, O gin ye were dead. 
 
 Their hearts o' stane. gin night are gane. 
 
 As saft as ony flesh IS. . . . The Holy Fair. 27. 
 
Fleshly 
 
 167 
 
 Flood 
 
 Fleshly. 
 
 At times I'm fash'd wi' fleshly lust Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 Maybe thou lets this fleshly thorn, . . . . Ib.g. 
 Fleth'ran [flattering], 
 
 A fleechan, fleth'ran Dedication, A Ded. to G. H. 
 
 Flew. Careless ilka thought and free, 
 
 As the breeze flew o'er me. S. Blythe hale I been \ 
 But souple Donald quicker flew, . . S. Donald Brodie t 
 The clouds swifl-wing'd flew o'er the starry sky, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The dancers quick and quicker flew ; Tarn o' Shanter. iz. 
 And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; . . . lb. i8. 
 Whigs to h-U Flew off in frighted bands, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 O'er hill and dale she [Mirth] flew, man ; The FHe Champetre. 
 The golden hours, on angel wings, 
 Few o'er me and my dearie ; 
 
 S. Ve ban/es, and braes, andstreatnsf 
 Flewlt [a smart blow]. 
 
 *' I'd rather suffer for my faut, 
 
 A hearty flewit, . . What ails ye now t 
 Fley [to frighten, terrify, scare]. 
 
 Waefu' Want and Hunger fley me, S. O that I had ne'er \ 
 Fley'd [scared, flighted ; put to flight]. 
 My name is Death, but be na' fley'd ! 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 He was sae fley'd an' eerie : . . . . Halloween, ig. 
 Till fley'd awa* by Phoebus' light. . ' . S. O were my love t 
 Fllehterin [fluttering]. 
 To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 Flickering. Oh I flickering, feeble, and unsicker 
 
 I've found her [life] still, Poem on Life. 
 File, Flee [a fly]. 
 I dinna care a single flie ; S. In simmer when t 
 
 " I care na wealth a single flie ; . . S. O Phely, \ 
 
 Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd nae a flie : . S. O whistle t 
 Poor man the flie, aft bizzes by, . . Poem on Life. 
 
 But for how lang the flie may stang, 
 
 Let Inclination law that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet, 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Flie, to, V. Fly, 
 
 Flight. Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, A Bard's Epit. 
 A flight of bold eagles from Adria's strand ; S. Caledonia. 
 For through your orbs he's ta'en his flight, 
 
 Ele^ on Capi. M. H. 14. 
 My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer flight. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. $. 
 Which save the linnet's flight, I wot, 
 
 Nae ruder visit knows, , . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 But day and night my fancy's flight 
 
 Is ever wi' my Jean. . . . S.OfcCtheairts\ 
 
 Sic flights are far beyond her [my muse's] pow'r ; 
 
 Tam Shanter. 16. 
 And straught to Stirling wing'd their flight, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Now wad ye sing this double flight, . ... lb. 
 Then, whirr ! she was over, a mile at a flight. 
 
 S. The heather was blooming^ 
 Are mind't, in things they ca' balloons, 
 
 To tak a flight, . To W. Simpson. P,S. 
 Flinch'd. 
 Welsh, who ne'er yet flinch'd his ground, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Flinders [splinters, shreds]. 
 'Twill mak her poor auld heart, I fear, 
 
 In flinders flee : On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 Fling. Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling, Halloween, g. 
 
 Fling, to. 
 
 O'er Pegasus I'll fling my leg. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Or nobly fling the gospel club, . The Twa Herds, 8. 
 
 My pen I here fling to the door, . . . To J. S.^ 21. 
 
 Flinging [capering]. 
 
 Lowping and flinging on a crummock, Ta7n 0* Shanter. 14. 
 Flingin-tree [a flail]. 
 
 The Thresher's weary flingin-tree, . . The Vision. D. I. a. 
 Flinty. 
 How can your flinty hearts enjoy 
 The widow's tears, the orphan's cry! S.O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 And flinty is thy breast : . . . . S. O mirk, inirk\ 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 The flinty heart that canna feel . . To Mr. J. Kennedy, 
 Flirtation. Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtations, airs, 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 77*1? Rights of Woman 
 Flisket [fretted at the yoke]. 
 
 Thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an flisket, 
 
 A Gude New-Year^ J2. 
 Flit. Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether, 
 
 A Gttid New-Year \ tS. 
 Or lightly flit on wanton wing S. Bonnie Lassie, willye go\ 
 The birdies flit on wanton wing. . S, Now bank and brae t 
 The bird of eve flits sullen by . . . . On Lincluden. 
 
 Flit G[alloway] and find 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave, On seeing Seat of Lord G. 
 Or like the borealis race, 
 
 That flit ere you can point their place ; . Tam d Shanter. 7. 
 Flitting. 
 
 While flitting sea^fowls round me cry, . S. Behold the hour t 
 Flittering [fluttering, vibrating]. 
 And mounts and sings on flittering wings, 
 
 S. Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 Float. When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord, 
 
 An' float the jinglan icy boord, . Add. to the Deil, 12. 
 How many a robe sae gaily floats ! The FHe Champetre. 
 
 Floated. 
 
 Wild floated in my brain ; . The Ans. to the Gnidwife. 
 Floating. 
 
 But now she's floating down the Nith, El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 Flock. My flocks and my Mary's sweet Cot in my eye. 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 We'll tent our flocks by Galla water. 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes \ 
 The simmer joys the flocks to follow ; S. By A llan stream t 
 To feed her fair flocks by her green rustling corn : 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 A guide, a buckler, an' example 
 
 To a' thy flock. Holy Willie's Prayer.^. 
 
 Wilt thou wi' me tent the flocks, S. Lassie w€ the lintwhite\ 
 To bless his little filial flock, O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 
 Her teeth are like a flock o' sheep, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Lone on the bleaky hills the straying flocks 
 
 On Death ofR. DuTidas. 
 So, may his flock increase an' grow The Death ofMailie. 
 And gie him o'er the flock, to feed, . The Ordination. S- 
 O a' ye pious godly flocks. 
 
 Well fed on pastures orthodox, . The Ttva Herds. 
 
 What flock wi' M[ood]y's flock could rank, . . lb. j*. 
 
 ! a' ye flocks, o'er a' the hills, . lb. iS- 
 Nae doubt the auld-light flocks are bleatan ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 To tend the flocks or till the soil, S. Twas even — the dewy^ 
 And the shepherd tents his flock as he pipes on his reed. 
 
 S. Yon wild jnossy ?nountains + 
 Flock, to. 
 
 When to the loughs the Curlers flock, . Tatn Samson's El. . 
 Flood. 
 virgin Spring, by Eden's flood, Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Oft prowling, ensanguin'd the Tweed's silver flood ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 
 1 murder hate by field or flood, Lns. on Window, Gl. Tav.. 
 Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods. 
 
 S, My heart's in the Highlands \ 
 Pity's flood there never rose. . . Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 And parritch-pats, and auld saut backets, 
 
 Before the Flood. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The gathering floods burst o'er the distant plains ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Or tumbling in the boiling flood 
 
 Wr kail an' beef; Scotch Drink. 4. 
 
 She [Nature] plants the forest, pours the flood ; 
 
 S. Streams that glide \ 
 Before him Doon pours all his floods ; Tam o' Shanter, 10. 
 This mony a year I've stood the flood an' tide ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Asheadlongfoam a hundred floods; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The echoing wood, the winding flood, The Fete Champetre, 
 
Flood 
 
 168 
 
 Flower 
 
 As with a flood Thou t^'st them off 
 
 With overwhelming sweep. The ist 6 y.s ofgoth Ps. . 
 
 Here, Doon pour'd down his far-fetch'd floods ; 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 'Mong swelling floods of reeking gore, . . lb. D. II. J. 
 Thro' bluidy flood or field to dash, 
 
 O how imfit ! . . . . Toa Haggis. 
 
 At Wallace' name, what Scottish blood. 
 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood ! To W. Simpson. 
 
 And turn'd me round to hide the flood 
 
 That in my een was swelling. . S. When wild Wat^s t 
 The incessant roar of headlong tumbling floods 
 
 Wr. in Keninore Inn. 
 The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods; Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Floor. They laid him out upon the floo/, John Barleycorn. 
 Flounder. 
 
 The hapless Poet flounders on thro' life. To R. G. o/F., 5, 
 Flourish. 
 While worth in the mind o' my Phillis 
 
 Will flourish without a decay. S. Adoivn winding Niih \ 
 But may ye flourish like a lily, 
 
 Now bonilie! . On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Low in your wintry beds, ye flowers, 
 
 Again ye'll flourish fresh and fair ; .S". The Catrine woods t 
 That man shall flourish like the trees 
 
 Which by the streamlets grow ; . The ist Psalm. 
 
 They flourish like the morning flow'r, Theistb V.sofgoihPs.. 
 It ne'er should flourish to its prime, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 if thou would flourish immortal in rhyme, The Whistle. 77. 
 Flourished, -'d. 
 Our thrissles flourish'd fresh and fair, S. Awa, whzgs, awa. 
 But late she flourished, rooted fast, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Flow. Ocean's ebb, and ocean's flow ; S. Let not woman\ 
 Or pour, with Gray, the moving flow, 
 
 Warm on the heart. The Vision. D. II. ig. 
 Flow, to. 
 When ebbing life nae mair shall flow, A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 And frae his harp sic strains did flow, . A Vision. 
 
 The hills whence classic Yarrow flows ; 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, amon^ thy green braes, 
 Flow gently, I sing thee a song in thy praise ; [r^.] 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, disturb not her dream. [r».] lb. 
 Flow gently, sweet River, the theme of my lays ; . lb. 
 
 Behind yon hills where Stinchar flows, [v. A. 26] 
 
 S. Behind yon hills t 
 And frae my een the drapping rains 
 
 Maun ever flow. . El. on Capt. M. H. 11. 
 But [your life] " allegretto forte " gay 
 
 Harmonious flow . Ep. to Maj. Logan. $. 
 The martial phosphorus is taught to flow, Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Whose verse in manhood's pride sublimely flows, . . lb. 5. 
 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows 
 
 Around Eliza's dwelling ; S. Farewellj thou stream t 
 
 Where Devon, sweet Devon, meand'ring flows. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks ^ 
 While hid the murmuring streamlets flow ; 
 
 On Cessnock banks,\ Sett. II. 
 From that dear stream which flows to Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Where waters flow and wild woods wave, 
 
 S. Streams thai glide t 
 The Thames flows proudly to the sea, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 But sweeter flows the Nith to me, .... lb. 
 
 But while my crimson currents flow, 
 
 I love my Highland lassie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 Flow still between us, thou wide roaring main. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 As high in air the bursting torrents flow, Wr. by Fall of Fyers 
 Flow'd, 
 At Yarico's sweet notes of grief, 
 
 The rock with tears had flow'd. Lns on Mrs. Kemble. 
 
 Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen, The Vision. D. I. 11. 
 Flower, FIow*p. 
 Where the wa'-flower scents the dewy air, . A Vision. 
 
 From marking wildly-scatt'red flowers, Add. to Edinburgh. 
 To mark the sweet flowers as they spring ; 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith t 
 
 Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour. 
 
 They ne'er wi* my Phillis can vie: S. Adown winding Nith f 
 Amang the trees where humming bees 
 
 At buds and flowers were hinging, S. Atnang the trees f 
 Your beauty's a flower, in the morning that blows, 
 And wither^s the faster, the faster it grows ; 
 
 S. Awa* wV your witchcraft \ 
 Simmer's a pleasant time, 
 
 Flow'rs of ev'ry colour ; . . . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 The balmy gales awake the flowers, S. Behold, my love, f 
 
 These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck 
 
 That spotless breast o' thine ; lb. 
 
 Her looks were like a flow'r in May» . .S". Blythe was ske,^ 
 The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers, 
 
 S. Bonnie Lassie, will ye go f 
 Through gentle showers, the laughing flowers 
 
 In double pride were gay. . . . ^S". But lately seen,^ 
 1 see the spreading leaves and flowers, S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Slides by a bower where monie a flower 
 
 Sheds fragrance on the day, S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 The flower-enamour'd busy bee . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Ye roses on your thorny tree, 
 
 The first o' flowers. . . . El. on Capt. M. H. 3. 
 O'er the dewy bending flowers . S. Hark! the 7tiavis^ 
 With green spreading bushes, and flow'rs blooming fair ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks \ 
 bonniest flow'r on the banks of the Devon, . . lb. 
 
 mild be the sun on this sweet blushing flower, . lb. 
 
 1 dream'd I lay where flowers were springing. 
 
 Gaily in the sunny beam ; . . S. I dream'd I lay f 
 
 May When all the flowers were fresh and gay, 
 
 S. It was tJie charming \ 
 The youngest he was the flower amang them a' ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann, 
 Lady Mary Ann was a flower in the dew : lb. 
 
 The flower amang our barons bold. Lament for Glencaim. 
 And the next flowers, that deck the spring, 
 
 Bloom on my peaceful grave. Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 the flower which bloomed sweetest in Coila's green vale, 
 
 Lament on leading Nat. Land. 
 cheer'd ilk drooping little flow'r, S. Lassie wi the liniwhite t 
 When past the show'r, and every flow'r 
 
 The garden is adorning : . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Lovely as yonder sweet opening flower is, 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 And flowers let us cull for Eliza's cold bier. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 We'll search through the garden for each silly flower, lb. 
 
 And gowden flpwers sae rare upon't ; S. My Lorda-hunting\ 
 The flower and fancy o' the west ; . . . . lb. 
 
 In Roslin's fairest bower 
 
 I'll shelter this sweet flower, S. My Loves a winsome^ 
 
 Propitious Powers screen'd the young flow'rs, Natures Law. 
 The flow'r of ancient nations ; . .lb. 
 
 Now rosy May comes in wi* flowers, 
 
 To deck her gay green spreading bowers; S. Now rosy May\ 
 And strew'd the lea wi' flowers : S. Now Spring has clad t 
 
 Not vernal show'rs to budding flow'rs, 
 
 S. Now westlin winds t 
 But love is far a sweeter flow'r 
 
 Amid life's thorny path o' care. . S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 And here's the flower that I lo'e best — 
 
 The rose that's like the snaw, S. O Kemnure^sonandawa t 
 The sweetest flower that deck'd the mead, 
 Now trodden like the vilest weed, . 6". O Lassie, art thou t 
 The bees hum round the breathing flow'rs : 
 
 S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 ' Sips nectar in the op'ning flower, . . S. O Phelyy\ 
 
 Or why sae sweet a flower as love, 
 
 Depend on Fortune's shining? . S. O poortitk caHld^\ 
 
 How blest, ye flowers that round her blaw, 
 
 S. O wat ye wJids in \ 
 
 And she, a lovely little flower lb. 
 
 I see her in the dewy flowers, . S, Of a' the airts t 
 
 There's not a bonie flower that springs, 
 
 By fountain, shaw, or green ; lb. 
 
 On a bank of flowers one summer's day, 
 
 S. On a bank offloiuers \ 
 
 With flowers so white and leaves so green, 
 
 ^S". On Cessnock banks t 
 
 When flow'r'reviving rains are past ; . . . lb. 
 
Flower 
 
 169 
 
 Fly 
 
 The flower stem shall bloom like thy sweet Seraph form, 
 
 On Death offav. Child, 
 Whose innocence did sweets disclose 
 
 Beyond that flower's perfume. . On Poet's Daughter. 
 There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half sae welcome's thou art. . On IV. Stewart, 
 While yon wild flowers among, 
 
 Chance led me there ; .... S. Phillis the Fair. 
 There's not a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half so fair as thou art. . . S. Polly Stetvari. 
 The flower it blaws, it fades and fa's, 
 
 And Art can ne'er renew it, . . . , lb. 
 
 She was the flower o' Fairlee lambs, [v.A.ig] 
 
 Poor Maine's El.. 
 Fairest flow'r ! behold the lily, . . , S. Sensibility,] 
 How can ye please, ye flowers, with all your dies ? 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 I see the flowers and spreading trees, S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 You seize the flower^ its bloom is shed ; Taiti o* SJianter. 7. 
 Unnumber'd buds an' flow'rs' delicious spoils, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Nae mair the flow'r in field or meadow springs ; . .lb. 2. 
 The flowers decay'd on Catrine lea, S. The Catrine woods t 
 Low in your wintry beds, ye flowers. 
 
 Again ye'U flourish fresh and fair ; . . lb, 
 
 gathering flowers and busking bowers. The Fite Chavipetre. 
 They flourish, like the morning flow'r, 
 
 In beauty's pride array'd ; . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. . 
 
 Here shall the shepherd make his seat, 
 
 To weave his crown of flowers ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The flowers shall vie in all their charms 
 
 The hour of heaven to grace, , . . .lb. 
 
 The tender flower that lifts its head, elate, 
 
 The Rights oflVoma?i. 
 There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow, 
 
 S, The Slave's Lament. 
 Nor birds sweetly singing, nor flowers gayly springing, 
 
 Can soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair. 
 
 S. The small birds^ 
 And every flower be springing. ^. The young High. Rover. 
 lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, S. Their groves of\ 
 And frost will blight the fairest flowers, S. There was a lassi 
 The flower and pride of a' the glen ; .... lb. 
 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 The flaunting flow'rs our Gardens yield, . lb. 
 
 (And ne'er misfortune's eastern blast 
 
 Did nip a fairer flower.) . . To Chloris. 
 
 The flow'rs sprang wanton to be prest, To Mary in Heaven. 
 Never may'st thou, lovely Flower, 
 
 Chilly shrink in sleety shower ! . . . To Miss C. 
 
 Twice a lily flower will be him sark and cravat ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Where Cart rms rowing to the sea, 
 
 By mony a flow'r and spreading tree, S. Where Cart rins t 
 While bees delight in opening flowers ; . . . lb. 
 
 Peace, the tenderest flower of Spring ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F.C.. 
 Those that would the bloom devour, 
 
 Crush the locusts, save the flower lb. 
 
 Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, 
 
 S, Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 But oh ! fell death's untimely frost. 
 
 That nipt "ly flower sae early ! . . . . lb. 
 
 And cheer each fresh'ning flower, S. Young Peggy \ 
 
 Floweret, Floweret. 
 As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave. 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 The little floweret's peaceful lot S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 Sweet floweret, pledge o' meikle love, 
 
 „ ^ On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 But here, alas ! for me nae mair 
 
 Shall birdie charm, or flow'ret smile ji". The Catrine woods \ 
 Warm-cherish'd ev'ry floweret's birth, The Vision. D, II. 14. 
 Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 And marking sweet flowerets so fair ; S. Where are theJoys\ 
 Flowering:, -'ring, 
 'Mang fields o' flowering claver gay ; El. on Capt. M, H. g. 
 She's spotless as the flow'ring thorn S. On Cessnock banks^ 
 Flowery, Flow'ry. 
 Sweet on the fragrant, flow'ry swaird, Add. to the Deil, /j. 
 And thro' the flowery dale ; . . S. As down the Hm t 
 
 y 
 
 The shepherd in the flowery glen, . . S, Behold, my love t 
 The flowery Spring leads sunny Summer, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 Thy gay, green, flowery tresses shear, El. on Copt. M. H. 12. 
 Thou chrystal streamlet with thy flowery shore, 
 
 El, on Miss Burnet. 
 Along the flowery banks of Cree. S. Here is the glen, t 
 
 A' my flowery bliss destroy'd. . . S. I dream' d I lay t 
 
 while rosy pleasure 
 Hides young desire amid her flowery wreath. Innocence t 
 
 And o'er the flowery mead she goes, S. It was the charming t 
 Now Nature deeds the flow'ry lea, 
 
 S. Lassie wf the lintwhite\ 
 the flowei-y snare Of witching love. S. Now Spring has clad ^ 
 But now thy flow'ry banks appear 
 
 Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, S. O Logan ! sweetly f 
 The little swallow's wanton wing_, 
 
 Tho' wafting o'er the flowery sprmg, S. O Phely, \ 
 
 When flow'ry May adorns the scene, S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 The pride of all the flowery scene, . . lb. Sett. II. 
 
 Some, lucky, find a flow'iy spot. 
 
 For which they never toil d nor swat ; . , To/. S., 17. 
 Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon, . S. The Banks of Doon. 
 Then, crown 'd with flow'ry hay, came Rural Joy, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13, 
 And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, 
 
 The Cotter* s Sat. Night. 18. 
 Heaven spare you lang to kiss the breath 
 
 O' mony flow'ry summers ! . .To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 Fair is the morn in flow'ry May, S, Twas even — the dewy^ 
 Thou'It break my heart, thou warbling bird, 
 That wantons thro' the flowery thorn : 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes t 
 Flowing. 
 
 But a full flowing bowl, 
 
 Was the saving his soul, . . Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Her flowing locks, the raven's wing, S. Her flowing locks t 
 Wi' bumpers flowing o'er, . Scotch Drink. Mott.. 
 
 All-chearing Plenty, with her flowing horn, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 13. 
 O that my een were flowing burns ! The Election Ballads. VI, 
 The limpid streamlet yonder flowing 
 
 Supplying drink, . . . The Hermit. 
 To social-flowing glasses The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Chrystal streamlets gently flowing, . S. Thickest night t 
 Flown. 
 An' could hae flown out owre a stank, A Guid New-Year\3. 
 Till the, last leaf o* the summer is flown, lS". Gloomy December. 
 How have the raptur'd moments flown ! . The Lament. 
 
 And all the gayfoppery of summer is flown; S. The lazy 7?iist^ 
 Fluctuating. 
 The tide of Empire's fluctuating course ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Flunky. His flunkies answer at the bell; The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 Flush. Ye sprightly youths, quite flush with hope and spirit, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D. 
 Flush, to. The wily mother sees the conscious flame 
 
 Sparkle in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 Flutter. 
 
 The ither flutters o'er the rising piers : The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 FIutter*d. His rags regimental they flutter'd so gaudy. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Fluttering, -'ring, 
 
 Flutt'ring an' gasping in her gore ; A uld Comrade t 
 
 The flutt'ring gory pinion! S. Now westlin winds\ 
 
 Though fluttering ever so braw, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 My fondly-fluttering heart, be still ! The Lament. 2. 
 
 That right to fluttering female hearts the nearest. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 My heart went fluttering pit-a-pat, S. When first I saw \ 
 Fly, Flie, Flee. 
 Then catch the moments as they fly, A Bottle and Friend. 
 While hopes, and joys, and pleasures fly him, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 16. 
 If from th6 Iqver thou maun flee. 
 
 Yet let the friend be dear. . S. Ah, Chloris, since + 
 
 And surly winter grimly flies ; . . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 Let Fortune's gifts at random flee, S. Bonie lassie, willye go t 
 
Fly 
 
 170 
 
 Folk 
 
 To you [wastes, cliffs] I fly, ye with my soul accord. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 An' riches still may fly them, O ; S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 The trembling dove thus flies, . . S. How cruel^ 
 
 Then all hell will fly for fear, . S. Hushand, husband^ 
 
 For sweet consolation to church I did fly ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 There with my Mary let me flee, S. Now hank and hrae t 
 I'll flee to's arms I lo'e the best, . . 5. Nom rosy May \ 
 Thick flies the skimming Swallow ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 As flies the partridge from the brake, S. Ona hankoffiowers\ 
 'Twill mak her poor, auld heart, I fear, 
 
 In flinders flee : On Scot. Bard gne to W. I. 
 The past returns, the present flies ; . . On Lincluden. 
 Tell me, fellow creatures, why 
 
 At my presence thus you fly? On scaring Water-fowl. 
 
 Sad to your sympathetic scenes I fly ; On death ofR. Dundas. 
 Keen on the helpless victim see him fly, . . lb. 
 
 And flee o'er the hills like a craw, man, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Traitor, coward, turn and flee ! . . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 And fly to meet a kinder heart ! S. Slow spreads the gloom f 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, Tarn d Shanter. 6. 
 And bameward fast did flee, man. 
 
 S, The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 As soon the rooted oaks would fly The Election Ballads, VI. 
 While Tories fall, while Tories fly, . . lb. 
 
 Across her placid, azure sky, 
 
 She sees the scowling tempest fly : S. The gloomy nighty 
 And when I die, Let me in this belief expire, 
 
 "To God I fly." . . The Hermit. 
 
 Or blinding drifts wild-furious flee. 
 
 Dark'ning the day! To W. Simpson.^ 13. 
 
 I dare not combat — but I turn and fly .* . ■ To Clarinda. 
 While o'er us unheeded, flie the swift hours o' Love. 
 
 S. Yon wild -mossy mountns t 
 They dazzle our een, as they flie to our hearts. Ih. 
 
 Flying. Whyles, on the strong-wing'd Tempest flyin. 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 So whip ! at the summons, old Satan came flying ; 
 
 E^ig. on Capt. Grose. 
 How quick Time is flying, how keen Fate pursues. 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 And a' like lamb-tails flyin Fu' fast The Ordination. 7. 
 
 Apollo weary flying, . . . To J. Taylor. 
 
 Flyte [to scold]. 
 
 E'en let her flyte her fill, jo. . . S. O steer her up \ 
 
 Foal. Rigwoodie hags wad spean a foal, Tarn, d' Shanter. 14. 
 ■ Foam. Here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast. 
 
 With surging foam ; The Vision. D. I. 13. 
 Foam, to. As headlong foam a hundred floods ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 As deep recoiling surges foam below, Wr. hy Fall ofFyers. 
 Foam-CPeSted. Ye foam-crested billows, allow me to wail. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Foaming. The foaming stream deep roaring fa's, 
 
 S. Bonie lassie, will ye go f 
 Or foaming, Strang, wi' hasty stens, 
 
 Frae lin to lin. . El. on Copt. M. H. 4. 
 
 The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Ep, to Davie. 4. 
 Here, foaming down the skelvy rocks, 
 
 In twisting strength I rin ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 An' chearfu' tankards foamin, An' social noise ; To J. 6"., 14. 
 Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath ; 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns t 
 Foamy. Dry-withering, waste my foamy streams, 
 
 _ , r* ,1 1 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Fock [folk]. 
 
 But gin the Lord's ain focks gat leave, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 And Calvin's fock, are fit to sell him ; . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Fodgel [fat, squat and plump]. 
 
 a fine, fat, fodgel wight, . . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Foe. Ere we permit a foreign foe, 
 
 On British ground to rally. . S. Does haughty Gaul, t 
 
 Our force united on thy foes we'll turn, . . Ep.fr. EsoPus. 
 
 But by your leaves, my learned foes, 
 
 Ye're maybe wrang. £p. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 10. 
 
 The Friend of IMan, to vice alone a foe ; 
 
 Epit. for A uthof's Father- 
 
 Thou grim King of Terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, 
 
 S, Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 
 He's on the seas to meet the foe ? S. How can my poor hearty 
 If he's amang his friends or foes ? S. Ken ye ought d Capt. G. t 
 Sometimes by foes I was o'erpower'd ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer f 
 Wi' man and nature leagu'd my foes, S. Now Spring has clad ^ 
 If angry fate is sworn my foe, . S. O watye whds in f 
 Man, your proud usurping foe, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 And the foe you cannot brave, 
 
 Scorn at least to be his slave. , . . lb. 
 
 May foes be Strang, and friends be slack, On W. Stewart. 
 To glut that direst foe,~a vengeful woman : Scots Prologue. 
 Tyrants fall in every foe ; . . S. Scots, wha hde f 
 
 For Love has been my foe : . S. Talk not of Love f 
 
 As open pussie's mortal foes, 
 
 When, pop ! she starts before their nose ; Tam^ 0' Shanter. if. 
 Say, such is royal George's will. 
 
 An' there's the foe, The Authof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 For fear by foes that they should lose 
 Their cogs o' brose, they scar'd at blows 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 When the vanquish'd foe 
 
 Sues for peace and quiet, . . S. The Captain's Lady. 
 When that grim foe of life below, 
 
 Comes in between to bid us part ; S. The day returns t 
 Now Death and Hell engulph thy foes, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Farewell, my friends ! farewell, my foes ! S. The gloomy nighty 
 Alike a foe to noisy folly, 
 
 And brow bent gloomy melancholy, . . The Hermit. 
 It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral, 
 
 ^ S. The Slave's Lament. 
 
 The hirelings ran — her foes gied chase, The Tree of Liberty. 
 But he ne'er turned his hack on his foe — or his friend. 
 
 The Whistle, g. 
 Chain'd at his feet they groan. 
 
 Loves vanquish'd foes : " . .To Clarinda. 
 
 Sworn foe to sorrow, care, and prose, 
 
 I rhyme away. . To J. S., 2S- 
 
 Who boldly dare thy cause maintain 
 
 In spite of foes : . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 And whose that generous princely mien 
 
 Even rooted foes admire? . . V.s, below a Picture. 
 
 " If that your right hand, leg or toe, 
 
 " Should ever prove your sp' ritual foe, What ails you now t 
 Were Fortune lovely Peggy's foe, 
 Such sweetness would relent her, . S. Young Peggy t 
 Fog. The red peat gleams, a fiery kernel, 
 
 Enhusked by a fog infernal : . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Thou found'st me, like the morning sun 
 
 That melts the fogs in limpid air, Lament for Glencatm, 
 A creeping cauld prosaic fog . . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Foggie. The morning it was foggie ; S. What will I do gin t 
 Foggage. An' naething, now, to big a new ane, 
 
 O' foggage green ! . To a Mouse. 
 Foiled. Foiled, bleeding, tortured, in the unequal strife, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,S- 
 Folk. Ye did present your smoutie phiz, 
 
 'Mang better folk. Add. to the Deil. 17. 
 How's a' the folk about Gl-nc-r ; . . A uld comrade t 
 
 * Guid-een,' quo' I ; ' Friend! hae ye been mawin, 
 ' When ither folk are busy sawin ? ' Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 ' Folk maun do something for their bread, . lb. is. 
 
 There's monie godly folks are thinkin, . Ep. to J. R. i. 
 
 Some merry, friendly, countra folks, Halloween. 2. 
 
 Syne bad him slip frae 'mang the folk, ... lb. 17. 
 When day is gane, and night is come, 
 
 And a' folk bound to sleep, . . . S. It was a'for^ 
 Wink hard, and say, " The folks hae done their best." 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 An' folk begin to tak the gate ; Tarn d Shanter. 
 
 And [Bards] ken the lingo of the sp'ritual folk ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 4. 
 A' ye douce folk I've borne ahoon the broo, . . lb. 9. 
 
 But vicious folk aye hate to see 
 
 The works 0' Virtue thrive, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 For some had gentle folks to please, The Election Ballads. I. 
 There's some great folks set light by me, . . .lb. 
 And there will be folk frae St. Mary's, 
 
 The Election Ballads. Ill 
 Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their peghan . The Twa Dogs. 9. 
 An' what poor Cot-folk pit their painch in, . . . lb. 
 
Folk 
 
 171 
 
 Fondly-wand'ring 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 12, 
 
 lb. 14. 
 
 lb. 18. 
 
 They gang as saucy by poor folk, . 
 
 I see how folk live that hae riches; 
 
 But surely poor-folk maun be wretches ! 
 
 An' ferlie at the folk In Lon'on. 
 
 O' decent, honest, fawsont folk, 
 
 Are riven out baith root an' branch, , . lb. zi. 
 
 The ne'er-a-bit they're ill to poor folk. . , lb. 26. 
 
 Sure great folk's life's a life o' pleasure ? . . lb. 27, 
 
 He left the foul business to folks less divine. The Whistle. 15. 
 
 O ye, douse folk, that live by rule, . . ToJ.S., 26. 
 
 ane o' warl's folk, Wha rate the wearer by the cloak, 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk ; 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Folk thought them ruin'd stick-an-stowe, . . , lb. 
 Follow. 
 Quoth Mary, " Love, I like the burn, 
 
 '* And ay shall follow you." . S. As down the bum t 
 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee, 
 And follow my love through the water. 
 
 S. Brow lads ofG. Water. 
 The simmer joys the flocks to follow ; S. By Allan stream f 
 Be sure ye follow out the plan 
 
 Nae waur than he did, honest man ! . El. on Year 1^88. 
 And I follow the Collier laddie. S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 All you who follow wealth and power 
 
 S. My father wa^ a farmer^ 
 Wha follows ony saucy quean . . . S.O Tibbie ! t 
 
 Ye yet may follow where a Douglas leads ! [v. A. 12] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 So Maggie runs, the witches follow, 
 
 Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. Tarn o' Shanter. 17. 
 Bold Scrimgeour follows gallant Graham, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 As when I us'd in scarlet to follow a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. /. 
 Ye sons of old Killie, assembled by Willie, 
 
 To follow the noble vocation ; S. The sons oj old Killie. 
 An' gar him follow to the kirk . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 I'll do my endeavour to follow her plan ; 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie t 
 Followed, -'d. 
 There was a lad that foUow'd her, S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 But Willie follow'd as he should, S. On a bank o/Jlowers t 
 A Douglas followed to the martial strife, [v. A. 12] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Next follow'd Courage with his martial stride, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 And my son Maitland, wise as brave. 
 My footsteps followed still. The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Follower. 
 The followers o' the ragged Nine, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sist. 16. 
 How his first followers and servants sped ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 1$. 
 Following. 
 
 Bold following where your Fathers led ! Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Chasing the wild deer and following the roe, 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands t 
 And next the title following close behind, . The Vowels. 
 Folly. But thoughtless follies laid him low, 
 
 And stain'd his name ! A Bards Epit. 
 But some day ye may gnaw your nails, 
 
 An' curse your folly sairly, . . .A Dream. 10. 
 
 Laugh at her follies— laugh e'en at thyself : 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Ye've nought to do but niark and tell 
 
 Your Neebours' fauts and folly! Add. to Unco Guid. i. 
 
 For glaikit Folly's portals ; . . . lb. a. 
 
 To feel the follies or the crimes. 
 
 Of others, or my own ! . . Despondency, an Ode.S. 
 A wit in folly, and a fool in wit. . . . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite ! 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Then farewell folly, hide and hair o't 
 
 For ance and ay. . Friend of the Poet t P. S. 
 Give me with gay folly to live ; Lns o?i Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 But folly has raptures to give. . . . lb. 
 
 Alternate Follies take the sway ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 How cold is that bosom which folly once fired. 
 
 Monody i on a Lady. 
 But come, all ye offspring of folly so true, . . lb. 
 
 Or my good-natur'd folly, O ; S. My father was a farmer \ 
 
 In vain I've roam'd for pleasure. 
 
 Through follies without measure : S. My Love's a winsome t 
 
 Follies and crimes have stain'd the name 
 
 On Duke of Queensberry. 
 Beyond comparison the worst [ills] are those 
 That to our folly, or our guilt we owe. . Remorse. A Frag. . 
 That few for aught but folly lusted ; The Hennit. 
 
 Alike a foe to noisy folly, 
 
 And brow bent gloomy melancholy, . . lb. 
 
 " I red you, honest man, tak tent 1 
 
 Ye'll shaw your folly. . . To J. S., 7. 
 Again in folly's path might go astray ; . Why am I loth t 
 Fond. 
 Where, where is Love's fond, tender throe, A Winter Night. 8. 
 Young-Guidmen, fond, keen, an' croose ; Add. to the Deil. iz. 
 The daisy amus'd my fond fancy, S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 Is this thy plighted, fond regard S. Canst thou leave me thus t 
 The parent's heart that nestled fond in thee. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow, 
 
 Now, fond, I bare my breast, S. Fate gave the word, t 
 
 Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 As ye [men o* state] make mony a fond heart mourn, 
 
 S. O Logan t sweetly \ 
 And my fond heart, itsel sae true. 
 
 It ne er mistrusted thine. . S. O tnirk, mirki 
 
 Thy soothing fond complaining. S. O stay, sweet warbling \ 
 Till, thence returned, they softly stray 
 
 O'er Clouden's wave, with fond delay ; . On Lincluden. 
 
 While he, thy fond parent, must sighing sojourn, 
 
 On Death offav. Child 
 Forgive the Bard! my fond regard 
 
 For ane that shares my bosom, . On W. Chalmers, 
 
 One fond kiss, and then we sever ; . .3". One fond kiss t 
 Adieu ! a heart -warm, fond adieu ! 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 No wonder I'm fond of a Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. //. 
 I lock'd her in my fond embrace ; . S. The Figs 0' Barley. 
 I oft would gaze, Fond, on thy little, early ways. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 12. 
 Mark Scotia's fond returning eye, 
 
 It dwells upon Glencaim. . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 enamour'd and fond of my anguish, S. WJtere are the joys ^ 
 Fond-plighted. 
 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air ! S. Had I a cave t 
 Fond-sparkllng. 
 
 Kindness, sweet Kindness, in the fond-sparkling e'e, 
 
 S. Yon -wild mossy mountains t 
 Fondest. So lost to Honor, lost to Truth, 
 
 As from the fondest lover part. The Lament. 5. 
 Fondling. Points to the Parents fondling o'er their Child ? 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 Fondly. Within the bush, her covert nest 
 
 A little linnet fondly prest, S. A Rosebud by my t 
 Or my more dear Immortal part. 
 
 Is not more fondly dear! . . Ep. to Davie. 9. 
 
 Fondly he'll repeat her name ; S. Jockey's ta'en the parting -^ 
 I'll grasp thy waist, and fondly prest. 
 
 Swear how I love thee dearly : . S. Now westlin winds f 
 Once fondly lov'd, and still remember'd dear, 
 
 Once fondly lov'd t 
 O'er the Past too fondly wandering, . ^. Raving winds t 
 The young, the innocent, who fondly loved us, 
 
 Remorse, A Frag., 
 By the faith you fondly plighted ; S. Stay, my charmer t 
 
 His cheek to her's he fondly laid, S. There tuas a lass t 
 
 And fondly broods with miser care ; S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 O pale, pale now, those rosy lips 
 I aft ha'e kiss'd sae fondly 1 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 And fondly sae did I [sing] o' mine. S. Ye banks and braes t 
 
 Fondly-flutteping. • 
 
 My fondly-fluttering heart, be still ! The Lament, e. 
 
 Fondly-lreasup'd. 
 
 Your dear remembrance in my breast, 
 My fondly-treasur'd thoughts employ'd. The Lament. 6. 
 Fondly-wand'ring. 
 Observ'd us, fondly-wand'ring, stray ! The Lament. 
 
Fondness 
 
 172 
 
 Forbearing 
 
 Fondness. 
 
 No more shall my arms cling with fondness around her, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Dove-like fondness, chaste concession, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Food. To thee shall home, or food or pastime yield. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 
 In souple scones, the wale o'food ! . . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 
 Food fills the wame, an' keeps us livin ; . . . IB. j. 
 
 The healsome Porritch, chief of Scotia's food : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 
 the earth bestowing My simple food ; . . TheMermit. 
 Fool, awhim-inspir'dfool, . . A Bard's Epit. 
 
 Which fools may scoff a^ ; . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools, Add. to Toothache. 
 
 The Rigid Righteous is a fool, 
 
 The Rigid Wise anither : . Add. to Unco Guid. Mott, 
 I was bred up at nae sic school, 
 
 My Shepherd lad to play the fool, . S. Ca' the Ewes t 
 Shall I like a fool, quoth he, 
 
 For a haughty bizzie die? S. Duncan Gray\ 
 
 Thy fool's head, quoth Satan, that crown shall wear never, 
 
 Epig. on — . 
 A wit in folly, and a fool in wit. . . . Ep./r. Esopus. 
 Who says, that fool alone is not thy due, . . lb. 
 
 If honest nature made you fools. 
 
 What sairs your Grammars ? Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist. 11. 
 But as the clegs o' feeling stang 
 
 Are wise or fool. -ff/. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 
 (Instinct's a brute, and sentiment a fool !) 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 You have my choicest model ta'en. 
 
 How shall I make a fool again ? . . Epit. on W. 
 
 And fool I was I marry'd ; . S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 
 And fools may tyne, and knaves may win ; . S. O Phely, t 
 
 Besides the Stewarts were but fools. On Lord G. 
 
 A Knave an' Fool are plants ef ev'ry soil : Scots Prologue. 
 
 I gae him a stool, and he look'd like a fool) 
 
 S. The auld man t 
 
 And fools o' change are fain ; The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 For fools will prate o' right and wrang, 
 
 While knaves laugh them to scorn ; . . .lb. 
 
 Gie fools their silks, and knaves- their wine, 
 
 S. The Honest Man. 
 Sir Wisdom's a fool when he'sfou ; 
 
 Sir Knave is a fool in a Session, 
 He's there but a prentice, I trow. 
 
 But I am a fool by profession. The Jolly Beggars, S. III. 
 I fear I my talent misteuk. 
 
 But what will ye hae of a fool ? . , lb. 
 
 The chiel that's a fool for himsel, 
 
 Guid L— d, he's far dafter than I. . . lb. 
 
 But human-bodies are sic fools, 
 
 For a' their colledges an' schools, . S. The Twa Dogs. 2g. 
 But stringing blethers up in i-hyme 
 
 For fools to sing. 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 4. - 
 
 Compar'd wi' you— O fool I fool ! fool ! How much unlike I i 
 
 To J. S., 26} 
 And just conclude that " fools are fortune's care." 
 
 ToR.G.ofF. 7. 
 gawkies, tawpies, gowks and fools, To IV. Creech. 
 
 O, lassie^ ye hae played the fool, . S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Fool'd. 
 
 As father Adam first was fool'd, Epit. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Foolish. Be they wise, be they foolish, is nothing of mine ; 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 This sting is added—" Blame thy foolish self!" 
 
 Remorse. A Frag,. 
 How foolish, or worse, 'till our summit is gain'd! 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 
 It wad frae monie a blunder free us 
 
 An' foolish notion : . . To a Louse. 
 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways, 
 
 Lead to be wretched, vile and base. Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Foop [fared, went]. 
 
 As o'er the moor they lightly foor, 
 Foopd [ford]. 
 Then, Water-kelpies haunt the foord 
 By your direction, . 
 
 Foopsday [Thursday]. 
 
 But Foorsday, Sir, my promise leal, 
 Expect me o' your party, . 
 
 S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 12. 
 
 To-. 
 
 Foot, Feet. 
 Where once beneath a Monarch's feet 
 
 Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs ! Add. to Edinburgh, t. 
 How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, S. Afton Water. 
 The music of her pretty foot 
 
 On my heart it did play so, . . . S. As I gaed up hy\ 
 Cauf-leather shoon upon your feet, . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, Extern. Ap. 1782. 
 
 She trusts the ruthless falconer 
 
 And drops beneath his feet. . . . S. How crtielj 
 
 And sleep thcgitfaer at the foot, . . S. John Anderson \ 
 And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl't feet ; 
 
 S. Last May a draw wooer\ 
 Take pity on my weary feet, . S, O Lassie, art thouf 
 
 But O the road was very hard, 
 
 For that fair maiden's tender feet. . ^S". O Mall^s meek. 
 It were mair meet, that those fine feet 
 
 Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon, . . .lb. 
 
 With decency and law beneath his [Riot's] feet ; 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 But we've wander'd mony a weary foot, 
 
 Sin' auld lang syne. S. Shld auld acquaintance t 
 
 An' no get warmly to your feet. 
 
 An' gar them hear it. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 The infant ice scarce bent beneath their feet : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11, 
 Ane curses feet that fyl'd his shins, . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 My travel a' on foot I'll shank it, . . . The Inventory. 
 I'd gie my shoon frae aff my feet, 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 At last her feet, I sang to see't, 
 
 Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; . S. The weary Fund, 
 On foot the way was plying. . . . . To J. Taylor. 
 if foot or horse E'er bring you in by Mauchline Corss, 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 I'd lay them a' at Jeanie's feet, . S. When first I saw t 
 These northern scenes with weary feet I trace ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 Footed. They footed o'er the wat'ry glass so neat. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 Foot-path. 
 
 your poor, narrow foot-path of a street. The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Footstep. 
 Where never human footstep trac'd. Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 My footsteps followed still. . The Election Ballads, V. 
 
 No more I trace the light footsteps of pleasure, 
 
 » S. Where are tJteJoys t 
 
 Foppery. And all the gay foppery of Summer is flown ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 For. But for to meet the Deil her lane, 
 
 She pat but little faith in : . . Halloween. 21. 
 
 He never was known for to idle or lurk ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 For [in spite of, notwithstanding ; in prevention of ; 
 near, by ; against, in competition with]. 
 
 I ken'd my Maggie wad na sleep 
 
 For that, or Simmer. A Guid New-year \ 13. 
 For my last fow, A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane 
 
 Laid by for you. . . Ih. 17. 
 
 Was timmer-propt for thrawin : . Halloween, 23. 
 
 An' cheek-for-chow, a chuffie Vintner, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 8. 
 Then, horn for horn they stretch an' strive, . To a Haggis, 
 Forbad, Forbade. 
 Her Daddie forbad, her Minnie forbad, 
 
 S. Her Daddie forbad\ 
 And ay the mair he hotch'd an' blew, 
 
 The mair that she forbade him. . There came a piper t 
 Till Lairds forbad, by strict commands, 
 
 Sic bluidy pranks. . To W. Simpson. P,S.. 
 Forbear. Thou green crested lapwing thy screaming forbear, 
 
 S. AJton Water. 
 But still the preaching cant forbear, Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 O did not Love exclaim, *' Forbear ! S, Fairest maidi 
 
 (A while forbear, ye torturing fiends), 
 
 Ode, to Mem. oj Mrs. — . 
 Each worldly thought a while forbear, . . On Lincluden. 
 Forbearing. 
 That whether doing, suffering, or forbearing, 
 You may do miracles by persevering. Prologue, at 714., D.. 
 
Forbears 
 
 173 
 
 Forget 
 
 Fopbears [forefathers]. 
 
 His forbears' virtues all contrasted, On Duke o/Queefisberry. 
 For her forbears were brought in ships, 
 
 Frae 'yont the Tweed : [v.A.19] Poor Mailie^s El.. 
 So may they, like their great forbears, 
 
 For monie a year come thro' the sheers : The Death o/Mailie. 
 Forbes [of CuUoden, to whom was granted the privi- 
 lege—withdrawn in 1785— of producing, free of 
 duty, the famous Ferintosh whisky]. 
 
 For loyal Forbes' Charter'd boast 
 
 Is ta'en awa ! . . Scotch Drink, ig. 
 Forbid. Forbid it, ev'ry heavenly Power, 
 
 You e'er should be a Stot ! . . , The Calf. 
 While she, my cruel, scomfu' Fair, 
 
 Forbids me e'er to see her mair ! . . S. Young Jamie ^^ 
 
 Forbidden. 
 
 Forbidden she wadna be : . . S. Her Daddieforhad\ 
 And riots wanton in forbidden fields ! . To Clarinda. 
 
 Forby, Forbye [besides], 
 
 Forby sax mae, I've sell't awa, . A Guid New-Year \ 15. 
 Forbye some new, uncommon weapons, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 A' forbye my bonie sel', ... . S. Gat ye me, t 
 
 Forbye, he'll shape you afif fu' gleg, On. Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Forby turn-coats amang oursel, . The Twa Herds. 14. 
 
 Fiverusty teeth, forbye a stump, . . S . Willie Wastle\ 
 Force. Our force united on thy foes we'll turn, Ep. fr. Esqpus. 
 With doubling speed and gathering force, Fragment of Ode. 
 Which tenfold force gives Nature's law, 
 
 Man "was made to Mourn. 
 Here History paints, with elegance and force, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 What force or guile could not subdue, . . S. The Union. 
 In vain the laws their feeble force oppose ; . To Clarinda. 
 Force, to. Can firmly force his jarring thoughts to peace ? 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 L — d man there's lasses there wad force 
 
 A hermit's fancy, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Forced, -'d. 
 then the scathe an' banter 
 
 We're forced to thole. Ep. to Maj. Logan. 2. 
 
 But alas ! when forc'd to sever, 
 Then the stroke, O how severe ! . .J. Scenes of'woe\ 
 Ford. By this time he was cross the ford, 
 
 Whare, in the snaw, the chapman smoor'd ; 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 10. 
 
 The Laird o' the Ford will straught on a board, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Fore and aft. 
 
 The Fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft, 
 Behint the Chicken cavie : . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 
 Foreboder. 
 
 why the deuce should I repine, 
 
 And be an ill foreboder ; Extern. Ap. 1782. 
 
 Forego. 
 
 How can I the thought forego, 
 
 He's on the seas to meet the foe? S. How can my poor heart \ 
 While ilka thing in nature join 
 Their sorrows to forego, S. Now Spring has cladf 
 
 Forehammer [the sledge-hammer wielded with both 
 hands, by an assistant, before the anvil]. 
 
 Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, 
 
 The strong forehammer, . Scotch Drink, ii. 
 
 Forehead. 
 
 Her forehead's like the show'ry bow, S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 Foreign. 
 When there cam a yell o' foreign squeels. 
 
 That dang her tapsalteerie, O . S. Amang the trees t 
 Ere we permit a foreign foe, 
 
 On British ground to rally. . . S. Does haughty Gauli 
 But deil a foreign tinkler loun 
 
 Shall ever ca' a nail in't : . . . . lb. 
 
 Yet here I lie in foreign bands, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. 
 
 S. Out over the Forth\ 
 It sets you ill, Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell. 
 
 Or foreign gill. . . Scotch Drink. 16. 
 Altho' thro' foreign climes I range, 
 
 1 know her heart will never change, S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 
 ifho' I to foreign lands must hie. TheFarewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 
 Their groves of sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, 
 
 S. Their groves of ^ 
 
 Forelock. Yet by the forelock is the hold to catch him ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Foremost. 
 Thou ance was i' the foremost rank, A Guid New- Year t J. 
 But first an' foremost, I should tell, Ep. to J. L—k, April ist. 8. 
 Then, first an' foremost, thro' the kail. 
 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; Halloween. 4. 
 
 'My best leg foremost, I'll set up my brow, Scots Prologue. 
 At last her feet, I sang to see't, 
 Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; . S. The weary pund. 
 
 Forest. 
 
 O, rivers, forests, hills, and plains ! 
 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains : El. on Capt. M. H. iz. 
 
 May in some future carcase howl. 
 
 The forest's fright ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 17. 
 Wild as the winter now tearing the forest, S. Gloomy December. 
 As the storms the forest tear, S. How can my poor heart \ 
 And it will be the brag o' the forest yet. S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 When chill November's surly blast 
 
 Made fields and forests bare, Man was made to mourn. 
 We'll roam through the forest for each idle weed ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Farewell to the forests and wild hanging woods, 
 
 My hearths in the Highlands t 
 
 Beneath the blasts the leafless forests groan ; 
 
 On death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Ye hills, ye plains, ye forests, and ye caves, . . lb. 
 
 Hear the woodlark charm the forest, . S. Sensibility,^ 
 
 Spicy forests, ever gay, . . S. Streams that glide \ 
 
 She [Nature] plants the forest, pours the flood ; . .lb. 
 So when the storm the forest rends, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The forests are leafless, the meadows are brown, 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 But seek the forests round and round, The Tree of Liberty, 
 Tho' large the forest's Monarch throws 
 
 His army shade. - The Vision. D. II. 20. 
 The Slave's spicy forests, and gold-bubbling fountains, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 One shakes the forest, and one spurns thcground : 
 
 To R. G. ofF. 
 Forfairn [distressed, worn-out and jaded]. 
 
 wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfairn, . The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 As lately F-nw-ck, sair forfairn, 
 Has proven to its ruin : The Ordination. 8. 
 
 Forgat V. Forgot. 
 Forgather [to meet, encounter]. 
 Whene'er I forgather wi' sorrow and care, 
 I gi'e them a skelp as they're creeping alang, 
 
 S. Contented w£ little^ 
 I there wi' Something does forgather, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6. 
 We'se gie ae night's discharge to care, 
 
 If we forgather, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap.^ 1st. 18. 
 O, majr thou ne'er forgather up, 
 
 Wi' onie blastet, moorlan toop ; The Death ofMailie. 
 
 When next wi' yon lass I forgather. What ails ye ttow\ 
 
 Forgather'd. Wi' Death forgather'd by the way, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Forgather'd ance upon a time. . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Forgerie. 
 Then ty'd him fast upon a cart, 
 Like a rogue for forgerie. John Barleycorn. 
 
 Forget. 
 
 Oh that happy hour, and shady bow'r, 
 
 Can I forget it ? Never. 6". As I gaed up by t 
 You, bustling and justling, 
 
 Forget each grief and pain ; . Despoiulency, an Ode. a. 
 But while we sing, God save the king. 
 
 We'll ne'er forget the People. . S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 Thy form and mind, sweet maid, can I forget ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 'Twill make a man forget his woe ; . John Barleycorn. 
 
 The blood-stain'd roost, and sheepcote spoil'd, 
 
 My heart forgets, . . A Winter Night. 5. 
 An' by her een wha was a dear ane ! 
 
 , I'll ne'er forget ; . Ep. to Maj. Logan, ri. 
 
 The bridegroom may forget the bride. 
 
 Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; lre.'\ 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Her smiling, sae wyling, 
 Wou'd make a wretch forget his woe ; . i". Sae flaxen \ 
 
 Wou'd make a saint forget the sky *, . . . lb. 
 
Fopget 
 
 174 
 
 Formed 
 
 Till he forgets his loves or debts, . Scotch Drink. Mott.. 
 And makes him quite forget his labor and his toil. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 And can we forget the auld Major, 
 Wha'll ne'er be forgot in the Greys, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Scenes_, if in stupor I forget, 
 
 Again I feel, again I burn ! . . . . The Lament. 
 I'll ne'er forget that happy night, 
 
 Amang the rigs wi* Annie. . . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. . The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 Till ye forget ye're auld an' gutty. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 And sae may the Heavens forget me, 
 
 When I forget my vow ! . -To Maty. 
 
 That sacred hour can I forget, 
 
 Can I forget the hallow'd grove, . To Mary in Heaven. 
 When I forget thee ! Willie Creech, Tho' far awa ! 
 
 To W. Creech. 
 Quo' she, a sodger ance I lo'ed. 
 
 Forget him shall I never : . . S. When wild Wars t 
 And injured Worth forget and pardon man. 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Forgetting. 
 An' no forgetting wabster Charlie, . Auld comrade dearf 
 all-forgetting, all-forgot, . . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 
 Fopgie [forgive]. 
 
 - - (Sir, ye maun forgie me, 
 
 I winna lie, come what will o' me) . . A Ded. to G. H., 4. 
 I like the lasses — Gude forgie me ! Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist. 17, 
 The Lord forgi'e me for lying, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 Forgive. Goodness still Delighteth to forgive. 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 But, oh ! Eliza, hear one prayer. 
 
 For pity's sake, forgive me ! ^S". Farewell^ thou stream t 
 Yet poortith a' I could forgive, ' 
 
 An' 'twere na for my Jeanie, . S. O poortith cauld\ 
 
 Forgive the Bard ! my fond regard . On W. Chalmers. 
 Equal to judge — ^you're candid to forgive. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 'Tis thine to pity and forgive. . Sent to a Gent. Offended. 
 Forgive! forgive! much-wrong'd Montrose ! 
 
 7%e Election Ballads. VI. 
 For pity's sake, forgive me ! . . lS". The last time I \ 
 
 Fain would I say, * Forgive my foul offence ! ' 
 
 Why am I loik\ 
 Forgiven. 
 Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair, 
 To hope may be forgiven ; . S. Anna, thy charjns t 
 
 Forgiving. 
 He vow'd, he pray'd, he found the maid 
 Forgiving all and good. . . S. On a bank offlvwers t 
 Forgot, Forgat. 
 I maist forgat my Dedication ; . A Ded. to G. H., 11. 
 
 She lets thee to wit, that she has thee forgot, 
 
 J. Eppie M'Nab. 
 Nor even the man in private life forgot ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, \re.1 
 
 S. Shld auld acquaintance t 
 At sight of whom our Sprites forgat their kindling wrath. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 And can we forget the auld Major, 
 Wha'll ne'er be forgot in the Greys, 
 
 The Election Ballads^ III 
 I'll lay me with th' inglorious dead. Forgot and gone ! 
 
 To J.S., 10. 
 Forgotten. 
 A ne'er to be forgotten day, . . On dining with Daer. 
 I had amaist forgotten clean, . . To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Forjesket [jaded with fatigue]. 
 
 Forjesket sair, with weary legs, Epit. to J. L—k, Ap, 21st. z. 
 Fork, But at New- York, wi' knife an fork. 
 
 Sir Loin he hacked sma', man. A Fragment. 3. 
 
 Forlorn. Where, haply, Pity straps forlorn, 
 
 Trae man exil'd. El, on Capt. M. H. z. 
 Forlorn, my Love, no comfort near, S. Forlorn^ my Love \ 
 But Oh 1 what crouds in ev'ry land, 
 
 All wretched and forlorn, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Unsheltered and forlorn, . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 But 'tis not my sufferings, thus wretched, forlorn, 
 
 S, The small birds rejoice t 
 
 All friendless, forsaken, forlorn ! . S. The sun he is sunki 
 When I forlorn, Aneath an aik sat moaning, 
 
 S. The tither morn t 
 And [Phoebus] vowed that to leave them he was quite forlorn, 
 
 The Whistle. 13. 
 I had been driven forth like you forlorn, . Tragic Frag., 
 Form. 
 When, lo, in form of minstrel auld, 
 
 A stern and stalwart ghaist appear'd. (v. A. 20] A Vision. - 
 Know thy form was once a treasure ; . . Blue Bonnets. 
 Thy form and mind, sweet maid, can I forget ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 S. I'll ay ca' in t 
 
 S. It is najean,\ 
 
 S. My Mar^sface^ 
 
 S. O this is no my gin f 
 
 S. O watye whcCs in\ 
 
 Her form so fair and faultless. 
 And when her lovely form I see, 
 
 O haith, she's doubly dear again ! 
 But dear as is thy form to me, 
 
 Still dearer is thy mind. 
 My Mary's face, my Mary's form, 
 The frost of hermit age might warm 
 I see a form, I see a face, 
 Ye weel may wi' the fairest place ; 
 For she, as fairest is her form. 
 
 She has the truest, kindest heart. 
 Her lovely form, her native ease, 
 
 All harmony and grace. . S. Ona bank of flowers t 
 
 The forms of ages long gone by . . On Lincluden.- 
 
 As on their slender forms I gaze, . . lb. 
 
 What are yon forms that meet my sight ? . .lb. 
 
 But it's not her air, her form, her face, S. On Cessnock banks f 
 November hirples o'er the lea, 
 
 Chill, on thy lovely form ; . On birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 The flower stem shall bloom like thy sweet Seraph form. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 And 'mong the cliffs disclos'd a stately Form, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Her form majestic droop'd in pensive woe, . . . lb. 
 Angelic forms, high Heaven's peculiar care ! 
 
 I Prologue, at Th., D. 
 
 Rusticity's ungainly form 
 
 _May cloudihe highest mind ; S. Rusticity's ungainly^ 
 Her fautless form and gracefu' air ; . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 An angel form's faun to thy share ! S. She's fair andfause \ 
 Or like the rainbow's lovely form . Tom d Shanter. 7. 
 
 Two dusky forms dart thro' the midnight air, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4.. 
 Forms like some bedlam Statuary's dream, . . lb. 8. 
 
 Forms might be worshipp'd on the bended knee, 
 And still the second dread command be free, . . lb. 
 
 A female form, came [Benevolence] from the tow'rs of Stair : 
 
 lb. 13. 
 ^ Is there, in human form, that bears a heart 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, idr^ 
 Gie me within my straining grasp 
 
 The melting form of Anna. . . S. The gowd. locks of A. 
 The twa appear'd like sisters twin. 
 
 In feature, form^ an' claes ; . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 And coward maukin sleep secure, 
 
 Low in her grassy form : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Sunk on the earth, defac'd its lovely form, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Scarce rear'd above the Parent-earth 
 
 Thy tender form. To a Mountain-Dai^. 
 
 In legal mode an' form : . . . To Gav. Hamilton." 
 
 And resign to Parent Earth 
 
 The lovliest form she e'er gave birth. . . To Miss C. 
 Form, to. 
 Her Hogarth-art perhaps she meant to show it) 
 She forms the thing and christens it a poet. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 Here Douglas forms wild Shakespeare into plan, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, iz. 
 Formed. Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me, 
 With Passions wild and strong ; 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death, 
 </ She [Nature] form'd of various parts the various man. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 
 A being form'd t'amuse his graver friends, . . .lb. 3. 
 well-form'd taste, and sparkling wit Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 That form'd this Fair sae far awa, . . 5. Sae far awa. 
 
 So Isabella's heart was form'd, . . . Sad thy tale\ 
 
Formed 
 
 176 
 
 Fortune 
 
 But Friendship's pure and lasting joys 
 
 My heart was form'd to prove : . . S. Talk not of love t 
 Who formed this frame with beneficent aim, 
 
 S, The Sons of old Killie. 
 FOPmeP. He sang wi' joy his former day, . . A Vision. 
 Scenes that former thoughts renew ; [r?.] S. Scenes of woe \ 
 , Departed Whigs enjoy the fight, 
 
 And think on former daring ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Fopmlng. 
 She rous'd the forming strain. The Ans. to the Guidwije, 
 
 Before the mountains heav'd their heads 
 
 Beneath Thy forming hand, . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 An' forming assignations To meet some day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. so. 
 FOPtnleSS. In formless jumble, right and wrang, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/i. 
 Your ruin'd, formless bulk o' stane and lime, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Fopnicatop, Fupnicatop. 
 What tho' they ca' me fornicator, . Add. to Illeg^t. Child. 
 A furnicator loun he call'd me, . . What ails ye now t 
 FoPPit [fOPWaPd]. There's ane ; come forrit, honest Allan ! 
 Poetn on Pastoral Poetry. 
 FoPSake. Now health forsakes that angel face, Fragment. 
 For me your watry haunt forsake ? . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him, 
 
 He'll gi'e me gude hunder marks ten ; S. Tain Glen. 
 
 I'll ne'er forsake till the day I die, 
 The lass that made the bed to me. 
 
 ' S. The lass that made the bed. 
 
 Never after to forsake me, . S. Will ye go and many t 
 
 FOPSaken. For oh! love forsaken's a tormenting pain- 
 
 S. As I was a-wand^ring\ 
 Sometimes by friends forsaken, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a fanner^ 
 All friendless, forsaken, forlorn ! . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Thou hast me forsaken, Tarn, thou hast me forsaken, 
 
 S. Thou hast left me \ 
 Now hopeless, comfortless, forsaken ! . V.s^ under Grief. 
 
 Forsaken and friendless, my burden I bear, 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 FoPSOOk. The sword I forsook for the sake of the church ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 FoPSOOth. And she forsooth's a leddy. The Tarholton Lasses. 
 Fopswope. 
 He [Politics] blush'd for shame, he quat his name, 
 Forswore it, every letter, . The F$te Champetre. 
 
 Fopswopn. 
 Or frosty maids forsworn the dear embrace. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Fop't [fop it]. 
 An's weel pay'd for't ; . Death and Dr. Homhook. 2g. 
 
 Tho' I should herd the buckskin kye 
 
 For't, in Virginia ! . ' Mp- to J. R. , //. 
 
 He gaped for't, he graped for't, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 She whisper'd Rob to leuk' for't : . . Halloween. lo. 
 
 ' prie'd her bonie mou, Fu' cozie in the neuk for't, . . lb. 
 Wae worth them for't ! [v A.25] . Scotch Drink, rz. 
 
 FOPth, adv. Tasting the breathing spring, 
 
 Forth I did fare ; . S. Phillis the Fair, 
 
 Or hounded forth, dishonor arms 
 
 In hungry droves. The A itthor's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 FOPth. Here's friends on both sides of the Forth, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Or drownfed in the river Forth ? S. Ken ye ought d Copt. G.f 
 Out over the Forth I look to the north, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 I saw mysel, they did pursue 
 The horse-men back to Forth, man 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Ramsay an' famous Ferguson, 
 
 Gied Forth an' Tay a lift aboon : . . To W. Simpson. 
 'Twixt Forth and Tweed all over, . S. When first I saw f 
 Not Gowrie's rich valley, nor Forth's sunny shores, 
 
 .S". Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 FoPtiftr'd. 
 
 And had sae fortify'd the part. Death and Dr. Homhook. ij. 
 Fortitude. 
 May Prudence, Fortitude and Truth 
 Erect your brow undaunting ! Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 FOPtnight. But what wad ye think ? in a fortnight or less, 
 
 S, Last May a britw wooerf 
 
 FOPtPBSS. There, watching high the least alarms, 
 
 Thy rough, rude Fortress gleams afar ; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. S- 
 FOPtune. Are blest with Fortune's smiles and favours, 
 
 A Ded.toG.H.,15. 
 The victim sad of Fortune's strife, .... lb. 16. 
 Athort the lift they [Northern lights] start and shift, 
 
 Like Fortune's favors, tint as win, . . .A Vision. 
 Whom friends and fortune quite disown I A Winter Night, g. 
 By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow ? . . . lb. 
 
 Let Fortune's gifts at random flee, 
 
 S. Bonnie Lassie, will ye go t 
 If thou uncommon merit hast, 
 
 Yet spurn'd at Fortune's door, El. on Capt. M. H.^ Epit. 
 Yet they wha fa' in Fortune's strife. 
 
 Their fate we should na censure, Ep. to Young Friend, 4 
 To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, 
 
 Assiduous wait upon her ; lb. 6. 
 
 [The honest heart] However Fortune kick the ba', 
 
 Has ay some cause to smile : . . Ep. io Davie. 3. 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 Tho' Fortune use you hard an' sharp ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 2ist. 8. 
 Ne'er mind how Fortune waft an' warp ; . lb. 8: 
 
 Though fortune's road be rough an' hilly 
 To every fiddling; rhyming billie, . . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 A mortal quite Unfit for fortune's strife, 
 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Driv'n by Fortunes felly spite, . S. Frae the friends t 
 
 ' As seek the foul Thief onie place, 
 
 ' For him to spae your fortune : , . . Halloween. 14. 
 'Gainst fortune's fell cruel decree S. Here's a health to ane t 
 But fortune may betray thee. . S. Here^s io thy health, t 
 
 Tho' fickle Fortune has deceiv'd me, S. I dream' d I lay t 
 Accept this tribute from the Bard 
 
 Thou brought from fortune's mirkest gloom. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 My son ! my son ! may kinder stars 
 
 Upon thy fortune shine ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 In all the splendour Fortune can bestow ! Lns on Fergusson. 
 In politics if thou would'st mix. 
 
 And mean thy fortunes be ; Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 O raging fortune's withering blast 
 
 Has laid my leaf full low, [?"«.] , S. Luckless Fortune. 
 But luckless fortune's northern storms 
 
 Laid a' my blossoms low, [«.] . lb. 
 
 In many a way, and vain essay, 
 
 I courted fortune's favour, O ; lS". My father was afanner\ 
 With fortune's vain delusion, O, . lb. 
 
 For one, he said, to labour bred, 
 
 Was a match for fortune fairly, O. . lb. 
 
 Tho' fortune's frown still hunts me down, . lb. 
 
 Kind Fortune ease a breaking heart, 
 
 .S*. My Harry was a gallant t 
 But Mary she is a' my ain, 
 
 Ah, Fortune canna gie me raair ! S. Now bank and brae t 
 Sae ye wi' anither your fortune maun try. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks yny love t 
 
 * Let fortune's wheel at random rin, 
 
 * And fools may tyne, and knaves may win ; . S.O Phely, t 
 Or why sae sweet a flower as love 
 
 Depend on Fortune's shining? . S. O poortith cauld, \ 
 
 Fortune, they hae room to grumble ! 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 To tremble under Fortune's cummock, 
 On scarce a bellyfu' o' drummock, . . . lb. 
 
 1 doubt na Fortune may you shore 
 
 Some mim-mou'd pouthered priestie, . On W. Chalmers. 
 Who shall say that fortune grieves him, 
 
 While the star of hope she leaves him ? S. One fond kiss, t 
 So kind may fortune be, . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 And fortune favor worth and merit, Poem on Life. 
 
 Fortune, if thou'll but gie me still 
 Hale breeks, a scone, an' whisky gill. 
 
 An' rowth o' rhyme . . Scotch Drink. 21. 
 wayward fortune's adverse hand S. The Banks ofNith. 
 
 There's beauty and fortune to get wi' Miss Morton, 
 
 The Belles of Mauckline. 
 And at its fortune if you grieve 
 
 Retrieve its doom and take its place. 6". The capt. Ribband. 
 But as to his fine Nabob fortune. 
 
 We'll e'en let this subject alane. The Election Ballads. III. 
 And there will be wealthy young Richard, 
 
 Dairie fortune should hing by the neck ; . . .lb. 
 
Fortune 
 
 176 
 
 Fox 
 
 Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba', 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 But fickle Fortune frowns on me, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 Tho'_ Fortune sair upon him, laid, 
 
 His heart she ever miss'd it. The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 How have I wish'd for Fortune's charms, 
 
 For her dear sakfe, and her's alone ! . . The Lament. 
 And it's O, fickle Fortune, O ! \re.'\ S. The sun he is sunhf 
 I once was by Fortune carest, . . . I&. 
 
 There^ Sophy tight, a lassie bright, 
 
 Besides a handsome fortune : . The Tarholion Lasses. 
 Then chance and fortune are sae guided, The Twa Dogs. tb. 
 For beauty and fortune the laddie's been courtin ; 
 
 S. There's a yottth t 
 Though fickle Fortune has deceiv'd me, 
 
 S. Tho. fickle Fortune \ 
 An' damn'd my fortune to the groat ; . ToJ.S., 6. 
 
 With steady aim. Some Fortune chase ; lb. i8. 
 
 Is Fortune's fickle Luna waning? E'en let her gang ! lb. 20. 
 Thy sons [Dulness !] ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 Of Fortune's polar frost, or torrid beams. To R. G. ofF.^f. 
 And just conclude that " fools are fortune's care." lb. 
 
 couthie fortune, kind and cannie, . To Terraughty. 
 
 May never wicked fortune touzle him ! . . To W. Creech. 
 tho' fell fortune should fate us to sever, 
 
 S. Twos na her borne blue e'e t 
 Did thy fortune ebb or flow ? . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Were Fortune lovely Peggy's foe. 
 
 Such sweetness would relent her, . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Fopwapd. 
 
 And hope has left my aged ken, 
 
 On forward wing for ever fled. . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Forward, — let us do or die ! . . S. Scots, -wha ha'e t 
 
 She ventured forward on the light ; Tajn Shanter. 11. 
 
 Anticipation forward points the view ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. J. 
 An' forward tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear ! To a Mouse. 
 Fossils. Calces o^ fossils, earths, and trees ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 21. 
 Fostering. 
 
 The friendless Bard and rustic song, 
 
 Became alike thy fostering care. Lament for Glencaim. 
 The furrow'd waving com is seen 
 Rejoice in fostering showers. S. Now Spring has cladi 
 Fothep [foddepl. 
 
 Wee Davock hands the nowt in fother. . The Inventory. 
 
 Fou V. Fu'. 
 Fought. 
 C-rnw~ll~s fought as langs he dought, A Fragment. 4. 
 
 An' wi' the weary warl' fought ! . A Guid New- Year 1 16. 
 Philosophers have fought an' wrangled, Auld comrade dear t 
 In either wing two champions fought. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end ; 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 
 Foughten [oldM fop " fought " ; tpoubled, opppessed]. 
 
 An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, 
 
 Yet unco proud to learn. . The Ans. to the Gjtidwi/e. 
 Are we so foughten and harass'd 
 For gear to gang that gate at last ! The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 Foul. 
 
 Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers, 
 
 When they fa' foul o' earthly jinkers, E^. to Maj. Logan, 10. 
 
 ' I daur you try sic sportin, 
 ' As seek the foul thief onie place, . . . Halloween. 14. 
 He needna fear their foul reproach 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, S. The gloomy night\ 
 For the foul thief is just at your gate. The Kirk's A larm. 7. 
 He left the foul business to folks less divine. The Whistle, ij. 
 Thro' fair, thro' foul, they urge the race, . To J. S.^ 18. 
 Tho' blotch't an' foul wi' mony a stain, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 An' syne Mess John, beyond expression, 
 
 Fell foul o' me. . . What ails ye now f 
 Fain would I say, ' Forgive my foul offence ! ' 
 
 Why am I loth \ 
 
 Foulest. 
 
 There commix'd with foulest stains 
 
 From tyranny's empurpled bands : 6". Streams that glide \ 
 
 Found. That we lost, did I say, nay, by heav'n that we found. 
 At Meet, of D. Volunteers. 
 Hast thou found that beauty's lillies 
 
 Were not made for aye to last ? . . . Blue Bonnets. 
 Have you found this or t'other ? there's more in the wind, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Had I na found the slightest prayer 
 
 That lips could speak, thy heart could muve. S. I do confess t 
 Nae ray of fame was to be found : Lament for Glencaim. 
 But now I've found a treasure 6". My Love's a winsome\ 
 
 I found that old Solomon proved it fair, 
 
 S. No Churchman aw I\ 
 Three blyther hearts, that lee lang night, 
 
 Ye wad na found in Christendie. S. O Willie brew'd^ 
 
 He vow'd, he pray'd, he found the maid 
 
 Forgiving all and good. . S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 Oh ! flickering, feeble, and unsicker _ 
 
 I've found her [life] still, . Poem on Life. 
 
 The doctrine, to day, that is loyalty found, 
 
 To-morrow may bring us a halter. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 as grateful nations oft have found . Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon ; 
 
 Tarn, d Shanter. 3. 
 Their likeness is not found on earth, in air, or sea. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 O happy love! where love like this is found ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 Five wighter carlines werna found The Election Ballads. I. 
 He circled round the magic ground, 
 
 But entrance found he nane, man : The Fete Cham^etre. 
 Looks round him an' found them 
 
 Impatient for the Chorus. The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 
 The lion and the bull thy care have found, To R. G. ofF., 2. 
 ' A candid libVal band is found 
 
 Of public teachers, . . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Have I so found it full of pleasing charms ? Why am I loth t 
 Found'st. 
 Thou found'st me, like the morning sun 
 That melts the fogs in limpid air, Lament for Glencaim, 
 FoundeP*d. He founder'd his horse among harlots, 
 But gied his auld naig to the Lord. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Foundling. 
 motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed ? Ep. fr. Esppus. 
 
 Fountain. 
 
 But love wi' unrelenting beam 
 
 Has scorch'd my fountains dry. . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 The soaring Hern [haunts] the fountains ; 
 
 S. Now westlin wifids t 
 There's not a bonie flower that spnngs, 
 
 By fountain, shaw, or green ; . . ^S". Of a' the airts f 
 Now, to the streaming fountain, ^S". Sleep' st tliou, or wak'st t 
 Or stately Lugar's mossy fountains boil. The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 The Slave's spicy forests, and gold-bubbling fountains, 
 
 S. Their grm/es of \ 
 FoUP-gill. The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. ig. 
 
 Foupseope. 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife, 
 Till far ayont fourscore ; V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 
 Foupsome [foup together ; ' * f oupsome peel, " a dance 
 offouppepsons]. 
 
 There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels, 
 
 S. The deil camfiddlin' \ 
 Fouth [abundance, fullness]. 
 He has a fouth o' auld nick-nackets ; 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 FOW v. Fu'. 
 Fow [a bushel]. 
 
 For my last fow, A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane 
 
 Laid by for you. . A Guid New-Year t /?• 
 Fowl. But far off fowls hae feathers fair, 
 
 And ay until ye try them : S. Here's thy health, t 
 For far-aff fowls hae feathers fair. 
 And fools o' change are fain ; The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Fowlep. 
 
 The bird that charm'd his summer day, 
 Is now the cruel fowler's prey ; . S. O Lassie, art thouf 
 Fox, The fox was howling on the hill, . . .A Vision. 
 Wha now will keep you frae the fox, The Twa Herds. 
 
 Foxes and statesmen, subtile wiles ensure, . To R. G. ofF. 
 
Fox 
 
 177 
 
 Fragrance 
 
 Fox [the Statesman ; v. also Charlie]. 
 
 An' Charlie F-x threw by the box, 
 
 An' lows'd his tinkler jaw, man. . A Fragment. $. 
 
 North and F-x united stocks, Ih.6. 
 
 N-rth, F-x, and Co. Gowff'd Willie like a ba', . . lb, 9. 
 
 The toolzie's teugh 'tween Pitt an' Fox, El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Yon ill-tongu'd tinkler, Charlie Fox, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 How Fox and Sheridan rejoice ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Foxglove. 
 
 Ye stately foxgloves fair to see ; . El. on Capt. M. H. 5. 
 Fracas. 
 
 Let other Poets raise a fracas 
 
 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' druken Bacchus, Scotch Drink. 
 
 Frae [ft*oin]. 
 
 Are frae their nuptial labours risen ; A Ded. to G. H., 14, 
 And frae his harp sic strains did flow, . . A Vision. 
 
 But Gude preserve us frae the gallows, Adam A—s Prayer. 
 To shelter frae the stormy weather. . S. As I came o'er t 
 Tell them frae me, wi' chiels be cautious ; 
 
 A uld comrade dear t 
 Be't to me, be't frae me, e'en let the jade [chance] gae, 
 
 S. Contented ivi' little t 
 Some books are lies frae end to end. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 He's gane ! he's gane ! he's frae us torn, El. on Capt. M. H. 2. 
 Or foaming, Strang, wi' hasty stens, Frae lin to lin. lb. 
 
 Ye houlets, frae your ivy bower, lb. 
 
 Conceal yoursel as weel's ye can 
 
 Frae critical dissection ; . . Ep. to Young Friend. S- 
 While winds frae off Ben-Lomond blaw, Ep. to Davie, i. 
 The honest heart that's free frae a' 
 
 Intended fraud or guile, . . . lb. 3. 
 
 * You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 10. 
 Twa lines frae you wad gar me fissle, . . lb. 22. 
 
 Still persecuted by the limmer [Fortune] 
 
 Frae year to year ; 
 Frae ony unregenerate Heathen, . 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : 
 When sic a husband was frae hame. 
 The lasses staw frae 'mang them a', 
 Syne bad him slip frae 'mang the folk, 
 
 lb. Ap, 2ist. 10. 
 
 . Ep. ioJ.R.,4. 
 
 S. Frae the friends t 
 
 S. Had I the wyte \ 
 
 Halloween. 6. 
 
 lb. 17. 
 
 May prudence protect her [liberty] frae evil ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 When frae my mither's womb I fell, Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 For I am keepit by thy fear 
 
 Freefrae thema'. [v. A. 11] . . Jb, 
 
 When I am frae my dearie ; 
 I restless lie frae e'en to morn, S. How lattg and dreary t 
 I gat my death frae twa sweet een, [?r.] S. Igeteda luaefu' \ 
 They tell me, Sir, Itwou'd be a sin. 
 
 To tak me frae my mammy yet; . ^S". Vm deryoung\ 
 Tak' this frae me, my bonie hen, . S. In simmer when t 
 
 The soger frae the wars returns, 
 
 The sailor frae the main 
 But I hae parted frae my Love, 
 
 Never to meet again, My dear, . . S. It was a'for\ 
 Out came the Lord of Lauderdale, 
 
 Out frae the south countrie, O, . . Katharine J affray. 
 The wind blew hollow frae the hills, Lament for Glencaim. 
 Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe 
 
 Frae woman's pitying e'e. . Lament of Mary 0/ Scots. 
 And creep in frae the cauld? . S. Lass, whenyr mither\ 
 When our gudewife's frae hame, ... .lb. 
 
 Her smile's a gift frae 'boon the lift, . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry, S. My Bonze Mary. 
 Thou lavrock that starts frae the dews of the laWn, 
 
 S. My Nanie's awa'. 
 I'll tak Cuckold frae nane, [re."] , . . S. Naebody. 
 And bonie she, and ah how dear ! 
 
 It shaded frae the ev'ning sun. ^S". O bonie was yon rosy t 
 Far, far frae me and Logan braes, [re.l S. O Logan! sweetly^ 
 Ye'll slip frae me like a knotless thread, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love \ 
 Ae thought frae her shall ne'er depart ; 
 
 S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 That peeps frae 'neath the hawthorn spray ; 
 
 S. were my love t 
 Z 
 
 I gat it frae a young brisk Sodger Laddie, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 My father put me frae his door, S. Oh, how can I be blythe f 
 Should shield thee frae the storm. On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Frae Maidenkirk to Johny Groats I On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The Lord preserve us frae the devil 1 . . Poem on Life. 
 They carry the gree frae them a', man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Nae howdie gets a social night 
 
 Or plack frae them. [v. A. 25] Scotch Drink. 12. 
 Scotland lament frae coast to coast ! . . . lb. ig. 
 Na, even tho' limpan wi' the spavie 
 
 Frae door tae door, . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 We twa ha'epaidlet i'theburn, 
 
 Frae morning sun 'till dine : ^S", Shld auld acquaintnce t 
 When frae my Jeany parted. 
 
 Sad, cheerless, broken-hearted, . S. Sleep' st thou,i 
 
 A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, . Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Frae aff its thorny tree ; . . . S. The Banks of Doon. 
 For her forbears were brought in ships, 
 
 Frae 'yont the Tweed : . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Potatoe-bings are snugged up frae skaith The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 Frae tap to tae that deeds me bien, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 2. 
 The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, . . Jb. 
 
 Frae dogs an' tods, an' butchers' knives ! 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 Gude keep thee frae a tether string ! . . , lb. 
 
 But we'll hae ane frae 'mang oursels. 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 For roads were clad, frae side to side, The Holy Fair, 6. 
 
 Blackguarding frae K[ilmamo]ck For fun . . .lb. g. 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, lb. 23. 
 
 Frae side to side they bother, . . , lb. 24.. 
 
 A Fairy Fiddler frae the neuk. 
 
 He skirl'd out, encore, . The Jolly Beggars, R. II. 
 
 Or frae puir man a blessin wan, . . S. The Laddies by \ 
 Frae e'enin till the cock did craw ; The night was stilly 
 
 And staw'd a branch, spite o' the deil, 
 
 Frae yont the western waves, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 I'd gie my shoon frae aff my feet. 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man. . , . IB. 
 
 would they stay aback frae courts, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 Wha now will keep you frae the fox, . The Twa Herds, r. 
 
 1 hope frae Heav'n to see them yet In fiery flame. . lb. 
 Tore her laddie frae her arms, S. There was a bonie lass\ 
 We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 It wad frae monie a blunder free us . To a Louse. 
 And the rain rains down frae his red blear'd e'e, 
 
 S. To daunton 7ne. 
 Till icicles hing frae their beards ; . . . To/. S., 22. 
 Nae heathen name shall I prefix 
 
 Frae Pindus or Parnassus ; . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Scar'd frae its minnie and the cleckin . . To W. Creech. 
 Frae less to mair it gaed to sticks ; 
 
 Frae words an' ^ths to clours an' nicks ; To W. Simpson. 10. 
 Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west, S. Up in the morning: 
 And lang's the night frae e'en to morn, . . Jb. 
 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife, 
 
 V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 Wha wou'd soon dry the tear frae his Phillis's e'e. 
 
 S. Woe is my hearty 
 I did na suffer ha'f sae much 
 
 Frae Daddie Auld. . What ails ye now f 
 
 An' said my fau't frae bliss expell'd me ; . lb. 
 
 But the houlet cry'd frae the Castle wa', 
 
 The blitter frae the boggie, . S. What will I do gin t 
 
 owsen frae the furrowed field . S. When o'er the hi'llf 
 
 And roars frae banlc to brae ; . . Winter. 
 
 Fragment. 
 Here is Murray's fragments O* the ten commands ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Fragrance. 
 Slides by a bower where monie a flower 
 
 Sheds fragrance on the day, S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 At even, when bfeans their fragrance shed, 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. 6. 
 While Fragrance blooms an' Beauty charms ! 
 
 The Auihof'sCry and Prayer. P. 
 
Fragrant 
 
 178 
 
 Freedom 
 
 Fragrant. 
 
 Sweet on the fragrant, flow'ry swaird, Add. to ike Deil. JS- 
 O'erhung wi' fragrant spreading shaws, 
 
 iS". Bonie Lassie, will ye go ^ 
 butter'd So'ns, wi' fragrant lunt, . . Halloween. 28. 
 
 Is nocht sae fragrant or sae sweet 
 
 As is a kiss o' Willy. S. O Phely, t 
 
 Her lips still as she fragrant breath'd, 
 
 It richer dy'd the rose. . S. Ona bank of flowers t 
 
 Her breath is like the fragrant breeze 
 
 That gently stirs the blossom'd bean, S. On Cessnock hanks t 
 Let fragrant birks, in woodbines drest. 
 
 My craggy cliflfe adorn ; , The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar, 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 The zephyr wanton'd round the bean, 
 And bore its fragrant sweets along ; 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy^ 
 As underneath their fragrant shade, 
 I clasp'd her to ray bosom ! 
 
 S. Ye hanks, and hraes, and streams t 
 Frail. But beauty, how frail and how fleeting, 
 
 S, Adown winding Nith t 
 We're frail backsliding mortals merely, Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 That on this frail, uncertain state, 
 
 Hang matters of eternal weight : . Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Frailty. Or frailty stept aside, A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Before ye gie poor Frailty names, 
 Suppose a change o' cases ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 
 Frame. Many and sharp the num'rous Ills 
 
 Inwoven with our frame! Man was made to Mourn. 
 That Fow'r which rais'd and still upholds 
 
 This universal frame, . , The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 Who formed this frame with beneficent aim, 
 
 S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 Fram'd. And fram'd her last, best work, the human-mind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 France. 
 I will fight France with you, [«.] Add. to Dumourier. 
 
 The Anglian lion, the terror of France, . S. Caledonia. 
 
 She may gae to— France for me ! . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 I was the Queen o' bonie France, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Nae cotillion brent new frae France, Tarn- p' Shanter. 11. 
 Heard ye o' the tree c* France, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 When Superstitions hellish brood 
 
 Kept France in leading-strings, man. . . . Ih 
 
 Be [Common sense] banish'd o'er the sea to France, 
 
 The Twa Herds. 16. 
 
 Francis. But when he [Satan] approach'd where poor Francis 
 
 lay moaning, . . Epig. on Copt. Grose. 
 
 Frank. The frank address, the soft caress, O leave novels t 
 
 The frank address, and politesse, Are all finesse . lb. 
 
 thae frank, rantan, ramblan billies, . TJte Twa Dogs. 26. 
 
 Franklin, 
 
 Some daring Hancocke, or a Franklin, 
 
 May set their Highland blude a-ranklin ; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Frankly. 
 
 ' I'll frankly gi'e her't a' thegither, . What ails ye now t 
 
 Frantic. In weeds of woe that frantic beat her breast, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Fraser. Till Fraser brave did fa', man ; A Fragjnent. 4. 
 
 Frater-feeling. But with a frater-feeling strong, 
 
 Here, heave a sigh. A Bard^s Epit. 
 Fraternal. Now let us lay our heads thegither, 
 
 In loVfe fraternal : To W. Simpson. 77. 
 Fraud. The honest heart that's free frae a' 
 
 Intended fraud or guile, Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 As guileful Fraud points out the erring way, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Fray. 
 
 A bard was selected to witness the fray, The Whistle, it. 
 
 Freak. And in his freaks had Luath ca'd him. The Twa Dogs. 
 And in her freaks, on ev'ry feature, 
 
 She's wrote, the Man, . . To J. S. 3. 
 
 Freatll [to ft*Oth]. O rare ! to see thee fizz an' freath 
 
 I' the lugget caup I Scotch Drink. 10. 
 Frederick. True Campbells, Frederick an' Hay ; 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer, 14. 
 Free. And here's the grand fabric, our free constitution. 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers, 
 Careless ilka thought and free, . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 
 Thus bold, independent, unconquer*d and free, S. Caledonia. 
 This night I'm free to tak my aith, 
 
 ' Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 
 But, like himsel', a full free agent. . El. on Year z'/88. 
 
 Ay free, aff han*, your story tell, . Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 The honest heart that's free frae a' 
 
 Intended fraud or guile, . . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 Yet Nature's charms, the hills and woods. 
 The sweeping; vales and foaming floods. 
 
 Are free alike to all. ... . lb. 4. 
 
 Thou'rt ae sae free informing me 
 Thou hast nae mind to marry ; 
 I'll be as free informing thee, 
 
 Nae time hae I to tarry. . . S. Here^s to thy health, t 
 For I'm as free as any he, ... . Ih. 
 
 For I am keepit by thy fear 
 
 Free frae them a', [v. A. 11] Holy Willies Prayer. 
 And so Johnny Peep gets free. . . . Johnny Peep. 
 Deal freedom's sacred treasures free as air, 
 
 Lns, extern, in Ladys Pocket-bk. 
 My heart was ance as blythe and free 
 
 As simmer days were lang, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 I'll be merry and free, .... S. Naebody. 
 
 The fallow land is free ; . . S.O can ye labour lea f 
 
 He dealt it [coin] free : . .On Scot. Bardgne to W. L 
 Nature's gifts to all are free : . On scaring Water-fowl. . 
 
 But they shall be, shall be free ! . S. Scots, wha hde \ 
 
 From ev'ry danger keep him free, . , . S, Somebody. 
 Forms might be worshipp'd on the bended knee, 
 And still the second dread command be free, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Till Charlie Stewart cam at last, 
 
 Sae far to set us free ; 6". The Highl. Widow's Lament, 
 He wanders as free as the winds of his mountains, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Free as the wind, or feather'd race . . . To Clarinda. 
 Do what I dought to set her free, 
 
 My saul lay in the mire ; . . .To Miss Ferrier. 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife, 
 
 V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 Farewell ! within thy bosom free 
 A sigh may whiles awaken ; . . Verses under Grief. 
 Free, to. 
 O, free my weary eyes from tears, A Prayer under Anguish, 
 I stacher'd whyles, but yet took tent ay 
 
 To free the ditches ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 It wad frae monie a blunder free us 
 
 An' foolish notion : . . . To a Louse. 
 Freeborn. She eyes her freebom, martial boys, 
 Tak aff their Whisky. 
 
 The 4- utho^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Freed. While pointers round impatient bum'd, 
 
 Frae couples freed ; Tarn Samsoris El. 8. 
 Freedom. Adieu, my Liege I may Freedom geek 
 
 Beneath your high protection ; A Dream. 8. 
 Far less [right] to riches, pow'r or freedom, Add, of Beelzebub. 
 Then let us fight about, 
 
 'Till Freedom's spark is out, . Add. to Dumourier. 
 
 And my Freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch. 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 This freedom in an unknown frien', 
 
 I pray excuse. . . Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist. 
 Here's freedom to him that wad read, 
 Here's freedom to him that wad write ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to tliem t 
 For freedom and my king to fight, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 In love and freedom they rejoice. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Where is that soul of freedom fled? . . Liberty. 
 
 Is this the power in freedom's war 
 
 That wont to bid the battle rage ? . . . . lb. 
 
 Deal Freedom's sacred treasures free as air, 
 
 Lns extern, in Lady's Pocket-bk. 
 Plumes himself in Freedom's pride. 
 
 Tyrant stern to all beside. . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 I saw fair freedom's blossoms richly blow : 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 Nor Insolence assumes fair Freedom's name; 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 Freedom's sword will strongly draw ? . S. Scots, wha hde t 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither, 
 Tak aff your dram ! [v. A. 2.] 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The Ribband shall it's freedom lose, S. The capt. Ribband, 
 
Freedom 
 
 179 
 
 Friend 
 
 May Freedom, Harmony, and Love 
 
 Unite you in the grand Design, The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL. 
 But it sealed freedom's sacred cause 
 
 The League and Covenant. 
 For Freedom^ standing by the tree, 
 
 Her sons did loudly ca', man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 " Thy line, that have struggled for freedom with Bruce, 
 
 The Whistle. z8. 
 Pardon this freedom I have ta'en, . To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Freely. I readily and freely grant, . A Ded. to G. H.,S- 
 We freely wad exchang'd the wife, 
 
 E^ig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 The hart, hind, and roe, freely, wildly-wanton stray : 
 
 S. Sleep'' st thou, or wak'st t 
 Did meet the poor Thresher and freely did talk ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Then thou mayest freely boast 
 
 Thou hast given a peerless toast. . . The Toast. 
 
 Our humble cot, and hamely fare, 
 Ye freely shall partake it, . . S. When wild Wat's t 
 Freeman. 
 
 Freeman stand, or freeman fa', . S. Scots, wha ha'e^ 
 
 Free-wiird. 
 
 Free-will'd I fled from courtly bowers ; . . The Hermit. 
 Freeze. 
 And freeze, thou bitter-biting Frost ! . A Winter Night. 7. 
 When fevers burn, or ague freezes, . Add. to Toothache. 
 The frost that freezes the life at my breast, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door, t 
 Chilly Grief my life-blood freezes, S. Raving winds^ 
 
 The frost may freeze the deepest sea, . S. To daunton me. 
 
 Fremit [strange, foreign; estranged; unrelated]. 
 
 And mony a friend that kiss't his caup, 
 Is now a fremit vight : . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 French. To ken what French mischief was brewin ; 
 
 Kind Sir, fve read^ 
 When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 French ragout, Or olio that wad staw a sow, To a Haggis. 
 Frenzied. 
 
 Mine was th' insensate frenzied part, Sent to Gent, offended. 
 Frequent. 
 
 Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan, 
 
 Yet frequent all unheeded in his own. Ep. to R. Grahanu 3. 
 
 That frequent pass douce Wisdom's door 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 Fresh. 
 Amang tjie fresh, green leaves bedew'd, S. A Rosebud by my \ 
 Our thrissles flourish'd fresh and fair, S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 Fresh o'er the mountains breaks forth the morning, 
 
 S. Bonie Bell. 
 When all the flowers were fresh and gay, 
 
 S. It was the charming \ 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 And drinks the stream with vigour fresh ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks\ Sett II. 
 She's fresh as the morning, the fairest in May, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.^ 
 Oh fresh is the rose in the gay dewy morning, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 
 Again ye'll flourish fresh and fair ; S. The Catrine woods \ 
 
 For a' his fresh beef and his saut, , . S. To daunton me. 
 
 How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair ; S. Ye banks and braesf 
 
 Fresher. 
 
 She's fresher than the morning dawn S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Freshest, ^ 
 
 And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews , . S, O were my love t 
 Freshly. All freshly steep'd in morning dews. 
 
 S. Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 Freshening. 
 
 And cheer each fresh'ning flower. . . S. Young Peggy t 
 Fret. Just frets till Heav'n commission gies him ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 He hums and he hankers, he frets and he cankers, 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie \ 
 FretfuL And fretful envy grins in vain S. Young Peggy f 
 Fricassee. Or fricassee wad mak her spew 
 
 Wi' perfect sconner, . To a Haggis. 
 Friday, 
 But, L — d, that Friday I was fow, Holy Willie's Prayer. 8, 
 Friday first's the day appointed, . . To a Medical Gent. 
 
 Frien'. For some o' you ha'e tint a frien' ; El. on Year 1^88. 
 There's a' the Pleasures 0' the Heart, 
 
 The Lover and the Frien' ; , . . Ep, to Davie. 8. 
 This freedom, in an unknown frien', 
 
 I pray excuse. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap, ist. i. 
 
 If ye be for Miss Jean, tak this frae a frien', 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 I never had friends, weel stockit in means, . . .lb. 
 I doubt na, frien', ye'll think ye're nae sheep-shank, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. $ 
 Adieu too, to you too, My Smith, my bosom frien' ; 
 
 The Farewell. 
 Friend. 
 Here's a bottle and an honest friend ! A Bottle and Friend. 
 the poor man's friend in need, . . A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 Then, Sir, your hand — my Friend and Brother. . lb. 16. 
 Farewell, dear Friend! may guid luck hit you ! A Farewell. 
 Think, for a moment, on his wretched fate. 
 Whom friends and fortune quite disown ! 
 
 A Winter Night g. 
 Or worthy friends rak'd i' the mools, 
 
 Sad sight to see ! . . Add. to Toothache. 
 If from the lover thou maun flee, 
 
 Yet let the friend be dear. . . S. Ah, Chloris^\ 
 
 But, hark ye, friend, I charge you strictly, 
 
 Auld comrade dear\ 
 ' Guid-een,' quo' I ; ' Friend hae ye been niawin, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 'Friend, whare ye gaun. Will ye go back?' . . lb. 
 
 I lang hae thought, my youthfu' friend, 
 
 A Something to have sent you, . Ep, to Young Friend. 
 Fate still has blest me with a friend, . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 Or bright L[aprai]k's, my friend to be. 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 1st. 14. 
 Tho' real friends I b'lieve are few, ... lb. 1$. 
 
 But gif ye want ae friend that's true, . . .lb. 
 
 But friends an' folk that wish me well, 
 
 They sometimes roose me ; . . lb. 16. 
 
 Come to my bowl, come to my arms, 
 
 My friends, my brothers ! . . lb. si. 
 
 While I can either sing, or whissle. 
 
 Your friend and servant. 
 
 lb. 22. 
 
 . lb. Ap. 2ist. 8. 
 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 Tho* Fortune use you hard an' sharp ; . 
 A being form'd t' amuse his graver friends, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Ah, that " the friendly e'er should want a friend ! " . lb. jr. 
 Friend of my life, true patron of my rhymes \ . . lb. 
 The tender Father, and the gen'rous Friend. 
 
 Epit.for Author's Father. 
 The Friend of Man, to vice alone a foe ; . lb. 
 
 The friend of man, the friend of truth ; 
 
 The friend of age, and guide of youth : Epit. on a Friend. 
 Frae the friends and Land I love, . . S. Frae the friends t 
 Mankind are his show box — a friend, would you know him ? 
 Pull the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. 
 
 Fragment.^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Friend of the poet tried and leal, . Friend of the poet t 
 
 The Friend we trust ; the Fair we love ; 
 
 And we desire no more. Grace after Dinner. 
 Here's friends on both sides of the Forth, 
 And friends on both sides of the Tweed ; 
 
 6". Here's a health to them \ 
 I ken thy friends try ilka means 
 
 Frae wedlock to delay thee ; . S. Here's to thy health, t 
 If he's amang his friends or foes ? S. Ken ye ought o' Capt. G. t 
 And thou, my last, best, only friend, Lament for Glencaim. 
 And where thou meet'st thy mother's friend, 
 
 Remember hira for me! . Lament of Maty of Scots. 
 The Friend thou valued'st, I, the Patron, lov'd ; 
 
 LnssentSirJ. Whiteford. 
 O Death I the poor man's dearest friend, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 Sometimes by friends forsaken, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a fanner^ 
 My friends they hae disown'd me a', 
 
 6". Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 False friends, false love, farewel ! . iS". Oh, open the door, t 
 Common friend to you and me, 
 
 Nature's gifts to all are free : . On scaring Waterfowl 
 
 May He, the friend of woe and want. 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
Friend 
 
 180 
 
 Frighted 
 
 May foes be Strang, and friends be slack, On W. Stewart. 
 He's lost a friend and neebor dear, , Poor Mailie's EL. 
 A friend mair fdthfu' ne'er came nigh him, . lb. 
 
 Friends so near my bosom ever, 
 
 Ye hae render'd moments dear ; . . S. Scenes qfivoe^ 
 Friends, that parting tear reserve it, 
 
 Tho' 'tis doubly dear to me ; lb. 
 
 Thou, my friend, canst truly tell ; . . S. Sensibility,^ 
 
 The friend whom wild from wisdom's ways, 
 
 The fumes of wine infuriate send ; Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Who but deplores that hapless friend ? . . . .lb. 
 Deaf as my friend, he sees them press, Sketch. New Yr's Day. 
 my honor'd, first of friends, . . .lb. 
 
 Ye blow upon the sod that wraps my friend : 
 
 S. Sonnet f on Death ofR.. 
 Nor cause me from my bosom tear 
 
 The very friend I sought. . . S. Talk not of Love t 
 May there my latest hours consume, 
 
 Among the friends of early days! S. The Banks ofNith. 
 My lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend, 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 
 My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise : . lb. 
 
 How Abram was the Friend of God on high ; . lb. 14. 
 (The Patriot's God, peculiarly thou art. 
 
 His friend, inspirer, guardian and reward ! ) . lb. 21, 
 Wad ne'er desert his friend. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 But the sodger's friends hae blawn the best, . . .lb. 
 And mony a friend that kiss't his caup, 
 
 Is now a fremit wight : lb. 
 
 Friend o' my muse, friend o' my life, . . .lb. VI. 
 Dear to his country by the names. 
 
 Friend, Patron, Benefactor ! . . . . lb. 
 
 Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes, - lb. 
 
 O Thou, the first, the greatest friend 
 
 Of all the human race ! . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. . 
 
 Farewell, my friends ! farewell, my foes ! 
 
 S. The gloomy night t 
 Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 That he was still deceived who trusted 
 
 To love or friend ; . . Th^ Hermit. 
 
 The nearest friend ye hae ; . The Holy Fair. $■ 
 
 And your friends they dare grant you nae mair. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarjn. 
 The day he stude his country's friend, . S. The Laddies by t 
 And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear, 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 My brave gallant friends, 'tis your ruin I mourn ; 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 Maks high and low gude friends, man ; The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 Wha for bis friend an' comrade had him, The Tiva Dogs. 
 His honest, sonsie, baws'nt face, 
 
 Ay gat him friends in ilka place ; . . . .Ib.^. 
 
 And some, the pride of Coila's plains, 
 
 Become thy friends. The Vision. D. II. 18. 
 His dearest friend and brother scarcely knew! The Vowels. 
 But he ne'er turned his back on his foe— or his friend, 
 
 The Whistle^, g. 
 The wide world is all before us. 
 
 But a world without a friend \ . . S. Thickest night \ 
 Of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav'd me, 
 
 S. Tho. Jackie Fortune^ 
 So prays thy faithful friend, the bard. . To ayng Lady. 
 
 'Tis Friendship's pledge, my young, fair friend, To Chloris. 
 Because thy joy in both would be 
 
 To share them with a friend. . . To John M'Murdo. 
 Friend of my life I my ardent spirit^burns. To R. Graham. 
 But for thy friends, and they are_ mony, 
 Baith honest men and lasses bonie, . To Terraughty. 
 
 Your friends ay love, your faes ay fear ye, . . . lb. 
 See him, the poor man's friend in need, To Rev, J, M'Mat/i. 
 To stigmatize false friends of thine 
 
 Can ne'er defame thee /l>. 
 
 Count on a friend, in faith an' practice. 
 In Robert Burns- 
 
 O, but for kind, tho* ill-requited friends, 
 I had been driven forth like you forlorn. 
 Accept the gift a friend sincere 
 
 Wad on thy worth be pressin' ; . 
 I'll bless ber and wiss her 
 
 A Friend above the Lift. . JVr. on Leafo/'^' H. More." 
 
 To IV. Simpson. 
 . Tragic Frag.. 
 V.s, under Grief. 
 
 Friendless. 
 
 If friendless, low, we meet together. 
 
 Then, Sir, your hand — my Fnend and Brother. 
 
 A Ded. toG.H.,i6. 
 The friendless Bard and rustic song, 
 
 Became alike thy fostering care. Lament/or Glencaim. 
 A poor friendless wand'rer may well claim a sigh, 
 
 Poet. Add. to W, Tytler. 
 All friendless, forsaken, forlorn ! . S. The sun he is sunki 
 Forsaken and friendless, my burden I bear, S. Wae is my hearty 
 Friendly. And keenly felt the friendly glow, 
 
 And softer flame : . . .A Bards Epit. 
 The smile of lovcj the friendly tear. 
 
 The sympathetic glow ! . . Ep. to Davie. z6. 
 
 In terms sae friendly, . - Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2ist.5. 
 The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan. And none but he. lb. 15. 
 Ah, that " the friendly e'er should want a friend ! " 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Backward, abash'd to ask thy friendly aid ? . , . lb. 5. 
 His social, friendly, honest heart Epit. on Tam the Chapman. 
 Some merry, friendly, countra folks, Halloween. 2. 
 
 Wi' merry sangs, an' friendly cracks, . . lb. 28. 
 
 One friendly sigh for him, he asks no more, Oncefondly lm)d\ 
 For your auld-farrent, frien'ly letter ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 To join the friendly few, . . . . To Chloris. 
 
 I court, I beg thy friendly aid, . . To Ruin. 
 
 Friendship. 
 If thou at friendship's sacred ca' 
 
 Wad life itself resign, man ; . El. on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plack! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 20. 
 Still closer knit in friendship's ties 
 
 Each passing year ! . lb. A'p. 21st. 18. 
 
 I crave thy friendship at thy kind command ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S' 
 Farewell, loves and friendships, ye dear, tender ties ! 
 
 iS", Farewell^ thou fair day t 
 Till the Fates nae mair severe. 
 
 Friendship, Love and Peace restore. S. Frae the friends i 
 From friendship and dearest affection removed ; 
 
 Monody f on a Lady. 
 Accept this mark of friendship, warm, sincere. 
 
 Friendship! 'tis all cold duty now allows. Oncefondly lovdf 
 But friendship's pure and lasting joys 
 
 My heart was form'd to prove : . S. Talk not of Love f 
 Your friendship much can make me blest, . . lb. 
 
 (Fit haunts for Friendship or for Love, 
 
 In musing mood) [v. A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 In the bands tif old friendship and kindred so set, 
 
 r/« Whistle. 12. 
 Your friendship, sir, I winna quat it. Third Ep, 'to J. Lap,. 
 'Tis friendship's pledge, my young, fair friend, To Chloris. 
 Thine friendship's truest heart. . ... lb. 
 
 Yet love to friendship shall give way, . To Clarinda, 
 
 Wi' you no friendship I will troke 
 
 Nor cheap nor dear. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 For pity, hide the cruel sentence 
 
 Under friendship's kind disguise. S. Turn again, thou f 
 Thou flattering mark of friendship kind, 
 
 WV. on Leafof" H. More." 
 Fright. Wi' you, mysel, I got a fright, 
 
 Ayont the lough ; Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 Aff she started in a fright, S. Donald Brodie t 
 
 May in some future carcase howl, 
 
 The forest's fright ; Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. 21st, if. 
 ' For monie a ane has gotten a fright, 
 
 * An' liv'd an' di'd deleeret, .... Halloween, 14. 
 To put a young thing in a fright, S. O watye what my\ 
 
 To's ain het hame had sent him Wi' fright The Holy Fair. 12. 
 His talk o' H-II, whare devils dwell, 
 
 Our vera " Sauls does harrow " Wi' fright . . lb. 21. 
 They're sae accustom'd wi' the sight, 
 The view o't gies them little fright. The Twa Dogs. ij. 
 
 But now they'll busk her like a fright, Willie's awa! 
 
 To IV. Creech. 
 Fright, to. Ye fright the nightly wand'rers way, 
 
 Wi' eldritch croon. Add, to the Deil-S- 
 
 Frighted. 
 
 He was sae sairly frighted That vera night. Halloween. 16. 
 
 They fledlikefrighted dews, man.6'.7'^£a«/f^^Af?ra.iIf(7or. 
 
 Whigs to h-Il Flew off in frighted bands, . . . lb. 
 
Fpighten 
 
 181 
 
 Fu' 
 
 Frighten. Go frighten [king of Terrors !] tl?e coward and slave ! 
 S. Farewell, thou/air day ^ 
 
 Fpightin. 
 
 Frightin awa your deuks and geese Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Fringed. The lawns wood-fringed in Natures native taste ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Fpippepy. 
 
 And in paste gems and frippery deck her. Poem on Life. 
 
 Frisk. We frisk away, Like school-boys, To J. S. is. 
 
 Frisky, bly the an' frisky, TAe A utJior^s Cfy and Prayer. P. 
 Fpog. 
 
 The grave sage hern thus easy picks his frog, To R. G. ofF, 7. 
 Frolic. Or [spring] pranks the sod in frolic mood, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 Or maybe in a frolic daft, 
 
 To Hague or Calais takes a waft, . . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Front. They dun benevolence with shameless front ; 
 
 Ej^. to R. Graham. S- 
 See the front of battle lour ; . . S. Scots, wha kae t 
 
 The Genius of the Stream in front appears 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 In the front rank he wad shine ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Frost. When frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep, 
 
 A Gude New- Year \ 13. 
 And freeze, thou bitter-biting Frost ! A Winter Night. 7. 
 But whigs cam like a frost in June, S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 When bitter bites the frost, S. Cauld is the e'enin blast \ 
 
 The frost of hermit age might warm ; S. My Mary's face t 
 The frost that freezes the life at my breast, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door^ t 
 The bitter frost and snaw. On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 The chilly Frost, beneath the silver beam, 
 Crept, gently-crusting, o'er the glittering stream. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 And infant Frosts begin to bite, 
 
 In hoary cranreuch drest ; . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 And frost will blight the fairest flowers, S. There was a lass t 
 The frost may freeze the deepest sea, . S. To daunton me. 
 Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 Of Fortune's polar frost, or torrid beams. To R. G. of P., 7. 
 Or frosts on hills of Ochiltree Are hoary gray ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 But oh ! fell death's untimely frost, 
 
 lS". Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Thro' wind and weet, thro' frost and snaw ; S. Young Jockey t 
 Frost-work. 
 
 Like frost-work touched by southern gales ; . On Lincluden. 
 Frosty. 
 While frosty winds blaw in the drift, Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind 
 
 S. Pm der young to marry t 
 Old winter with his frosty beard, 
 
 I-mprom. on Mrs. 's Birthday. 
 
 Yet blessings on your frosty pow, . . S. John Anderson,\ 
 It's no the frosty winter wind, S. Oh^ how can I be blythe t 
 Of coming Winter's biting, frosty breath ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 Or frosty maids forsworn the dear embrace, . . lb. 
 
 They bar the door on frosty win's ; . The Twa Dogs, 20. 
 Loud blaw the frosty breezes, S. Tlie yng High. Rover. 
 
 Through frosty hills the journey lay, ' . To J. Taylor. 
 To Vulcan then Apollo goes, To get a frosty calker. . lb. 
 Frown. Leam to despise those frowns now so terrific. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Wilt thou lay that frown aside, {re.} S. Fairest maidi 
 
 Tho' fortune's frown still hunts me down, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Prepared power's proudest frown to brave, Poet. Inscription. 
 The smile or frown of aweful Heaven, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Frown, to. 
 
 But fickle Fortune frowns on me, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 Frowning, 
 
 Dark as the frowning rock his brow, . As on the banks \ 
 Frowzy, 
 From those drear solitudes and frowzy cells, , Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 And all my frowzy couch in sorrow steep ; . . . lb. 
 
 Frozen. For me my faculties are frozen, Auld comrade dear\ 
 To what dark cave of frozen night, 
 Alas ! shall thy poor wand'rer hie ; 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 Spare my love, thou feath'ry snaw, 
 
 Drifting o'er the frozen plain. S. Jockey's ta'en the parting^ 
 He's doyl't and he's dozin, his blude it is frozen, 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 Fructify, May powers aboon unite you soon, 
 
 And fructify your amours, . On W. Chalmers. 
 Frugal. Seal'd up with frugal care in massive, waxen piles, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 The frugal Wifie, garrulous, will tell, 
 How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' Lint was i' the bell, 
 
 Tlie Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 For sense they little owe to frugal Heav'n 
 
 The Ordination. Mott. 
 Or frugal Nature grudge thee one [talent] ? 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Fruit. 
 Sweet fruit o' mony a merry dint, . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Sits o'er his newly-gathered fruits. 
 
 Beside his crystal well ! . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 
 Alas 1 sae sweet a tree as love, 
 
 Sic bitter fruit should bear ! The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 Upo' this tree there grows sic fruit, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 This fruit is worth a' Afric's wealth, . lb. 
 
 I'd gie my shoon frae aff my feet. 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man. , . lb. 
 
 Fruited, 
 
 The rustling com, the fruited thorn, S. Now westlin winds \ 
 Fruitful. ' Be fruitful and increase. . . Natures Law. 
 The Partridge loves the fruitful fells ; S. Now westlin winds \ 
 How lovely, Nith, thy fruitful vales, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 The fruitful top is spread on high. 
 And firm the root below. . . The ist Ps.. 
 
 FruStrSite, Some cause unseen still stept between. 
 To frustrate each endeavour, O : 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 Fry. And ay he [Homie] catch'd the tither wretch, 
 
 To fry them in his caudrons ; The Ordination, zo. 
 Frying. 
 
 Frae morn to een it's nought but toiling. 
 At baking, roasting, frying, boiling; . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Fu*, Fou, Fow [full; tipsy; very, considerably]. 
 
 The laggen they hae clautet Fu' clean . A Dream, i^. 
 
 An' swoor fu' rude, .... A Fragment, g. 
 
 She dirl'd them afif fu' clearly, O S. Amang the trees \ 
 
 Her comely face sae fu' o' grace, S. A. Mastrtn' s bonie Anne. 
 The moon it shines fu' clearly. . . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 I'se be fou and thou'ee be toom, S. Carl, an the King come. 
 Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush, 
 
 S. Cock up yr beaver. 
 I was na fou, but just had plenty ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 On new-year's night, when we were fou, S. Duncan Gray t 
 Maggie coost her held fu' heigh, . . . . lb. 
 
 Yet, if your catalogue [of friends] be fow, 
 
 I'se no insist; . Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. ist. /j. 
 Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, 
 
 An' fill them fou ; . Ep. to J. R. 2. 
 
 An' here his body lies fu' low . Epit. on Wee Johnie. 
 
 I modestly fu' fain wad hint it, . . Friend of the Poet t 
 The better that I'm fou. . . S. Gudeen to you Kimjner\ 
 An' baud their Halloween 
 
 Fu' blythe that night. . . Halloween. 2. 
 Their faces blythe, fu' sweetly kythe, , lb. 3. 
 
 They parted aff careerin Fu' blythe . lb. 28. 
 
 An' jump out owre the chimlie Fu' high . . lb. 7. 
 
 Fu' cozie in the neuk for't, . . . . lb. 10, 
 
 An' pray'd wi' zeal and fervour, Fu' fast lb. 22. 
 
 Wore a plaid and was fu' braw, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 But, L— d, that Friday I was fow. Holy Willie's Prayer. 8. 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind S. I'm o'er young f 
 
 Fu' is his barn, fu' is his byre; S. In simmer when\ 
 
 Jockey fou, and Jenny fain, . . J. Jockey fou \ 
 
 Fu' lightly rase I on the mom, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And I'm but jolly fou. . . S. Landlady, county 
 
 Wha's fou now ? . .... .lb. 
 
 Cog an ye were ay fou Ire.l . . , . , , lb. 
 
Fu' 
 
 182 
 
 Furious 
 
 I spier'd for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet, 
 
 S. Last May a hram wooer \ 
 Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry, S. My bonie Mary. 
 And spen't at night fu' brawlie : . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Fu' stately strode he on the plain, 
 
 S. My Harry was a gallant f 
 
 The groom gat sae fu' he fell awald beside it, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg\ 
 
 And answer him fu' dry. . S, O Tibbie I I hae t 
 
 she bobbed fu' law, . . . . S. O when she cam ben t 
 We are na feu, we're nae that fou, 
 
 But just a drappy in our e'e ; . . S. O Willie brew'd\ 
 a dainty chiel, An' fou o' glee : On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 Nay been bitch-fou 'mang godly priests, 
 
 On dining with Doer. 
 
 Forbye, he'll shape you aff fu' gleg 
 
 The cut of Adam's philibeg ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Fu' lifted up wi' Hebrew lore, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 And getting fou and unco happy, . Tarn d Shanter. i. 
 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on. 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; . . lb. 3. 
 
 They had been fou for weeks thegither Ib.S- 
 
 But Tarn kend what was what fu' brawlie, . lb. 13, 
 
 Even Satan glowx'd and ,fidg'd fu' fain, ... lb. 16. 
 Ye Maukins, cock your fud fa' braw, Tatn SamsotCs El., 7. 
 An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, 
 
 Yet unco proud to learn. . The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 And I sae fu' o' care ! . . S. The banks o/Doon. 
 
 Dame Justice fu' brawly has sped ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 The lav'rocks they were chantan Fu' sweet The Holy Fair. 
 Was in the fashion shining Fu' gay . . . . lb. a. 
 And wi a curchie low did stoop, Fu' kind . . lb. 3. 
 
 An' farls, bak'd wi' butter, Fu' crump . . . . lb. 7. 
 
 It pangs us fou o' Knowledge lb. ig. 
 
 A vast unbottom'd, boundless Pit, 
 
 Fill'd fou o' lowan bninstane, .... lb. 23. 
 There's some are fou o' love divine ; 
 
 There's some are fou o' brandy ; . . .lb. 2y. 
 
 Sir Wisdon^i's a fool when he's fou ; The Jolly Beggars. S.III. 
 Wha ken't fu' weel to cleek the Sterlin ; . .lb. R. IV. 
 I bow'd fu' low to this sam' maid, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 An' toss thy horns fu' canty ; . . . The Ordination. 6. 
 And a' like lamb-tails fiyin Fu' fast this day ! . lb. 7. 
 
 I never gat m^ Coggje fou 
 
 Till I met wi' the Ploughman. . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 Fu' aft at e'en Wi' dancing keen, . S. The iither mom t 
 Now when ye're nickan down fu' cany 
 
 The staff o' bread. Third Ep, to J. Lap.. 
 
 I am as fu' as Bartie : . . . To . 
 
 Dance by fu' light . To J. S., 12. 
 
 I lap and cry'd fu' loud. . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 ye ken fu' well, . . . . . lb. 
 
 Auld Coila, now, may fidge fu' fain, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Our parting was fu' tender ; 
 
 S. Ye banks ^ and braes., and streams t 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes t 
 lb. 
 
 And I sae weary fu' of care ! . 
 Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree ; 
 Fu' blythe he whistled at the gaud, 
 
 Fu' lightly danc'd he in the ha'. . S. Young Jockey t 
 
 And o'er the lea I leuk fu' fain . . lb. 
 
 Fu-han't [full-handed, having plenty, rich]. 
 
 But ay fu-han't is fechtin best, iS". In simtner when t 
 
 Fud [the posteriors ; the scut of a rabbit or hare]. 
 
 Ye Maukins, cock your fud fu' braw, Tam Samson's El., 7. 
 They scarcely left to coor their fuds. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 Fuel. By Heavens, the sacrilegious dog 
 
 Shall fuel be to boil it I . S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 
 FuffUpuff!] 
 
 Till fuff ! he started up the lum, . , Halloween. 8. 
 
 Fuff 't [did puff]. 
 She fuflft her pipe wi' sic a lunt, . . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 Fulfil. The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he. 
 
 Ep. to J. L^k, Ap. 8/st. IS. 
 Thou Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty Scheme, 
 These woes of mine fulfil ; Winter. 
 
 Full. An', large upon her quarter, Come full that day. 
 
 A Dream, 13. 
 An' did nae less, in full Congress, 
 
 Than quite refuse our law, man. . A Fragment, i. 
 
 But, like himsel', a full free agent. . El. on Year 1788. 
 
 But a full flowing bowl. 
 
 Was the saving his soul, . . Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Full well thou know'st I love thee dear; S. Fairest maid\ 
 And cudgell'd him full sore ; . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 A day to me so full of woe ? . . Lament Jhr Glencaim, 
 
 raging fortune's withering blast 
 
 Has laid my leaf full low, O ! . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 if full of youth and riot, .... The Hermit. 
 
 We lived full one-ai^d-twenty years 
 
 A man and wife together ; - . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Full soon I grew sick of my sanctified Sot, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 At night I do bring my full wages away : The Poor Thresher, 
 
 A farm of full forty acres of land lb. 
 
 Each man of sense has it so full before him, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 A tight, outlandlish Hizzie, braw, 
 
 Come full in sight. . . The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 A wildly-witty, rustic grace Shone full upon her ; lb. 10. 
 
 Or point the inconclusive page 
 
 Full on the eye. [v. A. 4] • • lb. D. II. 
 Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, 
 
 Full on thy bloom, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Have I so found it full of pleasing charms ? Why am I loth t 
 Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Fullarton. 
 
 Hence, Fullarton, the brave and young ; The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 Fully. He'll prove you fully, . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Fulsome. Wi' monie a fulsome, sinfu'- lie, A Ded. to G. H. 
 Fumble. Wha can do nought but fyke an' fumble, 
 
 On Scot. Bard, gne to W.I. 
 Fumbling. 
 
 How fumbling coofs their dearies slight, Scotch Drink. i2. 
 Fume. 
 
 The fumes of wine infuriate send ; Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Fun. If thou hast wit, and fun, and fire. 
 
 And ne'er gude wine did fear. El. on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 And there was muckle fun and jokin, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 2. 
 The wale o' cocks for fun an' drinldn! . Ep. to J. R. i. 
 
 'Twas ae night lately, in my fun, 
 
 1 gaed a rovin wi' the gun, . lb. 7. 
 Shame fa' the fun ; wi' sword and gun 
 
 To slap mankind like lumber ! . . Nature's Law. 
 
 For meikle glee and fun has he, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : Tam o' Shanter. 12. 
 
 ' ' My name is Fun — your cronie dear, The Holy Fair. 5. 
 
 Wabster lads, Blackguarding frae K[iImamo]ck For fun lb, 9. 
 
 And there was routh o' drink and fun, S. The last braw bridal\ 
 
 For me, an aim I never fash ; I rhyme for fun. To J. S. 5. 
 Funny, -ie. 
 
 And yet wi' funny, queer Sir John, 
 
 He was an unco shaver For monie a day. A Dream, is. 
 
 Tho' ye was trickie, slee an' funnie, 
 
 Ye ne'er was donsie ; A Guid New-Year\5. 
 
 My funny toil is now a' tint, . Add. to Illegit. Child 
 
 And unco tales, an' funnie jokes, . . Halloween. 28. 
 
 Wi' mornings blythe and e'enings funny . To Terraughty. 
 Fun'ral. When call'd on to order the fun'ral direction, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. Another. 
 Fur. Clad in rich Dulness' comfortable fur. To R. G. ofF. 3. 
 Furder [further, success]. 
 
 Weel, my babie, may thou furder : . ^. Hee balou, t 
 
 Guid speed an' furder to you, Johny, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Furious. 
 
 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : Tam d" Shanter. 12. 
 
 And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; . .lb. 18. 
 
 Like furious devils driving. . The Election Ballads. VI, 
 
 While Tories fall, while Tories fly, 
 And furious Whigs pursuing 1 Ih, 
 
 Those headlong, furious passions to confine ; Why am I loth t 
 
Furm 
 
 183 
 
 Gae 
 
 Furm [a wooden form or bench]. 
 
 How drink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, 
 Amang the furms an' benches ; The Holy Fair, 23. 
 
 Fupnicatop w. Fornicator. 
 
 Furr [a flirrow]. 
 
 The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr, . . S. Killiecrankie. 
 The hares were hirplan down the furrs, . The Holy Fair. 
 
 Furr ahin [the hinder right-hand horse which walks 
 in the furr, when ploughing]. 
 
 My Furr ahin's a wordy beast, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Furrow. 
 Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, 
 
 Shall be thy doom ! To a Mountain-Daisy, 
 Furrowed, -'d. 
 No wrinkle furrow'd by the hand of care, Blest he WMurdo t 
 His face was furrow'd o'er with years, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 The furrow'd waving corn . S. Now Spring has cladf 
 At thy blithe carol clears his furrowed brow. 
 
 Sonnet wr. on Birthday. 
 And owsen frae the furrowed field . S. IVhen o'er the hill t 
 ■ Fury. O'er countries and kingdoms their fury prevail'd, 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 ' I drew my scythe in sic a fury, Death and Dr, Hornbook. 18. 
 And in thy fury burn the book 
 
 Even of that man M'Gill. . . New Psalmody, 
 
 Or were more in fury seen. Sir, . . The Dean ofFac. . 
 High-wav'd his magnum-bonum round 
 
 With Cyclopean fury. . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Wi' kindling fury i' their breasts, . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 
 In wildest fury hae made bare 
 
 My peace, my hope, for ever! . . Kj, under Grief. 
 Fusion. We'll light a spunk, and, ev'ry skin. 
 
 We'll rin them aflf in fusion Like oil, some day. 
 
 The Ordination. 14, 
 Fusionless [pithless, sapless]. 
 
 An' he is but a fusionless carlie, O. S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 Fuss. But why of that epocha make such a fuss, [v. A. 9] 
 
 Poet. add. to Tytler. 
 Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Future, 
 
 May in some future carcase howl, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2jst. ly. 
 Prop of my dearest hopes for future times. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 They persecute you all your future days ! . . lb. 5. 
 
 My age's future shade. . . S. Fate gave the word, t 
 
 The past was bad, and the future hid ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer i 
 With future rhymes, an' other times. 
 
 To emulate his sire ; . . Nature's Law. 
 
 And future ages hear his growing fame. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Thro' future times to make his virtues last lb. 
 
 On the hopeless Future pondering, . S. Raving winds + 
 See future wines, rich-clust'ring, rise ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 That thus they all shall meet in future days : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 16. 
 Charm or instruct the future age, [v. A. 4] The Vision. D. II. 
 With future hope, I oft would gaze, ... lb. 12. 
 And tell future ages the feats of the day ; The Whistle. 11. 
 Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, . . . To a Kiss. 
 
 With every kindliest, best presage. Of future bliss, To Chloris. 
 Hae thought they had ensur'd their debtors, 
 
 A' future ages ; . . ToJ.S.,8. 
 
 Till Future Life, future no more. 
 
 To light and joy the good restore, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 For the future be prepar'd, . Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 Future-life. 
 That future-life in worlds unknown 
 
 Must take its hue from this alone ; Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Fy, Fye, Fie ! 
 Fy, bring Black- Jock, Tier state physician, 
 
 To see her w-t-r ; . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Fie, fie on silly coward man. 
 
 That he should be the slave o't. . S. O poortithcauld\ 
 
 Fy, let us a' to Kirkcudbright, The Election Ballads. III. 
 fye ! How daur ye do't ? . . To a Louse. 
 
 FyerS, The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Fyfteen, I was na past fyfteen : . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 Fyke [agitation about trifles ; restlessness]. 
 
 As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, . . Tarn, d Shanter, ly. 
 Fyke [to act in a restless, useless, uncertain kind of 
 way ; to fidget, make a fuss about anything]. 
 Wha can do nought but fyke an' fumble. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 ye sud be licket Until ye fyke ; . Second Ep. to Davie, 
 Fyle [to defile, to soil]. 
 
 Her face wad fyle the Logan-water ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Fyl'd [soiled, dirtied]. 
 
 Ane curses feet that fyl'd his shins, . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 Ga' [gall]. An' purge the bitter ga's an' cankers, [v.A.13] 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Gab [the mouth ; tongue]. 
 Some unco blate, an' some wi' gabs, . Halloween. 3. 
 
 Set a' their gabs a steerin ; . . . .lb. 28. 
 
 Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; . Ta7n o' Shanter. xi. 
 While she held up her greedy gab. 
 
 Just like an aumous dish : . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 But steek your gab for ever ; . . TJie Ordination, g. 
 
 Wi' his teethless gab and his auld beld pow, 
 
 S, To daunton me. 
 Gab, to [to talk fluently, to prate]. 
 
 Or gab like Boswell, The Authors Cry and Prayer. 10. 
 
 Gabble. He'll gabble rhyme, nor sing nae mair, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Gabriel. 
 
 Here brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct, Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 Gade v. Gaed. 
 Gae [gave]. 
 
 Wha gae the whigs the power o't ! S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 
 We gae the boot and better horse ; S. Carl, an the King come. 
 He by his showther gae a keek, . . Halloween, ig. 
 
 The Deil, or else an outler Quey, 
 
 Gat up an' gae a croon ; lb. 26. 
 
 And gae his bridle reins a shake, . . S. It was a'for^ 
 But owre my left shouther I ga'e him a blink, 
 
 .S". Last May a braw wooer \ 
 My heart it gae a stoun. . . S. My heart was ance t 
 
 gin I saw the laddie that gae me't I S. O whare did ye get t 
 
 1 gae him a stool, and he look'd like a fool, S. The auld man t 
 I gae him some pye, and he lay'd the crust by, , Jb. 
 I gae him a dram o' the brand sae Strang, /b. 
 My heart for fear gae sough for sough, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Wha meekly gae your hurdies to the smiters ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Gae [to go]. When they gae to the shore o' Bucky, 
 
 S. A' the lads d Thomie-bank t 
 Weel, since he has left me, may pleasure gae wi' him, 
 
 S.As I was a-waud'ring'f 
 Be't to me, be't frae me, e'en let the jade [chance] gae, 
 
 .S*. Contented wi' little t 
 When a' the lave gae to their play, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Wae gae by you, Duncan Gray, ... .lb. 
 
 She may gae to— France for me ! . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 We'll gae down by Clouden-side, . lS". Hark! the mavis' t 
 O wae gae by his wanton sides, S. Here's his health in water. 
 Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword 
 
 That thro' thy soul shall gae : Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The deuce gae wi' him to believe me, 
 
 ^S". Last May a braw wooer t 
 The de'il tak' his taste to gae near her ! . . lb. 
 
 When a' the lave gae to their bed 
 
 S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 Gae seek for pleasure whare ye will, S. My love she's butf 
 
 Gae back the gate ye cam' again, { |; g TJJe^.T^tl 
 Tho' father and mother and a' should gae mad, S. O whistle j 
 The tappit-hen gae bring her ben, . On W. Stewart. 
 
 But I look to the West when I gae to rest, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 The wheels o' life gae down-hill, scrievin, 
 
 Wi' rattlin glee. . . Scotch Drink. S- 
 While healths gae round to him wha, tight, 
 
 Gies famous sport, [v. A. 25] . lb. 13. 
 
Gae 
 
 184 
 
 Gallant 
 
 Then, hiltie, skiltie, we gae scrivin', 
 
 An' fash nae mair. . Second Ep. io Davie. 
 And I may e'en gae hang. . . S, She's fair andfause \ 
 And mony a knight and mony a laird, 
 
 That errand fain would gae. \re\ The Election Ballads. I. 
 And he wad gae to London town, 
 
 Might nae man him withstand Ih. 
 
 Ilk star gae hide thy twink'ling ray S, The gowd. Locks of A. 
 The kirk and state may gae to hell, 
 
 And I'll gae to my Anna IB. 
 
 And they'll gae build Terreagle's towers, 
 
 S. The noble Maxwells t 
 Cast off the wat, put on the dry, 
 
 And gae to bed, my Dearie. S. The Ploughman t 
 
 If ye gae up to yon hill-tap, 
 
 Ye'U there see bonie Peggy ; . The Tarholton Lasses. 
 Gae down by Faile, and taste the ale, lb. 
 
 As ye gae up by yon hill-side, 
 
 Speer in for bonie Bessy ; . . . .lb. 
 
 Gae spin your tap o' tow! . . . S. The weary pund. 
 Gae somewhere else and seek your dinner, . To a Louse. 
 But I gae mad at their grimaces, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Then gae your gate ye'se nae be here ! S. Wha is thai at t 
 Gae mind your seam, ye prick the louse. What ails ye now \ 
 Gae fa' upo' anither plan, .... . . lb. 
 
 I fear your mind gae wrang, lassie. ^S". Ve hoe lien wrang. 
 Gaed, Gade [Went]. 
 B-rg— ne gaed up, like spur an' whip, . A Frag^nent. 4. 
 When first I gaed to woo my Jenny, A Guid New-Year ^3, 
 thou pay't them hollow, Whare'er thou gaed. . lb. g. 
 
 As I gaed up by yon gate end, . S. As I gaed up by \ 
 
 As I gaed down the water-side, . . S. CcC the Ewes. 
 An' down gaed stumpie in the ink : 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2zst. 6. 
 in my fun I gaed a rovin wi' the gun, . Ep. to J. R. 7. 
 
 Sae dauntingly gaed he ; . S. Farewell, ye dungeoTis t 
 An' owre the hill gaed scrievin, . . Halloween. 24. 
 
 I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen, . . S. I gaed a waef^ t 
 I gaed to the tryste o' Dalgamock ; 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 Yestreen, when to the trembling string 
 
 The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window^ 
 As she gaed o'er the border ? , S. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 Ye spak' na, but gaed by like stoure ; . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 I gaed up to Dunse, To warp a wab 0' plaiden ; 
 
 S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 But, Och ! he gaed and ne'er retum'd I Tain Sajnson's^El. 8. 
 The chase gaed frae the north, man ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Our lads gaed a hunting, ae day at the dawn, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming\ 
 The third, that gaed a wee a-back, 
 
 Was in the fashion shining . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 
 Then I gaed hame at crowdie-time, . . . lb. 6. 
 
 Gaed hoddan by their cotters ; . .lb. 7. 
 
 How drink gaed round, in cogs an' caups, . . lb. 23. 
 For ay he pree'd the lassie's mou, 
 
 As he gaed but and ben, O. . . S. The Taylor^ 
 
 Awa they gaed wi' mock parade, The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 right pensivelie, I gaed to rest. . The Vision. D. I. 2. 
 
 And jee ! the door gaed to the wa', . . lb, 7. 
 
 At last her feet, I sang to see*t, 
 
 Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; . ^S*. Th^ weary Fund. 
 
 Ae day as the carle gaed up the lang glen, 
 
 S. There Hv'd ance a carle t 
 The carlin gaed thro' them like ony mad bear, . lb. 
 
 He gaed wi' Jeanie to the'tryste, S. There was a lass\ 
 
 till her last roon Gaed past their viewin. To IV. Simpson. P.S. 
 Frae less to mair it gaed to sticks ; . ... IB. 
 Where'er I gaed, where'er I rade, 
 
 A mistress still I had aye : . .S". When^rst I came t 
 
 I'd rove and ne'er be eerie O, 
 If thro' that glen I gaed to thee, . S, When oe'r the hillf 
 Gaen v. Gane. 
 Gaet V. Gate. 
 Gage. Poor Tammy Gage within a cage 
 
 Was kept at Boston-ha', man ; A Fragment, j. 
 
 Gaiger v. Gauger. 
 
 Gailies [pretty well], 
 
 I canna say but they do gailies ; . . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Gaily, Gayly, 
 
 Tho' thou may gayly bloom a while, . S. I do confess f 
 
 Gaily in the sunny beam ; . . S. I dream' d I lay t 
 
 Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; . . Innocence. 
 
 Where spreading hawthorns gaily bloom ! 
 
 S. The Banks of Nith. 
 How many a robe sae gaily floats ! The FHe Champetre. 
 
 Nor birds sweetly singing, nor flowers gayly springing, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 Gain v. Gin. 
 Gain. I dinna envy him the gains he can win; 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring\ 
 Some soothe the Lab'rer's weary toil 
 
 For humble gains. The Vision. D. II. g. 
 
 Gain, to. Jenny was nae ill to gain, . S. Jockey fou^\ 
 
 To him be given to ken the heav'n 
 
 He gains in Polly Stewart ! . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 'Twas all my faithful love could gain ; S. The capt. Ribband. 
 And then my fifty pounds a year 
 
 Will little gain me. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Detraction's eye no aim can gain, 
 Her winning powers to lessen ; . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Gd,ined, -'d. 
 
 How foolish, or worse, 'till our summit is gain'd ! 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Thus Robert, victorious, the trophy has gained, 
 
 The Whisne. $■ 
 But sair I fear some happier swain 
 Has gained sweet Jeanie's favour : S. When first I saw \ 
 Gainer. Most justly think (and we are much the gainers) 
 
 The Rights of Woman, 
 Gairs [gores]. 
 
 My Lady's gown there's gairs upon't, S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Gaist -v. Ghaist. 
 Gait. And then there's something in her gait 
 
 Gars ony dress look weel. . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us, To a Louse. 
 
 Gale, 
 The balmy gales awake the flowers, . S. Behold, my love,i 
 At even, when beans their fragrance shed, 
 
 I* th' rustling gale, . El. on Capt. M. H. 6. 
 'Tis but the balmy, breathing gale, . 5". Here is theglen,\ 
 
 Make the gales you waft around her 
 
 Soft and peaceful as her breast, . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 Then may heaven with prosperous gales, 
 Fill my sailor's welcome sails, S. How can my poor heart t 
 I'd fan it wi' a constant gale, . . . S. O were tny love t 
 Now on the rising gale swell high, . On Lincluden. 
 
 Like frost-work touched by southern gales ; . .lb. 
 
 But through the broken space, the gale 
 
 Blows chilly from the misty vale ; . , . . Ih. 
 Beneath the milkwhite thorn that scents the ev'ning gale. 
 
 TJie Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 All-hail then, the gale then, 
 
 Wafts me from thee, dear shore ! . The Farewell. 
 
 Till billows rage, and gales blow hard. 
 
 And whelm him o'er ! To a Mountain Daisy. 
 And large, before Enjoyment's gale, 
 
 Let's tak the tide. . ToJ.S.ii. 
 
 Gall. He dips in gall unmixed his eager pen, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 G^ll, ^0. While scabs an' botches did him [Job] gall, 
 
 Wi' bitter claw, Add. to the Deil. 18. 
 Galling. 
 
 O Life ! thou art a galling load, . Despondency^ an Ode. 
 Galla water. Can match the lads o' Galla water. 
 
 lS". Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 The bonnie lad o' Galla water. . . . lb. 
 
 We'll tent our flocks by Galla water. . lb. 
 
 Braw, braw lads of Galla Water ; 5". Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 Gallant, adj. 
 Four gallant brutes, as e'er did draw ; A Guid New-Year^ fS- 
 They hae pierc'd mony a gallant heart; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. iS' 
 There moulders here a gallant heart ; El. on Capt. M. H. Epit. 
 They've lost some gallant gentlemen 
 Amang the Highland clans, man ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Bold Scrimgeour follows gallant Graham, 
 
 TJie Election Ballads. VI. 
 
Gallant 
 
 185 
 
 Gang 
 
 Tke Tree of Liberty, 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 Letter to J. Goudie. 
 The Two, Dogs. 31. 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker, 
 
 I have four brutes o* gallant mettle, . Tke Inventory, 
 
 And I served out my Trade when the gallant game was play'd, 
 The Jolty Beggars. S. I. 
 My gallant, braw John Highlandman \re,\ , . lb. S. IV. 
 My brave gallant friends, 'tis your ruin I mourn ; 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 And gallant Sir Robert, deep-read in old wines. 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 gallant Sir Robert, to finish the fight, . . Jb. 14. 
 
 The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end ; . Xb. 16. 
 That gallant badge, the dear cockade, S, When wild War's f 
 He is a gallant sailor. [?-^.] . . S. Where Cart rins^ 
 Sae gallant and sae gay a swain, . S. Voung Jamie, t 
 
 Gallant, ^ ■ 
 My Harry was a gallant gay, S. My Harry was a gallant^ 
 Ye gallants bright I rede ye right, S^ A Mast's bonie Anne. 
 
 Ye gallants braw I rede ye a', lb. 
 
 Galley. A glorious Galley, stem and stern, 
 
 Weel rigg'd for Venus barter ; . A Dream. 13. 
 Gallia. 
 My blessings aye attend the chiel, 
 Wha pitied Gallia's slaves, man. 
 Gallop. 
 What ragjngs must his veins convulse. 
 That still eternal gallop : 
 
 Galloping. 
 
 Gane in a galloping consumption, . 
 Their galloping thro' public places, 
 Galloway, Gallowa'. 
 Wi' nae converse but Gallowa' bodies. 
 And Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord 
 That ever Galloway saw. S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 Flit G— and find 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave, On seeing Seat of Lord G.. 
 And brandy Jean, that took her gill, 
 
 In Galloway sae wide. . . The Election Ballads, /. 
 
 Through Galloway and a' that ; . . , lb, II. 
 
 And also the wild Scot o' Galloway 
 
 Sodgerin gunpowder Blair. . . . lb. III. 
 
 Yerl Galloway lang did rule this land, ... lb. V. 
 But now Yerl Galloway's sceptre's broke, . , . lb. 
 Spare me thy vengeance, G— .... To Lord G. 
 Gallows, Gallows-tree. 
 But gude preserve us frae the gallows, 
 
 That shamefu' death ! Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 M'Pherson's time will not be long 
 
 On yonder gallows-tree. . S. Farewell^ ye dungeons t 
 He played a spring, and danc'd it round, 
 
 Below the gallows-tree lb. 
 
 An' plunder'd o' her hindmost groat, 
 
 By gallows knaves ? TheAutho'^s Cry and Prayer. 
 He'd venture the gallows for siller, 
 An 'twere na the cost o' the rape. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Galston. The rising sun, our Galston Muu-s, 
 
 Wi' glorious light was glintan ; The Holy Fair. 
 Gambling. 
 
 Mortgaging, gambling, masquerading : . The Twa Dogs, 22. 
 Game. 
 Then R-ck-ngh-m took up the game ; . A Fragment, 6. 
 The pipers and youngsters were making their game, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring f 
 The tane is game, a bluidy devil, . . El. on Vear/fSS. 
 The Game shall Pay, owre moor an' dail, 
 
 For this, niest year. . . . E^. to J. J?. 10. 
 Or how our merry lads at hame, 
 
 In Britain's court kept up the game : Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 By Colin's cottage lies his game, , 6". My Lord a-hunting\ 
 And I served out my Trade when the gallant game was play'd, 
 The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 Like beagles hunting game, man, . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Sic game is now owre aften play'd ; , The Tina Dogs. 21. 
 This game was play'd in monie, lands. To W. Sim_pson, P,S. 
 Gamesome. 
 
 My gamesome Billy Will, . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Gamut. He croon'd his gamut, one, two, three, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Gane, Gaen [gone]. 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie A Guid New-year f /. 
 The branchy shelter lost and galB^ . As on the banks t 
 2 A 
 
 'Twas but yestreen, nae farther gaen. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 He's gane I he's gane I he's frae us torn, [re.} 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. 2. 
 A Towmont, Sirs, is gane to wreck ! . EL on Year I'jSS. 
 I'd better gaen an sair't the king, . , Ep. to J. R. 6. 
 
 To H-11, if he's gane thither, 
 
 Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, Epit. on Ruling Elder. 
 And mercy's day is gane. . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But now its gane, and something mair, . Extern. Ap. 2782. 
 Gane is the day and mirk's the night, . S. Gane is the day\ 
 Gane in a galloping consumption, . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Yon sinking sun's gane down upon ; S. O watye whcCs in t 
 Meg fain wad to the Barn gaen, . , . . Halloween. 21. 
 Jenny M'Craw to the mountains is gane, Jenny M'Craw + 
 O'er the mountains he is gane ; S. Jockey's tcCen the parting^ 
 Is he to Abra'm's bosom gane 1 S. Ken ye ought o' Copt. G,t 
 The simmer is gane when the leaves they were green, 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 And my last hald of earth is gane : La7nentfor Glencaim. 
 My Lord a-hunting he is gane, . S. My Lord a-huntingf 
 She's gane, like Alexander, 
 
 To spread her conquests farther. S. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 Honest Will's to Heaven gane, . On W. Cruickskanks. 
 And gane, alas ! the sheltering tree, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 But Garlics was to London gane, 
 
 And sae the kye might stray. The Election Ballads. V. 
 Their hearts o' stane, gin night are gane. The Holy Fair. 27. 
 Beauty's of a fading nature. 
 
 Has a season, and is gane. . S. Will ye go and marry ^ 
 Gang. The Poets too, a venal gang, . . A Dream. 2. 
 A blessing on the cheery gang 
 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 Ye gipsy-gang that deal in glamor. 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Gang, to [to go, walk]. 
 
 And now the third part o' the string, 
 
 An' less, will gang about it . . . .A Dream. 4. 
 Till a' the seas gang dry, [w.] , ^S". A red, red Rose. 
 
 Tho' they may ^ang a kennin wrang, 
 
 To step aside is human : . . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 Will ye gang down the water-side . . S. CcC the Ewes. 
 If ye'U but stand to what ye've said, 
 
 I'se gang wi' you, my shepherd lad, ... lb. 
 
 They gang in [to CoUedge] Stirks, and come out Asses, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 12. 
 But how the subject theme may gang. 
 
 Let time and chance determine ; Ep. to Young Friend. 
 So may the auld year gang out moaning Friend of the poet t 
 Gar lasses hearts gang startin . . . Halloween. 3. 
 
 Then a faulding let us gang, . . S. Hark! the mavis' t 
 Ye shall gang in gay attire, . . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 I rede you right, gang ne'er at night, S.My heart was ance f 
 Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd nae a flie ; S. O Whistle t 
 Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
 
 A cuckold coward loun is he ! . S. O Willie brew'd \ 
 Or how can I gang brisk and braw ; S.Ok,hmiacanIbeblythe\ 
 Soon heels o'er gowdie! in he gangs, . . Poem on Life. 
 The Laird o' Blackbyre wad gang through the fire, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Fare thee weel before I gang, . ^S". Scenes of woe t 
 
 But woman is but warld's gea;", 
 
 Sae let the bonie lass gang. 5". She's fair andfause t 
 
 Lest in temptation's path ye gang astray. 
 
 The CoticT's Sat. Night 6. 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither. [v. A. 2] 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 And he wad gang to London town. 
 
 If sae their pleasure was. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Where sailors gang to fish for cod . . The Twa Dogs. *r. 
 They gang as saucy by poor folk. 
 
 As I wad by a stinkan brock, ... lb. 12. 
 
 For gear to gang that gate at last ! . . lb. 2$. 
 
 I winna gang to the dance in Carlyle ha'. 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 What will I do for a lad, when Sandy gangs awa? . lb. 
 An' I'll no gang to my bed Until I get a nod. 
 
 S. There's news, lasses t 
 I'll no gang to my bed Till I get a man. . . , lb. 
 
Gan^ 
 
 186 
 
 Gat 
 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, 
 
 Gang aft agley, . . . To a Mouse. 
 An' gar him follow to the kirk 
 
 Ay when ye gang yoursel. To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Is Fortune's fickle Luna waning ? 
 
 E'en let her gang ! . . . ToJ.S. so. 
 Wi' you I'll scarce gang ony where ... Ih. 2g. 
 Content with you to mak a pair, Whare'er I gang. . Id. 
 I'll ne'er gang by your door. . . V.s io Landlady of Inn. 
 But gang she east, or gang she west, .S". Wften first I sanu t 
 My purse is light, I've far to gang, S. When wild Wa-^s t 
 Gangrel [vagrant], 
 a merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies, , 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Gap. Thro' hostile ranks and ruin'd gaps A dd. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Still through the gap the struggling river toils, 
 
 Wr. hy Fall o/Fyers. 
 
 Gape. 
 
 It [a raep] males guid fellows gim an' gape, Poor Maine's El. 
 Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Tam <?' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Gaped. He gaped for'^ [his argument], he graped for't, 
 
 Extent, in Court of Session. 
 He gaped wide, but naething spak, The Death o/Mailie. 
 Gaping, -In*. 
 Poor gapin', glowrin' Superstition, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Some gapin' glowrin' countra laird, . On W. Chalmers. 
 When gaping they [the saunts] besiege the tents, 
 
 Are doubly fir'd. . . Scotch Drink. 8. 
 She won each gaping burgess' heart. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Gar [to cause, make ; foree, compel]. 
 Wad gar you trow ye ne'er do wrang, . . A Dream, z. 
 And gar the tatter'd gypsies pack, Add. ofBeeUehuh. 4. 
 
 That gars the notes of discord squeel, Add. to Toothache. 
 And gar me look like bluntie, S. And Ofor ane and twenty f 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, 
 
 Ep. to J. Z— A, Ap. 1st, ig. 
 Twa lines frae you wad gar me fissle, ... lb. 22. 
 Gar lasses hearts gang startin .... Halloween. 3. 
 Gars ony dress look weel. . . . ^S". Handsome Nell. 
 Gude ale gars me sell my hose, [re.} S. O Gtede Ale comes t 
 Gars me moop wi' the servant hizzie, .... /J. 
 Will gar fame blaw until her trumpet crack, Scots Prologue. 
 Rivan the words tae gar them clink ; Second Ep. toJDavie. 
 Ah, gentle dames I it gars me greet. Tarn. 0' Shanter. 4. 
 
 An' no get warmly to your feet, 
 
 An' gar them hear it, The Author^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. $. 
 Guid faith, quo' scho, I doubt you gar. 
 
 The bonie lasses lie aspar, . . S. There was a ladi 
 But chiefly the siller, that gars him gang till her, 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 An' gar him follow to the kirk . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 We'll gar our streams an' bumies shine 
 
 Up wi' the best. . . To W. Simpson. 
 Garden. The verdure and pride of the garden and lawn, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks^ 
 And by yon garden green again ; . . S. Til ay ca in t 
 When past the show'r, and every flow'r 
 
 The garden is adorning : . . . iS". Lovely Davies. 
 We'll search through the garden for each silly flower, 
 
 'Monody f on a Lady. 
 That roars between her gardens green 
 
 And the bonie lass of Albany. S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Yon palace and yon gardens fine ! S. The Highland Lassie. 
 The flaunting flow'rs our Gardens yield, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 When roving through the garden gay, 
 
 S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Garland. And claught th' unfading garland there, 
 
 Extem. on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Garland, to. Then farewel hopes of Laurel-boughs 
 
 To garland my poetic brows ! To J. i"., 9. 
 
 Garlies. 
 
 But Garlies was to London gane, The Election Ballads. K 
 Garment. In this lone cave, in garments lowly. The Hermit. 
 Garpal. Or haunted Garpal draws his feeble source, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 7. 
 Garren [making, forcing]. 
 
 Than garren lasses cowp the cran 
 
 Clean heels owre body, What ails ye now\ 
 
 Garrulous. The frugal wifie, garrulous, will tell, 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat Night. 11. 
 
 Gart [made, forced]. 
 
 But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle. 
 
 An' gart them whaizle '.A Guid New-Year^ 10. 
 
 Gart poor Duncan stand abiegh ; , , ^S". Duncan Gray\ 
 
 And gart me weet my waukrife winkers, 
 
 Wi' giman spite. . Ep.to Maj. Logan, 10. 
 
 Has gart me change my sang. . S. My heart was ance t 
 
 Has gart me sigh and sab lb. 
 
 He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Tam 0" Shanter. 21. 
 
 That gart my heart-strings tingle The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Garten [garter]. 
 
 The lads sae trig, wi' wdoer-babs, 
 Weel knotted on their garten, . . . Halloween. 3 
 Garter. 
 
 after viewing knives and garters, Epit. on Tam the Chapman. 
 
 [Thieves] From him that wears the star and garter 
 
 To him that wintles in a halter : . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 
 His manly leg with garter tangle bound. The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 His garters knit below the knee, . S. The Ploughman \ 
 
 A Garter gie to Willie Pitt ; .... ToJ.S., 23. 
 
 Gash [sagacious ; having the appearance of sagacity 
 Joined with that of self-importance]. 
 
 Here, farmers gash, in ridin graith, . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 
 In comes a gawsie, gash Guidwife, ... Ih. 24. 
 
 He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, . The Twa Dogs. 5. 
 
 Gashan [talking fpeely and fluently]. 
 
 She lea'es them gashan at their cracks, . . Halloween, u. 
 Gasp. 
 
 Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; Torn d Shanter. Ji. 
 
 Gasp, to. 
 
 See how she fetches at the thrapple, 
 
 An' gasps for breath. Letter io J. Goudie. 
 
 Gasping. 
 
 Flutt'ring an' gasping in her gore : Auld comrade dear\ 
 
 In gasping death to wallow. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Gat [got]. Then up they gat the maskin-pat, A Fragment. 
 
 Wi' you, mysel, I gat a fright, . . Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 
 An how ye gat him i' your thrall, .... lb. 18. 
 
 But bonie Peg-a-Ramsey 
 Gat grist to her mill. . . S. Cauld is the e^enin blast f 
 
 Gat tippence-worth to mend her head. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 
 Then up I gat, an swoor an aith, Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. ist. 7. 
 
 Sae I gat paper in a blink, . , . lb. Ap. 21st. 6. 
 
 So gat the whissle o' my groat, . . . Ep.toJ.R.g. 
 
 I gat some gear wi' meikle care, . . Extern. Ap. 1^82. 
 
 Grim loon, he gat me by the fecket, Friend of the poet t PS. 
 
 Gat ye me, O gat ye me, 
 O gat ye me wi' naething ? . . S. Gat ye me, t 
 
 An' ay a rantan Kirn we gat, .... Halloween. IS- 
 
 His Sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean, .... lb. 26. 
 
 He gat hemp-seed, I mind it weel, ... lb. 
 
 Then up gat fechtan Jamie Fleck, . . .lb. 77. 
 
 She gat a fearfu' settlin I lb. 24. 
 
 The Deil, or else an outler Quey, 
 Gat up an' gae a croon ; lb. 26. 
 
 Because he gat the toom dish thrice 
 He heav'd them on the fire, .... 73. 27. 
 
 I gat my death frae twa sweet een, . .S*. I gaed a luaefu^ 
 
 An' Clavers gat a clankie, O ; . . S. Killiecrankie. 
 
 But gin the Lord's ain focks gat leave, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 The groom gat sae fu' he fell awald beside it, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg\ 
 
 I gat it frae a young brisk Sodger Laddie, 
 
 S. O whare didyeget\ 
 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, 
 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; Tam d Shanter. 3. 
 
 The bairns gat out wi' an unco shout, S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 
 I never gat my Coggie fou 
 Till I met wi' the Ploughman. . S. The Ploughman f 
 
 And them that stay'd gat fearfu' thuds, S. The Taylor i 
 
 Ay gat him friends in ilka place ; . . The Twa Dogs. 5. 
 
 When up they gat an' shook their lugs, ... lb. 3$. 
 
 gat the spring to pay For kissin' S. Th. Mem.^s bonie Mary. 
 
 Whae'er she gat hands on, cam' near her nae mair, 
 
 ^^ S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
Gat 
 
 187 
 
 Gawky 
 
 Sae my auld stumpie pen I gat it . 
 Sirt o'er a gill I gat your card, 
 I gat your letter, winsome Willie ; . 
 An* shortly after she was done 
 
 They gat a new ane. 
 Till chiels gat up an' wad confute it, 
 An' monie a fallow gat his lickSf 
 But new-light herds gat sic a cowe, 
 
 Third Ep, to J. Lap, 
 
 To Mr. M^Adam, 
 To W. Simpson. 
 
 . . . I6.P.S. 
 . Id. 
 . I&. 
 
 . . . . Id. 
 
 Gate. So, to heaven's gates the lark's shrill song ascends, 
 
 £p. to R. Graham. $■ 
 But, cursed lot ! the gates were shut, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 For the foul thief is just at your gate. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Gate, Gaet [way, manner, road]. 
 As I gaed up by yon gate end, .S. As I gaed up hy \ 
 
 This while ye hae been mony a gate, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ii. 
 But thanks to Heav'n, that's no the gate 
 
 We learn our creed. Ep. to /— <^, Ap. sist. 14, 
 I held the gate till you I met, . . . S. Gat ye me, t 
 
 She watch'd me by the hie-gate-side, . S. Had I the wyte t 
 Had Kirk and State been in the gate, 
 
 I lighted when she bade me lb. 
 
 I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen, 
 
 A gate, I fear, I'll dearly rue ; . S. I gaed a wae/u' t 
 
 There's nane sail ken, there's nane sail guess, 
 
 What brings me back the gate again, S. Til ay ccC in t 
 But if you come this gate again 
 
 I'll aulder be gin simmer, . S. Vm der young to starry t 
 life's a fecht, The canniest gate, the strife is sair ; 
 
 S. In simmer when + 
 Gae back the gate ye cam' again, S. O can ye labour lea \ 
 Gae back the gate ye cam' again, . S. O Lassie., art thou t 
 An' folk begin to tak the gate ; . Tarn d Shanter. 
 
 " My sister Kate cam up the gate 
 
 Wi'-crowdie unto me, man ; S, The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Sweeps dams, an' mills, an' brigs, a' to the gate ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 The L— d be thankit that we've tint the gate o't ! . lb. S. 
 
 Hech man ! dear sirs ! is that the gate. 
 They waste sae mony a braw estate ! . The Tiva Dogs. 25. 
 For gear to gang that gate at last 1 . . . . Ih. 
 And down the gate, in faith, they're worse 
 
 And mair unchancy. , To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Wi' you I'll canter ony gate, . . To Mr. Renton. 
 
 Then gae your gate ye'se nae be here ! S. Wha is that at t 
 I dread ye'U learn the gate again ; . . . lb. 
 
 An' may they never learn the gaets, 
 
 Of ither vile, wanrestfu' Pets ! . The Death ofMailie, 
 Gather. Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go, 
 
 S. Come boat me o'er to Cliarlie. 
 An' Ploughmen gather wi' their graith, Scotch Drink. 10, 
 To gather matter for a serious piece ; . . Scots Prologue. 
 Tho' stars in skies may disappear, 
 
 And angry tempests gather, . S. The noble Maxwells \ 
 Thro' fields of death to gather fame, S. The capt. Ribband. 
 Gathered. 
 Sits o'er his newly-gather'd fruits, 
 
 Beside his crystal well I . . Despondency j an Ode. 3. 
 When roving through the gather'd hay, S. O Phely^ happy f 
 Or gather'd Ub'ral views in Bonds and Seisins. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 10. 
 Gathering, -*rin, -'ran. 
 As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave. 
 
 S. A/ton Water, 
 His lordship sat wi' ruefu' e'e, 
 
 And ey'd the gathering storm, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 With doubling speed and fathering force, Fragment of Ode. 
 The gathering floods burst o'er the distant plains ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas, 
 Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Tarn o' Shanter. 
 In gath'rin votes you were na slack. 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer, 6. 
 gathering flowers and busking bowers. The FSte Champetre, . 
 The gloomy night is gath'rmg fast, S. The gloomy night \ 
 On ev'ry side they're gath'ran ; . . The Holy Fair, 8. 
 I hae been joyfu' gath'rin gear ; . S. The Rigs a' Barley, 
 Gaud [a goad, a long whip]. 
 Fu' blythe he wistled at the gaud, . . S. Young Jockey t 
 
 Gaudsman [the boy who drove the plough-horses]. 
 
 A gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other, . . The Inventory. 
 Gaudy, Gawdy. 
 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 
 May slightly touch the heai^t, . . i5". Handsome Nell. 
 I mourn through the gay, gawdy day, 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 The gay gaudy glare of vanity and art : 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Weel buskit up sae gaudy ; , . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, 
 
 Gaudy Day to you is dear. . S. Musing on the roaring \ 
 Let others love the .city, 
 
 And gaudy shew at sunny noon ; . , S, Sae flaxen t 
 His rags regimental they flutter'd so gaudy. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Ganger, Gaiger. 
 What premiers, what ? even Monarchs mighty gaigers : 
 
 Lns on Window, K.'s Anns. 
 I'm turn'd a gauger— Peace be here! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Gaul. 
 
 Does haughty Gaul invasion threat ? S, Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Gaun [Gavin]. 
 
 L — d mind G— n H n's deserts. Holy Willie's Prayer, 11. 
 
 There's Gaun, misca't waur than a beast. 
 
 To Rev. J, M'Math. 
 Gaun [going], in aught hours gaun, A Guid New-year t //. 
 But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame. 
 And Charlie's faes before him I . S, Come boat me o'er \ 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, z. 
 lb, 8. 
 
 this that I am gaun to tell, 
 ' Friend, whare ye gaun, 
 
 steer her up and baud her gaun, 
 
 Her mither s at the mill, jo ; . S. O steer her up t 
 
 He wist na whare he was gaun, O. S. The Cooper d cuddy \ 
 " I'm gaun to [Mauchline] holy fair, . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 1 am, altho' I say't mysel, 
 
 Worth gaun a mile to see. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 My Lan' ahin's a weel gaun fiUie, . . . Tlte Itwentory. 
 When a' to rest are gaun, O. . . S, The Taylor^ 
 
 Say rather, gaun as Premiers lead him, The Twa Dogs. 2Z. 
 Till kye be gaun without the herd, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 Ha! whare ye gaun, ye crowlan ferlie ! . To a Louse, 
 
 And when the auld Moon's gaun to lea'e them, 
 The hindmost shaird, they'll fetch it wi' them. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Gaunt. 
 
 Gaunt, ghastly, ghaist-alluring ediflces. The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Gaunted [yawned]. 
 This mony a day I've grain'd and gaunted, 
 
 Kind Sir, Pve readi 
 Gausy v. Gawsie. 
 Gave. 
 Discount what scant occasion gave. Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 And deep, as soughs the boding wind, 
 
 Amang his caves, the sigh he gave. . As on the banks + 
 ere she gave creating labour o'er, Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, S. Fate gave the word\ 
 Even they [tunefu' powers] maun dare an effort mair. 
 
 Than aught they ever gave us, . . S. Lovely Davies, 
 The third of Libra's equal sway. 
 
 That gave another B[urns] . . Nature's Law. 
 
 Hands that took— but never gave. Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 But why of this epocha make such a fuss, 
 That gave us the Hanover stem ; [v. A. g] 
 
 Poet. Add, to Tytler. 
 Dread Omnipotence, alone, 
 
 Can heal the wound He gave ; . . . Sad thy tale t 
 Heav'n gave me more, it made thee mine. S. The day returns t 
 Enjoying large each spring and well 
 
 As Natture gave them me, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 He gave him the rights of it all in his hand. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 To Nature's God, and Nature's law 
 
 They gave their lore, . The Vision. D, I. 
 Gavin. The poor man weeps— here G[avi]N sleeps, For G. H. 
 Gawdy v. Gaudy. 
 
 Gawky [a staring, awkward, dull-witted person]. 
 The senseless, gawky million ; . . To Mr, M'Adam, 
 gawkies, tawpies, gowks and fools, . . To W. Creech. 
 
Gawsie 
 
 188 
 
 Geese 
 
 Ih. 
 
 Gawsie, Gausy [plump, Jolly, big and lusty, large]. 
 
 In comes a gawsie, gash Guidwife, . Tke Holy Fair. 24, 
 Her strappan limb an' gausy middle. The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 His gawsie tail, wi' upward curl, . . Tke Twa Dogs. 5, 
 Gawze. I canna say but ye strunt rarely, 
 
 Owre gawze and lace ; To a Louse. 
 
 Gay. 
 
 There's nane that's blest of human kind. 
 
 But the cheerful and the gay, man. A Bottle and Friend. 
 sweet rose-bud, young and gay, . S. A Rosebud by my \ 
 Gay as the gilded summer sky, . Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith t 
 The lavrock shuns the palace gay, . . S. Behold, my love t 
 Through gentle showers, the laughing flowers 
 
 In double pride were gay. . . . S. But lately seen t 
 For well I know thy gentle mind 
 
 Disdains art's gay disguising ; S. Cottld aught o/song,^ 
 
 'Mang fields o' flowering claver gay, Elegy on Ca^t. M, H., g. 
 
 Thy gay, green flowery tresses shear, ... lb. 12. 
 
 But [your life] "allegretto forte" gay 
 
 Harmonious flow Ep. to Maj. Logan, j. 
 
 Now gay with the broad setting sun! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 
 I mourn through the gay, gawdy day, 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane \ 
 
 In the gay rosy morn, as it bathes in the dew ; 
 
 .S. How pleasant the banks \ 
 
 Let Bourbon exult in his gay, gilded lilies, . . , lb. 
 
 When all the flowers were fresh and gay, 
 
 S, It was the charming^ 
 Till painting gay the eastern skies, 
 The glorious sun began to rise ; , . . . 
 A few short months, and glad and gay, 
 
 Again ye'U charm the ear and e'e ; Lament/or Glencaim. 
 Give me with gay folly to live ; Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav., 
 
 The gay gaudy glare of vanity and art ; 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 
 What once was a butterfly gay in life's beam : 
 
 Monody on a Lady, Epit.. 
 
 Ye shall gang in gay attire, . . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 My Harry was a gallant gay, S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 To deck her gay green spreading bowers ; S. Now rosy May t 
 May Has made our hills and valleys gay ; 
 
 S. O Logan ! sweetly i 
 
 Now, haply down yon gay green shaw. 
 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree; S. O watye wha's in^ 
 Wrongs, injuries, from many a darksome den, 
 Now gay in hope explore the paths of men : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Gay the sun> golden eye, 
 
 Peep'd o'er the mountains high ; . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Spicy forests, ever gay, . , . S. Streams that glide \ 
 
 And there will be gay Cassencarrie, 
 
 The Election Ballads, III. 
 
 The gay-green woods, amang, man ; The Fite Chatnpetre. 
 And O I as she wanton'd gay on the wing. 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 
 As lightsoraely I glowr'd abroad, 
 
 To see a scene sae gay, . . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 Was in the fashion shining Fu' gay that day. . . lb. 
 An' liv'd like lords and ladies gay ; The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 And all the gay foppery of Summer is flown ; S. The lazy mist t 
 Gay Pleasure ran riot as bumpers ran o'er ; The Whistle. 13. 
 Tho' rich is the breeze in their gay, sunny vallies, 
 
 5. Their groves of\ 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun, 
 
 Nature gay adorning. . . . ■ S. ThiTie am 1 1 
 thy gay mom of life o'ercast, .... 71? Ckloris. 
 Since life's gay scenes must charm no more, . . .lb. 
 Beauteous rose-bud, young and gay, . . To Miss C. 
 Oh fresh is the rose in the gay dewy morning, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 
 ance gay like thee— Now hopeless, comfortless, forsaken t 
 
 V,s, under Grief. 
 
 She's aye, aye sae Wythe, sae gay, S. When first I saw \ 
 She's aye sae bonie, blythe, and gay, . ... Ik 
 the bees, humming round the gay roses, S. Where are thejoys\ 
 How sweetly bloom'd the gay, green birk, 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes and streams t 
 
 Sae gallant and sae gay a swain, . . S. Voung Jamie t 
 
 Gayest* The gowdspink. Music's gayest child. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Gayly w- Gaily. 
 
 Gaze. The eagle's gaze alone surveys 
 
 The sun's meridian splendor : . S. Lovely Davies. 
 The polish'd jewel's blaze 
 May draw the wond'ring gaze, S, Mark yonder Pomp\ 
 
 Shrinking from the gaze of day Ih. 
 
 Gaze, to. 
 And, pensive gaze with wistful eyes, . . On Lincluden. 
 
 As on their slender forms I gaze, Ih. 
 
 But as I gaze the vision fails, Ih. 
 
 * With future hope, I oft would gaze, 
 
 ' Fond, on thy little, early ways, . The Vision. D. II. /a. 
 Gaz'd. He gaz'd, he wish'd, he fear'd, he blush'd, 
 
 S, On a bank of flowers t 
 Sae wistfully she gaz'd on me, . S. When wild Wars \ 
 She gaz'd — she redden'd like a rose — 
 Syne pale like ony lily, Ih. 
 
 Gazep. 
 
 They charm th' admiring gazer's sight, S. Young Peggy \ 
 Gazing. 
 
 My gazing wonder chiefly drew ; . The Vision. D. I. t2. 
 Gear [goods, effects, money, riches]. 
 Tho* it was sma' 'twas weel-won gear, A Guid New-Year \ 4. 
 A glebe o' land, a claut o' gear. 
 
 Was left me by my auntie, S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 God bless them a' wi' grace an' gear. . A uld comrade t 
 
 But warl's gear ne'er troubles me, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 An' gied you [ministers] a' baith gear an' meal ; 
 
 El. on Year 1788. 
 And gather gear by ev'ry wile, 
 
 That's justify'd by Honor : . . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 But Davie lad, ne'er fash your head, 
 
 Tho' we hae little gear, . . . Ep. to Davie. ^. 
 Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, 
 
 He'll haud it weel thegither. . Epit. on Ruling Elder, 
 I gat some gear wi' meikle care, . Extent. Ap. ij8z. 
 
 That I for gear and grace may shine, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 16. 
 Ae blink o' him I wadna gie 
 
 For Buskie-glen and a' his gear. . S. In simmer when t 
 
 gear will buy me rigs o' land. 
 
 And gear will buy me sheep and kye ; . . . Ih. 
 For lack o' gear ye lightly me, . . . S. O Tibbie! t 
 But if he hae the name o' gear, 
 
 Ye'U fasten to him like a brier, ... . Ih. 
 
 Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice ; . . Ih. 
 
 It's no the loss o' warl's gear, Ih. 
 
 A coof came in wi' rowth o' gear, . S. She's fair andfause t 
 But woman is but warld's gear, ... .lb. 
 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on d — d new Brigs and 
 Harbours ! . . . . Tke Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 And spend the gear they win. . S. The Carls ofDysart. 
 
 As muckle gear as buy a sheep, The Death ofMailie. 
 
 1 send you here a faithfu' list, 
 
 O' gudes an' gear, an' a' my graith, . . The Inventory. 
 I hae been joyfu' gath'rin gear ; S. The Rigs o" Barley. 
 
 He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 For gear to gang that gate at last ! . . . lb, 25. 
 His gear may buy him kye and yowes, 
 
 His gear may buy him glens and knowes, ^S". To daunton me. 
 And taste sic gear as Johnnie brews, To Mr. J, Kennedy. 
 Tho' poor in gear, we're rich in love, 6". When wild War'si 
 
 Geek [to sport, be playfUl like happy children ; to 
 mock, deride, toss the head with disdain]. 
 
 Adieu, my Liege! may Freedom geek 
 
 Beneath your high protection ; . . .A Dream. 8. 
 Ye geek at me because I'm poor, . . S. O Tibbie !\ 
 
 Ged [a pike, a jack]. 
 
 And Eels weel kend for souple tail, 
 
 And Geds for greed, Tam Samson's El., 6, 
 
 Geddes. 
 
 Wi' nae kend face but Jenny Geddes. . Ep, to H. Parker. 
 Ged's-Hole. Waes me for Johnny Ged's-Hole now, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 23. 
 
 Geese. Or faith I I fear that, wi' the geese, 
 
 I shortly boost to pasture . A Dream. 6. 
 
 Frightin awa your deucks and geese . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
Geld 
 
 189 
 
 Gentry 
 
 Geld. ' I fear unless ye geld me, I'll ne'er be better.' 
 
 What ails ye now t 
 " Geld you ! " quo he, "and whatfore no, . . . Xi>. 
 Gelding. 
 
 * Gelding's nae better than 'tis ca't, What ails ye nawf 
 
 Gem. 
 Ask why God made the gem so small, 
 
 An' why so huge the granite ? [v. A. 27] Ask why God made t 
 The courtier's gems maj^ witness love 
 
 But 'tis na love like mine. . . S. Behold, my love, t 
 Her cheeks are like yon crimson gem, 
 The pride of all the flowery scene, 
 
 S, On Cessnock banks t Sett. II. 
 Blest be thy bloom, thou lovely gem, Qn Birth qfPosth. Child. 
 As one who by some savage stream, 
 
 A lonely gem surveys, ... S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 And in paste gems and frippery deck her [dame life] ; 
 
 Poem- on Life. 
 To spare thee now is past my pow'r, 
 
 Thou Donie gem. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 May*st thou long, sweet crimson gem, 
 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; . . . . To Miss C. 
 The rosy dawn, the springing grass, 
 With early gems adorning. ... 6", Young Peggy \ 
 Gemappe. 
 
 But fell in a trap 
 
 On the braes of Gemappe, . The Black-Headed Eagle. 
 GendeP. That which distinguished the gender 
 
 O' Balaam s ass ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 General. Their left-hand General had nae skill-, 
 
 S. The Battle 0/ Sherra-Moor. 
 Generally. 
 Some unforeseen misfortune 
 
 Comes generally upon me, O ; S. My father was a farmer^ 
 Generation. 
 To cowe the rebel generation, . Add. of Beelzebub, n. 
 What was I or my generation, Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 
 And B[urn]'s spring, her fame to sing, 
 To endless generations ! . . . . Nature's Law. 
 Generous, Gen'rous. 
 May ne'er his gen'rous, honest heart, 
 
 For that same gen'rous spirit smart! . A Ded. to G. H. 14. 
 What gen'rous, manly bosoms feel ; 
 
 Mj>. to J. L—k, Ap. tst. 4. 
 Attach'd him to the generous truly great, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 The tender Father, and the gen'rous Friend. 
 
 Epit.for Autkoi^s Father. 
 thou, the noble, generous, great, Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 The generous purpose, nobly dear, . lS". My Mary's face t 
 
 by a generous Public's kind acclaim, Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Firm may she rise with generous disdain . . lb. 
 
 As ye have generous done, if a' the land 
 Would take the Muses' servants by the hand, Scots Prologue. 
 For gen'rous patronage, and meikle kindness, . lb. 
 
 Still, if some Patron's gen'rous care he trace, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And there will be Kenmure sae gen'rous ! 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 And Hopeton falls, the generous, brave \ . . lb. VI. 
 And fill them high virith generous juice. 
 
 As generous as your mind ; 
 And pledge me in the generous toast — 
 
 " The whole of human kindl " . . . To a Lady, 
 Will generous G[raham] list to fais Poet's wail ? 
 
 To R. G. ofF. I. 
 So, by some hedge, the generous steed deceased, . . lb. 6. 
 And whose that generous princely mien y.s below Picture. 
 Genius. 
 When, from the eddying deep below. 
 
 Up rose the Genius of the stream. . As on the banks t 
 "Man! cruel Man!" the Genius sigh'd, . . .lb. 
 genius, th' illustrious father of fiction. Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Ill-fated genius ! Heaven-taught Fergusson ! 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 Oh, why should truest worth and genius pine 
 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe, . . . lb. 
 O' stature short, but genius bright. 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 But here an ancient nation fam'd afar, 
 For genius, learning high, as great in war 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods, 
 
 The Genius of the Stream in front appears. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 This Hal for genius* wit, and lore, 
 
 Among the first was number'd ; . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 ' Know, the great Genius of this Land, 
 
 ' Has many a light, aerial band, . The Vision. D. II. 3. 
 
 Gen'pal. I saw thee eye the gen'ral mirth 
 
 With boundless love. The Vision. D. II. 14, 
 Gent. Do ye envy the city-gent, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2Zst. zi. 
 Genteel. Both decent and genteel : . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Gentle. Through gentle showers, the laughing flowers 
 
 In double pride were gay. . S. But lately seen t 
 For well I know thy gentle mind 
 
 Disdains art's gay disguising ; . S. Could aught of song t 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 
 May slightly touch the heart, . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banksi 
 The gentle look that rage disarms ; , S. My Maty' s face t 
 Gentle Night, do thou befriend me ; 
 
 S. Musing on the roaring i 
 The boatmen on Nith's gentle stream, . . On Lincluden. 
 • The gentle pride, the lordly state, . On dining with Doer. 
 Ah, gentle dames ! it gars me grciet, . Tarn o' Shanter. 4. 
 For some had gentle folks to please, The Election Ballads. I. 
 Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair, 
 
 Shall ever be my muse's care ; . S. The Highland Lassie. 
 I am a Bard of no regard, 
 
 Wi' gentle folks arf a' that ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Wha thinks to knit himsel the faster 
 
 In favor wi' some gentle Master, . 7%e Twa Dogs. 2i. 
 
 But peace attune thy gentle soul to rest, To Miss Graham. 
 And gentle Peace returning, . - S. When wild Wat^s \ 
 When sorrow wrings thy gentle heart, S. Wilt thou be my t 
 Gentleman, 
 The Gentleman in word and deed, . A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 
 There's wealth and ease for gentlemen, ' 
 
 And semple-folk nmun fecht and fen ; . S. Gane is the day f 
 She brew'd gude ale for gentlemen . S. Scroggam. 
 
 They've lost some gallant gentlemen 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Shew'd him the gentleman an' scholar ; . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 But Gentlemen, an' Ladies warst, 
 
 Wi' ev'n down want o' wark are curst. . . lb. 30. 
 
 The gentleman in word an' deed, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Gentler. 
 
 Still gentler [scan] sister Woman ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 Gentles [gfreat folks, gentry, aristoerats]. 
 An' German-Gentles are but sma', . . .A Dream, 14. 
 Wi' Gentles thou erects thy head ; . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 The gentles ye wad neer envy them! The Twa Dogs. 28. 
 
 Gently. Sae gently bent its thorny stalk, S.^ Rosebud by my t 
 Then gently scan your brother Man, 
 
 Still gentler sister Woman ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, \re.'\ . . S. Aflon Water. 
 We'll gently walk, and sweetly talk, S. Now westlin winds t 
 Her breath is like the fragrant breeze 
 
 That gently stirs the blossom'dbean, 6". On Cessnock banks ^ 
 But hark 1 a rap comes gently to the door ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 Chrystal streamlets gently flowing, . S, Thickest night t 
 Wauken, ye breezes ! row gently, ye billows ! 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Gently-crusting, 
 Crept, gently-crusting, o'er the glittering stream. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Gentoo [a native of India]. 
 
 Ye'll get the best o' moral works, 
 
 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, A Ded to G. H., 6. 
 Gentry. 
 The Q— , and the rest of the gentry, Poet. add. to Tytler. 
 But staumrel, corky-headed, graceless Gentry, 
 The herryment and ruin of the country ; The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Here stands a shed^to fend the show'rs, 
 
 An' screen our countra Gentry ; . . The Holy Fair. g. 
 An' when the gentry's life I saw, 
 
 What way poor bodies liv'd ava. . Tlie Twa Dogs. 7. 
 
 the gentry first are steghan, . . .lb. g. 
 
 L — d man, our gentry care as little 
 For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; . , . ' lb. iz. 
 
Gentry 
 
 190 
 
 Ghaist 
 
 But this is gentry's life in common. . Th^ Twa Dogs. 34. 
 And God bless young Dunaskin's laird, 
 
 The blossom of our gentry I . . To Mr. M^Adant. 
 
 My curse upon your whunstane hearts. 
 
 Ye Enbrugh Gentry 1 . ToW. Simpson. 
 
 Genty [neat, slender and elegantly formed]. 
 
 Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist S. A.Mastrtti's bonie Anne. 
 Sae sweetly move her genty limbs, S. My Lord a-hunHng\ 
 He roos'd my waist sae genty sma' ; . S. Young Jockey t 
 
 Genuine. 
 
 man's true, genuine estimate^ . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Genus. And merchandise' whole genus take their birth ; 
 
 Ep. io R. Graham. 2. 
 
 Geordle [dim. of George]. 
 
 For Geordie's jurr we're in disgrace, Adam A — 'j Prayer. 
 Auldi grim, black-bearded Geordie's sel, • . .lb. 
 the sweet yellow darlings wi' Geordie imprest, 
 
 S. Awe^ wV your witckcra/t^ 
 that daft buckie, Geordie W[ale]s, Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 
 Louis what reck I by thee. 
 
 Or Geordie on his ocean ? . . S. Louis what reck 1 1 
 Teugh Johnie, staunch Geordie and Wattle, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 George. 
 
 How Royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him ! 
 
 Was managing St. Stephen's quorum; Kind Sir; tve read\ 
 
 Still in prayers for K — G — I most heartily join, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 Say, such is royal George's will, 
 
 An there's the foe. The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 George, Geordie, a [a guinea]. 
 
 An' baith a yellow George to claim. 
 
 An' thole their blethers; Ep. to J. R. is. 
 
 - - - whare thro' the steeks 
 
 The yellow letter'd Geordie keeks. . The Two. Dogs, 8. 
 George's Street. 
 
 Down George's Street I stoited \ . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 German. 
 
 An' German gentles are but sma', 
 
 They're better just than want ay On onie day. A Dream. 14. 
 
 And Sackville ^oure, wha stood the stoure. 
 The German Chief to thraw, man : . A Fragment. 5, 
 
 Then bowses drumlie German-water, The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 Gesture. His eldritch squeel an' gestures, The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 His English style, and gesture fine, . . lb. iS- 
 
 Get [a child, a young one, offspring]. 
 
 (An' Will's a true guid fallow's get, . A Dream. 7. 
 
 She was nae get o' moorlan tips, , Poor Mailie's EL. 
 
 She was nae get o' runted rams, [v.A.19] . . lb. 
 
 Get, to. 
 
 Ye'll get the besfc o' moral works, 
 
 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 
 Then swith 1 an' get a wife to hug, . A Dream, is. 
 
 And ony De'il that thinks to get you, 
 
 Good Lord deceive him. . . A Farewell. 
 
 And whare will ye get Howes and Clintons 
 
 Add. 0/ Beelzebub, s. 
 
 Get out a horsewhip, or a jowler lb. 4. 
 
 As a' the priests had seen me get thee Add. io Illegit. Child. 
 I flatter my fancy I may get another, S. As I a'wand!ring\ 
 I cou'dna get sleeping till dawing, for greeting, . . lb. 
 " Nae canker worms get leave to dwell. As on the banks\ 
 May ye get mony a merry story, 
 
 Mony a laugh and mony a drink, . A uld comrade dear\ 
 Rest I canna get For thinking 0' my dearie. 
 
 S. Ay waking, O t 
 Sleep I can get nane, For thinking on my Dearie. 
 
 6*. Ay waukin, O. 
 But I'll get my plaid an' out I'll steal, S. Behind yon hills t 
 Ye sail get gowns and ribbons meet, . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 Ev'n them he canna get attended, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, rg. 
 
 ' Niest time we meet, I'll wad a groat, 
 
 ' He gets his fairin I ' . . . lb. 30. 
 Thou'se get the saul o' boot. . Kpig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 There's wit there,' ye'll get there, 
 
 Ye'll find nae other where. . . . Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 
 That would be lear enough for me, 
 
 If I, could get it. Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 1st. 14. 
 
 * Nae doubt but ye may get a sight ! . . Halloween. 14. 
 I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want, 
 
 As lang's I get employment. . S. Here's to thy health,^ 
 That I should get such exaltation, Holy Willie*s Prayer. 3. 
 
 wi' warldly trust, Vile self gets in ; lb. 6. 
 
 At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer. Impromptu. 
 So ma^r ye get in glad possession, - - 
 
 The coins o Satan's coronation 1 S. Kenya ought d Capt. G.\ 
 Alas 1 there's ground o' great suspicion 
 
 She'll ne'er get better. . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Wha gets her needs na say hfe's woo'd, S. My love she's but t 
 We seek but little, L — , from thee ; 
 
 Thou kens we get as little. . . . New Psalmody, 
 O whare did ye get that hauver-meal bannock 1 
 
 S. O whare didyegei\ 
 Then up he gets, and off he sets, . On JV. Chalmers. 
 
 Our sinfu' saul to get a claute on . . Poem on Life. 
 
 His heart will never get aboon ! . . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 The Laird o' the Ford will straught on a board. 
 
 If he canna get her at a', man. . . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 That merry night we get the com in, . Scotch Drink, g. 
 Nae howdie gets a social night 
 
 Or plack frae them. [v. A. 25] . . lb. 12. 
 God help us 1 — we're but poor — ^ye'se get but thanks ! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 But if its ordain'd I maun tak* him, 
 
 O wha will I get but Tam Glen? . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 Ah, Tam ! Ah, Tam ! thou'U get thy fairin ! 
 
 Tam 0' Shanter. 18. 
 An' no get warmly to your feet, 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Arouse my boys ! exert your mettle, 
 
 To get auld Scotland back her kettle! . - . lb. is. 
 An' strive, wi' a' your Wit an' Lear, To get remead. lb. 18. 
 There's beauty and fortune to get wi' Miss Morton, 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 'Twas when the stacks get on their winter-hap. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 An' for thy pains thou'se get my blather. 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 An he get na hell for his haddin, 
 
 The deil gets na justice ava. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Gifted by black Jock To get them afiF his hands. , lb. IV, 
 "We will get famous laughin At them thb day." 
 
 The Holy Fair. S. 
 
 *' I'll get my Sunday's sark on, lb. 6, 
 
 Waesucks ! for him that gets nae lass« . . lb. 25. 
 
 An' gin ye tax her or her mither, 
 
 B' the L— d ! ye'se get them a' thegither. . The Inventory. 
 
 Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot. 
 
 The Rights of IVoman. 
 
 Our Laird gets in his racked rents, . The Twa Dogs, 8. 
 They get the jovial, rantan Kims, . lb. xg. 
 
 There's scarce a new herd that we get, 
 But comes frae 'mang that cursed set, The Twa Herds, zi. 
 And get the brutes the power theOisels, 
 
 To choose their herds. ... lb. ly. 
 
 *' This Whistle's your challenge, to Scotland get o'er. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 An' I'll no gang to my bed 
 
 Until I get a nod. Ire,] . . S. Tlieres news, lasses \ 
 To get a blade o' Johnnie's morals, . To a Medical Gent. 
 I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, 
 
 An' never miss't ! . . . To a Mouse. 
 An' get sic fair example straught, . . To Gceo. Hamilton. 
 An' if a Devil be at a', 
 
 In faith he's sure to get him lb. 
 
 To try to get the twa to gree, . . . . lb. 
 
 To Vulcan then Apollo goes. 
 
 To get a frosty calker. .... To J. Taylor. 
 I get it no ae day in ten. . To Mr. P. Stuart, 
 
 I could wish nae man to get ye, 
 
 Save it were my very sel. . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 If ye wad a man should get ye, 
 
 Then I can that want supply : Io. 
 
 Then nae ither man can get ye, lb. 
 
 Getting. 
 
 And getting fou and unco happy, . . Tam d Shinier. 
 Ghalst, Gaist [ghost]. 
 And, by the moon-heam, shook, to see 
 A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, . . .A Vision. 
 
Ghaist 
 
 191 
 
 Gie 
 
 When, lo, in form of minstrel auld, 
 
 A stern and stalwart ghaist appear'd [v. A. so] A Vision, 
 A woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide. 
 
 lS". Again rejoicing Nature t 
 But a royal ghaist wha ance was cas'd 
 
 A prisoner aughteen year awa, . S. Amang the trees ^ 
 
 An' hillocks, stanes, an' bushes kenn'd ay 
 
 Frae ghaists an* witches. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 Gaist nor bogle shalt thou fear, . * S. Hark ! the mavis t 
 Ilk ghaist that haunts auld ha' or chamer, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. Tarn 0' Shanter. g. 
 I wander my lane, like a night-troubled ghaist, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 Ghalst-alluping. 
 
 Gaunt, ghastly, ghaist-alluring edifices, The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Ghastly. 
 Gaunt, ghastly, ghaist alluring edifices, The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Wr ghastly e'e poor Tweedledee 
 
 Upon his hunkers bended, . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 He to the nameless, ghastly wretch assign'd. The Vowels. 
 Ghost. 
 Nor wanting ghosts of Tory fame ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 " I'll conjure the ghost of the great Rorie More, 
 
 The Whistle. 8 
 Gibbet. As dangling in the wind he hangs 
 
 A gibbet's tassel. Poem on Life. 
 
 A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; Tarn d Shanter. 11. 
 
 Giddy. Poor slip-shod giddy Pegasus . . ToJ. Taylor. 
 
 Gie, Gi'e, Gi' [to give]. 
 
 Just frets till Heav'n commission gies him ; A Bed. to G.H., 10. 
 
 An' may Ye rax Corruption's neck, 
 
 And gie her for dissection ! . . .A Dream. 8. 
 
 Will Ye accept a Compliment, 
 
 A simple bardie gies Ye ? . . . . .Ib.g. 
 
 An' [Heav'n] gie you lads a plenty : . . lb. 14. 
 
 When Phoebus gies a short-liv'd glow'r, A Winter Night. 
 May Homie gie her doup a clink 
 
 Ahint his yett, . Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 And gie their hides a noble currie, . . . . Ih. 
 
 But what your Lordships please to gie them ! 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 a feckless matter To gie ane fash. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 An' tak' the counsel I sail gi'e thee, , ... lb. 
 sma' pleasure it can gie, Ev'n to a deil, Add. to the Deil. 2. 
 And thro' my lugs gies mony a twang, Add. to Toothache. 
 Gie a' the faes o* Scotland's weal 
 
 A towmond's Tooth-Ache \ . . . Ih. 
 Gies now and then a wallop, . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 Before ye gie poor Frailty names, 
 
 Suppose a change o' cases ; . . . . Ib.6. 
 
 O gi'e me the lass that has acres o' charms, 
 
 gi'e me the lass wi' the weel-stockit farms, 
 
 S. Awt£ wi' yr witchcraft \ 
 ' Come, gies your hand, an' sae we're gree't ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ii. 
 
 Come, gies your news ! Ih. 
 
 We'll over the border and gie them a brush ; 
 
 S. Cock up your beaver. 
 I'll gie John Ross another bawbee. 
 
 To boat me o'er to Charlie. . i". Come boat me o'er. 
 
 What ye'Il ne'er ha'e to gi'e again. . El. on Year i'^88. 
 
 Or if she [Religion] gie a random-sting, 
 
 It may be little minded ; . Bp. to Young Friend. 10. 
 
 They [Misfortunes] gie the wit of Age to Youth ; 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 1st. 13. 
 A pint an' gill I'd gie them baith, 
 
 To hear your crack /^. 7. 
 
 Maybe some ither thing they gie me 
 
 They weel can spare. ... lb. ly. 
 
 We'se gie ae night's discharge to care, ... lb. 18. 
 OThou wha gies us each guid gift ! 
 Gie me o' wit an' sense a lift, . . . 73., Ap. 21st. 13. 
 
 1 hope to gie the jads a clearin' 
 
 In fair play yet. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 11. 
 Satan, gie him thy gear to keep. 
 
 He'll baud it weel thegither. . Epii. on Ruling Elder. 
 Death takes him hame to gie him quarters. 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 
 But gie me a canny hour at e'en. 
 
 My arms about my Dearie, O ; S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 She gies the Herd a pickle nits, . . . Halloween. 21. 
 But first on Sawnie gies a ca', .... lb. 22. 
 I wad gie my coatie For the dusty miller. 
 
 S. Hey the difsfy miller i 
 Ae blink o' him I wadna gie 
 
 For Buskie-glen and a' his gear, S. In simmer when t 
 
 Gi'e me love at ony price ; . . . . S. Jockey fou, t 
 Gi'e me love in her I court ; . . ... lb. 
 
 Haste, gie her name up i' the chappel, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Her feeble pulse gies strong presumption 
 
 Death soon will end her. . . .lb. 
 
 Then a' 'twad gie o' joy to me. 
 The sharin't with Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 I wou'd gie a' Knockhaspie's land. 
 
 For loyal Harry back again. S. My Harry was a gallant \ 
 I'll gie Cuckold to naebody. . . . S. Naebody. 
 
 Ah, Fortune canna gie me mair ! . S. Now bank and brat \ 
 If ye gie a woman a' her will, 
 
 Gude faith she'll soon o'er-gang ye. 
 
 S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 
 gie my love brose, brose, 
 
 Gie my love brose and butter ; S. O gie m^y love brose f 
 
 But gie me a braw moonlight, 
 
 And me and my love together. . . lb. 
 
 If love for love thou wilt na gie, 
 
 At least be pity to me shown ; S. O Mary^ at thy window \ 
 Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins 
 
 O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave : S. O merry hoe I been t 
 What's a' the joys that gowd can gi'e? . S. O Phely, t 
 
 1 would na gie her.in her sark * 
 
 For thee wi a' thy thousand mark ; . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 But gi'e me Lucy in my arms, . S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair, S. O wha my babie-clouts t 
 Gie him the schulin of your weans ; . On a Schoolmaster. 
 Inspires my muse to gie 'm his dues. On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Gie body strength, then I'll ne'er start, . 5. Sae far awa. 
 Gi'e me the lonely valley, 
 
 The dewy eve, and rising moon ; . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Gie him strong Drink until he wink, . Scotch Drink, Mott. 
 When Vulcan gies his bellys breath, . . lb. 10. 
 
 While healths gae round to him wha, tight, 
 
 Gies famous sport. [v.A.253 . lb. iz. 
 
 Fortune, if thou '11 but gie me still 
 Hale breeks, a scone, an' whisky gill, An' rowth o' rhyme 
 
 lb. 21. 
 Will bauldly try to gie us Plays at hame ? Scots Prologue. 
 Nae cares tae gie us joy or grievin' : Second Ep. to Davie. 
 And gi'es a hand o' thine ; S. Shld auld acquaintance t 
 
 We auld wives' minions gie our opinions, . Symon Gray t 
 My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him, 
 
 He'll gie me gude bunder marks ten ; . . S, Tarn Glen. 
 
 I'll gie you my bonie black hen, Jh. 
 
 To gie them music was his charge : Tarn d Shanter. 11, 
 
 My mither she bade me gie him a stool, [re.lS. Theauldman\ 
 But gie him't het, my hearty cocks ! 
 
 The AuthoT^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Wi' bluidy han' a welcome gies him ; . .lb. P. 
 
 He, down the water, gies him this guid-een The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 An' now my dying charge I gie him. The Death ofMailie. 
 But gie them guid cow-milk their fill, > ... lb. 
 So wives will gie them bits o' bread, . . . .lb. 
 Ane gies them coin, ane gies them wine, 
 
 Anither ^es them clatter ; . . The FHe Champeire. 
 He gies a Fete Champetre, . . ... lb. 
 
 Gie me within my straining grasp 
 
 The melting form of Anna. S. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 
 Gie me my Highland lassie O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 To gie the jars an' barrels A lift . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 
 Leeze me on Drink ! it gies us mair 
 
 Than either School or CoUedge ; . . . lb. ig. 
 An' gies them't, like a tether, Fu' lang ... Ih. 24. 
 Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, 
 
 S. The Honest Man. 
 To which I'm clear to gi'e my aith. . . The Inventory. 
 An' ay he gies the tozie drab 
 
 The tither skelpan kiss, . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Poet Willie, gi' the Doctor a voUy, The Kirk's Alarm. 11. 
 
Gle 
 
 192 
 
 GUd 
 
 O' double verse come gie us four, . . The Ordination. 3. 
 
 And gie him o'er the flock, to feed 16. S- 
 
 Gie them sufficient threshin, lb. 
 
 , Hear, how he gies the tither yell, 
 
 Between his twa companions 1 . . . . ' lb. rz. 
 They'll gie her on a rape a hoyse, .... lb. 13. 
 She'll gie ye a beck, and bid ye light, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Gie me the groat again, cany young man, S. The Taylorfell\ 
 To gie the sweetest blush 0' health. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 I'd gie my shoonfrae aff my feet, 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man lb 
 
 They're sae accustom'd wi' the sight, 
 
 The view o't gies them little fright. . The Two. Dogs. IS. 
 
 ' But gie me your wife, man, for her I must have, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 But, if ye wish her gratefu' pray'r, 
 
 Gie her a Haggis ! . , . To a Haggis. 
 I'd gie you sic a hearty dope o't, 
 
 Wad dress your droddum ! . . To a Louse. 
 
 O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us 
 
 To see oursels as others see us ! ... lb. 
 
 Dear — , I'll gie ye some advice, . . ^ To a Painter. 
 We auld wives minions gie our opinions, 
 
 Solicited or no ; 
 
 To a Poetaster. 
 
 To J. S., 22. 
 
 , lb. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 Gie dreeping roasts to countra Lairds, 
 
 Gie fine braw claes to fine Life-guai-ds. 
 
 yill an' whisky gie to Cairds, . 
 
 A Garter gie to Willie Pitt ; 
 
 Gie wealth to some be-ledger'd Cit, 
 
 But gie me just a true good fallow 
 
 Wi' right ingine, 
 To gie the rascals their deserts, 
 
 to gie their malice skouth On some puir wight, . . lb. 
 Or lasses gie my heart a screed, . . To W. Simpson. S- 
 I kittle up my rustic reed ; 
 
 It gies me ease. , . /3. 
 
 ITiey took nae pains their speech to balance, 
 
 Or rules to gi|e, 
 Guid observation they will gie them ; . 
 Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, 
 
 That thy presence gies to me. S. Turn again, thou fair t 
 To murder men, and gie God thanks ! 
 
 For shame ! gie o'er— proceed no further K on Nat. Thanks.'. 
 I gi'e their wames a random pouse, What ails ye now t 
 
 I'll gie auld cloven Clooty's haunts An unco slip yet, . lb. 
 ' I'll frankly gi'e her't a' thegither. An' let her guide it. lb. 
 
 S. When o'er the hill ^ 
 
 lb. 23. 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 lb. P.S. 
 lb. 
 
 Gi'e me the hour o' gloamin grey, 
 
 My daddie signed my tocher band. 
 
 To gie the lad that has the land. 
 
 And gie it [my hand] to the sailor. 
 
 I wad na gie a button for her. 
 Gied [gave]. 
 
 He gied me thee, o' tocher clear, 
 
 I gied thy cog a wee-bit heap Aboon the timmer ; lb. 13. 
 
 AtH gied the infant warld a shog, . Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 
 An' gied you [ministers] a' baith gear an' meal ; 
 
 El. on Year 1788. 
 
 An' out a handfu* gied him ; . 
 
 My Sandy gied to me a ring, . 
 
 But I gied him a far better thing, 
 
 I gied my heart in pledge o' his ring. 
 
 He took a hauf and gied it to me, . 
 
 My heart to my mou' gied a sten ; . 
 
 He founder'd his horse among harlots, 
 But gied his auld naig to the Lord. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Or gied her faes a claw, Jamie ; . . S, The Laddies by \ 
 
 The hirelings ran— her foes gied chase. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Ramsay an* famous Fergusson 
 
 Gied Forth an' Tay a lift aboon ; . 
 
 They gied me rings and ribbons fine ; 
 
 And I was fear'd my heart wou'd tine, 
 And I gied it to the sailor. , . . 
 Gien, Gi'en [given]. 
 
 And now Ye've gien auld Britain peace. 
 
 She's [Fortune's] gien me monie a jirt an' fleg, 
 
 Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. 2ist. 9. 
 
 Justice, alas! has gi'en him o'er, . Epit, on Holy Willie. 
 
 He ne'er was gien to great misguidin, On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 S. Where Cart rins^ 
 
 lb. 
 
 S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 A Guid Hevj-yearf 4 
 
 . Halloween, if. 
 S. My Sandy gied \ 
 
 . lb. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 . To W. Simpson. 8. 
 S. Where Cart rins t 
 
 . lb. 
 A Dreain. 6. 
 
 'Twou'd been o'er meikle to've gi'en thee mair, 
 
 I mean an angel mind. . . .S". She's fair andfause t 
 I wad hae gi'en them [thir breeks] oflT my hurdies, 
 For ae blink o' the bonie hurdies ! . . Tam d Shanier. 13. 
 Death's gien the Lodge an unco devel, Tavt Samson's El.. 
 "Ye, for my sake, hae gien the feck 
 Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day." 
 
 The Holy Fair. 4. 
 No gi'en by way o' dainty But ilka day. The Ordination. 6. 
 And names, like villain, hypocrite 
 
 Ilk ither gi'en, The Twa Herds, g. 
 
 My word of honor I hae gien, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 gi'en the body half an e'e, . , To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Griefs gien his heart an unco kickin', . . To W. Creech. 
 You've gi'en us walth for hom and knife, V.s to a Landlady. 
 Gif [if]. But gif ye want ae friend that's true, 
 
 I'm on your list. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isi. j$. 
 An' gif the custock's sweet or sour, . Halloween. 3. 
 
 An' gif it's sae, ye sud be licket Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 And gif ye canna bite, ye may bark. The Kirk's Alarm. 8. 
 Gif ye hae ony luve for me, S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Gii ance the peasant taste a bit, 
 
 He's greater than a lord, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Gif I rise and let you in, . . S. Wha is that at my t 
 
 Gift. L — d, we thank an' thee adore 
 
 For temp'ral gifts we little merit ; . A Grace. 
 
 Let Fortune's gifts at random flee, S. Bonnie Lassie, wHlyego \ 
 I grudge a wee the Great-folk's gift, . . Ep. to Davie, 
 
 Thou wha gies us each guid gift ! 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 2ist. 13. 
 
 1 trust mean time my boon is in thy gift : 
 
 , - Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 
 For gifts an' grace, 
 A burnin' an' a shinin' light, . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 2. 
 That brilliant gift will so enrich me, 
 
 Improm. , on Mrs. 's Birthday. 
 
 Her smile's a gift frae 'boon the lift, . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Nature's gifts to all are free : . .On scaring Waterft^l. 
 
 Tho' life's a gift no worth receivin, 
 
 When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin ; Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 He wadna hecht them courtly gifts. The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 And clear the consequential sorrows, 
 
 Love-gifts of Carnival signoras. [v.A.13] The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 Nor thou the gift refuse, ... To Chloris. 
 
 And, dearest gift of heaven below, 
 
 Thine friendship's truest heart lb. 
 
 Accept the gift ; tho' humble he who gives, To Miss Graham. 
 No gifts have I from Indian coasts 
 
 To Miss L., with " Beattie'" 
 A gift that e'en for S— e were fit. . . To Mr. Syme. 
 
 The gift still dearer, as the giver you. . To R. Graham. 
 Accept the gift a friend sincere 
 
 Wad on thy worth be pressin'; . . V.s, under Grief. 
 But kind still, I'll mind still 
 The giver in the gift ; . . Wr. on Leaf of "' H. More.''' 
 Gifted. Lest he owre high and proud shou'd turn, 
 
 'Cause he's sae gifted ; Holy Willie's Prayer, g. 
 Gifted by black Jock To get them afiT his hands. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IK 
 Giftie idim. of^tt], 
 O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us 
 
 To see oursels as others see us ! . . . To a Louse. 
 Giga. Set off wi' allegretto glee 
 
 His giga Solo. The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 
 Giglet [a playfUI, laughing, thoughtless girl]. 
 
 As round the fire the giglets keckle 
 
 To see me loup ; . . Add. to Toothache. 
 GUbertfleld. Should I but dare a hope to speel, 
 
 Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, 
 Q.J-, The braes o' fame ; To W.Simpson. 
 
 And may those pleasures gild thy reign, 
 
 That ne'er wad blink on mine ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And [Sunbeams] gild the distant mountain's brow ; 
 
 ^S*. On Cessnock banks t 
 like the star that athwart gilds the sky. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Thou whose bright sun now gilds yon orient skies ! 
 
 Sonnett wr. on Birthday. 
 And not a Wish to gild the gloom ! . . The Lament, 
 
 Did many talents gild thy span? . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Her eyes outshine the radiant beams 
 
 That gild the passing shower, . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
Gilded 
 
 193 
 
 Give 
 
 Glided. Gilt. 
 Gay as the gilded summer sky, . Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 
 Let Bourbon exult in his gay, gilded lilies, 
 
 S. HowpUasani the hanks t 
 And twere more fit that she should sit, 
 
 Within yon chariot gilt aboon. . . S. Mally's meek. 
 From the gilded Spontoon to the Fife T was ready, 
 
 The folly Beggars. S. II. 
 Gliding'. Phoebus, gilding the brow of the morning, 
 
 S. Sleep' st thou, or wak^si t 
 Gill. A pint an' ^11 I'd gie them baith 
 
 To hear your crack. Ep, to J. L—k^Ap. 1st. f. 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, . . Ih. ig. 
 And ca' anither gill, jo ; . . S. O Steer her up t 
 
 It sets you ill, Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell, 
 
 Or foreign gill. . . Scotch Drink. 16. 
 Hale breeks, a scone, an' whisky gill, 
 
 An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, . IB. zz. 
 
 Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, 
 
 The A uihot^s Cry and Prayer, P. 
 And brandy Jean, that took her gill, 
 
 In Galloway sae wide. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Here's crying out for bakes an' gills, The Holy Fair. 18. 
 
 Be't whisky-gill or penny-wheep, .... 16. ig. 
 
 Sir, o'er a gill I gat your card, . . To Mr. JH^Adam. 
 
 Gillie idim. o/"gilI]. I'll toast you in my hindmost gillie. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.l. 
 Gilpey [a young fpolicsome person]. 
 
 ' I was a gilpey then, I'm sure, 
 
 * I was na past fyfteen : . . . Halloween. 1$. 
 
 Gimmep [a ewe from one to two years old]. 
 
 The lad, for twa guid gimmer-pets, 
 
 Was laird himsel. Death and Dr. Homhook. 27. 
 Gin, Gain [if, suppose ; against or by]. 
 Gin I saw ane and twenty, [r*.] S. And O for ane and twenty \ 
 Gin a body kiss a body 
 
 Need a body cry. [r«.] . . S. Comin thrd the rye t 
 
 Gin a body kiss a body, need a body tell ; We. 1 
 
 S. Comin thro' the rye. Sett II. 
 But Duncan, gin ye'll keep your aith, ire."] S. Duncan Gray. 
 I'll aulder be gin simmer. Sir. S. I'm o'er young to marry t 
 But gin the Lord's ain focks gat leave. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 gin I fa', Ae way or ither, . , Lns to J. Rankine. 
 
 Young man, gin ye should be sae kind, 
 
 S. LasSf ixihen yr wither^ 
 Gin ye'll leave your Collier laddie. S. My Collier Laddie. 
 To the weaver's gin ye go, fair maids, S. My heart was ance t 
 Shame fa' me gin I tell ; . . . lb. 
 
 But gin ye be crafty, I am cunning, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks vty love t 
 An' gin she winna tak a man, 
 
 E'en let her tak her will, jo. [«.] . S. O steer her tip t 
 Gin ye crowdie ony mair, 
 
 Ye'll crowdie a' my meal away. . S. O that I had ne^er t 
 O gin my love were yon red rose, . , S. O were my love t 
 O gin I saw the laddie that gae me't ! S. O whare did ye get t 
 My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him, 
 
 He'll gie me gude hunder marks ten : . , S. Tarn Glen. 
 Gin ye will advise me to marry 
 
 The lad I lo'e dearly, Tam Glen Ih, 
 
 But gin ye be a Brig as auld as me, The Brigs of Ayr, s. 
 
 Gin ye'll go there, . . . The Holy Fair,S- 
 
 Their hearts o' stane, gin night are gane, . . Ih. 27. 
 An' gin ye tax her or her mither, 
 
 B' the IJ— d ! ye'se get them a' thegither. . The Inventory. 
 gin the truth were a' but kent, . The Ruined Maids L.. 
 I'd see my jo Beside me gain the gloaming. 
 
 S, The iither ■mom. \ 
 And saw gin they were sick or hale, . The Twa Herds, 7, 
 O gin I were her dearie ! . S. When first I saw t 
 
 ' Or gin ye like to end the bother, . . What ails ye now t 
 What will I do gin my Hoggie die ? S. What will I do gin t 
 Gin-shop. 
 Pawn'd in a gin-shop 
 
 Quenching holy drouth. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Gipsy, Gipsey, Gipsie. 
 thy hair, tho' erst from gipsy polled, . Ep.Jr. Esopus. 
 And vermined gipsies litter'd heretofore. . . Ih. 
 
 And black Joan, frae Chricton Peel, 
 
 Of gipsy kith and kin, . . The Election Ballads. I, 
 
 2 B 
 
 Your muse is a gipsie, e'en tho' she were tipsie. 
 
 She cou'd ca' us nae waur than we are. The Kirk's A larm. 
 But wad hae spent an hour caressan, 
 Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipsey's messan ; . The Twa Dogs. 3. 
 Glpsy-gang. Ye gipsy-gang that deal in glamor, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 
 Girdin. Ha, ha the girdin o*t, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 And a' for the girdin o't. . .... 75. 
 
 The girdin brak, the beast cam down, . . . . Ih. 
 
 Wae on the bad girdin o't. . . ... lb. 
 
 And clout the bad girdin o't lb. 
 
 Girdle [a thin circular plate of Iron for baking cakes 
 or scones on the fire]. 
 
 Wi' jumping, an' thumping, 
 
 The vera girdle rang. . . The folly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 Girl. 
 A country girl at her wheel. 
 
 Her dizzen's done, she's unco weel ; . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 
 Girn [to grin]. 
 
 It [a raep] maks guid fellows girn an' %a.^c,''Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Girning, -in*, -an [grinning, snarling]. 
 
 And gart me weet my waukrife winkers, 
 
 Wi' girnan spite. Ep. to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 
 Soor Bigotry, on her last legs, 
 
 Gimin' looks back, . , Letter to f. Goudie. 
 Thy giming laugh enjoys his pangs . . Poem on Life. 
 ev'ry sour-mou'd girnin' blellum, . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Mysel, I've ev'n seen them greetan 
 
 Wi' girnan spite, . To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 Girr [a hoop]. 
 
 He ca't the girrs out o'er us a' ; iS". TAe Cooper 0' cuddy t 
 
 Girt. 
 
 Girt on her mantle and her hose, S. It was the charming\ 
 Girvan. Girvan's fairy haunted stream .5". Now hank and brae t 
 Give. Let William Hislop give the spirit. . A Grace. 
 
 Instead of a song, boys, I'll give you a toast. 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 The next in succession, I'll give you the King, . lb. 
 
 Nor ever daughter give the mother pain. Blest he M'Murdo \ 
 the pleasure The fickle Fair can give thee, 
 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . . . S. Deluded Swain t 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plack ! Ep. to f. L—k, Ap. ist. 20. 
 Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches give, Ep.toR. Graham.3. 
 That never gives — tho' humbly takes enough ; . . Ih. 5. 
 Who feel by reason and who give by rule, . . Ih. 
 
 Give me, and I've no more to say, 
 
 Give me Maria's natal day I Improm. on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 Content am I if Heaven shall give 
 
 But happiness to thee ; . . . S, It is na, fean t 
 
 Nor give [ye winds] the coward secret breath. Liberty. 
 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Lns extern, in Lady's Pocket-hk. 
 give the cause a hearing : Lns on Window, K.'s A., D.. 
 
 Give me with gay folly to live ; Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 But folly has raptures to give. . . . /b. 
 
 Which tenfold force gives Nature's law 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 To give him leave to toil ; 73, 
 
 Give over for pity — my Nanie's awa'. S, My Name's awa. 
 
 To give obedience due ; Nature's Law, 
 
 The Peer I don't envy, I give him his bow ; 
 
 S. No Churchman ajn I\ 
 Thou dart of Heav'n that flashest by, 
 
 O wilt thou give me rest ! . . S. O mirk, mirk \ 
 
 May He who gives the rain to pour. On Birth ofPostk. Child. 
 The south nor the east give ease to my breast, 
 
 S, Out over the Forth t 
 But Worth and Truth eternal Youth 
 
 Will give to Polly Stewart. . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 And offers, bliss to give and to receive. Prologue, at Tk., D.. 
 What wealth could never give nor take away ! 
 
 Sonnet wr. on Birthday. 
 Give me the stream that sweetly laves 
 
 The banks by Castle Gordon. [?r.] S. Streams that glided 
 Then of its faults my honest thoughts 
 
 I'll give — and here they go. ... Symon Gray \ 
 
 Talk not of Love, it gives me pain, S. Talk not of Love t 
 
 The god-like bliss, to give, alone excels. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Or nature aught of pleasure give ; S. The day returns \ 
 
Give 
 
 194 
 
 Glanc'd 
 
 The deil ane but honours them highly,, 
 
 The deil ane will give them his vote, 
 
 Tht Election Ballads. III. 
 The Tories, Whigs, give way by turns ; . . . Ih. VI. 
 While dying raptures in her arms, 
 
 I give and take with Anna ! S. The gowd. Locks of A., 
 
 I give it for ever to thee and thy heirs, S. The Poor Thresher, 
 Give the poet's darling flame, .... The Toast. 
 ' I come to give thee such reward, 
 
 ' As we bestow. . The Vision. D. II. 2. 
 ' Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine, A rustic Bard. /3. 2/. 
 ' To give my counsels all in one, ' . , . . I&. 22. 
 Yet love to friendship shall give way, . To Clarinda. 
 
 could I give thee India's wealth, > To J. M^Murdo. 
 An' some, by whom your doctrine's blam'd 
 
 (Which gives you honor) To Rev. J. M'-Math. 
 But give me real, sterling Wit, . . . To J. S., 23. 
 
 1 ask no kindness at thy hand, 
 
 For thou hast none to give. . . . To Lord G. 
 
 Give me the cot below the pine, 
 
 To tend the flocks or till the soil, S. Twas even— the dewy \ 
 And give a love-lorn maiden rest ! S. To thee, lov'd Nith \ 
 And give all his hopes the He ? . S. Why, why tell thy \ 
 Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites hy name ^ 
 Given, Giv'n. 
 While recollection's pow'r is giv'n, . . A Ded. to G. H.^ 16. 
 To whom hae much, shall yet be given. 
 Is every great man's faith ; 
 
 Extern, on Commew.s ofThofnson. 
 " Strength to bear it will be given, S. Husband^ husboMdf 
 Kind Nature's care had given his share, 
 
 Large, of the flaming current : . . . Nature's Law. 
 This consolation's given 
 
 She's from a world of woe relieved. On the Poets Daughter. 
 — Man, to whom alone is given 
 
 A ray direct from pitying Heaven, On scaring Water-fowl. 
 To him be given to ken the heav'n 
 
 He gains in Polly Stewart ! . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 Thou hast given a peerless toast. . . . The Toast. 
 
 For why ? that God the good adore 
 
 Hath giv'n them peace and rest, . . The 1st Psalm. 
 
 Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 (The second sight, ye ken, is given 
 
 To ilka Poet) . . . To Terraughty. 
 
 As far surpassing other common villains. 
 As Thou in natural parts hadst given me more. Tragic Erag. 
 The smile or frown of aweful Heaven, 
 
 To Virtue or to Vice is given. . Wr. in Eriars-Carse H. 
 
 Giver. 
 The gift still dearer, as the giver you. To R. Graham. 
 
 If aught that giver from my mind efface ; 
 If I that giver's boimty e'er disgrace ; . . . .lb. 
 But kind still, I'll mind still 
 The giver in the gift; , Wr, on Leaf of "■H. More.'" 
 
 Giving. I know my need, I know thy giving hand, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. $• 
 And giving milk to me. . The Highl. Widow^s Lament. 
 
 Giv'st. Come thou who giv'st with all a courtier's grace ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham., s. 
 Thou giv'st the word ; Thy creature, man. 
 
 Is to existence brought ; . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 Thou giv'st the ass his hide, the snail his shell, To R. G. ofE. 
 Gizz [a periwig ; the face]. 
 
 Wi' reeket duds, an' reestet gizz, . Add. to the Deil, ly. 
 
 Glad. 
 How can my poor heart be glad, S. How can my poor heart\ 
 So maj^ ye get in glad possession, - - 
 
 The coins o Satan's coronation ! S. Ken ye ought d Capt, G.\ 
 A few short months, and glad and gay. 
 
 Again ye'll charm the ear and e"e ; Lament for Glencaim, 
 Oh, how can I be blythe and glad, 
 
 In each bird's careless song. 
 Glad did I share ; 
 
 S, Oh, how can I he blythe t 
 
 S. Phillis the Fair. 
 He had no wish but— to be glad, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 But now as glad I'm wi' my lad, 
 
 As shortsyne broken-hearted. . S. The tither mom t 
 
 But he wad stan't, as glad to see him, . The Twa Dogs, 
 
 Now every thing is glad, while I am very sad, 
 
 S. The Winter a is past f 
 
 So Clootie was glad to return wi' his pack, 
 
 S. There lii/d ance a carle t 
 Wad a' be glad to see you ; . . . To a Medical Gent.. 
 You think I'm glad ; oh, I pay weel 
 For a' the joy I borrow, . . . V.s, -under Grief. 
 Glad, fo. Now Phoebus chears the crystal streams, 
 And glads the azure skies ; 
 But nought can glad the weary wight 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart ! 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Gladden. 
 And equal rights and equal laws 
 Wad gladden every isle, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Gladdening. Nature gladdening and adorning ; 
 
 S. Sleep* st thou^ or wak'st t 
 Glade. 
 Ye maukins whiddin thro' the glade, El. on Capt. M. H. 6. 
 Yet green the juicy Hawthorn grows, 
 
 Adown the glade. . The Vision. D. II. 20. 
 When musing in a lonely- glade, S. ' Twas evenr—ihe dewy f 
 Gladly. Who for thy sake would gladly die ! 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window t 
 Gladly how would I resign thee [Life], . S. Raving winds t 
 Wha for thine wou'd gladly die ! S. Turn again, thou fair ^ 
 Gladness. 
 " But nocht in all-revolving time 
 '* Can gladness bring a^ain to me. Lament for Glencaim. 
 Gladsome. But lately seen, in gladsome green, 
 
 The woods rejoic'd the day, S. But lately seen\ 
 O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, S. Jockey's ta'en theparting^ 
 Come, let us stray our gladsome way, S. Now westlin! winds \ 
 To thee, lov'd Nith, thy gladsome plains, 
 
 S. To thee, lov'd Nith \ 
 
 Glaikit, Glaiket [light, giddy, foolish, thoughtless, 
 inattentive]. 
 
 For glaikit Folly's portals ; . . Add. to Unco Quid. 2. 
 Or glaikit Charlie got his nieve in ; Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 
 But Davie, lad, I'm red ye're glaikit; Second Ep. to Dame. 
 Ye glaiket, gleesome, dainty damies, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Glaive [a sword]. 
 But Cl-nt-n's glaive frae rust to save 
 He hung it to the wa', man. . A Fragment. 4. 
 
 Glaizie [glittering, smooth as glass, glossy]. 
 
 I've seen thee dappl't, sleek an' glaizie, A Guid New-Year \ 2. 
 Glamor [magical delusion]. 
 
 Ye gipsy-gang that deal in glamor. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Glance. 
 By Adamhill a glance he threw, . Lns add. to J.Ranken. 
 A scepter'd hand, a king's command. 
 
 Is in her darting glances : . . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 There catch her ilka glance of love, {re.l 
 
 S. Now bank andbrae^ 
 Those smiles and glances let me see, 
 
 S. O Mary^ at thy window^ 
 Ye [flowers] catch the glances of her e'e ! S. O waiye wha^sinf 
 Oft has thy silent-marking glance 
 
 Observ'd us, fondly-wand ring, stray ! . The Lament. 
 
 Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtations, airs, 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 'Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o' kindness. 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 And clos'd for ay, the sparkling glance 
 That dwalt on me sae kindly ! 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streamsj 
 
 In her armour of glances, and blushes, and sighs ; 
 
 ^. Yon wild 7nossy mountains \ 
 
 Glance, to. 
 
 Yon wand'ring rill, that marks the hill. 
 
 And glances o'er the brae. Sir : S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 Whene'er my Muse does on me glance, 
 
 Ep. to 7. L—k, Ap. 1st. g. 
 What sparkling jewels glance, man ! The Fite Champetre. 
 Wi' S[mi]th wha thro' the heart can glance. 
 
 The Twa Herds. 17. 
 
 Glanc'd. 
 
 I wat they glanc'd for twenty miles, 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 
 Bright to the moon their various dresses glanc'd : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. //. 
 
GlanciBg: 
 
 195 
 
 Glenbuck 
 
 Glancing, -in. 
 
 Wi' ruffl'd sark iin' glancin cane, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zist 12. 
 Thy tempting lips, thy glancing een, S. O were Ion Pamass. t 
 And the glancin' of her sparklin' e'en. S. On Cessnock banks t 
 An^ she's twa glancin' sparklin' e'en. \re.'\ . . .lb. 
 Thro' ilka bore tlie beams were glancing,; Tarn d Skanter. 10. 
 And siller buckles glancin ; . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 Glapo, 
 The gay gaudy glare of vanity and art: iS". Mark yonder PotnJ>\ 
 The lamp of day with ill-presaging glare, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. H. Blair. 
 Glass. Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt, 
 
 They pai'ted aff careerih . . . Halloween. 28. 
 My face was but the Icefekin' glass 
 
 And there ye saw your picture. In Defence of a 'Lady. 
 
 Each man a gldss in hand ; . . John SarUycorn. 
 
 For lack o* thee I scrimp my glass. 
 
 Lnsj on Sack of Bank Note, 
 Surrounded thu5 by bolus pill, 
 
 And potion glasses. . . . Poevt on Life. 
 I sing the juice Scotch bear can mak us, 
 
 In glass or jug. . . Scotch Drink. 
 
 Out owre a glass o' Whisky-punch . ... lb. if. 
 They footed o'er the wat'ry (glass so neat, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr ^ 11. 
 To social-flowing glasses . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 whilst with both hands I can hold the glass steady, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars^ S. 11, 
 As them wha like to taste the drappie 
 
 In glass or horn. . Therms naething like t 
 Clarinda, take this little boon, 
 
 This humble pair of glasses. . . . To a Lady. 
 An honest man may like a glass, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Glaum'd [grasped at]. 
 Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three, man. 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 Gleam. 
 The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd; Tarn o' Shanter. 8. 
 Some gleams of sunshine mid renewing storms : 
 
 Why am I loth t 
 
 Ambition is a meteor gleam, . Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 
 Gleam, to. 
 
 Thy rough, rude Fortress gleams afar; Add. to Edinburgh. J. 
 
 The red peat gleams, a fiery kernel, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Gleamed. That like a deathful meteor gleam'd afar, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Gleaming. 
 These, their richly-gleaming waves, 
 
 I leave to tyrants and their slaves ; S. Streams that glide t 
 Beneath thy silver-gleaming ray, . . The Lament, g. 
 Glebe [a piece op portion of anything]. 
 
 A glebe o' land, a claut o' gear, 
 Was left me by my auntie, S. And OfoT ane and twenty t 
 Gled [a hawk, a kite]. 
 Or I had fed an Athole Gled, . . . S. Killiecrankie. 
 Here is Satan's picture, Like a bizzard gled, 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Glee. See Social life ^nd Glee sit down, 
 
 All joyous and unthinking, Add. to Unco Guid.s. 
 O for a spunk o' Allan's glee, . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 14. 
 With arch-alacrity and conscious glee Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains 
 
 With meikle mirth an' glee ; . . . Nature's Law. 
 a dainty chiel, An' fou o' glee : On Scat. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Except good-sense and,social glee, On dining with Daer. 
 But wad ye see him in his glee, 
 
 For meikle glee and fun has he, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The wheels o' life gae down-hill, scrievin, 
 
 Wi' rattlin glee. . . Scotch Drink, 5. 
 Except perhaps the Robin's whistling glee, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 
 Set off wi' allegretto glee His giga Solo, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 couthie fortune, kind and cannie, In social glee. 
 
 To Terraughiy, 
 Gleede [alive-coal ; a blaze]. 
 And cheary blinks the ingle-gleede 
 
 S. A' the lads d Thomie-bank \ 
 
 Gleesome. 
 
 Come, kittle up your moorlan harp 
 
 Wi gleesome touch! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. Zlst. 8. 
 When to the loughs the Curlers flock, 
 
 Wi' gleesome spied, . Tain SainsofCs EL. 
 Then mounted Mirth on gleesome wing, The Fite Champetre 
 Ye glaiket, gleesome, dainty damies, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Gleg [sharp, keen, quick, acute, clever, adroit]. 
 
 But gleg as light are lovers' een, . S. O this is no m,y ain\ 
 But he was gleg as onie wurable, On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Forbye, he'll shape you aff fu* gleg 
 
 The cut of Adam s philibeg ; . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 unskaith'd by Death's gleg gullie. Tarn Samson's El., Per C. 
 And there will be gleg Colonel Tam. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Till faith, wee Davock's turn'd sae gleg, . The Inventory 
 Then back I rattle on the rhyme 
 
 As gleg's a whittle ! There's naethin like t 
 
 Altho' I say't, he's gleg enough, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Glen. 
 My heart-warm love to guid auld Glen, Auld Comrade dear f 
 But what will I do wi' Tam Glen ? [r^.] S. Tam Glen. 
 
 Glen. And the distant-echoing glens reply. . A Vision. 
 
 And now we're dern'd in glens and hollows, 
 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 In lanely glens ye like to stray ; . . Add. to the Deil. 5. 
 Thou stock dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 In vain to me, in glen or shaw. 
 The mavis and the lintwhite sing. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 The shepherd in the flowery glen, . . ^S". Behold, my love,\ 
 And blythe in Glenturit glen. . S, Blythe was she,\ 
 
 And in the mirk and dreary drift 
 
 The hills and glens are lost. S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 Gin a body meet a body 
 
 Comin thro' the glen ; . . . S. Comin thro' ike rye t 
 A burn was clear, a glen was green, . S. Duncan Davison. 
 Ye burnies, wimplin down your glens, El. on Capt. M. H. 4. 
 Ye rugged cliffs o'erhanging dreary glens. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 As thro' the glen it wimpl't ; . . . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Here is the glen, and here the bower, . S. Here is the glen t 
 And down in yonder glen, O ; . Katherin^ J<^ffray. 
 
 The hawthorn's budding in the glen, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the lang glen, 
 
 S. Last May a bra'w wooer\ 
 I wander dowie up the glen ; . ^S*. My Harry was a gallant t 
 Convoy'd me through the glen. . S. My heart was ancef 
 In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Ilk glen and shaw she [Mirth] knew, man : 
 
 The Fite Champetre. 
 O'er moor's and o'er mosses and monie a glen, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 Within the glen sae bushy, O- ^. The Highland Lassie, 
 
 I glowr'd as eerie's I'd been dusht, 
 
 In some wild glen ; The Vision. D. I. 8. 
 
 Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Ae day as the carle gaed up the lang glen, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 The flower and pride of a' the glen ; S. There was a lass t 
 There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 His gear may buy him glens and knowes, S. To daunton me. 
 May sprout like simmer puddock-stools 
 
 In glen or shaw ; . . . To W. Creech. 
 In ev'ry glen the mavis sang, S. Twos even— the dewy t 
 
 At mid-night hour, in mirkest glen, S. When o'er the hill\ 
 I'd rove and ne'er be eerie O, 
 
 If thro' that glen I gaed to thee, lb. 
 
 At noon the fisher seeks the glen, lb. 
 
 At length I reach'd the bonny glen. 
 
 Where early life I sported ; . S. When wild Waf^s t 
 
 The meeting cjiffs each deep-sunk glen divides, 
 
 . Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Or in the glens and rocky^ caves, 
 
 His sad complaining dowie raves, . S. Young Jamie.,\ 
 
 Glenbuck. 
 from Glenbuck, down to the Ratton-key, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
Glencaird 
 
 196 
 
 Glorious 
 
 Glencaird. 
 
 For worth and honour pawn their word, 
 Their vote shall be Glencaird's man? The Fiie Ckampetre. 
 
 Glencairn. 
 
 Our Patron, honest man! Gl[encairn], The Ordination. 8. 
 
 Glencairn, the truly noble, lies in dust ; To R. G. o/F., g. 
 Mark Scotia's fond returning eye, 
 
 It dwells upon Glencairn, . . V.s. below Picture. 
 
 Glenconnor. 
 
 How's a' the folks about Gl-nc— r ; Auld comrade dear\ 
 Glengarry. 
 
 But hear, my Lord ! G— hear ! . Add. o/Beelzebni. 4. 
 Glenken. 
 Frae the Glenken came to our aid 
 A chief o' doughty deed; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Glenriddel. 
 
 Glenriddel, skillM in rusty coins, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 • And trusty Glenriddel, so skilled in old coins ; The Whistle. 6. 
 Desiring Glenriddel to yield up the spoil ; . • ,Ib.y, 
 " By the gods of the ancientg ! " Glenriddel replies, . fb. 8. 
 To the board of Glenriddel our heroes repair, . lb. 10. 
 worthy Glenriddel, so cautious and sage, . , lb. 13. 
 Glenturit. 
 
 And blythe in Glenturit glen, . . . S, Blythe was she, t 
 Glib-gabbet [having a glib tongue]. 
 An' that glib-gabbet Highland Baron, 
 
 The Laird o' Graham; The Author's Cry and Prayer, 13. 
 GUb-tongu'd. O L— d my G-d, that glib-tongu'd A[ike]n, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 14. 
 Glide. Thy chrystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 A woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide. 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature \ 
 And see the waves sae sweetly glide . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 O'er the waves, that sweetly glide 
 
 To the moon sae clearly. . . S. Hark I the mavis f 
 That glides, a silver dart, . S. Now Spring has cladf 
 O Logan ! sweetly didst thou glide, 
 
 The day I was my Willie's bride; . S. O Logan! sweetly \ 
 Streams that glide in orient plains, S. Streams that glide t 
 Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, iz. 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line ; To W. Simpson. 
 
 Glimmer. Had shor'd them with a glimmer of his lahip, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Glimmering. When Death comes in, wi' glimmering blink, 
 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 When glimmering thro' the trees appear'd, 
 
 Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, . As on the banks i 
 And ne'er shall glimmering planet fix 
 
 My worship to its ray. S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 
 When, glimmering thro' the groaning trees, 
 Kirk-AUoway seem'd in a bleeze ; . . Tarn o' Shanter. 10. 
 
 Glimpse. 
 
 Twa sage Philosophers to glimpse on ! Auldcotnrade dear\ 
 Glintan [glancing, gleaming]. 
 
 The rising sun, our Galston Muirs, 
 Wi' glorious ligh^: was glintan ; . . The Holy Fair. 
 
 Glinted [glanced, flashed ; peeped out]. 
 
 Itwasnasaeye[hours]glintedby SS. How lang attd dreary \ 
 \ . When J think on t 
 
 When I was wi' my dearie. 
 
 Yet chearfuUy thou glinted forth 
 Amid the storm, 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 On Lincluden. 
 
 Glisten. • ■ . Nith's gentle stream, 
 That glistens on the pale moonbeam. 
 Glistened. 
 How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glistened ; 
 
 Monody y on a Lady. 
 Glitter. The echoing wood^ the winding flood, 
 
 Like Paradise did glitter, The Fite Chatnpetre, 
 In silks an' scarlets glitter ; . . . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 And glitter o'er the crystal streams, . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Glitter'd. Whyles glitter'd to the nightly rays, 
 
 Wi' bickerin, dancin dazzle ; Halloween. 25. 
 
 Glittering, -'ring. 
 
 Whose toil upholds the glitt'ring show, A Winter Night. 7. 
 The glittering spears are ranked ready, S. My bonie Mary. 
 And are they of no more avail, 
 Ten thousand glittering pounds a year? 
 
 Ode^ to MetH, of Mrs, — . 
 
 Crept, gently>cru5ting, o'er the glittering stream. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Adown the glittering stream they featly danc'd ; . lb. zj. 
 The village glittering in the noontide beam 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Gloaming, -in [the evening twilight]. 
 Bonie Doon, sae sweet at gloaming, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 For now it was' the gloamin ;-. S, The Taylor he cam t 
 
 I'd tiee my jo Beside me gain the gloaming. 
 
 S. The tither mom t 
 An' darker gloamin brought the night : The Twa Dqgs. JS- 
 When ance life's day draws near the gloamin, To/. S., 14. 
 Gi'e me the hour of gloamin grey, S, When o'er the hillf 
 Gloamin-shote [a twilight Interval which workmen 
 within doors take before using lights]. 
 At gloamin-shote it was, X wat, 
 I lighted on the Monday ; . . . .S". Had I the wyte t 
 Globe. Or were I monarch o' the globe, S. Owertthouintke^ 
 Than kingly robes, than crowns and globes, 
 
 S. The day returns \ 
 Before this ponderous globe itself 
 Arose at thy command : . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 Gloom. Thy [Winter's] gloom will soothe my chearless soul, 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature \ 
 Thou brought from fortune's mirkest gloom. 
 
 Lament for Glencairn, 
 Slow spreads the gloom my soul desires, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion, 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 And not a Wish to gild the gloom ! . The Lament. 
 
 Gloom, to [look sullen and displeased, to frown]. 
 Gin a body kiss a body, need a body gloom ; 
 
 S. Comin thrd the rye. 
 Does ony great man glunch an' gloom? 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, j". 
 Gloom-inspiring. O'er-arching, mouldy, gloom-inspiring 
 coves, . The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 Gloomy. And so, your servant 1 gloomy Master Poet ! 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle, 
 Then in his turn comes gloomy Winter, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 Thou grim King of Terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, 
 
 .S". Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December ! [«.] 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 The storm's gloomy path on the breast of the wave. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Hail, thou gloomy night of sorrow, . 5. Raving wu^\ 
 Thou ev'n brightens dark Despair, 
 
 Wi' gloomy smile. . . Scotch Dritik. 6. 
 Then night's gloomy shades, cloudy, dark, o'ercast my sky: 
 S. Sleep'st thou, or wak'st t 
 
 The gloomy night is gath'rmg fast, S. The gloomy night i 
 Alike a foe to noisy folly, 
 
 And brow bent gloomy melancholy, . The Hermit 
 
 Glorious. A glorious Galley, stem and stem, A Dream. 13. 
 His soul was like the glorious sun, . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 But for the glorious priviledge 
 
 Of being independent. . . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 
 O Mandate, glorious and divine ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zist. 16. 
 Poor, thoughtless devils ! yet may shine 
 
 In glorious light, . . .lb. 16. 
 
 She, the fair sun of all her sex. 
 Has blest my happy, glorious day : 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress f 
 
 Thou strik'st the young hero, a glorious mark! 
 
 6". Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 Who nobly perished in the glorious cause, Fragment of Ode. 
 Till painting gay the eastern skies, 
 
 The glorious sun began to rise ; . S, It is the charming t 
 Thy glorious, youthful prime I Man was made to Mourn: 
 
 With a glorious bottle that ended my cares. 
 
 S. No Churchman am I J 
 
 O glorious magnanimity of soul ! . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink, 
 
 In glorious faem, • . Scotch Drink, a. 
 
 How glorigus Wallace stood, how hapless fell? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Welcome to your gory bed, , 
 
 Or to glorious victory S. Scots, wha /utel 
 
 Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, Tarn 0' Shanter. 6. 
 
Glorious 
 
 197 
 
 Go 
 
 Or nobly die, the second glorious part : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 2i. 
 The glorious Architect Divine ! Tke Farewell. To St./.'s L.. 
 The rising sun, owre Galston Muirs, 
 
 Wi' glorious light was glintan ; . . The Holy Fair. 
 
 Liberty's a glorious feast ! . The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 The Chief on Sark who glorious fell, 
 
 In high command ; [v.A.4] . The Vision. 
 " Before I surrender so glorious a prize, . The Whistle. 
 And then, O what a glorious sight, . . To a Haggis. 
 And fled each Muse that glorious once inspired, 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.,S. 
 (O Ferguson ! thy glorious parts, 
 
 Ill-suited law's dry, musty arts ! . To W. Simpson. 4. 
 
 Where glorious Wallace Aft bure the gree, . lb. 10. 
 
 Still pressing onward, red-wat-shod, 
 
 Or glorious dV'd I . . , . lb. zi. 
 Gloriously, 
 And gloriously she'll whang her [Heresy] 
 
 Wi' pith this day. . . The Ordination. 3. 
 GlOPy. In all its crimson glory spread, S. A Rose-bud by t 
 But first, before you see heaven's glftry. 
 
 May ye get mony a merry story, . A uld comrade dear t 
 
 Her bright course of glory for ever shall run : S. Caledonia. 6. 
 Hold on till thou art mellow. 
 
 And then to bed in glory., . . S. Deluded swain \ 
 
 And Port was celestial glory. Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 But now for a Patron, whose name and whose glory 
 At once may illustrate and honour my story. ' 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox, 
 Glory, Honour, now invite, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, 
 
 A' for thy glory, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 An' a' the glory shall be thine. Amen, Amen. lb. 16. 
 
 And winter once rejoic'd in glory. 
 
 Ifnprom., on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 Tho' glory's name may screen us ; Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav. 
 That thoumight'st greater glory give 
 
 Unto thine own anointed. . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 And a bottle like this, are my glory and care, 
 
 iS". No Churchman am /f 
 His that inverted glory. . . On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 
 Here Stuarts once in glpry reigned. On Window at Stirling. 
 Wad shew the Tragic Muse in a' her glory. Scots Prologue. 
 Whether as heavenly glory bright, 
 
 Or dark as misery's woeful night . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 When through my very heart 
 
 Her beaming glories dart ; . S. Sleep' st thou, or wak'st\ 
 Rev'rend Men, their country's glory, The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 But, had I in my glory been, 
 
 He, kneeling, wad ador'd me. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Fareweel our ancient glory ; . . . S. The Union. 
 
 But glory is the sodger's prize, . S. When wild Wa^si 
 Glory, to. 
 Glories in his heart humane — 
 
 And creatures for his pleasure slain. On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Glossy. 
 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; , The Twa Dogs. S- 
 Glow, the friendly glow. And softer flame ; A BarcCs Epit. 
 The smile of love, the friendly tear, 
 
 The sympathetic glow! . . . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 What breast so dead to beav'nly Virtue's glow, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 For her bosom burns with honour's glow, 
 
 S. The Highland Lassie. 
 To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; 
 
 The Vision. D. IL ig. 
 Thine is the self-approving glow. 
 On conscious honour's part ; . . . To Chloris. 
 Glow, to. No longer glows with holy stain, . On Lincluden. 
 Wild to my heart the filial pulses glow, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Strong may she glow with all her ancient fire. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Wpods. 
 He glows with all the spirit of the Bard, The Brigs of Ayr, 
 Glowing". 
 But can they melt the glowing heart, S. By Allan stream t 
 Believe our glowing bosoms truly feel it. 
 
 Prologue^ at Th,, D.. 
 Glowing here on golden sands, . S. Streams that glide \ 
 
 My heart did glowing transport feel, [v.A.4] The Vision. 
 
 Glowing dawn of brighter day. . . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Till too, too soon the glowing west 
 Proclaim'd the speed of winged day. 
 
 .S". To Mary in Heaven. 
 Glowp [a bpoad stare]. 
 When Phoebus gies a short -liv'd glowr, 
 
 Far south the lift, . . A Winter Night, i. 
 What time the moon, wi' silent glowr, 
 
 Sets up her horn, . El. on Capt. M. H., 10. 
 To show Sir Bardy's wiUyart glowr. On dining with Daer. 
 A greedy glowr black-bonnet throws, . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Glowp, to [look intensely op watchfully, stare]. 
 Trembling, I dow nought but glowr, S. Blythe hae I been t 
 The rising moon began to glowr 
 The distant Cumnock hills out-owre ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 On Corsincon I'll glow'r and spell, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 Glowp'd [looked, looked eapnestly, stared]. 
 I glowr'd as I'd seen a warlock, [«.] 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer\ 
 As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, Tarn 0' Shanter. iz. 
 Even Satan glowr'd, and fidg'd fu' fain, . . lb. 16. 
 As lightsomely I glowr'd abroad, . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 I glowr'd as eerie's I'd been dusht. The Vision. D. I. 8. 
 
 Glowping, -in, -an [looking eapnestly, staping], 
 Glowrin a' the hills aboon, . . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 As Phcebus and the famous Nine 
 
 Were glowran owre my pen. . , Ep. to Davie. 11* 
 Ye ugly glow'rin spectre ? . In Defence of a Lady. 
 
 Poor gapin', glowrin' Superstition, . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 He mutters, glowring at the bitches, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Wacfu' Want and Hunger fiey me, 
 
 Glowrin by the hallan en' ; . . S.O that I had ne'er\ 
 Some gapin' glowrin' countra laird, . On W. Chalmers. 
 Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares, Tarn o' Shanter. g. 
 Wi' glowrin een, an' lifted ban's, . The Death ofMailie. 
 The lightly-jumping, glowrin trouts, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But Homer like the glowran byke, 
 
 Frae town to town I draw that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Glum, our ramgunshoch, glum goodman S. Had I the wyie t 
 Glunch [a look of displeasure or prohibition], 
 
 Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch 
 
 0' sour disdain, . Scotch Drink. 17. 
 
 Glunch, to [to look soup, to pout]. 
 
 Does ony great man glunch an' gloom ? 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Glut. 
 
 To glut that direst foe— a vengeful woman : Scots Prologue. 
 Gnash, 
 To gnash my gums, to weep and wail. 
 
 In bumin lake, Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 
 Gnaw. 
 
 But some day ye may gnaw your nails, . . A Dream. 10. 
 
 Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes ; Add. to Toothache. 
 
 " The worm that gnaws my bonie trees. As on tke banks t 
 
 The teeth o' time may gnaw Tamtallan, 
 
 But thou's for ever. Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 
 Gnawing. And thro' my lugs gies mony a twang, 
 
 Wi' gnawing vengeance ; Add. to Toothache. 
 
 The torturing, gnawing consciousness of guilt 
 
 Remorse. A Fi^g.. 
 
 Go. Go on, my Lord ! I lang to meet you, Add. of Beelzebub. S- 
 
 For their fame it shall last while the world goes round. 
 
 „ . , . .„ AtMeet. of D. Volunteers. 
 
 lionie lassie, will ye go 
 
 To the birks of Aberfeldy? [re-l S. Bonie lassie, will ye go \ 
 Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go [re.] 
 
 S. Come, boat me oer. 
 Go, find an honest fellow ; . . .S. Deluded Swaini 
 Friend, whare ye gaun. Will ye go back ? 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 8. 
 Thus goes he on from day to day, .... lb. sg. 
 Go to your sci;ilptur'd tombs, ye Great, 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., 16. 
 I'll go and be a sodger. [w.] . . . Extern. Ap, 1782. 
 Go frighten the coward and slave ! 
 Go teach them to tremble, fell tyrant I 
 
 i". Farewell, thou fair day f 
 
Go 
 
 198 
 
 Godhead 
 
 I care not, not I, let the critics go whistle. Frag, inscr. io Fox. 
 From, thee, Eliza, I must go, . . S. From thee^ Eliza + 
 An' for the kiln she goes then, . . . Halloween, it. 
 
 Will ye go wi' me Graunie ? Ih. 13. 
 
 Go, for yoursel procure renown, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 And o'er the flowery mead she goes, S. It was the charming t 
 Now we maun totter down, John, but hand in hand we'll go, 
 
 S. John Anderson t 
 Will ye go to the Highlands wi' me ; . S. Leezie Lindsay. 
 Round and round the seasons go : . . S. Let not woman t 
 We'll mourn till we too go as he has gone, 
 
 Lfts sent Sir J, Whiteford. 
 Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, . S. My bonze Mary. 
 
 That I may drink before I go 
 
 A service to my bonie lassie 'lb. 
 
 To the weaver's gin ye go, fair maids, S. My heart was ance t 
 My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. \re.'\ 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands t 
 
 ' Go on, ye human race ! Nature's Law. 
 
 O gude ale comes, and gude ale goes, S. O gude ale comesf 
 Lo, there she goes, unpitied and unblest, 
 She goes, but not to realms of everlasting rest ! 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Expires in rags, unknown, and goes to Heaven. . lb. 
 
 Go live, poor wanderer of the wood and field. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Cruel charmer, can you go! \re.'\ . S. Stay, my charmer \ 
 Then of its faults my honest thoughts 
 
 I'll give — and here they go. . . . Symon Gray t 
 
 Go, Fame, an' canter like a filly 
 
 Thro' a' the streets an' neuks o' Killie, 
 
 Tam- Samson's El.^ Per C 
 O mount and go, Mount and make you ready ; 
 
 mount and go, And be the Captain's Lady ; 
 
 S. The Capt.'s Lady. 
 To the shades we'll go, And in love enjoy it. . lb. 
 
 Go bid the hero who has run 
 Thro' fields of death to gather fame. 
 
 Go bid him lay his laurels down, . S. The capt. Ribband. 
 The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 2. 
 
 1 for thy sake must go ! . . . . The Farewell. 
 " Gin ye'll go there, yon runkl'd pair 
 
 " We will get famous laughin . . The Holy Fair. 5. 
 Then in we go to see the show, . . .lb. 8. 
 
 An' go wi' me an' be my dear ; . The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 Life is all a variorum, 
 
 We regard not how it goes ; . .lb. S. VIII. 
 
 This poor man was seen to go early to work, 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 And sometimes a hedging and ditching I go ; . . lb. 
 But then my wife and children dear, 
 
 O whither would they go ? S. The sun he is sunk \ 
 Where'er he go, where'er he stray. 
 
 May Heaven be his warden ; lS". The yng Highl. Rover. 
 Will ye go to the dancin in Carlyle's ha', 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 O wilt thou go wi* me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? \re.'\ 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 To Vulcan then Apollo goes. 
 
 To get a frosty calker To J. Taylor. 
 
 Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary, \re. ] . S. To Mary. 
 And bright in cloudless skies his sun go down .' 
 
 To R. G. o/F., g. 
 
 Again in Folly's path might go astray ; IVhy am I loth \ 
 
 Will ye go and marry Katie ? . S. Will ye go and ^narry \ 
 
 Stranger, go! Heaven be thy guide I Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Goat. Wi' woo' like goats, an' legs like trams ; [v.A.19]. 
 
 Poor Maiiie's El., 
 
 Goavan [ looking with roving eyes ; staring in a 
 
 dazed, helpless kind of way]. 
 
 When idly goavan whyles we saunter, E^, to Maj. Logan. 2. 
 
 When goavan, as if led wi' branks, On dining with Daer. 
 
 God. " God save the King " 's a cukoo sang 
 
 "That's unco easy said ay : . . A Dream. 2. 
 
 For me, thank God, my life's a lease, . . . . lb. 6. 
 
 God bless you a' I lb. i^. 
 
 We bless thee, God of nature wide, A Grace be/ore Dinner. 
 The heart benevolent and kind 
 The most resembles God, . . A Winter Night, it. 
 
 Till God knows what may be effected, . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Ask why God made the gem so small. 
 
 While huge he made the granite ? 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 
 That higher value on it. [v. A.27] Ask why God made f 
 God bless them a' wi' grace an' gear, Auld comrade dear^ 
 Who will not sing, God save the king, 
 
 Shall hang as high's the steeple ; S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Astonish'd ! confounded! cry'd Satan, by G-d, 
 
 I'll want 'im, ere I take such a d ble load. 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 The Lord their God, his Grace. 
 
 Epig. on being neglected at I. Inn. 
 In ploughman phrase ' God send you speed,' 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 Alas I how aft, in haughty mood, 
 
 God's creatures they oppress ! . , Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 God's image rudely etch'd on base alloy I ' 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahanus. 
 As e'er God with his Image blest, . . Epit. on a Friend. 
 But G-d confound their stubborn face. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 10. 
 Frae G-d's ain priests the people's hearts 
 
 He steals awa' lb. 11, 
 
 L — d my G-d, that glib-tongu'd A[ike]n, . lb. 14. 
 God keep thee frae thy mother's faes. 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 God bless the king And the companie ! S. Landlady, county 
 " By G-d I'll not be seen behint them, . Lns to J. Ranken. 
 Thou, who thy honour as thy God rever'st, 
 
 Ltis sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Bless him. Thou God of love and truth, O thou dread Pow'r\ 
 Justice, the high vicegerent of her God, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 And Harley rouses all the god in man. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 God help us ! — we're but poor — ye'se get but thanks ! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 God bless your Honors, can ye see't, 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 For G-d-sake, Sirs ! then speak her fair, . . lb. 18. 
 God bless your Honors, a' your days, ... lb. 24. 
 For instance, there's yoursel just now, 
 
 God knows, an unco Calf I . . . . The Calf. 
 
 ' And let us worship God I ' he says with solemn ajr. 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat. Night. 12. 
 How Abram was the Friend of God on high ; . lb. 14. 
 ' An honest man's the noblest work of God : ' . lb. ig. 
 (The Patriot's God, peculiarly thou art, . lb. zi. 
 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look weel to themsel. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 But with humility and awe 
 
 Still walks before his God The ist Psalm. 
 
 For why? that God the good adore 
 
 Hath giv'n them peace and rest, . ... lb. 
 Awa, thou flaunting god o' day ! . S. The gowd. locks of A. 
 with thoughts still soaring To God on high, . The Hermit. 
 And when I die. Let me in this belief expire, — 
 
 To God I fly. - . lb. 
 
 Should Homie, as in ancient days, 
 
 'Mang sons 0' G— present him, . . Tlte Holy Fair. 12. 
 See, up he's got the word o' G — , . . . lb. 16. 
 
 " By the gods of the ancients! " Glenriddel replies, 
 
 rAe Whisik. 8 
 " The field thou hast won, by yon bright god of day ! lb. 18. 
 And God bless young Dunaskin's laird, To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Then, Sir, God willing, I'll attend ye, . To Mr. Renton. 
 God knows, I'm no the thing I shou'd be. 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 " O injured God ! "Thy goodness has endow'd me 
 *' With talents passing most of my compeers, Tragic Frag.. 
 To murder men, and gie God thanks ! . V. on Nat. Thanks. 
 God won't accept your thanks for murther I . . .lb. 
 
 1 tremble to approach an angry God, . Why am I loth t 
 Goddess. 
 
 To adore thee is my duty, 
 
 Goddess o' this soul o' mine I . .S. Bonie wee thing t 
 
 I call no goddess to inspire my strains, . To R. Graham. 
 
 Godhead. And pledg'd her their godheads to warrant it good. 
 
 tS". Cale^mia. 
 As by his noblest work the Godhead best is known. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet' 
 
Godlike 
 
 199 
 
 Good-sense 
 
 Godlike* But come ye who the godlike pleasure know, 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish d — to bestow I 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, S- 
 The godlike bliss, to give, alone excels, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Godly. 
 Nae godly symptom ye can ca' that ; . A Ded. to G. H.j 6. 
 Ye high, exalted, virtuous Dames, 
 
 Ty'd up in godly laces, . . Add. to Unco Gw'd. 6. 
 There's monie godly folks are tbinkin, . . Ej^. to J. R. i. 
 priests 7 those seeming godly wisemen : 
 
 Lns on Window^ IT.s Arms. 
 Nay been bitch-fou *mang godly priests, On dining with Daer. 
 Ev'n godly meetings o' the saunts, 
 
 By thee inspir'd, . . Scotch Drink. 8. 
 Ye godly Councils wha hae blest this town ; 
 Ye godly Brethren o' the sacred gown, The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 And (what would now be strange) ye godly Writers : . lb. 
 An' aff the godly pour in thrangs, 
 
 To gie the jars an' barrels A lift . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 But the godly old Chaplain left him in the lurch ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. II. 
 like a godly, elect bairn, . . . The Ordination. 8. 
 
 O a' ye pioua godly flocks, . . . The Twa Herds. 
 God-sake ! 
 But, G-d-sake ! let nae saving-fit 
 Abridge your bonie Barges An' Boats . A Dream. 7. 
 Godship. 
 Down the zodiac urge the race, 
 
 And cast dirt on his godship's face ; Ep. to H, Parker. 
 
 He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea, The Whistle. 4. 
 Goest. 
 
 Tbou goest, thou darling of my heart : S. Behold the houri 
 Gold. 
 I've ta'en the gold an' been enroU'd 
 
 In many a noble squadron ; The Jolly Beggars, S. VI. 
 
 But English gold has been our bane , S. The Union. 
 
 We're bought and sold for English gold . . .lb. 
 For a' his gold and white monie, . S. To daunton me. 
 
 Then take what gold could never buy 
 
 An honest Bard's esteem. . . .To John M'Murdo. 
 And thirst of gold might tempt the deep, 
 
 ^S*. Twos even — the dewy t 
 For gold the merchant ploughs the main, . . .lb. 
 Gold-bubbling. 
 The slave's spicy forests, and gold-bubbling fountains, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Golden. 
 
 Here wealth still swells the golden tide, Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 Thou golden time o' youthful prime, S. But lately seen, f 
 Dame Fortune's golden smile, Ep. to young Friend. 7. 
 
 Gay the sun's golden eye, 
 
 Peep'd o'er the mountains high ; . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 'Twas not her golden ringlets bright, S. I gaed a waefu' \ 
 Glovdng here on golden sands, S. Streams that glide t 
 
 But golden sands did never grace 
 
 The Heliconian stream ; . . . To J. M'Murdo. 
 But, oh ! [ye maggots] respect his lordship's taste. 
 
 And spare bis golden bindings. . . The Book-Worms. 
 mantling high she fills the golden cup, To R. G. of F,, 7. 
 
 The golden hours, on angel wings, 
 
 S. Ye hanks J and braes^ and streams t 
 Gone. Behind the throne then Gr-nv-11's gone, A Fragment. 8. 
 Till my last hope and last comfort is gone : J". Gloomy December. 
 We'll mourn till we too go as he has gone, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 The forms of ages long gone by . . .On Lincluden. 
 My child, thou art gone to the home of thy rest, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 The injured Stuart line is gone. On Window at Stirling. 
 
 "Another year is gone for ever." Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 And gone I know not whither : ^. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 And, must I think it ! is she gone, . . The Lament. 
 
 I'll lay me with th' inglorious dead, 
 
 Forgot and gone ! . . . ToJ.S.^ 10. 
 Good. When Guilford good our Pilot stood, A Fragment, 
 No 6ther plea I have, But, Tbou art good ; 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death, 
 And pledg'd her their godheads to warrant it good. 
 
 S, Caledonia. 
 Good claret set before thee : . . . S. Deluded Swain f 
 
 Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare, El. on Peg Nicholson, 
 Nature well pleas'd pronounced it very good ; 
 
 Ep, to R . Graham., 3. 
 We own they're prudent, but who feels they're good ? lb. S- 
 Who in his life did little good, Epit. on Mr, Burton. 
 
 His heart was warm, benevolent, and good. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Good L — d, what is man ! . Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 With his depths and his shallows, his good and his evil, lb. 
 At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer. Im.promptu. 
 All mounted in good order. . . Katharine J affray. 
 
 It's [the future's] good or ill untried, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 And show what good men are, . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 He vow'd, he pray'd, he found the maid 
 - Forgiving all and good. . . S. On a bank of flowers \ 
 Where the songs of the good, where the hymns of the blest, 
 Through an endless existence shall charm thee. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 From aught that's good exempt. On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 Ay wavering like the willow-wicker, 
 
 'Tween good and ill. . . Poem on Life. 
 But accept it, good sir, as a mark of regard, 
 
 Poet Add. to Tytler. 
 I come to wish you all a good new year ! Prologue at Th,^ D.. 
 But when the heart is nobly warm, 
 
 The good excuse will find. . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 
 But now to-day, good Mr. Gray, 
 
 I've read it o'er and o'er, .... Symon Gray t 
 What Whig but wails the good Sir James, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 For why ? that God the good adore 
 
 Hath giv'n them peace and rest, , . The ist Psalm. 
 
 But if thou hast good cause to sigh at 
 
 Thy fault or care : . . The Hermit. 
 
 By my good luck a lass I met, S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 An aged Judge, I saw him rove, 
 
 Dispensing good. [v.A.4] The Vision. D, I. 
 Was brought to the court of our good Scottish king. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Ye, whom the seeming good think sin to pity; Tragic Frag.. 
 To light and joy the good restore, Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Good bye. 
 
 I'll desert my sov'reign lord. 
 And so good bye, allegiance ! . S. Husband^ husband^ 
 Good fallow, Good fellow. 
 But a club of good fellows, like those that are there, 
 And a bottle like this, are my glory and care. 
 
 S. No Chu-^h-man am^ I \ 
 Three joyous good fellows with hearts clear of flaw ; 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 But gie me just a true good fallow 
 
 Wi' right ingine. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Goodman. 
 
 our ramgunshoch, glum goodman S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 Good-moPFOw. 
 
 when auld Phoebus bids good-morrow, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Good-natuF'd. 
 
 Or my good-natur'd folly, O ; S. My father was a farmer t 
 Goodness. 
 We bless thee, God of nature wide, 
 
 For all thy goodness lent : . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 Goodness still Delighteth to forgive. 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp, of Death. 
 Thy goodness constantly we prove, Grace after Dinner. 
 
 Want only of goodness denied her esteem. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. Epit.. 
 Chose one who should owe it all, d'ye see, 
 
 To their gratis grace and goodness. The Dean ofFac. 
 
 My goose-quill too rude is to tell all your goodness 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 And to his goodness I commend ye. , To Mr. Renfon. 
 
 For boons accorded, goodness ever new. To R. Graham. 
 
 "O injured God! Thy goodness has endow'd me 
 " With talents passing most of my compeers, Tragic Frag.. 
 Keep His Goodness still in view. 
 
 Thy trust— and thy example too. Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Good-sense. 
 Expept good-sense and social glee. On dining with Doer. 
 Good sense and taste are natives here at home ; 
 
 Prologue.at Th,^D.. 
 
Goodwife 
 
 200 
 
 Gowd 
 
 Goodwife. 
 
 Early next morning the goodwife arose, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Good will. 
 
 I set me down wi' right good will, 
 
 To sing my Highland lassie O. . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 I set her down, wi' right good will, 
 Amang the rigs o' barley : . , S. The Rigs o^ Barley. 
 Goos [goose]. 
 Fient haet he had but three 
 Goos feathers and a whittle. S. RoHn shure in hairst. 
 
 Goose, Jamy [Mr. Young, Cumnock]. 
 Jamy Goose, Jamy Goose, ye ha'e made but toom roose, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, lo. 
 
 Goose-quill. 
 
 My goose-quill too rude is to tell all your goodness 
 
 To Capi. Riddel. 
 Gop-cock [the Fed game, red-eock, or moor-coek]. 
 
 Whare gor-cocks thro' the heather pass, 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting^ 
 
 Gordon. 
 
 There ne'er was a coward o' Kenmure's blude, 
 
 Nor yet o' Gordon's Line. S. O Kentnure's on and awa t 
 The banks by Castle Gordon. [«.] S. Streams that glide t 
 And Gordon the battle to win! The Election Ballads. III. 
 Gore. 'Till daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 In gore a shoe-thick; Add. to Toothache. 
 Flutt'ring an' gasping in her gore : A-uld comrade dear\ 
 
 To wanton in carnage and wallow in gore. . S. Caledonia. 
 ■ !Mong swelling floods of reeking gore. The Vision. D. II. 15. 
 Gory. Or mad Ambition's gory hand, A Winter Night. 7. 
 The flutt'ring, gory pinion ! . . S. Now westlin winds t 
 Welcome to your gory bed, 
 Or to glorious victory. . . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 
 Gos [the gos-hawk or falcon]. 
 Swift as the Gos drives on the wheeling hare ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Gospel. 
 held up his cheek, Conform to Gospel law, A Fragment. 6. 
 Till by an' by, if I haud on, 
 
 I'll grunt a real Gospel groan : . . Auld comrade \ 
 And there will be lads o' the gospel, The Election Ballads. III. 
 For lapfu's large o' |;ospel kail 
 Shall fill thy crib in plenty. 
 
 . Ordination. 6. 
 The Twa Herds. 3. 
 
 . Ih. 8. 
 
 lb. 10. 
 
 That e'er ga'e gospel horn a blast. 
 Or nobly fling the gospel club, 
 A' ye wha tent the gospel fauld, 
 Than under gospel colours bid be 
 
 Just for a screen. , To Rev. /. M'Math. 
 An* then cry zeal for gospel laws, Like some we ken. . 16. 
 Gossamoup. 
 While thick the gossamour waves wanton in the rays. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Gossip. 
 Thou maks the gossips clatter bright, . Scotch Drink. 12. 
 The gossip keekit in his loof, . . S. There was a lad t 
 Got, Gotten. 
 She's got mischief enough already ; Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Had I no got greeting, my heart wou'd hae broken, 
 
 S. As I -was a-wand'ringi 
 But now he has gotten a hat and a feather 
 
 S. Cock up your heaver. 
 Thou now has got thy Daddy's chair, . El. on Year iy88. 
 The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying, 
 
 Epig. on Capt, Grose. 
 Some auld, us'd hands had taen a note, 
 That sic a hen had got a shot ; . . . Ep. to J. R.^ g. 
 Your brunstane devilship I see 
 
 Has got him there before ye ; . Epii. on Holy Willie. 
 For few sic feasts you've gotten ; . . . For W. Ntcol. 
 But by that health, I've got a share o't, 
 
 Friend of the poet t P.S. 
 Twa o' them were gotten When Johny was awa. 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmer^ 
 ' For monie a ane has gotten a fright, 
 
 ' An' liv'd an' di'd deleeret, .... Halloween. 14. 
 Brawlie kens our wanton Chief 
 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . S. Hee balou^ t 
 Dusty was the kiss That I got frae the miller. 
 
 S. Heyt the dusty miller t 
 John Barleycorn got up again, . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 If Venus yet had got his nose off ; . Kind Sir^ Tve read f 
 Or glaikit Charlie got his nieve in ; . . . . Ih. 
 But now she's got. an unco ripple, . . Letter to J . Goudie. 
 O ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten? \re.'\ 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg \ 
 Now I've gotten wife and bairns, . S. O that I had ne'er \ 
 My Pegasus I'm got astride, . . . On W. Chalmers. 
 We've got frae a' professions, sorts, an' ranks : Scots Prologue. 
 Tam had got planted unco right ; . . Tarn 0' Shanter. j. 
 Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess, 
 In Lon'on or Fans they'd gotten it a' : 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 That he, at Lon'on, frae ane Adams got ; The Brigs 0/ Ayr. 4. 
 And our gudewife has gotten a ca', S. The Cooper 0' cuddy t 
 Till our gudeman has gotten the scorn ; . . . Ih. 
 Yet simple Bob the victory got, . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 See, up he's got the word o' G— , . . The Holy Fair. 16. 
 The Regiment at large for a husband I got ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 But he has gotten to our grief, 
 
 Ane to succeed him, The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 But Heaven's curse will blast the man 
 
 Denies the baim he got ; . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 " I've got a bad wife, Sir, that's a' my complaint, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 So Nickie then got the auld wife on his back, . Ih. 
 
 Na faith ye yet ! ye'll no be right, 
 
 Till ye've got on it, . . . To a Louse. 
 She's [Coila's] gotten Bardies o' her ain, To W. Simpson. 
 Goth. The Goth was stalking round with anxious search, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Gothic. Each Gothic ornament display. . On Lincluden. 
 
 The vera wrinkles Gothic in his face : The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 E'er they would grate their feelings wi' the view 
 Of sic an ugly, Gothic hulk as you. . . . Ih. 6. 
 
 Now, thank our stars ! these Gothic times are fled ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 The cobweb'd gothic dome resounded, Y ! . The Vowels. 
 Gotten V. Got. 
 Goud V. Gowd. 
 
 Goudie. O Goudie I terror of the Whigs, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Gouk, Andro [Dr. Andrew Mitchell, Monkton ; wGowk], 
 Andro Gouk, Andro Gouk, ye may slander the book, 
 And- the book not the waur let me tell ye ; 
 
 The Kirk^s Alarm. I2. 
 Gout. 
 An' Gouts torment him, inch by inch, Scotch Drink, if. 
 
 In vain the Gout his ancles fetters ; Tam Samson's El. g. 
 Governor. 
 
 O Thou, Great Governor of all below I . Why am I loth t 
 Gowan [the common or mountain-daisy]. 
 The op'ning ^owan, wat wi' dew, 
 
 Nae purer is than Nanie, . . S. Behind yon kills t 
 * His braw calf-ward whare gowans grew, 
 
 Sae white an' bonie. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 And pu'd the gowans fine ; S. Should auld acquaintance^ 
 Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk, lowly, unseen ; 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Gowany [abounding with wild daisies]. 
 
 In gowany glens thy burnie strays, Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 Gowd, Goud [gold]. 
 L — d, I'se hae sportin by an' by, 
 
 For my gowd guinea ; . El. on J. R. ti. 
 Here's Chieftain M'Leod, a chieftain worth gowd, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them \ 
 But the tender heart o' leesome love, 
 
 The gowd and siller canna buy : . S. In simmer when t 
 My Sandy brak a piece o' goud, . S. My Sandy gied to t 
 Whats a' the joys that gowd can gi'e ? . S. O Phely, t 
 
 Gowd guineas a hunder or twa, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 And aiblins gowd ajid honour baith 
 
 Might be that laddie's share. The Election Ballads, I. 
 
 The man's the gowd for a' that. . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Her hair was like the links o* gowd, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 He has gowd in his coflers, he has sheep, he has kine. 
 
 There's auldRoh M. t 
 We've lost a birkie weel worth gowd, , . To W. Creech. 
 Quo' she, my grandsire left me gowd, S. When wild, Wa^s t 
 
Gowden 
 
 ^1 
 
 Grace-proud 
 
 Gowden [grolden]. 
 And gowden flowers sae rare upon't ; S. My Lard a-hunimg'f 
 Nae gowden stream thro' myrtles twines, 
 
 Poem en Pastoral Poetry. 
 I hae lo'ed the Fair, the Gowden ; S. Wantonness for ever t 
 Y(«!treen lav on this breast o' mine 
 The gowden locks of Anna. i". The gowd. Locks of A. 
 
 Gowdle, heels o*ep [topsy-turvy]. 
 
 Soon heel's o'er gowdie ! in he gangs, . . Poem on Life. 
 Gowdsplnk rthe goldfinch]. 
 The gowdspink, Music's gayest child, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Gow^'d rdld strike, as the club strikes the ball in 
 
 the game of golf]. 
 
 But, word aTi' blow, N-rth, F-x. and Co. 
 
 Gowff'd Willie like a ba', man, . . A Fragment. 9. 
 
 Gowk [a dolt]. Conceited gowk! pufF'd up wi* windy pride ! 
 
 The Brisrs of Ayr. 7. 
 gawkies, tawpies, gowks and fools, . To W. Creech, 
 
 Gowling [howling!. 
 
 Misfortune's gowling bark, . . .A Ded. to G.H,. 14. 
 Gown. Ye sail get gowns and ribbons meet, 3", Ca* the Ewes. 
 ' It's just the Blue-gown badge an' claithing, O' Saunts; 
 
 Ep.toJ.R.,4. 
 Black gowns of each denomination, Lns add. to f. Ranken. 
 My Lady's gown there's gairs upon't, 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting \ 
 the Bard, what d'ye call him, that wore the black gown ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 Ye godly Brethren o' the sacred gown, The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 4. 
 My musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet 
 On gown, an' ban', an' douse black bonnet. 
 
 To Rev. J. MMath. 
 Gowrie. Not Cowrie's rich valley, nor Forth's sunny shores, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy -mountains t 
 Grace. 
 Thy mither's person, grace an' merit, Add. to Illegit Child 
 Summer with a matron grace . Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Her comely face sae fu' o' grace, 
 
 S. A, Masterion's lonie Anne. 
 Youth, grace, and love attendant move, . lb. 
 
 God bless them a' wi' grace an' gear. . A %tld comrade t 
 
 Wit, and Grace, and Love, and Beauty, 
 
 In ae constellation shine ; . . ^S". Bonie wee iking^ 
 
 Duncan was a lad o' grace, . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 bavins, sense an' grace, . Ep. to /. L — k, Ap. ist. so. 
 
 who giv'st with all a courtier's grace ; E^. to R. Graham, s. 
 Pale sickness withers ilka grace, . Fragment. 
 
 Whae'er shall say I wanted grace, 
 When I did kiss and dawte her, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 For gifts an' grace, 
 A bumin' an' a shinin' light, . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 To show thy grace is great an' ample ; . . lb. 5. 
 
 That I for gear and grace may shine, ... lb. 16. 
 Altho' thy beauty and thy grace 
 
 Might weel awauk desire. .. . S . It is na, Jean,^ 
 
 Loves, graces, and virtues, I call not on you ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Her native grace so void of art ; . . S. My Mary's face t 
 It wants to me the witching grace, S. O this is no ^ny ain + 
 In grace and beauty charming ; S. O watye wha that loes t 
 Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace ? 
 
 Ode, to Mem, of Mrs. — . 
 Her lovely form, her native ease. 
 
 All harmony and grace. . S.Ona hank of flowers t 
 
 The graces of her weelfar'd face, . S. On Cessnock banks t 
 But the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, . . .lb. 
 
 in its native air And rural grace ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 (Beauty, where faultless symmetry and grace. 
 Can only charm us in the second place,) 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Skill'd in the secret, to bestow with grace ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The; Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace. 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 12. 
 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! . . Ih. if. 
 
 But chiefly, in their hearts with Grace divine preside. lb. 18, 
 
 Chose one who should owe it all, d'ye see, 
 
 To their gratis grace and goodness. . The Dean ofFac., 
 
 2 C 
 
 And spak wi' modest grace, . . The Election Ballads. T. 
 Led on the Loves and Graces \ .... lb. VI. 
 The grace be — " Athole's honest men, 
 
 And Athole's bonnie lasses! " The Petition of Br. Water. 
 She stares the daddy in her face, 
 
 Enough of ought ye like but grace ; . . The Inventory. 
 An' pray'd for grace wi' ruefu' face, The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 An' runts 0' grace the pick an' wale, . The Ordination, 6. 
 A wildly-witty, rustic grace 
 
 Shone full upon her ; The Vision. D.I. 10. 
 
 To ev'ry nobler virtue bred, And polish'd grace. . lb. /j. 
 And careful note each op'ning grace, lb. D. II. 10, 
 
 In arioso trills and graces Ye never stray, . To /. S., 27. 
 Loves and graces all rejected, . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 T[ytle]r's and G[reenfield]'s modest grace; To W. Creech. 
 They talk o' mercy, grace an' truth. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Grace, beauty, and elegance, fetter her lover, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 All grace does round her hover, . lS". When first I saw t 
 Admiring Nature in her wildest grace, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Grace [prayer before meat]. 
 Learn three-mile pray'rs, an' half-mile graces, 
 
 A Ded. toG. H.,g. 
 The auld Guidmen, about the grace, 
 
 Frae side to side they bother, . , The Holy Fair. 24. 
 Sma' need has he to say a grace, , . . . lb. 2/, 
 Weel are ye wordy of a grace 
 
 As lang's my arm. . To a Haggis. 
 
 As lang's the Muses dinna fail To say the grace. To J. S., 24. 
 Their three-mile prayers, an hauf-mile graces, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Grace [title of king, duke, archbishop]. 
 Because ye' re simam'd like His Grace, A Ded. to G. H,, i. 
 So, nae reflection on Your Grace, , . . A Dream. 3. 
 The Lord their God, his Grace. 
 
 Epig. on being neglected at In. Inn. 
 How shall I sing Drumlanrig's Grace ? 
 
 On Duke of Queensberry . 
 Wad trust his Grace wi' a', Jamie ; S. The Laddies by \ 
 
 Grace, to. 
 That sic a coupTe fate allows ye 
 
 To grace your blood. Ep. to Major Logan. 13. 
 "To grace this damn'd infernal clan." Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 And a town of fame whose princely name 
 Should grace the Lass of Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany, 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ii. 
 The flowers shall vie in all their charms 
 
 The hour of heaven to grace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 To mend the honest Patriot-lore, 
 
 And grace the hand. The Vision. D. II. j". 
 Some grace the maiden's artless smile ; . . . Ib.g. 
 
 But golden sands did never grace 
 The Heliconian stream ; . . To John M^Murdo. 
 
 Graced. -M. 
 Wad ever grac'd a dance of witches ! . Tam o" Shanter. 13. 
 Her lips more than the cherries bright, 
 A richer dye has graced them ; . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Graceful, -fu'. 
 
 An' sweet an' gracefu' she did ride A Guid New-year^ 6. 
 
 I see thee gracefu', straight and tall, S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 But for a modest, graceful mien. 
 Her like I never saw. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 Her fautless form and gracefu' air ; , . S, Sae flaxen t 
 
 Green, slender, leaf-clad Holly-boughs 
 
 Were twisted, gracefu', round her brows. The Vision. D.I. g. 
 Gracious. Look down with gracious eyes ; Nature's Law. 
 
 The landlady and Tam grew gracious, Tam o' Shanter. s. 
 
 As great an' gracious a' as sisters ; . The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 Graceless. 
 
 staumrel, corky-headed, graceless Gentry, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. The Death ofMailie. 
 
 How graceless Ham leugh at his Dad, The Ordination. 4. 
 Grace-proud, 
 
 Wi' screw'd-up, grace-proud faces ; . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 
 Their sighan, cantan, grace-proud faces, To Rev. J. M'Math, 
 
Graff 
 
 502 
 
 Graff [a grave]. 
 
 Ev'n as he is, cauld in his graff Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 But your green graff, now Luckie Laing, 
 Wad airt me to my treasure. . . . 5". Gat ye 7ne t 
 
 Graham. 
 
 An' that glib-gabbet Highland Baron, 
 
 The Laird o' Graham; The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Bold Scrimgeour follows gallant Graham, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Will generous G * * * * * list to his Poets wail ? To R. G. o/F.. 
 
 Grain. Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain, 
 
 S. Now ivestUn winds t 
 
 Leeze me on thee John Barleycorn, 
 
 Thou king o' grain ! . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 When yellow waves the heavy gram, The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 But may the tapmast grain that wags 
 
 Come to the sack. . Third Ef. to J. Lap.. 
 Grained [groaned]. The creature grain'd an eldritch laugh, 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. 
 This mony a day I've grain'd and gaunted. 
 
 Kind Sir, I've read \ 
 
 Graip [a dung-fork with three or four prongs]. 
 
 The graip he for a harrow taks, . . . Halloween. 18. 
 Graith [accoutrements, implements, harness, dress, 
 furniture]. 
 
 Chatham's wraith, in heav'nly graith, . A Fragment. 8. 
 Then Meg took up her spinnin-graith. 
 
 And flang them a' out o'er the burn. S. Duncan Damson. 
 Tho' I should pawn my pleugh an' graith, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 7. 
 An' Ploughmen gather wi* their graith, Scotch Drink. 10. 
 Saw him in shootin graith adorn'd. Tarn Samsons El. 8. 
 
 Here, farmers gash, in ridin graith, The Holy Fair. 7. 
 
 I send you here a faithfu' list, 
 O' gudes an' gear, an' a' my graith, . The Inventory. 
 
 Grammar. 
 
 If honest Nature made you fools. 
 
 What sairs your Grammars ? Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. zst. 11. 
 deep-read in hell's black grammar, On Groses Peregrinations. 
 But oh ! what signifies to-you 
 
 His lexicons and grammars ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 He was a dictionar and grammar Amang them a' ; 
 
 To W. Creech. 
 In days when mankind were but callans. 
 At Grammar, Logic, an' sic talents. To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 Grand. And love a kinder— that's your grand specific. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 And here's the grand fabric, our free Constitution, 
 
 AtMeet.ofD. Volunteers. 
 Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 For our grand fa' ; . Ep, to Maj. Logan, g. 
 May Freedom, Harmony and Love 
 Unite you in the grand Design, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw 
 
 A lustre grand ; . The Vision. D. 1. 12. 
 To hold our grand procession ; . . To a Medical Gent. 
 The grand criterion of his fate, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Grandchild. That grandchild's cap will do to-morrow 
 
 Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Grandeur. 
 And I shall spurn as vilest dust. 
 
 The warld's wealth and grandeur : S, Come, let me take t 
 And courtly grandeur bright 
 
 The fancy may delight, . . . S. Mark yonder Pomp ^ 
 From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs. 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night, ig. 
 Grandison. 
 
 Your Fine Tom Jones and Grandisons, . . leave novels f 
 Grandslre. 
 
 Her grandsire, old Odin S. Caledonia. 
 
 Grane [groan]. 
 a squeak, An' then a grane an' gruntle ; . Halloween, ig. 
 An' fill auld-age wi' grips an' granes ; . The Twa Dogs^ sg. 
 Grane, to [to groan], 
 
 K[ilmarnock] lang may grunt an' grane, Tatn Samson's EL. 
 Granite. 
 Ask why God made the gem_ so small, 
 An' why so huge the granite? [v. A.27] Ask why God made f 
 
 Grannie, Graunie [grandmother]. 
 
 I've heard my rev'rend Graunie say, . Add. to the Deil.S. 
 When twilight did my Graunie summon, 
 
 To say her pray'rs, IB, 6. 
 
 Wee Jenny to her Gi^unie says, 
 
 ' Will ye go wi' me Graunie ? . . . Halloween. 13. 
 Ah ! little kend thy reverend grannie. Tarn 0' Shanter. /j. 
 My Grannie she bought me a beuk, The Jolly Beggars, S. Ill, 
 Grant. I readily and freely grant, 
 
 He downa see a poor man want ; A Ded. to G. H.,s. 
 Lord grant, nae duddie, desperate beggar. Add. o/Beelzebuh. 
 Gude grant that thou may ay inherit 
 
 Thy mither's person, grace an' merit. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 To grant a heart is fairly civil. 
 
 But to grant a maidenhead's the devil I . A uld comrade t 
 I grant thou'rt as wicked, but not quite so clever. Epig. on—. 
 Still grant us with such store ; 
 
 The Friend we trust ; the Fair we love ', Grace after Dinner. 
 Grant me, indulgent heaven, that I may live 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Lns extent, in Lad^s Pocket-hk. 
 I grant him [wisdom] his calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures, 
 Lns on Windows Gl. Tav. 
 Let posts an' pensions sink or swoom 
 
 Wi' them wha grant them : 
 
 The Authot's Cry and Prayer. 
 please To grant my highest wishes, The Petition o_fBr. Water. 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look weel to themsel. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 And your friends they dare grant you nae mair. 
 
 The Kirl^s Alarm. 
 Grant me but this, I ask no more, 
 
 Ay routh o' rhymes. To J. i"., 21. 
 
 'Twas noble, Sir; 'twas like ;^oursel. 
 
 To grant your high protection : . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Your billet, Sir, I grant receipt ; . . To Mr. Renton. 
 COh, do thou grant This one request of mine !) Winter. 
 
 Granted. 
 But whether granted or denied. 
 
 Lord bless us with content ! . A Grace before Dinner. 
 
 We've faults and failings— granted clearly, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 That dearest meed is granted — honest fame ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Grape [to grope]. 
 
 They steek their een, an* grape an' wale, Halloween. 
 
 Graped, Grapet [groped]. 
 He gaped for't [his argument], he graped for't, 
 
 Extern, in Court 0/ Session. 
 An' darklins grapet for the bauks, . . . Halloween. 11. 
 Grapple. 
 
 Auld orthodoxy lang did grapple, . . Letter to J. Goudie, 
 Grapple-airn [grappling-iron]. 
 
 Then heave aboard your grapple-aim, . . A Dream. 13. 
 Grasp. 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe, L9ts on Fergusson. 
 Gie me within my straining grasp 
 The melting form of Anna. S. The gowd. Locks of A,. 
 
 Grasp, to. The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms ; 
 
 S, Awd w€ yr witchcraft \ 
 Whose arms of love would grasp the human race : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 I'll grasp thy waist, and fondly prest, 
 Swear how I love thee dearly : S. Now westlin winds i 
 
 Grasped. 
 
 Enclasped, and grasped. Within thy cold embrace ! To Ruin. 
 Grass. O tread ye lightly on his grass, . . Epit. on Wag. 
 The lav'rcck lo'es the grass, . . S. O gie my love brose f 
 Ye're greener than the grass, lassie ; S. Ye hoe lien wrong. 
 The rosy dawn, the springing grass. 
 With early gems adcniing. . . . S. Young Pe^y\ 
 
 Grass-green. 
 
 Underneath the grass-green sod, 
 Soon maun be my dwelling. . S. Blythe hoe I been t 
 Grassy. And o'er this grassy heap sing dool, A Bardls Epit.. 
 At dawn when every grassy blade 
 
 Droops with a diamond at nis head, El. on Capi. M. H. 6. 
 Out o'er the grassy lea : . . _ Lament of Maty of Scots. 
 And a green grassy hillock hides his head ; 
 
 Lns while on Deathbed. 
 
Grassy 
 
 20S 
 
 Gray 
 
 And when ye're numbered wi' the dead, 
 
 Below a grassy hillock, ... . The Calf, 
 
 And coward maukin sleep secure, 
 
 Low in her grassy form : . The Peiition a/Br. Water. 
 
 Grat [wept]. 
 Grat his een baith bleer't an' blin', . S. Duncan Gra^ t 
 
 Last day I grat wi' spite and teen, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And I, I wat, Wi' fainness gr4t, . S. The tither mom t 
 And grat to see it thrive, man ; . The Tree of Liberty 
 
 Gpate. An^ crabbed names an' stories wrack us, 
 
 An' grate our lug, Scotch Drink. 
 
 E'er they would grate their feelings wi' the view 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Grateful, -fU*. With grateful lifted eyes, Epit. on a Laird. 
 Thy goodness constantly we prove, 
 
 And grateful would adore. . . Grace after Dinner. 
 So gratefu', back your news I send you, Kind Sir, I've readj; 
 And grateful science heaves the heartfelt sigh. 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 With grateful pride we own your many favours : 
 
 Prolos^e, at Th.^ D.. 
 What breast so dead to heav'nly Virtue's glow, 
 But heaves impassion'd with the grateful throe. 
 
 Prologue, sp. hy Woods. 
 as grateful nations oft have found ..... /^. 
 Accept a Bardie's gratefu' thanks t . . Scotch Drtnk. i8. 
 And grateful still, I trust, ye'll ever find us : Scots Prologue. 
 With heartfelt throes his grateful bosom swells, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Sae fam'd for his gratefu' return ? The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 A grateful, warm adieu ! The Farewell. 
 
 And listen mony a grateful bird 
 
 Return you tuneful thanks. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 ' Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, The Vision. D. II. i6. 
 But, if ye wish her gratefu' pray'r 
 
 Gie her a Haggis ! , . To a Haggis. 
 
 The pray'r still, you share still, 
 
 Of grateful Minstrel Burns. . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Rich is the tribute of the grateful mind. To Miss Graham. 
 
 O ! bear my ardent, grateful, selfish prayer ! To R. G. ofF. , p. 
 
 Wi' gratefu' heart I thank you brawly ; To W. Simpson. 
 
 Gratefully. And a' my days o' life to come 
 
 I'll gratefully adore thee, S. Craigie-hum Wood. 
 The marled plaid ye kindly spare. 
 
 By me should gratefully be ware ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 And gratefully my gude auld cockie, 
 
 I'm yours for ay. . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Grating. 
 Nor pour your descant grating on my ear : 
 
 Sonnet^ on Death ofR.. 
 Gratis. 
 
 Chose one who should owe' it all, d'ye see, 
 To their gratis grace and goodness. The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Gratitude. The moumfu* sang I here enclose, 
 
 In gratitude I send you ; To Miss Ferrier. 
 Graunie v. Grannie. 
 Grave, adj. 
 Then marks th' unyielding mass with grave designs, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. £. 
 So shy, grave and distant, ye shed not a tear : 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 The sage grave ancient cough' d, and bade me say, 
 
 Prologue at Th., D.. 
 What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 8. 
 And there sae grave, Squire Cardoness 
 
 Look'd on till a' was done ; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Syne tun'd his pipes wi' grave grimace. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. III. 
 First enter'd A, a grave, broad, solemn wight. The Vowels. 
 Grave, tideless-blooded, calm and cool, . . To/. S., 26. 
 Ye are sae grave, nae doubt ye're wise ; . . 15. 28. 
 The grave sage hern thus easy picks his frog, To R. G. ofF. , 7. 
 Grave, s. 
 thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. A Bard's Epii. 
 An' views beyond the grave comfort him. Auld comrade^ 
 That passest by this grave, . El. on Capt. M. H. E^it. 
 
 That the worms ev'n d — d him 
 
 When laid in his grave. . . Epit. on Walter S—. 
 And the next flowers, that deck the spring, 
 Bloom on my peaceful grave. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 For the dew-drops of morning fall cold on her grave. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 And blythe be the bird that sings on her grave ! 
 
 S. O fnerry hae I been t 
 O sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 " My patriot son fills an untimely grave ! " 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 Can point the brimful grief-worn eyes 
 
 To scenes beyond the grave. , . . Sad thy tale, t 
 Wha can fill a coward's grave 1 . , S, Scots wha hae t 
 When yon green leaves fade frae the tree, 
 
 Around my grave they'll wither. ^S". Sweet fa's the eve t 
 And Sportsmen wander by yon grave. Tarn Samson's El., 13. 
 A handsome grave does hide her ; S. The/oyful Widower. 
 Their graves are growing green to see ; S. The lovely lass t 
 How welcome to me were the grave ! S. The sun he is sunk t 
 And a' the comfort we're to get. 
 
 Is that ayont the grave, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 You save fair Jessie from the grave 1 
 
 An angel could not die. . . . To Dr. Maxwell. 
 
 yield me now a peaceful grave, S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 
 Grave, to. 
 
 Grave these counsels on thy soul. Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Grav'd. And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, 
 
 The sacred posy Libertie I . .A Vision. 
 
 Gravels. 
 
 May Gravels round his blather wrench, Scotch Drink. 17. 
 Graver. A being form'd t'amuse his graver friends, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 GraviSSimo. But gravissimo^ solemn basses, 
 
 Ye hum away. To/. S., 27. 
 Gray, Grey, dappl't, sleek an' glaizie, A bonie gray : 
 
 A Guid New-year i 2, 
 Like some bold Vet'ran, gray in arms, Add. to Edinburgh. S. 
 Flaffan wi' duds, and grey wi' beas', Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Or where auld, ruin'd castles, gray. 
 
 Nod to the moon, . . Add. to the Deil. j". 
 bending down with auld grey hairs, Auld comrade dear^ 
 
 1 heard a man sing tho' his head it was grey ; 
 
 S. By yon castle "wcC^ 
 Our Mess John, wi' his auld grey pow, . S. Donald Brodie t 
 The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout, the same ; 
 
 Extern, on W. SmelUe. 
 
 t why has Worth so short a date ? 
 
 While villains ripen grey with time ! LamefitforGlencaim. 
 Come Autumn, sae pensive, in yellow and grey, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 through your ruins, boar and grey, . . On Lincluden. 
 Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes, 
 
 Wi' hawthorns gray. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Till bairns' bairns kindly cuddle 
 
 Your auld, gray hairs. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 And the very grey breeks o' Tam Glen ! . S. Tarn Glen. 
 Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg, . Tam o' Shanter. g. 
 The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; . .lb. 11. 
 
 But left behind her ain gray tail : . . . lb. 18. 
 
 Yon auld gray stane, amang the heather, 
 
 Marks out his head, Tam Samson's El., 12. 
 deep-ton'd plovers, grey, wild-whistling o'er the hill ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 though his locks be lyart gray, . . S. The cardin o't. 
 Her ancient weed was russet gray, The Election Ballads. I. 
 The Murray, on the auld grey yaud, [re.] . . lb. V. 
 
 Wear hodden-grey, and a' that ; . S. The Honest Man. 
 The hawthorn I will pu', wi' its locks o' siller grey, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 And misty mountain, gray ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 1 doubt he's but a grey nick quill, The Twa Herds, 14. 
 My auld grey head had lien in clay, . . ^. The Union 
 As plump an' gray as onie grozet : . . . To a Louse. 
 Or frosts on hills of Ochiltree 
 
 Are hoary gray ; . . ToW. Simpson. 
 
 Gi'e me the hour o' gloamin grey, . 3". When o'er the hill t 
 
 Gray. Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray, Ire.'l S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Duncan Gray cam' here to woo, . "^ X Duncan Gray cam' t 
 
 And blooming Keith's engaged with Gray ;) 
 
 Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Symon Gray You're dull to day. [re.'\ . . Symon Grayf 
 Or pour, with Gray, the moving flow, 
 
 Warm on the heart. The Vision. D. II. ig. 
 
Gray-beard 
 
 204 
 
 Greedy 
 
 Gray-beard, Grey-beard. 
 
 The rev'rend gray-beards rav'd an' storm'd, 
 
 To IV. Simpson. P.S.. 
 The grey-bear4i old 'wisdom, may boast of his treasures, 
 
 Z«j, on Windows Globe Tav. 
 
 Gray-hair'd. 
 
 Until you on a crummock driddle 
 
 A gray hair'd carl. . Ep.to Maj\ Logan,3. 
 Great. An' sprung o' great an' noble bluid ; A Ded. to G. H. 
 My fealty an' subjection This great Birth-day. A Dream^ 8. 
 O Thou great Being ! what Thou art, 
 
 Surpasses me to know : . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Great is thy pow'r, an' great thy fame ; Add. to the DeiL 3. 
 Thence, mystic knots mak great abuse, ... lb. IS. 
 ' As built on the base of the great Revolution ; 
 
 At Meet, of D. Volunteers. 
 
 And some great lies were never penn'd : 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v.A.ti] . . lb. 
 Mourn him thou Sun, great source of light ; 
 
 El.onCapt.M.H,ii4- 
 Go to your sculptur'd tombs, ye Great, 
 In a' the tinsel trash o' state ! .... lb. j6. 
 
 Matthew was a great man lb. Epit.. 
 
 The great Creator to revere, 
 
 Must sure become the Creature ; Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 Is, doubtless, great distress ! . . . Ep. to Daviejj. 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast, 
 We may be wise, or rich, or great, 
 
 But never can be blest : . . ... . *lb.j, 
 
 * On pain o' hell be rich an' great,' Ep. to J. L—kt Ap. 21st. 14.. 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, .... lb. /j". 
 
 When nature her great master-piece designed, 
 
 Ep. to R.Graham. 
 
 Attach'd him to the generous truly great, . . .lb. 4. 
 To whom hae much, shall yet be given, 
 Is every great man's taith ; 
 
 Extent, on CoMmem.s of Thomson. 
 
 Ye Heavens, how great is my despair, • , Fragment. 
 From great Dundee, who smiling victory led, 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Great cause ye hae to fear it ; . . . Halloween. 14, 
 And ev'ry time great care is taen. 
 
 To see them auely changed : . . . , . lb. 27. 
 Picture o' the great Clanronaid ; . . . S. Hee balou t 
 To show thy grace is great an' ample ; 
 
 Holy WilHe's Prayer. 5. 
 And singin* there, and dancin' here, 
 
 Wi' great an' sma' ; [v. A. 11] . . .lb. 
 Three kings both great and high, . . John Barleycorn. 
 And may his great posterity 
 Ne'er fail in old Scotland 1 lb. 
 
 Lament for Gle.ncaim. 
 . S. Let not zvomanf 
 
 thou, the noble, generous, great, 
 Why then ask of silly Man, 
 To oppose great Nature's plan ? 
 Alas I there's ground o' great suspicion 
 
 She'll ne'er get better. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Yet think not all the Rich and Great, 
 
 Are likewise truly blest. , Man was made to mourn. 
 The Great, the Wealthy fear thy [Death's] blow, lb. it. 
 
 Tho' to be rich was not my wish, 
 
 Yet to be great was charming, O : 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Great Nature spoke with air benign, . Nature's Law. 
 
 And lo ! the Bard, a great reward, 
 
 Has got a double portion ! lb. 
 
 That Young Man great in Issachar, . New Psalmody. 
 He ne'er was gien to great misguidin, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.l. 
 
 Once great in martial story ! . On Duke of Queensberry. 
 
 I watch'd the symptoms o' the Great, On dining with Daer. 
 No song nor dance I bring from yon great city, 
 
 Prologue at Th., D.. 
 
 For genius, learning high, as great in war 
 
 Prologugi sp. by Woods. 
 
 Or great M'[Kinlay] thrawn his heel? Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Scotland an* me's in great affliction, 
 
 S. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Does ony great man glunch an' gloom? 
 
 Speak out an' never Jash your thumb Ib.S. 
 
 The gireat Argyle led on his files, S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Fame, honest fame, his great his dear reward. 
 
 Thx Brigs of Ayr. 
 I doubt na, Sir, but then we'll find, 
 
 Ye're still as great a Stirk. .... The Calf. 
 
 Oh wha wad leave this humble state 
 
 For a' the pride of a' the great? The Contented Cottager, 
 
 And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heaven's 
 
 - command The Cotters Sat. Night, 
 
 O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, 
 
 I'hat stream'd tnro' great unhappy Wallace' heart ; , lb. 
 
 So may they like their great forbears, 
 
 J? or monie a year come tnro' the sheers : The Death ofMailie. 
 
 A house of great merit and note ; The Election Ballads^ III. 
 
 Great love 1 bear to all the Fair, The Jolly Beggars. S. VI I, 
 
 Hard by a poor Thresher whose toil it was great, 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 As great an' gracious a' as sisters ; . , The Twa Dogs. 33, 
 the great genius of this Land, . The Vision. D. II. 3, 
 
 Sir Abece the great^ The Vowels. 
 
 The son of great Loda was conqueror still, The Whistle. 
 
 '* I'll conjure the ghost of the great Rorie More, . . lb. 
 He'll hae misfortunes great and sma', S. There was a ladj 
 Great Chieftain o' the Puddin-race! . , To a Haggis. 
 By your dear self 1 — the last great oath 1 swear, To Clarinda. 
 A great man's smile, ye ken fu' well, 
 
 J.S ay a blest infection. ... 77? Mr, M'Adam. 
 
 Thou, Great Governor of all below ! . Why am I loth t 
 Great-folk. 
 
 Maun please the Great-folk for a wamefou ; A Ded. to G. H, z. 
 
 1 grudge a wee the Great-folk's gift, . . Ep. to Davie. 
 Let great folks hear and see. Lns on Windows^ Gl. Tav., 
 There's some great folk set light by me, 
 
 X set as light by them ; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Sure great-folk's life's a life o' pleasure ? The Twa Dogs. 27. 
 Greater. That thou might'st greater glory give 
 
 Unto thine own anointed. New Psalmody, 
 
 Gif ance the peasant taste a bit, 
 He's greater ttian a lord, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Greatest. 
 
 I'll count my health my greatest wealth, 
 
 S. Here's to thy health, t 
 O Thou, the first, the greatest friend 
 Of all the human race ! . The ist 6 V.s qfgoth Ps.. 
 
 Greatly. 
 
 One point mast still be greatly dark, 
 ' The moving Why they do it ; . Add, to Unco Guid. 7. 
 
 Greatness. While titled knaves and idiot greatness shine 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 
 While empty greatness saves a worthless name 1 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Grecian. And wi' the far-fam'd Grecian share 
 
 A rival place ? Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Gree [the pre-eminence ; the reward, prize ; " bear 
 the gree," have the victory, carry oil the prize]. 
 O' a' the num'rous human dools, - - - 
 
 Thou bear'st the gree. . Add. to Toothache. 
 They carry the gree frae them a', man. Ronalds ofBennals, 
 Alas the day, and wo the day, 
 
 A false usurper wan the gree, ^. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth. 
 
 May bear the gree, and a' that ! S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Aft bure the gree, as story tells, 
 
 Frae Suthron billies. . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Gree [to agree]. 
 
 To try to get the twa to gree, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Greece. 
 
 Nor need he hunt as far as Rome or Greece, Scots Prologue. 
 
 Greed. Altho' he has left me for greed o' the siller, 
 
 S. As I was a wand ring J 
 
 she never brak a fence, Thro' thievish greed. 
 
 Poor Mailie s El.. 
 
 Eels weel kend for souple tail, 
 
 And Geds for greed. Tarn Samson s El.-, 0. 
 
 Some rascal's pridefu' greed to quench, The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev, J. M Matn. 
 
 Greedy. 
 
 A greedy glowr black-bonnet throws, . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 While she held up her greedy gab, 
 Just like an aumous dish: . - The Jolly Beggars. R. I, 
 
Greek 
 
 205 
 
 Greet 
 
 Greek. 
 
 An* meikle Greek an' Latin mangled, Attld comrade dear\ 
 An' syne they think to climb Parnassus 
 
 By dint o' Greek! Ep. to J. L — k, Ap, ist. iz. 
 But tell me Whisky's name In Greek, 
 
 Tke Authoj's Cry and Prayer^ P. 
 Far seen in Greek, deep men o' letters, . To/. S.,S. ■ 
 
 Gpeekish. 
 
 Learning, with his Greekish face, . . TAg Ordination. //. 
 Green. Amang the fresh, green leaves bedew' d, 
 
 S. A Hoseiud by my f 
 Unfolds her [Spring's] tender mantle green. 
 
 Add, to Shade of Thomson. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes, \re.\ 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 Thou green crested lapwing thy screaming forbear, lb. 
 
 How pleasant thy banks and green vallies below, . lb. 
 
 But the rapturous charm o' the bonie green knowes, 
 
 S. Aiaa wi' yr witchcraft f 
 Behold, my love, how green the groves, S. Behold, my love t 
 But lately seen, in gladsome green, 
 
 The woods rejoic'd the day, . . S. But lately seen t 
 And now I greet round their green beds in the yard, 
 
 S. By yon castle tua' t 
 To feed her fair flocks by her green rustling corn : Caledonia. 
 A burn was clear, a glen was green, . S. Duncan Davison. 
 Thy gay, green, flowery tresses shear, EL on Capt. M. H., 12. 
 briers an' woodbines budding green, E^. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou fair day t 
 But your green graff, now, Luckie Laing, 
 
 Wad airt me to my treasure. . . . S. Gat ye me, t 
 Green grow the rashes, O ; . S. Green ^ow the rashes. 
 An' Stuff was unco green ; . . . . Halloween^ JS. 
 With green spreading bxxshes, and fiow'rs blooming fair ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks \ 
 A fairer than either adorns the green vallies, . . lb. 
 And by yon garden green again ; . . S. I'll ay cd in \ 
 And corn wav'd green in ilka field, S. In simmer when \ 
 
 Now Nature hangs her mantle green 
 
 On every blooming tree, . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 the flower which bloomed sweetest in Coila's green vale, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 We'll sew a green ribban round about his hat, 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann, 
 The simmer is gane when the leaves they were green, . lb. 
 And a green grassy hillock hides his head ; 
 
 Ltis -while on Deathbed. 
 My stem was fair, my bud was green, S. Luckless Fortune, 
 Farewell to the straths and green valleys below ; 
 
 S. My hearts in the Highl. f 
 Now in her green mantle blythe Nature arrays, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 While birds warble welcomes in ilka green shaw ; . lb. 
 
 Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers, 
 
 To deck hergaygreen spreading bowers; S. NowrosyMayi 
 A green turf on your head, gudeman, S. O gin ye were dead. 
 How pure, amang the leaves sae green ; 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy f 
 Now, haply down yon gay green shaw, 
 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree ; J. O watye wheCs in t 
 With flow'rs so white and leaves so green, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 When yon green leaves fade frae the tree. 
 
 Around my grave they'll wither. S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 That roars between her gardens green 
 
 And the borne Lass of Albany. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Nae lav'rock sang on hillock green, S. The Catrine woods\ 
 Their graves are growing green to see ; 
 
 S. The lovely lass of In. t 
 But I will down yon river rove amang the wood sae green, 
 
 S. The Posie, 
 The small birds rejoice on the green leaves returning, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 And wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale. . lb. 
 And hunger'd Maukin taen her way 
 
 To kail-yards green, . The Vision. D, I. 
 Green, slender, leaf-clad Holly-boughs . . . . lb. g. 
 
 Yet green the juicy Hawthorn grows, 
 
 Adown the glade. . . , lb. D. II. 20. 
 Far dearer to me yon lone glen o' green breckan, 
 
 S, Their groves of i 
 An' naething, now, to big a new ane, 
 
 O' foggage green 1 . . To a Mouse. 
 
 O'erhung with wild woods thickening green, 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 'Twas even — the dewy fields were green, 
 
 S, Twas even — the dewy t 
 While corn grows green in summer showers, 
 
 S. Where Cart rins t 
 Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and brass, and streatns t 
 How sweetly bloom'd the gay, green birk, . . .lb. 
 Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay, . . . lb. 
 Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath ; 
 
 S. Von wild mossy mountns f 
 Green, s. 
 
 But Phemie was the blythest lass. 
 
 That ever trode the dewy green. . S. Blythe was she t 
 
 Now bank and brae are clothed in green, 
 
 S, Now bank and bras t 
 Now spring has clad the grove in green, 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad \ 
 I see thee dancing o'er the green, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 There's not a bonie flower that springs. 
 
 By fountain, shaw, or green ; . . S. Of a' the airts t 
 We'll awa to Athole's green, and there we'll no be seen, 
 
 S, There grows a bonie t 
 Green-spreading. 
 Her voice is the song of the morning 
 That wakes through the green-spreading grove, 
 
 S. A down winding Nith t 
 Green-wbod. Except where green-wood echoes rang 
 
 S, Twas even — the dewy t 
 Greener. 
 
 Ye're greener than the grass, lassie ; S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Greenish. 
 
 Her Mantle large, of greenish hue. The Vision, D. /., zz. 
 Greenfield. 
 
 T[ytle]r's and G[reenfield]'s modest grace ; . To W. Creech. 
 Greenland. O had my fate been Greenland snows, 
 
 S. Now sprite has clad \ 
 Greenock. 
 Or where the Greenock winds his moorland course, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Gree't [agreed]. Come, gles your hand, an sae we're gree't ; 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 11. 
 Greet. And in my House at Hame to greet you \ 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. S' 
 I'll often greet this surging swell ; S. Behold the hour \ 
 
 To meet with, and greet with, 
 
 My Davie or my Jean ! . . . Ep. to Dannie, jo. 
 Weel pleased, he [Death] greets a wight sae famous, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn, the Chapman, 
 And as a brother kindly greet : 6". Hffw can my poor heart\ 
 Nae leaf o' mine shall greet the spring. Lament for Glencaim, 
 Never perhaps to greet old Scotland more. 
 
 Lns on Back of Bank Note. 
 Thee, Spring, again with joy shall others greet. 
 Me, mem'ry of my loss will only meet. [v. A. 10] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 But she wad send the sodger youth 
 To greet his [King George's] eldest son. 
 
 The Election. Ballads. I. 
 When with an elder Sister's air 
 
 She did me greet. . . The Vision. D. II. 
 When upward-springing, blythe, to greet 
 
 The purpling East. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 That lov'st to greet the early mom. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Greet [to shed tears, weep]. 
 And now I greet round their green beds in the yard, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 I sit me down and greet my fill, S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 Ah, gentle dames I it gars me greet, . Tam. d Shanter. 4. 
 An' sigh an' sob, an' greet her lane. Tarn- Samson's EL. 
 
 ' God bless your Honors can ye see't, 
 The kind, auld, cantie Carlia greet. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 And bairns greet for them when they're dead. 
 
 The Death ofMailiet 
 That I might greet, that I might cry, The Election Ballads. VI, 
 
Greeting 
 
 206 
 
 Griin 
 
 Greeting, -in, -an [weeping], 
 
 I cou'dna get sleeping till dawing, for greeting, 
 
 S. As I was a^wan£ring\ 
 Had I no got greeting, my heart wou'd hae broken, . lb. 
 I think on my bonie lad, 
 
 And I bleer my een wi greetin. . . S. Ay wauhin, O. 
 Now Robin, greetin', chows the hams 
 
 O' Mailiedeadl [v.A.ig] Poor Mailie's El. 
 Now ev'ry auld wife, greetin, clatters, 
 
 ' Tam Samson's dead 1 Tarn Samson's El. g. 
 Faint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Mysel, I've ev'n seen them greetan 
 
 Wi' girnan spite, . To W. Simpson^ P.S.. 
 
 GregOPy. worthy G[regor]y's latin face, To W. Creech. 
 
 GrenvlUe. 
 
 Behind the throne then Gr-nv-lle's gone, A Fragment. 8. 
 Grew. 
 
 The pride of her kindred the heroine grew ; S. Caledonia. 
 
 whare gowans grew, Sae white an' bonie. 
 
 Death and Dr. Homiook. 23. 
 
 Straight the sky grew black and daring ; S. I dream'd I lay t 
 And he grew thick and strong, . . John Barleycorn.. 
 
 When he grew wan and pale ; /^* 
 
 And the langer it blossom'd the sweeter it grew ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 The landlady and Tam grew gracious, ' Tam o' Shanter.S- 
 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : . . lb. 12. 
 Men wha grew wise priggin owre hops an' raisins. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 But soon grew weary o' the trade, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 And the bands grew the tighter the more they were wet. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 
 An' backlins-comin' to the leuk, 
 
 She grew mair bright. To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 
 Grey v. Gray. Grey-beard v. Gray-beard. 
 
 Grey-breaking. 
 
 The shepherd to warn of the grey-breaking dawn, 
 
 ■5". My Name's Awa. 
 
 Greys, the. And can we forget the auld Major, 
 
 Who'll ne'er be forgot in the Greys, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Grief. 
 Misery's another word for Grief : . Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, 
 
 Despondency^ an Ode. 
 
 You, bustling and justling. 
 
 Forget each grief and pain ; lb. n. 
 
 In grief thy sallow mantle tear ; . El. on Capt. M. H.^ 13. 
 I tell nae common tale o' grief, . . . . lb. Epit. 
 And not a muse in honest grief bewail. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 That heart how sunk, a prey to grief and care : . .lb. 
 Maria, send me too thy griefs and cares ; . Ep, fr, Esopus. 
 When heart-corroding care and grief 
 
 Deprive my soul of rest, . . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 Wi' a' this care and a' this grief, . . Ep, to H. Parker. 
 Love's veriest wretch, unseen, unknown, 
 
 I fain my griefs would cover ; S. Farewell^ thou stream t 
 'Till grief my eyes should close. 
 
 Ne'er to wake more S. Had I a cave \ 
 
 Nought but griefs with me remain. 
 
 S. Jockey's tcCen the parting \ 
 And last, (the sum of a' my griefs ! ) 
 
 My noble master lies in clay ; . Lament for Glencaim. 
 At Yarico's sweet notes of grief, 
 
 The rock with tears had flow'd. . Lns on Mrs. Kemble. 
 Fell source of a' my woe and grief ; 
 
 Lns on Bach of Bank Note. 
 Its joys and griefs alike resign. . S. O bonie was yon rosy f 
 The cauldness of thy heart's the cause 
 
 Of a' my grief and pain, jo. . S. O Lassie art thou t 
 
 Of speechless grief, and dark despair : 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warbling\ 
 Where Philomel, - - Her griefs will tell ! 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Chilly Grief my life-blood freezes, . . S. Raving winds t 
 An' liquor guid to fire his bluid, 
 
 That's prest wi' grief an' care : . Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 
 An' minds his griefs no more. lb. 
 
 Fain, fain, would I my griefs impart, S, Sweet fa's the eve\ 
 
 Your Honor's hearts wi' grief 'twad pierce. 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 And yet no grief has marr'd thy quiet, . . The Hermit. 
 And many griefs attended ; . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Sore-harass'd out, with care and grief, . . The Lament. 
 The weary night o* care and grief 
 
 May have a joyful morrow ; . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 While here I sit all sore beset 
 
 With sorrow, grief, and wo ; S. The sun he is sunk f 
 But he has«gotten to our grief, 
 
 Ane to succeed him, The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 An' lea'e us nought but ^rief an' pain, 
 
 For promis'd joy ! . . , To a Mouse. 
 Thy cruel, woe-delighted train, 
 
 The ministers of Grief and Pain, .... To Ruin. 
 Health, ay unsour'd by care or grief: . To Terraughty. 
 Grief's gien his heart an unco kickin', . . To W. Creech. 
 but grief and care In wildest fury hae made bare 
 
 My peace, my hope, for ever ! . , V.s^ under Grief. 
 As fill'd his after life wi' grief . . What ails ye now \ 
 Time cannot aid me, my griefs are immortal, 
 
 S. Where are the joys \ 
 My griefs it [the Tempest] seems to join ; ,. . Winter. 
 Here heart-struck Grief might heavenward stretch her scan, 
 ^ Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Grief-inspired. To you I sing my"grief-inspired striuns : 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas. 
 Grief-worn, 
 Can point the brimful grief-worn eyes 
 To scenes beyond the grave. . . . Sad thy tale^\ 
 
 Grien [to long for, desire ardently]. 
 
 That griens for the fishes and loaves. 
 
 The Election Ballads. HI. 
 
 Grieve [an overseer]. 
 
 Your factors, grieves, trustees, and bailies, 
 I canna say but they do gaJlies ; . Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Grieve, to. And muckle they [mankind] may grieve ye : 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 I ken they scorn my low estate, 
 
 But that does never grieve me ; S. Here's to thy Jiealth^ t 
 Who shall say that Fortune grieves him. 
 While the star of hope she leaves him ? . S. One fond kiss, t 
 Well you know how much you grieve me : 
 
 S. Stay, my charmer t 
 And at its fortune if you grieve — 
 
 Retrieve its doom and take its place. .S. The capt. Ribband. 
 But the' his little heart did grieve. The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 And tho' the puny wound appear, 
 
 Short while it grieves. . . ToJ.S., 16. 
 Grieved. To those who for her loss are grieved, 
 
 This consolation's given On Poeis Daughter. 
 Grievin. 
 When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin ; Scotch Drink. S- 
 Nae cares tae gie us joy or grievin' : Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Tell ev'ry social, honest billie 
 
 To cease his grievin, Tam Samson's El. ^ Per C. 
 
 Grim, Grizel. 
 
 Here lies with death auld Grizel Grim, Epit. on Grizel Grim. 
 Grim, in his [Want's] grim advances, A. Ded. to G. H., 16. 
 
 Think on the dungeon's grim confine, . A Winter Night, g. 
 
 Auld, grim, black-bearded Geordie's sel, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar, Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 
 Wha in yon cavern grim and sootie, . Add. to the Deil. 
 
 Warlocks grim, an' wither'd Hags, . . . . lb. g. 
 
 O thou grim, mischief-making chiel, . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Grim Vengeance lang has taen a nap, S. Awa^ whigSj awa. 
 
 Thou grim king of Terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, 
 
 3". Farewell, thou fair day t 
 
 Grim loon I he [death] gat me by the fecket. 
 
 Friend of the poet, t P^S. 
 
 Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword 
 
 LajHcnt of Mary of Scots. 
 
 See from his cavern grim Oppression rise, 
 
 On Death qfR. Dundas. 
 
 The tyrant Death, with grim control, . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Bold may she brave grim Danger's loudest roar. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 More welcome were to me grim winter's wildest roar. 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, Tam o" Shanter, 11. 
 that grim foe of life below, . , S. The day returns t 
 
Grim 
 
 207 
 
 Grove 
 
 A carline stoor and grim, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Grim horror grin'd *, pale terror roar'd . . . lb. VI. 
 grim Nature's visage hoar, . . The Vision. D. II. 23. 
 
 So grim, deform'd, The Vowels. 
 
 thou grim Pow'r, by Life abhorr'd, ... TV Ruin. 
 And grim, surly winter is near? . S. Where are the joys t 
 Gtimly. And surly winter grimly flies ; . S. Bonie Bell. 
 Grim -rising:. 
 
 Grim-rising o'er the rugged rock, . Add. to Edinburgh, j*. 
 Grimace. 
 So travell'd monkies their grimace improve, . , Sketch. 
 Syne tun'd his pipes wi' grave grimace. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars^ R. III. 
 But I gae mad at their grimaces, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Grin. Polish their grin, nay, sigh for ladies' love. . Sketch. 
 Grin, to. And fretful envy grins in vain 
 
 The poisoned tooth to fasten. S. Young Peggy \ 
 Grin'd. Grim horror grin'd ; pale terror roar'd 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Grind. To grind them in the mire ! The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Grip. See stera Oppression's iron grip, . A Winter Night. '^. 
 
 Masons' mystic word an' grip, . Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 
 Now colic-grips, an' barkin hoast, 
 
 May kill us a' ; . . Scotch Drinle. ig. 
 Wi' fainness grat, While in his grips he press'd me. 
 
 S. The iither mom + 
 An' fill auld-age wi' grips an' granes ; . The Twa Dogs. sg. 
 Grip, to. 
 But where ye feel your Honor grip, 
 
 Let that ay be your border : . E^. to Young Friend. 8. 
 Grippet. He grippet Nelly hard an' fast ; Halloween. 6. 
 
 GriSSle [gristle]. As my auld pen's worn to the grissle ; 
 ^ . X T, ,_ ■ « ^ ^i*. ^^/. L—k, A^. I si. 23. 
 
 Grist. But borne Peg-a-Ramsey 
 
 Gat grist to her mill. , S. Cauld is the e'enin t 
 Grit [great]. 
 Yet has sae mony takin' arts, 
 
 Wi' grit an' sma', , Holy Willies Prayer, 11. 
 Grizel. 
 
 Here lies with death auld Grizel Grim, E^it. on Grizel Grim. 
 Grizzle [dim. ^Griselda], 
 Then tum'd, an laid a smack on Grizzle. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. Ill, 
 Grizzly. His uncombed grizzly locks wild staring, thatch'd, 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Groan. 
 
 Grunt up a solemn, lengthen'd groan, A Ded. to G. H., g. 
 Still louder shrieks, and heavier groans ! . lb. 10. 
 
 Or, rustling, thro' the boortries coman, 
 
 Wi' heavy groan. . . Add. to the Deil 6. 
 But thee— thou hell o' a' diseases, 
 
 Ay mocks our groan ! . Add. to Toothache. 
 I'll grunt a real Gospel groan : . Auld comrade^ 
 
 Heard'st thou that groan— proceed no further, 
 'Twas laurell'd Martial roaring murder. Ejpig. on E. s Martial. 
 Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan, 
 
 „. , ,. . , ., , . ■^>- ^0^- Graham. 3. 
 
 The bursting sigh, th unweeting groan, 
 
 Betray the hapless lover : . S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. [re.'\ 
 
 S. One fond kiss, t 
 Rumble John, Rumble John, mount the steps wi' a groan, 
 
 The Kirk^s Alarm. 
 And does she heedless hear my groan ? . . The Lament. 
 The unweeting groan, the bursting sigh, 
 
 Betray the guilty lover. . . . S. The last time If 
 Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast? 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Groan, to. Beneath the blasts the leafless forests groan ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 How would your spirits groan in deep vexation, 
 _.,, . , . , The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Till curst with Age, obscure an starvm, 
 
 They aften groan. . , . ToJ.S., 10. 
 Groaning. 
 To see the new [year] come laden, groaning, 
 Wi' double plenty o'er the loanin 
 
 To thee and thine ; . . Friend of the poet \ 
 The groaning trees untimely shed their locks, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 When, glimmering thro' the groaning trees, 
 Kirk AUoway seem'd in a bleeze ; . . Tarn 0' Shanter. zo. 
 
 Or how the royal Bard did groaning lye. 
 Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire; 
 
 The CottCT's Sat. Night. 14. 
 
 There, groaning, dying, she did ly, The Death ofMailie. 
 
 And knock'd the groaning vowel to the ground ! The Vowels. 
 
 The trees now naked groaning, 
 Shall soon wi' leaves be hinging, S. The yng Highl. Rover. 
 
 The groaning trencher there ye fill, , To a Haggis. 
 
 Groanin maut [groaning malt, ale brewed for the 
 purpose of being drunk after a childbirth]. 
 
 O wha will buy the groanin maut 1 S.O wha my bahy-cloutsf 
 
 Groat [a silver coin equal to 4d. ; a small sum ; 
 "get the whistle of one's groat," play a losing 
 game]. 
 
 * Niest time we meet, I'll wad a groat, 
 
 ' He gets his fairin ! ' Death and Dr. Hom^ook.30. 
 So gat the whissle o' my groat, . . E^. to J. R. g. 
 
 He will win a shilling, Or he spend a groat. 
 
 S. Hey, the dusty millerf 
 An' plunder'd 0' her hindmost groat, 
 
 By gallow's knaves? The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer, g. 
 When ilka ell cost me a groat. 
 
 The taylor staw the lynin o t. . S. The cardin o't. 
 
 Gie me the groat again, cany young man, S. The Taylor fellf 
 An' damn'd my fortune to the groat ; . To J. S., 6. 
 
 Groom, The groom gat sae fu' he fell awald beside it, 
 
 S. O ken ye what, Meg\ 
 Grope. And thro' disastrous night they darkling grope, 
 
 ToR. G. cfF.,7. 
 Grose. The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose ? S.Ken ye ought o* Capt. G. t 
 Thou art a dainty chield, O Grose ! On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Gross. The caput mortuum of gross desires 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, d. 
 Grot. Or where yon grot o'erhangs the tide, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the glooni\ 
 Content and comfort bless me more in 
 
 This grot, than e'er I felt before in A palace The Hermit. 
 Ground. Ere we permit a foreign foe. 
 
 On British ground to rally. S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Alas ! there's ground o' great suspicion 
 
 She'll ne'er get better. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 The bravest heart on English ground. 
 
 Had yielded like a coward. . . . On Miss J. Scott. 
 But loyalty truce ! we're on dangerous ground, 
 
 Poet Add. to Tytler. 
 Welsh, who ne'er yet flinched his ground. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 He circled round the magic ground. 
 
 But entrance found he nane, man : The Fite Champetre. 
 But he whose blossom buds in guilt 
 
 Shall to the ground be cast, . The rst Psalm. 
 
 And knock'd the groaning vowel to the ground ! The Vowels. 
 One. shakes the forest, and one spurns the ground ; 
 
 ToR. G.ofF,. 
 Grousome, Grusome [horribly grim]. 
 
 He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak,_ 
 
 For some black, grousome Carlin ; . . Halloween. 23. 
 Death, that grusome carl, . . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Grouse, Grouss, Grous. 
 Ye grouss that crap the heather bud ; El. on Capt. M. H. , 7. 
 Th' abodes of coveyed grouse and timid sheep, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Where the grous lead their coveys through the heather, to feed, 
 S. Yon wild mossy vtountains f 
 Grove. 
 Her voice is the song of the morning 
 That wakes through the green-spreading grove, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 Behold, my love, how green the groves, S. Behold, my love\ 
 Happy, thou Indian grove, I'll say, 
 
 Where now my Nancy's path may be ! iS". BeJwld the hourf 
 The winds were whispering thro' the grove, 
 
 S. By Allan stream t 
 Mourn, ilka grove the cushat kens ; El. on Capt. M. H., 4. 
 In vain ye flaunt in Summer's pride, ye groves ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 So calls the woodlark in the grove. 
 
 His little faithful mate to chear, . . S. Here is the glen f 
 Now Spring has clad the grove in green, 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 Thro' lofty groves, the Cushat roves, S. Now westlin winds \ 
 
Grove 
 
 208 
 
 Guard 
 
 Lord Grecrory, mind'st thou not the grove 
 
 By bonie Irvine-side, . . , . S. O mirk, mtrki 
 " O Willy, ay I bless the grove 
 
 " Where first I own'd my maiden love, . . S.O Pkely, t 
 She's down i' the grove, she's wi' a new love. 
 
 S. Sam ye my Pkely. 
 Give me the groves that lofty brave 
 
 The storms, by Castle Gordon. S. Streams that glide \ 
 
 When wretches range, in famish'd swarms, 
 
 The scented groves, The Aulho-^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Nae mair the grove with airy concert rings, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Supporting roofs, fantastic, stony groves : . . . Ih. 8. 
 Thro' faded groves Maria sang, S. The Catrine Woods f 
 
 Wh-re- hunting among groves o' myrtles : The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Through many a wild, romantic grove, [v.A.il 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 
 And joy and music pouring forth. In ev'ry grove, lb. D. II. 14. 
 Their groves of sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 The birds sang sweet in ilka grove ; S There was a lass t 
 
 Can I forget the hallow'd grove, . To Mary in Heaven. 
 Gpovelin^. 
 
 But groveling on the earth the carol ends. Ep. toR.Graham.S- 
 Grow. 
 They made our lugs grow eerie ; O S. Amang the trees ^ 
 And withers the faster, the faster it grows ; 
 
 S. Aw<£ wH yr witchcrafts 
 By Ochtertyre grows the aik, . . . ^S". Blythe ivas she t 
 Ca' them whare the heather grows, . S. Ca' the ewes. 
 In ploughman phrase ' God send you speed,' 
 
 Still daily to grow wiser ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 
 Green grow the rashes, O ; . S. Green grow ike rashes. 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, 
 And made my branches grow, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 
 , The little floweret's peaceful lot 
 
 In yonder cliff that grows, . S. Now spring has cladf 
 
 " So in my tender bosom grows, 
 
 " The love I bear my Willy S.O Phely, t 
 
 O gin my love were yon red rose, 
 
 That grows upon the castle wa' ! S. O were my love f 
 
 There wild-woods grow, and rivers row, S. OfeC the airts t 
 That grows the cowslip braes between, S. On Cessnock banks f 
 Unto these rosy lips to grow : . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 tho' a Minister grow dorty, An' kick your place, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 2$. 
 So, may his flock increase an' grow The Death ofMailie. 
 That man shall flourish like the trees 
 
 Which by the streamlets grow ; . . The 1st Psalm. 
 
 Upo' this tree there grows sic fruit, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Yet green the juicy hawthorn grows, 
 
 AJown the glade. . The Vision. D. II. 20. 
 As gude as e'er did grow \ . . S. The weary Fund. 
 There grows a bonie brier bush in our kail-yard, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier^ 
 Hey and the rue grows bonie wi' thyme, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
 sweet grows the lime and the orange, . To Mary 
 at times when I grow crouse. What ails ye now f 
 While corn grows green in summer showers, 
 
 S. Where Cart rinsf 
 
 As thy day grows warm and high, Wr, in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Growing, -in. My bonie laddie's young but he's growin yet. 
 
 iS*. Lady Mary Ann, 
 And future ages hear his growing fame. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 And ay the ale was growing better ; . Tarn 0' Shanter. j. 
 Their graves are growing green to see ; 
 
 S. The lovely lass of In. t 
 Growl. Tho' here they scrape, an' squeeze, an' growl, 
 
 Fp. to J. L—k, Ap. 2!st. If. 
 And Thurlow growl a curse of woe, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Growler. 
 
 The langest thong, the fiercest growler Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Grown, 
 Till, quite transmugrify'dj they're grown 
 
 Debauchery and Drinking : . Add. to Unco Guid.S- 
 For now I'm grown sae cursed douse, 
 
 1 pray an' ponder butt the house, . A uld comrade dear t 
 He's grown sae weel acquaint wi' Buchan, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 
 That trouth, my head is grown right dizzie, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, A A 2ist.3. 
 Or if he was grown oughtlins douser, Kind Sir ^ Ive readf 
 " On earth I am a stranger grown ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 Or R[obinson] again grown weel, 
 
 To preach an' read? . Tam Samsotis El.. 
 Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-erown. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 6. 
 Until wi' daffin weary grown, 
 
 Upon a knowe they sat them down. [v.A.i] The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Is grown right eerie now she's done it, To Feti. J. M^Matk. 
 Trifled aff till she's grown auld, S. Willye go andmarry\ 
 But now, alas ! ye're dowie grown, S. Ye hae lien wrong. 
 Grozet [a gooseberry]. 
 
 As plump an' gray as onie grozet : . . . To a Louse. 
 Grub. Or darkling grubs this earthly hole. 
 
 In low pursuit, . . A Bards Epit. 
 Grudge. 
 I grudge a wee the Great-folk's ^ft, . . Ep. to Davie. 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 Tho' Fortune use you hard an' sharp ; 
 
 Ep. to /. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 8. 
 Or frugal Nature grudge thee one [talent] ? 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Grumble. O Fortune, they hae ronm to grumble! 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Grumbled. 
 
 And late or early never grumbled? . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Grumbling. 
 Shall let the busy, grumbling hive 
 
 Bum owre their treasure. To W. Simpson, lb. 
 
 Grumphie [the sow]. 
 An' wha was it but Grumphie 
 
 Asteer that night ? . Halloween. 20. 
 
 Grun [ground]. 
 An' brought aPaitrickto the grun', . . Ep.toJ.R.'j. 
 Nae wonder he's as black's the grun, 
 Observe wha's standing wi' him. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 Grunstane [grindstone]. 
 And haud their [the poor's] noses to the grunstane ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 8. 
 Grunt. 
 Grunt up a solemn, lengthen'd groan, . A Ded. to G. H,, g. 
 if I haud on, I'll grunt a real Gospel groan : Auldcomrade\ 
 K[iImarnock] lang may grunt an' grane, Tam Satnson's El.. 
 There, Learning, with his Greekish face, 
 Grunts out some Latin ditty ; . . The Ordination, ti. 
 
 Grunted. 
 
 And flagrant from the scourge he grunted, ait The Vowels. 
 Gruntle [the snout, visage; a grunting sound], 
 a squeak, An' then a grane an* gruntle ; . Halloween, ig. 
 Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch 
 
 O' sour disdain, . . Scotch Drink. 77. 
 
 Grunzie [the mouth]. 
 
 She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion ; .S. Willie Wastle t 
 Grushie [thick, of thriving growth]. 
 
 Their grushie weans an' faithfu* wives ; The Twa Dogs. 77. 
 Grusome v. Grousome. 
 Grutten [past part, of greet ; wept]. 
 
 Embro' wells are grutten dry. . El. on Yeari788. 
 
 Guard. But still the Patriot, and the Patriot-Bard, 
 
 In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard ! 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 2t. 
 Wee [Miller] neist, the Guard relieves. The Holy Fair. 17. 
 And careful note each op'ning grace, 
 
 A guide and guard. The Vision. D. II. 10. 
 Turn out on her guard in the clap of a hand, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
 Guard, to. 
 
 Powers celestial whose protection 
 
 Ever guard the virtuous fair, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 Protect and guard the mother plant, On Birth of Postk. Child. 
 To guard, or draw, or wick a bore, Tam Samson's El. $• 
 
 I mean your ingleside to guard , 
 
 Ae winter night. . Third Ep. to J, Lap.. 
 Th' envenomed wasp, victorious, guards his cell. 
 
 To R, G. ofF.. 
 
 Guard, wherever thou canst guard, Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 
Guardian 
 
 209 
 
 Gude faith 
 
 Guardian. 
 
 May guardian angels tak a spell, , 
 
 An' steer you seven miles south o' hell ; Auldcomrade dear\ 
 Guardian angels I O protect her, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 Relentless fate has laid their guardian low. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 (The Patriot's God, peculiarly thou art, 
 His friend, inspirer, guardian and reward I) 
 
 The Cotter^^Sat. Night. 2i. 
 These be thy guardian and reward ; . To ayng Lady. 
 His guardian seraph eyes with awe 
 The noble ward he loves. . . . V.s helotv Picture. 
 Gude [God]. 
 Gude pity me, because I'm little, . Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 But gude preserve us frae the gallows, . ... lb. 
 Gude ^rant that thou may ay inherit 
 
 Thy mither's person, grace an' meri^ Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Gude help the day when royal heads 
 
 Are hunted like a maukin. . . .S". Awa^ whigs., awa. 
 I like the lasses — Gude forgie me ! 
 
 Ep. ioj. L—k, Ap. isi. 17. 
 Gude keep thee frae a tether string ! . Death o/Mailie. 
 I've sturdy bearers, Gude be thankit. . The Inventory. 
 
 Gude, Guid [good]. 
 To roose you up, an' ca' you guid, A Ded. to G, H., i. 
 
 The Poet, some guid Angel help him, . . . . Ib.3. 
 Heav'n mak you guid as weel as braw, . . A Dreajn. 14. 
 he thought a sin Guid Christian bluid to draw, A Fragment. 
 
 To mak it guid in law, man IB. g. 
 
 A Guid New-year I wish you Maggie ! A Gttde New-Veari 
 On guid March-weather, . . . . lb. 11. 
 
 Brews gude ale at shore o' Bucky ; 
 I wish her sale for her gude ale, 
 
 S. A ' the lads 0' Thomie-bank \ 
 scarce as lang's a guid kail whittle, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, . Add. to Unco Guid. i. 
 My heart -warm love to guid auld Glen, Auld comrade dear t 
 
 A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller : lb. 
 
 Ye'U do nae gude at a'. . . . S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 Wi' a cog o'- gude ale, and an auld Scotish sang. 
 
 S. Contented w^ little \ 
 for twa guid gimmer-pets . Death and Dr. Hornbook^ 2y. 
 And ne'er gude wine did fear, man ; 
 
 Ml. on Capt. M. H.^ Epit. 
 Or else, neglecting a' that's guid, 
 
 They riot in excess ! . . . . Ep. to Davie^ 6. 
 They [Misfortunes] make us see the naked truth. 
 The real guid and ill lb, 7. 
 
 Thou wha gies us each guid gift ! 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. IS. 
 Guid L — d! but she was quaukin ! . . . Halloween, 12. 
 And thretty gude shillins and three ; 
 A very gude tocher, a cotter-man's dochter, 
 
 S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 It's guid to be merry and wise, 
 It's guid to be honest and true, 
 It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, 
 
 J". Here^s a health to them t 
 And no for ony guid or ill 
 
 They've done afore thee ! Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 Of gude advisement comes nae ill. . S. In simmer when \ 
 That's the tocher gude I prize, . . . S. Jockey fou t 
 And pray, a' gude things may attend you ! 
 
 Kind Sir, Tve read t 
 her tenpund lands o' tocher gude S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 
 1 hae a gude braid sword, . . . . S. Naebody. 
 O gude ale comes, and gude ale goes, 
 
 Gude ale gars me sell my hose, . ^S". O gude ale comes \ 
 A dram o' gude strunt in a morning early, 
 » S. O ken ye what Meg t 
 
 May a' that's gude watch o'er them : 6". O May thy mom t 
 Wad baud the Lothians three in tackets, 
 
 A towmont gude ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Sitting at yon boord-en', 
 
 And amang guid companie ; S, Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 But for sense and guid taste she'll vie wi' the best 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 O' pairs o' guid breeks I ha'e twa, man, . . . lb. 
 
 An' liquor guid to fire his bluid, . Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 
 O thou, my Muse, guid, auld Scotch Drink ! , . lb. 2, 
 
 2 D 
 
 But, like guid mothers, shore before ye strike; Scots Prologue. 
 She brew'd gude ale for gentlemen. , . S, Scroggam. 
 And we'll tak' a right gude willie-waught, 
 
 S, Shld auld acquaintce \ 
 My daddie says, gin I'll forsake him. 
 
 He'll gi'e me gude hunder marks ten : . S. Tam Glen. 
 Whiles holding fast his gude blue bonnet ; Tam 0' Skanter. g. 
 That ance were plush, 0' gude blue hair, . . lb. 13. 
 Hale to the sex, ilk guid chiel says, The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid, 
 
 The AuthoT^s Cry and Prayer, 16. 
 Tell yon guid bluid o' auld Boconnock's, . . lb. 20. 
 I'll pledge my aith in guid braid Scotch, . . lb. 21. 
 Fancies that our guid Brugh denies protection, 
 
 The Brigs 0' Ayr. 8. 
 And aft he's prest, and aft he ca's it guid ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, u. 
 An' ay was guid to me an' mine ; . The Death ofMailie. 
 But gie them guid cow-milk their fill, . . .lb. 
 
 Muirhead, wha's as gude as he's true ; 
 
 The Election Ballads, III. 
 And also Barskimmin's gude knight ; . * . .lb. 
 Wha will buy my troggin, Gude election ware ; . lb. IV. 
 In guid time comes an antidote . . The Holy Fair. 16. 
 My Lan' afore's a gude auld has been, . , The Inventory. 
 The chiel that's a fool for himsel, 
 
 Guid L— d, he's far dafter than I. The Jolly Beggars, S. III. 
 An' guid Claymore down by his side, . . .lb. S. IV. 
 My dearest bluid to do them guid. 
 
 They're welcome tiU't for a' that. . . lb. S. VII. 
 A gude blue bannet on bis head, . S. The Ploughman t 
 There's few sae bonie, nane sae gude, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Males high and low gude friends, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 For Britain's guid his saul indentin . The Two. Dogs. 21. 
 For Britain's guid ! guid faith I I doubt it. . . lb. 22. 
 For Britain's guid ! for her destruction ! . . lb. 24. 
 And guid M'[Mat]h, . . The Twa Herds. 17 
 
 Had I to guid advice but harket, . , The Vision, D. I. j. 
 As gude as e'er did grow ; . . . S. The weary pund. 
 Gude news I've to tell, . . S. There's news, lasses t 
 
 I hae as gude a craft rig As made o' yird and stane ; lb. 
 
 Guid health, hale ban's, an' weather bonie ; 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 His spindle shank a guid whip-lash, . . To a Haggis, 
 my gude auld cockie, I'm yours for ay. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 To try my fate in guid, black prent ; . . To J. S., 7. 
 A' gude things may attend you ! . .To Miss Ferrier. 
 I wiss you weel, And gude be wi' you. To Mr. J. Kennedy. ' 
 to gude, warm kail, ... To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Than mony scores as guid's the priest 
 
 Wha sae abus't him. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. j8. 
 
 . lb. p.s. 
 
 S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Guid observation they will gie them ; 
 Willie was a wabster gude, 
 Gude day. 
 " Gude day to you," (coof,) he comes ben ; . S. Tam Glen. 
 And ilka ane at London court 
 Would bid to him gude day. . The Election Ballads. I, 
 
 Gudeen, Guid-een [good evening]. 
 
 * Guid-een,' quo' I ; ' Friend ! hae ye been mawin, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8, 
 Gudeen to you Kimmer, . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer t 
 
 And bade gudeen to me, jo. . . S. O watye what my \ 
 He, down the water, gies him this guid-een 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Gude faith, Guid faith [verily, truly]. 
 - - - Quoth I, ' Guid faith, 
 
 * Ye're maybe come to stap my breath ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 If ye gie a woman a* her will, 
 Gude faith she'll soon o'er-gang ye. 
 
 S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 But an honest man's aboon his might, 
 
 Gude faith he maunna fa' that ! . S. The Honest Man. 
 For Britain's guid ! guid faith ! I doubt it. The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Guid faith, quo' scho, I doubt you gar. 
 The bonie lasses lie aspar, . . S. There was a ladf 
 
Gude fellow 
 
 210 
 
 GuUt 
 
 Gude fellow, Guid fallow, Guld fellow. 
 Will's a true guid fallow's get, . . A Dream. 7. 
 
 Then set him down, and twa or three 
 
 Gude fellows wi' him ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 It males guid fellows girn an' gape, . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 He's the king of gude fellows, and wale of auld men ; 
 
 S. There's auld Roh. M. t 
 Gude humour. 
 My mirth and gude humour are coin in my pouch, 
 
 S. Contented wi little,\ 
 Gude fellowship. A night o' gude fellowship sowthers it a' ; 
 
 S. Contented wi little, i 
 Gude luck, Guld luck. 
 Farewell, dear Friend ! may guid luck hit you ! A Farewell. 
 But by gude luck I lap a wicket. 
 
 And turn'd a neuk. Friend pf the ^oet,\ P.S. 
 And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause, 
 , May never guid luck be their fa'! S. Here's a health to them\ 
 Gudeman, Guidman [the master of a house, a hus- 
 band]. 
 Young-Guidmen, fond, keen, an' croose; Add. totheDeil.11. 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 
 His sheep an' kye thrive bonie, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 ' Gudeman,' quo' he, ' put up your whittle, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 10. 
 The auld guidman raught down the pock, Halloween, if. 
 But I will mak 0' my gudeman, 
 My ain gudeman, it is nae faute. . S. John, come kiss. 
 
 an ye were dead, gudeman, 
 
 A green turf on your head, gudeman, \re.'\ 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 An' the horns become your brow, gudeman. . . Ih. 
 
 An' I shall bang your hide, gudeman. . . lb. 
 
 And our gudewife has gotten a ca\ 
 
 That anger'd the silly gudeman, O. S. TheCooperd cuddy \ 
 Till our gudeman has gotten the scorn ; . lb. 
 
 For the auld gudeman o' London court 
 
 She didna care a pin ; , , . The Election Ballads. I. 
 The auld gudeman, or the young gudeman, 
 
 For me may sink or swim ; . . . . lb. 
 
 The auld gudeman o' London court, 
 
 His back's been at the wa' ; . , lb. 
 
 The auld Guidmen, about the grace, 
 
 Frae side to side they bother, . . The Holy Fair. 24. 
 Then auld guidman, maist like to rive, 
 
 Bethankit hums. . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Gude night. 
 Gude night and joy be wi' thee : S. Heme's to thy health t 
 And mony bade the warld gude night ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra^Moor. 
 
 1 said 'Gude night,' and cam awa', What ails ye now\ 
 Gudes [goods, merchandise]. 
 
 It's thought the gudes were stown. The Election Ballads, IV. 
 
 I send you here a faithfu' list, 
 
 O' gudes an' gear, an' a' my graith, . . The Inventory, 
 Gude-sake [God- sake]. 
 
 He begged for gude-sake ! I wad be his wife, 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer\ 
 Gudewife, Guidwife [the mistress of a house; a 
 landlady]. 
 
 An' our gudewife's wee birdy cocks ; . El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Then guidwife count the lawin, . . S. Gane is the day f 
 
 The auld Guidwife's weel-hoordet nits . Halloween. 7. 
 
 When our gudewife's frae hame, S. Lass, whenyr fnither\ 
 
 The gudewife's dochter fell in a fever, . . S. ScroggaTn, 
 
 And our gudewife has gotten a ca', S. The Cooper 0' cuddy \ 
 
 In comes a gawsie, gash Guidwife, . The Holy Fair. 24. 
 Gude will, Guld will. 
 
 Wi' as gude will 
 
 As a' the priests had seen me get thee Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 The Angus lads had nae gude will, 
 
 That day their neebour's olude to spill ; 
 
 S. The Battle of SJierra-Moor. 
 
 The luntan pipe, an' sneeshin mill, 
 
 Are handed round wi' right guid will ; The Twa Dogs. so. 
 Guess. 
 
 No guess could tell what instrument appear'd. 
 
 But all the soul of Music's self was heard; The Brigs of Ayr. /2 
 Guess, to. 
 
 I guess by the dear angel smile, 
 1 gUess by the dear rolling ee ; S. Here's a health to ane\ 
 
 There's nane sail ken, there's nane sail guess, S. tllaycd ini 
 Guess ye how the jad ! I could bear her, [re."] 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer\ 
 Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess. 
 In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a' : 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 Would I could guess, I do profess, S. The Joyful Widower. 
 An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear ! To a Mouse. 
 Guessed. How guessed ye, Sir, what maist I wanted? 
 
 Kind Sir, Tve read\ 
 Anbank, wha guess'd the ladies' taste. The Fite Champetre. 
 Guest. No more of your guests, be they titled or not, 
 
 Extern. , to Mr. S. 
 Guid V. Gude. 
 Guide. And if it please thee, heavenly guide. 
 
 May never worse be sent ; A Grace before Dinner. 
 The friend of age, and^feuide of youth : Epit. on a Friend. 
 A- guide, a buckler, an' example . Holy Willie's Prayer. $, 
 But by the brutes themselves elekit. 
 
 To be their.guide. . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 
 And careful note eacli op'ning grace, 
 
 A guide and guard. The Vision^ D. II. 10. 
 Stranger, go I Heaven be thy guide ! Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Guide, to. 
 I maun guide it [my penny-fee] cannie, S. Behind yon hills \ 
 No other light shall guide my steps 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 Guide Thou their steps alway. O Thou dread Pow'ri 
 
 We're your ain bairns, e'en guide us as ye like Scots Prologue. 
 ' I'll frankly gie her't a' thegither. 
 
 An' let her guide it. . What ails ye now t 
 Guided. 
 
 Then chance and fortune are sae guided. The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 Guidin. 
 
 The Johnstone's bae the guidin o't, S. The Laddies by t 
 
 Guid-een v. Gudeen. 
 Guid faith v. Gude faith, 
 Guid fallow, Guid fellow v. Gude fellow. 
 Guidfather [father-in-law]. 
 
 Sin' thou was my Guidfather's Meere; A Guid NeW'year] 4. 
 Guid luck V. Gude luck. 
 Guidman v. Gudeman. 
 Guid-mornin [good morning]. 
 
 Guid-mornin to your Majesty ! A Dream. 
 
 Guidness [goodness]. 
 
 Till aft his guidness is abus'd ; . A Ded. to G. H. j. 
 
 Guid speed [God-speed]. 
 
 Guid speed an' furder to you Johnnie, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Guidwife v. Gudewife. 
 Guid will V. Gude will. 
 
 Guilford, When Guilford good our Pilot stood, A Fragment. 
 Then M-nt-gue, an' Guilford too, 
 
 Began to fear a fa', man ; . . . . . Ib.S. 
 
 Guile. The honest heart that's free frae a' 
 
 Intended fraud or guile, . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 What force or guile could not subdue, . . .S", The Union. 
 Our sex with guile and faithless love. 
 Is charged perhaps too true ; To Miss L.,with " Beaiiie.' 
 Guileful. As guileful Fraud points out the ernng way : 
 
 On Death ofE. Dundas. 
 Guileless. The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 By Love's simplicity betray'd, 
 
 And guileless trust. To a Mountain-daisy. 
 
 Guilt. Where guilt and poor misfortune pine ! 
 
 Guilt, erring Man, relenting view I A Winter Night, g. 
 To Care, to Guilt unknown ! . . Despondency^ ^» Ode. J. 
 Must thou alone in guilt immortal swell, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Or must no tiny sin to others fall, • 
 
 Because thy guilt's supreme enough for all ? . . lb. 
 
 Beyond comparison the worst [ills] are those 
 That to our folly, or our guilt we owe. Remorse. A Frag.. 
 The torturing, gnawing consciousness of guilt— 
 Of guilt, perhaps where we've involved otners; . . lo. 
 
 But he whose blossom buds in guilt 
 
 Shall to the ground be cast, . . The isi Psalm, 
 
 No thought of guilt my bosom sours; . . The Hermit, 
 
 Or guilt affrights thy contemplation, . , . . /^. 
 
 For guilt for guilt, my terrors are in arms ; Why am I loth t 
 
Guilt-bespotted 
 
 211 
 
 Hae 
 
 Guilt-bespotted. 
 
 And mony a guilt-bespotted lad ; Lns add. to J. Ranfeen. 
 Guiltless. 
 Ye tiny elves that guiltless sport, Despondency, an Ode. jr. 
 How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; 
 
 Tke Cottet's Sat Night. iS. 
 Guilty. Calling the storms to bear him o'er a guilty land ! 
 
 Add. jr/. by Fontenelle. 
 'Gainst mighty England and her guilty Lord, Scots Prologue. 
 Shall he [the Bard] be guilty of their hireling crimes, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. /J. 
 Nor learns their guilty lore I . . The ist Psalvi, 
 
 Unknown each guilty worldly fire, . The Hermit. 
 
 The unweeting ^roan, the bursting sigh, 
 
 Betray the guilty lover. . . . S. The last time /+ 
 Now blera the hour which charm'd my guilty sight. 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 ' 'Twas guilty sinners that he meant — 
 
 Not angels such as you. . To Miss Ainslie. 
 
 Guinea.. Doom'd to that sorest task of man alive — 
 To make three guineas do the work of five : 
 
 Add. s^. by Fontenelle. 
 The nice yellow guineas for me, S. Awa' wf your'witchcraft\ 
 L — d, I'se hae sportin by an' by. 
 
 For my gowd guinea ; . Ep. to J. R. ii. 
 
 Gowd guineas a hunder or twa, man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 The rank is but the guinea's stamp, S. The Honest Man. 
 Guise. They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 13. 
 Thou lifts thy unassuming head 
 
 In humble guise ; . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Guittap. 
 
 To thrum guittars an' fecht wi' nowt ; . The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Gules. 
 The magna charta flag unfurls, 
 
 All deadly gules its bearing. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Gulravage [a noisy good-humoured fpolic, a tumult, 
 great disorder]. 
 Or in gulravage rinnin scow'r 
 
 To pass the time, . To Rev. J. MMath, 
 
 Gully, -ie [a large knife]. 
 * I red ye weel, tak care o' skaith, 
 
 ' See, there's a gully ! ' Death and Dr. Homiook^ 9, 
 Or lang-kail gulUe. . . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 unskaith'd by Death's gleg guUie, Tam Samson's El., Per C. 
 Gum. 
 That shoots my tortur'd gums alang ; Add. to Tooth-ache. 
 To gnash my gums, to weep and wail, 
 
 In burnin' lake, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 Gumlie [muddy]. 
 For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin I A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 And dash the gumlie jaups up to the pouring skies. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Gumption [common-sense ; understanding, talent]. 
 
 Not a' the quacks, wi' a' their gumption. 
 
 Will ever mend her, . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Gun. . Wi' sword an' gun he thought a sin 
 
 Guid Christian bluid to draw, man ; A Fragment. 3. 
 To cast my een up like a Pyet, 
 
 When by the gun she tumbles o'er, . Auld comrade \ 
 I gaed a-rovin wi' the gun, . . , Ep. to J. R. 7. 
 
 But by my gun, o' guns the wale, . . .lb. 10. 
 
 Stop! there he is as sure's a gun, Epit, on Holy Willie. 
 
 Shame fa' the fun ; wi' sword and gun 
 
 To slap mankind like lumber ! Nature's Law. 
 
 Now westlin winds anji slaught'ring guns 
 Bring autumn's pleasant weather ; S. Now westHn winds t 
 Their gun's a burden on their shouther ; 
 
 The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The tbund'ring guns are heard on ev'ry side, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 
 Calvin's sons, Calvin's sons, seize your sp 'ritual guns. 
 
 The Kirk's Alartn. 
 Gunpowder. 
 
 Sodgerin gunpowder Blair, The Election Ballads, III. 
 
 Gurgling. 
 I joyless view thy trembling horn, 
 
 Reflected in the gurgling rill. . . The Lament, a. 
 
 Ayr, gurgling, kissed his pebbled shore, 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Gushing. 
 
 through the tender-gushing tear, . A Ded, to G. H., 16. 
 
 Trenching your'gushing entrails bright To a Haggis. 
 
 Gust. 
 
 Blow, blow, yeWinds, with heavier gust I A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 The gust 0' joy, the balm of woe, The Answ. to the Guidwife. 
 Gusty. Or winter howls in gusty storms, 
 
 The lang, dark night ! To W. Simpson. 14. 
 
 Gusty [tasteful, savoury]. 
 
 An' just a wee drap sp'ritual burn in. 
 
 An' gusty sucker! . . Scotch Drink, g. 
 
 Gutcher [gudsher, gud-schir, gud-syr, Gude-syre, 
 i.e.^ a grandfather]. 
 
 Bye attour, my Gutcher has 
 A hich house and a laigh ane ; . S. Gat ye me, t 
 
 Gutty [fat, paunchy]. 
 
 Till ye forget ye're auld an' gutty, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Guts. 
 
 Or some curmurring in his guts. Diath and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 Gutscraper [a fiddler]. 
 Her charms had struck a sturdy Caird, 
 As weel as poor Gutscraper; The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 
 Gutters. 
 
 There, swankies young, in braw braid-claith. 
 Are springan owre the gutters. . . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 Guzzling. 
 
 Sat guzzling wi' a Tinkler-hizzie ; The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Gypsy [z*. also, Gipsy]. 
 
 And gar the tatter'd gypsies pack, Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 Ha' [hall]. Was kept at Boston-ha', man ; A Fragment. 3. 
 Let minstrels sweep the skilful string, 
 
 In lordly, lighted ha' : . , . S. Behold, my love, t 
 Yestreen, when to the trembling string 
 The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', 
 
 S. O Mary, at the window t 
 An exile frae her father's ha', . . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 
 As the finest dame in castle or ha', S. O when she cam ben t 
 Ilk ghaist that haunts auld ha' or chamer. 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And the dames danced in the ha' ; S. The last braw bridal^ 
 Will ye go to the dancin in Carlyle's ha', 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 I winna gang to the dance in Carlyle ha'. lb. 
 
 And Susie whase daddy was laird o' the Ha' ; 
 
 S. There's a youth t 
 Fu' lightly danc'd he in the ha". . S. Young Jockey t 
 
 Ha'-Bible [the large family Bible which lay in the 
 hall or common room]. 
 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night, is. 
 
 Ha* folk [the folk of the hall, kitchen, or common 
 room ; the servants]. 
 
 Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their peghan 
 
 Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie, The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 Hack. 
 
 He [Monroe] hacks to teach, they [Critics] mangle to expose. 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.,4. 
 Hacked, -'d. Sir Loin he hacked sma', A Fragment. 3. 
 They hack'd and hash,'d while braid swords clash'd, 
 
 J. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Ha'd V. Haud. 
 
 Haddin [holding, inheritance] 
 
 An he get na hell for his haddin. 
 The deil gets na justice ava. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Hae [impera.^ have, take, here!]. 
 
 Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie : A Guid New- Year t 
 Hae there's my haun', I wiss you weel, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Hae, to [to have]. 
 
 For prayin I hae little skill o't ; A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 
 An' I hae seen their coggie'fou. 
 
 That yet hae tarrow't at it, . . . A Dream, 15. 
 
 ' Would I hae fear'd them a', man ! ' . A Fragment. 8. 
 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie A Guid New-year\ 
 But thy auld tail thou wad hae wbisket, . . lb. 12. 
 
 The steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it; . . . lb. 14. 
 An' if thou be what I wad ha'e thee. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Ye aibling might— I dinna ken- 
 Still hae a stake. . Add. to the Deil. sr. 
 
Hae 
 
 212 
 
 Haggis 
 
 The cleanest corn that e'er was dight 
 
 May hae some pyles o' caff in ; Add. to the Unco Guid. 
 They'll ha'e me wed a wealthy coof, 
 
 Tho' I mysel' ha'e plenty ; S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 The langer ye ha'e them, the mair they're careSt. 
 
 S. Awa* wi' yr witchcraft t 
 
 BIythe ha'e I been on yon hill, . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 And every man shall hae his ain, S. Carl^ an the king come. 
 But pleasure they hae nane for me S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 A' kinds o' boxes, mugs, an' bottles, , 
 
 He's sure to hae ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 20. 
 What ye'll ne'er ha'e to gi'e again. . . El. on Year 17S8. 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, Ep. to Young Friend^ 3- 
 A man may hae an honest heart, 
 
 Tho' Poortith hourly stare him ; lb. 4. 
 
 ne'er fash your head, Tho' we hae little gear, Ep. to DaviCt 2. 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast, /5. J. 
 
 Ye hae your Meg, your dearest part, 
 
 And I my darling Jean! ... Ep. to Davie, 8. 
 An' hae to Learning nae pretence, E^. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, g. 
 Now, Sir, if ye hae friends enow, .... lb. IS. 
 An' hae a swap o' rhymin-ware, .... lb. 18. 
 Ye hae sae monie cracks an' cants, . . Ep. to J. R. , 2. 
 
 Sae when ye hae an hour to spare, . . • . Ib.^. 
 
 Tho* faith, sma' heart hae I to sing ! . . . lb. 6, 
 
 L— d, I'se hae sportin by an' by, 
 
 For my gowd guinea ; . . lb. 21. 
 
 Would thou hae nobles' patronage, 
 
 " First learn to live without it ! " 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 To whom hae much, shall yet be given, . . . lb. 
 How mony bairns hae ye 7 
 
 Quo' Kimmer, I hae five. . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 Great cause ye hae to fear it; . . . Halloween. 14. 
 
 Nae time hae I to tarry. . . . S. Here's to thy health \ 
 
 But far off fowls hae feathers fair, lb. 
 
 Hey ca' thro' ca' thro', 
 
 For we hae mickle ado, . . . S. Hey ca' thro". 
 We hae tales to tell. 
 
 And we hae sangs to sing ; 
 We hae pennies to spend,_ 
 
 And we hae pints to bring .lb. 
 
 It's ye ha'e wooers mony ane, , S. In simmer when t 
 
 And wilfu' folk maun ha'e their will ; . . . .lb. 
 Content and love bring peace and joy, 
 
 What mair hae queens upon a throne ? . . . lb. 
 Nae mair ungen'rous wish I hae, . S. It is na, Jean t 
 
 So may ye hae auld stanes in store, Ken ye ought 0' Copt. G. t 
 Where happy I hae been ; . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 But thought I might hae waur offers, S. Last May a braw t 
 
 I hae a wife 0' my ain, S. Naebody. 
 
 I hae a penny to spend, .... , . lb. 
 
 I hae naething to lend lb. 
 
 I hae a.gude braid sword, lb. 
 
 And years sinsyne hae o'er us run, S. O Logan! sweetly^ 
 My laddie's sae meikle in love wi' the siller. 
 
 He canna ha'e love to spare for me. 
 
 ^S". O meikle thinks my love t 
 That we may brag we hae a lass, 
 
 There's nane again sae bonie. . . S. O saw ye bonie L. \ 
 Because ye hae the name o' clink, . - . S, O Tibbie! \ 
 But if he hae the name 0' gear, 
 
 Ye'll fasten to him like a brier, lb. 
 
 But I hae ane will take my part, S, Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 O Fortune, they hae room to grumble ! 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Ah ! now sma' heart hae I to speel 
 
 I'he steep Parnassus, . . Poem on Life. 
 For mony a rantin day 
 
 My fiddle and I hae had. . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 Nor ha'e't in her power to say na, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 O' pairs o' guid breeks I ha'e twa, man, . . , lb. 
 
 We twa ha'e run about the braes, ire."] 
 
 S, Shld auld acquaintnce f 
 Ha, ha, ha, but I'll no hae him ; [re-l . S. The auld man t 
 Wi' deil hae herl and deil hae him I S The Cooper o' cuddy \ 
 For far-aff fowls hae feathers fair, The Election Ballads, I. 
 But we'll hae ane frae 'mang oursels, ... lb. II. 
 "The nearest friend ye hae ; The Holy Fair. j. 
 
 Or lasses that hae naething I . , , The Holy Fair. 2$. 
 Wheel carriages I ha'e but few, . . . The Inventory. 
 I ha'e nae wife ; and that my bliss is, . . . , Ih, 
 But what will ye hae of a fool ? The Jolly Beggars, S. III. 
 And ye'll ha'e a calf s head o' sma' value. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 12. 
 Ye may ha'e some pretence to bavins and sense, . lb. 13. 
 The Johnstones hae the guidin o't, S. The Laddies by \ 
 
 I hae been east, I hae been west, 
 
 I hae been at St. Johnston, . .S". Thx Ploughman^ 
 
 I hae been blythe wi' Comrades dear ; 
 
 X hae been merry drinking ; 
 I hae been joyfu' gath'rin gear ; 
 
 I hae been happy thinking : . S. TJie Rigs 0' Barley. 
 . Some hae meat and canna eat, 
 
 And some wad eat that want it, 
 But we hae meat and we can eat, . '. The Selkirk Grace. 
 I see how folk live that hae riches ; . The Twa Dogs. 14. 
 An ay the less they hae to sturt them, 
 
 In like proportion, less will hurt them, , . . lb. 2g 
 He'll hae misfortunes great and sma', . There was a lad\ 
 But twenty fauts ye may hae waur, ... lb. 
 
 I hae as gude a craft rig 
 
 As made o' yird and stane ; S. There's news, lasses t 
 
 But say thou wilt hae me for better for waur, S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 I hae a wife and twa wee laddies, 
 They maun hae brose and brats o' duddies ; To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 I hae na ony fear To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Ye surely hae some warlock-breef . . . ToJ.S. /. 
 
 Hae ye a leisure-moment's time lb. 4. 
 
 I hae been in for't ance or twice, . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 Losh man ! hae mercy wi' your natch, What ails ye now \ 
 This ae thing I hae to tell, . S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Ye hae lien wrang, lassie . . S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 O, lassie, ye hae played the fool, lb. 
 
 Haen [had]. 
 There's Meg wi' the mailin that fain wad a haen him ; 
 
 S. There's a youth\ 
 Haerse [hoarse]. 
 An' cry till ye be haerse an' rupit ; . .El. on Year lySS. 
 Alas! my roupet Muse is haerse! 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 Haet [the least thing]. 
 D— n'd haet they'll kill I . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart 
 
 Of a kail-runt Ib.i'j. 
 
 Fient haet he had but three 
 
 Goos feathers and a whittle. S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 The devil haet, that I sud ban, 
 
 They ever think. Second Ep. to Davie. J. 
 
 Fient haet o' them's ill-hearted fellows ; The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 Tho' deil-haet ails them, yet uneasy ; . . . lb. 30. 
 Ha'f V. Hauf. 
 
 Haffet [the side of the head, the temple]. 
 Her haffet locks as brown's a berry, S. T.Memie's bonie Mary. 
 
 His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; 
 
 The Cottef'sSat. Night. 12. 
 
 Swith, in some beggar's haffet squattle ; . To a Louse. 
 HafiBins, Hafflins-wise [partly, nearly half]. 
 While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 7- 
 
 Like hafflins-wise o'ercomes him At times The Holy Fair. 17. 
 
 Haff-Shackl'd. Nae hand-cuff 'd.muzzl'd, haff-shackl'd Regent, 
 
 ELonYearijSS. 
 
 Hag. Warlocks grim, and wither'd Hags, Add. to theDeil. g. 
 Rigwoodie hags wad spean a foal, Tam 0' Shanter. 14' 
 
 Hag, Hagg [a scar or gulf in mosses op moors]. 
 Owre mony a weary hag he limpit, Tam Samson's El. 10. 
 Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' haggs 
 
 Like drivin' wrack ; TMrdEp. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Haggard-wild. 
 Fancy, chief, Reigns, haggard wild, in sore affright : 
 
 Thx Lament. 
 
 Haggis [a dish made of sheep's heart, liver, and 
 lungs minced with suet, onions, oatmeal, «e., 
 and boiled and served in a sheep's stomach]. 
 And eaten like a wether haggis? S. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. t 
 But, if ye wish her gratefu' pray'r, 
 
 Gie her a Haggis 1 . . To a Haggis. 
 
 But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed ^^' 
 
Hague 
 
 213 
 
 Half 
 
 Hague. To Hague or Calais takes a waft, The Two, Dogs, 22. 
 Ha ha. 
 
 Their capon craws and queer ha ha's, S. Amang the i,rees t 
 
 Ha, ha the girdin o't ; [«.] . . . S,. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Ha, ha, the wooing o't ; ire.} . . S, Duncan Gray t 
 
 Hall, adj.j V. Hale. 
 HaiU The tears trickl'd down like the hail and the rain ; 
 
 iJ. As I was a-wane^ring\ 
 
 An' by my pouther an' my hail, . Ep. to J. R., lo. 
 
 Like wind-driv'n hail it did assail, Extern, in Court qf Session. 
 
 Trouts bedropp'd wi' crimson hail, Tam Samson's El.j 6. 
 
 And hail and rain does blaw ; Winter, 
 
 Hail ! Hale ! Hail, Majesty most Excellent I A Dream, g. 
 
 All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, . . Add. to Ediniurgk. 
 
 Hail, thairm-inspirin', rattlin' Willie ! Ep, to Maj. Logan. 
 
 Hail, Poesie ! thou Nymph reserv'd I 
 
 Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Hail, Caledonia, name for ever dear ! Prologue^ sp.hy Woods. 
 Hail, thou gloomy night of sorrow, . S. Raving Winds t 
 
 All hail! inexorable lord ! To Ruin. 
 
 AU hail. Religion ! maid divine ! To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Hale to the sex, ilk guid chiel says, TheAns. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Hail, to. 
 With open arms the Stranger hail ; Add. to Edinburgh, 3. 
 Yon distant isle will often hail; . S. Behold the houri 
 Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December ! 
 Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care ; [re.] 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 The dewy star of eve to hail. . , S. Here is the glen, t 
 In notes of sweetest melody 
 
 They hail the charming Chloe : S. It was the charming \ 
 And thou mellow mavis that hails the night fa', 
 
 ^. My Name's awa, 
 or hail the chearful dawn, . On seeing -wounded Hare. 
 Nay, Bobby's mouth may be open'd yet 
 Till for eloquence you hail him, . . The Dean ofFac. . 
 Hail'd. 
 
 And hail'd the morning with a cheer, A Winter Night. 10. 
 Hailing'. 
 Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Hailstanes [hail-stones]. 
 
 When hailstanes drive wi' bitter skyte, The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Hain [to spare, save]. 
 
 Chiels wha their chanters winna hain, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Haijich [haunch]. 
 
 Wi' hand on hainch, and upward e'e, The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Hain'd, -'t [spared, saved]. 
 I'll flit thy tether To some hain'd rig, A Guid New-Year \ 18. 
 Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit. 
 
 Be hain't wha like. . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on d — d new Brigs and 
 Harbours! . . . .« The Brigs qf Ayr. g. 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 Hair. Each bristl'd hair stood like a stake, Add. to the Deil, 8. 
 Her nut-brown hair, beyond compare. 
 
 Was on her bosom straw'd so, . . S. As Igaed up by \ 
 Bending down with auld grey hairs, . A uld comrade t 
 The balmy gales awake the flowers. 
 
 And wave thy flaxen hair. . . . S. Behold, my love t 
 Nor ever sorrow add one silver hair ! Blest be M'Murdo + 
 Sae fair her hair, sae brent her brow, 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. Water. ' 
 Autumn, wi' thy yellow hair, . . El, on Caft. M. H., 1$. 
 Will make thy hair [erect], tho' erst from gipsy polled, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Then farewell folly, hide and hair o't 
 
 For ance and ay. . Friend 0/ the poet, i P. S. 
 Altho' his hair began to arch. 
 
 He was sae fley d an' eerie : . . Halloween, ig. 
 
 And hoary was his hair. . . Man was tnade to Mourn. 
 And faith I agree with th' old prig to a hair ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am /f 
 Her yellow hair, beyond compare, . . .S". ^ Mally's meek. 
 
 But fient a hair care I S. O Tibbie t 
 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 That shades the mountam-side at e'en, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 That climbs the mountain-sides at e^en, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett. II. 
 For de'il a hair I roose him. . . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Till bairns' bairns kindly cuddle 
 
 Your auld gray hairs. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; Tam <?' Shanter. //. 
 That ance were plush, o' gude blue hair, . . lb. 13. 
 An' straik her cannie wi' the hair, 
 
 The A utho^s Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair ! The Death oj Mailie. 
 
 while I kittle hair ou thairms . . The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 
 Her hair was like the links 0' gowd, 
 
 6^. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 His hair, his size, his mouth, his lugs. The Twa Dogs. 2. 
 
 And his hair has a natural buckle and a'. S. There' s a youth t 
 Hairst, Har*st [harvest]. 
 
 I'll har'sts, daft bargains, cutty stools, Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor, . . . Halloween. iS- 
 
 Kobin shure in hairst, 
 I shure wi' him ; . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 Till on that hairst I said before. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Hairum-scairum [hair-brained, unsteady]. 
 
 The hairum-scairum, ram-stam boys, . - ToJ.S., 28. 
 Hairy. Wi' tauted ket, an' hairy hips ; . Poor Mailie' s El . 
 Haith [a petty oath, faith !] 
 
 And when her lovely form I see, 
 O haith, she's doubly dear again ! . S. Til ay ca' in + 
 
 Haith lad ye little ken about it ; The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 Haivers [idle talk, nonsense]. 
 
 With clavers and haivers 
 
 Wearing the time awa' ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Hal. 
 
 Than 'twixt Hal and Bob for the famous job The Dean of Foe.. 
 
 This Hal for genius, wit, and lore. 
 Among the first was number'd ; . , . lb. 
 
 Squire Hal besides had in this case 
 Pretensions rather brassy, • . . , lb, 
 
 Har, Hald [an abiding place, hold, possession]. 
 
 An' brak him out o' house an' hal'. Add. to the Deil. 18. 
 
 But either house or hal' ? . . . Ep. to Davie. 4, 
 
 And my last hald of earth is gane : Lament for Glencaim. 
 Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble. 
 
 But house or hald, . . . To a Mouse. 
 Hale I V. Hail I 
 
 Hale, Hail, Heal [whole, entire, uninjured, sound, 
 vigorous, healthy]. 
 Meg grew sick, — as he grew heal, . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 We're fit to win our daily bread, 
 
 As lang's we're hale and fier : . . Ep. to Davie, z. 
 Somebody tells the Poacher-Court, 
 
 The hale affair. . . Ep. to J. R., 8. 
 
 Hale be your heart! Hale be your fiddle! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 Domestic peace and comforts crowning 
 
 The hail design. . . Friend of the poet \ 
 My hale and weel I'll take a care o't 
 
 A tentier way : . . . . lb. P.S. 
 Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Ae spring brought off her master hale, Tam d Shanter. 18. 
 Farewell then, lang hale then. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Sae hale and hearty every shank, . . The Twa Herds, j. 
 And saw gin they were sick or hale 
 
 At the first sight lb. 7. 
 
 Guid health, hale ban's an* weather bonie ; 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 And are ye hale, and weel, and cantie ? To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Just now we're living sound an' hale ; . To J. S.^ 11. 
 
 * While ye are pleas'd to keep me hale, . lb. 24. 
 
 Hale-breeks [breeches without holes]. 
 Wi' hale-breeks, saxpence an' a bannock ; Auld comrade t 
 Hale breeks, a scone, an' whisky gill. 
 An' rowth. 0' rhyme to rave at will, . Scotch Drink. 2i. 
 
 Halesome, Healsome [wholesome]. 
 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 The healsome Porritch, chief of Scotia's food : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ii. 
 Half. Half-jest, she tried one curious labour more. 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahavt. 3. 
 Why shrinks my soul half blushing, half afraid, . . lb. j. 
 
Half 
 
 214 
 
 Hame 
 
 HaU-wauken'd wi' the din, . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 With passions so potent, and fancies so bright, ^ 
 No man with the half of them e'er went quite right, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 She'll no be half sae saucy yet. . S. My love she's but t 
 So Nelly startling half awake, 
 
 Away affrighted springs. . . S.Ona hank of flowers^ 
 And mutter forth a half-heard prayer. . . On Lincluden, 
 Now half your din of tuneless sound, 
 
 With Echo silent lies. . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 
 Now half-extinct your powers of song, . . . .lb. 
 That's half sae welcome's thou art. . On W. Stewart. 
 
 There's not a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half so fair as thou art. . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 That the first blow is ever half the battle ; 
 
 Prologue at Th., D.. 
 
 Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash 
 
 O' half his days ; . . Scotch Drink. 15. 
 Ne'er summer sun was half sae sweet. S. The day returns \ 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear, . . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 Wi' half my channel dry : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 A bizzie's the half of my Craft: The Jolly Beggars^ S. III. 
 While here, half-mad, half-fed, half-sarket, 
 
 Is a' th' amount. . . The Vision. D. I.J. 
 The infant aith, half-form'd was crush't ; . . lb. 8. 
 
 Till half a leg was scrimply seen ; . . . . lb. 11. 
 Nor life nor soul was ever half so dear ! . To Clarinda. 
 
 gi'en the body half an e'e, . . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 And half an idiot too, more helpless still. To R. G. ofF.^ 3, 
 I see thy life is stuflf o' prief 
 
 Scarce quite half worn. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 to the wrongs of Fate half reconcil'd, JVr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Half-a-erown, 
 Half-a-crown a piece 
 Will pay for their fleece, . . Johnny Peep. 
 
 Half-hour. 
 
 When in Ayr, some half-hour's leisure, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 Half-lang [half grown, short]. 
 
 Proud o' the height o' some bit half-lang tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Half-mile. 
 
 A lang half-mile she could descry him ; Poor Mailie's EL. 
 Half-starved, balf-starv'd slaves in warmer skies. 
 
 The A utkoj^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 For half-starved snarling curs a dainty feast ; 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,6. 
 
 Hall. For well I saw in halls and towers That lust and pride 
 The arch-fiends dearest, darkest powers. 
 
 In state preside. . The Hermit. 
 
 Hallan [a partition, in cottages, to screen the hall 
 OP kitchen from the air of the door], 
 
 Waefu' want and hunger fley me, 
 
 Glowrin by the hallan en' ; . . S. O That I had ne'er t 
 Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 May losses and crosses 
 
 Ne'er at your hallan ca' . The Ans. to the Guidivife. 
 
 That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night, n. 
 
 Hallion [a clown, a worthless fellow]. 
 
 And tirl the hallions to the birsies : . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 Hallowed, -'d. 
 Beneath that hallowed turf where Wallace lies ! Liberty. 
 
 Or mus'd where limpid streams once hallow'd, well, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Can I forget that hallow'd grove, . S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Halloween [All Hallows' or Saints' Eve, 31st Oct.]. 
 To burn their nits, an' pou their stocks. 
 
 An' baud their Halloween, .... Halloween, a. 
 ' An' just on Halloween 
 
 * It [the Kirn] fell that night. . . lb. /J. 
 
 The last Halloween I was waukin 
 My droukit sark sleeve, as ye ken ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Hallowmas [All Saints' Day, 1st Nov.]. 
 Tho' Hallowmas is come and gane, 
 
 S. I'm o'er young to marry t 
 'Twas on a Hallowmas day, . S. The last braw bridal f 
 
 As bleak-fac'd Hallowmas returns, 
 They get the jovial, rantan Kirns, . . The Twa Dogs. rg. 
 
 Halt. 
 Or if the Swede, before he halt, 
 
 Would play anlther Charles the twalt : Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 At slaps the billies halt a blink. 
 Till lasses strip their shoon : . . The Holy Fair. 26. 
 Halter. 
 To him that wintles in a halter : . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 The doctrine, to day, that is loyalty found, 
 To-morrow may bring us a halter. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Haly [holy]. 
 His haly lips wad licket at her. , . S. Donald Brodie t 
 But Duncan swoor a haly aith, . S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 My coggie is a haly pool. 
 
 That heals the wounds o care and dool ; .S". Gane is the day t 
 To note upon the haly table, . . Tatn d Shanter. ri. 
 
 But the Doctor's your mark, for the L-^d's haly ark, 
 He has cooper 'd and cawd a wrang pin in't. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 10. 
 Ham. 
 
 How graceless Ham leugh at his Dad, The Ordination, 4. 
 Ham. Now Robin, greetin', chows the hams 
 
 O' Mailie dead ! [v. A. 19] Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Hame [home]. 
 When ye bure hame my bonie Bride ; A Guid New-year^ 6. 
 And in my House at Hame to greet you! Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 An' tho' yon lowan heugh's thy hame, 
 
 Thou travels far ; . .Add. to the Deil. 3. 
 There will never be peace till Jamie comes hame. \re.'\ 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' f 
 But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame. 
 
 And Charlie's faes before him ! . S. Come boat me o'er. 
 Horn sent her aff to her lang hame, 
 
 To hide it there. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 The meikle devil wi' a woodie 
 
 Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie, . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 Death takes him hame to gie him quarters. 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab. S. Eppie M^Nab. 
 Till Revenge, wi' laurell'd head 
 
 Bring our Banish'd hame again ; S. Frae the friends \ 
 
 We're a' noddin at our house at hame. 
 
 , S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 When sic a husband was frae hame, 
 
 What wife but wad excus'd her ? . 6". Had I the wyte \ 
 And bring hame a Carlisle cow. . . . ^S*. Hee balou^\ 
 
 Syne to the Highlands hame to me lb. 
 
 For whare'er he distant roves, 
 Jockey's heart is still at hame. 
 
 S. Jockey's teCen the parting \ 
 At hame I faught my Auntie, O ; . .S". Killiecrankie. 
 
 our merry lads at hame, . . Kind Sir^ Vve reeuL\ 
 
 When our gudewife's frae hame, \re^ 
 
 S. Lassi when yr mitker\ 
 In wars at hame I'll spend my blood, 
 
 Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav,. 
 By Colin's cottage lies his game, 
 
 If Colin's Jenny be at hame. . S. My Lord a-hunti?ig t 
 
 But soon wi' sounding victorie 
 May Kenmure's Lord come hame. 
 
 6". O Kentnurc's on and awa f 
 But soon may peace bring happy days, 
 And Willie hame to Logan braes ! . S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 By night, by day, a field, at hame, S. O were I on Pamass.^ 
 And send him safe hame to his babie and me. 
 
 ^. O whare didyeget\ 
 She shines sae bright, to wyle us hame, S. O Willie brew'd t 
 And a' my tears be tears of joy, 
 When he comes hame that's far awa. 
 
 S. Oh^ how can I be blytke t 
 Ye're welcome hame to me! . 3". Rattlin^ Roarin Willie. 
 She winna come hame to her Willy. S. Saw ye fny Phely. 
 Will bauldly try to gie us Plays at hame? . Scots Prologm. 
 At hame, a-fiel, at wark or leisure, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles, 
 
 That lie between us and our hame, . Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, . . . .Ib.6. 
 
 We'll welcome hame fair Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 
 Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Nigkt. 4- 
 
 To do some errands, and convoy her hame. . . .lb. 7. 
 
Hame 
 
 216 
 
 Hand 
 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; The Death ofMailie. 
 To send a lad to London town 
 
 To brine them tidings hame. 
 Not only oring them tidings hame, 
 
 But do their errands there, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 But I will send to London town 
 
 Whom I like best at hame Ih. 
 
 Then I gaed hame at crowdie-time, . The Holy Fair. 6. 
 To's ain het hame had sent him Wi' fright . . lb. is. 
 
 Some swagger hame, the best they dow, . lb. 26. 
 
 That aft has borne me hame frae KilUe, The Inventory. 
 
 My Ploughman he comes hame at e'en, ^S". The Ploughman \ 
 And wished they'd been at hame, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 Twa Dogs, that were na thrang at hame. The Twa Dogs. 
 Now he's ta'en her hame to his ain reeky den, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 If ye then, maun be then 
 
 Frae hame this comin Friday ; . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Here awa, there awa, baud awa hame ; 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 And for fair Scotia, hame again, 
 
 I cheery on did wander. . S. When wild War's t 
 
 The wars are o'er, and I'm come hame, . . . lb. 
 
 Hamely [homely]. 
 
 But hamely, tawie, quiet an' cannie, 
 
 An' unco sonsie. . A Guid New-year \s. 
 
 In hamely, westlin jingle. . Ep. to Davie. 
 My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, 
 
 May touch the heart. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 13. 
 
 What tho' on hamely fare we dine, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Our humble cot, and hamely fare, . S. When wild Wat's \ 
 Hameward [homeward], 
 
 A woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide. 
 
 . S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 The weary shearer's hameward way, 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the lintwhzte t 
 they scar'd at blows And hameward fast did flee, 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. 
 
 A J . I- , r , 1 . . . - "^^^ Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 
 And o er the lea I leuk fu fam 
 When Jockey's owsen hameward ca'. . S. Young Jockey t 
 Hamilton. 
 
 Till H[amilton]'s, at least a diz'n, 
 
 Are frae their nuptial labors risen : A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 
 Thee Hamilton, and Aiken dear, 
 A grateful, warm adieu ! . . The Farewell. 
 
 Hamlet, start in Hamlet, in Othello roar ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Hammer. The auld kirk-hammer strak the bell 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 31. 
 Ye'd bettter ta'en up spades and shools, 
 
 Or knappin hammers. . . Ep. to J. L-~k, Ap. ist. ii. 
 O a' the lang day I ca' at my hammer, S. O merry hoe I been t 
 Ye'U quake at his conjuring'_hammer, 
 
 On Groses Peregrinations. 
 Sic clumsy-witted hammers, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Hammer'd. 
 
 He in the parlour hammer'd. . . On dining with Daer. 
 Hammock. 
 So, row't hishurdies in a hammock, 
 
 An' owre the sea. On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Han', Haun' [hand]. 
 Hae [aft] tum'd sax rood beside our ban', 
 
 _,,,,, , A Guid New-year \ II. 
 
 There s nought but care on ev ry ban , 
 
 . , , , ,, S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 
 Her prentice han she try d on man, 
 
 An' then she made the lasses, O /^. 
 
 If sae, thy han' maun e'en be borne, Holy Willie's Prayer, g. 
 Haud up thy han' Deil I ance, twice, thrice ! Scotch Drink, so. 
 Wi' bluidy ban' a welcome gies him ; 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Wi' glowrin een, an' lifted ban's, . The Death ofMailie. 
 An' taks me by the ban's, The Holy Fair. 4. 
 
 This list wi' my ain ban' I wrote it, . . The Inventory. 
 Guid health, hale ban's, an* weather bonie ; 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Then ban' in nieve some day we'll knot it, . . lb. 
 
 Hae there's my haun', I wiss you weel, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Hancocke. 
 
 Some daring Hancocke, or a Franklin, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 Hand. On ev'ry hand it will allow'd be, A Ded. to G. H., 4. 
 Then, Sir, your hand — my Friend and Brother. . lb. 16. 
 Wi' sword in hand, before his band, . A Fragment, d. 
 Or mad Ambition's gory hand, . . A Winter Night. 7, 
 Your hand's owre light on them, I fear ; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 The captive bands may chain the hands, 
 But powerful Love enslaves the man : 
 
 S. A. Mastrtn^s bonie Anne. 
 With linked hands we took the sands, S. As I gaed up by t 
 No wrinkle farrow'd by the hand of care, Blest be M'Murdo t 
 ' Come, gies your hand, and sae we're gree't ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 11. 
 For never but by British hands. 
 
 Maun British wrangs be righted. S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Donald wi' his Highland hand. 
 
 Rifled ilka charm about her. . S. Donald Brodie\ 
 
 And deal from iron hands the spare repast ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Some auld, us'd hands had taen a note, , Ep. to J. F., g. 
 
 But come, your hand, my careless brither, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 I know my need, I know thy giving hand, Ep.toR.Graham.s. 
 In the field of proud honour, our swords in our hands, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou fair day f 
 Untie these bands from off my hands, 
 
 S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 By cruel hands the sapling drops, S. Fate gave the word, t 
 Thy strong right hand, L — d make it bare, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 when Nature first began To try her canny hand, 
 
 iS*. John Anderson, t 
 Now we maun totter down, John, but hand in hand we'll go, lb, 
 A scepter'd hand, a king's command, 
 
 Is in her darting glances : . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 And ane to wait on every hand, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 With the hand and heart of my wee thing. 
 No more at my fate I'll repine. S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Here, in this hand, does mankind stand, 
 
 And there, is Beauty's blossom ! . . , Nature's Law. 
 On right, on left, and every hand. 
 
 We saw none to deliver. . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 There's no a heart that fears a Whig, 
 That rides by Kenmure's hand. 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 For Love has bound me, hand and foot, S, O Lassie, art thou t 
 And swear on thy white hand, lass, . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 Thou know'st the snares on ev'ry hand, O Thou dread Pow>\ 
 See those hands, ne'er stretch'd to save, 
 
 Hands that took— but never gave. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. 
 
 But Jessy's lovely hand in mine, . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 Unscathed by ruffian hand ! . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Low lies the hand that oft was stretch'd to save. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Their sceptre's sway'd by other hands ; 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 
 thou, dread Power ! whose empire-giving hand 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 To proper young men, he'll clink in the hand 
 
 Gowd guineas a bunder or twa, man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Would take the Muses' servants by the hand. Scots Prologue. 
 And there's a hand, my trusty feire. 
 
 And gi'es a hand o' thine ; . S. Shld auld acquaintce t 
 The Deil had business on his hand. . Tarn o' Shanter. 8. 
 Till, by the heel and hand admonish'd, . . /^, /y. 
 
 Each in its cauld hand held a light. . . 73, jj^ 
 
 Then on the tither hand present her, 
 A blackguard Smuggler, right behint her, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 wayward fortune's adverse hand . S. The Banks ofNith 
 Their left-hand General had nae skill ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Skerra-Moor. 
 
 1 fear my Lord Panmuir is slain, 
 
 Or in his en'mies hands, man : . .lb. 
 
 And throws his hand uncouthly o'er the strings. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 In's hand five taper staves as smooth's a bead, . . lb. 4. 
 And ev'n his matchless hand with finer touch inspir'd ! lb. 12. 
 Sweet Female Beauty hand in hand with Spring ; lb. 13. 
 
 On ilka hand the burnies trot, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 And mind their labors wi' an eydent hand. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 
Hand 
 
 216 
 
 Hapless 
 
 The iron hand that breaks our band, 
 
 It breaks my bliss, — ^it breaks my heart ! S. The day returns t 
 Gifted by black Jock To get them aff his hands. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Came shaking hands wi' wabster-loons, . . H. VI. 
 
 Whose strong right hand has ever been 
 
 Their stay and dwelling-place! The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 Before the mountains heav'd their heads 
 
 Beneath Thy forming hand, Ih. 
 
 She has my heart, she has my hand, .S". The Highland Lassie. 
 On this hand sits an Elect swatch, . . The Holy Fair. lo. 
 whilst with both hands I can hold the glass steady, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Wi' hand on hainch, and upward e'e, . . .16. R. V. 
 Wi' her twa white hands she spread it down ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Haud aff your hands, young man, said she, . . . IB. 
 To mend the honest Patriot-lore, 
 
 And grace the hand. The Vision. D. II. $■ 
 The pedant in his left hand clutch'd him fast, The Vowels, 
 Whae'er she gat hands on, cam' near her nae mair, 
 
 S, There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 Maks Hours like Minutes, hand in hand, 
 
 Dance by fu' light. . . ToJ.S., I2. 
 
 And plight me your lily-white hand ; . . .To Mary. 
 
 An' auld-light caddies bure sic hands. To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 
 Would take His hand, whose vernal tints 
 
 His other works admire. . . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 " If that your right hand, lee or toe, 
 *' Should ever prove your sp ritual foe, 
 
 . What ails ye now \ 
 
 S. When wild JTaf'sj 
 
 S. Where Cart rins \ 
 
 My hand unstain'd wi' plunder : 
 But to my heart I'll add my hand. 
 Hand, to. 
 And hands the rustic Stranger up to fame, The Brigs oj Ayr. 
 Who call'd on Fame, low standing by, 
 
 To hand him on, [v.A.4] . The Vision, D. I. 
 
 Han'-daurk [hand labour]. 
 
 An' nought but his han'-daurk, to keep 
 
 Them right an' tight in thack an' raep. The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 Hand-cu£rd. Nae hand-cufTd, muzzl'd, haff-shakl'd Regent, 
 
 El. on Year 178S. 
 Handed. 
 
 The luntan pipe, an' sneeshin mill, 
 
 Are handed round with right guid will ; The Two. Dogs. 20. 
 Handful An' out a handfu' gied him ; . . Halloween. ly. 
 Handle. 
 
 In Ayr, Wag-wits nae mair can have a handle 
 
 To mouth ' A Citizen,' a term o' scandal : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Handle ss. 
 
 But wha wad keep the handless coof, S. O can ye lahour lea\ 
 Handsome. I'll love my handsome Nell. S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 And handsome ilka bit about her. . . iS*. / met a lass t 
 
 She is a handsome wee thing, S. My love's a winsome t 
 
 A handsome grave does hide her ; S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 A gude blue bannet on his head, 
 And O but he was handsome ! . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 There Sophy tight, a lassie bright, 
 Besides a handsome fortune : . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 Handsomely. 
 
 She'll gie ye a beck, and bid ye light, 
 And handsomely address ye. . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 Hand-waled [carefully chosen by hand, special]. 
 
 My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. to MaJ. Logan. 7. 
 Handywark [handiwork]. 
 Thy coat and thy sark are thy ain handywark, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben \ 
 Hang. But first hang out that she'll discern, 
 
 Your hymeneal Charter, . . .A Dream, 13. 
 An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther, 
 
 Clear-dangling, hang ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6, 
 Who will not sing^ God save the king, 
 
 Shall hang as high's the steeple ; S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 Now Nature han^s her mantle green 
 
 On every blooming tree, . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 As dangling in the wind he hangs 
 
 A gibbet's tassel. . . . Poetn on Life. 
 And I may e'en gae hang. . . S. She's fair andfause t 
 
 That on this frail, uncertain state, 
 
 Hang matters of eternal weight : . Sketch. New- Yi's Day. 
 
 Where's he for honest poverty. 
 
 That hangs his head, and a' that? S. The Honest Man. 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill, 
 Hane'd, S.Thcla.y^Ut^ 
 
 And near the thorn, ahoon the well, 
 
 Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Tarn o' Shanter. lo. 
 They've hang;'d my braw John Highlandman. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 An' some, to learn them for their trickS; 
 
 Were hang'd an' brunt. To W. Simfsm, P.S 
 Hanging. 
 Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie, . El. onCajit. M. H.,s. 
 spleeny English, hanging, drowning. 
 
 Improm.^ on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 Hanging with threat'ning jut, like precipices ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 And many a tatter'd rag hanging over my bum, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 Wi' dew are hanging clear, . . S. When o'er the hilli 
 The sweeping theatre of hanging woods ; 
 
 iVr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Hangie [the devil]. 
 
 Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, . . Add. to the Geil. 2. 
 
 Hangman. May his son be a hangman, and he his first trial. 
 
 At Meet, of D. Volunteers. 
 
 'Tis real hangmen, real scourges bear ! . EJi.fr. Esofm. 
 
 The fear o' Hell's a hangman's whip, Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 
 Hangman of creation, . . . Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. ~. 
 
 Yerl Galloway's sceptre's broke. 
 
 And eke my hangman's knife, . The Election Ballads. V, 
 
 Hanker. But hanker and canker. 
 
 To see their cursed pride, . , Ep. to Davie. 
 He hums and he hankers, he frets and he cankers, 
 
 ... ■S'. What can a yng lassie \ 
 
 Hanl^'Fing. 
 
 Their bauldest thought's a hank'ring swither, 
 
 To Stan' or rin. The Authof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Hanover. But why of this epocha make such a fuss. 
 That gave us the Hanover stem ; [v. A.g] 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Hansel [the first money peeeived ; a gift bestowed 
 on a particular occasion, or at a particular 
 season such as New- Year-time]. 
 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar win' 
 Blew hansel in on Robin, . . .5". There was a lad^ 
 Hap [a covering of whatever kind]. 
 I'd be mair vaunty o' my hap, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 'Twas when the stacks get on their winter-hap. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Hap, to [to cover so as to protect fl?om cold, danger, 
 
 &c., to wrap warm]. 
 
 An" hap him in a cozie biel : . On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 And haps me fiel and warm at e'en ! S. Tlie Contented Cottager. 
 
 Hap, to [to hop]. 
 
 While teats hap o'er her auld brown nose ! Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Ha'pence [half-pence]. 
 
 Weel heaped up wi' ha'pence, , , The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Hapless. 
 Their hapless Race wild-wand'ring roam 1 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Pity the tuneful muses' hapless train, Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 The bursting sigh, th' unweeting groan. 
 
 Betray the hapless lover : . S. Farewell, thou streami 
 Meanwhile the hapless daughter 
 
 Has but a choice of strife, . . . . S. How cruel\ 
 Amid his hapless victim's spoil. Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 A hapless lover courts thy lay, 6'. O stay, sweet warilingt 
 And curse the ruffian's aim, and mourn thy hapless fate. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 How glorious Wallace stood, how hapless fell 7 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 To paint the lovely hapless Scottish Queen ! , , . li. 
 Hapless bird 1 a pray the surest 
 
 To each pirate of the skies. . , , S. SenHUUty,^ 
 Who but deplores that hapless friend? Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Hapless wretches sold to toil, . , S. Streams that glided 
 If, hapless chance I they linger lang. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The hapless Poet flounders on thro' life. To R. G. ofF., $■ 
 
Haply 
 
 217 
 
 Hard 
 
 Haply. 
 
 Haply my Sires have left their shed, Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Where, haply, Pity strays forlorn, . . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 Yet haply wanting wherewithal to live; Ep. to E, Graham, j. 
 Or haply, prest with cares and woes, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 Now, haply down yon gay green shaw, 
 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree ; S. O watye wkcCs in \ 
 Or haply lies beneath th' Atlantic roar. On^e fondly lov'd\ 
 For our sincere, tho' haply weak endeavours, 
 
 Prologue at Th., D.. 
 By whim inspir'd, or haply prest wi' care. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 If haply Knowledge, on a random tramp, 
 Had shor'd them with a glimmer of his lamp, . Ih. 10. 
 But haply, in some Cottage far apart, 
 May hear, welt pleas'di the language of the Soul ; 
 
 The Coiter^s Sat Night. 17. 
 Thou haply throw'st a scornful eye at 
 
 The hermit's prayer . . The Hermit. 
 Here haply too, at vernal dawn, 
 Some musing bard may stray, The Petition of Br. IVater. 
 Happep [hopper]. 
 The heaped happer's ebbing still. 
 And still the clap plays clatter. . .Add. to Unco Guid. 
 Happier. Could I think I did deserve it. 
 
 How much happier wou'd I be. S. Scenes of woe t 
 Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 But sair I fear some happier swain 
 Has gained sweet Jeanie's favour : S. Whenjirsi I saw t 
 Happiest. I was the happiest of a' the Clan, 
 
 S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Happiness. 
 
 Believe me, happiness is shy, 
 
 And comes not ay when sought, man. A Bottle and Friend 
 Ev'n then, sometimes we'd snatch a taste 
 
 Of truest happiness. . . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast, 
 We may be wise, or rich, or great, 
 
 But never can be blest : Ib.S- 
 
 Content am I, if Heaven shall give 
 
 But happiness to thee : . . . . S. It is na, Jean, t 
 To crown your happiness he asks your leave, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 in life where-ever plac'd, Hath happiness in store. 
 
 The 1st Psalm. 
 Happiness is but a name, . Wr. in Hermitage at F.. 
 
 Happing [hopping]. 
 
 Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing ! A Winter Night. 4. 
 Happy. 
 O that happy hour, and shady bow'r, S. As I gaed up by t 
 Happy, thou Indian grove, I'll say, 
 
 Where now my Nancy's path may be ! S: Behold the hour t 
 
 happy be the woodbine bower, . S. By Allan stream t 
 Happy ! ye sons of Busy-life, . . Despondency, an Ode. ^ 
 Nae treasures, nor pleasures 
 
 Could make us happy lang \ . . Ep. to Davie. S- 
 Wha wadna be happy Wi' Eppie Adair? S. Eppie Adair. 
 She, the fair sun of all her sex. 
 
 Has blest my happy, glorious day : 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 
 1 was the Queen o' bonie France, 
 
 Where happy I hae been ; . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The tunefu' powers, in happy hours, 
 
 That whisper inspiration ; . . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Yet happy, happy would I be 
 
 Had I my dear Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 And now come in my happy hours, . S. Now rosy May\ 
 The rustling corn, the fruited thorn, 
 
 And ev'ry happy creature. . . S. Now westlin winds t 
 But soon may peace bring happy days, S. O Logan! sweetly \ 
 An' a' the lang night as happy's a king. .S". O merry hae I been \ 
 O Phely, happy be that day, . . . . S.O Phely,\ 
 That happy my dreams and my slumbers may be, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth\ 
 O, happy! happy! enviable man! . Eemorse. A Frag.. 
 
 There Isabella's spotless worth 
 
 Shall happy be at last. . . . Sadihytale,\ 
 
 The happy tenants share his rounds ; Sketch, New-Yt's Day. 
 2 E 
 
 And getting fou and unco happy, . . Tarn d' Shanter. 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy, . . . . Ib.b. 
 Thou minds me o' the happy days 
 
 When my fause love was true. . S. The Banks ofDoon. 
 O happy love ! where love like this is found ! 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 9. 
 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write 
 
 Those happy scenes when far awa ! 
 
 The Farewell. To St./.'s L.. 
 Nae woman in the Country wide 
 
 Sae happy was as me. S. The Highl. IVidov/s Lament. 
 O happy is that man an' blest t . . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 I'm as happy with my wallet, my bottle and my callet. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 The happy hour may soon be near, 
 
 That brings us pleasant weather ; S. The 7iohle Maxwells t 
 
 happy day ! rejoice, rejoice ! . . The Ordination. 13. 
 As happy as those that have thousands a year. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 My blessings on that happy place, S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 She ay shall bless that happy night, . ... lb. 
 
 1 hae been happy thinking ; . . • . . ■ .lb. 
 That happy night was worth them a', . . . lb. 
 I'll ne'er forget that happy night, 
 
 Amang the rigs wi' Annie. . . . . lb. 
 
 I'm happy wi' my Johnny : . . S. The titker mom t 
 
 An' whyles twal pennie-worth o' nappy 
 
 Can mak the bodies unco happy ; , , The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 Whaur'U ye ever see men sae happy, Therms naething like t 
 Another happy reigns. . ... To Clarinda. 
 
 To make a happy fire-side clime . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 And I the happy country swain, S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 
 if I were happy, where happy I have been, 
 
 S. Woe is my heart t 
 the happy days I spent wi' you, my dearie ; 
 
 S. When I think on t 
 O ! happy, happy may he be. 
 That's dearest to thy bosom : . ^S". When wild War's t 
 Hap-step-an'-Ioup [hop, step and jump ; with a light, 
 springy, airy step]. 
 The -third cam up, hap-step-an'-loup, 
 As light as ony lambie, . . . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 Harangue. 
 Now R[obinson] harangue nae mair, 
 But steek your gab for ever ; . TJie Ordination, g. 
 
 Harangues. 
 An' with rhetoric clause on clause 
 
 To mak harangues ; The Author's Cry and Prayer. 12. 
 [Smith] opens out his cauld harangues. 
 On practice and on morals ; . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Harassed. 
 Then sore harass'd, and tir'd at last, 
 
 S. Myfatherwasafar77ter\ 
 Have a big-belly'd bottle when harassed with care [v.A.28] 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 Sore harassed out, with care and grief. The Lament. 8. 
 
 Are we sae foughten and hatass'd 
 
 For gear to gang that gate at last ! . The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Harbour, 
 Wha waste your weel-hwn'd gear on d— d new Brigs and 
 
 Harbours ! The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Harbour, to. 
 Your thought, if love must harbour there. 
 
 Conceal it in that thought ; . . S. Talk not of love t 
 
 Can harbour dark the selfish aim, . 
 Hard. 
 More hard unkindness, unrelenting, 
 
 1 might as weel hae try'd a quarry 
 
 O' hard whin-rock. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 Tho' Fortune use you hard arf sharp ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 8. 
 My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase 
 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. toMaj, Logan. 7. 
 Unlike sage proverb'd wisdom's hard wrung boon. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. $■ 
 He grippet Nelly hard an* fast ; . . . Halloween. 6. 
 But O the road was very hard, , .S.O Matty's meek. 
 Hard is thy heart, Lord Gregory, . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 
 Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, 
 
 The strong forehammer, Scotch Drink. 11. 
 
 . A Winter Night. 8. 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 
Hard 
 
 218 
 
 Has't 
 
 Wink hardj and say, *' The folks hae done their best." 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Hard upon noble Maggie prest, ' . . Tant o' Shanter. i8. 
 Or labour hard the panegyric close, The Brigs of Ayr. i. 
 
 Nor longer mourn thy fate is hard, 
 
 Thus poorly low ! . The Vision. D. II. 2. 
 
 The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end ; 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, 
 
 And whelm him o'er ! To d Mountain-Daisy, 
 But Oh! thou bitter step-mother and hard, To R. G. o/F., 3. 
 Harden. 
 But Och ! it hardens a' within, 
 And petrifies the feeling ! . . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 
 Harden'd. 
 
 The real, harden'd wicked, 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 A harden'd, stubborn, unrepenting villain, . Tragic Frag.. 
 Hardest. 
 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane ! . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 Hardly. It's hardly in a body's pow'r. 
 
 To keep, at times, frae being sour, Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 Wha scarcely tent us in their way, 
 
 As hardly worth their while ? . . . Ih. 6. 
 
 You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. TO. 
 The' hardly he for sense or lear, 
 
 Be better than the kye S. O TiBhie ! t 
 
 An' hardly, in a winter season. 
 
 E'er spier her [my Muse's] price. Scotch Drink. 14. 
 life's poor support, hardly eam'd, . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 I doubt it's hardly worth the while, S. There was a lad t 
 Hardship. 
 By early Poverty to hardship steel'd, . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 To help her Parents dear, if they in hardship be. 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat. Night. 4. 
 
 Hardy. 
 
 Fall in bold manhood's hardy prime ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 To hardy independence bravely bred, . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 thy hardy sons of rustic toil. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 
 Let Britain boast her hardy oak, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 I own 'twas rash, an' rather hardy, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Hare. It pits me ay as mad's a hare ; . Ep. to J. R.^ 13. 
 When purple morning starts the hare, . S. Now rosy May t 
 Swift as the Gos drives on the wheeling hare ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 The hares were hirplan down the furrs, . The Holy Fair. 
 
 Or shootin of a hare or moorcock, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 
 And jinkin hares, in amorous whids. 
 
 Their loves enjoy, To W. Simpson. 
 
 Harebell. 
 
 Mourn little harebells o'er the lee ; El. on Capt. M. H., 5. 
 Hare-brain'd. 
 A *'hare-brain'd, sentimental trace" The Vision. D. I. 20. 
 Nae hare-brain'd, sentimental traces, 
 
 In your unletter'd, nameless faces ! . . To J. S.y 27. 
 
 Hark ! But, hark ye, friend, I charge you strictly, 
 
 Auld comrade dearf 
 But hark I I'll tell you of a plot, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 Hark! the mavis' evening sang . S. Harkl the mavis'^ 
 And hark I what more than mortal sound 
 Of music breathes the pile around ? . On Lincluden, 
 
 Hark, injur'd Want recounts th' unlisten'd tale, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; 
 
 The Cotiei^s Sat. Night. 7. 
 But hark ! the tent has chang'd it's voice; The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Hark, how the nine-tail'd cat she plays ! The Ordination. 12. 
 Harket [hearkened]. 
 
 Had I to guid advice but harket, . . The Vision. D. I. S. 
 Harlaw. Dire was the hate at old Harlaw, The Dean ofFac.. 
 Harley. And Harley rouses all the god in man, 
 
 Prologue, sp. hy Woods. 
 Harlots. He founder'd his horse among harlots, 
 But gied his auld naig to the Lord. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Harm. 
 Hunger, Cauld, an' a sic harms 
 May whistle owre the lave q't. . The Jolly Beggars j S. V. 
 
 Harm, to. Where suffering no longer can harm thee, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Harmless. 
 Sweet and harmless as a child ; . S. First when Maggy f 
 Fuir harmless beastl tak thee nae care, 
 
 On B.'s Horse impound. 
 O, bid him save their harmless lives, The Death ofMailie, 
 Some hint the Lover's harmless wile ; The Vision. D. II. g. 
 Harmonious. 
 But [your life] ' ' allegretto forte " gay 
 
 Harmonious flow . Ep. to Maj. Logan, j. 
 Harmonious concert rung in every part, The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Hence, sweet, harmonious Beattie sung 
 
 His " Minstrel lays ; " The Vision. D. II. 6, 
 Harmoniously, 
 Harmoniously, As Arts or Anns they understand. 
 
 Their labors ply. The Vision. D. II. 3. 
 
 Harmony. 
 
 Her lovely form, her native ease, 
 
 All harmony and grace. , S. On a hank of flowers t 
 
 Like harmony her motion ; . . . . S. Sae flaxen*^ 
 May Freedom, Harmony, and Love 
 Unite you in the grand Design. 
 
 The FarewelLTo St. J.'s L.. 
 To Harmony's enchanting notes, 
 As moves the mazy dance, man. . The Fete Champetre. 
 Harn [coarse linen, cloth made of yarn spun of 
 "hards" or coarse flax]. 
 Her cutty sark, o' Paisley barn, Tarn d Shanter. 15. 
 
 Harp. 
 While o'er the Harp pale Misery moans, A Ded. to G. H.^ 10. 
 And frae his harp sic strains did flow, . . .A Vision. 
 Come, kittle up your moorlan harp 
 
 Wr gleesome touch ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 8 
 as he touch'd his trembling harp, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 "Awake thy last sad voice, my harp ! . . . .lb. 
 Harpy. 
 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 Harpy-raven. 
 The fell Harpy-raven took wing from the North, 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Harrow. The graip he for a harrow taks, . Halloween. 18. 
 desolation's lang-teeth'd harrow, . . To Terraughty. 
 
 Harrow, to. Our vera " Sauls does harrow " Wi' fright 
 
 The Holy Fair. 21. 
 I moij, and I toil, and I harrow and plough, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Harry. Though twisted smooth with Harry's nicest care, 
 
 Ep.fr. EsoPus. 
 Collected Harry stood awee, . Extent, in Court of Session. 
 My Harry was a gallant gay, .S". My Harry was a gallant t 
 I would gie a' Knockhaspie's land. 
 
 For Loyal Harry back again lb. 
 
 Harsh. But spare poor Sensibility 
 
 The ungentle harsh rebuke. Rusticity's ungainly t 
 Abusin me for harsh ill nature 
 
 On holy men, . Third Ep. to /. Lap.. 
 
 Har'st V, Hairst. 
 
 Hart. The hart, hind, and roe, freely, wildly-wanton stray : 
 
 6', Sleep* si tliou \ 
 Harvest. 
 
 The milder sun, and bluer sky 
 
 That crown my harvest cares wi' joy, . . S.O Phely t 
 Has been. 
 
 My Ian' afore's a gude auld has been, . . The Inventory. 
 Hash [a soft, useless fellow ; a blockhead]. 
 
 A set o' dull conceited Hashes, 
 
 Confuse their brains in Colledge-classes ! 
 
 Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. 1st. 12. 
 
 Twins monie a poor doylt, druken hash 
 
 O' half his days ; . . Scotch Drink. /J. 
 Hash'd. They hack'd and hash'd while braid swords clash'd, 
 ^. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Haslock woo [the wool which is the lock of the hals 
 or throat, and therefore the finest]. 
 I coft a stane o' haslock woo, . . . S. The cardin o't. 
 Has't [has it]. 
 The Farina of beans and pease, 
 
 He has't in plenty ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 21. 
 Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle she prove, 
 A woman has't by kind^ . . S. She's fair and fause\ 
 
Haste 
 
 219 
 
 Haunt 
 
 Haste. 
 
 Mak haste an' turn king David owre, . The Ordination, 
 Sae I subscribe mysel in haste, . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 The hillocks dropt in Nature's careless haste, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 HastOi to. I haste with the storm to a far distant shore ; 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat, Land, 
 Haste, gie her name up i' the chappel, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Blest stream ! she views thee haste to Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Hastened. And thousands hastened to the charge : 
 
 i". The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 HasCet [hasted]. 
 
 But just thy step a wee thing hastet, A Guid New-Year \ 14. 
 Hasting. 
 
 Hasting to join the sweeping Nith, . . A Vision. 
 
 Hasty, -le. 
 
 Or foaming, Strang, wi' hasty stens, 
 
 Frae lin to lin. El. on Capi. M. H., 4. 
 
 Should rue this hasty ride, . . . Ep, to Davie. 11. 
 The fourth's a Highland Donald hastie. The Inventory, 
 
 My fancy yerket up sublime 
 
 Wi' hasty summon : . . To J, 6"., 4. 
 
 Hat. But now he has gotten a hat and a feather, 
 
 S. Cock up your beaver. 
 The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout, the same ; 
 
 Ejctem.. on W. Svtellie. 
 We'll sew a green ribban round about his hat, 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 A ten-shillings hat, a Holland cravat ; Ronalds of Bennals, 
 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig, 
 
 And ye'U ha'e a calf s head o' sma' value. The Kirk's Alann. 
 
 Hatch. Clos'd under hatches, . . Add. to the Deil. 
 
 Hatch, to. 
 
 Some spitefu' muirfowl bigs her nest, 
 
 To hatch an' breed : [v.A.15] Tarn Samson's EL. 
 Hatch 'd. 
 
 Auld W[odro]w, lang has hatch'd mischief. The TwaHerds, 13. 
 Hate. He needs not, he heeds not, 
 
 Or human love or hate ; Despondency, an Ode, 4. 
 To shun a tyrant father's hate, . . . S, How cruel ^ 
 Behold that eye which shot immortal hate, Liberty. 
 
 That brethren rouse in deadly hate I S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 Hate, envy, oft the Douglas bore ; On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 Dire was the hate at old Harlaw, The Dean of Feu:., 
 
 Hate, to. Thou know'st, the virtues cannot hate thee worse, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 I murder hate by field or flood, Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 Ye surly sumphs who hate the name, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwije. 
 But vipious folk aye hate to see 
 
 The works o' Virtue thrive, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Ye hate as ill's the vera de'il, 
 
 The flinty heart that canna feel . . To Mr. J, Kennedy, 
 While Highlandmen hate tolls an' taxes ; To W, Simpson. 
 Hated. To bear this hated doom severe ? 
 
 !mpro7n. , on Mrs. — 's Birthday, 
 I said, there was naething T hated like men, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer f 
 
 Besides, he hated bleeding : . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 He hated nought but — to be sad, The Jolly Beggars, R, VII, 
 
 No claws to dig, his hated sight to shun ; To R, G. ofF.,3. 
 
 Hath. But he the helpless, needless wretch. 
 
 Shall lose the mite he hath. 
 
 Extern, on Comniem-.s of Thomson. 
 Hatred. From envy and hatred your corps is exempt ; 
 
 Ye true ''* Loyal Nat.s.'^' 
 Haud, Ha'd, Had [to hold, to keep]. 
 And baud their noses to the grunstane ; A Ded. to G. H. , 8, 
 They snool me sair, and baud me down, 
 
 S. And Ofor one and twenty t 
 Till by an' by, if I baud on, 
 
 I'll grunt a real Gospel groan : . A uld cojnrade t 
 
 But I'm as blythe that bauds his pleugh, S. Behind yon hillsf 
 • The weans haud out their fingers laughin. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 The fear o' Hell's a hangman's whip. 
 
 To haud the wretch in order ; Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, 
 
 He'll haud it weel thegither. . Epit. on Ruling Elder. 
 But ha'd your nine-tail cat a wee, . Epit. on Holy Willie. "'■ 
 
 O had your tongue now, Luckie Laing, 
 O had your tongue and jauner ; . 
 
 To burn their nits, an' pou their stocks, 
 An' haud their Halloween . 
 
 ■ S. Gat ye me, t 
 
 Halloween. 
 Tho' the wee Cot-house should haud me ; 
 
 S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Gude ale bauds me bare and busy, S. O gude ale comes t 
 
 steer her up and haud her gaun^ 
 
 Her mither s at the mill, jo ; . S. O steer her up t 
 
 Wad haud the Lothians three in tackets, 
 
 A towmont gude ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 1 can haud up my head wi' the best 0' the breed, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals, 
 Haud up thy han' Deil! ance, twice, thrice! Scotch Drink, so, 
 Haud tae the Muse, my dainty Davie : Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, The Ans. to the Guid-wife. 
 Now haud you there ! for faith ye've said enough, 
 
 . The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 
 haud your tongue, ray feirrie auld wife, 
 O haud your tongue, now Nansie, O : 
 
 ^S". The deuks dang o'er. 
 Wee Davock hauds the nowt in fother. The Inventory. 
 
 Haud afif your hands, young man, said she, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Now haud you there, ye're out o' sight, To a Louse. 
 
 Whilst I— but I shall haud me there . To J. S., zg. 
 
 And if we dinna haud a bouze 
 
 I'se ne'er drink mair. . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Here awa, there awa, haud awa hanie ; S. Wandering Willie. 
 Hauding [holding]. 
 
 Or hauding Sarah by the wame? S. Ken ye ought o' Capt, G.\ 
 Hauf, Ha'f [half]. 
 In my last plack thy part's be in't. 
 
 The better ha'f o't. . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf, S. Her Daddieforbad\ 
 He took a hauf and gied it to me, . . S. My Sandy gied t 
 Just ae hauf muchkin does me prime. There's naethin like\ 
 
 1 did na suffer ha'f sae much 
 
 Frae Daddie Auld. . . What ails ye now \ 
 Hauf-mile. Their three-mile prayers, an hauf-mile graces, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Matk. 
 
 Haughs [low-lying flat lands such as border a river ; 
 meadows ; valleys]. 
 
 And mark'd its [Nith's] bonie holms and haughs. 
 
 As on the banks t 
 Let husky Wheat the haughs adorn, Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 O sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, . To W. Simpson. 
 Haughty. Shall I like a fool, ctuoth he. 
 
 For a haughty hizzie die ? . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 Or haughty Chieftain, 'mid the din of arms, Ep.fr. Esoptcs. 
 Alas 1 how aft, in haughty mood, 
 
 God's creatures they oppress! . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 A haughty lordling's pride ; . Man was made to Mourn. 3. 
 Does haughty Gaul invasion threat? S. Does haughty Gauli 
 Haun* V. Han'. 
 Hauns [workmen, persons]. 
 
 Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Haunt. 
 The haunt o' Spring's the primrose-brae, S. By Allan stream\ 
 Ye cliffs, the haunts of sailing yearns, El. on Capt. M. H. , 3. 
 That blooms sae far frae haunt o' man ; 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 For me your watry haunt forsake ? On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Far from human haunts and ways ; . ... lb. 
 Life's social haunts and pleasures I resign. 
 
 On Death ofR, Dundas, 
 Once the lov'd haunts of Scotia's royal train ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J, Blair. 
 Thou art the life 0' -public haunts; Scotch Drink. 8. 
 
 (Fit haunts for Friendship or for Love, 
 
 In musing mood) [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I, 
 What are they ?— The haunt of the Tyrant and Slave ! 
 
 xS". Their groves of \ 
 Busy haunts of base mankind, . S. Thickest Night t 
 
 I'll gie auld cloven Clooty's haunts 
 
 An unco slip yet, . . What ails ye now t 
 Haunt, to. 
 
 Then Water-kelpies haunt the foord, 
 
 By your direction, . Add. to the Deil. iz. 
 Horrid sprites shall haunt you. . S. Husband, husband \ 
 
Haunt 
 
 220 
 
 Head 
 
 The Woodcock haunts the lonely dells ; 
 
 S. Now westlin winds \ 
 
 Ilk ghaist that haunts auld ha' or chamer, 
 
 On Grose^s Peregrinations^ 
 
 In spite o' a' the thievish kaes 
 That haunt St. Jamie's I The A uthtn's Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 
 Haunted. 
 By Girvan's fairy haunted stream, i'. Now lank and brae t 
 By some auld, houlet-haunted, biggin, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, 
 
 By AUoway's auld haunted kirk. . . Tarn 0' Shanter. 3. 
 
 Or haunted Garpal draws his feeble source. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Haurl [to trail, to drag with force]. 
 
 The meikle devil wi' a woodie 
 
 Haurl thee [death] hame to his black smiddie. 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H. 
 An' haurls at his curpan : . . . . Halloween. iS. 
 Haurlin [dragging off, peeling]. 
 
 Till skin in blypes cam haurlin 
 
 Aff 's nieves that night. . . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Hause [to put the arms round the hals or neck, to 
 embrace]. 
 
 And some will bause in ithers arms, S. John, come kiss. 
 
 Hauver-meal [oatmeal]. 
 O whare did ye get that hauver-meal bannock? 
 
 i'. O whare did ye get \ 
 Have. No other plea I have, A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 (Nature may have her whim as well as we, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 And shelter, shade, nor home have I, 
 
 Save in those arms of thine. Love. i'. Forlorn, my lo^e T 
 He'll have them by fair trade, if not, he will smuggle ; 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 " L — d G— d I " quoth he, " I have it now, 
 
 Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 
 Who wilt not be, nor have a slave ; . Poet. Inscription. 
 Yet that winna save ye, auld Satan must have ye. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 4.. 
 
 The weary night o' care and grief 
 
 May have a joyful morrow ; . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 No comfort, no comfort I have ! . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 "Come — one bottle more — and have at the sublime ! 
 
 The Whistle, it 
 ' But gie me your wife, man, for her I must have, 
 
 iS. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
 As lieve then I'd have then, 
 
 Your clerkship he should sair, . To Gait. Hamilton. 
 
 Though I maun never have her, . .J. When first I saw t 
 
 Haveril, Hav'rel [one who habitually talks in a silly, 
 rambling manner ; half-witted]. 
 
 There's Jockie and the haveril Jenny, Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 Poor hav'rel Will fell a«E the drift, . . Halloween. 
 
 Haven. Calm sheltered haven of eternal rest! ToR. G. ofF., 7. 
 Having. Life is not worth having with all it can give, 
 
 5. The lazy mist t 
 
 Havlns [good manners, good sense]. 
 Wha think that havins, sense an'grace, 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plack ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. so. 
 To pit some havins in his breast ! . The Death ofMailie. 
 Ye may ha'e some pretence to havins and sense, 
 Wi' people wba' ken ye nae better. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Haw. Ne'er claw your lug, an' fidge your back, 
 
 An' hum an' haw, The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 Hawk. For [her e'e] it's jet, jet black, an' it's like a hawk, 
 
 .y. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 
 The rav'ning hawk pursuing. 
 
 The trembling dove thus flies, . . .S. How cruel i 
 But hounds or hawks wi' him are nane ; 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 I mark'd the cruel hawk Caught in a snare ; 
 
 J. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 But hawks will rob the tender joys 
 That bless the little lintwhite's nest ; J'. Tliere was a lass t 
 
 Hawkie [a cow with a white face, a cow]. 
 
 An' dawtet, twal-pint Hawkie's gane 
 
 As yell's the Bill. . .Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 
 The soupe their only Hawkie does afford, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 
 Hawthorn. The hawthorn's budding in the glen. 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Within yon milk-white hawthorn bush, 
 Amang her nestlings sits the thrush ; .S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 were my love yon vi'let sweet. 
 
 That peeps frae 'neath the hawthorn spray ; 
 
 .y. were my love t 
 Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes 
 
 Wi' hawthorns gray. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Where spreading hawthorns gaily bloom ! 
 
 S. The Banks ofNith. 
 The scented birk and hawthorn white, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 The hawthorn I will pu', wi' its locks o' siller grey, 
 
 i'. ThePosie. 
 Tho' large the forest's Monarch throws His army shade, 
 Yet green the juicy Hawthorn grows, Adown the glade. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. so. 
 The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar, 
 Twin'd amorous round the raptur'd scene : 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Sweet as yon hawthorn's blossom, . .S". When wild Wat' s\ 
 How rich the hawthorn's blossom ; 
 
 3". Ye banks, and braes, and streams i 
 
 Hay. 
 
 In simmer when the hay was mawn, .S". In simmer when t 
 When roving through the gather'd hay, .S". O Phely, happy f 
 Then, crown 'd with flow'ry hay, came Rural Joy, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 The craik amang the clover hay, .S". The Contented Cottager. 
 Wi' taets o' hay an' ripps o' corn. . The Death ofMailie. 
 Hug our doxies on the hay. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 She's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay ; 
 
 .T. Theris auld Rob M. t 
 Hazard. The hazard of concealing ; Ep. to Young Friend. 0. 
 
 Hazel, Hazle. 
 
 Nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle 
 
 O' saugh 9r hazie. A Guid New- Year 1 10, 
 While o'er their [the birdies'] beads the hazels hing, 
 
 6". Bonie Lassie, will ye ga t 
 And see the waves sae sweetly glide 
 
 Beneath the hazels spreading wide, . .S". Ca' the Ewes. 
 Whyles cooket underneath the braes, 
 
 Below the spreading hazle Unseen . . Halloween. 2$- 
 Through the hazel's spreading wide O'er the waves, 
 
 .?. Hark the mavisf 
 The hazel bush o'erhangs the Thrush, i". Nowwestlinwindsi 
 In twining hazel bowers. His lay the linnet pours ; 
 
 S. Sleepst thou, orwak'stj 
 Last, white-rob'd Peace, crown'd with a hazle wreath. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 The lintwhites in the hazel braes, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Hazelly, Hazly. 
 The stream adown its hazelly path, . . A Vision. 
 
 Ye hazly shaws and briery dens ; . El. on Capt. M. H., 4. 
 Or trots by hazelly shaws and braes. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 He. ' For I'm as free as any he, . S.Here's to thy htdUh\ 
 Head v. Heed. 
 Head.' 
 
 When by such heads and hearts directed : Add. of Beelzebub. 
 drooping rich the dewy head, . . S. A Rose-bud by i 
 
 By Tweed erects his [Autumn's] aged head, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 And send us from thy bounteous store 
 A tup or wether head ! . . . At Globe Tav., D. 
 
 Gude help the day when royal heads 
 
 Are hunted like a maukin. . . .S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 While o'er their heads the hazels hing, 
 
 J'. Bonie Lassie, willyego\ 
 
 Her head upon ray throbbing breast, J'. By Allan stream t 
 
 1 heard a man sing tho' his head it was grey ; 
 
 S. By yon castle o/a t 
 ' Ay, ay,' quo' he, an' shook his head, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ti. 
 
 ' Gat tippence-worth to mend her [his wife's] head, lb. 26, 
 Maggie coost her head fu' heigh, . . 5. Duncan Gray, t 
 At dawn, when every grassy blade 
 
 Droops with a diamond at his head. El. on Capt. M. H., 6. 
 while each corny spear Shoots up its head, . . lb. 12. 
 The Spanish Empire's tint a head, . El. on Year 17SS. 
 
 Thy fool's head, quoth Satan, that crown shall wear never, 
 
 Epig.on- 
 
Head 
 
 221 
 
 Health 
 
 But build a castle on his head, ^Piff' on noted Coxcomb. 
 
 Who owns a Bushby's heart without the head ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 But Davie lad, ne'er fash your head, 
 
 Tho' we hae little gear, . . . Ep. to Davie, s. 
 And nought but peat reek i' my head, Ep, to H, Parker. 
 That trouth, my head is grown right dizzie, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, zrst. 3. 
 Few heads with knowledge so inform'd : Epit. on a Friend. 
 A head for thought profound and clear, unmatch'd ; 
 
 Extern, on W, Smellie, 
 Till Kevenge, wi* laurelled head 
 
 Bring our Banish'd hame again ; S. Frae tkejriends t 
 
 On his head a bonnet blue, . . S. Highland Laddie, 
 Thy strong right hand, L — d make it bare, 
 
 Upo' their heads, Holy Willies Prayer. 13. 
 While he wi' hingin' lips and snakin', 
 
 Held up his head lb. 14. 
 
 My head and my heart, now quo' she, are at rest, 
 
 Jenny M'Craw \ 
 Put clods upon his head, . . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, . . .lb. 
 His bending joints and drooping head , ... lb. 
 The monarch may forget the crown 
 
 That on his head an hour has been : Lament for Glencairn. 
 And a green grassy hillock hides his head ; 
 
 Lns -while on Deathbed. 
 The sons of Belial in the Land 
 
 Did set their heads together ; {re."] . New Psalmody. 
 A green turf on your head, gude man, S. O gin ye were dead. 
 Sae may it on your heads return ! S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 If he but want the miser's dirt, 
 
 Ye'U cast your head anither airt, . . , S, O Tibbie!^ 
 And shoots its head above each bush ; S. On Cessnock banks t 
 The sheltering rushes whistling o'er thy head. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Though cauld be the clay, where thou pillow'st thy bead. 
 
 On Death of/am. Child. 
 I send you a trifle, a head of a bard, Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 I can haud up my head wi' the best o' the breed, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Thou clears the head o' doited Lear ; . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 Wi' Gentles thou erects thy head ; . . . lb. 7. 
 
 The Brethren o' the mystic level 
 
 May hing their head in wofu' bevel, . Tarn Samson^s El., 
 Yon auld gray stane, amang the heather, 
 
 Marks out his head, ... /b. iz. 
 Wi' virls an' whirlygigums at the head. The Brigs of Ayr, 4. 
 His hoary head with water-lilies crown'd, . . lb. 13. 
 The like has been that you may wear 
 
 A noble head of horns The Calf. 
 
 Wi' justice they may mark your head — 
 
 * Here lies a famous Bullock I ' . - . . lb. 
 
 How He, who bore in heaven the second name, 
 
 Had not on Earth whereon to lay His head : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 15. 
 This said, poor Mailie turn'd her head. 
 
 An' clos'd her een amang the dead ! The Death of Mailie. 
 She's gotten the heart of a Bushby, 
 
 But, what has become o' the head? The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 Here's the stuflf and lining, O' Cardoness' head ; . lb. IV. 
 Before the mountains heav'd their heads 
 
 The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 Where's he for honest poverty. 
 
 That hangs his head, and a' that? S, The Honest Man. 
 I'll lay on your head, that the pack ye'U soon lead, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig, 
 
 And ye'U ha'e a calf's head o' sma' value. . . lb. 
 
 But I call'd her quickly back again, 
 
 To lay some mair beneath my head. 
 A cod she laid beneath my head, 
 
 ■5". The Lass that made the bed. 
 And cowe her measure shorter 
 
 By th' head some day. . The Ordination. 13. 
 A gude blue bannet on his head, . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 The tender flower that lifts its head, elate. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Cut aff his head and a', man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 My auld grey head had lien in clay, 
 
 Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace ! . . . S. The Union. 
 An ancient Borough rear'd her head ; The Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 And bound the Holly round my head : . , lb., D. II, 23. 
 
 His twisted head look'd backward on his way, The Vowels. 
 May ye ne'er want a stoup 0* bran'y 
 
 To clear your head. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned, 
 
 Like taps o' thrissle. . . To a Haggis. 
 O Jenny, dinna toss your head, . . . To a Louse. 
 Thou lifts thy unassuming head 
 
 In humble guise ; . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Tho' thick'ning, and black'ning, 
 
 Round my devoted head. . . . . To Ruin. 
 
 An' not a muse erect her head 
 
 To cowe the blellums? To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Yet when a tale comes i' my head, . To JV. Simpson. 
 Now let us lay our heads thegither. In love fraternal : . lb. 
 It ne'er cam i' their heads to doubt it, . . lb. P.S. 
 
 Yet such a head, and more the heart, 
 
 JVr. on Leaf of " H. More."'' 
 
 Head, to. 
 
 Some Washington again may head them, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Yet let my Country need me, with Elliot to head me, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Headlong. Or thro' the mining outlet hocked, 
 
 Down headlong hurl. A Winter Night, z. 
 'Gainst headlong, ruthless, mad Rebellion's arms. 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 With headlong speed rush'd to the charge. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 As headlong foam a hundred floods ; . . . .lb. 
 Reason drops headlong from his sacred throne, To Clarinda. 
 Those headlong, furious passions to conflne ; Why am- 1 loth t 
 The incessant roar of headlong tumbling floods 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Heal V. Hale. 
 Heal, to. Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 My coggle is a haly pool. 
 
 That heals the wounds o care and dool ; S. Gane is the day f 
 Who heals life's various stounds, On Birth ofPosth, Child. 
 
 And heal her cruel wounds lb. 
 
 And nocht can heal my bosom's smart, . S. Sae far awa. 
 Dread Omnipotence, alone, 
 
 Can heal the wound He gave ; . . . Sad thy iale^ t 
 Tho' despair had wrung its core. 
 That would heal its anguish. S. Thine am 1 1 
 
 Healing. 
 
 Feerest to meditate the healing leap : Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Healsome v. Halesome. 
 Health. 
 
 May Health and Peace, with mutual rays. 
 Shine on the ev'ning o' his days ; . .A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 Long life, my Lord, and health be yours, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Now health forsakes that angel face, , . Frag7nent. 
 
 But by that health, I've got a share o't, 
 
 Friend of the poet, t P.S. 
 Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, S. Here's a health to ane t 
 Here's a health to them that's awa, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Here's a health to Charlie the chief o' the clan, . . lb. 
 Here's a health to Tammie, the Norland laddie, . . lb. 
 Here's to thy health, my bonie lass, S. Here's to thy health \ 
 I'll count my health my greatest wealth, . . . lb. 
 Here's Kenmure's health in wine ; 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 While healths gae round to him wha, tight, 
 
 Gies famous sport. [v.A.2s3 . Scotch Drink. 12. 
 An' drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, so. 
 An' made the bottle clunk 
 
 To their health that night. The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 To gie the sweetest blush o' health. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 An' when they meet wi' sair disasters. 
 
 Like loss o' health or want o' masters. The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 We drank a health to bonie Mary. S. T. Menz's bonie Mary. 
 Guid health, hale ban's, an' weather bonie ; 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap,, 
 Health to the Maxwells' vet'ran Chief! 
 
 Health, ay unsour'd by care or grief: . To Terraughty. 
 But, should my Author health again dispense, 
 Again I might desert fair Virtue's way ; Why am I loth t 
 
Heap 
 
 222 
 
 Heard 
 
 Heap. And o'er this grassy heap sing dool, A Bard's E^H. 
 I gied thy cog a wee-bit heap 
 
 Aboon the timmer ; A Guid New-Year^ 1 13. 
 Chill, o'er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap ! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 sunk enerv'd 'Mang heaps o' clavers ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Heaped, -et. 
 
 A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane 
 
 Laid by for you. . A Gude New-Year, 1 17- 
 The heaijed happer's ebbing still, 
 
 And still the clap plays clatter. , Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 Weel heaped up wi' ha'pence, . . The Holy Fair. ۥ 
 Hear. 
 But I'se repeat each poor man's pray'r, 
 
 That kens or hears about you, Sir . A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 Might rous'd the slumb'ring dead to hear ; . .A Vision. 
 Delighted me to hear thee sing, . . A Winter Night. 4. 
 But hear, my Lord ! G[lengarry] hear ! Add. 0^ Beelzebub. 4. 
 'Twill please me mair to hear an' see't, 
 
 Than stocket mailins. Add. to lllegit. Child. 
 Hear me, auld Hangie, for a wee, , . Add. to theDeil. 2. 
 To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, 
 
 An' hear us squeel ! . . . lb. 
 
 Hear me, ye venerable Core, . Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 
 since it may na be, That tjiou of love wilt hear ; 
 
 S.Ah^Chloris^^ 
 Hear me. Powers divine ! Oh, in pity hear me I 
 
 S. Ay waking, O t 
 And do I hear my Jeannie own, 
 
 That equal transports move her? S. Come, let me take theei 
 I hear the wild birds singing ; . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Sweet the tinkling rill to hear ! . Delia. A n Ode. 
 
 Thou Being, All-seeing, 
 
 hear my fervent pray'r ! . . . E^. to Davie, g. 
 I hear a wheel thrum i' the ueuk, 
 
 1 hear it — ^for in vain I leuk. , . ^. to H. Parker. 
 
 It pat me fidgean-fain to hear't, Ep. to J, L — k^ Ap. ist.S- 
 A pint an' gill I'd gie them baith, 
 
 To hear your crack. . . . lb. 7. 
 
 I dinna like to see your face. 
 
 Nor hear your crack. . . . lb. 20, 
 
 But hear me, Sir, deil as ye are, . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But, oh! Eliza, hear one prayer, 
 
 For pity's sake forgive me ! S. Farewell^ thou stream t 
 Till presently he hears a squeak, . Halloween, ig. 
 
 An' young an' auld come rinnan out, 
 
 An' hear the sad narration : . . . lb. 20. 
 
 It is Maria's voice I hear: S. Here is the glen, \ 
 
 L — d, hear my earnest cry an' pray'r, Holy Willies Prayer. 13. 
 Nor hear their pray'r ; .... lb. /j". 
 
 As I hear sindry say, O ; . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 Young man, do you hear that ! S. Lass, when yr ntither \ 
 Hear it not, Wallace, in thy bed of death ! . . Liberty. 
 Let great folks hear and see. Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 Now hear our pray'r, accept our song, . New Psalmody. 
 As songsters of the early year 
 
 Are ilka day mair sweet to hear, . . S. O Pp.ely \ 
 
 I know Thou wilt me hear ; . . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 I hear her in the tunefu' birds, 
 
 1 hear her charm the air. . . S. Ofd the airts t 
 Suspend their dashing oars to hear . . On Lincluden. 
 And future ages hear his growing fame. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And hear my vows 0' truth and love, . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Not only hear — but patronise — defend them, Scots Prologue. 
 Hear the woodlark charm the forest, . . S, Sensibility f 
 Oh! stream whose murmurs still I hear! 
 
 S. Slow spreads tlte gloom t 
 I hear the wild birds singing ; . S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 An' no get warmly to your feet, 
 
 An' gar them hear it, 
 
 The Author's Cfy and Prayer. 
 My heart for fear gae sough for sough, 
 To hear the thuds, and see the cluds 
 
 S. The Battle 0/ Skerra-Moor. 
 
 Been there to hear this heavenly band engage. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. iz. 
 
 To hear you roar and rowte, The Calf. 
 
 Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears- 
 
 , The Cotter's Sat. Night, j. 
 Weel-pleas'd the Mother hears, it's nae wild, worthless Rake. 
 
 lb. 7. 
 May hear, well pleased, the language of the soul ; Jh. ly. 
 
 My dying words attentive hear, . The Death ofMailie. 
 For your poor friend, the Bard afar, 
 
 He only hears and sees the war, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Chill runs my blood to hear it rave, S. The gloomy night t 
 Hear how he clears the points o' Faith The Holy Fair. 13. 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear. 
 
 An' think they hear it roaran, .... lb. 22. 
 I beg you'll hear Your humble slave complain, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 For why, — ^methinks I hear her voice 
 
 Tearing the clouds asunder. . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 And does she heedless hear my groan ? . The Lament. 
 
 Hear, how he gies the tither yell, , . The Ordination. 12. 
 Whene'er I hear my father's foot, 
 
 My heart wad burst wi'pain; The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 Nor hears how the whirlwinds sweep ; S. The sun he is sunk t 
 While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble. 
 An' hear it a', an' fear an' tremble ! The Twa Dogs. 13, 
 
 But hear their absent thoughts o' ither, ... Ih. 33. 
 Hae ye a leisure-moment's time To hear what's comin ? 
 
 ToJ.S.,4. 
 And hear him curse the light he first surveyed, To R. G. ofF..i, 
 O ! hear my ardent, grateful, selfish prayer ! . . . Ib.g. 
 
 ! hear a wretch's pray'r ! To Ruin. 
 
 Sae loud and shill's I hear the blast, S. Up in the morning. 
 Your porter dought na hear us ; V.s, on Window, Carron. 
 Your doctrines I maun blame, You shall hear. .S". Ye Jacobites^ 
 To hear the moon sae sadly He'd on 
 
 By word an' write. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Heard. 
 
 Wha never heard of Orth-d-xy. . A Ded. to G, H. 6. 
 
 1 heard nae mair, . . . A Winter Night. /o. 
 I've heard my rev'rend Graunie say, Add. to the Deil,S' 
 Aft 'yont the dyke she's heard you bumman, . lb. 6. 
 I heard a man sing tho' his head it was grey ; 
 
 5. By yon castle wd t 
 O, rivers, forests, hills, and plains ! 
 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains : El. on Capt. M. H,, ii. 
 I've scarce heard ought describ'd sae weel, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k,Ap. 1st. 4- 
 But ha'd your nine-tail cat a wee, 
 
 Till ance you've heard my story. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 The music of thy voice I heard. 
 Nor wist while it enslav'd me ; S. Farewell, thou stream^ 
 
 Ye've heard this while how I've been licket. 
 
 Friend of the Poet t 
 
 There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard. 
 But they wham the truth wad indite. 
 
 .S". Here's a health to them t 
 
 A' this and mair I never heard of : 
 
 Kind Sir, Tve read i 
 
 I heard a young Ploughman sae sweetly to sing ; 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 
 The shouts o' war are heard afar, . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 
 I sat, but neither heard nor saw : 5". O Mary, at the windovA 
 
 And heard thee as the careless wind ? 
 
 6". O stay, sweet war&lttigj 
 
 If thou hast heard her talking, J". O watye wha that loesi 
 
 Who trembling heard my parting sigh, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloomy 
 
 The thund'ring guns are heard on ev'ry side, 
 
 The Brzgs of Ayr. z- 
 
 The clanging sugh of whistling wings is heard ; . ■ /i- ^• 
 
 But all the soul of Music's self was heard ; . • ^^- ^^• 
 
 And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heaven's 
 
 command. . . . The Cotter's Sat. Night. iS- 
 
 When Love and Beauty heard the news, 
 
 The FHe Champetre. 
 
 They heard the blackbird's sang, man; . . . ^'^■ 
 
 That e'er I heard your flattering tongue, , , . „ , , 
 
 The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 
 Heard ye o' the tree 0' France, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 His voice was heard thro' mair and dale, The Twa Herds. 7. 
 
Heard 
 
 223 
 
 Heart 
 
 And heard the restless rattons squeak 
 
 About the riggin. . The Vision. D, /. j. 
 
 We heard nought hut the roaring linn, 6". Whatwilll dogin*{ 
 There ruminate with sober thought ; 
 On all thou'^t seen, and heard, and wrought ; 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 When ne'er a body heard or saw. . . S. Young Jockey t 
 Heard'st. Heard'st thou that groan — proceed no further, 
 
 Spig. on E.'s " Martial." 
 
 Hearing, -in*. 
 
 An' [by] every star within my hearin' ! Ep. to Maj. Logan, ii. 
 If she had recover'd her hearing ; iS". Last May abrawwooer^ 
 Excisemen ? give the cause a hearing : 
 
 Lns on Window, K.'s Anns. 
 Hearing the tidings of the fatal blow. 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 Hearkening. 
 (It soothes poor Misery, hearkening to her tale), 
 
 To R, G. o/F.. 
 Hear'st. But hear'st thou, laddie, there's my loof, 
 I'm thine at ane and twenty. 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty \ 
 Thou hear'st the winter wind and weet, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Heart. 
 May ne'er his gen'rous, honest heart, 
 
 For that same gen'rous spirit smart ! A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 Then Clubs an' Hearts were Charlie's cartes, A Fragment. 7. 
 The blood-stain'd roost, and sheepcote spoil'd, 
 
 My heart forgets, . . A Winter Night. 5. 
 The heart benevolent and kind 
 
 The most resembles God, . . . Jh. ii. 
 
 Till God knows what may be effected, 
 
 When by such heads and hearts directed : Add. of Beelzebub. 
 As dear an' near my heart I set thee Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Wild beats my heart, to trace your steps, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, y. 
 Who made the heart, 'tis He alone 
 
 Decidedly can try us, . . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 
 I'll hide the struggle in my heart, . S. Ah, Chloris,f 
 
 Your hearts she will trepan. S. A. Masterion's bonie Anne. 
 But he wan my heart's consent, . S. As I came o'er\ 
 
 The music of her pretty foot, 
 
 On my heart it did play so, . . S. As I gaed up \ 
 
 My heart it shall never be broken for ane. 
 
 S. As I zvas a-wand'ringf 
 Had I no got greeting, my heart wou'd hae broken, . . lb. 
 To grant a heart is fairly civil, . . Auld co?nradei 
 
 Her face is fair, her heart is true, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 But are their hearts as light as ours 
 
 Beneath the milkwhite thorn? . S. Behold, my love,\ 
 
 The courtier tells a finer tale, 
 
 But is his heart as true ? Ih. 
 
 Thou goest, thou darling of my heart : . S. Behold the hourf 
 And my hea^t it stounds wi' anguish, 
 
 Lest my wee thing be na mine. . . S. Bonie nvee ihing\ 
 But can they melt the glowing heart, S. By Allan stream t 
 It brake the sweet heart of my faithfu' auld dame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa'i 
 Well thou know st my achmg heart, 
 
 S, Canst thou leave me thus \ 
 Is this thy faithful swain's reward. 
 
 An aching broken heart, my Katy? . . . lb. 
 
 Farewell ! and ne'er such sorrows tear 
 
 That fickle heart of thine, my Katy ! , .lb. 
 
 They who but feign a wounded heart. 
 
 May teach the lyre to languish ; S. Could aught of song t 
 But pleasure they [flowers, birds] hae nane for me 
 While care my heart is wringing. S. Craigz'e-bum Wood. 
 
 My heart wad burst wi' anguish lb. 
 
 The wild-birds sang, the echoes rang. 
 
 While Damon's heart beat time, S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 * They hae pierc'd mony a gallant heart ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, is. 
 ' Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart 
 
 Of a kail-runt lb, ly. 
 
 There moulders here a gallant heai t; El. on Caft M. H., Epit. 
 The parent's heart that nestled fond in thee, 
 
 That heart how sunk, , . El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 His chicken heart so tender ; . . Epig. on noted Coxcomb. 
 
 Who owns a Bushby's heart without the head ; 
 
 Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 A man may hae an honest heart 
 
 Tho' Poortith hourly stare him ; Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 Your heart can ne'er be wanting ! . . . . lb. 11. 
 The honest heart that's free frae a' 
 
 Intended fraud or guile, . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 With honest joy, our hearts will bound. 
 
 To see the coming year : . . . . lb. 4. 
 
 Th& heart ay's the part ay, 
 
 That makes us right or wrang. , . lb. 3. 
 
 But tent me, Davie, Ace o' Hearts ! . .lb. 8. 
 
 There's a* the Pleasures o' the Heart, 
 
 The Lover and the Frien' ; . . . . . lb. 8. 
 
 The life-blood streaming thro' my heart, . . lb. g. 
 
 My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, 
 
 May touch the heart. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 13. 
 Syne we'll sit down an' tak our whitter, 
 
 To chear our heart ; . . . lb. jg. 
 
 Whose hearts the tide of kindness warms, . Jb. 2i. 
 
 bauld L[apraj]k, the king o' hearts, lb., Ap. 21st. S- 
 
 Tho' faith, sma' heart hae I to sing ! . . Ep. to J. R., 6. 
 Hale be your heart ! Hale be your fiddle ! 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 Wha count on poortith as disgrace — 
 
 Their tuneless hearts ! . . lb. 7. 
 
 Their hearts no selfish stem absorbent stuff, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j*. 
 A warmer heart Death ne'er made cold. . Epit. for R. A. 
 The pitying Heart that felt for human Woe ; 
 
 The dauntless heart that fear'd no human Pride ; 
 
 Epit. for Author's Father. 
 Few hearts hke his, with virtue warm'd, Epit. on a Friend. 
 His social, friendly, honest heart Epit. on Tam the Chapman. 
 " An' his heart is rank poison," . Epit. on Walter S. 
 
 Thou's broken the heart o' thy ain Jock Rab. 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nab, 
 His heart was warm, benevolent, and good. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 But, a fly for your load, you'll break down on the road. 
 If your stuff be as rotten's her heart. Extem.pinned to Coach. 
 No love but thine my heart shall know. S. Fairest maid-f 
 It bums my heart I must depart 
 
 And not avenged be. . . S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, 
 
 And pierc'd my darling's heart: . S. Fate gave the word^ 
 And [ye maggots] fix your claws in Nicol's heart. 
 
 For deil a bite o't's rotten. . . . For W. Nicol. 
 
 And while my heart wi' life-blood dunted 
 
 I'd bear't in mind. . . Friend of the poet \ 
 They [boundless oceans]' never, never can divide 
 
 My heart and soul from thee. . vS". From thee, Eliza, + 
 But the latest throb that leaves my heart, . . lb. 
 
 An' tho' at last they catch them [riches] fast. 
 
 Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. ' 
 
 S, Green grow the Rashes, 
 Hearts leal, an' warm, an' kin' : . Halloween. 3. 
 
 Gar lasses hearts gang startin . . , ■ Ib.g. 
 
 An' Jean had e'en a sair heart 
 
 To see't that night Ih. 8. 
 
 Nell's heart was dancin at the view ; . . . lb. 10. 
 Poor Leezie's heart maist lap the hool ; . . . lb. 26. 
 And whilst that honour warms my heart, 
 I'll love my handsome Nell. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 
 May slightly touch the heart, ... .lb. 
 
 Thou hast stown my very heart, . S. Hark t the mavis f 
 His royal heart was firm and true, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 Frae G — d's ain priests the people's hearts 
 
 He steals awa'. Holy Willie* s Prayer. 11. 
 
 My very heart an' sauI are quakin', . . lb. 14. 
 
 How can my poor heart be glad, .S". How can my poor heart t 
 Still my heart is with my love ; . . . .lb. 
 
 And oh, her widow'd heart is sair, lS". How lang and dreary f 
 My poor heart then break it must, S. Husband, husband \ 
 Had I na found the slightest prayer 
 
 That lips could speak thy heart could muve. S. Idoconfess\ 
 I bear a heart shall support me still. . S. I dream' d I lay t 
 She talk'd, she smil'd, my heart she wyl'd, S. Igaedawaefu' f 
 But the tender heart o' leesome love, 
 
 The gowd and siller canna buy : . iS". Ijt sitnmer when f 
 
Heart 
 
 224 
 
 Heart 
 
 My head and my heart, now quo' she, are at rest, 
 
 6". Jenny M'Craw t 
 For whare'er he distant roves, 
 
 Jockey's heart is still at harae. S. Jockeys ia'en the ^ariing^ 
 And they hae taen his very heart's blood, John Barleycorn. 
 *TwiII make the widow's heart to sing, . . , , lb. 
 Or turn their hearts to thee : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 What woeft wring my heart Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 What heart that feels and will not yield a tear, 
 
 Lns on Fergttsson. 
 The tearful tribute of a broken heart. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Wkiteford. 
 Sae droops our heart when we maun part S. Lovely Davies. 
 But never, never can come near the heart. 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 
 then the heart alarming, . . . . . .lb. 
 
 For without an honest manly heart, 
 
 No man was worth regarding, O. 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Kind Fortune ease a breaking heart, 
 
 S. My Harry was agallant\ 
 My heart was ance as blythe and free 
 
 As simmer days were lang, , . ^S". My heart was ance t 
 
 He took my heart as wi' a net, IB. 
 
 But every shot and every knock. 
 
 My heart it gae a stoun. . . ... lb. 
 
 My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here. 
 My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands \ 
 My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. . . IB. 
 
 And next my heart I'll wear her, S. My Lovers a winsome t 
 With the hand and heart of my wee thing, 
 
 No more at my fate I'll repine. . ' . . . , lb. 
 But I adore my Mary's heart. . . S, My Mary's face t 
 
 1 gied my heart in pledge o' his ring. , iS". My Sandy gied\ 
 Gude ale keeps my heart aboon. [r^.] S. O gude ale comes -f 
 There's no a heart that fears a Whig, 
 
 That rides by Kenmure's hand. 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa \ 
 Their hearts and swords are metal true, . . , lb. 
 The cauldness of thy heart's the cause 
 
 Of a' my grief and pain, jo. . S. O Lassie^ art thou t 
 
 [Beware] A heart that warmly seems to feel ; 
 
 That feeling heart but acts a part, . O leave novels t 
 As ye [men o' state] make mony a fond heart mourn, 
 
 S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 How can your flinty hearts enjoy 
 
 The widow's tears, the orphan s cry ! . . . .lb. 
 Or canst thou break that heart of his, 
 
 Whose only fault is loving thee ? 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window t 
 And my fond heart, itsel sae true, 
 
 It ne'er mistrusted thine. , . . S. O mirk, mirkf 
 
 Hard is thy heart, Lord Gregory, /b. 
 
 For she, as fairest is her form, 
 
 . She has the truest, kindest heart. S. O watye wha's in^ 
 
 Three blyther hearts, that lee lang night, 
 
 Ye wad na found in Christendie. S. O Willie brew'*d\ 
 
 'Twill mak her poor, auld heart, I fear, 
 
 In flinders flee : On Scot. Bardgne to W. /. 
 
 A Jillet brak his heart at last, lb. 
 
 No savage e'er could rend my heart, 
 
 As, Jessy, thou hast done. . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 The bravest heart on English ground. 
 
 Had yielded like a coward. . . On Miss J. Scott. 
 
 My youthful heart was stown away, . . S. O Phely^^ 
 The hearts of men adore thee. . S. O saw ye bonie L.^ 
 
 For surely that would touch her heart 
 
 S. stay, sweet warbling t 
 For pity's sake, sweet bird, nae mair ! 
 
 Or my poor heart is broken ! lb. 
 
 Ne'er break your heart for ae rebute, . S. O steer her up \ 
 And lang has had my heart in thrall, S. this is no my ain\ 
 And has my heart a-keeping ? S. O watye wha thai loesf 
 
 O that's the lassie o' my heart, 73. 
 
 Glories in his heart humane . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart I 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 What heart o' stane wad thou na move, 
 
 On Birth ofPosih. Child. 
 Wild to my heart the filial pulses glow, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Low lies the heart that swell'd mth honest pride I 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 His honest heart enamours, . . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 
 The feeling heart's the royal blue, /i. 
 
 Ah ! now sma' heart hae I to speel 
 
 The steep Parnassus, . . Poem on Life. 
 A name, which to love was the mark of a true heart. 
 
 Poet Add. to W. Tytler. 
 May he who wins thy matchless charms 
 
 Possess a leal and true heart ; . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 His heart will never get aboon ! . . Poor Mailiis El.. 
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Witness my heart, how oft with panting fear. 
 As on this night, I've met these judges here ! • . lb. 
 while his heart Feels all the bitter horrors of his crime. 
 
 Remorse. A- Frag.. 
 But when the heart is nobly warm. 
 
 The good excuse will find. . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 
 But fairer never touch'd a heart 
 
 Than her's, the Fair sae far awa . S. Sae far awa. 
 So Isabella's heart was form'd. 
 
 And so that heart was wrung. . . . Sad thy tale,f 
 Bowers adieu I where love decoying. 
 
 First enthrall'd this heart . . . S. Scenes of woe \ 
 But when thou pours thy strong heart's blood. 
 
 There thou shines chief. Scotch Drink. 4. 
 
 Thou chears the heart o' drooping Care ; . . . Ib.6. 
 These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans 
 Wad muve the very hearts o' stanes ! . Searching auld t 
 Hale be your heart, hale be your fiddle; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Scenes so abhorrent to my heart ! . Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 She's broken her vow, she's broken my heart, 
 
 S. S he's fair and fause\ 
 When through m^ very heart 
 
 Her beaming glories dart : . lS*. Sleep' st thou, or wak'si\ 
 with heart unchang'd as mine, S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 And fly to meet a kinder heart ! . . . . lb. 
 
 My heart is sair,^ T darena tell. 
 
 My heart is sair for Somebody ; . . . S. Somebody. 
 Sits meek content with light unanxious heart, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Take a heart which he designs thee ; . S. Sweetest May \ 
 But Friendship's pure and lasting joys 
 
 My heart was form'd to prove : . S. Talk not of Love t 
 My heart is a-breaking, dear titty, . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 My heart to my mou' gied a sten ; . , , . lb. 
 
 When at his heart he felt the dagger. 
 
 He reel'd his wonted bottle-swagger. Tarn Samson's El., //. 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, 
 Lay stmking, vile, in every neuk. [v.A.i6] Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 Your Honor's hearts wi' grief 'twad pierce, 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 But feels his heart's bluid rising hot, . . . . Ib.g. 
 May still your Mither's heart support ye; . . lb. 23. 
 Thou'll break my heart, thou bonie bird, [re^ 
 
 S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett. U. 
 
 Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, lb. 
 
 My heart for fear gae sough for sough, 
 
 ^. Tfie Battle of Skerra-Moor. 
 
 My heart is wae, and unco wae, S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 (What warm, poetic heart but inly bleeds, 
 And execrates man's savage, ruthless deeds I ) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And e'en a vex'd and angry heart had he I . . lb. 4. 
 
 While simple melody pour'd moving on the heart. lb. 12. 
 The Youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi* joy. 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night 8. 
 Is there, in human form, that bears a heart . . lb. 10. 
 They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : . lb. 13- 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart I . . lb. ly. 
 But chiefly, in their hearts with Grace divine preside. lb. 18. 
 O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, 
 That stream'd thro' great, unhappy Wallace' heart ; lb. 21. 
 
 The iron hand that breaks our band, 
 
 It breaks my bliss,— it breaks my heart I 6". Thedayreturnsj 
 And wan his heart's desire ; . , . The Dean ofFac.. 
 But he wad hecht an honest heart, TJte Election Ballads. L 
 She's gotten the heart of a Bushby, 
 
 But, what has become of the head ? . . ib. Hi- 
 
 She won each gaping burgess' heart, . . . Ib. VI. 
 
Heart 
 
 225 
 
 Heart-coFFoding 
 
 What bursting anguish tears my heart ! . . The Farewell. 
 With melting heart, and brimful eye, 
 
 The Farewell, To St. J.'s L. 
 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write 
 
 Those happy scenes when far awa ! . . . . Ih. 
 But round my heart the ties are bound, 
 That heart transpierc'd with many a wound ; 
 
 iS". The gloomy night t 
 The bursting tears my heart declare, . . . , /^. 
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 I know her heart will never change, S. The Highland Lassie- 
 She has my heart, she has my hand, . . , lb. 
 
 Quoth I, " With a' my heart, I'll do't ; The Holy Fair. 6. 
 
 how they fire the heart devout. 
 
 Like Cantharidian plaisters On sic a day ! . , lb. 13. 
 Tho' in his heart he weel believes 
 
 An' thinks it auld wives' fables : . . . . lb. jf. 
 How monie hearts this day converts, 
 
 O' sinners and o' Lasses ! . , . . lb. 27. 
 
 Their hearts o' stane, gin night are gane, . . , lb. 
 My heart it rejoic'd at a Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 The ladies' hearts he did trepan, . . lb. S. IV. 
 
 Had hol'd his heartie like a riddle, . . lb. R. V. 
 
 But tho' his little heart did grieve, . . .lb. R. VI. 
 
 Tho' Fortune sair upon him laid, 
 
 His heart she ever miss'd it. . . . lb. R, Vll. 
 tho' your heart's like a child, . . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Your hearts are the stuflF will be powther enough 
 
 And your skulls are storehouses o' lead. . . lb. 
 
 My fondly-fluttering heart, be still ! . . The Lament. 
 My secret-heart's exulting boast ? . . .lb. 
 
 Oh ! can she bear so base a heart, lb. 
 
 For monie a heart thou hast made sair, S. The lovely lass t 
 There's no a heart in a' the land, 
 
 But's lighter at the news o't. S. The noble Maxwells t 
 
 That right to fluttering female hearts the nearest, 
 
 Tlie Rights of Woman. 
 
 1 ken't her heart was a' my ain ; S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Her heart was beating rarely : . . . . lb. 
 And I hae lost my lightsome heart 
 
 That little wist a fa'. . The Ruined Maid^s Lament. 
 
 Whene'er I hear my father's foot, 
 
 My heart wad burst wi* pain ; . . , . lb. 
 
 No anxious fear their little heart alarms ; 
 But for their sake my heart doth ache, 
 
 S. The sun he is sunk t 
 For weel he kend the way, O, 
 
 The lassie's heart to win, O ! . S. The Taylor he cam t 
 
 He made me blest —and broke my heart ! The Tears I shed. 
 It clears the een, it cheers the heart, The Tree of Liberty. 
 An' monie a time my heart's been wae, The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 My heart has been sae fain to see them, 
 
 That I for joy hae barket wi* them, ... lb. 20, 
 
 The joy can scarcely reach the heart. ... lb. 31. 
 Wi' S[mi]th wha thro' the heart can glance, 
 
 The Twa Herds, if. 
 My heart did glowing transport feel, [v,A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Some rouse the Patriot up to bare 
 
 Corruption's heart : . . lb. D. II. 4. 
 
 Or pour, with Gray, the moving flow. 
 
 Warm on the heart. ... lb. ig. 
 
 Three joyous good fellows with hearts clear of flaw ; 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 Their little loves are blest, and their little hearts at rest, 
 
 .S". The Winter it is past f 
 Sad knowledge makes me know that your hearts are full of woe, 
 
 lb. 
 But ay a heart aboon them a' ; ^ S. There was a lad\ 
 The blythest bird upon the bush, 
 
 Had ne'er a lighter heart than she. S. There was a lass t 
 Her heart was tint, her peace was stown ! . . .lb. 
 But did na Jeanie's heart lowp light, . ... lb. 
 And dear to my heart as the light to my e'e. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. \ 
 And I sigh as my heart it wad burst in my breast. . lb. 
 To thy bosom lay my heart, 
 
 There to throb and languish ; . S. Thine am I \ 
 
 Her dear idea round my heart 
 Should tenderly entwine. . . . S. Tko' cruel fate t 
 2 F 
 
 Thou canst love another maid, 
 
 While my heart is breaking ; . . S. Thou hast left me t 
 
 Yet I bear a heart shall support me still. 
 
 S. Tho' fickle Fortune t 
 If death, then, wi' skaith, then, 
 
 Some mortal heart is hechtin, . To a Medical Gent. 
 
 Thine friendship's truest heart. . . . To Chloris. 
 My heart was blithe and gay, . , . To Clarinda. 
 
 Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 Ye ken yoursels my heart right proud is, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan* A lady fair : . lb. 
 Ye surely hae some warlock-breef 
 
 Owre human hearts ; . . . To J. S. 
 Your hearts are just a standing pool, 
 
 Your lives a dyke I .... lb. 26. 
 Ye hate as ill's the vera de'il, 
 
 The flinty heart that canna feel . . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Yampyre booksellers drain him to the heart, 
 
 To R. G. of F.,3. 
 His heart by causeless wanton malice wrung, . . lb. 5. 
 And all the tribute of my heart returns. To R. Graham. 
 
 For one [dart] has cut my dearest tye. 
 
 And quivers in my heart. ... To Ruin. 
 
 My weary heart it's throbbings cease, . . . . lb. 
 
 For me, shame fa' me, 
 If neist my heart I dinna wear ye . . To Terraughty. 
 I'd rip their rdtten, hollow hearts, . To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Even Sir, by them your heart's esteem'd, 
 
 An' winning manner. . . .lb. 
 
 Impute it not, good Sir, in ane 
 
 Whase heart ne er wrang'd ye, . . . lb. 
 
 To thee I bring a heart unchang'd, S. To thee, lov*d Nith t 
 For there he rov'd that broke my heart, 
 
 Yet to that heart, ah ! still how dear. . . .lb. 
 
 But tell him, though he broke my heart. 
 
 Yet to that heart he still was dear! . ... lb. 
 Griefs gien his heart an unco kickin', To W. Creech. 
 
 Wi' gratefu' heart I thank you brawHe ; To W. Simpson. 
 
 My curse upon your whunstane hearts 
 
 Ye Enbrugh Gentry ! . . ^ lb. 
 
 Or lasses gie my heart a screed, . . . . lb. 
 
 O Nature ! a' thy shews an' forms 
 
 To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! . . . .lb. 
 Still my heart melts at human wretchedness ; Tragic Frag.. 
 Whose unsubmitting heart was all his crime. . lb. 
 
 Canst thou break his faithfu' heart ? S. Turn again, thou t 
 If to love thy heart denies, ... . . lb. 
 
 My heart rejoic'd in nature's joy, S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Nae heart could wish for more. . V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e ; 
 
 S. Wae is my heart \ 
 this bruised heart that now bleeds in my breast, . . lb. 
 My heart was caught before I thought, 
 
 S. When first I came \ 
 My heart went fluttering pit-a-pat, S. When first I saw t 
 Ae look deprived me o' my heart, . . . . lb. 
 
 Gi'e me the hour o' gloamin grey. 
 
 It makes my heart sae cheery O, ^S". When o*er the hill\ 
 A leal, light heart was in my breast, S. When wild War's f 
 And I was fear'd my heart wou'd tine, S. Where Cart rins t 
 
 But to my heart I'll add my hand, lb. 
 
 When sorrow wrings thy gentle heart, S. Wilt thou be my t 
 Yet such a head, and more the heart, 
 
 Wr. on Leaf of ^'H. More." 
 Reverence with lowly heart 
 Him whose wondrous work thou art ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 And mouldering now in silent dust, 
 That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes t 
 They dazzle our een, as they flie to our hearts. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy fnountazns t 
 And the heart beating love as I'm clasp'd in her arms, lb. 
 An' ay my heart came to my mou, . . S. Young Jockey \ 
 Heapt-coppoding, 
 
 When heart-corroding care and grief 
 Deprive my soul of rest, , , . E^. to Davie, g. 
 
Heart-felt 
 
 226 
 
 Heaven 
 
 Heart-felt. 
 
 Then let the sudden bursting sigh 
 
 The heart-felt pang discover ; , S. Could ought of song t 
 And grateful science heaves the heartfelt sigh. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 With heartfelt throes his grateful bosom swells, 
 
 ' The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 O heart-felt raptures! bliss beyond compare ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 The tickl'd ears no heart-felt raptures raise ; . . lb. 13. 
 O sweet, to stray an' pensive ponder 
 
 A heart-felt sang! . . To W. Simpson. 
 Heart-inspiping. 
 
 An' sheds a heart-inspiring steam ; . The Two. Dogs. 20. 
 
 Heart-rending. 
 
 My Jean's heart-rending throe ! . . . The Farewell. 
 Heart-strings. It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 3. 
 Heaven send your heart-strings ay in tune, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Lo^an. 4. 
 Her pauky smile, her kittle een, 
 That gart my heart-strings tingle. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Heart-Struck, 
 With heart-struck, anxious care enquires his name. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 Here heart-struck Grief might heavenward stretch her scan, 
 
 IVr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Heart-warm. 
 My heart -warm love to guid auld Glen, Auld comrade dear\ 
 Adieu ! a heart-warm, fond adieu ! 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Heart-wrung. 
 
 Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, S. One fond hiss,i 
 Heartbreak. 
 I'll cross him, and wrack him, until I heartbreak him, 
 
 S. What can a young lassie \ 
 Hearth-stane. 
 In order, on the clean hearth-stane, 
 
 The Luggies three are ranged ; . . . Halloween. 27. 
 His clean hearth-stane, his thrifty Wifie's smile, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 Heartily. 
 Still in prayers for K[ing] G[eorge] I most heartily join, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Heartless. And bird and beast, in covert, rest. 
 
 And pass the heartless day. . . Winter. 
 Hearty. 
 At length we had a hearty yokin, 
 
 At sang about. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. a. 
 
 I'll write, an' that a hearty blaud, . lb., Ap. zzst. 4. 
 
 And there blaws up a hearty crack ; 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 But gie him't het, my hearty cocks ! 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Ye'U snap your fingers, jpoor ,an' hearty, 
 
 Before his face lb. 23. 
 
 No comfort but a hearty can, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 Sae hale and hearty every shank, . . The Twa Herds. 
 And faith I'm gay and hearty! .... To — . 
 I'd gie you sic a hearty dose o't, . . . To a Louse. 
 An* monie a fallow gat his licks, 
 
 Wi' hearty crunt ; . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 I'd rather suffer for my faut, 
 
 A hearty flewit, . . What ails ye now f 
 Heat. 
 That the heat o' the tane might cool the tither. S. Scroggam. 
 An' tell them, wi' a patriot-heat, 
 
 Ye winna bear it ? The Authors Cry and Prayer. 11. 
 Whase raging flame, an' scorching heat, 
 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane ! . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 In summer he toil'd thro' the faint, sultry heat ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 It's true, they need na starve or sweat, 
 
 Thro' Winter's cauld, or Summer's heat ; The Twa Dogs. 2g. 
 Heat, to. It heats me, it beets me. 
 
 And sets me a' on flame ! . Ep. to Davie. S. 
 They heat your brains, and fire your veins, O leave novels t 
 Heath. Thee, Caledonia, thy wild heaths among, Liberty. 
 Heathen. Frae ony unregenerate Heathen, 
 
 Like you or I. . . Ep.ioJ.R.,4, 
 
 Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches 
 
 O' heathen tatters : Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Like Socrates or Antonine, 
 
 Or some auld pagan heathen, . . The Holy Fair. /^, 
 We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills 
 
 To help, or roose us, . . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Nae heathen name shall I prefix . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Heather, Heather bells. 
 And down amang the blooming heather, S. As I came o''er\ 
 Ye wander thro* the blooming heather ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes \ 
 O'er yon moss amang the heather ; S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 Ca' them [the ewes] whare the heather grows, 
 
 S. CcC the Ewes. 
 Ye grouss that crap the heather bud ; El. on Capt. M. H.^ 7. 
 she has ta'en to the heather, . . . Jenny M'Craw t 
 Amang the heather, in my plaidie, S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 Whare gor-cocks thro' the heather pass, 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting^ 
 And the moorcock springs on whirring wings, 
 
 Amang the blooming heather : S. Now westlin winds i 
 The muirhen lo'es the heather ; . S. O gie my love brose t 
 Yon auld gray stane amang the heather, 
 
 Marks out his head, Tarn Samsotis El. 12. 
 When August winds the heather wave, ... lb. 13. 
 Till whare ye sit on craps o' heather, 
 
 Ye tine your dam ; [v.A.23 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The heather was blooming, the meadows were mawn, 
 
 .S". The heather was bloom.\ 
 Sweet brushing the dew from the brown heather bells, lb. 
 But stray amang the heather bells, S. There was a lass \ 
 
 Her moors red-brown wi* heather bells. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Where the grous lead their coveys through the heather, to feed, 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains \ 
 Heathy. Ye heathy wastes immix'd with reedy fens. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Or up the heathy mountain, . S. Sleep' st thou, or ludkst t 
 Her heathy moors and winding vales ; S. The gloomy night \ 
 Among the heathy hills and ragged woods 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Heave. But with a frater-feeling strong, 
 
 Here, heaye a sigh. A Bar£s Epit. 
 Then heave aboard your grapple airn, . . A Dream. 13. 
 
 And if he offers to rebel 
 
 Just heave him in [to Hell]. Adam A — '5- Prayer. 
 And grateful science heaves the heartfelt sigh. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 But heaves impassion'd with the grateful throe. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 A wish, that to my latest hour 
 
 Shall strongly heave my breast ; 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Could shake them o'er the burning dub, 
 
 Or heave them in. . . The Twa Herds. 8. 
 Heave Care o'er-side ! , . . . To J. S., 11. 
 
 Heaved, -'d. 
 Because he gat the toom dish thrice, 
 
 He heav'd them on the fire, . . . Halloween. 
 They heaved in John Barleycorn, . . John Barleycorn. 
 Before the mountains heav'd their heads 
 
 The 1st 6 Ks ofgoth Ps., 
 And heav'd on high my wauket loof. The Vision. D. 1. 6. 
 Heaven, Heav'n, Heavens. 
 When Ruin, with his sweeping besom. 
 Just frets till Heav'n commission gies him ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 
 But by a poor man's hopes in Heav'n ! . . . lb. 16. 
 
 May heaven augment your blisses, . . -A Dream. 
 
 Thae bonie Bairntime, Heav'n has lent, . . lb. g. 
 
 Heav'n mak you guid as weel as braw, . . lb. 14. 
 In heaven itself, I'll ask no more, 
 Than just a Highland welcome. 
 
 A V. on beingHosp. Eniertmned. 
 
 Heav'n's beauties on my fancy shine ; Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 1 seek nae mair o' Heav'n to share, 
 
 Than sic a moment's pleasure, S. An' III kiss tfieeyeij 
 For sure 'twere impious to despair 
 
 So much in sight of Heaven. . ^S". Anna, thy charms\ 
 That we lost, did I say, nay, by heav'n that we found, 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 
 But first, before you see heaven's glory. 
 
 May ye get mony a merry story, . . Auld comrade J 
 
Heaven 
 
 227 
 
 Heavenly 
 
 I'll tak what Heav'n will sen' me, . S. Behind yon hills\ 
 While praising, and raising 
 
 His thoughts to Heaven on high, Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 By Heavens, the sacrilegious dog 
 
 Shall fuel be to boll itl . . S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 In thee, high Heaven above, was truest shown, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 A correspondence fix'd wi' Heaven, 
 
 Is sure a noble anchor! ., Ep. to Young Friend, 10. 
 Baith careless, and fearless. 
 
 Of either Heaven or Hell ; . . . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 But, thanks to Heaven, that's no the gate 
 
 We learn our creed. Ep. to J. L — A, Ap. 2ist. 14.. 
 Heaven send your heart-strings ay in tune, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish'd— to bestow ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Heavens, should the branded character be mine! . . /b.^. 
 So, tb heaven's gates the lark's shrill song ascends, 
 But groveling on the earth the carol ends. . . . Ih. 
 Though thanks to heaven I dare even that last shift, . lb. 
 Heaven, I thought, was in her air ; S. First when Maggy t 
 Ye Heavens, how great is my despair, . . Fragment. 
 And owning heaven's mysterious sway, 
 
 Submissive, low, adore. . . . Fragment of Ode. 
 Whose soul of fire, lighted at heaven's high flame, . lb. 
 Thou'rt to love and heaven sae dear, S, Hark t the mavis t 
 O Thou, wha in the heavens dost dwell, Holy Willie's Prayer, 
 Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, 
 
 A' for thy glory, . . , . lb. 
 
 Then may heaven with prosperous gales. 
 Fill my sailor's welcome sails, S. How can my^oor heart t 
 " I will hope and trust in heaven, . S. Husband^ husband \ 
 Content am I, if Heaven shall give 
 
 But happiness to thee : . . . S.It is na, Jean^ t 
 But heavens ! how he fell a-swearing, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 Grant me, indulgent heaven, that I may live 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Lns extern, in Lady's Pocket-bk. 
 Wearying Heav'n in warm devotion, 
 
 *S". Musing on the roaring \ 
 For a big-belly'd bottle's a heav'n of a care. 
 
 S. No Churchman am. I\ 
 Thou dart of Heav'n that flashest by, . S. O jnirh, mirk t 
 But spare and pardon my false Love, 
 
 His wrongs to Heaven and me ! . . . .lb. 
 
 May they rejoice, no wand'rer lost, 
 
 A Family in Heaven ! . . . O Thou dread Pow'rf 
 By heaven and earth I love thee. S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 May Heaven protect my bonie Scots Laddie, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get \ 
 Expires in rags, unknown, and goes to Heaven. 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Honest Will's to Heaven gane, . On W. Cruickshanks. 
 A ray direct from pitying Heaven, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 And blooms a rose in Heaven. . On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 Seek Heaven for help, and barefit skelp 
 
 Awa' wi' Willie Chalmers. . . .On W. Chalmers. 
 To him be giVn to ken the heav'n 
 
 He gains in Polly Stewart ! ■ . . .S". Polly Stewart. 
 Angelic forms, high Heaven's peculiar care ! 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 The mite high heaven bestowed, that mite with thee I'll share. 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Nay, by heaven, said I, may I perish if ever 
 
 I plant in your bosom a thorn. . S^. extern, to yng Lady. 
 Heav'n rest his saul, where'er he be ! Tarn Samson's El. 14. 
 If Honest Worth in heaven rise, 
 
 Ye'U mend or ye win near him lb. Epit.. 
 
 The saul o' life, the heav'n below, 
 
 Is rapture-giving woman. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, g. 
 Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; . /b. 14. 
 How He, who bore in Heav'n the second name. 
 
 Had not on Earth whereon to lay His head ; . lb. 2^. 
 And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heaven's 
 command. /^_ 
 
 Then kneelmg down to Heaven's Eternal King, . lb. 16. 
 And proffer up to Heaven the warm request, . lb. 28. 
 
 For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, so. 
 And O msty Heaven their simple lives prevent 
 
 From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile I . . lb. 
 
 Heav'n gave me more, it made thee mine. 
 
 S. The day returns t 
 Which shews that heaven can boil the pot, 
 
 Though the devil p — s in the fire. . The Dean ofFac.. 
 Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble Name, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 The flowers shall vie in all their charms 
 
 The hour of heaven to grace, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted. The Inventory. 
 
 But bless me wi' your heav'n o' charms. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 For sense they little owe to frugal Heav'n 
 
 The Ordination. Mott. 
 But Heaven's curse will blast the man 
 
 , Denies the bairn he got ; The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 I hope frae heav'n to see them yet 
 
 In fiery flame. . . The Twa Herds. 11. 
 
 But yet the light that led astray, 
 
 Was light from Heaven. The Vision. D. II. ly. 
 May Heaven be his warden ; . S. The young High. Rover. 
 But the Heavens deny'd success. . . S. Thickest night \ 
 Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n, 
 
 To a Mountain^Daisy. 
 And, dearest gift of heaven below, 
 
 Thine friendship's truest heart. . . . To ChloHs. 
 I hae sworn by the Heavens to my Mary, 
 I hae sworn by the Heavens to be true ; 
 And sae may the Heavens forget me, 
 
 When I forget my vow ! . . . To Mary. 
 
 And you, tho' scarce in maiden prime, 
 
 Are so much nearer Heav'n. To Miss L., with '^ Beattie." 
 Heaven spare you lang to kiss the breath 
 
 O' mony flow'ry simmers ! . To Mr. M''Adam. 
 
 By turns in soaring heaven, or vaulted hell. To R. G. ofF., 8. 
 And I can tell that bounteous Heaven - - 
 On thee a tack o' seven times seven 
 
 Will yet bestow it. . . To Terrau^hty. 
 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife, 
 
 Till far ayont fourscore ; . . V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 The smile or frown of aweful Heaven, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Stranger, go I Heaven be thy guide ! . . . lb. 
 
 Heaven-born. 
 And heaven-born piety her sanction seals. To Miss Graham. 
 
 Heav'n-erected. 
 
 And Man, whose heav'n-erected face, 
 The smiles of love adorn, Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 Heaven-illumin'd. 
 
 Than heaven-illumin'd Man on brother Man bestows ! 
 „ ^ , ^ A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 Heaven-taught. 
 Ill-fated genius ! Heaven-taught Fergusson ! 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 Here holds her search by heaven-taught Reason's beam ; 
 
 Prologue.^ sp. by Woods. 
 Here Poesy might wake her heaven-taught lyre, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 Heavenward. 
 
 Is heavenward raised in ecstacy. . . .On Lincluden. 
 Or noble Elgin beets the heaven-ward flame, 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 13. 
 Here heart-struck grief might heavenward stretch her scan, 
 
 Wr. in Ken7nore Inn. 
 Heavenly. 
 
 An' Chatham's wraith, in heav'nly graith, A Fragment. 8. 
 And, if it please thee, heavenly guide, 
 
 May never worse be sent ; . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 Her heavenly relations there fixed her reign, S. Caledonia. 
 A matchless Heavenly Light! > , El. on Capt. M. H 
 
 The sparkling heavenly vintage, Love and Bliss ! Innocence \ 
 Her face so truly heavenly fair, ' . S. My Mary's face t 
 
 Not even to view the Heavenly choir. 
 
 Would be so blest a sight. . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 What breast so dead to heavenly Virtue's glow, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Whether as heavenly glory bright, 
 
 Or dark as misery's woeful night Sketch. New-Yt's Day. 
 Been there to hear this heavenly band engage, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 22. 
 
Heavenly 
 
 228 
 
 Held 
 
 Forbid it, ev'ry heavenly Power, " 
 
 You e'er should be a stot ! The Calf. 
 
 If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night, g. 
 And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road, 
 
 The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind : . Ih. ig. 
 Then how should I for Heavenly Mercy pray, 
 Who act so counter Heavenly Mercy's plan ? Why am I loth t 
 Heavenly-seeming. 
 
 I view'd the heavenly-seeming Fair ; The Vision. D. II. 
 
 Heavier. 
 
 • Still louder shrieks, and heavier groans ! A Ded. to G. H.y lo. 
 
 Blow, blow, ye Winds, with heavier gust ! A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 Heaving. Her heaving bosom, lily white, S. Igaedawaefi£ t 
 
 Wi' heaving breasts an' bare neck ; . The Holy Fair. g. 
 
 Heavy. Or, rustling, thro' the boortries coman, 
 
 Wi' heavy groan. Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 Long, long the night, Heavy comes the morrow, 
 
 S. Ay waking, O.'f 
 Heavy, heavy is the task, Hopeless love declaring ; 
 
 S. Blythe hoe I Been t 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, S. How lang and dreary t 
 Your heavy loss deplore ; . On Death 0/ Lap-dog. 
 
 O heavy loss thy country ill could bear ! 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 O sad and heavy should I part, 
 
 But for her sake sae far awa' ; . S. Saefarawa. 
 
 heavy, dark, continued, a'-day rains The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Long did I bear the heavy yoke, S. The Joyful Widower. 
 When yellow waves the heavy grain, The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 So, heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks. 
 Strong on the sign-post stands the stupid ox. To R, G. ofF.^ 7. 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, S, When I think on t 
 Heavy-dpagg'd. 
 
 When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin ; Scotch Drink. 5, 
 Hebrew. 
 That, like th' old Hebrew walking-switch, eats up its neigh- 
 bours ; . . . . Fragment^ inscr. to Fox, 
 Fu' lifted up wi' Hebrew lore, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Hech ! [an exclamation of surprise, regret, &c.]. 
 Hech man ! dear sirs ! is that the gate. 
 
 They waste sae mony a braw estate ! . Tke Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Hecht [to foretell ; promise ; offer, proffer]. 
 They hecht him some fine braw ane ; . Halloween. 23. 
 
 He wadna hecht them courtly gifts, The Election Ballads. I. 
 But he wad hecht an honest heart, . . Ih. 
 
 Hechtin [threatening]. 
 If death, then, wi' skaith, then. 
 Some mortal heart is hechtin. To a Medical Gent. 
 
 Heckle [a board In which are set a number of sharp 
 pins or teeth, used for dressing flax, &c.]. 
 While raving mad, I wish a heckle 
 
 Were in their doup. . Add. to Toothaclie. 
 
 Where words ne'er crost the muse's heckles, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 O merry hae I been teethin a heckle, S. O merry kae I been t 
 
 Heela. 
 
 Tropes, metaphors, and figures pour. 
 
 Like Hecla streaming thunder ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Hector. 
 
 And Stewart bold as Hector. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Hedge. 
 
 Not for to hide it in a hedge, . . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 
 The Robin in the hedge descends. 
 And sober chirps securely. . The Election Ballads, VI, 
 
 So, by some hedge, the generous steed deceased, 
 
 ToR,G.ofF.,6. 
 Hedgehog. 
 
 The priest and hedgehog in their robes, are snug. To R. G. ofF. 
 Hedging. And sometimes a hedging and ditching I go ; 
 
 S. T/ie Poor Thresher. 
 Hee balou [a lullaby]. 
 
 Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald, . S. Hee dalou, t 
 
 Heed, Head. 
 
 Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : Tarn d Shanter. ig. 
 
 But yet he drew the mortal trieger 
 
 Wi weel-aim'dTieed; Tarn Samson* s El. 11. 
 
 The time flew by with tentless head, S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 
 I'll wander on with tentless heed, 
 
 How never-halting moments speedi . . To J. S", 10. 
 
 Heed, to. He needs not, he heeds not. 
 
 Or human love or hate ; Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 We never heed [fortune's road], 
 But take it like the unbacked filly, Ep. to Maj, Lagan. 
 
 He heeds or feels no more the ruthless critic's rage ! 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,5. 
 Heedless. By heedless chance I tum'd mine eyes, A Vision. 
 And does she heedless hear my groan ? . . The Lament. 
 Heel. That day ye was a jinker noble, 
 
 For heels an' win' ! A Gude NeW'year^ 7. 
 
 sore I feel All others' scom^but damn that ass's heel 
 
 Reply to a Reproof. 
 Till by the heel and hand admonish'd, Tarn d Shanter. 11, 
 
 Put life and mettle in their heels IB. 
 
 Or great M '[Kinlay] thrawn his heel 7 Tarn Samsotis El. 
 An' dinna, for a kebbuck-heel. 
 
 Let lasses be affronted On sic a day ! The Holy Fair. 25^ 
 No heels to bear him from the opening dun; ToR. G.ofF.^3. 
 Than garren lasses cowp the cran 
 
 Clean heels owre body, What ails ye noiuj 
 
 Heels o'er gowdie [topsy-turvy]. 
 
 Soon heels o'er gowdie ! in he gangs, . . Poem on Life. 
 Heeze [to lift up, hoist, elevate]. 
 Still higher may they heeze Ye In bliss, . A Dream, g, 
 I'd heeze thee up a constellation, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Heft [haft]. 
 
 The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; Tatn d Shanter. 11. 
 Heigh, Hich [high ; '*hich house," a house of more 
 than one storey], 
 Maggie coost her head fu' heigh, . , S. Duncan Gray \ 
 Bye attour, my Gutcher has 
 A hich house and a laigh ane ; . . . S. Gat ye me t 
 Height, placed by thee upon the wish'd-for height 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S. 
 Near lav'rock-height she jumpet, , Halloween. z6. 
 
 He hunted o'er height and o'er howe ; 
 
 The Black-Headed Eagle, 
 Proud o' the height o' some bit half-lang tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 When the bloody die was cast on the heights of Abram; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I, 
 He kend the Lord's sheep ilka tul, 
 
 O'er a' the height, . . The Twa Herds, 7. 
 The vera tapmost, towrin height O' Miss's bonnet. 
 
 To a Louse. 
 An' teach the lanely heights an' howes 
 
 My rustic sang. . . . ToJ.S„g. 
 Heighten, 'Twill heighten all his joy : . John Barleycorn, 
 Hein-shinn'd [having shin-bones that project and 
 meet like the "hems " of a hbrse-coUaF], 
 She's bow-hough'd, she's hein-shinn'd, ^S". Willie Wastle\ 
 Heir. 
 My poor toop-lamb, my son an* heir. The Death ofMailie. 
 I give it for ever to thee and thy heirs, S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Heiress, But oh, she's an heiress, auld Robin's a laird ; 
 
 S. There's auld Roh M.\ 
 Held, 
 When Sh-lb-rne meek held up his cheek, A Fragfnent, 6. 
 And she held o'er the moors to spin ; S. Duncan Davidson. 
 I gat some gear wi' meikle care, 
 
 I held it weel thegither ; . . Extern. , Ap. 17S2. 
 
 I held the gate till you I met, . . , S.Gatyeme^ 
 
 Till something held within the pat, . . Halloween. 12. 
 While he wi' hingin' lips and snakin'. 
 
 Held up his head. Holy Willie's Prayer, 14. 
 Who poverty ne'er held in scorn, . On Window of Inn, F.. 
 O he held to the fdr, . S. Rattlin, Roartn Willie. 
 
 Each in its cauld hand held a light. Tam d Shanter, ti. 
 
 Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion, 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion : 
 
 The Brigs oj Ayr. 8. 
 
 In Poosie-Nansie's held the splore. The Jolly Beggars. R. L 
 While she held up her greedy gab, 
 
 Just like an aumous dish : tt- 
 
 An' I held awa to the school ; . . . .Ib.S, IH 
 
 The lalland laws he held in scorn : . .IB. S. IV. 
 
 Beneath the moon's unclouded light, 
 
 I held awa to Annie : . . . S. The Rigs 0' Barley, 
 Ye need na doubt, I held my whisht ; . The Vision. D. I. 8. 
 Held ruling power ; lb. D. ILyU, 
 
Helicon 
 
 229 
 
 Hence 
 
 Helicon. Or had o' Helicon my fill, S. were I on Parttass. t 
 But there it streams an' richly reams. 
 My Helicon I ca' that. . The Jolly Beg-g:ars. S. VII. 
 Heliconian. But golden sands did never grace 
 
 The Heliconian stream ; To J. M'Murdo. 
 Hell. 
 Oh, shake him o'er the mouth o' hell, Adam A-—'s Prayer. 
 As a' the priests had seen me get thee 
 
 That's out o' h-11. . Add. to Illegit Child. 
 The youngest Brother ye wad whip 
 
 Aif straught to H-lI. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 
 But thee— thou hell 0' a' diseases. 
 
 Ay mocks our groan ! . Add. to Toothache. 
 Where'er that place be priests ca' hell, . , .lb. 
 
 Or your more dreaded h-U to state 
 
 D-mnationofexpences! . . Add. to UncoGuid.S' 
 May guardian angels tak a spell, 
 
 An' steer you seven miles south o' hell ; Auld comrade t 
 
 Is just as true's the Deil's in hell, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 And make a vast monopoly of hell? . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 The fear o' Hell's a hangman's whip, Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 Baith careless, and fearless, 
 
 Of either Heaven or Hell ; . . . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Were this the charter of our state, 
 ' On pain o' hell be rich an' great,' Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st. 14. 
 
 To H-11, if he's gane thither, 
 Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, Epit. on Ruling Elder. 
 
 Here lies in earth a root of Hell, . . . Epit. on D. C. 
 Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, 
 
 A' for thy glory, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 Thou might ha'e plunged me in hell, . . . lb. 4. 
 
 " I'll wed another like my dear . . 
 
 " Then all hell will fly for fear, S. Husband, husband\ 
 
 My pains o' hell on earth are past, S. O ay my wife she dang, 
 deep-read in hell's black grammar. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 thy spider snare O' hell's damned waft. . . Poem on Life. 
 
 burning hell I in all thy store of torments 
 
 There's not a keener lash! . . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 And wish them in hell for it a', man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! Tarn d Shanter. 18. 
 Whigs to h-li Flew off in frighted bands, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refin'd 1 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 An he get na hell for his haddin, 
 The deil gets na justice ava. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 And hell mix'd in the brulzie lb. VI. 
 
 Now Death and Hell engulph thy foes, . . lb. 
 
 Lord, send a rough-shod troop o' Hell 
 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, lb. 
 
 The kirk and state may gae to hell, S. Thegowd. locks of A. 
 Who dreads a curtain-lecture worse than hell. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 His talk o' H-U, whare devils dwell, 
 Our vera " Sauls does harrow " Wi' fright 
 
 The Holy Fair. 21. 
 
 1 could meet a troop of Hell at the sound of a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 But sure her soul is not in hell, 
 
 The deil would ne'er abide her. . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Curst Common-sense, that imp o' h-U, The Ordination. 2. 
 Now there, they're packed aff to h-ll, . . ib, Z2. 
 
 *' And drink them to hell, Sir! or ne'er see me more'" 
 
 The Whistle. 
 I hae been a de'il now the feck o' my life, . . 
 But ne'er was in h-U till I met wi' a wife, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 An' shore him weel wi' hell ; . . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 By turns in soaring heaven, or vaulted hell. To R. G. ofF., 8. 
 Can easy, wi' a single wordie, 
 
 Lowse h-11 upon me. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 But only, lest we gang to hell, 
 
 It may be nae surprise : . V.s, on Window, Carron. 
 
 Sae may, shou'd we to faeU's yetts come, 
 
 Your billy Satan sair us I /b. 
 
 Hellim [helm]. 
 
 An' did our hellim thraw, man, . . . A Fragment. 
 Hellish. 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi' joy. 
 
 And hellish pleasure ; . . Poem on Life, 
 
 When out the hellish legion sallied. . Tavt 0' Shanter. 16. 
 Superstition's heUish brood . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 wi' holy robes, But hellish spirit. . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Hell-wapd, 
 
 She, tardy, hell-ward plies. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 
 Help. To lay strong hold for help on bounteous Graham. 
 
 Ep. toR, Graham. 4. 
 No help, nor hope, nor view had I, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 Seek Heaven for help, and barefit skelp 
 
 Awa' wi' Willie Chalmers. . . . On W. Chalmers. 
 O aid me with thy help, Omnipotence Divine ! 
 
 Why am I loth \ 
 Help, to. 
 The Poet, some guid angel help him, . A Ded. to G. H.^3. 
 Gude help the day when royal heads 
 
 Are hunted like a maukin. . . S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 Nae mate to help, nae mate to cheer, S. O Logan, sweetly \ 
 God help us! — we're but poor — ye'se get but thanks! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 To help her Parents dear, if they in hardship be. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 O help, master, help, or she'll ruin us a', 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills 
 
 To help, or roose us, . . . Third Ep. to J. Lap., 
 Your pin wad help to mend a mill, , . To a Haggis. 
 
 Lord help me thro' this warld o' care ! To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Helpless. 
 Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing ! A Winter Night 4. 
 to support his helpless woodbine state, Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Helpless, alane, thou clamb the brae, 
 
 Extem. on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 But he the helpless, needless wretch. 
 
 Shall lose the mite he hath. . . /^. 
 
 Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, 
 
 And helpless offspring mourn. Man was made to Mourn. 
 Sae helpless, sweet, and fair. On Birth ofPostk. Child. 
 
 Keen on the helpless victim see him fly, 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas. 
 The helpless poor mix with the orphan's cry ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 My helpless lambs, I trust them wi' him. The Death ofMailie. 
 Helpless, must fall before the blasts of fate. 
 
 The Rights of Woman, 
 In helpless infants' tears he dipp'd his right. The Vowels. 
 And half an idiot too, more helpless still. To R. G. ofF.,3. 
 And with sincere tho' unavailing sighs, 
 
 I view the helpless children of distress. . Tragic Frag.. 
 Even you ye helpless crew, I pity you ; 
 Ye, whom the seeming good think sin to pity : . . Ib. 
 Hemp. 
 Beat hemp for others, riper for the string : Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair 1 The Death ofMailie. 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, 
 
 Thou stalk o' carl-hemp in man ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Hemp-seed. 
 That he could saw hemp-seed a peck ; . . Halloween. ly. 
 And ev'ry now an' then, he says, 
 
 ' Hemp-seed I saw thee, jfj^ jg 
 
 Hen. An' brought a Paitrick to the gruii', A bonie hen, 
 
 Ep.toJ.R.,7. 
 That sic a hen had got a shot; . . 73. o_ 
 
 An' by my hen, an' by her tail, , . . Ib. 10. 
 
 Tak' this frae me, my bonie hen, 
 
 It's plenty beets the lover's fire. S. In simmer when t 
 
 The tappit-hen gae bring her ben, . On W. Stewart. 
 
 I'll gie you my bonie black hen, . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 At length they discover'd a bonie moor-hen. 
 
 S. The heather was blooming i 
 But cannily steal on a bonie moor-hen. . , /^, 
 
 Hen-bird. 
 
 . But to the hen-birds unco civil ; . .El. on Year iy88. 
 Hen-broo [hen broth]. 
 Kate sits i' the neuk, Suppin hen-broo ; 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 Henpeek. And to her ain henppck e'en carried her back, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 Hence I Ye wise ones, hence! ye hurt the social eye ! 
 
 Ep, to R, Graham. J, 
 
Henceforth 
 
 230 
 
 Heron 
 
 Henceforth. 
 
 Henceforth to meet with unconcern, 
 One rank as well's another ; . On Dining with Daer. 
 
 Henry. 
 
 That only ray of solace sweet 
 Can on thy Henry shine, Love I S. Forlorn, my Lovef 
 
 Herd. She gies the Herd a pickle nits, . . Hallowem. 21. 
 They're no herd's ballats, Maro's catches ; 
 
 Poefit on Pastoral Poetry. 
 As bees bizz out wi' angry fjrke, 
 When plundering herds assail their byke ; 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter. if. 
 
 The twa best herds in a' the wast, . . The Twa Herds. 2. 
 Ye'll see how new-light herds will whistle, . . Ih. 3. 
 
 What herd like R 11 tell'd his tale, . . . Ib.f, 
 
 And new-light herds could nicely drub, ... lb. 8. 
 
 While new-light herds wi' laughin' spite, 
 
 Say neither's llein' Ib.g. 
 
 There's scarce a new herd that we get, 
 
 But comes frae 'mang that cursed set, . . lb. 11. 
 
 And get the brutes the power themsels, 
 
 To choose their herds. . . lb. IS. 
 
 Till kye be gaun without the herd. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies ; To W. Simpson. 
 Bout which our herds sae aft hae been 
 
 Maist like to fight. . . . lb., P.S.. 
 
 Some herds, weel learn'd upo' the beuk, 
 Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk ; . lb. 
 
 The herds an' hissels were alarm'd ; . . . lb. 
 
 But new-light herds gat sic a cowe, . . . . Xb, 
 Their zealous herds are vex'd an' sweatan ; . . .lb. 
 Some auld-light herds in neebor towns . ... lb. 
 Herd, to. 
 Tho' I should herd the buckskin kye 
 Or herd the sheep wi' me, man. 
 
 Ep. to J. R., iz. 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra^Moor. 
 Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, The Cotters Sat. Night. 4. 
 Herding. 
 Singet Sawney, Singet Sawney, are ye herding the penny, 
 
 The Kirk's A larm. 
 Here, Here's. 
 But yet despite the kittle kimmer [Fortune], 
 
 I, Rob, am here. Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 21st 10. 
 For here Johnny Pidgeon had nane [no religion]. 
 
 Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 That I am here afore thy sight, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 2. 
 
 Vet I am here a chosen sample, Ib.S. 
 
 For here thou hast a chosen race ; . . . . lb. 10. 
 And here's to them, that, like oursel, 
 
 Can push about the jorum ; . S. O May thy morn t 
 And here's to them, we darena tell, . . .lb. 
 
 Druken or sober here's to thee, Katie ! 
 
 S. O fnerty hae I been t 
 When here your favour is the actor's lot. 
 
 Prologue sp. by Woods. 
 Rest on — for what ? what do we here? Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Were ye but here, what would ye say or do I 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 But here, alas ! for me nae mair 
 
 Shall birdie charm, or fiow'ret smile ; S. The Catrine "woods t 
 Here's Heron yet for a' that ! \re^ The Election Ballads^ II. 
 Here's a noble Earl's 
 
 Fame and high renown, [r^.] . ... lb. IV. 
 Here's to thee, my Hero my Sodger Laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 But clear your decks an' here's the sex . . lb. S. VII. 
 Here's to budgets, bags and wallets I \re.'\ . lb. S. VIII. 
 Here shall the shepherd make his seat, \re.'\ 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Here awa [hereabouts]. 
 O' lasses that live here awa, man, . . Ronalds of Bennals. 
 The Cooper o' cuddy cam here awa ; S. The Cooper 0* cuddy t 
 Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie, 
 Here awa, there awa, baud awa hame ; S. Wandering Willie. 
 In a' our town or here awa ; . . , S. Young Jockey t 
 Heresy. 
 
 Ye sons of Heresy and Error, 
 
 Ye'U some day squeel in quaking terror I A Ded, to G. H. , lo. 
 Though there, his [the bard's] heresies in church and state 
 Might well award him Muir and Palmer's fate : 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Cry the book is wi' heresy cramm'd ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 For Heresy is in her pow'r, . . . The Ordination. 3. 
 M'[Kinlay], R[ussell], are the boys 
 
 That Heresy can torture ; lb. 13. 
 
 Heretic. Right, Sir ! your text I'll prove it true, 
 
 Tho' Heretics may laugh; . . . The Calf. 
 In your heretic sins may you live, and die, 
 
 Ye heretic eight-and-thirtyl . . The Dean ofFac,. 
 There's a heretic blast has been blawn i' the wast, 
 
 The Kirks Alarm. 
 To join faith and sense upon ony pretence, 
 Is heretic, damnable error. . ... lb. 
 
 Hermit. 
 Than I, no lonely Hermit plac'd 
 Where never human footstep trac'd, 
 
 Less fit to play the partj Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 The frost of hermit age might warm ; S. My Mary* s face \ 
 Thou haply throw'st a scornful eye at 
 
 The hermit's prayer . . . The Hermit. 
 Auld, hermit Aire staw thro' his woods, The Vision, D. 1. 14. 
 ' L — d man there's lasses there wad force 
 
 A hermit's fancy, To Mr. J. Kennedy, 
 
 Lone wandering by the hermit's mossy cell ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Hermit-fancy*d. 
 
 Near many a hermit-fancy'd cove, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Hern v. Heron. 
 Hero. Scotia's kings of other years, Fam'd heroes ! 
 
 Add. to Ediniurgk. 6. 
 The hero of the mimic scene, . . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 For other wars, where he a hero shines ; . . . lb. 
 Thou strik'st the young hero, a glorious mark ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 Deserves the proudest wreath departed heroes claim. 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 John Barleycorn was a hero bold, . . John Barleycorn. 
 Disturb not ye [winds] the hero's sleep, . . . Liberty. 
 Let other heroes boast their scars, . . . Natures Law. 
 The Hero of these artless strains, 
 
 A lowly Bard was he, . Ih. 
 
 But Douglases were heroes every age ; [v.A.i2] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Go bid the hero who has run 
 
 Thro' fields of death to gather fame, S. The capt. Ribband, 
 And, O how the heroes will swear ! The Election Ballads. III. 
 But left behind him heroes bright, 
 
 Heroes ia Cesarean fight Or Ciceronian pleading. lb. VI. 
 Heroes and heroines commix 
 
 All in the field of politics, ... . lb. 
 
 Here's to thee, my Hero my Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IL 
 Bold stems of Heroes, here and there, 
 
 I could discern ; Cv.A.4.] The Vision, D. I. 
 Where many a Patriot-name on high 
 
 And Hero shone. [v.A.4] . . , lb. 
 
 To the board of Glenriddel our heroes repair, Thf Whistle. 10. 
 
 ' Though Fate sdd, a hero should perish in light ; lb. 16. 
 
 " Shall heroes and patriots ever produce ; . lb. 18. 
 
 Herod. At my right hand assign'd your seat, 
 
 'Tween Herod's hip and Polycrate : A dd. of Beelzebub. 
 Heroic. 
 While loud, the trump's heroic clang, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 By which heroic Tam was able . Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 And soul-ennobling Bards heroic ditties sung. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 21. 
 My heart did glowing transport feel. 
 
 To see a Race heroic wheel, [v.A.4] . The Vision. D. I. 
 Bold Richardton's heroic swell ; [v.A.4] . . . lb. 
 What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, [re,"] S* Ye Jacobites^ 
 Heroine. '' 
 The pride of her kindred the heroine grew ; S. Caledonia. 
 Heroes and heroines commix 
 
 All in the field of politics, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Heron. 
 Here's Heron yet for a' that ! [«.] The Election Ballads. II. 
 The Douglas and the Heron's name. 
 
 We set nought to their score : . . . . Ih,V. 
 The ill-thief blaw the Heron south ! . To Dr. Blacklock, 
 But aiblins honest Master Heron, 
 Had at the time some dainty fair one, . , , . lb. 
 
Heron 
 
 231 
 
 High 
 
 Heron, Hern. 
 
 Ye fisher herons, watching eels ; 
 
 ElottCa^i. M, H.,8. 
 
 The soaring Hem [haunts] the fountains ; 
 
 S. Now wesiUn winds t 
 
 The grave sage hern thus easy picks his frog, 
 
 And thinks the Mallard a sad worthless dog. ToR. G^o/F.^'j 
 Herriet [harried, plundered]. 
 
 Yet while they're only poin'd and herriet, 
 
 They'll keep their stubborn, Highland spirit. 
 
 Add. of Beeheouh. 
 Herrin [herring], 
 
 I'll nail the self-conceited Sot, 
 
 As dead's a herrin : Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 
 In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin! Tarn 0' Skanter. 18. 
 Kerry [to harry, pillage], 
 
 Herry the louns o' the laigh Countrie, . . S. Bee halou \ 
 
 Herryment [plunder ; the cause of plunder]. 
 
 The herryment and ruin of the country ; The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 Hersel [herself]. 
 She trusts hersel, to hide the shame, 
 
 In Hornbook's care ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 She says in to hersel : . . . Halloween. 8. 
 
 She pits hersel an' Rob in ; . . . . Ih. 10. 
 
 An' slips cut by hersel : lb. 11. 
 
 But he has na tell'd the lass hersel . Katkerine Jaffray. 
 
 Auld Truth hersel' might swear ye're fair, On W. Chalmers. 
 An' could behave hersel wi' mense : . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Tam 0' Skanter. 10. 
 Thro' faded groves Maria sang, 
 
 Hersel' in beauty's bloom the while, S. The Cairine woodsi 
 She kens hersel she's bonie. . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Het [hot], 
 brimstone drink, Red, reeking, het. Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 My spavet Pegasus will limp, 
 
 Till ance he^s fairiy het ; 
 
 Ye'se a' be het or I come back. 
 
 E^. to Davie, zi. 
 On Kirk ofLafnington. 
 But gie him't het, my hearty cocks ! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, ig. 
 The vera sight o' [Moodie]'s face, 
 To's ain het hame had sent him Wi' fright 
 
 The Holy Fair. 12. 
 Heugh [a crag, a precipice, a steep hill or bank ; a 
 deep ravine, the shaft of a coal-pit]. 
 Tho' yon lowan heugh's thy hame. 
 
 Thou travels far ; . . Add. to the Deil. 3. 
 The water rins o'er the heugh. 
 And I long for my true lover ! . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 Heuk [a hook]. Fient a heuk had I, Yet I stack by him. 
 
 S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 I turn'd my weeding heuk aside, 
 An' spar d the symbol dear. The Ans. to the G-uidwi/e. 
 
 Hew'd. And thro' they dash'd, and hew'd and smash'd, 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 Hewer. Our friends the reviewers, those chippers and hewers, 
 
 To Copt Riddel. 
 Hey ! Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver ! 
 
 S. Cock up yr beaver. 
 Hey ca* thro', ca' thro', . . * . S. Hey ca' thro\ 
 Hey, the dusty miller, \re.'\ . S. Hey, the dusty miller \ 
 Hey tutti taiti, How tutti taiti, . S. Landlady, count t 
 
 O hey ! for Somebody, S. Somebody. 
 
 Hey for the chaste int'rest of Broughton, 
 And hey for the blossoms 'twill bring ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 And hey for the sanctified Murray, • ... lb. 
 Sing hey my braw John Highlandman I 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 And hey, my merry Ploughman ; . S. The Ploughman \ 
 Hey and the rue grows bonie wi' thyme, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle + 
 Hibernian. 
 
 And even out-Irish his Hibernian bronze ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Hiccup. 
 Hiccup, quo' Kimmer, 
 The better that I'm fou. . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer^ 
 Hich V. Heigh. 
 Hid, Hidden, 
 Hid in an atmosphere of reek, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 The past was bad, and the future hid ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 
 While hid the murmuring streamlets flow ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett. II. 
 That under gospel colours hid be 
 
 Just for a screen. . To Rev. J. M*Math, 
 
 Dearly bought the hidden treasure 
 Finer feelings can bestow! . . . S. Sensibility t 
 
 Hide. An' thy auld hide as white's a daisie, A Guid New-Year^ 
 And gie their hides a noble curry, 
 
 Wi' oil of aik. . . Adam. A — 's Prayer. 
 Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie, 
 
 O'er hurcheon hides, El. on Copt. M. H.. 
 
 I'll light now, and dight now, 
 
 His sweaty, wizen'd hide. . . . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 Then farewell folly, hide and hair o't 
 
 For ance and ay. Friend of the Poet t P.S. 
 And I shall bang your hide, gudeman. S. O gin ye were dead. 
 Thou giv'st the ass his hide, the snail his shell, To R. G. ofF.. 
 Hide, to. 
 In shades of darkness hide. A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 I'll hide the struggle in my heart, . . S. Ah, Chloris t 
 ' She trusts hersel, to hide the shame, 
 ' In Hornbook's care ; 
 * Horn sent her aff to her lang hame, 
 
 ' To hide it there. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 Not for to hide it in a hedge, . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 Hides young desire amid her flowery wreath, Innocence \ 
 And a green grassy hillock hides his head ; 
 
 Lns while on Deathbed. 
 From where the Feal wild-woody coverts hide : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 We'll hide the Cooper behind the door, S. The Cooper d cuddy f 
 Ilk star gae hide thy twink'ling ray S. The gowd. locks of A. 
 A handsome grave does hide her ; S. The Joyful Widower. 
 To please the Mob they hide the little [sense] giv'n. 
 
 The Ordination, Mott. 
 The wounds I must hide which will soon be my dead. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.^ 
 For pity, hide the cruel sentence 
 
 Under friendship's kind disguise. S. Turn again, thou t 
 To hide the brightness of the sun, S. When clouds in skies t 
 And turn'd me round to hide the flood 
 
 That in my een was swelling. . S. When wild War^s t 
 
 Fain would I hide what I fear to discover, 
 
 S. Where are the joys f 
 Hideous. There [o'er hell] let him hing, and roar, and yell, 
 
 Wi' hideous din, AdaTn A — 's Prayer. 
 Hiding, -in. 
 Your better art o' hiding. . . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Wi' him it [coin] ne'er was under hidin ; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Hie [high]. 
 While day blinks in the lift sae hie ; . S. Cd the Ewes. 
 It is the moon, — I ken her horn, 
 That's blinking in the lift sae hie ; S. O Willie brew'di 
 Hie-gate-side [high-way-side]. 
 
 She watch'd me by the hie-gate-side, . S. Had I the wyte t 
 Hie, to. To what dark cave of frozen night, 
 
 Alas 1 shall thy poor wand'rer hie ; 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 To thy new lover hie, . . . . S. Had I a cave t 
 Tho',1 to foreign lands must hie. 
 Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba'. 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Hieroglyphic. And by that Hieroglyphic bright, 
 
 Which none but Craftsmen ever saw ! 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L. . 
 High. Adieu, my Liege ! may Freedom geek 
 
 Beneath your high protection ; . A Dream. 8. 
 
 Obey Thy high behest. . . A Prayer under Anguish, 
 Waving on high the desolating brand, Add. sf. by Fontenelle. 
 High wields her balance and her rod ; Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 I see the Sire of Love on high, . . . . lb. 4. 
 
 There, watching high the least alarms, . . . . Ib.s. 
 Ye high, exalted, virtuous Dames, Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 There daily I wander as noon rises high, S. Afton Water. 
 Whoe'er wou'd betray him, on high may he swing ; 
 
 A t Meet. ofD, Volunteers. 
 While praising, and raising 
 
 His thoughts to Heaven on high. Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 In thee, high Heaven above, was truest shown. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
High 
 
 232 
 
 Highland 
 
 Whose soul of fire, lighted at heaven's high flame, 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Who will not singj God save the king, 
 
 Shall hang as high's the steeple ; S. Does haughty Gauli 
 While sans culottes stoop up the mountain high, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 But by yon moon !— and that's high swearin', 
 
 Ep. to MaJ. Logan, ii. 
 An' [some nits] jump out owre the chimlie 
 
 Fu' high that night. . . Halioween. 7. 
 Lest he owre high and proud shou'd turn, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, g. 
 mantling high 
 The sparkling heavenly vintage, Love and Bliss ! Innocence. 
 Three kings both great and high, . . John Barleycorn. 
 Were I a Baron proud and high, . S. Montgomerie^s Peggy. 
 Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow, 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highl.\ 
 He felt the powerful, high behest, . Natures Law. 
 
 That looks sae proud and high. , . S. O Tibbie 1 1 
 
 Ye need na look sae high. . . , . lb. 
 
 And wake the soul to musings high. . . On Lzncluden. 
 Lifts high its roof and arches wide, . lb. 
 
 The high-arched windows painted fair, . . .lb. 
 
 Now on the rising gale swell high, . . . , lb. 
 
 Justice, the high vicegerent of her God, 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas. 
 Come, bumpers high, express your joy, On W, Steivart. 
 
 Gay the sun's golden eye, 
 
 Peep'd o'er the mountains high ; . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Angelic forms, high heaven's peculiar care ! 
 
 Prologue at Th. , D. . 
 For genius, learning high, as great in war 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 The mite high heaven bestowed, that mite with thee I'll share 
 Sonnety -wr. on Birthday. 
 While love's luxurious pulse beat high. The Lament, g. 
 
 Maks high and low gude friends, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 Where Cummins once had high command : 
 
 S. The Banks of Nith. 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde 
 There sits an isle of high degree, 
 
 S. The honie Lass of Albany. 
 rapt in meditation high, . ^ The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 The silent moon shone high o'er tow'r and tree : . * lb. 
 How Abram was the Friend of God on high ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 14. 
 Broken trade o' Broughton, 
 
 A' in high repair. . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Here's a noble Earl's Fame and high renown, . , lb. 
 
 Thou liv'st on high for ever lb. VI. 
 
 High-wav'd his magnum-bonum round . . , . lb. 
 Who has no will but by her high permission ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 with thoughts still soaring To God on high, The Hermit. 
 
 Feeding on yon hill sae high. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 There, high my boilipg torrent smokes, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But tho' he was o' high degree, 
 
 The fient a pride na pride had he. . The Twa Dogs, 3. 
 
 The Chief on Sark who glorious fell. 
 
 In high command ; Cv.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Where many a Patriot-name on high 
 
 And Hero shone. [v.A.4] . . .lb. 
 And heav'd on high my wauket loof, . » . . lb. 6. 
 all beneath his high command, Harmoniously, lb. D. II. 3. 
 A high ruling elder to wallow in wine I The Whistle, /j. 
 
 I care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly : S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 And fill them high with generous juice, , To a Lady. 
 
 High-shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield. 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 By all on high adoring mortals know ! . .To Clarinda. 
 And haply, eye the barren hut, 
 
 With high disdain. . . . ToJ.S.yi';. 
 'twas like yoursel, To grant your high protection : 
 
 To Mr. M'Adam. 
 mantling high she fills the golden cup, To R. G. oj F., 7. 
 
 As thy day grows warm and high, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 The grand criterion of his fate, 
 
 Is not, art thou high or low? lb. 
 
 As high in air the bursting torrents flow, 
 
 As deep recoiling surges foam below, Wr. by FallofFyers, 
 
 lb. 
 
 lb. 
 
 HigheP. Still higher may they heeze Ye In bliss, A Dream, g. 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 
 That higher value on it. [v.A.27] Ask why God made \ 
 Depending on some higher chance, S. Here's to thy healthy f 
 Up higher yet my bonnet ; . . On dining with Doer. 
 A Scot still, but blot still, 
 
 I, knew no higher praise, . . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The pith of sense and pride of worth, 
 
 Are higher ranks than a' that. . .S". The Honest Man. 
 Her strappan limb an' gausy middle, 
 
 (He reach'd nae higher) The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 
 Highest. 
 
 Rusticity's ungainly form 
 
 May cloud the highest mind ; Rusticity's ungainly^ 
 
 And You, farewell ! whose merits claim, 
 Justly that highest badge to wear ! 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Now highest reign'st with boundless sway ! The Lament, g. 
 To grant my highest wishes. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Highly. The deil ane but honours them highly. 
 The deil ane will give them his vote. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Inspire the highly favour'd youth 
 The destinies intend her. ... 5". Young Peggy \ 
 Highness. I tell your Highness fairly, . . A Dream. 10. 
 High-born. 
 
 Not high-bom, but noble-minded, . . S. Sweetest May \ 
 High-place. 
 Consume that high-place Patronage, 
 From off thy holy hill ; . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 Highland, -Ian*. In Heaven itself, I'll ask no more, 
 Than just a Highland welcome. 
 
 A V. on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 Unskaithed by hunger'd Highland boors ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 To keep the Highland hounds in sight ! . . . lb. 
 Some daring Hancocke, or a Franklin, 
 May set their Highland blude a-ranklin ; 
 Yet, while they're only poin'd and herriet. 
 They'll keep their stubborn. Highland spirit, 
 
 O my honie Highland lad, 
 My winsome, weel-far'd Highland laddie ; \re.'\ 
 
 ^ S. As I came o'er t 
 
 The Highland hills I've wander'd wide, S. Blytke was s/iei 
 Donald wi' his Highland hand. 
 
 Rifled ilka charm about her. 
 Highland Donald met a lass, 
 
 And rowed his Highland plaid about her. 
 There's naething here but Highland pride. 
 
 And Highland scab and hunger ; 
 
 Epig. OH being neglected at In. Inn. 
 
 In Highland bonnet woo Malvina's charms ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Blest Highland bonnet ! Once my proudest dress, . lb. 
 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . S. Hee baleu, t 
 
 Is he slain by Highlan' bodies? 
 
 S. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. t 
 
 An' that glib-gabbet Highland Baron, 
 
 The Laird o' Graham; The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, . . ^b. P. 
 
 Wi' Highland wrath they frae the sheath. 
 Drew blades o* death, S. The Battle ofSherraMoor. 
 
 "They've lost some gallant gentlemen 
 
 Amang the Highland clans, man ; . . . . ■^''> 
 When thro' his dear Strathspeys they bore with Highland rage; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. is. 
 
 How would his Highland lug been nobler fir'd, . • ^<^' 
 
 As Highland craigs by thunder cleft, , ,^, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Gie me my Highland lassie O. [«.] S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 To sing my Highland lassie O. ire.'\ . . • • ■^^^ 
 
 My faithful Highland lassie, O [«.] ■ ■ ■^*- 
 
 It wasna sae in the Highland hills, , , , 1 
 
 S. The Highl. Widows Lament. 
 
 His piercin words, like Highlan swords. The Holy Fair. 21. 
 
 The fourth's a Highland Donald hastie, . The Imentery. 
 
 Her Love had been a Highland laddie, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. /f- 
 
 A highland lad my Love was born, . . ■ /^- S- ^^' 
 
 After some dog in Highland sang, . The Twa Dogs, 4. 
 Since my young Highland Rover 
 
 Far wanders nations over. . The young Highl. Rover. 
 
 S. Donald Brodie. 
 
 . . lb. 
 
Highland 
 
 233 
 
 Hiltie, skiltie 
 
 For there X took the last farewell 
 
 Of my sweet Highland Mary. 
 
 S. Ye 6ankSi and hraes^ and streams t 
 For dear to me as light and life 
 
 Was my sweet Highland Mary I&. 
 
 Now green's the sod, and caiild's the clay, 
 
 That wraps my Highland Mary \ .... 16. 
 But still within my bosom's core 
 
 Shall live my Highland Mary lb. 
 
 Highlandman. 
 
 Here's to the Highlandman's bannocks o' barley. 
 
 .S. Bannocks o' bearmeal\ 
 I wad bestow my widowhood 
 
 Upon a rantin Highlandman. , . S. O gin ye were dead. 
 To wail her braw John Highlandman. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 My gallant, braw John Highlandman. \re.'\ . lb. S. IV. 
 
 They've hang'd my braw John Highlandman. . . lb. 
 No comfort but a hearty can, 
 
 When I think on John Highlandman. . . Ih. 
 
 While Highlandmen hate tolls an' taxes ; To W. Simpson^ 
 Highlands, the. 
 ^Syne to the Highlands hame to me. . . S. Hee balou, t 
 Will ye go to the Highlands wi' me ; S. Leezie Lindsay, 
 
 My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here, 
 My heart's in the Highlands a-chasing the deer ; [r^.] 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highl. \ 
 My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. 
 Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, . lb. 
 The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. . . Ih. 
 
 But what is the north and its highlands to me ? 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 Hilch [to hobble, halt]. 
 
 And then he'll hilch, and stilt, and jimp, 
 And rin an unco fit : . . Ep. to Davie, u. 
 
 Hilchan [hobbling]. 
 
 He swoor 'twas hilchan Jean M'Craw, . . Halloween, so. 
 Hill, The fox was howling on the hill, . . A Vision. 
 
 The hills whence classic Yarrow flows. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills. 
 Far marked with the courses of clear winding rills ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 I meet him [the shepherd] on the dewy hill. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 The conscious sun, out o'er yon hill, S. As I gaed up by t 
 
 "And peacefu' raise its ingle reek, 
 
 " That slowly curling clamb the hill. . As on the banks f 
 Behind yon hills where Stinchar flows, [v.A,26] 
 
 S. Behind yon hills \ 
 An' owre the bill to Nanie, O. . . . lb. 
 
 The Highland hills I've wander'd wide, S. Blythe was she \ 
 Blythe ha'e I been bn yon hill, S. Blythe hde I been f 
 
 She took to her hills and her arrows let fly, S. Caledonia. 
 And in the mirk and dreary drift 
 
 The hills and glens are lost. S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 Ne'er sae murky blew the night 
 
 That drifted o'er the hill, Jb. 
 
 Yon wand'ring rill that marks the hill, S. Damon and Sylvia, 
 The rising Moon began to glowr 
 The distant Cumnock hills out-owre ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 I was come round about the hill, . . .lb. j. 
 
 Bonie was the Lammas moon, 
 
 Glowrin a' the hills aboon, . , S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Ye hills, near neebors o' the stams. El. on Capt. M. H., 3. 
 O, rivers, forests, hills and plains ! 
 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains : . .lb. 11. 
 
 Nature's charms, the hills and woods, 
 
 The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 
 And owre the hill gaed scrievin, . . . Halloween. 24.. 
 And a' the hills wi' echoes roar, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 we clamb the hill thegither, , . . ^S". John Anderson^ f 
 The wind blew hollow frae the hills. Lament for Glencaim. 
 When o'er the hill beat surly storms, S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 See you not yon hills and dales 
 
 The sun shines on sae brawlie? S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. 
 
 S. My hearths in the Highlands t 
 Consume that high-place Patronage, 
 From oflf thy holy hill ; . New Psalmody. 
 
 3 G 
 
 May Has made our hills and valleys gay ; 
 
 S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 O were I on Parnassus hill ; . . S. O were I on Pamass.i 
 There wild-woods grow and rivers row, 
 
 And mony a hill between ; . . . S. Of a' the airis t 
 Is o'er the hills and far awa ? . S. Oh how can I be blythe t 
 Lone on the bleaky hills the straying flocks, 
 
 On Death'of R. Dundas. 
 Ye hills, ye plains, ye forests, and ye caves, . . lb. 
 
 Ye dark waste hills, and brown unsightly plains, . . lb. 
 And flee o'er the hills like a craw, man, Ronalds 0/ BennalS. 
 But bring a Scotchman frae his hill. 
 
 The A uthors Cry and Prayer., P. 
 deep-ton'd plovers, grey, wild-whistling o'er the hill ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 from the hills where springs the brawling Coil, . . lb. 7. 
 But ca' them out to park or hill, The Death ofMailie. 
 
 A beardless boy comes o'er the hills, 
 
 Wi' uncle's purse, and a' that ; The Election Ballads. II. 
 O'er hill and dale she [Mirth] flew, man ; The FHe Champeire. 
 Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, S. The gloomy Night t 
 Auld Phoebus himsel, as he peep'd o'er the hill, 
 
 S. The heather was bloom.\ 
 They hunted the valley, they hunted the hill, . . lb. 
 O were yon hills and vallies mine, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 It wasna sae in the Highland hills, 
 
 S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Feeding on yon hill sae high, . . ... lb. 
 
 But now the L — 's ain trumpet touts, 
 
 Till a' the hills are rairan, . . The Holy Fair. 21. 
 
 The faintly-marked, distant hill : , . . The Lament. 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill ; 
 
 S. The lazy tnist f 
 The night was still, and o'er the hill 
 
 The moon shone on the castle wa' ; The night was stilly 
 His right are these hills, and his right are these vallies, 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 O ! a' ye flocks, o'er a' the hills, . The Twa Herds. 1$. 
 
 And some instruct the Shepherd- train, 
 
 Blythe o'er the hill. The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 
 We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills 
 
 To help, or roose us. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Your hurdles like a distant hill, . . . To a Haggis. 
 Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning ! To J. S. , ij. 
 
 Through frosty hills the journey lay, . . To J. Taylor. 
 Or frosts on hills of Ochiltree 
 
 Are hoary gray ; . . To W. Simpson. 
 When a' the hills are cover 'd wi' snaw, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Up in the tnoming. 
 The tod reply'd upon the hill, . S. What will I do gin t 
 When o'er the hill the eastern star S. When o'er the hill\ 
 Th' outstretching lake, imbosomed 'mong the hills, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Among the heathy hills and ragged woods 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Hillock. 
 An' hillocks, stanes, an' bushes kenn'd ay 
 
 Frae ghaists an' witches. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 At howes or hillocks never stumbled, . Ep. to H, Parker. 
 And a green grassy hillock hides his head ; 
 
 Ltis while on Deathbed. 
 And when ye' re number'd wi' the dead, 
 
 Below a grassy hillock, , . . . The Calf. 
 
 Nae lav'rock sang on hillock green, S. The Catritte woods f 
 An' stroan't on stanes an' hillocks wi' him. The Twa Dogs. 
 The hillocks dropt in Nature's careless haste ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Hill-Side. 
 As ye gae up by yon hill-side, 
 Speer in for bonie Bessy ; . . The Tarbolion Lasses. 
 Hill-tap [Hill-top]. 
 If ye gae up to yon hill-tap, 
 Ye'll there see bonie Peggy ; . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Hilly. . ^^ 
 
 Though fortune's road be rough an' hilly Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 Hilt. 
 An' rin her whittle to the hilt, 
 
 I' th' first she meets! The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Hiltie, skiltie [helter-skelter!.] 
 Then, hiltie, skiltie, we gae scrivin', 
 
 An' fash nae mair. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
Himsel 
 
 234 
 
 Hizzle 
 
 Hlmsel [himself]. 
 
 The lad, for twa guid gimmer-pets, 
 
 Was Laird himsol. Death and Dr. Homlook. 27- 
 But, like himsel', a full free agent. . . Ml. on Year 1788. 
 Or rhymes an' sangs he'd made him<5el, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 6. 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane, Ih. Ap. sist, 12. 
 This worthless body damn'd himsel. 
 
 To save the Lord the trouble. . . Epit. on D. C. 
 
 But whether 'twas the Deil himsel, . . Halloween, 12. 
 But monie a day was by himsel, . . .lb. 16. 
 
 A weel-stocked maih'n, himsel' for the laird, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 Care, mad to see a man sae liappy, 
 
 E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy : Tarn 0' Shanter, 6. 
 An there had been the Yerl himsel*, 
 
 O there had been nae play ; The Election Ballads, V. 
 
 Auld Phcebus himsel, as he peep'd o'er the hill, 
 
 S. The heather was bloom, t 
 The chiel that's a fool for himsel, 
 
 Guid L— d, he's far dafter than I. The Jolly Beggars, S. III. 
 Bnt there's Morality himsel, 
 
 Embracing all opinions ; . The Ordination. 12. 
 
 It maks him ken himsel, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 He rises when he likes himsel; . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 
 Himsel, a wife, he thus sustains, . . lb. 10. 
 
 ■ Wha thinks to knit himsel the faster 
 In favor wi' some gentle Master, , lb. 21. 
 
 To mak himsel look fair and fatter, , . . lb. 23. 
 
 The Muse, nae Poet ever fand her. 
 Till by himsel he learn'd to wander. To W. Simpson. 15. 
 
 Himself. 
 
 the selfish aim, To bless himself alone ! A Winter Night. 8. 
 Hind. The hart, hind, and roe, freely, wildly-wanton stray : 
 
 S. Sleep' st thou.f 
 Hind. 
 " Looks o'er proud Property, extended wide ; 
 
 And eyes the simple, rustic Hind, . A Winter Night. 8. 
 The meanest hind in fair Scotland 
 
 May rove their sweets amang ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 ' The rustic Bard, the lab'ring Hind, The Vision. D. IT., 7. 
 Hindmost, 
 
 I'se bless you wi' my hindmost breath, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 I'll toast you in my hindmost gillie. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 An' plunder'd o' her hindmost groat. 
 
 By gallows knaves ? The A-uthor^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Onr monarch's hindmost year but ane 
 
 Was five-and-twenty days begun, . lS". There was a ladf 
 Deil tak the hindmost, on they drive, . . To a Haggis. 
 The hindmost shaird, they'll fetch it wi' them, 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Hiney, Hinny [honey]. 
 It's a' for the hiney he'll cherish the bee ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 Was naethinsr to my hinny bliss 
 Upon the lips o' Anna. . S. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 
 Hing [to hang]. 
 There [o'er hell] let him hing, and roar, and yell, 
 
 Wi' hideous din, . Adam A— ^s Prayer. 
 While o'er their heads the hazels hing, 
 
 S. Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 And [winds] hing us owre the ingle, . . Ep, to Davie. 
 Adown her neck and bosom hing ; S. Her Rowing locks t 
 
 The Brethren o' the mystic leyel 
 
 May hing their head in wofu^ bevel, . Tarn Samson's El. . 
 Dame Fortune should hing by the neclf ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 And hing our fiddles up to sleep, The Ordination. 7. 
 
 Till icicles hing frae their beards ; . . To J. S., 22. 
 
 Hinging, -in [hanging]* 
 Amang the trees where humming bees 
 
 At buds and flowers were hinging, O S. Amang the trees\ 
 Wi* hingin' lips and snakin*, . Holy Willies Prayer, 14, 
 How cut-throat Prussian blades were hingin ; 
 
 Kind Sir, fve read t 
 Bouse hingin o'er my curple, . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Hinny v. Hiney. 
 
 Hint. A hint 0' a rival or twa, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Fair maid, you need not take the hint, . To Miss Ainslie, 
 
 Hint, to. 
 
 I modestly fu' fain wad hint it, 
 
 That one pound one, I sairly want it ; Friend of ike poet t 
 ' Some hint the Lover's harmless wile ; The Vision, D. II. g. 
 Hinted. And last, my prologue-business slily hinted. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 He quoted and he hinted, . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 If wiser too — he hinted some suggestion, Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 I sud be laith to think ye hinted 
 
 Ironiq satire, sidelins sklented, , . To W. Simpson. 
 Hip. At my risht-hand assign'd your seat, 
 
 'Tween Herod's hip and Polycrate ; Add. of Beelzebub, s, 
 Wi' stangfed hips, and buttocks hluidy. 
 
 She's sufFer'd sair; - Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 ' The weans baud out their fingers lauehin, 
 
 'And pouk my hips. DeathandDr. Hombook.14. 
 Wi' tauted ket, an' hairy hips ; Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 An' snugly sit amang the saunts. 
 
 At Davie's hip yet. . . What ails ye now \ 
 'As sair owre hip as ye can draw't ! . ... lb. 
 Hire. Was here to hire yon lad away To Gavin Hamilton. 
 Hireling. 
 Shall he [the Bard] be guilty of their hireling crimes. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The hirelings ran— her foes gjed chase, The Tree of Liberty. 
 For hireling traitors' wages. . . S. The Union. 
 
 Hirple [to halt, move crazily as if lame, limp]. 
 November hirples o'er the lea. On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 He hirples twa-fauld as he dow, . S. To daunton me. 
 
 He hosts and he hirples the weary day lang : 
 
 S. What can a young lassie f 
 
 Hirplan [limping, moving crazily as if lame]. 
 
 The hares were hirplan down the furrs. The Holy Fair. 
 
 Comes hostan, hirplan owre the field, 
 
 Wi' creeping pace. . . . To J. S., 13. 
 
 Hirprd [limped, moved crazily as if lame]. 
 
 He hirpl'd up an' lap like daft, The Jolly Beggars. R. VU. 
 His. And I'll be his, and he'll be mine. 
 
 iS". Braiv lads on Yar. braes t 
 
 Hislop. Let William Hislop give the spirit. A Grace, 
 
 Hissel [a multitude, a flock, so many cattle or sheep 
 
 as one person can attend to]. 
 
 The herds an' hissels were alarm'd ; To W, Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Hissing. The cauld blue north was streaming forth 
 
 Her lights wi' hissing eerie din ; A Vision. 
 
 Histie [dry, chapt, barren]. 
 
 Adorns the histie stibble-field. 
 
 Unseen, alane. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 History. 
 Here History paints, with elegance and force, 
 The tide of empire's fluctuating course; Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Hit. Yet whose parts and acquirements seem mere lucky hits ; 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Hit, to. 
 
 my friend to be, If I can hit it ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. /st. 14. 
 Farewell, dear Friend ! may guid luck hit you ! A Farewell. 
 Hitch [a loop, a knot]. 
 
 Upon her cloot she coost a hitch, . The Death ofMailie. 
 Hither. And hither came, with men disgusted, 
 
 My life to end. . The Hermit. 
 Hive. Shall let the busy, grumbling hive 
 
 Bum owre their treasure. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Hlzzie [hussy, a young woman]. 
 The hizzies, if they're oughtlins faussont, 
 Let them in Drury Lane be lesson'd ! . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Shall I like a fool, quoth he. 
 
 For a haughty hizzie die ? . ^. Duncan Gray\ 
 
 The tapetlcss, ramfeezl'd hizzie, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zist.3. 
 If wi' the hizzie'down ye sent it, 
 
 It would be kind ; . Friend of the poet t 
 
 threshin still at hizzies tails, . Kind Sir, Fve nad\ 
 
 Gars me moop wi' the servant hizzie, 5". O gude ale comes f 
 The Muse, poor hizzie ! . . , Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Three hizzies, early at the road, . The Holy Fair. z. 
 
 I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair ; . . The Inventory. 
 Sat guzzling wi' a Tinkler-hizzie The Jolly Beggars. R. IH 
 A hizzie's the half of my Craft : . . . lb. S. IH. 
 
 buirdly chiels, and clever hizzies, . The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 
 A tight, outlandish Hizzie, braw, , . The Vision. D. I- 7- 
 
Hoar 
 
 235 
 
 Holy 
 
 Hoar, through your ruins, hoar and grey, . On Linchtden. 
 grim Nature's visage hoar, . . The Vision. D. IL 13. 
 The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar, 
 
 S. To Maty in Heaven. 
 Hoarding. 
 
 I never was canny for hoarding o' money, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Hoarse. 
 Through the still night dash'd hoarse along the shore : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Rave to my darkly dashing stream. 
 Hoarse-swelling on the ureeze. The Petition of Br, Water. 
 HoaPSely. By a river hoarsely roaring S. Raving winds t 
 Hoary. The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers, 
 
 S, Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 Like hoary bristles to erect and stare. . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 With chill hoary wing a.s ye [breezes] usher the dawn : 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 His hoary cheek was wet wi' tears ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 And hoary was his hair. . . Man was made to Mourn. 
 The hoary Sire — the mortal stroke. 
 
 Long, long be pleas'd to spare ; O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 
 Ilk hoary Hunter mourn'd a brither ; Tani Samson's EL , 12. 
 The hoary moms precede the sunny days, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 His hoary head with water-lilies crown'd, , , lb. 13. 
 Then Winter's time-bleach 'd locks did hoary show, . lb. 
 And when the Bard, or hoary Sage, 
 
 Charm or instruct the future age, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. IL 
 And infant Frosts begin to bite, 
 
 In hoary cranreuch drest ; . The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 
 What tho', with hoary locks I must stand the winter shocks, 
 
 lb. S. I. 
 Never Boreas' hoary path, ... To Miss C. 
 
 Or frosts on hills of Ochiltree 
 
 Are hoary gray ; . . To W. Sitnpson. 13. 
 The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers. 
 
 IVr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Hoast [a cough]. Now colic-grips, an' barkin boast. 
 
 May kill us a'; Scotch Drink, zg. 
 
 Hoast-provoking. 
 
 That fiU'd, wi' hoast-provoking smeek, 
 
 The auld, clay biggin ; T^te Vision. D. 1. 3. 
 
 Hoble. 
 
 Tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hoble, A Guid New-year 1 7. 
 Hocus-pocus. Their jugglin' hocus pocus arts 
 
 To cheat the crowd. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Hoddan [the motion of a rider on a cart horse]. 
 
 Here, farmers gash, in ridin graith, 
 Gaed hoddan by their cotters ; . . The Holy Fair. f. 
 Hodden-grey [cloth worn by the peasantry, which 
 has the natural colour of the woolj. 
 
 What tho' on hamely fare we dine, 
 Wear hodden-grey and a' that ; 6". The Honest Man. 
 
 Hoe. Collects his spades, his mattocks and his hoes, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 
 Hogarth. 
 
 Her Hogarth-art perhaps she [nature] meant to show it) 
 
 Ep. to R : Graham.3. 
 But O for Hogarth's magic pow'r On dining with DaeK 
 
 Hoggie [dim. of hog, a young sheep before it has 
 lost its first fleece]. 
 What will I do gin my Hoggie die? 
 
 My joy, my pride, my Hoggie ! S. What will I do gin t 
 I trembled for my Hoggie. . . ... lb. 
 
 And maist has killed my Hoggie. . . . * lb. 
 
 Hog-score [a distance line in curling,— the stone 
 being shogged aside when it fails to cross]. 
 
 But now he lags on Death's hog-score. Tarn Samson's El.^ j". 
 
 Hog-shouther [to justle or * shog ' with the shoulder 
 in a kind of horse-play]. 
 
 The warly race may drudge an' drive, 
 
 Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an' strive. To JV, Simpson. 
 Hold. Yet by the forelock is the hold to catch him [Time] ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Mid Lawson's port entrench 'd his hold, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VL 
 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold, 
 
 Soar around each cliflfy hold, . . IVr, in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Hold, to. Hold on till thou art mellow, S. Deluded swain t 
 Who hold your being on the terms, 
 
 Each aid the others, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 21. 
 Here holds her search by heaven-taught Reason's beam ; 
 
 Prologuej sp, by Woods. 
 
 In plain, braid Scots hold forth a plain, braid story : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 As theirs alone, the patent-bliss, 
 
 To hold a FSte Champetre. . The Fite Champeire. 
 
 When angels met, at Adam's yett 
 
 To hold their Fete Champetre lb. 
 
 whilst with both hands I can hold the glass steady^ 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IL 
 But lordly will, I hold it still 
 
 A mortal sin to thraw that. ... lb. S. VII. 
 
 So hold thy industry with diligent cares. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 To hold our grand procession ; To a Medical Gent. 
 
 I hold it, Sir, my bounden duty . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Hol'd. 
 
 Had hol'd his heartie like a riddle, The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Holding. 
 
 Whiles holding fast his gude blue bonnet ; Tarn d Shanter. g. 
 Hole, darkling grubs this earthly hole, . A Bard's Epit. 
 
 For prey, a' holes an' corners tryin ; , Add. to the Deil. 
 If there's a hole in a' your coats, 
 
 I rede you tent it : On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 He smell'd their ilka hole and road, 
 
 Baith out and in, . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 Holier. 
 
 There's a holier chace in your view ; . The Kirk's Alarm.' 
 Holland. Tho' thou has nae silk and holland sae sma. [re."] 
 
 S. O when she cam ben\ 
 A ten-shillings hat, a hoUand cravat ; Ronalds of Bennals. 
 She took her mither's holland sheets, 
 And made them a' in sarks to me ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Hollow. 
 But ev'ry tail thou pay't them hollow, A Guid New-year\ g. 
 The wind blew hollow frae the hills, Lament for Glencaim. 
 The hollow caves return a sullen moan. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 And hollow whistled In the rocky cave. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. Tam^ d Shanter. ly. 
 I'd rip their rotten, hollow hearts, To Rev. /. M'Matk. 
 
 Hollow, o. And now we're dem'd in glens and hollows, 
 
 Adam. A — 's Prayer. 
 Holly. 
 
 ' And wear thou this ' she solemp said, 
 
 And bound the Holly round my head : The Vision. D. II. 23. 
 
 Holly-bough. 
 Green, slender, leaf-clad Holly boughs 
 Were twisted, gracefu', round her brows, The Vision. D. I. g. 
 
 Holm, 
 
 And mark'd its bonie holms and haughs. As on the banks \ 
 Holy. O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, 
 
 Sae pious and sae holy, . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 In holy rapture," 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v.A.6] 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 That holy robe, O dinna tear it! . . Ep. to J. R.,3^ 
 
 Consume that high-place patronage, 
 
 From off thy holy hill ; ... New Psalmody. 
 
 Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay 
 
 Tales up its last abode ; . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 Ye holy walls that still sublime, 
 
 Resist the crumbling touch of time ; On Lincluden. 
 
 The holy anthem loud and clear ; . . . . lb. 
 
 In window fair, the painted pane 
 
 No longer glows with holy stain, . . ... lb. 
 
 Might fire even holy Palmers ; . On W, Chalmers. 
 
 The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 13. 
 Or other Holy Seers that tune the sacred lyre. . lb. 14. 
 Pawn'd in a gin-shop Quenching holy drouth. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Whose holy priesthood nane can stain. 
 For wha can dye the black ? . . . lb. V. 
 
 I pray with holy fire : lb. VI. 
 
 An' lilt wi' holy clangor ; . The Ordination. 3. 
 
 Abusin' me for harsh ill nature 
 
 On holy men, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 To ware his theologic care on. 
 
 And holy study ; To Dr. Blacklock, 
 
Holy 
 
 236 
 
 Honest 
 
 An' rouse their holy thunder on it To Rev. J. M'Matk. 
 
 wl' holy robes, But hellish spirit. ... .lb. 
 
 I wear away My life, and in my office holy 
 
 Consume the day. . . . The Hermit. 
 "I'm gaun to [Mauchline] holy fair, 
 
 "To spend an hour in daffin : . The Holy Fair. S- 
 
 " An' meet you on the holy spot ; lb. 6. 
 
 For [Moodie] speels the holy door, ... /3. 12. 
 
 Ascends the holy rostrum : . . . . Ih. it. 
 
 Holy Will, Holy Will, there was wit i' your skull, 
 
 When ye pilfer'd the alms o' the poor ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Homage. Admir'd and prais'd— and there the homage ends : 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham. 3. 
 No mercenary Bard his homage pays ; 
 
 Th^ Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 The Parent -pair their secret homage pay, . . Ih. 18. 
 
 Each thought intoxicated homage yields, . To Clarinda. 
 Home [the author of ' Douglas '] 
 One Douglas lives in Home's immortal page, [v.A.12] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Home. 
 Lone from your savage homes exil'd, A Winter Night, S- 
 Where Scotia's kings of other years, 
 
 Fam'd heroes ! had their royal home : Add. to Edinburgh^ 6. 
 And shelter, shade, nor home, have I, 
 
 Save in those arms of thine. Love. S. Forlorn, my Love t 
 To realms unknown while fate exiles me, 
 
 Make her bosom still my home. - . S. Highland Mary 
 Her home, these aisles and arches high ; . On Lincluden. 
 To thee shall home, or food, or pastime yield. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 My child, thou art gone to the home of thy rest. 
 
 On Death offav. Child, 
 Good sense and taste are natives here at home ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Evan-banks, — Home of my youth, S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, ig. 
 Beneath the woods and rocks, aftentimes for a home, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S.I. 
 And when I come home from my labour at night 
 
 S. The Ploughman t 
 
 Invited him home to dine with him next day ; . .lb. 
 
 Went home to his wife who scarce could believe, . . lb. 
 
 Home-news. The papers are barren of home-news or foreign. 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 Homeward. Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 18. 
 Homer. In Homer's craft Jock Milton thrives ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Her lord, a wight of Homer's craft, 
 
 Thejolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 But Homer like the glowran byke, 
 
 Frae town to town I draw that. ... lb. S. VII. 
 Jove's tunefu' dochters three times three. 
 
 Made Homer deep their debtor ; . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Honest. 
 Here's a bottle and an honest friend ! A Bottle and Friend. 
 May ne'er his gen'rous, honest heart. 
 
 For that same gen'rous spirit smart! . A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 Wi' Lady Onlie, honest lucky, [re."] 
 
 S. A' the lads 0' Thomie-bnk^ 
 To say her pray'rs, douse, honest woman! Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 The ace an' wale of honest men ; . Auld comrade dear^ 
 
 Ye'll fin' him just an honest man ; /b. 
 
 An honest Wabster to his trade, Death and Dr. Homhook. 26. 
 Go, find an honest fellow ; . . . S. Deluded swain f 
 But by thy honest turf I'll wait, 
 
 Thou man of worth ! El. on Capt. M. H., 16. 
 And not a muse in honest grief bewail. £1. on Miss Burnet. 
 Nae waur than he did, honest man! . El. on Year 1788. 
 A man may hae an honest heart, 
 
 Tho' Poortith hourly stare him ; Ep, to Young Friend. 4, 
 The honest heart that's free frae a' 
 
 Intended fraud or guile, . . . Ep. to Davie, 3. 
 With honest joy, our hearts will bound, 
 
 To see the coming year : lb. 4. 
 
 If honest Nature made you fools, 
 
 What sairs your Grammars ? Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. ist. u. 
 The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he. 
 
 lb, Ap, 2ist, ij. 
 
 sentimental sister Susie, An' honest Lucky ; 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 But honest Nature is not quite a Turk, Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 An honest man here lies at rest, . . Epit. on a Friend. 
 He's blest— if as he brew'd he drink — 
 
 In upright honest morals. . , Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 Here lies J— n B— y, honest man Epit. onj—n B—y, Writer. 
 His social, friendly, honest heart 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 It's guid to be honest and true, S. Her^s a health to them t 
 " Without, at least ae honest man, 
 " To grace this damn'd infernal clan.'' 
 
 Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 The poor, oppressed, honest man Man was made to Mourn. 
 For without an honest manl^ heart, 
 No man was worth regarding, O. 
 
 S. My father was afanner\ 
 But never honest man's intent. 
 
 As cursedly miscarry'd. . S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 Nae honest worthy man need care. 
 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, On dining with Daer. 
 Honest Will's to Heaven gane, . On W. Cruickshanks 
 Low lies the heart that swell'd with honest pride ! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 His honest heart enamours, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 To honest Willie Chalmers. ... .lb. 
 
 There's ane ; come forrit, honest Allan ! 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 That dearest meed is granted — ^honest fame ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Out owre a glass o' Whisky-punch 
 
 Wi' honest men ! . . Scotch Drink, if. 
 Then of its faults my honest thoughts 
 
 I'll give— and here they go. . . Symon Gray \ 
 
 This truth fand honest Tarn o' Shanter, Tam o' Shanter. 2. 
 (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town smrpasses, 
 " ' . . Ib.ii. 
 
 Tam Samsofis El., 14. 
 . Ih. The Epit.. 
 
 lb. Per C. 
 
 For honest men and bonnie lasses.) 
 Ae social, honest man want we : 
 If Honest Worth in heaven rise, 
 
 Ye'll mend or ye win near him. . 
 Tell cv'ry social, honest billie 
 
 To cease his grievin. 
 She, honest woman, may think shame 
 
 That ye're connected with her. Tfu Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 To shame ye, disclaim ye. 
 
 Ilk honest birkie swears. ... . . lb. 
 
 The honest, open, naked truth : 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 Fame, honest fame, his great, his dear reward. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat.- Night. 
 ' An honest man's the noblest work of God : ' . . . lb. 
 Now, honest Hughoc, dinna fail, . 
 But he wad hecht an honest heart, 
 
 Wad ne'er desert his friend 
 The independent patriot, 
 
 The honest man, and a' that. 
 Here's an honest conscience 
 
 Might a prince adorn ; 
 Where's he for honest poverty, 
 
 That hangs his head, and a' that ? 
 The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor. 
 
 Is king o' men, for a' that. . 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 lb. II. 
 
 . Ib.lV. 
 
 S, The Honest Man. 
 
 . . Jh. 
 
 But an honest man's aboon his might, 
 Gude faith he maunna fa' that! . 
 
 lb. 
 
 The grace be—" Athole's honest men, 
 
 And Athole's bonnie lasses ! " The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Our Patron, honest man ! Gl[encairn], 
 His honest, sonsie, baws'nt face, 
 I've aften wonder'd, honest Luath, 
 decent, honest, fawsont folk, . 
 To mend the honest Patriot-lore, . 
 
 The Ordination, 8. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. S- 
 
 . Ih. 7. 
 
 lb. 21. 
 
 The Vision, D. II., 5- 
 
 The justling tears ran down his honest face \ The Vowels. 
 There's naethin like the honest nappy ! There's naethin like t 
 But aiblins honest Master Heron, 
 
 Had at the time some dainty fair one, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 And eke the same to honest Lucky, ... Ih. 
 
 Then take what gold could never buy — 
 
 An honest Bard's esteem. . , . To J. MMurdo, 
 " I red you, honest man, tak tent ! . To J, S., 7. 
 
Honest 
 
 237 
 
 Hope 
 
 Baith honest men and lasses bonie, . To Terraughty. 
 An honest man may like a glass, 
 
 An honest man may like a lass, . To Rev. J, M^Math. 
 
 Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction, . Tragic Frag. 
 A poor and honest sodger. . . S. When wild JVar's t 
 
 Honest-hearted. 
 
 To honest-hearted, auld L[aprai]k, 
 
 For his kind letter. . Sp. to J, L-~k, Ap. 21st. 
 A cheerful honest -hearted clown 
 I will prefer before you, O. *?. My father was a farmer \ 
 Honestly. If honestly they canna come, 
 
 Far better want them. 
 
 The A utho-^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Honor, Honour. 
 lordly Honor's lofty brow, . - A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 This boasted Honor turns away, 
 
 Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, lb. g. 
 
 And save the Honour o' the nation ! . Add, of Beelzebub. 
 O, may no son the fathers honour stain, Blest be M'Murdo \ 
 And gather ^ear by ev'ry wile, 
 
 That's justify'd by Honor : . . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 But where ye feel your Honor grip, 
 
 Let that ay be your border : . . . . 16. 8. 
 
 In the field of proud honour, our swords in our hands, 
 
 S. Farewell, tHoufair day t 
 And whilst that honour warms my heart, 
 
 I'll love my handsome Nell. . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Glory, Honour, now invite, . . S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 The honours of the aged year, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Thou, who thy honour as thy God rever'st, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 His worth, his honour, all the world approv'd. . lb. 
 
 And honours masonic prepare for to throw ; 
 
 iS". No Churchman am 1 1 
 And honour safely back her [Truth], On W. Chalmers. 
 
 An idiot race, to honour lost ; . . On Windo2u at Stirling. 
 We have the honor to belong to you ! . Scots Prologue. 
 
 with days and honours crown'd, Sketch. New Y^s Day. 
 
 Are Honor, Virtue, Conscience, all exil'd ? 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, jo. 
 Andaiblins gowd and honour baith 
 
 Might be that laddie's share. The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Wha's honour is proof to the storm ; , . , lb. III. 
 
 Wha's honour was ever his law ; lb. 
 
 All in the field of politics. To win immortal honours. lb. VI. 
 For worth and honour pawn their word, 
 
 The Fite Champetre. 
 I saw that honour's sword was rusted ; . . The Hertnit. 
 For her bosom burns with honour's glow, 
 
 S. The Highland Lassie. 
 By sacred truth and honour's band ! . . . lb. 
 
 So lost to Honour, lost to Truth, . . . The Lament. 
 Beam'd keen with Honor. . The Vision. D. I, zo. 
 
 Honour's war we strongly waged, . . S. Thickest night t 
 Thine is the self-approving glow. 
 
 On conscious honour's part ; . . To Chloris. 
 
 My word of honor I hae gien, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Shed thy dying honours round, . . To Miss C. 
 
 Wha has mair honor in his breast _ 
 
 Than mony scores as guid's the priest To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 An' shall his fame an' honor bleed 
 
 By worthless skellums, . . lb. 
 
 An' some, by whom your doctrine's blam'd 
 
 (Which gives you honor). . . .lb. 
 Then pride might climb the slipp'ry_ steep ; 
 Where fame and honours lofty shine ; 
 
 S. Twos even—the dewy\ 
 The sodger's wealth is honor ; . S. When wild War's t 
 Yet such a head, and more the heart, 
 
 Does both the sexes honour. Wr. on Leaf of " H. More." 
 Yepow'rs of honour, love, and truth. 
 
 From ev'ry ill defend her ; , . , S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Honor, Honour, your, his. 
 
 Your Honor's hearts wi' grief 'twad pierce, 
 
 S. The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 God bless your Honors, can ye see't, . . . . lb. 
 God bless your Honors, a' your days, . . lb, 24.. 
 
 With your Honours and a certain King, The Dean ofFac,, 
 But now his Honor maun detach, . . The Ordination. 10. 
 Was keepet for His Honor's pleasure ; . The Twa Dogs, 
 
 eats a dinner Better than ony Tenant-man 
 His Honor has in a' the Ian' : . . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 Honour, to. 
 
 But now for a Patron whose name and whose glory 
 At once may illustrate and honour my story. 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 The deil ane but honours tijem highly. 
 The deil ane will give them his vote. 
 
 T/ie Election Ballads. III. 
 Honoured, -'d, Honored, -*d. 
 I shelter in thy honor'd shade. . . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 this much-lov'd, much honor'd name ! . Epit.forR.A. 
 
 My much-honor'd Patron, believe your poor Poet, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Ye honoured mighty dead! • . . Fragment of Ode. 
 I've even join'd the honour'd jorum. On dining with Daer. 
 My honored colonel, deep I feel 
 
 Your interest in the poet's weal ; . Poem on Life. 
 
 Before whose sons I'm honour'd to appear I 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods, 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honour'd land ! . lb. 
 my honor'd, first of friends, . . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 When shall I see that honour'd land, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 My lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Oft, honor'd with supreme command. 
 
 The Farewell. To St. fs L,. 
 Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble Name, . . lb. 
 
 Spring, like their fathers, up to prop 
 
 Their honour'd native land I The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Your thrifty old mother has scarce such another 
 To sit in that honoured station. ^S". The sons ofoldKillie. 
 
 Hoodie-craw [hooded-crow, the carrion crow]. 
 
 Scar'd frae its minnie and the cleckin 
 
 By hoodie-craw ; . . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Hoodock [rapacious, predatory, vulturish]. 
 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan, 7. 
 Hook. Do but try to develope his hooks and his crooks : 
 
 Fraginent, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Such witching books are baited hooks . O leave novels t 
 
 Hooked. 
 
 For mony a pursie she had hooked. The Jolly Beggars. R, IV. 
 Hool [the outer case or skin]. 
 
 Poor Leezie's heart maist lap the hool ; . . Halloween. 2b. 
 
 Hoolie! [softly, cautiously]. 
 
 Something cries, "Hoolie!" . . ■ ToJ.S..,y. 
 
 Hoord [hoard]. 
 
 When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord, Add, to the Deil. Z2. 
 Hoordet [hoarded.] 
 
 The auld Guidwife's weel-hoordet nits . . Halloween. 7. 
 Hope. 
 Vain is his hope, whase stay an' trust is, 
 In moral Mercy, Truth and Justice I . A Ded. to G. H., 7. 
 While hopes, and joys, and pleasures fly him [Want], lb. 16. 
 by a poor man's hopes in Heav'n ! . . . lb. 
 
 O Thou unknown. Almighty Cause 
 
 Of all my hope and fear ! . A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Ev'ry hope is fled, Ev'ry fear is terror ; ^S". Ay waking, O t 
 And robb'd him at once of his hopes and his life : 
 
 £. Caledonia, 
 Thy hopes will soon deceive thee. . . S. Deluded swain t 
 And sing their pleasures, hopes an' joys, 
 
 In some mild sphere, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2ist. 18. 
 Prop of my dearest hopes for future times. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graliam, j. 
 So fell the pride of all my hopes, S. Fate gave the wordf 
 That blasts each bud of hope and joy ; ^S". Forlorn, my Love, t 
 Pale sickness withers ilka grace, 
 
 And a' my hopes beguiles. . . Fragmenti 
 
 False flatterer, Hope, away 1 . . . Fragment of Ode. 
 Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour ; 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Till my last hope and last comfort is gone : . .lb. 
 
 In hopes to see Tarn Kipples .... Halloween. 21. 
 Altho' even hope is denied ; . S. Here's a health to ane t 
 Of mony a joy and hope bereav'd me, S. I dreamed I lay \ 
 And hope has left my aged ken, 
 On forward wing for ever fled. . Lament for Glencaim, 
 
Hope 
 
 238 
 
 Hornbook 
 
 And when my hope was at the top, 
 
 I still was worst mistaken, O. S. My father was a farmer \ 
 No help, nor hope, nor view had I, .... 73. 
 Hope and Fear's alternate billow S. Musing on the roarmg\ 
 She,_who her lovely Oflfspring eyes 
 
 With tender hopes and fears, . S. O Thou dread Powr\ 
 Their hope, their stay, their dating youth, . . .lb. 
 For ever,— Oh no ! let not man be a slave, 
 
 His hopes from existence to sever. On Death offav. Child. 
 O'er the hope and misfortune of being to mourn, . Ih. 
 
 Now [Wrongs, &c.] gay in hope explore the paths of men : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Buf: ah how hope is born but to expire ! 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, 
 While the star of hope she leaves him ? S. One fond hiss, t 
 Ye sprightly youths, quite flush with hope and spirit, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 But still the hope Experience taught to live, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 succeeding clouds Succeeding hopes beguil'd. Sad thy tale, f 
 All, all my hopes of bliss reside 
 Where Evan mingles with the Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-grown. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 
 Hope 'springs exulting on triumphant wing,' 
 
 That thus they all shall meet in future days : lb. z6. 
 
 Wi' faith an' hope, an' love an' drink, 
 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack . The Holy Fair. 26. 
 Old Scotia's darling hope, 
 
 Your little angel band . . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Ev'n ev'ry ray of Hope destroy'd, . . The Lament. 
 
 ' With future hope, I oft would gaze, 
 
 ' Fond, on thy little, early ways, . The Vision. D. II. 12. 
 Not a hope that dare attend ; . . S. Thickest night t 
 
 Then farewel hopes of Laurel-boughs, . To J. S., g. 
 
 Keen hope does ev'ry sinew brace ; . , lb. i8. 
 
 Till fled each hope that once his bosom fired, ToR.G. ofF.,S- 
 When disappointment snaps the clue of hope, . lb. 7. 
 
 Already one strong hold of hope is lost, . . lb. g. 
 
 Thro' a long life his hopes and wishes crown ; . . Xb. 
 Should I but dare a hope to speel, 
 Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, The braes o' fame ; 
 
 To W. Sifnpson. 
 In hopes to he mair wise, . V.s, on Window, Carron. 
 
 In wildest fury hae made bare 
 
 My peace, my hope, for ever ! . . V.s, under Grief 
 Nor hope dare a comfort bes'tow : . S. Where are the joys t 
 And give all his hopes the lie ? . S. Why, why tell thy t 
 Hope, to. 
 Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair, 
 
 To hope may be forgiven ; . . S. Anna, thy chartns \ 
 An' no owre auld, I hope, to learn! . El. on Year jySS. 
 I hope to gie the jads a clearin' 
 
 In fair play yet. Ep. to Maj. Logan, ii. 
 
 Never mair maun hope to find 
 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : . S. Erae the friends t 
 " I will hope and trust in heaven, . S. Husband, husband t 
 The wretch whase doom is " hope nae mair," 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad t 
 And mony a night we've meriy been, 
 
 And mony mae we hope to be. . . S. O Willie brew'd t 
 Nor asks if they bring ought to hope or fear. 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 I hope frae heav'n to see them yet 
 
 In fiery flame. . . The Twa Herds. 11. 
 
 A wooer like me maunna hope to come speed ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 I hope we, Bardies, ken some better 
 
 Than mind sic brulzie. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Sair do I fear that to hope is denied me, 
 
 S. Twos na her bonie blue ee t 
 I'd lay them a' at Jeanie's feet, 
 
 Could I but hope to move her, . S. Whenjirsi I saw t 
 Hope not sunshine every hour, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Hope-abandon*d. 
 
 A hope-abandon'd wight. 
 Unfitted with an aim, . . . Despondency, an Ode. a. 
 Hop'd. I then might hae hop'd she wad smil'd upon me ! 
 
 S, There's auld Rob M. t 
 
 Hopeful. 
 
 The hopeful youth, in Scottish senate bred, Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 The parents partial eye their hopeful years ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. $. 
 Hopeless. Heavy, heavy is the task. 
 
 Hopeless love declaring; S. Blythe hae I been f 
 Condemn'd to drag a hopeless chain, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 As hopeless I muse on thy charms, S. Heres a health to ane\ 
 On the hopeless Futiire pondering, . .S". Raviftg winds f 
 
 And hopeless, comfortless, I'll mourn 
 
 A faithless woman's broken vow. . The Lament. 
 
 Now hopeless, comfortless, forsaken ! . V.s, under Grief. 
 Hopeton, Hopetoun. 
 
 And Westerha' and Hopeton hurled 
 
 To every Whig, defiance. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 And Hopeton falls, the generous, brave \ ... lb. 
 Or Hopetoun's wealth to shine in ; S, When first I saw t 
 Hoping. Hoping the mom in ease and rest to spend, 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 
 Hops. Men wha grew wise priggin owre hops an' raisins, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Or hops the flavour of thy wit ; . . .To Mr. Syme. 
 Horatian. 
 Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives 
 
 Horatian fame ; Poetn on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Horn. 
 Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd ; [v.A.20] A Vision. 
 Her darling amusement, the hounds and the horn. 
 
 .S". Caledonia. 
 To Count her [the moon's] horns, wi' a' my pow'r, 
 
 I set mysel, . Death and Dr. Hornbook, 4. 
 What time the moon, wi' silent .glowr, 
 
 Sets up her horn, . El. on Capi, M. H., 10. 
 Your Latin names for horns an^ stools ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. II. 
 An' the horns become your brow, gudeman. 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 Your horns shall tie you to the staw, ... lb. 
 
 It is the moon — I ken her horn, . S. O Willie brew'd \ 
 
 And aits set up their awnie horn, . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 sweetly, then, thou reams the horn in ! . lb. g. 
 AU-chearing Plenty, with her flowing horn, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 1$. 
 The like has been that you may wear 
 
 A noble head of horns. . . The Calf 
 
 On ilka brow she's planted a horn, S. The Cooper o cuddy\ 
 But the sodger's friends hae blawn the best. 
 
 So he shall bear the horn. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 1 joyless view thy trembling horn 
 
 Reflected in the gurgling rill. . . . The Lament. 
 An' toss thy horns fu' canty ; . . The Ordination. 6. 
 
 That e'er ga'e gospel horn a blast, . Tfu Twa Herds. 2. 
 
 " And bumper his horn with him twenty times o'er." 
 
 The Whistle. 8. 
 As them wha like to taste the drappie 
 
 In glass or horn. There s naethin likei 
 
 No horns, but those by luckltss Hymen worn, 
 And those, alas ! not Amalthea's horn : To R' G. ofF. 3. 
 
 Horn [a spoon made of horn ; a comb made of horn ; 
 ' * horn and bane, " a large toothed horn comb and 
 a small toothed comb made of bone]. 
 
 You've.gi'en us walth for horn and knife, 
 
 V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 
 Then, horn for horn they stretch an' strive, . To a Haggis. 
 Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle. 
 
 Your thick plantations. To a Lome. 
 
 Hornbook, Horn. 
 ' Till ane Hornbook's ta'en up the trade, 
 
 And faith, he'll waur me.' Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 '|Ye ken Jock Hornbook i' the Clachan, . . , lb. 
 IDoctor Hornbook, wi* his art And cursed skill, . . lb. 
 
 ' Hornbook was by, wi' ready art, lb. 
 
 \ ' That Hornbook's skill 
 
 Hks clad ^ score i' their last claith, . ... lb. 
 ' His only son for Hornbook sets, And pays him well, . lb, 
 ' Sn»e trusts hersel, to hide the shame. In Hornbook's care ; 
 ' Horn sent her aff to her lang hame, To bide it there. . lb. 
 ' Thiat's just a swatch 0' Hornbook's way,' . . , lb. 
 
Hornie 
 
 239 
 
 Hour 
 
 Hornie [the devil]. 
 May Hornie gie her doup a cHnk 
 
 Ahint his yett, . Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 Au!d Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, . Add. to the Deil. 
 Homie's turnin' chapman, He'll buy a' the pack. 
 
 The Election Ballads, TV. 
 Should Hornie, as in ancient days, 
 
 *Mang sons o' G — present him, . . The Holy Fair. 12. 
 Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch. 
 Just like a winkin baudrons : . . Tke Ordination. 10, 
 Hornpipes. But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, 
 
 Tant o' Shanter. 11. 
 There's hornpipes and strathspeys, man ; 
 
 S. The deil cam fiddling \ 
 Horny. 
 
 My homy fist assume the plough again Mp. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Horrible. 
 Wi' mair o' horrible and awefu', 
 
 Which even to name wad be unlawfu*. . Tain 0" Skanter. iz. 
 Horrid. " Paint Vengeance as he takes his horrid stand 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Prepare, Maria, for a horrid tale 
 Will turn thy very rouge to deadly pale ; . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Death, how horrid is thy taste . Epit. on Grizel Grim. 
 He roar'd a horrid murder-shout, . . Halloween, zo. 
 Horrid sprites shall haunt you. . S. Husband, husband t 
 Night's horrid car drags, dreary, slow : 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. —'s Birthday. 
 And still, below, the horrid caldron boils 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Horror. Ev'ry dream is horror. . . S. Ay waking, <9t 
 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Feels all the bitter horrors of his crime, Retnorse. A Frag. . 
 distress, with horrors arming, . . , S. Sensibility^ 
 
 Grim horror grin'd ; pale terror roar'd 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI . 
 Horror-breathing. 
 
 Ev'n day, all-bitter, brings relief, 
 From such a horror-breathing night. . The Lament. 
 
 Horse. We gae the boot and better horse ; 
 
 S. Carl an the king come. 
 And horse and servants waiting ready, 
 
 S. Montgomerie" s Peggy. 
 Here passes the squire on his brother — his horse ; 
 
 S. Ho Churchman am /t 
 The maister drunk — the horse committed : 
 
 On B.^s Horse Impound.. 
 Thou'lt be a horse when he's nae mair (mayor]. . . lb. 
 The Father cracks of horses, pleughs and kye. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 For Murray's light horse are to muster 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 He founder'd his horse among harlots. 
 
 But gied his auld naig to the Lord. . lb. 
 
 I'se ne'er ride horse -nor hizzie mair ; . The Inventory. 
 
 He ca*s his coach, he ca's his horse ; The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 
 Wilt thou ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car, 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 if foot or horse E'er bring you in by Mauchline Corss. 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Horse-leech, 
 
 Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise, Scotch Drink. 20. 
 
 Horse-man. I saw mysel, they did pursue 
 
 The horse-men back to Forth, man 
 
 S. The Battle 0/ Sherra-Moor. 
 Horse-whip. 
 
 Get out a horse-whip, or a jowler, ■ . . Add. 0/ Beelzebub. 
 Hose ["to tie one's hose," to fetter]. 
 
 Girt on her mantle and her hose, S. It was the charming^ 
 
 Gude ale gars me sell my hose. 
 
 Sell my hose and pawn my shoon, ire\. S. O gude ale comes \ 
 
 An' tye some hose well. The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 
 1 will wash my Ploughman's hose, S. The Ploughman f 
 His hose they are blae, and his shoon like the slae, 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 Hospitality. 
 Then Winter's tfrae-bleach'd locks did hoary show, 
 By Hospitality with cloudless brow. The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Host. 
 To these what Tory hosts oppos'd. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtations, airs, 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 The Rights ofJVoman. 
 
 Host, to [to cougrh]. 
 
 And host up some palaver. 
 
 On W. Chalmers. 
 
 He hosts and he hirples the weary day lang ; 
 
 (Vhat can a yng LassieS 
 Hostan [coughing]. Comes hostan, hirplan owre the field, 
 ' Wi' creeping pace. To J. S., 13. 
 Hostile. 
 
 Thro' hostile ranks and ruin'd gaps Add. to Edinburgh. 7, 
 Hot. Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, A Bards Epit.. 
 But feels his heart's bluid rising hot, 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 But Scot with Scot ne'er met so hot, . The Dean ofFac. 
 Your faith proved so loyal, in hot bloody trial, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice^ 
 That thou wilt work them, hot and cauld. 
 
 Till they agree. . The Twa Herds. 10. 
 
 Hotch*d [kept jerking the body, or moving as if 
 uneasy]. 
 
 And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main : 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 16. 
 And ay the mair he hotch'd an' blew, 
 The mair that she forbade him. There came apiper\ 
 
 Hotch-potch [hodge-podge]. 
 Or some hotch-potch that's rightly neither, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 7. 
 Yon mixtie-maxtie, queer hotch-potch, 
 
 The Coalition. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Hough'd. They hough'd the CJans like nine-pin kyles 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 She's bow-hough'd, she's hein-shinn'd, . S. Willie Wastle + 
 Houghmagandie [fornication]. 
 An' monie jobs that day begin, 
 May end in Houghmagandie Some ither day 
 
 The Holy Fair. 27. 
 Houlet, Howlet [an owl]. 
 Ye houlets, frae your ivy bower, 
 
 In some auld tree, or eldritch tower, El. on Capt. M. H., 10. 
 Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. Tarn d Shanter. g. 
 But the houlet cry'd frae the Castle wa', 
 
 S. What will I do gini 
 Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, . . A Vision. 
 Sae, in the tower o' Cardoness, 
 A howlet sits at noon. . Tke Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Houlet-haunted. 
 
 By some auld, houlet-haunted, biggin, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Hounded. 
 Or hounded forth, dishonor arms 
 
 In hungry droves. The Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Hounds. 
 To keep the Highland hounds in sight ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Her darling amusement, the hounds and the horn. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 But hounds or hawks wI' him are nane ; 
 
 .S*. My Lord a-hunting t 
 - - (the Major's with the hounds. 
 
 The happy tenants share his rounds; Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Houpe [hope]. And by that Stowp ! my faith an' houpe. 
 
 The /oily Beggars. S. VL 
 Hour, in aught hours gaun . . A Guid New-Year \ 11, 
 In whose dread Presence, ere an hour, 
 
 Perhaps I must appear ! . A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 singing, lone, the ling'ring hours, * Add to Edinburgh. 
 
 Perhaps, this hour, in Mis'ry's squalid nest, 
 She strains your infant to her joyless breast, 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 The raptur'd hour. 
 Sweet on the fragrant, flow'ry swaird. Add. to the Deil. /j*. 
 Some luckless hour'will send him linfcan. 
 
 To your black pit ; . . . lb. 20. 
 
 Oh that happy hour, and shady bow'r, S. As I gaedup f 
 
 Behold the hour, the boat arrive ! . . S. Behold the hourf 
 Then it was thy hour of scorn ; ' . Blue Bonnets. 
 
 Nor ever sorrow stain the hour, 
 The place and time I met my dearie ! 
 
 S. By A llan stream t 
 Some wee short hour ayont the twal, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 31. 
 Wail thro' the dreary midnight hour El. on Capt. M. H.^ 10. 
 This hour on e'enin's edge I take, 
 
 To own Vm debtor, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2/st. 
 dealing thro' amang the najgs Their ten-hours bite, . lb. 
 Sae when ye hae an hour to spare, . Ep. to J. R. j. 
 
Hour 
 
 240 
 
 Howe 
 
 Some cantraip hour, 
 By some sweet elf I'll yet be dinted, Ep. to Maj. Logan. I2. 
 It only lags the fatal hour ; . . . Fragment of Ode. 
 Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour ; 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 The sweetest hours that e'er I spend, 
 Are spent amang the lasses, O. [v.A.24] ' 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 There's nought but care on ev'ry ban', 
 
 In ev'ry hour that passes, O ; . . . . lb. 
 
 But gie me a canny hour at e'en, 
 
 My arms about my Dearie, O ; lb. 
 
 at moon-shine mid-night hours, . S. Hark! the mazfisi 
 The village bell has told the hour, S. Here is theglen,\ 
 
 At the starless midnight hour, S. How can my^oor heart \ 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, 
 
 S. How lang and dreary t 
 My last hour I am near it ; . S. Husband^ husband^ 
 
 The monarch may forget the crown 
 
 That on his head an hour has been ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 The tunefu' powers, in happy hours, 
 
 That whisper inspiration ; . . . S. Lovely Davies, 
 Mispending all thy precious hours, 
 
 Man was inade to Mourn. 4. 
 Welcome the hour, my aged Ixmbs 
 
 Are laid with thee [Death ! ] at rest! . . lb. 11. 
 
 But the present hour was in my pow'r, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 And I'll keep it until the hour I die. S. My Sandy gied to t 
 And now come in my happy hours, . S. Now rosy May\ 
 Of witching love, in luckless hour, 
 
 Made me the thrall of care. S. Now Spring has clad t 
 
 The snellest blast, at mirkest hours, S. O Lassie, art thou f 
 It is the wish'd, the trysted hour ; 
 
 S. O Maty, at thy window \ 
 Blest be the hour she cool'd in her Hnnens, 
 
 S. O merry hae Iheen\ 
 
 mirk, mirk is this midnight hour, . S. O mirkj mirk t 
 The bee that thro' the sunny hour 
 
 Sips nectar in the op'ning flower, . . . S. O Phely,\ 
 
 And blest the day and hour, . . S. Peggy Chalmers^ 
 
 Farewell, hours that late did measure 
 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . S, Having winds ^\ 
 
 Now's the day, and now's the hour. ^S". Scots, wka hae t 
 
 Nor makes the hour one moment less. Sketch. New-Yt's Day. 
 
 The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; 
 
 That hour, o night's black arch the key-stane. 
 
 That dreary hour he mounts his beast m ; Tam o' Shanter, 7. 
 
 A wish, that to my latest hour 
 
 Shall strongly heave my breast; The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 May there my latest hours consume, i". The Banks ofNiih. 
 But, if the Lover's raptur'd hour 
 
 Shall ever be your lot, The Calf 
 
 The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. S- 
 *' I'm gaun to [Mauchline] holy fair, 
 
 '' To spend an hour in daffin : . The Holy Fair. j. 
 
 The flowers shall vie in all their charms 
 
 The hour of heaven to grace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 In raptures sweet this hour we meet, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. VU. 
 Ye winged Hours that o'er us past, . . The Lament. 
 
 1 see the hours, in long array. 
 
 That I must suffer, lingering, slow lb. 
 
 The happy hour may soon be near, 
 
 That brings us pleasant weather : The noble Maxwells t 
 But pith and power, till my last hour, 
 
 I'll mak this declaration ; . , , S. The Union. 
 
 ' I mark'd thy embryo-tuneful flame, 
 
 * Thy natal hour. . The Vision. D. IL 11. 
 Thou's met me in an evil hour ; . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Now bless the hour which charm'd my guilty sight. 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 Maks Hours like Minutes, hand in hand, 
 
 Dance by fu' light. . . . To/. S., 12. 
 And curst be the cause that shall part us 1 
 
 The hour, and the moment o' time I . . .To Mary. 
 That sacred hour can I forget, . To Mary in Heaven. 
 Ye maun conceal till your last hour t S. Wha is that at t 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, . When I think on t 
 At mid-night hour, in mirkest glen, S, When o'er the hill\ 
 Gi'e me the hour o' gloamin grey, lb. 
 
 Hope not sunshine every hour, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 The golden hours, on angel wings, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes ^ and streams \ 
 While o'er us unheeded, flie the swift hours o* Ixive. 
 
 S, Yon wild mossy mountains f 
 Remember, he's his country's stay 
 In day and hour of danger. . S. When wild War's t 
 
 Hourly. The cruel powers reject the prayer 
 
 I hourly mak for thee ; . . . Fragment. 
 A man may hae an honest heart, 
 
 Tho' Poortith hourly stare him : Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 House. Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean, 
 
 S. A' the lads 0' Thomie-bank\ 
 And in my house at Hame to greet you ! Add. of Beelzebub, 
 the best wark-lume i' the house, . Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 An' brak him [Job] out o' house an' hal*, . lb. 18. 
 
 I pray an' ponder butt the house, AuldComrade dear\ 
 
 * This while ye hae been mony a gate 
 
 'At mony a house'. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 11. 
 We will big a wee, wee house, . S. Duncan Davison. 
 But either house or hal' ? ... Ep. to Davie, 4. 
 
 Bye attour, my Gutcher has 
 
 A hich house and a laigh ane ; , . S. Gat ye met t 
 
 We're a' noddin at our house at hame ; 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmer^ 
 When kiutlan in the Fause-house Wi' him Halloween. 6. 
 Nell had the Fause-house in hermin', ... lb. lo. 
 in the narrow house o' death . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 The Man of worth, and has not left his peer. 
 Is in his " narrow house" for ever darkly low. [v.A-io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 His likeness cam' up the house stalking, . S. Tam Glen. 
 That at the L — d's house, even on Sunday, 
 Thou drank wi' Kirkton jean till Monday. Tam o' Shanter. 
 An' to the muckle house repair, Wi' instant speed. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 18. 
 Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills, The Holy Fair. 18. 
 St. Mary's, A house of great merit and note ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. IXL 
 O wha will to Saint Stephen's house. 
 
 To do our errands there, man ? [r«.] The FHe Champetre. 
 The young anes rantan thro* the house The Twa Dogs, so. 
 Which [trophy] now in his house has for ages remained; 
 
 The Whistle. S- 
 Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble. 
 
 But house or hald, . To a Mouse. 
 
 An' bout a house that's rude an' rough, 
 The boy might learn to swear ; . .To Gov. Hamilton. 
 Housewife, 
 From housewife cares a minute borrow. 
 
 Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 Housie {dim. of house]. 
 
 Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin ! . . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Hov'd [swelled]. Some ill-brewn drink had hov'd her wame, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 
 HoveP. All grace does round her hover, ^. Whenfrst I saw t 
 
 How. And how do ye do? S. Gudeen to you, kimmer, t 
 
 How's a' wi' you, kimmer, [re.] lb. 
 
 She charm'd my soul, I wist na how ; .S. I gaed a waefu' t 
 If we lead a life of pleasure, 
 
 'Tis no matter how or where. The Jolly Beggars. S. VHI. 
 Life is all a variorum, 
 We regard not how it goes ; . ^ . lb. 
 
 How tutti taitl. 
 
 Hey tutti taiti, How tutti taiti, . .S". Landlady, count \ 
 Howdy, -ie [a midwife], 
 Nae howdie gets a social night 
 
 Or plack frae them. [v.A.2s] Scotch Drink. 
 And sairly thole their mither's ban, 
 
 Afoce the howdy. . . What ails ye now \ 
 Howe, Genepal. 
 Till Willie H — e took o'er the knowe 
 
 For Philadelphia, man : . . . A Fragtnent 3' 
 Whare will ye get Howes and Clintons 
 To bring them to a right repentance? Add. of Beelzebub. 2. 
 
 Howe [a hollow, a dell ; in a hollow tone]. 
 At howes or hillocks never stumbled, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Or, if he wanders up the howe, . . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 He hunted o'er height and o'er howe ; 
 
 The Black-Headed Eagle. 
 
Howe 
 
 241 
 
 Humble 
 
 An* teach the lanely heights an' howes 
 My rustic sang. 
 
 To J. S., p. 
 
 It spak right howe— ' My name is Death, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. g. 
 
 Howe-backet [hollow or sunk in the back], 
 
 Tho' thou's howe-backet, now, an' knaggie, 
 
 A Guid New-Year \ 
 
 Howkan [digging]. 
 
 A Cotter howkan in a sheugh, . . The Twa Dogs. lo. 
 Howket, Howcket [digged, dug up]. 
 
 And in kirk-yards renew their leagues, 
 
 Owre howcket dead. . Add. to the Deii. g. 
 Whiles mice and modewurks they howket ; The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Howl. Come Winter, with thine angry howl, 
 
 ^. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 
 Wi' a jump, yell and howl, alarm every soul, 
 
 The Kirk^s Alarm, 
 
 The Tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, . . Winter. 
 Howl, to. 
 Their worthless nievefu' of a soul, 
 
 May in some future carcase howl, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. ly. 
 Where the winds howl to the waves' dashing roar : 
 
 S. Had I a cave t 
 Unheeded howls [the blast], unheeded fa's ; 
 
 S. O Lassie^ art thou t 
 Or Winter howls, in gusty storms, 
 
 The lang, dark night ! To W. Simpson. 14. 
 May ne'er Misfortune's gowling bark, 
 
 Howl thro' the dwelling p' the Clerk! A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 
 Howl'd. Th' inconstant blast howl'd thro' the darkening air. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Howlet V. Houlet. 
 
 Howlet-faced [having a face like an owl]. 
 
 How daur ye ca' me howlet-faced, In Defence of a Lady. 
 Howling, The fox was howling on thte hill, . . A Vision. 
 And thunders rend the howling air, 
 
 S. How can my Poor heart t 
 the howling, wintry blast S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 
 Even as two howling, ravening wolves 
 
 To dogs do turn their tail. , . New Psalmody. 
 
 Ye howling winds, and wintry swelling waves ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Howling tempests o'er me rave ! . . S. Thickest night f 
 How your dread howling a lover alarms I 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 
 Howsoe'ep. 
 
 howsoe'er our tongues may ill reveal it. Prologue at Th., D.. 
 Hoyse, [hoist, a pull upwards]. 
 
 They'll gie her on a rape a hoyse, . . The Ordination. 13. 
 Hoy't [urged, incited]. 
 
 They hoy't out Will, wi' sair advice ; . . Halloween. 23. 
 Hoyte [amble erazily, move stiffly], 
 
 Tho' now ye dow but hoyte and hoble,^ Gude New-Year. t?. 
 Hue, Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues, 
 
 S, Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 
 Her skin's fair hue is like the swan : 
 
 S. A. Masirttis honie Anne. 
 
 Jler cheeks a mair celestial hue, . S. Her flowing locks t 
 
 How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue 
 When pu'd and worn a common toy! S. I do confess \ 
 
 Sweet was its'smellandbonie wasitshue; S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 The lilj^s hue, the rose's dye, . iS". My Mary's face t 
 
 Her eyebrows of a darker hue, . . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 
 That future-life in worlds unknown 
 Must take its hue from this alone ; Sketch. New-Yt's Day. 
 
 Her Mantle large, of greenish hue, The Vision. D, 1. 12. 
 
 His coat is the hue of his bonnet sae blue ; S. Therms ayouth t 
 
 The lily's hue and rose's dye 
 Bespoke the lass o' Ballochmyle. S. Twos even— the dewy \ 
 Huff'd. 
 
 How huff'd, an' cuff'd and disrespeket ! The Twa Dogs. 12. 
 Hug* Then swith ! an' get a wife to hug, . A Dream, is. 
 
 He hugs his chain, and owns the reign S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Hug our doxies on the hay. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Huge. 
 
 Ask why God made the gem so small, 
 
 Aji' why so huge the granite? [v.A.27] Ask why God madef 
 
 O for a throat like huge Monsmeg, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Hugely. On his one ruling passion Sir Pope hugely labours, 
 ^ Fragment., inscr. to Fox. 
 
 2H 
 
 Hulk, sic an ugly, Gothic hulk as you. The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Hulks. And dreads a meeting worse than Woolwich hulks ; 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Hum. The bees hum round the breathing flow'rs : 
 
 S, O Logan ! sweetly t 
 Ne'er claw your lug, aa' fidge your back, 
 
 An' hum an' haw. The Authof's Cry and Prayer^ 6. 
 But faith ! the birkie wants a Manse, 
 
 So, cannilie he hums them ; . The Holy Fair. if. 
 
 Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, 
 
 Bethankit hums. . . . To a Haggis. 
 But gravissimo, solemn basses, Ye hum away. To J. S.^ 27. 
 He hums and he hankers, he frets and he cankers, 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie \ 
 Human, Where human weakness has come short, 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 ■Whyles, in the human bosom pryin. Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 
 0' a' the num'rous human dools, - - - 
 
 Thou bear'st the gree. Add. to Toothache. 4. 
 To step aside is human : . . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 Where never human footstep trac'd, Despondency^ an Ode. 4. 
 He needs not, he heeds not, 
 
 Or human love or hate ; . . . . . Ih. 4. 
 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 For thus the royal Mandate ran, 
 
 When first the human race began, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st. IS- 
 And fram'd her last, best work, the human-mind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, i. 
 Whose arms of love would grasp the human race : . lb. $. 
 The pitying Heart that felt for human Woe ; 
 The dauntless heart that fear'd no human Pride ; 
 
 Epit. for Author's Father. 
 Some sort all our qualities each to its tribe, 
 And think human nature they truly describe ; 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 wars. The plagues of human life; . , . Natures Law. 
 ' Go on, ye human race ! . . . . . lb. 
 
 Far from human haunts and ways ; On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Unheard, unseen, by human ear or eye. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Is there, in human form, that bears a heart 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 O Thou, the first, the greatest friend 
 
 Of all the human race ! . The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 
 By human pride or cunning driv'n 
 
 To misery's brink, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 That's the true pathos and sublime 
 
 Of human life, . . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Ye surely hae some warlock-breef 
 
 Owre human hearts ; . ToJ.S.. 
 
 Still my heart melts at human wretchedness ; Tragic Frag. 
 Human-body. 
 But human-bodies are sic fools, 
 
 For a' their colledges an' schools, - The Twa Dogs. 2g. 
 
 Human-creature. 
 She's turn'd you off, a human-creature 
 
 On her first plan, , . . ToJ.S.,3. 
 
 Human-kind. 
 There's nane that's blest of human kind. 
 
 But the cheerful and the gay, man. A Bottle and Friend. 
 This partial view of human-kind 
 
 Is surely not the last ! . . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Might charm the first of human kind. S. My Mary" s face \ 
 Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 The humbler ranks of Human-kind, The Vision. D. II. 7. 
 
 Andpledge me in the generous toast 
 "The whole of human kind ! " 
 
 To a Lady. 
 To Mr. Syme. 
 
 'Twere drink for first of human kind. 
 Humane. 
 
 Glories in his heart humane 
 
 And creatures for his pleasure slain. On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Humanity. Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace ? 
 
 Ode. to Mem, of Mrs. — . 
 
 Humble. 
 
 Your much indebted, humble servant. . A Ded. to G. H., ij. 
 Your humble servant then no more ; . . lb. 16. 
 
 in the vale of humble life, .... .lb. 
 A humble Bardie wishes ! . . . A Dream. 
 For neither Pension, Post, nor Place, 
 Am I your humble debtor ; lb. 3. 
 
Humble 
 
 242 
 
 Hunter 
 
 And till ye come — your humble servant, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Within his humble cell, : . . Despondency ^ an Ode, 3. 
 Which will oblige your humble debtor, 
 
 Ken ye ought o' Capi. G. t 
 How blest the humble cotter's fate, S. O poortitk cauld,\ 
 
 Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, 
 
 His servants Humble : The Autho-^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Your humble Bardie sings an' prays ^ 
 
 While Rab his name is lb. 
 
 When BCallantyne] befriends his humble name, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Oh wha wad leave this humble state 
 
 For a' the pride of a' the great ? S. The Contented Cottager, 
 Wi' humble prayer to join and share 
 
 This festive Fete Champetre. . S, The File Ckampetre. 
 And many a low humble bow to the ground : 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble, 
 
 The Twa Dogs, 13. 
 
 Embolden'd thus, I beg you'll hear 
 
 Your humble slave complain, The Petition of Br. Water, 
 Great love I bear to all the Fair, 
 
 Their humble slave an' a' that ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. t 
 the Lab'rer's weary toil, For humble gains. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. g. 
 Strive in thy humble sphere to shine ; . . . lb. 3i. 
 
 Far dearer to me yon humble broom bowers, 
 
 6". Their groves of\ 
 
 this little boon, This humble pair of glasses. . To a Lady. 
 Cauld blew the bitter-biting North 
 
 Upon thy early, humble birth; . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Thou lifts thy unassuming head 
 
 In humble guise ; . . . lb. 
 
 And others, like your humble servan', 
 
 Poor wights ! nae rules nor roads observin ; . To J.S,^ ig. 
 Accept the gift ; tho' humble he who gives. 
 Rich is the tribute of the grateful mind. To Miss Graham. 
 My humble knapsack a' my wealth, S. When wild War's + 
 
 Our humble cot, and hamely fare, lb. 
 
 Dost thou spurn the humble vale ? Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Her parentage humble as humble can be.; 
 
 S. Yon wild fttossy mountains f 
 
 Humbler. 
 
 To lower Orders are assign'd, 
 
 The humbler ranks of Human-kind, The Vision. D. II. 7. 
 Did warlike'laurels crown my brow, 
 Or humbler bays entwining — . S. Wfun first I saw t 
 Humbly, 
 
 For who would humbly serve the Poor ? A Ded. to G, H. , 16. 
 That never gives — tho' humbly takes enough ; 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham, j. 
 And humbly begs you'll mind the important — Now ! 
 
 Prologue at Tk., D.. 
 Yet humbly kind, in time o' need. 
 
 The poor man's wine ; . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 To you a simple Bardie's pray'rs 
 
 Are humbly sent. The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Which even the Rights of Kings in low prostration 
 Most humbly own — 'tis dear, dear admiration ! 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Humid. Humid seal of soft affections, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Humility. But with humility and awe 
 
 Still walks before his God. The isi Psalm. 
 
 Humm'd. 
 
 The bum-clock humm'd wi' lazy drone, The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Humming. 
 the bees, humming round the gay roses, 
 
 S. Where are the joys f 
 Amang the trees where humming bees 
 At buds and flowers were hingmg, O S. Amang the trees \ 
 Hump. 
 She has a hump upon her breast. 
 The twin o' tnat upon her shouther ; S, Willie Wastle t 
 Humphie. Or crouchie Merran Humphie, Halloween. 20. 
 Hundep [hundred]. 
 In seventeen hunder forty-nine . Fpig. on A. Tunter, 
 Toproper young men, he'll clink in the hand 
 
 dowd guineas a hunder or twa, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him. 
 
 He'll gie me gude hunder marks ten : . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Been snaw-white seventeen hunder linen ! Ta7n o" Shanter. 13. 
 
 Hundred, 
 Wi' less, I'm sure, I've hundreds slain ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, j6. 
 Where hundreds labour to support 
 
 A haughty lordling's pride ; Man was made to mourn. 
 Twal" hundred, as white as the snaw, man, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 To leave me a hundred or twa, man, . • . . lb, 
 'Twas in the seventeen hundred year 
 
 O' Christ and ninety-five, . The Election Ballads. V. 
 As flames amang a hundred woods. 
 
 As headlong foam a hundred floods; . , , lb. VI. 
 Though hundreds worship at his word. 
 He's but a coof for a' that : . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Hundred-headed. No hundred-headed Riot here we meet, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods, 
 Hung. But Cl-nt-n's glaive frae rust to save 
 
 He hung it to the wa', man. A Fragment. 4.. 
 
 They hung him up before the storm, , John Barleycorn. 
 Beware a tongue that's smoothly hung ; O leave novels f 
 
 On ev'ry blade the pearls hung ; S. ' Twas even^the dewy f 
 Hunger. 
 Let wark and hunger mak them sober ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 O Lord, when hunger pinches sore. 
 
 Do thou stand us in stead, . . .At Globe Tav., D.. 
 There's naething here but Highland pride, 
 And Highland scab and hunger ; 
 
 Epig. on being neglected at In. Inn. 
 Waefu' Want and Hunger fley me, S. O that I had ne'er, \ 
 Hunger, Cauld, an' a' sic harms 
 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly Beggars, S. V. 
 Ye maist wad think, a wee touch langer. 
 An' they maun starve o' cauld and hunger : 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 Nae cauld nor hunger e'er can steer them, . lb. 27. 
 
 Hunger'd. 
 Unskaith'd by hunger'd Highland boors ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 And hunger'd Maukin taen her way 
 
 To kail-yards green. The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Hungry. 
 
 The hungry bike did scrape and pike S. Amang the Trees \ 
 Cauld poverty, wi' hungry stare, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 A hungry care's an unco care ; . S. In simmer when I 
 Or hounded forth, dishonour arms 
 
 In hungry droves. The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The hungry Jew in wilderness 
 Rejoicing o'er his manna, . S. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 
 Hunkers [a person's position when sitting with the 
 hips hanging downwards and the weight of the 
 body depending on the knees]. 
 
 Upon his hunkers bended, . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 
 Hunt. 
 
 To hunt, or to pasture, or do what she would : S. Caledonia, 
 Tho' fortune's frown still hunts me down, 
 
 iS". My father was a farmer \ 
 Nor need he hunt as far as Rome or Greece, Scots Prologue. 
 An' hunt him down, o'er right an' ruth 
 
 To ruin straight. . To Rev. J. MMatL 
 Or hunt a Parent's life Wi' bludie war. . ^S". Ye Jacobites \ 
 Hunted, -it. 
 And hunted as was William Wallace, Adam A~'s Prayer. 
 Gude help the day when royal heads 
 
 Are hunted like a maukin. . . S, Awa, whigs, awa. 
 And mony a huntit, poor Red-coat 
 For fear amaist did swarf, man. 
 
 J. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 He hunted o'er height and o'er howe ; 
 
 The Black-headed Eagle. 
 They hunted the valley, they hunted the hill, 
 
 6". The heather was bloom, t 
 Hunter. Or Hunters wild on Ponotaxi, A Ded. to G, H, 6, 
 The sma', droot-rumpl't, hunter cattle, A Gutd New-Year\ 
 Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; TaTn 0' Shanter, 10. 
 Ilk hoary hunter moura'd a brither ; Tarn Samson's El., 12. 
 Who left the all-important cares 
 
 Of fiddles, wh-res, and hunters ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The hunter now has left the moor, S. The gloomy Night t 
 The hunter lo'es the morning sun, S, When o'er the kiU\ 
 
Hunting 
 
 243 
 
 Idle 
 
 Hunting. 
 
 Our lads gaed a hunting, ae day at the dawn, 
 
 S. The keather was blooming ^ 
 I red you beware at the huntingj young men ; . .lb. 
 Jamy Goose, Jamy Goose, ye hae made but toom roose, 
 
 In hunting the wicked Lieutenant ; The Kirk's A larm. 
 Like beagles hunting game, man, The Tr^ 0/ Liberty. 
 
 Hurcheon [a hedgehog]. 
 Haurl thee [death] hame to his black smiddie, 
 
 O'er hurcheon hides. El. on Capt; M. H. 
 
 Hupchin [upchln]. 
 But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft. 
 That play'd a Dame a shavie The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Hurdles [the loins, the crupper, the hips]. 
 
 So, row't his hurdles in a hammock. 
 
 An' owre the Sea. On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 I wad hae gi'en them [thir breeks] off my hurdles, 
 For ae blink o' the bonie burdies ! . . Tavi *?' Shunter. 13. 
 Wha meekly gae your hurdies to the smiters ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Hung owre his hurdies wi' a swirl. . The Twa Dogs. j". 
 
 Your hurdies like a distant hill, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Hurl [to ride in a conveyance]. 
 If on a beastie I can speel. 
 Or hurl in a cartie, . . . .To — . 
 
 Hurl. Or thro' the mining outlet bocked, 
 
 Down headlong hurl. A Winter Night, z. 
 Then down ye'U hurl, dell nor ye never rise ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Hurl down wi' crashing rattle ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Hurled. No fallen angel, hurled from upper skies; 
 
 Ode, sac. to Mem. of Mrs, — . 
 And Westerha' and Hopeton hurled 
 To every Whig, defiance. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Hurling. 
 Winter, hurling thro' the air 
 
 The roaring blast. El. on Capt. M. If., 13. 
 Hurry. 
 Some devils seize them in a hurry, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 ' I nearhand cowpit wi' my hurry, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 Hurt. For fear your modesty be hurt. . A Ded. to G. H. 
 Because we've stang'd her through the place. 
 
 And hurt her spleuchan, Adam A — 'j Prayer. 
 The poor, wee thing was little hurt ; Ep. to J. R. 8. 
 
 Ye wise ones, hence ! ye hurt the social eye ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Of all the numerous ills that hurt our peace, 
 
 Rem-orse. A Frag,. 
 An' ay the less they hae to sturt them, 
 In like proportion, less will hurt them. The Twa Dogs. zg. 
 
 Husband. 
 
 As Master, Landlord, Husband, Father, 
 
 He docs na fail his part in either. . . A Ded. to G. H.,S- 
 
 When depriv'd of her husband she loved so well, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire, 
 That some kind husband had addrest, 
 
 To some sweet wife ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zst. 3 
 Here lie the loving Husband's dear remains, 
 
 Epii. for Author^ s Father. 
 Lament 'im Mauchline husbands a', Epit. on a Wag. 
 
 When sic a husband was frae hame, 
 
 What wife but wad excus'd her ? . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 Husband, husband, cease your strife, S. Husband, husband t 
 How mony lengthen'd sage advices 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises ! . Tarn o' Shanter. 4. 
 The Saint, the Father, and the Husband prays : 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. lO. 
 The Regiment at large for a husband I got; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. II. 
 The plighted husband of her youth? . . The Lament. 
 With all a poet's, husband's, father's fear! To R, G. o/F,, g. 
 Hush'd, -'t. 
 sune as chance or fate had hush't 'em [poverty, &c.] 
 
 El, on Death o/R. Ruisseaux. 
 All else was hush'd as Nature's closed e'e ; 
 
 The Brigs qfAyr. 3. 
 Hushion [a stocking without a sole]. 
 
 She dights her grunzie wi' a hushion ; S. Willie Wastle t 
 Husky. Let husky Wheat the haughs adorn, Scotch Drink, 3. 
 
 Hut. And hap'ly, eye the barren hut, 
 
 With high disdain, . . To J. S., 17. 
 Huzza ! 
 His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him 
 
 In faint huzzas. The Autho-^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Hyacinth. 
 The hyacinth for constancy, wi' its unchanging blue, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 Hydra. Their hydra drouth did sloken. On dining with Daer. 
 Hymen. No horns, but those by luckless Hymen worn, 
 
 ToR.G. o/F., 3. 
 Hymeneal. 
 Lang beet his hymeneal flame, A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 
 But first bang out that she'll discern, 
 Your hymeneal Charter, . . , A Dream. 13. 
 
 Hymn. 
 Like music-notes o' Lover's hymns ; S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 The choral hymn that erst so clear, 
 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear, . . On Lincluden 
 
 Where the songs of the good, where the hymns of the blest, 
 Through an endless existence shall charm thee. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Hymning. Together hymning their Creator's praise. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 16. 
 Hypocrisy. Hypocrisy, in mercy spare it ! Ep. to J. R.,3. 
 " An' this is Superstition here, 
 "An' that's Hypocrisy. . . . The Holy Fair.S- 
 Hypocrite, And names, like villian, hypocrite, 
 
 Ilk ither gi'en, . The Twa Herds, g. 
 Ye hypocrites ! are these your pranks? V. on Nat. Thanks.. 
 Hypothenuse. 
 
 But brave Caledonia's the hypothenuse ; S. Caledonia. 6. 
 Hyte [mad]. 
 The witching cursed delicious blinkers 
 
 Hae put me hyte, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 I, In sullen vengeance, I, disdain'd, reply : . Th^ Vowels. 
 
 Ice. 
 
 (What breast of northern ice but warms?) Fragment of Ode. 
 crashing ice, borne on the roaring speat, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 The infant ice scarce bent beneath their feet : . lb. zi. 
 Icicle. Till icicles hing frae their beards ; . To J. S,, 22. 
 Icker [an ear of corn], 
 A daimen-icker in a thrave 
 
 'S a sma' request : . . . To a Mouse. 
 Icy. 
 
 An' [thowes] float the jinglan icy boord. Add. to the DeiL 12. 
 Idea. Her dear idea brings relief, 
 
 And solace to my breast. . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 Her dear idea round my heart 
 
 Should tenderly entwine. . . , S. Tho' cruel fate t 
 Your dear idea reigns, and reigns alone : To Clarinda. 
 
 Idiot. The idiot strum of vanity bemused, . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 While titled knaves and idiot greatneSs shine 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 
 Here vanity strums on her idiot lyre ; Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 An idiot race, to honour lost ; . On Window at Stirling. 
 
 And half an idiot too, more helpless still. ToR, G. ofF.,3. 
 
 Idle. Esteeming, and deeming. 
 
 It a' an idle tale ! . . . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Ye woodland choir that chaunt your idle loves, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 We'll roam through the forest for each idle weed ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 I dropt my schemes, like idle dreams, 
 
 S, My father was a farmer f 
 Philosophy, no idle pedant dream, Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Sad thy tale, thou idle page, . . . Sad thy tale, \ 
 
 Except it be some idle plan O' rhymin clink, 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Amid their flaring idle toys, 5. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Are ye as idle's I am? . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Despising worlds with all their wealth 
 
 As empty idle care : . . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Fair maid, you need not take the hint, 
 
 Nor idle texts pursue ; . . , To Miss Ainslie. 
 
 the idle Muses' mad-cap train, . . ToR.G.ofF.,8. 
 To you I dedicate the hour 
 
 In idle rhyme. . . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Idle, to. 
 
 He never was known for to idle or lurk; S. The Poor Thresher, 
 
Idly 
 
 244 
 
 lU 
 
 Idly. The breezes Idly roaming [a type of woman], 
 
 S. Deluded swain t 
 
 When idly goavan whyles we saunter, E^. to Maj. Logan. 2. 
 
 Husband, husband, cease your strife, 
 Nor longer idly rave, Sir ; . . S. Husband^ kushand^ \ 
 Idly-feign'd, No idly-feign'd, poetic pains, Tkt Lament, 
 ler-oe [a great grandchild]. 
 
 his wee, curlie John's ier-oe, . . A Ded. to G. H.^ 14. 
 
 Ignis fatuus. 
 
 ■ Some spumy, fiery, ignis fatuus matter ; Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Ignorance. 
 
 Where ignorance her darkening vapour throws. The Vowels. 
 Ignorant. 
 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit ; The Brigs ofAyr^ 10. 
 Hay, True Campbells, Frederick an' Hay; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 14. 
 
 Ilk [each]. 
 
 Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing ! A Winter Night. 4. 
 Ilk spring they're new deckit wi' bonie white yewes. 
 
 S. Awd wi' yr 'wiichcraji\ 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., 12. 
 S. Frae the friends \ 
 
 Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear : 
 And ilk loyal, bonie lad 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. 
 
 Has cheer'd ilk drooping little flow'r, 
 
 S. Lassie wi the lintivhiie t 
 Ilk ghaist that haunts auld ha' or chamer, 
 
 On Grose* s Peregrinations. 
 Ilk action may he rue it j . . On W. Stewart. 
 
 Ilk feature — auld nature 
 
 Declar'd that she cou'd do nae mair ! . . S. Sas flaxen t 
 Phoebus, gilding the brow of the morning, 
 
 Banisbes ilk darksome shade, . . S. Sleep' st thou, t 
 Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : Tarn d Shanter, ig. 
 Ilk hoary Hunter mourn'd a brither ; 
 
 Ilk sportsman-youth bemoan'd a father; Tam Samson's El. 12. 
 An' with the lave ilk merry morn 
 
 Could rank my rig and lass ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Hale to the sex, ilk guid chiel says, . lb. 
 
 To shame ye, disclaim ye, 
 
 Ilk honest blrkie swears. lb. 
 
 Ilk wimpling burn, ilk chrystal spring. 
 Ilk glen and shaw she [Mirth] knew, man : 
 
 S. The FHe Champetre. 
 Ilk star gae hide thy twinkling ray S. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 And names, like villian, hypocrite, 
 
 Ilk ithergi'en, . . The Twa Herds, g. 
 While faithless snaws ilk step betray. . The Vision. D. I. 
 Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath ; 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountns t 
 Ilka [every]. 
 
 Careless ilka thought and free, , S. Blythe ha'e I been \ 
 Ilka body has a body, . . . S. Comin thrd the rye. 
 Ilka Jenny has her Jockey, . . , . lb. 
 
 Rifled ilka charm about her, . . . S. Donald Brodie\ 
 Mourn, ilka grove the cushat kens ; El. on Capt. M. H., 4. 
 Desart ilka blooming shore ; . . S. Frae the friends t 
 
 There catch her ilka glance of love, [rff,] 
 
 S. Now bank and brae t 
 Pale sickness withers ilka grace, . . . Fragment. 
 For ilka man that's drunk's a lord. . S. Gane is the day f 
 
 I ken thy friends try ilka means 
 
 Frae wedlock to delay thee ; , S. Here's to thy health t 
 Thy favors are the silly wind 
 
 That kisses ilka thing it meets. . S. I do confess t 
 
 And handsome ilka bit about her. . . iS*. / met a lass t 
 And corn wav'd green in ilka field, S. In simmer when t 
 
 And roses blaw in ilka bield ; lb. 
 
 Something in ilka part o* thee 
 
 To praise, to love, I find, . . . S. It is na^ Jean t 
 While birds warble welcomes in ilka green shaw ; 
 
 S. My Nanie's awa. 
 While ilka thing in nature join 
 
 Their sorrows to forego, . S. Now Spring has cladi 
 
 As songsters of the early year 
 Are ilka day mair sweet to hear, 
 So ilka day to me mair dear 
 
 And charming is my Phely. . . > S. O Phely \ 
 
 That ilka body talking 
 
 But her by thee is sfighted, S, wot ye wha that lo'es t 
 Thine be ilka joy and treasure, . . S. One fond kiss f 
 
 That ilka melder, wi' the miller. 
 
 Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; . Tam d Shanier, 3. 
 Thro' ilka bore the beams were glancing ; . . lb. 10. 
 Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, .... 16. 12, 
 ' Na, waur than a' ! ' cries ilka chiel, 
 
 ' Tam Samson's dead ! ' . Tam Samson's El. 
 And ilka bird sang o' it's luve ; . S. The Banks ofDoon. 
 When ilka ell cost me a groat. 
 
 The taylor staw the lynin 1. . . S. The cardin o't. 
 On ilka hand the bumies trot, iS". The Contented Cottager. 
 On ilka brow she's planted a horn, S. The Cooper 0' cuddy f 
 And ilka wife cries, auld Mahoun, 
 
 I wish you luck o' the prize, man. S. The deil camflddlin'^ 
 And ilka ane at London court 
 
 Would bid to. him gude day. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look weel to themsel, . . . . . lb. 
 
 No gi'en by way o' dainty But ilka day. The Ordination, 6. 
 Ay gat him friends in ilka place ; . . The Twa Dogs. j. 
 He smell'd their ilka hole and road. The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 He kend the Lord's sheep ilka tail, . . . . Ib.'j. 
 The birds sang sweet in ilka grove ; S. There was a lass f 
 (The second sight, ye ken, is given 
 
 To ilka Poet) . . . To Terraughty. 
 Thou shalt mix in ilka throe : S. Turn again, thoufair\ 
 To balance fair in ilka quarter ; . .6". Willie Wastlei 
 Now she's left by ilka creature ; S. Will ye go and marry t 
 And ilka bird sang o' its love, . S. Ye banks andbraes\ 
 
 111, adj., adv. 
 Or else, I fear, some ill ane skelp him ! A Ded. to G. H.y3. 
 
 (Ye need na tak it ill) lb. I2. 
 
 I'm baith dead-sweer, an' wretched ill o't ; . . lb. 13. 
 Ill har'sts, daft bargains, cutty stools, Add. to Toothache. 
 As ill I like my fauts to tell; Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist. 16. 
 
 How ill exchang'd for riper times. Despondency., an Ode. 5. 
 She [Fortune] promis'd fair, and perform'd but ill ; , 
 
 S. I dream' d I lay t 
 Jenny was nae ill to gain, . . . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 An' gin she tak it ill, jo. 
 
 Then lea'e the lassie till her fate, . S. O steer her up t 
 His bosom ill at rest. . . S.Ona bank of flowers f 
 O heavy loss, thy country ill could bear! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Ill may she be ! . On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 Wi' his proud, independent stomach, 
 
 Could ill agree ; . . .lb. 
 
 howsoe'er our tongues may ill reveal it, Prologue at Th., D.. 
 
 It sets you ill, Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell, 
 
 Scotch Drink. 16. 
 
 By my love so ill requited ; S. Stay, my charmer\ 
 
 The ne'er-a-bit they're ill to poor folk . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 If ill-manners were wit, there's no mortal so fit 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. iS- 
 
 She promised fair and perform'd but ill ; 
 
 S. Tho.flckle Fortune \ 
 
 Ye hate as ill's the vera de'il, . . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 An' justifies that ill opinion, 
 
 Which makes thee startle, - To a Mouse. 
 
 Ill, J. Yet sure those ills that wring my soul 
 
 Obey Thy high behest. A Prayer under Anguish. 
 
 May ill befa' the flattering tongue 
 
 That wad beguile my Nanie, . S. Behind yon hillsl 
 Ye little know the ills ye court. 
 
 When manhood is your wish ! Despondency, an Ode. J. 
 
 They [misfortunes] make us see the naked truth, 
 
 The real guid and ill Ep. to Davie. 7- 
 
 Fate still has blest me with a friend, 
 
 In ev'ry care and ill ; ■ ^b. 10. 
 
 A mortal quite unfit for fortune's strife, 
 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; Ep. to E. Graham. 3 
 
 O why the deuce should I repine, 
 
 And be an ill foreboder ; . . . Extem. Ap. 1782. 
 
 Nought of ill may come thee near, S. Hark I the mavis t 
 
 And no for ony guid or ill 
 
 They've done afore thee 1 Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 Of gude advisement comes nae ill. S. In simmer when\ 
 
 111 may we never see ! . . . S. Landlady, count t 
 Many and sharp the num'rous Ills 
 Inwoven with our frame ! . Man was made to Mourn, 
 
Ill 
 
 245 
 
 Impression 
 
 Its [the future's] good or ill untried, O ; 
 
 »?. My father was a farmer^ 
 Thou'rt like themselves [the powers aboon] sae lovely, 
 
 That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. S. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, 
 
 They sair misca thee ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Ay wavering like the willow wcker, 
 
 'Tween good and ill. . . Poem on Life. 
 Of all the numerous ills that hurt our peace, 
 
 Remorse. A Frag,. 
 O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! . . . Tarn o' Skanter. 6. 
 The sleepy bit lassie she dreaded nae ill, S. The Taylor fell^ 
 She thought that a Taylor could do her nae ill. . . lb. 
 That when nae real ills perplex them. 
 
 They mak enow themsels to vex them ; The Twa Dogs. 2g. 
 wakeful caution still aware Of ill . . To a yng Lady. 
 
 Some drops of joy with draughts of ill between ; 
 
 WhyainIloth\ 
 Ye pow'rs of honour love and truth 
 From ev'ry ill defend her ; . . . S. Young Peggy t 
 lU-brewn. Some ill-brewn drink had hov'd her wame, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 Ill-fated. 
 
 Ill-fated genius! Heaven-taught Fergusson I Lns on Fergusson. 
 Ill-hearted. 
 
 Fient haet o' them's ill hearted fellows ; The Twa Dogs. s6. 
 lU-match'd, Age and Want, Oh ! ill-match'd pair 1 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 Ill-nature. 
 Abusin' me for harsh ill nature 
 
 On holy men, . . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Ill-presaging. The lamp of day with ill-presaging glare, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Ill-requited. 
 O, but for kind, tho' ill-requited friends, 
 I had been driven forth like you forlorn, Tragic Frag. 
 
 lU-satisfy'd. 
 
 lU-satisfy'd, keen Nature's clam'rous call, A Winter Night, g. 
 Ill-suited. 
 (O Ferguson I thy glorious parts, 
 
 Ill-suited law's dry, musty arts ! . To IV. Simpson. 
 
 Ill-taen [ill-taken]. 
 Blythe Jenny sees the visiles no ill taen ; 
 
 The CotteT^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 lU-tongued. An' lows'd his [Job's] ill-tongued, wicked scawl 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 18. 
 Yon ill-tongu'd tinkler, Charlie Fox, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Ill-thief [the devil]. 
 
 The ill-thief blaw the Heron south ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Ill-Willie [ill-natured, ungenerous, unkind]. 
 
 Your native soil was right ill-wiliie ; On Scot. Bardgne to W.l. 
 Illicit. But never tempt th' illicit rove, Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 missus, Th; missus, Tiber, Thames an* Seine, 
 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line ; To W. Simpson. 
 Illumined. 
 Than heaven-illumin'd Man on brother Man bestows ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 Illustrate. 
 But now for a Patron, whose name and whose glory. 
 At once may illustrate and honour my story. 
 
 fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Illustrious. 
 
 genius, th' illustrious father of fiction, Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Among the illustrious Scottish sons 
 That chief thou may'st discern ; . . V.s below Picture. 
 Image. Wee image of my bonny Betty, Add. tolllegit. Child. 
 God's image rudely etch'd on base alloy! Ep. toR. Graham. s. 
 As e'er God with his Image blest, . Epit. on a Friend. 
 
 Her living image in her yowe, . . PoorMailie's EL. 
 Whose image lives within my breast; 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Thy image at our last embrace ; . To Mary in Heaven. 
 Imbosomed. 
 Th' outstretching lake, imbosomed 'mong the hills, 
 
 ' Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Imbued. The lightning of her eye in tears imbued. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Immingled. Immingled with the mighty dead ! Liberty. 
 Immix'd. Ye heathy wastes immix'd with reedy fens, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Immortal. 
 
 For brave Caledonia immortal must be ; S. Caledonia. 6. 
 
 Must thou alone in guilt immortal swell, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Or my more dear Immortal part, . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 Behold that eye which shot immortal hate, . . Liberty. 
 The tender thrill, the pitying tear. 
 The generous purpose, nobly dear, 
 The gentle look that rage disarms ; 
 
 These are all immortal charms. . . S. My Mary's face t 
 One Douglas lives in Home's immortal page, [v.A.12] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 All in the field of politics. 
 
 To win immortal honors. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 There taste that life of life — immortal love. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 if thou would flourish immortal in rhyme, The Whistle. 17. 
 Here, where the Scottish muse immortal lives, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Time cannot aid me, my griefs are immortal, 
 
 S. Where are the joys t 
 Imp. Despise that Shrimp, that withered Imp, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 Curst Common-sense, that imp o' h-U, The Ordination. 2. 
 
 ImPf to. My muse may imp her wing for some subUmer flight. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. $. 
 Impart. And with him all the joys are fled, 
 
 Life- can to me impart. S. Fate gave the word ^ 
 To thee this votive offring I impart, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whitefard. 
 
 Fain, fain, would I my griefs impart, S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 
 Impassioned. But heaves impassioned with the grateful throe. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Impatient. 
 
 While pointers round impatient bum'd Tarn Satnson's El. , 8. 
 Looks round him an' found them 
 Impatient for the Chorus. The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 
 Impeird. impell'd by all-directing Fate, The Brigs ofAyr.3, 
 Impelling. To shun impelling ruin 
 
 A while her pinions tries ; . . S. How cruel \ 
 Impending. Sunk on the earth, defaced its lovely form. 
 
 Unless your shelter ward th' impending storm. 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Imperfect, in her rough imperfect line To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Imperial. The world's imperial crown, S. Markyonderpomp t 
 Than ony ermine ever lap, 
 
 Qr proud imperial purple. The Answ. to the Guidwife. 
 
 There ril despise imperial charms, S. The gowd% Locks of A. 
 Impertinent. An' if impertinent I've been. 
 
 Impute it not. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Impious. 
 For sure 'twere impious to despair 
 So much in sight of Heayen. . S. Anna, thy charms f 
 Implore. Your pity I will not implore, Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 ' Implore his counsel and assisting might : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 And kneel, * Ye Pow'rs, and warm implore, . To J. S., 21. 
 Imploring. And in the keen, yet tender eye, 
 
 O read th' imploring lover. . . S. Could aught ofsong\ 
 Each night and morn with voice imploring. 
 
 This wish I sigh : . . The Hermit. 
 
 Imply. Possessing the one shall imply you've the other. 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Imported. 
 Does Nonsense mend, like Brandy, when imported 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Important. 
 
 For still th' important end of life, 
 
 They [whafa'] equally may answer:^/, to Young Friend. 4. 
 " You're one year older this important day," 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 And humbly begs you'll mind the important — Now I . lb. 
 Let lis th' important now employ, . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Impose. 
 And share the fate I would impose 
 On thee, wert thou my captive too. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 Impressed. 
 But deep this truth impress'd my mind A Winter Night. 11. 
 the sweet yellow darlings wi' Geordie imprest, 
 
 S. Awa! wV yr witchcraft t 
 Impression. Time but the impression stronger makes, 
 As streams their channels deeper weai-. 
 
 To Mary in Heaven . 
 
Imprimis 
 
 246 
 
 Infant 
 
 Imprimis. ' 
 
 Imprimis then, for carriage cattle, 
 
 I have four brutes o* gallant mettle, . The Inventory. 
 
 Improve, 
 The lucky moment to improve, . Despondency, an Ode, 4. 
 So travell'd monkies their grimace improve, . . Sketch. 
 And doubly were the poet blest 
 These joys could he improve. . . . To Ckloris. 
 
 Impudence. 
 
 Your impudence protects you sairly : . . To a Louse. 
 
 Impute. 
 
 Impute it not, good Sir, in ane 
 
 Whase heart ne'er wrang'd ye, To Rev. J. M^ Math. 
 
 In. Duncan sigh'd baith out and in, . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 
 And I would fain be in, jo. . * S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 rise and let me in, jo lb. 
 
 1 winna let you in, jo. . . . . . lb. 
 
 He sought them out, he sought them in, 
 
 S. The Cooper d cuddy + 
 He paidles out, and he paidles in, . S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 Diel mak his king's-hood in a spleuchan ! ' 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 Or else the Deil's be in it. . . Extent, to an Intimate. 
 
 She says in to hersel : Halloween, 8. 
 
 Incapacity. 
 The more incapacity they bring 
 The more they're to your liking. . The Dean ofFac. 
 
 Incens'd. The Power, incens'd, the Pageant will desert, 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night 17. 
 Incessant. 
 Your blood shall with incessant cry 
 
 Awake at last th' unsparing power. . Fragment of Ode. 
 The incessant roar of headlong tumbling floods 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Incessantly, 
 Where the wild winds of winter incessantly rave, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Inch, An' Gouts torment him, inch by inch, Scotch Drink. 17. 
 His solid sense — ^by inches you must tell, . . Sketch. 
 Yet ne'er an inch the less, lassie. S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 Inclination. 
 It's just a carnal inclination, . . .A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 A dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug, 
 
 A treacherous inclination . . Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 O, had I power like inclination, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 But for how lang the flie may stang. 
 Let Inclination law that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Inelin'd. 
 Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd, . Tam 0" Shanter. ig. 
 ' All chuse, as, various they'rfe inclin'd, 
 
 ' The various man. . The Vision. D. II., 7. 
 Inclosed. Adown a corn-inclosed bawk, S. A Rosebud by t 
 Incog. Ye cam to Paradise incog, . . Add. io the Deil. 16. 
 Inconclusive. 
 Or point the inconclusive page 
 
 Full on the eye. [v.A.4] . The Vision. D. II. 
 Inconstant. 
 Th' inconstant blast howl'd thro' the darkening air, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast, S. The gloomy night t 
 Inconstancy. 
 Let not woman e'er complain 
 Of inconstancy in love ; . . . S. Let ?tot woman \ 
 Increase. ' Be fruitful and increase, . . Nature's Law. 
 So, may his flock increase an' grow The Death ofMailie. 
 Increasing. 
 Th' increasing blast roar'd round the beetling rocks, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Incpust^d, 
 
 I saw mankind with vice incrusted ; . . The Hermit. 
 Indebted. 
 
 Your much indebted, hunible servant. A Ded. to G. H.^ ij. 
 Indeed, indeed maun I, quo' Findlay. S. JVhaisthaiatmyf 
 
 Indeed will I, quo' Findlay. [re.] lb. 
 
 Indentin [indenturing]. 
 
 For Britain's guid his saul indentin The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 
 Independence. 
 
 To hardy Independence bravely bred, , The Brigs of Ayr, 
 
 Independent, -ant. 
 
 Thus bold, independent, unconquer'd, and free, 
 
 S. Caledonia, 6. 
 But for the glorious privilege 
 
 Of being independent. , . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 Mark how their lofty independent spirit 
 Soars on the spurning wing of injur d merit ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Why was an independent wish 
 
 E'er planted in my mind ? . Man was made to mourn. 
 Wi' his proud, independent stomach, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Thou of an independent mind 
 
 With soul resolved, with soul resigned ; Poet. Inscription. 
 The independent patriot. 
 
 The honest man, and a' that. The Election Ballads, II. 
 
 The independent commoner Shall be the man for a' that. lb. 
 The man of independent mind, 
 
 He looks and laughs at a' that. S. The Honest Man. 
 
 On my ain legs thro' dirt and dub, 
 
 I independent stand ay. - . . . \To Mr. M^Adam. 
 India. 
 The sun from India's shore retires ; S. Slow spreads the gloom^ 
 Can all the wealth of India's coast. 
 
 Atone for years in absence lost ? lb. 
 
 could I give thee India's wealth, . To J. M^Murdo. 
 
 1 send you more than India boasts 
 
 To Miss L., with '' Beattie." 
 Indian, 
 Till the Diamond's Ace, of Indian race. 
 
 Led him a sair faux pas, man : " . A Fragment. 7. 
 Happy, thou Indian grove, I'll say, 
 
 Where now my Nancy's path may be ! .S". Behold the kour\ 
 That Indian wealth may lustre throw 
 
 Around my Highland lassie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 No gifts have I from Indian coasts 
 
 To Miss L., with " Beattie." 
 And thirst of gold might tempt the deep, 
 Or downward seek the Indian mine ; 
 
 S. ' Twos even—tlie dewy t 
 Indicted. 
 
 But surely Dreams were ne'er indicted Treason. A Dream. 
 Indies. 
 Ance to the Indies I were wonted, Ep. io Maj. Logan. 12. 
 Willyego to the Indies, my Mary, [r^.] . . To Mary. 
 But a' the charms o' the Indies Can never equal thine. lb. 
 Indignant. Dost thou not rise, indignant Shade, 
 
 Extern,, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 With tears indignant I behold th' oppressor 
 Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction. Tragic Frag. 
 
 Indignation. 
 There keen indignation shall dart on her prey, 
 Which spurning contempt shall redeem from his ire. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Indite. 
 There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard, 
 But they wham the truth wad indite. 
 
 ^y. Here's a health to them t 
 Indulge. The sacred lowe o' weel plac'd love, 
 
 Luxuriantly indulge it ; Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 If thou'rt a slave, indulge thy sneers. 
 
 The League and Covenant, 
 Indulgent. 
 Grant me, indulgent heaven, that I may live 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Lns. extent, in Lady's Pochet-hk, 
 Indus. Ye monarchs, tak the east and west, 
 
 Frae Indus to Savannah ! X Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 Industry. 
 Plain-plodding industry, and sober worth; Ep. to R. Graham, z. 
 So hold thy industry with diligent cares. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher, 
 Inexorable. All hail l inexorable lord ! . . To Ruin. 
 Infamy. 
 Where infamy with sad repentance dwells ; Epis.fr. Esopus. 
 A text for infamy to preach ; . . . . To IV. Creech. 
 Infant. 
 Perhaps^ this hour, in Mis'ry's squalid nest, 
 She strains your infant to her joyless breast, A Winter Night. <?. 
 An' gied the infant warld a shog, . Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 
 The infant ice scarce bent beneath their feet : 
 
 The Brigs 0/ Ayr, il* 
 The lisping infant, prattling on his knee. 
 
 The CottcT^s Sat. Night. 3, 
 
Infant 
 
 247 
 
 Inspire 
 
 And infant frosts begin to bite, 
 
 In hoary cranreucn drest ; . , The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 The infant aith, half-form'd, was crusht ; Tke Vision. D. I. 8. 
 Explore at large Man's infant race, . . lb, D. II. lo 
 
 In helpless infants' tears he dipp'd his right, Tke Vmvels. 
 
 Passion's birth, and infants' play ... To a Kiss. 
 
 No gifls have I from Indian coasts 
 
 The infant year to hail ; . To Miss Z., -with " Beaitie," 
 The Tay meandering sweet in infant pride, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Infection. A great man's smile, ye ken fu' well, 
 
 Is ay a blest infection. . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Infernal. 
 And waff them in the infernal wherry 
 
 Straught through the lake, Adam A — ^s Prayer. 
 The red peat gleams, a fiery kernel, 
 
 Enhusked by a fog infernal : . . Ep. to H. Parker, 
 
 " To grace this damn'd infernal clan." 
 
 Lns add. ioj. Ranken. 
 May Envy wallop in a tether, 
 
 Black fiend, infernal ! . To W. Simpson. 
 Inflame. The thoughts o' thee my breast inflame ; 
 
 S. were I on Parnass. t 
 Influence. 
 Let my Mary's kindred spirit 
 
 Draw your choicest influence down. . S. Highland Mary. 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun 
 To shed its influence on thy bright career. 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 Inform. That can inform the mind, or mend the heart. 
 
 Prologue., sp. by Woods. 
 But twa-three winters will inform ye better. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Inform him [death], and storm him, 
 That Saturday ye'U fecht him. . To a Medical Gent. 
 
 Inform'd. 
 Few heads with knowledge so inform'd : Epit. on a Friend. 
 A letter inform'd me that all was to wreck ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 Should think they better were inform'd, 
 
 Than their auld dadies. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Informingr. 
 
 Thou'rt ay sae free informing me 
 Thou hast nae mind to marry ; 
 I'll be as free informing thee, 
 Nae time hae I to tarry. . . S. Here's to thy health,i 
 Infuriate. 
 
 The fumes of wine infuriate send ; Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Inglne [genius; disposition; mind]. 
 Then a' that kent him round declared, 
 
 He had ingine, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist.3. 
 But gie me just a true good fallow 
 
 Wi' right ingine, . . To Mr. J, Kennedy. 
 Ingle [fire, flre-plaee]. 
 The benmost neuk beside the ingle, . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 And peacefu' raise its ingle reek, . . As on the banks j 
 And [winds] hing us owre the ingle, . . Ep. to Dame. 
 Fast by an ingle, bleezing finely, . . Tam d Shanter. $• 
 His wee-bit ingle, blinkan bonilie, The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; . . lb. 12. 
 Auld baudrans by the ingle sits, . . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Ingle-cheek [the fire-side]. 
 There, lanely, by the ingle-cheek, 
 
 I sat and ey'd the spewing reek, . . The Vision. D.I. 3. 
 Ingle-gleede [the live- coal of the fire-place]. 
 And cheary blinks the ingle-gleede 
 
 S. A' the lads 0* Thomie-bank\ 
 Ingle-lowe [the fire-light]. 
 by my ingle-lowe I saw. Now bleezan bright, 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 There sat a bottle in a bole, 
 Beyont the ingle lowe \ . . S. The weary Pund. 
 Ingle-side [the fire-side], 
 I mean your ingle-side to ^uard 
 
 Ae winter night. . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Inglorious. I'll lay me with th' inglorious dead, 
 
 Forgot and gone ! . To/, S., 10. 
 Ingrate. Whilst I here^ must cry here, 
 
 At perfidy ingrate 1 . Despondency^ an Ode. 4. 
 Inhabitant. 
 The poor inhabitant below 
 Was quick to learn and wise to know, . . A Bard^s Epit. 
 
 Inherit. 
 
 Gude ^rant that thou may ay inherit 
 
 Thy mither's person, grace an' merit, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Inhuman. Inhuman man I curse on thy barb'rous art, 
 
 - On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Inhumanity. 
 
 Man's inhumanity to Man, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Injure. Such make his destiny, 
 
 He who would injure thee, S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Injured, -'d. Soars on the spurning wing of injur'd merit ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Wrong'd, injur'd, shunn'd, unpitied, unredrest ; 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Hark, injur'd Want recounts th' unlisten'd tale. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 The injured Stuart line is gone, On Window at Stirling. 
 
 Bead, even resentment, for his injured page. To R. G.ofF.,s 
 O injured God ! Thy goodness has endow'd me Tragic Frag. 
 And injured Worth forget and pardon man. 
 
 Wr. in Kenviore Inn. 
 Injurious, in the cause of right engaged, 
 
 Wrongs injurious to redress, S. Thickest Night \ 
 Injury. Wrongs, injuries, from many a darksome den, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Ink. An, down gaed stumpie in the ink : 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2jsi. 6. 
 Inly. 
 What warm, poetic heart but inly bleeds, The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 Thou seest a wretch who inly pines, The Lament. 
 
 Inmate. And in his Book of Life the Inmates poor enroll. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night, if. 
 
 Inn. 
 
 Was like a bluidy tiger I' th' inn that day. The Ordination. 
 Inner port [inner gate or door]. 
 
 Auld Clinkum at the Inner port 
 
 Cry'd three times, " Robin ! " What ails ye nowf 
 Innocence. 
 
 Mark maiden-innocence a prey 
 
 To love pretending snares, . . A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 But it's innocence and modesty 
 
 I'hat polishes the dart. . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; . . Innocence. 
 
 View unsuspecting Innocence a prey, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Whose innocence did sweets disclose 
 Beyond that flower's perfume. On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 Innocent. The young, the innocent, who fondly loved us. 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. . 
 Inquisitor. 
 Th' Inquisitor of Spain the most expert. 
 Might there have learnt new'mystenes of his art ; The Vowels. 
 Insect. But, Delia, on thy balmy lips 
 
 Let me, no vagrant insect, rove! Delia. An Ode. 
 Yet an insect's an insect at most, 
 
 Tho' it crawl on the curl of a queen. On an empty Fellow. 
 Pleasures, insects on the wing Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Insensate. 
 
 Mine was th' insensate frenzied part, Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Inside. Three lawyers' tongues, turned inside out, 
 
 Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout ; [v.A.i6] 
 
 Tam o' Shanter. 
 Insipid. 
 
 Their days, insipid, dull an' tasteless, . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Insist. Yet, if your catalogue [of friends] be fow, 
 
 I'se no insist ; Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. isi. is. 
 Insolence. Nor Insolence assumes fair Freedom's name ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 Inspection. 
 
 But keek thro' ev'ry other man, 
 
 Wi' sharpen'd, sly inspection. Ep. to Young Friend. 5. 
 
 Can thy keen inspection trace 
 Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace ? 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Inspiration. The tunefu' powers, in happy hours. 
 
 That whisper inspiration ; S. Lovely Davies. 
 Inspire. 
 O, how that name inspires my style ! . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 And morning Poossie whiddan seen. 
 
 Inspire my Muse, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 
 Then come, sweet Muse, inspire my lay I 
 
 S. O were I on Parnass. t 
 Inspires my muse to gie 'm his dues. On W. Chalmers, 
 
Inspire 
 
 248 
 
 Irwin 
 
 Inspire me, till I lisp an' wink. 
 
 To smg thy name 1 
 
 Scotch Drink, a. 
 S. Sweetest May \ 
 To R. Graham. 
 
 Sweetest May, let love inspire thee ; 
 I call no goddess to inspire my strains, 
 Inspire the highly favour'd youth 
 The destinies intend her, . . . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Inspired, -'d. a whim-inspir'd fool, . A Bar£s Epit. 
 
 (Inspired Bardies saw, man) . . . A Fragment. 8. 
 On fear-inspired wings ; . . . S. On a Bank of flowers t 
 To you I sing my grief-inspired strains : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Ev'n godly meetings o' the saunts, 
 
 By thee inspir'd, . . Scotch Drink. 8. 
 Through and through the inspired leaves, 
 
 Ye maggots make your windings ; The Book-Worsts. 
 
 By whim inspir'd, or haply prest wi' care, The Brigs qfAyr.3. 
 And ev'n his matchless hand with finer touch inspir'd ! lb. I2. 
 By her inspir'd the new-born race 
 
 Soon drew the avenging steel, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 ' All hail ! my own inspired Bard ! The Vision. D. II. 2. 
 
 Hence, Dempster's zeal-inspired tongue ; [v. A. 23] . lb. 6. 
 And fled each muse that glorious once inspired, ToR. G.ofF.^S' 
 Inspir'd, I turn'd Fates sibyl leaf. 
 
 This natal mom, . , To Terraughty. 
 InspireP. (The Patriot's God, peculiarly thou art, 
 
 His friend^ inspirer, guardian, and reward !) 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat Night. 21. 
 Inspiring, -in'. 
 Hail, thairm-inspirin", rattlin' Willie ! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 And sic twa love-inspiring een, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! . . Tain d Shanter. 11. 
 O'er-arching, mouldy, gloom-inspiring coves, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 M'Lauchlan, thairm-inspiring Sage, . . lb, 12. 
 
 ' An' sheds a heart-inspiring steam; . , The Twa Dogs, 20. 
 
 muse-inspirin' aqua-vitae . Third Ep. to J. Lap., 
 
 Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks, 
 
 For rhyme-inspiring lasses. . . ' . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Instance. For instance, there's yoursel just now, 
 
 God knows, an unco Calf ! . . The Calf. 
 Instant. Is instant made no worth a louse 
 
 Just at the bit. Add. to the Deil zi. 
 It's [Honor's] slightest touches, instant pause 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 And in an instant all was dark : . . Tarn d Shanter. 16. 
 An' to the muckle house repair, 
 
 Wi' instant speed. The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 
 Instantly. Our warlock Rhymer instantly descry'd 
 
 The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. 
 
 Instinct. ^^^ -^"^^ ^-^^^''- ^■ 
 
 (Instinct'sabrute, and sentiment a fool!) ^. to R. Graham. S- 
 Instruct, 
 Charm or instruct the future age, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. II. 
 And some instruct the Shepherd-train, 
 
 Blythe o'er the hill lb. 8. 
 
 Instrument. 
 No guess could tell what instrument appear'd, 
 But all the soul of Music's self was heard; The Brigs ofAyr^ 12. 
 To rustic Agriculture did [Peace] bequeath 
 The broken, iron instruments of Death, . . lb. 13. 
 
 Insulting. 
 
 now a prey to insulting neglect. Monody., on a Lady^ Epit. 
 In't [in it]. 
 The kettle o' the Kirk and State, 
 
 Perhaps a clout may fail in't ; \re\. S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 A cauld kirk, and in't but few ; . On Kirk ofLamzngion. 
 Intend. That he intends to pay your debt, . A Dream. 7. 
 Inspire the highly favour'd youth 
 The destinies intend her. . , . S. Young Peggy f 
 Intended. 
 The honest heart that* s free frae a' 
 
 Intended fraud or guile, . . . Ep. to Davie. 3, 
 What he intended on them to bestow j S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Intent. Her [nature's] eye intent on all the mazy plan, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 Intent, Intention. 
 But never honest man's intent, 
 
 As cursedly miscarry'd. . S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 Where with intention I have err'd, 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Abjuring a' intentions evil, I quat my pen Poem on Life. 
 
 Intently, while intently surveying The storm's gloomy path 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Interest. My honored colonel, deep I feel 
 
 Your interest in the poet's weal; . Poem on Life. 
 Hey for the chaste int'rest of Broughton, 
 
 The Election Ballads, III. 
 Intermix*d. 
 First, in the sexes intermixed connexion, 
 One sacred Right of Woman is protection. 
 
 The Rights ofWojnan. 
 Intervene. 
 
 When shining sunbeams intervene S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Into. There was three kings into the east, John Barleycorn. 
 Intoxicated. 
 
 Each thought intoxicated homage yields, . To Clarinda. 
 Intrusion. If mair they deave us wi' their din, 
 
 Or Patronage intrusion. The Ordination. 14.. 
 Invade. 
 Dare invade your native right, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Nay even thus invade a lady's quiet. The Rights of Woman. 
 Invader. 
 And oft repell'd th' Invader's shock. Add. to Edinhurgh, 3. 
 The daring invaders they fled or they died. . S. Caledonia. 
 
 Invasion. 
 
 Does haughty Gaul invasion threat ? 
 Then let the louns beware, Sir, . S. Does haughty Gaul,\ 
 Inverness. 
 'Tween Inverness and Tiviotdale, 
 
 He had few matches. Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. ist. 6. 
 The lovely lass of Inverness, 
 Nae joy nor pleasure can she see ; . 6". The lovely lass\ 
 Inverted. His that inverted glory. On Duke of Queensberry. 
 Inviolate. To keep that right inviolate's the fashion, 
 
 TM Rights of Woman. 
 Invite. Glory, Honour, now invite, S. Highland Laddie. 
 And kindljr she did me invite, 
 To walk into a chamber fair. S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Invited. .Invited him home to dine with him next day; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Involved, -*d. Thick mists, obscure, involVd me round ; 
 
 Lament for Glencairn. 
 Of guilt, perhaps where we've involved others ; 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Inwoven, 
 Many and sharp the numerous Ills 
 Inwoven with our frame! . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Ire. Which spuming contempt shall redeem from his ire.- 
 
 Monody, on a Lad^^ 
 Our sinfu' saul to get a claute on 
 
 Wi' felon ire; . . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night. 14. 
 Ireland. 
 
 I see her face the first of Ireland's sons, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Irish. It was a' for our rightfu' king, 
 
 We e'er saw Irish land, \re.\ . S. It was dfar\ 
 Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, 
 Wha represent our Brughs an' Shires, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 
 Iron. See stern Oppression's iron grip, A Winter Night. 7. 
 And [Turnkeys] deal from iron hands the spare repast ; 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe, L71S on Fergusson. 
 Keeper of Mammon's iron chest, . Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 He [Love] bound me with an iron chain, S. TalknotofLove^ 
 To rustic Agricxilture did [Peace] bequeath 
 The broken, iron instruments of Death, The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 The iron hand that breaks our band, S. The day returns^ 
 Iron-hearted. 
 
 That iron-hearted Carl, Want, . A Ded. to G. H. , 16. 
 Ironic* Ironic satire, sidelins sklented, 
 
 On my poor Musie ; To W. Simpson. 
 Irvine. Irvine's bairns are bonie a'. The night was still] 
 
 Irvine-side. 
 Lord Oregon^, mind'st thou not the grove 
 By bonie Irvine-side S. O mirk., mirk 1 
 
 Irvine side, Irvine side, wi' your turkey-cock pride. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Irwin, Irwine. 
 There, well-fed Irwine stately thuds : The Vision. D. I. H' 
 While Irwin, Lugar, Aire and Doon, 
 
 Naebody sings. . . To W. Simpson. 
 
Isabella 
 
 249 
 
 Janet 
 
 Isabella. By a river hoarsely roaring 
 
 Isabella stray'd deploring. . S. Raving winds t 
 
 Death tears the brother of her love 
 
 From Isabella's arms Sad ihy tale t 
 
 Fair on Isabella's mom 
 
 The sun propitious smil'd ; I&. 
 
 Isaiah. Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; 
 
 Tke Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 
 I*se [I shall, op I will]. 
 But I'se repeat each poor man's pray'r, A Ded. to G. H.y 13. 
 I'se gang wi' you, my shepherd-lad, . S. Ca' tke ewes. 
 I'se be fou aiid thou'se be toom, 
 
 Coggie, an the king come. . S. Carl, an the King come. 
 Yet, if your catalogue be fow, 
 
 Tse no insist ; . Ep. to J. L-^k, Ap, ist. ij. 
 L— d, I'se hae sportin by an* by, . . Ep-toJ.R.jii. 
 I'se ne'er bid better. . . . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair ; . . Tke Inventory. 
 At kirk and fair, I'se ay be there, . S. Tke tttker mom t 
 And if we dinna haud a bouze 
 
 I'se ne'er drink mair. . To Mr, J. Kennedy. 
 But I'se believe ye kindly meant it, . To W. Simpson, z. 
 Isle. 
 Yon distant isle will often hail ; . S. Behold the hour \ 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde 
 There sits an isle of high degree; 
 
 S. Tke Bonie Lass 0/ Albany. 
 And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd isle. 
 
 Tk^ Cotters Sat. Nigki. so. 
 Tho' wit and worth, in either sex, 
 
 St. Mary's Isle can shaw that, Tke Election Ballads. II. 
 And equal rights and equal laws 
 
 ■ Wad gladden every isle, man. . Tke Tree of Liberty. 
 'Twas in that place o' Scotland's isle,_ 
 
 That bears the name o' auld king Coil, . Tke Twa Dogs. 
 She lay like some unkend-of isle 
 
 Beside New Holland, . To fF. Simpson, 
 ISSachar. That Young Man ^reat in Issachar, 
 
 The burden-bearmg tribe. New Psalmody. 
 
 Issu'd. 
 The wild Scandinavian boar issu'd forth 
 To wanton in carnage and wallow in gore : S. Caledonia. 
 Italy. How libbet Italy was singin ; Kind Sir, Fve read\ 
 Italian. Compar'd with these, Italian trills are tame ; 
 
 Tke Cotter's Sat. Nigkt. 13. 
 Or down Italian Vista startles, . . The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Ither [other ; one another], 
 Nae ither care in life have I, 
 
 But live an' love my Nanie, O, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 A three-taed leister on the ither [shouther] 
 
 Lay, large an' lang. Death and Dr. HorTthook. 6. 
 hae ye been mawin, When ither folk are busy sawin ? lb. S, 
 He's grown sae weel acquaint wi' Buchan, 
 
 And ither chaps, ... lb. 14. 
 
 For life and spunk like ither Christians, 
 I'm dwindl'd down to mere existence, Ep, to H, Parker. 
 
 Maybe some ither thing they gie me 
 
 They weel can spare. Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. ist. i^. 
 V th' ither warl', if there's anither. 
 
 An' that there is I've little swither Ep, to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 Ithers seek they kenna what, . . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 And ither some will kiss and daut ; . S. Jokn, come kiss. 
 And ither some will prie their mou, 
 
 And some will hause in ithers arms, . . lb. 
 
 " But I maun lie before the storm, 
 
 " And ithers plant them in my room. Lament JbrGlencaim. 
 Thou comes— thejr [verses] rattle i' their ranks 
 
 At ither's arses ! . . Scotch Drink, 18. 
 An' monie ithers, , . Tke Autkof^s Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 The ither flutters o'er the rising piers : Tke Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 An' may they never learn the gaets. 
 
 Of ither, vile, wanrestfu' Pets ! . Tke Deatk o/Mailie, 
 Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. . . , lb. 
 
 An' monie jobs that day begin. 
 May end in Houghmagandie Some ither day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 27. 
 Nae doiibt but they were fain o' ither, . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 An' worry'd ither in diversion ; 16, 
 
 But hear their absent thoughts 0' ither, ... lb. 33. 
 
 Resolv'd to meet some ither day lb. 35. 
 
 .2 I 
 
 And names, like villain, hypocrite, 
 
 Ilk ither gi'en, . . The Twa Herds, g. 
 Wi' ither kindred, jumping cattle, . . . To a Louse. 
 a richer share Than mony ithers ; . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 And ev'ry ither pair [o' shoon] that's done, 
 
 Mair taen I'm wi' you. . . ToJ.S.,2. 
 " There's ither Poets, much your betters, . . .lb. 7. 
 They a' maun meet some ither place, . . To W, Creech. 
 We've been owre lang imkenn'd to ither ; To W. Simpson. i*j. 
 
 Ae way or ither, V.stoJ. Ranken. 
 
 ' To please us a', I've just ae ither, . What ails ye now \ 
 
 Her nose and chin they threaten ither ; S, Willie Wastle t 
 
 Then nae ither man can get ye, S. Will ye go and marry ^ 
 
 Itser [itself]. 
 
 Nay, even the yirth itsel' does cry, . El. on Year 1788. 
 
 And my fond heart, itsel sae true, 
 
 It ne'er mistrusted thine. . . . S.O mirk, mirk i 
 
 Ivied. This ivied cot was dear: Lnson Window. F.'sC. Her.^ 
 
 This ivied cot revere ! lb. 
 
 Ivory. Her teeth were like the ivory, 
 
 S. The Lass that made tke bed. 
 Ivy. Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, . A Vision. 
 Ye houlets, frae your ivy bower, . El. on Capt. M. H., 10. 
 Jacket. The pie-bald jacket let me patch once more ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Grakam. S- 
 Rusty aim caps and jinglin jackets, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Peel a willie wand, to be him boots and jacket ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray t 
 Jacobite. 
 Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear ; [«.] 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites^ 
 Jad [a jade ; a term of familiarity]. 
 ' Conscience,' says I, ' ye thowless jad 1 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap, 2ist. 4. 
 I hope to gie the jads a clearin' 
 
 In fair play yet. . Ep. to Maj. Logan, it. 
 Guess ye how the jad ! I could bear her, [«.] 
 
 S. Last May a draw wooer \ 
 Here sits a raw o' tittlan jads, 
 
 Wi' heaving breasts an' bare neck ; . Tke Holy Fair. g. 
 But clear your decks an' here's the Sex 
 
 I like the jads for a' that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII, 
 
 Or Zipporah the scauldin jad, . . The Ordination. 4. 
 They're a run deils an' jads thegither. The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 And or I wad anither jad, 
 
 I'll wallop in a tow. . . . S. The weary Pund. 
 We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills 
 
 To help, or roose us. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Jade. Be't to me, be't frae me, e'en let the jade [chance] gae, 
 
 S. Contented w£ little t 
 (A souple jade she was, and Strang), Tarn o' Skanter. 16. 
 
 Jaffray. 
 
 And Katharine Jaffray was her name, Katharine Jaj^ray, 
 Jag [to prick, pierce]. 
 
 ye prick the louse, An' jag the flae. Wkat ails ye now t 
 
 Jail. And rot the dyvors i' the jails ! . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 Jamaica. 
 
 Jamaica bodies, use him weel, On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 James. 
 And, in your lug, most reverend J[ames], . Tke Calf. 
 
 Simper James, Simper James, leave the fair Killie dames, 
 
 Tke Kirk's Alarm. 6, 
 Jamie, -y [dim. ^ James]. 
 An' lastly, Jamie, for yoursel, . A uld comrade dear t 
 
 There will never be peace till Jamie comes hame. [nc.] • 
 
 S, By yon castle wa' t 
 My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword, . . . lb. 
 Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes ; Epit. on noisy Polemic. 
 Then up gat fechtan Jamie Fleck, . . . Halloween, if. 
 Jamie, come try me, [«.] . . S, Jamie, come try me\ 
 In spite 0' a' the thievish kaes 
 
 That haunt St. Jamie's I 
 
 Tke Autho'Ps Cry and Prayer. 24. 
 Up and waur them a', Jamie, [re."] S. Tke Laddies by f 
 
 Young Jamie, pride of a' the plain, . S. Young Jamie t 
 Jamy Goose, Jamy Goose, ye ha'e made but toom roose, 
 
 Tke Kirk's Alartn, 
 Janet. 
 
 My kindest, best respects I sen' it, 
 To cousin Kate an' sister Janet, . 
 
 Auld comrade i 
 
January 
 
 250 
 
 January. When January winds were blawing cauld, 
 
 S. The lass that made the hed. 
 Janwap [January]. 
 
 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar win' 
 Blew hansel in on Robin. . . S. There was a lad\ 
 Jap. To gie the jars an' barrels A lift . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Jars. The church is in ruins, the state is in jars : 
 
 S, By yon castle wa' t 
 Will you leave your justings, your jars, and your quarrels, 
 
 Fragments inscr. to Fox. 
 Jar, to. May fireside discords jar a base 
 
 To a' their parts! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among ; To Miss Graham. 
 Jargon, with their Logic-jargon tir'd, - Auld comrade t 
 What's a' your jargon o' your Schools, 
 
 Ep. to J. Z— A, Ap. 1st. II. 
 Jarring. 
 Saint Stephen's boys, wi' jarring noise, A Fragment. 6. 
 
 Ye jarring screeching things around, On Death of Lap-dog. 
 Can firmly force his jarring thoughts to peace ? 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Jauk [to trifle, to dally]. 
 And ne'er, tho' out o' sight, to jauk or play ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 6. 
 Jaulfin [dallying, trifling]. 
 
 I wat she made nae jaukin ; . . . Hallffween. is. 
 
 Jauner [idle talk]. 
 
 had your tongue and jauner ; . . . S, Gat ye me, ^ 
 Jauntie {dim. tf/'jaunt]. 
 
 1 ken'd it still your wee bit jauntie, 
 
 Wad bring ye to : . . To Dr. Blackloch. 
 Jaunty. Maria's jaunty stagger, . . , Ep. fr. Esopus, 
 Jaup [a splash of water or mud]. 
 And dash the gumlie jaups up to the pouring skies- 
 
 Ths Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Jaup, to [to dash and rebound as water ; splash]. 
 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware 
 
 That jaups in luggies ; , To a Haggis. 
 
 Jaw [the mouth ; coarse raillery]. 
 
 An' [Fox] lows'd his tinkler jaw, man. . A Fragment. 5. 
 Now deil-raa-care about their jaw, . To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 Jsiw, to [to dash, spurt, throw out in a Jet]. 
 
 Then up they gat the maskin-pat, 
 And in the sea did jaw, man ; . . .A Fragment. 
 Jaws. Wrench'd his dear country from the jaws of Ruin ! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Jealous. Where turnkeys make the jealous portal fast, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 He's peevish, and jealous of a' the young fellows. 
 
 What can a young lassie \ 
 Jean. Ye hae your Me^, your dearest part, 
 
 And I my darlmg Jean ! . Ep. to Davie, 8. 
 
 To meet with, and greet with, 
 
 My Davie or my Jean ! -. . i . Ih. 10. 
 
 Jean slips in twa, wi' tentie e'e ; {re. ] . . Halloween. 8. 
 Heswoor 'twas hilchan Jean M 'Craw, . . lb. 20. 
 
 And see my bonie Jean again. . . S. Til ay ca' in t 
 It is na, Jean, thy bonie face, . . S. It is na^ Jean t 
 
 I said he might die when he liked for Jean ; 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer ^ 
 My name, she says, is Mistress Jean, S, My Collier Laddie. 
 A thief sae pawky is my Jean . S. O this is no my ain \ 
 And Lady Jean was never sae braw. S. O when she cam ben t 
 my fancy's flight Is ever wi' my Jean. S. Of a' the airts t 
 There's not a bonie bird that sings, 
 
 But minds me o' my Jean lb. 
 
 There's ane they ca' Jean, . . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 If ye be for Miss Jean, tak thisfraeafrien', . . Ib^ 
 
 Thou drank wi' Kirkton Jean till Monday. Tam 0' Shanter.3. 
 My Jean's heart-rending throe ! . . . The Farewell. 
 When kindly you mind me, O then befriend my Jean I lb. 
 From thee, my Jeany, must I part I .... /^. 
 A-listening the linnet, oft wanders my Jean. 
 
 S. Their groves of i 
 The fairest maid was bonie Jean. [«.] S. There was a lass^ 
 Yet, dearer than my deathless soul, 
 I still would love my Jean. . . . S. Tho' cruel fate t 
 Jean, Brandy [the town of Kirkcudbright]. 
 And brandy Jean that took her gill, 
 In Galloway sae wide. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Then brandy Jean spak owre her drink. 
 
 The Election Ballads. L 
 But it's ne'er be sae wi' brandy Jean ■ ... lb. 
 
 Jeany, -ie. 
 
 dear bird, young Jeany fair, . , S. A Rosebud by my\ 
 And do I hear my Jeanie own. 
 
 That equal transports move her ? iS". Come^ let me take \ 
 But, Jeanie, say thou wilt be mine, S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 I reign in Jeanie's bosom. . . S. Louis what reck /f 
 Yet poortith a' I could forgive, 
 
 An' 'twere na for my Jeanie. . S. O poortith cauld\ 
 Oh ! had each Scot of ancient times, 
 
 Been, Jeany Scott, as thou art, . . On Miss J. Scott 
 When frae my Jeany parted. 
 
 Sad, cheerless, broken-hearted, . . S. Sleep' st thou^ f 
 From thee, my Jeany, must I part ! . . The Farewell. 
 He gaed wi' Jeanie to the tryste, {re."] S. There was a lass\ ■ 
 When first I saw fair Jeanie's face, 
 I couldna tell what ailed me, [?-?,] S. When first I saw f 
 Jed. Eden scenes on crystal Jed, . , . To W. Creech. 
 Jee [to move ; to move to one side]. 
 
 And jee ! the door gaed to the wa' ; The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 
 Jeeg [to jig, jolt]. 
 Then I maun sit the lee lang day, 
 And jeeg the cradle wi' my tae, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Jeer. May taunt you wi' his jeers an' mocks ; 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer, ig. 
 Let nae body name wi' a jeer ; The Jolly Beggars. S. HI. 
 Jehu. Or up the rink like Jehu roar 
 
 In time o' need ; . Tam Samson's El. 
 Jenny [dim. e^ Janet]. 
 When first I gaed to woo my Jenny, A Guid New-year fS- 
 There's Jockie and the haveril Jenny, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Oh Jenny's a' weet poor body 
 
 Jenny's seldom dry, . S. Comin thrd the rye t 
 
 Ilka Jenny has her Jockey, . . S, Comin thrd the rye, 
 Wi' nae kend face but JTenny Geddes. 
 
 Jenny, my Pegasean pride I . . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Wee Jenny to her Graunie says, . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 Jenny M'Craw, she has ta'en to the heather, [re.l 
 
 Jenny M^Craw. 
 Jockey fou, and Jenny fain, 
 
 Jenny was nae ill to gain, [«.] . . S. Jockey fou \ 
 
 But Jenny's jimps and jirkinet, 
 
 My Lord thinks meikle mair upon't. ^S*. My Lord a-huntingi 
 By Colin's cottage lies his game, 
 
 If Colin's Jenny be at hame lb. 
 
 Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-grown, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4- 
 Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, . . .16. 7. 
 The wily Mother sees the conscious fiame 
 
 Sparlde in Jenny's e'e, and flush her cheek, . lb. 
 
 While Jenny hafilins is afraid to speak ; ... 7(5. 
 With kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben ; . lb. 8. 
 
 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taen ; . . . lb. 
 Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? . . lb, 10. 
 Ye'U maybe fancy Jenny, . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 O Jenny dinna toss your head, . . To a Louse. 
 
 To sell her poor Jenny for siller and Ian*. 
 
 S. What can a youfig lassie i 
 
 All that has caused this wreck in my bosom. 
 Is Jenny, fair Jenny alone. S. Where are thejt^s\ 
 
 Jerusalem. 
 
 And him, among the Princes chief 
 In our Jerusalem, .... New Psalmody. 
 Jess. There racer Jess, an' twa three wh-res. 
 
 Are blinkan at the entry. . . The Holy Fair. g. 
 Jessy, -ie. It is not purity and worth, 
 
 Else Jessy had not died. Epit. on J. Lewars. 
 Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet 
 And soft as their parting teai^-Jessy. [w.] 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 
 No savage e'er could rend my heart, 
 As, Jessy, thou hast done. . . .On Miss J. Lewars 
 
 But Jessy's lovely hand in mine, ^b. 
 
 Lovely Jessy be the name ; . . . . The Toast. 
 Thine be the volumes, Jessy fair, . . Toa young Lady. 
 You save fair Jessie from the grave! . To Dr, Maxwell 
 
 To equal young Jessie, seek Scotland all over ; 
 
 S. True-hearted was he \ 
 
Jest 
 
 251 
 
 John 
 
 Jest. Half-jest, she [Nature] tried one curious labour more. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, 
 
 * The mock'd quotation of the scomer's jest,' 
 
 In vain wld Prudence\ 
 
 An' may a bard no crack his jest 
 
 What way they've use't him ? To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Jesus. Bless Jesus Christ, O C[ardoness], Epii. on a Laird. 
 Jet. For it's jet, jet black, an' it's like a hawk, 
 
 S. Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 Jew. The himgry Jew in wilderness 
 
 Rejoicing o'er his manna, S. The gowd. Lochs of A. 
 
 Jewel. I wad wear thee in my bosom, 
 
 Least my Jewel I should tine. S. Borne -wee ihing\ 
 In richest ore the brightest jewel set ! El. on Miss Burnet. 
 My Jewel, my Eppie ! . . . , S. Eppie Adair. 
 The polish'd jewel's blaze 
 
 May draw the wond'ring gaze, . S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 And next my heart I'll wear her. 
 
 For fear my jewel tine. . S. My Love's a winsome + 
 
 My tocher's the jewel has charms for him. 
 
 .S*. O meikle thinks my love t' 
 The brightest jewel in my crown, 
 
 Wad be my queen, . . . . S. O wert thou in t 
 But Armour's the jewel for me o' them a'. 
 
 / The Belles of Mauchline. 
 
 What sparkling jewels glance, man ! The FHe Champetre. 
 The Penaie's the jewel that beautifies a'. S. There's a youth t 
 Her modest demeanor's the jewel of a*. 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 Jig. A blessing on the cheery gang 
 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 Are at it, skelpin I jig and reel, 
 
 In my poor pouches. . Friend of the poet \ 
 But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, 
 Put life and mettle in their neels. . . Tam o' Shanter. ii. 
 Jillet [a jUt]. 
 
 A Jillet brak his heart at last. On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Jiltish. Who long with jiltish arts and airs hast strove ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Jimp, to [to Jump, leap]. 
 
 And then he'll hilch, and stitt, and jimp, 
 And rin an unco fit : . . . . Ep. to Davie, ii. 
 Jimp [neat, slender]. 
 
 Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean, 
 
 •S". O were I on PamassA 
 Jimply [neatly, tightly]. 
 
 Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist S. A Mast.^s honie Anne. 
 Jimps [a kind of easy stays, open in iVont]. 
 
 But Jenny's jimps and jirkinet, 
 
 My Lord thinks meikle mair upon't. S. My Lord a-huntingf 
 
 Jing [jingo, a petty oath]. 
 
 While Willie lap, and swoor by jing» . . Halloween, g. 
 Jingle. In hamely, westlin jingle. . . Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Amaist as soon as I could spell, 
 
 I to the crambo-jingle fell, Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. ist. S. 
 
 I see her yet the sonsy (juean, 
 That lighted up my jingle ; The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 Jingle, to. Whene'er my Muse does on me glance, 
 
 I jingle at her. Ep. to J. L-^k^ Ap. ist. g. 
 Jinglan, -in. 
 
 An' [thowes] float the jinglan icy boord. Add. to the Deil. 12. 
 
 Rustyairn caps and jinglin jackets, On Grose" s Peregrinations. 
 
 Jink [the act of eluding another, a sudden turning 
 a corner]. 
 
 Our billie's gien us a' a jink, S. On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 Jink, to [to dodge, make a quick turn ; move quickly 
 backwards and forwards]. 
 And can like ony wabster's shuttle, 
 
 Jink there or here ; Adam A—' s Prayer. 
 
 Lang may your elbuck jink and diddle, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 But Rab slips out, an' jinks about, . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 Whether thro' wimplin worms thou jink, Scotch Drink, z. 
 Lang may your elbuck jink an' diddle. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 nkan, -in [dodging, turning quickly; eluding by 
 some sudden movement]. 
 
 But faith ! he'll turn a corner jinkan, 
 
 An' cheat you yet. . . Add. to the Deil, zo. 
 The swallowjinkin* round myshiel, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 And jinkin hares, in amorous whids. 
 
 Their loves eiyoy, . , To W. Simpson, iz. 
 
 Jinker [a horse quick in Its movements; a gay 
 sprightly girl]. 
 
 That day, ye was a jinker noble, . A Gude New-Tear \ y. 
 Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers, 
 
 When they fa' foul 0' earthly jinkers, Ep, to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 Jirkinet \dim. o/ jerkin, a kind of jacket or bodice 
 worn by wonien]. 
 But Jenny's jimps and jirkinet. 
 
 My Lord thinks meikle mair upon't S. My Lord a-hunting^ 
 Jirt [jerk]. She's [Fortune's] gien me monie a jirt an' fleg, 
 Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. 21 St. g. 
 
 Jo, Joe [lover, sweetheart ; term of affectionate 
 familiarity— often used to one of the same sex], 
 John Anderson, my jo, John, {re.} . S. John Anderson t 
 
 And och 1 o'er aft thy joes hae starv'd, 
 
 Mid a' thy favors I Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 For Johnie is my only jo, . . . S. The cardin o't. 
 I didna trow, I'd see my jo . S. The tither mom + 
 
 Tells bughtin-time is near, my jo ; . S. When o'er the hill\ 
 And I would fain be in, jo. \re.\ . S. O Lassie, art thou t. 
 Her mither's at the mill, jo ; ire."] . . S. O steer her up t 
 O wat ye what my minnie did, 
 
 On Tysday 'teen to me, jo? ire.] S. O wat ye what my t 
 Tells bughtin-time is near, my jo; [r^.] S. When o'er the hill ^ 
 Joan, Black [the town of Sanquhar], 
 And black Joan, frae Chiichton Peel, 
 
 O' gipsy kith and kin, . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Says black Joan frae Chrichton Peel, 
 
 A carline stoor and grim, /<$. 
 
 Job. Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 14. 
 
 Job. Than 'twixt Hal and Bob for the famous job 
 
 The Dean o/Fac.. 
 An' monie jobs that day begin. 
 May end in Houghmagandie Some ither day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 27. 
 Its rivalship just i' the job. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 In spite of undermining jobs, . To Rev. /. M^'Math. 
 
 Jobbin' [jobbing]. 
 " Come hither lad, an' answer for't, ■ 
 " Ye're blam'd for jobbin*." . . . What ails ye now t 
 Jock. 
 Let Meg now takeaway the flesh, 
 
 And Jock bring in the spirit ! . .At Globe Tav., D.. 
 Ye ken Jock Hornbook i' the Clachan, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab. [r^.] 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 But this is Jock, an' this is me, 
 
 She says in to hersel : . . . . Halloween. S. 
 
 In Homer's craft Jock Milton thrives; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Gifted by black Jock 
 
 To get them aff his hands. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Muirland Jock, Muirland Joqk, . The Kirk's A lami. ij. 
 Jockey, Joekie. 
 There's Joekie and the haveril Jenny, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Ilka Jenny has her Jockey. . . S. Comin thrd the rye. 
 Jockey fou, and Jenny fmn, . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss, . S. Jockeys ta'en the t 
 Young Jockey was the blythest lad Ire.l S. Young Jockey t 
 Jocteleg [a folding knife]. 
 Wi' joctelegs they taste them [the custocks] ; Halloween. 5. 
 It was a faulding jocteleg, . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 An' took my jocteleg an' whatt it, 
 
 Like ony dark. . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Jog. We cheek for chow shall jog thegither, 
 
 I'se ne'er bid better. Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 John, his wee, curlie John's ier-oe, A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 
 Auld, uncle John, wha wedlock's joys, 
 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, .... Halloween. 27. 
 I'll gie John Ross another bawbee. 
 
 To boat me o'er to Charlie. . S, Come, boat me o'er. 
 John Anderson, my jo, John, {re.l . S. John Anderson t 
 The lang lad they ca' jumpin John 
 
 Beguil'd the bonie lassie, . . S. Her Daddieforhad\ 
 O John, come kiss me now, now, now ; \re^ 
 
 S. O John, come kiss + 
 Provost John is still deaf to the church's relief, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 3. 
 Rumble John, Rumble John, mount the steps wi' a groan, 
 
 Ii.S. 
 
John Barleycorn 
 
 252 
 
 Joy 
 
 John Barleycorn, 
 
 . lb. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 . . . li. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 Scotch Drink. 3. 
 Tarn 0* Skanier. 11. 
 
 John Barleycorn, 
 
 And they hae sworn a solemn oath 
 John Barleycorn should die. [«.] 
 John Barleycorn got up again, 
 They heaved in John Barleycorn, . 
 John Barleycorn was a hero bold, . 
 Then let us toast John Barleycorn, 
 Leeze me on thee, John Barleycorn, 
 
 Thou king o' grain I 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! . 
 
 John Highlandman v. Highlandman. 
 John Knox. 
 Orthodox, orthodox, wha believe in John Knox, 
 
 The KirHs Alamt. 
 Johny, -ie, Johnny, -le. 
 I've sent you here by Johnie Simson, 
 
 Twa sage Philosophers to glimpse on ! . Attld Comrade + 
 When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town, 
 
 S. Cock up yr beaver. 
 Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver ! . lb. 
 
 But, oh ! what will my torments be, 
 
 If thou refuse thy Johnie ? . . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 ' They'll ruin Johnie ! ' . . Death and Dr. Homiook. 23. 
 Here lies Johnny Pidgeon, [r».] . . EpitonJ.Dove. 
 Death has murder'd Johnie ; . . . Epit. on uoee Johnie. 
 Are they a' Johny's ? . . 5". Gudeen to you kimmer t 
 ' I gat frae uncle Johnie : * . . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 There's Johnie o' the Buskie-glen, \re.'\ S. In simmer when t 
 Here am I, Johnny Peep ; . . . Johnny Peep. 
 
 And so Johnny Peep gets free lb. 
 
 I coft a stane o' haslock woo, 
 
 To mak a coat to Johnie o't ; 
 For Johnie is my only jo, . . . S, The cardin o't. 
 And there will be black-nebbit Johnie, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 And there will be stamp-office Johnie, . . . . lb. 
 Teugh Johnie, staunch Geordie and Wattie, . . lb. 
 And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, 
 
 His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; . Tam d Shanier. j". 
 Guid speed an' furder to you Johny, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 To get a blade o' Johnnie's morals, . To a Medical Gent. 
 And taste sic gear as Johnnie brews, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Johnny Ged*s Hole [the gravedigger], 
 ' Waes me for Johnny Ged's Hole now,' 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 Johny Groats. 
 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, 
 Frae Maidenkirk to Johny Groats I On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Johnstone. 
 The Johnstones hae the guidin o't, . S, The Laddies by \ 
 And we'll be Johnstones a*, Jamie. . ... lb. 
 Jbin. Hasting to join the sweeping Nith, . A Vision. 
 
 Come join, ye Nature's sturdiest bairns. 
 
 My wEuling numbers, [re.] El. on Capt. M. H.t3. 
 In loving bleeze they sweetly join, . . Halloween. 10. 
 
 While ilka thing in nature join 
 
 Their sorrows to forego, . S. Now Spring has cladi 
 Some social join, and leagues combine ; 
 
 S. Now westlin winds t 
 Nae mair he'll join the merry roar. On Scot. Bardgne to IV. I. 
 A weeping country joins a widow's tear, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 every Muse shall join her tuneful tongue, . . .lb. 
 And I. will join a mother's tender cares, . . .lb. 
 
 Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Still in prayers for K — G — 1 most heartily join, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Come, join the melancholious croon 
 
 O' Robin's reed I . . Poor Mailie's El,. 
 And to dark Oblivion join thee I . . S. Raving winds \ 
 And join with me a moralizing, . Sketch. New-Vi^s Day. 
 An' cheek-for-chow, a chuffie Vintner, 
 
 Colleaguing join, The A uthov's Cry and Prayer ^ 8. 
 
 i 
 
 And still I can join in a cup and a song ; 
 
 Tlte Jolly Beggars. S. II 
 To join faith and sense upon ony pretence, 
 
 Is heretic, damnable error. . . . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Come join your counsel and your skills. The Twa Herds, /j. 
 When ling'ring lips no more must join ; . . To a Kiss. 
 
 To join the friendly few. . , . To Chlons, 
 
 In mutual affection to join, To Mary. 
 
 To join with those, _ 
 Who boldly dare thy cause mdntain To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 My griefs it seems to join ; . . . . Winter. 
 
 Join'd. 
 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow join'd. 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken I .S". O stay, sweet warbling^ 
 I've even join'd the honour'd jorum, On dining with Doer. 
 And thereto was his kinsman join'd The Election Ballads. V. 
 In sacred strains and tuneful numbers join'd. 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Joints. 
 His bending joints and drooping head . John Barleycorn. 
 Divide the joints an' marrow ; . . The Holy Fair. 21. 
 Joke. An' sklented on the man of Uzz, 
 
 Your spitefu' joke ? Add. to the Deil. 1% 
 And unco tales, an' funnie jokes, . . Halloween. 28. 
 
 (That Bards are second-sighted is nae joke, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Auld Britain ance could crack her joke, The Tree of Liberty. 
 An' sklent on poverty their joke, 
 
 Wi' bitter sneer, . To Mr. J. Kenmdy, 
 
 Joking, -in. And there was muckle fun and jokin, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st. 2. 
 But court nae anither, tho* joking ye be, 
 
 .S". O whistle, and rU\ 
 Jolly. And I'm but jolly fou. . . S. Landlady, count t 
 Jorum [a drinking vessel or its contents]. 
 And here's to them, that, like oursel, 
 
 Can push about the jorum ; . S. O May thy mom^ 
 I've even join'd the honour'd jorum, On dining with Doer. 
 Joseph. That vile doup-skelper. Emperor Joseph, 
 
 Kind Sir, Ive readi 
 
 Jouk [to ! 
 
 Wi' humble prayer to join and share 
 
 The FHe Champetre. 
 
 This festive F6te Champetre. 
 The gowdspink, Music's gayest child. 
 
 Shall sweetly join the choir : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The kirk and state may join, and tell 
 
 To do such things I maunna : S, Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 
 stoop, or suddenly shift one's position so 
 as to avoid or mitigate a blow, or to conceal 
 oneself; to make obeisance]. 
 
 Thou need na jouk behint the hallan. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 But why should we to nobles jouk ? The Election Ballads. II. 
 I jouk beneath Misfortune's blows 
 
 As weel's I may ; . . To J. S., 25. 
 
 Journey. When at the blythe end of our journey at last, 
 
 Wha the de'il ever thinks o' the road he has past. 
 S. Contented wi little^ 
 
 Through frosty hills the journey lay, . .ToJ. Taylor. 
 My savage journey, curious, I pursue, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Journey-work. 
 
 She [Nature] prov'd [you] to be no journey-work, 
 
 •S". Jo)m Anderson \ 
 Jove. * An' if ye winna mak it clink, 
 
 ' By Jove I'll prose it! ' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 6. 
 to Jove his prayer preferred ; Improm. on Mrs, — s Birthday. 
 Now Jove for once be mighty civil, . . . lb. 
 
 'Tis done ! says Jove ; so ends my story, . , , lb. 
 Jove's tunefu' dochters three times three, 
 Made Homer deep their debtor ; . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Jovial. Then owre again the jovial thrang 
 
 The Poet did request. The Jolly Beggars, R. VIII. 
 Mark our jovial ragged ring! . . . . lb. S. VIII. 
 They get the jovial, rantan Kims, . . The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 The jovial contest again have renewed. . The Whistle. 
 
 Jow [to swing and toll]. 
 Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlan tow, 
 Begins to jow an' croon ; . . . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 
 Jowler [the name of a hunting dog or beagle]. 
 
 Get out a hoi^e-whip, or a jowler . . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 Joy. hopes, and joys, and pleasures fly him [want], 
 
 ADed.toG.H.,16. 
 
 He sang wi' joy his former day, . . . .A Vision. 
 
 Dear as the raptur'd thrill of joy I . Add. to Edinbutgh. 4. 
 
 Wi' joy the tentie Seedsman Stalks, S. Again rejoicing nature t 
 
 An' Auchenbay, I wish him joy ; . . Auldcomrade\ 
 
 Now fare ye well, an' joy be wi' you, . . . , lb. 
 
Joy 
 
 253 
 
 Joyous 
 
 But now our joys are fled, . . . S. But lately seen ^ 
 But ah ! those pleasures, Loves and Joys, 
 
 Which I too keenly taste, . . Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 With honest joy, our hearts will bound, 
 
 To see the coming year : . . . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 This life has joys for you and I ; 
 And joys that riches ne'er could buy ; 
 
 And joys the very best lb. 8. 
 
 And sing their pleasures hopes an' joys, 
 
 In some mild sphere, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 18. 
 The sun of all his joy. . . ^S". Farewell, dear Mistress t 
 And with him all the joys are fled. 
 
 Life can to me impart. . . ^S". Fate gave the wordy t 
 
 That blasts each bud of hope and joy ; 
 
 S. Forlorn, my Love t 
 Auld, uncle John, wha wedlock's joys, 
 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, .... Halloween. 27. 
 Gude Night and joy be wi' thee : S. Here's to thy health, t 
 Of mony a joy and hope bereav'd me, S. I dream' d I lay t 
 My dismal months no joys are crowning, 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 Content and love bring peace and joy, S. In simmer when t 
 j And still the more and more they drank, 
 
 Theirjoy did more abound. . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 'Twill heighten all his joy : lb. 
 
 And joy shall revisit my bosom no more. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 
 O wilt thou share its [Nature's] joys wi' me, 
 
 S. Lassie wi the lintwhite t 
 Then a' 'twad gie o' joy to me, 
 
 The sharin't with Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 With multiplying joys, .... Nature's Law. 
 And now beneath the withering blast 
 
 My youth and joy consume. S. Now spring has clad\ 
 
 The Sportsman's joy, the murd'ring cry, 
 
 The flutt'ring, gory pinion I . S. Now westlin winds \ 
 Its joys and griefs alike resign. S. O bonze was yon rosyi 
 And ev'ning's tears are tears o' joy : S. O Loganl sweetly t 
 The milder sun, and bluer sky 
 
 That crown my harvest cares wi' joy, . . S. O Phely, t 
 What's a' the joys that gowd can gi'e? . . . .lb. 
 O bless her with a mother's joys, . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 But my delight in yon town, ^ 
 
 And dearest joy is Lucy fair. . S, O watye whds in \ 
 Without my love, not a' the charms 
 
 Of Paradise could yield me joy ; . . . . /3. 
 
 And a' my tears be tears of joy, S. O how can I be blythe t 
 Why disturb your social joys, . . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Scream your discordant joys ; . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 Come, bumpers high, express your joy, On W. Stewart. 
 
 Thine be ilka joy and treasure, . . S. One fond kiss ^ 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi' joy, . . Poem on Life. 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . S. Raving windsi 
 Nae cares tae gie us joy or grievin' : Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Hear the woodlark charm the forest, 
 
 Telling o'er his little joys : . , S. Sensibility, t 
 
 Numbering ev'ry bud which nature 
 
 Waters wi' the tears of joy. . . S. Sleep'st thou,i 
 
 The lav'rock, to the sky Ascends wi' sangs 0' joy ; . lb. 
 'Tis then — 'tis then, I wake to life and joy ! . . .lb. 
 Riches denied, thy boon was purer joys, 
 
 Sonnet, writ, on Birthday. 
 Friendship's pure and lasting joys S. Talk not of Love t 
 
 Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, . Tam 0' Shanter. ig. 
 The gust o' joy, the balm of woe [is woman]. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The lover's raptur'd joys or bleeding cares ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Then, crown'd with flow'ry hay, came Rural Joy, lb. 13. 
 
 Amid their cumbrous, dinsome joys ; 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 With joy unfeign'd, brothers and sisters meet, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night, s. 
 The Youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy, . . lb. 8. 
 While joys above my mind can move, S. The day returns^ 
 Companions of my social joy'! The Farewell. To St./.^sL. 
 Front ev'ry joy and pleasure torn, . . . The Lament. 
 Nae joy nor pleasure can she see ; . . S. The lovely lass t 
 An' pour divine libations For joy this day. The Ordination. 
 
 No tongue then was able theirjoy to express, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Nae real joys we know, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 My heart has been sae fain to see them, 
 That I for joy hae barket wi' them, . The Twa Dogs. zo. 
 The joy can scarcely reach the heart. ... lb. 31. 
 And joy and music pouring forth. 
 
 In ev'ry grove, . The Vision. D. II. 14. 
 I saw thee leave their ev'ning joys. 
 
 And lonely stalk, . . . lb. 13, 
 
 And every new cork is a new spring of joy ; The Whistle, is. 
 But hawks will rob the tender joys 
 That bless the little Hntwhite's nest ; S. There was a lass\ 
 
 And did na joy blink in her e'e; lb. 
 
 Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action, . . . To a Kiss. 
 
 An' lea'e us nought but g;rief an' pain, 
 
 For promis'd joy I . . . To a Mouse. 
 All blameless joys on earth we find, . To a young Lady. 
 The joys refin'd of sense and taste, . . To Chloris. 
 
 And doubly were the poet blest 
 
 These joys could he improve. . . ' . . lb. 
 Because thy joy in both would be 
 
 To share them with a friend. . . 7'o John M'Murdo. 
 dear, deluding woman. The joy of joys I . To J. S., 14. 
 Like school-boys, at th' expected warning, 
 
 To joy and play lb. 13. 
 
 Nae joy her bonie buskit nest Can yield ava, To W. Creech. 
 But every joy and pleasure's fled, Willie's awa ! . lb. 
 
 With joy, with rapture, I would toil ; 
 
 S. Twos even — the dewy S 
 And ev'ry day has joys divine 
 
 With the bonnie lass o' Ballochmyle. . . . lb. 
 
 You think I'm glad ; oh, I pay weel 
 
 For a' the joy I borrow, . . . V.s, under Grief. 
 Lang, lang, joy's been a stranger to me ; 
 
 S. Wae is tny hearth 
 My joy, my pride, my Hoggie ! . S. What will I do gin t 
 Where are the joys I have met in the morning, 
 
 S. Where are the joys \ 
 Some drops of joy with draughts of ill between ; 
 
 WhyamIloth\ 
 To light and joy the good restore, 
 
 To light and joy unknown before. Wr, in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Thou mind'st me of departed joys, 
 Departed, never to return. . . S, Ye banks and Braes t 
 Joy-suFFOunded. 
 
 Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, 
 Gaudy Day to you is dear. S. Musing on ike roaring \ 
 
 Joy, to. 
 All Creatures joy in the suns returning, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 The simmer joys the flocks to follow ; S. By Allan stream, t 
 [Think not] I joy my lonely days to lead in 
 
 This desert drear ; . . . The Hermit, 
 
 Joyftil. 
 
 Make, all and every one, A joyful noise, New Psalmody. 
 The weary night o' care and grief 
 
 May have a joyful morrow ; . S. The noble Maxwells^ 
 I hae been joyfu' gath'rin gear ; , S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Joyless. She strains your infant to her joyless breast, 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 Meet ev'ry sad-retuming night, 
 
 And joyless mom the same. . Despondency^ an Ode. 2. 
 The joyless day, how dreary ; S. How lang and dreary \ 
 
 Pass widow'd nights, and joyless days, S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 Ye suit the joyless tenor of my soul. On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 I joyless view thy rays adorn, 
 
 The faintly-marked distant hill : 
 I joyless view thy trembling horn, 
 
 Reflected in the gurgling rill. . . The Lament, a. 
 
 soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair. 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 crazy, weary, joyless Eild, .... ToJ.S.,13. 
 When shall my soul, in silent peace, 
 
 Resign Life's joyless day? To Ruin. 
 
 The joyless winter-day, Winter. 
 
 Joyous. 
 
 See Social-life and Glee sit down. 
 
 All joyous and unthinking, . . Add. to Unco Guid.S- 
 Three joyous good fellows with hearts clear of flaw ; 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 Bright Phcebus ne'er witnessed so Joyous a corps, Ih. 13, 
 
Judge 
 
 254 
 
 Kate 
 
 Judge. The Judge that's mighty in thy law. New Psalmody. 
 Witness _my heart, how oft with panting fear. 
 As on this night, I've met these judges here ! 
 
 , Prologue, sp. hy Woods, 
 
 Yerl Galloway - - Made me the judge o' strife ; 
 
 Tke Election Ballads. V. 
 For a* the real judges rise, 
 
 They canna sit for anger. . . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 An aged Judge, I saw him rove, 
 
 Dispensing good. [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Our friends the reviewers, those chippers and hewers, 
 Are judges of mortar and stone, Sir ; . To Capt, Riddel. 
 Judge, to. Equal to judge— you're candid to forgive. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. hy Woods. 
 
 Judgment. 
 
 Is there a man whose judgment clear, 
 
 Can others teach the course to steer, . . A Bard!s Epit. 
 
 With knowledge so vast, and with judgment so strong, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Judicious. He wales a portion with judicious care ; 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. I2. 
 
 Jug. I sing the juice Scotch hear can mak us, 
 
 In glass or jug. . . . Scotch Drink. 
 
 Jugglin'. Their jugglin' hocus-pocus arts 
 
 To cheat the crowd. To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 
 Juice. I sing the juice Scotch hear can mak us, Scotch Drink. 
 And fill them high with generous juice, . To a Lady. 
 
 Juicy. Yet green the juicy Hawthorn grows, 
 
 Adown the glade. The Vision. D. II. 20. 
 Jumble. In formless jumble, right an' wrang, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Jump. Wi' a jump, yell, and howl, alarm every soul. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Jump, to. An' jump out owre the chimlie 
 
 Fu' high that night. Halloween. 7. 
 
 Jumpet, -it. 
 
 Near lav'rock-height she jumpet, . . . Halloween. 26. 
 
 Till coward Death behind him jumpit, Tarn Samson's El., 10. 
 Jumping, -in, -an. 
 
 The lang lad they ca' jumpin John, S. Her Daddie/orbad\ 
 
 He's stampan, an' he's jumpan ! . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 Wi' jumping, an' thumping, 
 The vera girdle rang. . . . The Jolly Beggars. R.I. 
 
 The lightly-jumping, glowrin trouts. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Wi* ither kindred, jumping cattle, . . To a Louse. 
 
 Jundie [to justle, jog with the elbow]. 
 
 The warly race may drudge an' drive, 
 
 Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an' strive. To W. Simpson. 
 June. O my Luve's like a red, red rose. 
 
 That's newly sprung in June ; ^S*. A red, red Rose. 
 
 But whigs cam like a frost in June, S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 Upon a bonie day in June, . . . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Jurr [a journeyman ; a servant of either sex]. 
 
 For Geordie's jiur we're in disgrace, Adam A — *j Prayer. 
 
 As for the jurr, poor worthless body. 
 
 She's got mischief enough already ; . . . lb. 
 
 Just, adv. And just to stop, and just to move. 
 
 With self-respecting art : Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 Just. 
 
 Tho' rigid Law cries out, 'twas just I Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 
 I wha deserve sic just damnation, Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 
 Th' ungodly o'er the just prevailed, . New Psalmody. 
 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast, 
 If the ass was the king of the brutes. The Kirk's A larm. 
 
 Which I in just proportion have abused . Tragic Frag.. 
 
 She showed her taste refined and just 
 
 Wr. on Leaf of H, More. 
 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and wise, 
 
 There solid self-enjoyment lies ; . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Justice. 
 
 Vain is his hope, whase stay an' trust is, 
 In moral IVIercy, Truth and Justice ! . A Ded. to G. H., 7. 
 Here Justice, from her native skies. 
 High wields her balance and her rod ; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 Justice, alas ! has gi'en him o'er, . Epit. oh Holy Willie. 
 Justice, the high vicegerent of her God, 
 Her doubtful balance eyed, and sway*d her rod ; 
 
 On Death qfR. Dundas, 
 
 Wi' Justice they may mark your head — 
 
 'Here lies a famous Bullock! .... The Calf. 
 Dame Justice fu' brawly has sped ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Him it's only jiistice to praise. ... .lb. 
 
 Justi^. An' justifies that ill opinion, 
 
 Which makes thee startle, To a Mouse. 
 Justify'd. 
 And gather gear by ev'ry wile. 
 That's justify'd by Honor : . . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 Justings. 
 Will you leave your justings, your jars, and your quarrels. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Justling. 
 
 You, bustling and justling, ^ 
 
 Forget each grief and pain, Despondemy, an Ode. 2. 
 
 The justling tears ran down his honest face ! The Vowels. 
 Justly. What sorrows yet may pierce me thro'. 
 
 Too justly I may fear ! . Despondency, an Ode. 
 And where ye jugtly can commend — commend them ; 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 And You, farewell ! whose merits claim. 
 Justly that highest badge to wear ! 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L,. 
 to justly shew that brow, . . . V.s below Picture. 
 And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. 
 
 WhyamIlQth\ 
 Jut. Hanging with threat'ning jut like precipices ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Kae [a daw]. 
 In spite o' a' the thievish kaes 
 That haunt St. Jamie's \ The Author's Cry and Prayer. 24. 
 
 Kail [coleworts ; broth]. 
 
 scarce as lang's a guid kail whittle, Adatn A — 's Prayer. 
 I could lay my bread and kail . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Then first and foremost, thro' the kail. 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; . . Halloween. 4. 
 fell aff the drift. An' wander'd thro' the Bow-kail, . lb. 
 
 Poor Willie wi' his bow-kail runt, Ib.g. 
 
 Curse thou his basket and his store. 
 
 Kail an' Potatoes. Holy Willie's Prayer. 12. 
 Or lang-kail gullie. . . On Grose^s Peregrinations. 
 
 Or tumbling in the boiling flood 
 
 Wi' kail an' beef; . . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 Wi' sowps o* kail and brats o' claise. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 At stacks o' pease, or stocks o' kail. The Death ofMailie. 
 For lapfu's large o' gospel kail 
 
 Shall fill thy crib in plenty, . . The Ordination. 6. 
 Be't water-brose, or muslin-kail, . . To J. S.^ 24. 
 
 And when those legs to gude, warm kail, 
 
 Wi' welcome canna bear me ; . .To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Kail-blade [a leaf of colewort]. 
 
 Just sh — in a kail-blade and send it, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 
 Kail-runt [the stem of the colewort]. 
 
 Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart 
 
 Of a kail-runt. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 17. 
 
 Kail-yard [a kitchen garden]. 
 
 For building cot-houses sae fam'd, 
 
 And christening kail-yards. The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 And hunger'd Maukin taen her way 
 
 To kail-yards green. The Vision. D. I. 
 
 There grows a bonie brier bush in our kail-yard, [«.] 
 
 S, There grows a honied 
 
 And they're busy, busy courtin in our kail-yard. . • lb. 
 
 We'll court nae raair below the bush in our kail-yard, [«r.] lb. 
 Kame [a comb]. 
 
 He claw'd her wi' the riplin-kame, ^S". Had I tJie wyte t 
 
 Kane [fowls, &c., paid as rent by a farmer]. 
 
 To death she's dearly pay'd the kane, Tarn Samson's EL. 
 
 Our Laird gets in his racked rents, 
 
 His coals, his kane, an' a his stents : . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 Kate, respects I sen' it. To cousin Kate, Auld Comradei 
 
 Kate sits i' the neuk, [«.] . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 
 As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! . Tam d Shanter. 3- 
 
 In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin 1 
 
 ICate soon will be a woefu' woman I . .lb. 18. 
 
 He play'd our cousin Kate a spring, There came a piper\ 
 
Katharine 
 
 255 
 
 Kemble 
 
 Katharine. 
 
 And Katharine Jaffray was her name, Katharine Jaffray, 
 Katy, -ie. Canst thou leave me thus, my Katy? [?ie.3 
 
 S. Canst thou leave me t 
 An' kissin my Katie when a' was done. \re.\ 
 
 S. O merry hoe I been t 
 My auld auntie Katie upon me takes pity, 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie t 
 Will ye go and marry, Katie ? [«.] S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Kebap [a rafter]. 
 He ended : and the kebars sheuk, 
 Aboon the chorus roar ; . The Jolly Beggars. S.' II. 
 
 Kebbuek [a cheese; "kebbuck-heel," end of a 
 cheese]. 
 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuek, fell, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat Night, ii. 
 Syne draws her kebbuek an' her knife ; The Holy Fair. 24. 
 An' dinna, for a'kebbuck-heel, 
 Let lasses be affronted On sic a day \ . , lb, 2$. 
 
 Keckle [to cackle ; to laugh aloud]. 
 As round the fire the giglets keckle, 
 
 To see me loup ; . . Add. to Toothache. 
 Keek [a peep, a stolen glance]. 
 
 He by his showther gae a keek, . . . Halloween, ig. 
 Keek, to [spy narrowly ; take a stolen glance ; peep]. 
 But keek thro* ev'ry other man, 
 
 Wi' sharpen' d, sly inspection. . Ep. to Young Friend, j. 
 
 An' now the sinn keeks in the west, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Keekit [took a stolen glanee ; peeped]. 
 
 I cannily keekit ben, . Eattlin, Roartn Willie. 
 
 The gossip keekit in his loof, . . S. There was a lad\ 
 
 Keekin' glass [a looking-glass]. 
 
 My face was but the keekin' glass 
 And there ye saw your picture. . In Defence of a Lady. 
 Keel [ruddle, a red clayey rock]. 
 And wow ! he has an unco slight 
 
 O' cauk and keel. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Keen. Ill-satisfy'd, keen Nature's clam'rous call, 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 Young-Guidmen, fond, keen, an' croose ; 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 And in the keen, yet tender eye, 
 
 O read th' imploring lover. . S. Could aught of song \ 
 
 There keen indignation shall dart on her prey, 
 
 Monody J on a Lady. 
 Can thy keen inspection trace 
 - Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace ? 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 When pale the moniing rises keen, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett II. 
 Keen on the helpless victim see him fly, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Or worser far, the pangs of keen remorse ; Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Is there nae Poet, burning keen for Fame, Scots Prologue. 
 As keen as a beagle, . . The Black-Headed Eagle. 
 Keen Recollection's direfal train, . The Lament. 7. 
 
 Wi' dancing keen, .... S. The tither mom t 
 Her eye, eVn turn'd on empty space, 
 
 Beam'd keen with Honor. The Vision. D. 1. 10. 
 The Pedant stifles keen the Roman sound . The Vowels. 
 
 An' bleak December's winds ensuin, 
 Baith snell an' keen ! 
 
 To a Mouse. 
 To J. S., 18. 
 
 Keen hope does ev'ry sinew brace ; 
 Yet has so keen a relish of its pleasures? 
 
 Wr. under Port. ofFergusson. 
 Keen-shivering. 
 ' Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, The Vision. D. II. 16. 
 
 Keener. O burning hell ! in all thy store of torments 
 
 There's not a keener lash I . Remorse. A Frag. 
 Keenly. And keenly felt the friendly glow, 
 
 And softer flame ; A Bar£s Epit. 
 But ah I those pleasures, Loves and Joys, 
 Which I too keenly taste, . Despondency^ an Ode. 4. 
 
 Keep. 
 An' threaten'd labor back to keep, . A Guid New-year \ 13. 
 To keep the Highland hounds- in sight ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 They'll keep their stubborn. Highland spirit. . . lb. 4. 
 Setting my staff wi' a' my skill. 
 
 To keep me sicker ; Death and Dr. Hom&ook. 5. 
 But Duncan, gin ye'll keep your aith, . ^S". Duncan Gray. 
 
 But still keep something to yoursel 
 
 Ye scarcely tell to ony. . . Ep. to Young Friend. S' 
 And resolutely keep it's [Honor's] laws, . . .lb. 8. 
 It's hardly in a body's pow'r. 
 
 To keep, at times, frae being sour, Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7. 
 Satan, gie him thy gear to keep, . Epit. on Ruling Elder. . 
 He whistl'd up lord Lenox' march, 
 
 To keep his courage cheary ; . . . Halloween, rg. 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill. S. In simmer when t 
 God keep thee frae thy mother's faes. 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And m keep it until the hour I die. . S. My Sandy gied\ 
 But wha wad keep the handless coof, S. O can ye labour lea t 
 Gude ale keeps my heart aboon. [re.l . S. O gude ale copies t 
 And her two eyes like stars in skies, 
 
 Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck. 6". O Mall^s meek. 
 Peaceful keep your dimpling wave, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Our Bardie, lanely, keeps the spence . Poor Mailie's El. . 
 My poverty keeps me in awe, man, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 Food fills the wame, an' keeps us livin : Scotch Drink, j". 
 
 From ev'ry danger keep him free, . . . S. Somebody. 
 Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. . Tam^ o' Shanter. 
 Must wayward fortune's adverse hand 
 
 For ever, ever keep me here ? . S. The Banks ofNith. 
 if e'er again he keep As muckle gear as buy a sheep. 
 
 The Death of Mailie. 
 But ay keep mind to moop an' mell, 
 
 Wi' sheep o' credit like thysel ! . . . .lb. 
 
 Gude keep thee frae a tether string ! . . . lb. 
 
 Our flatt'ry we'll keep for some ither. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 That you may keep th' unerring line. 
 
 Still rising by the plummet's law, 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 On the bonie banks of Ayr to meet. 
 
 And keep this Fete Champetre. The FHe Champetre 
 
 (L— d keep me ay frae a' temptation !) . . The Inventory 
 With woe I nightly vigils keep, . . . The Lament- 
 Keep watchings with the nightly thief : . . . Ib^ 
 
 And nought but his labour to keep them up all. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 And do our endeavour to keep us from want. . lb. 
 
 We still keep the ravening wolf from the door. . , lb. 
 To keep that right inviolate's the fashion, 
 
 Th£ Rights of Woman. 
 An' nought but his han'-daurk, to keep 
 Them right an' tight in thack an' raep. The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 Wha now will keep you frae the fox, . The Twa Herds. 
 ' While ye [Pow'rs] are pleas'd to keep me hale, 
 ' I'll sit down o'er my scanty meal, . . To J. S., 24. 
 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife, V.s to Landlady. 
 Ye'U keep me waukin wi' your din ; S. Wha is thai at vty \ 
 Keep the name of man in mind, Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 Keep His goodness still in view, . . lb. 
 
 Keeper. 
 Keeper of Mammon's iron chest, Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 I am a keeper of the law 
 In some sma' points, altho' not a' ; . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 Keepit, -et [kept]. 
 
 For I am keepit by thy fear 
 
 Free frae them a'. . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 Was keepet for his Honor's pleasure ; The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Auld Reekie ay he keepit tight, 
 
 And trig an' braw : . . . To W. Creech. 
 Keith. And blooming Keith's engaged with Gray ;) 
 
 Sketch. New-Yf's Day. 
 Kellyburn-braes. 
 There liv'd ance a carle in Kellybum-braes, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 
 Kelpie [a kind of mischievous spirit, said to haunt 
 rivers at night, especially in storms]. 
 
 Then, Water- Kelpies haunt the foord 
 
 By your direction. Add. to the Deil. is. 
 
 Fays, Spunkies, Kelpies, a', they can explain them, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Kemble. Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief 
 
 Of Moses and his rod ; Lns on Mrs. Kemble. 
 
Kempleton 
 
 256 
 
 Ken'd 
 
 Kempleton. 
 
 And there will be Kempleton's birkie, 
 A boy no sae black at the bane ; Tke Election Ballads. III. 
 Ken. And hope has left my aged ken, Lament/or Ghncaim. 
 Ken, to [to know]. 
 Wha kens, before his life may end, 
 
 What his share may be o' care, man ? A Bottle and Friend. 
 That kens or hears about you, Sir. A Ded. to G. H.^ 13. 
 
 And now thou kens our waefu' case, Adatn A — V Prayer, 
 An' now, auld Ctoots, I ken ye're thinkan, 
 
 Add. to ike Deil. 20. 
 Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken- 
 Still hae a stake .... lb. 21. 
 An' few there be that ken me, O ; . .S. Behind yon hills\ 
 We darena weel say't, though we ken wha's to blame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wd t 
 Gin a body kiss a body 
 
 Need the warld ken ! . . . S. Cotnin thro' the rye t 
 ' Ye ken Jock Hornbook i' the Clachan, 
 
 Death and J)r. HomBook. 14. 
 Mourn, ilka grove the cushat kens ; El. on Copt. M. H., 4. 
 Ye [ministers] ken yoursels, for little feck! El. on Year 1788. 
 And ken na how to wair't : . . . E^. to Davie. B. 
 They [Misfortunes] let us ken oursel ; . . . , Ib.'j, 
 The words come skelpan, rank and file, 
 
 Amaist before I ken ! lb. xi. 
 
 You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zst. JO. 
 Quo' she, ' Ye ken we've been sae busy . . Ib.y Ap. 21st. 3. 
 tak that, ye lea'e them naething. To ken them by, 
 
 Ep. to J. R.t4. 
 And as the twilight was begun, Thought nane wad ken. lb. 7. 
 Whae'er desires to ken [his religion]. To some other warl 
 Maun follow the carl, . . Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Brawlie kens our wanton Chief 
 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . S. Hee balou, t 
 I ken thy friends try ilka means 
 
 Frae wedlock to delay thee ; S. Here's to thy health, t 
 
 I ken they scorn my low estate, ... .lb. 
 
 O L — d thou kens what zeal I bear, 
 When drinkers drink and swearers swear, [v.A.n] 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, 
 O L— d ! yestreen, thou kens, wi' Meg, . . . lb. 
 
 Or else, thou kens, thy servant true 
 
 Wad ne'er ha'e steer'd her. . . .lb. 8. 
 Thou kens how he bred sic a splore, . . lb. 12. 
 
 There's nane sail ken, there's nane sail guess, 
 
 S. Ill ay ca' in t 
 And lassie ye're but young, ye ken ; S. In simmer when t 
 
 Fancy only kens nae cheat i^". Jockey fou, + 
 
 For weel ye ken the way to woo. . . S. John^ come kiss. 
 Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose ? Ken ye ought d Capt. G, t 
 To ken what French mischief was brewin ; 
 
 Kind Sir f Fve read\ 
 And that will let them ken he's to marry yet. 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 But Oh I I fear the kintra soon 
 
 Willkenas weel'smysell . . S, My heart was ance^ 
 We seek but little, L — , from thee ; 
 
 Thou kens we get as little. . . . New Psalmody. 
 And that their faes shall ken. .S*. O Kenmure's on and awa f 
 O ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten ? [re.] 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg t 
 But little thinks my love I ken brawlie, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 O weel ken I my ain lassie, . . S. this is no my ain t 
 It is the moon, — I ken her horn, . ^S". O Willie brew'di 
 To him be given to ken the heav'n 
 
 He gains in Polly Stewart I , . S, Polly Stewart. 
 In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 But ken ye the Ronalds that live in the Bennals, . . lb. 
 The last Halloween I was waukin 
 
 My droukit sark sleeve, as ye ken ; . . .S". Tarn Glen. 
 Some o' you nicely ken the laws. 
 
 To round the period an' pause. The A uihot's Cry and Prayer. 
 And [Bards] ken the lingo of the sp'ritual folk ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 And ev'n the vera dells they [the Bards] brawly ken them). lb. 
 As yet ye little ken about the matter, . . . .Ib.y. 
 
 Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, 
 
 Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor. 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 7. 
 Ye weel ken, kimmers a', . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 But we'll hae ane frae 'mang oursels, 
 
 A man we ken, and a' that. .... lb. II. 
 
 *' Sweet lass, I think ye seem to ken me; The Holy Fair. 4. 
 I ken the devils dare na touch me. , . The Inventory. 
 
 Ye may ha'e some pretence to ha^nns and sense, 
 
 Wi' people wha' ken ye nae better. The KirUs Alarm. 
 There's no a callant tents the kye, 
 
 But kens 0' Westerha', Jamie. . . S. The Laddies by \ 
 She kens her father is a laird, . Th^ Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 She kens hersel she's bonie lb. 
 
 Weel Europe kens the fame o't. , The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 It maks him ken himsel, man lb. 
 
 Haith lad ye little ken about it ; . The Twa Dogs. 22, 
 
 Ye little ken what cursed speed _ 
 
 The blastie's makint , . . To a Louse. 
 Ye ken, ye ken, That Strang necessity supreme is 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Ye ken yoursels my heart right proud is, . . . Ih. 
 I ken he weel a Snick can draw, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 I see ye upward cast yoiu: eyes— Ye ken the road. 
 
 To J. S., 28 
 ye ken fu' well, To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 We poor sons of metre 
 Are often negleckit, ye ken ; . . .To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 (The second sight, ye ken, is given 
 
 To ilka Poet) . . . To Terraugkty. 
 Wha, if they ken me, Can easy, wi' a single wordie, 
 
 Lowse h-U upon me. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 An* then cry zeal for gospel laws, Like some we ken. . lb. 
 I hope we, Bardies, ken some better 
 
 Than mind sic brulzie. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture. 
 
 That thy presence gies to me. . S. Turn again, ihou\ 
 
 Ken'd, Kend, Kenn'd, Ken't, Kent. 
 I ken'd my Maggie wad na sleep 
 
 For that or simmer. A Guid New-year^ 13. 
 The mair they tank I'm kent the better, 
 
 Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Far kend an' noted is thy name ; . . Add. to the Deil. 3. 
 Ev'n Ministers they hae been kenn'd, In holy rapture, 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v.A.6] 
 
 Death and Dr. HornBook. 
 An' hillocks, stanes, an' bushes kenn'd ay 
 
 Frae ghaists an' witches. . . . lb. 3, 
 ' Altho' their face he ne'er had kend it, . . . lb. xq. 
 • A bonie lass, ye kend her name, . . ; . lb. 28. 
 Wi' nae kend face but Jenny Geddes. . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Then a' that kent him round declar'd, 
 
 He had ingine, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. tst.3. 
 A coof like him wou'd stain your [Sir deil's] name. 
 
 If it were kent ye did it. . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 I never loot on that I kenn'd it, or car'd, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 His faults they a' in Latin lay, 
 
 In English nane e'er kent them. On W. Cruikshanks. 
 
 But Tarn kend what was what fu' brawlie, 
 
 Tarn d Shunter, xj. 
 (Lang after kend on Carrick shore ; . ... lb. 
 Ah 1 little kend thy rev'rend grannie, . . . . lb. 
 And Eels weel kend for souple tail, Tarn Samson's El., 6. 
 But bashing and dashing, I kend na how to tell. 
 
 The Ans. to the Gmdwife. 
 
 Wha ken't fu' weel to cleek the sterlin ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 I kend na where to lodge till day : 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 I ken't her heart was a' my ain ; . 6". The Rigs d Barley. 
 gin the truth were a' but kent, Tke Ruined Maids Lament. 
 For weel he kend the way, O, . . ^. The Taylor \ 
 And weel he kend the way to woo, . . . Ih. 
 
 But how it comes, I never kent yet, 
 
 They're maistly wonderfu' contented ; The Twa Dogs. xi. 
 Weel kend his voice thro' a' the wood, The Twa Herds. 6. 
 He kend the Lord's sheep ilka tail, * . . . . Ib.7. 
 I ken'd it still your wee bit jauntie, 
 
 Wad bring ye to : . .To Dr, Blacklock. 
 
Kenmure 
 
 257 
 
 Kin 
 
 Kenmupe. 
 Kenmure's on and awa, Willie I 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa f 
 Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord 
 
 That ever Galloway saw . lo. 
 
 Success to Kenmure's band ; Ih. 
 
 There's no a heart that fears a Whig, 
 
 That rides by Kenmure's hand lb. 
 
 Here's Kenmure's health in wine ; 
 
 There ne'er was a coward o' Kenmure's blude, . . Jb. 
 O Kenmure's lads are men ; . . . , . lb. 
 
 But soon wi' sounding victorie 
 
 May Kenmure's Lord come hame Ih, 
 
 And there will be Kenmure sae gen'rous ! 
 
 The Election Ballads, III. 
 In case that worth should wanted be, 
 
 O' Kenmure we had need Ib,V. 
 
 Kenna [know not], 
 Aiid ken na how to wair't : . , Ef. to Davie. 2. 
 
 Ithers seek they kenna what, . . . , S. Jockey fou^ t 
 Kennedy. 
 K[ennedy]'s far-honor'd name . . A Ded. to G. H, , 14. 
 Now Kennedy, if foot or horse 
 E'er bring you in by Mauchline Corss, To Mr. J, Kennedy. 
 Kennin [a little bit]. 
 Tho' they may ^ang a kennin wrang, 
 To step aside is human : . Add. to the Unco Guid. 7, 
 Kent V. Ken'd. 
 Kep [to catch ; to receive in the act of falling]. 
 
 Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear : . El. on Capt. M. H. , 12. 
 Kept. Poor Tammy G-ge within a cage 
 
 Was kept at Boston-ha', man ; A Fragment. 3. 
 
 Or how our merry lads at hame, 
 
 In Britain's court kept up the game : Kind Sir, Vve readi 
 And kept the country-side in fear.) . Tarn o' Shunter, /j". 
 
 When Superstition's hellish brood 
 Kept France in leading-strings, man. The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 Kernel. The red peat gleams, a fiery kernel, 
 
 Enhusked by a fog infernal : E^. to H. Parker. 
 
 Keppoughtree [Mp. Heron of], 
 Wha sees Kerroughtree's open yett ? 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 Wha ever wi' Kerroughtree's met, 
 
 And has a doubt of a' that ? . . . , Ih. 
 
 Then let us drink the Stewartry, 
 
 Kerroughtree's laird, and a' that, . ... lb. 
 And there will be trusty Kerroughtree, . lb. III. 
 
 Ket [a matted, hairy fleece of wool]. 
 
 Wi' tauted ket, an' hairy hips ; . . Poor MaiHe's El,. 
 Kettle. 
 
 The kettle o' the Kirk and State, , 
 
 Perhaps a clout may fail in't ; . S. Does kaughty Gaulf 
 Our father's blude the kettle bought ! . . . .lb. 
 O merry hae I been cloutin a kettle, S. O merty hoe I been t 
 Arouse my boys ! exert your mettle, 
 To get auld Scotland back her kettle ! 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer, ij. 
 Key [quay]. 
 
 from Glenbuck, down to the Ratton-key, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Key. 
 yon paughty dog, That bears the Keys of Peter, A Dream, iz. 
 She turns the key, wi' cannie thraw, . , Halloween, sz. 
 Nae mair he'll join the merry roar. 
 
 In social key ; On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 in an arioso key, The wee Apollo The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Key-stane [keystone]. 
 That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter. 7. 
 Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, 
 
 And win the key-stane of the brig ; . . . lb. 18. 
 But ere the key-stane she could make, 
 
 The fient a tail she had to shake ! . . . Ih. 18. 
 
 Kiaugh [capking anxiety]. 
 Does a' his weary kiaugh and care beguile, [v. A. 5] 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Kick. [The honest heart] However Fortune kick the ba', 
 
 Has ay some cause to smile ; . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 tho' a Minister grow dorty. An' kick your place. 
 
 The A utho^s Cry and Prayer. 23. 
 I'd kiss her maids, and kick the perverse b— h. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband, 
 This day the Kirk kicks up a stoure, . The Ordination. 3.' 
 2 K 
 
 Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Nor kick your rickles aflf their legs, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Kick'd. 
 
 Baptiz'd him eu, and kick'd him from his sight. The Vowels. 
 Kickin*. Griefs gien his heart an unco kickin', To W. Creech. 
 Kilbaigie [the name of a particulap whisky]. 
 
 And by that dear Kilbaigie, The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 Kilburnie. 
 
 A d— n'd red wud Kilburnie blastie ; . The Inventory. 
 
 Kilkerran. 
 aith-detesting, chaste Kilkerran ; 
 
 The A uihor's Cry and Prayer. 
 And there will be maiden Kilkerran, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Kill. * D— n'd haet they'll kill ! Death and Dr. Hornhook. 1$. 
 ' Thus does he poison, kill, an' slay, 
 
 * An's weel pay'd for't ; . . . lb. zg. 
 Or else I wad kill him with sorrow : 
 
 S. Last May a bratw wooer + 
 Wha kills me wi' disdaining. S. stay, sweet warbling\ 
 
 Now colic-grips, an' barkin hoast, 
 
 May kill us a' ; . . Scotch Drink, ig. 
 He has nae thought but bow to kill 
 
 Twa at a blow. The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Kiird. 
 ' Whare I kill'd ane, a fair strae-death, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 
 An unco tyke lap o'er the Dyke, 
 And maist has kill'd my Hoggie. S. What will I do gin t 
 Killle [Kilmarnock]. 
 Go, Fame, an' canter like a filly 
 Thro' a' the streets an' neuks o' Killie, 
 
 Tarn Samson's El. , Per C. 
 That aft has borne me hame frae Killie, . The Inventory. 
 Simper James, Simper James, leave the fair Killie dames, 
 
 The Kirk^s Alarm. 
 Ye sons of old Killie, assembled by Willie, 
 
 S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 
 Kilmarnock. 
 
 Has auld K[ilmarnock] seen the Deil? Tarn Samson's El.. 
 
 K[ilmamock] lang may grunt an' grane, . , .lb. 
 
 Blackguarding frae K[ilmarno]ck For fun The Holy Fair. g. 
 
 K[ilmarnock] Wabsters, fidge an' claw, The Ordination. 
 
 Now auld K[ilmarnock], cock thy tail, . . . /^. 6. 
 
 Kiln. To lye in kilns and bams at e'en, Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 An' for the kiln she goes then, . . . Halloween. 11. 
 
 Kilt [to tuck up the clothes]. 
 
 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee, 
 And follow my love through the water. 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 Her tartan petticoat she'll kilt. 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 77. 
 Kimmer [a young girl ; a gossip]. 
 But yet, despite the kittle kimmer [fortune], 
 
 I, Rob, am here. Ep. toJ.,L—k, Ap. 21st 10. 
 Gudeen to you Kimmer, . S. 'Gudeen to you Ki^ntner \ 
 
 Hiccup, quo' Kimmer, The better that I'm fou. . , lb. 
 How's a' wi' you, Kimmer, \re.\ . . lb. ^ 
 
 O a' the lang night I cuddle my kimmer, 
 
 S. O merry hae I been t 
 And the Kimmers o' Largo, 
 
 And the lasses o' Leven. . . S. The Carls ofDysari. 
 Ye weel ken, kimmers a', . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 The bride went to bed wi' the silly bridegroom, 
 
 In the midst o' her kimmers a'. S. The last braw bridal \ 
 
 I'm tald they're loesome kimmers ! . To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 Kin* [kind]. Hearts leal, an' warm, an' kin' : Halloween. 
 
 Tell him, he was a Master kin', . The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Kin', s. [kind]. 
 
 This chap will dearly like our kin', S. There was a lad^ 
 
 Kin [kindred]. 
 I'll learn my kin a rattling sang, \.re.\ 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 At kith or kin I need na speir. 
 
 Gin I saw ane and twenty /^. 
 
 And kith and kin o' Cassillis' blude, S. My Lord a-hunting f 
 And meikle thinks my love o' my kin ; S. O meikle thinks f 
 Then Anna comes in, the pride o' her kin, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Sae knit in alliance are kin. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 thro' Albion's farthest kin, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 I- care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly : iS". Tibbie Dunbar. 
 
Kindred 
 
 258 
 
 Kine 
 
 Kindred. 
 
 The pride of her kindred the heroine grew ; S. Caledonia. 
 
 To reach their native, kindred skies, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k. A^. 2ist. j8. 
 Let my Mary's kindred spirit 
 
 Draw your choicest influence down. S. Highland Mary. 
 Parent, filial, kindred ties ? . .On scaring Water-fowl. 
 A whisp'ring throb did witness bear 
 
 Of kindred sweet, . The Vision. D. IL j. 
 In the bands of old friendship and kindred so set. 
 
 The Whistle. i2. 
 
 Wi' ither kindred, jumping cattle, . . To a Louse. 
 
 Kind. The heart benevolent and kind 
 
 The most resembles God. A Winter Night, ii. 
 
 Thy sons, Edina, social, kind, . Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 Autumn, benefactor kind, . Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 An' her kind stars hae airted till her, 
 
 A guid chiel v?i' a pickle siller : Auld Comrade dear\ 
 
 Tho' it should serve nae other end 
 
 Than just a kind memento ; Ep. to Young Friend. 
 
 That some kind husband had addrest, 
 
 To some sweet wife : Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. ist. 
 They tald me 'twas an odd kind chiel About Muirkirk. lb. 
 To own I'm debtor, To honest-hearted, auld L[aprai]k, 
 
 For his kind letter. . . . lb., Ap. sist. 
 I crave thy friendship at thy kind command ; 
 
 Ep. ioR. Graham. S- 
 If wi' the hizzie down ye sent it, 
 
 It would be kind ; . . Friend of the Poet \ 
 She was couthy, he was kind, . . S. Jockey fou., t 
 
 Ye' re ay the same kind man to me, S. John Anderson t 
 
 Kind Sir, I've read your paper through, KindSir^Tve read\ 
 Young man, gin ye should be sae kind, 
 
 S. Lass, when yr mither t 
 Kind Fortune ease a breaking heart , 
 
 S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 Spirits kind again attend me, S. Musing on the roaring\ 
 Kind Nature's care had given his share, 
 
 Large, of the flaming current ; . . Nature's Law. 
 
 Kind love is in her e'e. \re.'\ . S. O this is no my ain^ 
 
 So kind may fortune be, . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 by a generous Public's kind acclaim, Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Yet humbly kind, in time o' need, . . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 God bless your Honors, can ye see't, 
 The kind, auld, canty Carlin greet, 
 
 Thi Authof's Cry and Prayer. 11. 
 And should some Patron be so kind, 
 
 As bless you wi' a kirk, The Calf 
 
 some kind, connubial Dear lb. 
 
 An' when ye think upo' your Mither, 
 
 Mind to be kind to ane anither. . The Death ofMailie. 
 wi' a curchie low did stoop, - - Fu' kind The Holy Fair. 3. 
 couthie fortune, kind and cannie, . . To Terraughty. 
 
 but for kind, tho' ill-requited friends, . . Tragic Frag. 
 Ae kind blink before we part ; S, Turn again, thou fair t 
 
 Under friendship's kind disguise lb. 
 
 My ain kind dearie O. [r?.] . . S. When der the hillj; 
 Thou flattering mark of friendship kind, 
 
 Wr. on Leaf of "H. More." 
 But kind still, I'll mind still The giver in the gift ; . /b. 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and. wise, 
 
 "There solid self-enjoyment lies ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 Kind, s. ["a* kind coin," every kind of coin; 
 " has't by kind," has it by nature]. 
 A creature of another kind, . . .A Winter Night. 7, 
 It seem'd to mak a kind o' Stan', Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8 
 'A' kinds o' boxes, mugs, an' bottles, 
 
 ' He's sure to hae ; , . . . lb. 20. 
 all mechanics' many-aproned kinds. Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Man then is useful to his kind, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find, S, Now westlin winds t 
 A woman has't by kind. . . . S. She's fair andfause \ 
 Picking her pouch as bare as Winter, 
 
 Of a' kind coin. The A uihof's Cry and Prayer. 
 Nae kind of licence out I'm takin'j . . The Inventory. 
 Keep the name of man in mind. 
 
 And dishonour not thy kind. . Wr. in Hermitage F.C. 
 
 Kinder. And love a kinder— that's your grand specific. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 My son t my son I may kinder stars 
 Upon thy fortune shine ! . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Within whase bosom save Despair 
 
 Nae kinder spirits dwell. . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 And fly to meet a kinder heart ! S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 What tho' their Phoebus kinder warms, 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer^ P. 
 Kindest. 
 My kindest, best respects I sen' it, Auld comrade dear\ 
 
 rich in kindest, truest love, . S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 O Death ! the poor man's dearest friend, 
 , The kindest and the best ! . Man was made to Mourn. 
 For she, as fairest is her form. 
 She has the truest, kindest heart. S. O wat ye whds in f 
 Kindle. Some [nits] kindle, couthie, side by side, 
 
 Halloween, 7. 
 It kindles Wit, it waukens Lear, , . The Holy Fair. ig. 
 Kindliest. With every kindliest, best presage, 
 
 Of future bliss, To a young Lady. 
 Kindling. 
 Wi' kindling eyes cry'd, ' Willie, rise ! A Fragment. 8. 
 
 A sweeping, kindling, bauld strathspey Ep. to Maj. Logan. $. 
 The kindling lustre of an eye ; . S. My Mary's face t 
 At sight of whom our Sprites forgat their kindling wrath. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 To mark the mutual-kindling eye. . . The Lament g. 
 
 Wi' kindling fury i' their breasts, . The Twa Dogs, 18. 
 
 'Mong swelling floods of reeking gore, 
 They ardent, kindling spirits pour ; The Vision. D. II. j. 
 
 Kindly. O Thou, who kindly dost provide 
 
 For every creature's want! A Grace before Dinner. 
 Kindly stood the milking-shiel, . S. As I came o'er\ 
 
 But my white pow, nae kindly thowe 
 
 Shall melt the snaws of age ; . . .S". Bui lately seen \ 
 ' Yet ye'U neglect to shaw your parts 
 
 ' An thank him kindly ? ' Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. 2ist. j. 
 O, do thou [death] kindly lay me low 
 
 With him I love at rest. . . S. Fate gave the word\ 
 How kindly thou would' st cheer me, .S". Forlorn, my Love t 
 And as a brother kindly greet : S. How can my poorhea.rt\ 
 But the chearful Spring came kindly on, John Barleycorn. 
 My kindly biythesome wee thing, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 First shore her wi' a kindly kiss, . S. O steer her up t 
 
 Had we never lov'd so kindly, , . 6". One fond kiss t 
 Wi' kindly bleat, when she did spy him, 
 
 She ran wi' speed : . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Till bairns' bairns kindly cuddle 
 
 Your auld gray hairs. Second Ep, to Davie, 
 The marled plaid ye kindly spare, 
 
 By me should gratefully be ware ; The Ans. to tJie Guidwife. 
 If he some scheme, like tea an' winnocks, 
 
 Wad kindly seek. The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 20. 
 Plain, dull Stupidity stept kindly in to aid them. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 The sun blinks kindly in the biel', S. The Contented Cottager. 
 And each for other's weelfare kindly spiers : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Nights- 
 With kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben ; . Ih. 8. 
 
 When kindly you mind me, 
 O then befriend my Jean ! . . . . TJie Farewell, 
 
 And kindly she did me invite, 
 
 To walk into a chamber fair. S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 " O welcome most kindly, the blythe carle said, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 But I'se believe ye kindly meant it, . To W. Simpson. 2. 
 Whether the summer kindly warms, Wi' life an' light, lb. 14. 
 And closed for ay, the sparkling glance 
 That dwalt on me sae kindly ! 
 
 S. Ye bankSi and braes, and streams t 
 Kindness. Whose hearts the tide of kindness warms, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. 1st. 21. 
 For gen'rous patronage, and meikle kindness, Scots Prologue. 
 We'll tak' a cup o' kindness yet, S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 I ask no kindness at thy hand, 
 
 For thou hast none to give To Lord G. 
 
 'Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o' kindness. ^ 
 
 S, Twas na her bonze blue eej 
 But kindness, sweet kindness, in the fond-sparkling e'e, 
 Has lustre outshining the diamond to me ; , 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 
 Klne. He has gowd in his coffers, he has sheep, he has kine, 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 
King 
 
 259 
 
 Kirk-hammer 
 
 King. 
 
 To serve their King an* Country weel, A Ded. to G. H.^ 14. 
 " God save the King" 's a cukoo sang 
 
 That's unco easy said ay ; . . A Dream. 2. 
 
 'Tis very true, my sovereign King, 
 
 My skill may weel be doubted ; . . . . lb, 4. 
 
 For Kings are unco scant ay, .... lb. 14. 
 
 Scotia's King's of other years, Fam'd heroes! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 The next in succession, I'll give you the King, 
 
 At Meet. o/D. Volunteers. 
 For Nature smiles as sweet, I ween. 
 
 To shepherds as to kings. . . S. Behold, my Love t 
 Coggie, an' the king come, . S. Carl, an the king come. 
 Who will not sing^ God save the King, 
 
 Shall hang as high's the steeple ; S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 We will big a wee, wee house, 
 
 And we will live like king and queen, S. Duncan Davison. 
 For Lords or Kings I dinna mourn, . El. on Year 1788, 
 bauld L[aprai]k, the king o' hearts, Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. zistS- 
 I'd better gaen an' sair't the king, . . . Ep. to J. R., 6. 
 The King's most humble servant, I Extern, to an Intimate. 
 Thou grim King of Terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou/air day t 
 Our King and our Country to save, . . lb. 
 
 Not cabinets even of kings would conceal 'em. 
 
 Fragment inscr, to Fox. 
 Who nobly perished in the glorious cause, 
 Your king, your country, and her laws ! Fragment of Ode. 
 For freedom and my King to fight, .S". Highland Laddie. 
 And for your lawful K-ing his crown, . . .lb. 
 
 It was a' for our rightfu' King 
 
 We left fair Scotland's strand ; . S. It was a /or \ 
 
 There was three kings into the east, 
 
 Three kings both great and high, . John Barleycorn. 
 God bless the King And the companie ! S. Landlady^ count i 
 Kings and nations, swith awal . S. Louis what reck I\ 
 A scepter'd hand, a king's command. 
 
 Is in her darting glances : . . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 But now I've found a treasure 
 
 Too rich for a king to buy. . S. My Lovers a winsome t 
 even for the king His restoration. . . New Psalmody. 
 An' a' the lang night as happy's a king. S. O merry hoe I been \ 
 Wha first beside his chair shall fa'. 
 
 He is the king amang us three. . ^S". O Willie brew'd t 
 Still in prayers for K — G — I most heartily join. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Leeze me on thee John Barleycorn, 
 
 Thou King o' grain ! . . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 Wha for Scotland's king and law, 
 
 Freedom's sword will strongly draw? . S. Scots, wha ha'e\ 
 Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, 
 O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! . . Tam d Skanter. 6. 
 He was the king of a' the Core, . Tam Samson's El. , jr. 
 kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 16. 
 Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, lb. jg. 
 
 With your Honours and a certain King, The Dean o/Fac.. 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look weel to themsel. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 And where is our King's Lord-lieutenant, . . lb. III. 
 In Sodom 'twould make him a king. . . . . lb. 
 The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor. 
 
 Is king o' men, for a' that. . .S". The Honest Man. 
 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast, 
 
 If the ass was the king of the brutes. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 But he'll sair them, as he sair'd the King, 
 
 Turn tail and rin awa, Jamie. , S. The Laddies by t 
 
 Mak haste an' turn King David owre, . The Ordination. 3. 
 The fate of empires and the fall of kings. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Which even the Rights of Kings in low prostration 
 Most humbly own — 'tis dear, dear admiration I . .lb. 
 But truce with kings, and truce with constitutions, . lb. 
 A king and a father to place on his throne 7 
 
 S. The small birds ^ 
 A prison built by kings, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 King Loui' thought to cut it down, . . . .lb. 
 That bears the name o' auld king Coil, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 not Potosi's mine. Nor Kings regard, 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine. The Vision, D. II. 2i. 
 
 Was brought to the court of our good Scottish king, 
 
 The Whistle. 
 He's the king of gude fellows, and wale of auld men ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Thy minions, kings defend, controul, devour, To R. G. ofF.. 
 King David o' poetic brief, , . What ails ye now\ 
 
 I've serv'd my king and country lang, S. When wild Wat's t 
 And reign'd resistless king of love. . S. Young Jamie t 
 
 Kingdom. O'er countries and kingdoms their fury prevail'd, 
 
 S. Caledonia, 
 Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three, man. 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 That ruled Albion's kingdoms three, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Kingly. Than kingly robes, than crowns and globes, 
 Heav'n gave me more, it made thee mine. 
 
 S. The day returns t 
 Kingship. Your Kingship to bespatter ; A Dream. 3. 
 
 King's-tiood [the second stomach in ruminants, so 
 called from its resemblance to a puckered head- 
 dress formerly worn by persons of quality]. 
 * Dell mak his king's-hood in a spleuchan ! ' 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 Kinsman. 
 This was a kinsman o' thy ain, El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 And thereto was his kinsman join'd The Election Ballads. V. 
 Kintra, -y, Tho* he was bred to kintra wark, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 And dree the kintra clatter : . S. Here's his health in water. 
 And no a perfect kintra cooser. Kind Sir, Tve read\ 
 
 But O 1 I fear the kintra soon 
 
 Will ken as weel's mysel ! . . ^S". My heart was ance t 
 
 wi' uncouth, kintra fieg, . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 An' tease my name in kintry clatter : Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 Kipples. In hopes to see Tam Kipples . . Halloween, sr. 
 
 Kirk [a church, the Church]. 
 
 Whyles, on the strong-wing'd Tempest fiyin, 
 
 Tirlan the kirks ; . . Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 The kettle o' the Ku-k and State, 
 
 Perhaps a clout may fail in't; S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 
 Had Kirk and State been in the gate, 
 
 I lighted when she bade me. . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 The way to me lies through the kirk : 
 
 S. Lass, when yr miiher t 
 Pity our Kirk also ; ... New Psalmody. 
 
 I wat the kirk was in the wyte, . S. O wat ye what my t 
 At kirk, or at market, whene'er ye meet me, 
 Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd nae a flie ; S. O whistle f 
 A cauld kirk, and in't but few; . On Kirk ofLamington. 
 Or kirk deserted by its riggin. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, 
 
 By AUoway's auld haunted kirk. . Tam o' Shanter. 3. 
 And should some patron be so kind. 
 
 As bless you wi a kirk, ... . The Calf. 
 
 The kirk and state may join, and tell 
 
 To do such things I maunna : 
 The kirk and state may gae to hell, S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 The Kirk an' you may tak' you that, . The Inventory. 
 
 I, ance, was abus'd i' the kirk, The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 Swith to the Laigh Kirk, ane ap' a", 
 This day the Kirk kicks up a stoure, 
 Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch, 
 Lang, Patronage, wi' rod o' aim. 
 
 Has shor'd the kirk's undoin, 
 At kirk and fair, I'se ay be there, . J 
 At Kirk or Market, Mill or Smiddie, 
 They lay aside their private cares, 
 To mind the Kirk and State affairs ; 
 
 The Ordination. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 lb. 
 
 . lb. 8. 
 
 The tither mom t 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 
 
 lb. 18. 
 
 There was a lass, and she was fair, 
 
 At kirk and market to be seen ; .S. There was a lass \ 
 
 An' gar him follow to the kirk . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Kirk-AUoway. 
 
 Kirk-AUoway was drawing nigh, 
 
 Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. Tam d Shanter. g. 
 
 When, glimmering thro' the groaning trees, 
 
 Kirk-AUoway seem'd in a bleeze ; . . . lb. 10. 
 
 Kirk-folk. if kirk folks dinna clutch me. The Inventory. 
 
 But let the kirk-folk ring their bells, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Kirk-hammer [tongue of a church bell]. 
 
 The auld kirk-hammer strak the bell. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 31, 
 
Kipk-yard 
 
 260 
 
 Knave 
 
 KlPk-yard. And inTdrkyards renew their leagues, 
 
 Owre howcket dead. Add. to the Deil g. 
 Kirk-yards will soon be till'd eneugh, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. 
 KipkeudbPlght. 
 Fy, let us a' to Kirkcudbright, The Election Ballads. III. 
 Beside Kirkcudbright's towers, ... lb. V. 
 
 Kirkton Jean. 
 That at the L — d's house, even on Sunday, 
 Thou drank wi' Kirkton Jean till Monday. 
 
 Tarn o* Shanter. 3. 
 Kirn [the feast of harvest-home], 
 ' An' ay a rantan Kim we gat, . . Halloween. 1$. 
 
 At Kims an' weddins we'se he there, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 
 They get the jovial, rantan Kirns, . The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 
 Kirn [a churn]. 
 Thence, countra wives, wi' toil an' pain, 
 May plunge an' plunge the kirn in vain ; A dd. to the Deil. 10. 
 
 Kirs'n [to christen]. 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, 
 An' kirs'n him wi' reekin water ; Ep. to J. L — k. Ap. 1st. ig. 
 
 Kiss. 
 
 While many a kiss the seal imprest, S. By Allan stream t 
 O let me steal one liquid kiss ! . . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Dusty was the kiss That I got frae the miller. 
 
 S. Hey, the dusty miller^ 
 Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss, . . S. Jockeys tcCen \ 
 '* Is nocht sae fragrant or sae sweet 
 
 " As is a kiss o' Willy. . . . . S.O Phely,i 
 
 First shore her wi' a kindly kiss, . . S. O steer her up \ 
 A flatt'ring ardent kiss he stole ; . S. On a bank ofjlowers \ 
 One fond kiss, and then we sever ; . . One fond kiss \ 
 
 A vow, they seal'd it with a kiss 
 
 Sir Politics to fetter, . . . The Fete Champetre. 
 An' ay he gies the tozie drab 
 
 The tither skelpan kiss, . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Syne to salute her wi' a kiss, 
 
 I flang my arms about her neck. 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 For it's like a baumy kiss o* her sweet bonie mou ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Kiss, to. 
 I, fatherly will kiss an' daut thee, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 An' I'll kiss thee yet, yetj 
 
 An' I'll kiss thee o'er agam ; [r^.] S. An' Til kiss theeyet\ 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. . . S. As I gaed up by t 
 
 The mair I kiss she's ay my dearie. 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry? 
 
 S. Comin thro^ the rye \ 
 Gin a body kiss a body Need the warld ken ? . . lb. 
 Gin a body kiss a body, need a body tell ; 
 
 S. Comin thrd the rye. 
 Gin a body kiss a body, need a body gloom ; . . Ih. 
 
 A man may kiss a bonie lass. 
 And ay be welcome back again. . S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 When I did kiss and dawte her, . . S. Had I the wyte\ 
 Thy favors are the silly wind 
 
 That kisses ilka thing it meets. . . S. I do eonfess\ 
 If thou should kiss me, love, Wha could espy thee ? 
 
 S. Jamie come try me t 
 O John, my luve, come kiss me now, 
 
 Q John, come kiss me by and by, . S. John come kiss. 
 And ither some will kiss and daut ; ... lb. 
 
 An' come to my arms and kiss me again ! 
 
 S. O merry hae I been \ 
 Wha will kiss me where I lie ? S. O wha my babie-clouts t 
 Wha will kiss me o'er again ? . . . . lb. 
 
 (Th' enamour'd laurels kiss her brows,) 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 I'd kiss her maids, and kick the perverse b— h. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Phoebus, low, Shall kiss the distant, western main. 
 
 The Lament. 
 Heaven spare you lang to kiss the breath 
 
 O' mony flow'ry simmers ! . . .To Mr. M^Adam. 
 Then we'll kiss and clap at pleasure, 
 „, ,, ,, S. Will ye go and many \ 
 
 Kiss 'a, - 1. 
 The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife, ^S". My love she's hut\ 
 And when she cam ben she kiss'd Cockpen, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 
 Wild wanton kiss'd her rival breast '^ S. Ona bank ofjlowers t 
 And mony a friend that kiss't his caup, 
 
 Is now a fremit wight : . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 I kiss'd her owre and owre again, 
 
 S. The lass that tnade the bed. 
 I kiss'd her owre and owre a^ain, 
 
 Amang theTrigs o' barley. . . S. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore. To Maty in Heaven. 
 
 pale, pale now, those rosy lips 
 I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly t 
 
 ■5*. Ye banks., and braes, and streams f 
 Kissing, -in', -in. 
 She's down in the yard, she's kissin the Laird ; 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nah. 
 An* kissin my Katie when a' was done. S. O merry hae I been\ 
 And kissin a Collier lassie an a' ? S. O when she cam ben t 
 Abjuring their democrat doings, 
 
 By kissin' the a — of a peer. The Election Ballads. IH. 
 And kissing barefit hunters. . . . lb. VI. 
 
 Charlie Gregor tint his plaidie, 
 
 Kissin' Theniel's home Mary. S. T. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 But Charlie gat the spring to pay 
 For kissin' Theniel's bonie Mary. Ih. 
 
 Kist [a chest, a shop-counter]. 
 
 Behind a kist to lie an' sklent, Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. zist. 11. 
 Kitchen [to make more palatable and nutritive]. 
 His wee drap parritchj or his bread, 
 
 Thou kitchens fine. Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 Kith [circle of acquaintance]. 
 At kith or kin I lieedna speir. 
 
 Gin I saw ane and twenty. S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 And kith and kin o' Cassillis' blude, S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Kittle [ticklish ; trying, vexatious ; likely, apt]. 
 
 1 wad be kittle To be mislear'd, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 10. 
 But yet despite the kittle kimmer, 
 
 I, Rob, am here. Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. zist. 10. 
 Her pauky smile, her kittle e'en, S. The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Corbies and Clergy are a shot right kittle : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 To paint an angel's kittle wark, . To a Painter. 
 
 Kittle, to [to tickle; ''kittle up," enliven, excite in 
 a vivid manner]. 
 Come, kittle up your raoorlan harp 
 
 Wi' gleesome touch ! Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. 21st. 8. 
 It never fails, on drinkin deep. 
 
 To kittle up our notion, . . . The Holy Fair. ig. 
 while 1 kittle hair on thairms . . The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 I kittle up my rustic reed ; It gies me ease. To W. Simpson. 
 Kittlen [a kitten]. 
 
 As cantie as a kittlen ; . . . Halloween. 24.. 
 
 Kiutlan [cuddling, fondling]. 
 When kiutlan in the Fause-house 
 
 Wi' him that night. . . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 Knaggie [having protuberances], 
 
 Tho' thou's howe-backet, now, an' knaggie, 
 
 A Guid New-year,\ 
 
 Knappin-hammer [ a hammer for breaking stones], 
 
 Ye'd better taen up spadeg and shools, 
 
 Or knappin hammers. Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. ist. //. 
 
 Knapsack, 
 
 Ane sat ; weel brac'd wi' mealy bags. 
 
 And knapsack a' in order ; . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 My humble Imapsack a' my wealth, S. When wild War's f 
 Knave. 
 The tricks o' knaves, or fash 0' fools, Add. to Toothache. 
 
 While titled knaves and idiot greatness shine 
 
 Ltis on Fergusson. 
 
 And fools may tyne, and knaves may win ; S. O Phelyi 
 
 Not one of them a knave. . . > . On Lord G. 
 
 A Knave an' fool are plants of ev'ry soil : Scots Prologue. 
 
 Wha will be a traitor knave ? . . . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 
 They [his looks] say their master is a knave — 
 
 And sure they do not lie. . That there is falsehood t 
 
 An' plundered 0' her hindmost groat, 
 
 By gallows knaves? The Authors Cry and Prayer, g. 
 For fools will prate o' right and wrang, 
 
 While knaves laugh them to scom ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, 
 
 S. The Honest Man. 
 
Knave 
 
 261 
 
 Know 
 
 Sir Knave is a fool in a Session, The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Nae mair the knaves shall wrang her, The Ordination. 3. 
 We labour soon, we labour late, 
 To feed the titled knave, man ; . The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 Knead. She [nature] kneads the lumpish philosophic dough, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2, 
 Knee. I'll kilt my coats ahoon my knee, 
 
 And follow my love through the water. 
 
 S. Braw lads o/G. Water. 
 And cut him by the knee ; , . . John Barleycorn. 
 The mother may forget the child 
 
 That smiles sae sweetly on her knee; Lament/or Glencaim. 
 Aft has he doudl'd me upon his knee; lS". O whare didye get\ 
 On bended knees most fervently, S. The honie Lass of A Ihany. 
 Forms might be worshipp'd on the bended knee. 
 And still the second dread command be free, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 The lisping infant prattling on his knee, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 3. 
 His garters knit below his knee, . S. The Ploughman t 
 The youngest ay chiefly does dance on my knee ; . . lb. 
 A feather in his bonnet and a ribbon at his knee, 
 Knee-deep. ^- ^^''^ ^""^^ ^ ^""'^ + 
 
 And knee-deep in claret he'd die or he'd yield. The Whistle, g. 
 Kneel. 
 
 And kneel, ' Ye Pow'rs, and warm implore, To J. S., 2i. 
 
 Kneeling. 
 But, had I in my glory been, 
 
 He, kneeling, wad ador'd me. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Then kneeling down to Heaven's Eternal King, 
 The Saint, the Father, and the Husband prays : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 16. 
 Knell. Say pell and mell, wi' muskets knell 
 
 How Tories fell and Whigs to h-U Flew off 
 
 S, The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Knew. (For none that knew him need be to\d)Epit.forR.A. 
 A Scot still, but blot still, 
 
 I knew no higher praise. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 He wander'd out he knew not where nor why) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Ilk wimpling burn, ilk chrystal spring. 
 Ilk glen and shaw she [Mirth] knew, man : 
 
 The Fite Ckampetre. 
 That e'er your face I knew. . The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Knife, But at New- York, wi' knife an fork. 
 
 Sir Loin he hacked sma', man. , A Fragment. 
 May twin auld Scotland o' a life 
 
 She likes — as Butchers like a Knife! . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 after viewing kniyes and garters, Epii. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 The knife that niciket Abel's craig On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 A knife, a father's throat had mangled. Tarn 0' Shanter. xi. 
 Frae dogs an' tods, an' butchers* knives ! The Death ofMailie. 
 Yerl Galloway's' sceptre's broke, 
 
 And eke my hangman's knife. The Election Ballads. V. 
 Syne draws her kebbuck an' her knife ; The Holy Fair. 24. 
 Auld Sootie then swore by the edge of his knife, 
 
 S. There liv dance a carle t 
 His knife see Rustic-labour dight, . . . To a Haggis. 
 You've gi'en us walth for horn and knife, 
 
 V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 What makes heroic strife ? 
 To whet th' assassin's knife, . S. Ye Jacobites t 
 
 Knight. The caput mortuum of gross desires 
 
 Makes a material, for mere knights and squires ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham., a. 
 Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, 
 Wha represent our Brughs an' Shires, 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 
 And mony a knight and mony a laird, 
 
 That errand fain would gae. [r^.] The Election Ballads. I. 
 The first ane was a belted knight. 
 
 Bred of a border band, . . . . lb. 
 
 That she wad vote the border knight, . ... lb. 
 
 Btit I hae tried this border knight, 
 
 I'll try him yet again. . . . . . lb. 
 
 Where is the laird or belted knight 
 
 That best deserves to fa' that ? . . . . lb. II. 
 
 And also Barskimmin's gude knight ; . .lb. III. 
 
 A prince can make a belted knight, 
 
 A marquis, duke, and a' that ; . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 So uprose bright Phoabus— and down fell the knight. 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 And prouder than a belted knight, 
 I'd be my Jeanie's lover. . . - S. Whenjirst I saw\ 
 
 Knit. Still closer knit in friendship's ties 
 
 Each passing year ! Ep. to J, L — k. Ap. 2ist. 18. 
 knit with curious tracery, .... On Ltncluden. 
 Sae knit in alliance are kin. . The Election Ballads. III. 
 Wha thinks to knit himsel the faster 
 
 In favour wi' some gentle Master, . . The Twa Dogs. si. 
 Knock. But every shot and every knock, 
 
 My heart it gae a stoun. S. My heart was ance t 
 She took the rock, and wi' a knock. 
 She brak it o'er my pow. . . S. The weary Fund. 
 Knock, to. 
 
 For wi' the rock she wad him knock, S. Duncan Davison. 
 Knocked. 
 
 And knock'd the groaning vowel to the ground ! The Vowels. 
 Knockhaspie [a part of Mossgiel Farm]. 
 I wou'd gie a' Knockhaspie's land, 
 For Loyal Harry back again. S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 Knot. Thence, mystic knots mak great abuse, 
 
 On Young-Guidmen, fond, keen, an' crouse, 
 
 Add. to the Deil. if. 
 Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith t 
 He took my heart as wi' a net, 
 In every knot and thrum. . , S. My heart was ance t 
 Knot, to. 
 
 Then han' in nieve some day we'll knot it. Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Knotless. Ye'U slip frae me like a knotless thread, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 Knotted. 
 
 wooer-babs, Weel knotted on their garten, . Halloween. 
 Know, quick to learn and wise to know, A Bard^s Epit. 
 
 Know, prudent, cautious, self-controul 
 
 Is Wisdom's root. . . .lb. 
 
 thou great Being ! what Thou art, 
 
 Surpasses me to know : . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Till God knows what may be effected, Add. of Beelzebub, a. 
 " I know your bent— ^hcse are no laughing times : 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 I'll laugh, that's poz — nay more, the world shall know it ; lb. 
 He knows each chord its various tone. Add, to Unco Guid. 8. 
 What's done we partly may compute. 
 
 But know not what's resisted lb. 
 
 Know thy form was once a treasure ; . Blue Bonnets. 
 
 For well I know thy gentle mind 
 
 Disdains art's gay disguising ; S. Could aught of song t 
 (Who knows not that brave Caledonia's divine ?) S. Caledonia, 
 Ye little know the ills ye court, 
 
 When Manhood is your wish ! Despondency., an Ode. 5. 
 We wander out, we know not where, . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 But come ye who the godlike pleasure know. 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish' d — to bestow ! 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham. S. 
 
 1 know my need, I know thy giving hand, . . .lb. J. 
 Whoe'er thou art, O reader, know, 
 
 That death has murder'd Johnie ; Epit. on wee Johnie. 
 
 No love but thine my heart shall know. S. Fairest maid\ 
 Go teach them to tremble, fell tyrant ! but know. 
 No terrors hast thou to the brave. 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou fair day \ 
 I know thou doom'st me to despair, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream \ 
 Mankind are his show box — a friend, would you know him ? 
 Pull the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 My cheerless suns no pleasure know ; 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 I know its worst— and can that worst despise. 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 We'll be constant while we can — 
 
 You can be no more, you know. . . .S". Lei not wojnan t 
 Who but knows they all decay ! S. My Mary's face t 
 
 Which, save the linnet's flight, I wot, 
 
 Nae ruder visit knows, . S. Now Spring has cladi 
 I know Thou wilt me hear ; . . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 Who know them best despise them most. 
 
 On WindoTv at Stirling. 
 Who knows how the fashions may alter, P(7tf^. Add. to Tytler. 
 But 'twould be rude, you know, to ask the question; 
 
 Prologue at Th., D.. 
 Cheerless night that knows no morrow. . S. Raving winds f 
 Dost not know that old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible, 
 Says the more 'tis a truth, Sir, the more 'tis a libel ? 
 
 Reproof by Himself. 
 
Know 
 
 262 
 
 Labor 
 
 Well you know how much you grieve me : 
 
 S. Stay, my charmer^ 
 Why urge the only, one request, 
 
 You know I will deny ! . S. Talk not of Love t 
 
 But few enjoy the calm I know in This desert wood. 
 
 The Hermit. 
 The world then the love should know 
 
 I bear my Highland lassie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 I know her heart will never change, . ... lb. 
 My Lord, I know, your noble ear 
 
 Woe ne'er assails in vain ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And now I have lived — I know not how long, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Then know all ye whom it concerns, 
 
 Subscripsi huic, Robert Burns. . . The Inventory. 
 
 And gone I know not whither : S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 I know my doom must be despair, . . S. The last time 1 1 
 For in this world Rest or Peace 
 
 I never more shall know ! . S. The sun /le is sunk t 
 
 Nae real joys we know, man. . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Was made lang syne, lord knows how lang. The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 ' Know, the great Genius of this Land, 
 
 * Has many a light, aerial band, . The Vision. D. II. 3. 
 And then all the world, Sir, should know it ! To Capt. Riddel. 
 By all on high adoring mortals know ! . To Clarinda. 
 
 God knows, I'm no the thing I shou'd be, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Knowe [a hillock, a knoll, a slope]. 
 Till Willie H— e took o'er the knowe 
 For Philadelphia, man : . . . A Fragment. 3. 
 
 Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, 
 
 A Guid New-year \ 12. 
 And o'er the knowes the lambs were bleating : 
 
 S. As I came o'er t 
 
 the rapturous charm o' the bonie green knowes, 
 
 S. Awa' wi' yr witchcrafts 
 Ca* the ewes to the knowes, . . S. Hark ! the mavis t 
 Meet me on the warlock knowe, . ^S". Now rosy May t 
 
 Comes bleating till him, owre the knowe, Poor Mailie's EL. 
 Skipping on yon bonie knowes, 
 
 S, The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Until wi' daffin weary grown, 
 
 Upon a knowe they sat them down. [v.A.i] The Twa Dogs. 
 At last her feet, I sang to see't, 
 
 Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; . S. The weary Pund. 
 His gear may buy him glens and knowes, S. To daunton me. 
 
 Till now amaist on ev'ry knowe 
 
 Ye'U find ane plac'd ; To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 Ance lightly lap ye owre the knowe, S. Ye hoe lien wrong. 
 Knowledge. ^ 
 
 Few heads with knowledge so inform'd : Epit. on a Friend. 
 With knowledge so vast, and with judgment so strong. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr* to Fox. 
 If haply Knowledge, on a random tramp, 
 Had shor'd them with a glimmer of his lamp, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10, 
 It kindles Wit, it waukens Lear, 
 
 It pangs us fou o' Knowledge. . . The Holy Fair. jg. 
 
 Sad knowledge makes me know that your hearts are full of woe, 
 
 S. The winter it is past f 
 
 Known. Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known, 
 
 To mak a noble Aiver; A Dream. 11. 
 
 Yet sure I am, that known to Thee 
 
 Are all thy works below. . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 As by his noblest work the Godhead best is known. 
 
 ' El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Weel known to many men, O. . Katharine J affray. 
 
 The weeping blood in woman's breast 
 
 Was never known to thee ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 So Peggy ne'er I'd known ! . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 Only known to wandering swains. On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Where every science — every nobler art 
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart. Is known ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 But distress, with horrors arming. 
 
 Thou hast also known too well 1 
 If thou hast known false love's vexation, 
 
 S. Sensibility \ 
 The Hermit. 
 
 He never was known for to idle or lurk ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 But for wine and for welcome not more known to fame, 
 Than the sense, wit, and taste of a sweet lovely dame. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Yet long, long too well have I known : S, Where are the Joys\ 
 
 Know'st. Thou know'st that Thou hast formed me, 
 With Passions wild and strong ; 
 
 A Prayer inprosp. of Death. 
 Well thou know'st my aching heart, S. Canst thou leave me\ 
 Thou know'st, the virtues cannot hate thee worse, 
 
 Ep.fr. EsQpus. 
 Thou know'st my words sincere ! . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 Full well thou know'st I love thee dear; S. Fairest maidj 
 Thou know'st the snares on ev'ry hand, O Thou dread P<yu}r\ 
 Knuplin [rfm. o/^ knurl, a dwarf]. 
 Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives 
 
 Horatian fame ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 KOPah-like. Will send you, Korah-like, a-sinkin, 
 
 Straught to auld Nick's. Ep. to J. R. 
 
 Kye [cows]. 
 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 His sheep an' kye thrive bonie, . S. Behind yon hills f 
 
 While new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake^ Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. 2isi. 
 
 Tho' I should herd the buckskin kye . Ep. to J. R., 11. 
 
 He lo'es sae weel his craps and kye, 
 He has nae love to spare for me : S. In simmer when t 
 
 And gear will buy me sheep and kye ; . . lb, 
 
 Tho' hardly he, for sense or lear. 
 
 Be better than the kye S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 The father cracks of horses, pleughs and kye. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 
 And sae the kye might stray. The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Cauld Boreas, wi' his boisterous crew, 
 Were bound to stakes like kye, man ; The Fite Champetre. 
 
 For then I had a score o' kye, 
 
 S. The Highl. Widow's Lament 
 
 There's no a callant tents the kye, 
 But kens o' Westerha', Jamie. S. The Laddies by t 
 
 The kye stood rowtan i' the loan ; . . The Twa Dogs. jj. 
 
 And he had owsen, sheep, and kye, S. There was a lass t 
 
 Till kye be gaun without the herd. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 His gear niay buy him kye and yowes, lS". To daunton me f 
 Kyles [kayles, the game of nine-pins ; also, nine- 
 holes]. 
 
 They hough'd the Clans like nine-pin kyles 
 
 The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 Kyle [the middle district of Ayrshire ; v. Coil], 
 For nane in Carrick or Kyle 
 
 Can please a lassie better. , . S. O gie my love brose t 
 Auld, cantie Kyle may weepers wear, 
 
 On Scot, Bardgne to W. I. 
 There was a lad was born in Kyle, S. There was a lad t 
 
 Kyle-Stewapt [the district, in Ayrshire, between 
 the riveps Ayr and Irvine]. 
 Kyle-Stewart I could bragged wide. 
 
 For sic a pair. . . A Quid New-year 1 6. 
 
 Kyte [the belly ; the stomach]. 
 
 Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve 
 
 Are bent like drums ; . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Kythe [to discover, to manifest]. 
 Their faces blythe, fu' sweetly^ kythe 
 Hearts leal, an' warm, an' kin' ; . . . Halloween. $• 
 
 Labop, Laboup, 
 
 Are frae their nuptial labors risen : A Ded. to G. H, 14. 
 
 When frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep. 
 An' threaten'd labor back to keep, A Gude New-Yeari 13. 
 Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked, A Winter Night, z. 
 
 The young dogs— swinge them to the labour 
 
 Add. of Beehebub. 4. 
 
 As busy Trade his labours plies ; . Add. to Edinburgh, z. 
 But ere she [nature] gave creating labour o'er, 
 Half-jest, she tried one curious labour more. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 For one, he said, to labour bred, 
 
 Was a match for fortune f^rly, O. 
 
 ^S". My father was a farmer t 
 When sometimes by my labour 
 
 I earn a little money, O, "• 
 
 Thou strings the nerves o' Labor-sair, . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 
 The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 
 
 And makes him quite forget his labor and his toil. . lb. J. 
 
 And mind their labors wi' an eydent hand, . . • lb. 6. 
 
 And nought but his labour to keep them up all. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Your labour is hard and your wages are low, 
 And when I come home from my labour at night . 
 
 lb. 
 lb. 
 
Labor 
 
 263 
 
 Laddie 
 
 As Arts or Arms they understand, 
 
 Their labors ply. . The Vision. D. II, 3. 
 His knife see Rustic-labour dight, . . . To a Haggis, 
 Labour, to. 
 On his one ruling passion Sir Pope hugely labours, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Where hundreds labour to support 
 
 A haughty lordling's pride ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 And labour to sustain me, O : S. My father was a farmer \ 
 
 can ye labour lea, young man, S. O can ye labour lea t 
 He couldna labour lea. ... . . . lb. 
 
 But wha wad keep the handless coof, 
 
 That couldna labour lea? lb. 
 
 Or labour hard the panegyric close, . The Brigs of Ayr, 
 An' aften labour them completely. . . . The Inventory. 
 We labour soon, we labour late, 
 To feed the titled knave, man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Labor'd. The muse should tell, in labor'd strains, 
 
 S. Could aught of song t 
 Laborer. Some soothe the Lab'rer's weary toil, 
 
 For humble gains, The Vision. D. II, g. 
 Laboring. The rustic Bard, the lab'ring Hind, 
 
 The Artisan ; The Vision. D. II. 7. 
 Lace* Ty'd up in godly laces, . Add. to Unco Gmd. 6. 
 
 1 canna say but ye strunt rarely, 
 
 Owre gawze and lace ; . To a Louse. 
 
 Lac'd. 
 
 Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist. S, A. Mastrttt s bonie Anne. 
 
 weel lac'd up in silken shoon, . S. O Molly's meek. 
 
 Lack. For lack o' thee I've lost my lass. 
 For lack o' thee I scrimp my glass. 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 
 For lack o' thee, I leave this much loved shore, . . lb. 
 
 For lack o' gear ye lightly me, . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 Lad. An' [Heaven] gie you lads a plenty : A Dream. 14. 
 
 The Saxon lads, wi' loud placads, . A Fragment. 7. 
 
 A' the lads o' Thomie-bank S. A' the lads 0' Thomie-bnki 
 
 A dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug, Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 
 my bonie Highland lad, . . S. As I came o'er\ 
 
 1 think on my bonie lad, 
 
 And I blear my een wi' greetin. . lS". Ay waukin^ O. 
 
 Never the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley, ire."] 
 
 S. Bannocks d bear mealf 
 A country lad is my degree, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 
 Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes, 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 Can match the lads o' Galla water. . . lb. 
 
 The bonnie lad o' Galla water. lb. 
 
 Braw, braw lads of Galla Water ; S. Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town, 
 
 S. Cock up yr beaver. 
 Hey, brave Johnie lad, cock up your beaver ! . lb. 
 
 But a' the lads they loe me, and what the waur am I. 
 
 S. Comin thro' the rye. 
 * The lad, for twa guid gimmer-pets, 
 
 ' Was Laird himsel. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 There was a lad that foUow'd her, . S. Duncan Davison. 
 Duncan was a lad o' grace, . . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 
 Ye'U try the world soon my lad, . Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 But Davie lad, ne'er fash your head, Ep. to Davie, z. 
 
 Spare't for their sakes wha aften wear it, 
 
 The lads in black ; . 
 And ilk loyal, bonie lad 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. 
 
 Ep.toJ.R.3. 
 
 S. Frae the friends t 
 Lads like lasses weel. And lasses lads too. 
 
 ^. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 The lads sae trig, wi' wooer-bahs, . . . Halloween. 3. 
 An' monie lads an' lasses fates 
 
 Are there that night decided : . . . .Ib.'j. 
 
 The lang lad they ca' jumpin John, S. Her Daddieforbad\ 
 The bonniest lad that e'er I saw, - - 
 
 Wore a plaid and was fu' braw, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 When absent from my sailor lad ? S. How can my poor heart t 
 Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad ! [?r.] S. Killiecrankie. 
 Or our merry lads at hame. 
 
 In Britain's court kept up the game : Kind Sir, Tve read\ 
 And mony a guilt-bespotted lad ; Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 A bonie, westlin weaver lad [to.] , S. My heart was ance t 
 O Kenmure's lads are men ; S. O Kenmure's on and awa \ 
 
 While my dear lad maun face his faes, lS*. O Logan I sweetly \ 
 The lad I love's the lad for me, . . . S.O Phely,\ 
 Although a lad were e'er sae smart, . . . S. O Tibbie I f 
 O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad, [re."] S. O whistle \ 
 the bonie lad that I lo'e best . S. Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 
 The bonie lad that's far awa lb. 
 
 The lad that is dear to my babie and me. 
 
 S. Out over the Forth f 
 But Davie, lad, I'm red ye're glaikit ; Second Ep, to Davie. 
 The lad I lo'e dearly, Tam Glen. . , . S. Tam Glen. 
 The red-coat lads wi' black cockauds 
 
 S. The Battle of Skerra-Moor. 
 The Angus lads had nae gude will, . , . . /^. 
 And the lads o' Buckhaven, . . S. The Carls of Dysart. 
 Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, . lb. 11. 
 They fell upon a scheme, 
 
 To send a lad to London town . The Election Ballads. I. 
 To send a lad to London town. 
 
 They met upon a day, lb. 
 
 And she wad send the sodger lad. 
 
 Whatever might betide lb. 
 
 And there will be lads o' the gospel, . lb. III. 
 
 And Quentin o' lads not the worst. . . . , lb. 
 
 O' the merry lads of Ayr, man ? . The Fite Champetre. 
 Our lads gaed a hunting, ae day at the dawn, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 The best of our lads wi' the best o' their skill ; . .lb. 
 An' there, a batch o' Wabster lads. 
 
 Blackguarding frae K[ilmamo]ck , The Holy Fair. g. 
 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an' body, .... lb. so. 
 
 O Wives be mindfu', ance yoursel, 
 
 How bopie lads ye wanted, .... lb. 2j. 
 
 Observ'd ye yon reverend lad 
 
 Mak faces to tickle the Mob ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 A highland lad my Love was born, . . .lb. S. IV. 
 There's not a lad in a' the Ian' 
 
 Was match for my John Highlandman. . . . lb. 
 
 And by them lies the dearest lad 
 
 That ever blest a woman's ee ! . . S. The lovely lass t 
 The Ploughman he's a bonie lad, . S. The Ploughman\ 
 Then up wi't a', my Ploughman lad, . . lb. 
 
 Did least expect, To see my lad sae near me. 
 
 S. The tither mom\ 
 
 But now as glad I'm wi' my lad, 
 
 As shortsyne broken-hearted lb. 
 
 Haith lad ye little ken about it ; . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 Till piper lads were wae and weary, S. T. Mens, 's bonie Mary. 
 And below the bonie brier bush there's a lassie and a lad, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 What will I do for a lad when Sandy gangs awa? . lb. 
 
 And see an onie bonie lad will fancy me. . lb. 
 
 There was a lad was bom in Kyle, S. There was a lad t 
 
 Young Robie was the brawest lad, .S". There was a lass t 
 
 There's a boatfu' o* lads Come to our town to sell. 
 
 S, There's news, lasses t 
 Was here to hire yon lad away . To Gavin Hamilton. 
 
 '* Come hither lad, an' answer for't. What ails ye now + 
 
 And come, my faithful sodger lad. When wild War's \ 
 
 There lives a lad, the lad for me, . S. Where Cart rins t 
 My daddy sign'd my tocher band. 
 
 To gie the lad that has the land, ... lb. 
 
 Young Jockey was the blythest lad 
 
 In a' our town or here awa ; . , S. Young Jockey \ 
 Laddie \dim. of lad]. 
 But heai^st thou, laddie, there's my loof, 
 
 I'm thine at ane and twenty. S. And Of or ane and twenty ^ 
 My winsome, weel-far'd Highland laddie; .5*. As I came o'eri 
 Here's a health to Tammie, the Norland laddie, 
 
 J". Here's a liealth to them t 
 Bonie Laddie, Highland Laddie, [«.] ^. Highland Laddie. 
 My bonie laddie's young hut he's growin yet. 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 And send my laddie back again. S. My Harry was agallant f 
 My laddie's sae meikle in love wi' the siller. 
 
 He canna ha'e love to spare for me. 
 
 O, meikle thinks my love t 
 
Laddie 
 
 264 
 
 Laird 
 
 I gat it frae a young brisk Sodger Laddie, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 
 gin I saw the laddie that gae ine't 1 . . . Ih. 
 
 May heaven protect my bonie Scots Laddie, . . . lb. 
 
 Thy smiles are sae like my blythe Sodger laddie, . . Ih. 
 
 And aiblins gowd and honour baith 
 Might be that laddie's share. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 No wonder I'm fond of a Sodger laddie. \re~'\ 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Her Love had been a Highland laddie, . . lb., R. IV. 
 The Laddies by the banks o' Nith S. The Laddies by t 
 
 The boniest sight that e'er I saw 
 
 Was th' Ploughman laddie dancin. S. The Ploughman t 
 He's a bonie, bonie laddie and yon be he. 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 
 And she lo'ed her bonie laddie dear ; 
 
 S. There was a bonie lass t 
 
 Till war's loud alarms 
 
 Tore her laddie frae her arms, . . . . lb. 
 
 For beauty and fortune the laddie's been courtin ; 
 
 S. There's a youth ^ 
 
 But th' laddie's dear sel he lo'es dearest of a'. . . lb. 
 
 1 hae a wife and twa wee laddies, . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 That beardless laddies 
 Should think they better were informed, 
 
 Than their auld dadies. To W, Simpson. F.S. 
 
 And waft my dear laddie ance mair to my arms. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 
 Lade [load]. 
 I bear alane my lade o' care, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, Tarn o' Shanter. 6. 
 Laden. With laden sighs, and solemn-rounded sentence, 
 
 Add. s^. by Fontenelle. 
 To see the new [year] come laden, groaning, 
 Wi' double plenty o'er the loanin 
 
 To thee and thine ; . . Friend Qfthe^oet t 
 Laden with years and meikle pain, La-mentfor Glencaim. 
 Laden with unhonoured years, Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Ladle. Then lug out your ladle, deal brimstone like adle. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Lady. I see ye're complimented thrang, 
 
 By many a lord an' lady; . . A Dream,. 2. 
 
 Lady Onlie, honest lucky, \re.'\ S. A' the lads o' Thorn, t 
 My sweet wee lady, . . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 O Lady Mary Ann looks o'er thp castle wa', 
 
 iS. L<^y Mary Ann. 
 Lady Mary Ann was a flower in the dew : . lb. 
 
 Ladies, would it not be strange 
 
 Man should then a monster prove ? S. Let not woman f 
 My Lady's gown there's gairs upon't, 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 My Lady's white, my Lady's red, ... , lb. 
 
 My Lady's dink, my Lady's drest, .... 73. 
 
 And Lady Jean was never sae braw. S. O when she vant ben t 
 Polish their grin, nay, sigh for ladies' love. . Sketch. 
 
 An' send him to his dicing box, 
 
 An' sportin lady. The Author's Cty and Prayer, ig. 
 O mount and go. 
 
 And be the Captain's Lady. . S. The CaptaitCs Lady. 
 Anbank, wba guess'd the ladies' taste, The Fite Champetre. 
 my bonny sweet wee lady, .... The Inventory, 
 The ladies' hearts he did trepan, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 An' liv'd like lords an' ladies gay : . . .lb. 
 
 Nay even thus invade a lady's quiet. The Rights of Woman. 
 But Gentlemen, an' Ladies warst, 
 
 Wi' ev'n down want o' wark are curst. . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 The Ladies arm-in-arm in clusters, ... lb. 33. 
 
 How daur ye set your fit upon her, 
 
 Sae fin-j a Lady I . . . To a Louse. 
 And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan 
 
 A lady fair : . .To Dr, Blacklock. 
 
 Then please sir,^ to lea'e sir, 
 
 The orders wi' your lady. . . .To Gav, Hamilton, 
 My heart was caught before I thought, 
 And by a Mauchline lady. . . S, When first I came t 
 Lag [sluggish, slow]. 
 An' faith ! thou's neither lag nor lame, 
 
 Nor blate nor scaur. Add. to the Deil. 3. 
 
 Lag, to. It only lags the fatal hour ; . Fragment of Ode. 
 
 But now he lags on death's hog-score, Tam Samson's El,,^. 
 
 Laggen [the angle between the side and the bottom 
 of a wooden dish]. 
 
 But or the day was done, I trow, 
 
 The laggen they hae clautet Fu' clean . A Dream, /j". 
 Laid, Lay]d, 
 But thoughtless follies laid him low, . A Bards Epit. 
 A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane 
 
 Laid by for you. A guid New-Year\if. 
 
 The winds were laid, the air was still, . . .A Vision, 
 " Has laid your rocky bosom bare, . As on the banks\ 
 And mony a scheme in vain's been laid, 
 
 To stap or scar me ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13, 
 That the worms ev'n d — d him 
 
 When laid in his grave. . . . E^it. on Walter S,. 
 In dust dishonor'd laid : . . . S. Fate gave the word t 
 They laid him down upon his back, . John Barleycorn. 
 They laid him out upon the floor,. . . . lb, 
 
 " O ! had I met the mortal shaft 
 
 " Which laid my benefactor low I Lament for Glencaim, 
 Whare I am laid my lane, . . Lass^ wkenyr mither\ 
 
 raging fortune's withering blast 
 
 Has laid my leaf full low, [re„ ] . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 Welcome the hour, my aged limbs 
 
 . Are laid with thee at rest ! Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 She laid me in a saft bed, \re,1 . S, O watye what my f 
 Relentless fate has laid their guardian low. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 They laid the twa i' the bed thegither, . . S. Scroggam, 
 
 1 gae him some pyie, and be lay'd the crust by, 
 
 .5*. The auld man\ 
 E'er sin' they laid that curst restriction 
 
 On Aquavitae ; The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 
 His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, The Cotter's Sat. N^kt. 12. 
 An' ye have laid nae tax on misses ; . . The Inventory. 
 And the Moro low was laid at the sound of the drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I 
 
 An' laid the loud uproar. lb. R. II. 
 
 Then turn'd, an laid a smack on Grizzie . lb. R. III. 
 Tho' Fortune sair upon him laid. 
 
 His heart she evermiss'd it. ... lb. R. VII. 
 O'er Pegasus' side ye ne'er laid a stride. The Kirks Alarm. 
 I laid her 'tween me and the wa', 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 His cheek to her's he fondly laid, S. There was a lass t 
 
 Till she, like thee, all soil'd is laid 
 
 Low i' the dust. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wast, . To a Mouse. 
 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, 
 
 Gang aft agley, lb. 
 
 See'st thou thy lover lowly laid ? . To Mary in Heaven, 
 Laigh [low; "laigh house," house of one storey]. 
 For me ! sae laigh I needna bow, ■ A Ded. to G. H,, a. 
 
 Bye attour, my Gutcher has 
 
 A hich house and a laigh ane ; . , S. Gat ye me, t 
 
 Herry the louns o' the laigh Countrie, . . S. Hee balou, t 
 While laigh descends the simmer sun, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Laigh Kirk [the Church built down the hill or in 
 the lower quarter of the town, in contrast to 
 the High Kirk, built at the top of the hill, or in 
 the upper quarter of the town], 
 
 Swith to the Laigh Kirk, ane an' a', . The Ordination. 
 
 Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch, . . lb. 10. 
 Laimpet [limpet]. 
 
 Triumphant crushan't like a muscle 
 
 Or laimpet shell. The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 Laing. 
 
 O had your tongue now, Luckie Laing, [re.l S. Gat ye me t 
 
 Lair. Now Robin lies in his last lair, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 
 Lairing [wading and sinking in snow or mud]. 
 
 And thro' the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle, 
 
 Beneath a scar. . . A Winter Night. 3. 
 
 Laird [an owner of land or houses]. 
 
 Altho' his daddie was nae laird, S. Braw lads on Yar. braes\ 
 ' A countra Laird had ta'en the batts, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27- 
 
 ' The lad, for twa guid gimmer-pets, 
 ' * Was Laird himsel. 
 
 lb. 27. 
 
Laird 
 
 265 
 
 Lance 
 
 * Wi' cits nor lairds I wadna shift, 
 
 ' In a' their pride 1 ' Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 3ist, 13. 
 
 She's down in the yard, she's kissin the laird ; 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 Whare three Lairds' lan's met at a bum, Halloween. 24. 
 
 Then came the Laird o' Lochinton . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 A weel-stocked mailin, himsel' for the laird, 
 
 lS". Last May a braw wooer \ 
 The man wha boasts o' warld's wealth, 
 
 ' Is aften laird 0' meilde care ; . S. Now hank and hrae t 
 Some gapin' glowrin' countra laird, . On W. Chalmers. 
 Afton's Laird, Aftcn's Laird, P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm,^' 
 trusty auld worthy Clacldeith, Afton's Laird, . . li. 
 Their father's a laird, and weel he can spare't, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 The Laird o' Blackbyre wad gang through the fire, . Ih. 
 The Laird o' Braehead has been on his speed, . . Ih. 
 The Laird o' the Ford will straught on a board, . Jh. 
 
 There's Lowrie the laird o' Dumeller, . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 An' that glib-gabbet Highland Baron, 
 The Laird o' Graham ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 13. 
 And mony a knight and mony a laird, 
 
 That errand fam would gae. \re.'\ The Election Ballads. I. 
 Where is the laird or belted knight 
 
 That best deserves to fa' that ? . . lb. IT. 
 
 Then let us drink the Stewartry, 
 
 Kerroughtree's laird, and a' that, . . lb. 
 
 A pair o' trusty lairds, . . . . . Ib.V. 
 
 Or buy a score o' lairds, man ? . The FHe ChamPetre. 
 She kens her father is a laird, . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 Our Laird gets in' his racked rents, . The Twa Dog's. 8. 
 I've notic'd, on our Laird's court-day, . . lb. 13. 
 
 It wad for ev'ry ane be better, 
 
 The Laird, the Tenant, an' the Cotter ! . . lb. 26. 
 
 Ye wha were ne'er by lairds respekit, . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 Come join your counsel and your skills. 
 
 To cow the lairds, ... lb. !$■ 
 
 And Susie whase daddy was laird o' the Ha' ; 
 
 S. There's a youth i 
 But oh, she's an heiress, auld Robin's a laird ; 
 
 S. There's auld Sob M.i 
 Gie dreeping roasts to countra Lairds, . . To/. S., 22. 
 And God bless young Dunaskin's laird, To Mr. M^Adam. 
 Till Lairds forbad, by strict commands, 
 
 Sic bluidy pranks. . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Lairdship. 
 And my Freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch. 
 
 S. Contented wV little,^ 
 Laith [loath]. 
 I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, 
 
 Wi' murd'ring pattle ! . . To a Mouse. 
 I sud be laith to think ye hinted 
 
 Ironic satire, . . To IV. Simpson. 
 
 LaithfU' [bashful, backward, shrinking]. 
 
 But blate and laithfu', scarce can weel behave ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 Lake. Then thro' the lakes Montgomery takes, A Fragment. 
 And wafiF them in the infernal wherry 
 
 Straught through the lake, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Then up amang thae lakes and seas 
 They'll mak what rules and laws they please. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 To gnash my gums, to weep and wail, 
 
 In burnin' lake, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 Why, ye tenants of the lake, 
 
 For me your watry haunt forsake? On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Swiftly seek, on clanging wings, 
 
 Other lakes and other springs ; . . . . lb. 
 
 Th' outstretching lake, imbosomed 'mong the hills, 
 
 Wr. in Kentnore Inn. 
 Lallan, Lalland [lowland]. 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue or Erse, Add, to the Deil. xg. 
 The lalland laws he held in scorn : The Jolly Beggars. S, IV. 
 For a lalland face he feared none, .... lb. 
 
 Lallans [the language of the Lowland Scotch]. 
 But spak their thoughts in plain, braid lallans. 
 
 Like you or me. . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Lamb. And o'er the knowes the lambs were bleating : 
 
 S. As I came o'er t 
 Her bonie face it was as meek. 
 As ony lamb upon the lee I . . . S. Blythe was she t 
 2 L 
 
 The Ordination. 7. 
 
 As on the banks \ 
 The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 Blythe ha'e I been on yon hill, 
 
 As the Lambs before me ; . . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 Her looks are like the sportive lamb, S. On Cessnock banks + 
 She was the flower o' Fairlee lambs, 
 
 A famous breed : [v.A.ig] Poor Maine's El.. 
 As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither, 
 
 Was ae day nibbling on the tether, The Death of Mailie. 
 To scores oMambs, an' packs of woo'! , ... IB. 
 My helpless lambs, I trust them wi' him. . . . lb. 
 My poor toop-lamb, my son an' heir, . . .lb. 
 
 We live like two lambs and we seldom provoke ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 As blythe and as artless as the lambs on the lea, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. \ 
 Lamb-tall. 
 
 And a' like lamb-tails flyin Fu' fast 
 Lambie, Lammie Idim, ^lamb]. 
 When linnets sang, and lammies play'd. 
 As light as ony lambie, 
 Lambkin. 
 A lambkin in peace, but a lion in war. . , S. Caledonia. 
 And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er the braes, 
 
 S, My Nonius Awa. 
 Where Lambkins wanton through the broom ! 
 
 S. The Banks ofNith. 
 And little lambkins wanton wild, 
 In playful bands disporting. . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Lame. 
 
 An' faith ! thou's neither lag nor lame, . Add. to the Deil. 
 Lamely. 
 
 And just as lamely can ye mark. 
 
 How far perhaps they rue it. . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 Lament. 
 
 In loud lament bewail'd his lord. Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Lament, to. 
 
 Lament 'im Mauchline husbands a', . Epit. on Wag. 
 
 So I, for my lost darling's sake, 
 Lament the live-day long. . . S. Fate gave the word,\ 
 
 Lament him a' ye rantan core, On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 And mony shall lament him ; . . On W. Cruikshanks. 
 
 Lament in rhyme, lament in prose, . Poor Mailie' s El.. 
 
 Scotland lament frae coast to coast! Scotch Drink:- ig. 
 
 Oh! how must thou lament thy station, 
 
 And envy mine ! . . . The Hermit. 
 Lamentable. 
 
 " O thou, whase lamentable face 
 
 Appears to mourn my woefu' case I The Death of Mailie. 
 
 Lamentation. 
 
 And mourn, in lamentation deep, 
 How life and love are all a dream ! . . The Lament. 
 Lamented. 
 
 Riddell, much lamented man ! Lns on Window in F.'s C. H. 
 Lamenting. 
 
 The winds, lamenting thro' their caves. Lament for Glencaim. 
 Lamentings. 
 No idly-feign'd, poetic pains, 
 My sad, lovelorn lamentings claim : . . The Lament. 
 Lammas. Bonie was the Lammas moon, S. Duncan Gray. 
 It was upon a Lammas night, 
 When com rigs are bonie, . . S. The Rigs d Barley, 
 
 Lammie v. Lambie. 
 
 Lamp. The lamp of day with ill-presaging glare, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Had shor'd them with a glimmer of his lamp, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Lan* [land], 
 Whare three Lairds' lan's met at a burn, Halloween. 24. 
 
 There's not a lad in a' the lan' 
 Was match for my John Highlandman. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 To sell her poor Jenny for siller and Ian' 
 
 ^. What can a young lassie t 
 
 Lan' afore [the horse on the left, not in the furrow, 
 
 of the fore pair in the plough]. 
 
 My Lan' afore*s a gude auld has been, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Lan' ahin [the horse directly behind the "lan' 
 
 afore "]. 
 
 My Lan' ahin's a weel gaun fiUie, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Lance, taught by the bright Caledonian lance, S, Caledonia. 
 
Land 
 
 266 
 
 Lang 
 
 Land. 
 
 Sending, like blood-hounds from the slip, 
 
 Woe, Want, and Murder o'er the land ! A Winter Night 7. 
 Calling the storms to bear him o'er a guilty land ! 
 
 Add. sp, by Fonienelle. 
 A glebe o' land, a claut 0' gear, 
 
 Was left me by my auntie, S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 They [the eagles] darken'd the air, and they plunder'd the 
 
 land : . . . . . . . S. Caledonia. 
 
 In this strange land, this uncouth clime, 
 
 A land unknown to prose or rhyme : . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 A land that prose did never view it, 
 
 Except when drunk he stacher't thro' it ; . . .lb. 
 
 Frae the friends and Land I love, S. Frae the friends t 
 
 When in distant lands I roam ; . . S. Highland Mary, 
 
 gear will buy me rigs 0' land, . S. In simmer vjhen t 
 It was a' for our rightfu' king, , 
 
 We e'er saw Irish land, . . . S. It was tC for\ 
 My Love and Native land fareweel, . ... lb. 
 
 1 faught at land, I faught at sea, . S. Killiecrankie. 
 But Oh ! what crouds in ev'ry land. 
 
 All wretched and forlorn, . Man was made to mourn. 
 I wou'd gie a' Knockhaspie's land, 
 
 For Loyal Harry back again, ^S*. My Harry was a gallant t 
 her tenpund lands o' tocher gude S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Lang may she [Coila] stand to prop the land, Natures Law. 
 The sons of Belial in the Land , . New Psalmody. 
 
 The fallow land is free ; . . . S. O can ye labour lea \ 
 And from thee many a parent stem 
 
 Arise to deck our land. . On Birth qfPosth. Child. 
 
 sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honour'd land ! 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 My native land sae far awa. . . S. Sae/ar awa. 
 
 As ye have generous done, if a' the land 
 Would take the Muses' servants by the hand, Scots Prologue. 
 Wou'd a' the land do this, then I'll be caition, 
 Ye'U soon hae Poets o' the Scottish nation, . . .lb. 
 When shall I see that honour'd land, 3". The Banks o/Nith. 
 Who now com.mands the towers and lands — 
 
 The royal right of Albany, . S. The bonie Lass 0/ Albany. 
 The Precepts sage they wrote to many a land : 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night is. 
 But the ae best dance e'er cam to the land 
 Was, the deil's awa' wi' th' Exciseman. 
 
 S. The Deil cam,fiddli^\ 
 Our land wha wi' chapels has stored ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Yerl Galloway lang did rule this land, ... lb. V. 
 And for mj^ dear-lov'd Land o' Cakes, 
 
 I pray with holy fire : . . . . . Ih. VI. 
 
 Tho' I to foreign lands must hie. 
 Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba', 
 
 The Farewell. To St J.'s L.. 
 To other lands I now must go 
 
 To sing my Highland lassie O. ^. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 Spring, like their fathers, up to prop 
 
 Their honour'd native land ! The Petition of Br. Water. 
 For the lands of Virginia-ginia, O : [?r.] 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 And seem'd, to my astonish'd view, 
 
 A well-known Land. The Vision. D. I. 12. 
 And He whom ruthless Fates expel 
 
 His native land. tv.A.4] . ... lb. 
 ' Know, the great Genius of this Land, 
 
 ' Has many a light, aerial band, . . . lb. D. II. 3. 
 Their groves of sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 
 1 care na thy daddie, his lands and his money, 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 
 This game was play'd in monie lands. To W. Sim_pson, P.S.. 
 
 And now what lands between us lie, . When I think on t 
 
 My daddie sigo'd my tocher band, 
 
 To gie the lad that has the land, . S, Where Cart rins t 
 Landlady. 
 
 The landlady and Tam grew gracious. Tarn 0' Shanter. S- 
 
 Landlady, count the lawin, . . S. Landlady, count t 
 Landlord. 
 
 As Master, Landlord, Husband, Father, 
 
 He does na fail his part in either. . . A Ded, to G. H.,< 
 
 What are your landlords' rent-rolls? taxing ledgers : 
 
 Lns on Window, K.*s Arms, 
 But the pursy old landlord just waddl'd up stairs, 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 The landlord's laugh was ready chorus : Tam o' Shanter. s. 
 Landscape-glow. 
 ' To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; 
 
 The Vision. D. II. ig. 
 Landsman. 
 Weak, timid landsmen on life's stormy main ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. /. 
 
 Lane tlone, alone; "her lane," "my lane," &c., 
 
 herself alone, myself alone, &c.]. 
 
 To shiver in the blast their lane." , As on the banks t 
 
 My shins, my lane, I there sit roastin, . Auld comrade \ 
 
 But for to meet the Deil her lane, 
 
 She pat but little faith in : . . . . Halloween. 21. 
 Whare I am laid my lane, . S. Lass, when yr mitker\ 
 Wha will crack to me my lane ? S. O wha my bahie-clouts \ 
 An' sigh an' sob, an' greet her lane, Tam Samson's El. 
 
 Though she should vote her lane. The Election Ballads. I. 
 There's somebody weary wi' lying her lane, 
 
 S. The Taylor fell \ 
 I wander my lane, like a night-troubled ghaist, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. f 
 But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, . . . Toa Mouse. 
 Wharefore wad ye lie y'er lane! S. Will ye go and marry f 
 Lanely [lonely]. 
 In lanely glens ye like to stray ; . . Add. to the Deil 5. 
 Lanely night comes on, 
 
 A' the lave are sleepin ; . . . S. Ay waukin, 0. 
 For oh, her lanely nights are lang ; S. How lang and dreary^ 
 Our Bardie, lanely, keeps the spence PoorMailie'sEL. 
 
 There, lanely, by the ingle-cheek, 
 
 I sat and ey d the spewing reek, . The Vision. D. 1. 3. 
 
 An' teach the lanely heights an' howes 
 
 My rustic sang. . . ToJ.S., g. 
 
 there, by a lanely, sequestered stream, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Lang [long]. 
 Ev'n that, he does na mind it lang : A Ded. to G. II., S- 
 
 Wi' weel spread looves, an' lang, wry faces ; . .lb. g. 
 
 Lang beet his hymeneal flame, .... lb. 14. 
 I will not wind a lang conclusion, 
 
 With cOihplimentary effusion : . . .lb. r^. 
 
 C-mw-11-s fought as tang's he dought. . A Fragment. 4. 
 When frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep, 
 
 A Guid New-year\ 
 scarce as lang's a guid kail whittle, Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 Grim Vengeance lang has taen a nap, S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 A three-tae'd leister on the ither [shouther] 
 
 Lay, large an' lang. Death and Dr Hornbook. 6. 
 Its stature seem'd lang Scotch elLs twa, . . . . I6.7. 
 ' It's e'en a lang, lang time indeed 
 
 ' Sin' I began to nick the thread, . . . lb. iz. 
 
 ' Horn sent her aff to her lang hame, . . lb. 28. 
 
 I lang hae thought, my youthfu' friend, 
 
 A Something to have sent you, . E^. to Young Friend. 
 We're fit to win our daily bread. 
 
 As lang's we're hale and fier : . . Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 Nae treasures, nor pleasures 
 
 Could make us happy lang ; . . . . li.S- 
 
 But to conclude my lang epistle, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 22. 
 I'll laugh, an' sing, an' shake my leg, 
 
 As lang's I dow ! . . lb., Ap. sist, g. 
 Lang may your elbuck jink and diddle, Ep. toMaj. Logan.3. 
 The lang lad they ca' jumpin John, S. Her Daddie foriad\ 
 I dinna care, How lang ye look about ye. 
 
 S.Here's to thy health^ 
 How lang and dreary is the night, S. How lang and dreary \ 
 For oh, her lanely nights are lang ; . . . lb. 
 
 Sic fate ere lang shall thee betide ; . . S. I do confess^ 
 But lang or noon, loud tempests storming 
 
 A' my flowery bliss destroy'd. . . S. I dream'd I lay t 
 And nights ai*e lang in winter, Sir, S. I m o'er young to marry. 
 Common motives lang sinsyne, . . , S. Jockey fou t 
 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the lang glen, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 He up the lang loan to my black cousin Bess, . . H- 
 
Lang 
 
 267 
 
 Lap 
 
 Auld Orthodoxy lang did grapple, . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Viy heart was ance as blythe and free 
 
 As simmer days were lang, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 Lang may she stand to prop the land, , . ^ , lb. 
 O a' the lane day I ca' at my hammer. 
 
 An' a' thelang day I whistle and sing ; 
 
 a' the lang night I cuddle my kimmer, 
 An' a' the lang night as happy's a king. 
 
 S. O merry hae I been t 
 Where first I own'd that virgin love 
 
 I lang, lang had denied. , . . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 And [she] lang has had my heart in thrall, 
 
 S. O this is no my ain t 
 He loosed on me a lang man, [?r.] S. O watye what myf 
 Lang-mustering up a bitter blast ; On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 An sic a Lord— lang Scotch ells twa, On dining with Doer. 
 Or lang-kail guUie. . . . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 A lang half-mile she could descry him ; . Poor Maili^s El., 
 Lang may your elbuck jink an' diddle. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 1 lo'ed her meikle and lang ; . . S, She's fair andfause t 
 We think na on the lang Scots miles. Tarn o' Shanter. 
 Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; . . . .15.$. 
 Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : . .lb. 8. 
 (Lang after kend on Carrick shore ; . . . lb. /j. 
 K[ilmarnock3 lang may grunt an' grane, Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Farewell then, lang hale then, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Or faith ! I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle, 
 
 Ye'll see't or lang. The Author's Cry and Prayer, /jr. 
 In lines extended lang and large, 
 
 S. The Battle of Skerra-Moor. 
 He seem'd as he wi' Time had warstl'd lang, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 This seven lang years I hae lien by his side, 
 
 S. The deuks dang o'er, 
 Yerl Galloway lang did rule this land, ire.} 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 Their visage wither'd, lang an' thin, . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang, ... Jb. 18. 
 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell, .... lb. 23. 
 An' gies them't, like a tether, Fu' lang ... lb. 24. 
 If, hapless chance I they linger lang, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But for "how lang the flie may stang, 
 
 Let inclination law that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Lang may his whistle blaw, Jamie ; S. The Laddies by + 
 
 The lassie thought na lang till day. 
 
 lS*. The lass that made the bed. 
 Lang, Patronage, wi' rod 0' aim. 
 
 Has shor'd the Kirk's undoin, . . The Ordination. 8. 
 Was made lang syne, lord knows how lang. Th^ Twa Dogs. 4. 
 Whiles scour'd awa in lang excursion, . . Ih. 6. 
 
 An' there began a lang digression lb. 
 
 He draws a bonie silken purse 
 
 As laug's my tail, . . . . lb, 8. 
 
 Their night's unquiet, lang an' restless. . . lb. 30. 
 
 D — e has been lang our fae, . The Twa Herds. 12. 
 
 Auld W — w, lang has hatch'd mischief, . . lb. 13. 
 
 Wi' the burn stealing under the lang, yellow broom : 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Ae day as the carle gaed up the lang glen, 
 
 »?. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 And lang ere witless Jeanie wist, 
 Her heart was tint, her peace was stown I 
 
 S. There was a lass f 
 Weel are ye wordy of a grace 
 
 As lang's my arm. . To a Haggis. 
 
 ' As lang's the Muses dinna fail 
 
 'To say the grace.' . . To/. S., 24. 
 
 Heaven spare you lang to kiss the breath 
 
 O' mony flow'ry simmers ! . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 desolation's lang teeth'd barrow, . . To Terraughty. 
 howls, in gusty storms, The lang, dark night I To W. Sim-psont 
 Adown some trottin burn's meander, 
 
 An' no think lang : . . . . lb. zs. 
 We've been owre lang unkenn'd to ither : . . lb. 77. 
 An' muckle din there was about it, 
 
 Baith loud an' lang. . . .lb. P.S, 
 And lang's the night frae e'en to morn, S. Up in the morning. 
 Lang, lang, joy's been a stranger to me ; ^S". Wae is my heart t 
 He hosts and he hirples the weary day lang : 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 
 I left the lines, and tented field, 
 
 Where lang I'd been a lodger, . S. When wild Wai^s\ 
 
 I've serv'd my king and country lang, . . . .lb. 
 
 A short sword, and a lang, . . S. Ye Jacobites \ 
 
 As lang's he has a breath to draw. S. Young Jockey \ 
 
 Lang, to [to long]. 
 
 Go on, my Lord I I lang to meet you, Add. of Beelzebub. $. 
 Langer [longer]. 
 Tfie langer ye ha'e them, the raair they're carest. 
 
 S. A wa wi' yr witchcraft t 
 Now nae langer sport and play. 
 
 Mirth or sang can please me ; . S. Blythe hae I been t 
 But secret love will break my heart, 
 
 If I conceal it langer. . . . ^S". Craigie-bum Wood. 
 And the langer it blossom'd, the sweeter it grew; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 It's not the roar o' sea or shore. 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; S. My bonie Mary. 
 And time nae langer spill, jo : . . S^O steer her up t 
 Nae langer Rev'rend Men, their country's glory, 
 In plain, braid Scots hold forth a plain, braid story ; 
 Nae langer thrifty Citizens, an' douce, 
 Meet owre a pint, or in the Council-house ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 under favor o' your langer beard, .... lb. 10. 
 The charms o' the min', the langer they shine, 
 
 The mair admiration they draw, man ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 But secret love will break my heart, 
 
 If I conceal it langer. . . S. Sweet fds the eve\ 
 
 Tho' scarcely langer than your leg, . The Inventory. 
 
 There's peace and rest nae langer ; The Holy Fair. 14. 
 
 Ye maist wad think a wee touch langer. 
 An they maun starve o' cauld and hunger : The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 Langest [longest]. 
 The langest thong, the fiercest growler Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 There simmer first unfauld her robes, 
 
 And there the langest tarry : 
 
 S. Ye banks J and braes, and streams t 
 Lang syne [long since]. 
 Lang syne in Eden's bonie yard, . Add. to the Deil. 15. 
 *' There was a time, it's nae lang syne, . As on the banks i 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
 
 And days o' lang syne ? . S. Skid auld acquaintance t 
 We'll tak a cup o' kindness yet, 
 
 For auld lang syne, my dear, [re."] . . . lb. 
 
 But we've warider'd mony a weary foot. 
 
 Sin' auld lang syne, [re.] . . Zb. 
 
 Was made lang syne, lord knows how lang. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 An' yet he's rank'd amang the chief 
 
 O' lang syne saunts. What ails ye nowf 
 
 Lang-tochep'd [having a large marriage portion]. 
 
 There's lang-tocher'd Nancy maist fetters his fancy 
 
 S. There's a youth i 
 Langside. 
 
 And dire the discord Langside saw, . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Language. May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the Soul ; 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 17. 
 
 Languid. How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, appear, 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Languish. 
 
 Can I cease to languish. While my darling fair 
 
 Is on the couch of anguish ? . S. Ay waking, O t 
 
 Wishfully I look and languish 
 
 In that bonie face of thine ; . S. Bonie wee thing\ 
 
 They who but feign a wounded heart. 
 
 May teach the lyre to languish ; S. Could aught ofsong\ 
 In love to lie and languish, . . S, Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Condemn'd to drag a secret chain, 
 
 And yet in secret languish ; S. Farewell, thou stream \ 
 Condemn'd to see my rivals reign. 
 
 While I in secret languish ; . 5. The last time I \ 
 
 To thy bosom lay my heart, 
 
 There to throb and languish \ . . S. Thine am /f 
 Lank, 
 
 They loiter, lounging, lank an' lazy ; . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Lap. In Pleasure's lap carest ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 Reclined on the lap of thy mother. On Death offav. Child. 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, 
 
 Was dealt about in lunches. An' dawds The Holy Fair. 23. 
 
Lap 
 
 268 
 
 Lass 
 
 Lap [did leap]. Thou never lap, an' sten't, an' breastet, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 14. 
 But by gude luck I lap a wicket. 
 
 And tum'd a neuk. Friend of tJu ^oet\ P .S . 
 Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling, . . Halloween, g. 
 While Willie lap, and swoor by jing, . . . .Ib.g. 
 Poor Leezie's heart maist lap the hool ; . . . lb. 26, 
 To sing how Nannie lap and flang, Taw. o* Skanter. 16. 
 
 Than ony ermine ever lap, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 He hirpl'd up an' lap like daft, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 But he sae trig Lap o'er the rig, . S. The iither fnom t 
 He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, 
 
 As ever lap a sheugh or dyke. . . The Tiva Dogs. S- 
 
 We lap an' danced the lee-lang day, 
 
 S, T. Menz.s' bonie Maty. 
 I lap and cry'd fu' loud. . . . To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 An unco tyke lap o'er the Dyke, . S. What will I do gin t 
 Ance lightly lap ye owre the knowe, S. Ye hoe lien -wrong. 
 Lapfu*. lapfu's large o' gospel kail . . The Ordination. 6. 
 Lapland. 
 But gi'e me Lucy in my arms, 
 And welcome Lapland's dreary sky. S. watye whds in t 
 Lapse. Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse 
 
 To the sun-brown'd Arab's lip ; Delia. An Ode. 
 Lapwing. 
 Thou green-crested lapwing thy screaming forbear, 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 LaPge. An', large upon her quarter, 
 
 Come full that day. . A Dream. 13. 
 A three-tae'd leister on the ither [shouther] 
 
 Lay, large an' lang. Death and Dr. Homhook. 
 Kind Nature's care had given his share. 
 
 Large, of the flaming current ; . . Natures Law. 
 
 And bless auld Coila, large and long, . ... lb. 
 A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 In lines extended lang and large, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Squadrons extended long and large, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 And for a mantle large and broad, 
 
 He wrapt him in Religion. . . The Holy Fair. Mott. 
 Enjoying large each spring and well 
 
 As Nature gave them me, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And many a question he ask'd him at large, 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 The Regiment at large for a husband I got ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 lapfu's large o' gospel kail . The Ordination. 6. 
 
 Her Mantle large, of greenish hue. The Vision. D. I. Ii. 
 
 Explore at large Man's infant race, . lb. D. II. 10. 
 
 Tho' large the forest's Monarch throws 
 
 His army shade, .... lb, 20. 
 And large, before Enjoyment's gale, 
 
 Let's tak the tide. . . . ToJ.S.^ 11. 
 Largo. And the Kimmers o' Largo, . S. Hey ccC thro'. 
 Largs. 
 
 But brave Caledonia in vain they assail'd, 
 As Largs well can witness, and Loncartie tell. S. Caledonia. 
 Lark. And when the lark, 'tween light and dark, 
 Blythe waukens by the daisy's side, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature \ 
 Sweet the lark's wild-warbled lay, . . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 So, to heaven's gates the lark's shrill song ascends. 
 But groveling on the earth the carol ends. 
 
 Ep, to R. Graliam. 5. 
 While larks with little wing, 
 
 Fann'd the pure air, . . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 The soaring lark, the perching red-breast shrill. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 The bonie Lark, companion meet ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 That danc'd to the lark's early song? S. Where are thejoys\ 
 Lash. O burning hell I in all thy store of torments 
 
 There's not a keener lash! . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Lash» to. Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash ; To J. S.,j, 
 Lash*t. 
 Then wi' a rhyme or song he lash't 'em [poverty, care]. 
 
 And thought it sport. El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Lass. Five bonie Lasses round their table, A Ded. to G. H., 14 
 bonie blossoms a'. Ye royal Lasses dainty, . A Dream. 14. 
 As fair art thou, my bonie lass, 
 
 So deep in luve am I ; . . . , S. A red, red Rose. 
 If he's a parent, lass or boy, . , . A uld comrade t 
 
 lb. 
 
 S. Blythe was she t 
 
 O gi'e me the lass that has acres o' charms, 
 
 gi'e me the lass wi' the weel-stockit farms. 
 
 S. Awa wi' your witchcraft t 
 Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher, {re.} 
 But Fhemie was a bonier lass 
 
 Than braes o' Yarrow ever saw. . 
 But Fhemie was the blythest lass. 
 
 That ever trode the dewy green. ■ • ■ . lb. 
 
 * A bonie lass, ye kend her name, 
 ' Some ill-brewn drink had hov'd her wame. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg, S. Duncan Davison. 
 A man may kiss a bonie lass. 
 
 And ay be welcome back again B. 
 
 Ye bonnie lasses dight your een, . . El. on Year if 88. 
 
 1 like the lasses— Gude forgie me ! E^. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 77. 
 The sweetest hours that e'er I spend. 
 
 Are spent amang the lasses, O. [v.A.24] 
 
 .S". Green grow the Rashes. 
 What signifies the life o' man, 
 
 An' 'twere na for the lasses, O lb. 
 
 The wisest Man the warl' saw. 
 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [v.A.24] , . .lb. 
 Her prentice han' she [Nature] try'd on man. 
 
 An then she made the lasses, O. 
 
 lb. 
 
 S. Her Daddie forbad^ 
 
 Lads like lasses weel, 
 
 And lasses lads too. . . S. Gudeen to you Kimmeri 
 The lasses feat, an' cleanly neat, 
 
 Mair braw than when they're fine ; , . Halloween. 3. 
 Gar lasses hearts gang startin Whyles fast at night. . lb. 
 The lasses staw frae 'mang them a', 
 
 To pou their stalks o' com ; lb, 6. 
 
 Loud skirVd a' the lasses ; 
 An' monie lads an' lasses fates 
 
 Are there that night decided : 
 • An' her that is to be my lass, 
 
 ' Come after me an' draw thee 
 
 once I lov'd a bonie Lass, 
 As bonie Lasses I ha'e seen, 
 A bonie Lass, all will confess. 
 
 Is pleasant to the e'e, . 
 The lass wi' the bonie black e'e, 
 Here's to thy health my bonie lass, S. Here's to thy health^ 
 And the lasses o' Leven. . . S. Hey cd thro'. 
 
 Wi' Lizie's lass, three times I trow ; Holy Willie's Prayer. 8. 
 
 1 met a lass, a bonie lass, . . S. I met a lassi 
 But she my fairest faithfu' lass, . ^. Til ay cd in t 
 There liv'd a lass in yonder dale, . - Katharine Jaffray. 
 But he has na tell'd the lass hersel ... lb. 
 Lass, when your mither is frae hame, S. Lass when yrmither\ 
 
 Sweet lass, may I do that? l^- 
 
 For lack o' thee I've lost my lass, Lns^ on backof Bank Note. 
 Whare live ye my bonie lass, . . S.My Collier Laddie. 
 There wons auld Colin's bonie lass, S. My Lord a-huntiȣ\ 
 
 • O lay thy loof in mine, lass, . . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 And s^year on thy white hand, lass lb. 
 
 There's mony a lass has broke my rest, 
 That for a blink I hae lo'ed best. 
 
 That we may brag we hae a lass, 
 
 There's nane again sae bonie. . »?. O saw ye bonie L.\ 
 I doubt na, lass, but ye may think, . . S.O Tibbie I ^ 
 
 But Tibbie, lass, tak' my advice : lb. 
 
 There lives a lass in yonder park, . . . . lb. 
 
 The bonie lasses weel may wiss him. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 On Cessnock banks there lives a lass, 6". On Cessnock banks t 
 I doubt na, lass, that weel-kenned name 
 
 May cost a pair 0' blushes ; . , OnW. Cfialmers. 
 Bright wines and bonnie lasses rare, 
 
 To put us daft ; 
 Where bonnie lasses bleach their claes ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 And proper young lasses and a', man ; Ronalds ofBennals, 
 
 As bonie a lass or as braw, man, ^b. 
 
 If I should detail the pick and the wale 
 
 O' lasses that live here awa', man. 
 But woman is but warld's gear, 
 
 Sae let the bonie lass gang. . ^. She's fair aiidfause T 
 
 (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, 
 For honest men and bonny lasses.) 
 
 lb. 
 
 Poem on Life. 
 
 lb. 
 
 Tarn 0* Shanter. 2. 
 
^69 
 
 Last 
 
 Could rank my rig and lass ; The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 And the bonis Lass of Albany. S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 They've wranged the Lass of Albany. [?r.] . . , lb. 
 While he, sub rosa, play'd his part 
 
 Among their wives and lasses. The Election. Ballads, VI. 
 "Sweet lass, I think ye seem to ken me ; The Holy Fair. 4. 
 The lasses, skelpan barefit, thrang, 
 
 In silks an' scarlets glitter ; lb. 7. 
 
 Thrang winkan on the lasses To chairs ... lb. to. 
 Whase ain dear lass, that he likes best, 
 
 Comes clinkan down beside him! 
 
 lb. II. 
 
 tb. 20. 
 
 lb. 24. 
 
 . lb. 
 lb. z6. 
 
 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an' body. 
 The lasses they are shyer. .... 
 Waesucks ! for him that gets nae lass, 
 
 Or lasses that hae naething ! . . . 
 An' dinna, for a kebbuck-heel. 
 
 Let lasses be affronted On sic a day ! 
 At slaps the tillies halt a blink, 
 
 Till lasses strip their shoon : . . . 
 How raonie hearts this day converts, 
 
 O' sinners and o' Lasses ! lb. 2'j. 
 
 The grace be—'* Athole's honest men, 
 
 " And Athole's bonnie lasses I " The Petition of Br. Water. 
 For towsing a lass i' my daffin. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 My bonie lass I work in l;)rass, . . . . lb. S. VI. 
 By my good luck a lass I met, 
 
 S. The Lass thai made the bed. 
 
 The lass that made the bed to me lb. 
 
 The braw lass made the bed to me, 
 
 The bonny lass made the bed to me, ... lb. 
 
 The lovely lass of Inverness, . . S. The lovely lass of I. \ 
 Or leaves the faithfu' lass he lo'ed, 
 
 To wear a ragged coat. . The Ruined Mai^s Lament, 
 There was a bonie lass. 
 
 And a bonie, bonie lass, . S. There was a bonie lass t 
 And nocht could him quail, Or his bosom assail. 
 
 But the bonie lass he lo'ed sae dear 13. 
 
 Guid faith,_ quo' scho, I doubt you gar, 
 
 The bonie lasses lie aspar, . S. There was a lad t 
 
 There was a lass, and she was fair, S. There was a lass, andi 
 That he, from our lasses should wander awa ; 
 
 S. There^s a youth \ 
 There's news, lasses, news, . . ^. There's news, lasses \ 
 Now thou'st left thy lass for ay — I must see thee never. 
 
 S. Thou hast left me, t 
 Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks, 
 
 For rhyme-inspiring lasses, . . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 L — d man there's lasses there wad force 
 
 A hermit's fancy, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 And bless your bonie lasses baith, . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Baith honest men and lasses bonie, , To Terraughty. 
 An honest man may like a lass, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Or lasses gie my heart a screed, . To W. Sijnpson. 
 
 Bespoke the lass o' Ballochmyle, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Twas even— the dewy t 
 Wrought 'mang the lasses sic mischief What ails ye now t 
 Than garren lasses cowp the cran 
 
 Clean heels owre body, . . .lb. 
 
 ' When next wi' yon lass I forgather, . . » . lb. 
 Wi' alter'd voice, quoth I, sweet lass. 
 
 Sweet as yon hawthorn's blossom, S. When wild War' si 
 The bonie lass that I loe best 
 
 She'll be my ain for a' that. . . ^S", Women's Minds. 
 
 A bonie lass, I like her best, 
 
 And wha a crime dare ca' that ? /S, 
 
 Thro' a' our lasses he did rove, . , .S". Young Jatnie t 
 Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass, S. Young Peggy t 
 Lassie. 
 Bonie lassie, will ye go 
 
 To the birks of Aberfeldy ? [w.] lS". Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 The lassie lost a silken snood, S, Bra/w lads ofG. Water. 
 Beguil'd the bonie lassie, . S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 
 And lassie ye're but young, ye ken ; S. In simmer when t 
 Oh ! thoughtless lassie, life's a fecht, 
 
 The canniest gate, the strife is sair ; . . . .lb. 
 Lassiewi' the lintwhite locks, 
 
 Bonie lassie, artless lassie ! . S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 Disturbs my lassie's midnight rest, . . , . lb. 
 
 And vow'd I was his dear lassie, S. Last May a braw wooer\ 
 
 That I may drink before I go 
 
 A service to my bonie lassie. . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 But the Lassie that man loes best, 
 
 O that's the Lass to mak him blest. S. My Lord a-huntingf 
 My love she's but a lassie yet, . S. My love she's but t 
 Wi' her the lassie dear to me, . . S. Nmv bank and brae t 
 Can please a lassie better. . . S. O gie my love brose f 
 O Lassie, art thou sleeping yet, S. O Lassie, art thou shep.\ 
 O wha can prudence think upon, 
 
 And sic a lassie by him ; . . S. O poortith cauld,\ 
 Then lea'e the lassie till her fate, . . S. O steer her up t 
 gin the lassie winna do't, Ye'll fin' anither will, jo. . lb. 
 O this is no my ain lassie. 
 
 Fair tho' the lassie be : 
 O weel ken I my ain lassie, . . S.O this is no my ain \ 
 O that's the lassie o' my heart, 
 
 My lassie, ever dearer ; . S. O waiye wha that loesf 
 a lassie In grace and beauty charming ; 
 That e'en thy chosen lassie, . . ... lb. 
 
 And kissin a Collier lassie an a' ? . S. O when she cam ben t 
 
 never look down, my lassie at a', [re,} . . lb. 
 For there the bonie lassie lives. 
 
 The lassie I lo'e best .S". Of a' the airts t 
 
 On Cessnock banks a lassie dwells ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock Banks t Sett. II. 
 Our lassies a' she far excels, ... . . lb. 
 
 That never did a lassie wrang ; On Window ofC. Inn, F.. 
 Say, Lassie, why thy train amang 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 That while a lassie she had worn, . . Tarn, o' Shanter. 15. 
 Gie me my Highland lassie, O. . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 To sing my Highland lassie, O lb. 
 
 1 love my Highland lassie, O lb. 
 
 My faithful Highland lassie, O. . . . lb. 
 
 That Indian wealth may lustre throw 
 
 Around my Highland lassie, O lb. 
 
 I'm thine, my Highland lassie, O. . . lb. 
 
 The lassie thought na lang till day, 
 
 S. The Lass tJiat made the bed. 
 And said. Sweet lassie dinna cry, 
 
 Ye ay shall mak the bed to me. ... .lb. 
 
 There Sophy tight, a lassie bright, 
 
 Besides a handsome fortune : . Ths Tarbolion Lasses. 
 The sleepy bit lassie, she dreaded nae ill ; 
 The weather was cauld, and the lassie lay still, 
 
 S. The Taylorfell\ 
 For weel -he kend the way, O, 
 
 The lassie's heart to win, O ! . S. The Taylor he cam.\ 
 
 For ay he pree'd the lassie's mou, . . . Ih. 
 
 And below the bonie brier bush there's a lassie and a lad, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 And ae bonie lassie, his darling and mine. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. f 
 What can a young lassie, what shall a young lassie, 
 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man ? 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 Lassie, say thou lo'es me ; . . S. Wilt thou be my t 
 Let me, lassie, quickly die, 
 
 Trusting that thou lo'es me : [«.] . ... lb. 
 Ye're greener than the grass, lassie ; S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Yet ne'er an inch the less, lassie, {re."] . ... lb. 
 
 Ye hae lien wrang, lassie 16. 
 
 O, lassie, ye hae played the fool, ... lb. 
 
 Resides a sweet Lassie, my thought and my dream. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 For the;*e, wi' my Lassie, the day-lang I rove, . 13. 
 
 But I lo'e the dear Lassie because she lo'es me. . . lb. 
 O, these are my Lassie's all-conquering charms. . lb* 
 
 Last. 
 The last, sad, mournful rites bestow ! A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 
 For my last fow, 
 A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane A Guid New-year\ i^. 
 In my last plack thy part's be in't, . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 ' ' E'en here, I took the last farewell ; S. Behold the hour t 
 But 'till my last moments my words are the same, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' \ 
 Provok'd beyond bearing, at last she arose, . S. Caledonia. 
 Has clad a score i' their last claith, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 33, 
 
Last 
 
 270 
 
 Latest 
 
 Now Robin lies in his last lair, El. on Death o/R. Ruisseaux. 
 The last o't, the warst o't, 
 
 Is only but to beg. .... Ep. to Davie, 2. 
 And fram'd her last, best work, the human-mind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 Last, she [nature] sublimes th' Aurora of the poles, . lb. z. 
 Though thanks to heaven I dare even that last shift, . Ih. $■ 
 Taks up its last abode ; . . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Who in his life did little good 
 
 And his last words were Dem my blood! Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands, 
 
 O, who would not die with the brave! 
 
 S. Fare-well^ thou/air day t 
 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last 
 
 In overwhelming ruin. . S. Farewell-, thou stream t 
 
 Your blood shall with incessant cry 
 
 Awake at last th' unsparing power, . . Frag, of Ode. 
 Wild as the winter now tearing the forest, 
 
 Till the last leaf o' the summer is flown, S. Gloomy December. 
 Till my last hope and last comfort is gone : . . .lb. 
 An' tho' at last they catch them [riches] fast, 
 
 Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. 
 
 S. Green grov) the rashes. 
 My last hour I am near it ; . . S. Husband, husband t 
 And my last hald of earth is gane : Lament for Glencairn. 
 Awake thy last sad voice, my harp \ .... lb. 
 my last, best, only friend, . . . . . lb. 
 
 Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen, 
 
 S. Last May a braw t 
 Soor Bigotry, on her last legs, > . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 This partial view of human-kind 
 
 Is surely not the last ! . Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 tir'd at last With fortune's vain delusion, O, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 'Till my last weary sand was run, S. O were I on Parnass. t 
 Some sairie comfort still at last, S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 A Jillet brak his heart at last, On Scot. Bardgne to W. I, 
 The last, sad cape-stane of his woes ; . Poor Mailie^s El.. 
 Last, tho' not least in love, ye youthful fair, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 There Isabella's spotless worth 
 
 Shall happy be at last, .... Sad thy tale, t 
 Now a sad and last adieu, [re.] . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 The last Halloween I was waukin 
 
 My droukit sark sleeve, as ye ken ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; Tam o' Shanter. 8. ' 
 That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; . . lb. ii. 
 Wi' his last gasp his gab did gape ; . . . lb. 
 
 My prenticeship I past where my Leader breath'd his last, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. I. 
 But Och! they catched him at the last, . lb. S. IV. 
 
 Dearest of Distillation ! last and best ! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. Mott. 
 Till Charlie Stewart cam at last, 
 
 Sae far to set us free ; .S*. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Last, white-rob'd Peace, crown'd with a hazle wreath, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 And now, my bairns, wi' my last breath, 
 I lea'e my blessin wi' you baith : The Death ofMailie. 
 
 A last request permit me here, The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.l 
 The last braw bridal that I was at, 
 
 'Twas on a Hallowmass day, . The last braw bridal \ 
 The last time I came o'er the moor, S. The last time I came\ 
 For Right the third, our last, our best, our dearest. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Till tir'd at last wi* mony a farce, [v.A.i] The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 For gear to gang that gate at last ! . . . lb. ss. 
 But pith and power, till my last hour, 
 
 I'll mak this declaration ; . . . S. The Union. 
 
 rhyme-proof Till my last breath . . The Vision. D. I. 6. 
 Ac last her feet, I sang to see't, 
 
 Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; . . S. The weary pund. 
 Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action, . . . To a Kiss. 
 
 By your dear self! — the last great oath I swear, To Clarinda. 
 Thy image at our last embrace ; — 
 
 Ah I little thought we 'twas our last t To Mary in Heaven. 
 till her last roon Gaed past their viewin, To W.Simpson. P.S. 
 Ye maun conceal till your last hour I S. Wha is that at my t 
 For there I took the last farewell 
 
 Of my sweet Highland Mary. 
 
 S, Ye oanhs, and braes, and streams f 
 
 Last day [yesterday]. 
 
 Last day I grat wi' spite and teen. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Last day my mind was in a bog, . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Last, to. 
 For their fame it shall last while the world goes round. 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 Hast thou found that beauty's lillies 
 
 Were not made for aye to last ? . . . Blue Bonnets. 
 " Thro' future times to make his virtues last 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Lasting* 
 
 But friendship's pure and lasting joys 
 
 My heart was form'd to prove : . S. Talk not of love t 
 
 There, low he lies, in lasting rest ; [v. A.15] Tam Samson's El. 
 Thus, resigned and quiet, creep 
 
 To the bed of lasting sleep ; . . Wr. in Friars Carse H. 
 Lastly, 
 I lastly was with Curtis among the floating batt'iies 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Late. Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is : 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 And late or early never grumbled ? . Ef. to H. Parker, 
 Come wealth, come poortitb, late or soon, 
 
 Ep. to Maj, Logan. 4. 
 Whate'er thou hast done, be it late be it soon, 
 Thou's welcome again to thy ain Jock Rab. S. Eppie M^Nah. 
 Ho^e and Fear's alternate billow 
 
 Yielding late to Nature's law, S. Musing on the roaring\ 
 When soon or late they reach that coast, 
 
 O'er life's rough ocean driven, . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 But late she flourished, rooted fast, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Farewell, hours that late did measiure 
 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . S. Raving winds^ 
 An' whyles, but ay owre late, I think 
 
 Braw sober lessons. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 As market-days are wearing late, . Tam 0' Shanter. 
 
 She prophesied that late or soon. 
 
 Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon ; ■ .lb. 3. 
 An' he paidles late, an' early, O ! . ^S". The deuks dang o'er. 
 And cuddled me late and earlj', O ; . .15. 
 
 How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, appear, 
 
 S. The lazy mist \ 
 I will mak my Ploughman's bed, 
 
 And chear him late and early. . S. The Ploughman t 
 The time flew by, wi' tentless head. 
 
 Till 'tween the late and early ; . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 De'il tak the war ! I late and air Hae wished 
 
 S. The tither mom t 
 We labour soon, we labour late, 
 
 To feed the titled knave, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 I'm weary sick o't late and air ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Late crippled of an arm, and now a leg, . To R. G. ofF. 
 
 Where late with careless thought I rang'd, 
 
 S. Tothee,lffv'dNithi 
 
 I wha sae late did range and rove, . S. Young Jamie\ 
 
 Lately. Ye've lately come athwart her ; .A Dream. 13- 
 But lately seen, in gladsome green, S. But lately seen\ 
 
 Which lately on a night befel. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2. 
 'Twas ae night lately, in my fun, . . Ep. to J. R., 7- 
 
 How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glistened ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady, 
 As lately F-nw-ck, sair forfairn. 
 Has proven to its ruin : . , . The Ordination. 8. 
 Later. Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion, 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Latest. 
 *' There, latest mark'dher vanish'd sail." S. Behold the hour \ 
 Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day, . Blest be M'Murdo t 
 As Willie drew his latest breath ; . . Epit. on W. — . 
 The wretch beneath the dreary pole, 
 
 So marks his latest sun. . S. Far^ell, dear mistress j 
 the latest throb that leaves my heart, ^. From thee, Eliza, t 
 
 And thine that latest sigh I ^^' 
 
 "Awake, resound thy latest lay, . Lament for Glencairn, 
 And sigh for this life's latest morrow. OnDeathoffav, Child. 
 Your course to the latest is bright. Poet, Add. to Tytler. 
 A wish, that to my latest hour 
 
 Shall strongly heave my breast ; The Ans, to the Guidmje. 
 His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him 
 
 In faint huzzas. The A uthor's Cry and Prayer, /'. 
 
Latest 
 
 2T1 
 
 Law 
 
 May there my latest hours consume, S, The Banks o/Nith. 
 That to my latest draught o' life the hand shall ne'er remove, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 Give energy to life : and soothe his latest breath, 
 
 ToR. G.o/F.,g. 
 Latin. 
 An' meikle Greek an' Latin mangled, Attld comrade dearf 
 ' Their Latin names as fast he rattles 
 
 As A B C. . . Death and Dr. Homhook, 20. 
 What's a' your jargon o' your Schools, 
 Your Latin names for horns an' stools ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, II. 
 His faults they a' in Latin lay, On W. Cruickshanks. 
 
 There, Learning, with his Greekish face. 
 
 Grunts out some Latin ditty ; . The Ordination. 11. 
 
 worthy G[regor]y's latin face, . . . . To W. Creech. 
 But tho' dull prose-folk latin splatter 
 
 In logic tulzie, . . To W, Simpson. P.S. 
 LattOP. He weeping wail'd his latter times ; . .A Vision. 
 Lauderdale. 
 Out came the Lord of Lauderdale, 
 Out frae the south countrie, O. . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 Laugh. Mony a laugh and mony a drink, A uld comrade t 
 The creature grain'd an eldritch laugh, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 24. 
 An athiest-laugh's a poor exchange 
 
 For Deity oflfended ! . . Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 
 Thy giming laugh enjoys his pangs . . Poem on Life. 
 The landlord's laugh was ready chorus : Tavt 0' Shanter. j". 
 Laugh, to. 
 I'll laugh, that's poz — nay more, the world shall know it ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Laugh in Misfortune's face — the beldam witch ! . Ih, 
 
 Would'st thou be cured, thou silly moping elf, 
 Laugh at her follies — laugh e'en at thyself : . . .lb. 
 I'll laugh, an' sing, an' shake my leg, 
 
 As lang's I dow ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, g. 
 Laugh o'er thy perjury . . . S. Had I a cave \ 
 
 The' Heretics may laugh ; . . . . The Calf. 
 
 We'll laugh, sing, and rejoice, man; 
 
 S. The Deil cam fiddlir^ \ 
 
 For fools will prate o' right and wrang, 
 While knaves laugh them to scorn ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. /. 
 The man of independent mind. 
 
 He looks and laughs at a' that. . S. The Honest Man. 
 And laugh at a' the pangs I dree ; . . S. Young Jamie ^^ 
 Laugh'd. 
 She [nature] laugh'd at first, then felt for her poor work. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Laughing, -in', -an. 
 these are no laughing times : . . Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 And love said, laughing in her looks, 
 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. . . S. As I gaed upby\ 
 Through gentle showers, the laughing flowers 
 
 In double pride were gay. . . . S. But lately seen ^ 
 ' The weans baud out their fingers laughin, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 14. 
 As set the warld in a roar 
 
 O' laughin' at us ; Holy Willies Prayer. 22. 
 Where laughing love sae wanton swims. 
 
 S. My Lord a-huntingf 
 Twa laughing een o' bonie blue. . . . S. Saejlaxen^ 
 Quo' she, an' laughan as she spak, . . The Holy Fair. 4. 
 " We will get famous laughin At them this day." , . 2b. j. 
 Wi' quaffing, and laughing, 
 
 They ranted an' they sang ; . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 While new-light herds wi' laughin' spite, 
 
 Say neither's liein'. , . The Twa Herds, g. 
 A tear may wet thy laughin' e'e, 
 
 For Scotia's son . . Verses under Grief. 
 Laughter. That so much laughter, so much life enjoyed. 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 Laureat. 
 He was her Laureat monie a year. On Scot. Bardgne to IVJ. 
 To phrase you an' praise you. 
 Ye ken your Laureat scorns : . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Laurel, Laurels. 
 Contending with Billy for proud-nodding laurels. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 In vain with Squire Billy for laurels you struggle, . Ih. 
 That clarty barm should stain my laurels ; Searching auld^ 
 
 Go bid him lay his laurels down, . S. The capt. Ribband. 
 (Th' enamour'd laurels kiss her brows,) 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 "So thine be the laurel, and mine be the bay; The Whistle. 18. 
 Did warlike laurels crown my brow, ^S". Whenjirst I saw \ 
 Laurel-boughs. 
 
 Then farewel hopes of Laurel-boughs, . . To J. S., g. 
 Laurell'd. 'Twas laurell'd Martial roaring murder. 
 
 Epig. on E.'s " MartiaV 
 Till Revenge, wi' laurell'd head^ 
 Bring our Banish'd hame again ; S. Frae the Friends t 
 
 Lave [the rest, the remainder]. 
 
 (What's aft mair than a' the lave) . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Lanely night comes on, A' the lave are sleepin'; 
 
 S. Ay waukin, O. 
 When a' the lave gae to their play, S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 But whistle o'er the lave o't. ire."] . S. First when Maggy \ 
 And as for the lave, let the deil do his best. Jenny M'Craw t 
 When a' the lave gae to their bed S. My Harry was a gallants 
 It's [wealth's] pride, and a' the lave o't; S. Opoortith cauld^ t 
 An' with the lave ilk merry morn 
 
 Could rank my rig and lass ; The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 8. 
 An' then your every care an' fear 
 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 The sweetest still to wife or maid, 
 
 Was whistle owre the lave o't. [r^.] . . Ih. 
 
 I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, 
 
 An' never miss't ! . . . To a Mottse. 
 But there is ane aboon the lave, . S. Womeris minds. 
 
 Lave, to. 
 How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, S. Afion Water. 
 Busy feed, or wanton lave ; . . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Give me the stream that sweetly laves 
 
 The banks by Castle Gordon, . S, Streams that glided 
 Wha by Castalia's wimplin streamies, 
 
 Lowp, sing, and lave your pretty limbies. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Laverock, Lav'rock, Lavrock [the lark]. 
 The lavrock shuns the palace gay, 
 
 And o'er the cottage sings ; . . S. Behold, my love t 
 Now laverocks wake the merry mom. 
 
 Aloft on dewy wing; . . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The lav'rock in the morning she'll rise frae her nest, 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 Thou lavrock that starts frae the dews of the lawn, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 The waken'd lav'rock warbling springs 
 
 And climbs the early sky, . S. Now Spring has cla4f 
 The lav'rock lo'es the grass, . S. O gie my love brose t 
 
 The lav'rockj to the sky 
 
 Ascends wi' sangs 0' joy ; . . . S. Sleep^st thou t 
 
 Nae lav'rock sang on hillock green, S. The Cairine woods t 
 
 The lav'rocks they were chantan Fu' sweet The Holy Fair. 
 
 The sober laverock, warbling wild, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Lav'rock-height. 
 
 Near lav'rock-height she jumpet, . Halloween. 26. 
 
 Lavish. 
 
 Ye lavish woods that wave around, S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Law [low]. O when she cam ben she bobbed fu' law, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 Law. An' did nae less, in full Congress, 
 
 Than quite refuse our law, man. . A Fragment. 
 held up his cheek, Conform to Gospel law, man : . .lb. 6. 
 An' swoor fu' rude, thro' dirt an' blood, 
 
 To mak it guid in law, man lb. g. 
 
 They'll mak what rules and laws they please. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Tho' rigid Law cries out, 'twas just ! Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, Ep, to Young Friend. 3. 
 Law, physics, politics and deep divines : Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 By love, and by beauty, By law, and by duty ; 
 
 S. Eppie Adair. 
 But what his common sense came short. 
 
 He eked it out wi' law, . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Confounds rule and law, reconciles contradiction 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Who nobly perished in the glorious cause. 
 Your king, your country, and her laws ! . Frag, of Ode. 
 
 That lives at the lug o' the law ! S. Here's a health to them t 
 
Law 
 
 272 
 
 Lay 
 
 For broken laws, 
 Five thousand years 'fore my creation, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 3. 
 Nature's mighty law is change ; . . S.Letnotwoman^ 
 Let her crown my love her law, . .S". Louis what reck t 
 
 Which tenfold force gives Nature's law, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, 
 
 By Nature's law design'd, lb, 
 
 Hope and Fear's alternate billow 
 
 Yielding late to Nature's law, S. Musing on the roaring \ 
 The Judge that's mighty in thy law, . New Psalmody. 
 And laws for Scotland's weel ordained ; 
 
 On Window at Stirling, 
 With decency and law beneath his [Riot's] feet j 
 
 Prologue^ sp. By Woods. 
 By conquering beauty's sovereign law ; S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 Wha for Scotland's king and law, 
 
 Freedom's sword will strongly draw ? . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 Some o' you nicely ken the laws, 
 
 To round the period an' pause. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 But why should we to nobles jouk ? 
 
 And its against the law that : The Election Ballads. II. 
 Wha's honour was ever his law ; .... 73. ///. 
 Still rising by the plummet's law. 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 The lalland laws he held in scorn : The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 A fig for those by law protected! . . lb. S. VIII. 
 
 And equal rights and equal laws 
 
 Wad gladden every isle, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 To Nature's God and' Nature's law 
 
 They gave their lore, [v.A.4] . . The Vision. D. I. 
 Craigdarroch so famous for wit, worth, and law ; 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 In vain the laws their feeble force oppose ; To Clarinda. 
 
 An' then cry zeal for gospel laws, 
 
 Like some we ken. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 They durst nae mair than he allow'd, 
 
 That was a law : . . . ToW. Creech, 
 Enthron'd in her eye he delivers his law; 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 I am a keeper of the law 
 
 In some sma' points, altho' not a' ; . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 What is Right, and what is Wrong, by the law, [re.] 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites \ 
 Law, to [pule, determine]. 
 But for how lang the flie may stang, 
 Let Inclination law that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Lawful) -fu*. ' Yet stops me o' my lawfu' prey, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2g. 
 
 And for your lawful King his crown, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 Lawin [peekoning, bill]. 
 
 Then guidwife count the lawin, . . S, Gane is the day\ 
 
 Landlady, count the lawin,^ 
 
 The day is near the dawin ; , S. Landlady^ count f 
 
 Lawlands [Lowlands]. 
 And o'er the Lawlands I ha'e been ; . S. Blythe was she,\ 
 Thro' the Lawlands, o'er the Border, . . S. Hee balou,i 
 Lawless. An' I'll ne'er lift a lawless I-g 
 
 Again upon her. Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 Lawn. The verdure and pride of the garden and lawn. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks i 
 Tripping o'er the pearly lawn, S. It was the charming^ 
 
 Thou lavrock that starts frae the dews of the lawn, 
 
 S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 When dewdrops twinkle o'er the lawn ; S. On Cessnock banks t 
 I'll miss thee sporting o'er the dewy lawn, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare.. 
 And eye the smoking, dewy lawn, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The lawns wood-fringed in Nature's native taste ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 Lawn-sleeve. 
 
 Nane set the lawn-sleeve sweeter, . . .A Dreasn. 12, 
 Lawson. Mid Lawson*s port entrench'd his hold, 
 
 The Election Ballads, VI. 
 Lawyer. It's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee 
 
 To taste the barrel. Scotch Drink, 13. 
 Three lawyers' tongues, turn'd inside out, 
 Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout ; [v.A,i63 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter, 
 
 Lay, Flow gently, sweet River, the theme of my lays ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Sweet the lark's wild-warbled lay, . . Delia. An Ode. 
 Shall venal lays their [princes'] pompou^ exit hail ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Oblige them, patronize their tinsel lays, , 
 They persecute you all your future days ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, s. 
 No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, 
 
 Inscnp. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 " Awake, resound thy latest lay, . Lament for Glencairn. 
 We'll sculpture the marble, we'll measure the lay ; 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 A hapless lover courts thy lay, S. O stay^ sweet warbling t 
 Then come, sweet Muse, inspire my lay ! 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass.^ 
 Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays 
 
 Poem, on Pastoral Poetry, 
 In twining hazel bowers, 
 
 His lay the linnet pours ; . . . S. Sleep'si thou, t 
 Delighted, rival other's lays : , S. The Contented Cottager. 
 To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat Night 
 The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : . . . lb. 13, 
 Fir'd at the simple, artless lays 
 
 Of other times. . The Vision. D. II. 12. 
 But tune their lays, Till echoes a' resound again 
 
 Her weel-sung praise. . 71? W. Simpson. 
 Lay -v. Lea. 
 Lay. When frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep, 
 
 A Guid New-year \ 12. 
 Stretch'd on his straw he lays himself to sleep, 
 
 A Winter Night g. 
 They lay aside a' tender mercies, . Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 His cheek to hers he aft did lay, . S. As down the bum\ 
 There Damon lay, with Sylvia gay : S. Damon and Sylvie^. 
 Lay, large an' lang. . . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6. 
 
 where poor Francis lay moaning, . Epig. on Copt Grose. 
 Light lay the earth on Billy's breast, Epig. on a Coxcomb. 
 I could lay my bread and kail . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 There's ae wee faut they whiles lay to me, 
 
 Lp. to J. L~k, Ap. 1st, 77. 
 To lay strong hold for help on bounteous Graham. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Wha cheerfully lays down the pack, 
 
 Epit. on Tam the Chapman. 
 Wilt thou lay that frown aside, . S. Fairest jnaidi 
 
 O, do thou [death] kindly lay me low 
 
 With him I love at rest. . . S. Fate gave the word, \ 
 When you lay me in the dust, 
 
 Think, think how you il^ll bear it. S. Husband, husband\ 
 I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing, 
 
 X / dreanid I lay t 
 Should she refuse, I'll lay my dead 
 
 To her twa een sae bonie blue. . . S. Igaed a waefa t 
 Light is the burden love lays on ; . S. In simmer when t 
 
 As blythe lay down at e'en : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Till down my weary bones I lay S. My father was afartner\ 
 O lay thy loof in mine, lass, . . . S.O lay thy loof\ 
 The youthful blooming Nelly lay, S. On a bank offowers t 
 His faults they a' in Latin lay . On W. Cruickshanks. 
 But cold successive noontide blasts 
 
 May lay its beauties low Sad thy tale, t 
 
 And warsle Time, and lay him on his back. Scots Prologue. 
 Lay the proud usurpers low, . . . S. Scots, wha hde t 
 Sing auld Cowl, lay you down by me, [re.] . i". Scroggam. 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck. 
 Lay stmking, vile, in every neuk, [v.A.i6] Tam d Shanter. 
 Go bid him lay his laurels down, . S. The capt Ribband. 
 Had not on Earth whereon to lay His head : 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat Night iS- 
 Yestreen lay on this breast o' mine 
 
 The gowden Locks of Anna. S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 His rays were outshone, and but mark'd where she lay. 
 
 ^S", The heather was bloom. J 
 I'm thine, my Highland lassie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 His doxy lay within his arm ; . The Jolly Beggars, RJ. 
 Till some ane by his bonnet lays, . . Tlie Holy Fair. 24. 
 
 I'll lay On your head, that the pack ye'U soon lead, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 
 
Lay 
 
 273 
 
 Leafless 
 
 The weather was cauld, and the lassie lay still, 
 
 S. The Taylor fell \ 
 They lay aside their private cares, 
 To mind the Kirk and State affairs ; 
 
 I'll lay me with th' inglorious dead, 
 Forgot and gone ! . 
 Through frosty hills the journey lay, 
 She lay like some unkend-of isle 
 
 Beside New Holland, 
 To thy bosom lay my heart, 
 Now let us lay our heads thegither, 
 In love fraternal : . 
 
 The Tiva Dogs. i8. 
 
 To/.S.fio. 
 
 . To J. Taylor. 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 S. Thine am 1 1 
 
 To W. Simpson. 17. 
 S. tVJienJirst I saw t 
 
 I'd lay them a' at Jeanie's feet, 
 Lay'd v. Laid. 
 Layest. 
 
 Thou layest them with all their cares 
 In everlasting sleep ; . . . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 Lazy, Lazle. 
 She's saft at best an' something lazy, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2isi, 3. 
 The melancholious, lazie croon 
 
 O' cankrie care. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 The' rough an' raploch be her measure, 
 
 She's seldom lazy. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill, 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 
 They loiter, lounging, lank an* lazy ; The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 
 The bum-clock humm'd wi' lazy drone, lb. 3S. 
 
 Lea, Lee, Lay, Ley [land under grass, op untilled]. 
 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie 
 
 Out owre the lay. . . A Guid New-Year \ 
 There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea, S. A/ton Water. 
 Her bonie face it was as meek. 
 
 As ony lamb upon the lee ! . . , S. Blythe was she f 
 Mourn little harebells o'er the lee ; El. on Capt. M. H.^S- 
 Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze, 
 
 On sprightly coursers prance ; . . . Halloween. 
 While clover blooms white o'er the lea, S. In sitnmer when \ 
 And spreads her sheets o' daisies white 
 
 Out o'er the grassy lea : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Now Nature deeds the flow'ry lea, S. Lassie wi' the liniwhite f 
 And strew'd the lea wi' flowers ; ' lS". Now Spring has clad \ 
 
 can ye labour lea, young man, S. O can ye labour lea t 
 
 He couldna labour lea. . 16. 
 
 the handless coof. That couldna labour lea ? . . , lb. 
 in the cauld blast, On yonder lea, . . S. O wert thou in\ 
 November hirples o'er the lea, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 The auld man he came over the lea, . S. The auld man \ 
 The flowers decay'd on Catrine lea, .S". The Catrine woods \ 
 The paitrick whirrin' q'er the ley, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 As Robietauld a tale o' love 
 
 Ae ev'ning on the lily lea? . , S. There was a lass t 
 As blythe and as artless as the lambs on the lea, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. \ 
 And o'er the lea I leuk fu' fain . . lS". Young Jockey \ 
 Lea-rig [a ridge under grass, unploughed land]. 
 
 I'll meet thee on the lea-rig, 
 My ain kind dearie O. . S. When der the hill\ 
 
 Ley-crap [iea-erop]. 
 And waly fa' the ley-crap 
 
 For I maun till'd again. . . S. Therms news, lasses t 
 Lead. The lead and buoy are needful to the net ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Fine [head] for a sodger 
 
 A' the wale o' lead. . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 And your skulls are storehouses o' lead. The Kirk's Alatm. 
 Lead, to. 
 Or some Montgomery, fearless, lead them ; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 2. 
 Youth, grace, and love attendant move, 
 
 And pleasure leads the van, S. A. Mastrtn's bonie Anne. 
 The flowery Spring leads sunny Summer, S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 Ye yet may follow where a Douglas leads I [v. A. 12] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 To Evan-banks, with temp'rate ray. 
 Home of my youth, he leads the day. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 
 1 joy my lonely days to lead in 
 
 This desert drear ; . . , The Hermit. 
 If we lead a life of pleasure, 
 'Tis no matter how or where. The Jolly Beggars. S, VIII, 
 
 2 M 
 
 I'll lay on your head, that the pack ye'll soon lead. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Say rather, gaun as Premiers lead him. The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 This leads me on, to tell for sport, . . What ails ye now t 
 Thou whom chance may hither lead, Wr. in Friars-Carse H,. 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways, 
 
 Lead to be wretched, vile, and base lb. 
 
 Where the grous lead their coveys through the heather, to feed. 
 S. Yon wild m.ossy viountains j 
 
 Leader. 
 
 My Frenticeship I past where my Leader breath'd his last. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Leading-String. 
 When Superstition's hellish brood 
 Kept France in leading-strings, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 Lea'e [leave], tak that, ye lea'e them naething, 
 
 To ken them by, . Ep. to J. R., 4. 
 
 She lea'es them gashan at their cracks, . . Halloween. 11. 
 Then lea'e the lassie till her fate, . S. O steer her -up t 
 
 His latest draught o' breathin lea'es him 
 
 In faint huzzas. The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 I lea'e my blessin wi' you baith : . The Death ofMailie. 
 What airs in dress an' gait wad lea'e us. 
 
 And ev'n Devotion ! . . To a Louse- 
 
 An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain. 
 
 For promis'd joy! . . . To a Mouse. 
 Then please sir, to lea'e sir, 
 
 The orders wi' your lady. . . To Gav, Hamilton. 
 
 An' when the auld Moon's gaun to lea'e them, 
 The hindmost shaird, they'll fetch it wi' them. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Leaf. 
 Amangthe fresh, green leaves bedew'd, S. A Rosebud by i 
 I see the spreading leaves and flowers, S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Wild as the winter now tearing the forest. 
 Till the last leaf 0' the summer is flown, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 That steals on the evening, each leaf to renew, 
 
 ^S". How pleasant the banks ^ 
 The simmer is gane when the leaves they were green, 
 
 .5". Lady Mary Ann. 
 " Nae leaf o' mine shall greet the spring, 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Wae worth thy power, thou cursed leaf, 
 
 Z«j, on Back of Bank Note. 
 O raging fortune's withering blast 
 
 Has laid my leaf full low, 0\ . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 How pure, amang the leaves sae green ; 
 
 S. O bonie luas yon rosy t 
 And I mysel' thezephyr's breath, 
 
 Amang its bonie leaves to play. . . S. O were my lave t 
 With flow'rs so white and leaves so green, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing, . S. Raving winds t 
 When yon green leaves fade frae the tree. 
 
 Around my grave they'll wither. S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 Through and through the inspired leaves, 
 
 Ye maggots make your windings ; . The Book- Wonns. 
 When lyart leaves bestrow the yird, The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 The small birds rejoice on the green leaves returning, 
 
 S. The small birds f 
 The polish'd leaves, and berries red, 
 
 Did rustling play ; . TJie Vision. D. II. 23. 
 The trees now naked groaning. 
 Shall soon wi' leaves be hinging, 
 
 S. The young HigkL Rover. 
 That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, . . To a Mouse. 
 Unmindful that the thorn is near, 
 
 Among the leaves ; . . . To J. S.^ 16. 
 Never, never reptile thief 
 
 Riot on thy virgin leaf ! . . . To Miss C. 
 
 Inspir'd, I tum'd Fate's sibyl leaf. 
 
 This natal morn, . . To Terraughty. 
 
 Leaf-clad. 
 
 Green, slender, leaf-clad Holly-boughs The Vision. D. I. g. 
 Leafless. 
 Sharp shivers through the leafless bow'r ; A Winter Night. 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind 
 Blaws through the leafless timmer, 
 
 S. I'm o'er young to fnarry f 
 Beneath the blasts the leafless forests groan ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
Leafless 
 
 274 
 
 Leave 
 
 Sing on, sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough, 
 
 Sonnett ivr. on Birthday. 
 The forests are leafless, the mea^pws are brown, 
 
 S. The la^y mist t 
 The leafless trees my fancy please, . . . _. . ■ Winter. 
 Leafy. 
 Her leafy locks wave in the .Breeze 
 
 ' S. Agaip, rejoicing Nature t 
 
 The birds rejoice in leafy bow'rs, ^S". O Logan! sweetly \ 
 
 By wimpling burn and leafy shaw, S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 While bifds rejoice in leafy bowers ; S. Where Cart rins\ 
 League. 
 And in kirk -yards renew their leagues, 
 
 Owre howcket dead. Add. to the Deil. g. 
 
 Their leagues and their covenants a' she has ta'en ; 
 
 Jenny M'Craw t 
 Some social join, and leagues combine ; 
 
 S. Now westlin winds t 
 The I Solemn League and Covenant 
 Cost Scotland blood— cost Scotland tears : 
 
 Xhe League and Covenant. 
 Leagu'd. 
 
 Wi' man and nature leagu'd my foes, S. Now Spring has dad f 
 Leal\[Joyal, true, faithful]. 
 Friend of the poet tried and leal, . . Friend of the Poet t 
 Hearts leal, an' warm, an' kin*^: . . • Halloween. 
 May he who wins thy matchless charms 
 
 Possess a leal and true heart ;. , . S. Polly Stewart. 
 But Foorsday, Sir, my promise leal. 
 
 Expect me o' your party, To — . 
 
 A leal, light heart was in my breast, S. When wild War's t 
 Leaned. 
 
 He lean'd him to an ancient aik, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Leap. 
 
 Peerest to meditate the healing leap : Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Lear [lore, learning]. 
 It's no in books ; itisno in Lear 
 
 To make us truly blest : , Ep. to Davie. S- 
 
 That would be lear eneugh for me, . lb. 14. 
 
 Tho' hardly he, for^ense or lear, 
 ■' Be better than the kye. . . . S. O Tibbie !\ 
 
 In this braw age o' wit and lear, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Thou clears the head o' doited Lear ; . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 An' strive, wi' a' your Wit an' Lear, 
 
 To get remead. The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 It kindles Wit, it waukens Lear, 
 It pangs us fou o' Knbwledge. . The Holy Fair. jg. 
 
 , Or, nae reflection on your lear. 
 
 Ye may commence a Shaver ; The Ordination, g. 
 
 , tired o' sauls to waste his lear on, . - To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Learn. Was quick to learn and wise to know, A Bards Epit. 
 Leatn three-mile pray'rs, an' half-mile graces, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H.^ g. 
 Young, royal Tarry-Breeks, I learn, 
 
 Ye've lately come athwart her ; . , .A Dream. 13. 
 Learn to despise those frowns now so terrific, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 I'll learn my kin a -rattling sang, [re.] 
 
 . S. /Ind Ofor ane and twenty \ 
 An' no owre auld, I hope, to learn ! . El. on Year 2^88. 
 But, thanks to Heaven, that's no the gate 
 
 We learn our creed. Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. sist^ 14. 
 Would" thou hae nobles' patronage, 
 " First learn to live without it !' 
 
 . Extern, on Comniem.s if Thomson. 
 Thro' weary life this lesson learn, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Then from his Lordship I shill learn, On dining with Doer. 
 An' tho* fu' foughten sair. eneugh, 
 
 Yet unco proud to leirh, . The Ans. to the Gmdwife. 
 An' may they never learn the gaets, 
 
 Of ither vile, wanrfistfu' Pets ! . The Death of Mailie. 
 Nor learns their guilty lore ! . . . . The ist Psalm. 
 To learn bon ton and see the worl'. . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 ' Thou canst not learn, nor I can show, 
 
 * To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; The Vision. II, tg. 
 And learn to tent the farms wi' me ? S. There was a lasS'^ 
 lest he learn the callan tricks, . To Gavin Hamilton. 
 
 The boy might learn to swear; lb. 
 
 An' some, to learn them for their tricks. 
 
 Were hang'd an' brunt. To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 I dread ye'U learn the gate again . S. Wha is that at t 
 
 Learned, -'d, Learnt. 
 
 He learned to fear in his own native wood. S. Caledonia^ 5. 
 But tell him he was learn'd and dark, 
 
 Ye roos'dhim.then! El. onDeathofR. Ruisseaux. 
 But by your leaves, my leaqied foes, 
 
 Ye're maybe wrang. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, jo. 
 It may escape' the learned clex|cs ; S. O this is no my ain \ 
 Learn'd vive la bagatelle^ et vive Vamour; . . Sketch. 
 The learned Sire and Son I saw, . . The Vision. D.I. 
 Might there have learnt new mysteries of his art ; The Vowels. 
 TilUby himsel he learn'4 to ^vander, 
 
 Adown some trottin bum's meander, . To W. Simpson. 
 Some herds, weel learn'd upo' the beuk, lb. P.S. 
 
 Learning, s. 
 There Learning, with his eagle eyes, 
 
 Seeks Science in her coy abode. . Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 An' hae to Learning nae pretence, Ep. to J. L—k., Ap. 1st, g. 
 Gie me ae spark o'^ NatureiS,fire, 
 , That's a' the learning I desire ; . . '. lb. 13. 
 
 For genius, learning high, as great in war 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods, 
 Learning and Worth in equal measures trode. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Bt^t pious Bob, *mid learning's stbre, . , 
 
 Commandment tenth remember'd. The Dean ofFac. 
 
 There, Leapiin^ with his Greekish face. 
 
 Grunts out "some Latin ditty ; . The Ordination. 11, 
 
 And learning in a woody dance, The Twa Herds. 16. 
 
 Learning. 
 
 . Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Lease. 
 For me, thank God, my life's a lease^ 
 Nae bargain wearing faster, . , A Dream. 6. 
 
 Least. 
 There, watching high the least alarms, Add. to Edinhurgh^s. 
 Last, tho' not)east.in love, ye youthful fair. 
 
 Prologue at Th.,D.. 
 At least to see thee blest. S. It is na, Jean t 
 
 If love for love thou wilt na gie. 
 
 At least be pity to me shown ; . S. O Mary at thy\ 
 
 At least some pity on me shaw, 
 
 If love it mayna be. S. O mirk, mirk t 
 
 Or sing a sang at least. . . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 He'll draw me fifteien pun' at least. The Inventory. 
 
 Leather. 
 
 Whare ye may nobly rax your leather, A Guid Ne7v-year\ j8. 
 Ye sail get go^vns and ribbons meet, 
 
 Cauf-ltfather shoon upon your feet, S. Cd the Ewes. 
 
 Tho' whyles ye moistify your leather [v-A.a] 
 
 The A utkor's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 An' ye wha leather rax an' draw, 
 
 Of a' denominations ; . . . . The Ordination. 
 Wee Willie Gray, an' his leather wallet; S. Wee WillieGr^y\ 
 Leave. 
 
 Nae canker wormsget leave to dwell. As on the banksi 
 
 But by your leaves, ray learned foes, 
 
 Ye're maybe wrang. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, .10. 
 But gin the Lord's ain focks gat leave, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 To give him leave to toil ; . Man was made to mourn. 
 
 To crown your happiness he asks your leave, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 About to beg a pass for leave to beg ; . To R. G. ofF. 
 
 Leave, to. 
 
 O ye wha leave the springs o' C-ly-n, 
 
 For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin! A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 
 And canst thou leave me thus for pity [re.) 
 
 S. Canst thou leave me tkwsf 
 leaves the tartaned lines, For other Wars, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Will you leave your justings, your jars, and your quarrels. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 the latest throb that leaves my heart, S. From thee, Eliza, t 
 To leave her [my mammy] I am eerie. Sir. 
 
 S. Vm oer young to marry \ 
 For lack o' thee, I leave this much loved shore, 
 
 Lns. on Back of Bank Note. 
 And I maun leave my bonie Mary. . S. My bonie Mary. 
 Gin ye'U leave your Collier laddie. S. My Collier Laddie. 
 The more in this [wealth, &c,] you look for bliss, 
 You leave your view the farther, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 
Leave 
 
 275 
 
 Left 
 
 leave novels, ye Mauchline belles, ■ . ,0 leave iiovels\ 
 Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, 
 
 While the starofhopeshe'Jeayes him? S. Onefondkiss^ 
 To leave me a hundred or twa, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 But for the muse, she'll never leave ye, 
 
 Tho' e'er sae puir, . Second Ep. to Davie, 
 Stay, my charmer, can you leave me ? 
 Cruel, cruel to deceive me ! S. Stay my charmer \ 
 
 Do not, do not leave me so! [«.] lb.-' 
 
 These, their richly-gleaming waves, 
 
 1 leave to tyrants and their slaves ; S. Streams tJiat glide t - 
 Woods that ever verdant wave, 
 
 I leave the tyrant and the slave, . \ . . lb. 
 
 When chapmen billies leave the street, . ' Tarn d Shanter. 
 Oh wha wad leave this humbfe state 
 
 For a' the pride of a' the great ? ' S. The Contented Cottager. 
 And certes, in fair Virtue's heayenly road, 
 The Cottage leaves the Palacefar behind : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 These bleed afresh, those ties I tear, 
 
 To leave the bonie banks of Ayr. . S. The gloomy night t 
 Simper James, Simper James, leave the fair Killie dames, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Or leaves the faithfu' lass he lo'ed, 
 
 To wear a-ragged coat. . The Ruined Mai^s Lament. 
 
 ' I saw thee leave their ev'ning joys, 
 
 ' And lonely stalk, . The Vision. D. IZ. 13. 
 And [Phoebus] vowed that to leave them he was quite forlorn, 
 
 The Whisilp. 13. 
 Or wilt thou leave thy mammie's cot, S. There was a. lass t 
 And leave auld Scotia's shore ? . . . .To Mary. 
 
 plight me your faith, my Mary, 
 
 Before I leave Scotia's strand. . lb. 
 
 Why am I loth to leave this earthly scene? IVhy am I lotk \ 
 And leave a man undone To his fate. S. Ye Jacobites t 
 
 Leaving. 
 It's leaving thee, my bonie Mary ! . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 In leaving the dochter of a lord, . .S". O when she cam hen t 
 Lecture. Who dreads a curtain-lecture worse than hell. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Led. Led him a sair faux pas, man : . A Fragment. 7. ■ 
 
 And list'ning to their witching voice 
 
 Has often led me wrong. A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Bold-following where your Fathers led ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 great Dundee, who smiling victory led, . Fragment of Ode. 
 goavan, as if led wi' branks, '. . On dining with Daer. • 
 While yon wild flowers among, 
 
 Chance led me there ; .■ . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Scots, wham Bruce has aften led ; . S. Scots, wha'hae^ 
 
 The great Argyle led on his files, ■ . _ - 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 AU-chearing Plenty, with her flowing horn, 
 Led yellow Autumn wreath'd with nodding corn ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 And there led I the Bushby's a' ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 Led on the Loves and Graces ;' . lb. VI. 
 
 Craigdarrocb led a light -arm'd core, . . . . Ih. 
 Or him wha led o'er Scotland a' 
 
 The meikle Ursa-Major? . The Fete Champetre. 
 
 That fell remorse, a conscience bleeding , , 
 
 Hath led me here, . . . The Hermit. 
 
 1 might, by this, hae led a market, . . The Vision. D, 1, 3. 
 * But yet the light that led astray, 
 
 * Was light from Heaven. lb. D. II. if, 
 
 Leddy. 
 She kens her father is a laird, 
 And she forsooth's a leddy, . _ . The Tarbolton Losses. 
 Ledger. What are your landlorJ.'s rent-rolls ? taxing ledgers : 
 &ns. on Window,. K.'s Arms. 
 Lee V. Lea. % 
 
 Lee, adj. 
 A lee dyke-side, a sybow-tail, ' 
 And barley-scone shall cheer me. . To Mr. M*Adam, 
 Leech. 
 
 Thae curst horse leeches 0' th' Excise, Scotch Dritik. 20. 
 
 Lee-lang [live-long]. 
 Then I maun sit the lee-lang day, ^ . S- Duncan Gray. 
 I think on him that's far awa\ 
 
 The lee-lang night, and weep, . S. It was d fori 
 
 a' the lee-lang simmer's day, . S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 
 Three blither hearts, thatlee-lang night. 
 
 Ye wadna found in Christendie. S. O Willie brew'di 
 
 The Thresher's weary flingin'-tree. 
 
 The lee-lang day had tir'd me ; . . The Vision. D. I. z. 
 Or lee-lang nights, wi' crabb'et''leuks, 
 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'4 -beuks ; , The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Sae I'll rejoice the lee-lang day, S. TheyngHighl. Rover. 
 We lap an' danced the lee-lang day, ^S". T, Menz.'s bonie Mary. 
 The lee-lang night we watch'd the fauld, 
 
 S. Wliatwilll dogin\ 
 Leer. 
 
 with a would-be-roguish leer and wink. Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Leesome [pleasant, gladsome]. 
 But the tender heart 0' leesome love. 
 The gowd and siller canna buy : S. In simmer when f 
 
 Leest [lest]. Leest neeb'ours might say I was saucy : 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 Leeward. 
 Tho' leeward whyles; against my will, 
 
 I took a bicker. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 Leeway. 
 But in the teeth o' baith [wind and tide] to sail. 
 
 It maks an unco leeway. . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 Leeze me on [a phrase of congratulatory endear- 
 ment, blessings on, recommend me to]. 
 
 Leeze me on thy bonie' craigie, . . S. Hee balou t 
 
 Leeze me on the calling Fills the dusty peck. 
 
 S. Hey the dusty miller \ 
 Leeze me on thee, John Barleycorn, 
 
 Thou king o' grain ! Scotch Drink, 3. 
 
 Leeze me on rhyme ! its ay a treasure. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Oh leeze me on my spinning-wheel, 
 Oh leeze me on my rock and reel ; \re^ 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Leeze me on Drink ! it gies us mair 
 
 Than either School or CoUedge : . Th£ Holy Fair. ig. 
 
 So leeze me on'thee, Robin. S. There was a' lad '\ 
 
 Leezie. A wanton widow Leezie was, . . Halloween. 24. 
 
 Poor Leezie's heart maist lap the hool ; lb. 26. 
 
 Will ye go to the Highlands, Leezie Lindsay, [re.'\ 
 
 Leezie Lindsay. 
 Left. To dip her left sark-sleeve in, , Halloween. 24 
 
 But owre my left shouther I ga'e him a blink, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer ^ 
 On right, on left, and every hand. 
 
 We saw pone .to deliver. . . J7ew Psalmody, 
 
 And down by Simpson's wheel'd the left about : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 The pedant in his left hand clutch'd him fast, The Vowels. 
 To right or left, eternal swervin, . . . To J. S., ig. 
 She's twisted right, she's twisted left, ^. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Left. Haply my Sires have left their shed, 
 And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar, 
 .',.,. Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 
 A glebe o^ land, a claut o' gear. 
 
 Was left me by my auntie, S. And Ofor ane and twenty + 
 Weel, since he has left me. may pleasure gae wi' him, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring\ 
 Altho' he has left me for greed o' the siller, . . . lb. 
 "And twa:three stinted birks are left, 
 
 " To shiver in the blast their lane." As on the banks t 
 
 In what a pickle thou hast left us ! . El. on Year lySS. 
 I bless and praise thy matchless might, 
 Whan thousands thou hast left in night, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 2. 
 It was a' for our rightfu' king 
 
 We left fair Scotland's strand ; . . S.. It was cC for\ 
 And hope has left my aged ken, . Lament for .Glencaim. 
 The Man of Worth, and has not left his peer, [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 Ae spring brought off her master hale, 
 But left behind her ain gray tail : . Tarn d Slumter. 18. 
 
 And left poor Maggie scarce a stump lb. 
 
 And my fause luver staw the roscj 
 
 But left the thorn wi' me. .S'. The Banks ofDoon. Sett, II. 
 He left his bed and took his wayward rout, , 
 
 Tlie Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Who left, the all-important cares 
 
 Of fiddles, wh-res, and hunters ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 But cautious Queensberry left the war, lb. 
 
 But left behind him heroes bright, . . . . lb. 
 
 A faithful brother I have left, . . The Farewell. 
 
 The Hunter now has left the moor, 6". The gloomy night t 
 
Left 
 
 276 
 
 Less 
 
 They're left, the whitening stanes amang, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 And there I left for witness, an arm and a limb ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 
 But the godly old Chaplain left him in the lurch ; 16. S. 11. 
 They scarcely left to coor their fuds, , . lb- R. VIII. 
 The last time I came o'er the moor, 
 
 And left Maria's dwelling, . . S. The last time I came \ 
 He left the foul business to folks less divine. The Whistle. IS- 
 Thou hast left me ever, Tam, thou hast left me ever, 
 
 S. Thou hast left me\ 
 
 Now thou'st left thy lass for ay— I must see thee never. Ih. 
 Still much is left behind ; . . . . To Ckloris. 
 And left us darkling in a world of tears :) To R. G. ofF. , g. 
 I said * Gude night,' and cam' awa', 
 
 And left the Session ; .... What ails ye now \ 
 I left the lines, and tented field, . S. When wild Wa^s t 
 Quo* she, my grandsire left me gowd, . ... 15. 
 Now she's left by ilka creature ; S. Will ye go and marry t 
 But ah! he left the thorn wi' me. . S. Ye banks and braes t 
 Left-hand. 
 
 His saul has ta'en some other way, 
 I fear, the left-hand road. . . Epit en Holy Willie. 
 
 Their left-hand General had nae skill ; 
 
 S. The Battle xfSherra-Moor. 
 
 Leftist. Thou left'st us darkling in a world of tears. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Leg. 
 Forjesket sair, with weary legs, Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. 2ist, 2. 
 I'll laugh, an' sing, an' shake my leg, 
 
 As lang's I dow ! . . . . lb. g. 
 
 An' I'll ne'er lift a lawless 1-g 
 
 Again upon her. Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 
 Bare her leg and bright her een, . . S. I met a lass t 
 Soor Bigotry on her last legs, . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 She was nae get o' runted rams, 
 Wi' woo' like goats, an' legs like trams ; [v.A.ig] 
 
 Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 My best leg foremost, I'll set up my brow, Scots Prologue. 
 
 A better [mare] never lifted leg, . . Tam d Shanter. g. 
 
 His manly leg with garter tangle bound. The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 O'er Pegasus I'll fling my leg, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Ae leg an' baith the trams are broken, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Tho' scarcely langer than your leg lb. 
 
 tho' I must beg with a wooden arm and leg, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 
 His leg was so tight and his cheek was so ruddy, lb. S. II. 
 Snaw-white stockins on his legs, . lS". The Ploughman t 
 Till half a leg was scrimply seen ; 
 And such a leg ! my Bess, I ween, Could only peer it ; 
 
 The Vision. D. I. zi. 
 Nor kick your rickles aff their legs, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned, 
 
 Like taps o' thrissle. . To a Haggis. 
 
 On my ain legs thro' dirt and dub, 
 
 I independent stand ay. . . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 And when those legs to gude, warm kail, 
 
 Wi' welcome canna bear me ; lb. 
 
 Late crippled of an arm, and now a leg, . To R. G. ofF.. 
 *' If that your right hand, leg or toe, 
 
 " Should ever prove your sp'ritual foe. What ails ye now t 
 Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter ; . S. Willie Wattle t 
 Legal. 
 Ply ev'ry art o' legal thieving ; . .A Ded. to G. H. , 8. 
 But shall thy legal rage pursue 
 
 The Wretch already crushed low A Winter Night, g. 
 
 In legal mode an' form : . . . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Legion. 
 
 When out the hellish legion sallied. Tam 0' Shanter. ib. 
 
 Legislation. 
 Far be't frae me that I aspire 
 
 To blame your Legislation, . . , A Dream, j. 
 
 Sat Legislation's Sov'reign pow'rs! Add. to Edinburgh, i. 
 Leister [a three-pronged spear for sticking fish]. 
 A three-tae'd leister on the ither [shouther] 
 
 Lay, large an' lang. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Leisure. 
 when in Ayr, some half-hour's leisure, Ep. toMaj. Logan. 14. 
 At hame, a-fiel, at wark or leisure. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 An' at our leisure when ye like 
 
 We'll whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly Beggars. S. V, 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. [r«.] S. As I gaed up by f 
 
 Leisure-moment. 
 Hae ye a leisure-moment's time 
 To hear what's comin ? . . . To J. S.^4. 
 
 Leith. 
 
 The boat rocks at the Pier o' Leith, . S. My bonie Mary. 
 Len' [lend]. 
 
 Some counsel unto me come len* ; . . . .S". Tam Glen. 
 Lend. Ought he can lend he'll not refus't, A Ded. toG. H.,s. 
 Could'st thou to malice lend an ear ! . S. Fairest maidf 
 1 hae naething to lend, I'll borrow frae naebody, S. Naehody. 
 I've little to spend, and naething to lend, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Length. At length, says I, ' Friend, whare ye gaun, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 At length we had a hearty yokin, 
 
 At sang about, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 2. 
 
 To run the twelvemonth's length again : 
 
 Sketch. New-Y-^s Day. 
 At length his lonely Cot appears in view. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 At length poor Mailie silence brak. The Death ofMailie. 
 
 At length wi' drink an' courting dizzy. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IH. 
 Lengthen'd, 
 Grunt up a solemn, lengthen'd groan, . A Ded. to G. H, g. 
 How mony lengthen'd sage advices, 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises ! . Tam o' Shanter. 4. 
 Auld Ayr is just one lengthen'd, tumbling sea ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 His lengthen'd chin, his tum'd up snout, Th4 Holy Fair. 13. 
 If envious buckies view wi' sorrow 
 
 Thy lengthen'd days on this blest morrow. To Terraughty. 
 Lenox. He whistl'd up lord Lenox' march, . Halloween, ig. 
 Lent. Thae bonie Baimtime, Heav'n has lent, A Dream, g. 
 We bless thee, God of nature wide, 
 
 For all thy goodness lent : . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 He lent them his name to the firm. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Lente largo. 
 May still your life from day to day, 
 
 Nae *' lente largo " in the play, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 5. 
 Lesley. Lesley is sae fair and coy, S. Blythe ha'e I been f 
 Thou art a queen, f^r Lesley, - - 
 
 Thou art divine, fair Lesley, \re.'\ S. O saw ye bonie Lesley \ 
 Less. And now the third part o* the string, 
 
 An' less, will gang about xX. . . A Dream. 4. 
 An' did nae less, in full Congress, . . . A Fragment. 
 That now perhaps thou's less deservin, A Guid New-Year 1 17. 
 Far less [right] to riches, pow'r or freedom, 
 
 Add. ofBeehebub.3. 
 And not less anxious sure this night than ever. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 * Wi' less, I'm sure, I've hundreds slain ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, zb. 
 Less fit to play the part, . . Despondency., an Ode. 4. 
 
 I tent less, and want less 
 
 Their roomy fire-side ; .... Ep. to Daxiie. 
 
 Think ye, are we less blest than they, 
 
 Wha scarcely tent us in their way, . . . . Ib.t. 
 To say aught less wad wrang the cartes, . . . Ih. 8. 
 Nor make our scanty Pleasures less, 
 By pining at our state : Ib.7. 
 
 And Death was nae less pleased wi' Thomas, 
 
 Epit. on Tam the Cltapman. 
 True it is, she had one failing. 
 
 Had ae woman ever less ? . Lns under Pict. of Miss B. 
 For my puir, silly, rhymin' clatter 
 
 Some less maun sair. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Nor makes the hour one moment less. Sketch. New-Yr'sDay. 
 Her sorrows share and make them less ? The Lament, j". 
 
 They're ay in less or mair provided ; . The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 An' ay the less they hae to sturt them, 
 In like proportion, less will hurt them. ... Ib. 29. 
 Ought less is little, .... There's naethin like t 
 Wi' auld Nick there's less danger ; . .Tea Painter. 
 Yet love to friendship shall give way, 
 
 I cannot wish it less To Clarinda. 
 
 Frae less to mair it gaed to sticks ; 
 Your coatie's shorter by a span, 
 Yet ne'er an inch the less, lassie. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
Lessen 
 
 277 
 
 Lie 
 
 A Dream. 7. 
 Kj, under Grief, 
 
 Lessen. An' lessen a' your charges ; 
 Though 'twad my sorrows lessen. . 
 Detraction's eye no aim can gain, 
 Her winning powers to lessen ; . . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Lesser. And many a lesser torrent scuds, 
 
 With seeming roar. The Vision. D.I. 14. 
 
 Lessening. 
 
 Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, S. To Maty in Heaven. 
 Lesson. Tho' losses, and crosses, 
 
 Be lessons right severe, . Ep. to Damie. 7. 
 Thro' weary life this lesson learn, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Let simple maid the lesson read, . S, O Lassie^ art thou f 
 An' whyles, but ay owre late, I think 
 
 Braw sober lessons. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 A lesson sadly teaching, to your cost, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning, . To/. S., IS. 
 
 Lesson'd. 
 The hizzies, if they're oughtUns faussont, 
 Let them in Drury Lane oe lesson'd! Add, {>f Beelzebub. 4. 
 Let. Than let them ance out owre the water ; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 E'en let them clash ; . . . Add. to lllegit. Child. 
 An' let poor, damned bodies bee ; . . Add. to the Deil, z. 
 An' it [her e'e] winna let a body be ! 
 
 lS". Again rejoicing Nature t 
 She took to her hills, and her arrows let fly, S. Caledonia. 
 She lets thee to wit, that she has thee / S. Eppie M'-Nah. 
 
 forgot, \S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 
 Maybe thou lets this fleshly thorn, 
 
 Beset thy servant e'en and morn, . Holy Willies Prayer, g. 
 We'll let her stand a year or twa, . S. My love she's but t 
 Thou'rtlike themsels sae lovely, 
 That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. iS". O saw ye bonie L. t 
 
 let me in this ae night, [r«.] S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 1 winna let you in, jo. . . .... lb. 
 
 Nae poison'd soor Arminian stank, 
 
 He let them taste, . . The Twa Herds. S- 
 When simple bodies let him ; . . To Gav. Hamilton, 
 
 Gif I rise and let you in, 
 Let me in, quo' Findlay ; . . . S. Wha is that at t 
 
 wilt thou let me chear thee ? S. Wilt thou be my t 
 Then let your schemes alone, in the state, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites \ 
 Letter. 
 To honest-hearted, auld L[aprai]k, 
 
 For his kind letter. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 
 But please transmit the enclosed letter, 
 
 S. Ken ye ought d Capt. G.f 
 A letter inform'd me that all was to wreck ; . 
 
 S. No Churchman am. l\ 
 For your auld-farrent, frien'ly letter ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Forswore it, every letter, . The Fete Ckampetre. 
 
 For your braw, nameless, dateless letter, 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Wow, but your letter made me vauntie ! To Dr, Blacklock. 
 He tald mysel by word o' mouth. He'd tak my letter ; . lb. 
 
 1 gat your letter, winsome Willie ; . To W. Simpson. 
 Letters. Far seen in Greek, deep men o' letters, To J. S., 8. 
 Lettep'd. 
 
 His locked, letter'd, braw brass-collar . The Twa Dogs. 3. 
 thro' the steeks. The yellow letter'd Geordie keeks. . lb. 8. 
 Leugh [laughed]. 
 
 How graceless Ham leugh at his Dad, . The Ordination. 4. 
 Leuk [look]. 
 And ay a westlin leuk she throws, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 On this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk, 
 
 They're makin observations ; . The Holy Fair. so. 
 
 Or lee-lang nights, wi' crabbet leuks, 
 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks ; . The Tzva Dogs. 33. 
 An' backlins-comin, to the leuk, 
 
 She grew mair bright. To IV. Simpson. P.S, 
 
 Leuk, Luke, to [look]. 
 She whisper'd Rob to leuk for't : . . . Halloween. 10, 
 Royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him ! Kind Sir, I've read t 
 Nor for my ten white shillings luke, . The Inventory, 
 
 While frighted rations backward leuk, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 And o'er the lea I leuk fu' fain . . .S". Young Jockey t 
 
 Levee. My Bardship here, at your Levee, . A Dream. 
 
 Nae mair we see his levee door 
 
 Philosophers and Poets pour, . . . , To W. Creech. 
 Level. The Brethren o' the mystic level Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Levell'd. He leveird his rays where she bask'd on the brae 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 Leven. And the lasses o' Leven. . . S. Hey ca' thro'. 
 Lexicon. 
 But oh ! what signifies to you 
 His lexicons and grammars ; . On IV, Chalmers, 
 
 Ley V. Lea. 
 Libation. An' pour divine libations 
 
 For joy this day. . The Ordination. 
 Libbet [castrated]. 
 
 How libbet Italy was singin ; . KindSir, Pve read\ 
 
 Libel. Says the more 'tis a truth, Sir, the more *tis a libel ? 
 
 Reproof by Himself, 
 
 Hb'ral. 
 
 Their views enlarg'd, their lib'ral mind, 
 
 Above the narrow, rural vale : . Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 Or gathered lib'ral views in Bonds and Seisins. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 A candid lib'ral band is found 
 
 Of public teachers. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Liberty, -ie. The sacred posie—Libertie! . . A Vision. 
 And who would to Liberty e'er prove disloyal. 
 May his son be a hangman and he his first trial. 
 
 At Meet, of D. Volunteers, 
 May liberty meet wi' success ! S. Here's a health to them t 
 Liberty's in every blow ! . . . . S, Scots wha ha'e t 
 Liberty's a glorious feast ! The Jolly Beggars, S. VIII. 
 
 Wi' your liberty's chain and your wit ; The Kirk's Alarm, 
 She sang a sang o' liberty, . . The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 And blythe we'll sing, and hail the day 
 
 That gave us liberty, man. ... , . lb. 
 
 Libra. 
 
 The third [day] of Libra's equal sway, . . Nature's Law, 
 Licence. 
 
 Nae kind of licence out I'm takin' ; . The Inventory. 
 
 Licentious. 
 
 Licentious Passions burn ; . Man was made to mourn. 
 Licks [a beating]. 
 
 An' monie a fallow gat his licks, 
 
 Wi' hearty crunt ; To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Licket [beaten, vanquished]. 
 Ye've heard this while how I've been licket, 
 
 Friend of the Poet f P.S. 
 An' gif it's sae, ye sud be licket . Secoftd Ep. to Davie. 
 Licket, -it [licked]. 
 Our Mess John, wi' his auld grey pow. 
 
 His haly lips wad licket at her. . . S. Donald Brodie t 
 Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins 
 O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave : 
 
 S. O merry hoe I been t 
 Lie. Wi' monie a fulsome, sinfu' lie, . A Ded. to G. H. 
 Some books are lies frae end to end, 
 And some great lies were never penn'd : 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v.A.6] . . lb. 
 Three lawyers' tongues turn'd inside out, 
 Wi' lies seam'd, like a beggar's clout ; [v. A. 16] 
 
 Tam^ o' Skanter. 
 An' tellin' lies about them ; . . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 And give all his hopes the lie ? . S. IVhy, why tell thy t 
 
 Lie, to. 
 
 I winna lie, come what will o' me) . . A Ded. to G. H., 4. 
 Behint a kist to lie an' sklent, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st, //. 
 I scorn'd to lie ; . , . .Ep.toJ.R.,g. 
 
 They [his looks] say their master is a knave 
 
 And sure they do not lie. . . That there isfalsehood\ 
 I scorn'd to lie ; . . . . What ails ye now t 
 
 Lie, Lye, Ly, to. 
 And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep, . S. Ca^ the Ewes. 
 In love to lie and languish, . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 Now Robin lies in his last lair, El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 To lye in kilns and barns at e'en, . . Ep. to Davie, 3. 
 An honest man here lies at rest, . . Epit. on a Friend, 
 Here lie the loving Husband's dear remains 
 
 Epit, for Authot^s Father, 
 
hie 
 
 278 
 
 Life 
 
 Here lyes a ni^n a woman rul'd, £^it. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes ; EpU. on noisy Polemic. 
 Here lies in earth a root of Hell,' . ' . Ej^it. on D. C. 
 
 Here lies with d«ath auld Grizei Grim. 
 
 Epit. on Grizei Grim. 
 
 Death, how^ horrid is thy taste 
 Toliewithsuchab ? . -. . , , ■ . . . lb. 
 
 Here lies J— n B~y, honest man Epit. on J. B—y, Writer. 
 Here lies Johnny Pidgeon, . . Epit. on J. Dove^ Innkeeper. 
 Here cursing, swearing B.urton lies, E^it.An Mr, Burton. 
 An' here his body lies fu' low . . Epit. on.weejohnie. 
 Here lies a mock Marquis . , Extim.on*tfieI^arquis.' 
 Wi cannie care, they've plac'd them [the stocks] 
 
 To lye [aboon the door] that .night. Halloween. S. 
 
 1 restless lie frae e'en to morn, S. How Itfng and dre/iry t 
 There the Lover's treasure lies. . . \.-^S. Jockey fQu\ 
 "But I maun lie before the storm, 
 
 "And ithers plant them in my room. Lament for Glencaim. 
 " For silent, low, on beds of dust, 
 
 " Lie' a' that would my .sorrows share. . . . lb. 
 " My noble master lies in clay ; , ,. > . . Jb. 
 But nought can glad the weary wight 
 
 That fast in durance lies. . I Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Maun lie in prison Strang. i . ■■ . . . lb. 
 
 Yet here I -lie in foreign bands, .. . . . ■ . lb. 
 The way to me lies through the kirk : 
 
 6". Lass, when yr ■mitker\ 
 Beneath that hallowed turf where Wallace lies ! . Liberty. 
 
 He who of R — k — n sang, lies stiff and dead, 
 
 ■ Lns while on Death&ed. 
 
 Here lies, now a prey to insulting neglect. 
 What once was a butterfly gay injifft^s beam : 
 
 Monody f on a Lady. Epit,. 
 And lie down wi' my Collier laddie. S. My Collier Laddie. 
 By Colin's cottage lies hi^ game, )., S. My Lord a-hunting \ 
 Wha will kiss me where I lie ? S. O wka viy babie-ciouts t 
 Here lie Willie M — hie's banes, . . On a Sckooltnaster. 
 With echo silent lies. . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 
 Low lies the hand that oft was stretch'd to save, 
 Low lies the heart that swell'd with honest pride ! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 My patriot falls, but shall he lie unsung, . . . lb. 
 Here lies a rose, a budding rose, . , On Poefs Daughter. 
 Or haply lies beneath th' Atlantic roar. Once fondly lov'd \ 
 th' untimely tomb where Riddel lies. Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles. 
 
 That lie between us and our hame^ . Tarn, o' Shanter. 
 There, low he lies, in lasting rest; [v.A.is] 
 
 Tani SamsotCs El.. 
 Tam Samson's weel-worn clay here Uesi . . lb. Epit. 
 Sires, mothers, children, in one carnage lie : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 ' Here lies a famous Bullock ! ' . ^ . . The Calf, 
 Or how the royal Bard did groaning lye,^ 
 Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 14. 
 There, groaning, dying, she did ly, The Death ofMailie. 
 But long ere night cut down it lies 
 
 All wither'd and decay'd. . . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 Her way may lie thro' rough distress . . The Lament. 
 And by them lies the dearest lad 
 
 That ever blest a woman's ee ! S. The lovely lass of In. t 
 There lies the dear partner of my breast, 
 
 S. The sun he is sunk t 
 There lie my sweet babies in her arms, . . . . /3. 
 The bonie lasses lie aspar, . . S, There was a ladi 
 But now the share uptcars thy^ bed, 
 
 And low thou lies 1 . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Lies, senseless of each tugging bitch's sOn. To E. G. qfE., 6. 
 Glencairn, the truly noble, lies in dust ; ; . '. lb. g. 
 And now what lands between us lie, . When I think on t 
 You, a charming lovely creature, 
 
 Wharefore wad ye lie y'er lane 1 S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and wise, 
 
 "Thefe solid self-enjoyment lies-; . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Lie*d. To hear the Moon sae sadly lie'd on 
 
 By word an' write. To W. Simison. P.S. 
 Uein' [lying]. 
 While new-light herds wi' laughin' spite, 
 
 Say neither's liein'. ■ . The Twa Herds. 9. 
 
 Lien [lain].. This seven lang years I hae lien by his side, 
 
 ^ ,^.S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 My auld grey head had lien in clay, 
 
 Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace ! ' - ' . S. The Union. 
 
 Ye hae lien wrang, lassie Ye've lien a' wrang ; 
 Ye've lien in some unco bed, . ' . S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Liege. Adieu, my Liege ! " ' . ' . .A Dream. 8. 
 
 Lieutenant. 
 Jamy Goose, Jamy Goose, ye ha'e made but toom roose. 
 
 In hunting the wicked Lieutenaiit ; . The KirU s Alarm. 
 Lieve [lief]. 
 As Ueve then I'd have then, 
 
 Your clerkship he sould sair, . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Life, life's mad career, Wild as the wave, A Bards Epit.. 
 Wha kensj before his life, may end, 
 
 What his share may be o' care man ? A Bottle and Friend. 
 When ebbing life nae mair shall flow, ' ' A Ded. to G. H.y 14. 
 
 in the vale of humble life, fi. /6. 
 
 For me, thank Gpd, my,life's a lease, 
 
 Nae bargain wearing faster, . .' A Dream. 6. 
 
 But ere the course o' life be through, 
 
 It may be bitter sautet : . . . .lb, /j". 
 
 If I have.wand'er'd in those paths ■ 
 
 Of life I ought to shun ; A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 While the sands o' life shall run. . . S. A red^ red Rose. 
 Long life, my Lord, and health be yoursj Add. of Beelzebub. 
 May twin auld Scotland o' a life 
 
 She likes— as Butchers like a knife \ .... lb. 
 That so much laughter, so much life enjoyed; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, . Add, to Unco Guid. 
 See Social-life and Glee sit down, 
 
 All joyous and unthinking, . - . . Ib.5. 
 
 But life to me's a weary dream, 
 
 A dream of ane that never wauks. 
 
 S. Agqin rejoicing Nature\ 
 Life to me how dreary ! . . . ^S". Ay waking, \ 
 
 Nae ither care in life have \, 
 
 But live, an' love my Nanie, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 Thus seasons dancing, life advancing, . 
 
 Old Time and Nature their changes tell, -5". Bonie Bell. 
 Now life is a burden that bows me down, S..Byyon castle wd t 
 And robb'd him at once of his hopes and his life : 
 
 S. Caledonia. 3. 
 If I had twenty thousand lives, 
 
 I'd die as aft for Charlie. . . S. Come boat me o'er. 
 I ask for dearest life alone, 
 
 That I may live to love her. S, Come, let me take thee t 
 But man is a soldier, and life is a faught : 
 
 S. Contented wi little t 
 And a' my days o' life to come , . 
 
 I'll gratefully adore thee. . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 O Life, thou art a galling load, 
 Along a rough, a weary road, 
 
 To wretches such as I ! . Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 Happy ! ye sons of Busy-life, . . . ".• . . lb. 2. 
 And hast thou crost that unknown river, 
 
 Life's dreary bound ! El. on Capt. M. H., /S- 
 If thou at Friendship's sacred ca' 
 
 Wad life itself resign, lb., Epit. 
 
 Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, El. on Miss Btemet. ■ 
 
 O Death hadst thou but spar'd his life, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Sguire. 
 
 For still th' important end of life, 
 
 They [wha fa'] equally may answer : ^. to Young Friend. 4.. 
 But when on life we're tempest driven, ^. ' . . lb. 10. 
 This life has joys for you and I ; . . Ep. to Davie. 8. . 
 For life and spunk like ither Christians, 
 I'm dwindled down to mere existence. Ep. to H. Parker. 
 It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, ^ 
 
 A' to the life. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, j. 
 
 May still your life from day to day, ' 
 
 Nae "lente largo " in the play, Ep. to MaJ. Logan. S- 
 
 A mortal quite unfit for fortune's strife, 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Weak, timid landsmen on life's stormy main ! . . Ib.S' 
 Who life and wisdom at one race begun, . . .lb. 
 Friend of my life, true patron of my rhymes ! . . lb. 
 Seek not the proofs in private life to find ; . . .lb. 
 Who in his life did little good, . Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 When they wha wad hae starv'd thy life 
 Thy senseless turf adorn ! Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 
Life 
 
 279 
 
 Life 
 
 Depriv'd of thee, his life and light, 
 
 S. Farewell^ dear mistress t 
 Thou grim King of Terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou /air day \ 
 While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands, 
 
 O, who would not die with the brave! . . . lb. 
 I've liv'd a life of sturt sind strife, S. Farewell^ ye dung-eons t 
 And with him all the joys are fled, 
 
 Life can to me impart. . . S. Fate gave the word, f 
 
 And by that life, I'm promised mair o't, 
 
 Friend of the Poet t P.S. 
 What signifies the life o' man, 
 
 . An"twerenaforthe. lasses, O. 5". Green grow the Rashes. 
 . .Such was my life's .deceitful morning, S. I dream' d I lay t 
 
 Oh, thoughtless lassie, i life's a fecht, 
 1 The canniest gate, the strife is sair ; S. In simmer when t 
 And still as signs of life appeared, 
 
 They toss'd him to aiid fro. . John Barleycorn. 
 
 For all the life of life is dead, . . Lament/or Glencaim. 
 1 So e'en to preserve the poor body in life, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 
 ■ There's nae life like the Ploughman in the month o' sweet May. 
 
 Lns on a Ploughman. 
 To think life's sun' did set;ere well begun 
 To shed its influence oa thy bright career. Lns on Fergusson. 
 
 ■ But see him [man] on the edge of life, 
 
 Man was ynade to mourn. 
 Thro' vfeary life this lesson learn, . . . , lb. 6. 
 
 ■What once was a butterfly gay in life's beam : 
 \ . Monody^ on a Lady. Epit.. 
 
 Thus all obscure, unknown^ and poor, 
 Thro' life I'm doom'd to wander, O, 
 
 S. My father was a/armer^ 
 And other Poets sing of wars, 
 
 The plagues of human life; . ,. . Nature's Law. 
 
 . * Life's cares they are, comforts '—a maxim laid down 
 By the Bard, what d'ye call him, that wore the black gown ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 My life was ance that careless stream, 
 
 S. Now Spring has cladi 
 Amid life's thorny path o' care. 6". O banie was yon rosy t 
 
 O why should Fate such pleasure have, 
 
 . Life's dearest bands untwining ? S. O poortitk cauldf 
 
 O'er life's rough ocean driven, S. O Thou dread Pow'r^ 
 
 ' ■ while life's dearest blood is warm, S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 ' The frost that freezes the life at my breast, 
 
 ■ S. Oh, open the door \ 
 And life's poor season peaceful spend. On scaring Water-fowl. 
 The bitter little that of life remains : On seeing wouTided Hare. 
 Who heals life's various. stounds, On Birth ofPostk. Child. 
 And sigh for this life's latest morrow. On Death offav. Child. 
 ' Life's social haunts and pleasures I resign, 
 
 On Death of R . Dundas. 
 Dame life, tho' fiction out may trick her, . Poem on Life. 
 .Now life's chilly evening dim shades on your eye, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Nor even the man in private life forgot ; 
 , _ , , Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 Life, thou soul of every blessmg. 
 
 Load to misery most distressing, S. Raving winds t 
 
 Tho' life's a gift no worth receivin, 
 
 When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin, Scotch Drink. S- 
 The wheels o' life gae down-hill scrievin, « 
 
 Wi' rattlin glee /^. 
 
 Thou art the life o' public haunts ; ' . *. /^. g^ 
 
 And tho' your fathers, prodigal'ofiife, 
 
 A Douglas follow'd to the martial strife, [v.A.12] 
 
 ■ _,, _ ,.^ . ■ Scots Prologue. 
 
 That future-life in worlds unknown 
 
 Must take its hue from this alone ; Sketch, New-Yf's Day. 
 (A sight life's sorrows to repulse, . ■ . . lb. 
 
 'Tis then — 'tis then, I wake to life and joy ! 
 
 S. Sleep' st thou or ivak'st t 
 Life's poor day I'll musing rave, S. Streams that glided 
 
 O'er a' the ills o' life victorious 1 . Tavi o' Shanter. 6. 
 
 Put life and mettle in their heels. . lb. iz. 
 
 Whom his ain son o' life bereft, . . . , lb. 
 
 The saul o' life, the heav'n below, 
 
 Is rapture-giving woman. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene ; 
 
 The Coitef^s Sat. Night. 
 And in his Book of Life the inmates poor enroll. . lb. 77. 
 And O may Heaven their simple lives prevent 
 
 From luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! , lb. 20. 
 
 that grim foe of life below, . . S. The day returns f 
 ■ 0*bid-him save their harmless lives, The'Death ofMailie. 
 Friend, o' my muse, friend o' my life. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 in life where-evpr plac'd, .... The ist Psalm. 
 Curs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 And hither came, with men disgusted, 
 
 My life to end. . . The Hertnit. 
 
 I wear away My life, and in my office holy 
 
 Consume the day. . . lb. 
 
 " Let me, O Lord! from life retire, ... lb. 
 
 Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle, . . The Inventory. 
 
 If we lead a life of pleasure, 
 
 'Tis no matter how or where. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Life is all a variorum, lb. 
 
 She rnade me weary of my life. 
 
 By 9ne unruly member. . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 But, to' my comfort be it spoke, 
 
 Now, now her life is ended. . ... lb. 
 
 And your life like the new driven snaw, The Kirk's Alarin. 
 How life and love are all a dream! . The Lament. 
 
 Alas ! Life's path may be unsmboth ! . . . lb. 
 
 Life's weary vale I'll wander thro' ; . . . lb. 
 
 How, little of life's scanty span may remain ; 
 
 S. The lazy vtist + 
 Life is not worth having with all it can give, lb. 
 
 I'll make thy days easy the rest of thy life; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 That to my latest draught o' life the band shall ne'er remove, 
 
 S. Tlie Posie. 
 There taste that life of life — immortal love. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 When, gin the truth were a' but kent, 
 ■ Her^hfe's been waur than mine. 
 
 The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Now life's poor support, hardly earn'd, 
 
 My fate will scarce bestow : . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Witjiout thjs tree, alake this life 
 
 Is but a vale o' woe. man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 What sort o' life poor dogs like you have ; 
 An' when the gentry's life I saw, . The Twa Dogs. 7. 
 
 The dearest comfort o' their lives, 
 
 Their''grushie weans an' faithfu' wives ; . . lb. if. 
 
 When rural life, of ev'ry station. 
 
 Unite in common recreation ; . . lb. ig. 
 
 Sure great folk's life's a life o' pleasure ? . lb. 27. 
 
 Niest day their life is past enduring. ... lb. 32. 
 
 But this is Gentry's life in common. . . lb. 34. 
 
 I think ray wife will end her life. 
 
 Before she spin her tow. . . S, The weary Pund. 
 I hae been a de'il now the feck o' my life, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 What is life when wanting love? . S. Thine am /f 
 
 On Life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Since, thy gay morn of life o'ercast, 
 
 Chill came the tempest's lour ; . . . To Chloris. 
 
 Since life's gay scenes must charm no more, . . , lb. 
 Nor life nor soul was ever half so dear ! . To Clarinda. 
 To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, 
 That's the true pathos and sublime Of human life. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 This life, sae far's I understand, 
 
 Is a' enchanted fairy-land, . . . . ToJ.S., 12. 
 , When ance life's day draws near the gloamin, . lb. 14. 
 
 O Life,! how pleasant in thy morning, 
 .Young Fancy s rays the hills .adorning! . lb. ij. 
 
 Your lives, a dyke ! lb. 26. 
 
 His well-won bays, than life itself more dear, 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.,s. 
 The hapless Poet flounders on thro' life. . lb. 
 
 Thro' a long life his hopes and wishes crown ; . .lb. 9. 
 Give energy to Hfe ; and soothe his latest breath, . lb. 
 
 And, thou grim Pow'r, by Life abhorr'd, 
 While life a pleasure can afford, 
 
 When shall my soul, in silent peace, 
 
 Resign Life s joyless day? . 
 I see thy life is stuff o' prief. 
 
 Scarce quite half-worn. 
 Summer kindly warms, Wi' life an' light, 
 
 . To Ruin. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 To Terraughty. 
 To W. Simpson, 
 
Life 
 
 280 
 
 Light 
 
 While the life beats in my bosom, 
 Thou shalt mix in ilka throe : 
 
 S. Turn ag-ain, thou t 
 V.s to Landlady. 
 
 . What ails ye now t 
 S. When wild War' si 
 
 A Winter Night. 
 
 S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 
 S. Lirnely Davies. 
 
 S. O Willie drew'df 
 
 And, while I toddle on through lifCi 
 
 I'll ne'er gang by your door. 
 As fiU'd his after life wi' grief 
 
 An' bloody rants, 
 Where early life I sported ; . 
 Life is but a day at most. 
 
 Sprung from night, in darkness lost ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Life's meridian flaming nigh. ... lb. 
 
 Life's proud summits wouldst thou scale? lb. 
 
 As life itself becomes disease 
 
 Seek the chimney-nook of ease. . , lb. 
 
 Till Future Life, future no more. 
 
 To light and joy the good restore, lb. 
 
 For dear to me as light and life 
 Was my sweet Highland Mary. 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams f 
 Or hunt a Parent's life Wi' bludie war. . S. Ye Jacobites t 
 Life-blood. 
 The life-blood streaming thro' my heart, Ep. to Davie, g. 
 And while my heart wi' life-blood dunted 
 
 I'd bear't in mind. . . Friend of the poet^ 
 While subtile Litigation's pliant tongue 
 The life-blood equal sucks of Right and Wrong : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Chilly Grief my life-blood freezes, . . S. Raving' winds t 
 Life-giving', 
 
 Life-giving wars of Venus. . Lns on Window, Gl. Tav. 
 Life-guard. 
 
 Gie fine braw claes to fine Life-guards, . . To/. S., 22. 
 Lifeless. No fear more, no tear more. 
 
 To stain my lifeless face, . . To Ruin. 
 
 Lift [the sky], 
 
 Athort the lift they [northern lights] start and shift, A Vision. 
 When Phoebus gies a short-liv'd glow'r, 
 
 Far south the lift, . 
 While day blinks in the lift sae hie ; 
 Her smile's a gift frae 'boon the lift, 
 That's blinking in the lift sae hie ; 
 When lightnings fire the stormy lift, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 I'll bless her and wiss her 
 A Friend above the Lift. . Wr. on Leaf of ^^H. More." 
 Lift [a large quantity, as much as one may lift], 
 
 Gie me o' wit an' sense a lift, . Ep. to J. L — k., Ap. 2isi. 
 
 Lift. Ramsay an' famous Fergusson 
 
 Gied Forth an' Tay a lift aboon ; . To W. Simpson. 
 To gie the jars an' barrels A lift . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Liftj to. An' I'll ne'er lift a lawless 1-g 
 
 Again upon her. Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 If sae, thy han' maun e'en be home. 
 
 Until thou lift it lb. g. 
 
 Blythe morning lifts his rosy eye, . lS". O Logan, sweetly t 
 Lifts high its roof and arches wide, . On Lincluden. 
 
 Rosy mom now lifts his eye, . S. Slee^'st thou, or wak'si t 
 The tender flower that lifts its head, elate. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Thou lifts thy unassuming head 
 
 In humble guise ; . To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 Lifted. With grateful lifted eyes, . . Epit. on a Laird. 
 With accents wild and lifted arms she cried ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Fu' lifted up wi' Hebrew lore, 
 And band upon his breastie ; 
 A better never lifted leg, 
 Wi' glowrin een, an' lifted ban's, . 
 If I may dare a lifted eye to thee, . 
 Light, adj., adv.. 
 Your Hand's owre light on them, I fear 
 Are their hearts as light as ours 
 Beneath the milkwhite thorn ? 
 As light's a bird upon a thorn. 
 Light lay the earth on Billy's breast, 
 As light as the air, and fause as thou's fair, ^S". Eppie M^Nah. 
 Upon thatnight, when Fairies light, 
 
 On Cassilis Downans dance, , . . Halloween. 
 ' An' he made unco light o't ; . . . ... .lb. 
 
 Light is the burden love lays on ; , S. In simmer when f 
 
 Her robes, light waving in the breeze, S. On a bank offlowers\ 
 
 On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Tarn d' Shanier. g. 
 
 The Death of Mailie. 
 
 Why am I loth t 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 S. Behold, 7ny love, t 
 
 S. Blythe was she, t 
 
 Epig. on Coxcomb. 
 
 Sits meek content with light unanxious heart, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 There's some great folks set light by me, 
 
 I set as light by them ; . , The Election Ballads. I 
 For Murray's light horse are to muster, . . lb. HI. 
 As light as ony lambie, .... The Holy Fair. 3. 
 ' Know, the great Genius of this Land, 
 ' Has many a light, aerial band, , . The Vision, D. II. 3. 
 But did na Jeanie's heart lowp light, S. There was a lass t 
 Maks Hours like Minutes, hand in hand, 
 
 Dance by fu' light To J. S., n. 
 
 A leal, light heart was in my breast, S. When wild Wa^s t 
 My purse is light, I've far to gang, . /3_ 
 
 No more I trace the light footsteps of pleasure, 
 
 S. Where are the joys t 
 Light-arm'd, 
 
 Craigdarrochledalight-arm'dcore, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Light, i . The cauld blue north was streaming forth Her lights, 
 
 A Vision. 4. 
 They ! — they be d — d ! what right hae they 
 To meat, or sleep, or light o' day? Add. of Beelzebub. 3. 
 
 The stars shot down wi' sklentan light, Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 And when the lark, 'tween li^ht and dark, 
 Blythe waukens by the daisy's side, 
 
 .S". Again rejoic. Nature t 
 A burning an' a shining light. . Anld comrade, t 
 
 His soul, was like the glorious sun, 
 
 A matchless Heavenly Light ! . . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 Mourn him thou Sun, great source of light ; . . lb. 14. 
 If thou on men, their works and ways, 
 
 Canst throw uncommon light, . . .lb. Epit. 
 
 And virtue's light that beams beyond the spheres ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Poor, thoughtless devils ! yet may shine 
 
 In glorious light, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 21st, tb. 
 Or [their soul] in some day-detesting owl 
 
 May shun the light. ... lb. ly. 
 
 Be't light, be't dark, 
 Sir Bard will do himself the pleasure Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 Depriv'd of thee, his life and light, S. Farewell, dearmistress\ 
 No other light shall guide my steps . ... lb. 
 Now farewell, light, thou sunshine bright, 
 
 S, Farewell J ye dungeons f 
 But we'll ne'er stray for faute o' light, S. Gane is the day \ 
 A burnin' an' a shinin' light, . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 2. 
 More sweet than the light to my eye. S. My Love's a winsome f 
 But gleg as light are lovers' een, S. O this is no my ain f 
 
 Till fley'd awa' by Phcebus' light. . . S. were my love t 
 Fair beaming, and streaming, 
 
 Her silver light the bouglS amang ; . S. Sm flaxen f 
 
 When skirlin weanies see the light, . Scotch Drink, iz. 
 In pride of beauty's light ; . S. Sleep' st thou, orwak'st\ 
 She ventured forward on the light ; . Tarn d SJianter. 11. 
 
 Each in its cauld hand held a light lb. 
 
 Presided o'er the Sons of light : The Farewell. To St. fs L.. 
 The rising sun, our Galston Muirs, 
 
 Wi' glorious light was glintan ; . . The Holy Fair. 
 
 Beneath the moon's unclouded light, 
 
 I held awa to Annie : S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 Deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw 
 
 A lustre grand ; . The Vision. D. 1. 12. 
 ' But yet the light that led astray, 
 
 ' Was light from Heaven. . lb. D. II. 17. 
 And, like a passing thought, she fled, 
 
 In light away lb. 23. 
 
 Though Fate said, a hero should perish in light ; 
 
 ■ The Whistle. 16. 
 And dear to my heart as the light to my e'e. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 Beneath what light she has remaining, 
 
 Let's sing our sang. . . To J. S., 20. 
 
 Never baleful stellar lights. 
 
 Taint thee with untimely blights ! . .To Miss C. 
 
 And hear him curse the life "he first surveyed, ToR. G. ofF.. 
 Thou orb of day ! thou other paler light! To R. Graham 
 
 Whether the summer kindly warms, 
 
 Wi' life and light, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 To light and joy the good restore. 
 
 To light and joy unknown before. Wr. in Friars Carse H.. 
 For dear to me as light and life 
 
 Was my sweet Highland Mary. 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes and streams \ 
 
Liffht 
 
 281 
 
 lily 
 
 Light, to, 
 O! soon, to me, may summer-suns 
 
 Nae mair light up the morn ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 When Cynthia lights wi' silver ray, 
 
 The weary shearer's hameward way, Lassitwi ihelintwhite\ 
 Me, no cheerful twinkle lights me ; , S, One fond kiss t 
 
 We'll light a spunk, and, ev'ry skin, 
 We'll rin them aff in fusion Like oil, some day. 
 
 The Ordination. 14. 
 Light, to [alight]. 
 I'll light now, and dight now, 
 
 His sweaty wizeh'd hide. . . . E^. to Davie, ji^ 
 If in your bounds ye chance to light 
 
 Upon a fine fat fodgel wight, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 She'll gie ye a heck, and bid ye light, Tke Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Lighted, 
 
 Let minstrels sweep the skilful string, 
 
 In lordly, lighted ha' : . . . S. Behold, my love^ 
 
 Whose soul of fire, lighted at heaven's high flame, 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Yestreen, when to the trembling string 
 The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', 
 
 S. O Mary at tky window t 
 I see her yet, the sonsy quean. 
 That lighted up my jingle ; . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Lighted [alighted]. 
 HadKirk and State been in the gate, 
 
 I lighted when she bade nje. . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 At gloamin-shote it was, I wat, 
 I lighted on the Monday ; ... , lb. 
 
 Lighten. It lightens, it brightens, 
 
 The tenebrific scene, . E^. io Davie. 10. 
 
 Not the Poet in the moment 
 Fancy lightens in his ee', . S. Turn again thou fair t 
 Lightened. Misfortune's lightened steps might wander wild ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Lighter. 
 There's no a heart in a' the land, 
 
 But's lighter at the news o't. . The nohle Maxwells^ 
 Does the train-attended Carnage 
 
 Thro' the country lighter rove ? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 The blythest bird upon the bush, 
 Had ne'er a lighter heart than she. 
 
 S. There was a lass. and\ 
 Lightly. 
 Or lightly flit on wanton wing S, Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 As o'er the moor they lightly foor, S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 O tread ye lightly on his grass, . . , Epii. on Wag. 
 Fu' lightly rase I on the morn. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 For summer lightly dress'd, .S.Ona hank of flowers'^ 
 
 Or speakin lightly o' their Limmer, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, S. Their groves of\ 
 Ance lightly lap ye owre the knowe, S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Fu' lightly danc'd he in the ha'. . . S. Young Jockey \ 
 Lightly-jumping. The lightly-jumping, glowrin trouts, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Lightly, to [depreciate, slight]. 
 
 For lack o' gear ye lightly me, . . S,0 Tibbie 1 1 
 
 And whyles ye may lightly my beauty a wee ; S. O whistle t 
 Lightning. The lightning of her eye in tears imbued. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The lightnings flash from pole to pole ; Tarn d Shanter. 10. 
 When lightnings fire the stormy lift, 
 , . , ^ The Election Ballads. VI 
 
 Lightsome. 
 Come let us spend the lightsome days 
 
 In the birks of Aherfeldy. . S, Bonie Lassie, will ye go \ 
 When I think on the lightsome days 
 
 I spent wi' thee, my dearie ; S. How lang and dreary \ 
 Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, 
 
 S, The Banks ofDoon. Sett. II. 
 And I hae lost my lightsome heart, 
 , , , ^ , The Ruined Maid^s Lament. 
 
 Lightsomely. 
 
 As lightsomely I glowr'd abroad, . . The Holy Fair. ^. 
 Like. Though like as was ever twin brother to brother. 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 Let them do the like, . . . S. Hey ca' thro\ 
 
 The like has been that you' may wear 
 
 A noble head of horns. . ... The Calf. 
 
 As whiles they're like to be my dead, . To W. Simpson, s. 
 'Bout which our herds sae aft hae been 
 
 Maist like to fight. . . , , lb. P.S. 
 2N 
 
 Like, to. 
 
 She likes—as Butchers like a Knife! . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 In lanely glens ye like to stray ; . , Add, to the Deil-S. 
 " Love, I like the burn, 
 
 And ay shall follow you." . S. As down the bum t 
 
 As ill I like my fauts to tell ; . Ep. ioj. L—k, Ap. isi, 16. 
 I like the lasses — Gude forgie me ! ... lb. ly. 
 I dinna like to see your face, 
 
 Nor hear your crack. ... lb. 20, 
 A blessing on the cheery gang 
 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 But still, but still, I like them dearly . . . lb. g. 
 
 Lads like lasses weel, And lasses lads too. 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 And that's the way I like to do. . . S. John, come kiss. 
 That ye can please me at a wink, 
 
 Whene'er ye like to try S. O Tibbie ! \ 
 
 I dearly like the west, , . . , S. OfcC the airts t 
 Wha dearly like a random-splore ; On Scot. Bard gne io W. I. 
 We're your ain bairns, e'en guide us as ye like, Scots Prologue. 
 But I will send to London town 
 
 Whom I like best at hame. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Whase ain dear lass, that he likes best, 
 
 Comes clinkan down beside him ! . The Holy Fair, 11. 
 Enough of ought ye like but grace ; . The Inventory. 
 
 An' at our leisure when ye like 
 
 We'll whistle owre the lave o't. . The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 
 I like the jads for a' that lb. S. VII, 
 
 He rises when he likes himsel; . . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 This chap will dearly like our kin*, S. There was a lad t 
 
 As them wha like to taste the drappie There's naethin like t 
 It's no I like to sit an' swallow, 
 
 Then like a swine to puke an* wallow, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 An honest man may like a glass. 
 
 An honest man may like a lass, , To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 
 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies ; To W. Simpson. 
 ' Or gin ye like to end the bother, . . What ails ye now t 
 A bonie lass, I like her best, . . S. Women's Minds. 
 
 Liked, -*d. I said he might die when he liked for Jean ; 
 
 .S". Last May a braw wooer ^ 
 And weel he lik'd to shed their bluid, 
 
 And sell their skin. . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 Liken. 
 
 To liken them to your auld-warld squad, 
 I must needs say, comparisons are odd. The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Likeness. 
 His likeness cam' up the house stalking, . S. Tam. Glen. 
 Their likeness is not found on earth, in air, or sea. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Liking. 
 The more incapacity they bring, 
 The more they're to your liking. . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Lilac. 
 
 O were my love yon lilac fair, 
 With purple blossoms to the spring ; S. O were my love t 
 Lilt [sing]. An' lilt wi' holy clangor ; . The Ordination. 3. 
 Lily. 
 How fair and how pure is the lily, .5*. Adown winding Nith t 
 Hast thou found that beauty's lillies 
 
 Were not made for aye to last 1 . . . Blue Bonnets. 
 Let Bourbon exult in his gay, gilded lilies, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 Her heaving bosom, lily white, . S. I gaed a wae/u' f 
 
 For the lily in the bud will be bonier yet. 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann, 
 Now blooms the lily by the bank, Lament of Maty of Scots, 
 A lily in a wilderness. . . . S, My Lord a-hunting\ 
 The lily's hue, the rose's dye, . . S. My Mary's face t 
 The springing lilies sweetly press'd, 
 Wild wanton kiss'd her rival breast ; 
 
 X On a bank of powers t 
 But may ye flourish like a lily, On Scot. Bard gne to W. I. 
 While peaches, and cherries, and roses and lilies, 
 
 They fade and they wither awa, man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Fairest flow'r ! behold the lily, 
 
 Blooming in the sunny ray ; . . , S. Sensibility,^ 
 And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18. 
 Her cheeks like lilies dipt in wine, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
Lily 
 
 282 
 
 Lintwhite 
 
 The lily it is pure, and the lily it is fair. 
 
 And in her lovely bosom I'll place the lily there ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 
 Ae ev'ning on the lily lea? . . S. There was a lass t 
 ; The simmer lillies bloom in snaw, . . S. To daunton me. 
 And sweet is the lily at evening close ; 
 
 S. True-hearted was he t 
 
 Unseen is the Hly, unheeded the rose Ih. 
 
 The lily's hue and rose's dye 
 
 Bespoke the lass o' Ballochmyle. lS". Twos even — the dewy \ 
 Twice a lily flower will be him sark and cravat ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Syne pale like ony lily, . . . S. When wild Wars t 
 Lily-white. 
 
 And plight me your lily-white hand ; . S. To Mary. 
 
 Limb. 'Twas neither broken wing nor limb, Ep. to J. R.j iz. 
 AVelcome the hour, my aged limbs 
 
 Are laid with thee at rest ! Man was made to mourn. 
 
 Sae sweetly move her genty limbs, S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean, 
 
 S. O were I on Parnass. t 
 Her tender limbs embrace, . 5. On a hank qfjlowers \ 
 And there I left for witness, an arm and a limb ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Her strappan limb an' gausy middle, . . . Ih. R. V. 
 Her limbs the polish'd marble stane, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the hed. 
 Limbie [dim. ^limb]. 
 Wha by Castalia's wimplin streamies, ^ 
 
 Lowp, sing, and lave your pretty limbies, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Lime. Vour ruin'd, formless bulk o* stane and lime, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 O sweet grows the lime and the orange, . To Mary. 
 
 Limmer [a strumpet ; a kept mistress]. 
 StDl persecuted by the limmer 
 
 Frae year to year ; Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. 2ist^ lo. 
 ' Ye little Skelpie-limmer's-face ! . . Halloween. 14. 
 
 Or speakin lightly o' their Limmer, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 Limp. My spavet Pegasus will limp, 
 
 Till ance he s fairly het ; , . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 Limpan, -in, 
 Na, even tho' limpan wi' the spavie 
 
 Frae door tae door. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Tho' limpan wi' the Spavie, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 
 Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter ; S. Willie Wastle + 
 
 Limpet, -it [limped]. 
 Nor limpet in poetic shackles ; . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Owre mony a weary hag he limpit, Tarn Savisotis El.^ 10. 
 Limpid. Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse 
 
 To the sun-brcwn'd Arab s lip ; Delia^ an Ode. 
 
 " Thou foundst me like the morning sun 
 
 " That melts the fogs in limpid air. Lament for Glencairn. 
 Or mus'd where limpid streams once hallowM, well, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The limpid streamlet yonder flowing 
 
 Supplying drink, The Hermit. 
 
 Lin V. Linn. 
 
 Lincluden. Lincluden's ugly witch ; Epii. on Grizel Grim. 
 Lindsay. Will ye go to the Highlands, Leezie Lindsay, [re.l 
 
 S. Leezie Lindsay. 
 Line, the. 
 Than a' the pride that loads the tide. 
 And crosses o'er the sultry line ; S. The day returns \ 
 
 Line, brave Caledonia, the chief of her line, S. Caledonia. 
 And pours his vengeance in the burning line, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Twa lines frae you wad gar me fissle, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st J 2Z. 
 sordid sons o' Mammon's line . . 73., Ap. 2isi, 16. 
 
 There ne'er was a coward o' Kenmure's blude, 
 
 Nor yet o' Gordon's line. S. O Kenmure's on and ama \ 
 Bright ran thy line, O G— . , . On same Lord G. 
 The injur'd Stuart line is gone, On Window at Stirling. 
 
 In thy sweet Caledonian lines ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Thanks to you for your line. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 That you may keep th' unerring line, 
 Still rising by the plummet's law, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Whoe'er thou art, these lines now reading. The Hennit. 
 
 " Thy line, that have struggled for freedom with Bruce, 
 
 The Whistle. 
 
 in her rough imperfect line . . To Rev. J. M*Maih. 
 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line ; . ToW. Simpson. 
 To rule their torrent in th' allowed line ; Why am I loth t 
 Lines. 
 leaves the tartaned lines, For other wars, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 In lines extended lang and large, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 I left the lines and tented field, . S. When wild Waj^s\ 
 Linger. If, hapless chance ! they linger lang, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Lingering, -'ring. 
 And singing, lone, the ling'ring hours, Add. to Edinburgh. 
 I see the hours, in lon^ array. 
 
 That I must suffer, lingenng, slow. . The Lament. 7. 
 When the lingering moments are number'd wi* care? 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice \ 
 When ling'ring lips no more must join ; . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, 
 
 ■S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Lining. Here's the stuff and lining, 
 
 O' Cardoness' head ; The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Twa had manteeles o' dolefu' black, 
 But anewi' lyart lining; . . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 Lingo. And [Bards] ken the lingo of the sp'ritual folk; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Link. Her hair was like the links o' gowd, 
 
 S, The Lass that made the hed. 
 Linkan [tripping]. 
 Some luckless hpur will send him linkan, 
 
 To your black pit ; . Add. to the Deil. 20. 
 Linked. 
 
 With linked hands we took the sands, S. As I gaed upby\ 
 Linket [tripped deftly]. 
 
 And linket at it in her sark ! . Tarn 0' Shanter. 12. 
 
 Linkum-doddie. 
 
 The spot they ca'd it Linkum-doddie, . .S". Willie Wastle f 
 Linn, Lin [a waterfall, cascade]. 
 White o'er the linns the burnie pours, 
 
 S. Bonnie Lassie., will ye go t 
 Spak o' louping o'er a linn ; . . . S. Duncan Gray f 
 Or foaming, Strang, wi' hasty stens, 
 
 Frae lin to lin. El. on Capt. M. H., 4. 
 
 Or torrents owre a linn, . . Extent, in Court of Session. 
 Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays, . . Halloween. 2$. 
 There, high my boiling_ torrent smokes. 
 
 Wild-roaring o'er a linn : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 We heard nought but the roaring linn, 
 
 S. What will I do gin \ 
 Linnen. Blest be the hour she cool'd in her linnens, 
 
 S. O merry hae I been t 
 
 Been snaw-white seventeen hunder linnen ! Tarn d Shanter. 13. 
 Linnet. Within the bush, her covert nest 
 
 A little linnet fondly prest, . S. A Rosebud hy\ 
 When linnets sang, and lammies play'd, As on the hanks f 
 Ye tiny elves that guiltless sport. 
 
 Like linnets in the bush, . . Despondency, an Ode-S- 
 The mother linnet in the brake 
 
 Bewails her ravish'd young ; . S. Fate gave the word^ \ 
 Which [Floweret], save the linnet's iiight, I wot, 
 
 Nae ruder visit knows, . S. Now Spring has clad \ 
 
 The spreading thorn [o'erhangs] the Linnet. 
 
 S, Now wesilin winds t 
 In twining hazel bowers, 
 
 His lay the linnet pours ; . S. Sleep'st thou, or wak'si t 
 The chanting linnet, or the mellow thrush, The Brigs if Ayr. 
 
 May have charms for the linnet and the bee ; 
 
 S. The winter it is past \ 
 
 A-listening the linnet, oft wanders my Jean. 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 
 chearful peace, with linnet song, , Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Lint [flax; "i' the bell," In flower]. 
 How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' Lint was i' the hell. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. //. 
 I bought my wife a stane o' lint, . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 Lintwhite [of the colour of lint or flax]. 
 
 Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks, S. Lassie wS the lintwhite t 
 Lintwhite [a linnet]. 
 
 In vain to me, in glen or shaw, 
 The mavis and the lintwhite sing. 
 
 ^. Again rejoicing Natures 
 
 The lintwhites in the hazel braes, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
Lintwhite 
 
 2S3 
 
 Little 
 
 The blackbird strong, the lintwhite clear. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But hawks will rob the tender joys 
 That bless the little lintwhite's nest ; 
 
 ^. There was a lass and \ 
 When lintwhites chant amang the buds, To W, Simpson. 
 Lion. Old Scotia's bloody lion bore : Add. to Edinburgh. 7, 
 Whyles, ranging like a roaran lion, . Add. to the Deil. 
 A lambkin in peace, but a lion in war, . . S. Caledonia. 
 The Anglian lion, the terror of France, . ... lb. 
 Like ^sop's Lion, Burns says, sore I feel 
 All others scorn — but damn that ass's heel. 
 
 Reply to a Reproof 
 Whistling his [combustion's] roaring pack abroad, 
 
 Of mad, unmuzzled lions ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The lion and the bull thy [Nature's] care have found, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.. 
 Lioness. 
 My voice, a lioness that mourns 
 Her darling cub's undoing I The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Lip, The rose-bud's the blush 0* my charmer, 
 Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest : 
 
 S, A down winding Nith t 
 And on thy lips I seal my vow, S. An' I'll kiss theeyet\ 
 
 Sweet the streamlet's Umpid lapse 
 
 To the sun-brown'd Arab s lip ; . . . Delia, an Ode. 
 But, Delia, on thy balmy lips 
 
 Let me, no vagrant insect, rove ! . . . .lb. 
 
 His hzdy lips wad licket at her. . . S. Donald Brodie f 
 Her lips are roses wet wi' dew! . .S". Her Rowing locks t 
 wi' hingiq' lips and snakin', . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 Her lips like roses wet wi' dew, . S. I gaeda luaeju' t 
 
 ' Compar'd wi' my delight is poor 
 
 ' Upon the lips o' Phely. . . . S.O Phely, t 
 
 Thy tempting lips, thy glancing e'en, 
 
 S, O were I on Pamass.\ 
 Thy lips are as sweet and thy figure' compleat, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben \ 
 Her Hps still as she fragrant breath'd, 
 
 It richer dy^'d the rose. . S. On a bank ofJlowers\ 
 
 Her lips are like the cherries ripe, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Unto these rosy lips to grow ; . . ^S". Saejlaxen t 
 
 Was naething to my hinny bliss 
 
 Upon the lips o* Anna. ^S". Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 
 She put the cup to her rosy lip 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Take away these rosy lips, 
 
 Rich with balmy treasure : . . . S. Thine ant I\ 
 When ling'ring lips no more must join ; To a Kiss. 
 
 pale, pale now, those rosy lips 
 I aft hae kiss'd sae fondly 1 
 
 S, Ye banks, a7id braes, andstrea7ns t 
 Her lips more than- the cherries bright, S. Young Peggy t 
 Lippen'd [tpusted-]. 
 
 1 lippen'd to the chiel in trouth, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Lippie idim. of lip]. 
 
 My blessins upon thy sweet, wee lippie! S.Owkarcdidyeget\ 
 
 Liquid, O let me steal one liquid kiss ! . . Delia, an Ode. 
 
 The liquid fire of strong desire . . . Natures Law. 
 
 In these savage, liquid plains, . On scaring Waterfeywl. 
 
 Liquor. 
 
 An' liquor guid to fire his bluid, Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 
 daily weet their weason Wi' liquors nice, . lb. 14. 
 
 Lisp. Inspire me, till I lisp an' wink. 
 
 To sing thy name ! . . Scotch Drink, z. 
 Lisping". The lisping infant prattling on his knee, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 List. But gif ye want ae friend that's true, 
 
 I'm on your list. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. isi, /j. 
 I send you here a faithfu' list, 
 
 O' gudes an' gear an' a' my graith, , The Inventory. 
 
 This list wi' my ain han' I wrote it, ... . lb. 
 Listed. 
 He was a care-defying blade. 
 As ever Bacchus listed I . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Listen. She'll aiblins listen to my vow : S. I gaed a waefu \ 
 And listens the lambkins that bleat o'er the braes, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa, 
 Sing on sweet bird, I listen to thy strain, 
 
 Sonnet, wr, on Birthday, 
 
 And listen mony a grateful bird 
 
 Return you tuneful thanks. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Therefore while ye're blooming Katie, 
 Listen to a loving swain ; . S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Listened. 
 I listen'd to a lover's sang, . . S. By Allan stream \ 
 How dull is that ear which to flattery so listened. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Listening", -*ning. 
 And list'ning to their [Passions] witching voice 
 
 Has often led me wrong. A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 List'ning, the doors an' winnocks rattle, A Winter Night. 3. 
 Listening to the doubling roar, S. How can my poor heart t 
 List'ning to the wild birds singing, 
 
 By a falling, chrystal stream ; S. I dream' d I lay f 
 
 on either hand the list'ning Bard, . The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 All nature list'ning seem'd the while, 
 
 S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Listless, I, listless, yet restless, 
 
 Find ev'ry prospect vain. Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 Dull, listless, teased, dejected, and deprest. To R. G. ofF.. 
 Litigation, While subtile Litigation's pliant tongue 
 
 The life-blood equal sucks of Right and Wrong : 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Littep'd. 
 
 And vermined gipsies litter'd heretofore. Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Little. For prayin I hae little skill o't ; A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 For temp'ral gifts we little merit ; . . . .A Grace. 
 A little linnet fondly prest, . . S. A Rosebud by my + 
 Gude pity me, because I'm little, . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Which we so little merit, . . At Globe Tav., D. 
 
 The little birdies blythely sing, S. Bonie lassie^ will ye go t 
 Contented wi' little, and canty wi' mair, 
 
 S. Contented wH little t 
 Ye little know the ills ye court, . Despondency^ an Ode. S- 
 Mourn little harebells o'er the lee ; El. on Capt. M. H.,S- 
 Ye ken yoursels, for little feck ! . . El. on Year I'j88. 
 An' little to be trusted ; . . . Ep. to Young Friend. 
 Or if she [Religion] gie a random-sting, 
 It may be little minded ; . . lb. 10. 
 
 Tho' we hae Httle gear Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 The poor, wee thing was Httle hurt ; . . Ep. to J. R., 8. 
 An' that there^is I've little swither . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 The little fate allows, they share as soon 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Wha in his life did little good, Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 
 Ye little Skelpie-limmer's face ! . . Halloween. 14. 
 
 But for to meet the Deil her lane. 
 
 She pat but little faith in : . , . . . lb. 21. 
 His little faithful mate to chear, . S. Here is the glen t 
 
 Has cheer'd ilk drooping little flow'r, 
 
 S. Lassie w€ the lintwhite t 
 I earn a little money, O, . . S. My father was a farmer t 
 We seek but little, L — , from thee ; . New Psalmody. 
 The little floweret's peaceful lot 
 
 In yonder cliff that grows, S. Now Spring has clad t 
 
 As little reckt I sorrow's power, . . . lb. 
 
 But little thinks my love I ken brawlie, 
 My tocher's the jewel has charms for him. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks tny love \ 
 The little swallow's wanton wing, . .5". O Phely t 
 
 Say, was thy little mate unkind, S. O stay, sweet warb.i 
 
 To bless his! little filial flock, . . O Thou dread Pow'r \ 
 And she, a lovely little flower . . S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 And I a bird to shelter there. 
 
 When wearied on my little wing. . S. O were my love t 
 
 The bitter little that of life remains : 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 My dear little angel, for ever, . On Death offav. Child. 
 
 While larks with little wing, 
 
 Fann'd the pure air, ... 6". Phillis the Fair. 
 
 For making o' rhymes, and working at times, 
 
 Does little or naething at a', man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 I've little to spend, and naething to lend, . . .lb. 
 Telling o'er his little joys : . . . S. Sensibility t 
 
 A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight, . Sketch. 
 
 Much specious lore, but little understood ; . , , lb. 
 Ah ! little kend thy reverend grannie, Tarn d Skanter. 13. 
 But little wist she Maggie's mettle . . , Ib> 18. 
 
Little 
 
 284 
 
 living 
 
 How can ye chant, ye little birds, 
 
 And I sae fu* o' care ! . . . S. The Banks ofDoon. 
 Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6, 
 As yet ye little ken about the matter, . . . . Jb. 
 As for your Priesthood, I shall say but little, . Ih. 
 
 And little fishes' caller rest : . S. The Contented Cottager. 
 For them and for their little ones provide ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18. 
 And, for the little songster's nest, 
 
 The close embowering thorn. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Old Scotia's darling hope, Your little angel band . . lb. 
 It puts but little in your pat ; . . . The inventory. 
 
 tho' his little heart did grieve. The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Tho' ye can do little skaith, ye'U be in at the death, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 8. 
 
 How little of life's scanty span may remain ; 
 
 S. The lazy wist i 
 
 For sense they little owe to frugal Heaven, 
 To please the Mob they hide the little giv'n. 
 
 The Ordination. Mott. 
 
 Here's a little wadset 
 
 Buittles scrap o' truth, . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 That little wist a fa'. . . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 I've little to say, but only to pray, S. The sons of old Killie. 
 Wha canna win her in a night. 
 
 Has little art in courting. . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 That's little shof t o' downright wastrie. . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 L — d man, our gentry care as little 
 
 For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; . . . lb. is. 
 They're sae accustomed wi' the sight, 
 
 The view o't gics them little fright. ... lb. 15. 
 Haith lad ye little ken about it ; . , . . . lb. 21. 
 Fond, on thy little, early ways, . The Vision. D. II. 12. 
 Their little love's are blest, and their little hearts at rest, 
 
 S. The winter it is past ^ 
 
 Just ae hauf muchkin does me prime, 
 
 Ought less is little, . There's naethin like t 
 Clarinda, take this little boon, . . . To a Lady. 
 Ye little ken what cursed speed 
 
 The blastie's makin ! . . To a Louse. 
 With little admiring or blaming : . To Capt. Riddel. 
 
 And then my fifty pounds a year 
 
 Will little gain me. . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Not the little sporting fairy, . S. Turn again, thou fair ^ 
 How can ye chant, ye little birds, . lS". Ye banks and braes t 
 I little thought the time was near, 
 
 Repentance I should buy sae dear : . S. Young Jamie t 
 And little lambkins wanton wild, . . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Live. Nae ither care in life have I, 
 
 But live, an' love my Nanie, S. Behind yon hills \ 
 Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go, 
 
 And live or die wi' Charlie. . . S. Come boat me o'er. 
 
 I ask for dearest life alone, 
 That I may live to love her. . S, Come let me take thee t 
 And we will live like king and queen, S. Duncan Davison. 
 That live sae bien an' snug : . . . . EJ>. to Davie. 
 Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches give, 
 Yet haply wanting wherewithal to live ; Sp. to R. Graham.3. 
 If there's another world, he lives in bliss ; Epit. on a Frietid. 
 Would thou hae nobles' patronage, 
 
 " First learn to live without it ! " 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s ofThotnson. 
 How we live, my Meg and me, S. First when Maggy t 
 
 O Thou, in whom we live and move, Grace 'after Dinner. 
 And thou live, thou'U steal a naigie. . . S. Hee balou,\ 
 That lives at the lug 0' the law ! S. Here's a health to them t 
 
 dinna think my pretty pink, 
 
 But I can live without thee : . S. Here's to thy health,^ 
 We'll live a' our days, . . . . S. Hey ca' thro'. 
 And as wi' thee I'd wish to live. 
 
 For thee I'd bear to die. . . . S. It is na, Jean^\ 
 " Why did I live to see that day 7 . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Grant me, indulgent heaven, that I may Jive, 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Ltis extm, in Lady's Pocket-bk, 
 Give me "with gay folly to live ; Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav. 
 Whare live ye my bonie lass, . . -5", My Collier Laddie. 
 
 1 live to-day as well's I may, 
 
 Regardless of to-morrow, O. S. My father was a fanner t 
 
 They'll live, or die wi' fame. Willie ! 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa f 
 I only live to love thee. . . S. O were I on Pamass.i 
 
 A' ye wha live by sowps o' drink, 
 A' ye wha live by crambo-clink, 
 
 A' ye wha live and never think, On Scotch Bardgne to W. I. 
 On Cessnock banks there lives a lass, S. On Cessnock banks f 
 Go live, poor wanderer of the wood and field, 
 The bitter little that of life remains : 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 For far in the west lives he I lo'e best, iS". Out over the Forih\ 
 But still the hope Experience taught to live. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 Lives there a man so firm, who, 
 
 Can reason down its [his heart's] agonizing throbs ; 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 But ken ye the Ronalds that live in the Bennals, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 If I should detail the pick and the wale 
 
 O' lasses that live here awa, man Jb. 
 
 Let us th' important now employ, 
 
 And live as those who never die. Sketch. New-Yi^s Day, 
 
 Whose image lives within my breast ; 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 It shall upon my bosom live, . . S. The capt. Ribband, 
 While joys above my mind can move, 
 
 For thee, and thee alone I live : ^S". The day returns \ 
 
 In your heretic sins may you live, and die, The DeanofFac,. 
 An' if he live to be a beast. 
 
 To pit some bavins in his breast ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 To live but her I canna ; . S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 For something beyond it poor man sure must live. 
 
 •S". The lazy mist t 
 We live like two Iambs and we seldom provoke ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 In that blest sphere alone we live and move ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 I see how folk live that hae riches ; 
 
 But surely poor-folk maun be wretches ! The Twa Dogs. 14. 
 Sic twa, 1 do I live to see't, . . . The Twa Herds. 9. 
 Quo' scho wha lives will see the proof, S. There was a ladj 
 What then ? poor beastie, thou maun live ! . To a Mouse. 
 O ye, douse folk, that live by rule, . . .ToJ. S., 26. 
 
 In quiet let me live : To LordG. 
 
 To live one day of parting love ! . To Mary in Heaven, 
 Here, where the Scottish muse immortal lives. 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 But still within my bosom's core 
 Shall live my Highland Mary. 
 
 S. Ye bankSf and braes, and streams t 
 Lived, -'d. On eighteen pence a week I've liv'd before. 
 
 Ep, to R. Graham. S. 
 I've liv'd a life of sturt and strife, S. Farewell, ye dungeons j 
 ' For monie a ane has gotten a fright, 
 
 'An' liv'd an' di'd deleeret, .... Halloween. 14. 
 
 ' That liv'd in Achmacalla : lb. 16. 
 
 There liv'd a lass in yonder dale, . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 And now I have liv'd— I know not how long, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S, II. 
 An' liv'd like lords an' ladies gay : . . . .Ib.S. IV. 
 We liv'd full one and twenty years 
 
 A man and wife together ; . The Joyful Widower. 
 
 How long I have liv'd, — but how much liv'd in vain ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 
 A Nobleman liv'd in a village of late, The Poor Thresher. 
 There liv'd ance a carle on Kellyburn-braes, 
 
 .y. There livd ance a carle t 
 Live-day. 
 So I, for my lost darling's sake. 
 Lament the live-day long. . S. Fategaxe the wordy 
 
 LivedSt. Thou diedst unwept as thou livedst unlov'd. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady, 
 Livid. The paly moon rose in the livid east, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Living, -in, 
 O may it ne'er be a livin' plague Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 If sleekit Chatham Will was livin, Kind Sir, I've readi 
 
 Her living image in her yowe, . . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 Food fills the wame, an' keeps us livin' ; Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 Nae thought, nae view, nae scheme o' livin*. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Foryet, unskaith'd by Death's gleg gullie, 
 
 Tarn Samson's livin ! Tarn SamsofCs El., Per C 
 
 Just now we're living sound an' hale ; 
 
 ToJ. S., //. 
 
Livistone 
 
 285 
 
 Lofty 
 
 Livistone. An' Livistone, the bauld Sir Willie ; 
 
 The A uthor^s Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 Liv'st. 
 
 Thou liv'st on high for ever. Tfte Eiection Ballads. VI. 
 
 Lizle. 
 
 Wi' Lizie's lass, three times I trow ; Holy Willies Prayer. 8. 
 Lo ! When, lo, in form of minstrel auld, 
 
 A stern and stalwart ghaist appear'd. [v.A.20] A Vision. 
 And lo ! the bard, a great reward, 
 
 Has got a double portion ! . . . Natures Law, 
 
 Lo, there she goes, unpitied and unblest. 
 
 Ode., to Mem. of Mrs, — . 
 When lo ! on either hand the list'ning Bard, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Lo, from the shades of death's deep night, 
 Departed Whigs enjoy the fight, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Load. I rather wou'd bear a' the load o^ my sorrow 
 
 S. As I Tvas a-wandring-f 
 Beneath the load of years and cares, Auld comrade deari 
 
 Life ! Thou art a galling load, , Despondency, an Ode. 
 I'll want 'im, ere I take such a d — ble load. 
 
 Epig. on Copt. Grose. 
 But, a fly for your load, you'll break down on the read. 
 If your stuff be as rotten's her heart. 
 
 Extern, pinned to Coach. 
 Load to misery most distressing, . . S. Raving winds t 
 What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, 
 
 Tke Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 Load, to. 
 
 Than a' the pride that loads the tide, S. The day returns t 
 Loan [lane]. He up the lang loan to my black cousin Bess, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 Loan, Loanin [the place of milking]. 
 Wi* double plenty o'er the loanin 
 
 To thee and thine; . Friend of the Poet\ 
 
 And up the loan she shaw'd me. . S. Had I the wyte f 
 The Kye stood rowtan i' the loan ; The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 Loaves. That griens for the fishes and loaves. 
 
 Tke Election Ballads. III. 
 Loch. Then slow raise Marjory 0' the Lochs, 
 
 The Election Ballads. /. 
 Lochinton. 
 Then came the Laird o' Lochinton 
 Out frae the English border, . . Katharine Jaffray, 
 Locked, -'d. 
 Poor labour sweet in sleep was locked, A Winter Night. 2. 
 And in his arms he lock'd her sicker. ^. Donald Brodie t 
 
 But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber, 
 For then I am lock'd in thy arms, Jessy. 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 
 1 lock'd her in my fond embrace ; S. The Rtgs o' Barley. 
 His locked, letter'd, braw brass collar The Twa Dogs. 3. 
 Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, 
 
 Ve banks, and braes, and streams i 
 Locks. 
 'Her leafy locks wave in the breeze 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 His uncombed grizzly locks wild staring, thatch'd, 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Her flowing locks, the raven's wing, S. Her fimuing locks\ 
 Your locks were like the raven, . . S. John Anderson\ 
 
 your locks are like the snow lb. 
 
 His locks were bleached white with time, 
 
 Lajnentfor Glencaim. 
 The groaning trees untimely shed their locks, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 Winter's time-bleach'd locks . The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 though his locks be lyart gray, . . S. The cardin dt. 
 Yestreen lay on this breast o' mine 
 
 The gowden locks of Anna. S. Tkegowd. Locks of A. 
 
 In all her [Autumn's] locks of yellow. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 What tho', with hoary locks I must stand the winter shocks. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, I. 
 The hawthorn I will pu', wi' its locks o' siller grey, 
 
 S, ThePosie. 
 Her haffet locks as brown's a berry, .S". T. Menz. 'j bonie Mary. 
 Locust. 
 
 Crush the locusts, save the flower. Wr. in Hermitage^ F, C. 
 
 Loda. Old Loda, still rueing the arm of Fingal, The Whistle. 
 
 The son of great Loda was conqueror still, . . .lb. 3, 
 
 Lodge. 
 
 Death's gien the Lodge an unco devel, . Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Lodge, to. I kend na where to lodge till day : 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Lodger. 
 I left the lines, and tented field, 
 
 Where lang I'd been a lodger, . S. When wild War's f 
 My purse is light, I've far to gang, 
 
 And fain wad be thy lodger ; lb. 
 
 Lo*e, Loe, Loo [to love]. 
 
 dearly do I lo'e thee Annie. . S. By A llan stream t 
 
 1 lo'e weel my Charlie's name, . S. Come boat me o'er. 
 But a' the lads they loe me, and what the waur am I. 
 
 S. Comin thro* the rye. 
 Say, thou lo'es nane before me ; . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear, S. Here's a health to ane \ 
 To tf 11 thee that I loe thee. . . S. Here's to thy health t 
 He lo'es sae weel his craps and kye, 
 
 He has nae love to spare for me : S. In simmer when t 
 
 And weel I wat he lo'es me dear ; . ... lb. 
 
 Let her lo'e nae man but me ; . , . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 But the Lassie that man loes best, 
 
 O that's the Lass to mak him blest. ^S". My Lord a'hunting\ 
 I'll flee to's arms I lo'e the best, . . S. Now rosy May t 
 The lav'rock lo'es the grass. 
 
 The muirhen lo'es the heather \ . S. O gie my love brose t 
 And here's the flower that I lo'e best 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa + 
 O ken ye what Meg o' the mill loes dearly ? \re.'\ 
 
 S. O ken ye what Megf 
 O wat ye wha that lo'es me, . S. O wat ye wha that lo'es t 
 
 sweet is she that lo'es me, . . lb. 
 For there the bonie lassie lives, 
 
 The lassie I lo'e best. . . . S. Of a' the airts t 
 
 the bonie lad that I lo'e best S. Oh^ how can I be hlythe t 
 
 For far in the west lives he I lo'e best, S. Out over the Forth-f 
 
 1 lo'e her mysel, but darena weel tell, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 And ay my Chloris' dearest charm. 
 
 She says she lo'es me best of a'. . . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 And say thou lo'es me best of a'. . ... lb. 
 
 The lad I lo'e dearly, Tam Glen. . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 I lo'e him best of onle yet. . . S. The cardin o't. 
 
 Jcanie fair, I lo'e thee dear ; S. There was a lass t 
 But th' laddie's dear sel he lo'es dearest of a'. 
 
 S. There's a youth^ 
 Her darling bird that she lo'es best . . To W. Creech. 
 The hunter lo'es the morning sun, . S. When o'er the hill\ 
 Lassie, say thou lo'es me ; . . S. Wilt thou be myi 
 Let me, lassie* quickly die, 
 
 Trusting that thou lo'es me : ■ • . , lb. 
 
 The bonie lass that I loe best 
 
 She'll be my ain for a' that. . . . S. Women's Minds. 
 But I lo'e the dear Lassie because she lo'es me. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 But there is ane, a secret ane, 
 Aboon them a I loo him better ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 Lo'ed. I lo'ed ye ear' and late : . S. John Anderson^ 
 
 But her tenpund lands o' tocher gude 
 Were a' the charms his Lordship lo'ed. 
 
 S. My Lord a-huntirtg t 
 Or leaves the faithfu' lass he lo'ed, 
 
 To wear a ragged coat. . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 And she lo'ed her bonie laddie dear ; 
 
 S. There was a bonie lasii 
 But the bonie lass he lo'ed sae dear. . . .lb. 
 
 1 never lo'ed a dearer, . S. My Love's a winsome i 
 That for a blink I hae lo'ed best, . . S. O lay thy loqff 
 I lo'ed her meikle and lang ; . . S. She's fair and/ause t 
 Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; . . Tam o' Shanter. j". 
 I hae lo'ed the Black, the Brown ; 
 
 I hae lo'ed the Fair, the Gowden ; . S. Wantonness \ 
 Quo' she, a scdger ance I lo'ed. 
 Forget him shall I never : . . S. When wild War's t 
 Lo'esome [lovable, lovely]. 
 
 I'm tald they're lo'esome kimmers ! . To Mr. M^Adam. 
 Lofty, With lordly honor's lofty brow, A Winter Night. S. 
 How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 The braes ascend like lofty wa's, S. Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 
Lofty 
 
 286 
 
 Long 
 
 Mark, how their lofty independent spirit 
 Soars on the spuming wing of injur'd merit ! 
 
 Ep. ioR. Graham. S- 
 Thro' lofty groves, the Cushat roves, S. Now westlin winds t 
 On the lofty ether home, 
 
 Man with all his powers you scorn ; On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Where, braving angry winter's storms, 
 
 The lofty Ochils rise, ... S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Ye lofty banks that Evan bound ! S. Slow spreads thegloom\ 
 Give me the groves that lofty brave 
 
 The storms, by Castle Gordon. S. Streams that glide t 
 On lofty aiks the cushats wail^ S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Let lofty firs, and ashes cool, 
 
 My lovely banks o'erspread, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 There, distant shone, Art's lofty boast. The Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 Where fame and honours lofty shine ; 
 
 S. Twos even—th4 dewy t 
 Yon wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Logan. And there will be Logan M'Dowall ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Logan, Logan-watep. 
 O Logan ! sweetly didst thou glide, S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 And years sinsyne hae o'er us run, 
 
 Like Logan to the simmer sun lb. 
 
 Far, far frae me and Logan braes {re."] . ... lb. 
 Her face wad fyle the Logan-water; S. Willie Wasile t 
 
 Logic. Wi' Logic, an' wi' Scripture, They raise a din, 
 
 The Holy Fair. 18. 
 In days when mankind were but callans, 
 At Grammar, Logic, an' sic talents, To W, Simpson. P.S. 
 But tho' dull prose-folk latin splatter 
 
 In logic tulzie, lb. 
 
 Till with their Logic-jargon tir'd, Auld comrade dearf 
 
 Loiter. 
 
 They loiter, lounging, lank an' lazy; The Twa Dogs, 30, 
 
 Loncartie [village near Perth, scene of a decisive 
 defeat of the ancient Danes]. 
 But brave Caledonia in vain they assail'd, 
 As Largs well can witness, and Loncartie tell. S. Caledonia. 
 London, Lon'on. 
 It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest ; . . Ep. to Davie. J. 
 What needs this din about the town o' Lon'on ? Scots Prologue. 
 In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a' : 
 
 The Belles of Mattchline. 
 ITiat he, at Lon'on, frae ane Adams got ; The Brigs of Ayr, 4. 
 
 They fell upon a scheme. 
 To send a lad to London town The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 To send a lad to London town 
 
 They met upon a day, . . . . . lb. 
 
 And.he wad gae to London town, 
 
 Might nae man him withstand. . . .lb. 
 
 And ilka ane at London court 
 
 Would bid to him gude day. ... .lb. 
 
 And he wad gang to London town, 
 
 If sae their pleasure was lb. 
 
 For the auld gudeman o' London court 
 
 She didna care a pin ; lb. 
 
 The auld gudeman o' London court, 
 
 His back's been at the wa' ; . , lb. 
 
 But I will send to London town, 
 Whom I like best at hame,'. . ... lb. 
 
 Whom will you send to London town. 
 To Parliament and a' that 7 
 
 lb. II. 
 lb. V. 
 
 iBut Garlies was to London gane, . 
 That sic a tree can not be found, 
 
 'Twixt London and the Tweed, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 An' ferlie at the folk in Lon'on. . . The Twa Dogs, 18. 
 Lone. 
 Lone from your savage homes exil'd, A Winter Night. S- 
 And singing, lone, the ling'ring hours, Add. to Edinburgh. 
 O'er the mist-shrouded cliffs of the lone mountains straying, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Lone on the bleaky hills the straying flocks 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas, 
 Lone as I wander'd by each cliif and dell, 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 in lone poverty's dominion drear, Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 lone in Patmos banished, . The Cotters Sat. Night, IS. 
 In this lone cave, in garments lowly, . . The Hermit, 
 
 Far dearer to me yon lone glen of green breckan, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Lone wandering by the hermit's mossy cell : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Lonely. 
 lonely Hermit plac'd Where never human footstep trac'd, 
 
 Despondency i an Ode. 4. 
 The Woodcock haunts the lonely dells ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 Be nameless wilds and lonely wanderings mine, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 As one who by some savage stream, 
 
 A lonely gem surveys, . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Gi'e me the lonely valley. 
 
 The dewy eve, and rising moon ; . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 At length his lonely Cot appears in view. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Along the lonely banks of Ayr. . S. The gloomy nighty 
 I joy my lonely days to lead in 
 
 This desert drear ; . . The Hermit 
 
 I saw thee leave their ev'ning joys. 
 
 And lonely stalk, . The Vision. D. II. iS. 
 Turbid torrents, wintry swelling. 
 
 Roaring by my lonely cave. . . S. Thickest night i 
 
 When musing in a lonely glade, S. Twas even— the dewyj 
 
 Or wand'ring in the lonely wild : lb. 
 
 in these lonely bounds, . . Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Long. 
 Long life, my Lord, and health be yours. Add. of Beelzehuh. 
 Who long with jiltish arts and airs h^t strove ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 So long, sweet Poet of the Year, 
 Shall bloom that wreath thou well hast won ; 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Long, long the night, . . S. Ay wakings O t 
 
 Long quiet she reign'd ; . . . . S. Caledonia. 
 
 Repeatal, successive, for many long years, . . lb. 
 
 Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 
 Had number'd out my weary days, . Ep. to Davie, zo. 
 'Twas four long nights and days to shaving-night, 
 
 Extem. on W. Smellie. 
 M'Pherson's time will not be long 
 
 On yonder gallows-tree. S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 
 So I, for my lost darling's sake. 
 
 Lament the live-day long. . S. Fate gave t/ie wordi 
 
 They've taen a weapon, long and sharp, 
 
 And cut him by the knee ; . . . John Barleycorn. 7. 
 That long has stood the wind and rain ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 And bless auld Coila, large and long, . . Nature's Law, 
 The hoary Sire — the mortal stroke, 
 
 Long, long be pleas'd to spare ; . O Thou dread Pow'ri 
 The forms of ages long gone by . . On Lincluden. 
 
 And ushers the long dreary night; Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 But, long ere noon, succeeding clouds 
 
 Succeeding hopes beguil'd. . . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 And long pursued me with her eye. S. Slow spreads theglooni\ 
 Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, 
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content I 
 
 The Coitef^sSai. Night, zo. 
 Squadrons extended long and large, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 But long ere night cut down it lies 
 
 All wither'd and decay'd. . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 
 Long did I bear the heavy yoke, . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 And now I have lived — I know not how long, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 I see the hours, in lon^ array, 
 That I must suffer, Imgering, slow. . The Lament 7. 
 
 How long I have liv'd, — but how much liv'd in vain ; 
 
 S, The lazy mist \ 
 
 And long with this Whistle all Scotland shall ring. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Who long with wants and woes has striv'n. 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Mayst thou long; sweet crimson gem, 
 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; . . . To Miss C. 
 
 F[intryl my other stay, long bless and spare 1 
 Thro' a long life his hopes and vnshes crown ; ToR. G. ofF., g- 
 Yet long, long too well have I known : S, Where are tkejt^s t 
 Beck'ning thee to long repose ; . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 In uproar and riot rejoice the night long ; ,, 
 
 Ye U-ue "Loyal Nats t 
 Long, to. 
 The water rins o'er the heugh, . ' 
 
 And I long for my true lover ! . , S, Ay waukin, c?. 
 
Longer 
 
 287 
 
 Lord 
 
 Longer. 
 
 And longer with Politics, not to be cramm'd, 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 Nor longer idly rave, Sir ; . S. Husband, husband \ 
 
 In window fair, the painted pane 
 
 No longer glows with holy stain, . . .On Lincluden. 
 Where suffering no longer can harm thee, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 
 Shall no longer appear in the records of fame ; 
 
 Reproof hy Himself. 
 
 * Nor longer mourn thy fate is hard. The Vision. D. II. z. 
 No longer the warfare, ungodly, would wage ; 
 
 The Whistle, ij. 
 Longing. Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan, 
 
 Ep, to R, Graham. 3. 
 Longitude. 
 In longitude tho' sorely scanty. 
 
 It was her best, and she was vauntie. Tatn 0^ Shanter. is. 
 Long-lOV'd, Learning and Worth in e^ual measures trode, 
 From simple Catrine, their long-lov'd abode : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 London v. London. 
 
 Lonsdale. Why, Lonsdale thus, thy wrath on vagrants pour, 
 
 Ep.fr. EsQpus. 
 Loof [the palm of the hand]. 
 Wi' weel spread looves, an' lang wry faces ; 
 
 A Ded. toG.H.,g. 
 But hear'st thou, laddie, there's my loof, 
 I'm thine at ane and twenty. 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 
 lay thy loof in mine, lass, . . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 An's loof upon her bosom Unkend . . The Holy Fair. //. 
 And heav'd on high my wauket loof, The Vision. D. I. 6. 
 The gossip keekit in his loof, . . S. There •was a lad t 
 And wi' her loof her face a washin ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Look. His darin look had daunted me ; . .A Vision. 
 
 And love said, laughing in her looks, 
 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. . iS". As I gtitd up by \ 
 
 Her looks were like a flow'r in May, . S. Blythe was she^i 
 A look of pity hither cast, . El. on Capt. M. H. Epzt. 
 But Nelly's looks are blythe and sweet, iS". Handsome Nell. 
 The gentle look that rage disarms ; S. My Mary's face + 
 
 Her looks are like the sportive lamb, S. On Cessnock banks\ 
 Her looks are like the vernal May, 
 
 When ev'ning Phoebus shines serene, . . lb. Sett. II. 
 An' at his lordship steal't a look . On dining with Daer. 
 That there is falsehood in his looks 
 
 I must and will deny : . . . That there isfalsehood\ 
 And tak a look o' Mysie ; The Tarholton Lasses. 
 
 Ah, though my looks betray, 
 
 I envy your success ; . . . . To Clarinda. 
 
 Her look was like the morning's eye, 
 
 S. Twos even — the dewy \ 
 Ae look deprived me o' my heart, S. When first I saw t 
 
 Look, to. Looks o'er proud Property, extended wide ; 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 And gar me look like bluntie, ^. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 Wishfully I look and languish 
 
 In that bonie face of thine ; . S. Bonie wee thing f 
 
 Look something to your credit ; . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Good L — d, what is man ! for as simple he looks. 
 Do but try to develope his hooks and his crooks : 
 
 Eragmeniy inscr. to Fox. 
 And then there's something in her gait 
 
 Gars ony dress look weel. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 1 vow and swear, I dinna care. 
 
 How lang ye look about ye. . S. Here's to thy health,^ 
 
 Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; . . . Innocence. 
 O Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the castle wa', 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Look abroad through Nature's range, . S. Let not woman f 
 Soor Bigotry, on her last legs, 
 
 Gimin' looks backt . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 As the wretch looks o'er Siberia's shore, S. Lovely Davies. 
 Look not alone on youthful Prime, Man was made to Mourn. 
 The more in this [wealth, &c.] you look for bliss, 
 
 You leave your view the farther, O : 
 
 .5". My father was a fanner \ 
 Look down with gracious eyes ; . . , Nature's Law. 
 [The Deil] He'd look into thy bonie face, 
 
 And say, "I canna wrang thee." S. O Saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 
 That looks sae proud and high. . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 Ye need na look sae high lb. 
 
 never look down, my lassie at a', S. O when she cam ben t 
 Yet look as ye were na looking at me, \re.'\ . S. O whistle^ t 
 Our Peerage he o'erlooks them a', . 
 
 As I look o'er my sonnet. . . On dining with Daer. 
 Out over the Forth I look to the north, S, Out over the Forth t 
 But I look to the West when I gae to rest, . . . lb. 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. S- 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look weel to themsel. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 The man of independent mind, 
 
 He looks and laughs at a' that. . i". The Honest Man. 
 
 Looks round him an' found them 
 
 Impatient for the Chorus. . The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 To mak himsel look fair and fatter. The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 A reekit wee deevil looks ower the wa', 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Looks down wi' sneering, scomfu' view 
 
 On sic a dinner ? . . . To a Haggis. 
 And look through Nature with creative iire ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Looked, -'d. 
 That when I looked to my dart, 
 
 It was sae blunt, Death and Dr. Hornbook. ly. 
 Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, . . S. Duncan Gray f 
 
 By fits the sun's departing beam 
 Look'd on the fading yellow woods Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 1 gae him a stool, and he look'd like a fool, S. The auld fnan f 
 And there, sae grave, Squire Cardoness 
 
 Look'd on tilla* was done ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 I look'd her in her bonny face, ^S". The lass that made the bed. 
 His twisted head look'd backward on his way. The Vowels. 
 Looking. 
 Now looking over firth and fauld, 
 Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd ; [v.A.20] A Vision. 
 Loom. Sat working at his loom ; S. My heart was ance t 
 Loon V. Loun. 
 Loose. Unknown each guilty worldly fire. 
 
 Remorse's throb, or loose desire ; . The Hermit. 
 Loose, to. An' loose a man on me, jo. S. O wat ye what tny f 
 Loosed. 
 
 He loosed on me a lang man, [«.] . S. O wat ye what my \ 
 Loot [did let]. 
 An' loot a winze, an' drew a stroke, . Halloween. 23. 
 
 I never loot on that I kenn'd it, or car'd, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 Loove [love]. 
 
 Loove for loove is the bargain for me, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Lboves V. Loof. 
 Lord [the Supreme Being]. 
 For, Lord be thanket, I can plough ; . A Ded. to G. H, s. 
 Then, Lord be thanket, I can beg ; .... 73. 
 
 And ony De'il that thinks to get you. 
 
 Good Lord deceive him. . A Farewell. 
 
 L — d, we thank an' thee adore . . . . A Grace. 
 Lord bless us with content ! . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 Lord grant, nae duddie, desperate beggar, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 O Lord, when hunger pinches sore,. 
 
 Do thou stand us in stead, . . .At Globe Tav.^ D. 
 Lord, since we have feasted thus, . ... lb. 
 An' L— d, remember singing Sannock, Auld comrade dearj 
 The Lord their God, his Grace. 
 
 Epig. on being neglected at I. Inn. 
 But by the L— d, tho' I should beg Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. s/stt g. 
 L — d, I'se hae sportin by an' by, . . Ep. to /. R., iz. 
 This worthless body damn'd himsel. 
 
 To save the Lord the trouble. . . Epit. on D— C— . 
 Good L— d, what is man ! . . Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 Guid L— d ! but she was quaukin ! . . Halloween. J2. 
 An' she cry'd, L — d preserve her ! . . . . lb. 22. 
 But yet, Q L — d! confess I must, ire.'] Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 Where'er he be, the Lord be near him ; 
 
 S. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G.\ 
 Royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him ! Kind Sir^ Tve read\ 
 The Lord forgi'e me for lying, [re.] 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer ^ 
 But gin the Lord's ain focks gat leave, . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
Lord 
 
 288 
 
 Lore 
 
 " L— d, G-d ! " quoth he, "I have it now, Lns to J. Ranktn. 
 O sing a new song to the L — , . . New Psalmody. 
 We seek but little, L — , from thee ; 
 
 Thou kens we get as little lb. 
 
 Lord, to account who dares thee call, 
 
 On Com, Goldie's Brains. 
 Wi' deilSj they say, L — d safe's ! colleaguin 
 
 On Grosses Peregrinations. 
 The Lord preserve us frae the devil ! . . Poem on Life. 
 That at the L — d's house, even on Sunday, 
 Thou drank wi' Kirkton Jean till Monday. 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 3. 
 ' L — d, five ! ' he cry'd, an' owre did stagger ; 
 
 Tam Samson's El., 11. 
 An' L — d ! if ance they pit her till't, 
 
 Her tartan petticoat she'll kilt, The Autho-^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 The L — d be thankit that we've tint the gate o't I 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 And O ! be sure to fear the Lord alway ! 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 6. 
 They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright.' lb. 
 He founder'd his horse among harlots, 
 But gied his auld naig to the Lord. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Lord, send a rough-shod troop o' Hell 
 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, . . . . Ih. VI. 
 " Let me, O Lord ! from life retire, . Th^ Hermit. 
 
 But now the L — 's ain trumpet touts, . The Holy Fair. 2Z. 
 (L — d pardon a' my sins an' that to ! ) . The Inventory. 
 
 (L — d keep me ay frae a' temptation !) . . Ih. 
 
 B' the L — d ! ye'se get them a' thegither. . . lb. 
 
 But the Doctor's your mark, for the L — d's haly ark, 
 He has cooper'd and cawd a wrang pin in't. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 ... - when the L — d makes a rock 
 
 To crush common sense for her sins, . . lb. 
 
 But we hae meat and we can eat. 
 
 And sae the Lord be thanket. The Selkirk Grace. 
 
 Was made lang syne, lord knows how lang. The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 L — d man, our gentry care as little * lb. 22. 
 
 L — d man, were ye but whyles where I am, . . lb. 28. 
 The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle. The Twa Herds. 3. 
 He kend the Lord's sheep ilka tail, . . .16. 7. 
 
 Lord send you ay as weel's I want ye, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Lord help me thro' this warld o' care ! . . . .16. 
 L — d man there's lasses there wad force 
 
 A hermit's fancy, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Fareweel, auld birkie ! Lord be near ye, 
 And then the Deil he daurna steer ye : . To Terraughty. 
 Lord. I see yeVe complimented thrang, 
 
 By many a lord an' lady ; . . .A Dream. 
 Long life, my Lord, and health be yours, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 But hear, my Lord ! G[lengarry] hear ! 
 Go on, my Lord ! I lang to meet you, 
 Wi' common Lords ye shanna mingle, 
 For Lords or kings I dinna mourn, 
 But here we're a' in ae accord. 
 For ilka man that's drunk's a lord. 
 He whistl'd up lord Lenox' march, 
 I'll desert my sov'reign lord, , 
 Out came the Lord of Lauderdale, 
 
 Out frae the south countrie, O, . 
 In loud lament bewail'd his lord, . 
 My Lord a-hunting he is gane. 
 But Tenny'sjimps and jirkinet. 
 My Lord thinks meikle mair upon't. 
 I am naehody's lord, I'll be slave to naebody ; 
 Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord 
 
 That ever Galloway saw. S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 Lord Gregory ope thy door, [re.l . . S.O mirk, mirk t 
 In leaving the dochter of a lord, . S, O when she cam ben\ 
 
 . 16. 
 16. 
 lb. 
 El. on Year 1788. 
 
 . S. Gane is the day t 
 
 . Halloween^ ig. 
 
 S. Husband, hus6and\ 
 
 . Katherine J affray. 
 
 Lantentfor Glencaim. 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 
 . 16. 
 
 S. Naebody. 
 
 On dining with Daer. 
 
 Sae far I sprackled up the brae, 
 
 I dinner d wi' a Lord. 
 But wi' a Lord — stand out my shin, 
 
 A Lord — a Peer— an Earl's son, lb. 
 
 An sic a Lord — lang Scotch ells twa, .... 7,5. 
 Would be lord of all below : . . On scaring IVaterfowl. 
 'Gainst mighty England and her guilty Lord, Scots Prologue. 
 Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, 
 Wha represent our Brughs an' Shires, 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 I fear my Iiord Fanmuir is slain, 
 
 S. The Battle of SherrorMoor. 
 Princes and lords are but the breath of kings. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, xg. 
 Wi' dukes and lords let Selkirk mix, 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 For why, a lord may be a gouk, 
 
 Wi' ribbon, star, and a' that /^, 
 
 A lord may be a lousy loun, 
 
 Wi' ribbon, star, and a' that 73. 
 
 Come, will ye court a noble lord, . The FHe Champetre. 
 Ye see yon birkie ca'd a Lord, 
 
 Wha struts and stares, and a' that ; S. The Honest Man. 
 My Lord, I know your noble ear 
 
 Woe ne'er assails in vain ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Delighted doubly then, my Lord, 
 
 You'll wander on my banks, 16. 
 
 An' liv'd like lords an' ladies gay : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Her lord, a wight of Homer's craft, . 16. R. VII. 
 
 Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord, . . S. The lovely lass\ 
 Gif ance the peasant taste a bit. 
 
 He's greater than a lord, man, . The Tree ofLi6eriy. 
 
 About the lords o' the creation. . . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Robert, the lord of the Cairn and the Scaur, The Whistle. 4. 
 
 All hail ! inexorable lord I To Ruin. 
 
 Lord-Lieutenant. And where is our King's Lord-lieutenant, 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Lordling. 
 A haughty lordling's pride ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, . . . 16. g. 
 
 What is a lordling's pomp 1 a cumbrous load. 
 Disguising oft the wretch of human kind. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, ig. 
 Lordly. 
 * Plac'd for her [Luxury's] lordly use thus far, thus vile below ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 lordly Honor's lofty brow, . ..,16.8. 
 
 Let minstrels sweep the skilful string, 
 
 In lordly, lighted ha' : . S. Behold, my love, t 
 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane. 
 
 But lordly stalks, Ep. to /. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 12. 
 If 'tis still the lordly word. Service and obedience ; 
 
 S. Hus6and, hus6and\ 
 And see his lordly fellow-worm. 
 
 The poor petition spurn, . Man was ntade to Mourn. 
 Of lordly acquaintance you boast, . On an empty Fellow. 
 the lordly state. The arrogant assuming ; 
 
 On dining with Daer. 
 But lordly will, I hold it still 
 
 A mortal sin to thraw that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 There, distant shone, Art's lofty boast. 
 
 The lordly dome. . The Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 
 Lordship. 
 Far less [right] to riches, pow'r or freedom, 
 But what your Lordship please to gie them ! 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 3. 
 His Lordship sat wi' ruefu' e'e. Extern, in Court of Session. 
 But her tenpund lands o' tocher gude 
 Were a' the charms his Lordship lo'ed. 
 
 S. My Lord a-kunting\ 
 
 Then from his lordship I shall learn, On dining with Daer. 
 An' at his lordship steal't a look ... .16. 
 
 But, oh ! respect his lordship's taste, 
 
 And spare his golden bindings. . . The Book- Worms. 
 
 He thanked his Lordship . . S.The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Lore. Ev'n I who sing in rustic lore. Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 
 Fu' lifted up wi' Hebrew lore, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 With manly lore or female beauty bright, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 Much specious lore, but little understood ; . . Sketch- 
 
 Will time, amus'd with proverb'd lore. 
 
 Add to our date one minute more? Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 
 This Hal for genius, wit, and lore. 
 
 Among the first was number'd ; . S.The Dean of Foe.. 
 
 Nor learns their guilty lore 1 . . . The Jst Psalm. 
 
 To Nature's God and Nature's law 
 
 They gave their lore, [v.A.4] The Vision. D.I. 
 
 To mend the honest Patriot-lore, . . . 16. D. II. 5- 
 Unskilful he to note the card „ . 
 
 Of prudent Lore, . To a Mountam-Datsy. 
 
Lose 
 
 289 
 
 Loun 
 
 Lose. 
 
 But when Divinity comes cross me, 
 
 My readers then are sure to lose me. A Ded. to G. H. , //. 
 But he the helpless, needless wretch, 
 Shall lose the mite he hath. 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 For fear by foes that they should lose, 
 Their cogs o' brose, . S. The Battle of Skerra-Moor, 
 
 The Ribband shall its freedom lose 
 
 Lose all the bliss it had with you, . . The capt. Ribhfind. 
 Let them cant about decorum, 
 Who have character to lose. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Losh [an exclamation* or petty oath]. 
 
 Losh man ! hae mercy wi' your natch, What ails ye now t 
 
 Loss. By loss o' blood, or want o' breath, 
 
 X>eatk and Dr. Homhook. 25. 
 The losses, the crosses, 
 
 That active man engage ; . . Despondency, an Ode. j". 
 Tho' losses and crosses, 
 
 Be lessons right severe, . . . Ep. to Davie. 7- 
 My loss I mourn, but not repent it, Ep. to Maj\ Logai^. la. 
 Your heavy loss deplore \ . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 O heavy loss thy country ill could bear I 
 A loss these evil days can ne'er repair ! 
 
 Ojt Death ofR. Dundas, 
 To those virho for her loss are grieved. 
 
 This consolation's given . . On Poefs Daughter. 
 It's no the loss o'Tvarl's gear, 
 
 That could sae bitter draw the tear, , Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Me, mera'ry of my loss will only meet [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 May losses and crosses 
 
 Ne'er at your hallan ca'. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Like loss o' health or want o* masters, The Twa Dogs. ii. 
 May mourn their loss wi' doolfu' clamour ; To W. Creech 
 Lost. Then lost his way, ae misty day, . A Fragment. 4. 
 The branchy shelter lost and gane t . As on the banks\ 
 Here's the memory of those on the twelfth that we lost ; 
 
 That we lost, did I say, nay, by heav'n that we found. 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 The lassie lost a silken snood, S. Bra-w lads ofG. water. 
 
 And in the mirk and dreary drift 
 
 The hills and glens are lost. lS". Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 Wide o'er the naked world declare 
 
 The worth we've lost. El. on Capt M. H., 13. 
 So I, for my lost darling's sake, 
 
 Lament the live-day long. . . S. Fate gave the word,\ 
 There seek my lost repose, . . S. Had I a cave t 
 
 But her tap-pickle maist was lost, . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 For lack o' thee I've lost my lass, Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 May they rejoice, no wand'rer lost, 
 
 A Family in Heaven ! . . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 
 lost in thought profound, .... On Lincluden. 
 And faith ye'U no be lost a whit, 
 
 Tho' waired on Willie Chalmers. . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 An idiot race, to honour lost ; . . On Window at Stirling. 
 
 , He's lost a friend and neebor dear, . Poor Mailie's El. . 
 
 Thee Ferintosh ! O sadly lost ! . . Scotch Drink, ig. 
 
 Can all the wealth of India's coast, 
 
 Atone for years in absence lost ? S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Dearest of Distillation ! last and best ! 
 
 How art thou lost ! The Author's Cry and Prayer. Mott. 
 Her lost Militia fir'd her bluid; .... lb. 
 
 They've lost some gallant gentlemen 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor.- 
 A lesson sadly teaching, to your cost. 
 
 That Architecture's noble art is lost ! The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 A Wretch ! a Villain ! lost to love and truth ! 
 
 The Cottev's Sat. Night. 10. 
 By a thievish midge 
 
 They had amaist been lost. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 I've lost but ane, I've twa behin', 
 
 I've wife eneugh for a' that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 And is she ever, ever lost? . . . The Lament. 
 
 So lost to Honor, lost to Truth, Xb. 
 
 For there I lost my father dear, S. The lively lass oflnv. t 
 And I hae lost my lightsome heart 
 
 That little wist a fa'. . .. The Ruined Maid! s Lament. 
 Here, rivers in the sea were lost ; . The Vision. D. I, 13. 
 Already one strong hold of hope is lost, To R. G.ofF., g. 
 We've lost a birkie weel worth gowd, . . To W. Creech. 
 Sprung from night, in darkness lost ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H, 
 2 O 
 
 Lot. How blest the Solitary's lot, , Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 May dool and sorrow be his lot. El. on Capt. M. H., Epit, 
 Wi' her I'll blythely bear it, 
 
 And think my lot divine, . S. My Wife's a winsome. 
 The little floweret's peaceful lot S. Now Spring has cladf 
 When here your favour is the actor's lot. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Their lot auld Scotland ne'er envies, 
 
 The A uthors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 But, cursed lot ! the gates were shut, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 But, if the Lover's raptur'd hour 
 
 Shall ever be your lot, The Calf. 
 
 And I never repine at my lot in the least. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 The star that rules my luckless lot, To J. S., 6. 
 
 Loth. 
 
 Why am I loth to leave this earthly scene ? Why am 1 loth t 
 Lothlans. Wad hand the Lothians three in tackets, 
 
 A towmont gude; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Loud. The Saxon lads, wi' loud placads, A Fragment. 7. 
 The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill ; .S*. Behind yon hills t 
 An' Paitrick's scraichan loud at e'en, Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. isi. 
 Loud skirl'd a' the lasses ; . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind 
 
 S. Pm o'er young ia -marry t 
 In loud lament bewail'd his lord, Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry, S. My bonie Maty. 
 And loud the tempest's roar : . . S. O jnirk, mirk t 
 
 the scowl of the loud winter storm, Qn Death offav. Child. 
 The holy anthem loud and clear ; . . . On Lincluden. 
 While loud the trump's heroic clang, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : 
 
 Tam 0' Shanter. 8. 
 And loud resounded mirth and dancing. . . lb. jo. 
 The piper loud and louder blew; . . .lb. 12. 
 
 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; 
 
 The Cotiet^s Sat. Night. 
 Loud roars the wild inconstant blast, S. The gloomy night t 
 An' some are busy bleth'ran Right loud The Holy Fair. 8. 
 thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang. . . lb. 18. 
 
 But up arose the martial Chuck, 
 
 An' laid the loud uproar. The Jolly Beggars. R. II, 
 
 Loud blaw the frosty breezes, S. TheyngHighl. Rover. 
 
 Till war's loud alarms 
 
 Tore her laddie frae her arms, ^S". There was a bonie lass t 
 I lap and cry'd fu' loud. . . .To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 An' muckle din there was about it, 
 
 Baith loud an' lang. To W. Simpson. P.S, 
 
 Sae loud and shill's I hear the blast, S. Up in the tnoming. 
 Winter winds blew, loud and cauld, at our parting, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Loud-pouping. 
 Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods. 
 
 S. My hearfs in the Highlands t 
 Louder. 
 Still louder shrieks, and heavier g;roans! A Ded to G. H., 10. 
 The piper loud and louder blew ; . Ta?n 0* Shanter. 12. 
 Loudest. 
 
 And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar, Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Loudly. 
 As something loudly in my breast, 
 Remonstrates I have done ; A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 The voice of nature loudly cries, 
 
 That something in us never dies : Sketch. Nbw-Yt's Day. 
 For Freedom, standing by the tree, 
 
 Her sons did loudly ca', man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Where the cannons loudly roar ; ^S". There's was a bonie lass t 
 Lough [a loch or lake]. 
 Wi' you, mysel, I gat a fright, 
 
 Ayont the lough ; . . Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 When to the loughs the Curlers flock, Tam Samson's El.. 
 Louis. 
 Louis what reck I by thee, . . S. Louis what reck I \ 
 King Loui' thought to cut it down, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Loun, Loon, Lown [a fellow, a ragamuffin]. 
 Ye're but a pack o' traitor louns, . S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 Does haughty Gaul invasion threat ? 
 Then let the loups beware, Sir, , S. Doeshaughty Gaul\ 
 
Loun 
 
 290 
 
 Love 
 
 Till, slap ! come in an unco loun, 
 
 And wi' a rung decide it : . . S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 But deil a foreign tinkler loun 
 
 Shall ever ca' a nail in't :,.,.../$. 
 And Duncan, ye' re an unco loun ; . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Grim loon ! he gat me by the fecket, Friend of the poet \ P.S. 
 A coward loon she ca'd me ; . . .5. Had I ike wyte t 
 Herry the louns o' the laigh Countrie, . . S. Hee balou, t 
 Dyvor, beggar louns to me, . . S. Louis what reck !\ 
 
 Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
 A cuckold coward loun is he 1 
 
 S. O Willie hrew'd\ 
 TJie Election Ballads. II. 
 
 A lord may be a lousy loun, 
 Wi' ribbon, star, and a' that. 
 
 Wae worth the loon wha wadna eat 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 But shortly they will cowe the louns ! To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 
 A fumicator lown he call'd me, . What ails ye now t 
 
 Lounging. 
 
 They loiter, lounging, lank an' lazy ; . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Loup, Lowp [to leap]. 
 
 As round the fire the giglets keckle 
 
 To see me loup ; . Add, to Toothache. 
 
 Or loup the ecliptic like a bar ; . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 But did na Jeanie's heart lowp light, lS". There was a lass t 
 
 Wha by Castalia's wimplin streamies, 
 
 Lowp, sing, and lave your pretty limbies, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Louping, Lowping [leaping]. 
 Spak o' louping o'er a Hnn ; . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 Lowping and fiinging on a crummock, Tam o' Shanter. 14. 
 Lour. Chill came the tempest's lour ; . . To Chlorzs. 
 Lour, Lower, to. 
 See the front of battle lour ; . . S. Scots, wha ha'e + 
 
 Fear not clouds will always lour. . Wr, in Friars-Carse H. 
 The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers. 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Louse. Is instant made no worth a louse 
 
 Just at the bit. Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 Gae mind your seam, ye prick the louse, What ails ye now t 
 Lousy, -le. 
 A lord may be a lousy loun, 
 
 Wi' ribbon, star, and a' that. The Election Ballads, II. 
 What ails ye now, ye lousie b — h, . . What ails ye now f 
 Love [v. also Luve, Loove]. 
 Where, where is Love's fond, tender throe, A Winter Night. 8. 
 Is there, beneath Love's noble name, 
 
 Can harbour, dark, the selfish aim, . ... lb. 
 IMCark Maiden-innocence a prey 
 
 To love pretending snares, .... lb. 
 
 Thou other man of care, the wretch in love. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 I see the Sire of Love on high, ^ 
 
 And own his work indeed divine ! Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 An' all the soul of love they shar'd, Add. to the Deil IS- 
 
 When PhcEbus peeps over the mountains, 
 
 On music, and pleasure, and love. S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 Ah, Chloris, since it may na be. 
 
 That thou of love wilt hear \ . . S. Ah, Chloris \ 
 Youth, grace, and love attendant move, 
 
 S. A . Mastrtn's bonie A nne. 
 The captive bands may chain the hands, 
 
 But powerful love enslaves the man ; . . . .lb. 
 And love was ay the tale. . . S. As down the bum\ 
 " Love, I like the bum, And ay shall follow you." . lb. 
 The Queen of love could never move 
 
 With motion more enchanting. S. As I gaed up by t 
 And love said, laughing in her looks. 
 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. . . lb. 
 
 For oh ! love forsaken's a tormenting pain. 
 
 S. As I was a-waTtd'ringf 
 My heart-warm love to guid auld Glen, Auld comrade t 
 
 O this love, this love ! [re.'\ . . S. Ay waking, 0\ 
 
 Spare, O spare my love ! . . . . . lb. 
 
 Behold, my love, how green the groves, S. Behold, my love t 
 The courtier's gems may^ witness love 
 
 But 'tis na love like mine /^. 
 
 Heavy, heavy is the task, 
 
 Hopeless love declaring ', , . S. Blytht hat I been t 
 Supremely blest wi' love and thee S. Bonie lassie, will ye go^ 
 Wit, and Grace, and Love, and Beauty, 
 In ae constellation shine ; . , Bonie wee thing \ 
 
 Yet rich in kindest, truest love, S. Braw lads on Var. braes. 
 The bands and bliss o' mutual love, 
 
 O that's the chiefest warld's treasure ! . Jb. 
 
 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee. 
 
 And follow my love through the water. 
 
 S. Braw lads o/G. Water. 
 But secret love will break my heart, 
 
 If I conceal it langer. . . . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 In love to lie and languish, Jb. 
 
 For oh ! my soul is parch'd with love ! Delia. An Ode, 
 
 But ah ! those pleasures, Loves, and Joys, 
 
 Which I too keenly taste, . . Despondency, an Ode. 
 He needs not, he heeds not, Or human love or hate ; lb. 
 
 Slighted love is sair to bide, . S. Duncan Grayi 
 
 Ye woodland choir that chaunt your idle loves. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 In respect for the love and affection he'd show'd her. 
 She reduc'd him to diist and she drank up the powder. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 The sacred lowe 0' weel placed love. 
 
 Luxuriantly indulge it ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 
 O Thou, whose very self art love ! . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 The smile of love^ the friendly tear, 
 
 The sympathetic glow ! . . . .lb. jo. 
 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plackT Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 20. 
 Whose arms of lOve would grasp the human race : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S' 
 By love and by beauty, By law and by duty ; S. Eppie Adair. 
 O did not Love exclaim, " Forbear ! S. Fairest Maidf 
 
 No love but thine my heart shall know. . , H. 
 
 Farewell loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 Love's veriest wretch, unseen, unknown, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou stream f 
 Forlorn, my love, no comfort near, S. Forlorn, my Lme t 
 Far, far from thee, the fate severe 
 
 At which I most repine. Love, . . Ih. 
 
 O wert thou, Love, but near me, . lb. 
 
 And mingle sighs with mine. Love. . . lb. 
 
 Save in those arms of thine, Love, . . Ih. 
 
 Till the Fates, nae mair severej 
 
 Friendship, Love, and Peace restore. lS". Frae the friends t 
 But boundless oceans, roaring wide. 
 
 Between my I.ove and me, . . S. From thee, Eliza \ 
 Thou'rt to love and heaven sae dear, S. Hark I tJu mavis f 
 At once 'tis music,— and 'tis love I S. Here is theglen\ 
 
 O welcome dear to love and me ! . . . , Ih. 
 
 Still my heart is with my love ; S. How can my poor heart\ 
 He lo'es sae weel his craps and kyie, 
 
 He has nae love to spare for me : 6". In simj/ier when t 
 
 But the tender heart o' leesome love. 
 
 The gowd and siller canna buy : . . Ih. 
 
 Light is the burden love lays on ; lb. 
 
 Content and love bring peace and joy, . . Jb. 
 
 Above the world on wings of love I rise, 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 The sparkling heavenly vintage, Love and bliss ! Innocence t 
 My Love and Native Land fareweel, . S. It was tCfor\ 
 But I hae parted frae my Love, 
 
 Never to meet again, ... . . . lb. 
 
 If thou would win my love, Jamie, come try me [«.] 
 
 S. Jamie, come try me t 
 If thou should ask my love. Could I deny thee ? . .lb. 
 If thou should kiss me, love, Wha could espy thee J , lb. 
 Gie me love at ony price ; . . . S. Jockey fou \ 
 
 Love alane can gi'e delight lb. 
 
 Gi'e me love in her I court ; 
 
 Love to love maks a' the sport. . lb. 
 
 Let love sparkle in her e'e ; . . . . . Ih. 
 
 Common motives lang sinsyne, 
 
 Never can engage my love ; Ih. 
 
 Spare my love ye winds that blaw, 
 
 S. Jockey* s tden the parting \ 
 In love and freedom they rejoice, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 No more shall the soft thrill of love warm my breast, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 And talk of love my dearie O. S. Lassie wi* the liniwhite t 
 And sair wi' his love he did deave me ; 
 
 6". Last May a braw wooer f 
 
Love 
 
 291 
 
 Love 
 
 And vow'd for my love he was dying ; 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer t 
 Let not woman e'er complain 
 
 Of inconstancy in love ; . . .6*. Let not woman t 
 Let her crown my love her law, S. Loms what reck I\ 
 
 And Manj whose heav'n-erected face, 
 
 The smiles of love adorn, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 In love's delightful fetters, she chains the willing soul ! 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 And feel thro' every vein love's raptures roll. . . lb. 
 Loves, graces and virtues, I call not on you ; 
 
 Monodyt on a Lady. 
 The diamond-dew in her een sae blue, 
 Where laughing love sae wanton swims. 
 
 S. My Lord a-huniing \ 
 My love she's but a lassie yet, . S. My love she's but t 
 My love's a winsome wee thing, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Tho' th^ love that I owe to thee I darena show. 
 Yet I love my love in secret, . . S. My Sandie sied\ 
 Which divides my love and me : S. Musing on the roaring^ 
 There catch her ilka glance of love [w.] 
 
 S. Now bank andhrae\ 
 But love wi' unrelenting beam 
 
 Has scorch'd my fountains dry. iS". Now Spring has clad \ 
 'till Love has o*er me past, And blighted a' my bloom, lb. 
 the flowery snare Of witching love, . ... lb. 
 
 But love is far a sweeter flow'r 
 
 Amid life's thorny path o' care. S. O bonie was yon rosy \ 
 O gie my love brose, brose, 
 
 Gie my love brose and butter ; . S. O gie jny love brose t 
 But gie me a hraw moonlight, 
 
 And me and my love together. . . . . lb. 
 
 For Love has bound me, hand and foot, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 A slave to love'sunbounded sway, . . S. O lay thy loo/\ 
 If love for love thou wilt na gie, 
 
 At least be pity to me shown ; S. O Mary^ at thy window t 
 O meikle thinks my love o' my beauty, 
 
 And meikle thinks my love o' my kin ; 
 But little thinks my love I ken brawlie, 
 
 S. O meikle thirds my love t 
 My laddie's sae meikle in love wi' the siller, 
 
 He canna ha'e love to spare for me lb. 
 
 Your proffer o' love's an airle-penny, . ... lb. 
 At least some pity on me shaw, 
 
 If love it mayna be S. O mirk, mirkj; 
 
 Where first I own'd that virgin love 
 
 I lang, lang had denied lb. 
 
 But spare and pardon my false Love, ... lb. 
 
 O Willy, ay I bless the grove 
 
 Where first I own'd my maiden love, . S. O Phely, t 
 
 So in my tender bosom grows, 
 
 The love I bear my Willy. ... . . lb. 
 
 O poortitb cauld, and restless love. 
 
 Ye wreck my peace between ye ; S. O pooriith cauld f 
 
 Or why sae sweet a flower as love, 
 
 Depend on Fortune's shining ? . . , , lb, 
 
 O wha can prudence think upon, 
 
 And sae in love as I am ? . . lb. 
 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow join'd, 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken ! S. O stay^ sweet warbling f 
 Kind love is in her e'e. . . . S.O this is no my ain t 
 It wants to me the witching grace. 
 
 The kind love that's in her e'e. , . Jb. 
 
 And ay it charms my very saul, 
 
 The kind love that's in her e'e. . . . . lb. 
 
 But gleg as light are lovers' een. 
 
 When kind love is in the e'e. ... lb. 
 
 But weel the watching lover marks 
 
 The kind love that's in her e'e lb. 
 
 this scene of peace and love, . . O Thou dread P ma' r\ 
 
 Thou God of love and truth, lb. 
 
 Without my love, not a' the charms 
 
 Of Paradise could yield me joy ; . S. O watye whcCs in t 
 O were my love yon lilac fair, ; . .S.O were my love t 
 O were my love yon vi'let sweet, .... lb. 
 
 O gin my love were yon red rose, lb. 
 
 Oh, cold is the blast upon my pale cheek, 
 
 But colder thy love for me. Oh : . ^S". Oh^ open the door^i 
 
 False friends, false love, farewel ! lb. 
 
 My trae love ! she cried,— and sunk down by his side, . lb. 
 With love and sleep oppress'd. S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 Sweet floweret, pledge o' meikle love, 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure I . S. One fond kiss,\ 
 Thy rural loves are nature's sel ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Nae snap conceits, but that sweet spell 
 
 O' witchin love, lb. 
 
 Last, tho' not least in love, ye youthful fair, 
 
 Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 Nay more, that very love their cause of ruin ! 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 How true is love to pure desert. 
 
 So love to her, sae far awa : . . S. Sae/ar anva. 
 
 Nane other love, nane other dart, I feel, but her's . lb. 
 Her's are the willing chains o' love, . S. Saeflaxen\ 
 And hear my vows o' truth and love, ... .lb. 
 Death tears the brother of her love 
 
 From Isabella's arms. . . . . Sad thy tale,\ 
 
 She's down i' the grove, she's wi' a new love, 
 
 S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 Bowers adieu ! where love decoying, 
 
 First enthrall'd this heart o' mine, . S. Scenes of woe \ 
 Till he forgets his loves or debts, . Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 Whyles daez't wi' love, whyles daez't wi' drink, 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Polish their grin, nay, sigh for ladies' love. . . Sketch. 
 Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love, . . S. Somebody. 
 By my love so ill requited ; . . S. Stay, m-y charmer t 
 Sweetest May let love inspire thee ; . S. Sweetest May\ 
 Not high-born, but noble-minded, 
 
 In Love's silken band can bind it. . . . . lb. 
 
 Talk not of Love, it gives me pain, 
 
 For Love has been my foe : . . S. Talk not of Love t 
 There, welcome, win and wear the prize [Friendship], 
 
 But never talk of love. lb. 
 
 Your thought, if love must harbour there. 
 
 Conceal it in that thought ; . . . . Ih. 
 
 Thou shalt sit in state, 
 
 And see thy love in battle. . . S. The Captain's Lady. 
 To the shades we'll go, And in love enjoy it. * . lb. 
 
 'Twas all my faithful love could gain ; S. The capt. Ribband. 
 In youthfu' bloom, Love sparkling in her e'e, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 
 happy love ! where love like this is found ! . .lb. g. 
 A Wretch! a Villain ! lost to love and truth ! . lb. 10. 
 Led on the Loves and Graces ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 May Freedom, Harmony and Love 
 
 Unite you in the grand Design, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 When Love and Beauty heard the news, The FHe Champeire. 
 My peace with these, my love with those 
 
 S. The gloomy night t 
 That he was still deceived who trusted 
 
 To love or friend ; . . . The Hermit. 
 If thou hast known false love's vexation, . IB. 
 
 The world then the love should know 
 
 1 bear my Highland lassie, O. S. The Highland Lassie. 
 Wi' faith an' hope, an' love an' drink. 
 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack The Holy Fair. 26. 
 There's some are fou o' love divine ; . .lb. z^. 
 
 The first of my loves was a swaggering blade. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Her Love had been a Highland laddie, . . lb. R. IV. 
 
 A highland lad my Love was born, lb. S. IV. 
 
 Partly wi' Love o'ercome sae sair. 
 
 An' partly she was drunk : . . . lb. R. VII. 
 
 Great love I bear to all the Fair, . lb. S. VII. 
 
 In raptures sweet this hour we meet, 
 
 Wi mutual love an* a' that ; . . . , lb. 
 
 Does the sober bed of Marriage 
 
 Witness brighter scenes of love ? . . lb. S. Vlll. 
 How life and love are all a dream ! . . The Lament. 
 These were the pledges of my love \ .... lb. 
 While Love's luxurious pulse beat high, . . lb. 
 
 Love's veriest wretch, despairing, I 
 
 Fain, fain my crime would cover : . .S". The last time /f 
 Their tokens of love, and their true thankfulness ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 O Love will venture in, where it dare na weel be seen ; 
 O love will venture in, where wisdom ance has been ; 
 
 J-. TkePoHe. 
 I'll tie the posie round wi' the silken band 0' love, , lb. 
 
Love 
 
 292 
 
 Loved 
 
 There taste that life of life — immortal love. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 O meikle do I rue, fause love, The Ruined Mai^s Lament. 
 Alas ! sae sweet a tree as love, 
 
 Sic bitter fruit should bear 1 . . . , lb. 
 
 May secrecy round be the mystical bound, 
 
 And brotherly love be the centre. 6". The Sons of old Killie. 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. . The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 (Fit haunts for Friendship or for Love, 
 
 In musing mood) [v.A.4] The Vision. D.I, 
 ' I saw thee eye the gen'ral mirth 
 
 \yith boundless love. . . lb, D. If., 14. 
 youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong, . . lb. 16. 
 
 ' The loves, the ways of simple swains, . . lb, 18. 
 
 Since my true love is parted from me. [«.] 
 
 S. The Winter it is ^asif 
 
 Their little loves are blest, and their little hearts at rest, /b. 
 
 My love is like yon sun, whose bright course is begun, lb. 
 
 "While his love's like the moon that wanders up and down, lb. 
 
 Oh ! you that are in love, and cannot it remove . . lb. 
 
 Save Love's willing fetters, the chains of his Jean. 
 
 S. Their graves <fi 
 
 And love will break the soundest rest. 6". There was a lass t 
 
 So trembling, pure, was tender love 
 
 Within the breast of bonie Jean. ... lb. 
 
 As Robie tauld a tale o' love lb. 
 
 And whisper'd thus his tale 0' love lb. 
 
 And love was ay between them twa. . . . lb. 
 
 Turn away thine eyes of love, 
 
 Lest I die with pleasure. . . . S, Thine am I\ 
 
 What is life when wanting love? lb. 
 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun, . . . lb. 
 
 Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss. . To a Kiss. 
 
 A third — "to thee'and me, love! " . . . To a Lady. 
 By Love's simplicity betray'd, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 My faithful love disdains, . . . To Clarinda. 
 
 Yet love to friendship shall give way, , . . . Jb. 
 Chain'd at his feet they groan, 
 
 Love's vanquish'd foes : . . . . lb. 
 
 Love grasps its scorpions— stifled they expire ; . .lb. 
 To live one day of parting love ! , To Mary in Heaven. 
 The birds sang love on ev'ry spray, . . , lb. 
 
 Loves and graces all rejected, . To Miss Fonienelle. 
 
 Or love extatic wake his seraph song. . To Miss Graham. 
 Our Sex with guile and faithless love, 
 
 Is charg'd, perhaps too true ; To Miss L., with "Beattie." 
 And jinkin hares, in amorous whids, 
 
 Their loves enjoy, . . To W. Simpson. 12. 
 
 Now let us lay our heads thegither, 
 In love fraternal : . 
 
 lb. 17. 
 
 Love sits in her smile, a wizard ensnaring : 
 
 S. True hearted was he ^ 
 And thou hast plighted me love o' the dearest I 
 
 S. T-was na her bonie blue e'e t 
 O Love thou hast pleasures, and deep have I lov'd, 
 O Love thou hast sorrows, and sair have I prov'd ; 
 
 .S". Wae is my heart t 
 By whom true love's regarded, . S: When wild Wat's t 
 Tho' poor in gear, we're rich in love, . . lb. 
 
 By the treasure of my soul, 
 
 That's the love I bear thee ! . S. Wilt thou be my f 
 
 Youth and Love with sprightly dance, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 And ilka bird sang o' its love, 
 
 And fondly sae did I o' mine. . S. Ye banks and braes t 
 While o'er us unheeded, flie the swift hours o' Love. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains f 
 And the heart beating love as I'm clasp'd in her arms, lb. 
 And reigned resistless King of Love, . S. Young Jamie^\ 
 And chang'd with every moon my love, , . .lb, 
 
 Te pow'rs of honour love and truth 
 From ev'ry ill defend her ; . . .. S. Young Peggy t 
 Love, to [zf. also^ Luve, Loe, Lool. 
 And love a kinder— that's your grand specific. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Altho' I love my Cfaloris mair 
 
 "Than ever tongue could tell ; . , S. Ah^ Chloris t 
 Nae ither care in life have I,^ 
 But live, an' love my Nanie, . ^S", Behind yon hills-\ 
 
 While through thy sweets she loves to stray, 
 
 S. Behold the hour t 
 Thou may'st find those will love thee dear 
 
 But not a love like mine, . . S. Canst thou leave me f 
 
 I ask for dearest life alone, 
 That I may live to love her. . S. Come^ let me take thee t 
 The muse should tell in labor'd strains, 
 
 O Mary how I love thee. . . S. Could aught of song f 
 To love they thought nae crime, . .S". Damon and Sylvia. 
 The rosy banquet loves to sip ; . . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Full well thou know'st I love thee dear ; S. Fairest maid t 
 O, do thou [death] kindly lay me low 
 
 With him I love at rest. . . S. Fate gave the word, t 
 How we love, and how agree ; . .S". First when Maggy f 
 Frae the friends and Land I love, , S. Frae the fiends t 
 The Friend we trust ; the Fair we love ; Grace after Dinner, 
 
 once I lov'd a bonie Lass, 
 
 Ay, and I love her still, . . S. Handsome Nell, 
 
 For the man that loves his mistress weel 
 
 Nae travel makes him weary. ^S". Here's to thy health, t 
 Something in ilka part o' thee ^ 
 
 To praise, to love, I find, . . . S. It is na, Jean, t 
 He will think on her he loves, S, Jockey's tden the Parting\ 
 The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. 
 
 S. My hearths in the Highlands \ 
 
 1 love my Mary's angel air, . . . S. My Mar^sface \ 
 The Partridge loves the fruitful fells ; 
 
 The Plover loves the mountains ; S. Now westHn winds \ 
 Swear how I love thee dearly : . . . . Ih. 
 
 The lad I love's the lad for me, . . S. O Phely, \ 
 
 To see her, is to love her. 
 
 And love but her for ever ; . S. O Saw ye bonie Lesley \ 
 To sing how dear I love thee, S. O were I on Pamass. \ 
 
 And write how dear I love thee. . , . . Ik 
 
 I cou'dha sing, I cou'dna say 
 
 How much, how dear I love thee. 
 
 lb. 
 
 lb. 
 lb. 
 
 lb. 
 
 By heaven and earth I love thee. 
 
 I only live to love thee 
 
 'Till my last weary sand was run, 
 'Till then — and then I love thee. 
 But to see her, was to love her, 
 
 Love but her and love for ever. . S. One fond kiss, t 
 
 A name, which to love was the mark of a true heart. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Let others love the city. 
 And gaudy shew at sunny noon ; . . .6*. Sae flaxen t 
 Whae'er ye be that woman love, . ^S". Shis fair and faxist\ 
 Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets, . Sketch. 
 If thou shalt love another, . . S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 That winding stream I love so dear ! S. Tlie Banks ofNith, 
 But while my crimson currents flow, 
 
 I love my Highland lassie, O. ^. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 Each one loves the other, we join with the ant, 
 
 S, The Poor Thresher. 
 Yet, dearer than my deathless soul, 
 
 I still would love my Jean. . . 6". Tho' cruel fate t 
 
 Thou canst love another maid, 
 
 While my heart is breaking ; . . S. Thou hast left me t 
 " To those who love us! " — second fill ; 
 
 But not to those whom we love ; 
 Lest we love those who love not us ! . . To a Lady. 
 Your friends ay love, your faes ay fear ye, To Terraughty. 
 I love thee, Nith, thy banks and braes, 
 
 S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 If to love thy heart denies, . . S. Turn again, thou t 
 The noble ward he loves. . . F.j, below Picture. 
 
 I'll love my gallant sailor. . . . S. Where Cart ritis t 
 Loved, -*d,. When depriv'd of her husband she loved so well, 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 this much lov'd, much honor'd name ! . Epit.for R. A. 
 The wisest Man the warl' saw, 
 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O, S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 O once I lov'd a bonie Lass, . , . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Ere ye toss me afar from my lov'd native shore ; 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat, Land. 
 The Friend thou valued'st, I, the Patron, lov'd ; 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 For lack o' thee, I leave this much loved shore, 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 Once the lov'd haunts of Scotia's royal train ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 
Loved 
 
 ^93 
 
 Lover 
 
 Learning and Worth in equal measures trode. 
 From simple Catrine, their long-lov'd abode : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 My lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend, 
 
 Tke Cotiei^s Sat. Night. 
 That malces her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad . . lb. ig. 
 I lov'd her most sincerely ; . .45". The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Had we never lov'd so kindly. 
 
 Had we never lov'd so blindly, . . S. One fond ktss^\ 
 The young, the innocent, who fondly loved us, 
 
 Remorse^ A Frag.. 
 lov'd Nith, thy gladsome plains, . S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 O Love thou hast pleasures, and deep have I lov'd, 
 
 S, Wae is iny heart t 
 Love^gift. 
 
 Love-gifts of Carnival signoras. [v. A. 13] The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Love-in spiping. 
 
 And sic twa love-inspiring een, . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 Lovelier. 
 Sae wistfully she gaz'd on me. 
 And lovelier was than ever ; . S. When wild War's ^ 
 Loveliest. Next came the lovliest pair in all the ring, 
 
 Sweet Female Beauty hand in hand with Spring ; 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 And resign to Parent Earth 
 
 The lovliest form she e'er gave birth. . . To Miss C. 
 Lovelorn. 
 No idly-feign'd, poetic pains^ 
 
 My sad, lovelorn lamentings claim : . . The Lament. 
 And give a love-lorn maiden rest ! . S. To thee^ lov'd Nith \ 
 Lovely. Thy chrystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair, 
 
 To hope may be forgiven ; . . S. Anna, thy cltamts t 
 
 Lovely wee thing was thou mine ; . S. Bonie wee thing\ 
 
 More lovely far her beauty blows. . Delia. An Ode, 
 
 Burnet, lovely from her native skies ; El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 - - by these precious drops, 
 
 That fill thy lovely eyes ! . S. Far&wellt dear mistress t 
 Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 Her noblest work she classes, O : 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Fair and lovely as thou art, . . S, Hark ! the mavis t 
 O what can stay my lovely maid ! . .S". Here is theglen,i 
 Twa lovely een of bonie blue. . S. I gaed a waeftC \ 
 
 And when her lovely form I see, 
 
 O haith, she's doubly dear again ! . S. Pll ay ccC in \ 
 Lovely was she by the dawn, S. It was the charming^ 
 
 Lovely Burns has charms— confess ; 
 
 Lns under Pict. of Miss B. 
 Lovely as yonder sweet opening ilower is, 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 My fair, my lovely Charmer 1 S. Now westlin winds t 
 
 The lovely Mary Morison. S. O Mary at thy window t 
 
 Thou'rt like themselves [the powers aboon] sae lovely, 
 
 That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. S. O saw ye bonie Lesley t 
 She, who her lovely Offspring eyes 
 
 With tender hopes and fears, . O Thou dread Pow*r\ 
 And she, a lovely little flower . S. O watye wha's in f 
 
 Her lovely form, her native ease, S. On a. hank of flowers t 
 But Jessy's lovely hand in mine, . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 Chill on thy lovely form ; . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Blest be thy bloom, thou lovely gem, . . .lb. 
 
 Oh still I behold thee, all lovely in death. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 O lovely Polly Stewart, \re.'\ , . . S. Polly Stewart, 
 To paint the lovely hapless Scottish Queen ! Scots Prologue. 
 Such to me my lovely maid. S. Sleeps st thou, or wak\st t 
 
 the rainbow's lovely form . . . Tarn. 0' Shanter. 7, 
 Ye're wae men, ye're nae men, 
 
 That slight the lovely dears : The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 How lovely, Nith, thy fruitful vales, S. The Banks of Nith. 
 This lovely maid's of royal bloods?. Thehonie Lass of Albany. 
 M'Murdo and his lovely spouse, 
 (Th' enamour'd laurels kiss her brows,) 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The lovely lass of Inverness, 
 
 Nae joy nor pleasure can she see ; .S". The lovely lass of 1. 1 
 And in her lovely bosom I'll place the lily there ; S. The Posie. 
 Sunk on the earth, defac'd its lovely form. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
 Tom from that lovely shore, and must never see it more ; 
 
 The Slave's Lament. 
 Lovely Jessie be the name ; . . , . The Toast. 
 Than the sense, wit and taste of a sweet lovely dame. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Never may'st thou, lovely Flower, 
 
 Chilly shrink in sleety shower 1 . , . To Miss C. 
 But in the fair presence of lovely young Jessie, 
 
 Unseen is the lily, unheeded the rose. 
 
 S, True hearted was he t 
 Turn again thou lovely maiden, S. Turn again, thoufair^ 
 You, a charming lovely creature, iS. Will ye go and marry t 
 But my dear and lovely Katie, . ... lb. 
 
 If ance I had my lovely treasure, lb- 
 
 Were fortune lovely Peggy's foe, 
 
 Such sweetness would relent her, . lS". Young Peggy t 
 Lover. 
 Lang syne in Eden's bonie yard. 
 
 When youthfu' lovers first were pair'd, Add. to the Deil. 1$. 
 If from the lover thou maun flee, 
 
 Yet let the friend be dear. . . . S. Ah, Chloris t 
 Amang them I spied my faithless fause lover, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring^ 
 And I long for my true lover ! . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 
 I Hsten'd to a lover's sang, . . S. By Allan stream \ 
 And in the keen, yet tender eye, 
 
 O read th' imploring lover. . ^S". Could aught ofsong\ 
 
 There's a' the Pleasures o' the Heart, 
 
 The Lover and the Frien' ; . . . Ep, to Davie. 8. 
 " Nor use a faithful lover so ? " . . S. Fairest viaid\ 
 The bursting sigh, th' unweeting groan 
 
 Betray the hapless lover : . S. Farewell, thou stream \ 
 Fond lovers parting is sweet painful pleasure, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 To thy new lover hie, . , . . S. Had I a cave \ 
 Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, 
 
 S. Here's a Jtealth to ane t 
 It's plenty beets the lover's fire. . S. In simmer when t 
 
 Let her lo'e nae man but me ; 
 
 There the Lover's treasure lies. . . S. Jockey fou, t 
 And wha but my fine fickle lover was there, 
 
 • S. Last May a braw wooer ^ 
 
 Like music-notes o' Lover's hymns : S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 The merry birds are lovers a', 1. . .5". Now rosy May t 
 
 But purer was the lover's vow S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 
 A hapless lover courts thy lay, S. O stay, sweet warbling \ 
 But gleg as light are lovers' een, S. O this is no my ain t 
 But weel the watching lover marks • ... lb. 
 My cave would be a lover's bower, iS". O wat ye wht^s in\ 
 The absent lover, minor heir. 
 
 In vain assail him with their prayer, Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 By the pangs of lovers slighted, . S. Stay, my charmer^ 
 And my fause lover staw the rose. 
 
 But left the thorn wi' me. S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett. II. 
 The lover's raptur'd joys or bleeding cares; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. I2, 
 the Lover's raptur'd hour . . . The Calj. 
 
 As from the fondest lover part. 
 
 The plighted husband of her youth ? . The Lament. 
 
 The unweeting ^roan, the bursting sigh, 
 
 Betray the guilty lover. . . . S. The last time I \ 
 ' Some hint the Lover's harmless wile ; The Vision. D. II. g. 
 Ev'ry pulse along my veins. 
 
 Tells the ardent lover. . . , S. Thine am /f 
 
 See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? . To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 But may, dear Maid, each lover prove 
 
 An Edwin still to you To Miss L. 
 
 Are lovers as faithful, and maidens as fair. 
 
 S. True hearted was hef 
 Grace, beauty, and elegance, fetter her lover, . . lb. 
 Rue on thy despairing lover, . . S. Turn again, thou t 
 How your dread howling a lover alarms I 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Ae look deprived me o' my heart. 
 
 And I became a lover. . . S. When first I saw \ 
 
 And prouder than a belted knight, 
 
 I'd be my Jeanie's lover lb. 
 
 While men have eyes, or ears, or taste, 
 
 She'll always find a lover. lb. 
 
 and thus may still True lovers be rewarded. 
 
 S. When wild War' s\ 
 
Lover 
 
 294 
 
 Loyal 
 
 Why, why tell thy lover, 
 
 Bliss he never must enjoy? . . S* Why ^ why tell thy ^ 
 
 Why, why wouldst thou, cruel, 
 
 Wake thy lover from his dream ? , ... lb. 
 And my fause lover staw my rose, 
 
 But ah i he left the thorn wi' me. S. Ye hanks tmd braes t 
 Loving, -in*. 
 A lovin' father I'll be to thee, . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 Here lie the loving Husband's dear remains, 
 
 E^it.for Author's Father. 
 In loving bleeze they sweetly join, . . Halloween. lo. 
 
 Whose only fault is loving thee 1 S. O Mary^ at thy window t 
 An exile frae her father's ha', 
 
 And a' for loving thee ; . . . S. O -mirk, mirk \ 
 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest Pair, 
 
 In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale. 
 
 The CotteVs Sat. Night, g. 
 And here, by sweet endearing stealth, 
 
 Shall meet the loving pair, . Th£ Petition of Br. Water. 
 Because thou art loving and kind to thy wife 
 
 .S*. The Poor Thresher. 
 The oflfence is loving thee : . . Turn again^ thou t 
 
 Listen to a loving swain ; i\ Will ye go and marry \ 
 
 Lov'st. 
 
 That lov'st to greet the early morn, To Mary in Heaven. 
 Low. But thoughtless follies laid him low, A Bards Epit.. 
 darkling grubs this earthly hole, In low pursuit, . . lb. 
 If friendless, low, we meet together. 
 Then, Sir, your hand— my Friend and Brother. 
 
 ADed.toG.H.,i6, 
 The wretch, already crushed low 
 
 By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow ? A Winter Night- g. 
 Their royal Name low in the dust ! Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 which laid th' accomplish'd Burnet low. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 An' here his body lies fu' low— . . Epit, on wee Johnie. 
 And owning heaven's mysterious sway, 
 
 Submissive, low, adore. . . Fragment of Ode. 
 
 I ken they scorn my low estate, S. Here's to thy health, t 
 For silent, low, on beds of dust. 
 
 Lie a' that would my sorrow share. Lament for Glencaim. 
 In Poverty's low barren vale, lb. 
 
 ! had I met the mortal shaft 
 
 Which laid my benefactor low ! lb. 
 
 Has laid my leaf full low, . . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 For she [our Kirk] by tribulations 
 
 Is now brought very low. . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 1 scorn not the Peasant, tho' ever so low ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 
 The spring shall return to thy low narrow bed. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 
 " Low lies the hand that oft was stretch'd to save, 
 " Low lies the heart that swell'd with honest pride ! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 
 " Relentless fate has laid their guardian low. . lb. 
 
 But cold successive noontide blasts 
 
 May lay its beauties low Sad thy tale, t 
 
 Lay the proud usurpers low, . . S. Scots wha ha'e t 
 
 Is in his "narrow house" for ever darkly low. [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 
 There, low he lies, in lasting rest ; [v. A. 15] 
 
 Tatn Samson's El. . 
 To see her sittan on her arse 
 
 Low i' the dust, The A uthof^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Low in your wintry beds, ye flowers, 
 
 Again ye'U flourish fresh and fair ; S. The Catrine woods t 
 'Till the mortal stroke shall lay me low, 
 
 S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 An* wi' a curchie low did stoop, . . The Holy Fair, 3. 
 And coward maukin sleep secure. 
 
 Low in her grassy form : . The Petition of Br, Water. 
 ere Phosbus, low, Shall kiss the distant, western main. 
 
 The Lament, 7. 
 I bow'd fu' low to this sam' maid, 
 
 S, The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 And many a low humble bow to the ground : 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Which even the Rights of Kings in low prostration 
 Most humbly own — 'tis dear, dear admiration ! 
 
 The Rights of Woman, 
 Must I see thee, my youthful pride, 
 
 Thus brought so very low! . . S. The sun he is sunk \ 
 And the Morro low was laid at the sound of the drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 
 Low, in a sandy valley spread, - The Vision. D. L /j. 
 
 Who call'd on Fame, low standing by, 
 
 To hand him on, [v. A. 4] . . .lb. 
 
 Nor longer mourn thy fate is hard, 
 
 Thus poorly low 1 . . . lb. D. II. z. 
 
 But now the share uptears thy bed. 
 
 And low thou lies ! . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Till she, like thee, all soil'd, is laid Low i'.the dust. . lb. 
 Low-sunk. 
 
 Low-sunk in squalid, unprotected age, . To R. G. ofF.j 5. 
 Lowan [burning, flaming, blazing]. 
 
 An' tho' yon lowan heugh's thy hame. 
 
 Thou travels far ; . . Add. to the Deil. 3. 
 
 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Pit, 
 Fill'd fou o* lowan brunstane, . . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 To quench their lowan drouth, The Jolly Beggars. R. Vlll. 
 Lowe [a flame]. 
 
 The sacred lowe o' weel plac'd love, Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 
 And by my ingle-lowe I saw. 
 
 Now bleezan bright. The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 
 Beyout the ingle lowe ; . . . S. The weary pund. 
 Lower. ' This lower world I you resign ; Natures Law. 
 
 To lower Orders are assign'd. 
 
 The humbler ranks of Human-kind, The Vision. D. II. 7. 
 
 O had she but been of a lower degree, iS". There's auld Rod t 
 Lower v. Lour. 
 Lowest. 
 
 Tho' shelter'd in the lowest shed S, Twos even — the dewy t 
 Lowly. 
 
 And the earth conceals sae lowly ; . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 A lowly Bard was he, Nature's Law. 
 
 nurst in the Feasant's lowly shed, . . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 
 In this lone cave, in garments lowly. The Hermit. 
 
 Let lofty firs, and ashes cool, 
 My lowly banks overspread, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Yet all beneath th' unrivall'd Rose, 
 
 The iowly Daisy sweetly blows ; . . . lb. D. II., 20. 
 
 Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk, lowly, unseen ; 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 
 See'st thou thy lover lowly laid? S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 While chearful peace, with linnet song, 
 
 Qiants the lowly dells among. 
 
 Reverence with lowly heart 
 
 Him whose wondrous work thou art ; Wr. in Hermitage, F.C. 
 
 Lown V. Loun. 
 
 Lowp, Lowping, v. Loup, Louping. 
 
 Lowrie [Lawrence]. 
 
 There's Lowrie the laird o' Dumeller, . . S. Tom Glen, 
 Lowrie's burn [the river St. Lawrence]. 
 
 Down Lowrie's burn he [Montgomery] took a turn, 
 
 A Fragtnertt. 
 
 Lowering, Then low'ring, and pouring. 
 
 The storm no more I dread ; . 
 
 Lowse [to loose]. 
 
 To lowse his pack an' wale a sang, The Jolly Beggars. R. Vlll, 
 
 Can easy, wi' a single wordie 
 
 Lowse h-U upon me. 
 
 Lows'd [loosed]. 
 
 An' lows'd his tinkler jaw, man, . . A Fragment. S- 
 An' lows'd his [Job's] ilI-tongu*d, wicked Scawl 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 18. 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 To Ruin. 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Loyal. In loyal, true affection, 
 
 A Dream. 8. 
 
 Wha in his wae days were loyal to Charlie ? 
 
 S. Bannocks ff bear mealj 
 
 And ilk loyal, bonie lad 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. . S. Frae thefnenas\ 
 
 To prove our loyal truth— we can no more ; 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 
 For Loyal Harry back again. 3". My Harry was a gallmtt t 
 
 For loyal Forbes' Charter'd boast 
 
 Is ta'en awa ! 
 
 Scotch Drink, ig. 
 
 Your faith proved so loyal, in hot bloody trial, 
 
 S. The small btrds^ 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives," attend to my song, 
 
 S. Ye true '' Loyal Natives t 
 
Loyalty 
 
 295 
 
 Luve 
 
 Loyalty. 
 
 But loyalty truce ! we're on dangerous ground, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tyiler. 
 The doctrine, to day, that is loyalty found, 
 To-morrow may bring us a halter. . . . lb, 
 
 Luath. 
 
 And in his freaks had Luath ca'd him, Tke Two, Dogs. 4. 
 Luck, may guid luck hit you \ . . . A Farewell. 
 But by gude luck I lap a wicket. 
 
 And turn'd a neuk. Friend of the Poet \ P.S. 
 And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause, 
 May never guid luck be their fa' ! S. Here's a health to them^ t 
 I Mash you luck o' the prize, man. S. The deilcamjiddlin t 
 Bad luck on the penny that tempted my minnie 
 
 S. What can a young lassie t 
 Luckily. 
 And there will be roaring Birtwhistle, 
 Yet luckily roars in the right. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Luckless, 
 ye'll stain the mitre Some luckless day. A Dream. 12. 
 
 Some luckless hour will send him linkan, 
 
 To your black pit ; Add. to the Deil. 20. 
 
 luckless fortune's northern storms S. Luckless Fortune. 
 
 in luckless hour, Made me the thrall of care. 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad t 
 On Life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 The star that rules my luckless lot, . To J. S.^ 6. 
 
 And doubly curse the luckless rhyming trade. To R. G. ofF. 
 No horns but those by luckless Hymen worn, . Ih. 3. 
 
 Lucky. 
 The lucky moment to improve, Despondency^ an Ode. 4. 
 
 Yet whose parts and acquirements seem mere lucky hits ; 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 If bringing them over was lucky for us, 
 I'm sure 'twas as lucky for them [v.A.g] 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tyiler. 
 Some, lucky, find a flow'ry spot. 
 For which they never toil'd nor swat ; . ToJ.S.^ if. 
 
 Lucky, -ie [an ale-house mistress; a. designation 
 applied to an elderly woman]. 
 
 They'll step in and tak a pint 
 Wi Lady Onlie, honest lucky. 
 
 S. A^ the lads d' Thomie-hank t 
 Lady Onlie, honest lucky. Brews gude ale, . Ih. 
 
 And cheary blinks the ingle-gleede 
 
 O' Lady Onlie, honest lucky. . . , Ih. 
 
 sentimental sister Susie, An' honest Lucky ; 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 And eke the same to honest Lucky, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 had your tongue now, Luckie Laing, S. Gat ye 7ne\ 
 Lucy. 
 
 - And doubly welcome be the spring, 
 
 The season to my Lucy dear. S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 
 But my delight in yon town. 
 
 And dearest joy, is Lucy fair. . . . Ih. 
 
 But gi'e me Lucy in my arms, . . Ih. 
 
 But spare me, spare me Lucy dear. . . . Ih. 
 
 Lug [the ear]. 
 Altho' a ribban at your lug 
 
 Wad been a dress compleater : . , .A Dream. 12. 
 And thro' my lugs gies mony a twang, Add. to Toothache. 
 But, let me whisper i' your lug. Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 
 They made our lugs grow eerie ; ^. Amang the trees f 
 
 While frosty winds blaw in the drift, 
 
 Ben to the chimla lug, . . . £p. to Davie. 
 
 Out owre the lugs she plumpet, . . . Halloween. 26. 
 That lives at the lug o' the law ! S. Here's a health to them f 
 
 1 wad been o'er the lugs in luve ; . S. I do coft/ess + 
 May claw his lug, and straik his beard, On W. Chalmers. 
 An' crabbed names an' stories wrack us, 
 
 An' grate our lug, . . . Scotch Drink. 
 Ne'er claw your lug, an' iidge y«uf back, 
 
 ' An' hum an' haw. The A uthoi's Cry and Prayer. 
 How would his Highland lug been nobler fir'd. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12, 
 
 And, in your lug, most reverend J , . . . The Calf. 
 
 His hair, his size, his mouth, his lugs, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 When up they gat an' shook their lugs, . . Ih. 33, 
 
 An anxious e'e I never throws 
 Behint my lug, or by my nose ; . . ToJ.S., 23. 
 
 Lug, to [produce, bring forth]. 
 
 Then lug out your ladle, deal brimstone like adle, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Lugar. Behind yon hills where Lugar flows [v.A.26] 
 
 S. Behind yon hills t 
 That wav'd o'er Lugar's winding stream : 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Or stately Lugar's mossy fountains boil, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 While Irwin, Lugar, Aire an' Doon, 
 
 Naebody sings, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Lugget [having a lug or handle]. 
 
 O rare ! to see thee fizz an' freath 
 
 I' the lugget caup ! . Scotch Drink. 20. 
 
 Luggie [a wooden dish with a lug or handle]. 
 
 In order, on the clean hearth-stane. 
 
 The Luggies three are ranged ; , . . Halloween. 27. 
 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware 
 
 That jaups in luggies ; [v. A. 7] To a Haggis. 
 
 Luke V. Leuk. 
 Lum [the chimney]. 
 
 Till fuff ! he started up the lum, . . . Halloween. 8. 
 Lumber. To slap mankind like lumber ! Nature's Law. 
 
 Lume [tool, instrument]. 
 
 the best wark-lume i' the house, . Add. to the Deil. 21. 
 Lump. My Son, these maxims make a rule, 
 
 And lump them ay thegither ; Add. to the Unco Guid. 
 Lumpish. She [nature] kneads the lumpish philosophic dough, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Luna. Is Fortune's fickle Luna waning ? 
 
 E'en let her gang ! To J. S.j 2o. 
 
 Lunardi [a lady's bonnet named after Lunardi the 
 balloonist]. 
 
 But Miss's fine Lunardi, fye ! 
 
 How daur ye do 't ? . . To a Louse. 
 
 Lunch [a large piece of bread, cheese, &c.]. 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, 
 Was dealt about in lunches. An' dawds The Holy Fair. 23. 
 
 Lunt [a column of smoke]. 
 
 She fufft her pipe wi' sic a lunt, . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 butter'd So'ns, wi' fragrant lunt, . . lb. 28. 
 
 Luntan [smoking]. 
 
 The luntan pipe, an' sneeshin mill, . The Twa Dogs. 20. 
 
 Lurch, But the godly old Chaplain left him in the lurch ; 
 
 The folly Beggars. S. II. 
 Lure. Nor think to lure us as in days of yore : 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Lurk. Whyles, in the human bosom pryin. 
 
 Unseen thou lurks. Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 He never was known for to idle or lurk ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk, lowly, unseen ; 
 
 S. Their groves of f 
 Evils lurk in felon wait : . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Lust. At times I'm fash'd wi' fleshly lust 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 lust and pride, The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers. 
 
 The Hermit. 
 Lusted. That few for aught but folly lusted ; The Hermit. 
 Lustre. The kindling lustre of an eye ; .5". My Mary's face t 
 That Indian wealth may lustre throw 
 
 Around my Highland lassie, O. . S. Tlte Highl. Lassie. 
 Deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw 
 
 A lustre grand ; . The Vision, D. I. 12. 
 But kindness, sweet kindness, in the fond-sparkling e'e, 
 Has lustre outshining the diamond to me ; 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Luve [love]. 
 O my Luve's like a red, red rose, 
 That's newly sprung in June ; . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 
 my Luve's like the melodie 
 
 That's sweetly play'd in tune. . Ih. 
 As fair art thou, my bonie lass. 
 
 So deep in luye am I ; ... . . Ih. 
 
 And fare thee weel, my only Luve ! . . . Ih. 
 
 And I will come again, my Luve, . . . . lb. 
 
 1 wad been o'er the lugs in luve ; . . S. I do confess^ 
 O John, my luve, come kiss me now, i". fohn^ come kiss. 
 Thou minds me o' the happy days 
 
 When my fause luve was true. 
 
 i". The Banks ofDoon^ Sett, II. 
 
Luve 
 
 296 
 
 And ilka bird sang o* it's luve ; 
 
 And sae did I o mine. S. The Banks o/Doon, Sett. IL 
 Gif ye hae ony luve for me, 
 
 O wrang na my virginity ! S. The lass that made the hed. 
 Luve, to [to love]. 
 
 And I will luve thee still, my Dear, 
 
 Till a' the seas gang dry. . . . S. A red^ red Rose. 
 I will luve thee still, my Dear, 
 
 While the sands o' life shall run I&. 
 
 Luxuriant. 
 
 Apd [pleasure] pours her cup luxuriant ; . Innocence t 
 
 Luxuriantly. 
 The sacred lowe o' weel plac'd love, 
 Luxuriantly indulge it; ^ . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 Luxurious. While Love's luxurious pulse beat high, 
 
 The Lament. 
 
 Luxury. 
 pamper'd Luxury, Flatt'ry by her side, A Winter Night. 8. 
 And O may Heaven their simple lives prevent 
 From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, so. 
 Or pity's notes, in luxury of tears, . To Miss Graham. 
 
 Lyart [grey, of a mixed colour], 
 tho' I should beg Wi' lyart pow, Ep. to J. Z— A, Ap. sist, g. 
 though his locks be lyart gray, . . S. The cardin o*t. 
 His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat Night. 12. 
 Twa had manteeles o' dolefu' black, 
 
 But ane wi' lyart lining ; . . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 When lyart leaves bestrow the yird, The Jolly Beggars. R. L 
 Lye V. Lie. 
 Lying. The Lord forgi'e me for lying, [re.'\ 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer \ 
 Lying. There's somebody weary wi' lying her lane, 
 
 S. The Taylor fettS 
 Lynin [lining]. 
 
 The taylor staw the lynin o't. . . . S. The cardin o't. 
 Lyre. 
 They who but feign a wounded heart, 
 
 M!ay teach the lyre to languish ; S, Could aught of song \ 
 Who christened thus Maria's lyre divine ; Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 I'll drap the lyre, and mute, admire, . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Here vanity strums on her idiot lyre ; Monody, on a Lady. 
 Wha sweetly tune the Scottish lyre. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Or other Holy Seers that tune the sacred lyre. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Here Poesy might wake her heaven taught lyre, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Macedonian. 
 Tho', by his banes wha in a tub 
 Match'd Macedonian Sandy ! . . To Mr. M Adam. 
 Machine. 
 
 Adjust the unimpair'd machine, . Sketch. New-Yr^s Day. 
 Mad. life's mad career, Wild as the wave, A Bard^s Epit. 
 Towns-bodies ran, an' stood abiegh, 
 
 An' ca't thee mad. . A Guid New-year \ 8. 
 Or mad Ambition's gory hand, . A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 While raving mad, I wish a heckle 
 
 Were in their doup. . . Add. to Toothache. 
 Her dowf excuses pat me mad; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2Zst, 4. 
 It pit's me ay as mad's a hare ; . . Ep.toJ.R.,13. 
 Tho' father and mother and a' should gae mad, S. O whisthi^ 
 The warld would think I was mad, 
 
 S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 'Gainst headlong, ruthless, mad Rebellion's arms. 
 
 Scots Prologue, 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy. 
 
 E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy : Tarn d Shanter. 6. 
 Whistling his [combustion's] roaring pack abroad, 
 
 Of mad, unmuzzled lions ; , The Election Ballads, VI. 
 Town of Ayr, town of Ayr, it was mad I declare, 
 
 The Kir^s Alarm. 
 Ae night, they're mad wi' drink an' wh-ring. 
 
 The Twa Dogs, 32. 
 The carlin gaed thro' them like ony mad bear, 
 
 S, There liv d ance a carle \ 
 But I gae mad at their grimaces, . To Rev. J, M'Math. 
 Mad-cap. 
 Not so the idle Muses' mad-cap train, . To R. G. o/F., 8, 
 
 Madden. Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 
 To R. G. o/F., 7. 
 Maddening. 
 I saw thy pulse's maddening play, . The Vision. D. II. if. 
 Now maddening, wild, I curse that fatal night ; To Clarinda. 
 Made. D'ye think, said I, this face was made for crying ? 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Is instant made no worth a louse 
 
 Just at the bit. . Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 Who made the heart, 'tis He alone 
 
 Decidedly can try us, . . . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 They made our lugs grow eerie, O . S. Amang the trees t 
 Ask why God made the gem so small. 
 While huge He made the granite 1 [v.A.27] 
 
 Ask why God made f 
 May be who made him still support him, 
 
 A uld comrade dear t 
 Hast thou foixnd that beauty's lillies 
 
 Werenot made for aye to last? . . . Blue Bonnets. 
 The Clachan yill had made me canty. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 Has made them baith no worth a f— t, . . lb. /j*. 
 
 Who called her verse, a parish workhouse made 
 For motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed?) 
 
 Ep. from Esopus. 
 Or rhymes an' sangs he'd made himsel, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 6. 
 If honest Nature made you fools. 
 
 What sairs your Grammars 1 .... lb. 11. 
 A warmer heart Death ne'er made cold. Epit. for R. A. 
 
 If there's another world he lives in bliss ; 
 If there is none, he made the best of this. Epit. on a Friend. 
 Her prentice ban* she try'd on man. 
 
 An' then she made the lasses, O. S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 I wat she made nae jaukin ; . . . . Halloween. 12. 
 
 ' An' he made unco light o't ; lb. it. 
 
 " Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; Lament Jor Glettcaim. 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, 
 
 And made my branches grow, . S, Luckless Fortune. 
 When chill November's surly blast 
 
 Made fields and forests bare, Man was made to mourn. 
 Made me the thrall of care. . S , Now Spring has clad. ■ 
 
 Again the merry_ month of May 
 
 Has made our hills and valleys gay ; S. O Logan! sweetly^ 
 For Nature made her what she is. 
 
 And ne'er made sic anither ! S. O saw ye bonie Lesley \ 
 A man of fashion too, he made his tour, . . Sketch, 
 Men, three-parts made by Taylors and by Barbers, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Heaven gave me more, it made thee mine. 
 
 S. The day returns t 
 
 Made me the judge o' strife ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 An' soon I made me ready ; . . . The Holy Fair. 6, 
 He stoiter'd up an' made a face ; The Jolly Beggars. R. UI. 
 An' made the bottle clunk 
 
 To their health that night Ib.R, VII. 
 
 Jamie Goose, ye ha'e made but toom roose, Th^ Kirk's Alarm. 
 The lass that made the bed to me. 
 
 ^. The lass that made the bed. 
 
 For monie a heart thou hast made sair, 
 
 i". The lovely lass of 1. 1 
 
 But Oliphant aft made her [Common-sense] yell, 
 
 The Ordination, d. 
 How graceless Ham leugh at his Dad, 
 
 Which made Canaan a niger ; . . . . lb. 4. 
 He made me blest— and broke my heart ! The Tears I shed. 
 Was made lang syne, lord knows how lang. The Twa Dogs. 4, 
 And a' that she has made 0* that. 
 
 Is ae poor pund o' tow. . . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 I hae as gude a craft rig 
 
 As made o' yird and stane ; . . S. There's news, lassesx 
 Wow, but your letter made me vauntie ! To Dr, BlackUch 
 
 To Miss Ferrier, 
 To Mr. MAdam. 
 
 Jove's tunefu' dochters three times three, 
 
 Made Homer deep their debtor ; 
 I trow it made me proud ; . . . 
 
 hae made bare My peaccj my hope, for ever! . 
 
 Verses under Onej. 
 
 I made an open fair confession, . . What ails ye nffw t 
 
 By him who made yon sun and sky! S, When wild Wa'Ps\ 
 Madest, -'st* 
 
 Who mad'st the sea and shore, . Grace after Dinner. 
 
 Thou madest strong two chosen ones, New Psalmody. 
 
297 
 
 Mailin 
 
 S. Willie Wasile t 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 To W, Simpson. 
 
 S. First when Maggy + 
 
 . ForW.Nicol. 
 . The Book-Worms. 
 
 Madgle. 
 
 Tinkler Madgie was her mither; 
 Madiera. 
 
 Balmaghie had better been 
 DrinKing Madiera wine. 
 Madness. 
 
 (Not moony madness more astray) Sent to a, Gent, offended. 
 
 By blockhead's daring into madness stung; To R. G. o/F.,s. 
 Madrid. 
 
 Or by Madrid he takes the rout, 
 
 To thrum guittars an' fecht wi' nowt ; , The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Mae [morel. 
 
 Forby sax mae, I've sell't awa, . A Guid New-year \ 15, 
 
 Sal-alkali 0' Midge-tail clippings, 
 
 And mony mae. Death and Dr. Hornbook, 22, 
 
 And ye'U crack your credit wi' mae than me. 
 
 S. O tneikle thinks my love t 
 
 And mony mae we hope to be. . . S. O Willy brewd^ 
 
 Is th' wish o' mony mae than me : Tarn Samson's El.., 14. 
 
 Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted. . The Inventory. 
 
 My only beast, I had nae mae, S. What will I do gin t 
 
 Magellan. 
 
 Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil 
 Besouth Magellan. 
 Maggot. . 
 
 Wha I wish were maggots' meat. 
 
 Ye maggots, feed on Nicol's brain, 
 For few sic feasts you've gotten ; 
 
 Ye maggots make your windings ; 
 Maggy, -ie. 
 
 A Guid New-year I wish you Maggie ! A Guid Nezv- Year t 
 
 1 ken'd my Maggie wad na sleep For that, or Simmer. lb. 13. 
 Maggie coost her head fu' heigh, S. Duncan Gray t 
 Maggie's was a piteous case, . . , .lb. 
 First when Maggy was my care, 
 
 Heaven, I thought, was in her air ; S. First when Maggy t 
 But Maggie stood right sair astonish'd, Tarn d Shanter. ii. 
 And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, ... lb. 16. 
 
 So Maggie runs the witches follow, ... lb. if. 
 
 Hard upon noble Maggie prest, .... lb. 18. 
 But little wist she Maggie's mettle . . . , lb. 
 
 And left poor Maggie scarce a stump Zb. 
 
 Cu»-st Common-sense, that imp o' h-U, 
 
 Cam in wi' Maggie Lauder ; . The Ordination. 2. 
 
 There was Maggy by the banks o' NJth 
 
 A dame wi' pride eneugh, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Magic. Who but owns their magic sway, S. My Mary's face t 
 
 That breaks the magic of my drep.m ; . . On Lincluden. 
 
 But O for Hogarth's magic pow'r On dining with Daer. 
 
 I'd charm her with the magic of a switch, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband, 
 He circled round the magic ground, 
 
 But entrance found he nane, man : 
 
 Magic-wand. 
 
 Where Pleasure is the Magic-wand, 
 
 The magic-wand then let us wield ; 
 Magistrate. Abuse o' Magistrates might weel be spar'd ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. jo. 
 Magna Charta. 
 
 The magna charta flag unfurls. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Magnanimity. 
 
 O glorious magnanimity of soul ! . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 Magnum-bonum [a double-sized bottle, containing 
 two English quarts]. 
 
 High-wav'd his magnum-bonum round 
 With, Cyclopean fury. . . The Election Ballads^ VI. 
 Mahoun [the devil]. 
 And ilka wife cries, auld Mahoun, 
 I wish you luck o' the prize man. S. The deilcamfiddlin\ 
 Maid. 
 " To sing some favourite Scottish maid. As on the banks \ 
 Thy form and mind, sweet maid, can I forget; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Fairest maid on Devon banks ! . S. Fairest maidf 
 
 ■ The maid that I adore I . . . S. From thee, Eliza,^ 
 O what can stay my lovely maid I . S. Here is the glen,\ 
 All for to court this pretty maid, . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 To the weaver's gin ye go, fair maids, S. My heart was auce t 
 2 P 
 
 The FHe Champetre. 
 
 . To J. S., 12. 
 lb. 13. 
 
 Let simple maid the lesson read, 
 A barcfit maid I chanc'd to meet, 
 
 S, O Lassiex art thou f 
 . S. O Mally's meek. 
 The fairest maid's in yon town 
 
 That ev'ning sun is shining on. \re.'\ S. O watye wha's in f 
 He vow'd, he pray'd, he found the maid 
 
 Forgiving all and good. . S.Ona bank of flowers t 
 
 My bonie maid, before ye wed . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Such to me my lovely maid. .S". Sleep' st thou, or waUsi \ 
 
 This lovely maid's of royal blood S. The bonie Lass of A Ibany. 
 Or frosty maids forsworn the dear embrace, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 Then paints the ruin'd Maid, and their distraction wild ! 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 10. 
 I'd kiss her maids, and kick the perverse b— h. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 I once was a maid, tho' I cannot tell when ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 The sweetest still to wife or maid. 
 
 Was whistle o'er the lave o't. , . .lb. S. V. 
 
 I bow'd fu' low to this sam' maid, \re.'\ 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 When a* our fairest maids were met, 
 
 The fairest maid was bonie Jean. S. There was a lass t 
 Thou canst love another maid, 
 
 While my heart is breaking ; . S. Thou hasi left me t 
 Such is the fate of artless Maid, . To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 ' Gie fine braw claes to fine Life-guards, 
 
 * And Maids of Honor ; . . To J. S., 22. 
 Fair maid, you need not take the hint, . To Miss Ainslie. 
 But may, dear Maid, each Lover prove 
 
 An Edwin still to you. ' « ' '^° Miss L. 
 
 All hail, Religion ! maid divine ! . To Rev. J. M^Math, 
 And fair are the maids on the banks of the Ayr; 
 
 S. True-hearted was t 
 Thee, dear maid, have I offended ? S. Turn again, thou t 
 O had she been a country maid, .S". Twas even — the dewy t 
 Wha spied I but my ain dear maid, .S". When wild War's t 
 The slighted maids my torments see, .S*. Young Ja7nie,\ 
 
 Maiden. An' sweet an' ^racefu' she did ride 
 
 Wi' maiden air ! A Guid New-Year \ 6. 
 Mark Maiden-innocence a prey 
 
 To love pretending snares, . . A Winter Night, g. 
 
 maiden May, in rich array, . . . .S". But lately seen t 
 Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, 
 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill. S. In sim-merwhen t 
 But O the road was very hard, 
 
 For that fair maiden's tender feet. S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 Where first I own'd my maiden love, . . S. O Phely\ 
 And there will be maiden Kilkerran, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Some grace the Maiden's' artless smile ; The Vision. D. II. g. 
 And you, tho' scarce in maiden prime, 
 
 Are so much nearer Heav'n. To Miss Z-., with " Beatie." 
 And give a love-lorn maiden rest ! S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 Are lovers as faithful, and maidens as fair. 
 
 i?. True hearted was t 
 Turn, again, thou lovely maiden, S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 A maiden fair I chanc'd to spy ; S. Twas even— the dewy t 
 Maidenhead. 
 
 To grant a heart is fairly civil, 
 
 But to grant a maidenhead's the devil ! Auld comrade^ 
 
 Maidenkirk. 
 Frae Maidenkirk to Johny Groats ! On Grose's Peregrinations^ 
 
 Maidenly. And maidenly modesty fixes the chain. 
 
 iS". True hearted was he\ 
 Mailie. Poor Mailie's dead ! ire.] . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 Now Robin, greetin', chows the hams 
 
 O' Mailie dead I [v.A.19] . . lb. 
 
 As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither 
 
 Was ae day nibbling on the tether. The Death of Mailie. 
 At length poor Mailie silence brak. . . lb. 
 
 This said, poor Mailie turn'd her head, ... lb. 
 
 Mailin [a farm]. 
 ' 'Twill please me mair to hear an' see't, 
 
 Than stocket mailins. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 A weel-slocked mailin, himsel' for the laird, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 There's Meg wi' the mailin that fain wad a haen him ; 
 
 S. There's a youth\ 
 A mailin pleqish'd fairly ; , , 5", When wild Wars\ 
 
Main 
 
 298 
 
 Major 
 
 Main. An somebodie were come aefain, 
 
 Then somebodie maun cross the main, 
 
 S. Carl, an the king come. 
 Weak, timid landsmen on life's stormy main ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, s- 
 I maun cross the main, My dear, . . S. It was a' fori 
 
 The sailor frae the main, lb. 
 
 ere PhcEbus, low, Shall kiss the distant, western main. 
 
 The Lament. 
 
 Flow still between us, thou wide roaring main. 
 
 S. IVatidering Willie. 
 For golti the merchant ploughs the main, S. When wild Waf^s t 
 Maintain. 
 
 ' Who boldly dare thy cause maintain 
 
 In spite of foes : . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Maintop. Then top and maintop croud the sail. To J. S., ii. 
 
 Maip [more ; v. also, Nae malp]. 
 
 What wad ye wish for mair, man ? A Bottle and Friend. 
 But may she wintle in a wocdie, 
 
 If she whore main . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 Till in some miry slough he sunk is. 
 
 Ne'er mair to rise. . Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 The mair they tauk I'm kent the better. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 'Twill please me mair to hear an'see't, 
 Than stocket mailins. 
 
 Ih. 
 
 (whats aft mair than a' the lave) . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 mair Than ever tongue could tell ; . . S. Ah, Chloris\ 
 The langer ye ha'e them, the mair they're carest. 
 
 S. Awd w'C yr witchcraft t 
 The mair I kiss she'^ay my dearie. S. Braw lads o/G. Water. 
 Contented wi' little, and canty wi' mair, S. Contented wV Utile t 
 ' The wife slade cannie to her bed. 
 
 ' But ne'er spak mair. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 ' Mair spier na, nor fear na.' . Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 It's no in makin muckle, mair : . . . .Ib.S- 
 
 Quo' she, 'Ye ken we've been sae busy 
 
 This month an' mair, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 3. 
 A' that I bargain'd for, an' mair ; . . Ep. to J. R.^S- 
 
 And screw your temper-pins aboon 
 
 A fifth or mair, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 But now its gane, and something mair, . Extern. Ap. Jf82. 
 
 Never mair to taste delight. 
 Never mair maun hope to find 
 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : . S. Frae the Friends t 
 And by that life, I'm promised mair o't, F-riend of the poet t 
 And bring a coggie mair. . . . S. Gane is the day t 
 Ance mair T hail thee, thou gloomy December ! 
 
 Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care ; 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Parting wi' Nancy, Oh! ne'er to meet mair. . . lb. 
 
 A pint 0' the best o't, And twa pints mair. 
 
 L?. Gudeen to you Kimmer t 
 Mair braw than when they're fine; . Halloween. 3. 
 
 As they wad never mair part, . . . . 2b. 8. 
 
 Her cheeks a mair celestial hue, . S. Her flowing locks \ 
 Content and love bring peace and joy. 
 
 What mair hae queens upon a throne ? S. In simmer when \ 
 A' this and mair I never heard of; Kind Si7\ 2've read t 
 
 Even they maun dare an effort mair, .?. Lovely Davies. 
 
 That maks us mair than princes; . . . . lb. 
 
 But Jenny's jimps and jirkinet, 
 
 My Lord thinks meikle mair upon't. S. My Lord a- hunting'^ 
 But Mary she is a' my ain, 
 
 Ah ! Fortune canna gie me mair ! .S". Now bank and brae t 
 It were mair meet, that those fine feet 
 
 Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon, . 5". O Mally's meek. 
 As songsters of the early year 
 Are ilka day mair sweet to hear. 
 So ilka day to me mair dear 
 
 And charming is my Phely. . . . S.OPhelyf 
 An' they cry crowdie ever mair. . S. thai I had ne'er\ 
 Gin ye crowdie ony mair, 
 
 Ye'll crowdie a' my meal away !b. 
 
 Mair than an honest ploughman. . On Dining with Daer. 
 And every year come in mair dear . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Will nane the Shepherd's whistle mair 
 
 Blaw sweetly .... Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 A friend mair faithfu' ne'er came nigh him. Poor MaiUe^s EL, 
 For mair than a towmond or twa, man ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 The charms o' the min'. the lanejer they shine, 
 
 The mair admiration they draw, man ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 'Twou'd been o'er meikle to've gi'en thee mair, 
 
 I mean an angel mind. . . S. She's fair and fause^ 
 
 Wi' mair o' horrible and awef u', . Tarn o" Shanter. ii. 
 
 I'd be mair vauntie o' my hap, The Ans. to the Gnidwife. 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid. 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer, ib. 
 And muckle mair than ye can mak to through. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 O, bid him never tye them mair, , The Death ofMailie, 
 Wha's mair o' the black than the blue. 
 
 The Election Ballads. HI. 
 Leeze meon Drink! it gies us mair 
 
 Than either School or Colledge : . The Holy Fair. ig. 
 Ae auld wheelbarrow, mair for token. . The Inventory. 
 
 Wi' weans I'm mair than weel contented, . . Ib. 
 
 I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair ; Ih. 
 
 To lay some mair beneath my head. 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 If mair they deave us wi' their din, The Ordination, j^. 
 
 They're ay in less or mair provided ; The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 
 And ay the mair he hotch'd an' blew, 
 
 The mair that she forbade him. . There came apiper\ 
 While deil a hair yoursel ye're better, 
 
 But mair profane. , Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 For me I would be mair than proud 
 
 To share the mercies wi' you. . To a Medical Gent. 
 
 You shouldna paint at angels mair, To a Painter. 
 
 Wha does the utmost that he can. 
 
 Will whyles do mair. . To Dr. Blackloch. 
 Mair taen I'm wi' you. . . To J. S,, 2. 
 
 the mair I'm that way bent, Something cries, " Hoolie! Ib. 7. 
 in faith, they're worse And mair unchancy. To J. Kennedy. 
 And if we dinna baud a bouze 
 
 I'se ne'er drink mair. . Ib. 
 
 An* backlins-comin, to the leuk,^ 
 
 She grew mair bright. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Frae less to mair it gaed to sticks ; ... Ib. 
 
 In hopes to be mair wise, . . V.s on Window, Carron. 
 
 And waft my dear Laddie ance mair to my arms. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 And mair, we'se ne'er be parted. S. When wild War's j 
 
 Forbids me e'er to sfee her mair ! . . S. Young Jatnie t 
 
 Maist [most]. How guessed ye, Sir, what maist I wanted? 
 
 Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 There's lang-tocher'd Nancy maist fetters his fancy 
 
 5, Theris ayouik\ 
 S. Women's Minds. 
 
 A Ded. to G. H, II. 
 
 The noblest breast adores them maist, 
 Maist [almost]. 
 I maist forgat my Dedication ; 
 An' gied the infant warld a shog, 
 
 'Maist ruin'd a'. Add, to the Deil. 16. 
 
 But her tap-pickle maist was lost, . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 Poor Leezie's heart maist lap the hool ; . Ib. 26. 
 
 Ye maist wad think, a wee touch langer. 
 An' tljey maun starve 0' cauld and hunger : The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 maist like to rive, Bethankit hums. . . To a Haggis. 
 'Bout which our herds sae aft hae been 
 
 Maist like to fight. ■ To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 And maist has killed my Hoggie. S. What will I do gin^ 
 Malster [master]. The maister drunk— the horse committed: 
 
 On B. 's Horse Impound. 
 Maistly [mostly]. 
 
 They're maistly wonderfu* contented ; The Twa Dogs. li. 
 
 Majestic. 
 
 The stately swan majestic swims, .S". Again rejoicing Naiure\ 
 Her form majestic droop'd in pensive woe. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Majesty. Guid-momin to your Majesty ! . A Dream. 
 
 Hail, Majesty most Excellent! . . . . Ib.g. 
 
 Let Majesty your firpt attention summon, 
 Ah! ^aira! The Majesty of Woman ! The Rights of Woman. 
 
 Major. 
 
 (the Major's with the hounds, . Sketch. Hew-Vr's Day, 
 And can we forget the auld Major, 
 Wha'U ne'er be forgot in the Greys, „ ., _, „, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
Majority 
 
 299 
 
 Make 
 
 Majority. 
 
 But accept, ye sublime Majority, 
 My congratulations hearty. . 
 
 The Dean of Fac. 
 
 . /J., Ap, ^ist^ 6. 
 
 . lb. 7. 
 
 . Ep. toJ.R., 2. 
 
 Fragment. 
 S. Had I the wyie t 
 
 S. It is na, Jean \ 
 . S. Jockey foil t 
 
 . lb. 
 S. John, come kiss. 
 
 S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Mak [to make]. 
 
 Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known, 
 
 To mak a noble Aiver; .... A Dream. 11. 
 
 Heav'n mak you guid as weel as braw, ... lb. 14. 
 To mak it guid in law, man. . . .A Fragtnent. g. 
 
 They'll mak what rules and laws they please. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Let wark and hunger mak them sober 1 . . . . lb. 4. 
 
 Thence, mystic knots mak great abuse, Add. to the Deil. iz. 
 What maks the mighty differ ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 It maks an unco leeway. . . . . . lb. 4, 
 
 It seem'd to mak a kind 0' stan', Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 Die! makhisking's-hood in aspleuchan! . . , lb. 14. 
 Satan took stuff to mak a swine, . Mpig. on A. Turner. 
 
 You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 To mak a sang ? Ep. tof. L — k, Ap. ist, 10. 
 An' if ye winna mak it clink, 
 
 By Jove I'll prose it 1 
 Lfet time mak proof; 
 Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, 
 The cruel powers reject the prayer 
 
 I hourly mak for thee ; 
 And bade me mak nae clatter ; 
 Than, if I canna mak thee sae. 
 
 At least to see thee blest. . 
 Love to love maks a' the sport. 
 Nae the meat, but apjietite 
 Maks our eating a delight : 
 But I will mak o' my gudeman, 
 Her smile's a gift frae 'boon the lift, 
 
 That maks us mair than princes ; 
 But the Lassie that man loes best, 
 
 that's the Lass to mak him blest. S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice ; . . S. O Tibbie t 
 Wha will mak me fidgin fain ? S. O wha my babie-clouts t 
 And mak thee a man like thy daddie dear. 
 
 lS". O -whare did ye get t 
 For clever Deils he'll mak 'em ! . . Ona Schoolmaster. 
 'Twill mak her poor, auld heart, I fear, 
 
 In flinders flee : On Scot. Bardgne to W.L 
 It [a raep] maks guid fellows girn an' gape. 
 
 Poor Mailie's EL. 
 
 1 sing the juice Scotch bear can mak us, 
 Thou maks the gossips clatter bright, 
 Wha mak the Whisky stells their prize ! 
 Yet deil mak' matter! [v.A.2] .... 
 " Whase aught thae Chiels maks a' this bustle here?" 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 In poortith I might mak' a fen' ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 An' with rhetoric clause on clause 
 
 To mak harangues ; The Author's Cry and Prayer. I2. 
 And muckle mair than ye can mak to through. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 I coft a stane o' haslock woo, 
 
 To mak a coat to Johnie o't ; . . S, The cardin dt. 
 We'll mak our maut, and wq'U brew our drink, 
 
 S. The deil cam fiddUn t 
 Observ'd ye yon reverend lad 
 
 Mak faces to tickle the Mob ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Ye ay shall mak' the bed to me. 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Mak haste an' turn King David owre, The Ordination. 3. 
 And Common Sense is gaun, she says, 
 
 To mak to Jamie Beattie Her plaint 
 I will mak my Ploughman's bed. 
 It maks him ken himsel, man. 
 And mak us a' content, man. . 
 Maks high and low gude friends, man ; 
 Can mak the bodies unco happy; . 
 Then bowses drumlie German-water, 
 To mak himsel look fair and fatter, 
 They mak enow [ills] themsels to vex them ; 
 But pith and power, till my last hour, 
 
 I'll mak this declaration ; , . . . S. The Union. 
 But sure as three times three mak nine, S. There was a ladf 
 Or what wad mak' her weel again. S. There was a lass t 
 
 Scotch Drink, 
 lb. 13. 
 lb, 20. 
 lb. P. 
 
 lb. Zi. 
 
 S. The Ploughman t 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 . lb. 
 The Twa Dogs. zS. 
 
 lb, 23. 
 lb. 2g. 
 
 if ye mak' objections at it, . . Third Ep. to J. Lap,. 
 Or fricassee wad mak her spew, . To a Haggis. 
 
 He'll mak it whissle ; . . ... lb. 
 
 Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care, . . .lb. 
 To mak amends for scrimpet stature, . . To J. S.y3. 
 
 Maks Hours like Minutes, hand in hand, 
 
 Dance by fu' light 'lb. zz. 
 
 Content with you to mak a pair, Whare' er I gang. lb. 2g. 
 I fear they'll now mak mony a stammer, . To W. Creech. 
 What mak ye sae like a thief? . S. Wha is that at t 
 
 We's mak nae din about your tocher ; 
 
 S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Make, s. In the make of that wonderful creature, call'd Man, 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox, 
 Bonie and bloomin, and straught was its make ; 
 
 S. Lmy Mary Ann. 
 Make, to. 
 Make you as poor a dog as I am, . . A Ded. to G. H.^ z6. 
 To make three guineas do the work of five : 
 
 Add. sp. by. Fonienelle. 
 My Son, these maxims make a rule, Add. to the Unco Guid, 
 Nae nightly bogle make it eerie ; S. By A llan stream t 
 
 Where turnkeys make the jealous portal fast, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 \Vill make thj^ hair, tho' erst from gipsy polled, 
 
 Like hoary bristles to erect and stare lb. 
 
 And make a vast monopoly of hell ? . . .lb. 
 
 Yet then content could make us blest ; Ep. to Da^vie. 3. 
 
 The heart ay's the part ay, 
 
 That makes us right or wrang lb. S- 
 
 It's no in books ;.it'5 no in Lear, 
 
 To make us truly blest : lb. 
 
 Nor make our scanty Pleasures less, 
 
 By pining at our state : lb. 7. 
 
 They make us see the naked truth, . . . lb. 
 
 Still take her, and make her, 
 
 Thy most peculiar care! .... . lb. g. 
 
 The caput mortuum of gross desires 
 Makes a material for mere knights and squires ; 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham, ^, 
 Who make poor will do wait upon / should . . lb. S- 
 
 You have my choicest model ta'en, 
 
 How shall I make a fool again ? . . Epit. on W~. 
 
 Sad was the parting thou makes me remember, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 For the man that loves his mistress weel 
 
 Nae travel makes him weary. S. Here's to thy healthy t 
 Make the gales you waft around her 
 
 Soft and peaceful as her breast, S. Highland Maty. 
 
 To realms unknown while fate exiles me, 
 
 Make her bosom still my home. . . .lb. 
 
 Thy strong right hand, L— d, make it bare. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. Z3. 
 " Yet I'll try to make a shift, . . S. Husband^ husband^ 
 And tho' you'd fain make me your ain. 
 
 In troth I'mfear'd to venture, Sir. 
 
 S. I'm der young to marry t 
 'Twill make your courage rise. 
 'Twill make a man forget his woe ; 
 
 'Twill make the widows heart to sing, John Barleycorn. 
 
 Makes woodland echoes ring ; Lament for Mary of Scots. 
 I'm better pleas'd to make one more, 
 
 Than be the death of twenty. Lns, on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 More pointed still we make ourselves, 
 
 Regret, Remorse and Shame ! Man was made to Mourn. 
 Man*5 inhumanity to Man 
 
 Makes countless thousands mourn ! . lb. 
 
 Or why has man the will and pow'r 
 
 To make his fellow mourn ? . . . lb. g. 
 
 It's not the roar o' sea or shore. 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; . S. My bonie Mary. 
 And make my bed in the Collier's neuk, 
 
 S. My Collier Laddie. 
 I make indeed my daily bread, 
 
 But ne'er can make it farther, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Make, all and every one, A joyful noise. New Psalmody, 
 
 I once was persuaded a venture to make ; 
 
 .S". No Churchman am I \ 
 Then fill up a bumper and make it o'erflow, . . .lb, 
 ^ They make your youthful fancies reel, . O leave novels \ 
 
 As ye [men o' state] make mony a fond heart mourn, 
 
 J. O Logan I sweetly \ 
 
Make 
 
 300 
 
 Man 
 
 That make the miser's treasure poor : 
 
 S. O Maty, at thy window t 
 The silly bogles, Wealth and State, 
 
 Can never make them eerie. . S. O i>ooriith cauld,\ 
 
 I make my pray'r sincere. . . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 Thro' future times to make his virtues last. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Such make his destiny. 
 
 He who would injure thee, . . . S. Pkillis the Fair. 
 But why of that epocha make such a fuss, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler, 
 Or make our Bardie, dowie, wear 
 
 The mourning weed : . Poor Mailie's El., 
 Wou'd make a wretch forget his woe ; . . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 Wou'd make a saint forget the sky \ .... lb. 
 
 Nor makes the hour one moment less. 
 
 ' Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 
 Your friendship much can make me blest, 
 
 S. Talk not of Love t 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! 
 
 What dangers thou canst make us scorn ! Tarn o' Skanter. xi. 
 But ere the key-stane she could make, 
 
 The iient a tail she had to shake ! . . . . lb. i8. 
 Some useful plan, or book could make, 
 
 TlU Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Ye maggots make your windings ; . . The Book- Worms. 
 Mount and make you ready ; . . S. The Captain's Lady. 
 And makes him quite forget his labor and his toil. 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat. Night. 3. 
 What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave ; . lb. 8. 
 That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad : 75. ig. 
 
 In Sodom 'twould make him a king. 
 
 ■ The Election Ballads. III. 
 When Politics came there to mix 
 
 And make his ether-stane, man ! . The Fite Champetre. 
 Or guilt affrights thy contemplation, 
 
 And makes thee pine, . . The Hermit. 
 A prince can make a belted knight, 
 
 A marquis, duke, and a' that ; S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Here shall the shepherd make his seat, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Muirland Jock, Muirland Jock, when the L — d makes a rock 
 
 To crush common sense for her sins, The Kirk's A larrn. 11. 
 
 Her sorrows share and make them less ? The Lament, j. 
 
 I'll make thy days easy the rest of thy life ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Alas ! can I make it no better return ! 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 Just what would make suspicion start ; . The Tears I shed. 
 To make a tour an' tak a whirl, . . The Twa Dogs. 22, 
 And make his cottage-scenes beguile 
 
 His cares and pains. The Vision. D. II. g. 
 
 Sad knowledge makes me know that your hearts are full of woe, 
 
 S. The winter it is past f 
 
 Shall make usbaith saeblythe an' witty, ThirdEp.toJ, Lap.. 
 
 An' justifies that ill opinion, 
 
 Which makes thee startle, . To a Mouse. 
 To make a happy fire-side clime . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Gi'e me the hour o' gloamin grey, 
 
 It makes my heart sae cheery O, S. When o'er the hill\ 
 Make content and ease thy aim. Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Those that sip the dew alone, 
 
 Make the butterflies thy own ; lb. 
 
 Time but the impression stronger makes, 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 And spunkie, ance to make us mellow To Mr. J. Kennedy, 
 Thy nod can make the tempest cease to blow. Why am I loth t 
 What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, fam'd afar? [re.] 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites t 
 
 Maker. Thou that of a' things Maker art, .S". Sae far awa. 
 Making, -In. 
 The Pipers and youngsters were making their game, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring t 
 It's no in makin muckle, mair : 
 
 To make us truly blest : . . . Ep. to Davie, jr. 
 
 For making 0' rhymes, and working at times, 
 
 Does little or naething at a', man. Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 Siill making work his selfish craft must mend. . Sketch. 
 On this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk, 
 
 They're makin observations ; . , The Holy Fair. 2o. 
 Ye little ken what cursed speed 
 
 The blastie's makin ! . . To a Louse, 
 
 Malice. Vengeful malice, unrepenting, A Winter Night. 7. 
 Could'st thou to malice lend an ear ! . S. Fairest maid\ 
 With all her [fortune's] wonted malice, O : 
 
 S. My father was a fanner \ 
 The deed that I dared, could it merit their malice ? 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 His heart by causeless wanton malice wrung, 
 
 ToR.G,ofF.,5. 
 But mean revenge, an' malice fause 
 
 He'll still disdain, . To Rev. J. M'Matk. 
 For what ? to gie their malice skouth 
 
 On some puir wight, . ... lb. 
 
 Mall [Moll, Mary]. 
 
 Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling, . . Halloztieen. g. 
 Mallard. 
 
 The grave sage hern thus easy picks his frog. 
 
 And thinks the Mallard a sad worthless dog. 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,7. 
 Mally, -ie [Molly, Mary], 
 
 Was brunt wi' primsie Mallie; . . Halloween, g. 
 
 Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, 
 Mally's modest and discreet, 
 
 Mally's rare, Mally's fair, 
 Mally's ev'ry way compleat. . . S. O Mally's meek. 
 Malt. O had the malt thy strength of mind. To Mr. Syme. 
 Malvina. 
 
 In Highland bonnet woo Malvina's charms ; Ep.fr. Esop-us. 
 Mammon. 
 
 While sordid sons o' Mammon's line 
 
 Are dark as night! Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 21st, 16. 
 
 Keeper of Mammon's iron chest. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — , 
 
 In other world's can Mammon fail, . ... lb. 
 
 No nerves olfact'ry. Mammon's trusty cur. To R. G. ofF.^s. 
 Mammy, -ie [mother]. 
 
 If ought of thee, or of thy mammy. 
 
 Shall ever danton me, or awe me, . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 They tell me, Sir, 'twou'd be a sin, 
 To tak me frae my mammy yet ; 
 
 1 am my mammy's ae bairn, . . S, Ptn o'eryoung\ 
 I'm o'er young, my mammy says, ... lb. 
 And ay she wrought her mammie's wark, S. There was a lass t 
 And now she works her mammie's wark, 
 
 And ay she sighs wi' care and pain ; . . . Ih, 
 
 Or wilt thou leave thy mammie's cot, ... lb. 
 
 Man. Is there a man whose judgment clear. 
 
 Can others teach the course to steer, A Bards Epit.. 
 What wad ye wish for mair, man ? [«.] A Battle and Friend. 
 He downa see a poor man want ; . . A Ded. toG. H.,S' 
 the poor man's friend in need, . . . . Ib.6. 
 
 But I'se repeat each poor man's pray'r, . . lb, 13. 
 
 by a poor man's hopes in Heav'n ! . . .lb. 16, 
 
 An' did our hellim thraw, man, [re.l . A Fragment. 
 
 ' Than beaven-illumin'd Man on brother Man bestows ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7- 
 ' Guilt, erring Man, relenting view I . . , lb. g. 
 
 quoth my man of rhymes, Add. sp, by Fontenelle. 
 
 Thou man of crazy care and ceaseless sigh, . . .lb. 
 
 that sorest task of man alive lb. 
 
 Thou other man of care, the wretch in love, . . . lb. 
 An' play'd on man a cursed brogue, Add. to the Deil. 16, 
 sklented on the man of Uzz, Your spitefu' joke ? , lb. 17. 
 Then gently scan your brother Man, Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 The captive bands may chain the hands. 
 But powerful Love enslaves tlje man : 
 
 S. A. Mastrtn's bonie Anne. 
 " Man ! cruel man ! " the Genius sigh'd, As on the banks t 
 The ace an* wale of honest men ; . A uld comrade dear t 
 
 Ye'll fin' him just an' honest man : lb. 
 
 I heard a man sing tho' his head it was grey ; 
 
 S. By yon castle wa t 
 
 And every man shall hae his ain, 3". Carl, an the king come. 
 
 But man is a soldier, and life is a faught : 
 
 S, Contented wi' little t 
 If man thou wouldst be named. 
 Despise the silly creature. . . . S. Deluded swain \ 
 
 The ways of men are distant brought, Despondencyt an 0de.3> 
 The losses, the crosses. 
 That active man engage ; Ib.S* 
 
Man 
 
 301 
 
 Man 
 
 A man may drink and no be drunk ; 
 
 A man may fight and no be slain ; 
 A man may kiss a bonie lass, 
 
 And ay be welcome back again. . 
 Where, haply. Pity strays forlorn, 
 
 Frae man exil'd. . El. on Capt. M. I/., n. 
 O, H[enderson]! the man ! the brother ! . . . Ih. 13. 
 
 S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 But by thy honest turf I'll wait, 
 
 Thou man of worth 
 
 rh. 16. 
 
 lb. Epit. 
 . lb. 
 
 lb. 
 
 Matthew was a great man 
 
 a poor-brave-bright-kind-true-queer-rare man. 
 If thou on men, their works and ways, 
 
 Canst throw uncommon light. 
 Yet that was never Robin's mark 
 
 To mak a man ; El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Nae waur than he did, honest man ! , El. on Year I'jSS. 
 And [Satan] shaped it [the swine stuff] something like a man. 
 
 And ca'd it Andrew Turner. . Epig. on A. Turner. 
 I'll no say, men are villains a' ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 A man may hae an honest heart, 
 
 Tho* poortith hourly stare him ; [r^.] . . .lb. 4. 
 
 But keek thro' ev'ry other man, Ib.s. 
 
 The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he. 
 
 Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. 2/st, IS. 
 She [nature] form'd of various parts the various man. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 Where man and nature fairer in her sight, 
 My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer flight. IB. J. 
 The poor man weeps— here G[avin] sleeps, Epit. /or G. £t. 
 The Friend of Man, to vice alone a foe ; 
 
 Epit. for Authors Father. 
 An honest man here lies at rest, . . Epit, on a Friend. 
 The friend of man, the friend of truth ; . . . .lb. 
 Here lyes a man a woman rul'd, Epit. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Here lies J[oh]n B[ushb]y, honest man Epit. on J. B., Writer. 
 To whom hae much shall yet be given. 
 
 Is every great man's faith ; 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 
 And there's no a man in all Scotland, 
 
 But I'll brave him at a word. S. Farewell^ ye dungeons \ 
 Wiser men than me's beguil'd, . S. First when Maggy t 
 
 With, knowledge so vast, and with judgment so strong, 
 No man with the half of 'em e'er went far wrong ; [re.} 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Good L— d, what is man ! for as simple he looks, 
 Do but try to develope his hooks and his crooks : . lb. 
 
 In the make of that wonderful creature, call'd Man, lb. 
 
 For ilka man that's drunk's a lord. . S. Gane is the day t 
 
 What signifies the life o' man, 
 
 An' 'twere na for the lasses, O. S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 An' warly cares, an' warly men, 
 
 May a' gae tapsalteerie, O ! lb. 
 
 The wisest Man the warl' saw. 
 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [v.A.24] . . . lb. 
 Her prentice han' she try'd on man, 
 
 An then she made the lasses, O lb. 
 
 For the man that loves his mistress weel 
 
 Nae travel makes him weary. S. Here's to thy health^ 
 
 Man with brother man to meet, 
 
 And as a brother kindly greet : S. How can my poor heart t 
 '* One of two must still obey, - - - 
 
 " Is it man or woman, say, . . S. Husband^ husband \ 
 The main and his wine's sae bewitching ! Inscrip. on Goblet, 
 Now a' is done that men can do, - . S. It was a' fori 
 Let her lo'e nae man but me ; . . . S. Jockey fou^ t 
 
 her [Nature's] master-work was Man ; S. John Anderson \ 
 Ye're ay the same kind man to me, , , , . lb. 
 'Twill make a man forget his woe ; . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Each man a glass in hand ; lb, 
 
 Weel known to many men, O. • . Katharine Jaffray. 
 I wander in the ways of men, 
 
 Alike unknowing and unknown : Lament for Glencairn. 
 
 Young man, gin ye should be sae kind, 
 
 S. Lass whenyr mither^ 
 
 Young man, do you hear that? lb. 
 
 I said there was naething I hated like men, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer\ 
 
 Fickle man is apt to rove : . . . S. Let not woman t 
 La4ies, would it not be strange 
 Man should then a monster prove ? . , . .lb. 
 
 Why then ask of silly Man, 
 
 To oppose great Nature's plan ? . . S. Let not Woman f 
 " Without at least ae honest man, L^ts add. to J. Ra/nken. 
 There's just the man I want, in faith." . . , lb. 
 
 Ye men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering 
 
 Lns on Window, JC.'s Arms. 
 
 The man in arms, 'gainst female charms, S. Lovely Davies, 
 I spy'd a man, whose aged step 
 
 Seem'd weary, worn with care ; Man was made to mourn. 
 
 to mourn The miseries of man /b. 
 
 O Man I while in thy early years, 
 
 How prodigal of time I lb. 
 
 Man then is useful to his kind, . . . , Ib.J. 
 
 And man whose heav'n-erected face, 
 
 The smiles of love adorn, 
 
 Man's inhumanity to Man lb. 7. 
 
 Or why has man the will and pow'r 
 
 To make his fellow mourn ? lb. g. 
 
 The poor, oppressed, honest man .... lb. 10. 
 O Death! the poor man's dearest friend, . . lb. ii. 
 For without an honest manly heart, 
 
 No man was worth regarding, O. 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 But the lassie that man loes best, 
 
 O that's the lass to mak him blest. S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 That Young Man great in Issachar, . New Psalmody. 
 
 The man that fears thy name, lb. 
 
 No sly man of business contriving a snare, 
 
 ^. No Churchman am I\ 
 
 The man wha boasts o' warld's wealth, 
 
 , Is aften laird o' meikle care ; . S. Now bank and brae t 
 Wi' man and nature leagu'd my foes, 
 
 S. Now springhas cladf 
 
 The path of man to shun it ; . . S. Now westlin winds \ 
 
 Tyrannic man's dominion ; lb. 
 
 But never honest man's intent, 
 
 As cursedly miscarry'd. . S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 That blooms sae far frae haunt o' man ; 
 
 S. O bonie "was yon rosy\ 
 
 can ye labour lea, young man, 6". O can ye labour lea \ 
 
 1 fee'd a man at Martinmas, . . . , lb, 
 O Kenmure's lads are men ; S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 Is nought to what poor she endures 
 
 That's trusted faithless man, jo. S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 O wae upon you, men o' state, . ^S". O Loga7t! sweetly \ 
 Fie, fie on silly coward man, 
 
 That he should be the slave o't [of wealth]. 
 
 S. O poortith cauldf 
 The hearts of men adore thee. S. O saw ye bonie Lesley + 
 An' gin she winna tak a man, 
 
 E'en let her tak her will, jo. . . S. O steer her up t 
 And show what good men are. . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 He loosed on me a lang man, 
 
 A mickle man, a Strang man, . S. O watye what my \ 
 
 An' loose a man on me, jo, IB. 
 
 And mak thee a man like thy daddie dear. 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 Nae honest worthy man need care. 
 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, On dining with Daer, 
 Man, your proud usurping foe, 
 
 Would be lord of all below : . , On scaring Waterfowl, 
 Man, to whom alone is given 
 
 A ray direct from pitying Heaven, . . , , lb. 
 if man's superior might Dare invade your native right, lb. 
 Man with all his powers you scorn \ . , . . lb. 
 Inhuman man ! curse on thy barb'rous art, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 For ever,— Oh no ! let not man be a slave, 
 
 His hopes from existence to sever. On Death of fav. Child. 
 Now [Wrongs, &c.] gay in hope explore the paths of men : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Poor man the flie, aft bizzes by, . . . Poem on Life. 
 Wae worth that man wha first did shape, 
 That vile, wanchancie thing— a raep! PoorMailie's El., 
 
 Nor even the man in private life forgot ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 And Harley rouses all the god in man lb. 
 
 Lives there a man so firm, . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 0, happy \ happy \ enviable man ! lb. 
 
 In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals, 
 
Man 
 
 802 
 
 Man 
 
 To proper young men, he'll clink in the hand 
 
 Gow'd guineas a hunder or twa, man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 The poor man's wine ; . . . Scotch Drink, 7. 
 
 Out owre a glass o' Whisky-punch Wi' honest men ! lb. 17. 
 Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man, 
 
 Commen' me to the Bardie clan ; . Second Ep, to Davie. 
 A man of fashion too, be made his tour, . Sketch. 
 
 The Man of Worth, and has not left his peer. 
 Is in his *' narrow house " for ever darkly low. 
 
 Sonnet^ on Death of Riddel. 
 And bids me beware o' young men ; . . .S". Tarn Glen. 
 ('Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, 
 For honest men and bonnie lasses.) Tarn 0' Shanter. 2. 
 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy, . . , lb. 6. 
 
 Nae man can tether time or tide ; lb. 7. 
 
 Ilk man snd mother's son, take heed : . . . lb. ig. 
 An' deed her bairns, man, wife, an' wean, 
 
 In mourning weed ; . Tatn Samson's El.. 
 
 Ae social, honest man want we : . . . . lb. 14. 
 When first amang the yellow corn 
 
 A man I reckon'd was ; . The Ans. to the Giiidwife. 
 Ye're wae men, ye're nae men, 
 
 That slight the lovely dears : Ih. 
 
 The auid man he came over the lea, . S. The auld man t 
 Does ony great man glunch an' gloom ? 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. J. 
 Till fey men died awa, man. [w.] 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 doom'd by Man, that tyrant o'er the weak, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And execrates man's savage, ruthless deeds ! ) .lb. 
 
 There's men of taste wou'd tak the Ducat-stream, . lb. 6. 
 
 Rev'rend Men, their country's glory, . . . . lb. p. 
 Men, three-parts made by Taylors and by Barbers, . lb. 
 Men wha grew wise priggin owre hops an' raisins, lb. 10. 
 
 No man can tell ; lb. ii. 
 
 Few men o' sense will doubt your claims 
 
 To rank amang the Nowte The Calf. 
 
 How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. iS- 
 When men display to congregations wide, 
 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart ! . . lb. 17. 
 *An honest man's the noble work of God :' [v.A.30] lb. zg. 
 And he wad gae to London town, 
 
 Might nae man him withstand. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look weel to themsel. . . . . lb. 
 
 The independent patriot. The honest man, and a' that. lb. II. 
 The independent commoner Shall be the man for a' that. lb. 
 But we'll hae ane frae 'mang oursels, 
 
 A man we ken, and a' that. lb. 
 
 Though Nabobs, yet men o' the first : . • . . lb. III. 
 That year I was the waest man 0' ony man alive. lb. V. 
 
 But O ! I was a waefu' man Ere toofa' o' the night. . lb. 
 For woman's wit, or strength o' man, 
 
 Alas ! can do but what they can ; . . , .lb. VI. 
 That man shall flourish like the trees 
 
 Which by the streamlets grow ; . . The ist Psalm. 
 
 But hath decreed that wicked men 
 
 Shall ne'er be truly blest lb. 
 
 Thou giv'st the word ; Thy creature, man, 
 
 Is to existence brought ; 
 Again Thou say'st, ' Ye sons of men, 
 
 * Return ye into nought ! ' . The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 I red you beware at the hunting, young men ; 
 
 S. The heather ivas blooming \ 
 Curs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 And hither came, with men disgusted, 
 
 My life to end. . . The Hermit. 
 
 For Donald was the bravest man, 
 
 And Donald he was mine. S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 O happy is that man, an' blest ! . . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 The moral man he does define, .... lb. /jr. 
 The man's the gowd for a' that. S. The Honest Man. 
 A man's a man for a' that ; lb. 
 
 The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor, 
 Is king o' men, for a' that. , 
 
 lb. 
 
 The man of independent mind, 
 
 He looks and laughs at a' that. . 
 But an honest man's aboon his might, 
 
 lb. 
 lb. 
 
 It's coming yet, for a' that. 
 That man to man, the warld o'er. 
 
 Shall brothers be, for a' that. . S. The Honest Man. 
 The grace be— " Alhole's honest men, 
 
 " And Athole's bonnie lasses ! " The Petition of Br. Water. 
 For men, I've three mischievous boys, , The Inventory. 
 
 And still my delight is in proper young men : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, II. 
 That show'd a man o' spunk, . . . lb, R. VU, 
 
 We lived full onc-and-twenty years 
 
 A man and wife together ; . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 And drank, *' Young man, now sleep ye sound." 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Haud aff your hands, young man, said she, . . . lb. 
 " Alas ! young man, ye've ruin'd me." Jb, 
 
 For something beyond it poor man sure must live. 
 
 S. The lazy inist\ 
 A bloody man I trow thou be ; , . S. The lovely lass \ 
 Our Patron, honest man! Gltencairn], . The Ordination. 8. 
 This poor man was seen to go ear^y to work, 
 
 S. 7'he Poor Thresher. 
 Where, like an aged man, it [the hawthorn] stands at break 
 
 o' day; . , S. The Posie. 
 
 And even children lisp the Rights of Man ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Each man of sense has it so full before him, . . .lb. 
 A time, when rough rude man had naughty ways ; . lb. 
 Now, well-bred men — and you are all well-bred — . lb, 
 3ut heaven s curse will blast the man 
 
 Denies the bairn he got ; . The Ruined Maids LamenL 
 The prosperous man is asleep, . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Gie me the groat again, cany young man, 
 
 S. The Taylorfell\ 
 The Taylor prov'd a man, 0. . . S. The Taylor he cam t 
 It raises man aboon the brute, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 L — d man, our gentry care as little . The Twa Dogs. tg. 
 The Men cast out in party-matches, ... lb. 32. 
 There's some exceptions, man an' woman ; . lb. 34. 
 
 Rejoic'd they were na men but dogs ; , . lb. 3$. 
 
 O, M[ood]y, man, and wordy R[u5sell], The TwaHerds^s. 
 ' AU chuse, as, various they're inclin'd, 
 
 ' The various man. . The Vision. D. U. 7. 
 ' Explore at large Man's infant race, ... lb. 10. 
 * Preserve the dignity of Man, With Soul erect ; lb. zz. 
 
 And once more, in claret, try which was the man. 
 
 The Whistle. 7- 
 ' But gie me your wife, man, for her I must have, 
 
 *S". There liv'd attce a carle t 
 He pitied the man that was ty'd to a wife, . . lb. 
 
 He's the king of gude fellows, and wale of auld men ; 
 
 6". There's auld Rob M. i 
 
 Whaur'U ye e'er see men sae happy. There's naetkin like t 
 I'll no gang to my bed Till I get a man. 
 
 S. There's news, lasses t 
 Abusin' me for harsh ill nature 
 
 On holy men, . Third Ep. to J. Lap., 
 
 I'm truly sorry Man's dominion 
 
 Has broken Nature's social union, , To a Mouse. 
 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, Gang aft agley, lb. 
 And wakeful caution still aware 
 
 Of ill — but chief, man's felon snare ; . To ayoung Lady. 
 But an auld man shall never daunton me. [re.l 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 Ye ken, ye ken, That Strang, necessity supreme is 
 
 'Mang sons o' men. . . 'To Dr. Blacklock. 
 But why should ae man better fare, And a' men brithers ! lb. 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, 
 Thou stalk o' cail-hemp in man ! . . . . lb. 
 
 And in her freaks, on ev'ry feature, 
 
 She's wrote, the Man. . . To J. S.,3. 
 " I red you, honest man, tak tent! . . ^b.,7. 
 
 " Far seen in Greek, deep men o' letters, . . lb. 8. 
 
 A great man's smile, ye ken fu' well, 
 
 Is ay a blest infection. . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 And may he wear an auld man's beard, ... .lb. 
 
 Baith honest men and lasses bonie, . To Terraugkty. 
 
 An honest man may like a glass. 
 
 An honest man may like a lass, . To Rev. J. M^Math, 
 
 As men, as christians too, renown'd, 
 
 An' manly preachers Jb. 
 
Man 
 
 303 
 
 Manteele 
 
 May never wicked men bamboozle him I , Ta IV, Creech. 
 Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction, Tragic Frag:. 
 
 Losh man ! hae mercy wi' your natch, . IVAai aiisye now t 
 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man 1 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 
 dool on the day I met wi' an auld man. \re.\ . . Ih. 
 While men have eyes, or ears, or taste, 
 
 She'll always find a lover. . . S. When first I saw t 
 
 1 am the man— and thus may still 
 
 True lovers be rewarded. . S. When wild War's t 
 
 Again exalt the brute and sink the man ; Why am I loth f 
 Can ye think to tak a man ? . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 I could wish nae man to get ye. 
 
 Save it were my very sel. ... . lb. 
 
 If ye wad a man should get ye, 
 
 Then I can that want supply ; . ... 73. 
 
 say ye'U take me, As the very wale o' men, . . .lb. 
 
 Then nae ither man can get ye, lb, 
 
 man's true, genuine estimate, Wr, in FriarS'Cajse H.. 
 
 Keep the name of man in mind, 
 
 And dishonour not thy kind. . Wr. in Hermiiage at F.C. 
 And [here might] injured Worth forget and pardon man. 
 
 Wr. in Kemnore Inn. 
 Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, 
 And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. 
 
 Wr. undr Port, of Fergusson. 
 And wi' some unco man. . . S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 And leave a man undone To his fate, . .S". Ye Jacobites \ 
 To Beauty what man but maun yield him a prize, 
 
 S. Von wild mossy mountains t 
 Man-o*-law. 
 
 Or will we send a man-o'-law? . The Fiie Cham^etre. 
 Man, to. Then, man my soul with firm resolves 
 
 A Prayer under Press, of Anguish. 
 Manage. An' dousely_ manage our affairs 
 
 In Parliament, The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Managing. 
 
 Was managing St. Stephen's quorum ; Kind Sir, Pve read t 
 Mandate. 
 
 For thus the royal Mandate ran, 
 
 When first the human race began, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. zisi, iS. 
 O Mandate, glorious and divine ! , . . Ih. i6. 
 
 Sir, as your mandate did request, . . The Inventory. 
 
 'Mang [among], 
 
 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, A Ded, to G. H., 6. 
 And [guid luck] 'mang her favourites admit you! 
 
 A Farewell. 
 Ye did present your smontie phiz, 
 
 'Mang better folk. Add. to the Deil. ly. 
 
 'Mang moors an' mosses many, O, S, Behind yon hilh\ 
 
 'Mang fields o' flowering claver gay ; El. on Capt. M. H., g. 
 The lasses staw frae 'mang them a', . Halloween. 6. 
 
 Syne bad him slip frae 'mang the folk, ... lb. if. 
 Nor 'mang the sp'ritual core present them, Lnstof. Ranken. 
 Nay beenbitch-fou 'mang godly priests, On diningwith Daer. 
 sunk enerv'd 'Mang heaps o' clavers ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 But we'll hae ane frae 'mang oursels, 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 But comes frae 'mang that cursed set. The Twa Herds, ii. 
 Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 Strang necessity supreme is 'Mang sons o' men. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Wrought 'mang the lasses sic mischief What ails ye now t 
 Mangle. 
 He [Monroe] hacks to teach, they [Critics] mangle to expose. 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,4. 
 Mangled. 
 An' meikle Greek an' Latin mangled, Auldcomrade dear\ 
 Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Tarn- o' Shanter. ii. 
 Mangy. 
 
 He fine a mangy sheep could scrub, The Twa Herds. 8. 
 
 Manhood. 
 Ye little know the ills ye court, 
 
 When Manhood is your wish ! Despondency, an Ode. S- 
 Whose verse in manhood's pride sublimely flows, 
 Yet vilest reptiles in their begging prose. Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 
 And wad na Manhood been to blame, 
 
 Had I unkindly us'd her : . . .S". Had I the wyie t 
 
 Fall in bold manhood's hardy prime ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 Manhood's active might ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 In manhood's dawning blush ; O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 
 Of manhood but sma' is your share ; . The ICirU's Alarm. 
 
 Maniac. While maniac Winter rages o'er 
 
 The hills whence classic Yarrow flows, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson, 
 Mankind, 'Till daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 In gore a shoe-thick ; Add. to Toothache. 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 
 That higher value on it. . . Ask why God made t 
 at all mankind the flag unfurls, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, , Ep. to Young Friend, z. 
 But Och, mankind are unco weak, . . . . Ih.3. 
 Tho' mankind were a pack o' cartes, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sist,S. 
 Pitying the propless climber of mankind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Mankind are his show box Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Mankind is a science defies definitions lb. 
 
 Shame fa' the fun ; wi' sword and gun 
 
 To slap mankind like lumber ! . . Nature's Law. 
 
 * Here, in this hand, does mankind stand, 
 
 * And there, is Beauty's blossom ! ' . . . .lb. 
 I saw mankind with vice incrusted ; . The Hermit. 
 
 Busy haunts of base mankind, S. Thickest nighty 
 
 Ye Pow'rs wha mak mankind your care, . To a Haggis. 
 In days when mankind were but callans, 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Manly. The manly tar, my mason Billie, Auld comrade^ 
 What gen'rous, manly bosoms feel ; Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap, 1st, 4. 
 The sun a backward course shall take - - 
 Ere ought thy manly courage shake ; lS". Highland Laddie. 
 He bade me act a manly part, 
 
 Though I had ne'er a-farthing, O ; 
 
 For without an honest manly heart, 
 
 No man was worth regarding, O. 
 
 S. My father was a fanner t 
 With manly lore, or female beauty bright. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 ^is manly leg with garter tangle bound. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 M'Q[uh]e's pathetic manly sense, . The Twa Herds. 17. 
 As men, as christians too, renown'd, 
 
 An' manly preachers. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Manna. 
 
 The hungry Jew in wilderness 
 
 Rejoicing o'er his manna, 5". The gowd. Locks of A. 
 
 Manner, Manners. 
 
 If ill manners were wit, there's no mortal so fit 
 
 The Kirk's Alann. 
 Such conduct neither spirit, wit, nor manners. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Even Sir, by them your heart's esteem'd. 
 
 An' winning manner. To Rev, J. M^Math. 
 
 Manners-painting. ' I taught thy manners-painting strains, 
 
 The Vision. D. II, 18. 
 Manor. 
 For gold the merchant ploughs the main, 
 Thefarmer ploughs the manor; . S. When wild War's \ 
 Manse [a parsonage house]. 
 Here's armorial bearings 
 
 Fr^e the manse o' Urr ; . The Election Balled. IV. 
 But faith ! the birkie wants a Manse, 
 So, cannilie he hums them ; . . The Holy Fair. 17. 
 
 Mansfield. 
 
 old Mansfield who writes like the Bible, Reproof by Hiinself. 
 Mansion. What dost thou in that mansion fair? 
 
 On seeing Seat of Lord G. 
 In the dark silent mansions of sorrow, On Death offav. Child. 
 Mansions that would disgrace the building-taste 
 Of any mason reptile, bird or beast ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Within this dear mansion may wayward contention 
 Or withered envy ne'er enter ; ^. The Sojts of old Killie, 
 Manson. 
 
 And taste a swatch o' Manson 's barrels, To a Medical Gent. 
 Manteele [a mantle]. * 
 Twa had manteeles o dolefu* black, , The Holy Fair. ^. 
 
Mantle 
 
 304 
 
 Marked 
 
 Mantle, 
 
 Unfolds her tender mantle green, Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 In grief thy sallow mantle tear ; . El. on Ca^t. M. H-t 13. 
 
 Girt on her mantle and her hose, S. It was the charming^ 
 
 Now Nature hangs her mantle green 
 On ev'ry blooming tree, . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Now in her green mantle blythe Nature arrays, 
 
 S. My Nanie's awa. 
 
 Her Mantle large, of greenish hue, 
 
 My gazing wonder chiefly drew ; The Vision. D. I. I2. 
 
 in thy scanty mantle clad, . . To a Mountain- J^aisy. 
 Mantrd. 
 
 Or when the deep-green-mantl'd Earth, 
 
 Warm-'Cherish'd ev ry floweret's birth, The Vision. D. II. 14. 
 Mantling. 
 
 And pours her cup luxuriant, mantling high 
 
 The sparkling heavenly vintage. Love and Bliss ! Innocence t 
 
 The nappy reeks wi' mantling ream, , The Twa Dogs, 20. 
 
 If mantling high she fills the golden cup. To R. G. of F.^ 7. 
 
 Many. Then first she [nature] calls the useful many forth ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, z. 
 Many and sharp the num'rous Ills 
 
 Inwoven with our frame ! . Man was ^lade to mourn. 
 In many a way, and vain essay, S. My father was afarmer\ 
 Baited with many a deadly curse ? Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs* — . 
 And from thee many a parent stem 
 
 Arise to deck our land. . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Wrongs, injuries, from many a darksome den, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 With grateful pride we own your many favors : 
 
 Prologue, at Th.^ D.. 
 after many a bloody, deathless doing, . Scots Prologue. 
 
 How many a robe sae gaily floats ! The Fete ChamPetre. 
 
 I am a Son of Mars who have been in many wars, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 And many a tatter'd rag hanging over my bum, . . lb. 
 I've ta'en the gold an been enroU'd 
 
 In many a noble squadron ; ... lb. S. VI. 
 
 Long did I bear the heavy yoke, 
 And many grifefs attended ; S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 Many-aproned. 
 
 all mechanics' many-aproned kinds. Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Many-pounders. 
 
 The many-pounders of the Banks, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Marble. No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, 
 
 Inscr. on Tomb of Fergusson. 
 We'll sculpture the marble, we'll measure the lay ; 
 
 . Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 Her limbs the polish'd marble stane, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 March. On guid March-weather, A Guid New-Year\ 11. 
 In March the three-and- twentieth day, 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 March. He whistl'd up lord Lenox' march, 
 
 To keep his courage cheary ; . Halloween, ig. 
 March, to. He marches thro' amang the stacks, 
 
 Halloween. 28. 
 Whare birkies march on burning marl : To Mr. Renton. 
 
 March *d. And by our banners march'd Muirbead, 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 But vain they search'd when off I march'd 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 Mare, a good bay mare, As ever trode on aim ; ^ 
 
 El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg, Tarn d Shanier. 9. 
 Remember Tam o' Shanter's mare. . . Ih. ig. 
 
 Margin. Ifi in their random, wanton spouts^ 
 
 They [the trouts] near the margm stray ; 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Maria. To tell Maria her Esopus' fate, [re.l Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 
 'Tis not Maria's whispering call; [«.] S. Here is the glen t 
 
 Give me Maria's natal day I Improm. , on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 
 Thro' faded groves Maria sang, 
 
 Hersel' in beauty's bloom the while, S. The Catrine woods f 
 But, O Maria, hear my prayer, S. The last time I came t 
 Marjory. 
 And Marjory 0' the Monylochs. 
 
 A carline auld and teugh. ^. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Then slow raise Marjory 0' the Lochs, 
 And wrinkled was her brow, . . , , lb. 
 
 Mark [an old Scotch silver coin, equal to 13^d. ster- 
 ling]. 
 
 He gied me thee, o' tocher clear, 
 
 An' fifty mark ; - A Guid New-Year^ 4. 
 1 would nagie her in her sark 
 
 For thee wi' a' thy thousand mark ; . . S. Tibbie ! f 
 My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him. 
 He'll gi'e me gude bunder marks ten : S. Tam Glen. 
 
 Mark. Yet that was never Robin's mark 
 
 To mak a man ; El. on Death ofR. Ruisseanx. 
 Thou strik'st the young hero, a glorious mark ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 The marks of sturt and strife ; . . Nature's Law. 
 
 Accept this mark of friendship, warm, sincere, 
 
 Once fondly Iffv'd^ 
 A name, which to love was the mark of a true heart, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tyiler. 
 But accept it, good sir, as a mark of regard, . . lb. 
 
 But the Doctor's your mark, . . . The KirU s Alarm. 
 Tak a mark by auntie Betty, . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Thou flattering mark of friendship kind, 
 
 Wr. on Leaf of ^^ H. More." 
 Mark, to. Mark Maiden-innocence a prey 
 
 To love pretending snares, A Winter Night. 8. 
 Ye've nought to do but mark and tell 
 
 Your Neebours' fauts and folly! . . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 And just as lamely can ye mark, 
 
 How far perhaps they rue it lb. 7. 
 
 To mark the sweet flowers as they spring ; 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith t 
 Yon wand'ring rill, that marks the hill, S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 Then marks th' unyielding mass with grave designs, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2 
 Mark, how their lofty independent spirit 
 Soars on the spuming wing of injur'd merit ! . .lb. j. 
 The wretch beneath the dreary pole, 
 
 So marks his latest sun. . S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 Mark the winds, and mark the skies ; . S. Let not woman \ 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, S. Mark yonder poinp\ 
 But weel the watching lover marks 
 
 The kind love that's in her e'e. . S. O this is no my ain t 
 Hangman of creation, mark ! 
 
 Who in widow weeds appears, Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Mark ruffian Violence, distain'd with crimes ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Or mould'ring ruins mark the sacred Fane. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 That's he, mark weel . . Oil Grose^s Peregrinations. 
 Astonish'd, doubly marks its beam, . S. Peggy Clialmers. 
 Far as the rude barbarian marks the bound. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Yon auld gray stane, amang the heather, 
 
 Marl^ out his he^d, Tam Samson's El., 12. 
 Wi' justice they may mark your head— 
 
 'Here lies a famous Bullodc!* . . The Calf. 
 
 Mark our jovial, ragged ring ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII 
 To mark the mutual-kindling eye. . . The Lament. 
 
 To mark where England's province stands . S. The Union. 
 His Country's Saviour, mark him well ! [v.A.4] 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 
 To mark the embryotic trace. 
 
 Of rustic Bard ; . . . lb. D. IL 10. 
 
 But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, . . . To a Haggis. 
 
 And mark that eye of fire, . . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 Mark Scotia's fond returning eye, 
 
 It dwells upon Glencairn. ... . Ih. 
 
 Marked, -'d. 
 
 And mark'd with many a seamy scar : Add, to Edinburgh. S- 
 Far mark'd with the courses of clear, winding rills ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 
 And mark'd its bonie holms and haughs. As on the banks\ 
 There, latest mark'd her vanish'd sail. S. Behold the hourS 
 I marked nought uncommon. . . On dining with Daer 
 
 I mark'd the cruel hawk 
 
 Caught in a snare ; . . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 His rays were outshone, and but mark'd where she lay. 
 
 S. The /leather was bloomingJ 
 Who marked each element's border ; S. The Sons of old KilUe. 
 Was strongly marked in her face ; The Vision. D. 1. 10. 
 
 I mark'd a martial Race, pourtray'd 
 
 In colour's strong; [v.A.4] • . . lo. 
 
Mark'd 
 
 306 
 
 Mason 
 
 Here tumbling billows mark'd the coast, 
 
 With surging foam ; The Vision. D. I. 13. 
 
 ' I mark'd thy embryo-tuneful flame, 
 
 * Thy natal hour. . Ih, D, II. 11. 
 
 Market. 
 
 At kirk, or at market, whene'er ye meet me, 
 
 Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd nae a flie ; iS". O whisiie, + 
 
 At Kirk or market, Mill or Smiddie, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 I might, by this, hae led a market, . The Vision, D. I. j*. 
 
 There was a lass, and she was fair, 
 
 At kirk and market to be seen ; . S. There was a lass t 
 Market- crowd. 
 
 As eager runs the market-crowd, i 
 
 When " Catch the thief ! " resounds aloud ; 
 
 Tain d Shanter. if. 
 Market-day, 
 
 As market days are wearing late. Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 
 That frae November till October, 
 
 Ae market-day thou was nae sober ; . . . Ih. 3. 
 
 Market-night. 
 
 Ae market-night, 
 Tam had got planted unco right ; . , Tavt o* Shanter. S- 
 Marking. 
 From marking wildly-scattered flow'rs, Add. to Edinburgh. 
 Marking you his prey below,, On scaring Water-fowl. 
 
 And marking sweet flowerets so fair ; S. Where are thejoys\ 
 Markland. Miss Miller is fine, Miss Markland's divine, 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 Marl. Whare birkie's march on burning marl : To Mr. Renton. 
 Marled [of mingled colours]. 
 
 The marled plaid ye kindly spare, The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Maro. They're no herd's ballats, Maro's catches ; 
 
 Poe}7i on Pastoral Poetfy. 
 Marquis. 
 Here lies a mock Marquis whose titles were shamm'd, 
 
 Exiefn. on ^^ the Marquis. ^^ 
 A prince can make a belted knight, 
 
 A marquis, duke, and a' that ; . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Marr'd. And yet no grief has marr'd thy quiet, The Hertnit. 
 Marriage. 
 And marriage aff-hand, . S. Last May a hraw wooer f 
 
 And sock or buskin skelp alang 
 
 To death or marriage ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Does the sober bed of Marriage 
 Witness brighter scenes of love ? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Married, Marry'd. 
 
 Now we're married, spier nae mair, ^S". First when Maggy f 
 On peace and rest' my mind was bent, 
 
 And fool I was I marry'd ; S. O ay fny wife she dang. 
 
 O ken ye how Meg o' the mill was married ? 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg t 
 
 that I had ne'er been married, 
 
 I wad never had nae care, S. O that I had ne'er t 
 
 1 married with a scolding wife . 5". The Joyful Widower. 
 Then, O ! then, my charming Katie, 
 
 When we're married what comes then ? 
 
 S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Marrow. They wasted, o'er a scorching flame. 
 
 The marrow of his bones ; . John Barleycorn. 
 Marry. Thou'rt ay sae free informing me 
 Thou hast nae mind to marry ; 
 
 S. Here's to thy health, f 
 We'll sew a green ribban round about his hat. 
 And that will let them ken he's to marry yet. 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 What care I in riches to wallow, 
 
 If I mauna marry Tam Glen. , . .S". Tam Glen. 
 
 Gin ye will advise me to marry 
 
 The lad I lo'e dearly, Tam Glen li. 
 
 Will ye go and marry Katie ? S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Marry, Katie, then we'll "woo Ih. 
 
 Marrying. 
 Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins 
 O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave : S. O merry hae I been \ 
 
 Mars. I am a Son of Mars who have been in many wars, 
 
 S. The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 
 Mar's-year [the year of the Earl of Mar's rebellion, 
 1715], 
 
 Auld, uncle John, wha wedlock's joys, 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, .... Halloween. 2f. 
 Martial. 
 The martial phosphorus is taught to flow, Ep. to R. Graham 2. 
 
 2Q 
 
 Where Bruce ance rul'd the martial ranks, . Halloween. 
 Thee [Caledonia] famed for martial deed and sacred song, 
 
 Liberty. 
 Once great in martial story ! . . Ofi Duke ofQueensberry. 
 A Douglas followed to the martial strife, [v.A.12] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 She eyes her freeborn, martial boys, 
 
 Tak aff their whisky. The A uthot's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Next foUow'd Courage with his martial stride. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 But up arose the martial Chuck, The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 Scottish name, Sae fam'd in martial story. S. The Union. 
 I mark'd a martial Race, pourtray'd 
 
 In colours strong ; [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Martial, 'Twas laurell'd Martial roaring murder. 
 „ ,. EJiig. on E.'s " Martial." 
 
 Martinmas. 
 
 I fee'd a man at Martinmas, . . S. O can ye labour lea t 
 Martyr. 
 
 From great Dundee, who smiling victory led. 
 
 And fell a martyr in her arms, . . Fragment of Ode. 
 
 Show many a saint and martyr there. . On Lincluden. 
 
 Martyrs [name of a minor Psalm-tune], 
 
 Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 13. 
 Mary [Queen of Scots], 
 
 And dire the discord Langside saw, 
 
 For beauteous hapless Mary : . . The Dean of Fac. 
 
 Mary, My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, {re.^ 
 
 TTr- ,...,, 1 , „ '^- 4/^"" Water. 
 
 With. Mary when shall we return, 
 
 Sic pleasure to renew?" . . S. As down the burn \ 
 The muse should tell in labor'd strains, 
 
 O Mary how I love thee. . . S. Could aught of song \ 
 An' Mary, nae doubt, took the drunt, . . Halloween, g. 
 While in distant climes I wander, 
 
 Let my Mary be your care, [w.] . S. Highl. Mary. 
 
 Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the castle wa", 
 
 S. Lady Maty Ann. 
 Lady Mary Ann was a flower in the dew : , . .lb. 
 The pride of my bosom, my Mary's no more. 
 
 Lament on having Nat. Land. 
 My Mary's face, my Mary's form, 
 The frost of hermit age might warm ; 
 My Mary's worth, my Mary's mind, 
 Might charm the first of humankind. S. My Mary* s face t 
 
 1 love my Mary's angel air, . . . . lb. 
 But I adore my Mary's heart. . . . /^. 
 To Cassills' banks when ev'ning fa's, 
 
 There with my Mary let me flee, S. Now bank and brae t 
 
 The bonie blink o' Mary's ee. \re.'\ . lb. 
 
 But Mary she is a' my ain, . . . .lb. 
 
 Mary, at thy window be, . S. O Mary, at thyf 
 Could I the rich reward secure. 
 
 The lovely Mary Morison. . . /5. 
 
 1 sigh'd and said aman^ them a', 
 
 Ve are na Mary Morison. . /^. 
 
 O Mary, can'st thou reck his peace, /^. 
 
 A thought ungentle canna be 
 
 The thought of Mary Morison. , . /3. 
 
 Sweet banks ! ye bloom by Mary's side ; 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 We drank a health to bonie Mary, ire.} 
 
 S. Th. Mens.' s bonie Mary. 
 Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary, [re.] . S. To Mary. 
 My Mary from my soul was torn. 
 O Mary! dear, departed shade! [«.] 
 
 S. To Majy- in Heaven. 
 For there I took the last farewell 
 Of my sweet Highland Mary, [re.} 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 
 Mashlum [meslin, a mixture of oats and pease]. 
 
 I'll be his debt twa mashlum bannocks. 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 20. 
 
 Maskin-pat [infusing-pot, a tea-pot]. 
 
 Then up they gat the maskin-pat, 
 
 And in the sea did jaw, man ; . A Fragment. 
 
 Mason. 
 
 When Masons' mystic word an' grip. 
 
 In storms an' tempests raise you up. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 
 The manly tar, my mason Billie, . . Auld Comrade \ 
 
Mason 
 
 306 
 
 Maun 
 
 Mansions that would disgrace the building-taste 
 
 Of any mason reptile, bird, or beast ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Masonic. And honours masonic prepare for to throw ; 
 
 .9. No Churchman am J\ 
 Masonry. 
 
 To Masonry and Scotia dear ! The Farewell. To St J.'s L.. 
 Masquerading. 
 
 Mortgaging, gambling, masquerading : The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Mass. Then marks th' unyielding mass with grave designs, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, a. 
 
 Massive. Seal'd up with frugal care in massive, waxen piles, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. a. 
 Massy. 
 
 The pond'rous wall and massy bar, Add. to Edinburgh. 5. 
 
 Aft clad in massy, siller weed, . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 Mast. 
 
 So, took a birth afore the mast. On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Master. 
 
 As Master, Landlord, Husband, Father, 
 
 He does na fail his part in either. . . A Ded. to G, H. , 5. 
 
 I, through the tender-gushing tear, 
 
 Should recognise my Master dear, ... lb. 16. 
 
 " My noble master lie's in clay ; . Lament for Giencairfi. 
 
 Ae spring brought off her master hale. Tarn o' Shanter. 18. 
 
 They [his looks] say their master is a knave — 
 And sure they do not lie. That there isfalsehood\ 
 
 Their Master's and their Mistress's command, 
 The youngkers a' are warned to obey ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 6. 
 
 An' bear them to my Master dear. . The Death ofMailie, 
 
 Tell him, he was a Master kin', Tb. 
 
 Like loss o' health or want o' masters, The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 
 Wha,tbinks to knit himsel the faster 
 
 In favour wi' some gentle Master, lb. 2t. 
 
 But will ye tell me, master Csesar, . lb. 26. 
 
 Our Master and the Brotherhood . To a Medical Gent. 
 
 Masterpiece. When nature her great master-piece designed, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 Master-work. 
 
 her master-work was Man ; . . . S. John Anderson,^ 
 Match. 'Tween Inverness and Tiviotdale, 
 
 He had few matches. Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, 6. 
 For one, he said, to labour bred, 
 
 Was a match for fortune fairly, S. My father was a farmer^ 
 There's not a lad in a' the Ian' 
 Was match for my John Highlandman. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 M[utrie] and you were just a match, 
 
 We never had sic twa drones ; The Ordination. 10. 
 
 The Men cast out in party-matches, . The Twa Dogs. 32. 
 Match* to. But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws, 
 Can match the lads o' Galla water. 
 
 S. Braiv lads on Var. braes f 
 Then ergo, she'll match them, and match them always. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Spring, summer, autumn, cannot match me [winter] ; 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. — 's Birthday, 
 But thee, Theopocritus, wha matches ? 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 " But if ye can match her ye're waur than ye're ca'd, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Match'd. Tho', by his banes wha in a tub 
 
 Match'd Macedonian Sandy ! To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Matching. 
 
 Tho' matching beauty's fabled queen ; S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 Matchless. 
 A matchless Heavenly Light ! . . El. on Capt. M. H, 
 And thy still matchless tongue that conquers all reply. 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 I bless and praise thy matchless might, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 2. 
 Reader, dost value matchless worth ? 
 
 Lns on Window^ P.*s C. Her.. 
 May he who wins thy matchless charms 
 
 Possess a leal and true heart ; . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 And ev'n his matchless hand with finer touch inspir'dl 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Mate. So calls the woodlark in the grove, 
 
 His little faithful mate to chear, S. Here is the glen^ t 
 Her faithfu' mate will share her toil, 
 
 Or wi' his song her cares beguile : S, O Logan ! sweetly t 
 Nae mate to help, nae mate to cheer, ... lb. 
 
 Say, was thy little mate unkind, S. O stay sweet warbling^ 
 'Tis thy trusty quondam Mate, Ode, to Mem. oj Mrs. — . 
 While his mate sits nestling in the bush ; 
 
 S, On Cessnock banks t 
 Thou'II break my heart, thou bonie bird, 
 That sings beside thy mate ; 
 
 S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett. IL 
 The feather'd field-mates, bound by Nature's tie, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 Material. The caput mortuum of gross desires 
 
 Makes a material, for mere knights and squires ; 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 
 Maternal. 
 
 Of thy caprice maternal I complain. . To R. G. ofF.^ 2. 
 Matron. 
 
 Summer with a matron grace Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Matter. 
 No matter— stick to sound believing. A Ded. to G. H.y 8. 
 A Prologue, Epilogue, or some Such matter, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 a feckless matter To gie ane fash. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 An' hae to Learning nae pretence. 
 
 Yet, what the matter? Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap, ist, g. 
 An' that there is [anither warl'] I've little swither 
 
 About the matter ; Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 
 Some spumy, fiery, ignis Jatwus matter ; Ep. to R. Graham.3. 
 To gather matter for a serious piece ; Scots Prologue. 
 
 Yet deil mak' matter ! [v.A.2] . Scotch Drink. P. 
 
 That on this frail uncertain state. 
 
 Hang matters of eternal weight : Sketch. New-Yt's Day. 
 If we lead a life of pleasure, 
 
 'Tis no matter how or where. The Jolly Beggars. S. VUI. 
 As yet ye little ken about the matter. The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Is naething but a moonshine matter ; To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 I own'd the tale was true he tell'd me, 
 
 ' But what the matter,' . . What ails ye noivi 
 Matthew. 
 For Matthew's course was bright ; . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 Thee, Matthew, Nature's sel shall mourn [re.'\ . . lb. 2. 
 Mattock. Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Maturely. 
 
 But I maturely thought it proper, A Ded. to G. H.^ I2. 
 
 Mauchline. 
 Mauchline Race or Mauchline Fair, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 18. 
 Lament 'im Mauchline husbands a', [?r.] Epit. on a Wag. 
 O leave novels, ye Mauchline belles, . O leave novels t 
 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles. 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 I'm gaun to Mauchline boly fair, . The Holy Fair.S. 
 
 E'er bring you in by Mauchline Corss, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 But when 1 came roun' by Mauchline town, 
 
 ^. When first I came \ 
 My heart was caught before I thought. 
 
 And by a Mauchline lady ^b. 
 
 Maukin [a hare]. 
 Gude help the day when royal heads 
 
 Are hunted like a maukin. . . S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 Ye maukins whiddin thro' the glade. El. on Capt. M. H, 6. 
 
 Ye Maukins, cock your fud fu' braw, Tom Samson's El., 7. 
 
 And coward maukin sleep secure. 
 
 Low in her grassy form : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 And hunger'd Maukin taen her way 
 
 To kail-yards green, . The Vision, D. 1. 1. 
 Maun [must]. 
 This may do— maun do, Sir, wi' them wha 
 Maun please the Great-folk for a wamefou ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 2. 
 
 (Sir, ye maun forgie me, ^b.4. 
 
 Some cock or cat, your rage maun stop, Add. to tJte Deil. 14. 
 And maun I still on Menie doat, S. Again rejoic Nature \ 
 If from the lover thou maun flee, . . S. Ah, Chlon's t 
 An' I maun guide it cannie, ; . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 
 Underneath the grass-green sod, , , , , » ± 
 
 Soon maun be my dwelling. . ^. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 Then somebodie maun cross the main, 
 
 S. Carl, an the king come. 
 
 Folk maun do something for their bread, 
 
 An' sae maun Death. Death and Dr. HonUiook. 12, 
 
 Fornever but by British hands , .r. »* 
 
 Maun British wrangs be righted. S, Does Haughty Gaul T 
 
Maun 
 
 307 
 
 Then I maun sit the lee lang day, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 And frae my een the drapping rains 
 
 Maun ever flow. . EL on Capi. M. H. , //. 
 The sympathetic tear maun fa', . . . . /$. Epit . 
 Tho' I maun own, as monie still, 
 
 As far abuse me. Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. ist, 26. 
 To some other warl 
 
 Maun follow the carl, . . Epit. on /. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 I could write, — but Meg maun see't. ^S*. First when Maggy \ 
 Never mair maun hope to find 
 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : . S. Frae the Friends t 
 And semple-folk maun fecht and fen ; S. Gane is the day t 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; . . Halloween. 4. 
 Altho' thou maun never be mine, S. Her^s a health to ane \ 
 Besides, I farther maun allow, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 If saei thy han' maun e'en be borne, . . . . Ih.g. 
 And wilfu' folk maun ha'e their will ; S. In simmer when t 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill, . . . lb. 
 
 For I maun cross the main, My dear, . S. It was tCfor t 
 Now we maun totter down, John, . . S. John Anderson. 
 But I maun lie before the storm, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, 
 
 Maun lie in prison Strang. . Lament of Maty of Scots. 
 I think I maun wed him— to-morrow, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 Even they maun dare an effort mair, . 3". Lovely Davies. 
 Sae droops our heart when we maun part . . lb. 
 
 And I maun leave my bonie Mary. . S. My Bonze Mary. 
 While my dear lad maun face his faes, S. O Logan ! sweetly \ 
 Sae ye wi' anither your fortune maun try. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 But Nith maun be my Muse's well, 
 
 My Muse maun be thy bonie sel ; S. O were I on Pamass, t 
 The bowl we maun renew it ; . . S. On W. Stewart. 
 
 Tho' I maun say't, I doubt ye flatter, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Some less maun sair . . Ib^ 
 
 But if its ordain'd I maun tak' him, . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; . Tarn 0' Shanter. 7. 
 But here my Muse her wing maun cour ; . . lb. 16. 
 And I maun cross the raging sea; . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 An' we maun draw our tippence. . . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 But now his Honor maun detach, . . The Ordination. 10. 
 Now I maun thole the scornfu' sneer 
 
 The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 a wee touch langer, An' they maun starve The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 How they maun thole a factor's snash ; . . lb. 13. 
 
 While they maun stan', wi' aspect humble, . . .lb. 
 But surely poor-folk maun be wretches ! . . lb. 14. 
 For I maun till'd again. . . . S. There's newsy lasses t 
 Then I maun rin amang the rest . Third Ep. to /. Lap. . 
 For I maun crush amang the stoure 
 
 Thy slender stem : To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 High-shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield, . . lb. 
 What then? poor beastie, thou maun live! . To a Mouse. 
 They maun hae brose and brats o' duddies ; 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 If ye then, maun be then 
 
 Frae hame this comin Friday ; , .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 They a' maun meet some ither place, . . To W. Creedh. 
 Tho' I maun say't, I wad be silly, . . To IV. Simpson. 
 Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me ; 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue t 
 Indeed maun I, quo' Findlay. Wha is that at my \ 
 
 Ye maun conceal till your last hour! . ... lb. 
 I maun Gae fa' upo' anither plan, . . What ails ye now ^ 
 Though I maun never have her, . S. When first I saw f 
 Your doctrines I maun blame, . . S. Ye Jacobites t 
 To Beauty what man but maun yield him a prize, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Maunna, Mauna [must not]. 
 I canna tell, I maunna tell, . . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 What care I in riches to wallow, 
 
 If I mauna marry Tam Glen. ... J. Tam Glen. 
 The kirk and state may join, and tell 
 
 To do such things I maunna : S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 But an honest man's aboon his might, 
 
 Gude faith he maunna fa' that I . S. Tlie Honest Man. 
 
 A wooer like me maunna hope to come speed ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob t 
 Maut [malt]. 
 O wha will buy the groanin maut ? J. (? wha my babie-clouts\ 
 O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut, , S. O Willie brew'd \ 
 " We'll mak our maut, and we'll brew our drink, 
 
 S. The deil camfiddlin t 
 For a' his meal and a' his maut, . . S. To daunton me. 
 O had the malt thy strength of mind, . . To Mr. Syme. 
 Mavis [the thrush]. In vain to me, in glen or shaw. 
 
 The mavis and the lintwhite sing. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Hark ! the mavis' evening sang 
 
 Sounding Clouden's woods amang ; S. Hark t the mavis* t 
 The mavis mild wi' many a note, 
 
 Sings drowsy day to rest : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And thou mellow mavis that hails the night fa', 
 
 S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 The mavis mild and mellow ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The mavis sang, while dew-drops hang 
 
 Around her on the castle wa'. . The night was stilly 
 In ev'ry glen the mavis sang, 
 All nature list'ning seem'd the while, 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 DIawin [mowing]. 
 ' Guid-een,' quo' I ; ' Friend ! hae ye been mawin', 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 8. 
 Mawn [mown]. 
 In simmer when the hay was mawn, S. In simmer when t 
 The heather was blooming, the meadows were mawn, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 Mawn [a basket]. 
 We'll hide the Cooper behind the door, 
 And cover him under a mawn, O. S. The Cooper 0' cuddy t 
 Maxim, 
 
 My Son, these maxims make a rule, 
 
 And lump them ay thegither; , Add. 'to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 ' Life's cares they are comforts '—a maxim laid down 
 By the Bard, what d'ye call him, that wore the black gown ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am /f 
 Grave these maxims on thy soul. '^Wr. in Hertnitage, F. C. 
 Maxwell. And there frae the Nidsdale border. 
 
 Will mingle the Maxwells in droves, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 And Maxwell true, o' sterling blue ; S. The Laddies by t 
 
 The noble Maxwells and their Powers 
 
 Are coming o'er the border, . S. The noble Maxwells \ 
 
 Maxv/ell, if merit here you crave, 
 
 That merit 1 deny : . . . To Dr. Maxwell, 
 
 Health to the Maxwells' vet'ran Chief! To Terraughty. 
 
 Maxwelton. 
 
 Maxwelton, that baron bold, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 May. Her looks were like a flow'r in May, S. Blytlie was she, t 
 Yet maiden May, in rich array, 
 
 Again shall bring them a" [our joys]. S. But lately seen f 
 Last May a braw wooer cam down the lang glen, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 nae life like the Ploughman in the month o' sweet May. 
 
 iS". Lns on a Ploughman. 
 Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers, S. Now rosy May t 
 
 Again the merrjr month o' May 
 
 Has made our hills and valleys gay ; S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 O May thy morn was ne'er sae sweet, 
 
 As the mirk night o' December, S. O May thy mom + 
 
 When merry May its bloom renew'd. S. O were vty love t 
 
 When flow'ry May adorns the scene, S. On Cessnock banks\ 
 Her looks are like the vernal May, . . lb. Sett. II. 
 
 There's lie'er a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half sae welcome's thou art. . On W. Stewart. 
 There's not a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half so fair as thou art. . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half so sweet as thou art /^. 
 
 She's fresh as the morning, the fairest in May, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. \ 
 
 Blooming on thy early May, .... To Miss C. 
 
 Fair is the morn in flow'ry May, S. ' Twas even—the dewy t 
 
 to me more dear, than all the pride of May : . Winter. 
 
 May. Sweetest May, let love inspire thee ; S. Sweetest May i 
 
 And a' to pu' a posie to my ain dear May. [re.] S. ThePosic. 
 
 Maybe. ' Guid faith, Ye're maybe come to stap my breath ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 9. 
 
Maybe 
 
 308 
 
 Meet 
 
 But by your leaves, my learned foes, 
 
 Ye' re maybe wrang. Ep. to J. L — kj Ap. isty lo. 
 Maybe some ither thing they gie me 
 
 They weel can spare. ... lb. if. 
 He had twa fauts, or maybe three, Tarii Samson* s El, 14. 
 Mayna [may not]. At least some pity on me shaw, 
 
 If love it mayna be. S. mir/e, mirk^ 
 Maze. When dancing thoughtless Pleasure's maze, 
 
 Despondency, an Ode. 5. 
 Mazy. Her [nature's] eye intent on all the mazy plan, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 M'Craw. 
 He swoor 'twas hilchan Jean M'Craw, . Halloween. 20. 
 
 Jenny M'Craw, she has ta'en to the heather, Jenny M'Craiv. 
 
 M'Dowall. And there will he Logan M*Dowall ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. Ill- 
 Mead. 
 And o'er the flowery mead she goes, lS". It was the charming^ 
 The sweetest flower that deck'd the mead, 
 Now trodden like the vilest weed, S. O Lassie^ art tkou t 
 Meadow. Nae mair the flow'r in field or meadow springs ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The heather was blooming, the meadows were mawn, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming^ 
 
 The forests are leafless, the meadows are brown, 
 
 S. The lazy mist \ 
 
 By mosses, meadows, moors, and fells, The Twa Herds, IS. 
 Meal. 
 An' Stable-meals at Fairs were driegh, A Guid New-Year ^ 8. 
 Without a penny in my purse 
 
 To buy a meal to me. S. The Highl, Widow's Lament. 
 I'll sit down o'er my scanty meal, . To J. S., 24. 
 
 Meal. An' gied you [ministers] a' baith gear an' meal ; 
 
 El, on Year 1788. 
 
 Ye'U crowdie a' my meal away. . S. O that I had ne'er ^ 
 
 Blest wi' content, and milk and meal 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 For a' his meal and a' his maut, . . S. To daunton me. 
 Mealy, weel brac'd wi' mealy bags, The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Mean. 
 In politics if thou would'st mix, 
 
 And mean thy fortunes be ; Lns on Windows^ Gl. Tav.. 
 See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, 
 
 So abject, mean and vile, , Man was made to mourn. 
 But sorrow tak him that's sae mean, . S. O Tibbie .'t 
 
 But mean revenge, an' malice fause 
 
 He'll still disdain, 
 Pardon a muse sae mean as mine, . 
 Mean, to. 
 Barr Steenie, Barr Steenie, what mean ye? what mean ye ? 
 
 The Kirk's Alartn. 
 I mean your ingle-side to guard 
 
 Ae winter night. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Ye bad me write you what they mean 
 
 By this new-light, To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Meandep. 
 
 Adown some trottin burn's meander, . To W. Simpson. 
 Meandering, -'ping. 
 As wand'ring, meand'ring, 
 
 He views the solemn sky. . Despondency^ an Ode. 3, 
 
 Where Devon, sweet Devon, meand'ring flows. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks \ 
 The Tay meandering sweet in infant pride, 
 
 Wr. in Kentnore Inn. 
 Meanest. 
 The meanest hind in fair Scotland 
 May rove their sweets amang ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 ■Meaning. Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 Means. 
 Yet while the bus^ means are ply'd. 
 
 They bring their own reward : Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 I ken thy friends try ilka means 
 
 Frae wedlock to delay thee ; . S. Here's to thy health, \ 
 I never had frien's, weel stockit in means, Ronalds ofBennals, 
 Meant. 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 
 That higher value on it. . . Ask why God made i 
 
 Her [nature's] Hogarth-art perhaps she meant to show it) 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 'Twas guilty sinners that he meant 
 Not angels such asyou. . To Miss Ainslie. 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 . lb. 
 
 But I'se believe ye kindly meant it, . To W. Simpson. 
 Meanwhile. Meanwhile I am, respected Sir, 
 
 Your most obedient. Ep. to J. R., 13. 
 Measupe. 
 
 Saint Stephen's boys, wi' jarring noise, 
 They did his measures thraw, man, 
 
 A Fragment. 6, 
 
 The ready measure rins as fine, 
 As Phcebus and the famous Nine 
 
 Were glowran owre my pen. , . Ep. to Davie. Ii. 
 Tho' rough an' raploch be her measure. 
 
 She's seldom lazy. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Learning and Worth in equal measures trode, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 13. 
 And cowe her measure shorter 
 
 By th' head some day. The Ordination. 13. 
 Measupe, to. 
 Nae mair at present can I measure, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 We'll sculpture the marble, we'll measure the lay ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Farewell, hours that late did measure 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . S. Ravingwindsj 
 Measup'd. 
 The measur'd time is run ! . S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 Nae Poet thought her worth his while, 
 To set her name in measur'd style ; To W. Simpson. 7. 
 
 Measup'st. 
 
 Measur'st in desperate thought— a rope^thy neck 
 
 Add. sp. by FonteneUe. 
 Meat. 
 
 They ! — they be d d ! what right hae they 
 
 To meat, or sleep, or light o' day? 
 
 Wha I wish were maggots' meat, 
 
 Nae the meat, but apiietite 
 
 Maks our eating a delight : 
 
 Some hae meat and canna eat, 
 And some wad eat that want it, 
 
 But we hae meat and we can eat, 
 Mechanic. 
 
 And all mechanics' many-aproned kindS: 
 Meddle. 
 
 To meddle wi' mischief a-brewing ; 
 
 If ye '11 meddle nae mair wi' the matter, 
 
 Shou'd meddle wi' a pack sae sturdyj 
 
 Add. of Beelzebtib. 3, 
 S. First when Maggy t 
 
 , S. Jockey fou,\ 
 
 The Selkirk Grace. 
 
 Ep, to R. Graham. 
 
 The Kirk's Alann. 
 
 . . . lb. 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Sketch. 
 
 Meddling. His meddling vanity, a busy fiend. 
 Meditate. 
 
 Peerest to meditate the healing leap : Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Meditation, rapt in meditation high, The Brigs of Ayr, 3, 
 Meed. That dearest meed is granted — honest fame ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 
 My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 
 
 Conscious the bounteous meed they well deserve. 
 
 To R, G. ofF., 7- 
 Meek. 
 When Sh-lb-rne meek held up his cheek, A Fragment. 6. 
 
 Her bonie face it was as meek, 
 Asony lamb upon the lee! . . . S. Blythe was she,^ 
 
 Meg was meek, and Meg was mild, S. First when Maggy t 
 
 O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, . . S. O Mally's meek 
 
 Sits meek content with light unanxious heart, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 
 An' meek an' mim has view'd it [the word], 
 
 The Holy Fair. it. 
 
 Meekly. Wha meekly gae your hurdies to the smiters ; 
 
 TJie Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath, . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 Meepe [mape]. 
 
 Sin' thou was my Guidfather's Meere ; A Guid New-year U- 
 Meet. Ye sail get gowns and ribbons meet, S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 It were mair meet, that those fine feet « ,, „ , t 
 
 Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon, . S. O Mallys meek. 
 The bonie Lark, companion meet ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 But of meet, or unmeet, in a fabric complete, 
 I'll boldly pronounce they [reviewers] are none, Sir. .^ , 
 
 Meet, to. If friendless, low, we meet together, 
 
 Then, Sir, your hand— my Friend and Brother. 
 
 - - A Ded, toG.H.,io. 
 
 Go on, ray Lord ! I lang to meet you, Add. of Beelzebub. J. 
 
Meet 
 
 309 
 
 Meikle 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 
 S. As I gaed%iphy\ 
 S. Comin thro" the rye \ 
 
 I meet him on the dewy hill. . 
 Wha did I meet, upon the way, 
 But pretty Peg, my dearie. . 
 Gin a body meet a body [«.] . 
 ' Niest time we meet, I'll wad a groat, 
 
 ' He gets his fairin ! ' Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 
 Meet ev'ry sad-returning night, 
 
 And joyless morn the same. . Despondency., an Ode. a. 
 
 To meet with, and greet with. 
 
 My Davie or my Jean ! . . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 
 till we meet and weet our whistle, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 I should be proud to meet you there ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap 1st, 18. 
 
 let me think we yet shall meet ! »?. Forlorn, my Love,\ 
 How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite J 
 
 Frag, inscr, to Fox* 
 We part to meet no more ! . S. From thee, Eliza,\ 
 
 Parting wi' Nancy, Oh I ne'er to meet main 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 But for to meet the Deil her lane, 
 
 She pat but little faith in : . . . . Halloween, zi. 
 Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, 
 
 S, Here's a health to ane t 
 May liberty meet wi' success ! S. Here's a health to them \ 
 He's on the seas to meet the foe ? ^. Hffw can my poor heart t 
 
 Man with brother man to meet, lb. 
 
 Thy favors are the silly wind 
 
 That kisses ilka thing it meets. . . S. I do confess t 
 And stownlins we sail meet again. , . . S. Fll ay ccC in t 
 But I hae parted frae my Love, 
 
 Never to meet again, . . . . S. It was a'for\ 
 Meet me on the warlock knowe, . . S. Now rosy May t 
 
 To meet my faithful Davie. lb. 
 
 A barefit maid I chanc'd to meet, . S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 '* When evening shades in silence meet, . 6*, Pkely,\ 
 
 If thou shalt meet a lassie 
 
 In grace and beauty charming ; S. O watye wha that loes\ 
 At kirk, or at market, whene'er ye meet me, 
 Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd nae a flie ; . S. O whistle,^ 
 What are yon forms that meet my sight ? . On Lincluden. 
 Henceforth to meet with unconcern, 
 
 One rank as well's another ; . On dining with Daer. 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, 
 
 For he but meets a brother.' lb. 
 
 No hundred-headed Riot here we meet. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 
 Better than e'er the fairest she he meets. . Sketch. 
 
 And fly to meet a kinder heart ! S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Me, mem'ry of my loss will only meet. 
 
 Sonnet on Death oj" Riddel. 
 And drouthy neehors, neebors meet, . Tarn o' Shanter. 
 An' rin her whittle to the hilt, 
 
 I' th' first she meets ! The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 To meet them were na slaw, man, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Where twa wheel-barrows tremble, when they meet, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Meet owre a pint, or in the Council-house ; . .lb. 9. 
 
 On ilka hand the burnies trot, 
 
 And meet below my bonie cot ; S, The Contented Cottager, 
 To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3, 
 With joy unfeign'd, brothers and sisters meet, . . lb, j. 
 Hope ' springs exulting on triumphant wmg,' 
 
 That thus they all shall meet in future days : . lb. 16, 
 The blissful day we twa did meet, . . The day returns^ 
 On the bonie banks of Ayr to meet, The Fite Champeire. 
 
 The scatt'red coveys meet secure, S. The gloomy nighty 
 
 Ilk star gae hide thy twink'ling ray 
 
 When I'm to meet my Anna. S. Tlie gowd. Locks of A. 
 " An' meet you on the holy spot ; . . The Holy Fair. 6. 
 forming assignations To meet some day. . • lb, 20. 
 And here, by sweet endearing stealth, 
 
 Shall meet the loving pair, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 1 could meet a troop of Hell at the sound of a drum. , 
 
 The Jelly Beggars. S. I. 
 
 If e'er ye want, or meet with scant, . . . lb. S. VI, 
 In raptures sweet this hour we meet, . . lb. S. VII. 
 Whene'er I meet my mither's e'e, 
 My tears rin down like rain. The Ruined Maid's Lament, 
 
 when they meet wi' sair disasters, . . The Twa Dogs, a. 
 Resolv'd to meet some ither day. .... lb, 33. 
 I'll meet thee with an undaunted mind. 
 
 S. Thd fickle Fortune t 
 In vain Religion meets my shrinking eye ; . To Clarinda. 
 To meet the Warld's worm ; . . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 They a' maun meet some ither place, Willie's awa ! 
 
 To W, Creech. 
 I'll meet thee on the lea-rig, 
 
 My ain kind dearie O. \.re,'\ . S. When oer the hill \ 
 And pledging aft to meet again. 
 We tore ourselves asunder. 
 
 iS". Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Meeting, s. 
 But he wan my heart's consent. 
 
 To be his ain at the neist meeting. . S. As I came o'er\ 
 And dreads a meeting worse than Woolwich hulks ; 
 
 Ep. fr. Esepus. 
 
 Ev'n godly meetings o' the saunts, By thee inspir'd, 
 
 Scotch Drink. 8, 
 
 Meetingr. Or thro' each nerve the rapture dart, 
 
 Like meeting her, our bosom's treasure. 
 
 S. By Allan stream t 
 ' ' Did ne'er to me sic tidings bring, 
 
 " As meeting o' my Willy. . . , S. O Phely \ 
 
 Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil 
 
 Besouth Magellan. . . To W. Simpson, 7. 
 The meeting clifiFs each deep-sunk glen divides, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Meet'st. 
 And where thou meet'st thy mother's friend. 
 Remember him for me! . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 Meg. Let Meg now take away the flesh, At Globe Tav., D. 
 May he be dad, and Meg the mither. 
 
 Just five and forty years thegither ! Auld Comrade \ 
 
 There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg, S. Duncan Davison. 
 The moor was driegh, and Meg was skiegh, . . .lb. 
 That Meg should be a bride the morn ; . , . lb. 
 
 Meg was deaf as Ailsa Craig, . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 Meg grew sick, — as he grew heal, ... .lb. 
 
 Ye hae your Me^, your dearest part. 
 
 And I my darhng Jean ! . . Ep. to Davie. 8, 
 
 Meg was meek and Meg was mild, [w], 
 
 S. First when Maggy \ 
 Meg fain wad to the Barn gaen, . . . Halloween, zi. 
 
 O L — d I yestreen, thou kens, wi' Meg, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 
 ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten ? \re.\ 
 
 S. O kenye what Meg\ 
 Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, Tam 0' Shanter. 18. 
 
 There's Meg wi the mailin that fain wad a haen him ; 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 
 Meikle, Mickle, Muckle [much, great, big]. 
 
 An' meikle Greek an' Latin mangled, Auld comrade t 
 
 And tho' I hae na meikle tocher, S. Braw lads on Yar. braes\ 
 The meikle devil wi' a woodie 
 
 Haurl thee [death] hame El. on Capt. M. H. 
 
 1 gat some gear wi' meikle care, . . Extern., Ap. lySs. 
 Alake, alake the meikle deil, . . Friend of the Poet t 
 Laden with years and meikle pain. Lament for Glencaim. 
 But Jenny's jimps and jirkinet, 
 
 My Lord thinks meikle mair upon't. S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains 
 
 With meikle mirth an' glee ; . Nature's Law. 
 
 He [love] oft has wrought me meikle wae ; S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 meikle thinks my love o' my beauty, 
 And meikle thinks my love o' my kin ; 
 
 5^. O meikle thinks my love \ 
 My laddie's sae meikle in love wi' the siller. 
 He canna hae love to spare for me. . . . lb. 
 
 Sweet floweret, pledge o' meikle love. 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 For meikle glee and fun has he, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Why is outlandish stuflf sae meikle courted 7 Scots Prologue. 
 For gen'rous patronage, and meikle kindness, . . lb. 
 
 1 lo'ed her meikle and lang ; . . S. She's fair and fause^ 
 'Twou'd been o'er meikle to've gi'en thee mair, 
 
 I mean an angel mind. lb. 
 
 And past the birks and meikle stane, 
 
 Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; Tam 0' Shanter. 10. 
 
 And shook baith meikle corn and bear, . . lb, /j. 
 
Meikld 
 
 310 
 
 Mend 
 
 And mony braw thanks to the meikle black deil, 
 
 S. The Deil cam fiddlin t 
 And meikle he wad say, ... . The Election. Ballads. I. 
 
 Nor meikle speech pretend, Ih. 
 
 The meikle Ursa-Major? . . The Fite Ckampetre. 
 A tod meikle waur than the Clerk ; The KirNs Alarm. 8. 
 
 meikle do I rue, fause love, The Ruined Maid!s Lament. 
 M' — 11 has wrought us meikle wae, The Twa Herds. 12. 
 
 1 meikle dread him lb. 13. 
 
 And twice as meikle's a' that, . S. Women's Minds. 
 
 I throw the wee stools o'er the mickle, Add. to Toothache. 
 Helpless, alane, thou clamb the brae, 
 
 Wi' mickle, mickle toil, Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 
 A mickle quarter basin S. Gat ye me\ 
 
 Hey ca' thro', ca' thro, 
 
 For we hae mickle ado, » . . S, Hey ca' thro'. 
 A mickle man, a Strang man, . . S. O watye what inyf 
 Wi' braw new branks in mickle pride, On W. Chalmers. 
 
 And mickle mirth and play. . ^S". The last braw bridal t 
 But faith ! I muckle doubt, my Sire, . . A Dream. J. 
 Ye're unco muckle dautet ; . . .lb, /j'_ 
 
 That day, ye pranc'd wi' muckle pride, A Guid New-year^ 6. 
 That e'er he [the Deil] nearer comes oursel 
 
 'S a muckle pity. Death and Dr. Hornbook, z. 
 As muckle better as you can. . . . El. on Year iy88. 
 And muckle they [mankind] may grieve ye : 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 It's no in makin muckle, mair : 
 
 To make us truly blest : . . . Ep. to Davie. 5. 
 And there was muckle fun and jokin, 
 
 Ye need na doubt ; . . E^ to J. L — k^ Ap. ist^ £. 
 Or purse-proud, big wi' cent per cent, 
 
 An' muckle wame, . . /^., Ap. 2ist^ ii. 
 Trowth, they had muckle for to blame! Ep. to J. R.^ 12. 
 
 For muckle anes, an' straught anes. . . Halloween. 4. 
 Behint the muckle thorn : .... lb. 6. 
 
 The muckle devil blaw you south, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 An' to the muckle house repair, Wi' instant speed, lb. 18. 
 
 And muckle mair than ye can mak to through. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 As muckle gear as buy a sheep, . The Death ofMailie. 
 An' twice as muckle's a' that, The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 Sae my auld stumpie pen I gat it 
 Wi muckle wark. 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 
 An' muckle din there was about it, 
 
 As faith I muckle doubt him, . 
 Mein v. Mien. 
 Melancholious. 
 
 The melanchoUous, lazie croon 
 
 O' cankrie care. 
 Come, join the melanchoUous croon 
 O' Robin's reed! 
 Melancholy. 
 But come what will, I've sworn it still, 
 
 I'll ne'er be melancholy, O. S. My father was afarmer\ 
 To see each melancholy alteration ; The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 One cordial in this melancholy Vale, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, g. 
 Alike a foe to noisy folly, 
 And brow bent gloomy melancholy, . . The Hermit. 
 
 Melder [as much corn as is sent at one time to the 
 mill to be ground]. 
 
 That ilka melder, wi' the miller. 
 
 Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; Tam 0' Shanter. 3. 
 
 Meliorate. Some teach to meliorate the plain, 
 
 With tillage-skill ; The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 
 Mell [to meddle ; mix]. 
 
 It sets you ill, 
 Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell, Scotch Drink. 16. 
 
 But ay keep mind to moop an' mell, 
 Wi' sheep 0' credit like thysel ! . The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Mellow. 
 When thou was corn't, an' I was mellow, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ g. 
 Hold on till thou art mellow, . . , .S*. Deluded Swain f 
 And thou mellow mavis that hails the night fa', 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 The chanting linnet, or the mellow thrush. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 The mavis mild and mellow ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And spunkie, ance to make us mellow 
 
 And then we'll shine. , To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Melody, -ie. 
 O my Luve's like the melodie 
 
 That's sweetly play'd in tune. . S. A red^ red R^se, 
 
 In notes of sweetest melody 
 
 They hail the charming Chloe : S> It was the charming^ 
 While simple melody pour'd moving on the heart. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Melt. And the rocks melt with the sun ; .S". A red, red Rose. 
 But can they melt the glowing heart, iS". By Allan stream f 
 " Thou found'st me, like the morning sun 
 
 "That melts the fogs in limpid air. Lament for Glencaim. 
 A moment white — then melts for ever ; Tam o' Shanter. 7. 
 And Melville melt in wailing. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Whase raging flame, an' scorching heat, 
 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane 1 The Holy Fair. 22, 
 Still my heart melts at human wretchedness ; Tragic Frag. 
 Melting. 
 Again, again that tender part, 
 
 That I may catch thy melting art ; ^. ^ stay^ sweet warblptg\ 
 Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace ? 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 old Scotia's melting airs, . . The Brigs of Ayr. 22, 
 With melting heart and brimful eye, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Gie me within my straining grasp 
 
 The melting form of Anna. S. The g&wd. Lochs of A, 
 
 Or wake the bosom-melting throe, 
 
 With Shenstone's art ; The Vision. D. II. ig. 
 Melvie [to soil with meal]. 
 
 Or melvie his braw claithing ! . . The Holy Fair. 2j. 
 Melville. 
 
 And Melville melt in wailing. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Member. My dearest member nearly dozen'd : Auldcomrade\ 
 She made me weary of my life. 
 
 By one unruly member. . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 "To cut it aff, an' whatfore no, 
 
 Your dearest member." What ails ye now\ 
 Memento. Than just a kind memento ; Ep. to Young Friend. 
 Memento mori. 
 
 A dram was memento mori; Epit on J. Dove^ Innkeeper. 
 Memory, Mem'ry. 
 Here's the memory of those on the twelfth that we lost ; 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 O mem'ry, spare the cruel throes 
 
 Within my bosom swelling : S. Farewell, thou streatn t 
 Sweets that mem'ry ne'er shall tine. . S. Scenes of woe t 
 What secret charm to mem'ry brings 
 
 All that on Evan's border springs ? S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Thee, Spring, again with joy shall others greet, 
 Me, mem'ry of my loss will only meet. 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 
 Three vollies let his mem'ry crave . Tam Samson's EL, 13. 
 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write 
 Those happy scenes when far awa ! 
 
 T/te Farewell To St. J.'s. L.. 
 
 Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, To Maty in Heaven. 
 
 Though mem'ry there my bosom tear ; S. To thee, lov'dNithi 
 
 My memory's no worth a preen ; . To W. Simpson, PtS.. 
 
 Men V. Man. 
 
 Men' [to mend], 
 
 O wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! , Add. to the Deil, 21, 
 Mend. 
 * Baith their disease, and what will mend it, 
 
 'At once he tells't. Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 
 ' Gat tippence-worth to mend her head, . - i^- ^^' 
 
 And auld Mess John will mend the skaith, S. Duncan Gray. 
 Not a' the quacks, wi' a' their gumption, , ^ ,. 
 
 Will ever mend her, Letter to /. Goudte. 
 
 Resolv'd was I, at least to try, 
 
 To mend my situation, O. S. My father was afarmer-\ 
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart, 
 
 Prologttet sp* by Woods. 
 
 Does Nonsense mend, like Brandy, when imported 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 
 Still making work his selfish craft must mend. . Sketch. 
 If Honest Worth in heaven rise, , 
 
 Ye'U mend or ye win near him. Tam Satnson s EL, tipit-> 
 
Mend 
 
 311 
 
 Met 
 
 But, waes my heart 1 he could na mend it I 
 
 TJte Death o/Mailie. 
 * To mend the honest Patriot-lore, . The Vision. D. II. J. 
 
 Your pin wad help to mend a mill 
 
 In time o' need, . . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Menie [abbreviation of Mariamne], 
 
 And maun I still on Menie doat, S, Again rejoicing Nature ^ 
 Mense [good manners ; discretion ; propriety of con- 
 duct]. 
 An' could behave hersel wl' mense : . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense, 
 
 The Brigs qf Ayr. 6. 
 Menseless [Ill-bred, void of discretion]. 
 
 Like ither menseless, graceless brutes. The Death ofMailie. 
 Mental. Bob's purblind, mental vision : The Dean o/Fac, 
 Mention. It warms me, it charms me, 
 
 To mention but her name : E^. to Davie. 8. 
 
 But we winna mention Redcastle, The Election Ballads. III. 
 Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Mentioned. On the same sicker score I mentioned before, 
 
 P,S. to " The Kirk's Alarm."' 
 Mercenary. 
 The servile, mercenary Swiss of rhymes ? The Brigs qf Ayr. 
 No mercenary Bard his homage pays ; The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 
 Merchandise. 
 And merchandise' whole genus take their birth : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Merchant. For gold the merchant ploughs the main, 
 
 S. When wild Wars\ 
 Mercurial. O for some rank, mercurial rozet, To a Louse. 
 Mercy. 
 Vain is his hope, whase stay an' trust is, 
 
 In moral Mercy, Truth, and Justice ! A Ded. to G. H.^ 7. 
 like ony Turk, Nae mercy had at a', . A Fragment. S- 
 They [factors, &c.] lay aside a' tender mercies, 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Hypocrisy, in mercy spare it ! . . . Ep. to J. R.,3' 
 And mercy's day is gane. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 An' pass not in thy mercy by 'em, Holy Willie's Prayer. 15. 
 But, L— d, remember me and mine 
 
 Wi' mercies temp'ral and divine, ... lb. it. 
 
 Nae mercy, then, for aim or steel ; . Scotch Drink. 11. 
 
 For me I would be mair than proud 
 
 To share the mercies wi' you. . To a Medical Gent. 
 
 They talk o' mercy, grace an' truth, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Losh man ! hae mercy wi' your natch, What ails ye noiu t 
 
 Then how should I for Heavenly Mercy pray. 
 
 Who act so counter Heavenly Mercy's plan? Why ami loth\ 
 
 Mere. The caput mortuum of gross desires 
 
 Makes a material, for mere knights and squires ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Merely. 
 
 We're frail backsliding mortals merely, Ep. to Maj. Logan, p. 
 Meridian. The eagle's gaze_ alone surveys 
 
 The sun's meridian splendor : S. Lovely Davies. 
 Life's meridian flaming nigh, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Merit. 
 Thy mither's person, grace an' merit, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Modest Merit's silent claim ; . . Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 If thou uncommon merit hast, 
 
 Yet spurn'd at Fortune's door, El. on Capt. M. H. , Epit. 
 Soars on the spuming wing of injur'd merit ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S. 
 And fortune favor worth and merit, . . Poem on Life. 
 Who think to storm the world by dint of merit. 
 
 Prologue, at Th.^ D.. 
 Quite sick of merit's rudeness, . . The Dean of Fac.. 
 St. Mary's, A house of great merit and note ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 For prpdiijal thoughtless bestowing. 
 
 His merit had won him respect. . . . lb. 
 
 And You, farewell 1 whose merits claim, 
 Justly that highest badge to wear I 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Maxwell, if merit here you crave, 
 
 That merit I deny : , . . , To Dr. Maxwell. 
 In spite o' dark banditti stabs 
 
 At worth an' merit, . To Rev. J. M'Math, 
 
 Merit, to. 
 For temp'ral gifts we little merit ; . . . .A Grace. 
 
 O Lord, since we have feasted thus, 
 
 Which we so little merit, . . .At Globe Tav.^ D.. 
 The deed that I dared, could it merit their malice ? 
 
 S. The small birds t 
 'A Title, Dempster, merits it; , . ToJ.S., 23. 
 
 Merle [the blackbird]. 
 The merle, in his noontide bower, 
 Makes woodland echoes ring ; Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 Merran [Marian]. 
 But Merran sat behint their backs, . . Halloween, ii. 
 Or crouchie Merran Humphie, .... lb. 20. 
 Merrily, -le. 
 Sae merrily's the banes we'll pyke, The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 And ay she sang sae merrilie ; S. There was a lass, and t 
 Merry, in the merry months o' spring, A Winter Night. 4. 
 Say, you'll be merry tho' you can't be rich. 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 To sum up all, be merry, I advise ; 
 
 And as we're merry, may we still be wise. . . .lb. 
 Sweet fruit o' mony a merry dint, Akd. to Illegit. Child. 
 The merry Floughboy cheers his team, 
 
 S, Again rejoicing Nature t 
 May ye get monya merry story, . Auld comrade dear\ 
 Blythe, and merry was she, [«?.] , . S. Blythe was she, t 
 Sae blythe and merry's we will be, 
 
 When ye set by the wheel at e'en. S. Duncan Davison. 
 An' either douse or merry tale, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 1st, 6. 
 Some merry, friendly, countra folks, . . Halloween. 2. 
 Wi' merry sangs, an' friendly cracks, ... lb. 28. 
 
 It's guid to be merry and wise, S. Here's a health to them \ 
 our merry lads at hame, . . Kind Sir, I've read\ 
 
 Now laverocks wake the merry morn, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 And wi' the merry Ploughman she'll whistle and sing, 
 
 S> Lines on a Plough-man. 
 lUl be merry and free, I'll be sad for . ^S". Naebody. 
 
 The merry birds are lovers a', . . S. Now rosy May f 
 
 Again the merry month o' May . S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 merry hae I been teethin aheckle. 
 
 An' merry hae I been shapin a spoon ; {re.l 
 
 S. O merry hae I been t 
 When merry May its bloom renew'd. S. O were my love + 
 
 Here are we met, three merry boys, 
 
 Three merry boys, I trow, are we ; 
 And mony a night we've merry been, S. O Willie hrew'd\ 
 Nae mair he'll join the merry roar, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 That merry night we get the corn in, . Scotch Drink, g. 
 An' with the lave ilk merry morn 
 
 Could rank my rig and lass ; The Ans. to the Guidwije. 
 My partner in the merry core, . ... lb. 
 
 Wi' merry dance in winter days, . . . . lb, 
 
 O' th' merry lads of Ayr, man ? , The File Ckampetre. 
 a merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R, I. 
 Blythe and merry may she be, S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 1 hae been merry drinking ; S. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 That merry day the year begins, . The Twa Dogs. 20. 
 
 Merry Andrew. 
 Poor Merry Andrew, in the neuk. 
 
 Sat guzzling wi' a Tinkler-hizzie ; The Jolly Beggars. R. Ill, 
 Poor Andrew that tumbles for sport, . . lb, S. III. 
 
 Mess John [Mass Jbhn, the parish priest]. 
 
 Our Mess John, wi' his auld grey pow, 
 
 His haly lips wad Hcket at her. . . S. Donald Brodie t 
 And auld Mess John will mend the skaith, S. Duncan Gray. 
 An' syne Mess John, beyond expression, 
 
 Fell foul o' me. . . What ails ye now t 
 Message. 
 
 And many a message from the skies. Sketch. New- Yr^s Day, 
 Messan [a small dog ; any cur of mixed breeds]. 
 
 Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipsey's messan : iS*. The Twa Dogs, 
 
 Met. But oh, it was a tale of woe, 
 
 As ever met a Briton's ear ! . . A Vision. 
 
 Whaever has met wi' my Phillis, 
 Has met wi the queen o' the fair. 
 
 S. Adown winding Nithf 
 Nor ever sorrow stain the hour, 
 
 The place and time I met my dearie I S. By Allan stream t 
 There I met my shepherd-lad, . . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 
Met 
 
 312 
 
 Mighty 
 
 S. Donald Brodie t 
 
 . S. Gat ye me,f 
 
 Halloween. 24.. 
 
 S. I met a lass \ 
 
 S. Kittiecrankie. 
 
 Donald Brodie met a lass 
 
 Coming o'er the braes o' Cupar ; 
 I held the gate till you I met, 
 Whare three lairds' lan*s met at a burn, 
 I met a lass, a bonie lass, 
 But I met the Devil and Dundee 
 
 On th' braes o' Killiecrankie, O. 
 " O had I met the mortal shaft 
 
 " Which laid my benefactor low ! Lament /or Glencaim, 
 Yestreen I met you on the moor, . . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 If thou hast met this fair one, S. O tuatye wha that loesi 
 Here are we met, three merry boys, S. O Willie hrevfd t 
 Never met — or never parted, 
 
 We had ne'er been broken-hearted. »?. One fond kiss,\ 
 
 Witness my heart, how oft with panting fear. 
 As on this night, I've met these judges here ! 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 At his daddie's yett, 
 
 Wha met me but Robin. S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 But Scot with Scot ne'er met so hot, . The Dean o/Fac.. 
 And swear he has the Angel met 
 
 That met the Ass of Balaam. . . lb. 
 
 To send a lad to London town 
 
 They met upon a day, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Wha ever wi' Kerroughtree's met, 
 
 And has a doubt of a' that ! . ... lb. II. 
 Oft have I met your social Band, 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt./.'sL.. 
 When angels met, at Adam's yett, . The Fite Ckampetre. 
 Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham fair ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 He met wi' auld Nick, wha said, how do ye fen ? 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 But ne'er was in h-11 till I met wi' a wife, . . .lb. 
 When a' our fairest maids were met. 
 
 The fairest maid was bonie Jean. 
 
 S. There was a lass, andi 
 Thou's met me in an evil hour ; . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Where by the winding Ayr we met To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Yet never met with that surprise 
 
 That broke my rest . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 dool on the day I met wi' an auld man. [y».] 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie \ 
 Where are the joys I have met in the morning, 
 
 S. Where are the joys f 
 
 Metal. Their hearts and swords are metal true, 
 
 S. O Kenmuris on and awa t 
 Metaphor. 
 Tropes, metaphors, and figures pour. 
 Like Hecla streaming thunder : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Mete. But mete his cunning by the old Scots ell ; Sketch. 
 This day thou metes threescore eleven, . To Terraughiy. 
 Meteor. And shooting meteors caught the startled eye. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 That like a deathful meteor gleam'd afar, . . . lb. 
 Ambition is a meteor gleam, . Wr. in Hermitage at F. C 
 Meteor-ray. 
 
 Misled by Fancy's meteor-ray, . The Vision. D. II. 17. 
 Methinks. 
 As on their slender forms I gaze, 
 
 Methinks they brighten to a blaze ! . .On Lincluden. 
 
 For why, — methinks I hear her voice 
 Tearing the clouds asunder. . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 Method. In all the pomp of method, and of art, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 17. 
 
 MethuSalem. Until a pow as auld's Methusalem I 
 
 He canty claw ! . To W. Creech. 
 Metre. We poor sons of metre 
 
 Are often negleckit, ye ken ; . . To P. Stuart. 
 Mettle. But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 
 
 1 am an elf o' mettle, . . . Adam A—'s Prayer, 
 I'm no design'd to try its mettle ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 20. 
 
 Of a' dimensions, shapes, an' mettles, ... lb. so. 
 
 Put life and mettle in their heels. . . Ta7n 0* Shanter, 11, 
 
 But little wist she Maggie's mettle ... lb. t8. 
 Arouse my boys! exert your mettle, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 I have four brutes o' gallant mettle, . . The Inventory. 
 
 There, try his mettle on the creed, . , The Ordination. S- 
 
 M'Gaun. 
 
 Master Tootie, Alias, Laird M'Gaun, . To Gap. Hamilton, 
 M'Gill [Rev. Dr., one of the ministers of Ayr], 
 
 And in thy fury burn the book 
 Even of that man M'Gill. . . . New Psalmody. 
 
 M' — 11 has wrought us meikle wae, The Twa Herds. 12. 
 
 M' — U's close nervous excellence, .... lb. ly. 
 M*Graen. 
 
 Our Stibble-rig was Rab M'Graen, . . Halloween, 16. 
 Mice. Whiles mice and modewurks they howket ; 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, 
 
 Gang aft agley, . , . To a Mouse. 
 Michael. 
 
 Sin' that day Michael did you pierce, Add. to the DeiL zg. 
 Michie. Here lie Willie M— hie's banes, On a Schoolmaster. 
 Mickle V. Meikle. 
 Midden [a dunghill]. 
 
 But better stuff ne'er claw'd a midden ! . El. on Year 1788. 
 Midden-creels [panniers for carrying dung]. 
 
 Her walie nieves, like midden-creels, . l?. Willie Wastle \ 
 
 Midden-hoIe [a hole or pool beside a dunghill, in 
 which the filthy water stands]. 
 
 An' ran thro' midden-hole an' a', . . . Halloween. 22. 
 Middle. Her strappan Hmb an' gausy middle, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Just in the middle of my care, S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Midge. 
 By a thievish midge 
 They had amaist been lost. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Midge-tail. Sal-alkali o' Midge-tail clippings, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homiook. 22. 
 Midnight. And tells the midnight moon her care. A Vision. 
 Phoebe, in her midnight reign, . A Winter Night. 6. 
 
 Wail thro' the dreary midnight hour El. on Capt. M. H.,io. 
 at moon-shine mid-night hours, . S. Hark! the mavis\ 
 At the starless midnight hour, .5*. How can my poor hearty 
 Ever round your midnight bed 
 
 Horrid sprites shall haunt you. . S, Husband, husband^ 
 Disturbs my lassie's midnight rest, 
 
 X Lassie w? the lintwhite t 
 
 mirk, mirk is this midnight hour, . S. O mirk, mirk\ 
 That seek, in prayer, the midnight fane. . On Lincluden. 
 Ye midnight b[itch]es. . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Two dusky forms dart thro' the midnight air. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 At mid-night hour, in mirkest glen, 
 
 I'd rove and ne'er be eerie O, . S. When der the kill\ 
 Midst. 
 The bride went to bed wi' the silly bridegroom. 
 In the midst o' her kimmers a*. . The last braw bridal \ 
 Midsummer. 
 As I was a-wand'ring on a Midsummer ev'ning, 
 
 S. As I was a-wandring\ 
 Mien, Mein. But for a modest graceful mien, 
 
 Her like I never saw. .S. Handsome Nell. 
 Could I describe her shape and mein ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Wi' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien, 
 
 The Brigs 0/ Ayr. 4. 
 No cold approach, no alter'd mien, . The Tears I shed. 
 And whose that generous princely mien V.s, below a Picture. 
 Might. 
 His bristling beard just rising in its might, 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 
 1 bless and praise thy matchless might, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 2. 
 Manhood's active might ; . Man was made to tnoum. 
 Or, if man's superior might 
 
 Dare invade your native right, On scaring Water-fowl. 
 
 And hotch'd and blew wi' might and main : 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 16, 
 They took the Brig wi' a' their might, ' 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 
 ' Implore his counsel and assisting might : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 But an honest man's aboon his might, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Mightiest. At whose destruction-breathing word, 
 
 The mightiest empires fall ! . , To Ruin, 
 Mighty. To rule this mighty nation ; . .A Dream. $- 
 
Mighty 
 
 313 
 
 Mind 
 
 What premiers, what ? even Monarch's mi|;hty gaigers ; 
 
 Lns on Window, K.'s A., D., 
 What maks the mighty differ ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Ye honoured mighty dead I ■ . . . Fragment of Ode. 
 Now Jove for once be mighty civil, 
 
 I-mprom. on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 Nature's mighty law is change ; . , S. Let not woman t 
 Immingled with the mighty dead ! , . . Liberty, 
 The Judge that's mighty in thy law, . New Psalmody. 
 mighty squireships of the quorum, On dining with Doer. 
 
 And brav'd the mighty monarchs of the world. 
 
 On Death of Sir J- Blair. 
 'Gainst mighty England and her guilty Lord, Scots Prologue. 
 Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, zj. 
 And there will be Cardoness, Esquire, 
 
 Sae mighty in Cardoness' eyes, The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 Amid this mighty tulzie ! . . . . lb. VI. 
 
 Th6se_ mighty periods of years 
 
 Which seem to us so vast, . . The 1st 6 V.s ofgoih Ps. 
 While Europe's eye is fixed on mighty things, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Amid this mighty fuss just let me mention, 
 The Rights of Woman merit some attention. . . lb. 
 
 When by his mighty Warden 
 My youth's return d to fair Strathspey. 
 
 S. TheyngHighl. Rover. 
 whose mighty Scheme, These woes of mine fulfil ; Winter. 
 Mild. 
 There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea, S. Afton Water. 
 And sing their pleasures, hopes an' joys, 
 
 In some mild sphere, Ep. to J, L — A, Ap. 21st, 18. 
 Meg was meek, and Meg was mild, S. First when Maggy f 
 Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour ; 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 
 mild be the sun on this sweet blushing flower, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banhsj; 
 
 The sober Autumn enter'd mild, . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 The mavis mild wi' many a note, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 
 Your bonie face sae mild and sweet, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Mild, calm, serene, wide-spreads the noontide blaze, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Benevolence, with mild, benignant air, ... lb. 13. 
 
 The mavis mild and mellow ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Drymple mild, Drymple mild, . Ths Kirk's Alarm. 4. 
 
 And sweet is night in autumn mild, S. Twas even— the dewy \ 
 
 Her smile is as the evening mild, . .S". Young Peggy f 
 
 miild-chequeping. 
 
 Or by the reaper's nightly beam, 
 Mild-chequering thro' the trees. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Milder. The milder sun and bluer sky . . S. O Phely, t 
 
 It's naething but a milder feature, 
 
 Of our poor, sinfu', corrupt Nature : . A Ded. to G. H.y 6. 
 
 Mildew. From mildews of abortion ; . . Nature's Law. 
 Mile. Learn three-mile pray'rs, an' half-mile graces, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., g. 
 But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle, 
 
 A Guid New-year ^ 10 
 And I will come again, my Luve, 
 
 Tho' it ware ten thousand mile ! . S. A red^ red Rose. 
 
 An' steer you seven miles south o' hell ; Auld comrade dear\ 
 A lang half mile she could descry him ; Poor Mailie's El.. 
 We think na on the lang Scots miles, . Tarn, 0' Shanter. 
 
 1 wat they glanc'd for twenty miles, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 Then, whirr I she was over, a mile at a flight. 
 
 S. The heather was blooming f 
 desolation's lang teeth'd harrow, Nine miles an hour, 
 
 To Terraughty, 
 Their three-mile prayers, an hauf-mile graces, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Matk. 
 Militia. Her lost Militia fir'd her bluid ; 
 
 Ths A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Milk. Cats like milk. And dogs like broo ; 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmer t 
 Blest wi' content, and milk and meal 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 But gie them guid cow-milk their fill, The Death of Mailie. 
 And giving milk to me. . S. The Highl, Widow's Lament. 
 2 R 
 
 Wi' sweet-milk cheese in monie a whang, The Holy Fair, 7. 
 
 Milk-white. 
 Sweet as the dewy, milk-white thorn. Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 But are their hearts as light as ours 
 
 Beneath the milkwhite thorn ? . S. Behold, my love t 
 
 And milk-white is the slae : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Within yon milk-white hawthorn bush, O Logan ! sweetly t 
 Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the ev'ning gale. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 
 Milking-shiel [a shed for milking cows or ewes]. 
 Kindly stood the milking-shiel, , S. As I came o'er t 
 
 BIythe Bessie in the milking shiel, S. In simmer when t 
 
 Mill [a snuff-box]. 
 The luntan pipe, an' sneeshin mill, . The Twa Dogs. 20. 
 
 Mill. Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, Add. to Unco Guid. 
 Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, . As en the banksf 
 Gat grist to her mill. . . . S. Cauld is the e'enin t 
 And todlin down on Willie's mill, Death and Dr. Hornbook.S. 
 
 ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten ? [>-«.] 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg\ 
 Her mither's at the mill, jo ; . . . S. O steer her up t 
 Sweeps dams, an' mills, an' brigs, a' to the gate ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 At Kirk or Market, Mill or Smiddle, The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Your pin wad help to mend a mill 
 
 In time o' need, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 1 past the mill, and trystlng thorn, 
 
 Where Nancy aft I courted : . S. When wild War's t 
 Miller. Hey, the dusty miller, S. Hey, the dusty miller t 
 Dusty was the kiss That I got frae the miller. . . lb. 
 I wad gie my coatie For the dusty miller. . . Ih. 
 
 But a Miller us'd him worst of all, . . John Barleycorn. 
 That ilka melder, wi' the miller. 
 
 Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; . Tarn 0' Shanter. 3. 
 A clapper tongue wad deave a miller; . S. Willie Wastle\ 
 Miller. Miller brought up the artillery ranks, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Wee [Miller] neist, the Guard relieves, . The Holy Fair. 17. 
 Miss Miller is fine, Miss Markland's divine, 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 Million. The senseless, gawky million ; To Mr. MAdam, 
 Milton. In Homer's craft Jock Milton thrives ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Mim [affectedly modest ; prim]. 
 An' meek an' mim has view'd it [the word], 
 
 The Holy Fait. 16. 
 Mim-mou'd [mim-mouthed, affected in speech]. 
 
 Some mim-mou'd pouthered priestie, On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Then up spak mim-mou'd Meg o' Nith, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Mimic. The hero of the mimic scene, . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Min* [mind, remembrance]. 
 Nell had the Fause-house in her min', . . Halloween. 10. 
 The charms o' the min', the langer they shine, 
 
 The mair admiration they draw, man ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle. 
 
 Sin' I ha'e min'. . The Twa Herds. 3. 
 
 Mind. 
 But deep this truth impress'd my mind A Winter Night. 11. 
 Their views enlarg'd, their lib'ral mind, 
 
 Above the narrow, rural vale : . Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 And [Autumn] sees, with self-approving mind. 
 Each creature on his bounty fed. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 3. 
 While worth ih the mind o' my Phillis 
 
 Will flourish without a decay. S. Adown winding Nith t 
 For well I know thy gentle mind 
 
 Disdains art's gay disguising ; ^. Could aught ofsot^\ 
 Thy form and mind, sweet maid, can I forget ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 And fram'd her last, best work, the human mind, 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham. 
 When Remembrance wracks the mind, 
 
 Pleasures but unvail Despair. . S. Frae the friends t 
 And while my heart wi' life-blood dunted 
 
 I'd bear't in mind. . . j 
 Thou'rt ay sae free informing me 
 
 Thou hast nae mind to marry ; S, Here's to thy health, t 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill. 
 
 S^ In simmer when t 
 
 Friend of the poet \ 
 
Mind 
 
 314 
 
 Mine 
 
 But dear as is thy form to me, 
 
 Still dearer is thy mind. . . S. It is na^ Jean, t 
 
 Thus the wooer tell'd his mind : . . . S. Jockey fou t 
 Who, save thy mind's reproach, nought earthly fear'st, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J . Wkiteford. 
 Bear this in mind, be deaf and blind, 
 
 Lns on Windows., Gl, Tav. . 
 Why was an independent wish 
 
 E'er planted in my mind ? . Man was made to Mourn. 
 My Mary's worth, my Mary's mind, iS". My Mary's /ace t 
 On peace and rest my mind was bent, 
 
 S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 But the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, S. On Cessnock 6anks t 
 'Tis the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, 
 
 An' chiefly in her rogueish een. . . Ib.t Sett. II. 
 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave, 
 
 The picture of thy mind t . On seeing Seat of Lord G. 
 Thou of an independent mind 
 
 With soul resolved, with soul resigned; . Poet. Inscription. 
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. By Woods. 
 That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish. 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 In every other circumstance, the mind 
 
 Has this to say — " It was no deed of mine ; " . . lb. 
 Rusticity's ungainly form 
 
 May cloud the highest mind ; Rtisticiiy's ungainly \ 
 
 'Twou'd been o'er meikle to've gi'en thee mair, 
 
 I mean an angel mind. . . S. Shis fair andfause t 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot, 
 
 And never brought to mind ? . S. Shld auld acquaintance t 
 Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, . Tarn o' Skanter. ig. 
 
 While jojrs above my mind can move, ^S*. The day returns t 
 The man of independent mind. 
 
 He looks and laughs at a' that. . S. The Honest Man, 
 But ay keep mind to moop an' mell, 
 
 Wi' sheep o' credit like thysel! . The Death ofMailie. 
 His mind is ever true, jo, . . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 But praise be blest, My mind's at rest, S. The tither mom \ 
 Western breezes softly blowing. 
 
 Suit not my distracted mind. . . S, Thickest night t 
 I'll meet thee with an undaunted mind. S. Tho. fickle Fortune t 
 And fill them high with generous juice, 
 
 As generous as your mmd ; , . To a Lady. 
 
 And all the treasures of the mind . To a young Lady. 
 
 Still nobler wealth hast thou in store, 
 
 The comforts of the mind ; . . .To Chlorts. 
 
 Last day my mind was in a bog, . . To Miss Ferrier, 
 Rich is the tribute of the grateful mind. To Miss Graham. 
 
 had the malt thy strength of mind, . . To Mr. Syme. 
 If aught that giver from my mind efface ; To R. Graham,. 
 My mind it was na steady, . . S. When first I came t 
 Tho' women's minds like winter winds 
 
 May shift and turn, and a' that, . . S. Women's minds. 
 Still may thy pages call to mind 
 
 The dear, the beauteous donor : Wr. on Leaf of "ff. More." 
 Tell them, and press it on their mind, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 Keep the name of man in mind, . Wr. in Hermitage., F. C. 
 
 1 fear your mind gae wrang, lassie. S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Mind, to. 
 
 Wha wad mind the wind and rain^ 
 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. . S. As I came der\ 
 
 ' I wad na' mind it, no that spittle 
 
 Out-owre my beard. . . Death and Dr. Hornbook. lo. 
 Auld age ne'er mind a feg ; . . Ep. to Davie. 2, 
 
 Ne'er mind how Fortune waft an' warp ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 8. 
 Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. . Tarn 0' Shanter. j". 
 And mind their labors wi' an eydent hand, 
 
 The Cottev^s Sat. Night. 6. 
 And mind your duty, duely, morn and night ! . . lb. 
 The lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an' body, . . The Holy Fair. so. 
 To mind the Kirk and State affairs; . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 I hope we. Bardies, ken some better 
 
 Than mind sic brulzie. To W. Simpson, P,S. 
 'Twas the dear smile when naebody did mind us, 
 
 S, Twos na her bonie blue e'e \ 
 Gae mind your seam, ye prick the louse. What ails ye now\ 
 
 Mind, to [to Femember, recollect ; remind]. 
 
 Ev'n that, he does na mind it lang A Ded. to G. H..,S. 
 
 D'ye mind that day, when in a4)izz, Add. to the Deil. 77. 
 And mind still, you'll find still, 
 
 A comfort this nae sma' ; . . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 I mind't as weel's yestreen, .... Halloween, /j. 
 He gat hemp-seed, I mind it weel, ... lb. 16. 
 
 L — d mind G— n H n's deserts, Holy Willie's Prayer, zi. 
 
 They mind me o' Nanie — and Nanie's awa'. 
 
 S, My Nanie's Awa. 
 There's not a bonie bird that sings, 
 
 But nunds me o* my Jean. . . . S. Of a' the airts t 
 He [Time] bids you mind, amid your thoughtless rattle, 
 That the first blow is ever half the battle ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 And humbly begs you'll mind the important — Now ! . Ih. 
 An' minds his griefs no more. . . Scotch Drink. Mott.. 
 I mind it weel in early date. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) . ... lb. 
 Thou minds me o' the happy days 
 
 When my fause luve was true. 
 
 S. The Banks ofDoon, Sett. II. 
 An' when ye think upo' your Mither, 
 
 Mind to be kind to ane anither. . The Death ofMailie. , 
 When kindly you mind me, . . . The Farewell. 
 
 I'll mind you still, tho' far awa. The Farewell. To St. J.'s L. 
 But oh, if he's faithless, and minds na his Nanie, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 But kind still, I'll mind still 
 
 The giver in the gift ; . . Wr. on Leaf of *'^ H. More.'' 
 
 Minded, -'t. 
 -Or if she [Religion] gie a random-sting, 
 
 It may be little minded ; Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 
 They mind't na wha the chorus teuk, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Are mind't, in things they ca' balloons, 
 
 To tak a flight, . To W. Simpson. P. S. 
 
 Mind'st. Lord Gregory, mind'st thou not the grove 
 
 By bonie Irvine-side, . . S. O Tnirk, mirk t 
 Thou mind'st me of departed joys, 
 Departed, never to return. . S. Ye banks and braes \ 
 
 Mindfu', 
 
 Be mindfu' 0' your mither : . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 O Wives be mindfu', ance yoursel, 
 How bonie lads ye wanted, . . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 
 Mine. Lovely wee thing was thou mine ; S. Bonie wee thing^ 
 Lest my wee thing be na mine. . . lb. 
 
 And I'll be his, and he'll be mine, 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 But not a love like mine, my Katy. >?. Canst thou leave me f 
 But, Jeanie, say thou wilt be mine, S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Heavens, should the branded character be mine! 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham, s- 
 And mingle sighs with mine. Love. S. Forlorn, my Love t 
 Altho' thou maun never be mine, S. Here's a health to ane t 
 But, L — d remember me and mine Holy Willie's Prayer, lb. 
 
 They a' are mine, and they shall be thine 
 
 S. My Collier Laddie. 
 She has promis'd right soon to be mine. 
 
 S. My Love's a winsome t 
 No chilly blast nor shower 
 
 Shall blight this rose of mine. . . . .lb. 
 
 This sweet wee wife o' mine. . , . ^S". My Wife's a winsome. 
 O why thus all alone are mine 
 
 The weary steps o' woe. . 5". Now Spring has clad\ 
 The pathless wild, and wimpling bum, 
 
 Wr Chloris in my arms, be mine ; S. bonie was yon rosy t 
 O lay thy loof in mine, lass. 
 
 In mine, lass, in mine, lass ; . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 with heart unchang'd as mine, 6". Slow spreads thegloomi 
 Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, . . Tam o' Skitter. 13. 
 Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 
 And ilka bird sang o' its luve ; 
 
 And sae did I o^ mine. . S. The Banks ofDoon, Sett. U. 
 Heav'n gave me more, it made thee mine. S. The day returns f 
 How aften didst thou pledge and vow, 
 
 Thou wou'dst for ay be mine ; . , S. O mirk, mirk t 
 But Jessy's lovely hand in mine, . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 Be nameless wilds and lonely w^mderings mine, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Has this to say—" It was no deed of mine ; " 
 
 Remorse, A Frag.. 
 
Mine 
 
 315 
 
 Mischance 
 
 The fault wad be mine, if they didna shine, 
 
 Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 
 Be they wise, be they foolish, is nothing of mine ; 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Mine was th' insensate frenzied part. Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 First enthrall'd this heart o' mine, . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 And surely ye'U be your pint-stoup, 
 
 And surely I'll be mine ; . S. Shld auld acquainice t 
 
 Yestreen lay on this breast o' mine 
 
 The gowden locks of Anna. S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 
 O were yon hills and vallies mine, . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 For Donald was the bravest nlan, 
 
 And Donald he was mine. S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Oh! how must thou lament thy station. 
 
 And envy mine ! . The Hermit. 
 
 When, gin the truth were a' but kent. 
 
 Her life's been waur than mine. 
 
 The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 And this district as mine I claim, . The Vision. D. II. ii. 
 * ' So thine be the laurel, and mine be the bay ; The Whistle. i8. 
 And ae bonnie lassie, his darling and mine. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob \ 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Winter. 
 
 S. Ye banks and braes t 
 
 Pardon a muse sae mean as mine, . 
 
 The leafless trees my fancy please, 
 Their fate resembles mine ! . 
 
 And ilka bird sang o^ its love, 
 And fondly sae did I o' mine. 
 Mine, s. 
 
 And trust me, not Fotosi's mine. Nor King's regard, 
 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine, The Vision. D. II. ^ si. 
 
 Or downward seek the Indian mine ; S. Twos even— the dewy t 
 Mingle. 
 
 Wi' common Lords ye shanna mingle. Add. of Beelzebub, s. 
 
 And mingle sighs with mine, Love. S. Forlorn, my Love, t 
 
 Where Evan mingles with the Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Mingled. Colours mingl'd unco fine, . , S. Jockey fou, t 
 Mingling. 
 
 Deep lights and shades, bold-mingling. The Vision. D. /., 12. 
 Mining. Or thro' the mining outlet booked, A Winter Night. 2. 
 Minion. 
 
 We auld wives' minions gie our opinions, . Symon Gray \ 
 
 Thy minions, kings defend, controul, devour. To R. G. ofF.. 
 Minister. 
 
 tho' a Minister grow dorty. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 23. 
 
 Thy cruel, woe-delighted train, 
 
 The ministers of Grief and Pain, . To Ruin. 
 
 Minister [a clergyman].' 
 
 Ev'n Ministers they hae been kenn'd, In holy rapture, 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v.A.6] 
 
 Death arid Dr. Hornbook. 
 Ye ministers come mount the pupit. El. on Year I'jSS. 
 
 The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife, 
 He couldna preach for thinkin' o't. 
 
 S. My love she's but a lassie t 
 As cauld a minister's ever spak ; On Kirk ofLamington. 
 
 'Ministration. 
 
 Ye've trusted 'Ministration, 
 To chaps, wha in a bam or byre, 
 Wad better filled their station Than courts A Dream^. j". 
 
 Minny, -ie [mother; dam]. 
 
 Ye then was trottan wi' your Minnie : A Guid New-Year\S. 
 Her Daddie forbad, her Minnie forbad, 
 
 S. Her Daddie forbad ^ 
 O wat ye what my minnie did. 
 
 On Tysday 'teen to me, jo? . S. O wat ye what myi 
 My minny does constantly deave me, , . S. Tam Glen. 
 Scar'd frae its minnie and the cleckin 
 
 By hoodie-craw ; . . . . To W. Creech, 
 Bad luck on the penny that tempted my minny 
 
 S, What can a young lassie \ 
 Minor. 
 The absent lover, minor heir. 
 
 In vain assail him with their prayer, Sketch. New'Yf's Day. 
 MinStreL Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. . A Vision. 
 
 Let minstrels sweep the skilful string. 
 
 In lordly lighted ha' : . . . . S. Behold my love t 
 Hence, sweet harmonious Beattie sung, 
 
 His "Minstrel lays " ; The Vision. D. 11.^ 6. 
 The wailing minstrel of despairing woe ; . The Vowels. 
 
 To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 The pray'r still, jyou share still, 
 Of grateful Minstrel Burns. 
 Minstrelsy. 
 While arts of Minstrelsy among them rung. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 Minute. 
 The King's most humble servant, I 
 
 Can scarcely spare a minute ; Extern., to an Intimate. 
 
 From housewife cares a minute borrow Sketch, New-Yr's Day. 
 Add to our date one minute more ? . . . lb. 
 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure. 
 The minutes winged their way wi' pleasure : 
 
 Tam 0' Shanter. 6 
 Maks Hours like Minutes, hand in hand, 
 
 Dance by fu' light. . . To/.S., 12. 
 
 Miracle. 
 
 You may do miracles by persevering. Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Mire. 
 Poor dunghill sons o' dirt and mire, . Add. of Beelzebuh. 
 Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 13. 
 So ran the far-fam'd Roman way. 
 
 So ended in a mire. . . . . On Lord G. 
 
 Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, Tam o' Shanter. g. 
 
 And binds the mire like a rock ; . Tam Samson's El.. 
 
 Alas ! I'm but a nameless wight. 
 Trade i' the mire out o' sight ! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 10. 
 To grind them in the mire ! . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Do what I dought to set her free, 
 My saul lay m the mire ; . .To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Mir'd. An' in the depth of science mir'd, Auldcomrade t 
 Mirk [dark]. 
 Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, Tam 0' Shanter. 3. 
 
 The night's baith mirk and rainy, O ; S. Behind yon hills ^ 
 in the mirk and dreary drift . S, Cauld is the e'enin blast + 
 Brightest climes shall mirk appear, S. Frae the friends t 
 
 Gane is the day and mirk's the night, S. Gane is the day \ 
 As the mirk night o' December, . S. O May thy momi 
 O mirk, mirk is this midnight hour, . S. O rnirk, mirk t 
 Mirkest. Thou brought from fortune's murkest gloom. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 The snellest blast, at mirkest hours, S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 At mid-night hour, in mirkest glen, S. When o'er the hill\ 
 
 Mirth. Mirth or sang can please me ; S. Blythe hcCe I been t 
 
 My mirth and gude humour are coin in my pouch, 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains 
 
 With meikle mirth an' glee ; . Nature's Law. 
 
 And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Tam d' Shanter. 10. 
 The mirth and fun grew fast and furious : lb. 12 
 
 Then mounted Mirth on gleesome wing, 
 
 The Fite Champetre. 
 And mickle mirth and play. . S. The last braw bridal \ 
 Love blinks. Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. . Th^ Twa Dogs, ig, 
 
 ' I saw thee eye the gen'ral mirth 
 
 ' With boundless love. The Vision. D. II., 14, 
 Miry, Till in some miry slough he sunk is. 
 
 Ne'er mair to rise. Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 MisbegOt. A sorry, poor, misbegot son of the Muses, 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Misca' [miscall, abuse]. 
 
 Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, 
 
 They sair misca thee ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Misca'd, -'t [abused]. 
 An' R[ussel] sair misca'd her [Common-sense] : 
 
 The Ordination. 
 There's Gaun, misca't waur than a beast, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Miscarriage. 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 But wi' miscarriage ? Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Misearry'd. 
 But never honest man's intent, 
 As cursedly misearry'd. S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 
 Mischance. 
 Attended, in his [Want's] grim advances. 
 By sad mistakes and black mischances, A Ded. to G. H, 16. 
 
Mischance 
 
 316 
 
 Mistress 
 
 Their [poor mortals'] failings and mischances. 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 Mischance, mistake, or by neglect, 
 
 S. My father was a/amter t 
 Mischief. 
 She's got mischief enough already ; Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 To ken what French mischief was brewin ; 
 
 Kind Sir, Vve read t 
 'Tis you and Taylor are the chief, 
 
 Wha are to blame for this mischief; . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 To meddle wi' mischief a-brewing ; The Kirk's A larttt. 
 
 He saw mischief was brewin ; . . . The Ordination. 8. 
 
 Auld W[odro]w, lang has hatch'd mischief, 
 
 The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 Before the morn ye'll work mischief ; S. Wha is that at t 
 
 Wrought 'mang the lasses sic mischief, . IVhat ails ye now\ 
 Mischief-making*. 
 
 O thou grim mischief-making chiel, Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Mischievous. 
 
 The bleezan, curst, mischievous monkies 
 
 Delude his eyes, . . Add. to the Deil. 
 
 For men, I've three mischievous boys, . The Inventory. 
 
 MlSCFeant. Sic a miscreant slave, Epit. on Walter S„ 
 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Z.MJ-, extern., in Lady's Pocket-bk. 
 
 By miscreants torn, who ne'er one sprig must wear : 
 
 ToR. G.o/F.,S- 
 Misdeed. L'—d weigh it down, and dinna spare, 
 
 For their misdeeds. Holy Willie's Prayer. rS. 
 Misdeem. 
 
 Let no one misdeem me disloyal ; Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 MiseP. That make the miser's treasure poor ; 
 
 S. O Mary at thy window \ 
 
 If he but want the miser's dirt, 
 
 Ye'll cast your head anither airt, . . . S.O Tibbie 1 1 
 
 And fondly broods with miser care ; To Mary in Heaven. 
 Misery. 
 
 While o'er the Harp pale Misery moans, A Ded. to G. H. , 10. 
 
 in Misery's squalid nest, . - , - .A Winter Night, g. 
 
 That Misery's another word for Grief: Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Whence a' the tones o' mis'ry yell, Add. to Toothache. 
 
 to mourn The miseries of Man. Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 And much-wrong'd Mis'ry pours th' unpitied wail ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 For misery ever tholed a pang. On Window ofC. Inn. F.. 
 
 Load to misery most distressing, . . S. Raving winds t 
 
 Or dark as misery's woeful night . Sketch. New- Vr's Day. 
 
 But Misery and I must watch 
 
 The surly tempest blow : . . The sun he is sunk t 
 
 By human pride or cunning driv'n 
 
 To Mis'ry's brink, To a Mountain-Daisy, 
 
 (It soothes poor Misery, hearkening to her tale). 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 
 Misfortune. 
 ' May ne'er misfortune's gowling bark, 
 
 * Howl thro' the dwelling o' the Clerk I A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 Where guilt and poor Misfortune pine ! A Winter Night, g. 
 Still under bleak misfortune's blasting eye ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Laugh in Misfortune's face— the beldam witch ! . .lb. 
 And, ev'n should misfortunes come, 
 I, here wha sit, hae met wi' some, 
 
 An's thankfu' for them yet. . . Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 
 Some unforeseen misfortune 
 
 Comes generally upon me, O ; S. My father was afarmer\ 
 Misfortune sha'na steer thee, . . S. O sawyebonie L.\ 
 Or did misfortune's bitter storms 
 
 Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, S. O wert thou in\ 
 
 He saw Misfortune's cauld Kor-west 
 Lang -mustering up a bitter blast ; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I, 
 O'er the hope and misfortune of being to mourn, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 But when to all the evil of misfortune 
 This sting is added—*' Blame thy foolish self ! " 
 
 Remorse. A Frag,. 
 And train'd to arms in stern misfortune's field. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Alas ! misfortune stares my face, . . . The Farewell. 
 He'll hae misfortunes great and sma', S. Then was a ladi 
 Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome, 
 
 S. Tho. fickle Fortune] 
 
 (And ne'er misfortune's eastern blast 
 
 Did nip a fairer flower.) . . . To Chloris. 
 
 I jouk beneath Misfortune's blows 
 
 Asweel'slmay; . . . To J. S., 23. 
 Here, to the wrongs of Fate half reconcil'd, 
 Misfortune's lightened steps might wander wild ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 thou my elder brother in misfortune, 
 
 Wr. under Fori. ofFergusson. 
 Misguided. 
 
 The craz'd creations of misguided whim ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 MiSgUidin. He ne'er was gien to great misguidin, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Mishanter [misfortune, disaster]. 
 mishanter fa' me, .... Add. to Illegit, Child. 
 Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter 
 Uphill, down brae, till some mishanter, Ep. to Maj. Logan, 
 
 Mlslear'd \iit, mislearned, ill-tutored ; unmannerly ; 
 mischievous]. 
 ' But if I did, I wad be kittle 
 
 To be mislear'd, Death and Dr. Homhook. 10. 
 Misled. Misled by Fancy's meteor ray, The Vision. D. II. /?. 
 Mispending. 
 
 Mispending all thy precious hours, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Miss. " Can you — ^but Miss, I own I have my fears, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 An' ye have laid nae tax on misses ; . The Inventory. 
 
 The vera tapmost, towrin height 
 
 O' Miss's bonnet. . . To a Louse. 
 
 But Miss's iine Lunardi, fye ! How daur ye do't ? . lb. 
 Miss, to. For weel I wat they'll sairly miss lum 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 I'll miss thee sporting o'er the dewy lawn. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Miss'd, -'t. 
 For had ye st^d whole weeks awa', 
 
 Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye. . Epit. on a Wag. 
 One trifling particular, Truth, should have miss'd him ! 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Gae seek for pleasure whare ye will, 
 
 But here I never miss't it yet. . S. My love shis hut t 
 Tho' Fortune sair upon him laid, 
 
 His heart she ever miss'd it. The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, 
 
 An' never miss't ! . . , To a Mouse. 
 Mist. Till in a declamation-mist. 
 
 His argument he tint it : Extern, in Court of Session. 
 May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist, 
 
 S. Here^s a health to them t 
 " Thick mists, obscure, involv'd me round ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 
 That shades the mountain-side at e'en, OnCessnock banks] 
 That climbs the mountain-sides at e'en, . lb. Sett. II. 
 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill, 
 
 3". Tfte lazy mist t 
 
 Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless showers, 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Mist-shrouded. 
 O'er the mist-shrouded cliffs of the lone mountain straying. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land, 
 Mist [missed]. 
 But mist a fit, an' in the pool. 
 Out owre the lugs she plumpet, Halloween. 2b. 
 
 Mistak' [to mistake]. 
 And Modesty assume your air, 
 And ne'er a ane mistak' her : . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Mistake. 
 
 Attended, in his [Want's] grim advances. 
 By sad mistakes and black mischances, A Ded. to G. H., 16. 
 Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes, Add. to Unco Guid. 
 Mischance, mistake, or by neglect, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer] 
 
 Mistaken. And when my hope was at the top, 
 
 I still was worst mistaken, O. . ■ lb. 
 
 Misteuk [mistook]. 
 
 1 fear I my talent misteuk, . The folly Beggars, S. HI. 
 Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk. 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S., 
 Mistress. Farewell, dear mistress of my soul, 
 
 6*. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 
 For the man that loves his ijnistress weel 
 Nae travel makes him weary'.' . S. Heris to thy health,] 
 
Mistress 
 
 317 
 
 Modest 
 
 My namct she says, is Mistress Jean, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Their Master's and their Mistress's command. 
 The youngkers a' are warned to obey ; 
 
 The Cotiet^s Sat. Night. 6. 
 Of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav'd me, 
 
 S. Tho, fickle Fortune'^ 
 Where'er I gaed, where'er I rade, 
 A mistress still I had aye : . . S. When first I came \ 
 Mistrusted. 
 And my fond heart, itsel sae true, 
 It ne'er mistrusted thine. . . , S,0 mirk, mirk t 
 Mistrusting. I'm no mistrusting Willie Pitt, A Dream. 7. 
 Misty. Then lost his way, ae misty day» A Fragment. 4. 
 And rising, weets wi' misty showers 
 
 The birks of Aberfeldy ? . S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 
 Blows chilly from the misty vale ; . . . On Lincluden. 
 
 And misty mountain, gray ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 AH in this mottle, misty clime, . The Vision. D, /., 4.. 
 
 Mite. But he the helpless, needless wretch. 
 
 Shall lose the mite he hath. 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 The mite high heaven bestowed, that mite with thee I'll share. 
 Sonnet, zvr. on Birthday. 
 Mite-horn. Mite-hom shavings, filings, scrapings, 
 
 Distiird/«r«; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 Mither [mother]. 
 Gude grant that thou may ay inherit 
 
 Thy mither's person, grace an' merit, Add to Illegit. Child. 
 May he be dad, and Meg the mither. 
 
 Just five and forty years thegither 1 . Auld comrade \ 
 When frae my mither's womb I fell, 
 
 Thou might ha'e plunged me in hell, Holy Willies Prayer. 4.. 
 Lass, when your mither is frae hame, S. La^s when yr mither \ 
 My mither sent me to the town, S. My heart was ance t 
 
 Her mither's at the mill, jo ; . . . S. O steer her up \ 
 Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Tarn, o' Shunter. 10. 
 Ve surly sumphs, who hate the name, 
 
 Be mindfu' o' your mither : The Am. to the Guidwife. 
 
 My mither she bade me gie him a stool, S. The auld man f 
 My mither she bade me gie him some pye, . lb. 
 
 My mither she bade me gie him a dram, . lb. 
 
 My mither she bade me put him to bed, . . .lb. 
 To see his poor auld mither's pot, 
 
 Thus dung in staves. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 May still your mither's heart support ye ; . . lb. 
 
 Scotland, my auld, respected Mither ! . . , Ib.^ P. 
 
 An' when ye think upo' your Mither, 
 
 Mind to be kind to ane antther. • The Death ofMailie. 
 An' gin ye tax her or her mither, 
 
 B' the t— d ! ye'se get them a' thegither. The Inventory. 
 She took her mither's holland sheets, 
 And made them a' in sarks to me ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 My mither, she has ta'en the bed, 
 
 Wi' thinking on my fa*. The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 
 Whene'er I meet my mither's e'e, 
 
 My tears rin down like rain. ... .lb. 
 
 Father, quo she, Mither, quo she. Do what ye can, 
 
 S. There's news, lasses t 
 And sairly thole their mither's ban. 
 
 Afore the howdy What ails ye now \ 
 
 O Tinkler Madgie was her mither ; . S. Willie Wastle. 
 Mitre. Then swith! an' get a wife to bug. 
 Or trouth, ye'U stain the Mitre 
 
 Some luckless day. . A Dream, is. 
 Mix. How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite I 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 In politics if thou would'stmix, Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav. 
 The helpless poor mix with the orphan's cry ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The Father mixes a' wi' admonition due. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, j. 
 Wi' dukes and lords let Selkirk mix, The Election Ballads. II. 
 When Politics came there, to mix 
 And make his ether-stane, man ! The Fete Champetre. 
 
 S. Turn again^ thou t 
 
 While the life beats in my bosom, 
 Thou shale mix in ilka throe : 
 Mixed, -'d, Mixt. 
 
 'Tis but the balmy breathing gale, 
 Mixt with some warbler's dying fall, S. Here is the glen, t 
 And, mix'd her wailings with the raving storm. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 And hell mix'd in the brulzie. The Election Ballads. VI, 
 
 A scene 0' sorrow mixed wi' strife, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Mlxie-maxie, Mixtie-maxtle [confusedly mixed]. 
 A mixie-maxie motely squad, . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Yon mixtie-maxtie, queer hotch-potch, 
 
 The Coalition. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 M'Kenzie [author of "The Man of Feeling"]. 
 
 M'K[enzi]e, S[tuar]t, such a brace 
 
 As Rome ne'er saw ; . To W. Creech. 
 
 M'Kinlay [a popular Kilmarnock clergyman]. 
 
 Or great M'[Kinlay] thrawn his heel? Tarn Samson's EL. 
 This day M'[KinIay] taks the flail, 
 
 And he's the boy will blaud her [common-sense] ! 
 
 The Ordination. 
 M'[Kinlay], R[ussel], are the boys 
 
 That Heresy can torture ; . . .lb, 13. 
 
 M'Lauchlan. 
 
 M'Lauchlan, thairm-inspiring Sage, The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 
 M'Leod. Here's Chieftain M'Leod, a Chieftain worth gowd, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 
 M*Math [a Tarbolton clergyman]. 
 
 And guid M*[Mat]h, . . The Twa Herds. 17. 
 
 M'Murdo. 
 
 Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day, - Blest be M'Murdo t 
 
 M'Murdo and his lovely spouse, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 M*Nab. 
 
 O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie M'Nab ? S.Eppie M'Nab. 
 Moan. 
 
 Our neighbour's sympathy may ease us, 
 
 Wi' pitying moan ; Add. to Toothache. 
 
 The hollow caves return a sullen moan. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Moan, to. 
 While o'er the Harp pale Misery moans, 
 
 ADed.toG. H.,io. 
 
 Moaning. 
 
 when he [Satan] approach'd where poor Francis lay moaning, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 So may the auld year gang out moaning Friend of the poet t 
 When I forlorn, Aneath an aik sat moaning, 
 
 S. The tither mom t 
 The birdies dowie moaning, . S. The yng Highl. Rover. 
 Mob. Who would set the mob above the throne, 
 
 S. Does haughty Gauli 
 Mak faces to tickle the Mob ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 To please the Mob they hide the little [sense] g^v'n. 
 
 The Ordination. Mott.. 
 
 In spite o' crowds, in spite o' mobs, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Mock. Here lies a mock Marquis Extern, on *Hhe Marquis." 
 
 Awa they gaed wi' mock parade, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Mock, s. May taunt you wi' his jeers an' mocks ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, ig. 
 Mock, to. But thee— thou hell o' a' diseases. 
 
 Ay mocks our groan ! Add. to Toothache. 
 Mock*d. The mock'd quotation of the scomer's jest, 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Mockery. O, bitter mockery of the pompous bier. 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 Mode. In legal mode an' form : . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Model. You have my choicest model ta'en, Epit. on W . 
 
 Modern. Compare wi' bonie Brigs o' modern time 1 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Moderns. To whom our modems are but causey-cleaners ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Modest. 
 Or modest Merit's silent claim ; . Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 But for a modest, graceful mien. 
 
 Her like I never saw. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 Mally's modest and discreet, . . . S,0 Matty's meek. 
 * *Tis when a youthful, loving, modest Pair, 
 ' In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 And spak wi' modest grace, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 When sweet, like modest Worth, she blusht, 
 
 The Vision. D. I. S. 
 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 As modest want the tale of woe reveals ; To Miss Graham. 
 T[ytle]r's and G[reenfield]'s modest grace ; . To W. Creech. 
 Her modest demeanor's the jewel of a'. 
 
 5". True hearted was he t 
 
Modestly 
 
 318 
 
 Mony 
 
 Modestly. 
 
 I modestly fu' fain wad hint it, 
 
 Friend of the poet t 
 
 For fear your modesty te hurt. A Ded. to G. H. 
 But it's innocence and modesty 
 
 That polishes the dart. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 An' (what surprised me) modesty, . On dining with Daer. 
 And Modesty assume your air, 
 
 And ne'er a ane mistak her : . . On W. Chalmers. 
 The violet for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 And maidenly modesty fixes the chain. 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 
 Modewurk [a mole]. 
 
 Whiles mice and modewurks they howket j The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Modish. Wi' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Moil. This night his weekly moil is at an end, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Moil» to. 
 I moil, and I toil, and I harrow and plough, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 I moil, and I toil, and I labour all day, . . . lb. 
 
 Moistify [to make moist]. 
 Tho' whyles ye moistify your leather. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Moisture. Tho' something like moisture conglobes in my eye, 
 Poet. Add. to W. Tytler. 
 Molest. 
 Alas ! nae mair he'll them molest ! 
 
 Tam Samson's dead ! [v.A.is] Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Moment. 
 Then catch the moments as they fly, A Bottle and Friend. 
 Think, for a moment, on his wretched fate, 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 
 But cast a moment's fair regard . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 I seek nae mair o' Heav'n to share, 
 Than sic a moment's pleasure, O! 
 
 S. An' Til kiss thee yet i 
 
 But 'till my last moments my words are the same, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa'\ 
 
 The lucky moment to improve, . DespoTtdency^ an Ode. 4. 
 To tell the truth, they [poverty, care] seldom fash't him, 
 Except the moment uiat they crush't him ; 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 
 But dreary tho' the moments fleet, . .S". Forlorn^ my Love^^ 
 Ye hae render'd moments dear ; . S. Scenes ofwoe\ 
 
 Nor makes the hour one moment less. Sketch. Ne-w-Yt^s Day. 
 " The passing moment's all we rest on ! " . . . lb. 
 Return, ye moments of delight, S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Welcomes the rapid moments, bids them part. 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Or like the snow falls in the river, 
 
 A moment white— then melts for ever ; . Tam o' Shanter. 7. 
 How have the raptur'd moments flown ! . The Lament. 
 When the lingering moments are numher'd wi' care ? 
 
 5. The small Birds ^ 
 
 Yours this moment I unseal, ... To . 
 
 Hae ye a leisure-moment's time . . . ToJ.S.,4. 
 
 I'll wander on with tentless heed, 
 
 How never-halting moments speed, . . lb., lo. 
 
 And curst be the cause that shall part us ! 
 
 The hour and the moment o' time ! . S. To Mary. 
 
 Not the Poet in the moment 
 Fancy lightens in his e'e, . S. Turn again, thou/air^ 
 Monarch. For me ! before a Monarch's face, 
 
 Ev'n there I winna flatter ; . A Dream, s. 
 Where once beneath a Monarch's feet 
 
 Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs! Add. to Edinburgh. 
 And my Freedom's my lairdship nae monarch dare touch. 
 
 S. Contented wf little \ 
 " The monarch may forget the crown 
 " "That on bis head an hour has been ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 What premiers, what ? even Monarchs mighty gaigers ; 
 
 Lns on Window, JC.'s Arms, 
 But cheerful still, I am as well, 
 
 As a monarch m a palace, O, S, My father was a farmer t 
 Or were I monarch 0' the globe, . S, wert thou in the f 
 And brav'd the mighty monarchs of the world. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Ye monarchs, tak the east and west, 
 Frae Indus to Savannah I . S. The gowd. Locks of A, 
 
 Tho' large the forest's Monarch throws 
 
 His army shade, . The Vision. D. //. so. 
 Our monarch's hindmost year but ane 
 Was five-and-twenty days begun, . S. There was a lad\ 
 Monday. 
 
 Thou drank wi' Kirkton Jean till Monday. Tam <? Shanter. 3. 
 Money. When sometimes by my labour 
 
 I earn alittle money, O, .S". Myfatherwas afarmer\ 
 
 Braid money to tocher them a', man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 I never was canny for hoarding o* money, . . .lb. 
 
 Proof o' shot to Birth or Money, . . S. Sweetest May t 
 
 I care na thy daddie, his lands and his money, 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 Mongrel. 
 
 Not all his mongrel diphthongs can compound ; Thz Vowels, 
 Monie v. Mony. 
 Monie [money]. 
 
 For a' his gold and white monie, . . S. To daunton me. 
 Monkey. The bleezan, curst, mischievous monkies 
 
 Delude his eyes, Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 
 So travell'd monkies their grimace improve, . . Sketch. 
 Monkish. 
 
 Fit only for a doited Monkish race, Ths Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 Monopoly. 
 
 And make a vast monopoly of hell ? . Ep. fr. Esopm. 
 
 Monroe, Alex. [Prof, of Anatomy in Edinburgh.] 
 
 Bloody dissectors, worse than ten Monroes ; To R. G. ofF.^ 4, 
 Monsmeg [a famous old cannon in Edin. Castle]. 
 
 O for a throat like huge Monsmeg, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Monster. 
 
 Ladies, would it not be strange 
 Man should then a monster prove? . Let not woman\ 
 Montague. Then M-nt-gue, an' Guilford too, 
 
 Began to fear a fa', man ; A Fragment. S- 
 Montgomery, -ie. 
 Then thro' the lakes Montgomery takes, A Fragment z. 
 
 Montgomery-like did fa', Ih. 
 
 Or some Montgomery, fearless lead them ; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 But could I like Montgomeries fight, 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 Yet happy, happy would I be 
 Had I my dear Montgomerie's Peggy. [«.] 
 
 5. Montgomeriis Peggy. 
 
 Ye banks, and braes, and streams around 
 The castle of Montgomery, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streavis\ 
 
 Month, in the merry months o' spring, A Winter Night. 4. 
 My dismal months no joys are crowning, 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. —'s Birthday. 
 
 " A few short months [ye woods], and glad and gay, 
 
 " Again ye'U charm the ear and e'e ; Lamentfor Glencaim. 
 
 There's nae life like the Ploughman in the month o' sweet May. 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 
 Again the merry month o' May S. O Logan! sweetly^ 
 
 It's now twa month that I'm your debtor, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 An' stay ae month amang the Moons 
 
 An* see them right. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Montrose. Forgive, forgive ! much-wrong'd Montrose! 
 
 The Election Ballads. VL 
 Mony, Monie [many]. 
 Sweet fruit o' mony a merry dint, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 thro' my lugs gies mony a twang, . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 May ye get mony a merry story, 
 
 Mony a laugh and mony a drink, , . A uld comrade T 
 That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. Braw letds ofG. Water. 
 This while ye hae been mony a gate. 
 
 At mony a house. Death and Dr. Hortwook. u. 
 
 And mony a scheme in vain's been laidj 
 
 To stap or scar me ; 
 They hae pierc'd mony a gallant heart ; 
 
 And mony mae 
 
 They'll a' be trench'd wi' mony a sheughj 
 E'en mony a plack, an' mony a peck, 
 
 Ihi3' 
 lb. 15^ 
 
 lb. 22. 
 
 lb. 24- 
 ElonYearifi 
 
 How mony bairns hae ye? . S, Gudeen to you Kimmer] 
 Yet has sae mony takin' arts, . Holy Willie's Prayer, n. 
 
 Of mony a joy and hope bereav'd me, . S. I dream' d Ilay\ 
 It's ye ha'e wooers mony ane, . .S.ln sii/imer when t 
 And mony a canty day, John, we've had wi' ane anither ; 
 
 S. John Anderson T 
 
Mony 
 
 319 
 
 Moon 
 
 This mony a day I've grain'd and gaunted, 
 
 Kind SiTy I've read \ 
 I've seen sae mony changefu' years, Lament for Glencaim. 
 And mony a traitor there ; . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 And mony a guilt-bespotted lad ; . . Lns to J. Ranken. 
 There's mony a lass has broke my rest, . S, O lay thy loof\ 
 As ye make mony a fond heart mourn, . S. O Logan 1 1 
 
 And mony a night we've merry been, 
 
 And mony mae we hope to be. . .S". O Willie irew'df 
 And mony a hill between ; . S. Of a' tJie airts t 
 
 And mony shall lament him ; , . On W. Cmickshanks. 
 And ward o' mony a prayer, . On Birtk ofPosth. Child, 
 For mony a rantin day 
 
 My fiddle and 1 hae had. . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie, 
 There are no mony poets sae braw, man. Ranalds of Bennals. 
 But we've wander'd mony a weary foot, 
 
 Sin' auld lang syne. . . S, Shld auld acguaintnce t 
 To think how mony counsels sweet, 
 How mony lengthen'd sage advices, 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises ! Tarn o' Shanier, 4. 
 
 For mony a beast to dead she shot, 
 
 And perish'd mony a bonie boat, . . lb. IS. 
 
 Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. . lb, if. 
 
 Owre mony a weary hag he Umpit, Tarn Samson's El,. 10. 
 Is th' wish o' mony mae than me : . . . lb. 14. 
 
 And reekin red ran mony a sheugh, 
 
 The Battle of Sherra-Moor. . 
 And mony a bouk did fa', man : . . . lb. 
 
 And mony bade the warld gudenight ; . lb. 
 
 And mony a huntit, poor Red-coat 
 
 For fear amaist did swarf, man, , . .lb. 
 
 This mony a year I've stood the flood an' tide ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 In mony a torrent down the snaw-broo rowes ; . .lb. 
 Ye worthy Proveses, an' mony a Bailie, . . lb. g. 
 
 And mony braw thanks to the meikle black deil, 
 
 ^S". The deil camfiddlin t 
 And mony a knight and mony a laird, 
 
 That errand fain would gae. [w.] The Election Ballads. I. 
 And mony a friend that kiss't his caup, 
 
 Is now a fremit wight : . ' . ... lb. 
 
 And listen mony a grateful bird 
 
 Return you tuneful thanks. The Petition of Br. Water, 
 An' your auld burrough mony a time, . . The Inventory, 
 For mony a pursie she had hooked. 
 An had in mony a well been douked : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R.IV. 
 For mony a heart thou hast made sair, 
 
 S. The lovely lass of I. f 
 O' mony a saucy quean ; . The Ruined Maid's Lament, 
 Till tir'd at last wi' mony a farce, [v.A.i] The Twa Dogs, 6. 
 An' mony a time my hearts been wae, . lb. 13. 
 
 They waste sae mony a braw estate ! . lb. 23, 
 
 And mony a ane that I could tell, . The Tmua Herds. 14. 
 a richer share Than mony ithers ; . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 to kiss the breath O' mony flow'ry simmers ! To Mr, M'A dam. 
 But for thy friends, and they are mony, To Terraughiy. 
 
 My musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Than mony scores as guid's the priest 
 
 Wha sae abus't him. ... lb. 
 
 Tho' blotch't an' foul wi' mony a stain, . . lb. 
 
 I fear they'll now mak mony a stammer, . To W. Creech. 
 By mony a flow'r and spreading tree, S. Where Cart rins \ 
 Mony words are needless, Katie, S, Will ye go and marry t 
 Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, 
 
 S. Ye bankSi and braes, andstreajnsf 
 Wi' monie a fulsome, sinfu' lie, . . A Ded. to G. H. 
 There's monie waur been o' the Race, . . A Dream. 3. 
 He was an unco shaver For monie a day, . . lb. 11. 
 Monie a sair daurk we twa hae wrought, 
 
 A Guid New-year \ 16. 
 An' monie an anxious day, I thought We wad be beat ! lb. 
 where monie a flower Sheds fragrance S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 as monie still, As far abuse me. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 16. 
 For monie a Plack they wheedle frae me, . . lb, 77. 
 She's [Fortune's] gien me monie a jirt an* fleg, Ib.,A^. 21st, g. 
 There's monie godly folks are thinkin, . . Ep.toJ.R, 
 Ye hae sae monie cracks an* cants, . . , . lb. 
 
 An^ monie lads an' lasses fates 
 
 Are there that night decided : . . . Halloween. 7. 
 For monie a ane has gotten a fright, . . lb. 14. 
 
 But monie a day was by himsel, ... lb. 16. 
 
 He was her Laureat monie a year, On Scot. Bardgne to W.I, 
 But monie daily weet their weason 
 
 Wi' liquors nice, . . Scotch Drink. 14. 
 Fell source o' monie a pain an' brash ! 
 Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash 
 
 O' half his days ; . . .lb. is. 
 
 The war!' may play you monie a shavie ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 An' monie ithers, . The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 
 For monie a year come thro' the sheers : 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 O'er moors and o'er mosses and monie a glen, 
 
 S. The heather was bloom, t 
 Wi' monie a wearle body, . . . The Holy Fair. 6. 
 Wi' sweet -milk cheese, in mony a whang, . lb, 7, 
 
 How monie stories past, . . lb, 23. 
 
 How monie hearts this day converts, . lb. 27. 
 
 An' monie jobs that day begin, ... .lb, 
 
 monie a creditable stock . . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 
 Wi' monie a sigh and a tear. . S. There was a bonis lass t 
 It wad frae monie a blunder free us . To a Louse. 
 
 Has cost thee monie a weary nibble ! . To a Mouse. 
 
 Yarrow an' Tweed, to monie a tune, 
 
 Owre Scotland rings, . To W. Simpson. 8. 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu* line ; . . lb, g. 
 
 An' monie a fallow gat his licks, . lb., P.S. 
 
 This game was play'd in monie lands, . . . lb. 
 
 Monylochs. 
 Marjory o' the Monylochs, 
 A carline auld and teugh. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Mood, Or [Spring] pranks the sod in frolic mood. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson, 
 Alas ! how aft, in haughty mood, 
 
 God's creatures they oppress ! . Ep. to Davie. 6, 
 
 In that sober pensive mood, 
 
 Dearest to the feeling soul, . S, Streams that glide t 
 
 This while she's been in crankous mood, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 
 The Dame brings forth, in complimental mood, 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 11. 
 Moody [minister at Eicearton, Aypshire], 
 O, M— y, man, and wordy R[usse]ll, The Twa Herds. 3. 
 
 What flock wi' M — 's flock could rank, . . . .Ib,S. 
 For [Moodie] speels the holy door, 
 
 Wi' tidings o' s-lv-t-n. [v.A.22] . The Holy Fair. 12. 
 
 The vera sight o' [Moody]'s face, 
 To's ain het hame had sent him Wi' fright lb. 
 
 Mools [mould, earth of graves]. 
 
 Or worthy friends rak'd i' the mools. Add. to Toothache. 
 
 He wha could brush them down to mools. To W. Creech. 
 
 Moon. 
 Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, 
 
 And tells the midnight moon her care. . A Vision. 
 
 Or where auld, ruin'd castles, gray, 
 
 Nod to the moon, . . Add, to the Deil. 3. 
 The moon it shines fu' clearly. . . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 I swear and vow by moon and stars, S. Come, boat me der. 
 The rising Moon began to glowr, 
 The distant Cumnock hills out-owre ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 4, 
 Bonie was the Lammas moon, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 What time the moon, wi' silent glowr, 
 
 Sets up her horn, £1. on Capt. M, H,, 10. 
 But by yon moon !— and that's high swearin' 
 
 Ep, to Maj. Logan. 11. 
 For ale and brandy's stars and moon, S, Gane is the day t 
 Beneath the moon's pale beams ; . . Halloween. 
 
 Amang the brachens, on the brae, 
 
 Between her an' the moon, . . lb. 26. 
 
 O'er the waves that sweetly glide 
 
 To the moon sae cleariy, . . S. Hark .' the mavis t 
 But at twal at night, when the moon shines bright. 
 
 My dear I'll come and see thee ; S, Here's to thy health, t 
 And smile at the moon's rimpled face in the wave ; 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Sun and moon but set to rise ; . S. Let not woman f 
 
Moon 
 
 320 
 
 Morn 
 
 The moon was sinking in the west 
 
 Wi' visage pale and wan, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night, 
 
 lS". Nozu westlin -winds \ 
 
 Till the silent moon shine clearly; lb. 
 
 It is the moon, — I ken her horn, . S. O Willie brew^dS 
 
 The wan moon is setting behind the white wave, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door, \ 
 The paly moon rose in the livid east, OnDeathofSir J . Blair. 
 Gi'e me the lonely valley, 
 
 The dewy eve, and rising moon ; . S. Sas flaxen t 
 
 The silent moon shone high o'er tow'r and tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Bright to the moon their various dresses glanc'd : lb. il. 
 
 Sun, moon, and stars withdrawn a' ; S. The gowd. LocksofA. 
 The night was still, and o'er the hill 
 
 The moon shone on the castle wa' ; The night was still \ 
 Beneath the moon's unclouded light, 
 
 I held awa to Annie : . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 The moon was shining clearly ; lb. 
 
 But by the moon and stars so bright, . ... lb. 
 While his love's like the moon that wanders up and down, 
 
 6". The Winter it is past t 
 In thae auld times, they thought the Moon, 
 Just like a sark, or pair o' shoon, Woor by degrees, 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 For 'twas the auld moon turn'd 9 newk An' out o' sight, /b. 
 To hear the Moon sae sadly lie'd on By word an' write. lb. 
 An' stay ae month amang the Moons An' see them right. lb. 
 when the auld Moon's gaun to lea'e them, . lb. 
 
 Not the little sporting fairy, 
 
 All beneath the summer moon : S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 And chang'd with every moon my love, S. Young Jamie, \ 
 Moon-beam, 
 And, by the moonbeam, shook, to see 
 
 A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, . . .A Vision. 
 
 The silvery moonbeams trembling play : On Lincluden. 
 
 The boatmen on Nith's gentle stream, 
 
 That glistens on the pale moonbeam, . lb. 
 
 As in the bosom of the stream 
 
 The moon-beam dwells at dewy e'en ; ^. There was a lass t 
 Moonlight. 
 But gie me a braw moonlight, 
 
 And me and my love together. S. O gie my love brose t 
 
 Moon-shine. 
 at moon-shine mid-night hours, . S. Hark ! the mavis t 
 Sae, ye observe that a' this clatter 
 Is naething but a ' moonshine matter ' ; ToW. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Moon-struck. 
 
 Nor such the workings of their moon-struck brain ; 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 8. 
 Moony [moon-struck]. 
 
 (Not moony madness more astray) Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 Moop [to nibble ; to keep company with]. 
 
 But ay keep mind to moop an' mell, 
 
 Wi' sheep o' credit like thysel ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Gars me moop wi' the servant hizzie, S. O gude ale comes f 
 Moor. 'Mang moors an' mosses many, 6". Behind yon hills f 
 
 And she held o'er the moors to spin ; ^S"; Duncan Davison. 
 
 The moor was driegh, and Meg was skiegh, . , Jb. 
 
 As o'er the moor they lightly foor, lb. 
 
 The Game shall Pay, owre moor an' dail, 
 
 For this, niest year. . Ep. to J, R., 10, 
 
 yon moors, Out-spreading far and wide, 
 
 Man was tnade to Mourn. 3. 
 
 Out o'er yon moor, out o'er yon moss, S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 
 Yestreen I met you on the moor, . , S. O Tibbie ! 
 
 And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night 
 
 Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, . . .lb. 7. 
 
 The Hunter now has left the moor, S. The gloomy night t 
 
 Her [Coila's] heathy moors and winding vales ; . .lb. 
 
 O'er moors and o'er mosses and monie a glen, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 
 The last time I came o'er the moor, . 6". The last time t 
 
 By mosses, meadows, moors, and fells. The Twa Herds, is. 
 
 Her moors red-brown wi' heather bells, . To W Simpson. 
 
 the charms o' yon wild, mossy moors ; 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 
 Moorcock. 
 
 And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings, 
 
 Amang the bloommg heather : .- S. Now westlin winds \ 
 Ye cootie Moorcocks, crousely craw ; Tam Samson's El. 7. 
 Or shootin of a hare or moorcock, . . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 Moor-hen. At length they discover'd a bonie moor-hen. 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 
 But cannily steal on a bonie moor-hen /^, 
 
 Moorlan, Moorland. Come, kittle up your moorfan harp 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 2ist, 8. 
 She was nae get o' moorlan tips, . \ Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Or where the Greenock winds his moorland couree, 
 
 ■ The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 O, may thou ne er forgather up, 
 
 Wi' onie blastet, moorlan toop ; . The Death ofMailie. 
 While moorlan herds like guid, fat braxies ; To W. Simpson. 
 Moorlands. And owre the moorlands whistles shill, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature \ 
 Moping. Would'st thou be cur'd, thou silly, moping elf, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelh. 
 Moral. Ye'U get the best o' moral works, 
 
 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, 
 
 ADed.toG.H.,6. 
 Vain is bis hope, whase stay an' trust is, 
 In moral Mercy, Truth, and Justice ! . . . lb. 7. 
 
 What signifies his barren shine, 
 
 Of moral pow'rs an' reason ? . / . The Holy Fair. is. 
 The moral man he does define, / 
 
 But ne'er a word o' faith in That'sfright 
 Morality. Morality, thou deadly bsftie, A Ded. to G. H., 7. 
 But there's Morality himsel, 
 
 Embracing all opinions ; /. . The Ordination, iz. 
 
 Morality's demure decoys 
 Shall here nae mair find quartei^ . . lb. 13. 
 
 Moralizing. 
 
 And join with me a moralizing, . Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 Nor with unwilling ear attend 
 The moralizing Muse. ' . 71? Ckloris. 
 
 Morals. 
 
 He's blest — if as he brew'd he drink 
 In upright honest morals. . Epit. on G. Richardson. 
 
 Moi'e [v. also No more]. 
 Half-jest, she tried one curious labour more. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Your courage much more than your prudence you show it, 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 'Till grief my eyes should close, 
 
 Ne'er to wake more. . . S. Had I a cave f 
 
 Nay, more — there is danger in touching ; Inscr. on Goblet. 
 His colour sicken'd more and more, John Barleycorn. 
 
 Never perhaps to greet old Scotland more. 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note, 
 I'm better pleas'd to make one more, 
 
 Than be the death of twenty. Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav., 
 The more in this [wealth, power] you look for bliss, 
 You leave your view the farther, O : 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 False friends, false love, farewel ! for more, 
 
 I'll ne'er trouble them, nor thee, Oh. S, Oh, open the door\ 
 But he has superadded more, 
 
 And sunk them in contempt ; On Duke ofQueensherry. 
 That queens it o'er our taste — the more's the pity : 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Nay more, that very love their cause of ruin 1 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 the more 'tis a truth, Sir, the more 'tis a libel 1 
 
 Reproof by Himself. 
 Heav'n gave me more, it made thee mine. 
 
 6". The day returns \ 
 Content and comfort bless me more in 
 This grot, than e'er I felt before in A palace . The Hermit, 
 As far surpassing other common villains, . 
 As Thou in natural parts hadst given me more. Tragic Frag, 
 Morison. 
 Could I the rich reward secure, 
 The lovely Mary Morison. [p. Mary] »?. O Mary, at thy t 
 Morn. Ae bonie simmer morn I stray'd As on the banks f 
 Her smile was like a summer mom; . S, Blythe was she t 
 Meet ev'ry sad-returning night, 
 
 ' And joyless morn the same. . . Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 That Meg should be a bride the mom ; 6". Duncan Davison, 
 Wail thro' the dreary midnight hour 
 
 Till waukrife mora. . El. on Capt. M. H., 10. 
 
Morn 
 
 321 
 
 Mortal 
 
 Beset thy servant e'en and morn, Holy WillU^s Prayer, g. 
 I restless lie frae e'en to morn, S. Hotv lang and dreary t 
 In the gay rosy mom, as it bathes in the dew ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks f 
 Now laverocks wake the merry morn, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Fu' lightly rase I on the morn, lb. 
 
 O ! soon, to me, may summer-suns 
 
 Nae mair light up the morn I . . . . lb. 
 
 And violets bathe in the weet of the morn ; 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 O May thy morn was ne'er sae sweet, 
 
 As the mirk night o' December, . S. O May thy mom t 
 When purest in the dewy morn ; . S.On Cessnock banks t 
 Fair on the summer morn : . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Sound be his sleep and blythe his morn. 
 
 On Window ofC. Inn, F. 
 Such thy morn ! did I cry, . . . S. Pkillis the Fair. 
 Fair on Isabella's morn 
 
 The sun propitious smil'd ; . S. Sad thy tale t 
 
 An' Fease an' Beans, at een or mom, 
 
 Perfume the plain, . , Scotch Drink. 3. 
 Rosy mom now lifts his eye, . . . S. Sleefst thou t 
 That woefu' mom be ever mourn'd Tarn Samson's El.. 8. 
 An' with the lave ilk merry morn 
 
 Could rank my rig and lass ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The hoary moms precede the sunny days, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 They cooper'd at e'en, they cooper'd at mom, 
 
 S. The Cooper d cuddy \ 
 An' tent them duely, e'en an' morn, The Death ofMailie. 
 Hoping the mom in ease and rest to spend, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 And mind your duty, duely, morn and night ! . , lb. 6. 
 The mom that warns th' approaching day, . The Lament. 
 The tither mom, . . S. The tither mom \ 
 
 Frae morn to een it's nought but toiling, The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Till Cynthia hinted he'd see them next mom. 
 
 The Whistle. 13. 
 Or women sonsie, saft an' sappy, 
 
 'Tween mom an' mom, There's naethin likei 
 thy gay mora of life o'ercast, . . . To Chloris. 
 
 That lov'at to greet the early mom, S. To Mary zn Heaven. 
 Fair is the mom in flow'ry May, S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Before the mom ye'll work mischief; S. Wha is that at\ 
 
 And langs the night frae e'en to mom, 6". Up in the morning. 
 For aye the brose ye sup at e'en, 
 
 Ye bock them ere the mom, lassie. S. Ye hoe lien wrong. 
 
 Mopnin [morning]. 
 Or reekan on a Kew-year-momin 
 
 In cog or bicker, . . Scotch Drink, g. 
 He's always compleenin frae morain' to e'enin, 
 
 S. What can a young \ 
 Morning. All on a dewy morning. . S. A Rose-bud by t 
 And drooping rich the dewy head. 
 
 It scents the early morning. . . , lb. 
 
 The dew sat chilly on her [the linnet's] breast, 
 
 Sae early in the moming. . . lb. 
 
 Awake the early morning. . . ... lb. 
 
 Shalt sweetly pay the tender care 
 "That tents thy early morning. . . . . lb. 
 
 And bless the parent's evening ray 
 
 That watch'd thy early moming lb. 
 
 And hail'd the moming with a cheer, A Winter Night. 10. 
 Her voice is the song of the moming S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 All freshly steep'd in moming dews. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Your beauty's a flower, in the moming that blows, 
 
 S. Awa wi' yr witchcraft t 
 Fresh o^er the mountains breaks forth the morning, 
 
 S. Bonie Bell. 
 like the sun eclips'd at moming tide. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 And moming Poossie whiddan seen, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 1st. 
 Such was my life's deceitful moming, .S". / dreatn'd I lay t 
 One moming by the break of day, S. It was the charming^ 
 " Thou found'st me, like the morning sun 
 
 ' ' That melts the fogs in limpid air, Lament for Glencaim. 
 For the dew-drops of morning fall cold on her grave. 
 
 Lam,., on leaving Nat. Land. 
 As I was a wand'ring ae moming in spring, 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman, 
 2 S 
 
 The lav'rock in the morning she'll rise frae her nest, 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 Like Fhccbus in the morning, . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 When purple moming starts the hare, S. Now rosy May t 
 Winnowing blythe her dewy wings 
 
 In morning's rosy eye ; . S. Now Spring has cladi 
 Yon rose-buds in the moming dew, S. O bofinie was yon rosy t 
 A dram o' gude strant in a moming early, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Megf 
 Blythe moming lifts his rosy eye, S. O Logan, sweetly f 
 
 And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews 
 
 At morning dawn and parting day. .S". O were my love t 
 She's fresher than the moming dawn S. On Cessnock banks f 
 She's sweeter than the morning dawn . . Ib.^ Sett. II. 
 When pale the morning rises keen, ... lb. 
 
 Sweetly deckt with pearly dew 
 
 The moming rose may blow ; . . . Sad thy tale, t 
 Frae moming sun 'till dine : . S. Shld auld acquaintce t 
 Phcebus, gilding the brow of the morning, . . lb. 
 
 They flourish, like the morning flow'r. 
 
 In beauty's pride array'd ; . . The isi 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 The primroses blow in the dews of the moming, 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 She's fresh as the morning, the fairest in May, 
 
 S. Therms auld Rob i 
 What is life when wanting love ? 
 
 Night without a moming : . . . S. Thine am 1 1 
 O Life ! how pleasant in thy morning, . . ToJ.S.^ 15. 
 Wi' mornings blythe and e'enings funny To Terraughty. 
 
 Oh fresh is the rose in the gay dewy moming, 
 
 S. True hearted was he \ 
 Her look was like the morning's eye, S. Twos enen — the dewyi 
 Up in the morning's no for me. 
 
 Up in the moming early, [re.] , S. Up in the moming. 
 My morning raise sae clear and fair, . Kj, under Grief. 
 The morning it was foggie ; . S. What will I do gin t 
 
 The hunter lo'es the moming sun, S. When der the hill\ 
 Her blush is like the moming, . . S, Young Peggy t 
 Where are the joys I have met in the moming, 
 
 S. Where are the joys t 
 As Youth and Love with sprightly dance. 
 Beneath thy morning star advance, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Ifforo [El Morro, a fort of Cuba, taken by the British, 
 1762, just before the Havana surrendered]. 
 
 And the Moro low was laid at the sound of the drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S.I. 
 Morrow. Long, long the night, Heavy comes the morrow, 
 
 S. Ay wakitig, O t 
 And blythely awaukens the morrow ; S. Craigie-burn Wood. 
 And sigh for this life's latest morrow. On Death offanj. Child. 
 Cheerless night that knows no morrow. S. Raving winds f 
 And blythe awakes the morrow, . S. Sweet feCs the eve t 
 Upon the morrow when we raise, 
 
 I thank'd her for her courtesie; S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 The weary night o' care and grief 
 
 May have a joyful morrow ; . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 Thy lengthen'd days on this blest morrow. To Terraughty. 
 
 Mortal, adj. 
 
 ! had I met the mortal shaft 
 
 Which laid my benefactor low ! . Lament for Glencaim. 
 The hoary Sire — the mortal stroke. 
 
 Long, long be pleas'd to spare ; . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 And hark ! what more than mortal sound 
 Of music breathes the pile around ? . . On Linchtden. 
 Your mortal Fae is now awa', . Tarn Samson's El. 7. 
 But yet he drew the mortal trigger 
 
 Wi' weel-aim'd heed; , . . lb. 11. 
 As open pussie's mortal foes, . . . Tarn, o' Shanier, 17. 
 I've paced much this weary, mortal round, 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 9. 
 Nae mortal wight can tell : . . The Election Ballads^ I. 
 'Till the mortal stroke shall lay me low, S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 But lordly will, I hold it still 
 
 A mortal sin to thraw that. . The Jolly Beggars, S. VII. 
 If death, then, wi' skaith, then, 
 
 Some mortal heart is hechtin, . To a Medical Oent. 
 
 Mortal, i. 
 Hear me, ye venerable Core, 
 
 As counsel for poor mortals, . Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 We're frail backsliding mortals merely, Ep. to Ma/. Logan. 9. 
 
Mortal 
 
 322 
 
 Mountain 
 
 Tain o' Skanier. 
 
 A mortal quite unfit for fortune's strife, 
 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; Ep. to R, Graham. 3. 
 if these mortals, the critics, should bustle, i^nr^. inscr. to Fox. 
 Rash mortal, and slanderous Poet, Reproof hy Himself. 
 
 While care-untroubled mortals sleep ! • • The Lament. 
 A woe that no mortal can cure. S. The winter it is past t 
 By all on high adoring mortals know ! . .To Clarinda. 
 Mortar. 
 Our friends the reviewers, those chippers and hewers, 
 Are judges of mortar and stone, Sir; To Copt. Riddel. 
 
 Mortgaging. 
 
 Mortgaging, gambling, masquerading, The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Morton. There's beauty and fortune to get wi' Miss Morton, 
 
 The Belles of MauchUne. 
 Moses. Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief 
 
 Of Moses and his rod ; Lns on Mrs. Kemble. 
 
 Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage. 
 With Amaleks ungracious progeny ; 
 
 The Cotiet^s Sat. Night. 14. 
 Moss, your moss-traversing Spunkies Add, to the Deil. 13- 
 'Mang moors an' mosses many, . ^S". Behind yon hills t 
 O'er yon moss amang the heather ; Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 Out o'er yon moor, out o'er yon moss, S. My Lord a-hunting \ 
 The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles, 
 That lie between us and our hame, 
 O'er moors and o'er mosses and monie a glen, 
 
 S. The heather was hloom. t 
 
 By mosses, meadows, moors, and fells. The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 Moss-oak. a swirlie, auld moss-oak, . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Mossgiel. 
 
 For rakish rooks, like Rob Mossgiel. [». Rob] O leave novels^ 
 
 Mossy. Ye mossy streams, with sedge and rushes stor'd, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Where the mossy riv'let strays. On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 Or stately Lugar's mossy fountains boil, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Her colours betray'd her on yon mossy fells ; 
 
 S. The heather was hloom.\ 
 Lone wandering by the hermit's mossy cell : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; 
 
 Wr. hy Fall of Fyers. 
 
 wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains \ 
 
 the charms o' yon wild, mossy moors ; . . lb. 
 
 Most. The heart benevolent and kind 
 
 The most resembles God. A Winter Night. 11. 
 
 Who know them best despise them most. 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 Yet an insect's an insect at most, 
 Tho' it crawl on the curl of a queen. On an empty Fellow. 
 Mostly. We've all things that's nice, and mostly in season, 
 
 Improtnptu. 
 Moth. Now moths deform in shapeless tatters, 
 
 Their unknown pages. . To J, S., S. 
 Mother. 
 . And with a Mother's fears shrinks at the rocking blast I 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 Nor ever daughter give the mother pain. Blest he M'Murdo t 
 The mother linnet in the brake 
 
 < ■ Bewails her ravish'd young ; . ^. Fate gave the word, t 
 He's tell'd her father and mother baith, Katharine Jaffray. 
 " The mother may forget the child 
 " That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim, 
 God keep thee frae thy mother's faes, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And where thou meet'st thy mother's friend, 
 
 Remember him for me ! lb. 
 
 O bless her with a Mother's joys, 
 
 But spare a Mother's tears ! . O Thou dread Pow'r^ 
 Tho' father and mother and a' should gae mad, S. whistle, t 
 Protect and guard the mother plant, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Reclined on the lap of thy mother, On Death of fav. Child. 
 "And I will join a mother's tender cares, 
 
 On Death qfSirJ. Blair. 
 
 But, like guid mothers, shore before ye strike; Scots Prologue, 
 
 1 Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : Tarn o' Shanier, ig. 
 
 Sires, mothers, children, in one carnage lie : The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 The Mother, 'wV her needle and her sheers. 
 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; 
 
 'The Cottet^s Sat. Night, j. 
 
 The wily Mother sees the conscious flame 
 
 The Coitei^s Sat. Night. 7, 
 Weel-pleas'd the Mother hears, it'snae wild, worthless Rake. Ih. 
 A strappan youth ; he takes the Mother's eye ; . lb. 8. 
 
 The Mother, wi' a woman's wiles, lb. 
 
 Farewell, a mother's blessing dear ! . . The Farewell. 
 An* my auld mother brunt the trin'le. . . The Inventory. 
 To ev'ry New-light mother's son. 
 
 From this time forth, Confusion : . The Ordination. 14. 
 Your thrifty old mother has scarce such another 
 
 S.TheSansofoldKillie. 
 Wha spied I but my ain dear maid, 
 Down by her mother's dwelling ! S. When wild'Wat^s t 
 Motion. 
 The Queen of love could never move 
 
 With motion more enchanting . . S. As I gaed up byf 
 The clouds' uncertain motion [type of woman], 
 
 S. Deluded swain f 
 Like harmony her motion ; . . S. Sae flaxen f 
 
 Sooner the sun in his motion would falter. 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 Motive. Common motives lang sinsyne, . S. Jockey fou, t 
 
 Motley, Motely. 
 
 motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed? Ep.fr. EsoPus. 
 A mixie-maxie motely squad, . . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Mottie [full of motes, dusty]. 
 
 All in this mottie, misty clime, The Vision. D. I. 4, 
 
 Mou, Mou' [mouth]. 
 Sae white her teeth, sae sweet her mou', 
 
 S. Braw lads ofC. Water. 
 And weel I wat her willin mou 
 
 Was e'en like succar-candie. . S. Had I the wyte f 
 
 Rob, stownlins, prie'd her bonie mou ! . . Halloween. 10. 
 O, what a feast her bonie mou ! . S. Herflowit^ locks\ 
 And ither some will prie their mou, . S. John, come Hss. 
 My heart to my mou' gied a sten ; . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Commend me to the Barn yard, 
 
 And the Corn-mou, man ; . . S. The Ploughman\ 
 For it's like a baumy kiss 0' her sweet bonie mou ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 For ay he pree'd the lassie's -mou, S. The Taylor he cam f 
 A whiskin beard about her mou', . . S, Willie Wastle t 
 An' ay my heart came to my mou, . S. Young jQckey\ 
 
 Moulder. 
 There moulders here a gallant heart ; 
 
 El on Capt. M. H., Epil 
 Mouldering, -'ring. 
 Whose trunk was mould'ring down with years ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Or mould'ring ruinS mark the sacred Fane. - 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Perhaps upon his mould'ring breast 
 Some spitefu' muirfowl bigs her nest, [v.A.is] 
 
 Ta77t Samson's El. 
 
 Cold— mould'ring in the clay? .... To Ruin. 
 And mouldering now in silent dust, 
 That heart that lo'ed me dearly ! 
 
 S. Ye bankSi and braes, audsireafns\ 
 
 Mouldy. O'er-arching, mouldy, gloom-inspiring coves. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Mound. 
 
 Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, Wr. hy Fallof Fyers. 
 Mount. 
 
 As I came o'er the Cairney mount, S. As I came der t 
 
 Mount, to. And mounts and sings on flittering wings, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature J 
 
 And mount to the ^r wi' the dew on her breast; 
 
 S, Lns on a Ploughman. 
 
 When I mount the Creepie-chair, S. wha my babie-clouisj 
 That slowly mount the rising steep ; S. On Cessnock banks\ 
 That dreary hour he mounts his beast in ; Tarn o' Slumter, 7. 
 O mount and "go, Mount and make you ready : 
 O mount and go, And be the Captain s Lady. . , , ■» 
 
 S, The Capta;in's Lady. 
 
 Rumble John, Rumble John, mount the steps wi' a groan, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 His awful chair of state resolves to mount, 
 
 The Vowels. 
 
 Mountain, When Phosbus peeps over the mountains, 
 
 S. Adown windingNtthj 
 
 Fresh o'er the mountains breaks forth the morning, 
 
 S. Borne Belt. 
 
Mountain 
 
 323 
 
 Move 
 
 While sans culottes stoop up the mountain high, 
 
 JS^./r. Eso^us. 
 Tho' bred amang mountains o' snaw ! 
 
 S. Hcr^s a health to them t 
 Jenny M'Craw to the mountains is gane, Jmny M'Craw t 
 • O'er the mountains he is gane ; S. Jockey's taen t^te parting t 
 O'er the mist-shrouded cliffs of the lone mountain straying, 
 
 Laments on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Farewell to the mountains high cover'd with snow, 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlai^ds \ 
 The Plover loves the mountains ; S. Nop) westlin winds \ 
 When shining sunbeams intervene 
 
 ■ And gild the distant mountain's brow ; 6*. On Cessnock banks f 
 Gay the sun's golden eye 
 
 Peep'd o'er the mountains high ; . . S, PhilUs the Fair, 
 Or up the heathy mountain, . S. Sleep' ^t ihou^ or walsst t 
 Before the mountains heav'd their heads 
 
 Beneath Thy forming hand, The 1st 6 V.s o/goth Ps.. 
 
 And misty mountain, gray ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 There, mountains to the skies were tost : The Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 The snaws the mountains cover^ S. The young Highl. Rover. 
 He wanders as free as the winds of his mountains, 
 
 S. Their groves qf\ 
 Tho' mountains rise and deserts howl. 
 
 And oceans roar between ; . . , S, Tho' cruel fate t 
 To rouse the mountain deer, my jo ; S. When der the hilli 
 Yon wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide, 
 
 S. Von wild mossy mountains f 
 Amang thae wild mountains shall still be my path, . Id. 
 Mountain-Side. 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 
 That shades the mountain-side at e'en, S. On Cessnock hanlis t 
 That climbs the mountain-sides at e'en, /5., Sett. II. 
 
 Mountebank. 
 
 He rails at our mountebank squad. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Mounted. All mounted in good order, Katharine Jaffray. 
 Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg. Tarn d Shanter. g. 
 Then mounted Mirth on gleesome wing, The Piie Champetre. 
 Weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel mounted and braw ; 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 Mourn, to. 
 Where th' howlet mourns in her ivy bower, . A Vision. 
 
 Now 'tis iit that thou should'st mourn. . . Blue Bonnets. 
 Thee, Matthew, Nature's sel shall mourn 
 
 El. onCapt.M. H.,2. 
 Mourn ilka grove the cushat kens ; . . . . lb. 4. 
 Mourn, little harebells o'er the lee ; . . . . lb. S- 
 Mourn ye wee songsters 0' the wood ; . . . . Ih.j. 
 And mourn ye whirring paitrick brood ; . .lb. 
 
 Mourn sooty coots, and speckled teals ; . . lb. 8. 
 
 Mourn, clamouring craiks at close o' day, . lb. g. 
 
 Mourn, Spring, thou darling of the year ; . . lb. is. 
 Mourn him thou Sun, great source of light ; 
 Mourn, Empress of the silent night : 
 And you, ye twinkling stamies bright, 
 
 My Matthew mourn ; . . . lb. 14.. 
 For Lords or Kings I dinna mourn. El. on Year 1^88. 
 
 My loss I mourn but not repent it, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 12, 
 I mourn through the gay, gawdy day, 
 
 ^S". Herds a health to ane \ 
 We'll mourn till we too go as he has gone, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. White/ord. 
 to mourn The miseries of Man. Man was made to jnourn. 
 Man's inhumanity to Man 
 
 Makes countless thousands mourn ! . 
 Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, 
 And helpless offspring mourn. 
 Or why has man the will and pow'r 
 To make his fellow mourn ? • 
 
 Had there not been some recompence 
 To comfort those that mourn I 
 
 lb. 
 
 lb. 
 Ib.g. 
 lb. 10. 
 lb. II. 
 
 But Oh ! [death I] a blest relief for those 
 
 That weary-laden mourn ! 
 
 As ye [men 0' state] make mony a fond heart mourn, 
 
 S. O Logan! t 
 How I would mourn when it was torn, S. O were my love t 
 Come, mourn wi' me! . . On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 To mourn the woes my country must endure, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 And curse the ruffian's aim, and mourn thy hapless fate. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 
 O'er the hope and misfortune of being tp mourn. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 " O thou, whase lamentable face 
 
 Appears to mourn my woefu' case ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 My voice, a lioness that mourns 
 
 Her darling cub's undoing I . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn ^S". The gloomy night t 
 And now a widow I must mourn 
 The Pleasures that will ne'er return ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 And mourn, in lamentation deep. 
 
 How life and love are all a dream ! . The Lament. 
 
 And hopeless, comfortless, I'll mourn 
 
 A faithless woman's broken vow. . . .lb. 
 
 * Nor longer mourn thy fate is hard, 
 
 ' Thus poorly low ! . The Vision. D. II. 2. 
 yiy brave gallant friends, 'tis your ruin I mourn ; 
 
 S. The small birds t 
 May mourn their loss wi' doolfu' clamour ; To W. Creech. 
 Mourned. 
 That woefu* morn be ever mourn 'd Tarn Samson's El., 8. 
 Ilk hoary Hunter mourn'd a brither ; . IB. 12. 
 
 Who sin so oft have mourn'd, yet to temptation ran ? 
 
 Why am I loth t 
 Mournful, -fu'. 
 The last, sad, mournful rites bestow! A Ded. to G. H.^ 14, 
 Truth, weeping, tells the mournful tale, A Winter Night. 7. 
 Is drowned amid the mournful scream, . On Lincluden. 
 
 The moumfu' sang I here enclose, . To Miss Ferrier, 
 
 Mourning. 
 Or make our Bardie, dowie, wear 
 
 The mourning weed : . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 An' deed her bairns, man, wife, an' wean. 
 
 In mourning weed ; . . Tom Samson's El. 
 That had been blear'd with mourning ; S. When wild Wat's t 
 Moupn'st, 
 EVn thou who moum'st the Daisy's fate, 
 That fate is thine— no distant date ; To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Mousie idim. ^ mouse]. 
 
 But Mousie, thou art no thy-Iane, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Mouth, 
 Oh, shake him o'er the mouth o' hell, Adatn A — 's Prayer. 
 Wad made a bodie's mouth to water ; . S. Donald Brodie \ 
 And past the Mouth o' Cairn. . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 
 Nay, Bobby's mouth may be open'd yet 
 
 Till for eloquence you hail him, . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Re-echo'd from each mouth ! The Jolly Beggars.^ R. VIII. 
 
 His hair, his size, his mouth, his lugs, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 They take religion in their mouth ; To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Mouth, to. 
 
 To mouth 'A Citizen, ' a term o' scandal : The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Move. Youth, grace, and love attendant move, 
 
 ■5*. A, Mastrtt^s bonie Anne. 
 The Queen of love could never move 
 
 With motion more enchanting. . . S. As I gaed up by t 
 And do I hear my Jeanie own, 
 
 That equal transports move her ? ^S*. Come, let me take thee, \ 
 Could artful numbers move thee, S. Could aught of song, t 
 And^ust to stop, and just to move. 
 
 With self-respecting art : . . Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 O Thou, in whom we live and move, . Grace after Dinner. 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, S. How langanddreary \ 
 Sae sweetly move her genty limbs. 
 
 Like music notes 0' Lover's hymns : S. My Lord a-hunting \ 
 Slowly they move, while every eye 
 
 Is heaven-ward raised in ecstasy. . Oft Lincluden. 
 
 What heart o' stane wad thou na move, 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 That charm, that can the strongest quell. 
 
 The sternest move. Poem on Pastoral Poetfy. 
 An' rouse them up to strong conviction. 
 
 An' move their pity. The Author's Cry aftd Prayer. 
 While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 16. 
 While joys above my ihind can move, S. The day returns t 
 To Harmony's enchanting notes, 
 
 As moves the mazy dance, man, . The Fite Champeire. 
 Bright as a cloudless summer sun, 
 
 With stately port he moves ; . . V.s.delow Picture. 
 I'd lay them a' at Jeanie's feet, 
 Could I but hope to move her, . S. Whenjirst I saw t 
 
Move 
 
 324 
 
 Muse 
 
 How slow ye movej ye heavy hours, .S". When I think on t 
 Movingr* 
 One point must still be greatly dark, 
 
 The moving Why they do it ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 While simple melody pour'd moving on the heart. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Mow. To plough and sow, to reap and mow, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 No work comes me wrong for I shear and I mow, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 M'PhePSon. 
 M'Pherson's time will not be long 
 On yonder gallows-tree. . S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 
 M*Quhe. 
 
 And that curs'd rascal ca'd M'^e, The Twa Herds, iz. 
 
 M'Q — e's pathetic manly sense, ... lb, I'j. 
 
 Much. To whom hae much, shall yet be given, 
 Is ev'ry great man's faith ; 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 But as d^ly bread is all I need, 
 I do not much regard her [fortune], O. 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 Much specious lore, but little understood ; . . Sketch. 
 Just much about it wi' your scanty sense ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 
 Much-lOV'd. For lack 0' thee I leave this much-lov'd shore, 
 Ztw, on Back of Bank Note. 
 And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 Much-WFong'd. 
 And much-wrongM Mis'ry pours th' unpitied wail ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Forgivel forgive! much-wrong'd Montrose ! 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Muchkin, Mutchkin [an English pint]. 
 Just-ae hauf muchkin does me prime, 
 
 Ought less is little, S. Therms naethin like t 
 Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle ; 
 
 The Authot's Cry and Prayer. 
 Come, bring the tither mutchkin in, The Ordination. 14. 
 
 Muck. 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck. 
 Lay stmking, vile, in every neuk. [v.A.i6] Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 Muckle V. Meikle. 
 
 Muffle. When Winter muffles up his cloak, Tarn Samson's EL. 
 Muffled. Dark-muffl'd, [Phoebe] view'd the dreary plain ; 
 
 A Winter Night 6. 
 The muffled murtherer of Charles The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Mug. A' kinds o' boxes, mugs, an' bottles, 
 
 He's sure to hae ; Death and Dr. Hornbook, bo. 
 Muir. Might well a.ward him Muir and Palmer's fate : 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Muir [moor]. 
 
 They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags, Add. to the Deil. g. 
 Altho' my bed were in yon muir, . S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 The rising sun, our Galston Muirs, 
 
 Wi' glorious light was gUntan ; . . The Holy Fair. 
 
 Drumossie muir, Drumossie day, 
 
 A waefu* day it was to me ; . . S. The lovely lass t 
 His voice was heard thro' muir and dale, The Twa Herds. 7. 
 Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' haggs 
 
 Like drivin' wrack; Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Muirfowl [moor-fowl]. 
 
 Perhaps upon his mould'ring breast 
 
 Some spitefu' muirfowl bigs her nest, [v.A.15] 
 
 Tant Samson^s El. 
 Muirhead. Muirhead, wha's as gude as he's true ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 And by our banners march'd Muirhead, . . lb. V. 
 Mulrhen. The Muirhen lo'es the heather ; 
 
 S. O gie my love brose \ 
 Muirkirk. 
 They tald me 'twas an odd kind chiel 
 
 About Muirkirk. Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, 4. 
 Mulrland Jock [Rev. John Shepherd, Muirkirk]. 
 Muirland Jock, Muirland Jock, when the L— d makes a rock 
 To crush common sense for her sins, The Kirks A larm. 
 Multiply. I sine his name and nobler fame, 
 
 Wha multiplies our number. Natures Law, 
 Multiplying, With multiplying joys, . . Nature's Law. 
 Mungo. 
 Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Tarn 0* Shanter. 10, 
 
 Murder, 
 
 Sending, like blood-hounds from the slip, 
 
 Woe, Want, and Murder o'er a land f A Winter Night. 7. 
 Their pounces were murder, and terror their cry, 
 
 S. Caledonia, 
 Twas laurell'd Martial roaring murder. 
 
 Epig. on E.'s ^^ Martial." 
 I murder hate by field or flood, 
 Tho' glory's name may screen us ; 
 
 Lns, on Windows^ Gl. Tav. 
 
 Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 As murder at his thrapple shor'd ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 No murders or rapes worth the naming. To Capt. Riddel. 
 
 Murder, to. 
 
 To murder men, and gie God thanks ! V, on Nat. Thanks. 
 Murder-aiming. And blasted be thy murder-aiming eye ; 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Murder-shout. 
 
 He roar'd a horrid murder-shout, . . Halloween. 20. 
 Murderer. A murderer's banes in gibbet aims ; 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter. 11, 
 Murder 'd. Death has murder'd Johnie; Epit. on weejohnie. 
 And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, 
 Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; Tant 0* Shanter. w. 
 
 Murdering, -'ring. 
 
 Ev'n you on murd'ring errands toil'd, , A Winter Night. S- 
 The Sportsman's joy, the murd'ring cry, 
 
 S. Now westlin winds t 
 Thy girning laugh enjoys his pangs 
 
 And murdering wrestle, . . Poem on Life. 
 Or Fhineas drove the murdering blade, 
 
 Wi' wh-re-abhorring rigour ; . The Ordination. 4. 
 
 I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, 
 
 Wi' murd'ring pattle ! . . To a Mouse. 
 Murderous. Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars ; 
 
 S. By yon castle wd f 
 
 Murky. 
 
 Ne'er sae murky blew the night S, Could is the e'enin blast t 
 Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, S. The gloomy night t 
 Murmur. And now in fainting murmurs die ; On Lincluden. 
 Oh ! stream whose murmurs still I hear! 
 
 .S". Slow spreads the gloom f 
 Murmur, to. 
 
 * Then never miuinur nor repine ; . The Vision. D. II. 21. 
 Murmur'd. 
 Clos'd in my arms, she murmur'd still. 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. . ^S". As Igaed upby\ 
 Murmuring. 
 My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, S, Afton Water. 
 While hid the murmuring streamlets flow ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett. H. 
 The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 Murray. For Murray's light horse are to muster 
 
 The Election Ballads. IH. 
 And there will be Murray Commander, . . . Ih. 
 
 And hey for the sanctified Murray, 
 
 Our land wha wi' chapels has stored ; . .lb. 
 
 Here is Murray's fragments O' the ten commands ; lb. IV. 
 The Murray's noble name ! ... Ib.V. 
 
 The Stewart and the Murray there 
 
 Did muster a' their powers. ... .lb. 
 
 The Murray, on the auld grey yaud, . . .lb. 
 
 Murther [murder]. 
 God won't accept your thanks for murther ! 
 
 V. on Nat. Thanks.. 
 Murtherer. 
 
 The muffled murtherer of Charles The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Muscle. Triumphant crushan't like a muscle 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 7. 
 Muse, the Muses. 
 The muse should tell, in labor'd strains, 
 
 O Mary how I love thee. . . S. Could aught ofsoHg\ 
 And not a muse in honest grief bewail. EL on Miss Burnet. 
 Where words ne'er crost the muse's heckles, 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 And morning Poossie whiddan seen, 
 
 Inspire my Muse, . Ep, to J, L—k, Ap, ist. 
 Whene'er my Muse does on me glance, 
 
 I jingle at her. Ib.g. 
 
 My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, 
 
 May touch the heart. . , . lb. 13> 
 
Muse 
 
 325 
 
 Mutual 
 
 My awkart Muse sair pleads and begs, 
 
 I would na write. Bp. to J. L—h^ Ap. sisi, 2. 
 My Muse dow scarcely spread her wing : . Ep. to J. R. , 6. 
 Pity the tuneful muses' hapless train, Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer flight. Ih. j, 
 A sorry, poor, misbegot son of the Muses, Erag: inscr. to Fox, 
 But truce with abstraction, and truce with a muse, 
 Whose rhymes you'll perhaps. Sir, ne'er deign to peruse : lb. 
 My Muse to dream of such a theme, 
 
 Her feeble powers surrender ; . . S. Lovely Dames. 
 But Nith maun be my Muse's well, 
 
 My Muse maun be thy bonie sell 1 S. O were I on Parnass. t 
 Then come, sweet Muse, inspire my lay 1 . . . lb. 
 The Muse was a' that he took pride in, 
 
 On Scot. Bardie to W.I. 
 " No ; every Muse shall join her tuneful tongue, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Inspires my mUse to gie 'm his dues, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 thou, my Muse 1 guid, auld Scotch Drink I Scotch Drink, z. 
 Alake ! that e'er my Muse has reason. 
 
 To wyte her countrymen wi* treason ! . lb. 14. 
 
 There's themes enow in Caledonian story. 
 
 Wad shew the Tragic Muse in a' her glory. Scots Prologue. 
 
 Where are the Muses fled, that should produce 
 
 A drama worthy of the name of Bruce ? . . . .lb. 
 
 Would take the Muses' servants by the hand, . . lb. 
 
 I'm tauld.the Muse ye hae negleckit ; Second Ep. to Davie, 
 
 The Muse, poor hizzie ! 
 Tho' rough an' raploch be her measure. 
 
 She's seldom lazy. ... , lb. 
 
 Haud tae the Muse, my dainty Davie : . . lb. 
 
 But for the Muse, she'll never leave ye, 
 
 Tho' e'er sae puir, . . . . lb. 
 
 But here my Muse her wing maun cour ; Tarn o* Shanter. 16. 
 Alas ! my roupet Muse is haerse ! 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Friend o' my muse, friend 0' my life. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Nae -gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair, 
 
 Shall ever be my muse's care ; S. The Highland Lassie. 
 
 An' thus the Muse suggested 
 
 His sang that night. The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 
 1 never drank the Muses' Stank, 
 
 Castalia's burn an' a' that, *. . . lb. S. VII. 
 
 Your muse is a gipsie, e'en tho' she were tipsie. 
 
 She cou'd ca' us nae waur than we are. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 A prayer from the muse you well may excuse, 
 
 S, The Sons of old Killie. 
 I took her for some Scottish Muse, . The Vision. D. I. g. 
 * In me thy native Muse regard ! . .lb. D. II. 2. 
 
 But browster wives an' whiskie stills, 
 
 They are the muses. Third Ep. to J. Lap,. 
 Nor with unwilling ear attend 
 
 The moralizing Muse. . . . . To Chloris. 
 
 With every muse to rove : , . . . Ih. 
 
 As lang's the Muses dinna fail To say the grace. To J. 6"., 24, 
 Here, where the Scottish muse immortal lives, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 And .fled each Muse that glorious once inspired, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.yS. 
 Not so the idle Muses' mad-cap train, . . . . lb. 8. 
 A fabled Muse may suit a bard that feigns, To R. Graham. 
 An' not a muse erect her head 
 
 To cowe the blellums ? To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Pardon a muse sae mean as mine, lb. 
 
 The Muse, nae Poet ever fand her, 
 
 Till by himsel he learn'd to wander, To W. Simpson. 
 
 By far my elder brother in the muses, 
 
 Wr. under Port, ofFergusson. 
 Muse-ins pirin'. 
 
 muse-inspirin' aqua- vita; . . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Muse, to. 
 Of PhilHs to muse and to sing. S. Adown winding Nith t 
 To muse some favourite Scottish theme, As on the banksj 
 O tell me, does she muse on me I . S. Behold the hour t 
 As hopeless I muse on thy charms, S. Here's a health to ane t 
 And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night, 
 
 To muse upon my Charmer. . S. Now westlin winds t 
 And ay I muse and sing thy name, 
 
 S. O were I on Parnass. t 
 
 Muse while the Evan seeks the Clyde ? 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Apart let me wander, apart let me muse, lS". The lazy mist t 
 Some seem'd to muse, some seem'd to dare, [v.A.4] 
 
 The Vision. 
 Mus'd. Or mus'd where limpid streams once hallow'd, well. 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 I backward mus'd on wasted time, . The Vision. D. I. 4. 
 
 Music. When Phosbus peeps over the mountains. 
 On music, and pleasure, and love. 
 
 S, Adown winding Nith \ 
 The music of her pretty foot, 
 
 On my heart it did play so, . S. As I gaed up by \ 
 
 The music of thy voice I heard, . / 
 
 Nor wist while it enslav'd me ; S. Farewell^ thou stream t 
 At once 'tis music, — and 'tis love ! . . S. Here is th^glen.\ 
 And, hark I what more than mortal sound 
 Of music breathes the pile around ? . .On Lincluden^ 
 To gie them music was his charge : . Tarn o' Shanfer. Tf. 
 But all the soul of Music's self was heard ; 
 
 - The Brigs of Ayr. 22. 
 The gowdspink, Music's gayest child, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water, 
 The music of thy tongue I heard, 
 
 Nor wist while it enslaved me : . . S. The last time 1 1 
 And joy and music pouring forth. 
 
 In ev'ry grove. The Vision. D. II, 14, 
 
 Music-notes. 
 
 Sae sweetly move her genty limbs, 
 
 Like music-notes o' Lover's hymns : .S*. My Lord a-hunting t 
 Musie [dim. o/'musel. 
 My musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet . To Rev. J. MMath. 
 Ironic satire, sidelins sklented, 
 
 On my poor musie ; . . To W. Simpson. 
 Musing. 
 
 Musing on the roaring ocean. 
 
 Which divides my love and me : Musing on the roaring t 
 Oft as by winding Nith I, musing, wait 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Life's poor day I'll musing rave, . S. Streams that glide t 
 (Fit haunts for Friendship or for Love, 
 
 In musing mood) [v.A.4] . The Vision. D. I. 
 When musing in a lonely glade, S. Twas even — the dewy \ 
 For there he is wand'ring, and musing on me, 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 Musing-deep. 
 
 With musing-deep, astonish'd stare, . The Vision. D.II. 
 Musings. 
 
 And wake the soul to musings high. . . On Lincluden. 
 Musket. Say pell and mell, wi' muskets knell 
 
 How Tories fell and Whigs to h-U Flew off 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Muslin-kail [broth made of vegetables and water 
 without beef]. 
 
 Be't water-brose, or muslin-kail, . . ToJ.S.^ 24. 
 
 MusteP. For Murray's light horse are to muster 
 
 The Election Ballads, III. 
 Did muster a' their powera. . . . . lb. V. 
 
 To muster o'er each ardent Whig . . lb. VI. 
 
 Davie Bluster, Davie Bluster, if for a saunt ye do muster, 
 
 The corps is no nice of recruits; . The Kirk's Alarm, 
 
 Or else he would muster the heads of the clan. The Whistle. 7. 
 Mustering. Ye mustering thunders from above 
 
 Your willing victim see ! S. O mirk, mirk t 
 Lang-mustering up a bitter blast; On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Musty, (O Ferguson I thy glorious parts. 
 
 Ill-suited laws dry, musty arts I 71? W. Simpson. 4. 
 Mutchkin v. Muchkin. 
 Mute. Then at the balance let's be mute, 
 
 We never can adjust it ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 I'll drap the lyre, and mute, admire, . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Mutrie. M[utrie] and you were just a match. 
 
 The Ordination. 10. 
 Mutter. 
 He mutters, glow'ring at the bitches, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 And mutter forth a half-heard prayer. , . On Lincluden. 
 Mutt'ping. 
 
 I started, mutt'ring blockhead ! coof! The Vision. D. I. 6. 
 Mutual. 
 Health and Peace, with mutual rays, A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 The bands and bliss o' mutual love, 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar, braes f 
 
Mutual 
 
 326 
 
 Na 
 
 p. to J. R., 6. 
 S. My heart was ance \ 
 , S, O were tfty love t 
 
 . lb. 
 
 Ronalds o/Bennals, 
 Scotch Drink. i6. 
 
 A mutual faith to plight, . , . , On Miss J. Lewars, 
 In raptures sweet this hour we meet, 
 
 Wi' mutual love an' a' that ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 The plighted faith; the mutual flame ; . The Lament. 3. 
 We hae plighted our trothj my Mary, 
 
 In mutual affection to join, . . . . S.To Mary. 
 
 Mutual-kindling. 
 
 To mark the mutual-kindling eye. . . . The Lament. 
 Muve [move]. 
 
 Had I na found the slightest prayer 
 That lips could speak thy heart could muve. S. I do confess t 
 
 These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans 
 
 Wad muve the vei^r hearts o' stanes! Searching auld t 
 
 Muvin [moving]. 
 
 These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans Searching auld \ 
 Muzzl'd, Nae hand-cuff'd, muzzl'd, haff-shackl'd Regent, 
 
 El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Myra. Dear Myra, the captive ribhand's mine, 
 
 S. The capt. Ribband. 
 
 Myrtle. Nae gowden stream thro' myrtles twines, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Wh-re-hunting amang groves o' myrtles ; The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Their groves of sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, 
 
 S. Their groves off 
 Mysel [myself]. 
 Wi' you, mysel, I gat a fright, . . Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 Tho' I mysel' ha'e plenty ; S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 wi' a' my pow'r, I set mysel, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 I took the way that pleas'd mysel, ... lb. 31. 
 
 I winna blaw about mysel, . Ep. to J. L — A, Ap. zsty 16. 
 I've play'd mysel a bonie spring, 
 But Oh \ I fear the kintra soon 
 Will ken as weel's mysel ! . 
 And I mysel' the zephyr's breath, 
 
 Amang its bonie leaves to play. . 
 And I mysel' a drap of dew, 
 
 Into her bonie breast to fa' ! 
 I lo'e her mysel, but darena weel tell, 
 Poor, plackless devils like mysel, . 
 So touched, bewitchedj 
 
 I rav'd ay to mysel : . . The Ans. to the Gmdwi/e. 
 I saw mysel, they did pursue 
 The horse-men back to Forth, man, 
 
 S. The Battle o/Sherra-Moor. 
 I am, altho' I say't mysel, 
 
 Worth gaun a mile to see. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Sae I subscribe mysel in haste, . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 He tald mysel by word o' mouth, . . To Dr. Blacklock, 
 Mysel, I've ev'n seen them g^eetan 
 
 Wi' girnan spite, 
 I canna to mysel' conceal 
 My deeply-ranklin' sorrow. 
 Mysie. And tak a look o' Mysie ; 
 Mysterious, owning heaven's mysterious sway. Frag, of Ode, 
 Mystery, Might there have learnt new mysteries of his art ; 
 
 The Vowels. 
 
 Mystic. 
 
 Thence, mystic knots mak great abuse. Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 
 Masons' mystic word an' grip, ... lb. 14. 
 
 The Brethren o' the mystic level . Tarn SamsofCs El. . 
 
 Dear brothers of the mystic tye ! 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Mystical. 
 May secrecy round be the mystical bound. 
 And brotherly love be the centre. S. The sons of old Killie. 
 
 Na [not, no]. 
 Ev'n that, he does na mind it lang : . A Ded. to G. H.^J. 
 
 He does na fail his part in either. lb. 
 
 But sneer na British-boys awa : . .A Dream. 14. 
 
 I wat he was na slaw, man ; . . . A Fragment. 2. 
 I doubt na they wad bide nae better . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Ah, Chloris, since it may na be, . . S. Ah^ Chloris\ 
 Come weel, come woe, I care na by, S. Behind yon hills \ 
 But 'tis na love like mine. . . S. Behold^ my lovef 
 
 Lest my wee thing be na mine. . S. Bonie wee thing \ 
 
 And tho' I hae na meikle tocher, S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 I was nafou, butjust had plenty; Death a7td Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 ' My name is Death, But be na fley'd.' . . . . lb. g. 
 Their fate we should na censure, Ep. to Young Friend, 4. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 . Verses under Grief, 
 The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 And ken na how to wair*! : . . , Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 ' Mair spier na, nor fear na,' /^, 
 
 I care na by how few may see, . S. First when Maggie f 
 An' she be na noddin too ! . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 She notic't na, an aizle brunt 
 
 Her braw. new worset apron . . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 I was na past fyfteen : lb. i^. 
 
 It was na sae ye glinted by f^S". Bow lang and dreary \ 
 
 When I was WI my dearie! ( S. When I think on\ 
 She charm'd my soul, I wist na how ; S. Igaed a waefu^ f 
 It is na, Jean, thy bonie face, . S. It is na, Jean \ 
 
 But he has na tell'd the lass hersel Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 tell na me of wind and rain. 
 
 Upbraid na me wi' cauld disdain, S. O Lassie, art thou\ 
 
 Ye are na Mary Morrison. . . . S. O Mary, at thy f 
 If love for love thou wilt na gie, . . ... 75. 
 
 1 care na wealth a single flie ; . . , S.O Pkely \ 
 An' 'twere na for my Jeanie. . S. Opoortith cauldi 
 
 steer her up, and be na blate, . . S. O steer her up t 
 Ye would na been sae shy ; . , . . S. O Tibbie !f 
 
 But troth I care na by /3, 
 
 Ye spak' na, but gaed by like stoure ; . . . .lb. 
 
 1 would na sie her in her sark 
 
 For thee wi a' thy thousand mark t • • • . lb. 
 And come na unless the back-yett be a-jee ; S. O whistle f 
 And come, as ye were na coming to me, [re.l . . lb. 
 We are na fou, we're nae that fou, S. Willie brew'df 
 
 What heart o' stane wad thou na move. 
 
 On Birth ofPostk. Child. 
 Ah! Nick, ah Nick it is na fair, . . . Poem on Life. 
 Was na Robin bauld, . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 Nor ha'e't in her power to say na, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Na, even tho' limpan wi' the spavie 
 
 Frae door tae door. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Yet darena for your anger ; . . S. Sweet fa* s the eve \ 
 We think na on the lang Scots miles, Tarn o' Shanier. 
 
 Tarn did na mind the storm a whistle lb. 
 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle lb. 
 
 ' Na, waur than a' ! ' cries ilka chiel, TaTn Samson's El.. 
 
 I kend na how to tell, . . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 na bred to barn and byre, . . . . . lb. 
 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid, 
 
 The Author's Cty and Prayer. 16. 
 And wist na o' my fate. . . The Banks ofDoon. Sett II, 
 He wist na where he was gaun, O- S. The Cooper o' Cuddy \ 
 An he get na hell for his haddin, 
 
 The deil gets na justice ava. The Election Ballads. III. 
 A place where body saw na' ; . . The gowd. Locks of A. 
 Black [Russel] is na spairan : . . . The Holy Fair. zi. 
 They mind't na wha the chorus teuk, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Like him there is na twa, Jamie ; . . S. The Laddies by \ 
 I kend na where to lodge till day : 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 
 wrang na my virginity I lb. 
 
 And ay she wist na what to say ; lb. 
 
 The lassie thought na lang till day. ... lb. 
 
 Twa Dogs that were na thrang at hame, The Twa Dogs. 
 
 The fient a pride na pride had he, lb. 3- 
 
 Rejoic'd they were na men but dogs ; . . . Ib.3S' 
 Yet wist na what her ail might be, S. There was a lass t 
 She had na will to say him.na : I^- 
 
 1 care na thy daddie, his lands and his money, 
 
 ^y. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 
 Na faith ye yet 1 To a Louse. 
 
 I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; . To a Mouse. 
 
 I hae na ony fear. To Gov. Hamilton. 
 
 We cam' na here to view your warks, V.s on Window, CarroH. 
 
 Your porter dought na hear us ; I^' 
 
 But oh, if he's faithless, and minds na his Nanie, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 *Na, na,'quo' I, Tmnoforthat, . . What ails ye now \ 
 My mind it was na steady, . . S. When first I came t 
 
 It's a pity ane sae pretty , 
 
 Should na do the thing they can. S. Will ye go and marryi 
 
 Let na this 0' thee be tauld ^^' 
 
Na 
 
 327 
 
 Naebody 
 
 Or if thou wilt na be my ain, 
 Say na thou'lt refuse me. . . . S, Wilt thou ba my t 
 
 Nabob. 
 
 But as to his fine Nabob fortune, 
 
 We'll e'en let this subject alane. The Election Ballads. III. 
 And there will be rich brother Nabobs, 
 
 Though Nabobs, yet men o' the first ; . . , lb. 
 
 Nfte [no], an' that's nae flatt'rin, . . A Ded. to G. H.^ 2, 
 He's just — nae better than he should be. ... lb. 4. 
 But then, nae thanks to him for a' that ; 
 Nae godly symptom ye can ca* that ; . . . . lb. 6. 
 AndOch! that's nae r-g-n-r-t-n ! [v. A. 29.] . . . lb. 
 
 I'll warrant then, ye're nae Deceiver lb. g. 
 
 So Sir, you see 'twas nae dafl vapour, ... lb. Z2. 
 So, nae reflection on Your Grace, . . . A Dream. 3. 
 my life's a lease, Nae bargain wearing faster, . lb. 6. 
 
 An' did nae less, in full Congress, . . . A Fragment. 
 like ony Turk, Nae mercy had at a', man ; , . . Ib.^. 
 Nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle A Guid New-year 1 10. 
 But what he said it was nae play, . , . , A Vision. 
 Lord grant, nae duddie, desperate beggar, Add. of Beelzebub, 
 I doubt na they wad bide nae better . . . . lb, 2. 
 Nae sage North, now, nor sager Sackville, . . lb. 
 
 Ye're aiblins nae temptation. . . Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 With nae proportion wanting, . S. As I gaed up by f 
 
 " There was a time, it's nae lang syne, . As on the banks t 
 " Nae bitter blast," the sp'rit replies, 
 
 " It blaws nae here sae fierce and fell, . . . lb. 
 Ye'll do nae gude at a'. . . . S.Awa,7vhigs,awa. 
 Nae artfu' wiles to win ye, O : . S. Behind yon hills t 
 Nae purer is than Nanie, O. , . ... lb. 
 
 An' has nae care but Nanie, O. . . /^. 
 
 Nae ither care in life have I, /3. 
 
 Nor nae langer sport and play, 
 
 Mirth or sang can please me ; . S. Blythe ka'e I been t 
 Altho' his daddie was nae laird, S. Brawlads on Var. braes t 
 I was bred up at nae sic school, . . . S. Ca the ewes. 
 To love they thought nae crime, Sir ; S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 'Twas but yestreen, nae farther gaen, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 Nae doubt they'll rive it wi' the plew ; . . , /b. 23, 
 I tell nae common tale 0' grief, El. on Copt. M. H., Epit. 
 The tither's dour, has nae sic breedin', . El. on Year 1788. 
 Nae waur than he did, honest man \ . . . . Ih. 
 Tho' it should serve nae other end Ep. to Young Friend. 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, . . . . lb. 3. 
 
 A comfort this nae sma' ; 
 Nae mair then, we'll care then, 
 
 Nae farther we can fa'. . . Ep. to Davie, 3. 
 
 There's wit there, ye'll get there, 
 
 Ye'll find nae other where lb. 7. 
 
 Wi' nae converse but Gallowa' bodies, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Tak this excuse for nae epistle. . . .. , .lb 
 I am nae Poet, in a sense, . Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. ist, g. 
 
 An' hae to Learning nae pretence, /^^ 
 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane, lb., Ap. 21st 12. 
 Nae wonder he's as black's the grun, Epit on Holy Willie. 
 And bade me mak nae clatter ; . S. Had I the wyte \ 
 
 An' Mary, nae doubt, took the drunt, . . Halloween, g. 
 I wat she made nae jaukin ; . . .lb. 12. 
 
 Sometime when nae ane see'd him, . . /^, j^^ 
 
 Thou'rt ay sae free informing me 
 
 Thou hast nae mind to marry ; . .5". Here's to thy health^ 
 Nae time hae I to tarry. . . • , . . lb 
 
 I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want, 
 
 As lang's I get employment 75, 
 
 Nae travel makes him weary. /^, 
 
 Of gude advisement comes nae ill. . S. In simmer when \ 
 He has nae love to spare for me : , . /^. 
 
 Jenny was nae ill to gain, . . . . S. Jockey fou\ 
 
 Let her lo'e nae man but me ; /^, 
 
 Nae the meat, but appetite /^^ 
 
 Fancy only kens nae cheat .lb. 
 
 My ain gudeman, it is nae faute. . . S. John^ come kiss. 
 Nae leaf o' mine shall greet the spring, 
 
 Nae simmer sun exalt my bloom ; Lament /or Glencaim. 
 
 Nae ray of fame was to be found : . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Nae ruder visit knows, , , S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Nae star blinks thro' the driving sleet ; S. O Lassie, art thou \ 
 Nae mate to help, nae mate to cheer, . S, O Logan 1 1 
 
 And time nae langer spill, jo : . . S. O steer her up \ 
 
 I wad never had nae care, . . S. O that I had ne'er t 
 Tho' thou has nae silk and holland sae sma, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 Gang by me as tho' that ye car'd nae a file ; . S.O whistle t 
 But court nae anither, tho' joking ye be, . . . lb. 
 We are na fou, we're nae that fou, . S. O Willie brew'd\ 
 
 'Twad been nae plea; . On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 The feint a pride, nae pride had he, On Dining with Daer. 
 I am nae stranger to your fame, . On W, Chalmers. 
 
 Nae gowden stream thro' myrtles twines. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Nae bombast spates of nonsense swell ; . . . .lb. 
 She was nae get o' moorlan tips, . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 She was nae get 0' runted rams, [v.A.19] . . .lb. 
 Nae mercy, then, for airn or steel ; . Scotch Drink, it. 
 Nae howdie gets a social night 
 
 Or plack frae them, [v. A. 25] . , lb, Z2. 
 Nae thought, nae view, nae scheme o' livin', 
 Nae cares tae gie us joy or grievin' : Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle she prove, S. She's /air and/ause t 
 Ae market-day thou was nae sober ; . Tarn d Skanter. 
 
 Nae man can tether time or tide ; lb. 
 
 Wi' tippeny, we fear nae evil ; . . . lb. 
 
 Nae cotillion brent new frae France, . ... lb. 
 Ye're wae men, ye're nae men. The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 He has nae thought but how to kill 
 
 Twa at a blow. The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 (That Bards are second-sighted is nae joke, 
 
 The Brigs o/Ayr. 
 I doubt na, frien', ye'll think ye're nae sheep-shank, . lb. 
 Weel-pleas'd the Mother hears, it's nae wild, worthless rake. 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 But nae ane could their fancy please. 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 there had been nae play ; lb. Y. 
 
 Nae wonder that it pride him ! . . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 There's peace an' rest nae langer ; . . . lb. 14. 
 
 Waesucks ! for him that gets nae lass, . . lb. 25". 
 
 In days when riding was nae crime . The Inventory. 
 
 1 ha'e nae wife ; and that my bliss is. 
 
 An' ye have laid nae tax on misses ; . . , Ih. 
 
 Wi' people wha ken ye nae better. The Kirk's Alarm. 13. 
 She could ca' us nae waur than we are. . . ih. 18. 
 
 Nae joy nor pleasure can she see ; S. The lovely lass of 1. 1 
 Spare them nae day. . . . The Ordination. S- 
 
 nae reflection on your lear, Ib.g, 
 
 The sleepy bit lassie she dreaded nae ill, S. The Taylor/ell^ 
 Nae real joys we know, man. . The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 
 Nae' tawted tyke, tho' e'er sae duddie, 
 
 But he wad stan t, as glad to see him, The Twa Dogs. 3. 
 
 Nae cauld nor hunger e'er can steer them, . lb. 27. 
 
 They've nae sair-wark to craze their banes, . . lb. 2g. 
 Nae poison'd soor Arminian stank, , The Twa Herds, j. 
 This waly boy will be nae coof, . S. There was alad\ 
 We'll cry nae jads frae heathen hills. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware [v.A.7] To a Haggis. 
 
 And bade nae better To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Poor wights 1 nae rules nor roads observin; To J. S. ig. 
 
 Ye are sae grave, nae doubt ye're wise \ . . lb. 28. 
 Nae Poet thought her worth his while, To W. Simpson. 7. 
 Then gae your gate ye'se nae be here ! S. Wha is that at my \ 
 ' Gelding's nae better than 'tis ca't, . What ails ye now^ 
 My only beast, I had nae mae, . S. What will I do gin t 
 But Willie's wife is nae sae trig, . . S. Willie Wastle t 
 I could wish nae man to get ye, 
 
 Save it were my very sel. . S, Will ye go and marry \ 
 We's mak nae din about your tocher ; . . . lb. 
 
 Then nae ither man can get ye, . . , . /^. 
 
 Naebody [nobody]. 
 And a' the day to sit in dool, 
 
 And nae body to see me . . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 
Naebody 
 
 328 
 
 Name 
 
 I'll partake wi' naebody; .... S. Naebody, 
 
 I'll gie Cuckold to naebody. .... . . .lb. 
 
 There, thanks to naebody ; . . . . .lb. 
 
 I'll borrow frae naebody. Ih. 
 
 I am naebody's lord, I'll be slave to naebody ; . . lb, 
 
 I'll tak dunts frae naebody lb. 
 
 I'll be sad for naebody ; Naebody cares for me, 
 
 I care for naebody lb. 
 
 Syne up the back-style, and let naebody see, S. O Whistle, t 
 Let nae body name wL' a jeer ; The Jolly Beggars. S. HI. 
 While Irwin, Lugar, Aire an' Doon, 
 
 Naebody sings. . . To W. Simpson. 8. 
 'Twas the dear smile when naebody did mind us, 
 
 S. Twos na her bonie hl-ue e'e t 
 Nae mair [no more]. 
 When ebbing life nae mair shall flow, A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 I heard nae mair, , . . , A Winter Night. 10. 
 
 I seek nae mair o' Heav'n to share, 
 
 Than sic a moment's pleasure, O ! S. An' Vllkiss thee yet\ 
 Nae.mair then, we'll care then, . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 It just play'd dirl on the bane, 
 
 But did nae mair. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 He'll gabble rhyme, nor sing nae mair, [r^.] 
 
 JEl- on Death o/R. Ruisseaux. 
 So I can rhyme nor write nae mair; . Ep. to J. R., 13, 
 Nae mair at present can I measure, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14^ 
 Now we're married, spier nae mair, S. First when Maggie t 
 Nae mair my Dearie smiles ; . . Fragment. 
 
 Till the Fates, nae mair severe, 
 
 Friendship, Love and Peace restore. S. Frae the friends t 
 I'll come nae mair to thy bower door, S. Here's to thy health t 
 Nae mair ungen'rous wish I hae, . S. It is na, Jean t 
 
 Jenny, I'll nae mair be nice, ... S. Jockey fou t 
 
 O I soon, to me, may summer-suns 
 
 Nae mair light up the morn ! 
 Nae mair, to me, the autumn winds 
 
 Wave o'er the yellow corn ! Lam,ent of Mary of Scots. 
 
 The wretch whase Doom is "hope nae mair," 
 
 What tongue his woes can tell ; S. Now Spring has clad t 
 For pity's sake, sweet bird, nae mair 1 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warbling t 
 Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair, ^S". O wha my babie-clouts t 
 Nae mair he'll join the merry roar. On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Thou'lt be a horse when he's nae mair (mayor). 
 
 On B.'s Horse Impound., 
 Ilk feature — auld nature 
 
 Declar'd that she cou'd do nae mair ! . ^. Sae flaxen t 
 
 An' fash nae mair. .... Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Alas! nae mairhe'lUhem molest ! [v.A.15] Tarn Samson's El. 
 If ye'll meddle nae mairwi' the matter, TheKirUs Alarm. 13. 
 And your friends they dare grant you nae mair. lb. 14. 
 
 Nae mair the flow'r in field or meadow springs ; 
 Nae mair the grove with airy concert rings, The Brigs of Ayr, 
 Wag-wits nae mair can have a handle ... lb. 10. 
 
 Nae mair the Council waddles down the street. 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit ; . . . .lb. 
 But here alas ! for me nae mair 
 
 Shall birdie charm, or fiow'ret smile ; 
 
 S. The Catrine woods \ 
 Nae mair the knaves shall wrang her, The Ordination. 3. 
 Nae mair thou'lt rowte out-owre the dale, . . .lb. 6. 
 Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep, . . .lb, 7. 
 Now R[obinson] harangue nae mair, . . .lb. g. 
 
 Morality's demure decoys 
 
 Shall here nae mair find quarter : . . . Jb. 13. 
 We'll court nae mair below the bush in our kail-yard* 
 
 iS". There grows a bonie brier t 
 Whae'er she gat hands on, cam' near her nae mair, 
 
 S, There liv'd attce a carle t 
 Then Jamie, I shall say nae mair, . . ^ To J. S., zg. 
 They durst nae mair than he allow'd, . . To W. Creech. 
 Naething, -in [nothing]. 
 It's naething but a milder feature. 
 
 Of our poor, sinfu', corrupt Nature : . A Ded. to G. H,, 6. 
 It seem'd to mak a kind o' stan', 
 
 But naething spak ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 There's naething here but Highland pride, 
 
 Epig. on being neglected at In. Inn. 
 But never tempt tli' illicit rove 
 
 Tho' naething should divulge it : Ep. to Young Friend. 6, 
 
 tak that, ye lea'e them naething, To ken them by, Ep. to J. R. 
 
 gat ye me wi' naething ? . . . . S.Gatyeme,\ 
 To winn three wechts o' naething ; . . Halloween, zi. 
 
 1 said, there was naething I hated like men, 
 
 iS". Last May a braw wooer \ 
 
 I hae naething to lend, S. Naebody. 
 
 I've little to spend, and naething to lend, Ronalds of Bennah. 
 For making o' rhymes, and wprking at times, 
 
 Does little or naething at a', man lb. 
 
 He gaped wide, but naething spak, The Death ofMailie. 
 Waesucks ! for him that gets nae lass, 
 
 Or lasses that hae naething ! . . The Holy Fair. 2$. 
 How I had spent my youthfu' prime, 
 
 An' done nae-thing, . Tke Vision, D. 1. 4, 
 
 S. Tkegowd. Locks of A. 
 
 Was naething to my hinny bliss 
 
 Upon the lips o' Anna. , 
 Or naething else to trouble thee, 
 But stray amang the heather bells, . There was a lass f 
 
 There's naethin like the honest nappy ! There's naethin like t 
 An' naething, now, to big a new ane, . . To a Mouse. 
 naething but a 'moonshine matter ; ' To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Nag. Tell how wi' you on ragweed nags, 
 
 They sldm the muirs an' dizzy crags, Add. to the Deil. g. 
 Nagie [dim. ^nag]. 
 
 And wanton nagies nine or ten. S, There was a lcas\ 
 
 Naig [nag]. 
 And when I downa yoke a naig. 
 
 Then, Lord be thanket, I can beg ; A Ded. to G. H., 2. 
 
 Or dealing thro' amang the naigs 
 
 Their ten-hours bite, Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. 2isi, 2. 
 A braw new naig wi' the tail o't a' rottan, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg\ 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, 
 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; Tarn 0' Shanter.3. 
 For we're not to be bought or sold 
 
 Like naigs and nowt, and a' that. The Election Ballads. II. 
 He founder'd his horse among harlots, 
 But gied his auld naig to the X^rd. . . . lb. III. 
 
 Naigie \dim. <2/"Naig]. 
 
 And thou live, thou'U steal a ndgie. . . S. Hee balou\ 
 Nail. But some day ye may gnaw your nails, A Dream, 10. 
 
 But deil a foreign tinkler loun 
 Shall ever ca' a nail in't : . . S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 
 Nail, to. ' I'll nail the self-conceited sot, 
 
 As dead's a herrin'. Death and Dr. Homiook.30. 
 Nail't. 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, 
 And nail't wi' Scripture, [v. A. 6] Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Naivete. Sweet naivet€ of feature, To Miss Fontenelle. 
 
 Naked. 
 And raging bend the naked tree ; S. Again rejoic. Natun t 
 Wide o'er the naked world declare 
 
 The worth we've lost. El. on Capt. M. H., 13. 
 
 They [Misfortunes] make us see the naked truth, 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 The honest, open, naked truth : 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 4. 
 The trees now naked groaning, .S". The yng Higkl. Rover. 
 thy poor, fenceless, naked child — the Bard ! ToR. G. ofF.,3. 
 In naked feeling, and in aching pride, . . . .lb. 
 When winds rave thro' the naked tree ; To W. Simpson. 13. 
 Name. But thoughtless follies laid him low, 
 
 And stain'd his name ! A Bards Epit.. 
 K[ennedy]'s far-honor'd name . . A Ded. to G. H, 14. 
 A name not Envy spairges) , . , . A Dream. 7- 
 Is there, beneath love's noble name, 
 
 Can harbour dark the selfish aim, A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 An' tease my fiame in kintry clatter : Add. to Illegit, Child. 
 
 And never envy blot their [thy sons'] name ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 3- 
 
 Their royal name low in the dust ! . . . . Ih.6. 
 
 Far kend an* noted is thy name ; . . Add. to ike Deil- 3- 
 
 Before ye gie poor frailty names, 
 
 Suppose a change o' cases ; . 
 
 And [Deil] write their names in his black beuk 
 
 S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 I lo'e weel my Charlie's name, . S, Come boat me o'er. 
 
 It spak right howe— ' My name is Death,' 
 
 DeathandDr,nomhook.9' 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 
 ' Their Latip names as fast he rattles As A B C. 
 
 lb. 20. 
 
Name 
 
 329 
 
 Nane 
 
 ' A bonie lass, ye kend her name, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hom&ook. 28. 
 
 It warms me, it charms me, 
 
 To mention but her name ; . . . Ep. to Davie. S. 
 O, how that name inspires my style ! . . . Ih. 11. 
 
 Your Latin names for horns an' stools ; 
 
 EJ>. to J. L~k, A^. isi, IT. 
 In some bit Brugh to represent 
 
 A Baillie's name ? . /5. , A^. 21st, 11. 
 
 Of this much lov'd, much honor'd name I Epit.for R, A* 
 A coof like him wou'd stain your [Sir deil's] name, 
 
 Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Nor saves e'en the wreck of a name : 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 May coward shame disdain his name, 
 
 The wretch that dares not die ! S. Farewell, ye dungeons f 
 But now for a patron, whose name and whose glory 
 At once may illustrate and honour my story. 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox, 
 For using thy name offers fifty excuses. . , . , lb. 
 bold Balmerino's undying name, . Fragment of Ode. 
 
 G-d confound their stubborn face, 
 
 And blast their name, Holy Willies Prayer. 10. 
 Fondly he'll repeat her name ; S. Jockey's id en ike parting t 
 And Katharine Jaffray was her name, Katharine /affray. 
 Haste, gie her name up T the chappel, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Tho' glory's name may screen us ; Lns^ on Windows, Gl. Tav. . 
 My name, she says, is Mistress Jean, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 I sing his name and nobler fame, 
 
 Wha multiplies our number. . . . Nature's Law. 
 The man that fears thy name, . . New Psalmody. 
 Because ye hae the name o' clink, . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 But if he hae the name o' gear, 
 
 Ye'll fasten to him like a brier, . . lb. 
 
 And ay I muse and sing thy name, S. O were I on Pamass.\ 
 *' While empty greatness saves a worthless name I 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The very name of Douglas blasted, On Duke of Qneensberry. 
 Follies and crimes have stain'd the name . lb. 
 
 I doubt na, lass, that weel-kenned name 
 
 May cost a pair o' blushes ; . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 
 Of Stuart, a name once respected, 
 A name, which to love was the mark of a true heart, 
 
 Poet. Add. to W. Tytler. 
 My fathers, that name have rever'd on a throne ; . .lb. 
 Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son, 
 
 That name should he scofifingly slight it. . , . lb. 
 Hail, Caledonia, name for ever dear ! Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Nor Insolence assumes fair Freedom's name ; . . lb. 
 Rash mortal, and slanderous Poet, thy name 
 Shall no longer appear in the records of fame ; 
 
 Reproof hy Himself 
 
 An' crabbed names an' stories wrack us, . Scotch Drink. 
 Inspire me, till t lisp an' wink, To sing thy name ! . lb. 
 Wae worth the name, [v.A.25] . . , lb. 
 
 A drama worthy of the name of Bruce ? , . Scots Prologue. 
 Ye surly sumphs, who hate the name, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Is there, that hears the name o' Scot, 
 But feels his heart's bluid rising hot. 
 
 The Authot's Cry and Prayer. 
 And ane, a chap that's d-mn'd auldfarran, 
 
 Dundas his name. . . . Ih. /j. 
 
 Your humble Bardie sings an' prays 
 
 While Rab his name is. . . . lb. 24. 
 But tell me Whisky's name in Greek, 
 
 ■ I'll tell the reason lb. P. 
 
 And a town of fame whose princely name 
 Should grace the Lass of Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 When B[allantyne] befriends his humble name, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 With heart-struck, anxious care enquires his name. 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 7. 
 Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; . lb, 13. 
 
 How He, who bore in heaven the second name, 
 
 Had not on Earth whereon to lay His head : lb. 13. 
 
 To save them from stark reprobation. 
 He lent them his name to the firm. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IIL 
 The Murray's nolale name ! . . ... . lb, V. 
 
 The Douglas and the Heron's name, . ... lb. 
 
 2 T 
 
 Dear to his country by the names, 
 
 Friend, Patron, Benefactor! The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble Name, 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 he quat his name, Forswore it, every letter, 
 
 The FSte Champetre. 
 " My name is Fun — your cronie dear, . The Holy Fair. j*. 
 The promis'd Father's tender name ; . . The Lament. 
 
 Lovely Jessy be the name ; The Toast. 
 
 I watna what's the name o't; . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 That bears the name 0' auld king Coil, . The Tioa Dogs. 
 And names, like villain, hypocrite. 
 
 Ilk ither gi'en, . . The Twa Herds, g. 
 
 Fareweel even to the Scotish name, . . S. The Union. 
 Where many a Patriot-name on high 
 
 And Hero shone, [v. A. 4] . The Vision. 
 ' Of these am I— Coila my name ; . The Vision. D. II. 11. 
 * Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, 
 
 Th' adored Name, ... lb. 16. 
 
 That name, that well-worn name, and all his own, 
 
 The Vowels. 
 That fate may in her fairest page,— enroll thy name : 
 
 To a yng Lady. 
 Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash ; . . To J. S.,S- 
 Nae heathen name shall I prefix . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Critics — appalled, I venture on the name, To R. G. ofF., 4. 
 Ferguson, the writer-chiel, A deathless name. To W. Simpson. 
 To set her name in measur'd style ; . ... lb. 
 At Wallace' name, what Scottish blood, 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood! . . . Ih. 
 
 Happiness is but a name, . Wr. in Hermitage at F.-C. 
 Keep the name of man in mind, .... lb. 
 
 Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear ; [?■<?.] 
 
 S. Ye Jacobites t 
 And bless the dear parental name 
 With many a filial blossom. . . S. Young Peggy + 
 
 Name, to. 
 And dear was she I darena name, S. O may thy mom t 
 
 Wi' mair o' horrible and awefu'. 
 
 Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. Tam^ 0' Shanier. 11. 
 An' warn him — what I winna name [v.A.3] 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 " I'm sure I've seen that bonie face, 
 
 " But yet I canna name ye." . . The Holy Fair. 4. 
 Let nae body name wi' a jeer ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 The first I'll name they ca'd him Ceesar, The Twa Dogs. 
 
 that cursed set, I winna name. The Twa Herds, ij. 
 
 An' name the airles an' the fee, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Who in her rough imperfect line 
 
 Thus daurs to name thee ; To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Named. If man thou would'st be named. 
 
 Despise the silly creature. S. Deluded swain f 
 Sir, in that circle you are nam'd ; To Rev, J, M'Math. 
 
 Nameless. Be nameless wilds and lonely wanderings mine. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 I pass by bunders, nameless wretches, 
 
 That ape their betters. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Alas ! I'm but a nameless wight. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Windows and doors in nameless sculptures drest. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 He to the nameless ghastly wretch assigned. The Vowels. 
 
 For your braw, nameless, dateless letter. Third Ep. to J. Lap, 
 In your unletter'd, nameless faces ! . . To J. S., 2f, 
 
 Nancy. 
 
 An' next, my auld acquaintance, Nancy, Auld comrade^ 
 Where now my Nancy's path may be ! S. Behold the hourf 
 One of two must still obey, Nancy, Nancy ; 
 
 S. Husband, husbandf 
 My spouse Nancy ? [re.] . ... lb. 
 
 Nothing could resist my Nancy : . , S. One fond kiss f 
 Whare Sandy and Nancy I'm sure will ding them a' ? 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier \ 
 There's lang-tocher'd Nancy maist fetters his fancy 
 
 S. There's a youth f 
 I thought upon my Nancy, [re.} S. When wild War's f 
 
 Nane [none]. 
 There's nane that's blest of human kind. 
 
 But the cheerful and the gay, man. A Bottle and Friend, 
 Nane sets the lawn-sleeve sweeter, . A Dream, 12, 
 
Nane 
 
 330 
 
 Native 
 
 If e'er Detraction shore to smit you, 
 
 May nane believe him I , . A Farewell 
 Sleep I can get nane, 
 
 For thinking on my Dearie. . . S. Ay Tvaukin, O. 
 But pleasure they hae nane for me S. Craigie-6um Wood. 
 
 Say thou lo'es nane before me ; 15. 
 
 That nane excell'd it, few cam near't, Ep. to J. L^h, Ap. Tsi^ S- 
 
 Thought nane wad ken E^. to J. R., 7. 
 
 For pity ye have nane ; . . Epii. on Holy Willie. 
 
 For here Johnny Pidgeon had nane [no religion]. 
 
 Epit. on J. Dove. 
 straught or crooked, yird or nane, . . . Halloween. S- 
 There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard. 
 But they wham the truth wad indite. 
 
 S. Her^s a health to them t 
 That I for gear and grace may shine, 
 
 Excell'd by nane, Holy Willie's Prayer. 16. 
 There's nane sail ken, there's nane sail guess, S. PllayccC in\ 
 But hounds or hawks wi' him are nane ; 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 I'll tak Cuckold frae nane, .... 6". Naelody. 
 For nane in Carrick or Kyle 
 
 Can please a lassie better. . . S. O gie my love hrose t 
 Will nane the shepherd's whistle mair 
 
 Blaw sweetly . . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 That we may brag we hae a lass, 
 
 There's nane again sae bonie. S. O saw ye honie L. t 
 
 An' I was but a young thing, 
 
 AVi' nane to pity me, jo. . . S. O watye what myi 
 His faults they a' in Latin lay, 
 
 In English nane e'er kent them. On W. Cruickshanks. 
 
 Nane other love, nane other dart, 
 
 I feel, but her's sae far awa \ . . S. Sae Jar awa. 
 Whose holy priesthood nane can stain, 
 
 For wha can dye the black ? The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 But entrance found he nane, man : The Fite Champeire. 
 
 I've nane in female servan' station, . The Inventory. 
 
 There's few sae bonie, nane sae gude, The Tarholton Lasses. 
 Shew'd he was nane o' Scotland's dogs, The Twa Dogs. 2. 
 Nane else came near it, . . The Vision. D. I. 11. 
 
 The day comes to me, but delight brings me nane ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob ^ 
 Nanie, Nannie. 
 And I'll awa to Nanie, O [«.] . S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 But to me its delightless, — my Nanie's awa'. [«?.] 
 
 S. My Manias awc^. 
 That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, Ta7n d Shanter. 
 
 To sing how Nannie lap and flang, . . .lb. 
 
 For Nannie, far before the rest, 
 
 Hard upon noble Maggie prest, . . . . lb. 
 
 But oh, if he^s faithless, and minds na his Nanie, 
 
 S, Watering Willie. 
 
 Nanso. And [Death] tips auld drunken Nanse the wink, 
 
 Adam A — V Prayer. 
 An' drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Nap. Grim Vengeance lang has taen a nap, 
 
 S. Awa, whigSj awa. 
 Nappy [ale]. 
 While we sit bousing at the nappy, . Tarn d Shanter. 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy, 
 
 E'en drown'd himsel amang the nappy : . . lb. 6. 
 
 An' whyles twalpennie-worth o' nappy 
 
 Can mak the bodies unco happy; . . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 The nappy reeks wi' mantling ream, ... lb, so. 
 There's naethin like the honest nappy I There's naethin like t 
 Narrate. 
 To witness what I after shall narrate ; The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 What verse can sing, what prose narrate, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VL 
 Narration. 
 Expect na, Sir, in this narration, 
 
 A fleechan, fleth'ran Dedication, . A Ded, to G, H. 
 
 An' young an' auld come rinnan out, 
 An' hear the sad narration : . . . Halloween. 20. 
 Narrow, 
 Above the narrow, rural vale : . Add. to Edinburgh, 3. 
 in the narrow house o' death Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 
 Some narrow, dirty, dungeon cave, 
 The picture of thy mind I , , On seeing seat of Lord G. 
 
 The spring shall return to thy low narrow bed, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Is in his " narrow house " for ever darkly low. [v.A.io]. 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel, 
 your poor, narrow foot-path of a street, The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath ; 
 
 S Von wild mossy mountains^ 
 
 Natal. 
 
 We solemnize this sorrowing natal day, . Frag, of Ode. 
 Give me Maria's natal day ! Im^rom., on Mrs. — *s Birthday, 
 ' I mark'd thy embryo-tuneful flame, 
 
 ' Thy natal hour. . The Vision. D. //. //. 
 Inspir'd, I tum'd Fate's sibyl leaf, 
 
 This natal morn, . To Terraughty, 
 
 Natch [a notch ; any weapon that makes a notch], 
 
 Losh man ! hae mercy wi' your natch, What ails ye now f 
 Nation. Or say, ye wisdom want, or fire. 
 
 To rule this mighty nation ; . .A Dream, j. 
 And save the Honour o' the nation ! Add. of Beelzebub. 2, 
 And cook'ry the first in the nation : . Extern, to Mr. S. 
 Kings and nations, swith awa ! . .S". Louis, what reck I\ 
 Or nations to adore you, O, S. My father was afarmer\ 
 The flow'r of ancient nations; . . Nature's Lam, 
 
 an ancient nation fam'd afar, . , Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 as grateful nations oft have found . . . . lb. 
 
 Ye'll soon hae Poets o' the Scottish nation, Scots Prologue. 
 No nation, no station 
 
 My envy e'er could raise : . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Or hast been exiled from thy nation, . The Hermit 
 
 An' pour your creeshie nations ; . The Ordination. 
 
 Such a parcel of rogues in a nation! [«.] S. The Union. 
 
 Far wanders nations over. S. Theyng Highl. Rover. 
 
 In shoals and nations ; To a Louse. 
 
 Native. 
 Here justice from her native skies. 
 
 High wields her balance and her rod ; Add. to Edinhurgk. 2. 
 He learned to fear in his own native wood. S. Caledonia. 
 Burnet, lovely from her native skies ; El. on Miss Burnet. 
 To reach their native, kindred skies, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist. 18. 
 Thence peasants, farmers, native sons of earth, 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham. 2. 
 And from my native shore : , . .S". From thee, Eliza t 
 See yonder rosebud, rich in dew, 
 
 Am3.ng its native briers sae coy, S. I do confess^ 
 
 My love and native land fareweel, . S. It was d for\ 
 
 Ere ye toss m"e afar from my lov'd native shore ; 
 
 Lament on learning Nat. Land. 
 Her native grace so void of art ; . S. My Mary's face f 
 Her lovely form, her native ease, S. On a bank of flowers f 
 Your native soil was right ill-willie; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Dare invade your native right, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 in its native air And rural grace ; Poem ofi Pastoral Poetry. 
 Still self-dependent in her native shore, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 My native land sae far awa, . , . S, Sae far awa. 
 We'll send him o'er to his native shore 
 
 3*. The bonie Lass of Albany, 
 The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 O Scotia ! my deai-, my native soil ! . , . Ih. 
 
 Why desert ye your auld native shire ? The Kirks Alarm. 
 Spring, like their fathers, up to prop 
 
 Their honoured native land! The Petition of Br. Water, 
 And he whom ruthless Fates expel 
 
 His native land [v.A.4] . . The Vision. 
 ' In me thy native muse regard ! . , . lb.., D. II. 2. 
 With native worth, and spotless fame, . , To Chhris, 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; ... To Miss C. 
 
 O Ayr, my dear, my native ground, To Rev. J. MMatk. 
 
 The lawns wood-fringed in Nature's native taste ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Native, ». Good sense and taste are natives here at home; 
 
 Prologue, at Th.,D.. 
 
 Or the ruthless native's way, 
 
 Benton slaughter, blood and spoil: S, Streams thatghaej 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives," attend to my song, , 
 
 Ye true *' Loyal Nat,s t 
 
Natural 
 
 331 
 
 Near 
 
 Natural. 
 
 And his hair has a natural buckle and a'. S. There's a youth \ 
 
 As far surpassing other common villains, 
 
 As Thou in natural parts hadst given me more. Tragic Frag. 
 
 Nature. 
 It's naething but a milder feature, 
 
 Of our poor, sinfu', corrupt Nature : A Ded. to G. H. , 6. 
 We bless thee, God of Nature wide, A Grace be/ore Dinner. 
 ' lU-satisfy'd, keen Nature's clam'rous call, A Winter Night, g. 
 Again rejoicing Nature sees 
 
 Her robe assume its vernal hues, S, Again rejoicing Nature\ 
 Thy [Winter's] gloom will soothe my chearless soul, 
 
 When Nature all is sad like me 1 . . . . lb. 7. 
 For Nature smiles as sweet, I ween, 
 
 To shepherds as to kings. . , . S. Behold my lffve\ 
 Old time and nature their changes tell, . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 The voice of Nature prizing. . S. Could aught o/song^ 
 
 Thee, Matthew, Nature's sel shall mourn El. on Copt. M. JI., 2. 
 
 Nature's sturdiest bairns, lb. 3, 
 
 Yet Nature's charms, the hills and woods. 
 The sweeping vales and foaming floods. 
 
 Are free alike to all Ep, to Davie. 4. 
 
 If honest Nature made you fools, 
 
 What sairs your Grammars? Ep, to J. L—k^ Ap, ist, ii. 
 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, 
 
 That's a' the learning I desire ; . . . Ih. 13. 
 
 The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he. 
 
 /i., Ap. 2ist, IS- 
 When nature her great master-piece designed, 
 
 Ep. to E. Grahatn. 
 Nature well pleased pronounced it very good ; . .lb. 3. 
 (Nature may have her whim as well as we, . . lb. 
 
 But honest Nature is not quite a Turk, . . lb. 4. 
 
 Where man and nature fairer in her sight, 
 My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer flight. . /b. j. 
 
 Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death, Epit. on W . 
 
 Some sort all our qualities each to its tribe. 
 And think human nature they truly describe ; 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 
 Her noblest work she classes, O : S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 when Nature first began To try her canny hand, 
 
 S. John Anderson^ t 
 Now Nature hangs her mantle green 
 
 On every blooming tree, . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Now Nature deeds the flow'ry lea, S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 Look abroad through Nature's range, 
 
 Nature's mighty law is change ; . . S. Let not woman \ 
 Why then ask of silly Man, 
 
 To oppose great Nature's plan ? . ... lb. 
 
 Which tenfold force gives Nature's law, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 yon lordling's slave. By Nature's law design'd, . . lb. 
 This darling child of nature, . S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Ho;^e and Fear's alternate billow 
 
 Yielding late to Nature's law, S. Musing on the roaring^ 
 Great Nature spoke, with air benign, . . Nature's Law. 
 Kind Nature's care had given his share, 
 
 Large, of the flaming current ; . . . . Ih. 
 
 Now in her green mantle blythe Nature arrays, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 And soothe me wi' tidings o' Nature's decay; . lb. 
 
 The curtain draws of Nature's rest, S. Now rosy May t 
 
 While ilka thing in nature join 
 
 Their sorrows to forego, . S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Wi' man and nature leagu'd my foes, . ... lb. 
 And view the charms of Nature ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 For Nature made her what she is, S. O poortith cauld, t 
 
 Nature's gifts to all are free : . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 All on Nature you depend, ... . . Ih. 
 
 Thou paints auld nature to the nines. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Thy rural loves are nature's sel ; ... Ih. 
 
 Ilk feature — auld nature 
 
 Declar'd that she cou'd do nae mair I , S. Sae flaxen \ 
 Fate oft tears the bosom chords, 
 
 That Nature finest strung : ... Sad thy tale\ 
 
 The voice of nature loudly cries, 
 And many a message from the skies. 
 That something in us never dies : Sketch, New'Y^s Day. 
 
 Numbering ev'ry bud which nature 
 
 Waters wi' the tears of joy. S. Sleep' st thou, or wak'st f 
 
 Nature gladdening and adorning ; lb. 
 
 Wildly here without control, 
 
 Nature reigns and rules the whole; S. Streams that glide t 
 
 The feather'd field-mates, bound by Nature's tie, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 All else was hush'd as Nature's closed e'e ; . . lb. 
 
 But Nature sicken'd on the e'e. . S. The Catrine woods t 
 Or nature aught of pleasure give ; . S. The day returns t 
 When Nature's face is fair, . , The Holy Fair. 
 
 Enjoying large each spring and well 
 
 As Nature gave them me, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 To Nature's God and Nature's law, 
 
 They gave their lore, [v.A.4] The Vision. 
 
 I saw grim Nature's visage hoar, 
 
 Struck thy young eye. . lb., D. II. 13. 
 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun, 
 
 Nature gay adorning. . . . S. Thine am 1 1 
 
 I'm truly sorry Man's dominion 
 
 Has broken Nature's social union, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 That auld, capricious carlin. Nature, . . . ToJ,S. 
 Not to thee, but thanks to Nature, 
 
 Thou art acting but thyself. . . To Miss Fontenelle, 
 
 Spuming nature, torturing art ; . . lb. 
 
 (Nature is adverse to a cripple's rest); To R. G. ofF., 
 
 Thou, Nature, partial Nature, I arraign ; . . .lb. 
 O Nature ! a' thy shews an' forms 
 
 To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! To W. Simpson. 
 
 Let me fair Nature's face descrive, ... lb. 
 
 All nature list'ning seera'dthewhile, ^. 'Twaseven—the dewy\ 
 My heart rejoic'd in nature's joy, . . .lb. 
 
 Her air like nature's vernal smile ; . . lb. 
 
 woman, nature's darling child ! . .lb. 
 
 The Simmer to Nature, my Willie to me. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Beauty's of a fading nature, . S . Will ye go and marry ^ 
 She, wi' coy and fickle nature, 
 
 Trifled afF till she's grown auld, Ih. 
 
 Or frugal Nature grudge thee one [talent] ? 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Admiring Nature in her wildest grace, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 The lawns wood-fringed in Nature's native taste ; 
 The hillocks dropt in Nature's careless haste ; . lb. 
 
 And look through Nature with creative fire; . . lb. 
 
 Naughty. A time, when rough rude man had naughty ways ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Near. 
 
 As dear an' near my heart I set thee Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 His worthy fam'Iy far and near, . . Auld comrade^ 
 
 Ye hills, near neebors o' the stams, El. on Capt. M. H.,3. 
 nor cankert care E'er mair come near him. 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 That nane excell'd it, few cam near't, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist.s- 
 your curst wit, when it comes near it, . . Ep. iaj. R.,3. 
 Forlorn, my Love, no comfort near, S. Forlorn^ my Love t 
 
 wert thou. Love, but near me, 
 
 But near, near, near me ; . /3. 
 
 Nought of ill may come thee near, S. Hark I the mavis' t 
 
 1 was fow When I came near her. Holy Willie's Prayer. 8. 
 My last hour I am near it ; . . S. Husband, husband^ 
 When trystin time draws near again ; . S. Til ay ca' in t 
 Where'er he be, the Lord be near him ; 
 
 lS". Ken ye ought o' Capt. G.\ 
 The day is near the dawin ; . . S. Landlady, count t 
 The de'il tak' his taste to gae near her! 
 
 lS". Last May a hraw wooer t 
 The happy hour may soon be near, S. The noble Maxwells t 
 That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. . S. O saw ye bonie Z-.t 
 Friends so near my bosom ever, . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Near and more near the thunders roll : . Tarn 0' Shanter, 
 Ye'U mend or ye win near him. Tavi Samson's El., Epit 
 New-christening towns far and near, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 The woodbine I will pu', when the ev'ning star is near, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 To see my lad sae near me. . S. The tither mom \ 
 
 Nane else came near it. . . . The Vision. D. 1. 11. 
 
Near 
 
 332 
 
 Ne'ep 
 
 Whae'er she gat hands on, cam' near her nae mair, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a (larle t 
 
 . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 . ToJ.S.,i6. 
 
 To Terraugkty. 
 
 S. When o'er the hiU\ 
 
 S. Where are the joy s\ 
 
 And never drink be near his drouth ! 
 
 Unmindful that the thorn is near, . 
 
 Lord be near ye, .... 
 
 Tells bughtin-time is near, 
 
 And grim, surly winter is near? 
 
 I little thought the time was near, 
 
 Repentance I should buy sae dear : . S. Vouft^'/amie t 
 Nearer. That e'er he [the Deil] nearer comes< oursel 
 
 'S a muckle pity. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 Are so much nearer Heav'n. . To Miss i., with '^ Beatiie." 
 Nearest. She thro' the yard the nearest talcs, Halloween, ii. 
 
 " My name is Fun— your cronie dear, 
 The nearest friend ye hae ; . . . The Holy Fair. S- 
 
 That right to fluttering female hearts the nearest, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Near hand. 
 
 * Sax thousand years are near hand fled 
 
 Sin' I was to the hutching bred, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 
 * I nearhand cowpit wi' my hurry, .... lb. 18. 
 He saw her days were near hand ended, The Death o/Mailie. 
 
 Nearly. 
 
 And by fell death was nearly nicket : Friend ofthe^oet^\P.S. 
 Neat. The lasses feat, an' cleanly neat, . . Halloween. 3. 
 
 She dresses aye sae clean and neat, . S. Handsotne Nell. 
 
 They footed o'er the wat'ry glass so neat. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 
 She's aye sae neat, sae trim, sae tight, ^S". When first I saw\ 
 
 Nebllit. Apd there will be black-nebbit Johnie, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Necessity. 
 Strong Necessity compels. . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Strang necessity supreme is 'Mang sons o' men. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Neck. An' may Ye rax Corruption's neck, . A Dream. 8. 
 Measur'st in desperate thought — a rope— thy neck 
 
 Add. , s^. by Fontenelle. 
 Adown her neck and bosom hing ; . S. Her flowing locks t 
 And round that neck entwine her ! . . . . lb. 
 
 If Warren Hastings' neck was yeukin ; Kind Sir, Tve readi 
 Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck, 
 
 ^. O Mally's meek. 
 Tho' by the neck she should be strung, 
 
 She'll no desert. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Wi' heaving breasts an' bare neck ; . The Holy Fair. g. 
 
 Which, by degrees, slips round her neck, . . lb. 11, 
 For drink I would venture my neck ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 I flang my arms about her neck. 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Neck-bane [neck-bone]. 
 Wliare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; 
 
 Tarn 0' Shunter. 10. 
 Nectar. Sips nectar in the op'ning flower, . S. O Fhely,i 
 Neebor, Neebour [neighbour], 
 Ye've nought to do but mark and tell 
 
 Your Neebours' fauts and folly ! . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 Ye hills, near neebors o' the starns. El. on Capt. M. H. , 3. 
 Leest neebours might say I was saucy : 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 He's lost a friend and neebor dear, . Poor Maine's El,. 
 
 When neebors anger at a plea, . . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 And drouthy neebors, neebors meet, . Tarn d Shanter. 
 It chanc'd his new-come neebor took his e'e, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 4, 
 
 A cannie errand to a neebor town : 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 4, 
 Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, , . .lb. 7. 
 'Twas but some neebor snoran Asleep The Holy Fair. 22. 
 Alas I it's no thy neebor sweet. 
 
 The bonie Lark, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash ; . . ToJ.S.,S' 
 
 Some auld-light herds in neebor towns To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Need, the poor man's friend in need, A Ded. to G. H. , 6. 
 
 I know my need, I know thy giving hand, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 Yet humbly kind, in time 0' need, . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 Or up the rink like Jehu roar 
 
 In time o' need ; . Tarn Samson's EL, s- 
 
 In case that worth should wanted be, 
 
 O' Kenmure we had need. . The Election Ballads. V, 
 
 Sma' need has he to say a grace, , . The Holy Fair. 2^. 
 Your pin wad help to mend a mill 
 
 In time o* need, . . Toa Haggis. 
 
 See him, the poor man's friend in need, To Rev. J. M'Maik. 
 
 Need, to. Gin a body kiss a body 
 
 Need a body cry. S. Comin thrd the rye \ 
 
 Gin a body kiss a body Need the warld ken ! [re.] . /^, 
 He needs not, he he^ds not, 
 
 Or human love or hate ; , . Despondency^ an Ode. 4. 
 (For none that knew him need be told) . . Epit.for R. A. 
 But as daily bread is all I need, 
 I do not much regard her [fortune], O. 
 
 S. My father was a farmer i 
 Wha gets her needs na say he's woo'd, S. My love she's butf 
 It needs no Siddons' powers in Southern's song ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 What needs this din about the town o' Lon'on? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Nor need he hunt as far as Rome or Greece, . . ih. 
 
 Fine architecture, trowth, I needs must say't o't ! 
 
 TJie Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 I must needs say, comparisons are odd. ... lb. 10. 
 Their waefu' fate what need I tell, 
 
 The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Yet let my Country need me, with Elliot to head me. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. L 
 Ammunition you never can need ; . . The Kirks Alarm. 
 Fair maid, you need not take the hint, To Miss Ainslie. 
 
 Needful, -fu'. 
 
 An' ay eneugh o' needfu' clink. . . Auldcomrade\ 
 
 The lead and buoy are needful to the net : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Some rhyme, (vain thought!) for needfu' cash ; To J. S,,s. 
 Needle. The Mother wi' her needle and her sheers, 
 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 Here's the worth o' Broughton In a needle's e'e ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Needless. But he the helpless, needless wretch. 
 Shall lose the mite he hath. 
 
 Extetn. on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 
 but needless here is caution, . . The Rights of Woman. 
 
 Mony words are needless, Katie, S. Will ye go and marry f 
 
 Needna [need not]. 
 
 For me ! sae laigh I need na bow, . A Ded, to G. H, 
 
 (ye need na tak it ill) lb. 12. 
 
 At kith or kin I needna speir. 
 
 Gin I saw ane and twenty. S. And O for atte and twenty \ 
 * Ye needna yoke the pleugh. Death and Dr. Homiook. 24. 
 And there was muckle fun and jokin. 
 
 Ye need na doubt ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 2. 
 
 Ye need na look sae high S. O Tibbie '. t 
 
 Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, 
 
 A chiel sae clever ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 For Comedy abroad he need na toil, . Scots Prologue. 
 He need na fear their foul reproach 
 
 Nor erudition. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 21. 
 The vera thought o't need na fear them. The Twa Dogs. 27. 
 It's true, they need na starve or sweat, , . . lb. 2g, 
 Ye need na doubt, I held my whisht ; The Vision. D. I- 8. 
 Thou need na start awa sae hasty, . . Toa Mouse. 
 
 I need na vaunt, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Ne'er. 
 At Brooses thou had ne'er a fellow, A Guid New-year 1 9- 
 My passion I will ne'er declare, . . S. Ah, Chloris\ 
 But warl's gear ne'er troubles me, . S, Behind yon Mils t 
 It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth, 
 That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 The sacred vow, we ne'er should sever. .S". By Allan stream^ 
 
 And pledge we ne'er shall sunder; 
 
 S. Come, let me take tkee\ 
 
 Ilka body has a body, ne'er a ane hae I, [?r.] 
 
 S. Comin thrd the rye t 
 Altho' their face he ne'er had kend it. 
 
 Death and Dr. Homiook. 19. 
 We'll ne'er permit a foreign foe, 
 On British ground to rally. . . S, Does haughty Gaulj 
 
Ne'er 
 
 333 
 
 Nest 
 
 For through your orbs he's taen his flight, 
 
 Ne'er to return. . El. on Capt. M. H., 14. 
 And ne'er gude wine did fear, man ; . . .lb. Epit 
 What ye'll ne'er ha'e to gi'e again. . El, on Year I'^SS. 
 
 Yet ne'er with Wits prophane to range, 
 
 Be complaisance extended ; . Ep. to Young Frietid, g. 
 Your heart can ne'er be wanting ! . . . . Ih. 11. 
 Auld age ne'er mind a feg ; . . . Ep. to Davie, 2. 
 And joys that riches ne'er could buy ; . . . . lb. 8. 
 Ne'er thinkan they wad fash me fort ; . . Ep. to J. R., 8. 
 I'se ne'er bid better. . . . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye. . Epit. on a Wag. 
 An' here his body lies fu' low 
 
 For saul he ne er had ony. . . . Epit. on wee Joknie. 
 
 had I ne'er seen thee, my Eppie M'Nab! S. EppieM^Nab. 
 
 Parting wi' Nancy, Oh! ne'er to meet mair. 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 
 Their hearts can ne'er enjoy them, O. 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 O ! may it ne'er be a livin' plague Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 And I'll ne'er lift a lawless 1-g, Again upon her. . . lb. 
 Or else, thou kens, thy servant true 
 
 Wad ne'er ha'e steer'd her. . . Ih. 8. 
 
 1 restless lie frae e'en to morn, 
 
 Tho' I were ne'er sae weary. 6". How long and dreary \ 
 I'll ne'er prig for red or white ; . . . S, Jockey fou t 
 He bade me act a manly part, 
 
 Though I had ne'er a farthing, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 I make indeed my daily bread, 
 
 But ne'er can make it farther, O ; . . . , Ih. 
 But come what will, I've sworn it still, 
 
 I'll ne'er be melancholy, O Ih. 
 
 And my fond heart, itsel sae true. 
 
 It ne'^er mistrusted thine. . . . S.O mirk, mirk\ 
 For Nature made her what she is, 
 
 And ne'er made sic anitherl . S. O saw ye bonie L.\ 
 Ne'er break your heart for ae rebute, S. O steer her up t 
 
 O that's the queen o' woman-kind, 
 
 And ne'er a ane to peer her. S. O watye wka that lo'es\ 
 See those hands ne'er stretch'd to save, 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 He ne'er was gien to great misguidin, 
 
 On Scot. Bard gone to W. I. 
 Wi' him it [coin] ne'er was under hidin ; ... 75. 
 And ne'er a ane mistak' her ; . ,OnW. Chalmers. 
 
 Syne, whip! his tail ye'll ne'er cast saut on, Poem on Life. 
 And ne'er a wrang steek in them a', man. 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 O had I ne'er seen thee, my Phely ! S. O saw ye my Phely. 
 Sweets that mem'ry ne'er shall tine, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, 
 For honest men and bonny lasses.) . Tarn o' SJutnter. 
 But, Och ! he gaed and ne'er return'd ! Tarn Samson's El. 
 
 May losses and crosses 
 Ne'er at your hallan ca'. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Ne'er claw your lug, and fidge your back, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 And ne'er, tho' out o' sight, to jauk or play : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 O, may thou ne'er forgather up, 
 
 Wi' onie blastet moorlan loop ; The Death ofMailie. 
 
 O ne'er a ane but tway. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 But it's ne'er be sae wi' brandy Jean . . . . Ih. 
 Welsh, who ne'er yet flinch'd his ground, . . lb. VI. 
 But hath decreed that wicked men 
 
 Shall ne'er be truly blest. . . . The ist Ps. 
 
 But ne'er a word o' faith in 
 
 That's right that day. . The Holy Fair. ij. 
 
 I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair ; . The Inventory. 
 
 If e'er ye want, or meet with scant. 
 
 May I ne'er weet my craigie ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 The deil would ne'er abide her. . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 O'er Pegasus' side ye ne'er laid a stride. 
 
 The Kirk s Alarm. 11. 
 
 I'll ne'er forget that happy night, . S, The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 The gentles ye wad neer envy them ! . The Twa Dogs. 28. 
 
 The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle, The Twa Herds. 3. 
 
 Ye wha were ne'er by lairds respekit, . . . . lb. 4. 
 
 " And drink them to hell. Sir! or ne'er see me more I " 
 
 ■ The Whistle. 
 But he ne'er turned his back on his foe— or his friend, Ih. 9, 
 But ne'er was in h-U till I met wi' a wife, 
 
 S. There Itv'd ance a carle t 
 Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle, 
 
 Your thick plantations. , . To a Lome. 
 It ne'er cam i' their heads to doubt it, To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Fair tho' she be, that was ne'er my undoing ; 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue t 
 I ne'er was here before ; . . . . V.s to Landlady. 
 I'll ne'er gang by your door lb. 
 
 I fear unless ye geld me, I'll ne'er be better. 
 
 What ails ye now t 
 
 Yet ne'er an inch the less, lassie- . S. Ye hoe lien wrang. 
 Ne'ep-a-bit. 
 
 The ne'er-a-bit they're ill to poor folk. . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 Neglecklt, Negleket [neglected]. 
 
 I'm tauld the Muse ye hae negleckit ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 But then, to see how ye're negleket, 
 
 How huflTd, an' cufTd, an' disrespeket I The Twa Dogs. 12. 
 
 Your duty ye wad sae neglekit, . . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 
 We poor sons of metre 
 
 Are often negleckit, ye ken ; . . .To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 
 Neglect. 
 
 now a prey to insulting neglect. Monody, on a Lady. Epit. 
 Mischance, mistake, or by neglect, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Neglect, to. 
 But since I'm here, I'll no neglect, . . A Dream. 8. 
 
 ' Yet ye'll neglect to shaw your parts 
 
 Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. zist^S. 
 
 Yon Sang ye'll sen't, wi' cannie care. 
 
 And no neglect. . Ep. to J. /?., 5. 
 
 Neglected. 
 But now 'tis despised and neglected : Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 Neglecting. Or else, neglecting a' that's guid, 
 
 They riot in excess ! . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Neighbour, 
 Our neighbour's sympathy may ease us. Add. to Toothache. 
 That, like th' old Hebrew walking-switch, eats up its neigh- 
 bours : . . . . . Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 And o'er her neighbours shine, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 Neighbourhood, 
 The pride of the place and its neighbourhood a' ; 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 Neighbouring. 
 How lofty, sweet Afton, thy neighbouring hills, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Nelst V. Niest. 
 Nell. 
 Nell had the Fause-house in her min', [«.] Halloween. 10, 
 I'll love my handsome Nell. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Nelly, He grippet Nelly hard an' fast ; . Halloween. 6. 
 
 But Nelly's looks are blythe and sweet, S. Handsome Nell. 
 The youthful blooming Nelly lay, [re."] 
 
 S. On a bank of flowers t 
 Nerve. 
 Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang. Add. to Tooth-ache. 
 
 thro' each nerve the rapture dart, . S. By Allan stream t 
 And a' your views may come to nought, 
 
 Where ev'ry nerve is strained. Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 Thou strings the nerves o' Labor-sair, . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 My toil-beat nerves, and tear-worn eye, . The Lament. 
 ' Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, The Vision. D. II. 16. 
 No nerves olfact'ry. Mammon's trusty cur, To R. G. ofF. , 5. 
 Nerved, nerved with thundering fate, . . . Liberty. 
 Nervous. 
 
 M'[Gi]irs close nervous excellence. The Twa Herds. 17. 
 
 Nest. Your royal nest, beneath Your wing, 
 
 Is e'en right reft an' clouted, , . A Dream. 4. 
 Within the bush, her covert nest 
 
 A little linnet fondly prest, . . . S. A Rosebud by t 
 in Mis'ry's squalid nest, ... A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 The lav'rock in the morning she'll rise frae her nest, 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 And at night she'll return to her nest back again. . lb. 
 
 Perhaps upon his mould'ring breast 
 Some spitefu' muirfowl bigs her nest, [v. A. 15] 
 
 Tarn Samson's El. . 
 
Nest 
 
 334 
 
 Never 
 
 to screen the birdie's nest, . S. The Contented Cottager. 
 He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. i8. 
 And, for the little songster's nest, 
 
 The close embowering thorn, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But the songster's nest within the bush I winna take away, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 But hawks will rob the tender joys 
 That bless the little lintwhite's nest ; 
 
 S. There was a lass andj; 
 Nae joy her bonie busklt nest Can yield ava, To W. Creech. 
 
 A whaup's i' the nest V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 Nestled. The parent's heart that nestled fond in thee, 
 
 El, on. Miss Burnet, 
 And nestled thee close to that bosom. On Death oj/av. Child. 
 Nestling, a. 
 
 Amang her nestlings sits the thrush ; S. O Logan ! sweetly \ 
 Nestling. While his mate sits nestling in the bush ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks \ 
 Net. The lead and buoy are needful to the net : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 He took my heart as wi' a net, . S. My heart was ance t 
 Nethepplace. 
 But Queen N[etherplace], of a diffrent complexion, 
 
 Epig. an Henpecked Squire. 
 NethePtOn. Or to the N-th-rt-n repair 
 
 And turn a Carpet-weaver The Ordination, g. 
 Nettle. 
 
 But chiefly the nettle so typical, shower, Monody, on a Lady. 
 Neuk, Newk [nook, corner]. 
 The benmost neuk beside the ingle, . Add. of Beelzebub, 
 I hear a wheel thrum i' the neuk, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 But by gude luck I lap a wicket. 
 
 And turn'd a neuk. Friend of the Poet\ P,S. 
 Kate gits i' the neuk, Suppin hen-broo ; 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimnter t 
 Rob, stownlins, prie'd her bonie mou, 
 
 Fu' cozie in the neuk for't, .... Halloween. 10. 
 And make my bed in the Collier's neuk, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, 
 Lay stmking, vile, in every neuk. [v.A.i6] Tarn d Shanter. 
 Go, fame, an' canter like a filly 
 Thro' a' the streets and neuks o' Killie, 
 
 Tarn, Samson's El. Per C. 
 While some are cozie i' the neuk, . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 
 A fairy Fiddler frae the neuk, 
 
 He skirl'd out, encore. . The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 
 in the neuk, Sat guzzling >vi' a Tinkler-hizzie ; lb. R. III. 
 Ye turned a neuk — I saw your e'e . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 For 'twas the auld moon turn'd a newk To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Never. 
 
 Thou never braing't, an' fetch't, an flisket, 
 
 A Guid New-year\ 12, 
 In cart or car thou never reestet ; . . . . lb. 14. 
 Thou never lap, an' sten't, an' breastet, . . . . lb. 
 May never worse be sent ; . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 And never may their sources fail ! 
 
 And never envy blot their name ! Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 Then at the balance let's be mute. 
 
 We never can adjust it; . . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 They never wi' her can compare ; S. Adown winding Nith \ 
 A dream of ane that never wauks. S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 And break it shall I never, O ! S. An' Til kiss theeyeti 
 
 Oh that happy hour, and shady how'r. 
 
 Can I forget it?— Never. . . . S. As I gaedup by^ 
 My heart it shall never be broken for ane. 
 
 S, As I was a-wandringi 
 never ranging, still unchanging, . . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 And some great lies were never penn'd : 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 For never but by British hands 
 
 Maun British wrangs be righted. S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 But never tempt th' illicit rove, Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 
 We may be wise, or rich, or great, 
 
 But never can be blest: . . . Ep. to Davie. S- 
 At howes or hillocks never stumbled, 
 
 And late or early never grumbled ? . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 An' never think o' right an' wrang 
 
 By square an' rule, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 That never gives — tho' humbly takes enough ; 
 
 Ep, to R, Graham, s. 
 
 They never, never can divide 
 
 MV heart and soul from thee. . S. From thee, Eliza\ 
 Yet that was never Robin's mark 
 
 To mak a man ; El. on Death ofR. Ruiss. 
 
 Never mair to taste delight. 
 Never mair maun hope to find 
 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : . . Frae the friends^ 
 As they wad never mair part, . . . Halloween. 8. 
 Altho' thou maun never be mine, S. Here's a health to ane t 
 She never lets me weary, Sir, . . S. I'm o'er young] 
 The weeping blood in woman's breast 
 
 Was never known to thee ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Ill may we never see ! , . . S. Landlady, count t 
 I never loot on that I kenn'd it, or car'd, 
 
 S. Last May a brauu wooer \ 
 
 Had never, sure, been bom. 
 Had there not been some recompence 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 The fancy may delight, 
 But never, never can come near the heart 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp\ 
 I'll never see him back again. S. My Harry was a gallant] 
 Gae seek for pleasure whare ye will, 
 
 But here I never miss't it yet, . S. My love she's hut\ 
 I never saw a fairer, 
 
 I never lo'ed a dearer, . S. My Love's a winsome] 
 
 Ye whom sorrow never wounded, 
 
 Ye who never shed a tear, S. Musing on the roaring] 
 
 And, all devout, he never sought 
 
 To stem the sacred torrent. . . Natures Law. 
 
 Ye'se never scorn me. . . . S. O can ye labour lea] 
 The silly bogles, Wealth and State, 
 
 Can never make them eerie. . S. O poortith cauld] 
 
 O that I had ne'er been married, 
 
 I wad never had nae care, . S. O that I had ne'er] 
 
 never look down, my lassie at a', S. O when she cam ben] 
 
 And Lady Jean was never sae braw IB. 
 
 Pity's flood there never rose. . Ode to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 
 Hands that took — but never gave IB, 
 
 A' ye wha live and never think, On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 May never pity soothe thee with a sigh, 
 
 On seeing bounded Hare. 
 Had we never lov'd so kindly. 
 Had we never lov'd so blindly. 
 Never met — or never parted. 
 
 We had ne'er been broken-hearted. . S. One fond kiss t 
 His heart will never get aboon ! . . Poor Maili^s El.. 
 
 1 never had frien's, weel stockit in means, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 I never was canny for hoarding o' money, . . .lb. 
 But for the Muse, she'll never leave ye, 
 
 The' e'er sae puir, . Second Ep. ofDa^, 
 And never brought to mind ? S. Shld auld acquaintnce ] 
 That something in us never dies : Sketch, New-Vf's Day. 
 
 And live as those who never die lb. 
 
 What wealth could never give nor take away ! 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Never bound by winter's chains ! . S. Streams that glide] 
 A better never lifted leg, . . Tarn d Shanter. 
 
 Speak out an' never fash your thumb. 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid, .... lb- 16. 
 Tho' faith, that date, I doubt, ye'U never see ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. S- 
 Then down ye'U hurl, deil nor ye never rise 1 . . /^- ?• 
 They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 6. 
 
 never, never Scotia's realm desert, ... lb. 21, 
 
 1 know her heart will never change, S. The HighZ. Lassie. 
 It never falls, on drinkin deep, 
 
 To kittle up our notion, . . . The Holy Fair. ig. 
 Of all the women in the world, 
 
 I never could come at her. . . .S". The Joyful Widower, 
 Ammunition you never can need ; . The Kirk's Alarm. Vj- 
 Scenes, never, never to return ! . . Th£ Lament. 10. 
 We never had sic twa drones ; . The Ordination. 10, 
 
 He never was known for to idle or lurk ; The Poor Thresher. 
 And I never repine at my lot in the least, . . . ■^^• 
 But how it comes, I never kent yet, . The Twa Dogs. it. 
 Then never murmur nor repine ; . The Vision. D. //• 2/- 
 May Boreas never thrash your rigs. Third Ep. to J. Lap.' 
 
Never 
 
 335 
 
 News 
 
 Now thou'st left thy lass for ay— I must see thee never. 
 
 S. Thou host left me \ 
 I'll get a blessin wi' the lave, 
 
 An' never miss't ! . . . To a Mouse. 
 And never drink be near his drouth ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 But golden sands did never grace 
 
 The Heliconian stream ; 
 Then take what gold could never buy . To J. M'Murdo. 
 For me, an aim I never fash ; . . To/. S.,s. 
 
 In arioso trills and graces Ye never stray, . , I&, zf. 
 Never may'st thou, lovely Flower, 
 Chilly shrmk in sleety shower ! \.Te.'\ . 
 
 To Miss C. 
 To R. G. o/F., 8. 
 
 In equanimity they never dwell, . 
 
 May never wicked fortune touzle him ! 
 
 May never wicked men bamboozle him! . To W. Creech. 
 
 And thou'rt the angel that never can alter, 
 
 S, T-was na her honie hlue \ 
 Yet never met with that surprise 
 
 That broke my rest, . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 May I never see it, may I never trow it, 
 
 3". Wandering WilUe. 
 I never can please him, do a' that I can ; 
 
 S. What can a yn^ lassie \ 
 Forget him shall I never \ . . S. When "wild Wat's t 
 Fain promise never more to disobey ; . Why am I loth t 
 Bliss he never must enjoy? , . . ^S".* Why^ why tell\ 
 Never after to forsake me, . S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Night, where dawn shall never break, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Your waters never drumlie ! 
 
 S, Ye hanks, and braes, and streams t 
 departed joys. Departed never to return. 
 
 S. Ye hanks and braes t 
 NeveP-ceasing. Wha drudge and drive thro' wet and dry, 
 Wi' never-ceasing toil ; E^. to Davie. 6. 
 
 Never-ending. 
 
 Yet here I He in foreign bands, 
 And never ending care. Lament oj Maty of Scots. 
 
 Never-halting. 
 
 I'll wander on with tentless heed, 
 
 How never-halting moments speed, . . To J. S., lo. 
 
 New. May heaven augment your blisses, 
 
 On ev'ry new Birth-day ye see, . . A Dream. 
 
 Ilk spring they're new deckit wi' bonie white yewes. 
 
 iS". Awd tvi' yr'witchcra/t\ 
 ' Forbye some new, uncommon weapons, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 2Z. 
 To see the new [year] come laden, groaning, 
 Wi' double plenty o'er the loanin 
 
 To thee and thine ; . . Friend of the Poet t 
 To thy new lover hie, ... S. Had I a cave t 
 
 Her braw, new, worset apron . . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 And faith, to me, 'twas really new ! Kind Sir, Ive read\ 
 And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl't feet ; 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer^ 
 O sing a new song to the L— , . N'eiu Psalmody. 
 
 A braw new naig wi' the tail o't a' rottan, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg t 
 Wi' braw nev/ branks in mickle pride, 
 
 And eke a braw new brechan, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 My sarks they are few, but five o' them new, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 She's down i' the grove, she's wi' a new love, 
 
 S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 How this new Play and that new Sang is comin ? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle, 
 
 The Atithor's Cry and Prayer, is. 
 New Brig was buskit in a braw, new coat. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on d— d new Brigs and 
 
 Harbours . ... lb. 
 
 Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new; . , Ib.j. 
 And there will he Wigton's new sherifiF, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 And your life like the new driven snaw, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 4. 
 Or tell what new taxation's comin, . The Twa Dogs. j8. 
 There's scarce a new herd that we get. 
 
 But comes frae 'mang that cursed set. The Twa Herds, 11. 
 Might there have learnt new mysteries of his art ; The Vowels. 
 And every new cork is a new spring of joy ; The Whistle. 
 
 His fecket is white as the new driven snaw ; 
 
 S. There* s a youth \ 
 She's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay ; 
 
 S. There's auld Roh t 
 An' naething, now, to big a new ane, . To a Mouse. 
 
 For boons accorded, goodness ever new, To R. Graham. 
 
 An' shortly after she was done 
 
 They gat a new ane. To W. Simpson. P.S, 
 And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan ! 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 New-born. 
 By her inspir'd, the new-born race 
 
 Soon drew the avenging steel, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 The arches striding o'er the new-bom stream ; 
 
 Wr. in KenTnore Inn. 
 
 New Brig. New Brig was buskit in a braw, new coat, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 New-ca'd [newly calved]. 
 While new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2zst, I. 
 New- christening. New-christening towns far and near, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 New-come. It chanc'd his new-come neebor took his e'e, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 New-cutted. 
 
 A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, . Tarn 0' Shanter. it. 
 
 New-driven. 
 And your life like the new driven snaw, The KirJ^s Alarm. 4. 
 His fecket is white as the new driven snaw ; 
 
 S. Therms a youth t 
 New Holland. 
 She lay like some unkend-of isle 
 
 Beside New Holland, . To W. Sitnpson. 
 New Jerusalem. 
 Then to the blessed. New Jerusalem, 
 
 Fleet wing awa ! . . ToW. Creech. 
 
 New-light [doctrines bpposed to orthodoxy]. 
 To ev'ry New-light mother's son, 
 
 From this time forth, Confusion : The Ordination. 14. 
 
 Ye'U see how new-light herds will whistle, The Twa Herds.3. 
 And new-light herds could nicely drub, . . . lb. 8. 
 
 While new-light herds wi' laughin' spite, 
 
 - Say neither's liein* lb. g. 
 
 Ye bad me write you what they mean 
 
 By this new-light, . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 But new-light herds gat sic a cowe, , , lb. 
 
 An' some, their New-light fair avow, 
 
 Just quite barefac'd. lb. 
 
 An' when the new-light billies see them, 
 
 I think they'll crouch ! . . lb. 
 
 New-year. 
 
 A Guid New-year I wish you Maggie ! A Guid New-Year^ 
 
 On new-year's night, when we were fou, S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 I come to wish you all a good new year ! Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 
 Or reekan on a New-year-momin 
 
 In cog or bicker, . Scotch Drink, g. 
 
 New- York. 
 
 But at New- York, wi' knife an fork, 
 
 Sir Loin he hacked sma', man. . A Fragment. 3. 
 
 Newk V. Neuk. 
 Newlin [newly]. 
 
 Wi' his auld beard newlin shaven. [?v.] S. The auld jnan t 
 Newly. O my Luve's like a red, red rose, 
 
 That's newly sprung in June ; S. A Red, Red Rose. 
 
 With fleeces newly washen clean, S. On Cessnock banks + 
 Newly-gathered. 
 
 Sits o'er his newly-gather'd fruits, Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 News. 'Come, gies your news ! Death and Dr. Homiook. 11. 
 
 ' Waes me for Johnny Ged's-Hole now ' 
 
 Quoth I, ' if that thae news be true ! ' . . . lb. 23, 
 
 The news 0' princes, dukes and earls, 
 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds and opera-girls; Kind Sir, fve readf 
 
 So gratefu', back your news I send you, . lb. 
 
 When Love and Beauty heard the news. The FHe Champetre. 
 
 There's no a heart in a' the land, 
 But's lighter at the news o't. S. The noble Maxwells t 
 
 There's news, lasses, news, Gude news I've to tell, 
 
 S. Therms news, lasses t 
 
 Till some bit callan bring me news 
 
 That you are there, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Your news and review, Sir, I've read through and through. Sir. 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 
Next 
 
 336 
 
 Night 
 
 Next. The next in succession, I'll give you the King, 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 
 And the next flowers, that deck the spring. 
 Bloom on my peaceful grave. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 And next my heart I'll wear her, S. My Love*s a winsome t 
 
 Till Cynthia hinted he'd see them next morn. The Whistle. 13. 
 Nibble. Has cost thee monie a weary nibble ! To a Mouse. 
 Nibbling. 
 
 Was ae day nibbling on the tether. The Death ofMailie. 
 Nice. 
 
 The nice yellow guineas for me. S. AwcC wC yr. witchcraft \ 
 
 We've all things that's nice, and mostly in season. Impromptu. 
 
 Jenny, I'll nae mair be nice, ... S. Jockey fou, t 
 
 Your daddie's gear males you sae nice ; . , S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 weet their weason Wi' liquors nice, . Scotch Drink. 14. 
 
 The corps is no nice of recruits ; . . The Kirl^s Alarm. 
 
 I doubt it's hardly worth the while, 
 To be sae nice wi' Robin. . . S. There was a lad t 
 
 O' nice education but sma' is her share ; 
 
 S. Yon wild fnossy mountains t 
 Nicest. Though twisted smooth with Harry's nicest care, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Nicely. 
 
 Some o' you nicely ken the laws. 
 
 To round the period an' pause, The A utho^s Cry and Prayer, 
 
 An' O sae nicely's we will fare ! The Jolly Beggars. S. V, 
 
 And new-light herds could nicely drub. The Twa Herds, 8. 
 Nicholson. Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare, 
 
 El. on Peg Nicholson, 
 Nick [a name for the devil]. 
 
 Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, . Add. to the Deil. 
 
 O, to see auld Nick gaun hame, 
 
 And Charlie's faes before him ! . ^S". Come boat me o'er. 
 
 Will send you, Korah-like, a sinkin, 
 
 Straught to auld Nick's. . Ep.toJ.R. 
 
 Ah ! Nick, ah Nick it is na fair, . . Poem, on Life. 
 
 There sat auld Nick, in shape 0' beast ; Tarn, d Shanter. 11, 
 
 He met wi' auld Nick, wha said, how do ye fen ? 
 
 S. There liv' dance a carle t 
 
 Wi' auld Nick there's less danger ; . , To a Painter. 
 
 Nick [a notch cut into anything; " Crummie's 
 nicks," natural markings on cows' horns]. 
 I doubt he's but a grey nick quill, . The Twa Herds. 14. 
 Like scrapin' out auld Crummie's nicks, To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Frae words an' aiths to clours an' nicks ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Nick, to [cut through, break, sever sharply], 
 ' It's e'en a lang, lang time indeed 
 ' Sin' I began to nick the thread. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 12. 
 
 Nickan [cutting]. 
 
 Now when ye're nickan down fu' cany 
 
 The staff o' bread, - Third Ep. io /. Lap. . 
 Nicket [cut ; cut off]. 
 And by fell death was nearly nicket : Friend ofthe poet i P.S. 
 The knife that nicket Abel's craig 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Nickie, Nickie-ben [familiar names for the devil]. 
 
 So Nickie then got the auld wife on his back, 
 
 S. There Hv'd ance a carle t 
 But fare-you-weel, auld Nickie-ben ! . Add. to the Deil, 
 
 Nick-nackets [curiosities]. 
 
 He has a fouth o' auld nick-nackets : 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Nicol. Ye maggots, feed on Nicol's brain, [re.'\ For W. Nicol. 
 Nidsdale. And there frae the Nidsdale border, 
 Will mingle the Maxwell's in droves, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Nidsdale rade, Astray upon Nidside. ... lb. y, 
 Nlest, Nelst [next]. 
 
 ' Niest time we meet, I'll wad a groat, 
 
 ' He gets his fairin ! ' Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 But a' the niest week as I petted wi' care, 
 
 . , . . S' liO^t May a braw wooer \ 
 
 And niest my heart I'll wear her, 
 
 For fear my jewel tine. . . . S:Mywife*s awinso?ne. 
 
 The game shallpay, owre moor an' dail, 
 
 For this, niest year. . Ep. to J. H. , 10. 
 An' niest, my yowie, silly thing, . T/ie Death oj Mailie. 
 The niest came in a sodger boy. The Election Ballads. I, 
 
 niest the fire, in auld, red rags, Ane sat ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. /. 
 Then niest outspak a raucle Carlln, . . . /b. R. TV. 
 Niest day their life is past enduring. The Twa Dogs. 32. 
 
 But he wan my heart's consent, 
 
 To be his ain at the neist meeting. . S. As I cam o'er\ 
 Wee [Miller] neist, the Guard relieves, The Holy Fair. 77, 
 If neist my heart I dinna wear ye , To Terraughty 
 
 NIeve [the flst]. 
 The cudgel in my nieve did shake, . Add. to the Deil 8. 
 Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 Till skin in blypes cam haurlin Aff's nieves Halloween. 23, 
 Or glaikit Charlie got his nieve in ; Kind Sir, Fve read\ 
 
 But just the pouchie put the nieve in. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Then han' in nieve some day we'll knot it. 
 
 Third Ep, to/. Lap.. 
 
 His nieve a nit ; . Toa Haggis, 
 
 Clap in his walie nieve a blade, He'll mak it whissle ; . lb. 
 Her walie nieves, like midden-creels, .S". Willie Wastle. 
 
 Nievefu' [a fist-full]. 
 
 Their worthless nievefu' of a soul, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 2jst /;. 
 Niffer [an exchange]. 
 Ye see your state wi' theirs compar'd 
 And shudder at the niffer, . Add. io Unco Guid. 3, 
 
 Niger [a negro]. 
 How graceless Ham leugh at his Dad, 
 Which made Canaan a niger ; . The Ordination. 4. 
 
 Nigh. Haste, gie her name up i' the chappel. 
 
 Nigh unto death ; Letter to J. Goitdie. 
 And aft as chance he comes thee nigh, . . Poem on Life. 
 A friend mair faithfu' ne'er came nigh him, PoorMaiUis EL. 
 Life's meridian flaming nigh, . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H, 
 Night. 
 Or rattl'd dice wi' Charlie By night or day. A Dream. 10, 
 Ae night, at tea, began a plea, , . . A Fragment 
 Ae night the Storm the steeples rocked, A Winter Night. 2, 
 And not less anxious sure this night than ever, 
 
 Add. sp. by FonteneUe. 
 Ae dreary, windy, winter night, . . Add. to the Deil, 7. 
 Her een sae bright, like stars by night, 
 
 S. A. Mastrtn's bonie Anne. 
 Long, long the night. Heavy comes the morrow, 
 
 S. Ay waking, Ol\ 
 Lanely night comes on. A' the lave are sleepin ; 
 
 S. Ay waukifi, ! 
 The night's baith mirk and rainy, . S. Behind yon Mils i 
 And [age has] nights o' sleepless p^ ! S. But lately seen, f 
 Ne'er sae murky blew the night 5. Cauld is the e'enin blasi\ 
 A night o' gude fellowship sowthers it a' ; 
 
 S. Contented wi little, t 
 Which lately on a night befel. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Meet ev'ry sad-returning night, 
 
 And joyless mom the same. Despondency, an Ode. z. 
 
 On new-year's night, when we were fou, . Duncan Grayi 
 Empress of the silent night : . . El. on Capt M. H., 14. 
 
 We'se gie ae night's discharge to care, 
 
 Ep.toJ.L—k,Ap.isi.iS. 
 
 ' I'll write, an' that a hearty blaud, 
 
 * This vera night ; . lb., Ap. 21st. 4- 
 
 While sordid sons o* Mammon's line 
 
 Are dark as night ! . . . ■ ^^- ^^. 
 
 'Twas ae night lately, in my fun, . . . Ep. to J. R-, 7- 
 
 To what dark cave of frozen night, 
 
 Alas ! shall thy poor wand'rer hie; , 
 
 Farewell, dear mistress^ 
 
 Gane is the day and mirk's the night, 6". Gone is the day \ 
 Upon that night, when Fairies light, . . Halloween, 
 Amang the rocks an' streams To sport that night. [«.] Io. 
 But at twal at night, when the moon shines bright. 
 
 My dear, I'll come and see thee ; ^. Here's to thy heaWh t 
 I bless and praise thy matchless mi^^ht. 
 Whan thousands thou hast left in night. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, i. 
 
 How lang and dreary is the night, l 
 
 When I am frae my dearie ; S. How long and dreary^ 
 
 For oh, her lanely nights are lang ; . . ■ • 
 
 And nights are lang in winter, Sir, 
 
 S. fm o'er young to rnarry. 
 
Night 
 
 337 
 
 Nine 
 
 Night's horrid car drags, dreary, slow : 
 
 Itnprom, on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 When day is gane, and night is come, . S. It was a'/or\ 
 I think on him that's far awa', 
 
 The lee-lang night, and weep, lb. 
 
 And at night she'll return to her nest back again. 
 
 S, Lns on a Ploughman. 
 And winter nights were dark and rainy ; 
 
 S, Monigomerie's Peggy. 
 And spen't at night fu' brawlie : S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 I rede you right, gang ne'er at night, S. My heart was ance t 
 Gentle Night, do thou befriend me ; 
 
 S. Musing on the roaring t 
 And thou mellow mavis that hails the night fa', 
 
 S, My Name's Awa. 
 And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night, 
 
 S. Now ivestlin winds \ 
 O let me in this ae night, . . . O Lassie-, art thou t 
 Pass widow'd nights, and joyless days, O Logan ! sweetly t 
 the mirk night o' December, . . S. O May thy morn t 
 
 a' the lang night I cuddle my kimmer, 
 An' a' the lang night as happy's a king. 
 
 S. O merry hoe I been \ 
 By night, by day, a field, at harae, S. O were I on Pamass.\ 
 I'd feast on beauty a' the night ; . . S. O were my love t 
 Three blyther hearts, that lee lang night, 
 
 Ye wad na found in Christendie. lS". O Willie brew'd t 
 
 And mony a night we've merry been, . . . lb. 
 
 But day and night my fancy's flight 
 
 Is ever wi' my Jean. S. 0/a' the airis t 
 
 One night as I did wander, . . . S. One night as /f 
 And ushers the long dreary night ; Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Witness my heart, how oft with panting fear, 
 As on this night, I've met these judges here I 
 
 Prologue, jjS. by Woods. 
 Hail, thou gloomy night of sorrow, 
 
 Cheerless night that knows no morrow. S. Raving winds t 
 That merry night we get the com in, . Scotch Drink, g. 
 Or dark as misery's woeful night Sketch. New-Y^s Day. 
 Then night's gloomy shades, cloudy, dark, o'ercast my sky : 
 S. Sleep' st thou, or wak'st t 
 
 1 could wake a winter night, 
 
 For the sake of Somebody S. Somebody. 
 
 And find at night a sheltering cave, S. Streams that glide t 
 As he frae Ayr ae night did canter, . Tam o' Shanter. 2. 
 The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter ; . .lb. j". 
 
 That hour, o' night's black arch the key-stane, . . lb. 7. 
 And sic a night he taks the road in, 
 As ne'er poor sinner was abroa.d in. . . Ih. 
 
 That ni^ht, a child might understand, 
 The Deil had business on his hand. 
 
 . lb, 8. 
 lb. IS. 
 
 That night enlisted in the core, 
 
 Ae night, within the ancient brugh of Ayr 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Through the still night dash'd hoarse along the shore : lb. 
 This night his weekly moil is at an end. 
 
 The Coitet's Sat. Night. 
 And mind your duty, duely, mom and night! . . lb. 
 But O I I was a waefu' man 
 
 Ere toofa' o' the night. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 from the shades of death's deep night, , . . lb. VI. 
 And spent the chearful, festive night ; 
 
 The Farewell To St. J.'s L.. 
 But long ere night cut down it lies 
 
 All wither'd and decay'd. . . The zst 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 The gloomy night is gath'ring fast, S. The gloomy night \ 
 Come, in thy raven plumage, night, S. The gowd. Locks 0/ A.. 
 Each night and morn with voice imploring. 
 
 This wish I sigh : . . . The Hermit. 
 Their hearts o' stane, gin night are gane, The Holy Fair. 27. 
 Ae night at e'en a merry core . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 An' made the bottle clunk To their health that night. 
 
 lb. R. VII. 
 An' shor'd them Dainty Davie O' boot that night. . lb. 
 An' thus the Muse suggested His sang that night- . lb. 
 And at night, in barn or stable, 
 
 Hug our doxies on the hay. . . . lb. S. VIII. 
 
 Ev'n day, all-bitter, brings relief. 
 
 From such a horror-breathing night. . . The Lament. 
 The darksome night did me enfauld, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 2 U 
 
 The night was still, and o'er the hill 
 
 The moon shone on the castle wa' ; The night was siill^ 
 The weary night o' care and grief 
 
 May have a joyful morrow ; S. The noble Maxwells + 
 
 Fareweel our night 0' sorrow. lb. 
 
 It was upon a Lammas night. 
 
 When com rigs are borne, . . S. The Rigs o" Barley. 
 She ay shall bless that happy night, . . lb. 
 
 That happy night was worth them a', ... lb. 
 
 I'll ne'er forget that happj^ night, 
 
 Amang the rigs wi' Annie lb. 
 
 Wha canna win her in a night. 
 
 Has little art in courting. . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 The day it is short, and the night it is lang, 
 
 S. The Taylor fell\ 
 Their nights, unquiet, lang an' restless. The Two. Dogs. 30. 
 Ae night, they're mad wi' drink an' wh-ring, . lb. 32. 
 Or lee-lang nights, wi' crabbet leuks, 
 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks ; . . . lb. 33. 
 An' darker gloamin brought the night : . . lb. 3$. 
 
 Six bottles a-piece had well wore out the night. 
 
 The Whistle. 14. 
 The night comes to me, but my rest it is gane ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Thickest night surround my dwelling I . S. Thickest night t 
 What is life when wanting love ? 
 
 Night without a morning : . , S. Thine am /t 
 
 I mean your ingle-side to guard 
 
 Ae winter night, . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Now maddening, wild, I curse that fatal night ; ToClarinda. 
 In Paisley John's that night at e'en. 
 
 To meet the Warld's worm ; To Gav. Hamilton. 
 And thro' disastrous night they darkling grope, 
 
 ToR. G.o/F.,7. 
 Or Winter howls, in gusty storms, 
 
 The lang, dark night ! . To W. Simpson. 
 And sweet is night in autumn mild, .S". Twos even — the dffiuy t 
 And lang's the night frae e'en to mom, S. Up in the morning. 
 Here this night if ye remain, . . S. Wha is that atf 
 
 The lee-lang night we watch'd the fauld, 
 
 S. What will I do gin f 
 Altho' the night were ne'er sae wild, S, When o'er the hill-f 
 Life is but a day at most, 
 
 Sprung from night, in darkness lost ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Night, where dawn shall never break, . . , . lb. 
 In uproar and riot rejoice the night long ; 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Nat.s" t 
 An' ay the night comes round again. 
 
 When in his arms he taks me a' : . S. Young Jockey t 
 
 Night-troubled. 
 
 I wander my lane, like a night-troubled ghaist, 
 
 S, There's auld Rob M.^ 
 Nighted. An' nighted TraVllers are allur'd 
 
 To their destruction. Add. to the Deil. 12. 
 Nightly. 
 Ye fright the nightly wand'rer's way, . Add. to the Deil. J. 
 And a' my nightly dream, . . . S. Ah, Chloris \ 
 Nae nightly bogle make it [the bower] eerie ; 
 
 S. By Allan Stream t 
 Whyles glitter'd to the nightly rays, . . Halloween. 25. 
 Nightly dreams, and thoughts by day. 
 
 Are with him that's far away. 6". Hffw can my poor heart f 
 Her teeth are like the nightly snow 
 When pale the morning rises keen, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks \ Sett. II. 
 While nightly breezes sweep the vines. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. . Tam o' Shanter. g. 
 Or, by the reaper's nightly beam, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 An' ay on Sundays duly, nightly, 
 
 I on the questions targe them tightly ; . The Inventory. 
 
 With Woe I nightly vigils keep, . . The Lament. 
 
 when my nightly couch I try lb. 8. 
 
 Keep watchings with the nightly thief: . lb. 
 
 And nightly to my bosom strain 
 The bonie lass o' Ballochmyle. ^. Twas even — the dewy t 
 
 Nimble. That faith, the youngsters took the sands 
 
 Wi' nimble shanks, To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Nine. 
 An' drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's 
 
 Nine times a week. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 20. 
 
Nine 
 
 338 
 
 Noble 
 
 Nine, the. As Phcebus and the famous Nine 
 
 Were glowran owre my pen. Ep. to Davie, ii. 
 The followers o' the ragged Nine, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. szstt i6. 
 who court the tuneful nine . Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 
 Nine, Nines, to the [to perfection]. 
 Thou paints auld nature to the nines, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 'Twad please me to the Nine. The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 Nine-pin. They hough'd the Clans like nine-pin kyles 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Nine-tail, Nine-tail'd, 
 But ha'd your nine-tail cat a wee, Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 Hark, how the nine-tail'd cat she plays ! The Ordination, ii. 
 Ninety-five. 
 'Twas in the seventeen hundred year 
 O' Christ and ninety-five, . The Election Ballads. V. 
 Nip. (And ne'er misfortune's eastern blast 
 
 Did nip a fairer flower.) . . . To Chloris. 
 Nipt. Ere the spoiler had nipt thee in blossom. 
 
 On Death o/fav. Child. 
 But oh 1 fell death's untimely frost, 
 That nipt my flower sae early ! 
 
 S. Ye banks, and 6raes, and streams t 
 Nit [nut]. 
 To burn their nits, an' pou their stocks, . Halloween. 
 
 The auld Guidwife's weel-hoordet nits . . . . lb. y. 
 Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling, . . lb. g. 
 
 She gies the Herd a pickle nits, . lb. 21. 
 
 His nieve a nit ; . . . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Nith. Hasting to join the sweeping Nith, . A Vision. 
 
 Adown winding Nith I did wander, \re.'\ 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith \ 
 thebanksof winding Nith, . . As on the hanks \ 
 
 The Nith shall rin to Corsincon, S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 
 But now she's floating down the Nith, \re.\ 
 
 El, on Peg Nicholson. 
 But Nith maun be my Muse's well, S. O were I onPamass. + 
 The boatmen on Nith's gentle stream, . . On Lincluden. 
 Oft as by winding Nith I, musing, wait 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 But sweeter flows the Nith to me, S. The Banks of Nith. 
 How lovely, Nith, thy fruitful vales, . . lb. 
 
 There was Maggy by the banks o' Nith 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Then up spak mim-mou'd Meg' o' Nith, . . , lb. 
 The Laddies by the banks o' Nith 
 
 Wad trust his Grace wi' a', Jamie ; S. The Laddies by f 
 To thee, lov'd Nith, thy gladsome plains, 
 
 6". To thee, Iffdd Nith \ 
 I love thee, Nith, thy banks and braes, ... 73. 
 
 by the sweet side of the Nith's winding river, 
 
 S. True hearted was he\ 
 Nithside. 
 Dowie she saunters down Nithside, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Stranger, go ! Heaven be thy guide ! 
 
 Quod the Beadsman of Nith-side. Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 No. An' saying aye or no's they bid him : The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 No [not]. Had I no got greeting, my heart wou'd hae broken ; 
 
 S. As I was a-wand^ringi 
 
 An' no forgetting wabster Charlie, . . Auld comrade \ 
 
 A man may drink and no be drunk ; 
 
 A man may fight and no be slain ; ^S". Duncan Davison. 
 
 I'll no say, men are villains a' ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 It's no in titles nor in rank ; [?r.] . . Ep. to Davie. ^. 
 I'se no insist ; . . , . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, /j., 
 But, thanks to Heav'n, that's no the gate Ib.^ Ap. 21st, 14. 
 
 And no neglect . Ep. to J. E.,J. 
 
 no to roose you, Ye may be proud, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 She's no the Lass for me. ... S. Handsome Nell. 
 And no for ony guid or ill . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 She'll no be half sae saucy yet. . S. My Ime she's but + 
 O this is no my ain lassie, . . S.O this is no viy ain \ 
 It's no the frosty winter wind, 
 It's no the driving drift and snaw ; 
 
 S. Oh, how can I he hlythe t 
 And faith ye'll no be lost a whit, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 It's no the loss o' warVs gear, . . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 There are no mony poets sae braw, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Ha, ha, ha, but I'll no hae him ; . . S. The auld man f 
 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taen ; 
 
 S. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 An* no to rin an' wear his cloots, . The Death ofMailie. 
 That what is no sense must be nonsense. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 The corps is no nice of recruits ; /^, „ 
 
 They're no sae wretched's ane wad think; The Twa Dogs. 15. 
 and there we'll no be seen, S. There grows a home brier ^ 
 ye'll no be right. Till yeVe got on it, . , To a Louse. 
 Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, . To a Mouse. 
 
 You'll tak it no uncivil : . To a Painter. 
 
 But no sae weel a stranger /^_ 
 
 It's no I like to sit an' swallow, . . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 I get it no ae day in ten. . . . To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 An' may a bard no crack his jest . To Rev. J. M'Matk. 
 
 God knows, I'm no the thing I shou'd be, . , /3, 
 
 My memory's no worth a preen ; . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Up in the morning's no for me, . S. Up in the morning. 
 ' Na, na,' quo' I, ' I'm no for that, . What ails ye now f 
 No mope. At present we will ask no more, . . A Grace. 
 In Heaven itself, I'll ask no more, 
 
 Than just a Highland welcome. 
 
 A Verse on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 Ye cease to charm ; Eliza is no more. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Resolve to drink, nay, half to whore no more, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Till fears no more had saVd me : S. Farewell, thou stream f 
 We part to meet no more ! . S. From thee, £liza\ 
 
 To prove our loyal truth — we can no more ; . Frag, of Ode. 
 The Friend we trust ; the Fair we love ; 
 
 And we desire no more. . Grace after Dinner. 
 
 The pride of my bosom, my Mary's no more. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 No more by the banks of the streamlet we'll wander, Ih. 
 
 No more shall my arms cling with fondness around her, lb. 
 No more shall the soft thrill of love warm my breast, lb. 
 
 And joy shall revisit my bosom no more. . . lb. 
 
 We'll be constant while we can — 
 
 You can be no more, you know. . S. Let not woman f 
 
 With the hand and heart of my wee thing, 
 
 No more at my fate I'll repine. S. My Love's a winsome^ 
 And are they of no more avail, 
 Ten thousand glittering pounds a year? 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — , 
 No more the thickening brakes and verdant plains 
 
 On seeing ivounded Hare. 
 No more of rest, but now thy dying bed ! lb. 
 
 Till Fate the curtain drops on worlds to be no more. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 No more, ye warblers of the wood, no more, 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 The Wretched have no more to fear : S, TJie gloomy nighi t 
 I asked no more but a Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. //. 
 Grant me but this, I ask no more, 
 
 Ay rowth o' rhymes. . To J. S., 2i. 
 
 Noble. An' sprung o' great an' noble bluid ; A Ded. to G. H. 
 Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known, 
 
 To mak a noble Aiver ; , . .A Dream, u. 
 
 That day, ye was a j inker noble, . A Guid New-year i"/. 
 Thou was a noble Fittie-lan', . lb. 11. 
 
 Is there, beneath Love's noble name, 
 
 Can 'harbour, dark, the selfish aim. A Winter Night 8. 
 
 And gie their hides a noble curry, . Adam A — *s Prayer. 
 Architecture's noble pride . . Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 I view that noble, stately Dome, . * . . . Ih.t. 
 I threw a noble throw at ane ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 If thou a noble sodger art, . . El. on Capt. M.H., Epit. 
 A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n, 
 
 Is sure a noble anchor ! . Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 
 a hero bold, Of noble enterprise, . . John Barleycorn. 
 My noble master lies in clay ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Must thou, the noble, generous, great, . . . . ^i- 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, On dining with Doer. 
 Hard upon noble Maggie prest, . Tani 0' Shanter. 18. 
 
 That Architecture's noble art is lost ! The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 The like has been that you may wear 
 
 A noble head of horns TheCttiJ. 
 
Noble 
 
 339 
 
 Noosing 
 
 Or noble Elgin beets the heaven-ward flame, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 13. 
 Here's a noble Earl's 
 Fame and.high renown, . The Election- Ballads. IV. 
 
 The Murray's noble name ! _ lb. V. 
 
 Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble Name, 
 
 The Farewell To St. JUL.. 
 Come, will ye court a noble lord, S. The FHe Chamfetre. 
 My Lord, I know, your noble ear 
 
 Woe ne'er assails in vain ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Would then my noble master please 
 
 To grant my highest wishes, ... .lb. 
 
 In many a noble squadron ; . The Jolly Beggars., S. VI. 
 
 The noble Maxwells and their Powers 
 
 S. The noble Maxwells \ 
 To follow the noble vocation ; . S. The sons of old Killie. 
 Or tore, with noble ardour stung. 
 
 The Sceptic's bays. The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 
 three noble chieftains, and all of his blood, . The Whistle. 
 Let's sing about our noble sels ; . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 'Twas noble, Sir ; 'twas like yoursel, . To Mr, M'Adam. 
 Glencaim, the truly noble, lies in dust ; To R. G. ofF.^ g. 
 Whose is that noble, dauntless brow? . V.s under Picture. 
 His guardian seraph eyes with awe 
 
 The noble ward he loves lb. 
 
 Noble-minded. 
 
 Not high-born, but noble-minded, . . S. Sweetest May t 
 Nobleman. 
 A Nobleman liv'd in a village of late, S. The Poor Thresher. 
 One evening this Nobleman, taking his walk, 
 Did meet the poor Thresher and freely did talk ; . .lb. 
 The Nobleman hearing him what he did say, . . lb. 
 They all went to dine at the Nobleman's hall. . . lb. 
 But such Noblemen there's but few to be found. . lb. 
 
 NobleP. I sing his name and nobler fame, 
 
 Wha multiplies our number, . Nature's Law. 
 To sing auld Coil in nobler style . . . . lb. 
 
 Where every science— every nobler art — 
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 How would his Highland lug been nobler lir'd, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 To ev'ry nobler virtue bred, . . . The Vision. D. I. 13, 
 
 Still nobler wealth hast thou in store, . . To Chloris. 
 
 Nobles. While Nobles strive to please Ye, A Dream. 9. 
 
 Would thou hae nobles' patronage, 
 
 " First learn to live without it ! " 
 
 Extern, on Commeni.s of Thomson. 
 But why should we to nobles jouk? Tf^ Election Ballads. II. 
 Noblest. As by his noblest work the Godhead best is known. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 Her noblest work she classes, G : 
 
 .S". Green grow the Rashes. 
 They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 13. 
 The noblest breast adores them maist, . S. Women's Minds. 
 Nobly. 
 
 Whare ye may nobly rax your leather, A Guid New-year i iS. 
 Who nobly perished in the glorious cause, . Frag, of Ode. 
 The generous purpose, nobly dear, S. My Mary's face t 
 
 But when the heart is nobly warm, 
 
 The good excuse will find. . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 
 Who dar'd to, nobly, stem tyrannic pride, 
 Or nobly die, the second glorious part : 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 21. 
 Or nobly fling the gospel club, The Twa Herds. 8, 
 
 Nocht [nothing]. 
 
 But nocht in all-revolving time 
 
 Can gladness bring again to me. . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Is nocht sae fragrant or sae sweet 
 
 As is a kiss o' Willy. . . . S. O Phely f 
 
 And nocht can heal my bosom's smart. 
 
 While, Oh, she is sae far awa. , . S. Sax far awa. 
 And nocht could him quail, . S. There was a bonie lass t 
 Nod. An' I'll no gang to my bed 
 
 Until I get a nod. . . S. There's news^ lasses t 
 Thy nod can make the tempest cease to blow, 
 
 WhyamIloth\ 
 Nod, to. Or where auld, ruin'd castles, gray, 
 
 Nod to the moon, Add. to the Veil. J. 
 
 Nodding, -in, We're a' noddin, nid nid noddin, 
 
 WeVe a' noddin at our house at bame ; 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmeri 
 Deil tak Kate An' she be na noddin too \ ... lb. 
 Contending with Billy for proud-nodding laurels. 
 
 Fragment inscr. to Fox. 
 yellow Autumn wreath 'd with nodding corn ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Noddle. 
 The swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle. 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. Tarn o' Shanter. 11. 
 There'll be, if that day come, I'll wad a boddle, 
 Some fewer whigmeleeries in your noddle. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 5. 
 
 My barmie noddle's working prime, . To J. S., 4. 
 
 Noise. Saint Stephen's boys, wi' jarring noise, A Fragment. 6. 
 
 Make, all and every one, A joyful noise, New Psalmody. 
 
 To meet their Dad, wi' flichterin noise and glee. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Run de'ils for rantin' an' for noise ; . The Inventory. 
 
 With a' his noise an' cap'iin ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 To see them come round me with prattling noise, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 the Reaper's rustling noise, , The Vision. D. II, 1$. 
 
 chearfu' tankards foamin, An' social noise ; To J. S. , 14. 
 
 Noiseless. With noiseless step and taper bright, On Lincluden. 
 
 Noisy. What are their noisy pleasures? 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 Alike a foe to noisy folly, 
 
 And brow-bent gloomy melancholy, . . The Hermit. 
 The noisy domicile of pedant pride ; The Vowels, 
 
 None. 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan. 
 
 And none but he. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zist, IS< 
 For none e'er approached her but rued the rash deed. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 On right, on left, and every hand, 
 
 We saw none to deliver. . , New Psalmody. 
 
 Which none but craftsmen ever saw ! 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L. 
 For a lalland face he feared none, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Nonsense. Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v.A.6] 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 For it was a' but nonsense : . . . . Halloween. 14. 
 Nae bombast spates 0' nonsense swell ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Does nonsense mend, like Brandy, when imported 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 That what is no sense must be nonsense. The Kirk's A larm. 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Nook. I sidling shelter'd in a nook, On dining with Daer. 
 To its blackest nook he has carried her ben, 
 
 S. There liv'd once a carle t 
 
 Seek the chimney-nook of ease. . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Noon. There [on thy hills] daily I wander as noon rises high, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 But lang or noon, loud tempests storming 
 
 A' my flowery bliss destroy'd. . S. I dreamed I lay \ 
 
 We'll to the breathing woodbine bow'r, 
 
 At sultry noon, my dearie O. S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 And gaudy shew at sunny noon ; . . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 
 But, long ere noon, succeeding clouds 
 
 Succeeding hopes beguil'd. , . Sad thy tale t 
 
 Sae, in the tower o' Cardoness, 
 
 A howlet sits at noon. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 (Fled, like the sun eclips'd as noon appears. To R. G. ofF.^ g. 
 In the pride of sunny noon ; . . S. Turn again, thou t 
 At noon the fisher seeks the glen, S. When o'er the hill \ 
 
 Noontide. 
 And dares the public like a noontide siin. Ep.fr, Esopzts. 
 The merle, in his noontide bower. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 I'd fan it wi' a constant gale, 
 
 Beneath the noontide's scorching ray ; S, were my love t 
 cold successive noontide blasts . . . Sad thy tale,i 
 Mild, calm, serene, wide-spreads the noon-tide blaze. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. a. 
 The village glittering in the noontide beam 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Noosmg. 
 
 Noosing with care a bursting purse, 
 
 Ode, to Mem, of Mrs. — * 
 
Nop 
 
 340 
 
 Nought 
 
 Nop [though, than]. 
 
 Then down ye'U hurl, deil nor ye never rise ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev. J. M'-Math. 
 
 Norland [north-land]. 
 Here's a health to Tammie, the Norland laddie, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Erslune, a spunkie norland hillie'; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 14. 
 Nor-west. 
 He saw Misfortune's cauld Nor-west 
 Lang-mustering up a bitter blast ; On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 North, Lord [the Statesman]. 
 
 For N-rth an' F-x united stocks, . . A Fragment. 6. 
 N-rth, F-x, & Co. GowfTd Willie like* a ba', . . . 13. g. 
 Nae sage North, now, nor sager Sackville, 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, a. 
 
 North. The cauld blue north was streaming forth Her lights, 
 
 A Vision. 
 
 He fir'd a fiddler in the north . . S. Amang the trees\ 
 The fell Harpy-raven took wing from the North, 
 
 S. Caledonia, 
 
 Is he south, or is he north? . S. Ken ye ought o' Capt. G.\ 
 Farewell to the Highlands, farewell to the North, 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands t 
 Out over the Forth I look to the north, 
 But what is the north and its highlands to me ? 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 The chase gaed frae the north, man ; 
 
 iS". The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 As to the north I bent my way, 
 
 S, The Lass that made the bed. 
 Or when the North his fleecy store 
 
 Drove thro' the sky, The Vision. D. II, 13. 
 I sing of a Whistle, the pride of the North, . The Whistle. 
 He's comin frae the North that's to fancy me, 
 
 S, There grows a bonie t 
 Cauld blew the bitter-biting North 
 
 Upon thy early, humble birth ; . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Or, the stormy North sends driving forth, 
 The blinding sleet and snaw : . . . Winter. 
 
 Northern. 
 From some of your northern deities sprung : . S. Caledonia. 
 (What breast of northern ice but warms ? ) . Frag, of Ode. 
 luckless fortune's northern storms . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 These northern scenes with weary feet I trace ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 Nose. 
 And baud their noses to the grunstane ; A Ded, to G. H., 8. 
 While tears hap o'er her auld brown nose ! Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Your Critic-folk may cock their nose, 
 
 L_...,-, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 1st, 10. 
 
 If Venus yet had got his nose off ; . Kind Sir, I've read t 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose, 
 
 Wad say, Shame fa' thee. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Wi' saut tears trickling down your nose ; Poor Mailie's El.. 
 As open pussie's mortal foes, 
 When, pop! she starts before their nose; 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. ly. 
 While by their nose the tears will revel, Torn Safnson's EL, 
 When by the plate we set our nose, . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Wi' social nose whyles snuff d an' snowket ; The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 My sooth ! right bauld ye set your nose out, To a Louse. 
 An anxious e'e I never throws 
 
 Behint my lug, or by my nose ; . . . To J. S., zS- 
 I'll cock my nose aboon them a', . . To Mr. M*AdafH, 
 Her nose and chin they threaten ither ; S. Willie Wastle. 
 Nostrum. 
 In guid time comes an antidote 
 Against sic poosion'd nostrum ; . . The Holy Fair. 16. 
 Note. 
 That gars the notes of discord squeel, Add, to Toothache. 
 Some auld, us'd hands had taen a note, . Ep. to J. Ft, g. 
 
 In notes of sweetest melody 
 
 They hail the charming Chloe ; S. It was the charming t 
 The winds, lamenting thro' their caves, 
 
 To echo bore the notes alang. . Lament /or Glencaim. 
 The mavis mild wi' many a note, Lament o/Mary qf Scots. 
 At Yarico's sweet notes of grief. 
 The rock with tears had flow'd. » Lns on Mrs. Ke7nble^ 
 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow join'd. 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken ! S. stay^ sweet warbling\ 
 A chield's amang you, taking notes, 
 
 On Groses Peregrinations. 
 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure. 
 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . . S. Sensibility, f 
 
 Yes, pour, ye warblers, pour the notes of woe, [v. A. 10] 
 
 Sonnet on Death 0/ Riddel. 
 They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; 
 
 The Cottei's Sat. Night. 13. 
 St. Mary's, A house of great merit and note ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 To Harmony's enchanting notes. 
 
 As moves the mazy dance, man. . The FHe Champetre. 
 And roar every note of the damn'd. . The Kirk*s Alarm. 
 In plaintive notes my tale rehearses . . To Clarinda. 
 Note, to. 
 Note that eye, 'tis rheum o'erflows, Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —, 
 And careful note each op'ning grace, 
 
 A guide and guard. The Vision. D. II. 10. 
 Unskilful he to note the card 
 
 Of prudent Lore, . To a Mountain-Daisv. 
 
 Noted. ^ 
 
 So noted for drowning of sorrow and care ; The Whistle. 10. 
 
 Far kend an' noted is thy name ; . Add. to the Deil. 3. 
 
 Noteless. 
 
 Who, noteless, steals the crouds among, A Bard's Epit. 
 
 Nothing". 'Twould vamp my bill, said I, if nothing better; 
 
 Ae^. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Said, nothing like his works was ever printed ; . .lb. 
 'Twas nothing would serve him but Satan's own crown ; 
 
 Epig. on —. 
 I saw thine eyes, yet nothing fear'd, S. Farewell^ thou stream f 
 Nothing could resist my Nancy : . . S. One fond kiss, \ 
 Be they wise, be they foolish, is nothing of mine ; 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler, 
 Notice. The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread 
 
 Are notice taJcin ! . . . To a Louse. 
 See wha taks notice o' the bard ! . .To Mr. M'Adam, 
 Notie'd, -'t. 
 She notic't na, an aizle brunt 
 
 Her braw, new, worset apron Out thro' Halloween. 13. 
 I've notie'd on our Laird's court-day, The Twa Dogs. /j. 
 
 Notion. Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion, 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 It never fails, on drinkin deep, 
 
 To kittle up our notion, By night or day. The Holy Fair. ig. 
 It wad frae monie a blunder free us 
 
 An' foolish notion : ■ . To a Louse. 
 
 This while my notion's taen a sklent, 
 
 To try my fate in guid, black prent ; . . To J. S., 7. 
 Notit [noted]. 
 
 Day an' date as under notit, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Nought. 
 Ye've nought to do but mark and tell 
 
 Your Neebours' fauts and folly ! Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 Trembling I dow nought but glowr, S. Blythe hoe I been t 
 Can yield me nought but sorrow. S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 And a' your views may come to nought, 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 And nought but peat reek i' my head, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 There's nought but care on ev'ry ban', 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Ye're nought but senseless asses, O : . . . .lb. 
 Nought of ill may come thee near, S. Hark ! the mavis' t 
 Nought but griefs with me remain. 6*. Jockeys ta^en the t 
 But nought can glad the weary wight 
 
 That fast in durance lies. . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 Who, save thy mind's reproach, nought earthly fear'st, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford, 
 Is nought to what poor she endures S. O Lassie, art thoui 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow join'd. 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken ! S. O stay^ sweet warb. \ 
 The frost that freezes the life at my breast, 
 
 Is nought to my pains from thee, Oh, S. Oh, open the doon 
 Wha can do nought but fyke an' fumble. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W,L 
 
 I marked nought uncommon. 
 
 On dining with Doer. 
 
Nought 
 
 HI 
 
 Ocean 
 
 But a' the pride of Spring's return 
 
 Can yield me nougiit but sorrow. S. Sweet /a's the eve t 
 Again Thou say'st, ' Ye sons of men, 
 
 ' Return ye into nought ! ' . . The ist 6 V.s qf goth Ps. 
 He hated nought but— to be sad, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 And nought but his labour to keep them up all. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Frae mom to een it's nought but toiling, 
 At baking, roasting, frying, boiling ; The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 An' nought but his han'-daurk, .... lb. lo. 
 And my daddie has nought but a cot-house and yard : 
 
 S. There's auldRob\ 
 
 An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, . . Too, Mouse. 
 We heard nought but the roaring linn, S. What "will I do gin^ 
 Nourish. It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love f 
 
 Novel. O leave novels, ye Mauchline belles, O leave novels f 
 
 Novembep. 
 
 chill November's surly blast Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 November hirples o'er the lea, On Birth o/Posth. Child. 
 
 That frae November till October, 
 
 Ae market-day thou was nae sober ; . Tarn o' Shanter. $. 
 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. ^. 
 I married with a scolding wife 
 The fourteenth of November ; . S. The Joyful Widower, 
 Now. And humbly begs you'll mind the important— Now ! 
 
 Prologue, at Th.,D.. 
 
 Now's the day, and now's the hour, . 6". Scots, wha ha'e + 
 Let us th' important now employ, 
 
 And live as those who never die. . Sketch. New-Yt's Day. 
 Now an' then. 
 And ev'ry now an' then, he says, 
 * Hemp-seed I saw thee, .... Halloween. i8. 
 
 Nowt, Nowte [cattle]. 
 
 Observe the very nowt an' sheep, 
 
 How dowfF an' dowie now they creep ; El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Few men 0' sense will doubt your claims 
 
 To rank amang the Nowte. . . . The Calf. 
 
 For we're not to be bought or sold 
 Like naigs and nowt, and a' that. 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 Wee Davock bauds the nowt in fother. . . The Inventory. 
 To thrum guittars an' fecht wi' nowt ; . The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Number. And ranked plagues their numbers tell. 
 
 In dreadfu' raw, Add. to Toothache. 
 I sing his name and nobler fame, 
 Wha multiplies our number. . . Natures Law. 
 
 Number, to. Let prudence number o'ex each sturdy son, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, S' 
 Only to number out a villain's years ! . To R. Graham. 
 Numbered. 
 Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 
 Had number'd out my weary days, . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 
 The drowsy Dungeon-clock had number'd two, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 when ye're number'd wi' the dead, . . . The Calf. 
 
 This Hal for genius, wit, and lore, 
 
 Among the first was number'd ; . The Dean ofFac. . 
 
 When the lingering moments are number'd wi' care ? 
 
 S. The small birds i 
 Numbering. 
 
 Numbering ev'ry bud which nature 
 Waters wi' the tears of joy. . . S. Sleep' st thou,i 
 
 Numbers. 
 Could artful numbers move thee, S. Could aught ofsong\ 
 My wailing numbers, . . . EL on Capt. M. H.,3. 
 In sacred strains and tuneful numbers join'd. 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Numerous, -'rous. 
 0' a' the num'rous human dools, . . Add. to Toothache. 
 Of all the numerous ills that hurt our peace. 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. 
 Nuptial. 
 
 Are frae their nuptial labors risen : . A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 Nurse. That nurse in their bosom the youth o' the Clyde, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Nursing. 
 
 Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. . Tdm d Shanter. 
 Nursling. 
 I, wi' my sweet nurslings here, , S. O Logan! sweetly^ 
 
 Nurst. Forby sax mae, I've sell'c awa, 
 
 That thou hast nurst ; A Guid New-yedr t /j*- 
 
 nurst in the Peasant's lowly shed, . . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Nut-brown. 
 
 Her nut-brown hair, beyond compare, S. As I gaednp by \ 
 Nymph. 
 
 Hail Poesie! thou Nymph reserved ! Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 0, In rueful apprehension enter'd O, . . The Vowels. 
 Oak. 
 
 And stately oaks their twisted arms. 
 Threw broad and dark across the pool : As on the banks t 
 
 As soon the rooted oaks would fly 
 
 Before th' approaching fellers. The Election Ballads. VI, 
 
 Let Britain boast her hardy oak, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Oar. Suspend their dashing oars to hear On Lincluden. 
 
 Oath. And they hae sworn a solemn oath \xe\ John Barleycorn. 
 
 By your dear self ! — the last great oath I swear, To Clarinda. 
 
 Obedience. If 'tis still the lordly word, 
 
 Service and obedience ; S. Husband, husband^ 
 To give obedience due : . . . . Nature's Law. 
 
 Obedient. Meanwhile I am, respected Sir, 
 
 Your most obedient. Ep. to J. R. 
 Obey. Yet sure those ills that wring my soul 
 
 Obey Thy high behest. A Prayer under Anguish. 
 " One of two must still obey, . S. Husband, husband\ 
 
 The youngkers a' are warned to obey ; 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 6. 
 Object. 
 
 Sweet early object of my youthful vows, Once fondly lov'd\ 
 Objection. An' ifyemak' objections at it, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Oblige. Oblige them, patronize their tinsel lays. 
 They persecute you all your future days ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 Which will oblige your humble debtor, 
 
 lS". Ken ye ought d Capt. G. t 
 
 Obliging. Obliging Vulcan fell to work, . To J. Taylor. 
 Oblivion. And to dark Oblivion join thee ! S. Raving winds t 
 0* boot [to boot] V. Boot. 
 Obscure. Thick mists, obscure, involved me round ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 all obscure, unknown, and poor, S. My father was a farmer t 
 For though I be poor, unnoticed, obscure. 
 My stomach's as proud as them a', man. 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 For a' that, and a' that, 
 
 Our toils obscure, and a' that, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Till curst with Age, obscure an* starvin. To J. S., ig. 
 
 Observation. 
 
 On this ane's dress, an' that ane's leuk, 
 
 They're makin observations ; . . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 Guid observation they will gie them; To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Observe. 
 Observe wha's standing wi* him. . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Sae, ye observe that a' this clatter 
 
 Is naething but a 'moonshine matter ; To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Observ'd. 
 Observ'd ye yon reverend lad 
 
 Mak faces to tickle the Mob ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Oft has thy silent-marking glance Observ'd us. The Lament. 
 Observin. 
 
 Poor wights ! nae rules nor roads observin ; , ToJ.S., ig. 
 Occasion. 
 
 Discount what scant occasion gave, Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 Occupation. O how shall I, unskilfu', try 
 
 The Poet's occupation ? S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 I've trayell'd round all Christian ground 
 
 In this my occupation; The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 
 Ocean. The ev'ning gilds the Ocean's swell ; S. Bonis Bell. 
 
 The billows on the ocean [type of woman] S. Deluded Swain t 
 
 A boundless ocean's roar ; 
 But boundless oceans, roaring wide, S. From thee, Eliza \ 
 Ocean's ebb, and ocean's flow ; . S. Let not woman t 
 
 Louis what reck I by thee, 
 
 Or Geordie on his ocean ? . . S. Louis what reck 1 1 
 Musing on the roaring ocean. 
 
 Which divides my love and me : S, Musing on the roaring^ 
 O'er life's rough ocean driven, . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 like ocean's roar When all his wintry billows pour 
 
 Against the Buchan BuUers. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 And Tweed rins to the ocean . , . S, The Union. 
 
Ocean 
 
 34!2 
 
 Oft 
 
 Tho' mountains rise, and deserts howl. 
 
 And oceans roar between ; . . . S. Thd cmelfaie t 
 On Life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! To a Mountaifir Daisy. 
 Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil 
 
 Besouth Magellan. . To W. Simjison, 
 
 Oeh ! And och ! that's nae r-g-n-r-t-n ! [v.A.2g] A Ded. to G.H. 
 But Och, mankind are unco weak, Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 But Och! it hardens a' within, . . . . Ib.6. 
 
 But Och ! that night, amang the shaws, Halloween. 24. 
 
 And och! o'er aft thy joes hae starv'd, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Och, ho! the day I Searching auld\ 
 
 But Och ! they catch'd him at the last, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 Ochils. Where, braving angry winter's storms, 
 
 The lofty Ochils rise, . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Oehiltree [parish in mid division of Ayrshire]. 
 
 Or frosts on hills of Ochiltree 
 
 Are hoary gray ; . . To W. Simpson. 13. 
 Ochon I [alas ! oh sorrow ! ]. 
 Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 Ochon, Ochon, Ochrie ! The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 
 Ochon, O, Donald Oh ! lb. 
 
 Oehtertyre [Mr. Ramsay's place, near Stirling], 
 
 By Oehtertyre grows the aik. . S. Blythe was she t 
 
 October. October twenty-third, A ne'er to be forgotten day. 
 
 On dining with Doer. 
 That frae November till October, 
 
 Ae market-day thou was nae sober ; . Tarn 0' Shanter.3. 
 Odd. They tald me 'twas an odd kind chiel 
 
 About Muirkirk. Ep. to J. L—k,, Ap. jst, 4. 
 I must needs say, comparisons are odd. The Brigs of Ayr. zo. 
 Odin. 
 
 Her grandsire, old Odin, triumphantly swore, S. Caledonia. 
 
 O'er, An' I'll kiss thee o'er again; S. An! Til kiss thee yet ^ 
 
 " Is o'er ayont the water : " . , . . S, Had I the wyte t 
 
 I'm o'er young to marry yet, . . . S. Tm o'er young ^ 
 
 I'm o'er young, my mammy says, lb. 
 
 And och ! o'er aft thy joes hae starv'd. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 He ca't the girrs out o'er us a' ; . S. The Cooper o' cuddy t 
 O'er-arehing. 
 Bewitchingly o'er arching 
 
 Twa laughing een o' bonie blue. . . .S. Sa^ flaxen t 
 O'er-arching, mouldy, gloom-inspiring coves, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 O'ercast. No envious cloud o'ercast his evening ray ; 
 
 Blest be M'Murdo t 
 Then night's gloomy shades, cloudy, dark, o'ercast my sky : 
 
 S. Sleep'st thoUj t 
 The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast, . . Winter. 
 
 O'ercome. 
 Like hafflins-wise o'ercomes him At times The Holy Fair* 77. 
 Partly wi' Love o'ercome sae sair. 
 An partly she was drunk : . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 O'erflow, Then fill up a bumper and make it o'erflow, 
 
 S. No Churchman am /f 
 Note that eye, 'tis rheum o'erflows, Ode to Mem. of Mrs. ^. 
 Wi' deepening deluges o'erflow the plains ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 The Youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night. 8. 
 O'erflOWing, Come, let us sweep_ them off, said they. 
 
 Like an o'erflowing river. New Psalmody, 
 O'er-gang [to over-go, to master]. 
 If ye gie a_ woman a' her will, 
 Gude faith she'll soon o'er-gang ye. 
 
 S, O ay my wife she dang. 
 O'erhang. where the beetling cliff o'erhangs the deep. 
 
 Add, sp. by Fontenelle. 
 The hazel bush o'erhangs the Thrush, S. Now westlin winds\ 
 Or where yon grot o'erhangs the tide, 
 
 S, Slow spreads the gloom t 
 O'erhangiug. 
 
 Ye rugged cliffs o'erhanging dreary glens. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 O'er hung. The foaming stream deep roaring fa's, 
 O'erhung wi' fragrant spreading shaws, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie^ will ye go t 
 O'erhung with wild woods thickening green, 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 O'erlabour'd. 
 
 See, yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight. 
 So abject, mean and vile, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 O'erlay [a cravat, or neckcloth]. 
 
 And I will dress his o'erlay ; . S. The Ploughman \ 
 
 O'erlook. 
 An sic a Lord— lang Scotch ells twa. 
 
 Our Peerage he o'erlooks them a', . On dining with Doer. 
 Propriety's cold, cautious rules 
 Warm fervour may o'erlook ; Rusticity's ungainly f 
 
 O'ermatching. 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine, 
 
 A rustic Bard. . T/ie Vision. D. II. 21. 
 
 O'erpay. Clarinda, rich reward! o'erpays them all! 
 
 In vain wid Prudence \ 
 O'erpower'd, Sometimes by foes I was o'erpower'd ; 
 
 i". My father was a farmers 
 When baiginets o'erpower'd the targe, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherror Moor. 
 O'er-Side, Heave Care o'er-side ! . . . To J. S., //. 
 O'erspread, 
 Let lofcy firs, and ashes cool. 
 My lowly banks o'erspread. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 O'erword [any word frequently repeated; the re- 
 frain of a song]. 
 But prudence is her o'erword ay, .S". O poortith cauld, t 
 
 And aye the o'erword o' the spring, 
 Was Irvine's bairns are bonie a'. . The night was still \ 
 Offence. The offence is loving thee : S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 Fain would I say, * Forgive my foul offence ! ' 
 «„ , WhyamIlotk\ 
 
 Offended. 
 
 Thee, dear maid, have I offended? S. Turn again, thou\ 
 Offer. But thought I might hae waur offers, [w.] 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 Tak me, Katie, at my offer, . S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Offer, to. 
 And if he offers to rebel, 
 
 Just heave him in [to hell], Adam A—s Prayer. 
 I'm tauld he offers very fairly, . . Auldcomrade\ 
 
 And offers, bliss to give and to receive. Prologue^ at Tk.yD., 
 Off'ring, To thee this votive oflfring I impart, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Office. I wear away My life, and in my office holy 
 
 Consume the day. . T^ Hermit. 
 Offspring. 
 Unmindful tho' a weeping wife. 
 
 And helpless offspring mourn. Man was made to Mourn. 
 But come, all ye offspring of folly so true. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 She, who her lovely Offspring eyes 
 With tender hopes and fears, . O Thou dread P<mW\ 
 Oft. oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea, S. Afton Water. 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains : El, on Capt. M. /f., //. 
 And oft a more endearing band, . . Ep. to Dame. lo, 
 tho' oft the prey of care and sorrow, Ep. to R. Graham, 3. 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; . . . , lb. 
 Death, oft I've fear'd thy fatal blow, S. Fate gave the word\ 
 Though oft I turned the wistful eye. Lament for Glencaim. 
 How silent that tongue which the echoes oft tired, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 He oft has wrought me meikle wae ; . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 Who for her favour oft had su'd, S. On a bank of flowers^ 
 Oft as by winding Nith I, musing, wait 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Low lies the hand that oft was stretch'd to save. 
 
 On Death qfSirJ. Blair. 
 Hate, envy, oft the Douglas bore ; 
 
 On the Duke of Queensberry. 
 
 as grateful nations oft have found . Prologue^ sp. by Woods, 
 
 how oft with panting fear, Z^- 
 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honotu'd land ! . lb. 
 Fate oft tears the bosom chords 
 
 That Nature finest strung : . . . Sad thy iak\ 
 
 Does she, with heart unchang'd as mine. 
 Oft in the vocal bowers recline? S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 19. 
 Oft have I met your social band, 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Oft, honor'd with supreme command, . . . lb. 
 
Oft 
 
 343 
 
 Only 
 
 Oft has thy silent-marking glance Ohserv'd us, 
 
 Tke Lament, g. 
 Oft have our fearless fathers strode 
 
 By Wallace' side, . To W. Simpson, ii. 
 
 Who sin so oft have mourn'd, yet to temptation ran ? 
 
 Why ami htk\ 
 Oft-attested. The oft-attested Powers above ; The Lamen.t.3. 
 
 Often. I'll oflen greet this surging swell ; 
 
 Yon distant isle will often hail ; S. Behold the hour\ 
 Often hast thou vowM that death 
 
 Only should us sever ; . , S. Thou hast left me \ 
 
 Oil. And gie their hides a nohle curry, 
 
 Wi' oil of aik. . Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 We'll light a spunk, and, ev'ry skin, 
 We'll rin them aff in fusion, Like oil, some day. 
 
 The Ordination. 14. 
 Craigdarroch began with a tongue smooth as oil, 
 
 The Whistle. 7. 
 Oil'd, But oil'd by thee, 
 
 The wheels o* life gae down-hill scrievin, 
 
 Wi' rattlin glee. Scotch Drink. S. 
 
 Old. Old Scotia's bloody lion bore : Add. to Edifdiurgh. 7. 
 
 old time then was young, . , S. Caledonia. 
 
 Her grandsire, old Odin, lb. 
 
 So whip ! at the summons, old Satan came flying ; 
 
 Epig. on Copt Grose. 
 The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout, the same ; 
 
 Exietn. on W. Smellie. 
 That, like th' old Hebrew walking switch, eats up Its neigh- 
 bours : . . . . Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Old winter with his frosty beard, 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 And may his great posterity 
 
 Ne'er fall in old Scotland ! . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Never perhaps to greet old Scotland more. 
 
 Lns on Back 0/ Bank- Note. 
 The greybeard, old wisdom, may boast of his treasures, 
 
 Lns on Windows^ Gl. Tav,. 
 I found that old Solomon proved it fair, 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 But the pursy old landlord just waddl'd upstairs, . lb. 
 
 And faith I agree with th' old prig to a hair ; . . lb. 
 But mete his cunning by the old Scots ell ; . Sketch. 
 
 To you old Bald-pate smooths his wrinkled brow. 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D. 
 old Mansfield, who writes like the Bible, Reproof hy Himself. 
 I see the old, bald-pated fellow. Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 
 old Scotia's melting airs, . . . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 Dire was the hate at old Harlaw, . . The Dean ofFac. 
 Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, . . The Farewell. 
 Farewell, old Coila's hills and dales, S. The gloomy night \ 
 Old Scotia's darling hope, Your little angel band 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But the godly old Chaplain left him in the lurch ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. If. 
 Till I met my old boy in a Cunningham fair ; . .lb. 
 What aspects old time in his progress has worn ; 
 
 S. The lazy Tnistj 
 Ye sons of old Killie, assembled by Willie, 
 
 S. The soTts of old Killie. 
 Your thrifty old mother has scarce such another, . . lb. 
 Old Loda, still rueing the arm of Fingal, . The Whistle. 
 Old poets have sung, and old chronicles tell, . . lb. 
 
 And trusty Glenriddel, so skilled in old coins ; 
 And gallant Sir Robert, deep-read in old wines. lb. 
 
 In the bands of old friendship and kindred so set, . lb. 
 
 Older. 
 
 You're one year older this important day, Prologue, at Th,^ D., 
 Olfaet'py. 
 
 No nerves olfact'ry. Mammon's trusty cur, To R. G. ofF.,3, 
 Olio. Or olio that wad staw a sow, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Oliphant. But Oliphant aft made her [Common-sense] yell. 
 
 The Ordination. 2. 
 Olive. 
 
 Peace, thy olive wand extend, S. How can my poor heart t 
 Omen. Like some portentous omen ; On dining with Daer. 
 Omnipotent. 
 In other worlds can Mammon fail. 
 Omnipotent as he is here ? . Ode, to Mem, of Mrs. — . 
 
 Omnipotence. 
 
 Dread Omnipotence, alone, 
 
 Can heal the wound He gave ; . . , Sad thy tale, + 
 Vain ev'n the omnipotence of Female charms, Scots Prologue. 
 In all th' omnipotence of rule and power. To R. G. ofF.. 
 
 O, aid me with Thy help, Omnipotence Divine I 
 
 WhyamIloth\ 
 Omniscient. Beneath th' Omniscient Eye above, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L. 
 On. O Kenmure's on and awa, Willie ! 
 
 S. O JCenmure's on and awa t 
 
 Caledonian, on wi' me S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 
 Once. Know thy form was once a treasure. Blue Bonnets. 
 Baith their disease, and what will mend it, 
 
 At once he tells't. Death and Dr. Homhook. ig. 
 The pie-bald jacket let me patch once more ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 At once 'tis music, — and 'tis love ! . , S. Here is the glen t 
 Now Jove for once be mighty civil, 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. — 'j Birth-day. 
 
 And winter once rejoic'd in glory lb. 
 
 How cold is that bosom which folly once fired, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 What once was a butterfly gay in life's beam : . .lb. 
 Once fondly lov'd, and still remember'd dear, 
 
 Once fondly lov'd t 
 Stuart, a name once respected, . Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 I once was by Fortune carest, 
 
 I once could relieve the distrest ; . S, The sun he is sunk f 
 And would to Common-sense for once betray'd them, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 I once was a maid tho' I cannot tell when ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. II. 
 One. True it is, she had one failing, 
 
 Had ae woman ever less ? Lns under Pict. of Miss B. 
 One fond kiss, and then we sever ; 
 
 One farewell, alas, for ever ! . . . . One fond kiss t 
 Sires, mothers, children, in one carnage lie : The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Auld Ayr is just one lengthen'd, tumbling sea ; . .lb. 7. 
 One cordial in this melancholy Vale, 
 
 The Coney's Sat. Night, g. 
 One and all cry out, amen ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 One-and-twenty. 
 
 We lived full one-and-twenty years 
 A man and wife together ; . . S. The Joyjul Widower. 
 One more. 
 
 I'm better pleas'd to make one more. 
 Than be the death of twenty. Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 One, two, three. 
 
 Wi' hand on hainch, and upward e'e, 
 He croon'd his gamut, one, two, three. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R.V. 
 Onie V. Ony. 
 Onions. 
 See, how she peels the skin an' fell, 
 As ane were peelin onions ! . . . The Ordination. 12. 
 Onlie. They'll step in and tak a pint 
 
 Wi' Lady Onlie, honest lucky. \re.'\ 
 
 S. A' the lads d Thomie-hnk t 
 Only. And fare thee weel, my only Luve ! S. A red, redRose. 
 His only son for Hornbook sets. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 A title, and the only one I claim, , Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Who riches only prize, . . . . S. How cruel are t 
 And thou, my last, best, only friend, Lament for Glencaim. 
 Want only of wisdom denied her respect, 
 Want only of goodness denied her esteem. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 I only live to love thee. . . S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 Come to my bosom, my ain only deary, S. Wandering Willie. 
 Only known to wandering swains, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 My chief, amaist my only pleasure. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Me, mem'ry of my loss will only meet. [v. A. to] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 Why urge the only, one request. 
 
 You know I will deny! , S. Talk not of Love \ 
 
 Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, . Tarn d Shanter. 
 
 Fit only for a doited Monkish race, . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 For Johnie is my only jo, ... S. The cardin dt. 
 The soupe their only Hawkie does afford, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 He only hears and sees the war, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
Onward 
 
 344 
 
 Orb 
 
 Onward. 
 
 Still pressing onward, red-wat-shod, To JV. Simpson, ii. 
 
 With careless step I onward stray'd, S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Ony, Onie [any]. 
 And ony De'il that thinks to get you, 
 
 Good Lord deceive him. . . A Farewell. 
 Paddy B-rke, like ony Turk, . . A Fragment, j*. 
 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie A Guid New-Year \ 
 like ony wabster's shuttle, . . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 meek. As ony lamb upon the lee ! . . S, Blythe was she f 
 ony whiggish whingin sot, . El. on Capt, M. H., Epit, 
 But still keep something to yoursel 
 
 Ye scarcely tell to ony. . Ep. to Young Friend. S- 
 
 Frae ony unregenerate Heathen, 
 
 Like you or I. . . Ep. to Jl i?., 4. 
 
 For saul he ne'er had ony. . Epit. on Wee Joknie. 
 
 Gars ony dress look weel. . . . ^S". Handsome Nell. 
 And no for ony guid or ill . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 Like ony common weed and vile. . S. I do confess t 
 
 Gi'e me love at ony price ; . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 Gin ye crowdie ony mair, 
 
 Ye'll crowdie a' my meal away. S. O that I had ne'er t 
 
 Wha follows ony saucy quean . . . S. O Tibbie t \ 
 For us and for our Stage, should ony spier, Scots Prologue. 
 While by their nose the tears will revel, 
 
 Like ony bead ; . , Tarn. Samson's El.. 
 Than ony ermine ever lap, . The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Does ony great man glunch an' gloom ? 
 
 The. A utho-^s Cry and Prayer. 
 That year I was the waest man 
 
 O' ony man alive. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 An' sour as ony slaes : . . . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 As light as ony Iambic, ... lb. 
 
 Or ony stronger potion, . . ... lb, jg. 
 
 As saft as ony flesh is. . . . lb. 27. 
 
 As fast as ony in the dwalling. . . The Inventory. 
 
 To join faith and sense upon ony pretence, 
 
 Is heretic, damnable error. . . . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Gif ye hae ony luve for me, S. The lass that made the bed. 
 I'se ay be there, And be as canty's ony. S. The tither mom t 
 eats a dinner. Better than ony Tenant-man The Twa Dogs. g. 
 An' cheat like ony unhang'd blackguard. . lb. 33. 
 
 The carlin gaed thro' them like ony mad bear, 
 
 iS". There liv'd ance a carle t 
 An' took my jocteleg an' whatt it, 
 
 Like ony dark. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 I hae na ony fear To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Wi' you I'll canter ony gate, . . To Mr. Renton. 
 
 Syne pale like ony lily, , . . S. When wild Way's t 
 Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony bodie ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Be to the Poor like onie whunstane, A Ded. to G. H.^ 8. 
 
 They're better just than want ay On onie day. A Dream. 14. 
 out owre a stank, Like onie bird. A Guid New-Year^ 
 
 I daur you try sic sportin, 
 As seek the foul Thief onie place, . . Halloween. 14. 
 
 But he was gleg as onie wumble, On Scot. Bardgne to W. X, 
 I lo'e him best of onie yet. . . . S. The cardin oV. 
 Wi' onie blastet, moorlan toop ; . The Death ofMailie. 
 And see an onie bonie lad will fancy me. 
 
 ^. There grows a bonie i 
 Trenching your gushing entrails bright 
 
 Like onie ditch ; . . . To a Haggis. 
 
 As plump an' gray as onie grozet ; . . . To a Louse. 
 
 Not dreadin' onie body, . . S. When ^rst I came \ 
 
 Ony where, Wi' you I'll scarce gang ony where To J. S.j 2g, 
 
 Ope. Lord Gregory ope thy door. . . S, O mirk, mirk \ 
 
 Open. 
 
 With open arms the Stranger hail ; Add. to Edinbttrgh. 3. 
 
 As open pussie's mortal foes, . . Tarn o^ Shanter. 
 
 The honest, open, naked truth : 
 
 The Auihot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Wha sees Kerroughtree's open yett ? The Election Ballads. II, 
 I made an open fair confession, . . Wfiat ails ye now \ 
 Open, to. Oh, open the door, some pity to shew, 
 
 Oh, open the door to me, Oh ; *S. Oh, open the door\ 
 [Smith] opens out his cauld harangues, The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Till fam'd Breadalbaine opens on my view. 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Opened. 
 
 Collected Harry stood awee, 
 
 Then open'd out his arm, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
 She has open'd the door, she has open'd it wide, 
 
 S. Ok, open the door\ 
 Na^, Bobby's mouth may be open'd yet 
 Till for eloquence you hail him, . . The Dean of Fete.. 
 Openingr* "'nlngr- 
 The op'ning gowan, wat wi' dew, . S. Behind yon hills j 
 Fair the tints of op'ning rose ; , . . Delia, an Ode. 
 Lovely as yonder sweet opening flower is, 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 ' Sips nectar in the op'ning flower, . . S. O Phely t 
 
 Just opening on its thorny stem : 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks \ Sett. II. 
 Sweet to the opening day, 
 
 Rosebuds bent the dewy spray ; . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 I thank thee, author of this opening day ! 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 
 No heels to bear him from the opening dun ; To R. G.ofF.,3. 
 
 While bees delight in opening flowers ; S. Where Cart rinsi 
 
 Openly. Wha fain would openly rebel, The Twa Herds. 14. 
 
 Opera. At Operas an' Plays parading, The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 Opera-girl. 
 
 The news o* princes, dukes and earls. 
 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds, and opera girls ; Kind Sir, Tveread^ 
 Opinion. We auld wives' minions gie our opinions. 
 
 Solicited or no ; . . . . Symon Gray f 
 But there's Morality himael. 
 
 Embracing all opinions ; . The Ordination. 12. 
 
 If ye should doubt the truth o' this 
 
 It's Bessy's ain opinion ! . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 An* justifles that ill opinion, 
 
 Which makes thee startle, . To a Mouse. 
 Oppose. To oppose great Nature's plan ? S. Let not woman\ 
 In vain the laws their feeble force oppose ; . To Clarinda. 
 Opposed. 
 
 To these what Tory hosts oppos'd The Election Ballads. VL 
 Oppress. Alas ! how aft in haughty mood, 
 
 God's creatures they oppress ! Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Oppressed, -'d, Opprest. 
 Oppress'd with grief, oppress'd with care, 
 
 Despondency, an Ode. 
 And much-oppressed and bruised she was ; 
 
 As priest-nd cattle are, . . El. on Peg Nickokoti. 
 
 Wi' care nor thrall opprest. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 The poor, oppressed, honest man Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 With love and sleep oppress'd. S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 Oppression, See stem oppression's iron grip, 
 
 A Winter Night 
 
 Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars ; 
 
 .S". By yon castle wd t 
 See from his cavern grim Oppression rise, 
 And throw on poverty his cruel eyes; On Death of R. Dundas. 
 By oppression's woes and pains, , . S. Scots, wha Itde f 
 I saw they were resolved a' 
 
 On my oppression. . What ails ye wm\ 
 
 Oppressor. 
 I've seen th' oppressor's cruel smile, Lns on Back of Bank Note. 
 With tears indignant I behold th' oppressor 
 Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction, Tragic Frag.. 
 
 Or [before, ere]. 
 
 But or the day was done, . . . . A Dream. !$■ 
 wad na sleep For that, or Simmer. A Guid New-Year \ 13. 
 He will win a shilling. Or he spend a groat. 
 
 S. Hey, the dusty miller^ 
 But lang or noon, loud tempests storming S. Idreat^dllay\ 
 Or they rehearse, in equal verse, 
 
 The charms o' lovely Davies. . . S. Lovely Davits. 
 
 Ye'se a' be bet or I come back. . On Kirk o/Lamington. 
 
 O would, or I had seen the day . . . S. The Union. 
 
 Ye'll see't or lang, . The Author's Cry and Prayer. iS- 
 
 And or I wad anither jad, , 
 
 I'll wallop in a tow. . . .S*. The weary pnnd. 
 
 Orange. sweet grows the lime and the orange, To Mary. 
 
 Orator. Thou first of our orators, first of our wits ; 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 And orator Bob is its [the church's] ruin. The Kirk's Alann. 
 
 Orb. For through your orbs he's taen his flight, 
 
 El.onCapi.M.H„ii. 
 
Orb 
 
 345 
 
 OuFsel 
 
 Thou pale Orb, that silent shines, . . The Lament. 
 Thou orb of day ! thou other paler light ! To R. Graham. 
 Orcades. 
 From Tweed to the Orcades was her domain, *?. Caledonia. 
 
 Ordained. And laws for Scotland's weel ordained ; 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 But if its ordain'd I maun talc' him, 
 O wha will I get but Tam Glen ? , , S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Order. 
 
 The fear o' Hell's a hangman's whip, 
 
 To baud the wretch in order ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 In order, on the clean hearth-stane, . Halloween, zy. 
 
 All mounted in good order, . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 In decency and order, O ; . S. My father was a/armer\ 
 With order, symmetry, or taste unblest ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 A fairy train appear'd in order bright : . . . lb. ii. 
 Till Order bright, completely shine. 
 
 The Fare-well. To St. J.'s L.. 
 
 And set them a' in order . . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 
 And knapsack a' in order ; . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 ' Whose sovereign statute is order ; S. The Sons of old Killie, 
 
 ' To lower Orders are assign'd, 
 
 * The humbler ranks of Human-kind, The Vision. D. II. y. 
 Then please sir, to lea'« sir, 
 The orders wi' your lady. . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 OFdered. The ordered system fair before her stood, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Ore. 
 
 In richest ore the brightest jewel set ! El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Orient. Fair the face of orient day, . Delia. An Ode. 
 O spare the dear blossom, ye orient breezes, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 Thou whose bright sun now gilds yon orient skies ! 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Streams that glide in orient plains, S. Streams that glide t 
 Ornament. Each Gothic ornament display. On Lincluden. 
 But still the Patriot, and the Patriot-Bard, 
 In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard ! 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 21. 
 Orphan. 
 The widow's tears, the orphan's cry I S. O Logan! sweetly*^ 
 The helpless poor mix with the orphan's cry ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Orra [superfluous, odd], j 
 
 To drink their orra dudies : . , The Jolly Beggars. R.I. 
 Orthodox. 
 Orthodox, orthodox, wha believe in John Knox, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Well fed on pastures orthodox. 
 Orthodoxy. 
 Or Hunters wild on Ponotaxi, 
 Wha never heard of Orth-d-xy. 
 Auld Orthodoxy lang did grapple, 
 An' Orthodoxy raibles, . 
 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes 
 She's swingein thro' the city ! 
 Then orthodoxy yet may prance, 
 Osnaburgr. 
 
 For you, right rev'rend O , 
 
 Nane sets the lawn-sleeve sweeter, 
 
 O't [of it]. 
 For prayin I hae little skill o't ; 
 
 I'm baith dead-sweer, an' wretched ill o't ; A Ded. to G. H. , 13. 
 Wha gae the whigs the power o't ! S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 Fient haet o't . . . . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 77. 
 Tho' dinna ye be speakin o't ; ... lb. 30. 
 
 Ha, ha the girdin o't ; , . , . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Ha, ha, the wooing o't ; , . S. Duncan Gray cam' t 
 
 The last o't, the warst o't, 
 
 Is only but to beg Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 But whistle o'er the lave o't. \re.'\ . S. First when Maggy t 
 
 For deil a bite o't's rotten For W. Nicol, 
 
 Then fareweel folly, hide and hair o't [r^.] 
 
 Friend of the poet t 
 A pint o' the best o't, . . S.Gudeentoyou Kimmer^ 
 An' he made unco light o't ; . . . . Halloween. 16. 
 I'll be wed come o't what will, . ^S". In simmer whenf 
 Come draw a drap o' the best o't yet, [re.] 
 
 S. My love she's but t 
 2 X 
 
 The Twa Herds. 
 
 . A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 . The Holy Fair. 17. 
 
 The Ordination. 10. 
 The Twa Herds. 16. 
 
 . A Dream. 12. 
 
 The warld's wrack, we share o't, 
 
 The warstle and the care o't ; . . S. My wife's a winsome. 
 Its pride, and a' the lave o't ; . . S. Opoortith cauld\ 
 The rantin dog, the daddie o't. {re."] 
 
 S. O wha my babie-clouts^ 
 Fine architecture, trowth, I needs must say't o't! 
 The L— d be thankit that we've tint the gate o't ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The cardin o't, the spinmn o't. 
 
 The warpin o't, the winnin o't ; . . S. The cardin o't. 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. [re."] The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 The view o't gies them little fright. . The Twa Dogs. 15. 
 I'd gie you sic a hearty dose o't, . . . To a Louse. 
 I'm weary sick o't late and air ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Ye're welcome for the sake o't. * S. When wild War's t 
 Othello, start in Hamlet, in Othello roar ; Ep.fr. Esoptts. 
 Other. 
 Possessing the one shall imply you've the other. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 And each for other's weelfare kindly spiers : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. J- 
 This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 But what could ye other expect 
 Of ane that's avowedly daft ? . . . U.S. III. 
 
 Others. To feel the follies, or the crimes, 
 
 Of others, or my own ! . Despondency, an Ode. J. 
 Or must no tinj^ sin to others fall, 
 
 Because thy guilt's supreme enough for all ? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Who hold your being on the terms, 
 
 ' Each aid the others,' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, si. 
 Of guilt, perhaps where we've involved others ; 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Like ^sop's Lion, Bums says, sore I feel 
 All others scorn — but damn that ass's heel. 
 
 Reply to a Reproof 
 Let others love the city, .... S. Sae flaxen t 
 Thee, Spring, again with joy shall others greet, [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 Otherwhere. There's wit there, ye'U get there, 
 
 Ye'U find nae other where. Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 Otway. 
 
 O! for a Shakespeare or an Otway scene, Scots Prologue. 
 
 Ought [aught, anything]. 
 
 Nor asks if they bring ought to hope or fear. 
 
 Sonnet, on Author's Birthday. 
 Ought he can lend he'll not refus't, A Ded. to G. H. , 5. 
 
 If ought of thee, or of thy mammy, 
 
 Shall ever danton me, or awe me, . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 I've scarce heard ought describ'd sae weel, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 4. 
 Ere ought thy manly courage shake ; .S*. Highland Laddie. 
 Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose? Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. t 
 while ought's there. Then, hiltie, skiltie, we gae scrivin', 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Enough of ought ye like but grace ; . . The Inventory. 
 Ought less is little, .... There's naethin like t 
 But to his utmost would befriend 
 
 Ought that belang'd ye. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Ought. 
 Then catch the moments as they fiy. 
 
 And use them as ye ought, man : A Bottle and Friend. 
 those paths Of life I ought to shun ; 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 I rule them as I ought, discreetly, . . TJie Inventory, 
 
 Oughtlins [anything in the least]. 
 
 The hizzies, if they're oughtlins faussont, Add. of Beelzebub, 
 
 Or if he was grown oughtlins douser. Kind Sir, I've read t 
 
 Ourie [shivering]. 
 
 I thought me on the ourie cattle, . . A Winter Night 
 Oursel, -sels, -sell [ourselves]. 
 
 That e'er he [the Deil] nearer comes oursel 
 
 'S a muckle pity. Death and Dr. Hornbook. *?. 
 Be Britain still to Britain true, 
 
 Amang oursels united : . S. Does haughty Gaul, \ 
 
 They [Misfortunes] let us ken oursel ; . Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 And here's to them, that, like oursel. 
 
 Can push about the jorum ; . S.O May thy mom t 
 But we'll hae ane frae 'mang oursels. 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 An' sun Owrs?Us ^bout the dyke ; The Jolly Beggars. S. V, 
 
Oupsel 
 
 346 
 
 Owre 
 
 Forby tum-coats amang oursel, . The Twa Herds. 14. 
 O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us 
 
 To see oursels as others see us ! . . . To a Louse. 
 Ourselves. 
 More pointed still we make ourselves, 
 Regret, Remorse and Shame I Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 Out and in. 
 
 Duncan sigh'd, baith out and in, . S, Duncan Gray t 
 
 He smelVd their ilka hole and road, 
 
 Baith cut and in, . . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 Out-east [a quarrel]. 
 
 Ha'e had a bitter black out-cast 
 
 Atween themsel. . . The Twa Herds. 2. 
 Outdo. It is not, outdo him, the task is, out-thieve him. 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 0utgush*d. They rush'd and push'd, and blude outgush'd, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Out- Irish. 
 
 And even out-Irish his Hibernian bronze ; Ej>. fr. Eso^us 
 Outlandish. 
 A race outlandish fills their throne ; On Windma at Stirling. 
 Why is outlandish stuff sae meikle courted ? Scots Prologue. 
 A tight outlandish Hizzie, braw, - . The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 Outler [outlier, unhoused, lying in the fields at 
 night]. 
 The Deil or else an outler Quey, 
 Gat up an' gae a croon : ... Halloween. 26.- 
 
 Outlet. 
 
 Or thro' the mining outlet bocked, . A Winter Night. 
 Outlive. Ah why should I such scenes outlive ! 
 
 Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 
 Outlustred. Her plumage outlustred the pride o' the spring, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 
 Out o'er. 
 
 The conscious sun, out o'er yon hill, S. As I gaed up 5y\ 
 
 And flang them a' out o'er the burn. ^S". Duncan Davison. 
 
 And spreads her sheets o' daisies white 
 
 Out o'er the grassy lea : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Out o'er yon moor, out o'er yon moss, 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting^ 
 
 He ca't the girrs out o'er us a' ; S. The Cooper o" cuddy t 
 
 Out owre [out over]. 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie 
 
 Out owre the lay. . . A Guid New-year t 
 An' could hae flown out owre a stank, . . . Ih. 3. 
 
 Than let them ance out owre the water ; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 The rising Moon began to glowr 
 The distant Cumnock hills out-owre ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther, . Zb. 0. 
 
 ' I wad na mind it, no that spittle 
 
 * Out-owre my beard ! . . lb. 10. 
 
 Rattlin the corn out-owre the rigs, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 2. 
 Wi' stocks out owre their shouther : . Halloween. 5. 
 
 An' jump out owre the chimlie Fu' high . . .lb. 7. 
 An' tumbl'd wi' a wintle Out owre ... lb. ig. 
 
 Out owre the lugs she plumpet, .... lb. 26. 
 Out owre a glass o' Whisky-punch , Scotch Drink. 17. 
 Nae mair thou'lt rowte out-owre the dale, 
 
 The Ordination. 6. 
 Out-rival'd. 
 Out-rival'd by the radiant eyes 
 Of youthful, charming Chloe. S. It was the charming^ 
 Outshine. Veneering oft outshines the solid wood : Sketch. 
 Her eyes outshine the radiant beams 
 That gild the passing shower, . 
 Outshining. Has lustre outshining the diamond to me ; 
 
 S, Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 
 Outshone. 
 
 His rays were outshone, and but marked where she lay. 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 
 Outspak [spoke out]. 
 
 Then niest outspak a raucle Carlin, The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 Out-spreading, yon moors, Out-spreading far and wide, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 3. 
 Outstretching. 
 Th' outstretching lake, imbosomed 'mong the hills, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Out-thieve, It is not, outdo him, the task is, out-thieve him. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 S. On a bank of flowers \ 
 
 . Young Peggy ^ 
 
 Overhang. The Sun that overhangs yon moors, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 Overthrow. Thou, Pitt, shalt rue this overthrow, 
 
 The Election Ballads VI. 
 
 Overtook. 
 
 He overtook her in the wood. 
 Overwhelming. 
 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last 
 
 In overwhelming ruin. . . S. Farewell, thou stream f 
 As with a flood Thou tak'st them off 
 With overwhelming sweep. . . The ist 6 V.s ofgotk Ps. 
 Owe. Tho' the love that I owe to thee I darena show, 
 
 S. My Sandy gied\ 
 Beyond comparison the worst [ills] are those 
 That to our folly, or our guilt we owe. . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Chose one who should owe it all, d'ye see 
 
 To their gratis grace and goodness. . The Dean ofFac., 
 For sense they little owe to frugal Heav'n 
 
 The Ordination. Moti.. 
 Owl. Or [their soul] in some day-detesting owl 
 
 May shun the light. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st, 77. 
 Own. And damn a' Parties but your own ; A Ded. to G. H., g. 
 To feel the follies, or the crimes. 
 
 Of others, or my own ! . . . Despondency, an Ode. j. 
 Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan. 
 Yet frequent all unheeded in his own. Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Thy own reproach alone dost fear, . . . Poet. Inscrip. 
 Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets, . Sketch. 
 * All hail ! my own inspired Bard ! . The Vision. D. II., e. 
 That name, that well-worn name, and all his own. 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Those that sip the dew alone, 
 
 Make the butterflies thy own ; Wr. in Hermitage at F. C, 
 Own, to. The pow'rs you proudly own ? A Winter Night. 8. 
 * ' Can you — ^but Miss, I own I have my fears, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 I see the Sire of Love on high, _ 
 
 And own his work indeed divine ! Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 And do I hear my Jeanie own. 
 
 That equal transports move her ? S. Come, let me take thu\ 
 The wretch that would a Tyrant own, S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Tho' I maun own, as monie still. 
 
 As far abuse me. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist, 16. 
 We own they're prudent, but who feels they're good ? 
 
 Ep. ioR. Graham. S. 
 He hugs his chain, and owns the reign . S. Lovely Dames. 
 Who but owns their magic sway, . S. My Mar^sface \ 
 
 wha will own he did the faut 1 S. O wha nty babie-cloutsj 
 With grateful pride we own your many favors : 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Whom auld Demosthenes or TuUy 
 
 Might own for brithers. The Author's Cry and Pntyer. 
 
 1 own 'twas rash, an' rather hardy. To Rev. J. M*Matk. 
 Yet deviating own I must. 
 
 For so approving me. . . Wr. on Leaf of '■'H. More." 
 Own*d. Where first I own'd that virgin love 
 
 I lang, lang had denied. . S, O mirk, mirk f 
 "Where first I own'd niy maiden love, . . S.O Phtly, t 
 I own'd the tale was true he tell'd me, WhM ails ye turn \ 
 Owning, owning heaven's mysterious sway, Fre^. of Ode. 
 Owre [too]. 
 Owre fast for thought, owre hot for rule, 
 Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool, . A Bards Epit. 
 
 Your Hand's owre light on them, I fear; 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 An' no owre auld, I hope, to learn! - EL on Yeari'jSS. 
 
 Lest he owre high and proud shou'd turn, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 whyles, but ay owre late, . . Second Ep. to Dime. 
 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell, . . The Holy Fain 23. 
 Still it's owre true that ye hae said, 
 
 Sic game is now owre alten play'd ; The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 
 We've been owre lang unkenn'd to ither : 
 
 To W. Simpson. /;. 
 
 And winna say owre far for thrice, . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 Owre [over ; v. also, Out owre]. 
 
 wad rair't an' risket, An' slypet owre. A Guid New-Year^ 
 
 To watch and premier owre the pack vile I , „ , , , 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 2. 
 
 renew their leagues, Owre howcket dead. Add. to the Deil. 9. 
 
Owre 
 
 347 
 
 Pain 
 
 ih. R. VIII. 
 
 And owre the moorlands whistles shill, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 An' owre the hill to Nanie, O. . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 And hing us owre the ingle, .... Ep. to Davie. 
 As Phcebus and the famous Nine 
 
 Were glowran owre my pen lb, ii. 
 
 Sin I could striddle owre a rig ; Ep. to J. L—kt Ap. 2Zst, g. 
 The Game shall Pay, owre moor an' dail, Ep. to J. i?., zo. 
 Or torrents owre a linn, man ; Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze, . Halloween. 
 
 He bleez'd owre her, an' she owre him, . . . . 16. 8. 
 An' owre the threshold ventures ; . , lb. 22. 
 
 An' owre the hill gaed scrievin, .... lb, 24. 
 Whyles owre a linn the burnie plays, ... lb. 23. 
 But owre my left shouther I ga'e him a blink, 
 
 S. Last May a braiv wooer \ 
 Our billie's gien us a' a jink. 
 
 An' owre the Sea. [w.] . On Scot. Bardgne to WJ. 
 Whiles owre a bush wi' downward crush, On W. Chalmers. 
 Comes bleating till him, owre the knowe, Poor Mailie's EL, 
 Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink. 
 
 In glorious faem, . . Scotch Drink. 2. 
 Owre mony a weary hag he limpit, . Tain Satnson's El. 
 
 ' L — d, five ! ' he cry'd, an' owre did stagger ; , . lb. 
 Paint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle ; 
 
 The AutJio'^s Cry and Prayer. 
 The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Ance ye were streekit owre frae bank to bank ! . .lb. 
 Meet owre a pint, or in the Council-house ; . lb. 
 
 Men wha grew wise'priggin owre hops an' raisins, . lb. 
 An' owre she warsl'd in the ditch : . The Death o/Mailie. 
 Then brandy Jean spak owre her drink. 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Are springan owre the gutters. . . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. ire.l The Jolly Beggars, S. V. 
 Then owre again the jovial thrang 
 
 The Poet did request 
 
 I kiss'd her owre and owre again, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Mak haste an' turn king David owre, . The Ordination, 3. 
 I kiss'd her owre and owre again, . S, The Rigs o' Barley. 
 Hung owre his hurdles wi' a swirl. . The Twa Dogs. j. 
 owre the wee bit cup an' platie, ... lb. 33. 
 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks ; . . . lb. 
 
 A reekit wee deevil looks ower the wa', 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 owre his French ragout, _. . To a Haggis. 
 
 Poor devil I see him owre bis trash, . . lb. 
 
 ye strunt rarely, Owre gawze and lace ; To a Louse. 
 
 Ye surely hae some warlock-breef 
 
 Owre human hearts ; . . . ToJ.S. 
 Comes hostan, hirplan owre the field, . . lb. 13. 
 
 to monie a tune, Owre Scotland rings, . To W. Simpson. 8. 
 
 Bum owre their treasure lb. 16. 
 
 Clean heels owre body, . . What ails ye now t 
 
 As sair owre hip as ye can draw't ! . ... lb, 
 Ance lightly lap ye owre the knowe, S, Ye hae lien wrang, 
 
 Owrehip [ striking witli a fopehammer by bringing 
 it with a swing over the hip]. 
 
 Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, 
 
 The strong forehammer, . Scotch Drink. 11. 
 Owsen [oxen]. 
 I had sax owsen in a pleugh, . . S, O gude ale comes \ 
 And he had owsen, sheep, and kye, S. There was a lass\ 
 And owsen frae the furrowed field 
 
 Return sae dowf and weary O : . S, When o'er the hilli 
 And o'er the lea I leuk fu' fain 
 When Jockey's owsen hameward ca'. . S. Voung/ockey t 
 Ox, So, heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks, 
 Strong on the sign-post stands the stupid ox. 
 
 To R. G. o/F., 7. 
 
 Oxter'd [supported by another putting his arm 
 under your armpit]. 
 
 The Priest he was oxter'd, the Clerk he was carried, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Megi 
 Page. Comes hostan, hirplan owre the field, 
 
 Wi' creeping pace. , To J. S. , 13. 
 
 Paced. I've paced much this weary, mortal round. 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night, g. 
 Pack [intimate, familiar; "pack an' thick," on 
 very intimate terms]. 
 
 An' unco pack an' thick thegither ; . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 Pack. 
 
 To watch and premier owre the pack vile 1 Add. 0/ Beelzebub. 
 Ye're but a pack o' traitor louns, , S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 Tho' mankind were a pack o' cartes, Ep. to J. L — k^Ap. 2ist,S. 
 Wha cheerfully lays down the pack, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Hornie's turnin' chapman, 
 
 He'll buy a' the pack. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Whistling his [combustion's] roaring pack abroad, lb. VI. 
 To lowse his pack an' wale a sang. The J oily Beggars, R. VIII. 
 I'll lay on your head, that the pack ye'U soon lead, 
 
 S. The Kirks Alarm. 
 And like a poor pedlar he trudg'd wi' his pack, 
 
 S. There livd ance a carle t 
 So Clootie was glad to return wi' his pack, . . .lb. 
 Shou'd meddle wi' a pack sae sturdy, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Pack [twelve stones of wool]. 
 To scores o' lamb's, an' packs of woo' ! 
 
 The Death o/Mailie. 
 Paek, to. 
 And gar the tatter'd gypsies pack. Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 May a' pack aff. . . The Twa Herds. 17. 
 
 Packed, -'t. 
 
 If the virtues were pack't in a parcel, 
 
 His worth might be sample for a'. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Now there, they're packed afi" to hell. The Ordination. I2. 
 
 Paddy. Paddy B-rke, like ony Turk, . A Fragment. 5. 
 
 Pagan. 
 
 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 
 Or some auld pagan heathen, . . The Holy Fair, 13, 
 
 Page. Sad thy tale, thou idle page, . Sad thy tale t 
 
 The priest-like father reads the sacred page. 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Or point the inconclusive page 
 
 Full on the eye. [v.A.4] The Vision, D. II. 
 That fate may in her fairest page, — enroll thy name : 
 
 To a young Lady. 
 Now moths deform in shapeless tatters, 
 
 Their unknown pages. To J. S., 8. 
 
 Dead, even resentment, for his injured page, ToR. G, ofF.,S- 
 Still may thy pages call to mind 
 The dear, the beauteous donor ; Wr. on Leaf of '^ H. More." 
 Pageant. The Power, incens'd, the Pageant will desert, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 17. 
 Paid V. Pay'd. 
 
 Paidle [to wander about in a weak, aimless way ; 
 to paddle or walk in shallow water or in mud]. 
 
 He paidles out, and he paidles in. 
 
 An' he paidles late an' early, O ! S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle, . . The Inventory. 
 Paidlet [paddled]. We twa ha'e paidlet i' the bum, 
 ^ . „. S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 
 Paidim [useless]. 
 
 He was but a paidlin body, O ! The deuks dang der. 
 
 Pain, Pains. Thence, countra wives, wi' toil an' pain, 
 May plunge an plunge the Kirn in vain ; 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 For oh I love forsaken's a tormenting pain, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'fing^ 
 Nor ever daughter give the mother pain. Blest be M'Murdo t 
 And nights o' sleepless pain ! . . . S. But lately seen t 
 Come ease or come travail, come pleasure or pain ; 
 
 S. Contented wp little t 
 Could aught of song declare my pains, S. Could aught of song t 
 You, bustling and justling. 
 
 Forget each grief and pain ; . Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 ' On pain o' hell be rich an' great,' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sist, 14. 
 Laden with years and meikle pain. Lament for Glencaim. 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give ; 
 
 Lns extern, in Lady's Pocket-bk. 
 No view nor care, but shun whate'er 
 Might breed me pain or sorrow, O ; 
 
 6". My father was a farmer f 
 My pains o' hell on earth are past, S, O ay my wife she dang. 
 The cauldness of thy heart's the cause 
 Of a' my grief and pain, jo. . S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
Pain 
 
 34S 
 
 Pane 
 
 The frost that freezes the life at my breast, 
 Is nought to my pains from thee, Oh. S. Oh, open the dQor\ 
 
 what a canty warld were it, 
 
 Would pain and care and sickness spare it ; Poem on Life. 
 Fell source o' monie a pain an' brash ! Scotch Drink. iS- 
 
 By oppression's woes and pains, . Scots who. hei'e t 
 
 Talk not of Love, it gives me pain, S. Talk not of Love t 
 
 The sole reward that crowns my pain, S. Tkecapt. Ribband. 
 No idly-feign'd, poetic pains, . . . The Lament. 
 
 ' Then, who her pangs and pains will soothe, . . lb. 
 
 Whene'er I hear my father's foot, 
 
 My heart wad burst wi' pain ; The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 And make his cottage-scenes beguile 
 
 His cares and pains. The Vision. D. II. g. 
 
 And ay she sighs wi' care and pain ; S. There was a lass t 
 An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, 
 
 For promis'd joy I . . . To a Moitse. 
 They drink the sweet and eat the fat, 
 
 > But care or pain ; . . To/. S., ly. 
 
 They took nae pains their speech to balance, 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Pain, to. They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, 
 
 S. My Name's awa. 
 Paineh [paunch]. 
 An' what poor Cot-folk pit their paineh in, 
 
 1 own is past my comprehension. . . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Aboon them a* ye tak your place, 
 
 Paineh, tripe, or thairm : . To a Haggis. 
 Pain*d. 
 And downward, how weaken'd, how darken'd, how pain'd ! 
 
 S. The lazy wist t 
 
 Painful. Fond lovers parting is sweet painful pleasure, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 O'er many a winding dale and panful steep« 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Paint. Paint Vengeance as he takes his horrid stand 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Thou paints auld nature to the nines. 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Here History paints with elegance and force. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods, 
 To paint the lovely hapless Scottish Queen ! Scots Prologue. 
 Paint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle ; 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 7. 
 Then paints the ruin'd Maid, and their distraction wild ! 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 10. 
 ' To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; 
 
 The Vision. D. II. ig. 
 You shouldna paint at angels mair, 
 
 But try and paint the devil. 
 To paint an angel's kittle wark, . . . To a Painter. 
 Painted. 
 The high-arched windows, painted fair. On, Lincluden. 
 
 In window fair, the painted pane lb. 
 
 Painting, 
 Till painting gay the eastern skies. 
 
 The glorious sun began to rise ; S. It was the charmingU 
 I taught thy manners-painting strains. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 18. 
 
 Pair. Kyle-Stewart I could bragged wide, 
 
 For sic a pair. . . A Gude New-Year^ 6. 
 Age and Want, Oh I ill-match'd pair ! 
 
 Man was made to mourn. 
 I doubt na, lass, that weel-kenn*d name 
 
 May cost a pair o' blushes ; . .OnW. Chalmers. 
 O' pairs 0' guid breeks I ha'e twa, man, Ronalds ofBennals, 
 Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, . Tarn o' Shanter. 13. 
 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest Fair, 
 In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale, 
 
 The Cottf/s Sat. Night, g. 
 The parent-pair their secret homage pay, . . lb. 18, 
 And here, by sweet endearing stealth, 
 
 Shall meet the loving pair, Th^ Petition if Br. Water. 
 
 A pair o' trusty lairds, . . . The Election Ballads. V* 
 Wish'd unison between the pair, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Ye've cost me twenty pair 0' shoon 
 
 Just gaun to see you ; 
 And ev'ry ither pair that's done, 
 
 Mair taen I'm wi' you. . . TV/. S. , 2* 
 
 Content with you to mak a pair, Whare'er I gang. Ih. sg. 
 Just like a sark, or pair o' shoon, , To W. Simpson. PtS. 
 
 Pleasure with her siren air 
 May delude the thoughtless pair [Youth, Love] ; 
 . , Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 PaiP*d. 
 
 When youthfu' lovers first were pair'd. Add. to the Deil. /j. 
 
 Paisley. Her cutty sark, o' Paisley ham, Tarn 0' Shanier. 1$. 
 
 In Paisley John's, that night at e'en, To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Paltpick [a partridge]. 
 
 ye whirring paitrick brood ; . . El. on Capt. M. H., 7, 
 
 Paitrick's scraichan loud at e'en, Ep. to J. L — A, Ap. ist. 
 
 An' brought a Paitrick to the grun', . Ep. to/._ R,^ 7. 
 
 Rejoice, ye birring Paitricks a' ; Tarn Samson's El,, 7. 
 
 The paitrick whirrin' o'er the ley, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Palace. All hail thy palaces and tow'rs Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 The lavrock shuns the palace gay, 
 
 And o'er the cottage sings ; . . . S. Behold, my love \ 
 But cheerful stilly I am as well, 
 
 As a monarch m a palace, O, S. My father was a farmer j 
 But now unroof 'd their palace stands. On Window at Stirling. 
 And certes, in fair virtue's heavenly road. 
 The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind : 
 
 The Cotte7>s Sat. Night, jg. 
 Content and comfort bless me more in 
 This grot, than e'er I felt before in A palace The Hermit. 
 Yon palace and yon gardens fine ! S. The Highland Lassie. 
 By stately tow'r, or palace fair, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Their sweet-scented woodlands that skirt the proud palace, 
 
 .S". 7''heir groves of\ 
 The palace rising on his verdant side; Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Palaver. And host up some palaver. On W. Chalmers 
 
 Pale. While o'er the Harp pale Misery moans, 
 
 A Ded. toG,H.,io. 
 Will turn thy very rouge to deadly pale ; Ep,fr. Esopus. 
 
 Pale sickness withers ilka grace, . . . Fragment. 
 
 Beneath the moon's pale beams ; . . . Halloween, 
 This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 When he grew wan and pale ; . . John Barleycorn. 
 How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glistened ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 The moon was sinking in the west 
 
 Wi' visage pale and wan, . . S. My heart was once t 
 Oh, cold is the blast upon my pale cheek, S. Oht open thedeor\ 
 She sees his pale corse on the plain, oh ; . . , lb. 
 Her teeth are like the nightly snow 
 When pale the morning rises keen, 
 
 S. On Cessnock Banks ^ Sett. II. 
 Pale Scotia's recent wound I may deplore. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 That glistens on the pale moonbeam, . . On Lincluden. 
 pale terror roar'd . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 A sight pale envy to convulse) . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Awa, thou pale Diana! . . .S*. Thegowd. Locks of A, 
 O Thou pale Orb, that silent shines, . . The Lament. 
 As autumn to winter resigns the pale year. S. The lazy mist \ 
 Pale he surrenders at the tyrant's throne ! . The Vowels. 
 Syne pale like ony lily, . . . S. When wild lVai^s\ 
 O pale, pale now, those rosy lips 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, andsinamsj 
 Pale-fac'd. 
 
 Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd ; [v.A.20] A Vision. 
 Paler. 
 
 Thou orb of day ! thou other paler light I To R, GraJiam. 
 Pales. That e'er ye brak Diana's pales, . A Dream, to. 
 Palmer. 
 
 Might well award him Muir and Palmer's fate ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Palmers. Might fire even holy Palmers ; On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Palsied, the palsied arm of tottering, powerless age. Liberty. 
 
 Paly [pale]. The paly moon rose in the livid east. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Pamper'd. 
 
 pamper'd Luxury, Flatt'ry by her side, A Winter Night. 7- 
 
 Pamphlet. He clench'd his pamphlets in his fist. 
 
 Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
 Pan. There^B sax eggs in the pan, gudeman, [re.] , 
 
 S, gin ye were dead. 
 
 And then his auld brass will buy me a new pan! . . 
 
 S. Whatcanayngiassul 
 
 Pane. In window fair, the pwnted pane . On Lincludtn^ 
 
Panegyric 
 
 34d 
 
 Part 
 
 Panegypic. 
 
 But not for panegyric I appear, . Prologue at Th., D. 
 Or labour hard the panegyric close, . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 A panegyric rhyme, I ween, 
 Even as I was he shor'd me ; TJu Petition of Br. Water. 
 Pang. Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, Add. to Toothache. 
 Then let the sudden bursting sigh 
 
 The heart-felt pang discover ; S. Could aught ofsong^ 
 
 For misery ever tholed a pang. On Window ofC. Inn, F.. 
 Thy girning laugh enjoys his pangs . . Poem on Life. 
 Or worser far, the pangs of keen remorse ; Remorse. A Frag.. 
 By the pangs of lovers slighted ; . S, Stay, my chartfterf 
 Then, who her pangs and pains will soothe. The Lament. 
 Full many a pang, and many a throe, . . , . lb. 
 Oh I I pity the pangs that you endure : 
 
 S. The Winter it is ^ast\ 
 Is it departing pangs my soul alarms ? Why am I loth t 
 
 And laugh at a' the pangs I dree ; . S. Young Jamie \ 
 
 Pang, to [to cram]. 
 
 It pangs us fou o' Knowledge. . Th^ Holy Fair. ig. 
 
 Panic. O, what a panic's in thy breastie ! , To a Mouse. 
 Panmuir. I fear my Lord Fanmuir is slain. 
 Or in his en'mies bands, man : 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Panting. Witness my heart, how oft with panting fear, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 PantPy. The tythe o' what ye waste at cartes 
 
 Wad stow'd his pantry!) To W. Simpson. 
 Paper [newspaper]. 
 Kind Sir, I've read your paper through. Kind Sir, fve readf 
 The papers are barren of home-news or foreign, 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 Paper. 
 Sae I gat paper in a blink, . Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2ist, 6. 
 
 Parade. 
 
 Awa they gaed wi' mock parade, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 There's sic parade, sic pomp an' art. 
 
 The joy can scarcely reach the heart. . The Twa Dogs. 31. 
 Parading. 
 
 At Operas an' Plays parading, . . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Paradise. Ye cam to Paradise incog, Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 Without my love, not a' the charms 
 
 Of Paradise could yield me joy ; S. O ivat ye wha's in t 
 The desart were a paradise, If thou wert there, 
 
 S. O weri thou in t 
 The echoing wood, the winding flood. 
 Like Paradise did glitter, . . The Fite Champetre. 
 Parasite. 
 The parasite [Flatt'ry] empoisoning her [Luxury's] ear, 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 Parcel, if the virtues were pack't in a parcel, 
 His worth might be sample for a'. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Such a parcel ofrogues in a nation! [re.'\ . S. The Union. 
 Parch'd. 
 
 For oh ! my soul is parch'd with love ! . Delia. An Ode. 
 Pardon, 
 Your pardon. Sir, for this digression, A Ded. to G. H., 11. 
 Thy pardon I sincerely beg, . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 Pardon, to. 
 But spare and pardon my false Love, . 5". O mirk, mirk t 
 (L — d pardon a' my sins an^ that to I) . The Inventory. 
 
 Pardon a muse sae mean as mine, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Pardon this freedom I have ta'en, .... lb. 
 
 And injured Worth forget and pardon man. 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Parent. 
 
 And bless the parent's evening ray S. A Rosebud by t 
 
 If he's a parent, lass or boy, . . Auld comrade dear\ 
 The parent's heart that nestled fond in thee, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 How cruel are the parents 
 
 Who riches only prize, . . . . S. How cruel t 
 Up to a Parent's wish. . . Thou dread Pow'r t 
 
 Parent, filial, kindred ties 1 . .On scaring Waterfowl. 
 And from thee many a parent stem 
 
 Arise to deck our land. . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 While he, thy fond parent, must sighing sojourn. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 
 To help her Parents dear, if they in hardship be. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 4. 
 The Parents partial eye their hopeful years ; . .lb. 5. 
 
 Points to the Parents fondling o'er their Child ? . lb. zo. 
 Or hunt a Parent's life Wi' bludie war. S, Ye Jacobites t 
 
 Parent-earth. 
 
 Scarce rear'd above the Farent'Carth 
 
 Thy tender form. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 And resign to Parent Earth 
 
 The loveliest form she e'er gave birth. . , To Miss C, 
 
 Parent-pair. The Parent-p^r their secret homage pay. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18. 
 Parentage. Her parentage humble as humble can be ; 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Parental, bereft Of my parental care ; . The Farewell. 
 
 And bless the dear parental name 
 With many a filial blossom. . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Paris. In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a' : 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 Parish. 
 Who called her verse, a parish workhouse Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 The priest o' the parish fell in anither [fever]. S. Scroggam. 
 Parishen [the parish]. 
 Yet I hae seen him on a day 
 The pride of a' the parishen. The cardin o't. 
 
 Park. There lives a lass in yonder park, . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 But ca them out to park or hill, . The Death ofMailie. 
 Park. Sir Bard will do himself the pleasure 
 
 To call at Park. Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 Parley. Wha in a brulzie, will first cry a parley ? 
 
 S. Bannocks d bear meal\ 
 Parliament. An' densely manage our affmrs 
 
 In Parliament, The A uthor^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Whom will you send to London town, 
 To Parliament and a' that? The Election Ballads. II. 
 
 Parliamentin. 
 Wha aiblins thrang a parliamentin. 
 
 For Britain's guid his saul indentin The Twa Dogs. si. 
 
 Parlour. He in the parlour hammer'd. On dining with Doer. 
 Parnassus. An' syne they think to climb Parnassus 
 
 By dint o' Greek ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 12. 
 O were I on Parnassus hill ; S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 
 My Pegasus I'm got astride, 
 
 And up Parnassus pechin ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Ah! now sma' heart hae I to speel 
 
 The steep Parnassus, . . Poem on Life. 
 For me, I'm on Parnassus brink, . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 And wished that Parnassus a vineyard had been. 
 
 The Whistle. 11. 
 Nae heathen name shall I prefix 
 Frae Pindus or Parnassus ; . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Parnassian. Parnassian queens, I fear, I fear, 
 
 Ye'll now disdain me. To Dr. Blacklack. 
 Parritch, Porriteh [porridge]. 
 His wee drap parritch, or his bread, 
 
 Thou kitchens fine. . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 
 The healsome Porriteh, chief of Scotia's food : 
 
 The Cottet'sSat. Night 11. 
 Parritch-pat [porridge-pot]. 
 And parritch-pats, and auld saut-backets, 
 
 Before the Flood. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Parson. 
 
 An' wat ye what the parson did [re.l S. O watye what myf 
 Part. 
 As Master, Landlord, Husband, Father, 
 He does na fail his part in either. . . A Ded. to G. H., j. 
 And now the third part o' the string, 
 
 An' less, will gang about it . . . .A Dream. 4. 
 In my last plack thy part's be in't, . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 And had sae fortify'd the part, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 77. 
 Less fit to play the part, . . . Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 A man may tak a neebor's part, 
 
 Yet hae nae cash to spare him. . Ep, to Young Friefid. 4. 
 Ye hae your Me^;, your dearest part. 
 
 And 1 my darling Jean 1 . . . Ep. to Davie. 8. 
 That [latest] throb, Eliza, is thy part, 6". From thee, Eliza,\ 
 Something in ilka part o' thee 
 
 To praise, to love, I find, . . . S. It is na, Jean,\ 
 He bade me act a manly part, .S". My father was a farmer \ 
 That feeling heart but acts a part, . . O leave novels t 
 
 Again, again that tender part, .S". O stay, sweet warbling t 
 
Part 
 
 S50 
 
 Passion 
 
 While down the wretched vital part is driven! 
 
 OdCi to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 But I hae ane will take my part, .S". Oh^ how can I be hlythe t 
 
 ye'll find him snug in Some eldritch part, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Mine was th' insensate frenzied part, Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 To tak their part, . The Author's Cry and Prayer. 32. 
 
 Or nobly die, the second glorious part : 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 2i. 
 While he, sub rosa, play'd his part The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Were such the wife had fallen to my part, 
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 
 My part in him thou'lt share, . . . The Farewell 
 
 Loves and graces all rejected. 
 
 Then indeed thou'dst act a part. . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 sweetly female every part, . Wr. on Leaf of ^'^ H. More." 
 Part, to. 
 But fate has will'd, and we must part ! S. Behold the hour t 
 Is this thy plighted, fond regard 
 
 Thus cruelly to part, . . . S. Canst thou leave me t 
 An' faith, we'se be acquainted better 
 
 Before we part. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, xg. 
 Sae tickled Death, they couldna part : 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 
 We part— but by these precious drops, 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 
 We part to meet no more! . . S. From thee-, Eliza^\ 
 
 He bleez'd owre her, an' she owre him, 
 
 As they wad never mair part, . . . Halloween, 8. 
 I can die,— but canna part, S. Hark! the mavis i 
 
 Sae droops our heart when we maun part S. Lovely Davies. 
 O sad and heavy should I part, 
 
 But for her sake sae far awa \ . . S. Sae far awa. 
 Swift from this desart let me part, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Welcomes the rapid moments, bids them part, 
 
 Sonnet J wr. on Birthday, 
 When that grim foe of life below, 
 
 Comes in between to bid us part ; S, The day returns t 
 From thee, my Jeany, must I part ! . . The Farewell. 
 As from the fondest lover part, 
 
 The plighted husband of her youth ? . . The Lament. 
 Tho' cruel fate should bid us part, . . S. Tho' cruel fate ^ 
 And curst be the cause that shall part us ! . .To Mary. 
 Ae kind blink before we part ; . S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 Partake. I'll partake wi' naebody ; . S. Naebody, 
 
 Our humble cot, and hamely fare, 
 
 Ye freely shall partake it, . . S. When wild Wa^s\ 
 
 Parted. 
 They parted aff careerin Fu' blythe . Halloween. 28. 
 But I hae parted frae my Love, 
 
 Never to meet again, .... ^ S. Itwas a'for\ 
 When frae her thou hast parted, S. waf ye wha that loes t 
 Never met — or never parted, 
 
 We had ne'er been broken-hearted. . S. One fond kiss,\ 
 
 When frae my Jeany parted, 
 
 Sad, cheerless, broken-hearted, . . S. Sleep' st thou^i 
 Since my true love is parted from me. 
 
 S. The Winter it is past ^ 
 And mair, we'se ne'er be parted. . S. When wild War^s t 
 
 Partial. Still anxious to secure your partial favor, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 This partial view of human-kind 
 
 Is surely not the last ! . . Man was made to Mourn, 
 I'll ne'er blame my partial fancy, . . S. One fond kiss.,\ 
 The Parents partial eye their hopeful years ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 5. 
 Thou, Nature, partial Nature, I arrdgn ; To P. G. ofF.^ 2. 
 Particular. 
 One trifling particular, Truth, should have miss'd him I 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Parting. 
 O what is death but parting breath ? S. Farewell^ ye dungeons t 
 Sad was the parting thou makes me remember, 
 Parting wi' Nancy, Oh I ne'er to meet mair. ire.} 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Fond lovers parting is sweet painful pleasure, 
 
 Hope beaming mild on thesofl; parting hour; . . lb. 
 And soft as their [lovers'] parting tear, Jessy. 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 
 S. Jockey's id en the t 
 . S. O were my love t 
 
 Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss 
 And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews 
 At morning dawn and parting day. 
 But parting wi' his fiddle. 
 
 The saut tear blin't his e'e ; S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 Friends, that parting tear reserve it, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Who trembling heard my parting sigh, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 To live one day of parting love I . To Mary in Heaven 
 Winter winds blew, loud and cauld, at our parting, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Our parting was fu' tender ; 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Partly. 
 What's done we partly may compute, 
 
 But know not what's resisted, . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 Partly wi' Love o'ercome sae sair, 
 An' partly she was drunk : . The Jolly Beggars. P. VII. 
 Partner, 
 My partner in the merry core^ 
 
 She rous'd the forming strain. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 There lies the dear partner of my breast, .S". The sun he is sunk t 
 
 Partridge, 
 
 The partridge loves the fruitful fells; S. Now westlin winds t 
 As fiies the partridge from the brake, S, Onabankofflowers\ 
 Parts. 
 Yet ye'll neglect to shaw your parts 
 
 An thank him kindly? ^. to J. L—ky Ap. zist. 
 May fireside discords jar a base 
 
 To a' their parts ! . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7, 
 She [nature] form'd of various parts the various man. 
 
 Ep. to P. Graham. 
 whose parts and acquirements seem merejucky hits ; 
 
 Frag; inscr. to Fox. 
 (O Ferguson ! thy glonous parts. 
 
 Ill-suited law's dry, musty arts ! . . To W. Simpson. 
 "As far surpassing other common villains, 
 "As Thou m natural parts hadst given me more." 
 
 Tragic Frag.. 
 Party. And damn a' Parties but your own ;^ Ded.toG.H.,g. 
 
 Expect me o' your party, To . 
 
 Party-matches. 
 
 The Men cast out in party-matches. The Twa Dogs. 32. 
 
 Pass. About to beg a pass for leave to beg ; To P. G. of P.. 
 Pass, to. O, pass not by ! . . . A Bards Epit. 
 
 That frequent pass douce Wisdom's door 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 I set me down, to pass the time, . . Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye pass 
 
 To school in bands thegither, . . Epit. on a Wag. 
 In ev'ry hour that passes, O : .S". Green grow the Rashes, 
 
 An' pass not in thy mercy by 'em, Holy Willie's Prayer, /j". 
 
 Whare gor-cocks through the heather pass, 
 
 S. My Lord a-huntingi 
 
 Pass widow'd nights, and joyless days, S. O Logan! sweetlyi 
 The weary winter soon will pass, 3". Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 I pass by hunders, nameless wretches. 
 
 That ape their betters. Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 The coward slave, we pass him by, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Or in gulravage rinnin SGOw'r To pass the time, 
 
 ToRev.J.MMatk. 
 What may pass within this bower, 
 
 Let it pass, quo* Findlay; . .5". Wha is that ai\ 
 And pass the heartless day. Winter. 
 
 Passenger. 
 
 Stop, passenger 1 my story's brief, El on Capt. M. H. , Epit, 
 Passing. Still closer knit in friendship's ties 
 
 Each passing year! Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. zist, 18. 
 
 ' * The passing moment's all we rest on ! " „ 
 
 Sketch. New-Yr'sDay. 
 
 Or why regard the passing year ? l^- 
 
 And, like a passing thought she fied. 
 
 In fight away. . The Vision. D. II. 23' 
 
 With talents passing most of my compeers. Tragic Frag. . 
 
 Her eyes outshine the radiant beams , 
 
 That gild the passing shower, . . S. Young Peggy 1 
 
 Passion. Thou know'st that thou hast formed me, 
 
 With Passions wild and strong ; 
 
 A Pmyer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 My passion J will ne'er declare, . , , , 
 
 I'll say I wish thee well. . . , S.Ahl Chlonsi 
 
Passion 
 
 351 
 
 Patron 
 
 With passions so potent and fancies so bright, 
 
 Frag. , inscr. to Fox. 
 On his one ruling passion Sir Pope hugely labours, . Ih. 
 Pull the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. IB. 
 Licentious passions burn ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 But when compar'd with real passion 
 
 Poor is all that princely pride. S. Mark yondar Pomp t 
 Her een sae bonie blue betray^ 
 
 How she repays my passion ; . S. pooriiik cauid\ 
 
 A prayer from the muse you well may excuse, 
 *Tis seldom her favourite passion. The Sons of old Killie. 
 
 By Passion driven ; . . The Vision. D. II. if. 
 
 Passion's birth and infants' play . . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Chloris, I'm thine wi' a passion sincerest, 
 
 S. Twos na her bonze blue e'e t 
 Those headlong furious passions to confine ; Why am I loth t 
 Passive, heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks, 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.yf. 
 Past. 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell, 
 
 How monie stories past, . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 My Prenticeship I past where my Leader breath'd his last, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Ye winged Hours that o'er us past, . The Lament. 
 
 This past for certain, undisputed ; To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Till crash ! the cruel coulter past 
 
 Out thro' thy cell. . . To a Mouse. 
 
 I past the mill, and trysting thorn, ^S". When wild Wat's t 
 Has thy Prime unheeded past? . . . Blue Bonnets. 
 Wha the de'il ever thinks o' the road he has past. 
 
 S. Contented wi little t 
 When past the sbow'r, and every flow'r 
 
 The garden is adorning : . . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 The past was bad, and the future hid ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Love has o'er me past, 
 
 And blighted a* my bloom, . S. Now Spring has clad f 
 My pains o' hell on earth are past, S. O ay tny wife she dang. 
 The past returns, the present flies ; . . On Lincluden. 
 When flow'r-reviving rains are past ; S, On Cessnock banks t 
 O'er the Past too fondly wandering, . S. Raving winds \ 
 Pursuing past, unhappy loves ! S. The gloomy night t 
 
 Appear no more before Thy sight 
 
 Than yesterday that's past. The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last 
 
 S. The winter it is past i 
 Those records dear of transports past. To Mary in Heaven. 
 There will surely be some pleasant weather 
 When a' their storms are past and gone. When clouds t 
 
 Paste. And in paste gems and frippery deck her [life] ; 
 
 Poem- on Life. 
 Pastime. To thee shall home, or food, or pastime yield. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Pasture* 
 With tillage or pasture at times she would sport, S. Caledonia. 
 Nae m^ thou'lt rowte out-owre the dale, 
 
 Because thy pasture's scanty ; . The Ordination. 6. 
 
 Well fed on pastures orthodox, . The Twa Herds. 
 
 Pasture, to. 
 Or fmth! I fear that, wi' the geese, 
 
 I shortly boost to pasture . . . . A Dream. 6. 
 
 To hunt, or to pasture, or do what she would : ^S". Caledonia. 
 
 Pat [pot]. Then up they gat the maskin-pat, A Fragment. 
 
 Till something held within the pat, . - Halloween, is. 
 
 And parritch-pats, and auld saut-backets, 
 
 On Qrose's Peregrinations. 
 It puts but little in your pat ; ... The Inventory. 
 
 Pat [put], 
 I there wi' Something does forgather, 
 
 That pat me in an eerie swither ; Death and Dr. HortAook. 6. 
 It pat me fidgean-fain to hear't, Ep. to J. L—k., Ap. ist^ 5. 
 Her dowf excuses pat me mad ; . . lb., Ap. 2rst, 4. 
 But for to meet the Deil her lane, 
 
 She pat but little faith in : . . . . Halloween, si. 
 The wilfu' creature sae I pat to, , . . The Inventory. 
 Patch, Squire Pope but busks bis skinklin patches 
 
 O' heathen tatters ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Patch, to. The pie-bald jacket let me patch once more ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Patent-bliss. 
 As theirs alone, the patent-bliss 
 To hold a Fete Cnampetre, . The Fete Champetre. 
 
 Path, those paths of life I ought to shun ; 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 The stream adown its hazelly path, . . , A Vision. 
 The storm's gloomy path on the breast of the wave. 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 And tread the dreary path to that dark world unknown. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. WMteford. 
 The path of man to shun it ; . . S. Now westlin winds ^ 
 Amid life's thorny path o' care. S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 Now gay in hope explore the paths of men : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Wha in the paths o' righteousness did toil ay ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 * Lest in tem^itation's path ye ^ang astray, 
 ' Implore his counsel and assisting might : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Alas ! Life's path may be unsmooth ! . . The Lament. 
 Never Boreas' hoary path, . , .To Miss C. 
 
 May bliss domestic smooth his private path • 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,g. 
 Again in Folly's path might go astray ; . Why am I loth t 
 Amang thae wild mountains shall still be my path, 
 
 S, Yon wild mossy -mountains t 
 Pathetic. 
 M'Q[uh]e's pathetic manly sense, . The Twa Herds. 17, 
 Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wailing cry ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Pathless. The pathless wild, and wimpHng burn, 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 The snellest blast, at mirkest hours. 
 That round the pathless wanderer pours, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thoui 
 Pathos. That's the true pathos and sublime 
 
 Of human life. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Patmos. How he, who lone in Patmos banished, 
 Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. 
 Patriarchal. The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, iz. 
 Patrician. 
 Poor dunghill sons o' dirt and mire. 
 
 May to Patrician rights aspire ! . .Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Patriot. " My patriot son fills an untimely grave I" 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 *'My patriot falls, but shall he lie unsung, . . . lb. 
 (The Patriot's God, peculiarly thou art, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 2i. 
 But still the Patriot, and the Patriot-Bard, 
 
 In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard ! lb. 
 The independent patriot, The honest man, and a' that. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IL 
 Around it a' the patriots dance, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 ' Some rouse the Patriot up to bare 
 
 Corruption's heart : The Vision. D. II. 4. 
 
 " Shall heroes and patriots ever produce : The Whistle. 18. 
 Patriot-heat. 
 An' tell them, wi' a patriot heat, 
 Ye winna bear it ? The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. 11. 
 
 Patriot-lore. ' To mend the honest Patriot-lore, 
 
 ' And grace the hand, The Vision. D. II. S- 
 Patriot-name. Where many a Patriot-name on high 
 
 And Hero shone [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Patriotic, O Thou! who pour'd the patriotic tide, 
 
 That streamed thro' great, unhappy Wallace' heart ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, zi. 
 
 Patron. Its just sic Poet an' sic Patron. A Ded. to G. H, a. 
 
 The Patron, (Sir, ye maun forgie me, - - - 
 
 He's just—nae better than he should be. . . . IB, ^. 
 
 Friend of my life, true patron of my rhymes I 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, jr. 
 But now for a Patron, whose name and whose glory 
 At once may illustrate and honour my story. 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 My much-honor'd Patron, believe your poor poet, . H. 
 The Friend thou valued'st, I, the Patron, lov'd ; 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 " The drooping arts surround their patron's bier. 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 Still, if some Patron's gen'rous care he trace, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And should some Patron be so kind, 
 As bless you wi' a Kirk, . . Tlte Calf. 
 
Patron 
 
 352 
 
 Peaceful 
 
 Dear to his country by the names, 
 
 Friend, Patron, Benefactor 1 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Our Patron, honest man ! Gl[encairn], The Ordination. 8. 
 PatPOnage. Would thou hae nobles' patronage, 
 *' First learn to live without it ! ' 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Consume that high-place Patronage, 
 
 From off thy holy hill ; . , . New Psalmody. 
 For gen'rous patronage, and meikle kindness, Scots Prologue. 
 Lang, Patronage, wi' rod o' airn, 
 
 Has shor'd the Kirk's undoin, The Ordination. 8. 
 
 Or Patronage intrusion, lb. 14. 
 
 They'll talk o' patronage an' priests, 
 
 Wi' kindling fury i' their breasts, . . The Tiva Dogs. 18. 
 
 Patronize. 
 
 Then patronize them wi' your favour, A Ded. to G. H.^ 13. 
 
 Oblige them, patronize their tinsel lays, 
 
 They persecute you all your future days ! Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 
 Not only hear — but patronise — defend them, Scots Prologue. 
 Pattle v. Pettle. 
 Paughty [haughty]. 
 
 As ye disown yon paughty dog 
 That bears the Keys of Peter, . . .A Dream. 12. 
 
 Or is't the paughty, feudal Thane, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 3/st, is. 
 Pauky V. Pawky. 
 Pause. Dissolve in pause— and sentimental tears — 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 
 To round the period an' pause, Th^ A uihor's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 No pause the dire extremes between, , The Tears I shed. 
 Pause, to. Here pause — and thro' the starting tear, 
 
 Survey this grave. A Bar£s Epii.. 
 
 It's slightest touches, instant pause Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 Pausing. Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning, ToJ.S.,iS' 
 Paw. That aft ha'e made us black and blae, 
 
 Wi' vengefu' paws. The Twa Herds. 12. 
 
 Pawky, -ie, Pauky [sly, mischievous]. 
 A thief sae pawky is my Jean . S. O this is no my ain\ 
 Her pauky smile, her kittle een, Th^ Ans. to the Guidivi/e. 
 Dear S[mith] the sleest pawki? thief, . . To J, S. 
 
 Pawn. Tho' I should pawn my.pleugh an* graitb, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isi, 7. 
 Gude ale gars me - - pawn my shoon, .S". O gude ale comes \ 
 For worth and honour pawn their word. The File Champetre. 
 Pawned. Pawn'd in a gin-shop Quenching holy drouth. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 They toom'd their pocks, they pawn'd their duds, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 Pay. That he intends to pay your debt, A Dream. 7. 
 
 To pay your Queen, with due respect, 
 
 My fealty an' subjection . . . Ih. 8. 
 
 * His only son for Hornbook sets, 
 
 * And pays him well, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 The Game shall Pay, owre moor an' dail, 
 
 For this, niest year. . Ep. to J. P., 10. 
 Half-a-crown a-piece Will pay for their fleece, Johnny Peep. 
 No mercenary Bard hishomage pays ; TheCotiet's Sat. Night. 
 The parent pair their secret homage pay, . lb. 18. 
 
 Thro' dirt and dub for life I'll paidle, 
 
 Ere I sae dear pay for a saddle ; < . . The Inventory, 
 But Charlie gat the spring to pay 
 
 For kissin' Theniel's bonie Mary. S, T. Mensie's bonieMary. 
 My Pegasus is poorly shod, — 
 
 I'll pay you like my master. . . .ToJ. Taylor. 
 You think I'm glad ; oh, I pay weel 
 
 For a' the joy I borrow, . . . V.s under Grief. 
 Pay [to beat]. 
 And new-light herds could nicely drub, 
 
 Or pay their skin, . . The Twa Herds. 8. 
 
 Pay'd. -X Paid. 
 
 ev'ry tail thou pay't them hollow A Gude New^Vear^g, 
 
 ' Thus does he poison, kill, an' slay, 
 
 * An's weel pay'd for't ; Death and Dr. Hornbook, sg. 
 So gat the whissle o* my groat, 
 
 An' pay't the fee. . . Ep. to J. P, g. 
 To Death she's dearly pay'd the kane, Tarn Samson's El. 
 I've paid enough for her already, . The Inventory. 
 
 Sol paid him with a sonnet ToJ, Taylor. 
 
 Peace. 
 
 May Health and Peace with mutual rays, 
 
 Shine on the ev'ning o* his days ; . A Ded. to G. H.y 14. 
 
 Ye've gien auld Britain peace, . . . A Dream. 6. 
 It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth. 
 
 That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure ; 
 
 ' S. Braw lads on Yar. braes. 
 
 There will never be peace till Jamie comes hame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wd! \ 
 A lambkin in peace, but a lion in war, , . S. Caledonia. 
 It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest ; . . Ep. to Davie, j*. 
 Till the Fates nae mair severe. 
 
 Friendship, Love, and Peace restore. S, Frae thefriends] 
 , Domestic peace and comforts crowning 
 
 The hail design. . . Friend of the Poet t 
 I tint my peace and pleasure ; . . . S. Gat ye me,i 
 Then in my bosom try. What peace is there ! S. Had la. cave\ 
 Peace, thy olive wand extend, S. How can m-y poor heart \ 
 Content and love bring peace and joy, S. In simmer when \ 
 The deities that I adore. 
 
 Are social Peace and Plenty, Lns on Windows, Gl, Tav.. 
 Ye Powers of peace, and peaceful song, . . Nature's Law. 
 On peace and rest my mind was bent, 
 
 S. O ay my wife she doMg. . 
 But soon may peace bring happy days, S. O Logan! sweeily\ 
 O Mary, can'st thou wreck his peace, 
 
 Who for thy sake would gladly die ! 
 
 S. O Mary^ at thy Window t 
 Ye wreck my peace between ye ; . S. O poorHth cauld, f 
 this scene of peace and love, . O Thou dread Paw'r f 
 
 Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure ! . S. One fond kiss, t 
 the numerous ills that hurt our peace. Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Canfirmly force his jarring thoughts to peace? . . lb. 
 Last, white-rob'd Peace, crown 'd with a hazle wreath. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13, 
 When the vanquish'd foe Sues for peace and quiet, 
 
 S. The Captain's Lady. 
 Can they the peace and pleasure feel 
 
 Of Bessy at her spinning-wheel ? S. The Contented Cottager, 
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 20. 
 For why? that God the good adore 
 
 Hath giv'n them peace and rest, . . The ist Psaim. 
 
 My peace with these, my love with those 
 
 S. The gloomy night f 
 There's peace an' rest nae langer; . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 But the Peace it reduc'd me to beg in de^air. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. 11. 
 Ah ! must the agoni^g thrill 
 
 For ever bar returning Peace ! . . . The Lament. 
 For in this world Rest or Peace 
 
 I never more diall know ! S. The sun he is sunk f 
 Wi' plenty o' sic trees, I trow. 
 
 The warld would live in peace, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 Her heart was tint, her peace was stown ! S. There was a iassi 
 (A world 'gainst peace in constant arms) . To Chloris. 
 I'm tum'd a ganger— -Peace be here ! . To Dr. BlackUch 
 But peace attune thy gende soul to rest, To Miss Graham. 
 When shall my soul, in silent peace, 
 
 Resi^ Life's joyless day ? I0 Ruin. 
 
 Canst thou wreck his peace for ever 
 
 Wha for thine wou'd gladly die ! S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 In wildest fury hae made bare . 
 
 My peace, my hope, for ever! . . V.s, under Gnej. 
 And gentle Peace returning, . . 3". Wlun wild Wars \ 
 Where is the peace that avrsuted my wand'ring, , 
 
 At evening the wild-woods among ? S. Where are thejoysX 
 
 While chearful peace, with linnet song. 
 
 Chants the lowly dells among. Wr. in Friars-Carse ii.. 
 
 Peace, the tenderest flower of Spring ; , 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F,C. 
 
 Peaceful, -fU'. 
 Ev*n in the peaceful rural vale, . A Winter Night, 7. 
 And peacefu* raise its ingle reek, . . Asonthebanks\ 
 
 Make the gales you wafl around her ,,. , , t ,, , 
 
 Soft and peaceful as her breast, . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 From peaceful slumber she arose, S. It was the charming T 
 And the next flowers, that deck the spring, 
 
 Bloom on my peaceful grave. Lament of Mary of ^cois. 
 The litde floweret's peaceful lot S. Now Spring has ckd\ 
 Peaceful keep your dimpling wave. On scaring Water-fowl 
 
 And life's poor season peaceful spend ' 
 
 O jaeld me now a peaceful grave, . S. To thee, lo^d Nith \ 
 
Peach 
 
 353 
 
 Penny 
 
 Peach. 
 
 While peaches and cherries, and roses and lilies, 
 They fade and they wither awa, man. Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Pearl. An' down the briny pearls rowe Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 Adown my cheeks the pearls ran, The Jolly Beggars. S, IV. 
 
 On every blade the pearls hung ; ^S". ' Twos even— the dewy t 
 Pearly. 
 
 Tripping o'er the pearly lawn, S. It was the charming^ 
 
 Sweetly deckt with pearly dew . . . Sad thy tale,i 
 Peasant. Thence peasants, farmers, native sons of earth, 
 
 £p. to R. Graham, a. 
 
 Thou strik'st the dull peasant, he sinks in the dark, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou/air day t 
 
 I scorn not the Peasant, tho' ever so low ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 
 nurst in the Peasant's lowly shed, . . The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Gif ance the peasant taste a bit, 
 He's greater than a lord, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Pease. 
 
 * The Farina of beans and pease, 
 
 He has't in plenty ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 21. 
 
 An' Pease an' Beans, at een or morn. 
 
 Perfume the plain, . . Scotch Drink. 3, 
 
 To slink thro' slaps an' reave an' sl;pal, 
 
 At stacks o' pease, or stocks o' kail. The Death of Mailie. 
 Peat. The red peat gleams, a fiery kernel, 
 
 Enhusked by a fog infernal : . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 And nought but peat reek i' my head, . ... lb. 
 A toom tar barrel An' twa red peats . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Pebbled. Ayr, gurgling, kiss'd his pebbled shore, 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven, 
 Peehin [fetching the breath short, panting]. 
 My Pegasus I'm got astride, 
 And up Parnassus peehin ; . . . On IV. Chalmers. 
 Peek. E'en mony a plack, an' mony a peck. El. on Year 1788. 
 That he could saw hemp-seed a peck; . . Halloween. 17. 
 Leeze me on the calling 
 
 Fills the dusty peck. . . S. Hey^ the dusty miller \ 
 Willie brew'd a peck o' maut, . S. O Willie hrew*d\ 
 Peculiar. Still take her, and make her. 
 
 Thy most peculiar care ! Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 Peculiarly. (The Patriot's God, peculiarly thou art, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 21. 
 Pedagogic. 
 
 In all his pedagogic powers elate, . . The Vowels. 
 
 Pedant. 
 Philosophy, no idle pedant dream. Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 The noisy domicile of pedant pride ; . . The Vowels. 
 The Pedant stifles keen the Roman sound . lb. 
 
 The pedant swung his felon cudgel round, . lb. 
 
 The pedant in his left hand clutch'd him fast, , . lb. 
 Pedlar. And like a poor pedlar he trudg'd wi' his pack, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Peebles, Rev. Dr. Wm. 
 
 There's D[unca]n deep, and P s, shaul, 
 
 The Twa Herds. 10. 
 For [Peebles], frae the water-fit. 
 Ascends the holy rostrum : . . . The Holy Fair. 16, 
 Peel. And black Joan, frae Chricton Peel, 
 
 O' gipsy kith and kin, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Peel* to. See, how she peels the skin an' fell. 
 
 As ane were peelin onions ! The Ordination, is. 
 Peel a willie wand, to be him boots and jacket ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 
 Peelin. As ane were peelin onions ! . The Ordination. 12. 
 
 Peep. Here am I, Johnny Peep ; . . Johnny Peep. 
 
 And so Johnny Peep gets free. ... lb. 
 
 Peep, to. When Phoebus peeps over the mountains, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nitk\ 
 were my love yon vi'let sweet, 
 That peeps frae 'neath the hawthorn spray ; ■ 
 
 S. were my love t 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phcebus peeps in view, 
 
 V S. The Posie. 
 
 Peep'd. Gay the sun's golden ejje, 
 
 Peep'd o'er the mountains high ; S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Auld Phoebus himsel, as he peep'd o'er the hill, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming f 
 Peeping. 
 
 Blush at the curious stranger peeping in ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 peer. The Peer I don't envy, I give him his bow ; 
 
 S, No Churchman am /f 
 
 ay 
 
 A Lord — a Peer — an Earl's son, . On dining with Doer. 
 The Man of Worth, and has not left his peer, [v. A, 10] 
 
 Sonnet on Death ofR, 
 Abjuring their democrat doings. 
 
 By kissin' the a — of a peer. The Election Ballads. III. 
 For she's the pink o' womankind, and blooms without a peer ; 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 Peer, to. 
 And ne'er a ane to peer her. . ^S". O watye wha that loesf 
 And such a leg ! my Bess, I ween. 
 
 Could only peer it ; . The Vision. D. I. if. 
 
 Peerage. 
 
 An sic a Lord — lang Scotch ells twa, 
 
 Our Peerage he o'erlooks them a', . On dining with Doer. 
 
 Peerest. 
 
 Peerest to meditate the healing leap : Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Peerless. Then thou mayest freely boast 
 
 Thou hast given a peerless toast. . The Toast. 
 Peevish. 
 But truce with peevish, poor complaining ! . To J. S., so. 
 He's peevish, and jealous of a' the young fellows, 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie t 
 
 Peg. 
 
 Come, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep, The Ordination. 7. 
 Peg. But pretty Peg, my dearie. S, As I gaed up by \ 
 
 Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare, El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 Peg-a-Ramsey. 
 
 But bonie Peg-a-Ramsey 
 Gat grist to her mill. . S. Cauld is the e^enin \ 
 
 Pegasus. My spavet Pegasus will limp. 
 Till ance he s fairly het ; 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 On W. Chalmers. 
 
 My Pegasus I'm got astride, 
 
 Come then, wi' uncouth, kintra fleg, 
 
 O'er Pegasus I'll fling my leg. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 O'er Pegasus' side ye ne'er laid a stride, The KirUs Alarm. 
 
 With Pegasus upon a day, Apollo weary flying, To J. Taylor. 
 
 Poor slip-shod giddy Pegasus . . . . lb. 
 
 My Pegasus is poorly shod lb. 
 
 Pegasean. Jenny, my Pegasean pride ! Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Peggy. My bonie Peggy Alison, [m?.] S. AtC Til kiss thee yet \ 
 Yet happy, happy would I be 
 Had I my dear Montgomerie's Peggy. [«.] 
 
 S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 Wi' man and nature leagu'd my foes. 
 
 So Peggy ne'er I'd known ! S. Now Spring has clad t 
 
 But Peggy dear, the ev'ning's clear, .S*. Now west/in winds t 
 Far in their shade my Peggy's charms 
 
 First blest my wond'ring eyes, [re.} S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 If ye gae up to yon hill-tap, 
 
 Ye'll there see bonie Peggy ; . The Tariolton Lasses. 
 Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass, [re.] S. Young Peggy i 
 Feghan [the stomach]. 
 Yet ev'n the ha' folk fill their peghan 
 
 Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie, The Twa Dogs. 9. 
 Pell and mell. 
 Say pell and mell, wi' muskets knell 
 How Tories fell and Whigs to h-U Flew oflf 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 Pen. By word, or pen, or pointed steel ! A. Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 dips in gall unmixed his eager pen, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 As Phoebus and the famous Nine 
 
 Were glowran owre my pen. . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 
 As my auld pen's worn to the grissle ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 22. 
 Abjuring a' intentions evil, I quat my pen : Poem on Life. 
 Eschylus' pen Will Shakespeare drives ; 
 
 Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 When your pen can be spared, P. S. to " The Kirk's Alarm."" 
 And bring an angel pen to write 
 
 My transports wi' my Anna 1 S. The gowd. Locks of A . 
 Sae my auld stumpie pen I gat it . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 My pen I here fling to the door, . . ToJ.S., si. 
 
 Pence. On eighteen pence a week I've liv'd before. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 Pendent. Or ruins pendent in the air, [v. A.4] 
 
 ■ The Vision. D. I. 
 Penn'd. And some great lies were never penn'd. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 Tho' in sic phraisin terms ye've penn'd it. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Penny. We hae pennies to spend, . . S. Hey ca' thro\ 
 
 I can win my five pennies in a day, S. My Collier Laddie, 
 
Penny 
 
 354 
 
 Petticoatle 
 
 I hae a penny to spend, - S. Naebody. 
 
 I fee'd a man at Martinmas, 
 
 Wi' arle pennies three ; . . S.O can ye labour lea t 
 Without a penny in my purse 
 
 To buy a meal to me. . S. The HighU Widow's Lament. 
 Singet Sawney, Singet Sawney, are ye herding the penny, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 The Pennie's the jewel that beautifies a', S. There's ayotiih\ 
 Bad luck on the penny that tempted my minny 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 
 Penny-fee [wages]. 
 
 My riches a's my penny-fee, S. Behind yon hills\ 
 
 A' for a penny fee, jo ? . . . S.O watye what my t 
 Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee. 
 
 The Cotiet^s Sat. Night. 4- 
 
 I will awa to Edinburgh and win a pennie fee, 
 
 S. There grows a honie ^ 
 
 Penny-wheep [small beer]. 
 
 Be't wbisky-gill or penny-wheep, . , The Holy Fair. ig. 
 Pennyworths. 
 
 . But pennyworths again is fair, . . E^. to J. R., 13. 
 Pension. For neither Pension, Post, nor Place, 
 
 Am I your humble debtor : . A Dream: 3. 
 Let posts an' pensions sink or swoom 
 
 Wi' them wha grant them : 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer, 
 Pensive, 
 Still crouding thoughts, a pensive train, A Winter Night. 6. 
 Come autumn, sae pensive, in yellow and grey, 
 
 lS*. My Name's Awa. 
 And, pensive gaze with wistful eyes, On Lincluden, 
 
 Her form majestic droop'd in pensive woe. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 In that sober pensive mood, 
 
 Dearest to the feeling soul, . . S. Streams that glide t 
 The robin pensive Autumn chear. 
 
 In all her logks of yellow. ,. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 To vent thy bosom's swelling rise. 
 
 In pensive walk. . The Vision. D. 11. ij. 
 O Nature ! a' thy shews an' forms 
 
 To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! To W, Sim.pson. 14. 
 O sweet, to stray an' pensive ponder 
 
 A heartfelt sang ! . . . lb. IS- 
 
 Pensivelie. 
 Ben r the Spence, right pensivelie, 
 
 I gaed to rest. . . , The Vision, D. I. s. 
 People. 
 But while we sing, God save the king, 
 
 We'll ne'er forget the People. . S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 Frae G-d's ain priests the people's hearts 
 
 He steals' awa\ Holy Willie's Prayer. 11. 
 But for thy people's sake destroy 'em, ... lb. /j. 
 The feather'd people, you might see, 
 
 Perch'd all around on every tree, . S. It was the charming^ 
 Ye may ha'e some pretence to havins and sense, 
 
 Wi' people wha ken ye nae better. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Some people tell me gin I fa', , . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 Per cent. 
 Or purse-proud, big wi' cent per cent, 
 
 An' muckle wame, Sp. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st, 11. 
 Perching, the perching red-breast shrill. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Perdition. 
 And he wha acts the traitor's part 
 It to perdition sends, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Perfect. And no a perfect kintra cooser. KindSir, Vve read\ 
 Or fricassee wad mak her spew 
 
 Wi' perfect sconner, . . To a Haggis, 
 Perfection. Perfection whisper'd, passing by, 
 
 Behold the lass o' Ballochmylel [v.A.31] 
 
 6". *Twas even — the de^vy t 
 Perfidy, Whilst I here, must cry here, 
 
 At perfidy ingrate ! . Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 Perform'd, ' 
 
 She [Fortune] promis'd fair, and \S.Idream'dIlayi 
 perform'd but ill ; ( S. Tho' fickle Fortune t 
 
 Perfume. 
 Whose innocence did sweets disclose 
 
 Beyond that flower's perfume. . On Poet's Daughter. 
 Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume ; 
 
 S, Their groves of ^ 
 Perfume, to. 
 
 An' Pease an' Beans, at een or morn, 
 
 Perfume the plain, . , Scotch Drink. 3. 
 
 Period. My periods that decyphering defy, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Those mighty periods of years 
 Which seem to us so vast, . , The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 Perish. 
 Nay, by heaven, said I, may I perish if ever 
 
 I plant in your bosom a thorn. Spoke extern, to yng Lady. 
 Though Fate said, a hero should perish in light ; 
 . , , The Whistle. 16. 
 
 Perished. 
 
 Who nobly perished in the glorious cause. Frag, of Ode. 
 
 And perish'd mony a bonie boat, , . Tarn d Shanier. /j. 
 Perjur'd. 
 
 Curse on his perjur'd arts ! . The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 Perjury, Laugh o'er thy perjury . . .S". Had I a cave \ 
 Permission. Who has no will but by her high permission ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Permit. Ere we permit a foreign foe, 
 
 On British ground to rally. S. Does haughty Gaul^ f 
 A last request, permit me here, The Farewell. To St. /,'s L. 
 Perplex. 
 That when nae real ills perplex them, 
 
 They mak enow themsels to vex them ; The Twa Dogs. zg. 
 Persecute. 
 
 They persecute you all your future days £p, toR. Graham, j, 
 Persecuted. 
 Still persecuted by the limmer 
 
 Frae year to year ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 2rst, 10. 
 Persecution. 
 
 Small beer persecution, . . Epit. on J. Dove^ Innkeeper, 
 Persevering, 
 
 You may do miracles by persevering. Prologue, at Th., D., 
 Per se. 
 ' Mite-horn shavings, filings, scrapings, 
 
 Distill'd per se ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 Person. 
 Nor person to befriend me, O ; S. My father was afarmeri 
 Thy mither's person, grace an' merit. Add. to Illegit. Child, 
 Personal, 
 Who is proof to thy personal converse and wit, 
 Is proof to all other temptation. . . Extern.^ To Mr. S. 
 Persuaded. I once was persuaded a venture to make ; 
 
 S. No Churchman aml\ 
 Persuasion. 
 Wi' sma' persuasion she ^reed, 
 To see me thro' the barley. . . ^S". TAs Rigs d Barley. 
 Pert. 
 Who calls thee, pert, aflfected, vain coquette, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight, . , Sketch. 
 Perth, She swoor she saw some rebels run 
 To Perth and to Dundee, man : 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Peruse, 
 Peruse them an' return them quickly ; . Auldcomrade\ 
 •Whose rhymes you'll perhaps, Sir, ne'er deign to peruse : 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Perusing. 
 
 Perusing Bunyan, Brown, and Boston ; . Auldcomrade\ 
 Perverse, I'd kiss her maids, and kick the perverse b— h. 
 
 The Henpecked Husbeaid. 
 
 Pet. The lad, for twa guid gimmer-pets, 
 
 Was Laird himsel. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27* 
 An' may they never learn the gaets, 
 
 Of ither vile, wanrestfu' Pets ! , The Death ofMailie. 
 Peter. As ye disown yon paughty dog, 
 
 That bears the keys of Peter, , . A Dream. 12. 
 Dear Peter, dear Peter, . . . . To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 Petition, 
 And see his lordly fellow-worm. 
 The poor petition spurn, 
 
 And in their dear petitions place him : 
 
 On Scot, Bard gne to »^./. 
 Petitioner, 
 
 And your Petitioner shall ever . A Ded.^ to G. H.j 13- 
 Petrify. But Och ! it hardens a' within. 
 
 And petrifies the feeling! Ep. to Young Frtend.O. 
 
 Petted. But a' the niest week as I petted wi' care, 
 
 6". Last May a braw wooer J 
 Petticoat. Her tartan petticoat she'll kilt, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 
 
 Petticoatie \dim. i2/"petticoat]. 
 
 She draigl't a' her petticoatie , , , j, . + 
 
 Comin thro' the rye. . ■ . S. Comm thro the rye\ 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 
Fettle 
 
 355 
 
 Piety 
 
 PettlCi Pattle [a plough-staff, of small spade with a 
 long shaft to enable the ploughman clear away 
 the earth adhering to the plough.] 
 
 I have four brutes o' gallant mettle, 
 
 As ever drew afore a pettle The Inventory. 
 
 I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, 
 
 Wi' murd'ring. pattle! . To a Mouse. 
 
 Or faith ! I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle 
 
 Ye'll see't or lang, 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer. 15. 
 
 Phely, O Phely, happy be that day, [«.] . S. O Phely t 
 So ilka day to me mair dear 
 
 And charming is my Phely. [«.] . ... lb. 
 O saw ye my dear, my Phely ? [r^.] S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 Phemie. 
 But Phemie was a bonier lass 
 Than braes o"* Yarrow ever saw. [re-l S. Blythe was she, t 
 Philadelphia. Till Willie H— e took o'er the knowe 
 
 For Philadelphia, man : A Fragment. 3. 
 Phllibeg [a kilt]. 
 Forbye, he'll shape you aff fu' gleg 
 
 The cut of Adam's philibeg ; . On Grose's Pengrinatiotis. 
 But had ye seen the philibegs 
 And skyrin tartan trews, man, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 With his Philibeg, an' tartan Plaid, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 PhiUIS. Of Phillis to muse and to sing, [w.] 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith \ 
 Wherefore sighing art thou Phillis ? . Blue Bonnets. 
 
 But did you see my dearest Phillis, 
 
 In simplicity's array; . . . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Phillis the fair, [r^,] . . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Wha wou'd soon dry the tear frae his Phillis's e'e. 
 
 S, Wae is my heart t 
 Philomel. Where Philomel, 
 
 While nightly breezes swee^ the vines, 
 
 Her griefs will tell ! Poem on Pastoral Poetty. 
 Philosopher. 
 Twa sage Philosophers to glimpse on ! A uld comrade dear t 
 Philosophers have fought an' wrangled, . . .lb. 
 Nae mair we see his levee door 
 
 Philosophers and Poets pour, . . . . To IV. Creech. 
 Philosophic. 
 She [nature] kneads the lumpish philosophic dough, 
 
 £p. to R. Graham., a. 
 An' raise a philosophic reek, 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Philosophy. 
 Philosophy, no idle pedant dream, 
 Here holds her search by heaven-taught Reason's beam ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Phineas. 
 
 Or Phineas drove the murdering blade, The Ordination. 4. 
 Phiz. Ye did present your smoutie phiz, 
 
 Mang better folk. Add. to the Deil. 77. 
 Phcebe. Phoebe, in her midnight reign, A Winter Night. 6. 
 Phoebus. 
 When Phcebus gies a short-liv'd glow'r, A Winter Night. 
 When Phoebus peeps over the mountains, ,. 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith f 
 Now Phoebus blinkit on the bent, . S. As I came der t 
 
 While Phoebus sunk beyond Ben-ledi ; S. By Allan stream t 
 As Phcebus and the famous Nine 
 
 Were glowran owre my pen. '. . Ep. to Davie, it, 
 when auld Phoebus bids good-morrow, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Now Phosbus chears the crystal streams. 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Like Phosbus in the morning, . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Till fley'd awa' by Phoebus' light. . . S.O were my love t 
 When rising Phcebus first is seen, . S. On Cessnock banks t 
 When Phoebus sinks behind the seas ; . . . .lb. 
 May, When ev'ning Phcebus shines serene, . lb.. Sett II. 
 Phoebus, gilding the brow of the morning, S. Sleep' st thou, t 
 What tho' their Phcebus kinder warms, 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Auld Phoebus himsel, as he peep'd o'er tho hill, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming f 
 saucy Phcebus' scorching beams, The Petition of Br. Water, 
 Phoebus, low, Shall kiss the distant, western main. 
 
 The Lament. 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, 
 
 S. ThePosie, 
 
 Bright Phoebus ne'er witnessed so joyous a corps, 
 
 The Whistle. 13. 
 So uprose bright Phoebus— and down fell the knight. lb. it. 
 Phosphorus. 
 
 The martial phosphorus is taught to flow, Ep. to R. Graham, a. 
 Phrase. In shepherd's phrase will woo : S. Behold, my love, t 
 In ploughman phrase ' God send you hpeed,' 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 tho' the phrase may seem uncivil, . , . Scots Prologue. 
 *Thy rudely-caroU'd, chiming phrase, 
 
 * In uncouth rhymes, The Visiojt. D. II. 12. 
 Phrase, to [flatter]. 
 To phrase you an' praise you, 
 Ye ken your Laureat scorns : . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Phraisin' [flattering], 
 
 Tho' in sic phraisin terms ye've penn'd it, To W. Simpson, 
 Physically. 
 An' physically causes seek. 
 
 In clime an' season. The Author's Cry and Pr'ayer. P. 
 Physician. 
 Fy, bring Black-Jock, her [Superstition's] state physician. 
 
 To see her w-t-r ; . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Physics. 
 
 Law, physics, politics, and deep divines ; Ep. to R. Graham. 
 Pibroch. 'Twas Pibroch, Sang, Strathspey, or Reels, 
 
 S. Amang the trees ^ 
 
 Pick, the pick and the wale O' lasses Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 An' runts o' grace the pick an' wale, The Ordination. 6. 
 
 the pick o' his band, . . S. There liv^d ance a carle t 
 
 Picking. Picking her pouch as bare as Winter, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 8. 
 Pickle [a small quantity ; a single grain], 
 
 A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller : . Auldcomrade\ 
 
 She gies the Herd a pickle nits, . , Halloween, zi. 
 
 But her tap-pickle maist was lost, lb* 6. 
 
 Pickle. In what a pickle thou hast left us ! El. on Year I'jSS. 
 Pictish. Auld Brig appear'd of ancient Pictish race. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 There, where a sceptr'd Pictish shade 
 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, [v,A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Picture. 
 " When a' my weel-clad banks could see, 
 
 '* Their woody picture in my tide : S. As on the hanks t 
 Pull the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox, 
 Picture o' the great Clanronald ; . . . S. Hee balou t 
 My face was but the keekin' glass 
 
 And there ye saw your picture. In Defence of a Lady. 
 
 Some narfow, dirty, dungeon cave. 
 
 The picture of thy mind ! . On seeing Seat of Lord G, 
 Here is Satan's picture, 
 Like a bizzard gled, . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Pictur'd, 
 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks ; The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 Pidgeon, 
 
 Here lies Johnny Pidgeon, [re-l Epit, on J, Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Pie. An' bake them up in brunstane pies 
 
 For poor d— n'd Drinkers. Scotch Drink, so. 
 Pie-bald. The pie-bald jacket let me patch once more ; 
 
 Fp. to R. Graham, j". 
 
 Piece. My Sandy brak a piece o' goud, S. My Sandy gied\ 
 
 To gather matter for a serious piece ; . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Pier. The boat rocks at the Pier o' Leith, S, My bonie Mary. 
 
 The ither flutters o'er the rising piers : The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Pierce. 
 
 Sin' that day Michael did you pierce. Add, to the Deil. ig. 
 
 What Sorrows yet may pierce me thro', Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 Your Honor's hearts wi' grief 'twad pierce. 
 
 The A utkoPs Cry and Prayer, 
 Piere'd. ■ They hae pierc'd mony a gallant heart ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 1$. 
 ' Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart 
 
 * Of a kail-runt. .... lb. ly. 
 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped. 
 And pierc'd my darling's heart : 6". Fate gave the word{\ 
 Piercin, Hispiercin words, like Highlan swords, 
 
 Divide the joints an' marrow ; The Holy Fair. zi. 
 
 Piety. The piety of ancient days ! . . .On Lincluden, 
 
 And heaven-born piety her sanction seals. To Miss Graham. 
 
Pigmy 
 
 356 
 
 Pith 
 
 Pigmy. 
 
 A pigmy Scraper wi' his Fiddle, The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Pike, Pyke [to pick]. 
 The hungry bike did scrape and pike S. Amang the trees t 
 Sae merrily's the banes we'll pyke, The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 Pile. And, hark ! what more than mortal sound 
 
 Of music breathes the pile around ? . On Lincluden. 
 Seal'd up with frugal care in massive, waxen piles, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Pile, to. Chill, o'er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap ! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 Pilfer'd. 
 
 When ye pilfer'd the alms o' the poor ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Pill. Has clad a score i' their last claith, 
 
 By dtap and pill. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 Surrounded thus by bolus pill 
 
 And potion glasses. . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Pillar. I'm here a pillar in thy temple, Holy Willie's Prayer. $• 
 Pillow. 
 Whisp'ring spirits round my pillow 
 Talk of him that's far awa. . S, Musing on the roaring t 
 Pillow, to. 
 And pillows on the thorn my rack'd repose ! Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 
 Pillow'st. 
 
 Though cauld be the clay, where thou pillows't thy head, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Pilot. When Guilford good our Pilo.t stood, A Fragment. 
 Pimp. 
 The news o' princes, dukes, and earls, 
 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds and opera-girls ; KindSir^ I've read\ 
 Pin. And ay she shook the temper-pin. S. Duncan Davison. 
 For the auld gudeman o' London court 
 
 She didna care a pin ; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 He has cooper'd and cawd a wrang pin in*t. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Your pin wad help to mend a mill 
 
 In time o' need, . . . To a Haggis. 
 And screw your temper-pins aboon 
 A fifth or mair Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 
 Pinch. 
 
 Wi' pinch I put a Sunday's face on,. What ails ye now t 
 
 Pinch, to. 
 O Lord, when hunger pinches sore, 
 Do thou stand us in stead, . . .At Globe Tav. , D, 
 Pindus. Nae heathen name shall I prefix 
 
 Frae Pindus or Parnassus ; To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Fine* Let Britain boast her hardy oak, 
 
 Her poplar and her pine, man, The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 O sweet grows the lime and the orange, 
 
 And the apple on the pine ; . ... To Mary. 
 
 Give me the cot below the pine, S. Twos even — the dewy t 
 Pine [pain, uneasiness]. 
 
 When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin : Scotch Drink. J. 
 Pine, to. 
 Where Guilt and poor Misfortune pine ! A Winter Night, g. 
 " In weary being now I pine, . Lament/or Glencaim. 
 Oh, why should truest worth and genius pine 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe, Lns on Fergusson. 
 
 Or guilt affrights thy contemplation. 
 
 And makes thee pine, . . The Hermit. 
 Thou seest a wretch who inly pines, . . The Lament. 
 Pining. Nor make our scanty pleasures less, 
 
 By pining at our state : Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 
 Pinion. To shun impelling ruin 
 
 A while [thp dove] her pinions tries ; 5". How cruel f 
 The flutt'ring gory pinion ! , . S. Now westlin winds t 
 Pinioned. 
 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold, . Wr. in FriarS'Carse H. 
 
 Pink. 
 
 O dinna think my pretty pink. 
 
 But I can live without thee : . S. Here's to thy health,} 
 And I will pu' the pink, the emblem o' my dear; 
 For she's the pink o' womankind, and blooms without a peer ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Pint [a Scotch pint is two English quarts]. 
 They'll step in and tak a pint S.A' the lads 0' Thomte-bank t 
 An* dawtet, twal-pint Hawkie's gane 
 
 As yell's the Bill. . Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 That set him to a pint of ale, . Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap, ist^ 6. 
 
 A pint an' gill I'd gie them baith, 
 To near your crack. 
 
 . lb. 7. 
 
 A pint o' the best o't. And twa pints mair. 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 We hae pennies to spend. 
 
 And we hae pints to bring. . • . S. Hey C(C tkro\ 
 
 Go, fetch to me a pint 0' wine, . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 O Willie, come sell your fiddle 
 
 And buy a pint o' wine ; . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 Meet owre a pint, or in the Council-house ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Yestreen I had a pint 0' wine . S, Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 
 Pint-stoup, -stowp [a measure containing two 
 quarts]. 
 
 And surely ye'U be your pint-stoup. 
 
 And surely I H be mine ; S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 An' there .the pint -stowp clatters ; . . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 Pious. O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, 
 
 Sae pious and sae holy, . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 Draw near with pious rev'rence and attend ! 
 
 Epit.for A uthor's Father. 
 But pious Bob, 'mid learning's store, 
 Commandment tenth remember'd. . The Dean ofFac. 
 
 a' ye pious godly flocks, . . . The Twa Herds. 
 Pipe. Scotland drew her pipe an* blew, . A Fragment. 7, 
 
 And [Caledon] to her pipe was singing ; O 
 
 S. Amang the trees t 
 She fufi"'t her pipe wi' sic a lunt, . . Halloween. 13, 
 
 He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Tarn o* Shanter. 11. 
 The time may come, with pipe and drum 
 We'll welcome hame fair Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 Syne tun'd his pipes wi' grave grimace. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. HI. 
 No shepherd's pipe — Arcadian strains ; . . The Lament. 
 The luntan pipe, an' sneeshin mill, . The Twa Dogs. 20. 
 
 Pipe, to. 
 And the shepherd tents his fiock as he pipes on his reed. 
 
 .S". Yon wild mossy mountains \ 
 Piper. The pipers and youngsters were making their game, 
 S. As I was a-watufring} 
 liie piper loud and louder blew ; . Ta7/i 0' Shanter. 12. 
 Till piper lads were wae and weary, 
 
 .S", T. Menz.'s bonie Mary. 
 There came a piper out o' Fife, . There came apiper} 
 Pirate. Hapless bird ! a prey the surest 
 
 To each pirate of the skies. . . S. Sensibility t 
 
 Pisgah. As once on Pisgah purg'd was the sight 
 Of a son of Circumcision, 
 So may be, on this Pisgah height, 
 Bob's purblind, mental vision : The Dean ofFac. 
 
 Piss. Which shews that heaven can boil the pot, 
 
 Though the devil p— s in the fire. The Dean qjFac.. 
 Pissed. An' p — d wi' dread, . Holy WilU£s Prayer. 14.. 
 
 Pistol. An* durk an' pistol at her belt, 
 
 She'll tak the streets. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. /;. 
 Pit. Some luckless hour will send him linkan. 
 
 To your black pit ; Add. to the Deil. 20. 
 They filled up a darksome pit 
 
 With water to the brim, . . . John Barleycorn, 
 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Fit, 
 
 Fill'd fou o' lowan brunstane, . . The Holy Fair. zz. 
 
 Pit [put]. It pits me ay as mad's a bare ; Ep. to J. R., I3' 
 She pits hersel an' Rob in ; ' . . . Halloween, to. 
 
 An' L — d ! if ance they pit her till't. 
 
 The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 
 To pit some bavins in his breast 1 . The Death ofMailie. 
 
 An' what poor Cot-folk pit their painch in, 
 
 1 own it's past my comprehension. . The Twa D^gs, g. 
 
 Pit-a-pat. My heart went fluttering pit-a-pat, 
 
 S. Whenfrst I saw\ 
 
 Pitch. To thresh my back at sic a pitch ? What ails ye mm t 
 Pitcur. The bauld Pitcur fell in a furr, S. Killiecrankie. 
 Piteous. Maggie's was a piteous case, S, Duncan Gray t 
 
 Reluctant, E stalk'd in ; with piteous race 
 
 The justling tears ran down his honest face ! The Vcwets. 
 Pith. At Brooses thou had ne'er a fellow, 
 
 For pith an' speed ; A Gmd NcwYear\9* 
 
 An' spread abreed thy weel-fiU'd brisket, 
 
 Wi' pith an' pow'r, . 
 The pith of sense and pride of worth, 
 Are higher ranks than a' that. . 
 
 tt. 12^ 
 S, The Honest Mam 
 
Kth 
 
 357 
 
 Place 
 
 And gloriously she'll whang her, 
 
 Wi' pith this day. . . The Ordination. 3. 
 But pith find power, till my last hour, 
 I'll mak this declaration ; . . . S. The Union. 
 
 Pitt, Pit [the statesman]. 
 
 I'm no mistrusting Willie Fit, 
 
 When taxes he enlarges, . . . . A Dream. 7. 
 
 The toolzie's teugh 'tween Pitt an' Fox, El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Thou, Pitt, shalt rue this overthrow, The Election Ballads. VL 
 
 A Garter gie to Willie Pit; . . . . ToJ.S., 23. 
 
 Pity. This boasted Honor turns away. 
 
 Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, A Winter Night, g. 
 Hear me. Powers divine ! 
 
 Oh, in pity hear me I . . . . S. Ay waking-, 1 
 And canst thou leave me thus for pity ? 
 
 S. Canst thou leave vie t 
 That e'er he [the Deil] nearer comes oursel 
 
 'S a muckle pity. Death and Dr. Hornbook, 2. 
 Swelling pity smoor'd his wrath ; . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 Where, haply. Pity strays forlorn, 
 
 Frae man exil'd. El. on Capt. M. H.^ 2. 
 
 A look of pity hither cast Ib.^ Epit. 
 
 Pity the best of words should be but wind ! Ep. to R . Graham J. 
 O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains, 
 
 Epit. for Author's Father. 
 Your pity I will not implore, 
 
 For pity ye have nane ; . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But, oh 1 Eliza, hear one prayer. 
 
 For pity's sake forgive me ! S. Farewell^ thou stream \ 
 What pity, in rearing so beauteous a system, 
 One trifling particular, Truth, should have miss'd him! 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Give over for pity— my Nauie's awa'. S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 For pity's sake, this ae night, . S. Lassie^ art thou t 
 Take pity on my weary feet, . . . . lb. 
 
 If love for love thou wilt na gie. 
 
 At least be pity to me shown ; S. O Maty, at thy window t 
 At least some pity on me shaw, 
 
 If love it may na be S. O mirk, mirk t 
 
 For pity's sake, sweet bird, nae mair!" 
 
 S, O stay sweet warbling \ 
 Pity's flood there never rose. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 Oh, open the door, some pity to shew, S. Oh open the door\ 
 In his breast no pity dwells, . . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 May never pity soothe thee with a sigh, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 That queens it o'er our taste— the mere's the pity : 
 
 Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 To anger them a* is a pity, • . . . S. Tain Glen. 
 An' rouse them up to strong conviction, 
 
 An' move their pity. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Is there no Pity, no relenting Ruth, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 For pity's sake, forgive me ! . . . S. The last time 1 1 
 There's a youth in this city, it were a great pity. 
 That he from our lasses should wander awa ; 
 
 S. There's a yoKth\ 
 pity's notes, in luxury of tears, . . To Miss Graham. 
 For pity, hide the cruel sentence 
 
 Under friendship's kind disguise. S. Turn again^ thou \ 
 And the sweet voice of pity ne'er sounds in my ear. 
 
 S. Wae is my heart \ 
 My auld auntie Katie upon me takes pity, 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 
 Take pity on a sodger. . . . S. When wild Wa?^s f 
 
 It's a pity ane sae pretty 
 
 Should na do the thing they can. S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 
 Pity, to. Gude pity me, because I'm little, Adam A—'sPrayer. 
 
 Whoe'er he be that sojourns here, 
 
 I pity much his case, Epig. on being neglected at In. Inn. 
 Pity the tuneful muses' hapless train, Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Pity our Kirk also ; . . . . New Psalmody. 
 An' I was but a young thing, 
 
 Wi' nane to pity me, jo. . . S. O watye what my\ 
 'Tis thine to pity and forgive. Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 
 If thou refuse to pity me, . . S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 Oh 1 I pity the pangs that you endure .* 
 
 S. The winter it is past \ 
 
 ;Pity my sad disaster ! To J. Taylor. 
 
 Even you, ye helpless crew, I pity jrou ; 
 
 Ye, whom the seeming good think sin to pity ; Tragic Frag.. 
 
 With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! 
 
 Wr. under Port. ofFergusson. 
 Pitied. 
 My blessings aye attend the chiel, 
 
 Wha pitied Gallia's slaves, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 He pitied the man that was ty'd to a wife, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Pitying. With awe-struck thought, and pitying tears. 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Our neighbour's sympathy may ease us, 
 
 Wi pitying moan ; . Add, to Toothache. 2. 
 Pitying the propless climber of mankind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 The pitying Heart that felt for human Woe 
 
 Epit. for A uthor's Father. 
 Frae woman's pitying e'e. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 The tender thrill, the pitying tear, . S. My Mary's face t 
 A ray direct from pitying Heaven, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 Pltyless. 
 
 While pltyless the tempest wild 
 
 Sore on you beats. . . A Winter Night. J. 
 Pizarro. Between Almagro and Pizarro ; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Placad [a public proclamation]. 
 
 The Saxon lads, wi' loud placads, . A Fragment. 7. 
 
 Place. For neither Pension, Post, nor Place, 
 
 Am I your humble debtor : . .A Dream. 3. 
 Because we've stang'd her through the place, 
 
 Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 Where'er that place be priests ca' hell. Add. to Toothache. 
 Nor ever sorrow stain the hour, 
 
 The place and time I met my dearie IS.ByA llan stream t 
 I've dar'd his [death's] face, and in this place 
 I scorn him yet again ! . . S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Let him be planted in my place, 
 Syne, say, I was a fautor. . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 * I daur you try sic sportin, 
 ' As seek the foul Thief onie place, . Halloween. 14. 
 
 A bumin' an' a shinin' light, 
 
 To a' this place. Holy Willies Prayer. 2. 
 
 Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 And wi' the far-fam'd Grecian share 
 
 A rival place ? . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 (Beauty, where-faultless symmetry and grace. 
 Can only charm us in the second place ,) 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Or likethe borealis race^ 
 
 That flit ere you can pomt their place ; Tatn d Shanter. 7. 
 tho' a Minister grow dorty. An' kick your place, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 23. 
 The pride of the place and its neighbourhood a' ; 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 But there's a youth, a witless youth. 
 That fills the place where she should be ; 
 
 S. The bonze Lass of Albany. 
 And, agonising, curse the time and place The Brigs of Ayr, p. 
 Retrieve its doom and take its place. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 For talents to deserve a place 
 
 Are qualifications saucy ; . . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 A place where body saw na' ; . ^S". The gowd. Locks of A. 
 Ye but smelt, man, the place where he [Pegasus] sh-t. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 My blessings on that happy place, ^S". The Rigs d Barley. 
 'Twas in that place o' Scotland's isle, 
 
 That bears me name o' auld king Coil, The Twa Dogs. 
 But whalpet some place far abroad, . . .lb. 2. 
 
 And gat him friends in ilka place ; , . . .Ib.3, 
 Their galloping thro' public places, ... lb. 31. 
 Aboon them a' ye tak your place, . . . . To a Haggis. 
 Tho' faith, I fear ye dine but sparely. 
 
 On sic a place. , To a Louse. 
 
 Then canie, in some cozie place. 
 
 They close the day. . . ToJ.S.^ 18. 
 Where is thy place of blissful rest ? To Mary in Heaven, 
 
 They a' maun meet some ither place, 
 
 Willie's awa ! . . . . To W, Creech, 
 Place, to. 
 Ye weel may wi' the fairest place : S. O this is no my ain f 
 And in their dear petitions place him : 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 And in her lovely bosom I'll place the lily there ; S. The Posie^ 
 And I'll place it in her breast, and I'll swear by a' above, lb* 
 
Placed, -^d 
 
 358 
 
 Plant 
 
 Placed, -'d. 
 
 Plac'd for her lordly use thus far, thus vile, below ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 - - - lonely Hermit plac'd 
 
 Where never human footstep trac'd. Despondency^ an Ode. 4. 
 placed by thee upon the wish'd-for height 
 
 Ep. to R' Graham, jr. 
 in life where-ever plac'd, . . Tke ist Psalm. 
 
 Till now amaist on ev'ry knowe 
 
 Ye'Il find ane plac'd ; To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Placid. 
 Across her placid, azure sky. 
 She sees the scowling tempest fly : . S. The gloomy night t 
 
 Plack [a small copper coin, equal to the third part of 
 
 an English penny]. 
 
 No, stretch a point to catch a plack ; . A Ded. to G. H,, 8. 
 
 ■ In my last plack thy part's be in't. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 E'en mony a plack, an' mony a peck, . El. on Year i'/88. 
 
 For monie a Plack they [the lasses] wheedle frae me, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. 1st, 17: 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plack ! . .lb. 20. 
 
 Nae howdie gets a social night 
 
 Or plack frae them. [v. A.25] Scotch Drink. 
 
 Flackless [penniless]. 
 Poor, plackless devils like mysel, . . Scotch Drink. j6. 
 
 Plague. 
 
 And ranked plagues their numbers tell, Add. to Toothache.s. 
 O I may it ne'er be a livin' plague . Holy IVillie's Prayer. 7. 
 
 Wishin' the ten Egyptian plagues 
 
 Wad seize you quick. 
 
 Letter to J. Goudie. 
 . Nature's Law. 
 
 And other Poets sing of wars. 
 The plagues of human life ^ 
 
 And he had a wife was the plague of his days, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Plague, to. 
 
 To plague you with this draunting drivel, . Poem on Life. 
 Plaid. 
 
 But I'll get my plaid an' out I'll steal, S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 He row'd me sweetly in his plaid, . . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 
 And ye may rowe me in your plaid, . . . .lb. 
 
 And rowed his Highland plaid about her. S. Donald Brodie. 
 
 Wore a plaid and was fu* braw, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 The marled plaid ye kindly spare, The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 With his Philibeg, an' tartan Plaid, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 Ye wha were ne'er by lairds respekit. 
 
 To wear the plaid, . . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 
 Plaiden [a kind of coarse woollen cloth differing 
 from plaid and flannel]. 
 To warp a plaiden wab ; . . S. My heart was ance t 
 
 To warp a wab o' plaiden ; . ^S". Robin shure in hairst. 
 Plaidie idim. 0/ plaid], . 
 Wha wad mind the wind and raiuj 
 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. [re.] S, As I came o^er\ 
 Amang the heather, in my plaidie, S, Montgom.'s Peggy, 
 My plaidie to the angry airt, 
 
 I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee . . S. O wert thou in t 
 Charlie Gregor tint his plajdie, 
 Kissin' Theniel's borne Mary. S. T. Mens.'s bonie Mary. 
 Plain. And on his bonnet grav'd was plain, 
 
 The sacred posy — Libertie ! . . .A Vision. 
 Plain truth to speak ; . . Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist^ I2. 
 Plain plodding industry, and sober worth : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 In plain, braid Scots hold forth a plain, braid story : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Plain, dull Stupidity stept kindly in to aid them. . lb, 10. 
 But spak their thoughts in plain, braid lallans, 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Plain, s. Dark-muifl'd, [Phcjebe] view'd the dreary plain ; 
 
 A Winter Night. 6. 
 O, rivers, forests, hills, and plains 1 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains : El. on Cnpt. M. H., //. 
 
 On many a bloody plain 
 I've dar'd his [death's] face, . S. Farewell^ ye dungeons t 
 Drifting o'er the frozen plain. S, Jockey's ta'en the parting^ 
 
 Fu* stately strode he on the plain, 
 
 S. My Harry was a gallant \ 
 Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains . Nature's Law. 
 
 waving grain, wida o'er the plain, S. Now westlitt winds j 
 
 She sees his pale corse on the plain. Oh ; S. Oh, open thedoor\ 
 In these savage, liquid plains, . On scaring Water-fowl 
 No more the thickening brakes and verdant plains 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare, 
 The gathering floods burst o'er the distant plains ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Ye hills, ye plains, ye forests, and ye caves, . . lb. 
 
 Ye dark waste hills, and brown unsightly plains, . . lb. 
 An* Pease an' Beans, at -een or mom. 
 
 Perfume the plain, . . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 Streams that glide in orient plains, .S". Streams that glided 
 Wi' deepening deluges o'erflow the plains ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Far dearer than the torrid plains 
 
 Where rich ananas blow ! . . . , The Farewell, 
 I see it driving o'er the plain ; . S. The gloomy nigkt\ 
 Aboon the plain sae rashy, O, . S. The Highland Lassie. 
 ' Some teach to meliorate the plain, 
 
 With tillage-skill; . Th€ Vision. D. H. 8. 
 lov'd Nith, thy gladsome pl^ns, . S. To thee, lov'dNitk] 
 We'll sing auld Coila's plains an' fells, . To W, Simpson. 
 Tho' shelter'd in the lowest shed 
 That ever rose on Scotland's plain ! 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 Young Jamie, pride of a' the plain, . .S". Young Jamie\ 
 My Jockey toils upon the plain, . S. Young Jockey \ 
 
 Plaint, Or Job's pathetic plaiht, and wailing cry ; 
 
 Tke Cotters Sat. Night. 14. 
 And Common Sense is gaun, she says, 
 To mak to Jamie Beattie Her plaint this day. 
 
 The Ordination. 11. 
 Plaintive. When on my ear this plaintive strain, 
 
 Slow-soiemn, stole A Winter Night. 6. 
 Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. N^ht. 23. 
 In plaintive notes my tale rehearses . . To Clarinda. 
 Plaister [plaster]. 
 O how they fire the heart devout 
 Like cantharidian plaisters . . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 
 Plaister, to [to plaster]. 
 
 Her [Britain's] broken shins to plaister ; . A Dream. 6. 
 Plan. Be sure ye follow out the plan 
 
 Nae waur than he did, honest man ! El. on Year lySS. 
 But wilily he [Satan] changed his plan, Epig. on A. Turner. 
 'The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 ' 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he. 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k J Ap. zzsf, /J. 
 
 Her [nature's] eye intent on all the mazy plan, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 
 But such is the flaw, or the depth of the plan. 
 
 Frag, inscr, to Fox. 
 
 To oppose great Nature's plan ? . .3'. Let not woman t 
 Here Douglas forms wild Shakspeare into plan, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 Except it be some idle plan O' rhymin clink, 
 
 Second Ep. to Daoit. 
 Some useful plan, or book could make. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 While quacks of state must each produce his plan. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 And trust, the Universal Plan 
 
 Will all protect. . The Vision. D. H. 21. 
 She's tum'd you off, a hiunan-creature 
 
 On her first plan, . - To J. S„3- 
 
 Gae fa' upo' anither plan, . . - What ailsyenowi 
 
 I'll do my endeavour to follow her plan ; . 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie J 
 
 Who act so counter Heavenly Mercy's plan ? Why am/lcth\ 
 Planet. And ne'er shall glimmering planet fix 
 
 My worship to its ray. S. Farewellf dearmistressj 
 Plant. 
 Protect and guard the mother plant, On BirthofPosth. Child. 
 A Knave an' Fool are plants 6f ev'ry soil : Scots Prologue. 
 Plant, to. 
 But I maun lie before the storm. 
 And ithers plant them in my room. Lament for GlehcairK. 
 
 Nay, by heaven, said I, may I perish if ever 
 I plant in your bosom a thorn. Spoke extern, toyng Laay* 
 
 She plants the forests, pours the flood ; - , . t-v * 
 
 ^ . . S. Streams that gltde\ 
 
 Syne let us pray, auld England may 
 Sure plant this far-famed tree, man ; The Tree ofLiHrty^ 
 
Plantation 
 
 359 
 
 Please 
 
 Plantation. Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle, 
 
 Your thick plantations. To a Louse. 
 Planted. Let him be planted in my place, 
 
 Syne, say, I was a fautor. S. Had I the wyte t 
 Why was an independent wish 
 
 E er planted in my mind ? Man -was made to Mourn. 
 
 Ae market-night, Tarn had got planted unco right ; 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. j. 
 On ilka brow ghe's planted a horn, S. The Cooper d cuddy t 
 Flashy. 
 Flashy sleets and beating rain, 
 
 S, Jockey^s tden the parting t 
 Plate [a large pewter plate placed at the doop or 
 gate of a church fop the collection]. 
 Wheil by the plate we set our nose, 
 Weel heaped up wi' ha'pence, . . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Flatie [dim. Opiate]. 
 
 owre the wee bit cup an' platie, . The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 Flay. But what he said it was nae play, . . A Vision. 
 Now nae longer sport and play, 
 
 Mirth or sang can please me ; . S. Blytke hoe I been t 
 When a' the lave gae to their play, S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 May still your life from day to day, 
 
 Nae " lente largo" in the play, , Ep. to Maj. Logan. $, 
 I hope to gie the jads a clearin' 
 
 In fair play yet lb. 11. 
 
 O Whisky ! soul o' plays an' pranks ! Scotch Drink., 18, 
 
 How this new Play, and that new Sang is comln ? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Will bauldly try to gie us Plays at bame ? . . .lb. 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. Tarn d Shanter. 11. 
 
 there had been nae play ; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 And mickle mirth and play. . S. The last braw bridal^ 
 At Operas an' Plays parading, The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 The Curlers quat their roaring play. The Vision. D.I. 1. 
 ' I saw thy pulse's maddening play, . . lb, D. II. I'j. 
 Passion's birth, and infants' play . . To a Kiss. 
 Like school-boys, at th' expected warning, 
 
 To joy and play. . . . ToJ.S., IS- 
 Play, to. And still the clap plays clatter. Add. to Unco Guid. 
 The music of her pretty foot, 
 
 On my heart it did play so, . S. As I gaed up by f 
 
 Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes. 
 And o'er the chrystal streamlet plays ; 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie^ will ye go + 
 
 1 was bred up at nae sic school, 
 
 My shepherd-lad, to play the fool, , S. CeC the Ewes. 
 Than I, no lonely Hermit . - - 
 
 Less fit to play the part, . . Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 Whyles owre a linn the fcurnie plays, . Halloween. 2$. 
 
 He drinks, an' swears, an' plays at cartes, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, 11. 
 ■ Would play anither Charles the twalt : Kind Sir, Vve read t 
 And I mjrsel' the zephyr's breath, 
 
 Amang its bonie leaves to play. . ^S", O were my love t 
 
 The silvery moonbeams trembling play : . On Lincluden. 
 The war!' may play you monie a shavie; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 And ne'er, tho' out o' sight, to jauk or play : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night 6. 
 The lightly-jumping, glowrin trouts, 
 
 ■ That thro' my waters play. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Hark, how the nine-tail'd cat she plays! The Ordination, 11. 
 The polish'd leaves, and berries red, 
 
 Did rustling play ; . The Vision. D.II. 23. 
 Played, -*d. 
 
 my Luve's like the melodie 
 
 That's sweetly play'd in tune. . , S. A red, red Rose. 
 When linnets sang, and lammies play'd. S, As on the banks f 
 An* play'd on man a cursed brogue. Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 ' It just play'd dirl on the bane, Death and Dr. Hornbook, 16. 
 I've play'd mysel a bonie spring, . . . Ep. to J. R. 6, 
 He play'd a spring and danc'd it round, 
 
 S. Farewell, ye dungeons \ 
 Play'd me sic a trick, . . . S. Robin sure in hairst, 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid, 
 
 Play'd her that pliskie ij The Autho-^s Cry and Prayer. 
 While he, sub rosa, play'd his part The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 1 play'd my filHe sic a shavie, . . . The Inventol>y. 
 And I served out my Trade when the gallant game was play'd, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, I. 
 
 But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft, 
 
 That play'd a Dame a shavie The Jolly Beggars, R. VIII. 
 Sic game is now owre aften play'd ; • The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 He play'd our cousin Kate a spring. 
 
 When Sent a body bade him. . There came apiper^ 
 
 This game was play'd in monie lands, To W. Simpson P.S. 
 
 O, lassie, ye hae played the fool, . S. Ye hoe lien wrang. 
 
 Playful. In playful bands disporting. . S, Young Peggy f 
 
 Playing, She saw three bonie boys playing at the ba' ; 
 
 lS". Lady Mary Ann. 
 Plea. Ae night, at tea, began a plea, . . A Fragment. 
 No other plea I have, But, Thou art good ; 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death, 
 
 How daddie Burke the plea was cookin, Kind Sir, Vve read \ 
 
 'Twad been nae plea ; . . On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 . When neebors anger at a plea, Scotch Drink. 13. 
 
 So how this weighty plea may end, 
 
 Nae mortal wight can tell ; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Plead. My awkart Muse sair pleads and begs. 
 
 I would na write. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st, 2. 
 Pleading. Heroes in Cesarean fight 
 
 Or Ciceronian pleading. The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Pleasant. How pleasant thy banks and green vallies below, 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 Simmer's a pleasant time, Flow'rs of ev'ry colour ; 
 
 S. Ay waukin, O. 
 A bonie Lass, all will confess. 
 
 Is pleasant to the e'e, . . . . S, Handsome Nell. 
 Hovv pleasant the banks of the clear winding Devon, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns 
 
 Bring Autumn's pleasant weather ; .S*. Now westlin winds t 
 The happy hour may soon be near, 
 
 That brings us pleasant weather : S. The noble Maxwells t 
 There will surely be some pleasant weather 
 When a' their storms are past and gone. 
 
 When clouds in skies t 
 Please. Maun please the Great-folk for a wamefou ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., ^. 
 While Nobles strive to please Ye, . . A Dream, g. 
 
 And if it please thee, heavenly guide, 
 
 May never worse be sent ; . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 They'll mak what rules and laws they please. A dd. of Beelzebub. 
 But what your Lordships please to gie them ! . .lb. 3. 
 'Twill please me mair to hear an' see't, 
 
 Than stocket mailins. Add. to Illegit, Child, 
 Now nae langer sport and play. 
 
 Mirth or sang can please me ; . S. Blythe hd!e I been \ 
 ' Aqua-fontis, what you please, 
 
 ' He can content ye. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 21. 
 On braes when we please then, 
 
 We'll sit and sowth a tune ; . . . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 Then turn me, if Thou please, adrift, 
 
 Ep. to J. L~-ky Ap. 2ist, 13. 
 And if it please thee, Pow'r above, Grace after Dinner. 
 
 'Tis this in Nelly pleases me, . . , S, Handsome Nell. 
 Wha, as it pleases best thysel'. 
 
 Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, Holy Willie's Prayer, i. 
 But please transmit the enclosed letter, 
 
 Kenya ought 0' Copt. G,\ 
 Can please a lassie better. . , S. O gie my love brose t 
 That ye can please me at a wink, . . . S.O Tibbie 1 1 
 Poor is the task to please a barb'rous throng. 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 How can ye please, ye flowers, with all your dies ? 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 But what a weary wight can please, 
 
 And care his bosom wringing, . S. Sweet f^s the eve t 
 ' 'Twad please me to the Nine. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 But nae ane could their fancy please, 
 
 O ne'er a ane but tway. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 For some had gentle folks to please, 
 
 And some wad please thpmsel, . ... lb. 
 
 Would then my noble master please 
 
 To grant my highest wishes, TJie Petition of Br. Water. 
 Churches built to please the Priest. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 To please the Mob they hide the little giv'n. 
 
 The Ordination. Mott. 
 She's dour and din, a deil within. 
 
 But aiblins she may please ye. . The Tarbolton Lasses, 
 An' please themsels wi' countra sports, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 
Please 
 
 360 
 
 Pleasure 
 
 Then please sir, to lea'e sir, 
 
 The orders wi' your lady. . . .To Gav. Hamilton, 
 But, as I'm sayin'j please step to Dow's To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 ' To please us a', I've just ae ither, . . IV/tat ails ye now t 
 
 I never can please him, do a' that I can ; 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie t 
 
 The leafless trees my fancy please, . . . Winter. 
 
 Pleased, -'d. 
 I took the way that pleas'd mysel, 
 
 And sae did Death. Death and Dr. Homhook. 31. 
 
 There was ae sang, amang the rest, 
 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, E^. to J. L—h, Ap. ist, 3. 
 
 Nature well pleased pronounced it very good ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 Weel pleased, he greets a wight sae famous, 
 And Death was nae less pleased wi' Thomas, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 I'm better pleas'd to make one more, 
 
 Than be the death of twenty. Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.* 
 Long, long be pleas'd to spare ; , O Thou dread Pow'r^ 
 Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the Soul ; lb. ij. 
 
 Which pleased them ane and a', man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 ' While ye [Powers] are pleas'd to keep me hale, 
 ' I'll sit down o'er my scanty meal, . . . To J. S.^ 24. 
 But, Sir, this pleas'd them warst of ava. What ails ye now t 
 Curse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'd, 
 And yet can starve the author of the pleasure, 
 
 Wr. under Port. ofFergusson. 
 
 PleasinCT. Have I so found it full of pleasing charms ? 
 
 WhyamIloth\ 
 Pleasure. 
 While hopes, and joys, and pleasures fly him [Want], 
 
 A Ded. to G. H.^ 16. 
 Down Pleasure's stream, wi' swelling sails, 
 
 I'm tauld ye're driving rarely ; . .A Dream. 10. 
 
 The pride, the pleasure o* the wood, S. A Rosebud by my t 
 I'm sure sma' pleasiire it can gie, Ev'n to a deil, 
 To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, . Add. to the Deil. z. 
 When Phoebus peeps over the mountains, 
 
 On music, and pleasure and love. Adown winding Nith \ 
 Youth, grace, and love attendant move, 
 
 And pleasure leads the van, S. A. Mastrtns bonie Anne. 
 I seek nae mair o' Heav'n to share, 
 •Than sic a moment's .pleasure, O ! 
 
 S. An' Til hiss thee, yet t 
 With " Mary, when shall we return, 
 
 " Sic pleasure to renew ? " . . S. As down the bum t 
 Weel, since he has left me, may pleasure gae wi' him, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand^ring t 
 Since thou then deny'st the pleasure, 
 . Now 'tis fit that thou shouldst mourn. S. Blue Bonnets. 
 It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth. 
 That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Var. braes t 
 I listened to a lover's sang, 
 And thought on youthful pleasures many ; 
 
 S. By A llan stream t 
 Or chain the soul in speechless pleasure ; . . .lb. 
 Come ease, or come travail, come pleasure or pain ; 
 My warst word is, " Welcome, and welcome again ! " 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 But pleasure they [flowers, birds] hae nane for me 
 
 S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 the pleasure The fickle Fair can give thee, 
 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . . . S. Deluded swain t 
 
 But ah ! those pleasures. Loves and Joys, 
 
 Which I too keenly taste, . . Despondency^ an Ode^ 4. 
 When dancing thoughtless Pleasure's maze, . . . Ih. £. 
 When ranting round in Pleasure's ring, 
 
 Religion may be blinded ; . . Ep. to Young Friend, 10. 
 Nae treasures, nor pleasures 
 
 Could make us happy lang; . . Ep. to Davie. S. 
 
 Nor make our scanty Pleasures less, 
 
 By pining at our state : lb. 7. 
 
 There's a' the Pleasures o' the Heart, 
 
 The Lover and the Frien' ; Ib.S. 
 
 ye whom social pleasure charms, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isi, 2/. 
 And sing their pleasures, hopes an' joys, 
 
 In some mild sphere, . lb. Ap. szsi, 18. 
 Sir Bard will do himself the pleasure 
 
 To call at Park. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 
 Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches pive, 
 
 Yet haply wanting where withal to live ; Ep. to R. Graham.3} 
 
 But come ye who the godlike pleasure know, 
 
 Heaven's attribute distinguish' d — to bestow! . , Ib.j. 
 
 A' pleasure exile me, , . . . S. Eppie Adair. 
 
 When Remembrance wracks the mind, 
 
 Pleasures but unvail Despair. . S. Frae the/nends f 
 
 And pleasure is a wanton trout, . , S. Gane is the day f 
 I tint my peace and pleasure ; , . . S. Gat ye me, f 
 Fond lovers parting is sweet painful pleasure, . 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Such the pleasures I enjoy'd ; S. I dreanid I lay \ 
 
 My cheerless suns no pleasure know ; 
 
 Improm., on Mrs, — 's Birthday. 
 - - while rosy pleasure 
 
 Hides young desire amid her flowery wreath, Innocence f 
 And may those pleasures gild thy reign, 
 
 That ne'er wad blink on mine ! Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 
 I grant him [Wisdom] his calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures, 
 
 Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 
 Or youthful Pleasure's rage ? Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 In Pleasure's lap carest ; lb. 
 
 From pomp and pleasure torn ; . ... lb. 
 
 What are their noisy pleasures ? . S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 Gae seek for pleasure whare ye will. 
 
 But here I never miss't it yet. . S. My love sh^s butf 
 In vain I've roam'd for pleasure, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find, S. Nom westlin winds f 
 O why should Fate sic pleasure have, 
 
 Life's dearest bands untwining? . S. O poortith cauld, f 
 Glories in his heart humane — 
 And creatures for his pleasure slain. 
 
 S. On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Nor ever pleasure glad thy cruel heart ! 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Life's social haunts and pleasures I resign, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Peace, enjoyment, love, and pleasure ! . S. One fond kiss, t 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi' joy. 
 
 And hellish pleasure ; Poem on Life. 
 
 Firni may she rise with generous disdain 
 At "Tyranny's, or direr Pleasure's chain ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . S. Raving winds t 
 What pleasure, what treasure, 
 
 Unto these rosy lips to grow : . . . S. Saejlaxen \ 
 Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure. 
 
 Scenes that former thoughts renew ; . S. Scenes ofwoe\ 
 My chief, amaist my only pleasure, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure, 
 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . . S. Sensibility, \ 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, 
 The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : 
 
 Tarn d Skanter. 6. 
 But pleasures are like poppies spread, 
 You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; . . . . /?. 7. 
 Can they the peace and pleasure feel 
 Of Bessie at her spinning-wheel? The Contented Cottager. 
 
 * If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 Or nature aught of pleasure give ; S. The day returns t 
 
 If sae their pleasure was. . . The Election Ballads. I, 
 And now a widow I must mourn 
 
 The Pleasures that will ne'er return ; The folly Beggars, S. IV. 
 If we lead a life of pleasure, 
 
 'Tis no matter how or where. . . . lb. S. Vlli. 
 From ev'ry joy and pleasure torn, . . . The Lament, 
 Nae joy nor pleasure can she see; . . S. The lovely lass\ 
 
 O, these are the pleasures the poor man enjoys ! 
 
 3". The Poor Thresher. 
 . But a' the pleasures e'er I saw, 
 
 Tho' three times doubl'd fairly, , 
 
 That happy night was worth them a' S. The Rigs Barley. 
 But what can give pleasure, or what can seem fair, 
 When the lingering moments are number'd wi' care ? 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 
 Was keepet for His Honor's pleasure ; . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Sure great folk's life's a life o' pleasure? . . ib. 27. 
 
 * Wild-send thee Pleasure's devious way. The Vision. D. //. /?■ 
 Gay Pleasure ran riot as bumpers ran o'er ; The Whistle. 13- 
 Turn away thine eyes of love, 
 
 Lest I die with pleasure. 
 
 S. Thine am I \ 
 
Pleasure 
 
 361 
 
 Ploughman 
 
 Where Pleasure is the magic-wand, . . ToJ.S.,i2. 
 And thou grim Pow'r, by Life abhorr'd, 
 While Life a pleasure can afford, . . .To Ruin. 
 
 But every joy and pleasure's fled, Willie's awa! To W. Creech. 
 And I, wi' pleasure, Shall let the busy, grumbling hive 
 
 Bum owre their treasure. To W. Simpson. 
 Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture, 
 That thy presence gies to me. . S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 Love thou hast pleasures, and deep have I lov'd, 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 And eyes again with pleasure beam'd S. When wild War's f 
 No more I trace the light footsteps of pleasure, 
 
 S. Where are the joys i 
 Then we'll kiss and clap at pleasure, 
 
 S, Will ye go and marry \ 
 Pleasure with her siren air 
 
 May delude the thoughtless pair ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Pleasures, insects on the wing 
 Round Peace, the tenderest flower of Spring ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F.C.. 
 And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. 
 
 Wr. under Port, of Fergusson. 
 Why is the bard unpitied by the world, 
 Yet has so keen a relish of its pleasures ? . . . Ih. 
 Pledge. 
 
 1 gied my heart in pledge o' his ring. . S. My Sandy gied t 
 Sweet floweret, pledge o' meikle love. 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child, 
 These were the pledges of my love ! . The Lament. 
 
 Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 'Tis Friendship's pledge, my young, fair friend, To Chloris. 
 Pledge, to. 
 And pledge we ne'er shall sunder ; . lS. Come, let me take t 
 How aften didst thou pledge and vow, . S. O mirk., mirk t 
 "Whilst thou did pledge the Powers above,*] 
 
 " To be my ain dear Willy. . S. O Phely,\ 
 
 Deep in heart-wrung tears I'll pledge thee, [w.] 
 
 S. One fond kiss^i 
 I'll pledge my aith in guid braid Scotch, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 And pledge me in the generous toast — 
 " "The whole of human kind ! " . . To a Lady. 
 
 Pledged, -'d. 
 And pledg'd her their godheads to warrant it good. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 I wat they pledged their faith, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 Pledging. And pledging aft to meet again. 
 We tore ourselves asunder. 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes^ and streams t 
 Plenish'd. A mailin plenish'd fairly ; S. When wild War's \ 
 Plenty. An' gie you lads a plenty : . . A Dream. 14. 
 They'll ha'e me wed a wealthy coof, 
 
 Tho' 1 mysel' ha'e plenty ; S. And Ofor ane and twenty \ 
 I was na fou, but just had plenty ; 
 
 Death and Dr. HomBook. 3. 
 ' The Farina of beans and pease, 
 
 He has't in plenty ; . . . lb. 
 
 To see the new [year] come laden, groaning, 
 Wi' double plenty o'er the loanin 
 
 To thee and thine ; . . Friend of the poet\ 
 And plenty of bacon each day in the year ; . Impromptu. 
 It's plenty beets the lover's fire. . S. In simmer when t 
 The deities that I adore, 
 
 Are social Peace and Plenty, Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 Farewell then, lang hale then, 
 
 An' plenty be your fa' : . The Ans, to the Guidwife. 
 All-chearing Plenty, with her flowing horn, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 13. 
 For lapfu's large o' gospel kail 
 Shall fill thy crib in plenty, . ... The Ordination. 6. 
 Pleugh, Plew [plough]. 
 My Pleugh is now thy bairn-time a' ; A Guid New-year t //. 
 But I'm as blythe that hands his pleugh, S. Behind yon hills i 
 ' Nae doubt they'll rive it wi' the plew ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 ' Ye needna yoke the pleugh, .... lb. 24. 
 
 Tho* I should pawn my pleugh an' graith, 
 
 Ep. to J, L^k, Ap. 1st, 7. 
 Then tho' I drudge thro' dub an' mire 
 
 At pleugh or cart, ... lb, 13. 
 
 I had sax owsen in a pleugh, . S. gude ale comes \ 
 
 Or haud a yokin at the pleugh, Th$ Ans, to the Guidwife, 
 
 The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugh ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 
 Some ca' the pleugh, some herd, some tentie rin 
 
 A cannie errand lb. 
 
 The Father cracks of horses, pleughs and kye. . . lb. 8. 
 A country fellow at the pleugh, 
 
 His acre's till'd, he's right eneugh ; . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Pleugh-pettle [a plough-staflf ; ». pettle]. 
 Or faith ! I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle, 
 
 Ye'U see't or lang. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 1$. 
 Pliant. 
 
 subtile Litigation's pliant tongue On Death ofR. Dundas, 
 Plight. A mutual faith to plight, , On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 plight me your faith, my Mary, 
 
 And plight me your lily-white hand ; . .To Mary. 
 
 Flighted. 
 Is this thy plighted, fond regard S, Canst thou leave me t 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air ! S. Had I a cave t 
 And thy attentions plighted, S. O wat ye wha that loes t 
 
 By the faith you fondly plighted ; . ^. Stay, my charmer \ 
 The plighted faith ; the mutual flame ; . . The Lament. 
 The plighted husband of her youth ? . . . lb. 
 
 We hae plighted our troth, my Mary, . . To Mary. 
 
 And thou hast plighted me love o' the dearest ! 
 
 S. ' Twas na her bonze blue e'e^ 
 
 PUskie [a trick]. 
 
 (Deil na they never mair do guid, 
 Play'd her that pliskie !) The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Pliver [plover], 
 
 Tospeet him like a Pliver, . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Plodding. 
 Plain plodding industry, and sober worth ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. £. 
 Plot. 
 ' But hark! I'll tell you of a plot, DeathandDr. Homiook.30. 
 
 1 was suspected for the plot ; . . Ep. to J. R. , g. 
 Plot, to. No Statesman nor soldier to plot or to fight, 
 
 S. No Churchman am I \ 
 
 Plough. 
 
 My homy fist assume the plough again ; Ep, toR. Grakatn,s. 
 They took a plough and plough'd him down, John Barleycorn. 
 The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. , 
 The sword would help to mak a plough, The Tree of Liberty. 
 Henceforth, I'll rove where busy ploughs 
 
 Are whistling thrang, . To J. S., g. 
 
 Plough, to. 
 For, Lord be thanket, I can plough; . A Ded. to G. H., a. 
 To plough and sow, to reap and mow, 
 
 S. My father was afartner^ 
 I moil, and I toil, and I harrow and plough, 
 
 S. Tlie Poor Thresher. 
 For gold the merchant ploughs the main, 
 The farmer ploflghs the manor ; S. When wild War's t 
 Ploughboy. The merry Ploughboy cheers his team, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature + 
 Plough'd. 
 
 The stibble rig is easy plough'd, . S. O can ye lahour lea t 
 Ploughman. In ploughman phrase ' God send you speed,' 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 I heard a young Ploughman sae sweetly to sing; 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman* 
 There's nae life like the Ploughman in the month o' sweet May. 
 
 lb. 
 And wi' the merry Ploughman she'll whistle and sing, lb. 
 An sturapan on his ploughman shanks, On dining with Daer. 
 Nor sauce, nor state that I could see, 
 
 Mair than an honest ploughman. 
 An' Ploughmen gather wi' their graith. 
 The Ploughman he's a bonie lad, . 
 Then up wi't a', my Ploughman lad, 
 And hey, my merry Ploughman ; ■ 
 Commend me to the Ploughman. . 
 My Ploughman he comes hame at e'en, 
 I will wash my Ploughman's hose, 
 I will mak my Ploughman's bed, . 
 The boniest sight that e'er I saw 
 
 Was the Ploughman laddie dancin. 
 I never gat my coggie fou Till I met wi' the Ploughman. lb. 
 The tither was a ploughman's collie, , The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 
 
 Scotch Drink 
 
 10. 
 
 . s 
 
 The Ploughman^ 
 
 
 
 lb. 
 
 
 
 
 lb. 
 
 
 
 
 n. 
 
 
 
 
 lb. 
 
 
 
 
 lb. 
 
 
 
 
 lb. 
 
Ploughman-chiel 
 
 362 
 
 Point 
 
 Ploughman-ehiel. 
 
 The brawnicj banie, ploughman-chiel Scotch Drinks ii. 
 
 Plough-share « Stem Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, 
 
 Full on thy bloom, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 PloveP. Ye whistling plover ; . El. on Capt. M. H., 7. 
 The Plover loves the mountains ; S. Now •wesilin JVindsf 
 Or deep-ton'd plovers, grey, wild-whistling o'er the hill ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Plumage. 
 Come, in thy raven plumage, night, S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 Her plumage outlustred the pride o' the spring, 
 
 5". The heather was blooming t 
 In spite at her plumage he [Phoebus] tried his skill : . lb. 
 Flume. 
 
 I see her wave thy towering plumes afar, E^. fr. Esopus. 
 Plume, to. 
 
 Plumes himself in Freedom's pride. On scarify Waterfowl. 
 Plummet. 
 That you may keep th' unerring line, 
 Still rising by the plummet's law, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L. 
 Plump. 
 A' plump and strapping in their teens, Ta7n 0' Shanter. 23. 
 As plump an' gray as onie grozet ; . To a Louse, 
 
 Plumpet [plumpedl. 
 
 Out owre the lugs she plumpet, . . . Halloween. 26. 
 Plunder. 
 
 My hand unstain'd wi' plunder : S. When wild Wat's t 
 
 Plunder'd. 
 They [the eagles] darken'd the air, and they plunder'd the land : 
 
 6", Caledonia. 
 An' plunder'd o' her hindmost groat. 
 
 By gallows knaves ? The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Plunderer. 
 
 Plunderer of Armies, lift thine eyes, Ode to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 Plundering. 
 
 As bees bizz out wi' angry fyke, 
 
 When plundering herds assail their byke ; Tam 0' Shanter. 17. 
 Plunge. Out owre the lugs she plumpet, 
 
 Wi a plunge . . Halloween. 26. 
 Plunge, to. 
 Thence, countra wives, wi' toil an' pain, 
 May plunge an' plunge the kirn in vain ; 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 Plunged, -'d. 
 Thou might ha'e plunged me in hell. Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 And [Love] plung'd me deep in woe. S. Talk not ofLtwe t 
 Plush. That ance were plush, o' gude blue hair, 
 
 Tam^ o' Shanter. 13. 
 
 Ply, Ply ev'ry art o' legal thieving ; . A Ded. to G. H. , 8. 
 
 As busy Trade his labours plies ; . Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 
 She, tardy, hell-ward plies. . . Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 ' As Arts or Arms they understand, 
 
 Their labors ply. . The Vision. D. II. 3. 
 The dinner being over, the claret they ply. The Whistle. 12. 
 Ply'd. Vet while the busy means are ply'd, 
 They bring their own reward: 
 
 Despondency^ an Ode. 2. 
 Twas where the birch and sounding thong Sire ply'd, 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Plying. On foot [Apollo] the way was plying. To J. Taylor. 
 Poacher-Court. 
 
 Somebody tells the Poacher-Court, . . Ep. to J. R., 8. 
 Pock [a small bag, a wallet]. 
 The auld guidman raught down the pock, Halloween. 17. 
 They toom'd their pocks, they pawn'd their duds, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VIIL 
 Poesy, -ie. 
 
 And even th' abuse of poesy abused ! . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Hail Poesie ! thou Nymph reserv'd I 
 
 Poe7n on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Here Poesy might wake her heaven-taught lyre, 
 
 Wr.. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Poet. It's just sic Poet and sic Patron. 
 
 The Poet, some guid Angel help him, 
 
 The Poets too, a venal gang, 
 
 Wi' rhymes weel-turn d an' ready. 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 2. 
 . . . Ib.3. 
 
 . A Dream. 2. 
 So, sought a Poet, roosted near the skies, 
 
 Add. sp, by Fontenelle. 
 And so, your servant t gloomy Master Poet I . . lb. 
 
 So long, sweet Poet of the Year, 
 Shall bloom that wreath thou well hast won ; 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 I am nae Poet in a sense, . Ep. to J, L—k, Ap, isty g. 
 Her Hogarth-art perhaps she meant to show it) 
 She forms the thing and christens it — a poet. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 My much-honor'd Patron, believe your poor Poet, 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 Friend of the poet tried and leal, . . Friend of the poet t 
 To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust, 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 O how shall I, unskilfu', try 
 
 The Poet's occupation ? . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 And other Poets sing of wars, . . Nature's Law. 
 
 Was e'er puir Poet sae befitted, On B.'s Horse Impound.. 
 deep I feel Your interest in the poet's weal ; Poem on Life. 
 Rash mortal, and slanderous Poet, Reproof by Himself. 
 
 There are no mony poets sae braw, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Let other poets raise a fracas 
 
 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' druken Bacchus, Scotch Drink. 
 Is there nae Poet, burning keen for Fame, 
 Will laauldly try to gie us Plays at hame ? Scots Prologue. 
 Ye'U soon hae Poets 0' the Scottish nation, 
 Will gar Fame blaw until her trumpet crack, , . lb. 
 Last day I grat wi' spite and teen. 
 As Poet B[urns] came by. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 The Poet did request, 
 To lowse his pack an' wale a sang. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VIIL 
 Poet Burns, Poet Bums, wi' your priest-skelping turns, 
 
 The Kirf^s Alarm. 
 Poet Willie, Poet WilHe, gi' the Doctor a voUy, . . Ih. 
 Give the poet's darling flame, . . . The Toast. 
 Old poets have sung, and old chronicles tell, The Whistle. 3. 
 Fair Empress of the Poet's soul, . To a Lady. 
 
 And with them take the poet's prayer ; To a young Lady. 
 My goose-quill too rude is to tell all your goodness 
 
 Bestow'd on your servant, the Poet ; To Capt. Riddel. 
 
 And doubly were the poet blest 
 
 These joys could he improve. . . . To Chloris. 
 " There's ither Poets, much your betters, . To J. S., 8. 
 Will generous G[raham] list to his Poet's wail? ToR. G.ofF. 
 The hapless Poet flounders on thro' life- . . lb. S. 
 
 With all a poet's, husband's, father's fear ! . . . Ib.g, 
 (The second sight, ye ken, is given 
 
 To ilka Poet) . . . To Terraugkty. 
 Nae mair we see his levee door 
 
 Philosophers and Poets pour, . . .ToW. Creech. 
 Nae Poet thought her worth his while, To W. Simpson. 
 
 The Muse, nae Poet ever fand her. 
 
 Till by himsel he learnt to wander, . , . . lb. 
 
 Not the Poet in the moment 
 
 Fancy lightens in his ee, . . S. Turn agsin, thou i 
 Poetic. Nor limpet in poetic shackles ; Ep. to H. Parker. 
 With more poetic fire. .... Nature's Law, 
 
 That I might catch poetic skill, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 (What warm, poetic heart but inly bleeds, 
 And execrates man's savage, ruthless deeds!) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 No idly-feign'd, poetic pains, . . . The Lament. 
 
 They bind the wild, Poetic rage 
 
 In energy, [V.A4] . . The Vision. D. II. 
 
 Laurel-boughs, To garland my poetic brows! To J. S., 9. 
 
 King David o' poetic brief, . . . What ails ye now j 
 
 Poetic ardours in my bosom swell, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Poetry. O Thou whom Poetry abhors, Epig. on E.'s Martial, 
 
 Poind [pronounced Pind ; to distrain, to seize a tenant's 
 
 effects for rent unpaid]. 
 
 He'll apprehend them, poind their gear ; The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 
 Poin'd. While they're only poin'd and herriet 
 
 They'll keep their stubborn. Highland spirit. 
 
 ' Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 Point. No— stretch a point to catch a plack ; A Ded. to G, H, 8. 
 
 One point must still be greatly dark. 
 
 The moving Why they do it ; . Add. to Unco Gmd. 7. 
 Hear how he clears the points o' Faith 
 
 Wi' rattlin an' thumpin ! . . -The Holy Fair. 13. 
 In some sma' points, altho' not a' ; . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 The breaking of ae point, tho' sma', Breaks a' thegither. Ih. 
 
Point 
 
 363 
 
 Poor 
 
 Point, io. But point the Rake that taks the door ; 
 
 ADed.ioG.H.,8. 
 Point out a censuring world, and bid me fear ; 
 
 In vain wld Prudence + 
 As guileful Fraud points out the erring way; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Can point the brimful grief-worn eyes 
 
 To scenes beyond the grave. , . . Sad thy iaie^ t 
 Or like the borealis race^ 
 
 That flit ere you can point their place ; Tant d Shanter. 7. 
 Anticipation forward points the view ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. S- 
 Points to the Parents fondling o'er their Child ? . I&. 10. 
 And points to ruin and disgrace, . . . The Farewell. 
 Or point the inconclusive Page 
 Pointed ^"^^ °° '^^ ^^^' [^'^-4^ "^^ Vision. D. II. 
 
 By word, or pen, or pointed steel ! A Ded. to G. H.^ 14. 
 
 His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, John Barleycorn. 
 More pointed still we make ourselves, 
 Regret, Remorse and Shame I Man was made to Mourn. 
 Pointer. 
 
 While pointers round impatient burn'd, Tarn Samson's El., 8. 
 Pois'nous. Never Eurus' pois'nous breath, . To Miss C. 
 Poison. An' his heart is rank poison," Epit. on Walter S — . 
 Toads with their poison, docters with their drug, 
 
 ToR.G.o/F.. 
 Poison, to. 
 Thus does he poison, kill, an' slay, 
 
 An's weel pay'd for't ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2g. 
 Poison'd. 
 Are worse than poison'd darts of steel, . O leave navels f 
 And secret hung, with poison'd crust, 
 The dirk of Defamation : . . The Holy Fair. Mott. 
 
 The Twa Herds. S. 
 
 S. Young Peggy ^ 
 The Inventory. 
 
 Nae poison'd soor Arminian stank. 
 And fretful envy grins in vain 
 The poisoned tooth to fasten. 
 Pokep, I made a poker o' the spin'le, 
 Poland. 
 
 Or Poland, wha had now the tack o't ; Kind Sir, Tve read t 
 Polar. 
 Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 Of Fortune's polar frost, or torrid beams. To R. G. o/F., 7. 
 Pole. Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, A Bard's Epit. 
 Or turn the pole like any arrow ; , Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Last, she [nature] sublimes th' Aurora of the poles, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 The wretch beneath the dreary pole, 
 
 S. Farewell^ dear ^stress f 
 The lightnings flash from pole to pole ; Tam 0' Shanter. 10. 
 Tho' cruel fate should bid us part, 
 Far as the pole and line ; . . . S. Thd cruel/ate t 
 Polecat. 
 
 The cit and polecat stink, and are secure. To R. G. o/F.. 
 Polish. But it's innocence and modesty 
 
 That polishes the dart. . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 Polish their grin, nay, sigh for ladies' love. . . Sketch. 
 
 Polish'd. The polish'd jewel's blaze S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 
 With Arts most polish'd blaze. . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Her limbs the polish'd marble stane, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 in far less polish'd days . . . The Rights of Woman. 
 To ev'ry nobler virtue bred. 
 
 And polish'd grace. . The Vision. D. I. 13. 
 The polish'd leaves, and berries red. 
 
 Did rustling play ; . . . lb. D. II. 23. 
 when Wit and Refinement hae polish'd her [Beauty's] darts, 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Politesse. The frank address, and politesse, O leave novels t 
 Politics. And longer with Politics, not to be cramm'd. 
 Be Anarchy curs'd, and be Tyranny damn'd ; 
 
 At a Meet. o/D. Volunteers. 
 Law, physics, politics and deep divines : Ep. to R. Graham. ■?. 
 In politics if thou would'st mix, Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 Heroes and heroines commix 
 
 All in the field of politics, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 A vow, they seal'd it with a kiss 
 
 Sir Politics to fetter, . . The Fite Champetre. 
 
 When Politics came there, to mix 
 And make his ether-stane, man ! . ... lb. 
 
 Polled, thy hair, tho' erst from gipsy polled, Ep./n Esopus. 
 
 Polly. O lovely Polly Stewart, 
 
 O charming Polly Stewart, \re.'\ S. Polly Stewart. 
 Polyerate. 
 
 'Tween Herod's hip and Polyerate : .Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Pomp. 
 From pomp and pleasure torn ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, S. Mark yonder pomp t 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit ; The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 In all the pomp of method, and of art. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat Night. 17. 
 What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, 
 
 Disguising oft the wretch of human kind, . lb. zg. 
 
 There's sic parade, sic pomp an' art. 
 The joy can scarcely reach the heart. The Twa Dogs. 31. 
 
 Pompous. Shall^venal lays their [princes'] pompous exit hail ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb of Fergusson. 
 0, bitter mockery of the pompous bier, 
 
 Odey to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 The pompous strain, the sacredotal stole ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 17. 
 Ponder, I pray an' ponder butt the house, A uld comrade t 
 I sat me down to ponder. 
 
 Upon an auld tree-root : . , One night as I f 
 
 O sweet, to stray an' pensive ponder 
 
 A heart-felt sang ! , . To W. Simpson. 
 Pondering. 
 
 On the hopeless Future pondering, . S. Raving winds t 
 
 Pond'rous. 
 The pond'rous wall and massy bar, Add. to Edinburgh. 5. 
 Before this ponderous globe itself 
 Arose at Thy command : . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 
 Ponotaxi. Or Hunters wild on Ponotaxi, A Ded. io G. H., 6. 
 Pool. "And stately oaks their twisted arms, 
 
 Threw broad and dark across the pool: As on the banks t 
 Cauld is the e'enin blast 
 
 O' Boreas o'er the pool, . S. Cauld is the e'enin blast t 
 My coggie is a haly pool, 
 
 That heals the wounds o' care and dool ; ^S". Gane is the day t 
 But mist a fit, an' in the pool. 
 
 Out owre the lugs she plumpet, . . . Halloween. 26 
 The scented birk and hawthorn white, 
 
 Across the pool their arms unite, ,5". The Contented Cottager. 
 And view, deep-bending in the pool, 
 
 Their shadows' wat'ry bed : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Your hearts are just a standing pool, . To J. S.,'z6. 
 
 Poor. He downa see a poor man want : A Ded. to G. H, J. 
 Of our poor sinfu', corrupt Nature ; . . lb. 6. 
 
 the poor man's friend in need, ... .lb. 
 
 Be to the poor like onie whunstane, . . . lb. 8. 
 
 But I'se repeat each poor man's pray'r, . . lb. 13. 
 
 Make you as poor a dog as I am, .... lb. 16. 
 
 For who would humbly serve the poor ? . . lb. 
 
 by a poor man's hopes in Heaven ! . . .lb. 
 
 Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked, A Winter Night. 2. 
 Where Guilt and poor Misfortune pine 1 lb. g. 
 
 As for the jurr, poor worthless body, Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 Poor dunghill sons o' dirt and mire, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 An' thy poor worthless daddy's spirit. 
 
 Without his failins, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 To scaud poor wretches ! . . Add. to the Deil. 
 
 An' let poor, damned bodies bee ; . . lb. 
 
 Hear me, ye venerable Core, 
 
 As counsel for poor mortals, . Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 Before ye gie poor Frailty names, 
 
 Suppose a change o' cases ; . ... lb. 6. 
 
 Assist poor Simson a' ye can, . . Auld comrade t 
 
 Comin thro' the rye, poor body, S. Comin thro' the rye\ 
 
 Gart poor Duncan stand abiegh ; 5". Duncan Gray \ 
 
 If ony whiggish whingin sot, 
 
 To blame poor Matthew dare, man ; 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H, Epit. 
 when he approached where poor Francis lay moaning, 
 . ,. , , Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 
 An atniest-laugh s a poor exchange 
 
 For Deity offended ! . . . Ep. to Young Friend. 9. 
 The followers o' the ragged Nine, 
 Poor, thoughtless devils I yet may shine 
 
 Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist^ 16, 
 
Poop 
 
 364 
 
 Pooply 
 
 The poor wee thing was little hurt ; . . Ep. to J. R., 8. 
 Ochon for poor Castalian drinkers. Ep. to Maj. Logan. lo. 
 She laugh'd at first, then felt for her poor work. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 
 Who make poor will do wait upon / should . . . Ih. $' 
 Ere my poor soul such deep damnation stain, . . lb. 
 The poor man weeps— here G — N sleeps, EpU.forG. H. 
 Poor silly body see him ; . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 To what dark cave of frozen night, 
 Alas 1 shall thy poor wand'rer hie ; 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress \ 
 A sorry, poor, misbegot son of the Muses, ^raig'., inscr. to Fox. 
 My much-honor'd Patron, believe your poor Poet, I&. 
 
 Are at it, skelpin ! jig and reel, 
 
 In my poor pouches. Friend of the poet\ 
 
 Poor hav'rel Will fell aflf the drift, . . Halloween. 4. 
 
 Poor Willie, wi' his bow-kail runt, Ih.Q. 
 
 Poor Leezie's heart maist lap the hool ; . . . lb. 26. 
 How'can my poor heart be glad, S. Howcan my poor hearts 
 
 And to the wealthy booby 
 Poor woman sacrifice : 
 
 . S. How cruel are t 
 S. Httsband, husband^ 
 
 My poor heart then break it must, 
 We may be poor, my Rob and I, 
 
 Light is the burden love lays on ; S. In simmer whenf 
 So, e'en to preserve the poor body in life, 
 
 5". Last May a braw wooerJ\ 
 Poor gapin', glowrin' Superstition, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 why all this sneering 'Gainst poor Excisemen? 
 
 Lns on Window^ K.'s A.^ D.. 
 See yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, 
 
 So abject, mean, and vile, . Man was made to Mourn. 8. 
 And see bis lordly fellow-worm. 
 
 The poor petition spurn, .... .lb. 
 
 The poor, oppressed, honest man ... lb. 10. 
 
 O Death I the poor man's dearest friend, . . lb. 11. 
 But when compar'd with real passion, 
 
 Poor is all that princely pride. S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 all obscure, unknown, and poor, S. My father was a farmer t 
 Is nought to what poor she endures 
 
 That's trusted faithless man, jo. S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 That make the miser's treasure poor : 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window t 
 
 ' Compar'd wi' my delight is poor . . . S. O Phely^ t 
 
 For pity's sake, sweet, bird, nae mair! 
 
 Or my poor heart is broken ! . S. O stay, sweet warb. t 
 Ye geek at me because I'm poor, . . . S. O Tibbie! f 
 The deil a ane would spier your price, 
 
 Were ye as poor as I. . . . . . . lb. 
 
 'Twill mak her poor, auld heart, I fear. 
 
 In flinders flee : On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Else why within so thick a wall 
 
 Enclose so poor a treasure ? On Com. Goldie's Brains. 
 
 And life's poor season peaceful spend. On scaring Waterfowl. 
 poor wanderer of the wood and field, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare, 
 
 "The helpless poor mix with the orphan's cry ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Poor man the flie, aft bizzes bye, . . . Poem on Life. 
 A poor friendless wand'rer may well claim a sigh. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Poor Mailie's dead ! . . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 
 Poor is the task to please a barb'rous throng, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 For though I be poor, unnoticed, obscure. 
 
 My stomach's as proud as them a' man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 But spare poor Sensibility 
 
 The ungentle, harsh rebuke. Rusticity's ungainly t 
 
 The poor man's wine ; . . . . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash 
 
 O' half his days ; . . . . lb. is. 
 P®or, plackless devils like mysel, .... lb. 16. 
 When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks 
 
 Are my poor verses ! . . . lb. 18. 
 
 An' bake them up in brunstane pies 
 
 For poor d— n'd Drinkers. . . lb. zo, 
 God help us —we're but poor- ye'se get but thanks ) 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 The Muse, poor hizzie 1 . . » Second Ep. to Davie. 
 On this poor being all depends ; . Sketch. Hew-Vr's Day. 
 Life's poor day I'll musing rave, . S^ Streams that glide t 
 
 As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. . Tam d Shanter. 7. 
 And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. . . ih. iS. 
 
 for poor auld Scotland's sake . The Ans. to the Guidmife. 
 To see his poor, auld Mither's pot. 
 Thus dung in staves, 
 
 The A uthoT's Cry and Prayer. 
 Ye'U snap your fingers, jpoor an' hearty. 
 
 Before his face Jl,, 2^, 
 
 mony a huntit, poor Red-coat S. The Battle of Sherra-Maor. 
 Unknown and poor, simplicity's reward. The Brigs of Ayr, 3, 
 your poor, narrow foot-pafh of a street, . . . Ih. 6. 
 
 Compar'd with this, how poor Religion's pride, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 17. 
 And in His Book of Life the Inmates poor enroll. . U, 
 My poor toop-lamb, my son an' heir. The Death ofMailie. 
 For your poor friend, the Bard afar. 
 
 He only hears and sees the war, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Pouncing poor Redcastle Sprawlin' like a taed. . lb. IV. 
 We dare be poor for a' that ! . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor. 
 
 Is king o' men, for a' that .lb. 
 
 Poor Andrew that tumbles for sport. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Her charms had struck a sturdy Caird, 
 
 As weel as poor Gutscraper ; . .lb. R. VI. 
 
 Wi' ghastly e'e poor Tweedledee 
 
 Upon his hunkers bended, Ih. 
 
 When ye pilfer'd the alms o' the poor ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 For something beyond it poor man sure must live. 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Hard by a poor Thresher whose toil it was great, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 This poor man was seen to go early to work, . . lb. 
 
 Did meet the poor Thresher and freely did talk ; . . Ih. 
 What tho' it be possible we do live poor, . . lb. 
 
 O, these are the pleasures the poor man enjoys ! . .lb. 
 Now life's poor support, hardly eam'd. 
 
 My fate will scarce bestow : 
 
 S. The sun he is sunk\ 
 What sort o' life poor dogs like you have ; The Twa Dogs. 7. 
 What way poor bodie's liv'd ava. . . .lb. 
 
 wee, blastet wonner. Poor, worthless elf, . . Ih. g. 
 
 what poor Cot -folk pit their painch in, ... lb. 
 
 They gang as saucy by poor folk. 
 
 As I wad by a stinkan brock. . . . li. 12. 
 
 Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, . . . . lb. 13. 
 But surely poor-folk maun be wretches ! . lb. 14, 
 
 The ne'er-a-bit they're ill to poor folk. . lb. z6. 
 
 And a' that she has made o' that. 
 
 Is ae poor pxmd o' tow. . . . ^S". The weary pund. 
 He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea, The Whistle. 
 And like a poor pedlar he trudg'd wi' his pack, 
 
 S. There liv dance a carle \ 
 
 Poor devil ! see him owre his trash, . . To a Haggis. 
 Gae somewhere else and seek your dinner. 
 
 On some poor body. . To a Louse. 
 
 At me, thy poor earth-born companion, . To a Mouse. 
 
 What then ? poor beastie, thou maun live ! . . lb. 
 
 Poor wights ! nae rules nor roads observin ; To J. S., IQ. 
 
 But truce with peevish, poor complaining ! . . lb. 20. 
 Poor slip-shod giddy Pegasus . . . To J. Taylor. 
 
 We poor sons of metre 
 Are often negleckit, ye ken ; . . . To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 thy poor, fenceless, naked child— the Bard ! . . . Ib.j. 
 (It soothes poor Misery, hearkenmg to her tale), ToR.G.ofF. 
 See him, the poor man's riend in need, To Rev. J. M'Matk. 
 Poor Burns— e'en Scotch drink canna quicken, To W. Creech. 
 
 Ironic satire, sidelins sklented, 
 On my poor Musie ; . . . To W. Simpson. 2. 
 
 Ye poor, despis'd, abandon'd vagabonds, . Tragic Frag.. 
 
 To sell her poor Jenny for siller and Ian'. 
 
 S. What can ayoufig lassiej 
 
 A poor and honest sodger. . . S. When wild Wat's^ 
 
 Tho* poor in gear, we're rich in love, ... ^b. 
 
 The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, ... ■'*• 
 
 Poorest, the poorest wretch in life, The HenpetkedHusband. 
 PoOPly. ' Nor longer mourn thy fate is hard, 
 
 ' Thus poorly low 1 The Vision. D. II. 2- 
 
 My Pegasus s poorly shod .... To J, Taylon 
 
Poortith 
 
 S65 
 
 Poui? 
 
 Pooptith [poverty]. 
 
 A man may hae an honest heart, 
 
 Tho' Poortith hourly stare him ; ^>. to Young Friend. 
 
 Come wealth, come poortith, late or soon. 
 Heaven send your heart-strings ay in tune, 
 
 Ep. to Maj\ Logan. 
 The harpy, hoodoclc, purse-proud race, 
 
 Wha count on poortith as disgrace . . . . H.^, 
 
 O poortith cauld, and restless love, 
 Ye wreck my peace between ye ; 
 Yet poortith a' I could forgive. 
 
 An' twere na for my Jeanie. . S. O poortith cauld f 
 
 In poortith I might mak' a fen'; . . . S. Taw Glen. 
 Tho' constantly on poortith's brink, The Twa Dogs. iS. 
 
 Poosie-Nansie's [a change-house in Mauchline]. 
 
 In Poosie-Nansie's held the splore, The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Poosion'd [poison'd]. 
 In guid time comes an antidote 
 Against sic poosion'd nostrum ; . . The Holy Fair. i6. 
 Poossie [a hare]. 
 
 And morning Poossie whiddan seen, Ep.ioJ. L — k, Ap. isi. 
 Pop ! When, pop ! she starts before their nose ; 
 
 Tapt o" Shanter. 77. 
 Pope. Thought I, ' Can this be Pope, or Steele, 
 
 Or Beattie's wark ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, ist^ 4, 
 On his one ruling passion Sir Pope hugely labours. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives 
 
 Horatian fame ; Poe^n on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches 
 
 O' heathen tatters : lb. 
 
 O Pope, had I thy satire's darts . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Poplar. 
 Let Britain boast her hardy oak. 
 Her poplar and her pine, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Poppy. 
 
 But pleasures are like poppies spread. 
 
 You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Tarn- 0' Shanter. 7. 
 Populace. Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, 
 A virtuous Populace may rise the while, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 Pope. While thro' your pores the dews distil 
 
 Like amber bead. . . To a Haggis. 
 Pope, to. Or lee-lang nights, wi' crabbet leuks, 
 Pore owre the devil's pictur'd beuks ; The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 Poppiteh V. Pappitch, 
 
 PoPt. Bright as a cloudless summer sun. 
 
 With stately port he moves ; V,s^ below Picture. 
 
 PoPt. And Port was celestial glory. Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 And port, O port ! shine thou a wee, 
 
 And then ye'U see him ! On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Mid Lawson's port entrench'd his hold. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 POPt. Auld Clinkum at the Inner Port 
 
 Cr^d three times, " Robin ! " What ails ye now t 
 
 PoPtaL For glaikit Folly's portals ; Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 
 Where turnkeys make the jealous portal fast, Ep./r. Esopus. 
 
 Poptentous. 
 
 Like some portentous omen ; . . On dining with Daer. 
 Poptep. 
 But when we tirl'd at your door. 
 
 Your porter dought na hear us : V.s^ on Window. Carron. 
 Come bouse about the porter ! . . The Ordination. 13. 
 
 POPtion, And lo ! the Bard, a great reward, 
 
 Has got a double portion ! . Nature's Law. 
 
 He wales a portion with judicious care ; 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 12. 
 O Dulness ! pprtion of the truly blest ! . To R. G. o/F., 7. 
 Poptuguese. 
 
 If Spaniard, Portuguese,- or Swiss, 
 
 Were sayin or takin aught amiss : Kind Sir, I've readi 
 
 Position. 
 For, in spite of his fine theoretic positions, 
 Mankind is a science defies definitions. Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 Possess. May he who wins thy matchless charms 
 
 Possess a leal and true heart ; S. Polly Stewart. 
 Possessing. Possessing the one shall imply you've the other. 
 Possession. ^"^^ ^"'"*^''- ^'^ ^'='-^- 
 
 So may ye get in glad possession, - - - 
 The coins o' Satan's coronation ! 
 
 S. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. t 
 
 Who has not sixpence but in her possession ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Possest, The brightest o' beauty may cloy, when possest ; 
 
 S. Awd wi' your witchcraft t 
 Possible. 
 
 What tho' it be possible we do live poor, The Poor Thresher. 
 Post. For neither Pension, Post, nor Place, 
 
 Am I your humble debtor : . . A Dream. 3. 
 Let posts an' pensions sink or swoom 
 
 Wi' them wha grant them : 
 PostePity. "^ uthof's Cry and Prayer. S. 
 
 And may his great posterity 
 Ne'er fail in old Scotland ! . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Posy. The sacred posy — Libertie . . . .A Vision. 
 But Whigs cam like a frost in June 
 
 And wither'd a' our posies. . S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 
 And a' to pu' a posie to my ain dear May. [re.] S. The Posie. 
 I'll tie the posie round wi' the silken band o' love, . lb. 
 Pot. A sheep-head's in the pot, gudeman, [re.] 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 To see his poor, auld Mither's pot. 
 
 Thus dung in staves. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Which shews that heaven can boil the pot, 
 Though the devil p— s in the fire. . Th4 Dean ofFac.. 
 Potatoe. 
 Curse thou his basket and his store. 
 
 Kail an' potatoes. Holy Willies Prayer. 12. 
 Potatoe-bing [a potatoe-heap]. 
 
 Potatoe-bings are snugged up frae skaith The Brigs of Ayr 
 Potence. 
 And for thy potence vainly wisht, 
 
 Lns, on Back o/Bank Note. 
 Potent. With passions so potent, and fandes so bright, 
 
 ^ Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Potentate. 
 
 For you, young Potentate o' W[ales], . . A Dream. 10. 
 Potion. Surrounded thus by bolus pill, 
 
 And potion glasses. . Poem on Life. 
 Or ony stronger potion, .... The Holy Fair. ig. 
 They sip the scandal-potion pretty ; . The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Fotosi. Had you the wealth Potosi boasts 
 
 .5". My father was a farmer ^ 
 And trust me, not Potosi's mine, Nor Kings regard, 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine. The Vision. D. II. 2/. 
 Pou [pull]. 
 To bum their nits, an pou their stocks, . Halloween, z. 
 
 To pou their stalks o' com ; . . . . lb. 6. 
 
 Pouch [pocket]. 
 
 My mirth and gude humour are coin in my pouch, 
 
 S. Contented wi litile,\ 
 the meikle deil, Wi' a' his witches 
 Are at it, skelpin ! jig and reel. 
 
 In my poor pouches. . Friend of the poet \ 
 Although his pouch o' coin were clean, . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 Yet coin his pouches wad na bide in ; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Picking her pouch as bare as Winter, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer, 
 they'll fetch it wi' them) Just i' their pouch, 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 Pouehie \dim. of pouch]. 
 
 But just the pouehie put the nieve in. Second Ep. to Davie 
 Pouk [to pluck]. 
 The weans baud out their fingers laughin. 
 
 And pouk my hips. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 Pounce. Their pounces were murder, and terror their cry, 
 „ . S. Caledonia. 
 
 Pouncing. 
 
 Pouncing poor Redcastle 
 Spraivlin' like a taed. . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Pound. 
 That one pound one, I sairly want it ; . Friend of the poet t 
 And are they of no more avail, 
 Ten thousand glittering pounds a year ? 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs, —. 
 And then my fifty pounds a year 
 
 Will little gain me. . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 POUP. White o'er the linns the bumie pours, 
 
 S. Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 And pours his vengeance in the burning line, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Why, Lonsdale thus, thy wrath on vagrants pour, . lb. 
 And [Pleasure] pours her cup luxuriant; . Innocence^ 
 
Pom? 
 
 m^ 
 
 Power 
 
 To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb o/Fergusson. 
 
 The snellest blast, at mirkest hours, 
 That round the pathless wanderer pours, 
 
 Ss O Lassie, art thou t 
 May He who gives the rain to pour, 
 
 On Birth o/Posth, Child. 
 
 And much-wrong'd Mis'ry pours th' unpitied wail 1 
 
 On Death ofR, Dundas. 
 
 Eut when thou pours thy strong heart's blood, 
 
 There thou shines chief. . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 In twining hazel bowers, 
 
 His lay the linnet pours ; . . . S. Sleep' st thou,\ 
 
 Nor pour your descant grating on my ear : 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 That strain pours round th' untimely tomb where Riddel lies. 
 
 Yes, pour, ye warblers, pour the notes of woe, [v.A.io] Jh. 
 She plants the forest, pours the flood ; S, Streams that glide t 
 Before him Doon pours all his floods ; Tarn d Shanter. 10. 
 Tropes, metaphors, and figures pour, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 When all his wintry billows pour 
 
 Against the Buchan Bullers lb. 
 
 An' aflF the godly pour in thrangs, . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 An' pour your creeshie nations ; . . The Ordination. 
 An' pour divine libations For joy this day. . . . lb. 
 "Mong swelling floods of reeking gore, 
 
 ' They ardent, Endling spirits pour ; The Vision. D. IT. S- 
 ' I taught thee how to pour in song, 
 
 ' To soothe thy flame. . . Ih. z6. 
 
 ' Or pour, with Gray, the moving flow, 
 
 * Warm on the heart. ... lb. ig. 
 Nae mair we see his levee door 
 
 Philosophers and Poets pour, . . . . To W. Creech. 
 The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 PoUF'd. * The liquid fire of strong desire 
 
 ' I've pour'd it in each bosom ; Nature's Law. 
 While simple melody pour'd moving on the heart. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 
 Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide. 
 
 That stream'd thro' great, unhappy Wallace' heart ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 21. 
 
 Here, Doon pour'd down his far-fetch'd floods ; 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 Pouring. And dash the gumlie jaups up to the pouring skies. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And joy and music pouring forth, 
 
 In ev'ry grove, . The Vision. D. II. 14. 
 
 Then low'ring, and pouring. 
 The storm no more I dread % . . , , To Ruin. 
 
 PouFtray'd, 
 
 1 mark'd a martial Race, pourtray'd 
 
 In colours strong ; [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Pouse [a push]. 
 
 I gi'e their wames a random pouse, What ails ye now t 
 
 Pouther, Powther [powder]. 
 by my pouther an' my hail, . . . Ep, to J. R., 10. 
 Three vollies let his mem'ry crave 
 
 0' pouther an' lead, Ta»t Samson's El. , is. 
 They downa bide the stink o' powther ; 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Your hearts are the stuflf, will be pouther enough. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Pouthered. 
 Some mim-mou'd pouthered priestie, * . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Pouthery [powdery]. 
 
 Chanticleer Shook off the pouthery snaw, A Winter Night. 10. 
 Poverty. Cauld poverty, wi' hungry stare. 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Poverty's low barren vale, . . Lament for Glencaim. 
 And throw on poverty his [Oppression's] cruel eyes ; 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas, 
 Who poverty ne'er held in scorn. On Window ofC. Inn, F.. 
 My poverty keeps me in awe, man, Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 
 in lone poverty's dominion drear, Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 By early Poverty to hardship steel'd. The Brigs of Ayr, 
 
 Where's he for honest poverty, 
 
 That hangs his head, and a' that? 5". The Honest Man. 
 An' sklent on poverty their joke, 
 
 Wi bitter sneer, . . To Mr, J. Kennedy, 
 
 Pow [the head, the skull]. 
 
 But my white pow, nae kindly thowe 
 Shall melt the snaws of age ; . . S. But lately seen \ 
 
 Our Mess John, wi' his auld grey pow, S. Donald Brodie t 
 Yet blessings on your frosty pow, . . S.John Anderson \ 
 She brak it o'er my pow. . . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 Wi' his teethless gab and his auld beld pow, S. To dauntonme. 
 Until a pow as auld's Methusalem ! 
 
 He canty claw! . . . To W.Creech. 
 Powder. 
 She reduc'd him to dust, and she drank up the Powder. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 
 Power, -'p. 
 
 While recollection's pow'r is giv'n, A Ded. to G. H,, 16. 
 
 which Powers above prevent, lb. 
 
 An' spread abreed thy well-filled brisket, 
 
 Wi' pith an' pow'r, A Gude Nffw-Year\ n. 
 The pow'rs you proudly own ? . .A Winter Night, g. 
 Sat Legislation's soVreign pow'rs! . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 Far less [right] to riches, pow'r or freedom. Add. 0/ Beelzebub. 
 Great is thy pow'r, an' great thy fame ; Add. to the Deil.3. 
 And [Deil] write their names in his black beuk 
 
 Wha gae the whigs the power o't ! .S". Awa^ whigs, awa. 
 Hear me. Powers divine \ 
 
 Oh, in pity hear me ! . . . S. Ay waking, \ 
 
 To count her horns, wi' a' my pow'r, 
 
 I set mysel, . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 It's hardly in a body's pow'r. 
 To keep, at times, frae being sour, . Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 O, all ye Pow'rs who rule above ! Ib.g. 
 
 O, had I power like inclination, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 The cruel powers reject the prayer . . Fragment. 
 Your blood shall with incessant cry 
 
 Awake at last th' unsparing power. . . Frag, of Ode. 
 if it please thee, Pow'r above, . Grace after Dinner. 
 
 Powers celestial whose protection 
 
 Ever guards the virtuous fair, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 When winter rules with boundless power, 
 
 S. How can my Poor heart j 
 Is this the power in freedom's war 
 
 That wont to bid the battle rage? .... Liberty. 
 Wae worth thy power, thou cursed leaf, 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 
 The tunefu' powers, in happy hours, 
 
 That whisper inspiration; . S. Lovely Dtwies. 
 
 My Muse to dream of such a theme, 
 
 Her feeble powers surrender ; . . . .lb. 
 
 Or why has Man the will and pow'r 
 
 To make his fellow mourn? Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 But the present hour was in my pow'r, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 
 All you who follow wealth and power . , . . Ih. 
 Propitious Powers screen'd the young flow'rs, Nature's Lwm, 
 Ye Powers of peace, and peaceful song, . . .lb. 
 As little reckt I sorrow's power, ^S". Now Spring has clad t 
 " Whilst thou did pledge the Powers above, 
 
 " To be my ain dear Willy. . . . S.O Phely, t 
 
 The powers aboon will tent thee, . S. saw ye bonie L. t 
 O Thou dread Pow'r, who reign'st above I 
 
 O Thou dread Povir t 
 
 Had ne'er sic powers alarming : ^S". O watye wha that lo'es t 
 
 Now, by the Powers o' Verse and Prose I 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 But for Hogarth's magic pow'c . On dining with Doer. 
 Man with all his powers you scorn ; On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Now half-extinct your powers of song, On Death of Lap-dog. 
 May powers aboon unite you soon, . On W, Chalmers. 
 Where first I felt their power. . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Prepar'd power's proudest frown to brave. Poet. Inscription. 
 It needs no Siddons' powers in Southern's song ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp, by Woods. 
 
 O thou, dread Power I whose empire-giving hand 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honqur'd land I «• 
 
 Nor ha'e't in her power to say na, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 See approach proud Edward's power, S, Scots wha ha'e t 
 Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love, . . S. Somebody. 
 
 Sic flights are far beyond her [my Muse's] pow'r ; 
 
 Tarn Shanter. 10. 
 
 Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) The Ans, to the Guidrnfe^ 
 
Power 
 
 367 
 
 Prayer 
 
 Forbid it, ev'ry heavenly Power, 
 
 You e'er should be a Stot ! Tke Calf. 
 
 The Power, incens'd, the Pageant will desert, 
 
 The Coiiet's Sat. Night 17. 
 Thy power is all prevailing ! . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 That Pow'r which rais'd and still upholds 
 
 This universal frame, . . . The isi 6 V.s ofgoih Ps. 
 
 lust and pride, The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers, 
 
 The Hermit 
 What signifies his barren shine. 
 
 Of moral pow'rs an' reason ? . . The Holy Fair. !$• 
 Thou busy pow'r. Remembrance, cease ! . The Lament, 
 The oft-attested Powers above ; . . . . lb. 
 
 The noble Maxwells and their Powers 
 
 Are coming o'er the border, . S. The noble Maxwells + 
 
 For Heresy is in her pow'r, . . . The Ordination. 3. 
 
 Ye Pow'rs who preside o'er the wind and the tide, 
 
 S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 And get the brutes the power themsels, 
 
 To choose their herds. The Twa Herds, is. 
 But pith and power, till my last hour, 
 
 I'll male this declaration ; . . . iS". The Union. 
 
 ' Where once the Campbells, chiefs of fame, 
 
 ' Held ruling pow'r : The Vision. D. IT. i(. 
 In all his pedagogic powers elate, . . . Tke Vowels. 
 Ye Pow'rs wha male mankind your care, . To a Haggis. 
 O wad some Pow'r the giftie gie us 
 
 To see oursels as others see us ! . . . To a Louse. 
 To spare thee now is past my pow'r, 
 
 Thou bonie gem. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 And kneel, * Ye Pow'rs, and warm implore, . To J. S., si. 
 In all th* omnipotence of rule and power. . To R. G. ofF. 
 thou grim Pow'r, by Life abhorr'd, . . .To Ruin. 
 With that controuHng pow'r assist ev'n me. Why am^ I loth \ 
 
 For all unfit I feel my powers be, lb. 
 
 Thou Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty Scheme, 
 
 These woes of mine fiilfil ; . . . Winter. 
 
 Ye powr's of honour, love, and truth, 
 
 From ev'ry ill defend her ; . , . .S". Young Peggy t 
 Detraction's eye no aim can gain, 
 Her winning powers to lessen ; . . . . Ih. 
 
 Powerful. But powerful love enslaves the man : 
 
 S. A Mastrtn's bonie Anne. 
 He felt the powerful high behest, . . . Nature's Law. 
 Powerless. 
 
 And one the palsied arm of tottering, powerless age. Liberty. 
 Pownie [a pony]. 
 Or die a cadger pownie's death, Ep, to J. L — k^ Ap. ist. 7. 
 An' pownies reek in pleugh or braik, . lb. , Ap. 21st. 
 
 Powt [a poult, a chicken]. 
 
 An' the wee powts begun to cry, . Ep. to J. R., 11. 
 
 Pow't [pulled]. 
 
 An' pow't, for want o' better shift, - 
 A runt was like a sow-tail . . . Halloween. 
 
 Powthep V. Pouthep. 
 Poz [sure], 
 I'll laugh, that's poz — nay more, the world shall know it ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Practice. [Smith] opens out his cauld harangues, 
 
 On practice and on morals ; The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Count on a friend, in faith an' practice, 
 
 In Robert Bums. . . To W. Simpson.. 
 Ppaise. Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy prsiise; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Here lies wha weel had won thy praise, 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., Epii. 
 ' A Scot still, but blot still, 
 
 I knew no higher prjiise. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 And all his well-eam'd praise disclaim. The capt. Ribband. 
 My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise : 
 
 The CotteT^s Sat Night 
 Nae unison hae they, with our Creator's praise. , lb. /j. 
 Together hymning their Creator's praise, . lb. 16. 
 
 But praise be blest, my mind's at rest, S, The tither mom f 
 On every tree appear my verses 
 
 That to her praise resound- . To Clarinda. 
 
 Till echoes a' resound again 
 Her weel-sung praise. . . . ToW. Simpson. 
 
 Praise, to. 
 I bless andpr£use thy matchless might, HolyWilli^ s Prayer. 2. 
 
 S. It is na, Jean t 
 The Election Ballads. IIL 
 
 Something in ilka part o' thee 
 
 To praise, to love, I find, . 
 
 Him it's only justice to praise. 
 
 To phrase you an' praise you. 
 
 Ye ken your Laureat scorns : . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Prais'd. Admir'd and prais'd — and there the homage ends : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Praising. 
 While praising and raising 
 His thoughts to Heaven on high. Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 Prance. How thou wad prance, an' snore, an' scriegh, 
 
 A Qude New-Year^ 8. 
 On sprightly coursers prance ; . . Halloween. 
 
 Then orthodoxy yet may prance, The Twa Herds. 16. 
 
 Pranc'd. 
 
 That day, ye pranc'd wi' muckle pride, A Guid New-Year^ 6. 
 Prank, 
 
 Whisky ! soul o' plays an' pranks ! Scotch Drink. 18. 
 Till Lairds forbad, by strict commands, 
 
 Sic bluidy pranks. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Ye hypocrites ! are these your pranks ? V. on Nat Thanks.. 
 Prank, to. Or [Spring] pranks the sod in frolic mood, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Prate, 
 For fools will prate o' right and wrang, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Prattling'. The lisping infant, prattling on his knee, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 
 The prattling things are just their pride. The Twa Dogs. ly. 
 
 Pray. I had amaist said, ever pray, A Ded. to G. H., 13, 
 
 1 pray an' ponder butt the house, . . .A uld comrade t 
 Thou beardless boy, I pray tak' care, El. on Year 1788. 
 This freedom, in an unknown frien,' 
 
 I pray excuse. . . Ep. to J. L — kt Ap. ist. 
 All I can — I weep and pray 
 
 For his weal that s far away. S. How can my poor heart t 
 And pray, a' gude things may attend you ! 
 
 Kind Sir, fve readi 
 What are they pray ? but spiritual Excisemen. 
 
 Lns on Window, K.^s A., D. 
 With earnest tears I pray, . . O Thou dread Pew^r t 
 Your humble Bardie sings an' prays 
 
 While Rab his name is. The Authoj^s Cry and Prayer. 
 We'll daily pray, we'll nightly pray, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 The Saint, the Father, and the Husband prays : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat Night 16. 
 I pray with holy fire : . . The Election Ballads. VI 
 Anither sighs an' prays : . . . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 
 Then let us pray that come it may, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 And yet you are chearful, I pray tell me how 
 That you do maintain them so well as you do. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 I've little to say, but only to pray. 
 As praying's the ton of your fashion ; 
 
 S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 Syne let us pray, auld England may 
 
 Sure plant this far-famed tree, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 So prays thy f^thful friend, the bard. To a young Lady. 
 
 And [wish and] pray in rhyme sincere, 
 
 A' gude things may attend you ! . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Then how should I for Heavenly Mercy pray, 
 Who act so counter Heavenly Mercy's plan ? Why am I loth\ 
 
 Pray'd. 
 An' pray'd for grace wi' ruefu' face. The JollyBeggars. R. VI. 
 Duncan fleech'd and Duncan pray'd, S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 An' pray'd wi' zeal and fervour, 
 
 Fu' fast that night. . . Halloween. 22. 
 
 He vow'd, he pray'd, he found the maid 
 Forgiving all and good. S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 Prayer. Leam three-mile pray'rs, an half-mile graces, 
 
 A Ded. to G. H.^ g. 
 But I'se repeat each poor man's pray'r, 
 
 That kens or hears about you. Sir, ... lb. 13. 
 Regardless of the tears, and unavailing pray'rs ! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 When twilight did my Grannie summon. 
 
 To say her pray'rs, . Add. to the Deil. 6, 
 
 Thou Being, AUseeing, 
 
 O hear my fervent pray'r ! . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 But, oh! Eliza, hear one pray'r, 
 For pity's sake, forgive me 1 S. Farewell, then stream t 
 
Prayer 
 
 368 
 
 Preside 
 
 The cruel pow'rs reject the prayer . , Fragmmt. 
 
 L— d, hear my earnest cry an' pray'r, 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 13. 
 
 Nor hear their pray'r ; 11.1$. 
 
 Had I na found the slightest prayer 
 
 That lips could speak thy heart eould muve. S. I do confess^ 
 to Jove his prayer preferred ; Improm. on Mrs. — ^s Birthday, 
 Now hear our pray'r, accept our song, New Psalmody. 
 
 When for this scene of peace and love, 
 
 I make my pray'r sincere. . . O Thouj dread Powr\ 
 That seek, in prayer, the midnight fane. On Lincluden. 
 
 And mutter forth a half-heard prayer Ih. 
 
 And ward o' mony a prayer, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 Still in prayers for K — G — I most heartily join, 
 
 Poet, Add. to Tytler. 
 
 Sincere as a Saint's dying prayer IB. 
 
 In vain assail him with their prayer, Sketch. New-Yj^s Day. 
 To you a simple Bardie's prayers 
 
 Are humbly sent. The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Shall be my prayer when far awa. 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L. 
 Wi' humble prayer to join and share 
 
 This festive FSte Champetre. . The FHe Cham^eire. 
 Thou haply throw'st a scornful eye at 
 
 The hernlit's prayer . . Ths Hermit. 
 
 But, O Maria, hear my prayer, . . S. The last time 1 1 
 A prayer from the muse you well may excuse, 
 
 S. The Sons 0/ old Killie. 
 But if ye wish her gratefu' pray'r, 
 
 Gie her a Haggis ! . . To a Haggis. 
 
 And with them take the poet's prayer ; To a young Lady. 
 The prayer still, you share still, 
 
 Of grateful Minstrel Burns. . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 O ! hear my ardent, grateful, selfish prayer ! To R. G. ofF. , 9. 
 
 Oh! hear a wretch's pray'r! To Ruin. 
 
 Their three-mile prayers, an hauf-mile graces, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Prayin, 
 
 For prayin I hae little skill o't ; . A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 
 Preach. 
 The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife, 
 
 He could na preach for thinkin' o't. S. My love she's but t 
 Not for to preach, but tell his simple story : 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Or R[obinson] again grown weel, 
 
 To preach an' read ? . Tarn Samson's EL. 
 A text for infamy to preach ; . . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Freaehep. 
 My auld school -fellow, Preacher Willie, Auld comrade t 
 
 As men, as Christians too, renown'd, 
 
 An' manly preachers. To Rev. /. M'Math, 
 Preaching*. 
 But still the preaching cant forbear, Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 Yet that winna save ye, auld Satan must have ye. 
 For preaching that three's ane and twa. The Kirk's A larm. 
 Precede. 
 
 The hoary morns precede the sunny days, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Precept, The Precepts sage they wrote to many a land : 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night, /j*. 
 Precious. 
 We part — ^but by these precious drops, 
 
 That fill thy lovely eyes ! . S. Farewell^ dear mistress t 
 Mispending all thy precious hours, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 4. 
 And still his precious self his dear delight : . . Sketch. 
 Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious : Tarn d Shanter, $. 
 Precipice. Hanging with threat'ning jut like precipices ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 8. 
 Pree'd v. Prie'd. 
 
 Preen Ca pin]. 
 
 My memorj^s no worth a preen ; . To W. Simpson^ P,S. 
 Prefer. 
 
 A cheerful honest-hearted clown 
 I will prefer before you, O. .S". My father was a farmer t 
 Preferred. 
 
 to Jove his prayer preferred : Improm. , on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 Prefix. Nae heathen name shall I prefix To Miss Ferrier, 
 Premier. 
 
 What premiers, what ? even Monarchs mighty gaigers : 
 
 Lns on Window^ K.'s Amis, 
 
 Stand forth and tell yon Premier Youth, 
 The honest, open, naked truth : 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 4, 
 There's even, I'm tauld, i' the Court 
 
 A Tumbler ca'd the Premier. The Jolly Beggars. S. IH. 
 Say rather, gaun as Premiers lead him. The Twa Dogs, 22. 
 
 Premier, to. 
 
 Nae sage North, now, nor sager Sackville, 
 To watch and premier owre the pack vile '.Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Prent [print]. 
 To try my fate in guid, black prent ; . , To J. S., 7. 
 
 Prent, to [to print]. 
 
 And, faith, he'll prent it. . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Prentice, truant 'prentices, yet young in sin, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Her prentice han' she try'd on man, 
 
 An' then she made the lasses, O. S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 He's there but a prentice, I trew, 
 But I am a fool by profession. The Jolly Beggars. S. IH. 
 Prenticeship. 
 My Prenticeship I past where my Leader breath'd his last. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Prepare. Prepare, Maria, for a horrid tale Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 And honours masonic prepare for to throw ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am If 
 Prepared. 
 
 Prepar'd power's proudest frown to brave, . Poet. Inscrip. 
 For the future be prepar'd, Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 
 Presage. With every kindliest, best presage, 
 
 Of future bliss, To a Young Lady. 
 Presbyt'py, 
 L — d hear my earnest cry an' pray'r. 
 
 Against that presbyt'ry o' Ayr ; Holy Willie's Prayer. 13. 
 Presbyterial. 
 Within thy presbyterial bound 
 A candid lib'ral band is found Of public teachers, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Presence. 
 In whose dread Presence, ere an hour. 
 
 Perhaps I must appear ! A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair, 
 
 To hope may be forgiven ; . S. Anna, thy charms \ 
 
 Tell me, fellow-creatures, why 
 
 At my presence thus you fly? , On scaring IVaterfowl 
 
 " For, saving your presence, to herye're a saint! 
 
 S. There li'dd ance a carle t 
 But in the fair presence of lovely young Jessie, 
 Unseen is the lily, unheeded the rose. 
 
 S, True hearted was he \ 
 
 Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture. 
 
 That thy presence gies to me. . S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 Present. At present we will ask no more, . . A Grace. 
 
 Nae mair at present can I measure, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 
 But the present hour was in my pow'r, 
 
 iS. My father was a farmer t 
 The past returns, the present flies ; . . On Lincluden. 
 The present only toucheth thee : . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Present, to. 
 Ye did present your smoutie phiz, Add. to the Deil. /?. 
 
 " Nor 'mang the sp'ritual core present them, 
 
 Lns add. to J. Ranhen. 
 Then on the tither hand present her, 
 A blackguard Smuggler, right behint her, 
 
 The Avt/wf^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Should Hornie, as in ancient days, 
 
 'Mang sons o' G— present him, . . The Holy Fair. 12. 
 Presently. Till presently he hears a squeak, Halloween, ig. 
 When presently it does appear, 
 'Twas hut some neebor snoran . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 Preserve. . 
 
 But gude preserve us frae the gallows, Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 An' she cry'd, L— d preserve her! . . Halloween. 22. 
 So e'en to preserve the poor body in life, 
 
 S, Last May a braw wooer f 
 The Lord preserve us frae the devil ! . . Poem on Life. 
 Preserve the dignity of Man, 
 
 With soul erect ; . The Vision. D, H. 22. 
 Preside. The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 But chiefly, in their hearts with Grace divine preside. 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 18. 
 The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers, 
 
 In state preside. , . . The Hermit. 
 
Preside 
 
 369 
 
 Pride 
 
 Ye powers who preside o'er the wind and the tide, 
 
 S. The Sons of old KUlie. 
 Presided, 
 
 Presided o'er the Sons of light : The Farewell To Sf./.'s L., 
 Press. 
 
 Coffins stood round, like open presses, Tain o' Shanier. ii. 
 Press, to. And yellow Autumn presses near, S. Bonze Bell. 
 He bade me on you press this one word — "Think !" 
 
 Prologue at Th.^ D.. 
 That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish, 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Deaf as my friend, he sees them press, Sketch. New- Yr's Day. 
 Tell them, and press it on their mind, Wr. in Frt'ars-Carse If. . 
 Pressed, -'d, Prest. 
 Within the bush, her covert nest 
 
 A little linnet fondly prest, . . S. A Rosebud by my t 
 Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest ; 
 
 S. A down winding Nith t 
 Or haply, prest with cares and woes, 
 
 Man was made to Moitrn. 
 Have a big-belly'd bottle when pressed with care [v.A.28] 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 I'll grasp thy waist and fondly prest, 
 
 Swear how I love thee dearly ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 The springing lilies sweetly press'd, S. On a bank o/Jlowers t 
 The cold earth with thy bloody bosom prest. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 An' liquor guid to fire his bluid, 
 
 That's prest wi' grief an' care : Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 
 Hard upon noble Maggie prest, . Tarn o' Shanter. 18. 
 
 By whim inspir'd, or haply prest wi' care, The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 And aft he's prest, and aft he ca's it guid ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 While here I wander, prest with care, S. The Gloomy Night t 
 When round the Tinkler prest her, The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 And I, I wat, Wi' fainness grat, 
 
 While in his grips he press'd me. . S. The tiiher mom\ 
 
 The flow'rs sprang wanton to be prest. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Though prest with care and sunk in woe, 
 
 ■5". To thee, lov^d Nith \ 
 Pressing. 
 Still pressing onward, red-wat-shod. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Accept the gift a friend sincere 
 Wad on thy worth be pressin' : . . Kj, under Grief. 
 Ppesumption. 
 Her feeble pulse gies strong presumption 
 
 Death soon will end her. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Pretence. 
 
 Would have eat her dead lord, on a slender pretence, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 An* hae to Learning nae pretence, Ep. to J. Z~k, Ap. ist, g. 
 Ye may ha'e some pretence to bavins and sense, 
 Wi' people wha ken ye nae better. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Pretend. 
 
 Nor meikle speech pretend, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Sir Robert, a soldier, no speech would pretend, The Whistle, g. 
 Pretending. Mark maiden-innocence a prey 
 
 To love pretending snares, A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 Pretension. Pretensions rather brassy, T^e Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Pretty. But pretty Peg, my dearie. S. As I gaed up by f 
 
 •The music of her pretty foot, /$, 
 
 dinna think my pretty pink, 
 
 But I can live without thee : . S. Here's to thy health, f 
 All for to court this pretty maid, . . Katharine J q^ray. 
 Her pretty ancle is a spy, . . . . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 
 1 vow it's unco pretty : . . . The Ordination. 11. 
 They sip the scandal-potion pretty ; . The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Wha by Castalia's wimplin streamies, 
 
 Lowp, sing, and lave your pretty limbics, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 It's a pity ane sae pretty 
 Should na do the thing they can. S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Prevailed. 
 Th' ungodly o'er the just prevailed, 
 
 For so thou hadst appointed ; . New Psalmody, 
 
 The Caird prevail'd— th' unblushing fair 
 In his embraces sunk ; . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Prevailing. 
 Thy power is all prevailing ! The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Hence, Dempster's truth-prevailing tongue ; rv.A.23] 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 3A 
 
 Prevent, which Pow'rs above prevent, A Ded. to G. H., 16. 
 And O may Heaven their simple lives prevent 
 From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile I 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night, so. 
 Prey. Mark maiden-innocence a prey 
 
 To love pretending snares, A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 For prey, a' holes an' corners tryin ; Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 
 ' Yet stops me o' my lawfu' prey, 
 
 Wi' his d-mn'd dirt ! Death and Dr. Homhook. zg. 
 That heart how sunk, a prey to grief and care ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Creature, tho' oft the prey of grief and sorrow, 
 When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahaju. 3. 
 There keen indignation shall dart on her prey, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 now a prey to insulting neglect, . . .lb. Epit. 
 
 The bird that charm'd his summer day, 
 Is now the cruel fowler's prey ; , S, O Lassie, art thou t 
 And then you're prey for Rob Mossgiel. S. O leave novels t 
 Marking you his prey below, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 View unsuspecting Innocence a prey, On DeathofR. Dundas. 
 Hapless bird ! a prey the surest 
 
 To each pirate of the skies. . . . S. Sensibility t 
 
 The devil the prey will despise. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Thro' fair, thro' foul, they urge the race, 
 
 And sieze the prey: . To J, S., 18. 
 
 Price. Give me love at ony price ; S. Jockey fou t 
 
 The deil a ane would spier your price. 
 
 Were ye as poor as I. . . S. O Tibbie 1 \ 
 
 An' hardly, in a winter season, 
 
 E'er spier her [my Muse's] price, Scotch Drink. 14. 
 Prick the louse [a term of contempt for a tailor]. 
 Gae mind your seam, ye prick the louse, 
 
 An' jag the flae. . What ails ye now f 
 
 Prickly. 
 All in its rude and prickly bower, S. O bonie was yon rosy \ 
 
 Pride. 
 
 That day ye pranc'd wi' muckle pride, 
 
 When ye bure hame my bonie Bride ; A Gude New- Year 1 6. 
 The pride, the pleasure o' the wood, S. A Rosebud by my f 
 Architecture's noble pride . Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 
 " Ye might hae seen me in my pride, As on the banks t 
 
 Through gentle showers, the laughing flowers 
 
 In double pride were gay. . . .5". But lately seen t 
 
 The pride of her kindred the heroine grew ; ^. Caledonia. 
 But what avails the pride of art, 
 
 When wastes the soul with anguish ? S. Could aught of song \ 
 the pride of the spring in the Craigie-burn wood, 
 
 S. Craigie-btim Wood. 
 In vain ye flaunt in summer's pride, ye groves ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Princes whose cumb'rous pride was all their worth, lb. 
 
 We saw thee shine in youth and beauty's pride, . . lb. 
 There's naething here but Highland pride, 
 
 Ep, on being neglected at In. Inn. 
 But hanker jind canker. 
 
 To see their cursed pride Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Jenny, my Pegasean pride ! . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 ' Wi' cits nor lairds I wadna shift, 
 
 ' In a' their pride ! ' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2Tst, 13. 
 Whose verse in manhood's pride subHmely flows, 
 Yet vilest reptiles in their begging prose. Ep. toR. Graham. 5. 
 The dauntless heart that fear'd no human Pride ; 
 
 Epit. for A uthor's Father. 
 So fell the pride of all my hopes, S. Fate gave the word, + 
 Some [nits] start awa, wi saucy pride, . . Halloween. 7. 
 The verdure and pride of the garden and lawn. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks i 
 " His country's pride, his country's stay : 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 The pride of my bosom, my Mary's no more. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 My pride and my darling to be ? . S. Leezie Lindsay. 
 
 A haughty lordling's pride; . Man was made to mourn. 3. 
 But when compar'd with real passion. 
 
 Poor is all that princely pride. S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 
 To quell the Wicked's pride ; . New Psalmody. 
 
 Its [the warld's] pride, and a' the lave o't ; S. Opoortith cauld \ 
 The Muse was ^ that h? took pride in. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W, I, 
 
Pride 
 
 370 
 
 Primrose 
 
 On Lincluden. 
 
 A^in the dome, in pristine pride, 
 Lifts high its roof and arches wide, 
 The pride of all the flowery scene, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett I. 
 The gentle pride, the lordly state, On dining with Daer. 
 
 The feint a pride, nae pride had he, . ... 16. 
 Plumes himself in Freedom's pride. On scaring^ Water-fowl. 
 
 " Low lies the heart that swell'd with honest pride! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Wi' braw new branks in mickle pride, On W. Chalmers. 
 
 With grateful pride we own your many favors : 
 
 Prolo^ie, at Th.,D.. 
 
 Then Anna comes in, the pride o' her kin, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Though I canna ride in weel-booted pride, . . . lb. 
 In pride of beauty's light; . . . S. Sleep' st thou, ^ 
 a* the pride of Spring's return . S. Sweet/a's the eve t 
 The pride of the place and its neighbourhood a' ; 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 Conceited gowk ! puff d up wi' windy pride ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Yet I hae seen him on a day 
 
 The pride of a' the parishen. . S. The cardin dt. 
 
 Oh wha wad leave this humble state 
 
 For a' the pride of a' the great ? S. The Contented Cottager. 
 With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : . . lb. 12. 
 Compar'd with this, how poor Religion's pride, 
 
 In all the pomp of method, and of art, . lb. if. 
 
 And decks the lily fair in flow'ry pride, . lb. 18. 
 
 Who dar'd to, nobly, stem tyrannic pride, . . lb, 21. 
 Than a' the pride that loads the tide, S. The day returns t 
 A dame wi' pride eneugh, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 And she spak up wi' pride, lb. 
 
 Nor from the seat of scornful Pride 
 
 Casts forth his eyes abroad, . . The ist Psalm. 
 
 In beauty's pride array'd ; . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. * 
 
 Her plumage outlustred the pride o' the spring, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming + 
 lust and pride, The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers, 
 
 The Hermit. 
 The pith of sense, and pride of worth. 
 
 Are higher ranks than a' that. . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 In flaming summer-pride, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 ance whan in my wooing pride . . The Inventory, 
 
 Irvine side, Irvine side, wi' your turkey-cock pride. 
 
 The Kirk's A larm. 
 Must I see thee, my youthful pride. 
 
 Thus brought so very low ! S. The sun he is sunk t 
 And now she sees wi' pride, man. 
 
 How weel it buds and blossoms there. The Tree of Liberty. 
 The fient a pride na pride had he, . . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 The prattling things are just their pride, . lb, 17. 
 
 And some, the pride of Coila's plains. 
 
 Become thy friends. The Vision. D. II. 18. 
 
 The noisy domicile of pedant pride ; . . The Vowels. 
 I sing of a Whistle, the pride of the North, . The Whistle. 
 The flower and pride of a' the glen ; S. There was a lass t 
 By human pride or cunning driv'n 
 
 To Mis'ry's brink, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 In naked feeling, and in aching pride. 
 
 He bears the unbroken blast from every side : 
 
 To R. G. ofF.,3. 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev, J. M'Math. 
 Not the bee upon the blossom. 
 
 In the pride of sunny noon ; , S, Turn again, thou t 
 Then pride might climb the slipp'ry steep ; 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 My joy, my pride, my Hoggie I . S. What will I do gin t 
 Proclaim it the pride of the year. . S. Where are the joys t 
 to me more dear, Than all the pride of May : . Winter. 
 The Tay meandering sweet in infant pride, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Young Jamie, pride of a* the plain, . S. Voung Jamie t 
 
 Pride, to. That purity ye pride in, Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 
 Nae wonder that it pride him ! . . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 
 PpldefU'. Mall's nit lap out, wi' pridefu' fling, Halloween, g. 
 
 Some rascal's pridefu' greed to quench, The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 
 Prie [to taste]. 
 
 And ither some will prie their mou, S. John, come kiss. 
 
 Prie'd, Pree'd [tasted]. 
 Rob, stownlins, prie'd.her bonie mou, . . Halloween. 10, 
 For ay he pree'd the lassies mou, S. The Taylor he cam f 
 Prief [proof]. For ne'er a bosom jret was prief 
 
 Against your arts. ToJ.S, 
 I see thy life is stufiT o* prief, 
 
 Scarce quite half worn. To Terraugktv 
 
 Priest. 
 As a' the priests had seen me get thee Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Where'er [that place be priests ca' hell. 
 
 Add. to the Toothache. 
 And ance she bore a priest ; , .El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 And the priest he rode her sair: ... . .lb. 
 
 Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 E^. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 Frae G-d's ain priests the people's hearts 
 
 He steals awa'. Holy Willie's Prayei'. 11. 
 
 Nay, what are Priests ? those seeming godly wisemen : 
 
 Lns on Window, K.'s Arms. 
 The Priest he was oxter'd, the Clerk he was carried, 
 
 S. O ken ye what MegS 
 Nay been bitch-fou 'mang godly priests, 
 
 On dining with Daer. 
 The priest o' the parish fell in anither [fever]. .S". Scroggam. 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck. 
 Lay stmking, vile, in every neuk. [v. A. 16] Tarn d Skanter. 
 Churches built to please the Priest. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIH. 
 They'll talk o' patronage an' priests, 
 
 Wi' kindling fury i' their breasts, . . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 The priest and hedgehog in their robes are snug. 
 
 To R. G. of P.. 
 Than mony scores as guid's the priest 
 
 Wha sae abus't him. To Rev, J. M'Math. 
 
 And the Priest shall say. Amen. .S". Will ye go and marry f 
 Priesthood. As for your Priesthood, I shall say but little. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Whose holy priesthood nane can stain. 
 For wha can dye the black? The Election Ballads, V. 
 
 Priestie idim. of priest]. 
 
 Some mim-mou'd pouthered priestie, . On W. Chalmers. 
 Priest-like. The priest-like Father reads the sacred page, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Priest-rid. 
 And much OjOpressed and bruised she was ; 
 As priest-nd cattle are. . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 
 Priest-slcelping [priest-slapping]. 
 Poet Bums, Poet Burns, wi' your priest-skelpiog turns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Prig. And faith I agree with th' old prig to a hmr ; 
 
 S, No Churchman am I\ 
 Prig, to [to entreat]. 
 
 I'll ne'er prig for red or white ; - S. Jockey fou,i 
 
 Priggin [haggling]. 
 Men wha grew wise priggin owre hops an' raisins. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 
 Prime. My barmie noddle's working prime, . To J. S., 4. 
 
 Prime, ». Has thy Prime unheeded past ? . Blue Bonnets. 
 Thou golden time o' youthful prime, . S, But lately seen\ 
 ' ' Fall in bold manhood's hardy prime ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 Thy glorious, youthfulprime ! Man was made to Mourn. 4- 
 Look not alone on youthful Prime, . ... li- 
 lt ne'er should flourish to its prime. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 How I had spent my youthfu' prime, 
 
 An' done nae-thmg, The Vision. D. I. ^ 
 
 And the thyme it is wither'd, and rue is in prime. [«.] 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle J 
 
 And you, tho' scarce in maiden prime, . „ 
 
 Are so much nearer Heav'n, To Miss L., with ' Beattie. 
 
 Primrose. 
 Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 
 The primrose banks how fsdr ; . S. Behold, my Unie,\ 
 
 The haunt o" Spring's the prinu-ose-brae, „ ^ „ ^ . 
 *^ S. By Allan, stream T 
 
 The primrose down the brae ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 The snaw-drap and primrose our woodlands adorn, 
 
 S.My Names Awa, 
 
 The primrose I will pu', the firstling 0' the year, S. The Posie. 
 
Primrose 
 
 3fi 
 
 Pronounc'd 
 
 The primroses blow in the dews of the morning, 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 
 Pplmsie [demure, precise]. 
 
 Was brunt wi' primsie Mallie ; . . Halloween, g. 
 
 Prince. Princes whose cumb'rous pride was all their worth, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 The news o' princes, dukes and earls, 
 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds and opera-girls ; Kind Sir, I've readf 
 Her smile's a gift frae 'boon the Hft, 
 
 That maks us mair than princes ; . S. Lovely Davies. 
 among the princes chief In our Jerusalem, New Psalmody. 
 Princes and lords are but the breath of kings, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 Here's an honest conscience 
 
 Might a prince adorn ; . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 And Burke- shall sing, O prince, arise I . . . lb. VI. 
 A prince can make a belted knight, 
 A marquis, duke, and a' that ; . S. The Honest Man. 
 Pplncely. The princely revel may survey 
 
 Our rustic dance wi' scorn ; S. Behold, my love,i 
 But when compared with real passion, 
 
 Poor is all that princely pride. . S. Mark yonder Pomp \ , 
 And a town of fame whose princely name 
 Should grace the Lass of Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Albany. 
 And whose that generous princely mien V.s below Picture. 
 Printed. Said, nothing like bis works was ever printed ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Prison. 
 But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, 
 
 Maun lie in prison Strang. , Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 A prison built by kings, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Prisoner. 
 But a royal ghaist wha ance was cas'd 
 A prisoner aughteen year awa, S. Amang the trees \ 
 
 Pristine, the dome, in pristine pride, . . On Linclttden, 
 Private. Seek not the proofs in private life to find ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 And private was the chamber : . S. O May thy mom t 
 Nor even the man in private life forgot ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 They lay aside their private cares. 
 
 To mind the Kirk and State affairs ; The Twa Dogs. i8. 
 
 May bliss domestic smooth his private path ; ToR. G. ofF., g. 
 Priviledge. But for the glorious priviledge 
 
 Of being independant. £p. to Young Friend. 7. 
 Prize. 
 Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Wha mak the Whisky stells their jirize 1 Scotch Drink, so. 
 There, welcome, win and wear the prize, S. Talk not of Love t 
 I wish you luck o' the prize, man. S. The deil catnfiddlin' t 
 "Before I surrender so glorious a prize, The Whistle. 8. 
 
 Said, toss down the Whistle, the prize of the field, lb. g. 
 
 But glory is the sodger's prize, . S. When wild War's t 
 To Beauty what man but maun yield him a prize, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 PrizOj to. How cruel are the parents 
 
 Who riches only prize, . S, How cruel \ 
 
 Let her lo'e nae man but me ; 
 
 That's the tocher gude I prize, . . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 Prizing. Beyond what fancy e'er refin'd 
 The voice of Nature prizing. 
 
 S. Could aught of song \ 
 Problem. All in all he's a problem must puzzle the Devil. 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 Proceed. Heard'st thou that groan — proceed no further, 
 
 Epig. on E.'s "Martial." 
 For shame! gie o'er — ^proceed no further V. on Nat. Thanks.. 
 Procession. 
 
 To hold our grand procession ; . . Toa Medical Gent. 
 Proclaim. While Scotia, with exulting tear. 
 
 Proclaims that Thomson was her son. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Now he [Death] proclaims, wi' tout o' trumpet, 
 
 Tarn Samson's dead ! Tam Samson's El.^ jo. 
 No, no ! the bees, humming round the gay roses. 
 Proclaim it the pride of the year. S. Where are the joys t 
 Proclaimed. 
 'Till too, too soon the glowing west 
 Proclaimed the speed of winged day. To Mary in Heaven. 
 procure. 
 G0( for yoursel procure renown, , S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 Prodigal. 
 
 O Man ! while in thy early years, 
 
 How prodigal of time ! . Man was made to Mourn. 4. 
 
 your fathers, prodigal of life, [v. A. 12] . . Scots Prologue. 
 For prodigal thoughtless bestowing, 
 
 His merit had won him respect. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Prodigious. 
 
 But oh ! prodi|;ious to reflect, 
 
 A Towmont, Sirs, is gane to wreck I . El. on Year lySS. 
 Produce. 
 Where are the Muses fled, that should produce 
 
 A drama worthy of the name of Bruce ? Scots Prologue. 
 While quacks of state must each produce his plan, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 " Shall heroes and patriots ever produce ;. The Whistle. iS. 
 Profane. 
 While deil a hair yoursel ye're better, 
 
 But mair profane. . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Profess. 
 
 Would I could guess, I do profess, ^S". The Joyful Widower. 
 Profession. We've got frae a' professions, sorts, an' ranks : 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 But I am a fool by profession. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 V the way of our profession. . . . To a Medical Gent. 
 Profifer. A weel-stocked mailin, himsel' for the laird, 
 And marriage aff-hand, were his proffers : 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooeri 
 Your proffer o' love's an airle-penny, 
 
 S. O Jfteikle thinks my love t 
 Proffer, to. And proffer up to Heaven the warm request. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18. 
 Profound. A head for thought profound and clear, unmatch'd : 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 lost in thought profound, . OnLincluden, 
 
 Progeny. Orj Moses bade eternal warfare wage. 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Progress. Matron [Summer] oft, delighted, stops to trace 
 The progress of the spiky blade. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 What aspects old Time in his progress has worn ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 
 Project. 
 
 as the boughs all temptingly project, Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Prologue. A Prologue, Epilogue, or some such matter, 
 
 'Twould vamp my bill, Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 And last, my prologue-business slily hinted, . lb. 
 
 Prolong. 
 
 Whose tones the echoing aisles prolong ; On Lincluden. 
 
 Promise. But Foorsday, Sir, my promise leal. 
 
 Expect me o' your party, . . To — . 
 
 Promise, to. 
 An' if she promise auld or young To tak their part, 
 Tho' by the neck she should be strung She'U no desert. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 22. 
 Fain promise never more to disobey ; . Why am. I loth t 
 Promised -*d. And by that life, I'm promised mair o't, 
 
 Friend of the poet t P.S. 
 She [Fortune] promis'd fair, and perform'd but ill ; 
 
 S. I dreafn^d I lay t 
 She has promis'd right soon to be mine. 
 
 S. My love's a winsome t 
 Robin promis'd me A' my winter vittle ; 
 
 S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 The promis'd Father's tender name ; The Lament. 3. 
 
 She promis'd fair and perform'd but ill ; 
 
 S. Tho.fickle Fortune t 
 An' lea'e us nought but grief an' pain, 
 
 For promis'd joy ! . .Toa Mouse. 
 
 Prone. Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches give, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham.3. 
 Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Prone-descending. 
 Or find a sheltering, safe retreat, 
 From prone-descending showers. TJie Petition of Br. Water. 
 Pronounce. 
 But [Judges] of meet, or unmeet, in a fabrick complete, 
 I'll boldly pronounce they [reviewers] are none, Sir. 
 „ „ To Capt, Riddel. 
 
 Pronounc'd. 
 
 And heard great Bab'lon's doom pronounc'd by Heaven's 
 command The Cotter's Sat. Night, fj. 
 
froof 
 
 3^2 
 
 Proud 
 
 Proof. Let time mak proof; . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sist, 7. 
 Seek not the proofs in private life to find ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Who is proof to thy personal converse and wit, 
 
 Is proof to all other temptation. . . Extern., To Mr. S. 
 And ev'ry time has added proofs, 
 
 That Man was made to mourn. Manwas made to Mourn. 
 Proof o' shot to Birth or Money, . . S. Sweetest May t 
 Wha's honour is proof to the storm ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 That I, henceforth, would be rhyme-proof The Vision. D. 1.6. 
 Quo' scho wha lives will see the proof, S. There was a lad t 
 Prop. 
 
 Prop ofmydearesthopes/or future times. ^/.Voi?. Graham.5. 
 Prop, to. 
 But build a castle on his head, 
 
 His scull will prop it under. . . Epig. on a Coxcomb. 
 Lang may she [Coila] stand to prop the land, Nature's Law. 
 Spring;, like their fathers, up to prop 
 Their honour'd native land ! The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Proper. 
 But 1 maturely thought it proper, . A Ded. to G.H., 12. 
 
 after proper purpose of amendment, . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men, 
 
 And proper young lasses and a', man ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 To proper young men, he'll clink in the hand 
 
 Gowd guineas a bunder or twa, man. . lb. 
 
 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles. 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 And still my delight is in proper young men : 
 
 The Jolly Be^ars. S. II. 
 Come, let a proper text be read, . . The Ordination. 4. 
 Property. Looks o'er proud Property, extended wide ; 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 Prophane. 
 Yet ne'er with Wits prophane to range. 
 Be complaisance extended; . . Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 Ppophesied. She prophesied that late or soon, 
 
 Thou would be found deep drown 'd in Doon ; 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 3. 
 Prophet. Next uprose our Bard, like a prophet in drink : 
 
 The Whistle. 17. 
 Propitious. Propitious Powers screen'd the young flow'rs, 
 
 Nature's Law. 
 Fair on Isabella's morn 
 
 The sun propitious smil'd; . . . Sad thy tale,\ 
 
 This day's propitious to be wise in. Sketch. New-Yrs Day. 
 Propless. Pitying the propless climber of mankind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 Propone [lay down, propose]. 
 I, for their thoughtless, careless sakes 
 Would here propone defences, . Add. to Unco Gttid. a. 
 Proportion. 
 With nae proportion wanting, . S. As I gaed up by t 
 
 Her pretty ancle is a spjr, 
 
 Betraying fair proportion, . . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 An' ay the less they hae to sturt them. 
 
 In like proportion, less will hurt them. The Twa Dogs. sg. 
 Which I in just proportion have abused . Tragic Frag. 
 
 Propose. 
 And say, ' How can you e'er propose, 
 ' You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 ' To mak a sang ? ' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 10. 
 Propriety. 
 Propriety's cold, cautious rules 
 
 Warm Fervour may o'erlook ; . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 Propt. Was timmer-propt for thrawin : Halloween. 23. 
 
 Prosaic. An' scriechan out prosaic verse. 
 
 An' like to brust ! The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 A creeping cauld prosaic fog . , . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Prose. Wad ding a* Lallan tongue, or Erse, 
 
 In Prose or Rhyme. Add.to the Deil. ig. 
 Whom Prose has turned out of doors, Ep. on E.'s '^Martial."' 
 A land unknown to Prose or Rhyme ; Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 A land that prose did never view it. 
 
 Except when drunk he stacher't thro' it ; . . .lb, 
 ' You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—kt Ap. 1st, 10. 
 In rhyme or prose or baith thegither, . lb., Ap, 21st, 7. 
 Yet vilest reptiles in their begging prose. Ep. to R. Graham, J. 
 Now, by the Powers o' Verse and Prose I 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Lament in rhyme, lament in prose, . Poor Mailie's El., 
 With all the vena! soul of dedicating Prose ? The Brigs of Ayr. 
 What verse can sing, what prose narrate, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Sworn foe to sorrow, care, and prose, 
 
 I rhyme away, . . . To J. S., 23. 
 
 Prose, to. ' An' if ye winna mak it clink, 
 
 * By Jove I'll prose it ! ' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st. 6. 
 Prose-folk, tho' dull prose-folk, latin splatter In logic tulae. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Prospect. 
 I, listless, yet restless, 
 
 Find every prospect vain. . . Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 Wi' a' this care and a' this grief. 
 
 And sma', sma prospect of relief, . . Ep, to H. Parker. 
 I backward cast my e'e. On prospects drear ! To a Mouse. 
 Prosperous. 
 Then may heaven with prosperous gales. 
 Fill my sailor's welcome sails, S. How can my poor heart \ 
 The prosperous man is asleep. 
 
 Nor hears how the whirlwinds sweep ; S. Thesunhe is sunkf 
 Prostrate. Let the blast sweep o'er the valley. 
 
 See it prostrate on the clay ! ^S". Sensibility \ 
 Protect. May prudence protect her Diberty] frae evil ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Guardian angels ! protect her, . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 May heaven protect my bonie Scots Laddie, 
 
 S. whare did ye get \ 
 Protect thee frae the driving shower, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Protect and guard the mother plant, . . . Ih. 
 
 And trust, the Universal Plan 
 
 Will all protect. The Vision D. II. 22. 
 
 Your impudence protects you sairly : . . To a Louse. 
 Protected. 
 
 A fig for those by law protected ! Tlie Jolly Beggars. S, VIII. 
 Protection. 
 Adieu, my Liege ! may Freedom geek 
 
 Beneath your high protection ; . . A Dream. 8. 
 
 Powers celestial whose protection 
 
 Ever guards the virtuous fair, . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 Fancies that our guid Brugh denies protection. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. & 
 'Twas noble. Sir ; 'twas like yoursel, 
 To grant your high protection : . .To Mr. M^Adam. 
 
 Protest. 
 
 Ay vow and protest that ye carena for me, . .S". O whistle, t 
 
 Proud, owre proud to snool, . . A Bards Epit. 
 
 Looks o'er proud Property, extended wide; A Winter Night. 8, 
 
 I should be proud to meet you there ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—kj Ap. 1st, 18. 
 
 But take it [fortune's road] like the unbacked filly, 
 
 Proud o' her speed. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 
 Ye may be proud, 
 That sic a couple fate allows ye . . lb. ij- 
 
 In the field of proud honour, our swords in our hands, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day i 
 
 Lest he owre high and proud shou*d turn, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, g. 
 
 England, triumphant, display her proud rose ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 
 Were I a Baron proud and high, S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 saucy quean That looks sae proud and high. S. Tibbie 1 1 
 
 Wi' his proud, independant stomach, 
 
 Oh Scot, Bardgne to W.l. 
 
 Man, your proud usurping foe, . On scaring Water-fowl, 
 yiy stomach's as proud as them a', man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 See approach proud Edward's power, ^ Scots, wha ka'e T 
 
 Lay the proud usurpers low, "■ 
 
 An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, 
 Yet unco proud to learn. . The Ans. to the Gutdwije. 
 
 Or proud imperial purple. . . • • ^°- 
 
 Proud o' the height 0' some bit half-lang tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Their sweet-scented woodlands that skirt the proud palace, 
 
 i". Their groves oJ\ 
 
 We'll a' be proud 0' Robin. . . S. There was a lad \ 
 Wi' screw'd up, grace-proud faces ; The Holy Fain 10. 
 
 For me I would be mair than proud 
 
 To share the mercies wi' you. . . To a Medical Gent. 
 Ye ken yoursels my heart right proud is, To Dr. BlackUck 
 
Proud 
 
 373 
 
 Puir 
 
 I trow it made me proud ; ... TV Mr, M^Adam. 
 Their sighan, cantan, grace-proud faces, To Rev. J. M^Matk. 
 Life's proud summits wouldst thou scale? 
 
 iVr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Ppoud-nodding. 
 Contending with Billy for proud-nodding laurels. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr, to Fox. 
 
 Prouder. 
 
 Now prouder still, Maria's temples press. Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 And prouder than a belted knight, 
 
 I'd be my Jeanie's lover. S. When first I saw t 
 
 Proudest. Blest Highland bonnet I Once my proudest dress, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Deserves the proudest wreath departed heroes claim. 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 
 Crushing the despot's proudest bearing, . . Liberty. 
 
 Prepar'd power's proudest frown to brave, Poet, Inscription. 
 
 Proudly. The pow'rs you proudly own ? A Winter Night, g. 
 
 That proudly cock your cresting cairns ; 
 
 EZ. onCapt M. H.,3. 
 
 The Thames flows proudly to the sea, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Prove. And who wou'd to Liberty e'er prove disloyal, 
 May his son be a hangman, and he his first trial. 
 
 At Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 I'll prove it from Euclid as clear as the sun : S. Caledonia. 6. 
 And quotes thy treacheries to prove it true ? Ep.fr. EsoPrts, 
 To prove our loyal truth — we can no more ; . Frag, of Ode. 
 Thy goodness constantly we prove, Grace after Dinner. 
 
 They may prove as bad as I am. . S. Here's to iky healthy t 
 Tho' thou hast been false, I'll ever prove true, 
 
 S. Ohf open the door,^ 
 He'll prove you fully, . . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle she prove, S. She's fair andfattse t 
 But Friendship's pure and lasting-joys 
 
 My heart was form'd to prove : . S. Talk not of Love f 
 Right, Sir ! your text I'll prove it true, . . The Calf 
 
 " Should ever prove your sp'ritual foe, . What ails ye now t 
 Proved, -'d. She [Nature] prov'd to be no journey-work, 
 
 S. John Anderson,^ 
 I found that old Solomon proved it fair, No Churchman am I\ 
 'Twas then I prov'd false to my Sodger laddie.. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. //. 
 Your faith proved so loyal, in hot bloody trial, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 O Love thou hast sorrows, and sair have I prov'd ; 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 Proven. 
 
 Has proven to its [the Kirk's] ruin : . The Ordination. 8. 
 Proverb. In his sly, dry, sententious, proverb way ! 
 
 Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 Proverb'd. Unlike sage proverb'd wisdom's hard wrung boon. 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahajn. j. 
 Will time, amus'd with proverb'd lore, 
 
 Add to our date one minute more? Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Proveses [Provosts], 
 
 Ye worthy Proveses, an' mony a Bailie, 
 Wha in the paths o' righteousness did toil ay ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Provide. 
 O Thou, who kindly dost provide 
 
 For every creature's want ! , .A Grace before Dinner. 
 Would, in the way His Wisdom sees the best, 
 For them and for their little ones provide ; 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night. 18. 
 
 Provided, 
 
 Then chance, and fortune are sae guided, 
 They're ay in less or mair provided ; The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 
 Providence, 
 
 If Providence has sent me here, 
 'Twas surely in an anger. Ep. on being neglected at In. Inn. 
 Province, 
 
 To mark where England's province stands ^S*. The Union. 
 Proving, 
 But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, 
 
 In proving foresight may be vain ; . , To a Mouse. 
 Provoke. 
 "Whoe'er shall provoke thee, th' encounter shall rue I " 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 We live like two lambs and we seldom provoke ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Provok'd. 
 
 Provok'd beyond bearing, at last she arose, St Caledonia. 
 
 Provoking, wi' boast-provoking smeek, The Vision. D, 1. 3. 
 Provost [the chief magistrate of a royal burgh]. 
 
 Provost John is still deaf to the church's relief, 
 
 The KirUs A larm. 
 Prowling. Oft prowling, ensanguin'd the Tweed's silver flood ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. S- 
 Prude. Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing, 
 
 Lns under Pzct. of Miss B.. 
 Prudence. 
 May Prudence, Fortitude and Truth 
 
 Erect your brow undaunting ! Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 Let prudence number o'er each sturdy son, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Your courage much more than your prudence you show it, 
 
 Fragment, inscr._ to Fox. 
 May prudence protect her [liberty] frae evil ! 
 
 S. Here^s a health to them, t 
 Prudence, with decorous sneer. In vain wld Prudence t 
 
 Let Prudence' direst bodements on me fall, 
 Clarinda, rich reward I o'erpays them all ! . . . lb. 
 But prudence is her o'erword ay, S. O poortith cauld\ 
 
 O wha can prudence think upon, 
 
 And sic a lassie by him ; 
 wha can prudence think upon, 
 
 And sae in love as I am ? lb. 
 
 rUact with prudence as far's I'm able, S. Tho. fickle fortune^ 
 Let Prudence bless enjoyment's cup, Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Prudent, prudent, cautious, self-controul A Bard's Epit. 
 Each prudent cit a warm existence finds, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, z. 
 We own they're prudent, but who feels they're good ? lb. J. 
 Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares, Tarn d Shanter. g. 
 Unskilful he to note the card 
 
 Of prudent Lore, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Prussian. How cut-throat Prussian blades were hingin ; 
 
 Kind Sir, Fve read\ 
 Prying, -in. 
 
 Whiles, in the human bosom pryin. Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 
 And steal from me Maria's prying eye. Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Pu' [to pull, gather]. 
 And a' to pu' a posie to my ain dear May \re.'\ S. The Posie. 
 The primrose I will jju', the furstling o' the year, 
 And I will pu' the pink, the emblem o' my dear ; . 
 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in view, lb. 
 The hawthorn I will pu', wi' its locks o' siller grey, lb. 
 
 The woodbine I will pu', when the ev'ning star is near, lb. 
 Public. 
 And dares the public like a noontide sun. Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 Wha bring thy elders to disgrace, 
 
 An' public shame. Holy Willie's Prayer. 10. 
 by a generous Public's kind acclaim. Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Thou art the life o' public haunts ; . Scotch Drink. 8. 
 
 Their galloping thro' public places, The Twa Dogs. 31. 
 
 A candid lib'ral band is found 
 
 Of public teachers. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Pu'd [pulled, gathered]. 
 These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck 
 
 That spotless breast o' thine ; .5". Behold, my love t 
 
 How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue 
 
 When pu'd and worn a common toy ! S. I do confess t 
 
 And pu'd the gowans fine ; . S. Shld auld acquaintance t 
 Wi' hghtsome heart I pu'd a rose, 
 
 S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett. II. 
 Puddin-race [pudding-race]. 
 
 Great Chieftan o' the Puddin-race ! . To a Haggis. 
 
 Puddock-stool [a toad-stool, a mushroom]. 
 
 May sprout like simmer puddock-stools 
 
 In glen or shaw ; . . To W. Creech. 
 
 PufF*d. Conceited gowk ! puflTd up wi' windy pride ! 
 -, . , The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Puir [poor]. & J J' t 
 
 Was e'er puir Poet sae befitted, . On B.'s Horse Impound. 
 Puir harmless beast ! tak thee nae care, . . .lb, 
 my puir, silly, rhymin' clatter . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 But for the Muse, she'll never leave ye, 
 
 Tho' e'er sae puir, lb. 
 
 Orfraepuirmanablessin wan, . S. The Laddies by \ 
 
 For what?— to gie their malice skouth 
 
 On some puir wight, To Rev, J. M^Math. 
 
Puke 
 
 374 
 
 Pyet 
 
 Puke. 
 
 Then like a swine to puke an' wallow, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Pull. Full the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Pulse. Think, when your castigated pulse 
 
 Gies now and then a wallop. Add. to Unco Guid.4. 
 Her feeble pulse gies strong presumption 
 
 Death soon will end ner. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Tumultuous tides his pulses roll, S. On a hank offlffwers \ 
 Wild to my heart the filial pulses glow, On DeathqfSirJ. Blair. 
 While Love's luxurious pulse beat high, . The Lament. 
 ' I saw' thy pulse's maddening play, The Vision. D. II. 17. 
 EVry pulse along my veins. 
 
 Tells the ardent lover S. Thine am 1 1 
 
 Pulteney. Not Pulteney's wealth can Pulteney save ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Pumps. And stockings and pumps to put on my stumps, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Pun' [pounds]. 
 
 He'll draw me fifteen pun' at least. . The Inventory. 
 
 Punch. 
 
 Out owre a glass o' Whisky-punch . . Scotch Drink, if. 
 Pund [pound]. 
 They drew me thretteen pund an' twa, A Guid New-year\iS' 
 That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, 
 
 Wi' twa pund Scots, ('twas a' her riches), Tant d Shanter. 13. 
 The weary pund, the weary pund. 
 
 The weary pund o' tow ; . , S, The weary Fund. 
 And a' that she has made o' that, 
 
 Is ae poor pundo' tow Ih. 
 
 Punish. And punish each transgression ; The Ordination. $. 
 Puny. And tho* the puny wound appear, 
 
 Short while it grieves. . ToJ.S.^ib, 
 Puplt [pulpit]. 
 Ye ministers, come mount the pupit, . El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Puppy. 
 
 For puppies like you there's but few. The KirHs A larm. 
 Purblind. 
 So may be, on this Fisgah height, 
 Bob's purblind, mental vision : . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 Purchase. It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest ; Ep. to Davie. $. 
 Tak tent how ye purchase a dram ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 Pure. 
 How fair and how pure is the lily, S. Adown winding Nith t 
 Anguish unmingl'd and agony pure. S. Gloomy December. 
 Yon rose-buds in the morning dew, 
 How pure, amang the leaves sae green ; 
 
 S. O honie was yon rosy t 
 While larks with little wing, 
 
 Fann'd the pure air, ... iS". Phillis the Fair. 
 
 How true is love to pure desert, . . S. Sae far awa. 
 
 Friendship's pure and lasting joys . S. Talk not ofLove^ 
 So trembling, pure, was tender love 
 
 Within the breast of bonie Jean. S. There was a lass t 
 
 The lily it is pure, and the lily it is fair, . S. The Posie. 
 Purely. A cool spectator purely ! The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Purer. 
 
 How fair and how pure is the lily, 
 
 But fairer and purer her breast. S. Adown winding Nith t 
 The op'ning gowan, wat wi' dew, 
 
 Nae purer is than Nanie, ,0. , ^S*. Behind yon hills t 
 But purer was the lover's vow S. O honie was yon rosy t 
 
 Riches denied, thy boon was purer joys, 
 
 Sonnet., wr. on Birthday. 
 Purest, 
 
 When purest in the dewy mom ; . S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Purge. 
 An' purge the bitter ga's an' cankers, 
 O* curst Venetian b— res an' ch-ncres. [v. A. 13] 
 
 The Twa Dogs, 23. 
 Purg'd, As once on Pisgah purg'd was the sight 
 
 Of a son of Circumcision, The Dean of Feu.. 
 
 Purity. That purity ye pride in, . Add. to Unco Guid. 3. 
 It is not purity and worth. 
 Else Jessy had not died. . . Epit. on Miss Lewars. 
 Purple. 
 When purple morning starts the hare, . S. Now rosy May t 
 were my love yon lilac fair, 
 
 With purple blossoms to the spring ; S, O were my love \ 
 Or proud imperial purple. . The Anst to t/ie Guidwifek 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 
 Purpling. 
 
 When upward-springing, blythe, to greet 
 
 The purpling East. . To a Mountain-Daisy 
 
 Purpose. ■'' 
 
 The generous purpose, nobly dear, . S. My Mary's face \ 
 
 after proper purpose of amendment, . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 He cam on purpose for to court me, . S. The auldman \ 
 
 Purse. There Centum per Centum, the Cit with his purse ; 
 
 S. No Churchman aml\ 
 
 Noosing with care a bursting purse. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 
 A beardless boy comes o'er the hills, 
 
 Wi' uncle's purse, and a' that ; The Election Ballads. II. 
 Without a penny in my purse 
 
 To buy a meal to me. . S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 He draws a bonie, silken purse 
 
 As lang's my tail, . . Th€ Twa Dogs. 8. 
 My purse is light, I've far to gang, S. When wild Wai^s \ 
 Purse-proud. 
 Or purse-proud, big wi' cent per cent, 
 
 An muckle wame, Ep, to J. L — k, Ap. 21st, 11. 
 The harpy, hoodock, piurse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7, 
 Pursie idim. of purse], 
 I'll seek my pursie whare I tint it, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 12. 
 For mony a pursie she had hooked, The Jolly Beggars. R.IV, 
 Pursue. 
 But shall thy legal rage pursue 
 The Wretch, already crushed low 
 I saw myscl, they did pursue 
 The horse-men back to Forth, man 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 How quick Time is flying, how keen Fate pu«ues. 
 
 S. The lazy mist\ 
 Nor idle texts pursue ; . . . .To Miss Ainslie, 
 My savage journey, curious, I pursue, Wr. in Kenmore Inn 
 Pursued. And long pursued me with her eye. 
 
 S. Slow spreads ihegloom\ 
 Pursuing, The rav'ning hawk pursuing,^ 
 
 The trembling dove thus Cues, S. Now cruel j; 
 
 And furious Whigs pursuing I The Election Ballads, VI. 
 
 Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba'. The Farewell. To St. J 's L,. 
 
 Pursuing past, unhappy loves ! . S. The gloomy night\ 
 
 Pursuit. Or darkling grubs this earthly hole, 
 
 In low pursuit, A Bards Epit. 
 
 Pursy, But the pursy old landlord just waddl'd up stairs, 
 
 S. No Churchman am I\ 
 Push, And here's to them, that, like oursel, 
 
 Can push about the jorum ; S. O May thy mom t 
 Push'd. They rush'd, and push'd, and blude outgush'd, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Pussie [a hare]. 
 As open pussie's mortal foes. 
 When, pop! she starts before their nose; Tarn d Shanter. ii. 
 
 Put, ' Gudeman', quo he, ' put up your whittle. 
 
 Death and Dr. Homiook. 10.. 
 
 The witching cursed delicious blinkers 
 
 Hae put me hyte, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. JO. 
 Put clods upon his head, . . . John BarUycom. 
 To put a young thing in a fright, 5". O watye wat my\ 
 
 My father put me frae his door, S. Oh how can I he blythe t 
 
 Bright wines and bonie lasses rare, 
 
 To put us daft; . . Poem on Life. 
 
 And stockings and pumps to put on my stumps, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 But just the pouchie put the nieve in, Second Ep. to Daane. 
 Put life and mettle in their heels. . . Tarn 0' Shanter. n. 
 My mither she bade me put him to bed, S. The auldman^ 
 I put him to bed and he swore he wad wed, 
 It puts but little in your pat ; 
 Sae dinna put me in your buke, 
 
 Ih. 
 
 The Inventory. 
 
 Their tricks an' craft hae put me daft, 
 
 Th^ Jolly Beggars. S. VU. 
 
 Wi' pinch I put a Sunday's face on, WJuit ails ye now \ 
 
 Puzzle, All in all he's a problem must puzzle the Devil. 
 
 Fragment, tnscr. to rox, 
 
 Pye, 
 
 My mither she bade me gie him some pye, S. The auld mattr 
 I gae him some pye, and he lay'd the crust by, . • "' 
 Pyet [a magpie]. 
 To cast my een up like a Pyet, . . 
 
 When by the gun she tumbles o'er, A uld comraae T 
 
Pyke 
 
 376 
 
 Quey 
 
 Pyke V. Pike. 
 
 Pyle [a single grain]. 
 
 The cleanest com that e'er was dight 
 May hae some pyles o' caff in ; Add, to Unco Gutd. Mott. 
 
 Quack. Not a' the quacks, wi' a' their gumption, 
 
 will ever mend her, Letter to J. Gowdie. 
 While quacks of state must each produce his plan, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Quaffing. 
 Wi' quaflSng and laughing, 
 
 They ranted an' they sang ; The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 I, ance, was ty'd up like a stirk, 
 For civilly swearing and quaffing ; . . Ih. S, III. 
 
 Quagmire. Ye bitterns, till the quagmire reels, 
 
 Rair for his sake. El. on Capt. M. H. 8. 
 Quaick [quack]. 
 
 wi' an eldritch, stoor quaick, quaick, Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 Quail. And nocht could him quail, 6". There was a bonie lass t 
 Quaint. No fabled tortures, quaint and tame. The Lament. 
 Quake. Ve'U quake at his conjuring hammer, 
 
 Ye midnight b — es. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Quaking, -in. 
 
 Ye'U some day squeel in quaking terror! A Ded. to G. H., lo. 
 
 My very heart an' saul are quakin', Holy Willie's Prayer. 14, 
 
 Qualification. For talents to deserve a place 
 
 Are qualifications saucy ; The Dean o/Fac.. 
 Quality. Some sort all our qualities each to its tribe, 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 But without some better qualities 
 She's no the lass for me. . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 Quantum. 
 
 I wave the quantum o' the sin ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 Quappel, 
 Will you leave your justings, your jars, and your quarrels, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 wad send relief. An' end the quarrel. . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 How easy can the barley-brie 
 
 Cement the quarrel ! . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 An' so the quarrel ended ; . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Quarry. 
 
 * I might as weel hae try'd a quarry 
 
 ' O' hard whin-rock. Death and Dr. Homhook. 18. 
 
 Bairan a quarry, an' sic like, . . The Tiva Dogs. 10. 
 
 Quart. But who can with Fate and Quart Bumpers contend? 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 Quarter. 
 
 Morality's demure decoys 
 
 Shall here nae mair find quarter : The Ordination. 13. 
 
 An', large upon her quarter 
 
 Come full that day. . A Dream. 13. 
 
 She's twisted right, she's twisted left, 
 To balance fair in ilka quarter ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Quarter basin. A mickle quarter basin. S. Gat ye me, t 
 Quarters. Death takes him hame to gie him quarters. 
 
 Epit. on Tam the Chapman. 
 Quat [quit]. 
 Sae I conclude and quat my chanter, . Auld comrade \ 
 Abjuring a' intentions evil, 
 
 I quat my pen : . . . Poem on Life. 
 Your friendship sir, I winna quat it, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Then I maun rin amang the rest An' quat my chanter ; lb. 
 I shall say nae mair. But quat my sang, . To J. S., zg. 
 Quat [quitted]. 
 But now he's quat the spurtle-blade, 
 
 And dog-skin wallet, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 He blush'd for shame, he quat his name. 
 
 The Fite Champetre. 
 The Curlers quat their roaring play, . The Vision. D. I. 
 Quaukin [quaking]. 
 
 Guid "L — d ! but she was quaukin ! . . . Halloween, zz. 
 Quean [a young woman]. 
 
 Weel I wat she was a quean 
 
 Wad made a faodie's mouth to water ; S. Donald Brodie. 
 Wha follows ony saucy quean . . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 Now, Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans, 
 A' plump and strapping in their teens, Tam o' Shunter. 13. 
 I see her yet, the sonsy quean, 
 
 That lighted up my jingle ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Now I maun thole the scomfu' sneer 
 
 O' mony a saucy quean ; . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 
 Quebec. 
 
 But yet, whatreck, he^ at Quebec, 
 
 Montgomery-like did fa', man, . . A Fragment. 2. 
 Queen. In loyal, true affection, 
 
 To pay your Queen, with due respect, 
 
 My fealty an' subjection , . A Dream.. 8. 
 Whaever has met wi' my Phillis, 
 
 Has met wi' the queen o'the fair. S. Adown winding Niih\ 
 The Queen of love could never move 
 
 With motion more enchanting. S. As I gaed up by f 
 
 And we will live like king and queen, S. Duncan Davison. 
 One Queen Artemisa, as old stories tell, 
 
 Epig, on Henpecked Squire. 
 
 But Queen N , of a diff'rent complexion, . . lb. 
 
 Content and love bring peace and joy. 
 
 What mair hae queens upon a throne ? lS*. In simmer when t 
 But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, 
 
 Maun lie m prison Strang. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 I was the Queen o' bonie France, lb. 
 
 But thou art queen within my breast 
 
 For ever to remain. . . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 Thou art a queen, fair Lesley, . S. O saw ye bonie Z-.f 
 
 O that's the queen o' woman-kind, S. O wat ye wha that loesf 
 The brightest jewel in my crown, 
 
 Wad be my queen, wad be my queen. S. O wert thou in \ 
 Yet an insect's an insect at most, 
 
 ■ The' it crawl on the curl of a queen. On an empty Fellow, 
 Tho' matching beauty's fabled queen ; 
 
 lS". On Cessnock banks \ 
 
 The Q , and the rest of the gentry, Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 To pjunt the lovely hapless Scottish Queen ! Scots Prologue. 
 
 ! thou bright Queen, who, o'er th' expanse, 
 
 Now highest reign'st, with boundless sway ! Tke Lament. 
 And Queen of Poetesses ; . . . To a Lady. 
 
 Parnassian queens, I fear, I fear, 
 
 Ye'U now disdain me. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Queen shall she be in my bosom for ever. 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue e'« t 
 Queen, to. That queens it o'er our taste— the more's the pity : 
 
 Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 Queen sberry. 
 But Queensberry, thine the virgin claim, 
 
 From aught that's good exempt. On Duke of Queensberry. 
 As Queensberry blue and buff unfurled, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 But cautious Queensberry left the war, ... Jb. 
 
 Queer, wi' funny, queer Sir John, . A Dream. 11. 
 
 Yet, scarce as lang's a guid kail whittle 
 
 I'm unco queer. . Adam A~~'s Prayer. 
 Their capon craws and queer ha ha's, S. Amang tke trees t 
 Yon mixtie-maxtie queer hotch-potch, 
 
 The Coalition. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Queerest. The queerest shape that e'er I saw, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 The Souter tauld his queerest stories ; Tam o' Shanter. J. 
 Quell. To quell the Wicked's pride ; . New Psalmody. 
 That charm that can the strongest quell, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Quench. 
 
 To quench their lowan drouth, The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 Some rascal's pridefu' greed to quench, TJie Twa Dogs. 21. 
 Quenched. 
 
 quenched in darkness like the sinking star, Liberty. 
 
 Quenching. 
 Fawn'd in a gin-shop 
 Quenching holy drouth. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Quentln. 
 
 And Quentin 0' lads not the worst The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 Question. But 'twould be rude, you know, to ask the question ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th.., D.. 
 And many a question he ask'd him at large, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Questions [the , Shorter Catechism of the West- 
 minster Divines. "Getting his questions." pre- 
 paring his lessons, or speech]. 
 The billie is gettin his questions, 
 To say in Saint Stephen's the mom. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 1 on the questions targe them tightly ; . .The Inventory. 
 Quey [a cow from one year to two years old]. 
 
 The Deil or else an outler Quey, . . Halloween. 26. 
 
Quiek 
 
 376 
 
 Rade 
 
 Quick. 
 
 Was quick to learn and wise to know, . A Bar£s Epit. 
 
 Wishin' the ten Egyptian plagues 
 
 Wad seize you quick. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 The dancers quick and quicker flew ; . Tarn d Shunter. 12. 
 How quick Time is flying, how keen Fate pursues. 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Quicken. 
 
 Poor Bums — e'en Scotch drink canna quicken, To IV. Creech. 
 Quicker. But souple Donald quicker flew, S. Donald Brodie t 
 Quickly. 
 Peruse them an* return them quickly ; . Auld comrade t 
 And quickly stopped Ranken's breath. 
 
 Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 But I call'd her quickly back again, 
 
 S. The lass thai made the bed. 
 Let me, lassie, quickly die, 
 Trusting that thou lo'es me : . . S. Wilt thou he my t 
 Quiet. But hamely, tawie, quiet an' cannie, 
 
 An' unco sonsie. A Guid-New-year^S' 
 
 Long quiet she reign'd S. Caledonia. 
 
 And yet no grief has marr'd thy quiet, . . The Hermit. 
 Nay even thus invade a lady's quiet. The Rights of Woman. 
 In quiet let me live ; . . .To Lord G. 
 
 Thus, resigned and quiet, creep 
 
 To the bed of lasting sleep ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Quill. I doubt he's but a grey nick quill, TJie Twa Herds. 14. 
 And self-conceited critic skellum 
 
 His quill may draw; . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Quire v. Choir. 
 
 Quirk. Ye'll catechize him every quirk, To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Quit. 
 
 Nor quit for me the trembling spray, S. O stay, sweet war&l. "t 
 
 I, careless, quit aught else below, 
 But spare me, spare me Lucy dear. S. ivaiye wha's in t 
 Quite. Than quite refuse our law, man. . A Fragment. 
 
 But honest Nature is not quite a Turk, Ep, to R. Graham. 4. 
 
 Quite sick of merit's rudeness, . The Dean o/Fac. 
 
 Quo' [quoth]. ' Gudeman,' quo' he, put up your whittle, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 10. 
 
 ' Ay, ay ! ' quo' he, an' shook his head, ... 73. 12. 
 
 Quo' she, ' Ye ken we've been sae busy 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist,3. 
 
 Hiccup, quo* Kimmer, \re.'\ S. Gudeen to you JCimmeri 
 
 My head and my heart, now quo' she, are at rest, 
 
 Jenny M^Craw. 
 
 Quo* she, an' laughan as she spak, . The Holy Fair. 4. 
 
 Quo' scho, wha lives will see the proof [j-tf,]*?. There was a lad \ 
 
 Father, quo' she, Mither, quo' she, S. There's news, lasses t 
 
 Indeed maun I, quo' Findlay \re.\ S. Wha is that at myf 
 
 Quo' I, ' I fear unless ye geld me, 
 
 I'll ne'er be better.' . What ails ye nowi 
 
 " Geld you! " quo' he, "and whatfore no, . . . Ih. 
 
 ' Na, na,' quo' I, ' I'm no for that, lb. 
 
 Quo' she, a sodger ance I lo'ed, . S. When wild War'sf 
 
 Quo' she, my grandsire left me gowd, ... I&, 
 
 Quod [quoth]. 
 
 Quod the Beadsman of Nith-side. Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Quondam, 
 
 'Tis thy trusty quondam Mate, OdCf to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Quorum. 
 
 managing St. Stephen's quorum ; Kind Sir I've readi 
 
 The dearest o' the quorum [re.] , S. O May thy 7nom\ 
 
 When mighty Squireships of the quorum, 
 Their hydra drouth did sloken. On dining with Daer. 
 
 Quotation. ^ The mock'd quotation of the scorner's jest, 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Quote. 
 
 And quotes thy treacheries to prove it true? Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 Quoted. 
 
 He quoted and he hinted, . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Quoth. 
 
 Quoth Mary, "Love, I like the bum, S. As down the hum t 
 
 *' Alas! '* quoth I, " what ruefu' chance, As on the banks\ 
 
 - - - Quoth I, ' Guid faith, 
 
 ' Ye're maybe come to stap my breath ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. g. 
 
 Waes me for Johnny Ged's-Hole now, Quoth I, . lb. 23. 
 
 S. Duncan Gray \ 
 
 Shall I like a fool, quoth he, 
 For a haughty hizzle die ? 
 Quoth I, ' Before I sleep a winic, 
 
 X vow I'll close it ; Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 2ist, 6. 
 " L — d, G-d," quoth he, " I have it now, Lns to J. Ranken, 
 Wi' bonnet aflf, quoth I, " Sweet lass, 
 
 I think ye seem to ken me; . , The Holy Fair. 4. 
 
 Quoth I, " With a' my heart, I'll do't ; . . . . Ib.6. 
 Quoth I, for shame, ye dirty dame, S. The weary pund. 
 
 Wi' alter'd voice, quoth I, sweet lass, S. When wild Wat's f 
 Rab [dim. <?;^ Robert]. 
 She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab. [re.] 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nah. 
 But Rab slips out, an' jinks about, . . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 Our Stibble-rig was Rab M'Graen ih. 16. 
 
 While Rab his name is, . The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Sae I subscribe mysel in haste, 
 
 Yours, Rab the Ranter. . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Race. Down the zodiac urge the race, . Ep. to H, Parker, 
 Maucbline Race or Mauchline Fair, 
 
 Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 18. 
 Who life and wisdom at one race begun, Ep. to R. Graham.3. 
 Our race of existence is run. . S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 An' ev'n their sports, their balls an' races, The Twa Dogs. 31. 
 Reluctant, E stalk'd in ; with piteous race 
 The justling tears ran down his honest face! The Vowels. 
 Thro' fair, thro' foul, they urge the race, . To J. S., 18. 
 Perhaps related to the race : . . . A Ded. to G. H. 
 There's monie waur been o' the Race [of kings], 
 
 And aiblins ane been better . . . A Dream. 3. 
 
 the Diamond's Ace, of Indian race, , A Fragment. 
 
 Their hapless Race wild-wand'ring roam ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Awa ye selfish, warly race, . Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. ist, 20. 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7, 
 Whose arms of love would grasp the human race : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. $. 
 The warly race may riches chase, S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 For here thou hast a cHosen race ; Holy Willie's Prayer. 10. 
 ' Go on, ye human race ! . . Nature's Law, 
 
 Conscious, blushing for our race, On scaring Waterfiml. 
 
 Discarded remnant of a race 
 
 Once great in martial story ! On Duke ofQueensherry. 
 
 A race outlandish fills their throne ; 
 
 An idiot race, to honour lost ; . . On Window at Stirling, 
 Or like the borealis race, 
 
 That flit ere you can point their place ; . Ta?n o' Shanter. 7. 
 Auld Brig appear'd of ancient Pictishrace, The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Fit only for a doited Monkish race, , . . lb. 8. 
 
 And, agonising, curse the time and place 
 When ye begat the base, degen'rate race I . . . Ib.g. 
 By her inspired, the new-bom race 
 
 Soon drew the avenging steel, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 To see a Race heroic wheel, [v.A.4] . The Vision. D. I. 
 She boasts a Race, To ev'ry nobler virtue bred. 
 
 And polish'd grace. . . lb. IS- 
 
 ' They Scotia's Race among them share ; . Ih. D. II. 4. 
 ' Explore at large Man's infant race, . . Ih. 10. 
 
 Free as the wind, or feather 'd race 
 
 That hop from spray to spray. . . To Clarinda. 
 
 The warly race may drudge an' drive, To W. Simpson. 16. 
 
 Racer Jess. 
 
 There racer Jess, an' twa-three wh-res. 
 Are blinkan at the entry. . . . The Holy Fear. 9- 
 
 Rachel. 
 
 Coila's fair Rachel's care to day, . Sketchy New-Yrs Day. 
 
 Rack. Dr. Mac, Dr. Mac, you should stretch on a rack. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Racked, -'d. 
 
 And pillows on the thorn my rack'd repose ! Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Our Laird gets in his racked rents, . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 Racking. 
 Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, -r t £ 
 
 Like racking engines ! . Add. to Toothache. 
 Rade [rode]. 
 That auld grey yaud, yea, Nidsdale rade, 
 Astray upon Nidside. . The Election Ballads, V. 
 
 Where'er I gaed, where'er I rade, . 
 
 A mistress still I had aye : . S. Whenfrsi Icamt T 
 
Radiant 
 
 377 
 
 Rake 
 
 Radiant. 
 
 But now his radiant course is run, . . EL on Capt M, H, 
 Out-rival'd by the radiant eyes 
 
 Of youthful, charming Chloe. S. It was the charmw^\ 
 Her eyes outshine the radiant beams 
 
 That gild the passing shower, . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Raep V. Rape. 
 
 Rafters. Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. Tavi o" Shanter. ii. 
 
 Rag. Expires in rags, unknown, and goes to Heaven. 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 First, niest the fire, in auld, red rags, Ane sat ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R.I. 
 And many a tatter'd rag hanging over my bum, . lb. S. I. 
 His rags regimental they flutter'd so gaudy, Ih. S. II. 
 
 Rage. 
 Not all your rage, as now, united shows 
 
 More hard unkindness [than Man's], A Winter Night. 7. 
 But shall thy legal rage pursue 
 
 The Wretch, already crushed low, ... lb. 9. 
 
 Some cock or cat your rage maun stop, Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 Sinks in time's wintry rage. . iS". But lately seen \ 
 
 To show their deadly rage. . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Or youthful Pleasure's rage ? . Man was made to Mourn. 
 The gentle lotSk that rage disarms ; . S. My Mary's face t 
 When thro' his dear Strathspeys they bore with Highland rage ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. I2. 
 Such is the rage of Battle. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 They bind the wild, Poetic rage 
 
 In energy, [v.A.4] . . The Vision. D. I. 
 He heeds or feels no more the ruthless Critic's rage ! 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.^S- 
 Rage, to. 
 
 While maniac Winter rages o'er 
 
 The hills whence classic Yarrow flows, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Is this the power in freedom's war 
 
 That wont to bid the battle rage ? . . Liberty. 
 
 Ye tempests, rage ! ye turbid torrents, roll ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, 
 
 And whelm him o'er ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Ragged. Yet aft a ragged Cowte's been known, 
 
 To mak a noble Aiver : A Dream. 11. 
 thro' the ragged ro6f and chinky wall, A Winter Night, g. 
 The followers o' the ragged Nine, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. sist^ lb. 
 Mark our jovial, ragged ring ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Here's our ragged Brats and Callets ! . . . .lb. 
 Or leaves the faithfu' lass he lo'ed, 
 
 To wear a ragged coat. The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Amang the heathy hills and ragged woods 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Raging. 
 And raging bend the naked tree ; S. Again rejoic. Nature \ 
 raging fortune's withering blast [re.] S. Luckless Fortune. 
 Tho' raging winter rent the air : . S.O watye whcCsin^ 
 My heart is wae, and unco wae, 
 
 To think upon the raging sea, S, The bonie Lass of Alb.. 
 And I maun cross the raging sea, S. The Highland Lassie. 
 Whase raging flame, an' scorching heat, 
 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane ! The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 Or still the tumult of the raging sea : . Why am I loth t 
 RagingS. What ragings must his veins convulse, 
 
 That stiU eternal gallop : Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 Ragout. 
 Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie, The Twa Dogs. g. 
 owre his French ragout, . . . , To a Haggis. 
 
 Ragweed [the plant ragwort]. 
 Tell how wi' you on ragweed nags, 
 
 They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags. Add. to the Deil. g. 
 Ralble [to rattle nonsense]. 
 
 An' Orthodoxy raibles, .... The Holy Fair. ly. 
 Rail. No Churchman am I for to rail and to write, 
 
 S. No Churcmnan am /f 
 He rails at our mountebank squad. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Railing. Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing, 
 
 Lus under Pict. of Miss B. 
 Rain. Wha wad mind the wind and rain, 
 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. S. As I came o'er. 
 The tears trickled down like the hail and the rain ; 
 
 S^A^ Iw^s (f-wandri^gf 
 33 
 
 And frae my een the drapping rains 
 
 Maun ever flow. . El. on Capt. M. H., Ii. 
 Plashy sleets and beating rain, S, Jockey's ta'en the parting t 
 That long has stood the wind and rain ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 And shield me frae the rain, jo. S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 
 O tell na me of wind and rain, ... .lb. 
 
 When flow'r-reviving rains are past ; S, On Cessnock banks t 
 May He who gives the rain to pour, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 Down from the rivulets, red with dashing rains, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Despising wind, and rain, and fire ; Tarn 0' Shanter. g. 
 
 heavy, dark, continued, a'-day rains The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Yon murky cloud is foul with rain, S. The gloomy Night t 
 Whene'er I meet my mither's e'e. 
 My tears rin down like rain. The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 And the rain rains down frae his red blear'd e'e, 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 
 And hail and rain does blaw ; ... Winter. 
 
 Rainbow. Or like the rainbow's lovely form 
 
 Evanishing amid the storm. Tarn o' Shanter. 7. 
 Rainy. 
 The night's baith mirk and rainy, O ; S. Behind yon hills t 
 And winter nights were dark and rainy ; 
 
 S. Montgomeri^s Peggy. 
 Rair [to roar]. 
 Ye bitterns, till the quagmire reels, 
 
 Rair for his sake. El. on Capt. M. H., 8. 
 
 The storm without might rair and rustle, 
 Tarn did namind the storm a whistle. Tarn o* Shanter. S- 
 Rairan [roaring]. 
 
 But now the L — d's ain trumpet touts, 
 Till a' the hills are rairan, . . The Holy Fair. si. 
 
 Rair't [roared; *wad rair't," would have roared]. 
 Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, 
 
 A Gude New-Year^ 12. 
 Raise. 
 When Mjisons' mystic word an' grip, 
 
 In storm an' tempests raise you up, Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 Let other Poets raise a fracas 
 
 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' druken Bacchus, Scotch Drink, 
 No nation, no station 
 
 My envy e'er could raise : . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 But raise your arm, an' tell your crack 
 
 Before them a', The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 
 An' raise a philosophic reek, . . lb. P. 
 
 The tickl'd ears no heartfelt raptures raise ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 13. 
 But still the Patriot, and the Patriot-Bard, 
 In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard! lb, zi. 
 They raise a din, that, in the end, 
 
 Is like to breed a rupture O' wrath The Holy Fair. 18. 
 
 Thinking the story himself he did raise, S. The Poor Thresher. 
 It raises man aboon the brute, . St The Tree of Liberty. 
 How could you raise so vile a bustle. The Twa Herds, 3. 
 Some rhyme to court the countra clash, 
 
 An' raise a din ; . ToJ.S., JT. 
 
 Raise, Rase [rose]. 
 Till Suthron raise, an' coost their claise A Fragment, g. 
 
 "And peacefu' raise its ingle reek, . As on the banks\ 
 
 Fu' lightly rase I on the morn, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Then slow raise Marjory o' the Lochs, The Election Ballads. /. 
 Upon the morrow when we raise, 
 I thank'd her for her courtesie ; 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 The Taylor rase and sheuk his duds, S. The Taylor he cam t 
 Raised. Which rais'd us baith : Death and Dr. Hornbook, 31. 
 Is heaven-ward raised in ecstasy. . . . On Lincluden. 
 That Pow'r which rais'd and still upholds 
 This universal frame, . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps,. 
 
 Raising. 
 While praising, and raising 
 His thoughts to Heaven on high, Despondency, an Ode, 3. 
 Raisins. Men wha grew wise priggin owre hops an' raisins. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 
 Raize [to madden, inflame]. 
 
 He should been tight that daur't to raize thee, 
 
 Ance in a day. . . A Guid New-Year 1 2. 
 
 Rake. 
 
 But point the Rake that taks the door ; A Ded. to G. H., 8, 
 
 W?el-pleas'd the Mother hears, it's nae wild, worthless Rake. 
 
 The Cottar's Sift. Night. 7, 
 
Rake 
 
 378 
 
 Ranter 
 
 Tarn o' Shanier. 16. 
 
 Rake, to. 
 Rake them, like Sodom and Gomorrah, 
 
 In brunstane stoure. . To Terraughty. 
 Rak'd. 
 Or worthy friends rak'd i' the mods . Add. to Toothache. 
 The Fiddler rak'd her, fore and aft. 
 Behint the Chicken cavie : The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 
 Rakish. 
 
 For rakish rooks, like Rob Mossgiel. . O leave novels f 
 
 Tis rakish art in Rob Mossgiel lb. 
 
 Rallied. 
 And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, 
 When out the hellish legion sallied. 
 Rally. Ere we permit a foreign foe, 
 
 On British ground to rally. S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 Ram. 
 She was nae get o' runted rams, [v. A.19] Poor Mailie's El. 
 Especial, rams that cross the breed, . The Ordination, j*. 
 Rambling. The hairum-scaimm, ram-stam boys, 
 
 The rambling squad : To J. S., 28. 
 RamfeezI'd [fatigued, overspent]. 
 
 The tapetless, ramfeezl'd hizzie, EJf. to J. L — k^ Af. 21st. 3. 
 Ramgunshoch [pugged, surly, crabbed]. 
 
 our ramgunshoch, glum goodman .. . S. Had I the wyte f 
 Ramsay. Ramsay an' famous Ferguson 
 
 Gied Forth an' Tay a lift aboon ; To W. Simpson. 
 Ram-stam [headlong, thoughtless]. 
 
 The hairum-scairum, ram-stam boys, . . To J. S.y s8. 
 Ran. An' ran them till they a' did wauble, 
 
 Far, far behin' ! A Gude New-Year \'^. 
 Towns-bodies ran, an' stood abiegh, . . . . Ih. 8. 
 For thus the royal Mandate ran, Ep. to J. L—k,, Ap. 2ist, IS. 
 An' ran thro' midden-hole an' a', . . . Halloween. 22. 
 Sing round about the fire wi* a rung she ran, 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 
 Bright ran thy line, O G . - , On same Lord G. 
 
 So ran the far-fam'd Roman way, So ended in a mire. . lb. 
 Auld Aire ran by before me, . . . One night as I ^ 
 Wi' kindly bleat, when she did spy him, 
 
 She ran wi' speed : . . Poor Mailiis El.. 
 And reekin red ran mony a sheugh, 
 
 6". The Battle of Skerra-Moor. 
 Foreby a Cowt, o' Cowts the wale, 
 
 As ever ran afore a tail The Inventory. 
 
 Adown my cheeks the pearls ran, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 The hirelings ran — ^her foes gied chase, The Tree of Liberty. 
 The justling tears ran down his honest face ! The Vowels. 
 Gay Pleasure ran riot as bumpers ran o'er; The Whistle. 13. 
 Who sin so oft have mourn'd, yet to temptation ran ? 
 
 Why am I loth \ 
 Randie [boisterous, quarrelsome], 
 a merry core O' randie, gangrel bodies, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Randie, -y [a seold, shrew]. 
 And bann'd the cruel randy, . 
 Reif randies I disown ye ! 
 Random. 
 So ne'er a fellow-creature slight 
 
 For random fits o' daffin. , Add. to Unco Guid. Moit. 
 Or if she [Religion] gie a random-sting 
 
 It may be little minded ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 Wha dearly like a random-splore ; On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 Knowledge, on a random tramp, . The Brigs o/Ayr. 10. 
 If, in their random, wanton spouts, 
 
 They near the margin stray ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 beneath the random bield 0' clod or stane. 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy, 
 Has blest me with a random-shot 
 
 O' countra wit. . . . ToJ.S.^6. 
 I gi'e their wames a random pouse, ■ What ails ye now t 
 Random, at. Let Fortune's gifts at random fiee, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 ' Let fortune's wheel at random rin, . , S. O Phely,i 
 Rang. Wr jumping, an' thumping. 
 
 The vera girdle rang. The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 The bells they rang, and the carlins sang, 
 
 S. The last braw bridal \ 
 Except where green-wood echoes rang 
 
 S. Twas even— the dewy \ 
 
 . S. Had I the wyte \ 
 S, Louis what reck 1 1 
 
 Range. 
 
 Look abroad through Nature's range, S. Lei not woman t 
 Range, to. Then let me range by Cassills' banks, 
 
 S. Now bank and hrae t 
 I could range the world around. 
 
 For the sake of Somebody S. Somebody, 
 
 When wretches range, in famish'd swarms, 
 
 The scented groves, The A utMs Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Altho' thro' foreign climes I range, S. The Highland Lasm. 
 I wha sae late did range and rove, . ^S". Young Jamie^\ 
 
 Ranged, -'d. 
 In order, on the clean hearth-stane. 
 
 The Luggies three are ranged ; . . . Halloween. 27. 
 We ranged a' from Tweed to Spey, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Where late with careless thought I rang'd, 
 
 S. To thee, MdNith\ 
 Ranging, 
 Whyles, ranging like a roaran lion, . Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 never ranging, still unchanging, . . .. S. Bonie Bell. 
 Rank, adj. "An' his heart is rank poison," 
 
 Another replies. . . Epit. on Walter S. 
 O for some rank, mercurial rozet, . . . To a Louse. 
 Rank, «. 
 Thou ance was i' the foremost rank, A Guid New-Year\3. 
 Thro' hostile ranks and ruin'd gaps Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 It's no in titles nor in rank ; 
 It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest ; . . Ep. to Davie, S- 
 The words came skelpan, rank and file, . . lb. 11. 
 
 Where Bruce ance rul'd the martial ranks, . Halloween. 
 And thieves of every rank and station, Lnsadd. to J. Ranken. 
 She talks of rank and fashion. . S. O poortith cauld, t 
 Henceforth to meet with unconcern, 
 
 One rank as well's another ; . On dining with Doer. 
 
 Thou comes — they rattle i' their ranks 
 
 At jther's arses ! . Scotch Drink. 18. 
 
 We've got frae a' professions, sorts, an' ranks : Scots Prologue. 
 Miller brought up the artillery ranks, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 The Tory ranks are broken lb. 
 
 The rank is but the guinea's stamp, S. The Honest Man. 
 The pith of sense, and pride of worth. 
 
 Are higher ranks than a' that. ... .lb. 
 
 ' The humbler ranks of Human-kind, The Vision. D. II. 7. 
 Rank, to. 
 Could rank my rig and lass ; . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Few men o' sense will doubt your claims 
 
 To rank amang the Nowte. . . . . The Calf. 
 
 What flock wi' M[ood]y's flock could rank, The Twa Herds, 
 Ranked, -'d. 
 And ranked plagues their numbers tell, 
 
 In dreadfu' raw, . . Add. to Toothache. 
 The glittering spears are ranked ready, .?. My home Mary. 
 An' yet he's rank'd amang the chief 
 
 O' lang syne saunts. . What ails ye now \ 
 Ranken. 
 " There's just the man I want in faith," 
 And quickly stopped Ranken's breath. Lns to J. Ranken. 
 He who of R-k-n sang, lies stiff and dead, 
 
 Lns while on Death-bed. 
 Rankling, -in*. 
 I canna to mysel* conceal 
 My deeply-ranklin' sorrow. , . Verses under Grief. 
 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Rant [a jollification; uproar, tumult, outrage]. 
 
 in your wicked, druken rants, . . . Ep, to J. R.y 2. 
 
 But thee, what were our fairs and rants ? Scotch Drink. 8. 
 
 As fiU'd his after life wi' grief 
 
 An' bloody rants, . . What ails ye now \ 
 
 My wicked rhymes, an' drucken rants, . . , . lb. 
 Rant, to [live wastefUUy]. 
 
 While Coofs on countless thousands rant, Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 Ranted [made boisterously merry]. 
 
 Wi' quaffing and laughing, 
 They ranted an' they sang ; . The Jolly Beggars. R. L 
 
 Ranter [a roving, ft'olicking fellow]. 
 
 Yours, saint or sinner, Rob the Ranter. AuldComrade\ 
 
 Sae I subscribe mysel in haste, ^ , 
 
 Yours, Rab the Ranter. Third Ep, to J. lap. 
 
Rantin 
 
 379 
 
 Rattling 
 
 Rantin [boisterous mipth]. 
 
 A certain Bardie's rantin, drinkin, Add. to the Dtil. so. 
 
 Run de'ils for rantin' an' for noise ; ■. The Inventory. 
 
 Ranting, -an [making merry]. 
 When ranting round in Pleasure's ring, 
 
 Bp. to Young Friend. lo. 
 The young anes rantan thro' the house The Two. Dogs. 20. 
 Ranting, -in, -an [jolly, merry]. 
 ' An' ay a rantan Kirn we gat, . . Halloween. /J. 
 
 I wad bestow my_ widowhood 
 
 Upon a rantin Highlandman. . S. O gin ye -were dead. 
 
 The rantin dog, the daddie o^t. S. wha my hahie'clouts^ 
 Lament him a' ye rantan core. On Scot, Bardgne to IV.I. 
 For mony a rantin day 
 
 Uy fiddle and I hae had. . S. Jiaitlin, Roann Willie. 
 A rhyming, ranting, raving bilUe, . . The Twa Dogs. 
 They get the jovial, rantan Kirns, , . lb. ig. 
 
 thae frank, rantan, ramblan billies, ... Id. 26. 
 Rantin' rovin' Robin! . . . S. There tvas a lad\ 
 Rantingly [with great glee]. 
 Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, 
 Sae dauntingly gaed he ; . S. Farewell, ye dungeons \ 
 Rap. But hark ! a rap comes gently to the door ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 7. 
 Rape. 
 
 No murders or rapes worth the naming. To Capt. Riddel. 
 Rape, Raep [a rope]. 
 That vile, wanchancie thing— a raep ! . Poor Mailiis El.. 
 A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, . Tatn 0' Shanter. zi. 
 
 And thack and rape secure the toil- won crap; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. n. 
 He'd venture the gallows for siller, 
 An 'twere na the cost o' the rape. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Wha should swing in a rape for an hour. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 They'll gie her on a rape a hoyse, . The Ordination. 13. 
 
 Rapid. Welcomes the rapid moments, bids them part. 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Rapier. An' draws a roosty rapier. The Jolly Beggars R. VI, 
 Raploch [eoarse]. 
 Tho' rough an' raploch be her measure, 
 
 She's seldom lazy. . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Rapt, rapt in meditation high, - The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; 
 
 The CottcT^s Sat. Night. 14. 
 Rapture. 
 Or thro' each nerve the rapture dart, 
 Like meeting her, our bosom's treasure. S, By Allan stream t 
 
 In holy rapture. 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, [v. A. 6] 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Here, for my wonted rhyming raptures, 
 I sit and count my sins by chapters ; Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 But folly has raptures to give. Lns on Windows^ Gl. Tav. 
 And feel thro' every vein love's raptures roll. 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp i 
 O heart-felt raptures ! bliss beyond compare ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 The tickl'd ears no heart-felt raptures raise ; . . lb. 13. 
 While djang raptures in her arms, 
 
 I give and take with Anna! ^S*. The gowd. Locks of A. 
 
 In raptures sweet this hour we meet, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, VII. 
 Round and round take u]^ the Chorus, 
 
 And in raptures let us sing . . . . Ib.S. VIII. 
 Kens the pleasure, feels the rapture. 
 
 That thy presence gies to me. . lS*. Turn again, thou t 
 With joy, with rapture, I would toil ; S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 Rapture-giving. 
 The saul o' life, the heav'n below, 
 
 Is rapture-giving woman. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Raptured, -'d, 
 Dear as the raptur'd thrill of joy! Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 An' all the soul of Love they shar'd, 
 
 The raptur'd hour, * Add, to the Deil, 13. 
 
 the Lover's raptur'd hour The Calf. 
 
 How have the raptur'd moments flown ! The Lament. 4, 
 
 Twin'd amorous round the raptur'd scene i 
 
 S. To Maty in Heaven. 
 O why, while fancy, raptur'd, slumbers, S. Why, why tellthy \ 
 
 Then raptured sip and sip it up. Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Rapturous, the rapturous charm o' the bonie green knowes, 
 
 S. Awd wi' yr witchcraft \ 
 Rare. Mally's rare, Mally's fair, . , S, O Mallys meek. 
 Bright wines and bonnie lasses rare, 
 
 To put us daft ; . . . Poem on Life. 
 
 rare I to see thee fizz an' freath 
 
 I' the lugget caup ! . . Scotch Drink. 10. 
 Oh, rare ! to see our elbucks wheep, The Ordination. 7. 
 
 Rarely. 
 Down Pleasure's stream, wi' swelling sails, 
 
 I'm tauld ye're driving rarely ; . . .A Dream. 10. 
 Her heart was beating rarely ; . ^S". The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 1 canna say but ye strunt rarely, . . To a Louse. 
 Rarer. 
 
 Some other rarer sorts are wanted yet, Ep. to R. Graham, a. 
 Rascal. 
 And rascals whyles that do him wrang, A Ded. to G. H., 5. 
 Must earth no rascal, save thyself, endure ? Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose, 
 
 Wad say, Shame fa' thee. On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 Some rascal's pridefu' greed to quench, . The Twa Dogs. Zf. 
 And that curs'd rascal ca'd M'[Quh]e, The Twa Herds, iz. 
 
 Pope, had I thy satire's darts 
 
 To gie the rascals their deserts, . To Rev. J. M^Math, 
 
 Rase V. Rose. 
 
 Rash. For none e'er approached her but rued the rash deed. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 Rash mortal, and slanderous Poet, Reproof by Himself. 
 
 When awful Beauty joins with all her charms, 
 
 Who is so rash as rise in rebel arms ? The Rights of Woman. 
 
 Or some rash aith The Vision. D. I. 6. 
 
 1 own 'twas rash, an' rather hardy, To Rev. J, M^Math. 
 Rash [a rush]. 
 
 Green grow the rashes, O ; . 6*. Green grow the rashes. 
 As feckless as a wither'd rash, . . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Rash-buss [a bush of rushes]. 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 
 S, The Highland Lassie. 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Ye, like a rash-buss stood in sight, 
 Wi' waving sugh. 
 
 Rashy [rushy]. 
 
 Aboon the plain sae rashy, O, 
 Rate. 
 
 Wha rate the wearer by the cloak, 
 Rattle. 
 He [Time] bids you mind, amid your thoughtless rattle. 
 That the fir^t blow is ever half the battle ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Hurl down wi' crashing rattle ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Rattle, to. 
 List'ning, the doors an' winnocks rattle, A Winter Night. 3. 
 ' Their Latin names as fast he rattles 
 
 As A B C. Death and Dr. Hornbook, so. 
 
 Still she undaunted reels and rattles on, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 If you rattle along like your mistress's tongue, 
 
 Your speed will out-rival the dart : Extem.pinned to Coach. 
 Thou comes— thejr rattle i' their ranks 
 
 At ither's arses! ^ . . Scotch Drink. 18. 
 When the drums do beat. 
 
 And the cannons rattle, . . S. The Captain's Lady, 
 To rattle the thundering drum was his trade ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Then back I rattle on the rhyme 
 
 As gleg's a whittle ! There^s naethin like t 
 
 Rattl'd. 
 Or rattl'd dice wi' Charlie By night or day. A Dream. 10. 
 A ratton rattl'd up the wa', .... Halloween. 22. 
 Rattling, -in, -an, I'll learn my kin a rattling sang, [rs.] 
 
 S. And Ofor arte and twenty t 
 Rattlin the corn out-owre the rigs, 
 
 Ep. to J. L^k, Ap. 2ist. 2. 
 Hail, thairm-inspirin', rattlin' Willie! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 O rattlin, roarin Willie, [w.] ^. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 
 down-hill, scrievin, Wi' rattlin glee. Scotch Drink. 3, 
 
 The rattling showers rose on the blast ; Tarn d Shanter. S. 
 Hear how he clears the points o' Faith 
 
 Wi' rattlin an' thumpin ! , . . The Holy Fair. 13, 
 Now Clinkumbell, wi' rattlan tow, 
 Begins to jow an" croon ; 16, 26, 
 
Ratton 
 
 380 
 
 fieady 
 
 Ration, -an [a rat]. 
 
 A ratton rattl'd up the wa', . . . Halloween. 22. 
 
 Satan, Watches, like bawd'rons by a rattan, . Poem on Life. 
 While frighted rattons backward leuk, 
 
 An seek the benmost bore : . The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 And heard the restless rattons squeak 
 
 About the riggin. . . The Vision. D. 1. 3. 
 Ratton-key. 
 
 from Glenbuck, down to the Ratton-key, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Raucle [rash ; stout ; fearless]. 
 Auld Scotland has a raucle tongue ; 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 22. 
 
 Then niest outspak a raucle Carlin, The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 Raught [reached]. 
 
 The auld guidman raught down the pock, Halloween. 17. 
 Ravage. 
 And bid wild war his ravage end, S. How can my poor heart t 
 By early Winter's ravage torn ; . S. The gloomy night i 
 Rave, cease your strife, Nor longer idly rave, 
 
 S. Husband, husband \ 
 Thro' the woods the whirlwinds rave ; S. I dreamed I lay t 
 And in the narrow house o' death 
 
 Let winter round me rave ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Where the wild winds of winter incessantly rave, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, . Scotch Drink. 21. 
 
 Life's poor day I'll musing rave, S. Streams that glided 
 
 Chill runs my blood to hear it rave, S. The gloomy night \ 
 Rave to my darkly dashing stream, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Howling tempests o'er me rave ! . . S. Thickest night t 
 
 When winds rave thro' the naked tree ; To W. Simpson, 13. 
 
 His sad complaining dowie raves. . . S, Young Jamicj t 
 
 Rav'd. So touched, bewitched, I rav'd ay to mysel : 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The rev'rend gray-beards rav'd an' storm'd. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 Raven. 
 Her flowing locks, the raven's wing, S. Her flowing locks \ 
 Your locks were like the raven, . S. John Anderson^ \ 
 
 He who stills the raven^s clam'rous nest, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 18. 
 Come, in thy raven plumage, night, S. The gowd. LocksofA. 
 
 Ravening. The rav'ning hawk pursuing, 
 
 The trembling dove thus flies, S. How cruel t 
 Even as two bowling, ravening wolves 
 
 To dogs do turn their tail. . . . New Psalmody. 
 We still keep the ravening wolf from the door. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Raving. 
 While raving mad, I wish a heckle 
 
 Were in their doup. . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 And mix'd her wailings with the raving storm. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Raving winds around her blowing, . S. Raving winds t 
 A rhyming, ranting, raving billie, . The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 
 Ravished. So deckt the woodbine sweet yon aged tree, 
 
 So from it ravish'd, leaves it bleak and bare. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 The mother linnet in the brake 
 Bewails her ravish'd young ; . S, Fate gave the word^ t 
 Raw [a row]. 
 coost their claise Behind him in a raw, . A Fragment, g. 
 And ranked plagues their numbers tell, 
 
 In dreadfu' raw, . . Add, to Toothache. 
 Still shearing and clearing 
 
 The tither stocked raw; . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Here sits a raw 0' tlttlan jads, . , The Holy Fair. g. 
 
 Then aff to B — gb — 's in a raw, . . The Ordination. 
 And toothy critics by the score. 
 
 In bloody raw 1 . . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Rax [to stretch]. 
 
 An' may Ye rax Corruption's neck, » A Dream. 8. 
 
 Whare ye may nobly rax your leather; A Guid New-Year + 18. 
 
 An' ye wha leather rax an' draw, . . The Ordination. 
 
 Raxan [stretching]. 
 
 Their raxan conscience, . . To Rev, J. M'Math. 
 
 Rax'd [stretched, extended]. 
 How cesses, stents, and fees were rax'd, Kind Sir^ Vve read\ 
 
 Ray. May Health and Peace, with mutual rays, 
 
 Shine on the ev'ning o* his days ; A Ded. to G. //",, 14, 
 And bless the parent's evening ray, S. A Rosebud by my t 
 And ne'er shall glimmering planet fix 
 
 My worship to its ray. . S. Farewell^ dear mistress \ 
 
 That only ray of solace sweet . . S. Forlorn, my Love \ 
 Whyles glitter'd to the nightly rays, . Halloween. 25, 
 
 Nae ray of fame was to be found : Lament for Glencaim. 
 When Cynthiiv lights, wi' silver ray, 
 
 _, . . S. Lassie w{ the lintwhitei 
 
 I d fan It wi' a constant gale, 
 
 Beneath the noontide's scorching ray : S. O were my love\ 
 A ray direct from pitying Heaven, On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Blooming in the sunny ray ; . . . , S. Sensibility \ 
 To Evan-banks, with temp'rate ray. 
 Home of my youth, he leads the day. 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Shading from the burning rajr 
 
 JHapless wretches sold to toil, . S. Streams thatglide\ 
 While thick the gossamour waves wanton in the rays. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 There ever bask in uncreated rays. The Cotter's Sat. Night 16. 
 Ilk star gae hide thy twink'ling ray S. The gowd. Locks of A, 
 He levelled his rays where she bask'd on the brae — 
 His rays were outshone, and but mark'd where she lay. 
 
 S. The heather was blooming f 
 I joyless view thy rays adorn. 
 
 The faintly-marked distant hill : . . The Lament. 
 
 Ev'n ev'ry ray of Hope destroy'd, ... .lb. 
 
 Beneath thy silver-gleaming ray, .... lb. 
 
 Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning ! . To J. S.^ 15, 
 
 Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray, To Mary in Heaven. 
 Reach. To reach their native, kindred skies, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2zst, 18. 
 When soon or late they reach that coast, 
 
 O'er life's rough ocean driven, . O Thou dread PowrS 
 The joy can scarcely reach the heart. The Tiva Dogs. 31. 
 Reach'd. Her strappan limb-an' gausy middle, 
 
 (He reach'd nae higher) The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 At length I reach'd the bonny glen. 
 Where early life I sported ; . S. When wild Wa^sj 
 
 Read, to. 
 And in the keen, yet tender eye, 
 
 O read th' imploring lover. . S. Could aught of song i 
 
 And nought but peat reeki' my head, 
 How can I write what ye can read ? . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Here's freedom to him that wad read, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Let simple maid the lesson read, ' S. O Lassie, art tkou t 
 when you read the simple artless rhymes. Once fondly lov'd t 
 Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, 
 Ilk man and mother's son take heed : Tarn o' Shanter. ig. 
 Or R[obinson] again grown weel. 
 
 To preach an' read ? Tarn Samson's El.. 
 
 The priest-like father reads the sacred page. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Read. 
 Kind Sir, I've read your paper through, Kind Sir, Tveread^ 
 I've read it o'er and o'er, .... SynionGray\ 
 
 Come, let a proper text be read, . . The Ordination. 4. 
 Still, as in Scottish story read, . The Vision, D. I. iS- 
 Your news and review, Sir, I've read 
 through and through, Sir, . . . To Capt. Riddel 
 Reader. Reader attend . . . . A Bards Epit. 
 But when Divinity comes cross me. 
 
 My readers then are sure to lose me. A Ded. to G. H,, II. 
 Whoe'er thou art, O reader, know. 
 That Death has murder'd Johnie ; Epit, on Weejohtie. 
 
 Reader, dost value matchless worth ? 
 
 Lns on Window, F.'s-C. Her,. 
 
 Readily. I readily and freely grant, A Ded. to G.ff.iS. 
 
 Reading. 
 
 Whoe'er thou art, these lines now reading, . The Hermit. 
 
 Ready. Wi' rhymes weel-tum'd an' ready, . A Dream. 2. 
 
 The yellow corn was waving ready : S, By Allan siream\ 
 
 ' Hornbook was by, wi' ready art, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, i?- 
 
 The ready measure rins as fine, . . Ep> to Davie. 11. 
 
 And horse and servants waiting ready, 
 
 S. Monigomeries Peggy, 
 
 The glittering spears ate ranked ready, 6". My bonie Mary^ 
 
fieady 
 
 381 
 
 Itecount 
 
 The landlord's laugh was ready chorus : Tarn o' Shanier.S- 
 O mount and go, Mount and make you ready : 
 
 .S". The Captain's Lady. 
 An' soon I made me ready ;. . . - The Holy Fair. 6. 
 From the gilded Spontoon to the Fife I was ready, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. 11. 
 
 With the ready trick and fable , . . lb. S. VIII. 
 
 An' cut you up wi' ready slight, . . To a Haggis. 
 Ready-witted. 
 
 Rough, rude, ready-witted R[ankine], . Ep. to J. R, 
 Real. Till by an' by, if I haud on, 
 
 I'll grunt a real Gospel groan : . Auld comrade f 
 'Tis real hangmen, real scourges bear! . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 The real, harden'd wicked, 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, Ep. to Voung Friend. 3. 
 They [Misfortunes] make us see the naked truth* 
 
 The real guid and ill Ep, to Davie. 7. 
 
 Tho' real friends I b'ljeve are few, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, IS- 
 But when compar'd with real passion ; 
 
 Poor is all that princely pride. . S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 For a' the real judges rise, 
 
 Thfey canna sit for anger. . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 
 That when nae real ills perplex them, 
 
 They mak enow themsels to vex them ; The Twa Dogs. sg. 
 Nae real joys we know, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 ' But give me real, sterling Wit, . . . To/. S., 23. 
 Reality. 
 
 1 start and see The ruined sad reality ! . . On Ltnclttden. 
 Really. 
 
 And faith, to me, 'twas really new ! KindSir^ Tve read t 
 Realm. 
 To realms unknown while fate exiles me, 
 
 Make her bosom still my home. . . . S. Highland Mary. 
 She goes, but not to realms of everlasting rest t 
 
 Ode., to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 O never, never Scotia's realm desert, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, zi. 
 Ream [cream]. 
 
 The nappy reeks wi' mantling ream, . The Twa Dogs. zo. 
 Ream, to [to cream, ft>otIi, foam]. 
 Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink, 
 
 In glorious faem, . . Scotch Drink. 2. 
 O sweetly, then, thou reams the horn in .' . . . lb. g. 
 But there it streams an' richly reams, 
 My Helicon I ca' that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Ream'd [frothed, foamed]. 
 The swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle, 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. Tom o* Shanier. 11. 
 Reaming [creaming, foaming]. 
 
 Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; Tarn d Shanter. $• 
 Reap. To plough and sow, to reap and mow, 
 
 S, My father was a farmer t 
 Reaper. 
 by the reaper's nightly beam. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 the Reaper's rustling noise, . . The Vision. D. II. is. 
 Reap, 
 
 With all the servile- wretches in the rear, A Winter Night. 7. 
 Reap'd. 
 Her horn the pale-fac'd Cynthia rear'd ; [v.A.20] A Vision, 
 An ancient Borough rear'd her head ; The Vision. D. 1. 1$, 
 Scarce rear'd above the Parent-earth 
 
 Thy tender form. . . To a Mountazn-Daisy. 
 Rearing. 
 What pity, in rearing so beauteous a system, 
 One tnfling particular, Truth, should have miss'd him ! 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Reason. 
 Thoughts, words and deeds, the Statute blames with reason ; 
 
 A Dreatn. 
 Who feel by reason and who give by rule, Ep, toR. Graham.5. 
 Here holds her search by heaven-taught Reason's beam ; 
 
 Prologite, sp. by Woods. 
 Alake ! that e'er my Muse has reason. 
 
 To wyte her countrymen wi' treason ! . Scotch Drink. 14. 
 Tarn tint his reason a' thegither, . Tam o' Shanter. 16. 
 But tell me Whisky's name in Greek, 
 
 I'll tell the reason, The Authot^s Cry and Prayer^ P. 
 What signifies his barren shine, 
 
 Of moral pow'rs an' reason ? . . The Holy Fair. is. 
 Reason drops headlong from his sacfed throne, To Clarznda. 
 
 Reason, to. 
 Can reason down its [bis heart's] agonizing throbs ; 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 Reasoning. 
 
 Yes— all such reasonings are amiss ! Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Reave. 
 
 To slink thro' slaps an' reave an steal, The Death of Mailie. 
 Rebel. To cowe the rebel generation, Add. of Beelzebub, 
 
 She swoor she saw some rebels run 
 To Perth and to Dundee, man : 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 When awful Beauty joins with all her charms, 
 
 Who is so rash as nse in rebel arms ? The Rights of Woman. 
 Rebel, to. And if he offers to rebel, 
 
 Just heave him in. Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 Wha fain would openly rebel, . The Twa Herds. 14. 
 
 Rebellion. 
 
 With tumult, disquiet, rebellion, and strife ; S. Caledonia. S- 
 
 Vain ev'n the omnipotence of Female charms, 
 
 'Gainst headlong, ruthless, mad Rebellion's arms. 
 
 Scots Prologue, 
 Rebuke. The ungentle, harsh rebuke. Rusticity's ungainly t 
 Rebate [a rebut, repulse]. 
 
 Ne'er break your heart for ae rebute, . S. O steer her up t 
 Recalling. 
 
 While falling, recalling, 
 The amorous thrush concludes his sang ; S. Sas flaxen t 
 Receding, though from the world receding, The Hermit. 
 Receipt. Your billet, Sir, I grant receipt; To Mr. Renton. 
 Receive. 
 
 And offers, bliss to give and to receive. Prologue^ at Th.^ D.. 
 Receivin, 
 
 Tho' life's a gift no worth receivin, 
 
 When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin ; Scotch Drink. 5. 
 
 Reck. And may ye better reck the rede. 
 
 Than ever did th' Adviser ! Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 Louis what reck I by thee, . S. Louis what reck /f 
 
 When I, what reck. Did lease expect, S. The tither mom \ 
 Reckless. 
 ■ And come to stop those reckless voire, 
 
 Would soon been broken. The Vision. D. I. g. 
 
 Reckon. 
 
 Their groves df sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Reckoned.- 
 
 When first amang the yellow com 
 A man I reckon'd was ; . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Reckt. 
 
 As little reckt I sorrow's power, S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Recline. 
 
 Oft in the vocal bowers recline? S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Reclined. 
 
 Reclined on the lap of thy mother. On Death offav. Child, 
 
 Reclined that banner, erst in fields unfurl'd, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Recognise. 
 
 I, through the tender-gushing tear, 
 
 Should recognise my Master dear, . A Ded. to G. H. , 16. 
 Recoiling. 
 
 While back-recoiling seem'd to reel 
 
 Their Suthron foes. [v.A.4] The Vision. D.I. 
 
 As deep recoiling surges foam below, Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Recollection. 
 
 While recollection's power is giv'n, . A Ded. to G. H. 16. 
 
 Keen Recollection's direful train, . . The Latnent. 
 
 Recompence. 
 
 Had there not been some recompence 
 To comfort those that mourn ! Man was made to Mourn. 
 Reconcile, 
 
 Confounds rule and law, reconciles contradiction 
 „ ,„^ Fragment^ inscr. to Fox, 
 
 Reconcird. 
 
 to the wrongs of Fate half reconcil'd, Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 Records. Shall no longer appear in the records of fame ; 
 _ Reproof by Himself 
 
 Eternity cannot efface 
 Those records dear of transports past. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Recount. Hark, injur'd Want recounts th' unlisten'd tale, 
 
 On Death ofR, Dundas* 
 
Recovered 
 
 3S2 
 
 Heeling 
 
 Recovep'd. If she had recover'd her hearing ; 
 
 ■ 4$". Last May a draw wooer \ 
 Recreation. 
 
 When rural life, of ev'ry station, 
 
 Unite in common recreation ; . . . Tke Twa Dogs. ig. 
 Recruit. The corps is no nice of recruits ; The Kirlis Alarm. 
 Rectangle. 
 
 Rectangle-triangle, the figure we'll choose. .S", Caledonia. 6. 
 Red V. Rede. 
 Red [advised]. 
 
 But Davie, lad, I'm red ye're glaikit; Second E^. to Davie. 
 Red. O my Luve's like a red, red rose, . S. A red, red Rose. 
 
 brimstone drink. Red, reeking, het. Adam A — 'j Prayer. 
 
 The red peat gleams, a fiery kernel, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 And blude red wine's the rysin Sun. S. Gatte is the dayi 
 
 An' twa red cheeket apples, , , , Halloween. ,2/. 
 
 I'll ne'er prig for red or white ; . . .6". Jockey J'ou,\ 
 
 A toom tar barrel An' twa red peats . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 My Lady's white, my Lady's red, . S. My Lorda-kunting\ 
 
 gin my love were yon red rose, . . S. O were my love t 
 Down, from the rivulets, red with dashing rains, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 And reekin red ran mony a sheugh, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 niest the fire, in auld, red rags, The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 The polish'd leaves, and berries red, 
 
 Did rustling play; . The Vision. D. II. 33. 
 Turned o'er in one bumper a bottle of red, Tke Whistle. 14, 
 
 Or fell, red smeddum, To a Louse, 
 
 The blude red rose at Yule may blaw, . S. To daunton me. 
 And rain rains down frae his red blear'd e'e, , . Ih. 
 
 And Ettrick banks now roaring red 
 
 While tempests blaw ; . , ToW. Creech. 
 Red-breast. The soaring lark, the perching red-breast shrill, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 
 Red-brown. 
 
 Her moors red-brown wi' heather bells. To W. Simpson. 10. 
 Redcastle. 
 But we winna mention Redcastle, The Election Ballads. III. 
 Pouncing poor Redcastle Sprawlin' like a taed. . lb. IV, 
 
 Red-coat. *' The red-coat lads wi' black cockauds 
 
 S. The Battle of SherrorMoor. 
 And mony a huntit, poor Red-coat 
 
 For fear amaist did swarf, man lb. 
 
 Redden'd. She gaz'd— she redden'd like a rose 
 
 Syne pale like ony lily, S. When wild War's t 
 Red-rusted. 
 
 Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted ; Tarn o' Shanter. 11. 
 Red-wat-shod [red-wet-shod]. 
 Still pressing onward, red-wat-shod. 
 
 Or glorious dy'd! , . ToW. Simpson. 
 Red-wud [very angry, stark mad]. 
 An' now she's like to rin red-wud 
 
 About her Whisky. The A uthor's Cry attd Prayer. 16. 
 A d— n'd red-wud Kilbumie blastie ; . . The Inventory. 
 Rede [counsel]. 
 And may ye better reck the rede, 
 Than ever did th' Adviser ! Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 
 Rede, Red, to [to counsel]. 
 Ye gallants bright I rede ye right, 
 
 S. A Masterion's bonie Anne. 
 Ye gallants braw, I redeye a', lb. 
 
 1 red ye weel, tak care o' skaith, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 I rede you right, gang ne'er at night, S. My heart was ance\ 
 If there's a hole in a' your coats, 
 
 I rede you tent it : On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 I red you beware at the hunting, young men ; 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 
 " I red you, honest man, tak tent I . . To J. S.j 7, 
 
 Redeem. Which spurning contempt shall redeem from his ire. 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 
 Redemption. 
 
 Enthusiasm's past redemption, . . Letter to J. Goitdie. 
 Redoubled. Dulness, with redoubled sway Symon Gray t 
 Redoubtable. Revers'd that spear, redoubtable in war. 
 
 On Death qfSirJ. Blair. 
 Redress. Wrongs injurious to redress, S. Thickest night t 
 
 Reduc'd. But the Peace it reduc'd me to beg in despair. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 She reduc'd him to dust, and she drank up the Powder. 
 
 Epig, on Henpecked Squire. 
 Re-echo'd. 
 Shook with a thunder of applause 
 Re-echo'd from each mouth I Tke Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 Reed. Amang the reeds the ducklings cry, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing nature t 
 The shepherd stops his simple reed, S. Behold, my laae \ 
 Come, join the melancholious croon 
 
 O' Robin's reed ! . . Poor Mailie's El. 
 I kittle up my rustic reed ; It gies me ease. To W. Simpson. 
 And the shepherd tents his fiock as he pipes on his reed. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Reedy. Ye heathy wastes immix'd with reedy fens, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Reek [smoke]. 
 ' ' And peacefu' raise its ingle reek, 
 
 " That slowly curling clamb the hill. , As on the banks i 
 Hid in an atmosphere of reek, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 And nought but peat reek i' my head, . , , , lb. 
 An' raise a philosophic reek, TkeAutko-t^s CryandPrayer. P. 
 The death o' devils, smoor'd wi' brimstone reek : 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr. 
 I sat and ey'd the spewing reek. , The Vision. D. 1. 3. 
 
 Reek, to [to smoke]. 
 
 An' pownies reek in pleugh or braik, Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. zzst. 
 The nappy reeks wi' mantling ream, . The Twa Dogs. zo. 
 Reeket, -it [smoked, smoky]. 
 Wi' reeket duds, an' reestet gizz, . Add. to the Deil. 77. 
 Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, . Tarn 0' Shanter. 12. 
 
 A reekit wee deevil looks ower the wa', 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Reeking, -in, -an [smoking]. 
 brimstone drink, Red, reeking, het. Adam A— s Prayer. 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter. 
 An' kirs'n him wi' reekin water ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st ig. 
 Or reekan on a New-year-momin 
 
 In cog or bicker, . . Scotch Drink, g. 
 She'll teach you, wi' a reekan whittle, 
 
 Anither sang. The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 And reekin red ran mony a sheugh, 
 
 S. Tke Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 'Mong swelling floods of reeking gore, The Vision. D. II.5. 
 And then, O what a glorious sight, 
 
 Warm-reekin, rich ! . , . Toa Haggis. 
 Reeky, -ie [smoky; **AuId Reekie," Edinburgh]. 
 Now he's ta'en her hame to his ain reeky den, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Auld chuckle Reekie's sair distrest, . ,ToW. Creech. 
 Reel. Rock and reel and spinnin wheel, . S. Gat ye me^\ 
 Oh leeze me on my rock and reel ; 
 
 6". The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Reel [a lively dance]. 
 
 *TiIl daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 In gore a shoe-thick ; . Add, to Toothache. 
 
 'Twas Pibroch, Sang, Strathspey, or Reels, 
 
 S. Amang the trees j 
 Are at it, skelpin ! jig and reel, 
 
 In my poor pouches. , Friend of the poet \ 
 But hornpipes, jigs, strathspejra, and reels, Tarn d Shanter. il. 
 
 '* There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels, 
 
 S. The deil camfddUn t 
 
 Reel, to. 
 
 Ye bitterns, till the quagmire reels, 
 
 Rair for his sake. . El. on Capt. M. H, 8. 
 Still she undaunted reels and rattles on, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 They make your youthful fancies reel, . leave novels t 
 Till block an' studdie ring an' reel 
 
 Wi' dinsome clamour. 
 
 Scotch Drink, if. 
 
 While back-recoiling aeeni'd to reel 
 
 Their Suthron foes. [v.A.4] The Vision. D. L 
 Reel'd, They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. I2> 
 
 He reel'd his wonted bottle-swagger, Tam Samson's El, //• 
 Reeling. 
 The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger? Ep.Jr. Esopus, 
 
 The wounded coveys, reeling, scatter wide ; 
 
 The Brigs qfA^ 
 
Reestet 
 
 RejoieM 
 
 Reestet [dried, singed, witliered]. 
 
 Wi' reeket duds, an' reestet gizz, . Add. to the Deil. 17. 
 Reestet [stood restive]. 
 
 In cart or car thou never reestet, A Gude New-Year \ 14. 
 Refined, -'d. 
 Beyond what Fancy e'er refin'd 
 
 The voice of Nature prizing. . ^S". Could aught of song \ 
 Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refinM ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 The joys refin'd of sense and taste, . . To Chloris. 
 She showed her taste refined and just 
 
 Wr. on Leaf of ''H, More." 
 Refinement. 
 when Wit and Refinement hae pollsh'd her [Beauty's] darts, 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Reflect. 
 But oh ! prodigious to reflect, 
 
 A Towmont, Sirs, is gane to wreck ! El. on Year iy88. 
 
 Reflected. 
 Reflected beams dwell in the streams, 
 Or down the current shatter ; S. The FHe Champeire. 
 
 Reflection. 
 
 So, nae reflection on Your Grace, . . , A Dream. 3. 
 nae reflection on your lear, . The Ordination, g. 
 
 Reft. Tour royal nest, beneath Your wing, 
 
 Is e'en right reft an' clouted, . A Dream. 4. 
 
 Of what enjoyments thou hast reft us ! El. on Year 1788. 
 Refiise. 
 Ought he can lend he'll not refus't, A Ded. to G. H., J. 
 
 An' did nae less, in full Congress, 
 
 Than quite refuse our law, man. . . A Fragment. 
 
 ' Oh ! what will my torments be, 
 
 If thou refuse thy Johnie? . .S". Craigie-hum Wood. 
 
 Should she refuse, I'll lay my dead 
 
 To her twa een sae bonie blue. . . S. I gaeda waefu' \ 
 Yet I wadna choose to let her refuse, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 If thou refuse to pity me, . S. SuaeetfcCs the eve t 
 
 Now, wham to choose, and wham refuse, 
 
 At strife thir carlines fell ; The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Nor thou the gift refuse, . * . . To Chloris. 
 
 . Say na thou'lt refuse me. . S. Wilt thou he ony t 
 
 Refused. Could I for shame refus'd her, S. Had I the wyte + 
 
 Regard. 
 
 But cast a moment's fair regard Add. to the Unco Guid. 3. 
 
 Is this thy plighted, fond regard S. Canst thou leave me t 
 
 Forgive the Bard ! my fond regard 
 
 For ane that shares my bosom, . , On W. Chalmers. 
 But accept it, good sir, as a mark of regard, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Others now claim your chief regard ; Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 I am a Bard of no regard, 
 
 Wi' gentle folks an' a' that ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 not Potosi's mine. Nor King's regard, 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine. The Vision. D. II. 21. 
 Regard, to. Who, equal to the bustling strife. 
 
 No other view regard ! Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 But as daily bread is all I need, 
 I do not much regard her, [fortune] O. 
 
 iS". My father was a farmer \ 
 Or why regard the passing year? Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 As thy constant slave regard it ; . . S. Sweetest May t 
 Life is all a variorum, 
 
 We regard not how it goes ; The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 ' In me thy native muse regard ! . The Vision. D. II. 2. 
 Regarded. 
 
 By whom true love's regarded, . S. When wild Wars t 
 Regarding. For without an honest manl^ heart. 
 No man was worth regarding, O. 
 
 S. My father was a farmer i 
 
 Regardless. Regardless of the tears and unavailing pray'rs ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 I live to-day as well's I may, 
 Regardless of to-morrow, O. S, My father was a farmer \ 
 
 Regeneration. 
 It's just a carnal inclination, 
 And Och! that's nae r-g-n-r-t-n! [v.A.29] A Ded. to G. N., 6. 
 
 Regent. Nae hand-cuffd, muzzl'd, hafF-shackl'd Regent, 
 
 El, on Year ij88. 
 Regiment. The Regiment at large for a husband I got ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 
 Regimental. His rags regimental they flutter'd so gaudy, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Region. Through the dire desert regions of sorrow, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Regret. 
 More pointed still we make ourselves. 
 Regret, Remorse and Shame ! Man was made to Moitrn. 
 Rehearse. 
 Or they rehearse, in equal verse. 
 
 The charms o' lovely Davies, . . S. Lovely Dames. 
 
 In plaintive notes my tale rehearses . . To Clarinda. 
 
 a' your doings to rehearse, . . Add. to the Deil. ig. 
 
 Reid [the Scotch metaphysician]. 
 
 Reid, to common sense appealing. . . Auld comrade \ 
 
 Reif [reaving, thieving; "reif randies," thieving 
 beggars ; v. also Rief]. 
 Kings and nations, swith awa ! 
 Reif randies I disown ye ! . . S. Louis what reck I f 
 Reign. Phoebe, in her midnight reign, A Winter Night. 6. 
 Her heavenly relations there fixed her reign, S. Caledonia. 
 And may those pleasures gild thy reign. 
 
 That ne'er wad blink on mine ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 He hugs his chain, and owns the reign S. Lovely Davies. 
 See aged winter 'mid his surly reign, 
 
 Sonnet, writ, on Birthday. 
 
 Condemn'd to see my rival's reign, . . S. The last time I\ 
 
 Reign, to. She reigns without control. . lS". Handsome Nell. 
 
 I reign in Jeanie's bosom. . , S. Louis what reck I\ 
 
 Or were I monarch o' the globe, 
 
 Wi' thee to reign, wi' thee to reign, . S. O wert thou in t 
 Wildly here without control, 
 
 Nature reigns and rules the whole : S. Streams that glide t 
 Fancy, chief, Reigns, hagard-wild, in sore afright : 
 
 The Lament. 
 
 Another happy reigns To Clarinda. 
 
 Your dear idea reigns, and reigns alone : , . Ih. 
 
 Reigned, -'d. Long quiet she reign'd ; . S. Caledonia. 
 
 Here Stuarts once in glory reigned, On Window at Stirling. 
 
 And reign'd resistless king of love. . S. Young Jamie, t 
 
 Reign'st. O Thou dread Pow'r, who reign'st above ! 
 
 O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 O ! thou bright Queen, who, o'er th' expanse, 
 Now highest reign'st, with boundless sway ! The Lament. 
 Rein. * The threat'ning Storm, some, strongly, rein ; 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 Reins. And gae his bridle reins a shake. 
 
 With, adieu for evermore, . S. It was a' for t 
 Reject. The cruel powers reject the prayer . Fragment. 
 Rejected. Loves and graces all rejected. To Miss Fontenelle. 
 Rejoice. /All Creatures joy in the sun's returning. 
 
 And I rejoice in my Bonie Bell. . S. Bonie Bell. 
 In love and freedom they rejoice. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The furrow'd waving corn is seen 
 
 Rejoice in fostering showers. S. Now Spring has clad f 
 The birds rejoice in leafy bow'rs, . S. O Logan! sweetly t 
 May they rejoice, no wand'rer lost, 
 
 A Family in Heaven J . . . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 While birds rejoice on every spray ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks^ t Sett II. 
 Rejoice, ye birring Paitricks a' ; . Tam, Sajnsoris El., 7. 
 "We'll laugh, sing and rejoice, man ; 
 
 S. The deil camfiddlit^ t 
 How Fox and Sheridan rejoice ; The Election Ballads, VI. 
 O happy day I rejoice, rejoice ! . The Ordination. 13. 
 
 The small birds rejoice on the green leaves returning, 
 
 S. The small bir(U rejoice \ 
 Sae I'll rejoice the lee-lang day, 
 
 S, The young Highl. Rimer. 
 While birds rejoice in leafy bowers ; S. Where Cart rins t 
 In uproar and riot rejoice the night long ; 
 
 Ye true '^Loyal Nat.s." t 
 Rejoie'd. 
 But lately seen, in gladsome green. 
 
 The woods rejoic d the day, - . S. But lately seen t 
 And winter once rejoie'd in glory. 
 
 Improm.) on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 My heart it rejoie'd at a Sodger-laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Rejoie'd they were na men but dogs ; . The Twa Dogs, ^j. 
 My heart rejoie'd in nature's joy, S. Twos even— the dewy \ 
 
Rejoielng 
 
 S84 
 
 Removed 
 
 Rejoicing, -in'. Again rejoicing Nature ^ees 
 
 Her robe assume its vernal hues, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature. 
 
 The conscious sun out o'er yon hill, 
 
 Kejoicin' clos'd the day so, . . S. As I gaed up hy t 
 
 The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing ; . S. Bonie Bell, 
 The bees rejoicing o'er their summer-toils, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 The hungry Jew in wilderness 
 Rejoicmg o'er bis manna, 
 
 He, rising, rejoicing 
 Between his twa Deborahs, 
 
 S. The gowd. Locks qf A. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VI H, 
 Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction, Tragic Frag. . 
 
 Relate. 
 
 And truth I shall relate, man ; El. on Capi. M. H., Epit. 
 Related. Perhaps related to the race : A Ded. to G. H. 
 
 Relation. No two virtues, whatever relation they claim - - - 
 Possessing the one shall imply you've the other. 
 
 Fragment., inscr. to Fox. 
 Relations. 
 
 Her heavenly relations there fixed her reign, S. Caledonia. 
 Release. In bliss till Fate some day is sent, 
 
 For ever to release Ye Frae Care A Dream, g. 
 Relent. Were Fortune lovely Peggy's foe. 
 
 Such sweetness would relent her, S. Young Peggy t 
 
 RelentiniT. 
 
 Guilt, erring Man, relenting view ! A Winter Night, g. 
 
 Is there no Pity, no relenting Ruth, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. lo. 
 Relentless. " Relentless fate has laid their guardian low. 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair, 
 
 I dread thee. Fate, relentless and severe, To R. G. ofF.^ g. 
 
 Relic, strumpets, relics of the drunken roar, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Relief. For relief a sigh she brings ; . ^S". Duncan Gray \ 
 
 Her dear idea brings relief. 
 
 And solace to my breast. . . Ep. to Dame. g. 
 
 Wi' a' this care and a' this grief, 
 
 And sma', sma' prospect of relief, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care ; . S. Frae the Friends t 
 wad send relief, An' end the quarrel. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 But oh ! [death's] a blest relief for those 
 
 That weary-laden mourn ! Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 Provost John is still deaf to the church's relief. 
 
 The KirJ^s Alarm, 
 Ev'n day, all-bitter, brings relief. 
 
 From such a horror-breathing night. . . The Lament. 
 So dawning day has brought relief S. The noble Maxwells t 
 We thought ay death wad bring relief. The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 I, sighing, drop the silent tear, 
 " "efci 
 
 To Clarinda, 
 
 But no relief can find. 
 Relieve. 
 ' A Brother to relieve, how exquisite the bliss ! ' 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 I know thou doom'st me to despair 
 
 Nor wilt, nor canst relieve me ; S. Farewell, thou stream \ 
 Sma' siller will relieve me. . S, Here's to thy health, t 
 
 Wee [Miller] neist, the Guard relieves, 
 
 An' Orthodoxy raibles, . . . The Holy Fair. ly. 
 
 Thou wilt nor canst relieve me ; . S. The last time I\ 
 
 I once could relieve the distrest ; S, The sun he is sunk t 
 
 Relieved. 
 
 She's from a world of woe relieved, On Poefs Daughter. 
 
 Religion. 
 When ranting round in Pleasure's ring, 
 
 Religion may be blinded ; . E^, to Young Friend. 10. 
 What was his religion, . . Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper, 
 Compar'd with this, how poor Religion^s pride. 
 In all the pomp of meitnod and of art, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night. 17. 
 In vain Religion meets my shrinking eye ; To Clarinda. 
 
 They take religion in their mouth ; To Rev, J. M'Math. 
 
 All hail. Religion ! maid divine ! Id. 
 
 Relinquish. 
 Unless he would from that time forth 
 Relinquish her for ever : The Jolly Beggars. R. VI, 
 
 Relique. 
 
 The reliques of the vernal quire ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 Relish. Yet has so keen a relish of its pleasures? 
 
 Wr. under Port. ofFergusson, 
 Remain* But now, what else for me remains 
 
 But tales of woe; El on Capt. M. H. 11. 
 
 Nought but griefs with me remain. 
 
 S. Jockey's t(£en tkepariing\ 
 But thou art queen within my breast 
 
 For ever to remain S.Olay thy loof\ 
 
 The bitter little that of life remains : 
 
 On seeing wounded Han. 
 How little cf life's scanty span may remain ; S, The lazy mist \ 
 Here this night if ye remain, 
 I'll remain, quo' Findlay ; . . . S. Wha is thai at\ 
 Remained. 
 Which [trophy] now in his house has for ages remained ; 
 
 The Whistle, s. 
 Remaining. Beneath what light she has remaining, 
 
 Let s sing our Sang. To J. S., 20. 
 Remains, Here lie the loving Husband's dear rem^s, 
 
 Epit, for A uthor^s Father. 
 Remarlcin. 
 
 " Faith, we'se hae fine remarkin ! " . The Holy Fair, 6. 
 Remead [remedy]. 
 Damnation then would be our fate, 
 
 Beyond remead ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st, 14. 
 Our Bardie's fate is at a close. 
 
 Past a' remead ! . Poor Mailie's EL 
 
 He had twa fauts, or maybe three, 
 
 Yet what remead ? . Tarn Samson^s El., 14, 
 An' strive, wi' a' your Wit an' Lear, 
 
 To get remead. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Remember, 
 
 An' L— d, remember singing Sannock, . Auld comrade j 
 Sad was the parting thou makes me remember, 
 
 S. Gloomy December, 
 But thou remembers we are dust, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 But, L — d remember me and mine . . IB. 16. 
 
 " But I'll remember thee, Glencaim, 
 " And a' that thou hast done for me ! " 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Remember him for me ! . . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And dear was she I darena name, 
 
 But I will ay remember, [re.] . S. O May thy mom \ 
 Remember Tarn o' Shanter's mare. Tain o' Shanter. ig. 
 
 I, with a much indebted tear. 
 
 Shall still remember you ! . . . . The Farewell. 
 And now, remember Mr. A-k-n, . . The Inventory. 
 
 " You shou'd remember 
 ' ' To cut it aff, an' whatfore no, . What ails ye now f 
 
 Remember, he's his country's stay 
 In day and hour of danger, . . S. When wild War's j 
 Remembered. Oqce fondly lov'd, and still remember'd dear, 
 
 Once fondly lo^dA 
 
 O ye, my dear-remember'd, ancient yealings, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 But pious Bob, 'mid learning's store, 
 Commandment tenth remember'd. . The Dean ofPac,. 
 
 Remembrance, 
 
 When Remembrance wracks the mind, 
 
 Pleasures but unvail Despair. . S. Frae the^endsj 
 Thou busy pow'r. Remembrance, cease ! . The Lament 
 Your dear remembrance in my breast, 
 
 My fondly-treasur'd thoughts employ 'd. . • lo. 
 
 Oh ! scenes in strong remembrance set ! . ■ l^- 
 
 Remembrance oft may start a tear, V.s, under Grief. 
 
 Remnant. 
 Discarded remnant of a race 
 
 Once great in martial story ! . On Duke ofQueensoerty. 
 
 Remonstrate. 
 
 As Something, loudly, in my breast, j. „ jt 
 
 Remonstrates X have done ; A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 Remorse. 
 
 More pointed still we make ourselves. 
 
 Regret, Remorse and Shame I Man was made to Mourn, 
 Or worser far, the pangs of keen remorse ; Remorse. A Frag» 
 That fell remorse, a conscience bleeding 
 
 Hath led me here. . . TfieHermtU 
 
 Remorse's throb, or loose desire ; ^** 
 
 Remove. 
 That to my latest draught o' life the band ^^^^ ^'"^.n^^. 
 
 Oh! you that are in love, and cannot it remove 
 
 S. The winter it K past ^ 
 
 Removed. From friendship and dearest affection removed : 
 
 Monody^ on a Laay, 
 
Rend 
 
 385 
 
 Request 
 
 Rend. And thunders rend the howling air, 
 
 S. How can my poor heart t 
 No savage e'er could rend my heart, 
 
 As, Jessy, thou hast done. . . On Miss /. Lewars. 
 
 when the storm the forest rends, The Election. Ballads, VI. 
 Hear'st thou the groans that rend his breast ? 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, ren^s. 
 
 Wr, hy Fall ofFyers, 
 Rendered. Ye hae render'd moments dear ; S. Scenes o/taoe t 
 Renew. 
 And in kirk-yards renew their leagues, 
 
 Owre howcket dead. Add. to the Deil. g. 
 With "Mary, when shall we return, 
 
 " Sic pleasure to renew?" . . S. As down the bum t 
 And let us all our vows renew, . S. Here is the glen, t 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 That steals on the evening, each leaf to renew. 
 
 iS". How pleasant the hanks t 
 The bowl we maun renew it ; , . On IV. Stewart. 
 
 And Art can ne'er renew it, . . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 Scenes that former thoughts renew ; . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Renewed, -'d. 
 When merry May its bloom renew'd. . S. O were my love t 
 The jovial contest again have renewed. The Whistle. S. 
 
 Renewing. 
 Some gleams of sunshine mid renewing storms : 
 
 Why ant I loth t 
 Renown. 
 Go, for yoursel procure renown, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 Here's a noble Earl's Fame and high renown, 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV, 
 Renown'd. As men, as christians too, renown'd, 
 
 An' manly preachers. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Rent. Tho' raging winter rent the air ; S. O watye wha's in t 
 Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, 
 A virtuous Populace may rise the while. 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat. Night, so. 
 Rent, s. 
 Our Laird gets in his racked rents. 
 
 His coals, his kane, an' a' his stents-: . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 Rent-roll. 
 What are your landlords' rent-rolls ? taxing ledgers : 
 
 Lns on Window, K. 's A nns. 
 RepaiP. Broken trade o' Broughton, 
 
 A* in high repair. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Repair, to. 
 Then through the dews I will repair, . S. Now rosy May t 
 A loss these evil days can ne'er repair ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dtfndas. 
 An' to the muckle house repair, 
 
 Wi' instant speed, The Author's Cry and Prayer. i8. 
 Or to the N-th-rt-n repair. 
 
 And turn a Carpet-weaver Aff-hand . The Ordination, g. 
 To the board of Glenriddel our heroes repair, 
 
 The Whistle. lo. 
 Repast. 
 
 And deal from iron hands the spare repast ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Repay. Her een sae honie blue betray, 
 
 How she repays my passion; S. poortiik cauld,i 
 Repeat. 
 But I'se repeat each poor man's pray'r, A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 Fondly he'll repeat her name ; S. Jockey's ta'en the parting^ 
 Repeated. 
 
 Repeated, successive, for many long years, S. Caledonia. 
 Repel. No arts could appease them, no arras could repel ; 
 
 ,■5". Caledonia. 
 
 Repell'd. 
 
 And oft repell'd th' Invader's shock. Add. to Edinburgh. J. 
 Repent. 
 
 My loss I mourn, but not repent it, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 12. 
 Repentance. 
 
 And whare will ye get Howes and Clintons 
 
 To bring them to a right repentance ? . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 *' Rouse from his sluggish slumbers, fell Repentance ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Where infamy with sad repentance dwells ; Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 
 I little thought the time was near. 
 
 Repentance I should buy sae dear : . .S", Young Jamie, t 
 Repine. 
 
 Then, man my soul with firm resolves 
 To bear and not repine I A Prayer under Press, of A nguisK 
 
 3C 
 
 O why the deuce should I repine, . . Extern. Ap. 1782. 
 Far, far from thee, the fate severe 
 
 At which I most repine. Love. . S. Forlorn, my Love., t 
 With the hand and heart of my wee thing, 
 No more at my fate I'll repine. S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Sair, sair may I repine ; S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 And I never repine at my lot in the least. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 ' Then never murmur nor repine ; The Vision. D. II. 21. 
 
 Reply. 
 And thy still matchless tongue that conquers all reply. 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 
 In sullen vengeance, I, disdain'd, reply : . The Vowels. 
 Reply, to. And the distant-echoing glens reply. A Vision. 
 " Nae bitter blast,'' the sp'rit replies, As on the banks \ 
 
 "An' his heart is rank poison," 
 
 Another [reptile] replies. . . . Epit. on Walter S. 
 " By the gods of the ancients 1 " Glenriddel replies, 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Reply'd. 
 
 The tod reply'd upon the hill, . S. What will I do gin t 
 Repose. 
 The Cameleon-savage disturb'd her repose, S. Caledonia, j*. 
 And pillows on the thorn my rack'd repose ! Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 There seek my lost repose, . . S. Had I a cave t 
 
 Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath' d. 
 
 Were seal'd in soft repose ; . S. On a bank of powers t 
 The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 Beck'ning thee to long repose ; . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.- 
 Repose, to. 
 
 Repose us in the silent dust. . . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Repos'd. 
 Wi' arm repos'd on the chair-hack, 
 He sweetly does compose him ; . . The Holy Fair, 11. 
 Represent. 
 In some hit Brugh to represent 
 
 A Baillie's name ? Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. zist, u. 
 
 Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, 
 Wha represent our Brughs an' Shires, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Representative. 
 Our representative to be, 
 For weel he's worthy a' that. The Election Ballads. II, 
 Reproach. Save thy mind's reproach, nought earthly fear'st, 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Thy own reproach alone dost fear, . . Poet. InscHption, 
 He need na fear their foul reproach 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Reprobation. To save them from stark reprobation, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Reptile. 
 " The worm that gnaws my bonie trees, 
 *' That Reptile wears a Ducalcrown ! " As on the banks t 
 Yet vilest reptiles in their begging prose. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. $■ 
 Sic a reptile was Wat, . . Epit. on Walter S^. 
 
 " In his flesh there's a famine," 
 
 A starv'd reptile cries : lb. 
 
 And far be thou distant, thou reptile that seizes 
 The verdure and pride of the garden and lawn. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 Mansions that would disgrace the building-taste 
 Of any mason reptile, bird, or beast ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Never, never reijtile thief 
 
 Riot on thy virgin leaf! . . . . To Miss C. 
 
 Repulse. 
 
 (A sight life's sorrows to repulse. Sketch, New-Yr's-Day. 
 
 Reputation. 
 Her reputation is complete, . , . .S". Handsome Nell. 
 Here's a reputation Tint by Balmaghie. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 What is reputation's care ? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 ReQUest. Why urge the only, one request 
 
 You know I will deny ! S. Talk not of Love t 
 And proffer up to Heaven the warm request. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18. 
 A last request permit me here, The Farewell. To St. J.'s Z, 
 A daimen-icker in a thrave 
 
 'S a sma' request : , , . To a Mouse, 
 (Oh, do thou ^ant This one request of mine!) Winter, 
 
Request 
 
 386 
 
 Rest 
 
 Reoiuesti to^ Sir, as your mandate did request, The Inventory. 
 The Poet did request, 
 To lowse his pack an' wale a sang, The Jolly Beggars. R, VIII. 
 Requested. 
 From, the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested, 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; Spoke extern, toyng Lady. 
 Requiem. 
 And blew on the Whistle their requiem shrill. The Whistle. J. 
 And every bird thy requiem sings ; . . To Miss C. 
 
 Requit. But, in requit, 
 
 Has blest me with a random shot 
 
 O' countra wit. - To/. S., 6. 
 
 Requited. By my love so ill requited ; -i". Stay^ my charmer^ 
 Resemble. The heart benevolent and kind 
 
 The most resembles God. A Winter Night, ii. 
 The leafless trees my fancy please, 
 
 Their fate resembles mine ! Winter. 
 
 Resentment. 
 
 Dead, even resentment, for his injured page, ToR. G. ofF.^S' 
 Reserve. A heapet stimpart, I'll reserve ane 
 
 Laid by for you. A Guid New-Year^ i^. 
 Friends, that parting tear reserve it, . S. Scenes ofwoe^ 
 Reserved. HailPoesie! thou Nymph reserv'd! 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Reside. And winds by the cot where my Mary resides, 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 All, all my hopes of bliss reside 
 Where Evan mingles with the Clyde. 
 
 "iS". Slow spreads ike gloom t 
 Resides a sweet lassie, my thought and my dream. 
 
 S. Von wild mossy mountains t 
 Resign. If thou at Friendship's sacred ca' 
 
 Wad life itself resign. El. on Copt. M. H. Epit. 
 ' This lower world I you resign ; . . . Nature's Law. 
 Its joys and griefs alike resign. . S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 Life's social haunts and pleasures I resign, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Gladly how would I resign thee [Life], . -6". Raving Winds \ 
 And would you ask me to resign 
 
 The sole reward that crowns my pain. S. The capt. Ribband, 
 And resign to Parent Earth 
 
 The lovliest form she e'er gave birth. . . To Miss C. 
 
 Since to enjoy Thou dost deny. Assist me to resign ! Winter. 
 Resigned. 
 With soul resolved, with soul resigned ; . Poet. Inscription. 
 Thus, resigned and quiet, creep 
 
 To the bed of lasting sleep ; . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H,. 
 Resist. Resist the crumbling touch of time ; . On Lincluden. 
 Nothing could resist my Nancy : . . S. One fond hiss t 
 Resisted. 
 What's done we partly may compute, 
 But know not what s resisted. . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 Resistless. 
 And all resistless charming, . S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 
 Resistless desolation ; . . The Election Ballads. VI, 
 And reign'd resistless king of love. , . S. Young Jamie ^^ 
 Resolve. 
 Then, man my soul with firm resolves 
 
 To bear and not repine 1 . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, 
 
 Thou stalk o' carl-hemp in man I . .To Dr, Blackiock. 
 Resolve, to. 
 Where strumpets, relics of the drunken roar, 
 Resolve to drmk, nay, half to whore no more ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 His awful chair of state resolves to mount, . The Vowels. 
 Resolved, -'d. 
 Resolv'd was I, at least to try, 
 
 To mend my situation, O. . S. My father was a farmer t 
 With soul resolved, with soul resigned ; . Poet. Inscription. 
 Resolv'd to meet some ither day. . . The Twa Dogs, SS- 
 With stern-resolv'd, despairing eye, . . . To Ruin. 
 I saw they were resolved a' 
 
 On my oppression What ails ye now t 
 
 Resolutely. And resolutely keep its [Honor's] laws, 
 
 Uncaring consequences. Ep, to Young Friend. 8, 
 Resort. 
 
 . But chiefly the woods were her fav'rite resort, S. Caledonia. 
 Resound. 
 Thou stockdove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 
 ' ' Awake, resound thy latest lay, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 As eager runs the market-crowd, 
 
 When " Catch the thief! " resounds aloud ; 
 
 Tarn 0* Shanter. 77. 
 
 The trembling earth resounds his tread, To a Haggis. 
 
 Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. 
 ^ , , Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 
 Resounded. 
 
 And loud resounded mirth and dancing. Tam d Shanter. 10. 
 Respect. To pay your queen, with due respect. 
 
 My fealty an' subjection . . A Dream. 8. 
 In respect for the love and affection he'd showed her. 
 She reduc'd him to dust, and she drank up the Powder. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Would have eat her dead lord, on a slender pretence. 
 Not to show her respect, but to save the expence, . /^. 
 Want only of wisdom denied her respect. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. Epit. 
 For prodigal thoughtless bestowing. 
 
 His merit has won him respect. The Election Ballads. III. 
 And served me with due respect ; 
 
 S, The lass that made the bed. 
 Respeet, to. 
 But, oh! [ye rnaggots] respect his lordship's taste, 
 And spare his golden bindings. . . The Book Worms. 
 Respected. Meanwhile I am, respected Sir, 
 
 Your most obedient. Ep. to J. R. 13, 
 Stuart, a name once respected, Poet. Add. to W. Tytkr. 
 Scotland, my auld, respected Mither ! 
 
 The AuthoT^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 My lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night 
 Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. IS. 
 Respecting. 
 And just to stop, and just to move. 
 With self-respecting axt: . . Despondency^ an Ode, 4. 
 Respects. 
 
 My kindest, best respects I sen' it, . Auldcomrade\ 
 
 Respeetueuse. 
 Faites mes haissemains respeetueuse, 
 To sentimental sister Susie, . . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 Respekit [respected]. 
 
 Ye wha were ne'er by lairds respekit, Th£ Twa Herds, 4. 
 Responsive. 
 Still fan the sweet connubial flame 
 Responsive in each bosom, . . S.Y<mngPeg^\ 
 
 Rest. There was ae sang, amang the rest, 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 3. 
 The Q[ueen], and the rest of the gentry. Poet. Add. to Tytkr. 
 
 Tak a' the rest, Scotch Drink. 21. 
 
 For Nannie, far before the rest, 
 
 Hard upon noble Maggie prest, . . Tam d Shanter. 18. 
 
 I'll make thy days easy the rest of thy life ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 If ance I had my lovely treasure, 
 Let the rest admire and die. S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Rest. 
 Rest I canna get For thinking o' my dearie. S. Ay waking, Oi 
 It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest ; . . Ep. to DavieS. 
 
 When heart-corroding care and grief 
 
 Deprive my soul of rest, Ib.g. 
 
 An honest man here lies at rest, . . Epit. on a Friend. 
 O, do thou kindly lay me low 
 
 With him I love at rest. . . 6". Fate gave the word, t 
 Breathing in the breeze that fans her, 
 Soothe her bosom into rest : . . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 My head and my heart, now quo' she, are at rest, 
 
 Jenny MCraiu t 
 The mavis mild wi' many a note, 
 Sings drowsy day to rest : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Disturbs my lassie's midnight rest, , 
 
 S. Lassie wi the liniv/mtel 
 
 Welcome the hour, my aged limbs 
 
 Are laid with thee at rest 1 Man was made to Mourn. 
 The curtain draws of Nature's rest, . ^S". Now rosy May t 
 On peace and rest my mind was bent, 
 
 S. ay my wife she dang. 
 
 There's mony a lass has broke my rest, S. lay thy loof\ 
 
 Thou dart of Heav'n that flashest by, . 
 
 O wilt thou give me rest ! . . , S.O tmrkt mrfti 
 
Rest 
 
 387 
 
 Returning 
 
 She goes, but not to realms of everlasting rest ! 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 His bosom ill at rest. . . S.Ona bank of flowers t 
 
 Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest, 
 No more of rest, but now thy dying bed I 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare, 
 My child, thou art gone to the home of thy rest, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Eut I look to the West when I gae to rest, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 There, low he lies, in lasting rest ; [v.A.is] Tarn Samson^ sEi. 
 And little fishes' caller rest : . S. The Contented Cottager, 
 Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, 
 
 The Cotiei^s Sat. Night. 
 The youngling Cottagers retire to rest : . . lb. l8. 
 For why ? that God the good adore 
 
 Hath giv n them peace and rest, . . The ist Psalm. 
 
 All creatures retired to rest, . . S, The sun he is sunk + 
 
 Her cares for a moment at rest : lb. 
 
 For in this world Rest or Peace 
 
 I never more shall know I lb. 
 
 When a' to rest are gaun, O. . . S. The Taylor he cam \ 
 But praise be blest, my mind's at rest, S. The tither mom t 
 A blink o' rest's a sweet enjoyment. . The Twa Dogs. i6. 
 Ben i' the Spence, right pensivelie, 
 
 I gaed to rest, . , The Vision. D. I. z. 
 Their little loves are blest, and their little hearts at rest, 
 
 S. The -winter it is /ast i 
 And love will break the soundest rest. S. There was a lass\ 
 The night comes to me, but my rest it is gane : 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. \ 
 Then I maun rin amang the rest . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Where is thy place of blissful rest ? To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 But peace attune thy gentle soul to rest, To Miss Graham. 
 (Nature is adverse to a cripple's rest); . To R. G. ofF.. 
 
 Dulness ! portion of the truly blest 1 
 
 Calm sheltered haven of eternal rest ! . . . . Ib,'j. 
 And give a love-lorn maiden rest ! . S. To thee., lov'dNith t 
 Yet never met with that surprise 
 
 That broke my rest, . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 1 can feel by its throbbings, will soon be at rest. 
 
 S. Wae is m^y heart t 
 Rest} to. Where unknown, unlamented, my ashes shall rest, 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Seal'd on her silk-saft falds to rest, . . S. O were my love t 
 " The passing moment's all we rest on! " 
 Rest on— for what? what do we here? JAefcA. New-Vr's-Day. 
 Heav'n rest his saul, whare'er he be ! Tarn Samson's EL, 14. 
 Rest, ye wild storms, in the cave of your slumbers, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie, 
 And bird and beast, in covert, rest, 
 
 And pass the heartless day. .... Winter. 
 Here, firm, I rest, they must be best, 
 
 Because they are Thy Will! lb. 
 
 Restless. I, listless, yet restless, 
 
 Find every prospect vain. Despondency, an Ode-, z. 
 I restless lie frae e'en to mom, S. How lang and dreary \ 
 O poortith cauld, and restless love, 
 
 Ye wreck my peace between ye ; . S. O poortith cauld t 
 Their nights, unquiet, lang an' restless . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 And heard the restless rattons squeak 
 
 About the riggin. . . The Vision. D. 1. 3. 
 Fame a restless, airy dream; . Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 RestOPation* A joyful noise, even for the king 
 
 His restoration. . . New Psalmody. 
 
 Restore. 
 
 Till the Fates, nae mair severe. 
 
 Friendship, Love and Peace restore. S. Frae the friends t 
 Till Future Life, future no more, 
 
 To light and joy the good restore, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Hestored. And now tbou hast restored our State, 
 
 Pity our Kirk also ; . . Nffw Psalmody. 
 RestPicked [pestricted]. 
 The real, harden'd wicked, 
 
 Are to a few restricked ; . . . Ep, to Young Friend. 3, 
 Restriction. Unaided through thy cuts'd restriction ; 
 
 Lns on Back qfJBank Note. 
 E'er sin' they laid that curst restriction 
 
 On Aquavltae; The Authot^s Cry and Prayer, 
 Resume* " I saw my sons resimie their ancient fire ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J, BMri 
 
 Resuppection. 
 And soon may they expire, unblest with resurrection ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Retire. The sun from India's shore retires 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 The youngling Cottagers retire to rest ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night j8. 
 " Let me, O Lord ! from life retire, . . The Hermit. 
 Retired. 
 
 All creatures retired to rest, . . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Retreat. No shelter or retreat, , . S. How cruel t 
 
 Or find a sheltering, safe retreat, 
 From prone descending showers- The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Retreat) to. While summer with a matron ^race 
 
 Retreats to Dryburgh's coolmg shade. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Retreating. The miry beasts retreating frae the pleugb ; 
 
 The Cattet^s Sat. Night. 
 
 Retrieve. 
 
 Retrieve its doom and take its place. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 Return, a' the pride of Spring's return S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 Sae fam'd for his gratefu' return? 
 
 The Election Ballads. IIL 
 Alas I can I make it no better return ! S. The small birds t 
 Return, to. 
 With " Mary, when shall we return, 
 
 " Sic pleasure to renew ? " . . S. As down the bum \ 
 Peruse them an' return them quickly ; Auld comrade t 
 
 The soger frae the wars returns, S. It was d for\ 
 
 And at night she'll return to her nest back again. 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 I've seen yon weary winter-sun 
 Twice forty times return ; Man was made to jnoum. 3. 
 
 As annual it returns, Nature's Law. 
 
 Sae may it on your heads return ! S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 Return again, fair Lesley, 
 
 Return to Caledonie ! . , S. O saw ye bonie L. t 
 
 The past returns, the present flies ; . On Lincluden, 
 
 The spring shall return to thy low narrow bed. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 The hollow caves return a sullen moan. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Return, ye moments of delight, S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 The day returns, my bosom burns, .5". The day returns^ 
 
 Again thou say'st ' Ye sons of men, 
 
 * Return ye into nought ! ' . The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 An' echos back return the shouts; . The Holy Fair. 2i, 
 
 And listen mony a grateful bird 
 
 Return you tuneful thanks. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And now a widow I must mourn 
 The pleasures that will ne'er return ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Scenes, never, never to return ! . . . The Lament. 
 As bleak-fac'd Hallowmass returns. 
 
 They get the jovial, rantan Kims, The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 
 Return him safe to fair Strathspey, 
 
 S. The young Highl. Rover. 
 So Clootie was glad to return wi' his pack, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 And all the tribute of my heart returns, To R. Graham, 
 
 Return sae dowf and weary O : . S. When o'er the hill\ 
 Thou mind'st me of departed joys, 
 Departed, never to return. . , S.Ye banks and braes \ 
 Returned, -*d. 
 Till, thence returned, they softly stray 
 
 O'er Clouden's wave, with fond delay ; . On Lincluden. 
 
 But, Och I he gaed and ne'er retum'd! Tarn Samson's El., 8. 
 My youth's return'd to fair Strathspey, 
 
 S. The young Highl. Rover. 
 Returning. 
 All Creatures joy in the sun's returning, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 Meet eVry sad-retuming night, 
 
 Aid joyless mom the same. Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 Ah I must the agonizing thrill. 
 
 For ever bar returning peace! . . The Lament j 2. 
 
 The small birds rejoice on the green leaves returning, 
 
 S, The small birds rejoice t 
 Mark Scotia's fond returning eye. 
 
 It dwells upon Glencaira. . . . V.s below Picture. 
 And gentle Peace returning, . . S. When wild Wat's t 
 
tieveal 
 
 383 
 
 fihymfe 
 
 Reveal. 
 
 howsoe'er our tongues may ill reveal it, Prologue, at Th. , D, . 
 
 As modest want the tale of woe reveals ; To Miss Graham. 
 Revel. The princely revel may survey 
 
 Our rustic dance wi' scorn ; .S. Behold, my lore, T 
 Revel, to. 
 
 While by their nose the tears will revel, Tarn Samsoris SI.. 
 Revenge. 
 
 Till Revenge, wi' laurell'd head 
 Bring our Banish'd hame again ; . 
 
 S. Frat the friends t 
 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev, J, M'Math. 
 
 But mean revenge, an' malice fause 
 
 He'll still disdain, . . . . lb. 
 
 Revere. 
 
 The great Creator to revere, 
 
 Must sure become the Creature ; Ef. to Young Friend, g. 
 This ivied cot revere ! . . Lns on Window F.'s C. Her. 
 Virtue alone who dost revere, . . Poetical Inscription. 
 
 Revered, -'d. 
 
 Revered defender of beauteous Stuart, Poet. Add to Tytler. 
 My fathers, that name have rever'd on a throne ; . .lb. 
 That makes her lov'd at home, rever'd abroad : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 Reverend, -'rend. 
 
 For you, right rev'rend 0[snaburg], 
 
 Nane sets the lawn-sleeve sweeter, . . A Dream, 12. 
 I've heard my rev'rend Grannie say, Add. to the Deil. S- 
 
 Bread of black coats and rev'rend wigs, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Began the rev'rend sage ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Ah ! little kend thy reverend grannie. Tarn o' Shunter. IS. 
 Nae langer Rev'rend Men, their country's glory, 
 In plain, braid Scots hold forth a plain, braid story : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 And, in your lug, most reverend J — , . . - The Calf. 
 Observ'd ye yon reverend lad 
 Mak faces to tickle the Mob ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 The rev'rend grey-beards rav'd an' storm'd. 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Rdverenee, -'renee. 
 
 Draw near with pious rev'rence and attend ! 
 
 Efit. for A uthoi's Father. 
 
 Wi' reverence be it spoken ; . .On dining with Daer. 
 Reverence, to. Reverence with lowly heart 
 
 Him whose wondrous work thou art ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage, F. C. 
 
 Reverential. 
 
 With deep-struck reverential awe, [v. A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Rev'rently. 
 
 His bonnet rev'rently is laid aside, The Cottet's Sat. Night. 12, 
 Rever'st. Thou, who thy honour as thy God rever'st, 
 
 Lns sent to Sir J. Whiteford. 
 
 Revers'd. Revers'd that spear, redoubtable in war. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Review. 
 Your news and review, Sir, 
 I've read through and through, Sir, 
 Review, to. 
 
 When a' my works I did review, . A Ded. toG. H.,i2. 
 Reviewer. 
 Our friends the reviewers, those chippers and hewers, 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 
 Revisit. And joy shall revisit my bosom no more. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Reviving. 
 
 When flow'r-reviving rains are past ; S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Revolution. 
 And here's the grand fabric, our free Constitution, 
 As built on the base of the great Revolution ; 
 
 At a Meet, of D. Volunteers. 
 But truce with kings, and truce with^constitutions. 
 With bloody armaments and revolutions ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman, 
 Reward. 
 Is this thy faithful swain's reward, 
 
 An aching broken heart, .S". Canst thou leave me thus t 
 Yet while the busy means are ply'd. 
 
 They bring their own reward : Despondency, an Ode, 2. 
 Clarinda, rich reward I o'erpays them all I 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 And lo ! the Bard, a great reward, 
 Has got a double portion I . . . , Natures Law, 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 
 Could I the rich reward secure, S. O Mary at thywindmo t 
 Yourself, you wait your bright reward. Sketch. New-Yt's Day. 
 Fame, honest fame, his great his dear reward. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 
 Unknown and poor, simplicity's reward, . . lb, 3. 
 
 And would you ask me to resign. 
 
 The sole reward that crowns my pain. S. The capt. Riihand. 
 (The Patriot's God peculiarly thou art. 
 His friend, inspirer, guardian, and reward!) 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night, zi. 
 * I come to give thee such reward, 
 
 * As we bestow. . The Vision. D. II. 2. 
 These be thy guardian and reward ; . To a young Lady, 
 Reward, to. 
 
 For its faith and truth reward it. . . 6". Sweetest May^ 
 Rewarded. I am the man — and thus may still 
 
 True lovers be rewarded. S, When wild Wai's\ 
 Rhetoric. 
 An' with rhetoric clause on clause 
 To mak harangues ; . The A-uthot's Cry and Prayer, 
 Rheum. 
 Note that eye, 'tis rheum o'erflows. 
 
 Pity's flood there never rose. Ode, to Mem, of Mrs, — . 
 
 Rheumatics. 
 
 Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes ; Add. to Toothache, 
 Rhyme. Wi' rhymes weel-tum'd an' ready, A Dream. 2, 
 
 I winna ventur't in my rhymes A Vision, 
 
 quoth my man of rhymes. . . Add, sp. by FonteneUe, 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, 
 
 In Prose or Rhyme. Add, to the Deil, itj. 
 
 He'll gabble rhyme, nor sing nae mair. 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Then wi' a rhyme or song he lash't 'em, [poverty, care] Ih. 
 And spin a verse or twa o' rhyme, . . Ep, to Davie, 
 
 A land unknown to prose or rhyme ; . Ep, to H, Parker, 
 Or rhymes an' sangs he'd made himsel, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 1st, 6, 
 In rhyme, or prose, or baith thegither, lb. , Ap. 21st. 7. 
 
 Friend of my life, true patron of my rhymes ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S. 
 
 Whose rhymes you'll perhaps, Sir, ne'er deign to peruse : 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains . Nature's Law. 
 With future rhymes, an' other times. 
 
 To emulate his sire : . Ih. 
 
 Fareweel, my rhyme-composing billie ! 
 
 On Scot, Bardgne to W, I, 
 
 when you read the simple artless rhymes, Once fondly lmid\ 
 Lament in rhyme, lament in prose, . Poor Mailiis El„ 
 For making o' rhymes, and working at times, 
 
 Does little or naething at a', man. Ronalds ofBennm, 
 Hale breelcs, a scone, an' whisksr gill. 
 An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, . Scotch Drink. 21, 
 Leeze me on rhyme ! it's ay a treasure, Second Ep, to Davie. 
 The other day. When you sent me some rhyme, Symo»Gray\ 
 The servile, mercenary Swiss of rhymes ? The Brigs of Ayr, 
 A panegyric rhyme, I ween, 
 
 Ev'n as I was he shor'd me ; The Petition of Br, WaUr. 
 But stringing blethers up in rhyme 
 
 For fools to sing. . . The Vision, D, I, i. 
 ' Thy rudely-caroll'd, chiming phrase, 
 
 * In uncouth rhymes, . . lb, D, II,, 12, 
 if thou would flourish immortal in rhyme. The Whistle, /?. 
 Then back I rattle on the rhyme , .... 1 
 
 ' As gleg's a whittle ! There s naeiluii fl«T 
 
 But to conclude my silly rhyme, . . To Dr, BlackUck, 
 Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme, . . To J. S„ 4, 
 ' Grant me but this, I ask no more, 
 
 ' Ay rowth o' rhymes. 
 And [wish and] pray in rhyme sincere, „ .,. - . 
 
 A' gude things may attend you ! . To Miss terrier. 
 
 To you I dedicate the hour In idle rhyme. , ,_,, ,1 
 
 To Rev, J, M'Math, 
 
 My wicked rhymes, an' drucken rants, What aikye wm f 
 
 Rhyme, to. 
 Syne rhyme till't, well time till't. 
 And smg't when we hae done. 
 
 lb, ei. 
 
 Ep, to Daotti 4. 
 
 ' So dinna ye afiront your trade, 
 
 ' But rhyme it right. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 21st, 4- 
 So I can rhyme nor write nae mair ; . Ep, to /, R-t 'S- 
 
Rhyme 
 
 389 
 
 mdinif 
 
 Some rhyme a neebor's name to lash ; 
 
 Some rhyme, (vain thought!) for needfu' cash ; 
 
 Some rhyme to court the countra clash, . To J. S. S- 
 
 I rhyme for fun H. 
 
 Sworn foe to sorrow, care, and prose, I rhyme away. Id. 2$' 
 Rhyme-composing. 
 
 Fareweel, * my rhyme-composing ' brither ! To W. Simpson. 
 Rhyme-lnsplrlng-. 
 Auld Reekie dings them &' to sticks, 
 For rhyme-inspiring lasses. . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Rhyme-proof. That I, henceforth, would be rhyme-proof 
 
 Till my last breath The Vision. D. I. 6. 
 Rhymer. 
 But just a Rhymer like by chance, Ep, to J. L—k., Ap. rst, g. 
 I Rhymer Robin, alias Burns, . On dining with Vaer. 
 Our warlock Rhymer instantly descry'd 
 The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Rhyming, -in. 
 Here, for my wonted rhyming raptures, 
 I sit and count my sins by chapters ; . Ep. to H, Parker. 
 Though fortune's road be rou^h an' hilly 
 To every fiddling, rhyming biilie, Ep, to Maj. Logan. 
 
 An' trowth my rhymin' ware's nae treasure ; . Ih. 14. 
 
 For my puir, silly, rhymin' clatter 
 
 Some less maun sair. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 'Except it be some idle plan O' rhymin clink, . . lb. 
 Whare Burns has wrote, in rhyming blether, 
 
 Tarn Samson's dead 1 Tarn Samson's El. 12. 
 A rhyming, ranting, raving biilie, . . The Twa Dogs. 
 And doubly curse the luckless rhyming trade. 71? R. G. o/F,. 
 Rhymin- ware. An' hae a swap o' rhymin-ware, 
 
 Wi' ane anither. Ep. to J. L—h, Ap. ist, 18. 
 I've sent you here some rhymin ware, Ep. to J. R. J. 
 
 Ribbon, Ribban, Ribband. 
 Although a ribban at your lug 
 
 Wad been a dress compleater : . . .A Dream. 12. 
 Ye sail get gowns and ribbons meet, . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 We'll sew a green ribban round about his hat, 
 
 • S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Dear Myra, the captive ribband's mine, .S". Tke capt. Ribband. 
 The Ribband shall its freedom lose, . ... lb. 
 For why, a lord may be a gouk, 
 
 Wi' ribbon, star, and a' that \re^ The Election Ballads, II. 
 His ribband, star, and a' that, . 6". The Honest Man. 
 A feather in his bonnet and a ribbon at his knee, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 They gied me rings and ribbons fine ; S. Where Cart rins t 
 Rich, drooping rich the devvy head, S. A Rosebud by my\ 
 Say, you'll be merry tho' you can't be rich. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Yet rich in kindest, truest love, S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 maiden May, in rich array, . . . .S". But lately seen t 
 Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize, El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast, 
 We may be wise, or rich, or great, 
 
 But never can be blest : . • Ep. to Davie. S* 
 
 Were this the charter of our state. 
 
 On pain o' hell be rich an' great,' Ep. to J. L—k. Ap. 2ist^ 14. 
 See yonder rose-bud, rich in dew, . . S. I do confess t 
 Clarinda, rich reward ! o'erpays them all ! 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Yet, think not all the Rich and Great, 
 
 Are likewise truly blest. . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Tho' to be rich was not my wish, 
 Yet to be great was charming, O : 
 
 S, My/atherwasa/amier\ 
 But now I've found a treasure 
 
 Too rich for a king to buy, . S. My Lan)e's a winsome t 
 Could I the rich reward secure, S. O Mary at thy window \ 
 And there will be rich brother Nabobs, 
 
 Tile Election Ballads, III. 
 Where rich ananas blow ! . . . , The Farewell. 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig, 
 And ye'll ha'e a calf s head 0' sma' value. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 
 Tho' fich is the breeze ih their gay sunny vallies, 
 
 S. Their groves of\ 
 Take away these rosy lips. 
 
 Rich with balmy treasure : . . i .S". Thine am I \ 
 Warm-reekin, rich I To a Haggis. 
 
 Rich is the tribute of the grateful mind. To Miss Graham. 
 Clad in rich dulness' comfortable fur. . To R. G. ofF.^3. 
 Tho' poor in gear, we're rich in love, S, When wild Wa?^s t 
 How rich the hawthorn's blossom ; 
 
 iS". Ve banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Not Gowrie's rich valley, S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Rich-ClusfFlniT- See future wines, rich-clust'ring rise : 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Richard. And there will be wealthy young Richard, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Richardton. 
 
 Bold Richardton's heroic swell ; [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Richer. *' Still richer breathes and fairer blows, S. O Phely,\ 
 Her lips still as she fragrant breath'd, 
 
 It richer dy'd the rose. . S.Ona bank offlowers\ 
 
 Return, ye moments of delight, ^ 
 With richer treasures bless my sight ! 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Not but I hae a richer share 
 
 Than mony ithers ; . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 A richer dye has graced them \ . . S. Young Peggy t 
 Riches. Far less [right] to riches, pow'r or freedom, 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 3. 
 
 My riches a's my penny-fee, . S. Behind yon kills t 
 
 And joys that riches ne'er could buy ; . Ep. to Davie. 8. 
 Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches give. 
 Yet haply wanting wherewithal to live ; Ep. to R. Graham.3. 
 The warly race may riches chase. 
 
 An' riches still may fiy them, O ; S. Green grow thi Rashes. 
 How cruel are the parents 
 
 Who riches only prize, . . . . S, How cruel i 
 
 Riches denied, thy boon was purer joys, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 What care I in riches to wallow, . . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, 
 Wi' twa pund Scots, ('twas a' her riches). Tarn d Shanter. 15. 
 I see how folk live that hae riches ; 
 
 But surely poor-folk maun be wretches ! The Twa Dogs, 14. 
 Richest. 
 
 In richest ore the brightest jewel set ! El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Richly. 
 Or, richly brown, ream owre the brink, . Scotch Drink. 2. 
 But there it streams an' richly reams, 
 
 My Helicon I ca' that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; . . . To Miss C, 
 
 Rielily-gleaming. 
 These, their richly-gleaming waves, 
 
 I leave to tyrants and their slaves ; S. Streams thai glide t 
 Ricket. 
 
 The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger? Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 
 Rickle [dim. of rick ; a small heap ; a small rick of 
 
 grain, not higher than a man can reach, set up 
 
 in the field]. 
 
 Nor kick your rickles aff their legs, Third Ep. to J. Lap, , 
 
 Riddell. Riddell, much. lamented man ! 
 
 Lns, on Window in F.^s C. Her.. 
 th' untimely tomb where Riddel lies. Sonnet, on Death ofR, , 
 Riddle. 
 
 Had hol'd his heartie like a riddle, The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Ride. Should rue this hasty ride, . . Ep. to Davie, iz. 
 Ride, to. An' sweet an' gracefu' she did ride 
 
 Wi' maiden air ! A Gude New-Year^ 6, 
 The ship rides by the Berwick-law, . .S". My bonie Mary. 
 There's no a heart that fears a Whig, 
 That rides by Kenmure's hand. 
 
 lS". O Kenmure's on atid awa t 
 Though I canna ride in weel-booted pride, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 The hour approaches Tarn maun ride ; Tain d Shanter. 7. 
 Wi' winged spurs did ride, . . Tk€ Election Ballads. V. 
 I like a blockhead boost to ride, . . The Inventory. 
 
 I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair ; . . . .lb. 
 Wilt thoU ride on a horse, or be drawn in a car, 
 
 S, Tibbie Dunhar. 
 Riding, -in. 
 An' warn him ay at ridin time, 
 To stay content wi' yowes at name; [v.A.3] 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 Here, farmers gash, in ridin graith, . The Holy Fair. 7, 
 In days vrtien riding was nae crime . . The Inventory, 
 
Rief 
 
 3do 
 
 Rightly 
 
 Rief [reaving ; v. also Reif], 
 
 Bear S[mith], the sleest, pawkie thief, 
 
 That e'er attempted stealth or rief, . . . ToJ.S. 
 Rifled, Rifled ilka charm about her. . S. Donald Brodie t 
 Rig [a Fldge]. 
 
 I'll flit thy tether, To some hain'd rig, 
 
 A Guid NeW'Year^ i8. 
 
 Rattlin the corn out-owre the rigs, E;P. to J. L — k, Ap. zist^ 2, 
 
 Sin I could striddle owre a rig ; . . . . lb. g. 
 
 Our Stibble-rig was Rab M*Graen, . . Halloween. 16. 
 
 gear will buy me rigs o' land, . .S". In simmer when t 
 ' The stibble rig is easy ploughed, S. O can ye laiour lea t 
 
 Could rank my rig and lass ; The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 Lammas night, When corn rigs are bonie, 
 
 S. The Rigs d Barley, 
 
 Amang the rigs o' barley : [rfi.] lb. 
 
 Com rigs, an* barley rigs. An' corn rigs are bonie : 
 I'll ne'er forget that happy night, Amang the rigs' wi' Annie, 
 
 lb. 
 
 But he sae trig Lap o'er the rig, . S. The tither morn t 
 
 1 hae as gude a craft rig 
 
 As made o' yird and stane ; . S. There's news, lasses t 
 May Boreas never thrash your rigs, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 I'll meet thee on the lea-rig, . . S, When der the hill t 
 Rigg'd. Weel rigg'd for Venus barter ; . A Dream. 13. 
 
 Riggin [the top or ridge of a house]. 
 Or kirk deserted by its riggin^ On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And heard the restless rattons squeak 
 
 About the riggin. . . The Vision. D. 1. 3. 
 
 Right, adj. adv. 
 Faith, you and A[pplecros]s were right Add. of Btehebub. 
 To bring them to a right repentance 7 . . . lb. 2. 
 
 At my right-hand assign'd your seat, . . . .Ib.S- 
 Right on ye scud your sea-way ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 Ye gallants bright I rede ye right S. A Mastrtfis bonie Anne. 
 It spak right howe,— * My name is Death, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 If self the wavering balance shake, 
 
 It's rarely right adjusted ! . . £p. to Young Friend. 3. 
 The heart ay's the part ay, 
 
 That makes us right or wrang. . . Ep. to Davie, j". 
 That trouth, my head is grown right dizzie, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—ki Ap. 2zst,3. 
 So dinna ye affront your trade, 
 
 But rhyme it right. . . . . lb, 4. 
 
 An' never think o' right an' wrang 
 
 By square an' rule, Ep. to Maj, Logan. 6. 
 
 With passions so potent and fancies so bright,^ 
 No man with the half of 'em e'er went quite right. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Right fear't that night. .... Halloween. 11. 
 
 Thy strong right hand, L— d make it bare. 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 13. 
 He turn'd him right and round about, . S. It was a/or\ 
 She has promis'd right soon to be mine. 
 
 S. My Love*s a winsome + 
 On right, on left, and every hand," 
 
 We saw none to deliver, . . . New Psalmody. 
 And wasna Cockpen right saucy witha', 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 Your native soil was right ill-willie ; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 And we'll tak' a right gude wiUie-waught, 
 
 S. Should auld aquaintance t 
 Tarn had got planted unco right ; . . Tarn d Shanter. S- 
 But Maggie stood right sair astonish'd, . . lb. 11. 
 
 In formless jumble, right an' wrang, The A ns. to the Guidwi/e. 
 A blackguard smuggler, right behint her. 
 
 The A uthoT^s Cry and Prayer, S. 
 Some fell for wrang and some for right, 
 
 S, The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Corbies and Clergy are a shot right kittle : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 10. 
 Right, Sir! your text I'll prove it true, . . . The Calf, 
 I set me down wi' right good will, 
 
 To sing my Highland Lassie O. . S, The Highl, Lassie. 
 Whose strong right hand has ever been 
 
 Their stay and dwelling-place 7 The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 busy bleth'ran Right loud . . . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 But ne'er a word 0' faith in That's right . . lb, 16. 
 
 I set her down, wi' right good will, S, The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 right an' tight in thack an' raep. . . The Twa Dogs. zo. 
 Are handed round wi' right guid will ; . . . lb. 20. 
 His acre's till'd, he's right eneugh ; . . . lb. 30. 
 right pensivelie, I gaed to rest. The Vision. D. 1. 2, 
 
 An' a' the vittel in the yard, 
 
 An' theekit right, . Third Ep. to J, Lap. 
 Na faith ye yet ! ye'U no be right, 
 
 Till ye've got on it, . . . To a Louse. 
 My sooth ! right bauld ye set your nose out, . . lb. 
 Ye ken yoursels my heart right proud is. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Tiiat, wielded right, Maks Hom-s like Minutes, To J. 5., 12. 
 To right or left, eternal swervin, .... lb. ig. 
 a true good fallow Wi' right ingine, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Is grown right eerie now she's done it, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 An* stay ae month among the Moons 
 
 An' see them right. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 What ails ye now f 
 S. Willie Wastlef 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, 
 
 * ' If that your right hand, leg, or toe, 
 " Should ever prove your sp ritual foe, 
 She's twisted right, she's twisted left, 
 Right, J. 
 Poor dunghill sons o' dirt and mire, 
 May to Patrician rights aspire ! 
 
 They !— they be d d ! what right hae they 
 
 To meat, or sleep, or light o* day ? . ... lb 
 
 And wha wad betray Old Albions rights, 
 May they never eat of her bread! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them \ 
 Supported is his right : . . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Dare invade your native right, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 The life-blood equal sucks of Right and Wrong : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 if bowls row right, and right succeeds, [v. A. 12] 
 
 Scots Probgue. 
 The royal right of Albany. . S, The bonie Lass ofAlh.. 
 For fools will prate o' right and wrang. 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Yet luckily roars in the right. . . . . Ih. IIL 
 Yerl Galloway lang did rule this land 
 
 Wi' equal right and fame, . Ih, V. 
 
 Right to the wrang did yield : 
 
 S. The Highl. Widow's Latmnt 
 
 But ne'er a word o' faith in That's right The Holy Fair. /j". 
 He gave him the rights of it all in his hand. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 And even children lisp the Rights of Man ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
 The Rights of Woman merit some attention. . . Ih. 
 
 One sacred Right of Woman is protection. . 
 
 Our second Right— but needless here is caution. 
 
 To keep that right inviolate's the fashion. 
 
 For Right the third, our last, our best, our dearest. 
 
 That right to fluttering female hearts the nearest, 
 
 Which even the Rights of Kings in low prostration 
 
 Most humbly own — 'tis dear, dear admiration ! 
 
 Ih. 
 
 lb. 
 
 Ih. 
 
 His right are these hills, and his right are these vallies, 
 
 S, The small hirdsi 
 
 And equal rights and equal laws 
 Wad gladden every isle, man. 
 In the cause of right engaged, 
 An' hunt him down, o'er ri^ht an' ruth, 
 To ruin straight. 
 
 The Tree of Liberty, 
 . S. Thickest night \ 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 What is Right, and what is Wrang, by the law, [«.] 
 
 ^ * S. Ve/acohiiesi 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 
 S. Does haughty Gaul,f 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 
 Right, to. 
 
 My fathers have fallen to right it ; 
 Righted. 
 For never but by British hands 
 Maun British wrangs be righted. 
 
 Righteous. 
 
 The Rigid Righteous is a fool, 
 The Rigid Wise anither : , 
 
 Righteousness. 
 
 Wha in the paths o' righteousness did toil ay ; 
 
 "^ The Brigs of Ayr. 9, 
 
 Rightftll, -ftl'. Thy fair-won, rightful spoil ,^._,^ 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 
 It was a' for our rightfu' king . 
 
 We left fair Scotland's strand ; [«.] . S. It wasajer\ 
 Rightly. Or some hotch-potch that's rightly neither, 
 
 Ep, to J, i— *| Ap, sisi, 4' 
 
Right Worshipful 
 
 $91 
 
 Rise 
 
 Right WorshlpfUl. 
 
 By our Right Worshipful anointed, . To a Medical Gent. 
 Rigid. 
 Tho' rigid Law cries out, 'twas just ! Add. to EditUiurgh. 6. 
 The Rigid Righteous is a fool, 
 
 The Rigid Wise anither : . Add. to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 But still the preaching cant forbear, 
 And ev'n the rigid feature : , Ep. to Voung' Friend, g. 
 
 Rigour. 
 Or Phineas drove the murdering blade, 
 Wi' wh-re-abhorring rigour ; . . The Ordination. 4. 
 Rigwoodie [/zV. ridge-withe ; a rough rope or chain, 
 originally a withe, laid over the saddle to support 
 the cart-shafts ; resembling a rigwoodie]. 
 Rigwoodie hags wad spean a foal, . Tarn o' Skanter. 14. 
 
 Rill, Far mark'd with the courses of clear, winding rills ; 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 Yon wand'ring rill, that marks the hill, 
 
 S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 Sweet the tinkling rill to hear ; . . Delia. An Ode. 
 I joyless view thy trembling horn. 
 
 Reflected in the gurgling rill. . . . The Lament. 
 Concealing the course of the dark winding rill ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Rimpled. And smile at the moon's rimpled face in the wave ; 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Rin [to run]. 
 The water rins o'er the heugh, 
 The ready measure rins as fine, 
 And then he'll hilch, and stilt, and jimp, 
 
 And rin an unco fit : . 
 Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, . 
 The vera wee-things, toddlan, rin, 
 
 Wi' stocks out owre their shoudier : 
 * Let fortune's wheel at random rin, 
 Whare Tay rins wimplin by sae clear 
 S. 
 An' now she's like to rin red-wud 
 
 About her Whisky. The Autkof's Cry andPrayer. 
 An' rin her whittle to the hilt 
 
 I' th' first she meets I . . Ih. 17. 
 
 Their bauldest thought's a hank'ring swither. 
 
 To Stan' or rin, . . . lb. P. 
 
 tentie rin A cannie errand to a neebor town : 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 
 An' no to rin an' wear his cloots, . The Death ofMailie. 
 Here, foaming down the skelvy rocks, 
 
 In twisting strength I rin ; The Petition of Br. Water, 
 Turn tail and rin awa, Jamie. . . S. The Laddies by t 
 We'll light a spunk, and ev'ry skin. 
 We'll rin them a£f in fusion Like oil, some day. 
 
 The Ordination. 14. 
 Whene'er I meet my mither's e'e, 
 My tears rin down like rain. The Ruined Mai^s Lament. 
 
 S. Ay ivawkin, O. 
 Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 
 lb. II. 
 
 Halloween. 
 
 . lb. 
 . S. O Phely, t 
 
 O whare did ye get t 
 
 Now Sark rins o'er the Solway sands, 
 And Tweed rins to the ocean 
 
 S. The Union. 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Then I maun rin amang the rest . 
 I wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, 
 
 Wi' murd'ring pattle ! . , To a Mouse. 
 Where Cart fins rowing to the sea, S. Where cart rins t 
 
 Ring. When ranting round in Pleasure's ring, 
 
 „ , . Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 
 My Sandy gied to me a ring, 
 
 Was a' beset wi' diamonds fine ; . . S. My Sandy gied ^ 
 I gied my heart in pledge o' his ring. . ... lb. 
 Mark our jovial, ragged ring ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII, 
 Sae merrily they danced the ring, The night was still t 
 
 And in token of favour he gave him a ring. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 But seeing the ring, then she stood in amaze. . . lb. 
 They gied me rings and ribbons fine ; S. Where Cart rins t 
 Ring, to. 
 Makes woodland echoes ring ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Till block an' studdie ring an' reel 
 
 Wi' dinsome clamour, . Scotch Drink. 11. 
 Nae msur the grove with airy concert rings. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And long with this Whistle all Scotland shall ring. 
 
 The Whistle. 
 But let the kirk-folk ring their bells, Third Ep. to J, Lap.. 
 While all around the woodland rings, . . To Miss C. 
 
 Ringlet. 
 'Twas not her golden ringlets bright, S. Igaed a waefU + 
 Sae flaxen were her ringlets, ... S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 Rink [a term in curling, the course of the stones]. 
 Or up the rink like Jehu roar 
 
 In time o' need : . Tarn Samson's El, f, 
 Rinnan, -in [running]. 
 An' young an auld come rinnan out, . . Halloween. 20. 
 Or in gulravage rinnin scow'r 
 
 To pass the time, . To Rev. J. MMath. 
 
 Riot. No hundred-headed Riot here we meet. 
 With decency and law beneath his feet ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods, 
 Stranger, if full of youth and riot, 
 
 And yet no grief has marr'd thy quiet, . . Th^ Hermit. 
 Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Gay Pleasure ran riot as bumpers ran o'er ; The Whistle. 13. 
 In uproar and riot rejoice the night long ; 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Nat.s." 
 Riot, to. Or else neglecting a' that's guid, 
 
 They riot in excess ! . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 And riots wanton in forbidden fields ! . .To Clarinda. 
 
 Never, never reptile thief Riot on thy virgin leaf! To Miss C. 
 
 Rip. I'd rip their rotten, hollow hearts, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Ripe. Her lips are like the cherries ripe, S. OnCessnock banks \ 
 
 Ripen. " O ! why has Worth so short a date ? 
 
 "While villains ripen grey with time I 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Ripen*d. ripen'd fields, and azure skies. The Vision. D. II. 13. 
 " I burn, I burn, as when through ripen'd com, 
 *' By driving winds, the crackling flames are borne ! 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 Ripening. 
 
 The Autumn mourns her rip'ning com 
 
 By early Winter's ravage torn ; S. The gloomy night t 
 
 Riper. 
 How ill exchang'd for riper times, Despondency^ an Ode. S- 
 Beat hemp for others, riper for the string : Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Riplin-kame [a comb for dressing flax]. 
 
 He claw'd her wi' the riplin-kame, . S. Had I the wyte t 
 Ripp [a handful of unthrashed corn]. 
 
 Hae, there's a ripp to thy auld baggie : A Guid New-Year^ 
 
 Wi' taets o' hay, an' ripps o' com. The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Ripple [a weakness in the back and reins]. 
 
 But now she's got an unco ripple, . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Rise. ' To vent thy bosom's swelling rise, 
 
 * In pensive walk. The Vision. D. II. is. 
 Rise, to. 
 
 Wi' kindling eyes cry'd, ' Willie, rise ! . A Fragment. 8. 
 There Architecture's noble pride 
 
 Bids elegance and splendor rise ; Add, to Edinburgh. 2. 
 Till in some miry slough he sunk is, 
 
 Ne'er mair to rise. . Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 
 There daily I wander as noon rises high, S. Afton Water. 
 Who said that not the soul alone, 
 
 But body too must rise. . . Epit. on a Laird. 
 
 If ever he rise, it will be to be d — 'd. 
 
 Extern, on "the Marquis." 
 Dost thou not rise, indignant Shade, 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Above the world on wings of love I rise. 
 
 In vain wld Prudence \ 
 Till painting gay the eastern skies, 
 
 The glorious sun began to rise ; , S. It was the charming \ 
 'Twill make your courage rise. . . John Barleycorn. 
 Sun and moon but set to rise ; . . S. Let not woman f 
 The lav'rock in the morning she'll rise frae her nest, 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 O rise and let me in, jo. . . . S.O Letssie, art tJiou t 
 Wha first shall rise to gang awa, 
 
 A cuckold coward loun is he ! . S. O Willie brew'df 
 
 Never to rise again, Oh I . . S. Oh, open the door,\ 
 When pale the morning rises keen, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett II. 
 See from his cavern grim Oppression rise, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Where, braving angry winter's storms, 
 
 The lofty Ochils rise, ... S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Firm may she rise with generous disdain 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 
Rise 
 
 392 
 
 Roar 
 
 Is there no daring Bard will rise and tell Sa>ts Prologue. 
 If Honest Worth in heaven rise, 
 Ye'll mend or ye win near him. Tarn Samson's El,, Epit.. 
 
 See future wines, rich-clust'ring rise ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Then down ye'll hurl, deil nor ye never rise! 
 
 The Bries of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, 
 
 Tlie Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. 
 
 Then howe'er crowns and coronets be rent, 
 A virtuous Populace may rise the while, . . Ih. 20. 
 
 For a' the real judges rise. 
 
 They canna sit for anger. . . . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 He rises when he likes himsel ; . . The Twa Dogs. S. 
 But now a rumour's like to rise, 
 
 A whaup's i' the nest. . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 Gif I rise and let you in, . . . S.Whais that at\ 
 
 Risen. 
 
 Are frae their nuptial labors risen : A Ded. to G.H., 14. 
 
 Rising. 
 Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, . A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 Grim-rising o'er the rugged rock, . Add. to Edinburgh, j. 
 And rising, weets wi' misty showers 
 
 The birks of Aberfeldy. . S. Bonie lassie, will ye go t 
 The rising Moon began to glowr 
 The distant Cumnodc hills out-owre; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 4. 
 
 His bristling beard just rising in its might. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 And blude red wine's the rysin Sun. 6*. Gane is the day \ 
 
 Now on the rising gale swell high, . . .On Lincluden, 
 When rising Phosbus first is seen, . S. OnCessnockbanks\ 
 That slowly mount the rising steep ; . . . . li. 
 Gi'e me the lonely vallejr, 
 
 The dewy eve, and rising moon ; . i". Saejlaxen t 
 
 But feels his heart's bluid rising hot, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 The ither flutters o'er the rising pieis : The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Still rising by the plummet's law, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 He, rising, rejoicing. 
 
 Between his twa Deborahs, The Jolly Beggars. R. Vlll. 
 The rising sun, our Galston Muirs, 
 
 Wi' glorious light was glintan ; . . The Holy Fair. 
 The palace rising on his verdant side ; Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Dim-seen, through rising mists arid ceaseless showers, 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Adore the rising sun, . . . . S. Ye Jacobites\ 
 Risked. He ventur'd the Soul, and I risked the Body, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 
 Risket [made a noise like the tearing of roots]. 
 
 Till sprittie knowes wad raur't, an' risket, 
 
 A Guid New-Year. 12. 
 Rite. 
 
 The last, sad, mournful rites bestow ! A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 
 Rival. 
 
 Wild wanton kiss'd her rival breast ; S.Ona bank of flowers t 
 And wi' the far-fam'd Grecian share 
 
 A rival place? . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 A hint o' a rival or twa, man, . . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Condemn'd to see my rival's reign, . S. The last time 1 1 
 
 Rival, to. 
 
 Delighted, rival other's lays : i'. The Contented Cottager. 
 Rivalship. 
 
 Its rivalship just i' the job. . The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Rlvan [riving]. 
 
 Rivan the words tae gar them clink ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Rive. * Nae doubt they'll rive it wi' the plew* ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 But your curst wit, when it comes near it, 
 
 Rives't aff their back. . Ep. ioJ.R.,3. 
 
 Wee Pope, the knurlin, 'till him rives 
 
 Horatlan fame ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 He rives bis father's auld entails ; . . The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Then auld Guidman, maist like to rive, 
 
 Bethankit hums. . . . Toa Haggis. 
 Riven. 
 
 Are riven out baith root an' branch, . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 River. Flow gently, sweet River, the theme of my lays ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 
 With linked hands we took the sands, 
 
 Down by yon winding river ; . S. As I gaed up by f 
 
 O rivers, forests, hills, and plains \ 
 
 Oft.have ye heard my canty strains : El. on Capt. M. H., it. 
 
 that unknown river. Life's dreary bound ! . .lb. 1$. 
 
 Or drowned in the river Forth ! Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. t 
 
 Come, let us sweep them off, said they. 
 
 Like an o'erflowing river. . . . New Psalmody, 
 There wild-woods grow, and rivers row, 6". Ofa^ the airts t 
 By a river hoarsely roaring . . . .y. Raving winds \ 
 Or like the snow falls in the river, . . Tarn <f Shunter. 7. 
 But 1 will down yon river rove amang the wood sae green, 
 
 i'. The Posit. 
 Here, rivers in the sea were lost ; . The Vision. D. 1. 13, 
 by the sweet side of the Nith's winding river, 
 
 .S". Ti^e hearted was ke\ 
 No more a-winding the course of yon river, 
 
 i". Whtre are the joys t 
 Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 
 Rivulet, -let. 
 
 Where the mossy riv'let strays. On scaring Waterfowl, 
 
 Down from the rivulets, red with dashing rains. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dttndas. 
 Road. How thou wad prance, an' snore, an* scriegh. 
 
 An' tak the road ! A Gude New-Year\8. 
 
 We took the road ay like a Swallow : . . . . Ib.q. 
 Wha the de'il ever thinks o' the road he has past. 
 
 S. Contented wi little t 
 
 Life ! Thou art a galling load. 
 
 Along a rough, a weary road, . . DespondetKy, an Ode. 
 Though fortune's road be rough an' hilly Ep. to Maj. Logan, 
 His saul has ta'en some other way, 
 
 I fear, the left-hand road. . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But O the road was very hard, . . S. O Mally's week. 
 AndySic a night he taks the road in, 
 
 As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. Tarn 0' Shanter. 7. 
 
 in fair virtue's heavenly road, The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 Tluree hizzies early at the road, . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 
 For roads, were clad, frae side to side, 
 
 Wi' monie a weary body, . . . . . Ih.6. 
 
 While Common-Sense has taen the road, . lb. 16. 
 
 He smell'd their ilka hole and road, 
 
 Baith out and in, . . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 Poor wights ! nae rules nor roads observin ; To J. S., ig. 
 
 1 see ye upward cast your eyes 
 
 Ye ken the road ... lb. zS, 
 
 Roam. 
 
 Their hapless Race wild-wand'ring roam ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 When in distant lands I roam; . S.HigKLMary, 
 
 We'll roam through the forest for each idle weed ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 Tho' by the bye, abroad why will you loam? 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Roam'd. 
 
 In vain I've roam'd for pleasure, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Roaming. The breezes idly roaming, v9. Deluded Swain t 
 Bonie Doon, whare early roaming. 
 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. . . .S. Scenes of woe ^ 
 Then fareweel vacant, careless roamin ; . To J, S., 14- 
 
 Roar. 
 
 And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar, Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Rousing the turbid torrent's roar Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 Across the rolling, dashing roar, „ „ , ,j ^, 1 i 
 
 I'll westward turn my wistful eye : 5. Behold the heurl 
 
 strumpets, relics of the drunken roar, . . Ep. fr. Esapus. 
 
 A boundless ocean's roar ; . . S. From thee, Eli!a\ 
 
 Where the winds howl to the waves' dashing roar ; 
 
 S. Hadl acavei 
 
 As set the warld in a roar , 
 
 O laughin' at us ; Holy Willie's Prayer, n- 
 
 Listening to the doubling roar, .y. How can my i'oor heart t 
 
 It's not the roar 0' sea or shore, „ ,, . . ,r™, 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; S. My borne Mary. 
 And loud the tempest's roar : . . . S.O mirk, «iirk\ 
 Nae mair he'll join the merry roar. On Scot. Bardgne to W.L 
 to the whistling blast and waters' ro^^ ^^^^^ ^^^ ^^^ 
 
 Or haply lies beneath th' Atlantic roar. Once fondly Mi\ 
 
Roar 
 
 3d3 
 
 Robin 
 
 Bold may she brave grim danger's loudest roar, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 More welcome were to me grim winter's wildest roar. 
 
 Sonnet on Death o/R., 
 The tide-swoln Firth, with suUen-sounding roar, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 like ocean's roar When all his wintry billows pour, 
 Against the Buchan Bullers. The Election Ballads, VI, 
 
 'Tis not the surging billow's roar, . S. The gloomy night f 
 For her I'll dare the billows' roar ; S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 He ended ; and the kebars sheuk, 
 
 Aboon the chorus roar ; . The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 And many a lesser torrent scuds, 
 
 With seeming roar. The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 
 mid the venal Senate's roar, lb. II. 5. 
 
 ' Delighted with the dashing roar ; . . . lb. 13. 
 Across the Atlantic's roar ? . . . S. To Mary. 
 
 The incessant roar of headlong tumbling floods 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 RoaPj to. There [o'er hell] let him hing, and roar, and yell, 
 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 start in Hamlet, in Othello roar ; . . Ep. fr. Eso^us. 
 
 They roar an' cry a' throw'ther ; . . . Halloween. 
 Trumpets sound and cannons roar, - - 
 
 And a the hills wi' echoes roar, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 Whar damned devils roar and yell. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 And now what seas between us roar, 
 
 S. How lang and dreary \ 
 The doubling storm roars thro' the woods ; 
 
 Tam^ o' Shanter. 10. 
 And roars out, " Weel done, Cutty-sark ! " . lb. 16. 
 
 Or up the rink like Jehu roar 
 
 In time o' need ; . Tam Samsotis El.^S' 
 To think upon the raging sea, 
 That roars between her gardens green 
 
 And the bonie Lass of Albany. S, The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 To hear you roar and rowte, ... . Th^ Calf. 
 
 And there will be roaring Birtwhistle, 
 
 Yet luckily roars in the right The Election Ballads. III. 
 Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast, S. The gloomy night t 
 And roar every note of the damn'd. . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 And roars frae bank to brae ; Winter. 
 
 Roar'd. He roar'd a horrid murder-shout, Halloween. 20. 
 Th' increasing blast roar'd round the beetling rocks, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 But seas between us braid ha'e roar'd 
 
 S. Shld auld acquaintance f 
 Grim horror grin'd ; pale terror roar'd 
 
 As murder at his thrapple shor'd ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Then staggering, an' swaggering, 
 He roar'd this ditty up . The Jolly Beggars. R. I, 
 
 Roaring, -in, -an. 
 Whase distant roaring swells and fa's. . . .A Vision. 
 Whyles, ranging like a roaran lion. Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 
 The foaming stream deep roaring fa's, . S. Bonie Lassie i 
 Thou, Winter, hurling thro* the air 
 
 The roaring blast, El. on Capt. M. H.^ 13. 
 'Twas laurell'd Martial roaring murder. 
 
 Epig. onE.'s "MartiaV 
 boundless oceans, roaring wide, . S. From thee^ Eliza f 
 Musing on the roaring ocean. 
 Which divides my love and me : 
 
 S. Mtfsing on the roaring \ 
 O rattlin, roarin Willie, [re.'\ . S. Rattlin, roarin Willie. 
 By a river hoarsely roaring . . . ^S". Raving winds t 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; Tarn 0' Shanter. 3. 
 
 crashing ice, borne on the roaring speat, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 And there will be roaring Birtwhistle, 
 
 Yet luckily roars in the right. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Combustion thro' our boroughs rode, 
 
 Whistling his roaring pack abroad, . . . lb. VI. 
 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear, 
 
 An' think they hear it [hell] roaran, . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 Wild-roaring o'er a linn : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The Curlers quat their roaring play, . The Vision. D. I. 
 Turbid torrents, wintry swelling, 
 
 Roaring by my lonely cave. . .S". Thickest night t 
 
 Ettrick banks now roaring red , . . To W, Creech. 
 3D 
 
 Flow still between us, thou wide roaring main. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 We heard nought but the roaring linn, S. What will I do gin t 
 The roaring Fyers pours his mossy floods ; 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Roast. 
 (And aye a rowth, roast beef and claret ; . Poem on Life. 
 * Gie dreeping roasts to countra Lairds, . To J. S., 22. 
 
 Roast, to. 
 
 In hell they'll roast thee like a herrin ! Tarn o* Shanter. 18. 
 Roasting, -in. 
 My shins, my lane, I there sit roastin, Auld comrade dear f 
 Frae morn to een it's nought but toiling, 
 At baking, roasting, frying, boiling ; The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 Rob, Yours, saint or sinner, Rob The Ranter. Auld comrade t 
 She pits hersel an' Rob in ; [?-«.] . . Halloween. 10. 
 
 But yet, despite the kittle kimmer, 
 
 I, Rob, am here. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 21st, 10. 
 We may be poor, my Rob and I, . S. In simmer when \ 
 For rakish rooks, like Rob Mossgiel. . . O leave novels + 
 And then you're prey for Rob Mossgiel. . . . lb. 
 'Tis rakish art in Rob Mossgiel. . . . lb. 
 
 Are all finesse in Rob Mossgiel lb. 
 
 Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair, .5". O wha my babie-clouts t 
 And Rob and Allan came to see ; . S. O Willie brew''d\ 
 There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.f 
 Rob, to. 
 But hawks will rob the tender joys 
 That bless the little lintwhite's nest ; S. There was a lass t 
 Robb*d. And robb'd him at once of his hopes and his life : 
 
 S^ Caledonia, j. 
 Robe. Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 That holy robe, O dinna tear it! , . Ep. to J. R.,3. 
 Her robes, light waving in the breeze, 
 
 Her tender limbs embrace, .S". On a bank of flowers \ 
 
 Than kingly robes, than crowns and globes, 
 Heav'n gave me more, it made thee mme. S. The day returns t 
 How many a robe sae gaily floats ! The Fite Champetre. 
 
 Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen, The Vision. D. I. 11. 
 The priest and hedgehog in their robes, are snug. ToR.G. ofF.. 
 wi' holy robes. But hellish spirit. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 There simmer first unfauld her robes, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams \ 
 Robert. 
 Robert, the lord of the Cairn and the Scaur, The Whistle. 4. 
 Thus Robert, victorious, the trophy has gained, . . Ib.S- 
 And gallant Sir Robert, deep-read in old wines. . . lb. 6. 
 Sir Robert, a soldier, no speech would pretend, . . lb. g. 
 When gallant Sir Robert, to finish the fight. 
 Turned o'er in one bumper a bottle of red, . . lb. 14. 
 
 The gallant Sir Robert fought hard to the end ; . lb. 16. 
 Robie. 
 But blythe's the blink o' Robie's e'e, S. In simmer when t 
 Young Robie was the brawest lad, S. There was a lass t 
 Robin. 
 Now Robin lies in his last lair, El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Yet that was never Robin's mark 
 
 To mak a man ; lb. 
 
 I Rhymer Robin, alias Burns, . On dining with Doer. 
 
 An' Robin's bonnet wave wi' crape . Poor Mailie's EL. 
 Come, join the melancholious croon O' Robin's reed ! . lb. 
 Now Robin, greetin', chows the hams 
 
 C Mailiedead! [v.A.19] . . lb. 
 
 Wha met me but Robin. . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 Was na Robin bauld, . lb. 
 
 Robin promis'd me A' my winter vittle ; . lb. 
 
 I doubt it's hardly worth the while. 
 
 To be sae nice wi' Robin. . . S. There was a lad \ 
 Robin was a rovin' boy, ... lb. 
 
 Rantin' rovin' Robin I . . . . . . lb. 
 
 'Twas then a blast o' Janwar win" 
 Blew hansel in on Robin. 
 
 I think we'll ca' him Robin. . 
 We'll a' be proud 0' Robin. 
 
 So leeze me on thee, Robin /^, 
 
 So blessin's on thee, Robin \ . , , ^ , , lb. 
 
 lb. 
 lb. 
 lb. 
 
Robin 
 
 394 
 
 Roos'd 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. S- 
 Lns. on Mrs. Kemhle. 
 
 But oh, she's an heiress, auld Robin's a laird ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob i 
 
 Auld Clinkum at the Inner port 
 
 Cry'd three times, " Robin I " What ails ye now T 
 
 Robin, the. 
 
 - - - the Robin's whistling glee, 
 Proud o' the height o' some bit half-lang tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 The robin in the hedge descends, 
 
 And sober chirps securely. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The robin pensive Autumn chear, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Robinson ["a ppeaeher, a favourite with the few"]. 
 Or R[obinsonl again grown weel, 
 
 To preach an' read? Tarn Samson's El.. 
 
 Now R[obinson] harangue nae mair, . The Ordination, g. 
 Rock. And the rocks melt wi' the sun ; .S*. A red, red Rose. 
 The pond'rous wall and massy bar, 
 
 Gnm-rising o'er the rugged rock, Add. to Edinburgh. S- 
 Dark as the frowning rock his brow, . As on the banks \ 
 I might as weel hae try'd a quarry 
 
 O' hard whin-rock. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 Aman^ the rocks an' streams 
 
 To sport that night. . . Halloween. 
 I'm here a pillar in thy temple, 
 Strong as a rock. 
 At Yarico's sweet notes of grief, 
 
 The rock with tears had flow'd. 
 Or, beneath the sheltering rock, 
 
 Bide the surging billow's shock. . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Shun the fierce storms among the sheltering rocks ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Th' increasing blast roar'd round the beetling rocks, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 And [Winter] binds the mire like a rock; Tarn Samson's El.. 
 This rock my shield, when storms are blowing, The Hermits 
 Here, foaming down the skelvy rocks. 
 
 In twisting strength I rin ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Beneath the woods and rocks, aftentimes for a home, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 • - - when the L — d makes a rock 
 To crush common sense for her sins, . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 
 Rock [a distaff]. 
 
 For wi' the rock she wad him knock, S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 Rock and reel and spinnin wheel, . . . S.Gatyeme,\ 
 
 Oh leeze me on my rock and reel ; S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 She took the rock, and wi' a knock. 
 She brak it o'er my pow. . S. The weary Pund, 
 
 Rock, to. 
 
 The boat rocks at the Pier 0' Leith, . S. My Bonie Mary. 
 Rocked. 
 
 Ae night the Storm the steeples rocked, A Winter Night. 2. 
 Rockin [a social gathering to which the women took 
 their rock or spinning-gear]. 
 
 On Fasteneen, we had a rockin, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. istj 3, 
 Rocking. 
 
 And with a IMother's fears shrinks at the rocking blast ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 Rockingham. 
 
 Then R-ck-ngh-m took up the game ; . A Fragment. 6. 
 Rocky. Has laid your rocky bosom bare, As on the banks t 
 
 Whyles round a rocky scar it strays ; . . Halloween. 2S. 
 
 Surging on the rocky shore ; . S. Htyw can tny poor heart t 
 
 And hollow whistled in the rocky cave. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Till full he dashes on the rocky mounds, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 
 Or in the glens and rocky caves, . . S. Young Jamie^ 
 Rod. 
 
 High wields her balance and her rod ; Add, to Edinburgh, le. 
 
 Her doubtful balance eyed, and sway'd her rod; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Patronage, wi' rod 0' airn, , . , The Ordination. 8. 
 And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. 
 
 Why a7n I loth t 
 
 Rode. And rode thro' thick and thin ; El. on Peg Nicholson, 
 
 And the priest he rode her sair : lb. 
 
 Roe. Chasing the wild deer, and foUowmg the roe, [reJ\ 
 
 S. My hearfs in ike Highlands^ 
 The hart, hind, and roe, freely, wildly-wanton stray ; 
 
 S. Sleep'st thou,\ 
 Rogue. That straw where many a rogue has Iain of yore, 
 ^, , , , , ^ Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Then ty d him fast upon a cart, 
 
 Like a rogue for forgerie. . . . John Barleycorn. 
 Such a parcel of rogues in a nation ! [re.} . S. The Union, 
 Rogueish. An' she has twa sparkling rogueish een. [?-«.] 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett 11. 
 'Tis the mind that shines in ev'ry grace. 
 
 An' chiefly in her rogueish een /^, 
 
 with a would-be-roguish leer and wink. Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Roll. And feel thro' every vein love's raptures roll. 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp f 
 Tumultuous tides his pulses roll, S. On a bank offlvwers f 
 Ye tempests, rage ! ye turbid torrents, roll ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Near and more near the thunders roll : Tarn d Shanter. 10, 
 Then roll to me, along ^our wandering spheres, 
 Only to number out a villain's years ! . To R. Grakam. 
 Rolling. 
 Across the rolling, dashing roar, . . S. Behold the hourf 
 I guess by the dear rolling ee ; S. Here's a health to ane t 
 The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Alb., 
 
 Roman. Be-north the Roman wa', man.^ Fragment. 8. 
 
 So ran the far-fam'd Roman way, . . . On LordG. 
 
 She fell— but fell with spirit truly Roman, Scots Prolegve, 
 
 The Pedant stifles keen the Roman sound Tke Vowels. 
 
 Romantic. 
 
 Thro' many a wild, romantic grove, [v. A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Rome. 
 Nor need he hunt as far as Rome or Greece, Scots Prologue. 
 M'K[enzi]e, S[tuar]e, such a brace 
 
 As Rome ne*'er saw ; . . To W. Creech. 
 Ronalds. But ken ye the Ronalds that live in the Hernials, 
 
 Ronalds ofBenmls. 
 Rood. 
 
 Hae tum'd sax rood beside our han', A Guid New-year \ 11, 
 
 Roof. 
 
 thro' the ragged roof and chinky wall, A Winter Nigkt g. 
 
 Lifts high its roof and arches wide, . . On Lincljiden, 
 
 Till roof and rafters a' did dirl. . . Tarn o' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Supporting roofs, fantastic, stony groves: The Br^ of Ayr. 8. 
 
 To swear by a' yon starry roof, . . The Vision. D. I. 6. 
 
 Roofless. As I stood by yon roofless tower, . . A Vision. 
 
 Rooks. For rakish rooks, like Rob Mossgiel. leave novels\ 
 
 Room. ' ' But I maun lie before the storm, 
 
 "And ithers plant them in my room. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim, 
 
 Fortune ! they hae room to grumble ! 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 For her too scanty once of room I . . The Lament. 
 
 Roomy. 
 
 1 tent less, and want less ■ . 
 Their [the Great-folk's] roomy fire-side ; . Ep. to Dam. 
 
 Roon [a shred, a remnant]. 
 Woor by degrees, till her last roon , 
 
 Gaed past their viewin, To W. Simpson. F.h. 
 Roose [boast]. Jamy Goose, ye ha'e made but toom roose. 
 
 The Kirks Alarm. 
 
 A Ded. to G. H. 
 
 Roose, to [to praise, extol]. 
 
 To roose you up, an' ca' you guid, . 
 But friends an' folk that wish me well, 
 
 They sometimes roose me ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 10. 
 * Roose you sae weel for your deserts, . lb., Ap. sisUS' 
 no to roose you, Ye may be proud, Ep. to Maj. Logan. J3- 
 For de'il a hair I roose him. . . . OnJV. Chalmers. 
 We'll cry nae jadsfrae heathen hills 
 
 To help, or roose us, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Roos'd, Rous'd [praised, extolled]. 
 
 I'm rous'd by Craigen-Gillan 1 . . To Mr, lifAdam. 
 
 But tell him he was learn'd and dark, ■,,.„„r 
 
 Ye roos'd him then 1 El. on Death ofR. Rwsseaux. 
 
 He roos'd my een sae bonie blue. 
 
 He roos'd my waist sae genty sma' ; 
 
 S, Young Jock^^ 
 
Roost 
 
 395 
 
 Rough 
 
 Roost. The blood-stain'd roost, and sheep-cote spoU'dt 
 
 A Winter Night. S- 
 Roosted. So, sought a Poet, roosted near the skies. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonieneih. 
 Roosty [rusty]. 
 
 An' draws a roosty rapier. . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI, 
 Root. Know, prudent, cautious, self-controul 
 
 Is Wisdom's root. . A Bards Epit,. 
 The cavern wild with tangling roots, Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 Here Hes in earth a root of Hell, . . . Epit. on D. C. 
 The fruitful top is spread on high, 
 
 And firm the root below. . . The ist Psalm, 
 
 Are riven out baith root an' branch, . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 Rooted. But late she flourished, rooted fast, 
 
 On Birth o/Posth. Child. 
 As soon the rooted oaks would fly 
 
 Before th' approaching fellers. The Election Ballads. VJ. 
 Even rooted foes admire ? . . . V,s below Picture. 
 Rootless. And like the rootless stubble tost, 
 
 Before the sweeping blast. . . The ist Ps. 
 Rope. Measur'st in desperate thought— a rope— thy neck 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 Rory More. " I'll conjure the ghost of the great Rory More, 
 
 The Whistle. 8. 
 Rosa. 
 
 While he, stih rosa, play'd his part 
 Among their wives and lasses. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Rose, s. O my Luve's like a red, red rose. 
 
 That's newly sprung in June ; S. A red, red Rose. 
 , And bonie bloom'd our roses; . . S. Awa^ whigs, awa. 
 Fair the tints of op'ning rose ; . . Delia. An Ode. 
 Ye roses on ybur thorny tree, 
 
 The first o' flowers. El. on Capt. M. H.^J. 
 Her lips are roses wet wi' dew! . S. Her flowing locks t 
 England, triumphant, display her proud rose; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 Her lips like roses wet wi' dew, . . S. I gaed a •waeju'\ 
 And roses blaw in ilka bield ; . . S. In simmer when\ 
 No chilly blast nor shower 
 
 Shall blight this rose of mine. S. My Lovers a winsome t 
 The lily's -hue, the rose's dye, . . S. My Mary's face \ 
 
 That crimson rose how sweet and fair ; 
 
 S. O bonze was yon rosy\ 
 And here's the flower that I lo'e best— 
 
 The rose that's like the snaw. S. O Kenmure's on and awai 
 "As on the brier the budding rose 
 
 " Still richer breathes and fairer blows, . . S. O Phelyi 
 O gin my love were yon red rose, . S. O were my love \ 
 
 Her lips still as she fragrant breath'd, 
 
 It richer dy'd the rose. . On a Bank of flowers t 
 
 Here lies a rose, a budding rose, . On Poefs Daughter. 
 
 And blooms a rose in Heaven Jh. 
 
 While peaches and cherries, and roses and lilies. 
 
 They fade and they wither awa, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Sweetly deckt with pearly dew, 
 
 The morning rose may blow ; . . . Sctd thy tale, t 
 Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, 
 
 S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett II. 
 
 And my fause luver staw the rose, Ji, 
 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phcebus peeps in view, 
 , „ „ , S. The Posie. 
 
 Yet all beneath th' unrivall'd Rose, 
 • The lowly Daisy sweetly blows ; . The Vision. D. II. 20. 
 The rose upon the brier by the waters running clear, 
 
 S. The Winter it is past \ 
 The blude red rose at Yule may blaw, . S. To daunton me. 
 We' eye the rose upon the brier, 
 
 Unmmdful that the thorn is near, . . . ToJ.S., 16. 
 Oh fresh is the rose in the gay dewy morning, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 Unseen is the lily, unheeded the rose. . . .lb. 
 
 The lily's hue and rose's dye 
 
 Bespoke the lass o' Ballochmyle. S. ' Twas even—the dewy \ 
 The rose upon the brier will be him trouse an' doublet, 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 She gaz'd— she redden'd like a rose S. When wild War's t 
 the bees humming round the gay roses, S. Where are thej'oysf 
 To see the rose and woodbine twine ; S. Ye banks and braes\ 
 Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, 
 
 Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree ; . . . ^ lb. 
 And my fause lover staw my rose, 
 But ah ! he left the thorn wi me Ih, 
 
 Rose. Still crouding thoughts, a pensive train, 
 
 Rose in my soul, . A Winter Night. 6. 
 When, from the eddying deep below. 
 
 Up rose the Genius of the stream. . As oil, the hanks \ 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 Pity's flood there never rose. . Ode, to Mem-, of Mrs. — . 
 
 The paly moon rose in the livid east, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The rattling showers rose on the blast ; . Tarn o' Shanter. 8. 
 The sun rose clear and bright ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 Though shelter'd in the lowest shed 
 That ever rose on Scotland's plain ! 
 
 S. Twas even^the dewy t 
 Rose-bud. A Rose-bud by my early walk, S. A Rose-bud byi 
 So thou, sweet rose-bud, young and gay, 
 Shalt beauteous blaze upon the day, . . .lb. 
 
 The Rose-bud's the blush o' my charmer, 
 
 S. A down winding Nith + 
 See yonder rose-bud, rich in dew, 
 
 Amang its native briers sae coy, . . S. I do confess t 
 Yon rose-buds in the morning dew, 
 How pure, amang the leaves sae green ; 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 In tears the rose-buds steeping : S. O watye wha thai loesi 
 Sweet to the opening day. 
 
 Rosebuds bent the dewy spray ; . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Beauteous rose-bud, young and gay, . . To Miss C. 
 
 Roslin. In Roslin's fairest bower S. My Love's a winsome t 
 
 RostPUm. Ascends the holy rostrum ; The Holy Fair. 16. 
 
 Rosy. The flower-enamour'd busy bee 
 
 The rosy banquet loves to sip ; . Delia. An Ode. 
 In the gay rosy morn, as it bathes in the dew ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks + 
 - - while rosy pleasure 
 
 Hides young desire amid her flowery wreath, Innocence t 
 Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers, . ■5'. Now rosy May t 
 Winnowing blythe her dewy wings 
 
 In morning's rosy eye ; . S. Now Spring has clad t 
 O bonie was yon rosy brier, . S. O bonie was yon rosy + 
 
 Blythe morning lifts his rosy eye, . S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 For sparkling was the rosy wine, S. O May thy mom t 
 
 Unto these rosy lips to grow : . . S. Sae flaxen f 
 
 Rosy morn now lifts his eye, . '. S. Sleep'st thou,\ 
 
 She put the cup to her rosy lip, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 O I hae tint my rosy cheeks, . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 Fill me with the rosy wine, . , . The Toast. 
 
 An' ay they dimpled wi' a smile 
 The rosy cheeks o' bonie Mary. 
 
 S. Th. Menz. 's bonie Mary. 
 Take away these rosy lips, . . . S. Thine am If 
 O pale, pale now, those rosy lips 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Your rosy cheeks are turned sae wan, S. Ye hae lien wrong. 
 The rosy dawn, the springing grass, . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Rot. And rot the dyvors i' the jails ! Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Rotten, -an. 
 But, a fly for your load, you'll break down on the road. 
 If your stuff be as rotten's her heart. 
 
 Extern, pinned to Coach. 
 And fix ^our claws in Nicol's heart. 
 
 For deil a bite o't's rotten. . . . For W. Nicol. 
 
 A braw new naig wi' the tail o't a' rottan, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg\ 
 Ye're like to the timmer 0' yon rotten wood, 
 Ye're like to the bark o' yon rotten tree ; 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, [v. A. 16] 
 
 Tam^ o' Slianter. 
 The crest, an auld crab-apple 
 
 Rotten at the core. . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 I'd rip their rotten, hollow hearts, . To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Rouge. 
 Will turn thy very rouge to deadly pale; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glistened ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Rough. Thy rough, rude Fortress gleams afar ; 
 
 . Add. to Edinburgh, s. 
 
 Life I Thou art a galling load, 
 
 Along a rough, a weary road, . Despondency, an Ode, 
 
 1 to the crambo-jmgle fell, 
 
 Thb' rude an' rough, Bp, to J. L—k, Ap, ist, 8, 
 
Rough 
 
 396 
 
 ftowtali 
 
 O Rough, rude, ready-witted R[ankine], . Ep. toJ.R, 
 Though fortune's road be rough an' hilly Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 O'er life's rough ocean driven, . O Thou dread Pffufr^ 
 Tho' rough an' raploch be her measure, 
 
 She's seldom lazy. . Second Ep, to Davie. 
 The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Her way may lie thro' rough distress ! . The Lament. S- 
 A time, when rough rude man had naughty ways ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
 On Life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 
 bout a house that's rude an* rough, 
 in her rough imperfect line 
 Rough-shod. 
 Lord, send a rough-shod troop o* Hell 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, The Election Ballads. VL 
 Roun' [round]. 
 Or whom in a' the country roun*, 
 The best deserves to fa' that ? The Election Ballads. II. 
 Round, 
 The happy tenants share his rounds ; Sketch. New'Vt^s Day, 
 I've paced much this weary, mortal round, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 One round, I ask it with a tear. 
 To him, the Bard, that's far awa. 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL.. 
 Again the silent wheels of time 
 Theirannual round havedriv'n. To Miss L.^with "Beattie." 
 Round, to. To round the period an' pause, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Round about. 
 ■He turn'd him right and round about 
 
 Upon the Irish shore, . . . S. It was dfor t 
 
 Sing round about the fire wi' a rung she ran, 
 
 S. gin ye were dead. 
 Round and round. 
 Are round an' round divided, .... Halloween. 7. 
 And they hae taen his very heart's blood, 
 And drank it round and round ; . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Round and round take up the Chorus, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Rounded. With laden sighs, and solemn-rounded sentence, 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fontenelle, 
 
 Roupet, Rupit [hoarse, as with a cold]. 
 An' cry till ye be haerse an' rupit ; El. on Year 1788. 
 
 Alas ! my roupet Muse is haerse 1 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Rouse. Rouse from his sluggish slumbers, fell Repentance; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 That brethren rouse in deadly hate ! S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 And Harley rouses all the god in man. 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 An' rouse them up to strong conviction, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 * Some rouse the Patriot up to bare 
 
 Corruption's heart : The Vision. D. II. 4. 
 
 An' rouse their holy thunder on it To Rev. J. M^Math, 
 
 To rouse the mountain deer, my jo ; S. When o'er the hill t 
 Roused, -'d. 
 Might rous'd the slumb'ring dead to heat ; . .A Vision. 
 Roused by the sound, I start and see 
 
 The ruined sad reality ! On Lincluden. 
 
 My partner in the merry core^ 
 She rous'd the forming stram. The Ans. to ike Guidwife. 
 Rous'd z/. Roos'd. 
 
 Rousing. A cottage-rousing craw. . A Winter Night. 10. 
 Rousing the turbid torrent's roar. Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 A rousing whid at times to vend, [v. A, 6] 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Rousing elate in these degenerate times ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Rout. Or for Colean, the rout is taen, t . Halloween. 
 He left his bed and took his wayward rout. 
 
 The Brigs o/Ayr. j. 
 Or by Madrid he takes the rout* . . The Twa DogSi ^. 
 Kouth V, Rowth. 
 Routhie [plentiful, well-flUed]* 
 A routhie butt, a routhie ben : S. In simfHef tvheni 
 
 Routine. 
 
 To wheel the equal, dull routine. Sketch. N&w-Yv>s Day. 
 Rove. But never tempt th' illicit rove, Ep. to Young Friend. 6, 
 Rove, to. 
 By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove S. By Allan stream \ 
 
 But, Delia, on thy balmy lips 
 
 Let me, no vagrant insect, rove ! . . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Frae my best BeloVd I rove, . . S. Frae the friends f 
 There, up the Cove, to stray an' rove, . . Halloween. 
 Let me wander, let me rove, 
 
 Still my heart is with my love ; S. How can my poor heart t 
 For whare'er he distant roves, 
 
 Jockey's heart is still at hame. S. Jockey's ia'en thepartingf 
 May rove their sweets amang ; Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 Fickle man is apt to rove : . . . iS". Let not woman f 
 Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, 
 The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. 
 
 S. My hearts in the Highlands t 
 And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night, 
 
 S. Now westlitt winds \ 
 Thro' lofty groves, the Cushat roves, . . . . Ih, 
 There, dearest Chloris, wilt thou rove 
 
 By wimpling bum and leafy shaw, . . .S". Saejlaxen \ 
 The scenes where wretched Fancy roves, 
 
 S. The gloomy night \ 
 Does the train-attended Carriage 
 
 Thro' the country lighter rove ? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIU. 
 But I will down yon river rove amang the wood sae green, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 An aged Judge, I saw him rove. 
 
 Dispensing good. [v.A.4] The Vision. D. L 
 With every muse to rove : . . . To Chloris. 
 
 Henceforth, I'll rove where busy ploughs 
 
 Are whistling thiang, . To J. S., g. 
 
 At mid-night hour, in mirkest glen, 
 
 I'd rove and ne'er be eerie O. . S, When o'er the hiU\ 
 For there, wi' my Lassie, the day-lang I rove, 
 
 S. Yott wild mossy mountains \ 
 Thro' a' our lasses he did rove, • . S. Young Jamie, t 
 I wha sae late did range and rove, . .«./$. 
 Rov'd. 
 Aft hae I rov'd by bonie Boon, S. The Banks of Doon. Sett II. 
 For there he rov'd that broke my heart, S. To thee, lov'dMth \ 
 Rover. 
 Since my young Highland Rover 
 
 Far wanders nations over. . S. The young HighL Rover, 
 Roving, -in. I gaed a rovin wi' the gun, Ep. to J. H., 7. 
 * When roving through the gather'd hay, S. O Phefyj happy \ 
 Robin was a rovin boy, - - 
 
 Rantin' rovin' Robin ! , . S. There -was alad\ 
 
 When roving through the garden gay, 
 
 S. T^as evert— the devfyi 
 Row. 
 Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er, 
 Come boat me o'er to Charlie ; . 6". Come boat me o'er\ 
 Row, Rowe [to roll, to wrap]. 
 Ca' them [the ewes] whare the bumie rowes, 
 
 5'. Ca' tke Ewe*. 
 
 And ye may rowe me in your plaid, . . . Ib> 
 
 There wild-woods grow, and rivers row, .S". Of a' the airts^ 
 An' down the briny pearls rowe . Poor MaiUe's EL 
 
 Perhaps if bowls row right, and right succeeds, [v. A. la] 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 
 In mony a torrent down the snaw-broo rowes ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Wauken, ye breezes I row gently, ye billowsl 
 
 S. Wandering Wtlhe, 
 
 Rowed, -'d, -'t [rolled, wrapped]. 
 
 Wha wad mind the wind and rain, , 
 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. [«.] S. As I came oerj 
 He row'd me sweetly in his plaid, . . S. Ca* the Ewes. 
 And rowed his Highland plaid about her. .S". Donald Brodie\ 
 
 While down his cheeks the saut tears row'd ; . ,. 
 
 S. My Sandy gied^ 
 
 So, row't his hurdies in a hammock, . 
 
 An' oivre the Sea. On ScoU Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 Rowing [polling], _ 
 
 Where Cart rins rowing to the sfca, S. Where Cart ritts t 
 fiowtan [lowing]; 
 
 The Kye stood rowtan i' the Iban ; . . Thi TzOaDogs.SS* 
 
&owt6 
 
 39? 
 
 fiuin 
 
 Rowte [to low, bellow]. 
 
 While new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake, 
 
 Ep, to J, L—k, Ap. 2isi. 
 
 To hear you roar and rowte, - Tke Calf. 
 
 Nae mair thou'lt rowte out-owre the dale, The Ordination. 6. 
 Rowth, Routh [plenty, abundance]. 
 (And aye a rowth, roast beef and claret ; . Foem on Life. 
 An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, . Scotch Drink, si. 
 A coof came in wi' rowth o' gear, . S. She's /air andfattse t 
 And there was routh o' drink and fun, 
 
 S. The last draw bridal \ 
 ' Grant me but this, I ask no more, 
 
 * Ay rowth o' rhymes. . . To/. S., zi. 
 
 Royal. Your royal nest, beneath your wing, A Dream, 4. 
 
 Young, royal Tarry-Breeks, Ih. 13. 
 
 Ye royal Lasses dainty, lb. 14. 
 
 Where Scotia's kings of other years, 
 
 Fam'd heroes ! had their royal home : 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Their royal Name low in the dust ! . . , , lb. 
 But a royal ghaist wha ance was cas'd 
 
 A prisoner aughteen year awa, . S. Amang the trees t 
 Gude help the day when royal heads 
 
 Are hunted like a maukin. S. Awa, whigSt awa. 
 
 For thus the royal Mandate ran, 
 
 When first the human race began, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist^ iS- 
 His royal heart was firm and true, S. Highland Laddie. 
 
 Royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him I Kind Sir, Vve read \ 
 Once the lov'd haunts of Scotia's royal train; 
 
 On Death qfSirJ. Blair. 
 The feeling heart's the royal blue, . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 A jDoor friendless wand'rer may well claim a sigh, 
 
 btill more if that wand'rer were royal. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Say, such is royal George's will, 
 
 An' there's the foe, Tke Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Where royal cities stately stand ; . S. The Banks oj Nith. 
 This lovely maid's of royal blood S, The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 The royal right of Albany, ... . . lb. 
 
 Or how the royal Bard did groaning lye, 
 
 Beneath the stroke of heaven's avenging ire ; 
 
 ^he Cottef's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast. 
 
 If the ass were the king of the brutes. The Kirk's A larm. 
 Rozet [Fosin]. 
 
 for some rank, mercurial rozet, . To a Louse. 
 Ruddy. His leg was so tight and his cheek was so ruddy, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Rude. An' swoor fu' rude, . , . A Fragment, g. 
 Thy rough, rude fortress gleams afar; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, S' 
 
 1 to the crambo-jingle fell, 
 
 Tho' rude an rough, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 8. 
 O Rough, rude, ready-witted R[ankine], . Ep. to J. R. 
 his caustic wit was biting, rude, . Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 All in its rude and prickly bower, 6". O bonie was yon rosyf 
 By autumn wild, and winter rude! . S. O were my lovei 
 Far as the rude barbarian marks the bound. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 But 'twould be rude, you know, to ask the question ; 
 
 Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 A time when rough rude man had naughty ways ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman, 
 yiy goose-quill too rude is to tell all your goodness 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 An' bout a house that's rude an' rough. To Gai). Hamilton. 
 Rudely. God's image rudely etch'd on base alloy ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, s. 
 No ! though his artless strains he rudely sings, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Thy rudely- caroll'd, chiming phrase, 
 
 ' In uncouth rhymes. The Vision. D, II. 12. 
 Rudeness. Quite sick of merit's rudeness. The Dean ofFac.. 
 Ruder. 
 Which, save the linnet's flight, I wot, 
 Nae ruder visit knows, . S. Now spring has clad t 
 
 Rue. Hey and the rue grows bonie wi* thyme, ire.] 
 
 S. There Hvd ance a carle t 
 And the thyme it is wither'd, and rue is in prime, [w.] lb. 
 tiue, to. And just as lamely can ye mark. 
 
 How far perhaps they rue it.' Add, to Unco Guid. 7, 
 
 " Whoe'er shall provoke thee, th' encounter shall rue 1 " 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 Should rye this hasty ride, , • . . Ep. to Davie. II. 
 A gate, I fear, I'll dearly rue ; . . .S*. Igaed a waefu' t 
 I rue the day I sought her O, [w.] 
 
 S. My love she's but a lassie^ 
 Ilk action may he rue it ; . . . OnW. Stewart. 
 Thou, Pitt, shalt rue this overthrow. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 O meikle do I rue, fause love, 
 
 O sairly do I rue, . . The Ruined Mai^ s Lament. 
 
 Rue on thy despairing lover, . . S. Turn again, thou t 
 
 * As sair owre hip as ye can draw't ! 
 
 ' Tho' I should rue it. . What ails ye now t 
 Rued. For none e'er approached her but rued the rash deed. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Rueful, -fu'. 
 
 "Alas I " (juoth I, "what ruefu' chance. 
 
 Has twin'd ye o' your bonie trees ; . As on the hanks t 
 His lordship sat wi' ruefu' e'e, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 And rueful thy alarms : . . . . Sad thy tale, t 
 
 An' pray'd for grace wi' ruefu' face. The Jolly Beggars, R. VI. 
 In rueful apprehension enter'd O, . . . The Vowels. 
 Rueing. 
 
 Old Loda, still rueing the arm of Fingal, . The Whistle. 
 Ruffian. 
 And curse the ruffian's aim and mourn thy hapless fate. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Unscathed by ruffian hand 1 . On Birth of Posth. Child. 
 Mark ruffian Violence, distain'd with crimes ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 So may no ruffian feeling in thy breast. 
 Discordant jar thy bosom-chords among ; To Miss Graham. 
 
 Ruffl'd, 
 
 Wi' rufil'd sark an' glancin' cane, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st, 12. 
 Ruffum. Scroggamj my dearie, ruffum. ire.l S. Scroggam. 
 Rugged. 
 Grim-rising o'er the rugged rock, . Add. to Edinburgh, jr. 
 Ye rugged cliflfs o'erhanging dreary glens, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Ruin. When Ruin, with his sweeping besom. 
 
 Just frets till Heav'ii commission gies him ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 The Church is in ruins, the State is in jars : 
 
 S. By yon castle woC \ 
 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last 
 In overwhelming ruin. . S. Farewell, thou stream, t 
 
 The snowy ruin smokes along. 
 With doubling speed and gathering force. Fragment of Ode. 
 To shun impelling ruin 
 
 A while her pinions tries ; . . . . S. How cruel f 
 ruins, hoar and grey, Ruins yet beauteous in decay, 
 
 On Lincluden. 
 Or mould'ring ruins mark the sacred Fane. 
 
 On Death of Sir J, Blair. 
 Nay more, that very love their cause of ruin ! 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. . 
 Wrench'd his dear country from the jaws of Ruin ! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 The herryment and ruin of the country ; The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Alas ! misfortune stares my face, 
 
 And points to ruin and disgrace, . . The Farewell. 
 
 And orator Bob is its [the churches] ruin. The Kirks Alann. 
 Has proven to its [the Kirk's] ruin : Ths Ordination. 8. 
 
 My brave gallant friends, 'tis your ruin I mourn ; 
 
 S. The small birds\ 
 Or ruins pendent in the air, [v.A.4] . The Vision. D. I, 
 Ruin's wheel has driven o'er us, . . S. Thickest Night t 
 Stem Ruin's plough-share drives elate, 
 
 Full on thy bloom, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin ! . . . To a Mouse. 
 An' bunt him down, o'er right an' ruth, 
 
 To ruin straight. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 "Whom vice, as usual, has turn'd o'er to ruin. Tragic Frag,. 
 'Twas na her bonie blue e'e was my ruin ; 
 
 S, Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 Wantonness has been my ruin ; S. Wantonness for everf 
 
 Ruin, to. 
 
 * They'll ruin Johnie ! ' Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2$. 
 help, master, help, or she'll ruin us a', 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
Ruined 
 
 3^8 
 
 Rustic 
 
 Ruined, ->'d. Was rushing by the ruin'd wa's, A Vision. 
 Thro^ hostile ranks and ruin'd gaps Add, to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Or where auld ruin'd castles, gray, 
 
 Nod to the moon, . . Add to the Deil.S- 
 An' gied the infant warld a shog, 
 
 'Maist ruin'd a' lb. 16. 
 
 They'd conquered and ruin'd .a world beside ; ^S". Caledonia. 
 I start and see The ruin' d sad reality ! . .On Lincluden. 
 Your ruin'd formless bulk o' stane and lime. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Then paints the ruin'd Maid, and their distraction wildt 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 10. 
 " Alas! young man, ye've ruin'd me." 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n, 
 
 He, ruin'd, sink ! . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Folk thought them ruin'd stick-an-stowe. To W. Simpson. P. S. 
 Rule. 
 Owre fast for thought, owrehot for rule, A Bard's Epit.. 
 They'll mak what rules and laws they please. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 My Son, these maxims make a rule, 
 
 And lump them ay thegither ; Add. to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 An' never think o' right an' wrang 
 
 By square an* rule, Ep, to Maj, Logan. 6. 
 Who feel by reason and who give by rule, 
 
 Ep. to E. Graham. S' 
 Confounds rule and law, reconciles contradiction 
 
 Erag., inscr. to Fox. 
 Propriety's cold cautious rules . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 Poor wights ! nae rules nor roads observin ; To J. 5., ig. 
 
 ye, douse folk, that live by rule, ... lb. 26. 
 In all th' omnipotence of rule and power. To E. G. ofF.. 
 They took nae pains their speech to balance, 
 
 Or rules to gie, •. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Rule, to. Or say, ye wisdom want, or fire. 
 
 To rule this mighty nation ; . A Dream, j. 
 O, all ye Pow'rs who rule above ! . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 When winter rules with boundless power, 
 
 S. How can tny Poor heart i 
 Wildly here without control, 
 
 Nature reigns and rules the whole ; S. Streams that glide t 
 Yerl Galloway long did rule this land, 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 1 rule them as I ought, discreetly, The Inventory. 
 The star that rules my luckless lot, . . To J. S., 6. 
 To rule their torrent in th' allowed line ; JVhy am I loth t 
 
 Ruled, -'d. 
 Here lyes a man a woman rul'd. 
 
 The devil rul'd the woman. Epii. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Where Bruce ance rul'd the martial ranks, . Halloween. 
 That ruled Albion's kingdoms three, 6*. The bonie Lass ofAlh. 
 Ruling. On his one ruling passion Sir Pope hugely labours, 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Pull the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. lb. 
 Where once the Campbell's chiefs of fame, 
 
 Held ruling pow'r : . The Vision. D. II. 11. 
 A high ruling elder to wallow in wine ! . The Whistle, /j". 
 Rumble John. 
 Rumble John, Rumble John, mount the steps wi' a groan, 
 
 The Kirlis Alarm. 
 Ruminate. 
 
 There ruminate with sober thought ; Wr. in Friars^Carse H. . 
 Rumour. But now a rumour's like to rise, 
 
 A whaup's i' the nest. V.s to J. Ranken. 
 Rump. 
 
 The carlin claught her by the rump, Tarn 0' Shanter, 18. 
 Run, to. Yet runs, himself, life's mad career, A Bard's Epit. 
 While the sands o' life shall run. . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 As eager runs the market-crowd. 
 When " Catch the thief 1 " resounds aloud ! 
 So Maggie runs, the witches follow, Tarn d Shanter. 17. 
 Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, .... lb. ig. 
 
 She swoor she saw some rebels run 
 To Perth and to Dundee, man : 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 
 Chill runs my blood to hear it rave, S. The gloomy night t 
 
 Run. But now his radiant course is run, El. on Capt. M> H. 
 
 The measur'd time is runi . iS". Farewell^ dear mistress t 
 
 , Our race of existence is run. . S. Farewell^ thou fair day t 
 
 And years sinsyne hae o'er us run, 
 
 Like Logan to the simmer sun. . S. O Logan ! sweetly f 
 
 'Till my last weary sand was run, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 
 We twa ha'e run about the braes, S. Shld auld acquaintance^ 
 
 To run the twelvemonth's length again : 
 
 Sketch. New'Yi^s Day. 
 
 Go bid the hero who has run 
 
 Thro' fields of death to gather fame, S. The capt. Ribband. 
 Run deils [downright devils]. 
 
 Run deils for rantin' an' for noise ; , > . . The Inventory. 
 
 They're a' run deils an' jads thegither. The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Rung [a cudgel]. 
 
 Till, slap ! come in an unco loun, 
 And wi' a rung decide it : . . ^S". Does haughty Gaul, \ 
 
 Sing round about the fire wi' a rung she ran, 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 
 She's just a devil wi' a rung; The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Rung. While arts of Minstrelsy among them rung, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, iz. 
 
 Harmonious concert rung in every part, . . lb, 12. 
 Runkrd [wrinkled], yon runkl'd pair, The Holy Fair.s. 
 Running. 
 
 A running stream they dare na cross. Tarn 0' Shanter. 18. 
 
 The rose upon the brier by the waters running clear, 
 
 S. The winter it is past t 
 Runt [the stem of colewortl. 
 
 A runt was like a sow-tail .... Halloween. 4. 
 
 Poor Willie, wi' his bow-k^l runt, . . . . Ib.g. 
 
 An' runts o' grace the pick an' wale, . The Ordination. 6. 
 Runted. 
 
 She was nae get 0' runted rams, 
 
 Wi' woo' like goats, an' legs like trams ; [V.A.Z9] 
 
 Poor Mai lie's EL 
 Rupit V. Roupet. 
 Rupture. 
 
 They raise a din, that, in the end, 
 Is like to breed a rupture O' wrath . The Holy Fair. /8.- 
 Rural. 
 
 ' Ev'n in the i)eaceful rural vale, 
 
 ' Truth, weeping, tells the mournful tale, A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 Above the narrow, rural vale : . Add. to Editthurgh. 3. 
 
 in its native air And rural grace ; Poem an Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Thy rural loves are nature's sel ; lb. 
 
 Then, crown'd with flow'ry hay, came Rural Joy, 
 
 The Bri^ of Ayr. 13. 
 
 When rural life, of ev'ry station. 
 
 Unite in conunon recreation ; . . . The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 
 Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Rush*d. They rush'd, arid push'd, and blude outgush'd, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 With headlong speed rush'd to the charge, 
 
 The ElecHon Ballads. VI. 
 
 Rushes. Ye mossy streams, with sedge and rushes stor'd. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 The sheltering rushes whistling o'er thy head, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 Rushing. Was rushing by the ruin'd wa's, . • A Vision. 
 Russel [Rev. J., minister of the Chapel of Ease, Kil- 
 marnock]. 
 
 Black [Russell] is na spEuman : . .The Holy Fair. 21. 
 
 An' R[ussel] sair misca'd her : . The Ordination. 2. 
 
 M'[Kinlay], R[ussel], are the boys 
 That Heresy can torture ; 10,13. 
 
 O, M— y, man, and wordy R— 11, . . The Twa Herds. 3. 
 
 What herd like R— 11 tell'd his tale i^-l- 
 
 Russet. 
 
 Her ancient weed was russet gray, The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Has fated me the russet coat, . . . • ToJ.S.,o. 
 
 Be thou clad in russet weed, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Russians. 
 
 Or how the coUieshangie works , . 
 
 Atween the Russians and the Turks ; Kind Sir, ive ftaai 
 Rust. But Cl-nt-n's glaive frae rust to save 
 
 He hung it to the wa', man. . A Fragment. 4- 
 Rusted. I saw that honour's sword was rusted ; The Hermit. 
 
 Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted ; Tarn 0' Shanter. ti. 
 Rustic, a Bard of rustic song, . A Bards Epit. 
 
 And eyes the simple, rustic Hind, A Winter Night 7. 
 
 Ev'n I who sing in rustic lore* . Add, to Edinburgh. ?. 
 
Rustic 
 
 399 
 
 Sad 
 
 The princely revel may survey 
 
 Our rustic dance wi scorn ; . S. Behold^ my love,i 
 
 *' The friendless Bard and rustic song, 
 
 " Became alike thy fostering care. Lament/or Giencaim, 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. . . S, Scenes of woe t 
 The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 
 And hands the rustic Stranger up to fame, . . , lb. 
 To rustic Agriculture did bequeath 
 
 The broken, iron instruments of Death, . . lb. 13. 
 thy hardy sons of rustic toil, . The Cotter^ s Sat. Night, so. 
 A wildly-witty, rustic grace 
 
 Shone full upon her ; The Vision. D. I. 10. 
 The rustic Bard, the lab'ring Hind, The Artisan ; lb. D. II. 7. 
 To ipark the embryotic trace. 
 
 Of rustic Bard ; , . . . lb. 10. 
 Can give a bliss overmatching thine, A rustic Bard. lb. zi. 
 But mark the Rustic, haggis-fed, . . . To a Haggis. 
 His knife see Rustic-labour dight, . . . lb. 
 
 An' teach the lanely heights an' howes 
 
 My rustic sang. . . To/. S.^ g, 
 
 I kittle up my rustic reed ; It gies me ease. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Rusticity. 
 
 Rusticity's ungainly form 
 May cloud the highest mind ; . Husticiiy's ungainly f 
 Rustle. 
 The storm without might rair and rustle, 
 Tarn did na mind the storm a wlustle. . Tarn o' Shanier. 5. 
 It [the gale] rustles, and whistles . . The Farewell. 
 
 Rustling. 
 Or, rustling, thro' the bcortries coman, 
 
 Wi' heavy groan. . . Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 To feed her fair flocks by her green rustling corn : 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 At even, when beans their fragrance shed, 
 
 r th' rustling gale. El. on Capi. M. H.^ 6. 
 The rustling com, the fruited thorn, S. Now westlin winds t 
 the Reaper's rustling noise, . The Vision. D. II, /j*. 
 
 The polish'd leaves, and berries red. 
 
 Did rustling play ; . . . . lb. 23. 
 Rusty. 
 Wi' durk, claymore, or rusty trigger, . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Rusty Mm caps and jinglin jackets, 
 
 On Grose* s Peregrinations. 
 Glenriddel, skiU'd in rusty coins, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Five rusty teeth, forbye*a stump, . S. Willie Wastle\ 
 
 Ruth. 
 Is there no Pity, no relenting Ruth, 
 
 The CoticT^s Sat. Night. 10. 
 An' hunt him down, o'er right an' ruth, 
 
 To ruin straight. . To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 
 Ruthless. 
 She trusts the ruthless falconer . . . S. How cruel t 
 'Gainst headlong, ruthless, mad Rebellion's arms. 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Or the ruthless native's way, . . S. Streams that glide t 
 And execrates man's savage, ruthless deeds !) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And He whom ruthless Fates expel 
 
 His native land. [v.A.4] . The Vision. D.I. 
 He heeds or feels no more the ruthless Critic's rage ! 
 
 ToR.G.,ofF,s. 
 Rye. Comin thro' the rye, poor body, S, Comin thro' the rye t 
 She draigl't a' her petticoatie 
 Comin thro' the rye. . ... lb. 
 
 Ryke [to reach]. 
 
 Let me ryke up to dight that tear, . The Jolly Beggars. S, V. 
 Rysin [rising]. 
 
 And blude red wine's the rysin Sun. S. Gam is the day t 
 Sab [to sob]. 
 But the weary, weary warpin o't 
 Has gart me sigh and sab. . . S. My heart was ance t 
 Sacerdotal. The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; 
 
 the Cotter's Sat. Night. 27. 
 Sack. Hey, the dusty miller. And his dusty sack ; 
 
 S. Hey, the dusty miller \ 
 But may the tapmast grain that wags 
 
 Come to the sack. . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Sackville. 
 S-ckv-lle doure, wha stood the stoure, • . A Fragment, 5. 
 
 Nae sage North, now, nor sager Sackville, 
 To watch and premier owre the pack vile 1 Add, of Beelzebub. 
 Sacred. The sacred posy^Libertie I . . A Vision. 
 
 The sacred vow he ne'er should sever. ^S". By Allan stream f 
 at Friendship's sacred ca' . El. on Capt. M. H.^ Epit. 
 The sacred lowe o' weel plac'd love, Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 famed for martial deed and sacred song, . . Liberty. 
 Deal Freedom's sacred treasures free as air, 
 
 Lns extent, in Lady's Pocket-book. 
 And, all devout, he never sought 
 
 To stem the sacred torrent. . . Nature's Law. 
 
 Or mould'ring ruins mark the sacred Fane. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Ye godly brethren o' the sacred gown, The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 The priest-like Father reads the sacred page. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 14. 
 Or other Holy Seers that tune the sacred lyre. . . lb. 
 By sacred truth and honour's band ! S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 But it sealed freedom's sacred cause 
 
 The League and Covenant. 
 One sacred Right of Woinan is protection. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Reason drops headlong from his sacred throne. To Clarinda. 
 That sacred hour can I forget, . S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 In sacred strains and tuneful numbers join'd. 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Sacrifice. And to the wealthy booby 
 
 Poor woman sacrifice : . . S. How cruel\ 
 Sacrilegious. 
 By Heavens, the sacrilegious dog 
 Shall fuel be to boil it ! . . S. Does haughty Gaul \ 
 Sad. 
 The last, .sad, mournful rites bestow! A Ded. to G. H., 24, 
 Attended, in his [Want's] grim advances. 
 By sad mistakes, and black mischances, . lb. 26. 
 
 The victim sad of Fortune's strife, . lb. 
 
 Or worthy friends rak'd i' the mools, 
 
 Sad sight to see ! . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 When Nature all is sad like me ! *?. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Our sad decay in church and state, S. Awa, whzgs, awa. 
 Meet ev'ry sad-returning night. 
 
 And joyless mom the same. . Despondency ^ an Ode. 2. 
 Where infamy with sad repentance dwells ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Sad was the parting thou makes me remember, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 An' hear the sad narration : . . . . Halloween. 20. 
 " Sad will I he, so bereft, . . S. Husband^ husband^ 
 " Awake thy last sad voice, my harp I Lament for Glencaim. 
 Waes me I she's in a sad condition ; Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 
 I'Ube sad for naebody; S. Naebody. 
 
 I start and see The mined sad reality I . On Lincluden. 
 
 Sad to your sympathetic scenes I fly ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 The last, sad cape-stane of his woes ; Poor Mailie's El.. 
 
 sad and heavy should I part. 
 
 But for her sake sae far awa ; . S. Sae far awa. 
 
 Sad thy tale, thou idle page, . . . Sad thy tale t 
 
 Now a sad and last adieu. . ■ . S. Scenes ofwoe^ t 
 When frae my Jenny parted, 
 
 Sad, cheerless, broken-hearted, , . S. Sleefst thou^ t 
 He hated nought but — to be sad, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 No idly-feign'd, poetic pains, 
 
 My sad, lovelorn lamentings claim : The Lament. 3. 
 
 Can soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair. 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 
 1 car'dna by, Sae sad was I, . . S. The tither mom \ 
 Now every thing is glad, while I am very sad, 
 
 S. The Winter it is past t 
 Sad knowledge makes me know that your hearts are full of 
 
 woe, lb. 
 
 Pity my sad disaster ; To J. Taylor. 
 
 And thinks the Mallard a sad worthless dog. To R. G. ofF. , 7. 
 As whiles they're like to be my dead, 
 
 (O sad disease !) . To W, Simpson, j. 
 
 True hearted was he the sad swain of the Yarrow, 
 
 .S". Trve hearted was he t 
 But sorrow and sad -sighing care. . S. Where are the jt^s \ 
 His sad complaining dowie raves, . S. Young Jamie t 
 
Saddle 
 
 400 
 
 Saddle. 
 
 Tbro* dirt and dub for life I'll paidle, 
 
 Ere I sae dear pay for a saddle ; . . The Inventofy. 
 
 Sadly, Thee Ferintosh 1 O sadly lost ! Scotch Drink, ig. 
 
 A lesson sadly teaching, to ypur cost, 
 
 That Architecture's noble art is lost ! . The Two. Brigs. 7. 
 
 To hear the Moon sae sadly He'd on To IV. Simpson. P.S. 
 Sadness. 
 
 A bard who detested all sadness and spleen, The Whistle, 11. 
 
 Sae [so]. 
 
 when I'm tir'd— and sae are ye, . . A Ded. to G. H. 
 For me ! sae laigh I need na bow, . . . . lb. 
 
 thae Birth-day dresses Sae fine this day. . . A Dream. 
 Sae gently bent its thorny stalk, . ^ S. A Rosebud by my t 
 Her house sae bien, her curch sae clean, 
 
 S. A" the lads 0' Thomie-Bank t 
 O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, 
 
 Sae pious and sae holy, . . . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 Her comely face sae fu' o' grace, .S". A, Mastrtn'sbonieAnne. 
 
 Saejimply lac'd her genty waist /b. 
 
 by thy een sae bonie blue, . . S. An' I'll kiss thee yet t 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. . S. As I came o'er t 
 " Shaded my streams sae clear and cool ; As on the hanks f 
 " It blaws nae here sae fierce and fell, . ... lb. 
 For now I'm grown sae cursed douse, . Auld comrade t 
 Lesley is sae fair and coy, . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 
 Sae fair her hair, sae brent her brow, 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 And see the waves sae sweetly glide . . S. Ca' the ewes. 
 While day blinks in the lift sae hie ; . . . . lb. 
 Come, gies your hand, an' sae we're gree't ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 11. 
 Folk maun do something for their bread. 
 
 An' sae maun Death. . . lb. 12. 
 
 had sae fortify'd the part, lb. 17. 
 
 It was sae blunt, , . lb. 
 
 whare gowans grew, Sae white an' bonie, . . lb. 23. 
 Sae blythe and merry's we will be, . S. Duncan Davison. 
 That live sae bien an' snug : . . . . Ep. to Davie. 
 I've scarce heard ought describ'd sae weel, 
 
 Ep, to J. L— k, Ap. 1st, 4. 
 
 . . . . Ib.s. 
 Tb.j Ap. zist, 3. 
 
 . . li.S- 
 . Ep. to J. R., 2. 
 
 An' sae about him there I spier't ; 
 Quo' she, ' Ye ken we've been sae busy 
 Roose you sae weel for your deserts, 
 In terms sae friendly. 
 Ye hae sae monie cracks an' cants, 
 Weel pleased, he greets a wight sae famous, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Sae tickled Death, they couldna part : . . . .lb. 
 The Bench sae wise lift up their eyes, 
 
 Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, 
 
 Sae dauntiogly gaed he ; . ^S". Farewell^ ye duf^eons\ 
 For you sae douce, ye sneer at this, 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Sae craftilie she took me ben, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 I dighted ay her een sae blue, . . . . . lb. 
 The lads sae trig, wi' wooer-babs, . . . Halloween. 3. 
 A runt was like a sow-tail Sae bow't . . . . lb. 4. 
 In wrath she was sae vap'rin, .... lb, 13. 
 
 He was sae sairly frighted 7^. j^. 
 
 He was sae fley'd an' eerie : lb. ig. 
 
 She dresses aye sae clean and neat, , S. Handsome Nell. 
 sweetly glide To the moon sae clearly. .S". Hark! the mavis'i 
 
 Fairies dance sae cheery /^. 
 
 Sae brawly's he could flatter ; . S. Here's his health, 
 Thou'rt ay sae free informing me 
 
 Thou hast nae mind to marry ; , S. Here's to thy health^ 
 I'll count my health my greatest wealth, 
 
 Sae lang as I'll enjoy it ; H,, 
 
 'Cause he's sae gifted ; 
 If sae, thy han' maun e'en be borne, Holy Willie's Prayer, g. 
 
 Yet has sae mony takin' arts, Jb, //, 
 
 It was na sae ye glinted by 
 
 When I was wi my dearie. S. How lang and dreary \ 
 Thou art sae thriftless o' thy sweets, . S. I do confess t 
 Amang its native briers sae coy, Jb. 
 
 It was her een sae bonie blue, [re.} , S. I gaed a waefu'^ 
 He lo'es sae weel his craps and kye, 
 
 He has nae love to spare for me : S. In simmer when \ 
 Than, if I canna mak thee sae. 
 
 At least to see thee blest. . . . S. Itzsna, Jean. \ 
 Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad ! ' 
 
 Whare hae ye been sae brankie 01 . S. Killiecrankie. 
 I've seen sae mony changefu' years. 
 
 On earth I am a stranger grown ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; • , , lb. 
 
 May I but be sae bauld . S. Lass, whenyr mither\ 
 
 The sun shines on sae brawlie? . S. My Collier Laddie, 
 
 Weel buskit up sae gaudy ; /j 
 
 And gowden flowers sae rare upon't; S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 Sae sweetly move her genty limbs, , • . . 7^. 
 
 The diamond-dew in her een sae blue. 
 
 Where laughing love sae wanton swims. . . . 16. 
 She'll no be half sae saucy yet. . . S. My love is but i ■ 
 They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, 
 
 S. My Name's awa'. 
 Come autumn, sae pensive, in yellow and grey, . . /^. 
 How pure, amang the leaves sae green ; 
 
 S. O bonie was yon fvsy\ 
 The groom gat sae fu' he fell awald beside it. 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg\ 
 My laddie's sae meilcle in love wi' the siller, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my lave \ 
 And my fond heart,, itsel sae true, 
 
 It ne'er mistrusted thine. . S. O mirk, mirk\ 
 
 Is nocht sae fragrant or sae sweet 
 
 As is a kiss o' Willy S,0 Phely,\ 
 
 Or why sae sweet a flower as love. 
 
 Depend on Fortune's shining? . S. O poorHth cavldj 
 Her een sae bonie blue . . . . lb. 
 
 O wha can prudence think upon. 
 
 And sae in loye as I am? ... . . 16. 
 
 Thou'rt like themsels sae lovely, 
 
 That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. S. saw ye bonie i.t 
 That we may brag we hae a lass, 
 
 There's nane again sae bonie Ih. 
 
 A thief sae pawky is my Jean . S. O this is no my ain t 
 O Tibbie ! I hae seen the day 
 
 Ye would na been sae shy ; . . . S. O Tibbie! t 
 
 That looks sae proud and high. . . . . 16. 
 
 Your daddie's gear maks you sae nice ; . . , 16. 
 
 Ye need na look sae high. .,.,., lb. 
 Ere while thy breast sae warming, 
 
 S. O watye wha that lo'es t 
 Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean, 
 
 - S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 Sae bleak and bare, sae bleak and bare, S. O wert thou in t 
 Thy smiles are sae like my blythe sodger laddie, 
 
 S. O whare didyeget^ 
 Tho' thou has nae silk and holland sae sma, 
 
 S. O when she cam hen f 
 And Lady Jean was never sae braw. . , . H. 
 
 That's blinking in the lift sae hie ; 
 She shines sae bright, to wyle us hame, S. O Willie brew'df 
 Was e'er puir Poet sae befitted. On B.^s Horse Impound. 
 Sae far I sprackled up the brae . On Dining with Doer. 
 Sae helpless, sweet, and fair. . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Your bonie face sae mild and sweet . On W. Chalmers. 
 That's half sae welcome's thou art . . On W. Stewart. 
 Thou need na jouk behint the hallan, 
 
 A chiel sae clever ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 It's no the loss o' warl's gear, 
 
 That could sae bitter draw the tear, . Poor Mailie's EL 
 O sell your fiddle sae fine ; . S. Raitlin, Roarin WilUe. 
 Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 There are no mony poets sae braw, man. , , . Ih, 
 But for her sake sae far awa ; [«.] . S. Sae far awa. 
 Sae flaxen were her ringlets, . . . S. Saefaxen t 
 
 Her smiling, sae wyling, . . , . . lb. 
 
 Sae warming, sae charming, _ , 
 
 Her fautless form and gracefu' air ; . . • ^h, 
 
 Bonie Doon, sae sweet at gloaming, . S. Scenes ofwoe^ 
 Why is outlandish stufi" sae meikle courted ? . Scots Prologue. 
 Wha sae base as be a slave? . . . S, Scots wha ha'e ^ 
 Ye speak sae fair; .... Second Ep Jo Vasie. 
 
Sae 
 
 401 
 
 Sa^e 
 
 An' gif it's sae, ye sud be Itcket . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 But wha can think sae o' Tarn Glen ? . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Tarn ! hadst thou but been sae wise, . Tant o' Shanter. 
 The swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle, . . lb. it. 
 
 1 gae him a dram o' the brand sae Strang, iS*. The auld man t 
 How can ye blume sae fair ! S. The Banks of Doon. 
 And I sae fu' o* care ! . . . . Ih. 
 For sae I sat, and sae I sang, 
 
 And wist na o' my fate .lb. 
 
 And ilka bird sang o'it's luve ; 
 
 And sae did I o mine lb. 
 
 But the body he was sae doited an' bUn, 
 
 S. The Cooper o' cuddy t 
 What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave ; 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 
 Ne'er summer sun was half sae sweet. S, The day returns t 
 I've seen the day, and sae hae ye, 
 
 Ye wad na been sae donsie, O. . S. The deuhs dang o^er. 
 In Galloway sae wide. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 If sae their pleasure was lb. 
 
 But it's ne'er be sae wi' brandy Jean . ... lb. 
 Sae knit in alliance are kin. . lb. Ill, 
 
 A boy no sae black at the bane ; . . . lb. 
 
 And there, sae grave, Squire Cardoness 
 
 Look'd on till a' was done ; . ... lb. V. 
 
 It wasna sae in the Highland hills. 
 
 The Highl. Widtm^s Lament, 
 "Feeding on yon hill sae high, , .... lb. 
 To see a scene sae gay, .... The Holy Fair. 2. 
 Within the glen sae bushy, O, 
 
 Aboon the plain sae rashy, O, \re.'\ S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 The honest man, tho' e'er sae poor. 
 
 Is king o' men, for a' that. . . S. The Honest Man. 
 The wilfu' creature sae I pat to, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Till faith, wee Davock's tum'd sae gleg, . . , lb. 
 Ere I sae dear pay for a saddle ; . . .lb. 
 
 Sae dinna put me in your buke, , . , . . lb. 
 Between themsels they were sae busy : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 An' O sae nicely's we will fare ! . . . .Ib.S.V. 
 Sae merrily's the banes we'll pyke,. , ... lb. 
 Partly wi' Love o'ercome sae sair. 
 
 An' partly she was drunk : . . . . lb. R. VII. 
 And dinna sae uncivil be ; S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see, ... lb. 
 
 Sae merrily they danced the ring, . 6". The night was still\ 
 And the diamond drops o' dew shall be her een sae clear ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 There's few sae bonie, nane sae gude, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 But he sae trig Lap o'e*" the rig, . S. The tither morn t 
 To see my lad sae near me. . , ... lb. 
 
 I card'na by, sae sad was I, lb. 
 
 Nae tawted tyke, tho' e'er sae duddie, The Twa Dogs. 3. 
 They're sae accustom'd wi' the sight, . lb. 
 
 Then chance and fortune are sae guided, . . lb. 16. 
 Your duty ye wad sae negleldt, . . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 Sae hale and hearty every shank, . . . .Ib.^. 
 
 That bites sae sair, . , . .lb. j6. 
 
 Sae straught, sae taper, tight and clean, The Vision, D. 1. 11. 
 Her e'en sae bright, her brow sae white, 
 
 S. Th, Mem.s bonie Mary. 
 I doubt it's hardly worth the while, 
 
 To be sae nice wi' Robin. . . . ^S". Therewasalad\ 
 And ay she sang sae merrilie ; S. There was a lass, and\ 
 His coat is the hue of his bonnet sae blue ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob ^ 
 I care na thy kin, sae high and sae lordly : ^S". Tibbie Dunbar. 
 How daur ye set your fit upon her, 
 
 Sae fine a Lady ! . . To a Louse. 
 
 Thou need na start awa sae hasty, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 But no sae weel a stranger To a Painter. 
 
 To daunton me, and me sae young, S. To daunton me. 
 
 If sae be, ye may be Not fitted otherwhere. 
 
 To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Ye are sae grave, nae doubt ye're wise ; . To/, S., z8. 
 Shou'd meddle wi' a pack sae sturdy, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Than mony scores as guid's the priest 
 
 ' Wha sae abus't him. .... 73, 
 
 3E 
 
 'Bout which our herds sae aft hae been 
 
 Maist like to fight. To W, Simpson. P,S. 
 
 The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet, 
 
 As was the blink o' Phemie's e'e. ^S". Blythe was she t 
 
 Sae loud and shill's I hear the blast, S, Up in the morning. 
 My morning raise sae clear and fair, Verses under Grief. 
 
 What mak ye sae like a thief? . S, Wha is that at my t 
 I did na suffer ha'f sae much 
 
 Frae Daddie Auld. . What ails ye now t 
 
 Is that enough for you to souse Your servant sae ? . lb. 
 She's aye sae neat, sae trim, sae tight, S. When first I sawf 
 She's aye sae bonie, blythe, and gay, . ■ lb. 
 
 It was na sae ye glinted by 
 
 When I was wi' my dearie. . S. When I think on t 
 
 Return sae dowf and weary O : ^S". When o'er the hill\ 
 
 It makes my heart sae cheery O, . . . .lb. 
 
 Sae wistfully she gaz'd on me, . S, When wild War's\ 
 But Willie's wife is nae sae trig, . S. Willie Wastlef 
 
 It's a pity ane sae pretty 
 Should na do the thing they can. S. Willyego and marry f 
 
 Ye're a wanter, sae am I ; lb. 
 
 That nipt my flower sae early ! 
 
 S. Ve banks, and braes, and streams t 
 those rosy lips I aft ha'e kiss'd sae fondly ! . . .lb. 
 
 That dwalt on me sae kindly ! lb. 
 
 How can ye bloom sae fresh and fair; S. Ye banks and braes \ 
 And I sae weary fu' of care ! . . . ,. lb. 
 
 And fondly sae did I o' mine. . . , . lb. 
 
 Sae gallant and sae gay a swain, . S. Young Jamie t 
 
 He roos'd my een sae bonie blue, 
 He roos'd my waist sae genty sma' ; S. Young Jockey t 
 Safe. And safe beneath the shady thorn 
 
 Defies the angler's art : ^S". Now Spring has clad\ 
 And [Heaven] send him safe hame to his babie and me. 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 And send me safe my Somebody. . . . S. Somebody. 
 Now safe the stately Sawmont sail, Tarn Samson*s El., 6. 
 Or find a sheltering safe retreat, 
 
 From prone-descending showers. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Return him safe to fair Strathspey, S. The yng Highl. Rover. 
 Safeguard. 
 Whare the trees and the branches will be our safeguard. 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 Safely. 
 Sound and safely may he sleep, pi". Jockey's ta'en the parting t 
 And Honour safely back her [Truth], On W. Chalmers. 
 
 SafeP. Ye're safer at your spinning wheel ; O leave novels t 
 Safe*s [save us !] 
 Wi' deils, they say, L— -d safe's ! coUeaguin 
 
 At some black art. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Saft [soft]. 
 She's saft at best an' something lazy, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 3. 
 She laid me in a saft bed, [re."] . S. O watye what my t 
 Seal'd on her silk-saft falds to rest, S. O were iny love t 
 
 Their hearts o' stane, gin night are gane, 
 
 As saft as ony flesh is. . . The Holy Fair. 27. 
 
 women sonsie, saft an' sappy, . S. There's naethin like t 
 Saftest [softest]. 
 
 There the saftest sweets enjoying, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Sage, adj. 
 Nae sage North, now, nor sager Sackville, 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 2. 
 Twa sage Philosophers to glimpse on ! . Auld comrade \ 
 Unlike sage proverb'd wisdom's hard wrung boon. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 The sage grave ancient cough'd, and bade me say, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D., 
 How mony lengthen'd sage advices, 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises 1 . Tarn d Shanter. 4, 
 And sage Experience bids me this declare 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, g. 
 The Precepts sage they wrote to many a land : . lb. ij, 
 worthy Glenriddel, so cautious and sage, The Whistle, ij. 
 The grave sage hem thus pasy picks his frog. To R. G. ofF., 7 
 Saws of experience, sage and sound. Wr. in Friars-Carse H, 
 SagCf i. 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth, 
 Can turn death's dart aside ? . Epit, on Miss Lewars, 
 
Sage 
 
 402 
 
 Sair 
 
 Began the rev'rend Sage ; . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Sages their solemn een may steek, 
 
 The Auihof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 M'Lauchlan, thairm-inspiring Sage, The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 And when the Bard, or hoary Sage, 
 Charm or instruct the future age, [v.A.4] The Vision. D.II. 
 
 Sagitarre [the constellation Sagitarius]. 
 
 To canter with the Sagitarre, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Said. I had amaist said, ever pray, A Ded. to G. H.^ 13. 
 
 a cukoo sang That's unco easy said ay : .A Dream. 2. 
 But what he said it was nae play, . . . , A Vision. 
 'Twould vamp my bill, said I, if nothing better; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Said, nothing like his works was ever printed; . . 2b. 
 Thou [daisy] emblem, said I, o' my Phillis, 
 
 S. A down winding Niih t 
 And love said, lau|;hing in her looks, 
 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. S. As I gaed up hy t 
 She, sinking, said, " I'm thine for ever! " 
 
 S. By Allan stream t 
 If ye'U but stand to what ye've said, . S. C<£ the Ernes. 
 Who said that not the soul alone, 
 
 But body too must rise. \re.'\ . . Epii. on a Laird. 
 I said, there was naething I hated like men, 
 
 S, Last May- a braw wooer t 
 I said he might die when he liked for Jean ; . . .lb. 
 But what was said, or what was done, 
 
 Shame fa' me gin I tell ; . . S. My heart was ance t 
 Come, let us sweep them off, said they. 
 
 Like an o'erflowing river. . . . New Psalmody. 
 I sigh'd, and said amang them a^, 
 
 Ye are na Mary Morison. . S. O Mary^ at thy window t 
 She said, and vanish'd with the sweeping blast. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Nay, by heaven, said I, may I perish if ever 
 
 I plant in your bosom a thorn. Spoken Extern, to yng Lady. 
 Till on that hairst I said before, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Now haud you there ! for faith ye've said enough, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 What farther clishmaclaver might been said, , lb. 11. 
 This said, poor Mailie turn'd her head. The Death ofMailie. 
 And said, Sweet lassie dinna cry, S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Still it's owre true that ye hae said, . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 ' And wear thou this ' — She solemn said, The Vision. D. II. 23, 
 Though Fate said, a hero should perish in light ; 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 He met wi' auld Nick, wha said, how do ye fen ? 
 
 S. There li't>d ance a carle t 
 " O welcome most kindly, the blythe carle said, . . lb. 
 An' said my fau't frae bliss expell'd me ; What ails ye now \ 
 I said 'Gude night,' and cam* awa', . . , lb. 
 
 Sail. 
 Down Pleasure's stream, wi' swelling sails, 
 
 I'm tauld ye 're driving rarely : . . .A Dream. 10. 
 "There, latest mark'd her vanish'd sail."LS'. Behold the hour ^ 
 Then may heaven with prosperous gales. 
 Fill my sailor's welcome sails, .S*. How can my poor heart t 
 ' Then top and maintop croud the sail, . . To/. S., 11. 
 Sail, to. 
 But, in the teeth o' baith [wind and tide] to sail. 
 
 It maks an unco leeway. . . Add. to Unco Guid. 4, 
 Now safe the stately Sawmont sail. Tarn Samson's £1., 6. 
 Sailing. 
 
 Ye cliffs, the haunts of sailing yearns, El. on Capt. M> II.,3. 
 Sailor. 
 Th' unwary sailor, thus, aghast. 
 
 The wheeling torrent viewing, S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 When absent from my sailor lad ? S. How can my poor heart t 
 Then may heaven with prosperous gales, 
 
 ■ Fill my sailor's welcome sails, /^, 
 
 The sailor [returns] frae the main, . S. It was eC for\ 
 
 Where sailors gang to fish for Cod. . The Twa Dogs, 
 
 There lives a lad, the lad for me. 
 
 He is a gallant sailor. . . . S. Where Cart rins t 
 And I was fear'd my heart wou'd tine, 
 
 And I gied it to the sailor fb. 
 
 But to my heart I'll add my hand, 
 
 And gie it to the sailor /3. 
 
 I'll love my gallpqt sailor. . 1 • , . , /^. 
 
 Saint. 
 
 Yours, saint or sinner, Rob the Ranter. . Auld Comrade i 
 Show many a saint and martyr there. . . On Lincluden. 
 Sincere as a saint's dying prayer, . Poet. Add. to Tyikr. 
 Would make a saint forget the sky ; . S. Sue flaxen \ 
 
 The Saint, the Father, and the Husband prays ; 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 16. 
 For, saving your presence, to her ye're a saint ! 
 
 S. There liv'dance a carle t 
 Saint Johnston. 
 Between Saint Johnston and bonie Dundee. 
 
 ' S.O whare did ye get f 
 I hae been east, I hae been west, 
 I hae been at Saint Johnston, . S. The Ploughman^ 
 
 Saint Stephen. 
 Saint Stephen's boys, wi' jarring noise. 
 
 They did his measures thraw, man, . A Fragment. 6. 
 Was managing St. Stephen's quorum ; Kind Sir, Vve read\ 
 Then echo thro' St. Stephen's wa's 
 
 Auld Scotland's wrangs. 
 
 The AuthoT^s Cry and Prayer. 12. 
 The billie is gettin his questions. 
 To say in Saint Stephen's the mom. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 O wha will to Saint Stephen's house, [re.} 
 
 The Fite Champetre. 
 Sair [sore]. 
 Your sair taxation does her fleece, . . A Dream. 6. 
 
 Led him a sair faux pas, man : . . A Fragment. 7. 
 Monie a sair daurk we twa hae wrought, 
 
 A Guid New-Year \ 16. 
 Wi' stanged hips, and buttocks bluidy. 
 
 She's suffer'd sair ; . Adatn A—'s Prayer. 
 They snool me sair, and haud me down, 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty \ 
 ' Gat tippence-worth to mend her [his wife's] head, 
 
 When it was sair ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26, 
 Slighted love is sair to bide, . . . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 And the jHiest he rode her sair : . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 Forjesket sair, with weary legs, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 27st, 2. 
 My awkart Muse sair pleads and begs, 
 
 I would na write, . . . . lb. 2. 
 
 ' That trouth, my head is grown right dizzie, 
 
 * An something sair.' . . lb. 3. 
 
 Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay 
 
 Taks up its last abode ; . . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Grim loon ! he [death] gat me by the fecket. 
 
 And sair me sheuk ; Friend of the poet t P.S. 
 An' Jean had e'en a sair heart 
 
 To see't that night. . . . Halloweeen. 8, 
 They hoy't out Will, wi' sair advice ; . . . lb. 23. 
 Till for his sake I'm slighted sair, 
 
 S. Here's his health in water. 
 And oh, her widow'd heart is sair, ^. How long and dreary \ 
 Oh ! thoughtless lassie, life's a fecht, 
 
 The canniest gate, the strife is sair ; S. In simtner •when\ 
 And sair wi' his love he did deave me ; 
 
 .S^. Last May a braw viooer\ 
 Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, 
 
 They sair misca' thee ; On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 Sair I fecht them [Want and Hunger] at the door, 
 
 S. Othatl imdne'er\ 
 Thou strings the nerves o' Labor-sair, . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 My heart is sair, I darena tell. 
 
 My heart is sair for Somebody ; . . S. Somebody. 
 
 But Maggie stood right sair astonish'd, Tarn 0' Shanter. 11, 
 An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, 
 
 Yet unco proud to learn. . The Ans. to the Guidwift. 
 " I saw the battle sair and teugh, 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 tho' wi' crazy eild I'm sair forfairn, The Brigs of Ayr, 7. 
 
 Partly wi' Love o'ercome sae sair, The Jolly Beggars. R. VH- 
 Tho' Fortune sair upon him laid, 
 
 His heart she ever miss'd it '''• 
 
 Sair, sair may I repine ; . S. The Highl Widow's Lament 
 For mony a heart thou hast made sair, . .S". The lovely Ims^ 
 An* R[ussel] sair misca'd her [Common>seDse] : 
 
 The Ordination- z. 
 As lately, F-nw-ck, sair forfairn. 
 
 Has proven to its ruin : . . , * ■ . Ib.S. 
 An' when they meet wi' sair disasters, 
 tike loss 0* health gr want o' masters. The Twa Dogs, //■ 
 
Sair 
 
 403 
 
 Sang 
 
 They've nae sair-wark to craze their banes, 
 
 The Two, Dogs. sg. 
 And that fell cur ca'd common sense, 
 
 That bites sae sair, . The Twa Herds. i6. 
 
 Auld chuckle Reekie's sair distrest, . . To W. Creech. 
 Sair do I fear that to hope is denied me, 
 Sair do I fear that despair maun abide me ; 
 
 S. Twos na her bonie blue \ 
 I thought sair storms wad never 
 
 Bedew the scene ; . . Verses under Grief. 
 Love thou hast sorrows, and sair have I prov'd ; 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 ' As sair owre hip as ye can draw't ! . What ails ye now t 
 But sair I fear some happier swain 
 Has gained sweet Jeanie's favour : S. When first I saw t 
 
 Saip-won [hard-earned]. 
 Or deposite her sair-won penny-fee. 
 
 The Coitet^s Sat. Night. 4. 
 Saip, io [to serve]. 
 
 If honest Nature made you fools, 
 
 "What sairs your Grammars ? Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. tst^ ti. 
 For my puir, silly, rhymin' clatter 
 
 Some less maun s^r. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 But he'll sair them, as he sair'd the King, 
 
 Turn tail and rin awa, Jamie. . . S. The Laddies by t 
 Your clerkship he should sair, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Sae may, shou'd we to hell's yetts come, 
 Your billy Satan sair us ! . V.St on Window, Carron. 
 
 Sair't [served]. 
 
 I'd better gaen an' swr't the king, . . Ep. ioj. R.^d. 
 
 Sairie [poor, sorry, feeble]. 
 
 Some sairie comfort still at last, S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 Sairly [sorely]. An' curse your folly sairly, A Dream. 10. 
 
 That one pound one, I sairly want it ; . Friend of the poet \ 
 
 * He was sae sairly frighted That vera night. Halloween. 16. 
 
 For weel I wat they'll sairly miss him 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 And, Oh, I find it sairly, O ! . . ^S". The deuks dang o'er. 
 
 sairly do I rue, . . . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 Your impudence protects you sairly : . . To a Louse. 
 The drift is driving saxrly ; . . S. Up in the morning. 
 And sairly thole their mither's ban, - What ails ye now \ 
 
 Sake. I'm wae to think upo' yon den, 
 
 Ev'n for your sake ! Add. io the Deil. 2T. 
 I, for their thoughtless, careless sakes 
 
 Would here propone defences, . Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 For my sake this I beg it o' you, . Auld comrade t 
 
 Rair for his sake. . .. . El, on Capt. M. H., 8. 
 
 Spaie't for their sakes wha aften wear it, Ep. to J. R., 3. 
 
 for my lost darling's sake, . . S. Fate gave the word t 
 Till for his sake I'm slighted sair, 
 
 S. Here's his health in water. 
 But for thy people's sake destroy 'em, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, ij. 
 The sun took delight to shine for its sake ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Who for thy sake would gladly die ! 
 
 S. O Mary^ at thy window t 
 For sake o' Willie Chalmers. . . . On W. Chalmers. 
 But for her sake sae far awa ; . . S. Sae far awa. 
 
 For the sake of Somebody. \re.'\ . . S. Somebody. 
 
 for poor auld Scotland's sake . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Now, for my friends' and brethren's sakes. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VL 
 
 1 for thy sake must go ! The Farewell. 
 
 " Ye, for my sake, hae gien the feck 
 
 "Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day." 
 
 The Holy Fair. 4. 
 The sword I forsook for the sake of the church : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IL 
 How have I wish'd for Fortune's charms, 
 
 For her dear sake, and her's alone ! . . The Lament. 
 But for their sake my heart doth ache, 
 
 With many a bitter throe : S. The sun he is sunk f 
 That gallant badge, the dear cockade, 
 Ye're welcome for the sake o't. . S. When wild War's t 
 
 Sal-alkali. Sal-alkali o' Midge-tail clippings. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 Sale. I wish her sale for her gude ale, 
 
 ,5". A" the lads o' Thomie*bank \ 
 
 Sail [shall]. 
 
 An' tak' the counsel I sail gi'e thee, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Ye sail get gowns and ribbons meet, . lS". Cd the ewes. 
 
 And ye sail be my dearie. \,re.\ lb. 
 
 There's nane sail ken, there's nane sail guess, 
 
 S. niay ceC in\ 
 And stownlins we sail meet again. ... .lb. 
 
 Sallied. 
 
 When out the hellish legion sallied. Tam 0' Shanter. 16. 
 
 Sallow. In grief thy [Autumn's] sallow mantle tear ; 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., 13. 
 With ardent eyes, complexion sallow. Sketch. New-Vt^s Day. 
 Sal-marlnuxn. True Sal-marinum o' the seas ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 21. 
 Salt. 
 
 And aye the salt tear blinds her ee ; S. The lovely lass ofI.\ 
 Salute. Syne to salute her wi' a kiss, 
 
 I flang my arms about her neck. 
 
 ^. The Lass that tne^e the bed. 
 Salvation. 
 For [Moodie] speels the holy door, 
 Wi' tidings o s-lv-t-n. [v. A. 22] . . The Holy Fair. 12. 
 Same. But till my last moments my woJ-ds are the same, 
 
 S. By yon castle wcC t 
 Meet ev'ry sad-returning night, 
 
 And joyless morfi the same. Despondency^ an Ode. ^. 
 The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout, the same ; 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie, 
 From countless, unbeginning time 
 
 Was ever still the same. . The 1st 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 Ye're ay the same kind man to me, . S. John Anderson f 
 How aft her fate's the same, jo. . S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 Tell me thou bring'st me, my Willie, the same. 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 
 Sample. 
 
 Yet I am here a chosen sample, Holy Willie's Prayer, j*. 
 If the virtues were pack't in a parcel, 
 His worth might be sample for a'. 
 
 The Election Ballads. HI. 
 
 Samson. Tam Samson's dead! [re.] Tam Sajnson's El., 
 
 Tam Samson's weel- worn clay here lies, . .lb., Epit. 
 
 Tam Samson's livin ! /^., P.C. 
 
 Sanctified. 
 And hey for the sanctified Murray, The Election Ballads. III. 
 Full soon I grew sick of my sanctified Sot, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Sanction. 
 
 And heaven-born piety her sanction seals. To Miss Graham. 
 Sand. While the sands o' life shall run. S. A red, red Rose. 
 With linked hands we took the sands, 
 
 Down by yon winding river ; . S. As I gaed up by \ 
 
 While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands, 
 O, who would not die with the brave ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day t 
 * Till my last weary sand was run, S. O were I on Pamass, t 
 Glowing here on golden sands, . ^S". Streams that glide t 
 But golden sands did never grace 
 
 The Heliconian stream ; . . .To John M^Murdo. 
 That faith, the youngsters took the sands 
 
 Wi' nimble shanks. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Sandy. Low, in a sandy valley spread, The Vision. D. I. is. 
 Sandy [dim. o/" Alexander], 
 My Sandy gied to me a ring, S. My Sandy giedi 
 
 My Sandy O, my Sandy O, 
 
 My bonie, bonie Sandy O ; [re.] lb. 
 
 Whare Sandy and Nancy I'm sure will ding them a' ? 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier t 
 Tho', by his banes wha in a tub 
 Match'd Macedonian Sandy ! . .To Mr. M'Adam, 
 Sang [a Song]. 
 " God save the king " 's a cukoo sang 
 
 That's unco easy said ay : , . . A Dream. 2. 
 
 'Twas Pibroch, Sang, Strathspey, or Reels, 
 
 S. Amang the trees t 
 I'll learn my kin a rattling sang, [«.] 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 Mirth or sang can please me ; . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 I Usten'd to a lover's sang. 
 And thought on youth^l pleasures many ; 
 
 S. By Allan stream \ 
 I gi'e them [sorrow and care] a skelp as they're creeping alalig 
 Wi' a cogo' gude ale, and an auld Scottish sang. 
 
 S. Contented wi Utile] 
 
Sang 
 
 404 
 
 Sat 
 
 Perhaps it may tum out a Sang ; 
 
 Perhaps, turn out a Sermon. . Ep. to Young Friend. 
 At length we had a hearty yokin, 
 
 At sang about. Ep, to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, 2. 
 
 There was ae sang, amang the rest, 
 
 Aboon them a' it pleas'd me best, . . . . I^-3- 
 
 Or rhymes an' sangs he'd made himsel, . . . I^. 6. 
 
 * You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 Tomakasang?' .... Jb. lo. 
 Yon sang ye'll sen't, wi' cannie care, . . Ep. to J. E.^S- 
 A blessing on the cheery gang 
 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 I tint my whistle and my sang, . . . S. Gat ye mef 
 Wi' merry sangs, an' friendly cracks, . Halloween. 28. 
 
 Hark 1 the mavis' evening sang 
 
 Sounding Clouden's woods amang ; S. Hark / the mavis t 
 as he tuned his doleful sang, . Lament/or Giencaim. 
 
 Has gart me change my sang. . S. My heart was ance t 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 But wi' miscarriage 1 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 In thy sweet sang, Barbauld, survives 
 
 Even Sappho's flame IB. 
 
 While falling, recalling, 
 
 The amorous thrush concludes his sang ; S. Saeflaxen\ 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 How this new Play, and that new Sang is comin? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 The lav'rock, to the skjr 
 
 Ascends wi' sangs o' joy ; . . . -S". Sleep' st thou t 
 The night drave on wi' sangs and clatter ; Tarn o' Shanter. $• 
 Or sing a sang at least. . . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 But still the elements o' sang 
 In formless jumble, right an wrang, 
 
 Wild floated in my brain ; . .lb. 
 
 She'll teach you, wi' a reekan whittle, 
 
 Anither sang. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 And we hae sangs to sing ; . , S. The Carls ofDysart. 
 Fame and high renown. For an auld sang 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 They heard the blackbird's sang, man ; The Fite Champefre. 
 
 An' thus the Muse suggested 
 
 His sang that night. The Jolly Beggars. E. VII. 
 
 To lowse his pack an' wale a sang, . . lb. E. VIII. 
 
 She sang a sang o' liberty, . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 After some dog in Highland sang, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 An' teach the lanely heights an' howes 
 
 My rustic sang. . . ToJ.S.^g. 
 
 I shall say nae mair, But quat my sang, . . lb. 2g. 
 The moumfu* sang I here enclose, 
 
 In gratitude I send you ; . . » To Miss Ferrier. 
 O sweet, to stray an' pensive ponder 
 
 A heart-felt sang I . . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Sang. 
 
 He sang wi' joy his former day, ... A Vision. 
 
 When linnets sang, and lammies play'd. As on the banhsi 
 
 The wild-birds sang, the echoes rang, S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 He who of R-k-n sang, lies stiff and dead, 
 
 Lns while on Death-bed. 
 
 For sae I sat, and sae I sang, 
 
 And wist na o' my fate. S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett II. 
 
 And ilka bird sang o' it's luve ; lb. 
 
 Nae lav'rock sang on hillock green, S. The Catrine woods t 
 
 Thro' faded groves Maria sang, lb. 
 
 Wi' quaffing, and laughing, 
 
 They ranted an' they sang ; . The Jolly Beggars. E. I. 
 
 The bells they rang, and the carlins sang, 
 
 .5". The last draw bridal t 
 
 The mavis sang, while dew-drops hang 
 
 Around her on the castle wa". . The night was still \ 
 She sang a sang o' liberty, . . The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 
 At last her feet, I sang to see't, 
 
 Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; , S. The weary Pund. 
 And ay she wrought her mammie's wark, 
 
 And ay she sang sae merrilie ; . S. There was a lass t 
 The birds sang sweet in ilka grove ; . • « . /d. 
 The birds sang love on ev'ry spray, To Mary in Heaven. 
 In ev'ry glen the mavis sang, . S. Twas even—the dewy t 
 And ilka bird sang o' its love, 
 
 And fondly sae did I o' mine. . S. Ye banks and braes + 
 And through the wood yo sang, lassie ; S, Ye hae lien wrang. 
 
 Sank. 
 
 " As through the cliff he sank him down ; As on the banks \ 
 
 She sank within my arms, and ciied* 
 Art thou my ain dear Willie ? . S. When wild Wat's f 
 Sannock [dim. ^Sandy]. 
 
 An' L— d, remember singing Sannock, . Auld comrade t 
 
 Sans culottes. 
 
 While sans culottes stoop up the mountain high, 
 ^ „ Fp./r. Esopm. 
 
 Sapling. 
 
 By cruel hands the sapling drops, S. Fate gave the word, f 
 Sappho. 
 In thy sweet sang, Barbauld, survives 
 
 Even Sappho's flame. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Sappy, women sonsie, saft an' sappy, There's naethin like t 
 Sarah. 
 
 Or handing Sarah by the wame ? S. Kenye ought 0' Capt G. f 
 Saratoga. Then lost bis way, ae misty day, 
 
 In Saratoga shaw, man. A Frag>nent. 4. 
 
 Sark. Now Sark rins o'er the Solway sands, S, The Union. 
 The Chief on Sark who glorious fell. 
 
 In high command; [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Sark [a shirt]. 
 Wi' ruffl'd sark an' glancin cane, Ep. to J. L^k, Ap. 2isi, 12. 
 To dip her left sark sleeve in, . Halloween. 24. 
 
 I would na gie her in her sark 
 
 For thee wi' a' thy thousand mark ; . . S. O TMiel\ 
 Thy coat and thy sark are tKy atn handywark, 
 
 S, O when she cam ben. t 
 My sarks they are few, but five o' them new, 
 
 Eonalds o/Bennals. 
 My droukit sark sleeve, as ye ken ; . . .S". Tarn Glen. 
 And linket at it in her sark ! . . Tarn o* Shanter. 12. 
 
 Their sarks, instead o' creeshie flannen. 
 Been snaw -white seventeen hunder linnen ! . . lb. 13. 
 Her cutty sark, o' Paisley harn, ... lb. is. 
 
 That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, 
 Wi' twa pund Scots ('twas a' her riches), . . lb. 
 
 And roars out, " Weel done, Cutty-sark ! " lb. 16. 
 
 Or cutty-sarks run in your mind, .... lb. ig. 
 Tho' they should cast the vera sark and swim, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 *' I'll get my Sunday's sark on, . . The Holy Fair. 6. 
 She took her mither's holland sheets. 
 And made them a' in sarks to me ; 
 
 S. The lass t/uti made the bed. 
 In thae auld times, they thought the Moon, 
 Just like a sark, or pair o' shoon, . .ToW. Simpson. P.S. 
 Twice a lily flower will be him sark and cravat ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray\ 
 
 Sarket [shirted, provided with shirts]. 
 While here, half-mad, half-fed, half-sarket, 
 
 Is a' th' amount. . The Vision. D. I.J- 
 
 Sapk-neck [shirt-neek]. 
 
 There's some sark-necks I wad draw tight, 
 
 The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Sat. The dew sat chilly on her breast, S. A Eosebud by viy t 
 
 Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs ! Add. to Ediidmrgh 
 
 I sat me down upon a craig, . . . As on the banks t 
 
 But Merran sat behint their backs. 
 
 Her thoughts on Andrew Bell ; . . . Halloween, ll. 
 Sat working at his loom ; . . S, My heart was euice t 
 I sat beside my warpin-wheel, lb- 
 
 I sat, but neither heard nor saw : , 
 
 S. Mary at thy window t 
 
 I sat me down to ponder, 
 
 Upon an auld tree-root : . . . One night as n 
 That ilka melder, wi' the miller. ^ 
 
 Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; . Tarn Shanter. 3. 
 There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; . . lb. 11. 
 
 Until wi' daffin weary grown, 
 
 Upon a knowe they sat them down. [v. A.i] The Tma Dogs. 
 For sae I aat, and sae I sang, i". The Banks of Boon. Sett IL 
 
 But still as the fairest she sat in their sight, . . 
 
 S. The heather was bloomingX 
 
 Sat guzzling wi' a Tinkler-hizzie ; The Jolly Beggars. R. UU 
 
 I aat and ey'd the spewing reek, . Tht Vision. D. 1.3- 
 
 There sat a bottle in a bole, * 
 
 Beyont the ingle lowe ; . . S.The weary Fund, 
 
Satan 
 
 405 
 
 Sav6 
 
 Satan. 
 Auld Hornie, Satan, Nick, or Clootie, . Add. to the Deil. 
 'Twas nothing would serve him but Satan's own crown ; 
 
 Epig. on — . 
 Satan took stuff to mak a swine, . Bpig. on A . Turner. 
 
 So whip ! at the summons, old Satan came ilying ; 
 
 Epig: on Capt. Grose. 
 Astonished ! confounded 1 cry'd Satan, by G-d, 
 I'll want 'im, ere I take such a d — ble load. . . , lb. 
 
 Satan, eie him thy gear to keep, 
 He*ll naud it weel thegither. 
 
 Epit. on Rut. Elder. 
 The coins o* Satan's coronation ! 
 
 S. Ken ye ought o' Capt. G. t 
 O Satan, when ye tak him, 
 
 Gie him the schulin of your weans ; . On a Schoolmaster. 
 that curst carmagnole auld Satan, . . . Poem on Life. 
 Even Satan glowr'd, and fidg'd fu' fain, Tarn d Shunter. i6. 
 Here is Satan's picture, Like a bizzard gled, 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Yet that winna save ye, auld Satan must have ye. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Sae may, shou'd we to hell's yetts come, 
 Your billy Satan sair us I , V.Sj on Window, Carron. 
 Satire. 
 Who on my fair one satire's vengeance hurls ? Ep.Jr. Esopus. 
 O Pope, had I thy satire's darts To Rev. J. M'-Math. 
 
 Ironic satire, sidelins sklented. 
 
 On my poor musie ; . To W. Simpson. 
 Satisf^'d. 
 
 lU-satisfy'd, keen Nature's clam'rous call, A Winter Night, g. 
 Saturday. 
 Inform him [death], and storm him, 
 That Saturday ye'll fecht him. . . To a Medical Gent. 
 Sauee. 
 Nor sauce, nor state that I could see, On dining with Daer. 
 Wi' sauce, ragouts, an' sic like trashtrie. The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Saucy. 
 Some [nits] start awa, wi' saucy pride, . . Halloween. 7. 
 Leest neebours might say I was saucy : 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer \ 
 She'll no be half sae saucy yet, S. My love she^s hut a lassie \ 
 Wha follows ony saucy quean . . » S.O Tibbie 1 1 
 And wasna Cockpen right saucy witha', 
 
 S. O when she cam. hen t 
 For talents to deserve a place 
 
 Are qualifications saucy ; . . . The Dean o/Fac. 
 saucy Phoebus' scorching beams. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 They gang as saucy by poor folk, 
 
 As I wad by a stinkan brock. . . The Twa Dogs. 12. 
 Now, I maun thole the scomfu' sneer 
 O mony a saucy quean ; . The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Saugh [the willow]. 
 Nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle 
 
 O' saugh or hazle. . A Guid New-Year \ 10. 
 But I'll sned besoms— thraw saugh woodies, 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Saul [soul]. 
 Tak thou the Carlin's carcase aflf, 
 
 Thou'se get the saul o' boot. Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 His saul has ta'en some other way, Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 An' here his body lies fu' low — 
 
 For saul he ne er had ony. . . . Epit. on wee Johnie. 
 My vera heart an' saul are quakin', Holy Willies Prayer. 14. 
 And ay it charms my very saul, 
 
 The kind love that's in her e'e. . ^S". O this is no my ain t 
 Our sinfu' saul to get a claute on . . . Poem on Life. 
 Heav'n rest his saul, whare'er he be ! Tarn Samson's El., 14. 
 The saul o' life, the heav'n below, 
 
 Is rapture-giving woman. The Ans. to the Guidwije. 
 Thte lads an' lasses, blythely bent 
 
 To mind baith saul an' body, . . The Holy Fair, 20. 
 Our vera "Sauls does harrow" Wi' fright . . Ih. 21. 
 For Britain's guid his saul indentin The Twa Degs> 21. 
 
 And tired o' sauls to waste his lear on, 
 
 E'en tried the body. , To Dr. Blacklock. 
 "Do what I dought to set her free, 
 My saul lay in the mire ; ... To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 So^umont, Sawmont [salmon]. 
 
 An' wintle like a saumont-ooble, . A Gude New-Yeat 1 7* 
 Now safe the stately Sawmont sail, Tarn Samson's El.y 6. 
 
 Saunt [saint]. Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, 
 
 An' fill them fou ; . . , Ep. to J. R. z. 
 It's just the Blue-gown badge an' claithing, 
 
 O' Saunts ; lb. 4. 
 
 Ev'n godly meetings o' the saunts. 
 
 By thee inspir'd, . . Scotch Drink. 8. 
 Davie Bluster, Davie Bluster, if for a saunt ye do muster, 
 
 The corps is no nice of recruits ; . . The Kirk^s Alarm. 
 The timmer is scant, when ye're ta'en for a saunt, . lb. 
 Detested, shunn'd, by saunt an' sinner, . To a Louse. 
 
 An* yet he's rank'd amang the chief 
 
 0' lang syne saunts, . What ails ye now \ 
 An* snugly sit amang the saunts. At Davie's hip yet. lb. 
 
 Saunter. 
 Dowie she saunters down Nithside, , Ep. to H, Parker. 
 When idly goavan whyles we saunter, Ep. to Maj. Logan, d. 
 Saut [salt]. 
 He'd ne'er cast saut upo' thy tail. . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 While down his cheeks the saut tears row'd ; 
 
 S. My Sandy siedi 
 An' stain them wi' the saut, saut tear : 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. /. 
 Syne, whip ! his tail ye'll ne'er cast saut on, Poem on Life. 
 Wi' saut tears trickling down your nose ; Poor Mailie's El.. 
 The saut tear blin't his e'e ; . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 For a' his fresh beef and his saut, . . S. To daunton me. 
 Saut-backet [salt-bucket]. 
 
 And parritch-pats, and auld saut-backets, 
 
 Before the Flood. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Sautet [salted]. But ere die course o' life be through, 
 
 It may be bitter sautet : A Dream. 13. 
 Sauty [salt]. 
 Alas ! that e'er a bonie face 
 Should draw a sauty tear ! . The Ruined Maid s Lament. 
 Savage, adj. 
 Lone from your savage homes exil'd, A Winter Night. 5. 
 Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find. 
 
 The savage and the tender ; . ^S". Nmn westlin winds f 
 In these savage, liquid plains, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 As one who by some savage stream, 
 
 A lonely gem surveys, . . . S. Peggy Chaljners. 
 And execrates man's savage, ruthless deeds !) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 The wildest savage Tory, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 My savage journey, curious, I pursue, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 As blooming spring unbends the brow 
 Of surly, savage winter. 
 Savage, s. 
 
 The Caraeleon-savage disturb'd her repose, . S. Caledonia^ 
 Talk not to me of savages, . . .On Miss /. Lewars. 
 No savage e'er could rend my heart, 
 
 As, Jessy, thou hast done Ih. 
 
 Savannah. 
 
 Ye monarchs, tak the east and west, 
 Frae Indus to Savannah I . S. Thegowd. Locks of A.. 
 Save. " God save the King " 's a cukoo sang 
 
 That's unco easy said ay : . .A Dream, z. 
 But Cl-nt-n'_s glaive frae rust to save 
 
 He hung it to the wa", man. . . A Fragment. 4. 
 And save the Honour o' the nation ! Add. of Beelzebub. 2. 
 Who will not sing^ God save the King, 
 
 Shall hang as high's the steeple : S. Does haughty Gaul, t 
 Nor saves e'en the wreck of a name : 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day t 
 Our King and our country to save, ... lb. 
 
 See those hands, ne'er stretch'd to save, 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Low lies the hand that oft was stretch'd to save. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 While empty greatness saves a worthless name ! . lb. 
 
 Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throw'ther, 
 
 To save their skin. The Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 O, bid him save their harmless lives, The Death ofMailie. 
 To save them from stark reprobation, 
 He lent them his name to the firm. 
 
 The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 Not Pulteney's wealth can Pulteney save ; . » Ih. Vt. 
 Yet that winna save ye, auld Satan must have ye, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm^ 
 
 S. Young Peggy t 
 
Save 
 
 406 
 
 Say 
 
 You save fair Jessie from the grave ! 
 
 An angel could not die. . , . To Dr. Maxwell. 
 Crush the locusts, save the flower. Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Sav'd. But with such as he, where'er he be, 
 
 May 1 1« saved or d— 'd ! . Epit./or G. H. 
 
 I saw thine eyes, yet nothing fear'd, 
 Till fears no more had sav'd me : S. Farewellf thou stream \ 
 Saving. 
 But a full flowing bowl» 
 
 Was the saving his soul, . Epit. on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 " For, saving your presence, to her ye're a saint ! 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Saving-fit. 
 But, G-d-sake ! let nae saving-fit 
 Abridge your bonie Barges An' Boats . A Dream. 7. 
 Saviour. His country's Saviour, mark him well ! [v.A.4] 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 
 Saw [an old saying, a proverb]. 
 
 Saws of experience, sage and sound. Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Saw [salve, plaster]. 
 ' And then a^ doctor's saws and whittles 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 20. 
 Saw [to sow]. 
 That he could saw hemp-seed a peck ; . , Halloween. 27. 
 And every now an* then he says, 
 
 *■ Hemp-seed I saw thee, lb. 18. 
 
 Saw [pret. 0/ seel, 
 (Inspired Bardies saw, man) . . . A Fragment. 8. 
 I'll learn my kin a rattling sang, 
 
 Gin I saw ane and twenty. 5". And 0/orane and twenty t 
 But Phemie was a bonier lass 
 
 Than braes o' Yarrow ever saw. . . S. Blythe was she t 
 The queerest shape that e'er I saw, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 We saw thee shine in youth and beauty's pride, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 And saw each bed-post with its burden a-groaning, 
 
 Epig. on Capt. Grose. 
 
 saw ye my dearie, my Eppie M'Nab ? S. Eppie M^Nab. 
 
 1 saw thine eyes, yet nothing feared, 
 Till fears no more had sav'd me : 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou stream, t 
 The wisest Man the warl' saw, 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [v.A.24] 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 But for a modest, graceful mien, 
 
 Her like I never saw 6". Handsome Nell. 
 
 The bonniest lad that e'er I saw, . 3". HighL Laddie. 
 
 My face was but the keekin' glass — 
 
 And there ye saw your picture. . In Defence of a Lady. 
 It was a' for our rightfu' king, 
 
 We e'er saw Irish land, . . S.Itwasi£for\ 
 
 I saw three sheep, And these three sheep saw me ; 
 
 Johnny Peep. 
 She saw three bonie boys playing at the ba' ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 I never saw a fairer, . . S. My Love's a winsome t 
 -We saw none to deliver. . . . New Psalmody, 
 
 And Kenmure's lord's the bravest lord 
 
 That ever Galloway saw. S. O Kenmure's on and awa \ 
 I sat, but neither heard nor saw : ^S". O Mary, at the wiftdow t 
 O saw ye bonie Lesley, 
 
 As she gaed o'er the border ? . S. O saw ye borne L,^ 
 O gin I saw the laddie that gae me't ! 
 
 S. O whare did ye get ^ 
 He saw Misfortune's cauld Nor-west 
 
 Lang-mustering up a bitter blast ; On Scot. Bardgne to W.l. 
 " I saw my sons resume their ancient fire ; 
 ' ' I saw fair freedom's blossoms richly blow : 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 When first her bonie face I saw ; . . .S". Sax flaxen f 
 
 saw ye my dear, my Phely? . S. Saw ye my Phely, 
 And, vow 1 Tam saw an unco sight I Tarn d Shanter. 11. 
 That woefu' morn be ever mourn'd 
 
 Saw him in shootin' graith adorn'd, Tam Samson's El. , 8, 
 ^' I saw the battle sair and teugh, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra'Moor. 
 
 1 saw mysel, they did pursue 
 
 The horsemen back to Forth, man . , . , lb. 
 She swoor she saw some rebels run 
 
 To Perth and to Dundee, man : lb. 
 
 Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ij. 
 
 And dire the discord Langside saw, , The Dean ofFac.. 
 He saw her days were near hand ended. 
 
 The Death of Mailie. 
 And wha is't never saw that? . The Election Ballads. 11. 
 A House o' Commons such as he, 
 
 They wad be blest that saw that. • • . . Ih. 
 Saw ye e'er sic troggin ? . . . . . IB. IV. 
 
 Which none but Craftsmen ever saw ! 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L,. 
 A place where body saw na' ; . S. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 For well I saw in halls and towere Tliat lust and pride. 
 The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers. In state preside. 
 
 The Hemiit. 
 I saw mankind with vice incrusted ; 
 
 I saw that honour's sword was rusted ; . . * lb. 
 
 An' wi' a curchie low did stoop, 
 
 As soon as e'er she saw me, , . . The Holy Fair. 3, 
 That day the Duke ne'er saw, Jamie. . S. The Laddies by\ 
 He saw mischief was brewin ; . . The Ordinatim.. 8. 
 An' when the gentr^j's life I saw, 
 
 What way poor bodies liv'd ava. . . The Twa Dogs. 7. 
 And saw gin they were sick or hale. 
 
 At the first sight. . . The Twa Herds. 7, 
 And by my ingle-Iowe I saw, . , The Vision. D. I. f. 
 
 An aged Judge, I saw him rove. 
 
 Dispensing good. [v.A.4] * ■ .lb. 
 The learned Sire and Son I saw, [v.A.4] • • .lb. 
 " I saw thee seek the sounding shore, . . lb. D. II. 13. 
 ' I saw grim Nature's visage hoar, Struck thy young eye. lb. 
 ' I saw thee eye the gen'ral mirth With boundless love. 
 
 lb. 14. 
 ' I saw thee leave their ev'ning joys, And lonely stalk, lb, ij. 
 ' I saw thy pulse's maddening play, . . . lb. 77. 
 Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wast, . To a Mouse. 
 
 Before I saw Clarinda's face, 
 
 My heart was blithe and gay» . , . To Clarinda. 
 Ye turned a neuk— I saw your e'e — 
 
 She took the wing like fire I . . .To Miss Ferrier. 
 Ye shades that echo'd to his vows, 
 
 And saw me once supremely blest, ^S". To thee, l<nfdNith\ 
 such a brace As Rome ne'er saw ; . . .ToW. Creech. 
 An' therefore, Tam, when that I saw, 
 I said ' Gude nfght,' and bam' awa', . What ails ye mm \ 
 I saw they were resolved a' On my oppression. , . lb. 
 When first I saw fair Jeanie's face, 
 
 I couldna tell what ailed me, . S. Whenjirst I saw t 
 An' ay my heart came to my mou, 
 
 When ne'er a body heard or saw. S. Young Jockey t 
 
 Sawin [sowing]. . 
 * Friend ! hae ye been mawin, 
 When ither folk are busy sawin ? Death and Dr. Hortihook. 8. 
 
 Sawmont v. Saumont. 
 Sawney [Sandy, Alexander]. 
 
 Singet Sawney, Singet Sawney, are ye herding the penny, 
 
 The Kirks Alarm. 7. 
 Sax [six]. But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle, 
 
 A Gude New-Year^ 10. 
 Hae turn'd sax rood beside our han', ... lb. 11. 
 Forby sax mae, I've sell't awa, . . ■ . Z^- IS- 
 Sax thousand years are near hand fied 
 Sin' I was to the hutching bred, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. IJ- 
 
 Now comes the sax an' twentieth simmer, 
 
 I've seen the bud upo' the rimmer, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. stst, 10. 
 
 There's sax eggs in the pan, gudeman, S. gin ye were dead \ 
 
 I had sax owsen in a pleugh, . . S. gude ale corns t 
 Saxon. The Saxon lads, wi' loud placads, A Fragtnent. 7- 
 Saxpence [sixpence]. 
 
 Wi' hale breeks, saxpence an' a bannock ; A uld comrade t 
 Say. Sae I shall say, an' that's nae flatt'rin, 
 
 It's just sic Poet an' sic Patron. A Ded to G. n., z- 
 What ance he says, he winna break it ; . . • • ^*'i' 
 But that's a word I need na say ; . . • • ^^■^' 
 Or say ye wisdom want, or fire, . , . A Dream. $• 
 I canna say but they do gailies i . Add. of Beelzebub, 4- 
 Say you'll be merry tho' you can't be nc^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^_ 
 
 I've heard my rev'rend grannie say, ./ ' 
 
 In lanely glens ye like to stray, . . Add, to the VM'5- 
 
 To say her pray'rs, douse, honest woman ! 
 
 . lb, 6, 
 
Say 
 
 407 
 
 Scandal 
 
 My passion I will ne'er declare, 
 
 I'll say I wish thee well. . . .S". Ahj Chloris\ 
 
 I'll hide the struggle in my heart, 
 
 And say it is esteem. , lb. 
 
 That we lost, did I say, nay, by heav'n that we found, 
 
 At Meet, of D. Volunteers. 
 We darena weel say't, tho' we ken wha's to blame, 
 
 S, By yon castle wa' t 
 But, Jeanie, say thou wilt be mine, 
 
 Say, thou lo'es nane before mri ; S. Craigie'bum Wood. 
 At length, says I, * Friend, whare ye gaun, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 * Weel, weel ! ' says I, ' a bargain be't ; . . lb. ii. 
 
 And says, ' Ye needna yoke the pleugh, . . lb, 24. 
 Who says that fool alone is not thy due, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 rU no say, men are villains a'; Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 
 (To say aught less wad wrang the cartes, Ep, to Davie. 8. 
 ' Conscience,' says I, ' ye,thowIess jad ! 
 
 Ep. to J, L — k, Ap, 2ist, 4. 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth, 
 
 Can turn death's dart aside ? . Epit. on Miss Lewars. 
 
 What says she, my dearie, my Eppie M'Nab? [re.} 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 Whae'er shall say I wanted grace, S. Had I tite wytt \ 
 
 Syne, say I was a fautor. . . . . , lb. 
 
 But this is Jock, an* this is me, 
 
 She says in to hersel ; Halloween. 8. 
 
 Wee Jenny to her Grannie says, 
 
 ' Will ye go wi' me Graunie ? . .lb. 13. 
 
 And ev'ry now an' then, he says, 
 
 * Hemp-seed I saw thee. . . . lb, 18. 
 
 Give me, and I've no more to say, 
 
 Give me Maria's natal day ! Improin. on Mrs. ~'s Birth-day. 
 Says, I'll be wed come o't what will, S. In simmer when t 
 Say, was it the covenant carried her thither ; fenny M^Cranv. 
 
 They say ye're turning auld, John, and what though it be so, 
 
 S, John Anderson t 
 As I hear sindry say, O ; . , . Katharine f affray. 
 And say thou'lt be my dearie O ? 6*. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 Leest neebours might say I was saucy : 
 
 ^. Last May a brazu wooer t 
 And as he was singin' thir words he did say, 
 
 Lns on a Ploughman. 
 My name, she says, is Mistress Jean, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Wha gets her needs na say he's woo'd, 
 But he may say he's bought her O. 
 
 S. My love she's but a lassie t 
 Let witless, trusting woman say 
 
 How aft her fate's the same, jo. . S. O Lassie^ art thou \ 
 He'd look into thy bonie face. 
 And say, " I [the Deil] canna wrang thee." 
 
 .S*. O saw ye bonie L. t 
 Say, was thy little mate unkind, . S, O stay, sweet warb. t 
 I cou'dna sing, I cou'dna say, 
 
 How much, how dear I love thee. S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 Wi' deils, they say, L — d safe's ! coUeaguin 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose, 
 
 Wad say, Shame fa' thee. . . /b. 
 
 Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, 
 While the star of hope she leaves him ? . S, One fond kiss f 
 Such thy bloom ! did I say, . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Say, Lassie, why thy train amang, - - - 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 Poe?n on Pastoral Poetry. 
 I'll say't, she never brak a fence, 
 
 Thro' thievish greed. . Poor Mailie's El. 
 Who think to storm the world by dint of merit, 
 To you the dotard [Time] has a deal to say, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 The sage grave ancient cough'd, and bade me say, 
 " You're one year older this important day," , . lb. 
 Has this to say— "It was no deed of mine;" 
 
 kemorse. A Frag.. 
 Like .^sop's Lion, Bums says, sore I feel 
 All others scorn— but damn that ass's heel. 
 
 Reply to a Reproof. 
 Says [Mansfield] the more 'tis a truth, Sir, the more 'tis a 
 
 I - libel ?_ Reproof by Himself. 
 
 Nor ha'e't in her power to say na, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 And ay my Chloris* dearest charm, 
 She.says she'lo'es me.best of a'. S. Saeflaxen\ 
 
 And hear my vows o' truth and love, 
 
 And say thou lo'es me best of a'» . .S*. Saeffaxen t 
 
 What says she, my dearest, my Phely? ire.} 
 
 S. Sww ye my Phely. 
 Wink hard, and say, *'The folks hae done their best." 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 But — what'll ye say! . . . Searching auld \ 
 
 Tho' I maun say't, 1 doubt ye flatter. Second Ep, to Davie. 
 They flatter, she says, to deceive me, . . S, Tarn Glen, 
 My daddy says, gin I'll forsake him, 
 
 He'll gi'e me gude hunder marks ten ; . . , lb. 
 They [his looks] say their master is a knave — 
 
 And sure they do not lie. . . That there is falsehood^ 
 Say, such is royal George's will, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Hale to the sex, ilk guid chiel says, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 Say pell and mell, wi' muskets knell 
 How Tories fell and Whigs to h-ll 
 
 The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 Fine architecture, trowth, I needs must say't o't ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Were ye but here, what would ye say or do ! . . lb. g. 
 As for your Priesthood, I shall say but little, . Zb. 10. 
 I must needs say, comparisons are odd. . , .lb. 
 
 * And let us worship God ! ' he says with solemn air. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 12. 
 And meikle he wad say, . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Says black Joan frae Crichton Peel, ... lb. 
 
 The bilHe is gettin his questions, 
 
 To say in Saint Stephen's the morn. . . lb. III. 
 
 I am, altho' I say't mysel, 
 
 Worth gaun a mile to see. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Sma' need has he to say a grace, . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 And ay she wist na what to say ; 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 I've little to say, but only to pray, . S. The Sons of old K.. 
 Say rather, gaun as Premiers lead him, . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 She had na will to say him na : . S. There was a lass t 
 But say thou wilt hae me for better for waur, 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 I canna say but ye strunt rarely, . To a Louse. 
 
 Altho' I say't, he's gleg enough, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 ' As lang's the Muses dinna fail 
 
 ' To say the grace.' . To J. S., 24. 
 
 Then, Jamie, I shall say nae mair, . . lb. 2g. 
 
 Tho' I maun say't, I wad be silly, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 And winna say owre far for thrice, . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 But fegs, the Session says I maun . . What ails ye now + 
 Fain would I say, ' Forgive my foul offence ! ' 
 
 Why am I loth + 
 Say then, Katie, say ye'll take me, S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 
 And the Priest shall say. Amen lb. 
 
 Lassie, say thou lo'es me ; . S. Wilt thou be my dearie + 
 Or if thou wilt na be my ain. 
 
 Say na thou'lt refuse me : .... lb. 
 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and wise, 
 
 There solid self-enjoyment lies ; . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Saying, -in. 
 Were sayin or takin aught amiss : . Kind Sir, Vve read \ 
 An' saying aye or no's they bid him : The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 But, as I'm sayin', please step to Dow's To J. Kennedy. 
 
 Say*st. 
 Again Thou say'st, ' Ye sons of men, 
 
 Return ye into nought ! ' . .. The ist 6 V.s ofgoih Ps. 
 Scab. While scabs an' botches did him [Job] gall, 
 
 Wi'.bitter claw, Add. to the Deil. j8. 
 
 Highland scab and hunger; Epig. on being neglected at I. Inn. 
 Scale. Life's proud summits wouldst thou scale ? 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Scan. 
 
 Here heart-struck Grief might heavenward stretch her scan, 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn., 
 Scan, to. Then gently scan- your brother Man, 
 
 Still gentler sister Woman ; Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 Scandal. 
 What_ scandal called Maria's jaunty stagger. 
 The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger? Ep.fr, Esopus. 
 To mouth 'A Citizen,' a term o' scandal : 
 
 Tlie Brigs of Ayr, 10, 
 
Seandal-potion 
 
 408 
 
 Seent 
 
 Scandal-potion. 
 
 They sip the scandal-potion pretty ; . The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Scandinavian. 
 
 The wild Scandinavian boar issu'd forth . S. Caledonia. 
 Scant. For Kings are unco scant ay, . .A Dream. 14. 
 
 Discount what scant occasion gave, Add. to Unco Guid.3. 
 
 The timmer is scant, when ye're ta'en for a saunt, 
 
 The Kirk's Alann. 
 
 Poor tenant-bodies, scant o' cash, . . The T-wa Dogs. 13. 
 
 (I'm'scant o' verse, and scant o' time,) To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Scant [scarcity, scantness]. 
 
 I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want, 
 As lang's I get employment. S. Here's to thy health t 
 
 If e'er ye want, or meet with scant. 
 May I ne'er weet my craigie ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 Scanty. Nor make our scanty pleasures less. 
 
 By pining at our state : . Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 In longitude tho' sorely scanty, 
 
 It was her best, and she was vauntie. Tarn o' Shanter. ij. 
 Just much about it wi' your scanty sense ; The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 For her too scanty once of room ! , , . The Lament. 
 How little of life's scanty span may remain ; S. The lazy mist t 
 There, in thy scanty mantle clad, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 * I'll sit down o'er my scanty meal - - - 
 ' Wi' chearfu' face, . . , . ToJ.S., 24. 
 
 Scar [a cliff; a mark; a wound]. 
 And thro' the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle, 
 
 Beneath a scar. . A Winter Night. 3. 
 
 And mark'd with many a seamy scar : Add. to Edinhurgh. 3. 
 Whyles round a rocky scar it strays ; . . Halloween. 23. 
 Let other heroes boast their scars, . . . Nature's Law. 
 And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 
 Scar, to [to scare]. 
 And mony a scheme in vain's been laid, 
 To stap or scar me ; . . Death and Dr. Hornbook, 13. 
 Scarce. Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 I've scarce heard aught describ'd sae weel, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 4. 
 But twa-three draps about the wame 
 
 Scarce through the feathers ; E^. to J. E., 12. 
 On scarce a bellyfu' o' drummock, OnScoi. Bardgne to W.L 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 But wi' miscarriage? Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 A trifle scarce worthy your care ; . Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 And left poor Maggie scarce a stump. Tarn 0' Shanter. ig. 
 The infant ice scarce bent beneath their feet : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 But blate and laithfu', scarce can weel behave ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 Wi' you I'll scarce gang ony where . . To J. i"., 2g. 
 Scarcely. But still keep something to yoursel 
 
 Ye scarcely tell-to ony. Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 Wha scarcely tent us in their way, . E^. to Davie. 6. 
 My Muse dow scarcely spread her wing ; E^. to J. i?., 6. 
 
 The King's most humble_ servant, I 
 
 Can scarcely spare a minute ; Extern, to an Intimate. 
 
 And scarcely had he Maggie rallied, 
 
 When out the hellish legion sallied. Ta7n d Shanter. 16. 
 
 The' scarcely langer than your leg, . The Inventory. 
 
 They scarcely left to coor their fuds. 
 To quench their lowan drouth, The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 Scar'd. they scar'd at blows S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Scar'd from its minnle and the cleckin 
 
 By hoodie-craw ; . . .ToW. Creech. 
 Scarlet, in silks an' scarlets glitter ; . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 As when I us'd in scarlet to follow a drum. 
 
 S. The Jolly Beggars. S.I. 
 Scathe ]y. also Skaith]. 
 then the scathe an' banter We're forced to thole. 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, z. 
 Scatter. 
 That scatters blight in early spying ? . As on the banks \ 
 Such as the slightest breath of air might scatter ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3, 
 The wounded coveys, reeling, scatter wide ; The Brigs of Ayr' 
 Scattered, -'d. 
 From marking wildly-scatt'red flow'rs, Add. to Edinburgh, 
 
 " Ye scatter'd birds that faintly sing Lament for Glencairn. 
 
 And scattered cowslips sweetly spring ; S. Now bank and brae f 
 
 The scatt'red coveys meet secure, . S. The gloomy night \ 
 
 And wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale. 
 
 S. Thi small birds rejoice t 
 
 The woods, wild-scattered, clothe their ample sides; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Scaud [to scald]. 
 
 Spairges about the brunstane cootie. 
 
 To scaud poor wretches ! Add. to the Deil. 
 
 To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, . » * . lb. 
 Scauf^in [scolding]. 
 
 Or Zipporah, the scauldin jad, . The Ordination. 4. 
 
 Scaur [a stream in Nithsdale]. 
 
 Robert, the lord of the Cairn and the Scaur, The Whistle. 4. 
 Scaur [apt to be scared]. 
 
 An' faith ! thou's neither lag nor lame. 
 
 Nor blate nor scaur. . Add. to the Deil. 
 Scawl [scold]. 
 
 An' lows'd his ill-tongu'd, wicked scawl Add. to the Deil, z8. 
 
 Scene. 
 
 Dim-backward as I cast my view, 
 
 What sick'ning Scenes appear ! . Despondency, an Ode, 
 From these dire scenes my wretched lines I date, 
 
 Ep./i'. Esopm. 
 The hero of the mimic scene, ... . . Ih. 
 
 It lightens, it brightens, 
 
 The tenebriiic scene, .... Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 this scene of peace and love, . O Thou dread Pov/r \ 
 
 I view the solemn scene around, . . .On Lincluden. 
 And all the splendid scene's decayed ; . . . , lb. 
 When flow'ry May adorns the scene, S. On Cessmck banks j 
 The pride of all the flowery scene, . - . lb., Sett II. 
 Sad to your sympathetic scenes I fly; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dtmdas, 
 
 Can point the brimful grief-worn eyes 
 
 "To scenes beyond the grave, . . . Sad thy tale,] 
 Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, 
 Scenes that former thoughts renew ; [«.] S. Scenes of woe \ 
 O ! for a Shakespeare or an Otway scene, Scots Prologue. 
 Ah why should I such scenes outlive ! 
 Scenes so abhorrent to my heart ! Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene ; 
 
 The Cotiet^s Sat. Night. 
 
 From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, lb. ig. 
 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write 
 Thosehappy scenes when far awa! , ^ 
 
 The Farewell. ToSi.J.'sL.. 
 
 The scenes where wretched Fancy roves, 
 
 S. The gloomy night\ 
 
 As lightsomely I glowr'd abroad, 
 
 To see a scene sae gay. 
 Does the sober bed of Marri^e 
 
 Witness brighter scenes of love? 
 
 . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 
 Oh! scenes in strong remembrance set! 
 
 Scenes, never, never to return ! 
 Scenes, if in stupor I forget, 
 
 Again X feel, again I bum ! . 
 
 The Lament 
 
 I court, I beg thy friendly aid, 
 To close this scene of care! 
 
 How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, appear, 
 
 * S. The lazy misn 
 
 A scene o' sorrow mixed wi' strife, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Since life's gay scenes must charm no more, . To Cklons. 
 
 Twin'd amorous round the raptur'd scene : , 
 
 To Mary tn Heaven. 
 
 Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes, . . . '^• 
 
 . ToRvin. 
 
 Eden scenes on crystal Jed To W.Creech. 
 
 I thought smr storms wad never Bedew the ^^'^^^^^^^ Q^gf, 
 
 Why am I loth to leave this earthly scene? Why am lUm 
 These northern scenes with weary feet I^^^« :^^^, /«„. 
 
 Scent. 
 
 How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue , 
 
 When pu'd and worn a common toy ! S. Idoconjess i 
 
 Scent, to. 
 
 And, drooping rich the dewy head, Posehtdby] 
 
 It scents the early mormng. . • S.AKOseom'^f 
 
Scent 
 
 409 
 
 Scornful 
 
 Where the wa' flower scents the dewy air, . . A Vision, 
 ' Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the ev'ning gale.' 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Scented. The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me. 
 
 i*. A/ton Water. 
 Te woodbines hanging bonnilie, 
 
 In scented bowers ; El. on Copt M. H.^S- 
 The scented breezes round us blaw, . S. Now rosy May t 
 When wretches range, in famish'd swarms 
 
 The scented groves, The AitihoT^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The scented birk and hawthorn white, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Down by the burn, where scented birks 
 Wi' dew are hanging clear, my jo, S. When der ike hill t 
 Sceptic. Or tore, with noble ardour stung. 
 
 The Sceptic's bays. The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 Scepter'd. A scejpter'd hand, a king's command, 
 
 Is in her darting glances : .S". Lovely Davies. 
 There, where a sceptr'd Pictish shade 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, [v. A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 SceptPe. Their sceptre's sway'd by other bands; 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 But now Yerl Galloway's sceptre's broke. 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 Scheme. 
 'And mony a scheme in vain's been laid, 
 
 * To stap or scar me ; Death and Dr. Hornbook, 13. 
 I dropt my schemes, like idle dreams, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 Nae thought, nae view, nae scheme o' livin*, 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 If he some scheme, like tea an* winnocks, 
 
 Wad kindly seek. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 They fell upon a scheme, 
 To send a lad to London town . The Election Ballads. I. 
 The best laid schemes o' Mice an' Men, 
 
 Gang aft agley, . . . To a Mouse. 
 Thou Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty Scheme, 
 
 These woes of mine fulfil ; Winter. 
 
 Then let your schemes alone, in the state, [^.] 
 
 S. Ye Jacohites t 
 Scho [she]. Quo' scho wha lives will see the proof, \re.\ 
 
 S. There was a lad t 
 
 Scholar. 
 
 Shew'd him the gentleman an' scholar ; The Twa Dogs. 
 
 School. I was bred up at nae sic school, 
 
 My shepherd-lad, to play the fool, S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 What's a' your jargon o' your Schools, 
 
 Ep. to J. i— *, Ap. 1st, I/. 
 Ye Mauchline bairns, as on ye pass 
 
 To school in bands thegither, . , Epit. on a Wag. 
 Leeze me on Drink ! it gies us mair 
 
 Than either School or CoUedge : . The Holy Fair, ig. 
 An' I held awa to the school ; The Jolly Beggars, S. III. 
 
 But human-bodies are sic fools. 
 
 For a' their coUedges an' schools, . . The Twa Dogs. sg. 
 School-boy. Like school-boys» at th' expected warning, 
 
 To joy and play. . To J. S., 15. 
 School-fellow. 
 
 My auld school-fellow, Preacher Willie, Auld comrade., t 
 Schulin [schooling!. 
 
 Gie him the schulin of your weans ; , On a Schoolmaster. 
 Science. 
 Seeks Science in her coy abode. . Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 An' in the depth of science mir'd, . , A uld comrade t 
 Mankind is a science defies definitions., Frag.^ inscr. to Fox. 
 And grateful science heaves the heartfelt sigh. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Where every science— every nobler art 
 That can inform the mind, or mend the heart, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Scoff. Which fools may scoflf at ; . Add. to Illegit. Child, 
 SCOf&ngly. Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son. 
 That name should he scofEngly slight it. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Scolding. 
 I married with a scolding wife 
 The fourteenth of November ; . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Scone [a kind of bread, thinner than a bannock]. 
 In souple scones, the wale o' food J . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 Hale breeks, a scone, an' whisky gill. 
 An' rowth 0' rhyine to rave at wiU, , . . lb] si. 
 
 3F 
 
 A lee dyke-side, a sybow-tail, 
 And barley-scone shall cheer me. . To Mr. M'Adam, 
 
 Sconner [loathing]. 
 Or fricassee wad make her spew 
 
 Wi' perfect sconner, . ^ To a Haggis, 
 
 Sconner, to [to loathe]. 
 
 And yill an' whisky gie to Cairds, 
 
 Until they sconner. . To J. S., 22. 
 
 Scorch*d. 
 But love wi' unrelenting beam 
 Has scorch'd my fountains dry, S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Scorching. They wasted, o'er a scorching flame, 
 
 The marrow of his bones ; John Barleycorn. 
 I'd fan it wi' a constant gale, 
 
 Beneath the noontide's scorching ray ; S. O were my love\ 
 saucy Phoebus' scorching beams, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 I'm scorching up so shallow, ... . . lb. 
 
 Score. 
 
 Has clad a score i' their last claith, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2$. 
 To scores o' lambs, an' packs of woo' ! The Death ofMailte. 
 Or buy a score o' lairds, man ? . S. The F$te Champeire. 
 For then I had a score 0' kye. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 And there I had three score 0' yowes, ... lb. 
 
 Than mony scores as guid's the priest 
 
 Wha sae abus't him. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 toothy critics by the score, In bloody raw! . To W. Creech. 
 On the same sicker score I mentioned before, 
 
 P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm." 
 We set nought to their score ; . The Election Ballads. V. 
 I see by ilka score and line, . S. There was a ladf 
 
 Scorn. And hear the scorn that's in her e'e ! 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 The princely revel may survey 
 
 Our rustic dance wi' scorn ; . S. Beheld, my love t 
 
 Then it was thy hour of scorn; . Blue Bonnets. 
 
 Dost thou not rise, indignant Shade, 
 And smile wi' spurning scorn. 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 If not, why am I subject to 
 
 His cruelty, or scorn ? . . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Who poverty ne'er held in scorn. On Window ofC. Inn, F.. 
 sore I feel All others' scorn . . . Reply to a Reproof. 
 Till our gudeman has gotten the scorn ; 
 
 S. The Cooper 0' cuddy t 
 The lalland laws he held in scorn : The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 My vows and tears her scorn excite . To Clarinda. 
 
 And ye will dree the scorn, lassie ; S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Scorn, to. 
 I scorn him [death] yet again ! S. Farewell, ye dungeons \ 
 I ken they scorn my low estate, S, Here's to thy health t 
 
 I scorn not the Peasant, tho' ever so low ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 And I the warld nor wish nor scorn. 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 Ye'se never scorn me. . S. O can ye labour lea t 
 
 Man with all his powers you scorn ; On scaring Water^fowl 
 And the foe you cannot brave. 
 
 Scorn at least to be his slave. . . , . . lb. 
 
 Inspiring bold John Barleycorn ! 
 What dangers thou canst make us scorn! 
 
 Tarn tf* Shanter. it. 
 With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 To phrase you an' praise you, 
 Ye ken your Laureat scorns : . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Seorn'd. I scom'd to lie : . . {fij'^^^^iL^t 
 
 Scorner. ' The mock'd quotation of the scorner's jest,' 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Scornful, -fu*. 
 Nor from the seat of scornful Pride 
 
 Casts forth his eyes abroad, . . . The ist Ps.. 
 Thou haply throw'st a scornful eye at 
 
 The hermit's prayer , . The Hermit. 
 Now I maun thole the scomfu' sneer 
 
 O' mony a saucy quean ; The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 
 Looks down, wi' sneering scomfu' view 
 
 On sic a dinner ? . . , To a Haggis. 
 While she, my cruel, scornfu' Fair, 
 Forbids me e ?r tQ see her m^ir ! ■ ■ ^S". Young Jamie t 
 
Scorning 
 
 410 
 
 Scottish 
 
 Scorning. 
 
 Cold-pausing Caution's lesson scorning, . To J. S., /J. 
 Scorpion. 
 
 Love grasps its scorpions — stifled they expire ; To Clarinda. 
 
 And scorpion Critics cureless venom dart. To R. G. o/F.,3. 
 Scot. Oh I had each Scot of ancient times. 
 
 Been, Jeany Scott, as thou art, . On Miss Scott. 
 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots, 
 
 On Grosis Peregrinations. 
 
 Ye Scots wha wish auld Scotland well, Scotch Drink. 16. 
 Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled ; 
 
 Scots, wham Bruce has aften led ; . . S. Scots wha ha'e t 
 A Scot still, but blot still, 
 
 I knew no higher praise. . Tke Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Is there, that bears the name o^ Scot, 
 But feels his heart's blood rising hot. 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer, 
 Dempster, a true-blue Scot I'se warran \ . . lb. 13. 
 Dire was the hate at old Harlaw, 
 
 That Scot to Scot did carry ; . . The Dean o/Fac.. 
 But Scot with Scot ne'er met so hot, . . . lb. 
 
 And also the wild Scot o' Galloway, 
 Sodgerin gunpowder Blair. The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Scotch. But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle, 
 
 A Guid New-year 1 10. 
 Its stature seem'd lang Scotch ells twa, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 And sic a Lord — ^lang Scotch ells twa, On dining with Daer. 
 My coat and my vest, they are Scotch o' the best, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 I sing the juice Scotch bear can male us, Scotch Drink. 
 
 O thou, my Muse ! guid, auld Scotch Drink ! . .lb. 
 I'll pledge my aith in guid braid Scotch, 
 
 The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Poor Bums — e'en Scotch drink canna quicken, 
 
 To W. Creech. 
 Scotchman. But bring a Scotchman frae his hill, 
 Clap in his cheek a Highland gill, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Scotia. Edina! Scotia^s darling seat ! Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 Scotia's kings of other years, Fam'd heroes ! . , Ih. 6. 
 
 Old Scotia's bloody lion bore : ... .lb.';. 
 
 While Scotia, with exulting tear, 
 
 Proclaims that Thomson was her son. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 Pale Scotia's recent wound I may deplore. 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 Once the lov'd haunts of Scotia's royal train ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Or when they struck old Scotia's melting airs, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 The healsome Porritch, chief of Scotia's food : 
 
 * The Cotter's Sat. Night. //. 
 
 The sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : . , lb. 13. 
 
 From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs, lb. ig. 
 O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! . . . lb. 20. 
 O never, never Scotia's realm desert, ... lb. 2i, 
 Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains, . . The Farewell. 
 To Masonry and Scotia dear ! The Farewell. To St. /.'s L.. 
 Old Scotia's darling hope. 
 
 Your little angel band . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Brydon's brave Ward I well could spy, 
 
 Beneath old Scotia's smiling eye ; [v. A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 They Scotia's Race among them share ; . lb. D. II. 4. 
 
 And leave auld Scotia's shore ? . . To Mary. 
 
 Before I leave Scotia's strand lb. 
 
 Mark Scotia's fond returning eye, 
 
 It dwells upon Glencairn. . . . V.s below Picture. 
 For Scotia's son— ance gay like thee . V.s under Grief. 
 And for fair Scotia, hame again, 
 1 cheery on tJid wander. . . S. When wild War's t 
 Scotlsh V. Scottish. 
 Scotland. 
 An' Scotland drew her pipe an' blew, 
 
 * Up, Willie, waur them a', man 1 ' . A Fragment. 7. 
 May twin auld-Scotland o' a life . . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Oie a' the faes o' Scotland's weal 
 
 A towmond's Tootb^ghe, Add. to Toothache. 
 
 * Then turn me, if Thou please, adrift, 
 
 ' Thro' Scotland wide ; JS/S, to J, L—kj Ap. 2ist, 13. 
 And there's no a man in all Scotland, 
 
 But I'll brave him at a word. S. Farewell^ ye duttgeona f 
 It was a' for our rightfu' lung 
 
 We left fair Scotland's strand ; . . S. It was a* for t 
 And may his great posterity 
 
 Ne'er fail in old Scotland ! . . . John Barleycorn. 
 The meanest hind in fair Scotland 
 
 May rove their sweets amang ; 
 But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, 
 
 Maun lie in prison Strang. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 And I'm the sovereign of Scotland, • ■ . . Ih. 
 Never perhaps to greet old Scotland more. 
 
 Lns, on Sack of Bank Note. 
 And laws for Scotland's weel ordained ; 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 On thee aft Scotland chows her cood, . Scotch Drink. 4, 
 An' sends, beside, auld Scotland's cash 
 
 To her warst faes. ... Ih. /j. 
 
 Ye Scots wha wish auld Scotland well, . . Ih. it. 
 
 Scotland lament frae coast to coast ! . . . Ih. ig. 
 Wha for Scotland's king and law, 
 
 Freedom's sword will strongly draw? . S. Scots wha hde\ 
 That I for poor auld Scotland's sake 
 Some useful plan, or book could make. 
 
 Or sing a sang at least. The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Scotland an' me's in great affliction. 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 
 Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, . . . . Ih.4. 
 Paint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle ; . . . 73. 7. 
 Then echo thro' Saint Stephen's wa's 
 
 Auld Scotland's wrangs. ... Ih. 12. 
 Arouse my boys ! exert your mettle, 
 To get auld Scotland back her kettle ! . 
 
 Ih. IS. 
 
 Ih. 22. 
 
 Ih.P. 
 . Ih. 
 
 Auld Scotland has a raucle tongue ; 
 
 Their lot auld Scotland ne'er envies, 
 
 Scotland, my auld, respected Mither ! 
 
 Lord, send a rough-shod troop o' Hell 
 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Or him wha led o'er Scotland a' 
 
 The meikle Ursa-Major? . . The Fete Champetre. 
 My Donald's arm was wanted then 
 
 For Scotland and for me. S. The Highl. Widow's Lament, 
 The Solemn League and Covenant 
 
 Cost Scotland bicod— cost Scotland tears ; 
 
 The League and Covenant 
 'Twas in that place o' Scotland's isle, 
 That bears the name o' auld king Coil, . The Twa Dogs. 
 Shew'd he was nane o' Scotland's dogs, . . . lb. 
 And long with this Whistle all Scotland shall ring. 
 
 The WMsik. 
 
 "This Whistle's your challenge, to Scotland get o'er, . Ih. 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware 
 
 That jaups in luggies ; [v, A 7] . Toa Ht^s. 
 
 Yarrow an' Tweed, to monie a tune, 
 
 Owre Scotland rings, . To W. Simpson. 
 
 To equal young Jessie, seek Scotland all over ; 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 Tho' shelter'd in the lowest shed 
 That ever rose on Scotland's plain ! 
 
 S. Twas even— the dewy J 
 
 Scots [Scottish ; the Scottish language]. 
 May Heaven protect my bonie Scots Laddie, 
 
 S. wharedidyeget,\ 
 
 But mete lus cunning by the old Scots ell ; . . Sketch. 
 We think na on the lang Scots miles, . Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet ; . . Ih.g- 
 That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, 
 Wi' twa pund Scots, ('twas a' her riches), . . lo- o- 
 Her auld Scots heart was true ; The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 In plain, braid Scots held forth a plain, braid story : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 
 Scottish, Scotlsh. 
 
 " To muse some favourite Scottish theme, & 1 s 4 
 
 * ' To sing some favourite Scottish maid. As on the oawts t 
 
 Wi' a cog o' gude ale, and an auld Scottish sang. 
 
 ^ ^ S. Contented wi httU,\ 
 
 The hopeful youth, in Scottish senate bred, Ep/r. Esopus. 
 
 Yes I there is ane ; a Scottish callan! 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry' 
 
 To paint the lovely hapless Scottish Queen I ScQts Prolopu, 
 
Scottish 
 
 411 
 
 Scythe 
 
 Ye'll soon hae Poets o' the Scottish n^Ion, 
 Will gar Fame hlaw until her trumpet crack, 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Wha sweetly tune the Scottish lyre, The A ns. to the Gvidwife. 
 To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night 
 Fareweel to a' our Scotish fame, . . S. The Union. 
 
 Fareweel even to the Scotish name, . . .lb. 
 
 I took her for sdme Scottish Muse 
 
 By that same token ; . The Vision. D. I. g. 
 Still, as in Scottish story read, . . . lb. D. I, is. 
 Was brought to the court of our good Scotish King, 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Here, where the Scottish muse immortal lives, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 At Wallace' name, what Scottish blood, 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood 1 . To W. Simpson. 
 Among the illustrious Scottish sons 
 That chief thou may'st discern ; . . V.s^ below Picture. 
 Seoundpel. 
 By scoundrels, even wi' holy robes, 
 
 But hellish spirit, . To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Scoup'd. Whiles scour'd awa in lang excursion, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 Scourge. 
 
 The scourge of the seas, and the dread of the shore : 
 
 .S". Caledonia. 
 'Tis real hangmen, real scourges bear ! . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 And flagrant from the scourge he grunted, ai ! The Vowels. 
 
 Scowl. 
 
 When thou shrunk frae the scowl of the loud winter storm. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Scowl, to. 
 
 Around me scowls a wintry sky, . S. Forlorn^ my Love t 
 Scowling. 
 
 She sees the scowling tempest fly : . S. The gloomy Night \ 
 SeoW'P. Or in gulravage rinnin scow'r 
 
 To pass the time, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Scraichan [scpeaming]. 
 
 Paitricks scraichan loud at e'en, . Ep. to J. L — kj Ap, ist. 
 Scrap. Here's a little wadset 
 
 Buittles scrap o' truth, The Election Ballads^ IV. 
 
 Scrape. 
 
 The hungry bike did scrape and pike S. Amang the trees t 
 Tho' here they scrape, an' squeeze, an' growl, 
 
 E:p. to J. L—k, Ap. 2isif ly. 
 Scraper. 
 
 A pigmy Scraper wi' his Fiddle, The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Scrapin'. 
 
 Like scrapin' out auld Crummie's nicks, To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Scrapings. 
 Mite-horn shavings, fllings, scrapings, 
 
 JiistiWd. perse; Death and Dr. Hornbook^ 22, 
 Scrawl. Sae I've begun to scrawl, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 7. 
 Scream. 
 
 Is drowned amid the mournful scream, . . On Lincluden. 
 Scream, to. 
 
 Scream your discordant joys ; . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 Screaming. 
 Thou green crested lapwing thy screaming forbear, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Screeching. 
 
 Ye jarring screeching things around, On Death of Lap-dog, 
 Screed [a tear, a rent]. 
 " Ye, for my sake, hae gien the feck 
 ** Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day," 
 
 The Holy Pair. 4. 
 Or lasses gie my heart a screed, . . To W. Simpson. 
 Screed, to [to repeat glibly]. 
 He'll screed you aff Effectual Calling, 
 
 As fast as ony in the dwalling. . . . The Inventory. 
 Screen. Than under gospel colours hid be 
 
 Just for a screen. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Screen, to. 
 Tho' glory's name may screen us ; Lfts on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 That sunny walls from Boreas screen, S. On Cessnock banks f 
 Alike to screen the birdie's nest, 
 And little Ashes' caller rest : . S. The Contented Cottager, 
 
 Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs, 
 
 An' screen our countra Gentry ; . . The Holy Fair. g. 
 And birks extend their fragrant arms 
 To screen the dear epibrace. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Screened. 
 
 Propitious Powers screen'd the young flow'rs, Natures Lam. 
 Screw. And [Heaven] screw your temper-pins aboon 
 
 A flfth or mair, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 Come, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep. The Ordination. 7. 
 Scpew'd. 
 
 He screw'd the pipes and gart them skirl, Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 Serew'd-up. 
 
 Wi' screw'd-up, grace-proud faces ; . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 Scribble. 
 But I shall scribble down some blether 
 
 Just clean aff-Ioof. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. Slst^ 7. 
 Scriechan [screeching]. 
 An' scriechan out prosaic verse. 
 
 An' iike.to brust I The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Scriegh [to cry shrilly]. 
 How thou wad prance, an' snore, an' scriegh, 
 
 A Gude New- Year \ 8. 
 Serievin, Serivin' [gliding easily, swiftly, glee- 
 somely]. 
 An' owre the hill gaed serievin, . . . Halloween. 24. 
 The wheels o' life gae down-hill, serievin, 
 
 Wi' rattlin glee. . . Scotch Drink, s. 
 Then, hiltie, skiltie, we gae serivin', 
 
 An' fash nae mair. , Second Ep. to Davie, 
 Scrimgeour. Bold Scrimgeour follows gallant Graham, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VL 
 Scrimp [to scant, pinch, limit]. 
 For lack o' thee I scrimp my glass. 
 „ . Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 
 Scrimpet [scanty]. 
 
 To mak amends for scrimpet stature, . . ToJ.S.,3. 
 Serimply [scantily]. 
 
 Till half a leg was serimply seen ; . The Vision. D. I. 11. 
 Scripture. Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, 
 
 And nail't wi' Scripture. [v.A,6] 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 A rousing whid at times to vend, 
 
 And nail't wi' Scripture. [v.A.6] . . IB. 
 Wi' Logic, an" wi' Scripture, 
 
 They raise a din, . . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 Serivin' v. Serievin. 
 Scroggam. 
 There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, Scroggam ; [re.] 
 
 S. Scroggam. 
 Scroggam, my dearie, ruffum. \re.'\ . ... lb. 
 Scroggie [bushy]. 
 We heard nought but the roaring linn, 
 Amang the braes sae scroggie. . S. What will I do gin \ 
 Scrub. 
 
 He fine a mangy sheep could scrub, . The Twa Herds. 8. 
 Scud. Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail, 
 
 Right on ye scud your sea-way ; Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 And many a lesser torrent scuds, 
 
 With seeming roar. . The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 Sculduddry [a ludicrous term denoting fornication]. 
 Sculduddry and he will be there ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Scull. But build a castle on his head, 
 
 His scull will prop it under. . Epig. on Coxcomb. 
 Sculpture. Windows and doors in nameless sculptures drest, 
 c , . ^he Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 Sculpture, to. *> j j' 
 
 We'll sculpture the marble, we'll measure the lay ; 
 
 Monody t on a Lady. 
 Sculptured. 
 Go to yoursculptur'd tombs, ye Great, 
 
 El.onCapt.M.H.,i6. 
 No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb qfFergusson. 
 
 Scymitar. 
 
 Five scymitars, wi' murder crusted ; Tarn o' Shanter. 11. 
 Scythe. An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther, 
 
 Clear-danglmg, hang ; Death and Dr. Homhook. 
 ' See, here's a scythe, and there's a dart, . * lb, 75. 
 ' I drew my scythe in sic a fury, . . * . /^. j8. 
 
Sea 
 
 412 
 
 Secure 
 
 Sea. Then up they gat the maskin-pat 
 
 And in the sea did jaw, man ; . , A FragTmnt, • 
 And 1 will luve thee still, my Dear, 
 
 Till a' the seas gang dry. ire.] . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 
 up amang thae lakes and seas . . Add. o/Beelzehui. 
 
 While waters wimple to the sea ; . . 6". Ct£ the Ewes. 
 
 The scourge of the seas, and the dread of the shore ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 We'll o'er the water and o'er the sea, S. Come boat me tier. 
 ' True Sal-marinum o' the seas ; Death, and Dr. Hornbook, si. 
 There's wooden walls upon our seas, ,S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 And ilk loyal, bonie lad 
 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. . S. Frae the friends t 
 Who mad'st the sea and shore, . Grace after Dinner. 
 
 He's on the seas to meet the foe ? J'. How can my^oor heart t 
 On the seas and far away, 
 ' On stormy seas and far away, ire,] . ... lb. 
 And now what seas between us roar, .S. How Umg and dreary \ 
 I faught at land, I faught at sea, . . 5. Killiecrankie. 
 It's not the roar o' sea or shore. 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; 6*. My bonie Mary. 
 Tho' I were doom'd to wander on, 
 Beyond the sea, beyond the sun, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 
 Our billie's gien us a' a jink. 
 
 An' owre the Sea. [r«.] . On Scot. Bardgne to IV. I. 
 When Phosbus sinks behind the seas ; .S. On Cessnock banks\ 
 Auld Aire ran by before me. 
 
 And bicker'd to the seas; . . . One night as I ^ 
 
 The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. 
 
 6'. Out mer the Forth t 
 But seas between us braid hae roar'd 
 
 S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 
 The Thames flows proudly to the sea, S. The Banks ofNith t 
 My heart is wae, and unco wae, 
 To think upon the raging sea, 6". The bonie Lass of Alb.. 
 
 Auld Ayr is just one lengthen'd, tumbling sea ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Their likeness is not found on earth, in air, or sea. . lb. S. 
 
 And I maun cross the raging sea ; 5*. The Highl. Lassie. 
 
 They banish'd him beyond the sea, Thi Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 Be banish'd .o'er the sea to France, The Twa Herds. 16. 
 
 Here, rivers in the sea were lost ; The Vision. D. I. 23. 
 
 He drank his poor god-ship as deep as the sea. 
 
 The Whistle. 4.. 
 
 Over sea, over shore. 
 
 Where the cannons loudly roar ; .S". There was a bonie Lass t 
 
 The frost may freeze the deepest sea, . S. To daunton me. 
 
 Where Cart rins rowing to the sea, S. Where Cart rins t 
 
 Or still the tumult of the raging sea : . Why am /loth\ 
 Sea-fowl. 
 
 While flitting Sea-fowls round me cry, 5. Behold the houri 
 Sea-way. 
 
 Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail. 
 Right on ye scud your sea-way ; Add. to Unco Guid 4. 
 
 Seal. 
 
 While many a kiss the seal imprest, S, By Allan stream t 
 Humid seal of soft affections, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Seal, to. 
 And on thy lips I seal my vow, S. An' Til kiss theeyet, t 
 And heaven-born piety her sanction seals. To Miss Graham. 
 Sealed, -'d. 
 Seal'd on her silk-saft falds to rest, , i'. O were my love t 
 Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath'd, 
 
 Were seal'd in soft repose ; . . S. On a bank of flowers t 
 Seal'd up with frugal care in massive, waxen piles, 
 
 Tlu Brigs of Ayr. 
 A vow, they seal'd it with a kiss 
 
 Sir Politics to fetter, . . . The Fite Champetre. 
 But it sealed freedom's sacred cause 
 
 The League and Covenant, 
 Seam. Gae mind your seam, ye prick the louse. 
 
 What ails ye now t 
 Seam'd. Three lawyers' tongues, tum'd inside out, 
 
 Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout ; [v.A.i6] 
 
 Tant d Shanter. 
 Seamy. 
 
 And mark'd with manjr a seamy scar : Addi to Edinburgh, J. 
 Search. 
 Here holds her search by heaven-taught Reason's beam ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 The Goth was stalking round with anxious search, 
 
 „ . , The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Search, Ko. <■ j j •>. 
 
 We'll search through the garden for each silly flower. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Search'd. But vain they search'd when off I march'd 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S, VI. 
 Searchlngr. Searching auld wives' barrels 
 
 Och, ho! the day I . . Searching auld^ 
 Season. 
 Thus seasons dancing, life advancing. 
 
 Old Time and Nature their changes tell, 5. Bonie Bell 
 We've all things that's nice, and mostly in season, 
 
 Im.promptu. 
 Round and round the seasons go : . . S. Let not womattf 
 And doubly welcome be the spring. 
 
 The season to my Lucy dear. , S. O watye whds in t 
 And life's poor season peaceful spend. On scaring Waterfowl, 
 An' hardly, in a winter season. 
 
 E'er spier her [my Muse's] price. Scotch Drink, 14. 
 An' physically causes seek, 
 
 In clime an' season. The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 'Twas in that season ; . . , The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 His English style, and gesture fine. 
 
 Are a' clean out o' season. . . . The Holy Fair, /J, 
 Beauty's of a fading nature. 
 Has a season, and is gane. , S, Will ye go and marry \ 
 Seat. At my right hand assign'd your seat. Add. of Beehebub, 
 A seat, I'm sure ye're weel deservin't ; . . , . Ih, 
 Edina ! Scotia's darling seat ! . , Add. to Editihurgh 
 We'll ease our shanks an^ tak a seat, 
 
 DeathandDr. Homioeh. 11. 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast, . . . Ep. to Davie. J. 
 Nor from the seat of scornful Pride 
 
 Casts forth his eyes abroad, . . The 1st Psalm. 
 
 Here shall the shepherd make his seat. 
 
 The Petition ofBr._ Water, 
 Second. (Beauty, where faultless symmetry and grace, 
 Can only charm us in the second place,) 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 And still the second dread command be free, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. S. 
 He, ^ho bore in heaven the second name. 
 
 The Cottei's Sat. Ni^t iS- 
 Or nobly die, the second glorious part : . , . Ih. 21. 
 Second sight. (The second sight, ye ken, is given 
 
 To ilka Poet) To Terraughty, 
 Second-sighted. 
 (That Bards are second-sighted is nae joke. 
 
 The Brigs <f Ayr. 4. 
 Secrecy. 
 May secrecy round be the mystical bound. 
 And brotherly love be the centre. S, The Sons of old K.. 
 Secret. A secret word or twa, man ; . A Fragment. S, 
 " Or canker worm wi' secret sting? As on the banks\ 
 
 But there is ane, a secret ane, S. Braw lads on Yar. iraes\ 
 But secret love will break my heart, 
 
 If I conceal it langer. . . . S. Craigie-lum Wood. 
 What secret charm to mem'ry brings 
 All that on Evan's border springs ? S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 
 But secret love will break my heart. 
 
 If I conceal it langer. . . . S, Sweet fds the eve^ 
 Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious : Tarn 0' Shanter, J. 
 
 The Parent-pdr then: secret homage pay. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18, 
 
 And secret hung, with poison'd crust. 
 The dirk of Defamation: . . The Holy Fair. MoiU 
 
 My secret heart's exulting boast ? . . The Lament. 4 
 Secret. 
 Condemn 'd to drag a hopeless chain, . 
 
 And yet in secret languish ; S, Farewell, thou stream I 
 Nor give the csward secret breath. . . • Liberty. 
 Yet I love my love in secret, . . . S. My Sandy gied\ 
 Skill'd in the Secret, to bestow with grace ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell ; , , „ , . 
 The Henpecked Hmbani. 
 
 Condemn'd to see my rival's reign, .,. .ti, 
 
 While I in secret languish ; . . S. The last time I\ 
 
 Secure. The scatt'rodoaveys meet secure, .J. Thegloomym^\ 
 
 And coward maukin sleep secure, . . , 
 
 Low in her grassy form : . The Pehtion if Br. Water. 
 
Secure 
 
 m 
 
 See 
 
 Secure in valour's station ; . . . . S. The Union, 
 The cit and polecat stink, and are secure. To R. G. o/F„ 
 
 Seeupe, to* Still anxious to secure your partial favor, 
 
 Add. sp. 6y Fonienelle. 
 Could I the rich reward secure, S. O Maty^ at thy window t 
 And thack and rape secure the toil-won crap ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Securely. 
 
 The robin in the hedge descends, 
 And sober chirps securely. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Sedge. Ye mossy streams, with sedge and rushes storM, 
 
 EL on Miss Burnet. 
 
 See. He downa see a poor man want ; . A Ded, to G. H.^S- 
 So, Sir, you see 'twas nae daft vapour, ... lb. 12. 
 
 May heaven augment your blisses, 
 On ev'ry new Birth-day ye see, ... A Dream. 
 Is sure an uncouth sight to see, . . . . Ih. 
 
 I see ye're complimented thrang, . . - • , lb. z. 
 She soon shall see her tender brood, 
 The pride, the pleasure o' the wood, , S. A Rosehtd by t 
 
 And, by the moon-beam, shook, to see 
 A stem and stalwart ghaist arise, . ■ . .A Vision. 
 See stem Oppression's iron grip, , . A Winter Night. 7, 
 'Twill please me mair to hear an' see't, 
 
 Than stocket mailins. Add. to llhgit. Child. 
 
 I see the Sire of Love on high, . Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 And sees, with self-approving mind, 
 
 Each creature on his [Autumn's] bounty fed. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 As round the fire the giglets keckle, 
 
 To see me loup ; . . Add. to Toothache. 
 Or worthy friends rak'd i' the mools. Sad sight to see t lb. 
 Ye see your state wi' theirs compared, Add. to Unco Guid.3. 
 
 See Social-life and Glee sit down, Ib.S- 
 
 Nature sees Her robe assume its vernal hues, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature^ 
 " When a' my weel-clad banks could see, 
 
 " Their woody picture in my tide : . As on the banks t 
 What wives an' wabsters see an' feel ; . Auld comrade t 
 Sae shortly you shall see me bright, . . . /5. 
 
 But first, before you see heaven's glory, 
 May ye get mony a merry story, . . . ^ , lb. 
 Grim Vengeance lang has taen a nap, 
 
 But we may see him wauken : . S. Awoy whigSi awa. 
 And see the waves sae sweetly glide , S. Ca' the ewes. 
 And a' the day to sit in dool, 
 
 And naebody to see me lb. 
 
 But O, to see auld Nick gaun hame, 
 
 And Charlie's faes before him! . S. Come boat me der\ 
 I see the spreading leaves and flowers, S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 I see thee gracefu', straight and tall, 
 
 I see thee sweet and bonie ; lb. 
 
 To see thee in another's arms, - - 'Twill be my dead, . lb. 
 tak care o' skaith, See, there's a gully! 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. g. 
 See, here's a scythe, and there's a dart, . , lb. is- 
 Ye stately foxgloves fair to see ; . El. on Ca^t. M. H. , j*. 
 I see her wave thy towering plumes afar, . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 I see her face the first of Ireland's sons, . . .lb. 
 But hanker, and canker, 
 
 To see their cursed pride Ep. to Davie. 
 
 To see how things are shar'd ; lb, 2. 
 
 With honest joy, our hearts will bound, 
 
 To see the coming year : ■, lb. 4. 
 
 They [Misfortunes] make us see the naked truth, . . lb, 7, 
 I dinna like to see your face, 
 
 Nor hear your crack, Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap, ist^ so. 
 Poor silly body see him ; • . Epit. on Holy Willie, 
 Your brunstane devilship I see 
 
 Has got him there before ye ; lb, 
 
 I care na by how few may see, . S, First when Maggy t 
 I could write, — ^but Meg maun see't, . . . .lb. 
 How can I see him die! . . « . . Fragment. 
 To see the new [year] come laden, groaning, 
 
 Friend of the poet t 
 An' Jean, had e'en a Sair beaft 
 
 To see't that night Halloween. 8. 
 
 In hopes to see Tam Kipples .... lb, 21. 
 
 My dear, I'll come and see thee ; .S". Here's to thy health, t 
 
 See yonder rose-bush, rich in dew, . S. I do confess t 
 
 And see my bonie Jean again. . S. Til ay ccC in \ 
 
 And when her lovely form I see, 
 
 O. haith, she's doubly dear again \ .... lb. 
 Than, if I canna mak thee sae, 
 
 At least to see thee blest. . . S. It is na, Jean, i 
 
 The feather'd people, you might see, 
 
 Perch'd all around on every tree, S, It was the charming \ 
 "Why did I live to see that day ? . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Ill may we never see t . . . S. Landlady, count \ 
 Fy, bring Black-Jock, her state physician. 
 
 To see her w-t-r ; . , LeitertoJ.Goudie. 
 See tow she fetches at the thrapple, . ... lb. 
 Asham'd himself to see the wretches, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 To see the miscreants feel the pains they give; 
 
 Lns extm. in Lady's Pocket-hook. 
 I see the children of afiliction. 
 Unaided through thy curs'd restriction ; 
 
 Lns^ on Back of Bank Note. 
 Let great folks hear and see. . Lns on Windows^ GL Tav. 
 But see him on the edge of life, Man was made to Mourn. 
 See, yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, 
 
 So abject, mean and vile, lb. 
 
 And see his lordly fellow-worm, 
 
 The poor petition spurn, .... . lb.8. 
 
 But did you see my dearest Phillis, 
 
 In simplicity's array ; . . . S. Mark yonder Pomp t 
 See you not ^on hills and dales 
 
 The sun shines on sae brawlie 7 . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 I'll never see him back again. S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 But see you the Crown how it waves in the air, 
 
 S. No Churchman am /f 
 Those smiles and glances let me see, 
 
 That make the miser's treasure poor : S. O Maty, at thy \ 
 Ye mustering thunders from above 
 
 Your willing victim see I ■ . . , S. O mirk, mirk t 
 See those hands, ne'er stretch'd to save, 
 
 Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 I see her in the dewy flowers, 
 
 I see her sweet and fair ; . . . .S". Ofd the airts t 
 She sees his pale corse on the plain. Oh ; 
 
 .S". Oh, open the door, t 
 I start and see The ruined sad reality, . . On Lincluden. 
 Nor sauce, nor state that I could see, On dining with Doer. 
 See from his cavem grim Oppression rise. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. . 
 Keen on the helpless victim see him fly, . . % lb. 
 But wad ye see him in his glee, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And port, O port! shine thou a wee, 
 
 And Then ye'll see him ! . , . lb. 
 
 Those smiles and glances let me see, 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window \ 
 Ye mustering thunders from above 
 
 Your willing victim see I , . , S. O mirk, mirk t 
 To see her, is to love her, . . S.O poortith cauld, t 
 I see a form, I see a face. 
 
 Ye weel may wi' the fairest place : S, O this is no my ain t 
 I see thee dancing o'er the green, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 O silly blind body, O dinna ye see ; S. O whare did ye get t 
 Syne up the back-style, and let naebody see, .S*. O whistle^ t 
 And Rob and Allan came to see ; . S. O Willie brew'd t 
 But to see her, was to love her, . . S. One fond kiss^ t 
 
 rare I to see thee fizz an' freath 
 
 I' the lugget caup ! . . Scotch Drink, zo. 
 When skirlin weanies see the light, ... lb. is. 
 See the front of battle lour ; 
 See approach proud Edward's power, ^S". Scots, wha ha'e t 
 
 1 see the old, bald-pated fellow. Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Deaf as my friend, he sees them press, ... lb. 
 See aged winter 'mid his surly reign. 
 
 Sonnet, ivr. on Birthday. 
 I see the flowers and spreading trees, S, Sweet fe^s the ffve t 
 Care, mad to see a man sae happy, S, Tam 0* Shanter. 6* 
 I see her yet, the sOnsy quean, The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 To see her sittan oh her arse 
 
 Low i' the dust, The Authof's Cry and Prayer, 
 To see his poor, auld Mither's pot, 
 
 Thus dung in staves, , . . .lb,g, 
 God bless your Honors, can ye see't, 
 The kind, auld, cantie Carlin greet, ... lb, ii. 
 
414 
 
 Seek 
 
 Or faith I I'll wad piy new pleugh-pettle, 
 
 Ye'U see't or lang, The Author's Cry and Prayer. !$• 
 See future wines, rich-clust'ring rise ; . . . Ih P. 
 Dearth cojnes, wi' fearless eye he sees him ; . . , Jb. 
 To see the woodbine twine, S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett. II. 
 When shall I see that honour'd land, .S". The Banks ofNith. 
 Or did the battle see, man. S. The Battle qfSherra-Moor. 
 and see the cluds O' Clans frae woods . ... lb. 
 Wi' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4- 
 The' faith, that date, I doubt, ye'U never see ; . . lb. $• 
 To see each melancholy alteration ; • . . . lb. g. 
 Thou shalt sit in state, 
 
 And see thy love in battle. . . S. The Captain's Lady. 
 Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears. 
 
 The Coitet's Sat. Night. 3. 
 
 The wily mother sees the conscious flame . . .lb. 7. 
 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taen ; . .lb. 8. 
 
 in the way His Wisdom sees the best, ... lb. 18. 
 Chose one who should owe it all, d^e see, 
 
 To their gratis grace and goodness. • Th^ Dean o/Fac.. 
 . Wha sees Kerroughtree's open yett 1 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 
 . And ye shall see me try him lb. VI. 
 
 For your poor friend, the Bard afar, 
 
 He only hears and sees the war, lb. 
 
 It [the gale] rustles, and whistles 
 I'll never see thee more ! . . . . The Farewell. 
 S. The gloomy nighty 
 
 . lb. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 8. 
 
 . . lb. 16. 
 
 I see it driving o'er the plain ; 
 Across her placid, azure sky, 
 She sees the scowling tempest fly : 
 Then in we go to see the show, 
 See, up he's got the word o' G — , . 
 I am, altho' I say*t mysel, 
 
 Worth gaun a mile to see. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 See the smoking bowl before us, Th^ Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 I see the hours, in long array, . . . The Lament. 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Condemn'd to see my rival's reign, . S. The last time /f 
 Nae joy nor pleasure can she see ; . . S. The lovely lass t 
 Their graves are growing green to see ; . . . . lb. 
 Oh, rare I to see our elbucks wheep, . The Ordination. 7. 
 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes 
 
 She's swingein thro' the city 1 . . . . lb. 11. 
 See; how she peels the skin an' fell, ... lb. is. 
 To see them come round me with prattling noise, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Wi'-sma' persuasion she agreed, 
 
 To see me thro* the barley. . . ^S". The Rigs o* Barley. 
 
 Torn from that lovely shore, and must never see it more ; 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 Must I see thee, my youthful pride, 
 
 Thus brought so very low I . . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Ye'U there see bonie Peggy ; . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 There's some that are dowie, I trow wad be fain 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again. S, The Taylor/ell^ 
 I didna trow, I'd see my jo . S. The tither mom t 
 
 Did least expect, To see my lad sae near me. . . lb. 
 
 And now she sees wi' pride, man, 
 How weel it buds and blossoms there, The Tree qf Liberty. 
 But vicious folk aye hate to see 
 
 The works o' Virtue thrive, man \ .... lb. 
 
 And grat to see it thrive, man ; lb. 
 
 But he wad stan't, as glad to see him, . The Twa Dogs, 3. 
 But then, to see how ye're negleket, . . lb. iz. 
 
 I see how folk live that hae riches ; . . . lb. 14. 
 My heart has been sae fain to see them, 
 That I for joy hae barket wi' them. . , lb, 20. 
 
 To learn bon ton and see the worl'. ... lb. 22. 
 Ye'U see how new-light herds will whistle, 
 
 The Twa Herds. 3. 
 Sic twa, O ! do I live to see't, .... Ib,g. 
 
 To see a Race heroic wheel, [v.A. 4] , The Vision^ D. I. 
 At last her feet, I sang to see't, 
 
 Gaed foremost o'er the knowe ; . S. The weary Pund. 
 
 " And drink them to hell, Sir 1 or ne'er see me more I '* 
 
 The Whistle. 
 Till Cynthia hinted he'd see them next morn, . lb. 13* 
 
 And see an onie bonie lad will fancy me. 
 
 S. There grows a bonie^ 
 Quo' scho wha lives will see the proof, S. There was a lad\ 
 
 I see by ilka score and line, 73, 
 
 Whaur'U ye e'er see men sae happy. There's naethin like \ 
 I scarce could wink or see a styme ; . . . . IB. 
 Now thou'st left thy lass for ay— I must see thee never. 
 
 S. Thou kast left me\ 
 His knife see Rustic-labour dight, . . Toa Ha^. 
 
 Poor devil! see him owre his trash, . . . . lb. 
 
 wad some Pow'r ihe giftie gie us 
 
 To see oursels as others see us ! . . . Toa Louse. 
 An' forward, tho' I canna see, I guess an' fear ! To a Mouse. 
 That is the thing you ne'er shall see, . S. To daunton me, 
 Ye've cost me twenty pair o' shoon 
 
 Just gaun to see you ; . . . To J. S. 
 See, crazy, weary, joyless Eild, . ... Ib.^. 
 
 1 see ye upward cast your eyes . ... lb, 28, 
 See wha talcs notice o' the bard! . . To Mr. M^ Adam. 
 (Though glad I'm to see't, man), , . To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 I see thy life is stuff o' prief. 
 
 Scarce quite half worn. To Rev. J. MMath. 
 With stern-resolv'd, despairing eye, 
 
 I see each aimed dart; To Ruin. 
 
 See him, the poor man's friend in need, To Rev. J, M'Matk. 
 Nae mair we see his levee door 
 
 Philosophers and Poets pour, . . . To W. Creech. 
 An' stay ae month amang the Moons 
 
 An' see them right. To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 An' when the new-light billies see them, 
 
 I think they'll crouch! . . . . lb. 
 May I never see it, may I never trow it, 
 
 S, Wandering Willie, 
 To see the rose and woodbine tvrine ; S. Ye banks and braes \ 
 The slighted maids my torments see, . S. Young Jamie, t 
 Forbids me e'er to see her mair ! lb, 
 
 See'd [saw]. 
 
 Sometime when nae ane see'd him, . . Halloween. 77. 
 Seedsman. 
 Wi' joy the tentie Seedsman stalks, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature \ 
 Seeing'. But seeing the ring, then she stood in amaze. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Seek. 
 
 Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool, A Bards E^t, 
 
 Seeks Science in her coy abode. . Add. to Edinburgh. 2. 
 I seek nae mair o* Heaven to share, S. AtC III kiss theeyeti 
 I seek nae m^r o' Heaven to share. 
 
 Than sic a moment's pleasure : . S. Come let we take\ 
 I'll seek my pursie whare I tint it, Ep. to Maj, Logan, n. 
 
 Seek not the proofs in private life to find ; 
 
 Ep. toR, Graham. 5. 
 
 There seek my lost repose, . . . S.'HadIacave\ 
 
 ' I daur you try sic sportin, 
 ' As seek the foul Thief, onie place, . . Halloween. 14. 
 Ithers seek they kenna what, . . ,S. Jockey fou, t 
 
 I'd seek some dell, and in my arms 
 
 I'd shelter dear .S*. Montgomerit's Pe^. 
 
 Gae seek for pleasure whare ye will, , 
 
 But here I never miss't it yet. . .S". My Love she s butt 
 We seek but little, L— , from thee ; . New Psalmody. 
 ' A waefu' wanderer seeks thy tower, . S. mirk^ mir&i 
 Gie me Rob, I'll seek nae mair, .S*. O wha my baiie-clouts\ 
 That seek, in prayer, the midnight fane. On Lincluden. 
 
 Swiftly seek on clanging wings, 
 Other lakes and other springs ; 
 Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest, _ 
 
 . On seeing wounded tiart. 
 
 Seek Heaven for help, and barefit skelp 
 Awa' wi' Willie Chalmers. . 
 
 Muse while the Evan seeks the Clyde ? ^ ,. , _ + 
 
 ^. Slow spreads theglom t 
 
 Ifhe some scheme, like tea an' winnooks, .«-«.,«. 
 
 Wad kindly seek. The A uthn's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 An' physically causes seek, In clime an' season, . ■ lb. P- 
 
 An' [Rattons] seek the benmost bore : , „ „ „ „ 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. //' 
 
 • I saw thee seek the sounding shore, The Vision. Di //. /J' 
 
 Gae Bomewhere else and seek your dinner, To a Lousd 
 
 On scaring Waterfowl 
 
 On W. Chalmers, 
 
Seek 
 
 415 
 
 Seldom 
 
 To equal young Jessie, seek Scotland all over ; 
 To equal young Jessie, you seek ic in vain ; 
 
 S. True liearied was he t 
 Or downward seek the Indian mine ; 
 
 S. Tivas even — the dewy t 
 At noon the fisher seeks the glen, S. When o'er the hiU\ 
 Enjoyment I'll seek in my woe. S. Where are the joys t 
 
 As life itself becomes disease, 
 Seek the chimney-nook of ease. Wr, in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Seem. 
 
 Yet whose parts and acquirements seem mere lucky hits ; 
 
 Fragments inscr. to Fox. 
 The' they seem fair, still have a care, S. Here's to thy health t 
 A heart that warmly seems to feel ; , S. O leave novels f 
 tho' the phrase may seem uncivil, . . Scots Prologue, 
 
 Those mighty periods of years 
 
 Which seem to us so vast, . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 " Sweet lass, I think ye seem to ken me ; The Holy Fair. 4. 
 But what can give pleasure, or what can seem fair, 
 When the lingering moments are number'd wi' care? 
 
 S, The small bids rejoice t 
 My griefs it seems to join ; .... Winter. 
 
 Seem'd. Its stature seem'd lang Scotch ells twa. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 
 It seem'd to mak a kind o' stan', 15. S. 
 
 I spy'd a man, whose aged step 
 
 Seem'd weary, worn with care ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 Kirk-Alloway seem'd in a bleeze ; . . Tarn 0* Shanter, 10. 
 He seem'd as he wi' Time had warstl'd lang, 
 
 S. The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 And seem'd, to my astonish*d view, 
 
 A well-known Land. The Vision. D. I. 12. 
 Some seem'd to muse, some seem'd to dare. 
 
 With feature stern. [v.A.4i . . , lb. 
 While back recoiling seem'd to reel 
 
 Their Suthron foes. [v.A.4] . . . Ih. 
 All nature list'ning seem'd the while, S.'^Twas even— the dewyf 
 
 Seeming. 
 
 Nay, what are priests ? those seeming godly wise men : 
 
 Lns on Window^ K.'s A., D, 
 A robe of seeming truth and trust The Holy Fair. Mott. 
 
 And many- a lesser torrent scuds, 
 
 With seeming roar. The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 
 I view'd the heavenly-seeming Fair ; . . . lb. D. II, 
 Ye, whom the seeming good think sin to pity : Tragic Frag. 
 Seen. An' I hae seen their coggie fou, 
 
 That yet hae tarrow't at it, . A Dream, is. 
 
 I've seen the day, 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie A Guid New-Year^ 
 I've seen thee dappl't, sleek an' glaizie, . . . /3. 2. 
 
 As a' the priests had seen me get thee Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 " Ye might hae seen me in my pride, . As on the banks t 
 But lately seen, in gladsome green, . S. But lately seen t 
 'Twill be my dead, that will be seen, S. Craigie-hum Wood. 
 And morning Poossie whiddan seen, Ep. to J. L—k,Ap. isi. 
 Now comes the sax an' twentieth simmer, 
 
 I've seen the bud upo' the timmer, lb., Ap. 3istj 10. 
 
 And then their [the Saunts'] failings, flaws an' lyants, 
 
 Are a' seen thro'. . . .Ep.toJ.R.^z. 
 
 had I ne'er seen thee, my Eppie M'Nab! [*•«,] 
 
 . , . , ^ ^ , S. Ep^ie M'Nab. 
 
 As borne Lasses I ha e seen, 
 
 Andmonyfullasbraw, . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 An ye had seen what I hae seen, 
 
 I' th' braes o' Killiecrankie O. . . S. Killiecrankie. 
 And the days are awa that we hae seen ; S. Lady Maty Ann. 
 " I've seen sae mony changefu' years, Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 1 glowr'd as I'd seen a warlock, t^^-] 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 "By^G— dl'U notbeseenbehint them, Lnsadd. to J. Ratiken, 
 I've seen th' oppressor's cruel smile, Lns^ on BackofBank Note. 
 IVe seen yon weary winter-sun 
 
 Twice forty times return ; Man was made to mourn. 3. 
 The furrow'd waving com is seen 
 
 Rejoice in fostering showers. lS". Now Spring has cladf 
 O Tibbie ! I hae seen the day 
 
 Ye would na been sae shy ; , . . S.O Tibbie ! t 
 
 When rising Phosbus first is seen, S. On Cessnock banks j 
 There's ane they ca' Jean, I'll warrant ye've seen 
 
 As bonie a lass or as braw, . . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Has auld Kplmamock] seen the Deil ? Tarn Samson's El. 
 " But had ye seen the philibegs lS". The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 The Catrine woods were yellow seen, iS". The Catrine woods t 
 Or were more in fury seen. Sir, . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 I've seen the day and sae hae ye, 
 Ye wadna been sae donsie, O. 
 I've seen the day ye butter'd my brose, 
 
 S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 Yet I hae seen him on a day 
 
 The pride of a' the parishen, . . S. The cardin dt. 
 " I'm sure I've seen that bonie face, 
 
 " But yet I canna name ye." . . The Holy Fair. 4. 
 That, to a Bard, I should be seen 
 
 Wi' half my channel dry : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 This poor man was seen to go early to work, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 O Love will venture in, where it dare na weel be seen ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 O would, or I had seen the day 
 
 That treason thus could sell us, . . . S. The Union. 
 Till half a leg was scrimply seen ; The Vision. D. I. 11. 
 
 We'll awa to Athole's green, and there we'll no be seen, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie \ 
 At kirk and market to be seen ; S. There was a lass^ and\ 
 I've seen me daez't upon a time ; . There's naethin like t 
 Far seen in Greek, deep men o' letters, . . ToJ.S., 8. 
 Mysel, I've ev'n seen them greetan 
 
 Wi' giman spite, . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 There ruminate with sober thought ; 
 On all thou' St seen, and heard, and wrought ! 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless showers, 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Seer. Or other Holy Seers that tune the sacred lyre. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Seest. See'st thou whose step, unwilling, hither bends ? 
 
 Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Seest thou thy lover lowly laid? . To Mary in Heaven. 
 Seine. 
 Th' missus, Tiber, Thames an' Seine, 
 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line; » To W. Simpson. 
 Seisin. Or gather'd lib'ral views in Bonds and Seisins. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Seize. Some devils seize them in a hurry, Adam A~'s Prayer. 
 Lesley is sae fair and coy, 
 
 Care and anguish seize me. . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 
 And far be thou distant, thou reptile that seizes 
 The verdure and pride of the garden and lawn. 
 
 «)■- 1-- t .1- T^ . -. ^- ^ow Pheasant the banks ^ 
 
 Wishm' the ten Egyptian plagues 
 
 Wad seize you quick. . Letter to/. Goudie^ 
 The tyrant Death, with grim control, 
 
 May seize my fleeting breath ; . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Fell Despair my fancy seizes. , . S. Raving winds t 
 
 Hand up thy han' Deil ! ance, twice, thrice ! 
 
 There, seize the blinkers ! Scotch Drink. 20. 
 You seize the flower, its bloom is shed; . Tarn d Shanter. y. 
 Calvin's sons, Calvin's sons, seize your sp'ritual guns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Like winter on me seizes, . S. Theyng Highl. Rover, 
 Seizan [seizing]. , 
 
 An' d-mn'd Excise-men in a bussle, 
 
 Seizan a Stell, The Author's Cry and Prayer. 7. 
 
 Seized. Dulness, with redoubled sway Has seized the wits of 
 
 Sel,Sel% Sell [self]. Sym.»Gray^ 
 
 Auld, grim, black-bearded Geordie's sel, Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 Thee, Matthew, Nature's sel shall mourn El. on Capt. M. H. 
 
 Yet crooning to a body's sel. 
 
 Does weel eneugh. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 8. 
 
 A' forbye my bonie sel', S.Gatyeme\ 
 
 My Muse maun be thy bonie sell ; S. O mere I on Pamass.i 
 Thyrurallovesarenature'ssel; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 But th' laddie's dear sel he loe's dearest of a'. 
 
 S. There^s a youth t 
 
 Let's sing about our noble sels ; . Third Ep. to /. Lap.. 
 
 1 could wish nae man to get ye, 
 
 Save it were my very sel. . 5. Will ye go and marry \ 
 
 Seldom. Jenny's seldom dry, . S. Comin thro' the rye\ 
 
 To tell the truth, they seldom fash't him, 
 
 , El. on Death o/R. Suiss.. 
 
 She s [the Muse's] seldom lazy. . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
Seldom 
 
 416 
 
 We live like two lambs and we seldom provoke ; 
 
 Ths Poor Thresher. 
 A prayer from the muse you well may excuse, 
 
 Tis seldom her favourite passion. S. The sons of old Killie. 
 
 Selected. 
 
 A bard was selected to witness the fray, The Whistle, ii. 
 She showed her taste refined and just 
 When she selected thee, . Wr. on Leaf of ^^ H. More." 
 Self* If Self the wavering balance shake, 
 
 It's rarely right adjusted I Ef, to Young Friend. 3. 
 O Thou, whose very self art love ! . . E^. to Davie, g. 
 And, by thy beauteous self 1 swear, , .S". Fairest maidi 
 wi' warldly trust. Vile self gets in ; ffoly Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 This sting is added — " Blame thy foolish self ! " 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 And still his precious self his dear delight : . Sketch. 
 
 But all the soul of Music's self was heard ? 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. is. 
 By your dear self !^— the last great oath I swear. 
 
 To Clarinda, 
 Self-appPOVlnEr. And sees, with self-approving mind. 
 Each creature on his bounty fed. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Thine is the self-approving glow, 
 On conscious honour's part ; . , . To Chloris. 
 Self-conceited. 
 
 * I'll nail the self-conceited Sot, 
 
 As dead's a herrin' : Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 And self- conceited critic skellum 
 
 His quill may draw ; . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Self-controul. 
 Know, prudent, cautious, self-controul 
 
 Is Wisdom's root. . . A Bards Epit. 
 Self-dependent. Still self-dependent in her native shore, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 
 Self-enjoyment. 
 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and wise, 
 
 There solid self-enjoyment lies ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H., 
 Self-respecting. 
 
 And just to stop, and just to move. 
 
 With self-respecting art : Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 Selflsli. 
 
 the selfish aim. To bless himself alone ! A Winter Night. 8. 
 Awa ye selfish, warly race, . Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist, so. 
 Their hearts no selfish stern absorbent stuff, 
 
 Ep. to H. Graham. 5. 
 Still making work his selfish craft must mend. . Sketch' 
 With honest pride, I scorn each selfish end, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 
 With sober selfish ease they sip it up : . To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 O ! hear my ardent, grateful, selfish prayer ! . .lb. g. 
 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways, 
 Lead to be wretched, vile, and base. Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Sell V. Sel. 
 Sell, to. 
 
 Gude ale gars me sell my hose, 
 
 Sell my hose, and pawn my shoon, S. O gude ale comes t 
 
 An' for to sell his fiddle . . S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 
 Wi' sma' to sell and less to buy, 
 
 Aboon distress, below envy, . .S". The Contented Cottager. 
 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 When the tother bag I sell and the tother bottle tell, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 And weel he lik'd to shed their bluid, 
 
 And sell their skin. . . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 would, or I had seen the day 
 
 That treason thus could sell us, . . . S. The Union. 
 There's a boatfu* o' lads Come to our town to sell. 
 
 .S*. There's news, lasses t 
 And Calvin's fock, are fit to s^U him ; . , To W. Creech. 
 To sell her poor Jenny for siller and Ian*. 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie \ 
 Sell't, -*d [sold]. 
 Forby sax mae, I've sell't awa, . A Gude New-Veari ij. 
 
 1 sell'd them a* just ane by ane ; . S. O gude ale comes t 
 Semple-folk [folk of humble station]. 
 
 There's wealth and ease for gentlemen, 
 
 And semple-folk maun fecht and fen \ . .S*. Gane is the day t 
 
 Sen' [send]. 
 My kindest, best respects I sen' it, . Auld comrade i 
 I'll tak what Heav'n will sen' me, . . S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 Senate. 
 
 The hopeful youth, in Scottish senate bred, . Ep,/r. Esepw, 
 
 Or, mid the venal Senate's roar. 
 
 They, sightless, stand, The Vision. D. II. * 
 Send. "^ 
 
 will send him linkan, To your black pit ; Add to tkeDeil. 30. 
 And send us from thy bounteous store 
 
 A tup or wether head 1 . . .At Globe Tav., D., 
 ' Just sh — In a kail-blade and send it, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 In ploughman phrase ' God send you speed,' 
 
 Ep. to Voung Friend, ir. 
 Will send you, Korah-like, a sinkin, 
 
 Straught to auld Nick's. . Ep. to J. R, 
 Heaven send your heart-strings ay in tune, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 Sends ane to heaven and ten to hell, 
 
 A' for thy glory, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 We'll send him a year to the College yet ; S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 wad send relief, An' end the quarrel. , Letter to J. Goudie, 
 Kind Fortune ease a breaking heart, 
 And send my laddie back again. 
 
 S. My Harry was a gallant t 
 And send him safe hame to his babie and me. 
 
 S. Owharedidyegetf 
 I send you a trifie, a head of a bard. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 An' sends, beside, auld Scotland's cash 
 
 To her warst faes. . . f Scotch Drink, is. 
 The fumes of wine infuriate send ; . Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 And send me safe my Somebody. , . , S. Somebody. 
 An' send him to his dicing box. 
 
 An' sportin lady. The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 We'll send him o'er to his native shore, 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Alb.. 
 They fell upon a scheme, 
 To send a lad to London town . The Election Ballads, L 
 And she wad send the sodger lad, [^.] . * , . Ih. 
 But I will send to London town 
 
 Whom I like best at hame lb. 
 
 It m^ se&d Balmaghie to the Commons, 
 
 In Sodom 'twould make him a king. . . . /^. ///. 
 Lord, send a rough-shod troop 0' Hell 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, ..../$. VI. 
 Or will we send a man-o'-law 1 
 
 Or will we send a sodger? . . The Fite Chamfetre. 
 I send you here a faithfu' list, . . . The Imientory. 
 And he wha acts the traitor's part, 
 
 It to perdition sends, man. . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Wild-send thee Pleasure's devious way, The Vision. D. II. if. 
 The god of the bottle sends down from his hall The Whistle. 
 Lord send you ay as weel's I want ye, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 I send you more than India boasts 
 
 To Miss i., with "Beattie:' 
 Or, the stormy North sends driving forth, 
 The blinding sleet and snaw : . . . Winter. 
 
 Sending, -in. 
 Sending, like bloodhounds from the slip, 
 
 Woe, Want, and Murder o'er a land ! A Winter Nigki. 7. 
 Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' haggs 
 
 Like drivin' wrack : . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Senegal. 
 It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 
 Sense. I am nae Poet, in a sense, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, ist, g. 
 Wha think that bavins, sense an' grace, 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plack! .,./*. so. 
 * Gie me o' wit an' sense a lift, lb., Ap. sist, 13' 
 Tho' hardly he, for sense or lear. 
 Be better than the kye S.O Tibbie^ 
 
 I wat she was a sheep o' sense. 
 
 . Poor Mailie's El. 
 
 But for sense and guid taste she'll vie wi' the best 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 His solid sense— by inches you must tell. 
 
 Sketch. 
 
 Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense. 
 Just much about it wi' your scanty sense ; The Bngs of Ayr. 0. 
 Altho' his carnal Wit an* Sense ^r » c • « 
 
 Like hafflins-wise o'ercomes him At times The Holy J'mr. //. 
 
 The pith of sense, artd pride of worth. 
 
 Are higher ranks than a' that. . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth, ., 
 
 May bear the gree, and a' that I . ■ . . ^C' 
 
Sense 
 
 417 
 
 Set 
 
 That what is no sense must be nonsense. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 To join faith and sense upon ony pretence, 
 Is heretic, damnable error. ..... /^. 
 
 Ye may ha'e some pretence to havins and sense, 
 Wi' people wha* ken ye nae better. .... 75. 
 
 For sense they little owe to frugal Heav'n. 
 
 The Ordinaiion, Mott. 
 Each man of sense has it so full before him, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 If ye'U dispense wi' want o' sense The Tarbolion Lasses. 
 
 M*Q— e's pathetic manly sense, . The Twa Herds. 77. 
 
 Than the sense, wit, and taste of a sweet lovely dame. 
 
 The Whistle. 10. 
 The joys refin'd of sense and taste, . To Chloris. 
 
 A creeping cauld prosaic fog 
 My very senses doited. ... 71? Miss Ferrier. 
 
 My senses wad be in a creel, . . . To W. Simpson. 
 But there is ane aboon the lave, 
 Has wit, and sense, and a' that ; S. Women's Minds, 
 
 SenselesSi When they wha wad hae starv'd thy life 
 Thy senseless turf adorn ! 
 
 Extent, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Ye're nought but senseless asses, O : S. Green gr<yw the Rashes, 
 The senseless gawky million ; . . , To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Lies, senseless of each tugging bitch's son. To R. G. ofF.^ 6. 
 Sensibility. 
 But spare poor Sensibility 
 
 The ungentle, harsh rebuke. Rusticity s ungainly t 
 
 Sensibility, how charming, 
 Thou, my friend, canst truly tell ; ^ S. Sensibility t 
 Sent, In bliss, till Fate some day is sent, 
 
 For ever to release Ye Frae Care . A Dream, p. 
 May never worse be sent ; . .A Grace before Dinner. 
 
 I've sent you here by JohnySimson, 
 Twa sage Philosophers to glimpse on ! 
 
 A uld comrade t 
 
 ' Horn sent her aff to her lang hame, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 28. 
 
 A Something to have sent you, . Ep. to Young Friend. 
 I've sent you here, some rhymin ware, . . Ep. to J. R., J. 
 If wi' the hizzie down ye sent it, 
 
 It would be kind ; . . Friendof the poet \ 
 My mither sent me to the town, . S, My heart was ance t 
 The other day, When you sent me some rhyme, Symon Gray\ 
 To you a simple Bardie's pray'rs 
 
 Are humbly sent. The Authot's Cry and Prayer. 
 For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, bo. 
 To's ain hct hame had sent him Wi' fright The Holy Fair. 12. 
 Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted. * The Inventory. 
 To comfort us 'twas sent, man : The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Sen't [send it]. 
 
 Yon Sang ye'U sen't, wi' cannie care, . . Ep. to J. R.,S- 
 Sentence. With laden sighs, and solemn-rounded sentence. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 For pity, hide the cruel sentence 
 Under friendship's kind disguise. .S". Turn again, ihou^ 
 Sententious. In his sly, dry, sententious, proverb way ! 
 
 Prologue, at Th,, D,. 
 
 Sentiment. (Instinct's a brute, and sentiment a fool !) 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j*. 
 
 Sentimental. " Dissolve in pause — and sentimental tears 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 sentimental sister Susie, An' honest Lucky ; 
 
 Ep. to Maj, Logan. 13, 
 
 A " hare-brain'd, sentimental trace" Tk^ Vision. D. I. 10. 
 
 Nae hare-brain'd, sentimental traces, . . To/. 8,^27. 
 
 Sequestered, -'d. 
 
 Blest be the wild sequester'd shade, .. S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene ; 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 
 by a lanely, sequestered stream, 
 
 i". Yon -wild mossy mountains t 
 
 Seraph. 
 
 The beauteous, seraph Sister-band, O Thou dread P(m!r\ 
 The flower stem shall bloom like thy sweet Seraph form, 
 
 On Death offav^ Child. 
 
 Or love extatic wake his seraph song. . To Miss Graham. 
 His guardian seraph eyes with awe 
 The noble ward he loves. 
 Seraphic. Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic fire ; 
 
 *^ ^ The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 
 3G 
 
 V.s, below Picture. 
 
 Serene. May, When ev'ning Phcebus shines serene, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks \ Sett II. 
 Mild, calm, serene, wide-spreads the noontide blaze. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Serious. 
 To gather matter for a serious piece ; , Scots Prologue. 
 The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face. 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 12. 
 Sermon. Perhaps it may turn out a Sang ; 
 
 Perhaps, turn out a Sermon. Ep. to Young Friend, 
 Servan' [servant]. 
 An' think na, my auld trusty Servan', 
 
 That now perhaps thou's lessdeservin, A Guid-New-year^ if, 
 I've nane in female servan' station, . The Inventory. 
 
 And others like your humble servan', 
 Poor wights! nae rules nor roads observin ; To f. S., ig. 
 
 Servant. 
 I am, Dear Sir, with zeal most fervent, 
 
 Your much indebted, humble servant. A Ded. to G. H.^ IS. 
 Your humble servant then no more ; . . . lb. 16. 
 And till ye come — your humble servant, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 And so, your servant ! gloomy Master Poet ! 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 While X can either sing, or whissle, 
 
 Your friend and servant. Ep. to /. L—k, Ap. fst, 22. 
 The King's most humble servant, I Extern, to an Intimate. 
 Or else, thou kens, thy servant true 
 
 Wad ne'er ha'e steer'd her. Holy Willie's Prayer. 8. 
 lets this fleshly thorn. Beset thy servant , . .^ lb. g. 
 And horse and servants waiting ready, S. Montgomri^s Peggy. 
 Gars me moop wi' the servant hizzie, S. O gude ale comes t 
 Would take the Muses' servants by the hand, Scots Prologue. 
 Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, 
 
 His servants humble: The Author's Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 How His first followers and servants sped; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ij. 
 
 In your servants this is striking . . The Dean ofFac., 
 Is that enough for you to souse 
 
 Your servant sae ? . . What ails ye now \ 
 Serve. 
 And sev'n braw fellows, stout an' able, 
 
 To serve their King an' Country weel, A Ded. to G. H., 14. 
 For who would humbly serve the Poor ? . . lb. 16. 
 'Twas nothing would serve him but Satan's own crown ; 
 
 Epig, on — . 
 Tho' it should serve nae other end 
 Than just a kind memento ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 
 
 Served. 
 
 And I served out my Trade when the gallant game was play'd, 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 And served me with due respect ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed^ 
 I've serv'd my king and country lang, S. When wild War's \ 
 Service. If 'tis still the lordly word, 
 
 Service and obedience ; S. Husband^ husband f 
 That I may drink before I go 
 
 A service to my bonie lassie. . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 At Service out, amang the Farmers roun'; 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 4. 
 Servile. 
 
 ' With all the servile wretches in the rear [of Flatt'ry], 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 By your sons in servile chains, . . S. Scots wha htCe t 
 The servile, mercenary Swiss of rhymes? The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Session'. 
 Sir Knave is a fool in a Session, Th^ Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 But fees, the Session says I maun 
 Gae fa upo' anither plan, 
 
 lb. 
 lb. 
 
 lb. 
 
 What ails ye now f 
 
 This leads me on, to tell for sport, 
 
 How I did wi' the Session sort .... 
 
 An' snoov'd awa' before the Session— . 
 
 I said ' Gude night,*^ and cam' awa'. 
 
 And left the Session ; 
 
 Set. 
 
 A set o' dull, conceited Hashes, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap, /st, 12. 
 
 that cursed set, I winna name, . . The Twa Herds. 11, 
 
 On that, a set o' chaps, at watch, 
 
 Thrang winkan on the lasses * . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 
 Set, to [to' face in a dance]. 
 They reel'd, they set, they cross'd, they cleekit, 
 
 Tam d Shanter. 12. 
 
Set 
 
 41S 
 
 Shade 
 
 Set, to [to set off, start]. 
 
 ' His only son for Hornbook sets, 
 
 ' And pays him well, Deaik and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 To watch, while for the Bam she sets, . . Halloween. 21, 
 
 Set, to [to become]. 
 
 Nane sets the lawn-sleeve sweeter, . . A Dream. 12, 
 It sets you ill, Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell, 
 
 Scotch Drink. 16. 
 Set, to [pres.^^t.i and//, of the verb]. 
 Set up a face, how I stop short, 
 
 For fear your modesty be hurt. . . A Ded. to G. H. 
 An set weel down a shapely shank, A Guid New-Year^s. 
 IMay set their Highland blude a-ranklin ; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 As dear an' near my heart I set thee Add to Illegit. Child. 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 
 That higher value on it. [v.A.27] Ask ivhy Godmade t 
 
 To count her [the IMoon's] horns, wi' a' my pow'r, 
 
 I set mysel, . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Good claret set before thee : . . . S. Deluded swain t 
 I set me down and sigh : . . Despondency^ an Ode. 
 
 And ay she set the wheel between ; . S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 When ye set by the wheel at e'en lb. 
 
 What time the moon, wi' silent glowr, 
 
 Sets up her horn, . El. on Ca^t. M. H.j 10. 
 In richest ore the brightest jewel set ! . El. on Miss Burnet. 
 For care and trouble set your thought, Ep. to Young Friend. 
 It heats me, it beets me, 
 
 And sets me a' on flame ! . . . Ep. to Davie. 8. 
 That set him to a pint of ale, . Ep. to J. L—k, Afi. ist, 6. 
 Here lies in earth a root of Hell, 
 
 Set by the Deil's ain dibble ; . . . Epzi. on D. C. 
 Set a' their gabs a steerin ; . . . . Halloween. 28. 
 As set the warld in a roar 
 
 O' laughin' at us ; Holy Willie's Prayer. 12. 
 Sun and moon but set to rise ; . . S. Let not woman t 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun 
 
 To shed its influence on thy bright career. 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 The sons of Belial in the Land 
 
 Did set their heads together ; . . New Psalmody. 
 They set their heads together, I say. 
 
 They set their heads together ; lb. 
 
 Then set him down, and twa or three 
 
 Gude fellows wi' him ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Then up he gets, and off he sets, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 And Aits set up their awnie horn, . . Scotch Drink. 3. 
 My best leg foremost, I'll set up my brow, . Scots Prologue. 
 There's some great folks set light by me, 
 
 I set as light by them ; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 We set nought to their score : .... Xh,V. 
 
 Redoubted Staig who set at nought 
 
 The wildest savage Tory, lb. VI. 
 
 I set me down wi' right good will, 
 
 To sing my Highland lassie O. . S. The Highl. Lctssie. 
 Till Charlie Stewart cam at last, 
 
 Sae far to set us free ; S. The Highl. Widow's Lament, 
 When by the plate we set our nose, . The Holy Fair, 8. 
 The wee Apollo Set off wi' allegretto glee 
 
 'HXsgigasolo. . The Jolly Beggars. R.V. 
 
 And set them a' in order. . . The noble Maxwells t 
 
 Oh ! scenes in strong remembrance set ! . The Lament, 
 An' set the bairns to daud her [Common Sense] 
 
 Wi' dirt this day. , . The Ordination, a. 
 I set her down, wi' right good will, 
 
 Amang the rigs 0' barley : . . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 They set them down upon their arse, [v.A.i] 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 In the bands of old friendship and kindred to set, 
 
 The Whistle, iz. 
 How daur ye set your fit upon her, . . To a Louse. 
 My sooth ! right bauld ye set your nose out, . . .lb. 
 
 An' .set your beauties a' abread ! 7^. 
 
 Do what I dought to set her free, . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 To set her name in measur'd style; . To W, Simpson. 7. 
 
 set your fit to mine, An' cock your crest, . , , lb, g. 
 Setting, 
 Setting my staff wi' a' my^ skill. 
 
 To keep me sicker ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. S- 
 Now gay with the broad -setting sun I 
 
 S. Farewell, thou/air day t 
 
 His setting beam ne'er shone upon. .S*. O waiye wha's in f 
 The wan moon is setting behind the white wave. 
 
 And time is setting with me. Oh ; S. Oh, open the door \ 
 Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 
 
 Settled. I grant him his calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures 
 
 Lns on Windows^ Gl. Tav. 
 
 Settlin [settling: "gat a settlin," was frightened 
 into quietness]. 
 
 She gat a fearfu' settlin! . . . . Halloween. 24. 
 
 Sever. 
 
 The sacred vow, we ne'er should sever. .S". By Allan stream t 
 For ever, — Oh no! let not man be a slave. 
 
 His hopes from existence to sever. On Death offav. Child. 
 One fond kiss, and then we sever ; [re.l S. One fond kiss^\ 
 But alas! when forc'd to sever, 
 
 Then the stroke, O how severe ! . S. Scenes of woej 
 
 Often hast thou vow'd that death 
 
 Only should us sever ; S, Thou hast le/imef 
 tho' fell fortune should fate us to sever, 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue it \ 
 Sevep'd. 
 Sever'd from thee, can I survive ? . S. Behold the hour \ 
 
 Several, -'ral [separate]. 
 
 Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18. 
 An' each took off his several way, . . The Twa Dogs. 3$. 
 Severe. Tho' losses, and crosses, 
 
 Be lessons right severe, . . Ep. to Davie, 7. 
 Far, far from thee,- the fate severe 
 
 At which I most repine, Love. . S. Forlorn, my Ltme^ 
 Tin the Fates, nae mair severe, 
 
 Friendship, Love and Peace restore. S. Frae the friends \ 
 To bear this hated doom severe ? 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 But alas ! when forc'd to sever. 
 
 Then the stroke, O how severe ! . . S. Scenes of woe t 
 I dread thee, Fate, relentless and severe, To E, G. ofF., g. 
 Severer. 
 
 How doubly severer, Eliza, thy fate, Monody, on a Lady, 
 Sew. 
 We'll sew a green ribban round about his hat, 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 The Taylor he cam here to sew, . . S. The Taylari 
 Sex. 
 She, the fair sun of all her sex, S. Farewell, dear ntistress\ 
 Hale to the sex, ilk guid chiel says. The Ans, to tlte Guidwife. 
 But clear your decks an' here's the Sex 
 
 I like the jads for a' that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VU. 
 in the sexes intermix'd connexion, Tht Rights of Wo^ian. 
 Our Sex with guile and faithless love, 
 
 Is charged, perhaps too true ; To Miss L., with "Beattie." 
 
 Yet such a head, and more the heart, ,, 
 
 Does both the sexes honour. Wr. on Leaf of" H. More, 
 
 Shaehrt [unshapely, deformed]. 
 
 And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl't feet ; 
 
 S, Last May a braw wooer l 
 Shackles. Nor limpet in poetic shackles ; Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Shade. 
 In shades of darkness hide. A Prayer in Pro^. of Death. 
 Ere twice the shades of dawn are fled, S. A Rosebud by f 
 I shelter in thy honor'd shade. . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 Retreats to Dryburgh's cooling shade, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 *' To wander in my broken shade, . S. As on the banksi 
 My age's future shade. . . . S, Fate gave the word, t 
 Dost thou not rise» indignant Shade, 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 
 And shelter, shade, nor home, hlave I, 
 
 Save in those arms of thine, Love. S, Forlorn, myLme\ 
 Nor even two different shades of the same [virtue], 
 
 Fragmmt, tnscr. w J^ox. 
 
 All underneath the birchen shade ; S. Here is tht gkn, t 
 
 When the shades of evening creep 
 O'er the day's fair, gladsome e'e, , , ,, j, . ^v^* 
 S. Jockey staUn the parting^ 
 
 But purer was the lover's vow 
 They witness'd in their shade yestreen. 
 
 S.O bonie was yon rosy T 
 
 ' When evening shades in silence meet, 
 
 S. Phely^ 
 
Shade 
 
 419 
 
 Shape 
 
 Far in their shade my Peggy's charms i". Peggy Chalmtrs. 
 
 Blest he the wild sequester'd shade, , . . . /i. 
 
 Banishes ilk darksome shade, . ., S. Sleep'si ikou, t 
 
 Then night's gloomy shades, cloudy, dark, o'ercastmy sky : lb. 
 
 To the shades we'll go. And in love eiyoy it. 
 
 ^. The Captain's Lady. 
 
 from the shades of death's deep night, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Deep lights and shades, hold-mingling, threw 
 
 A lusti^e grand ; . The Vision. D. I. I2. 
 There, where a sceptr'd Pictish shade 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, [v. A.4] . . lb. D. I. 
 
 Tho' large the forest's Monarch throws 
 
 His army shade, . • .lb, D. 11. 20. 
 Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 O Mary ! dear, departed shade ! . To Mary in Heaven. 
 Ye shades that echo'd to his vows, S. To thee, lov'dNithi 
 As thy shades of evening close, Wr. in Friars Carse H. 
 
 As underneath their fragrant shade, 
 I clasp'd her to my bosom ! 
 
 S. Ye bankSf and braes, and streams f 
 
 Shade, to. The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me. 
 
 6'. A/ton Water. 
 Her hair is like the curling mist 
 That shades the mountam-side at e'en, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Now life's chilly evening dim shades on your eye, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 He'll shade my banks wi' towering trees, 
 And bonie spreading bushes. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Shaded. "When spreading beech and tapering elm^ 
 
 Shaded my streams As on the banks t 
 It shaded frae the ev'ning sun. , S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 Shading. 
 Shading from the burning ray 
 Hapless wretches sold to toil, . S. Streams that glided 
 Shadow. 
 Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets, . Sketch. 
 And o'er the stream your shadows throw, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 And view, deep-bending in the pool, 
 Their shadows' wat'ry bed : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Shady. Sweet on the fragrant, flow'ry swaird, 
 
 In shady bow'r. Add^ to the Deil. /J. 
 Oh that happy hour, and shady bow'r, S. As Igaed up by t 
 And safe beneath the shady thorn 
 
 Defies the angler's art : . S. Now Spring kas clad t 
 Down in a shady walk, Doves cooing were ; 
 
 S. Phillis the Fair, 
 Shaft. 
 
 " O ! had I met the mortal shaft 
 " Which laid my benefactor low ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 . But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft. 
 
 That play'd a Dame a shavie The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Shaird [a shred, a shard]. 
 The hindmost shaird, they'll fetch it wi' them. 
 
 To W, Simpson. P.S. 
 Shake, s. And gae his bridle reins a shake. 
 
 With, adieu for evermore, . S. It was cC for\ 
 Shake, to. 
 Oh, shake him o'er the mouth o' hell, Adam A — 'j Prayer. 
 The cudgel in my nieve did shake, . Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 
 . If Self the wavering balance shake, 
 
 It's rarely right adjusted ! . . Ep. to Young Friend, 3. 
 I'll laugh, an' sing,' an' shake' my leg, 
 
 As lang's I dow ! Ep. to J. L ~k, Ap. szst, g. 
 The sun a backward course shall take 
 
 Ere ought thy manly courage shake ; S. Highl. Laddie. 
 
 But ere the key-stane she could make. 
 
 The fient a tail she had to shake ! . Tarn d Skanter. 18. 
 Could shake them o^er the burning dub, 
 
 Or heave them in. . . Tlie Twa Herds. 8. 
 One shakes the forest, and one spurns the ground : 
 
 To R. G. ofF. 
 Shaken. Such is the tempest has shaken my bosom, 
 
 .S". Gloomy December. 
 Shaking, -in'. To think how we stood sweatin', shakin'. 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 14. 
 Came shaking hands wi' wabster-loons. 
 
 The Election Ballads^ VI. 
 Shakespeare. Eschylus' pen Will Shakespeare drives ; 
 
 Paem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Here Douglas forms wild Shakespeare into plan, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 01 for a Shakespeare or an Qtway scene, 
 To paint the lovely hapless Scottish Queen 1 Scots Prologue. 
 Shallow. 
 
 I'm scorching up so shallow, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Shallows. 
 With his depths and his shallows, his good and his evil, 
 
 Fragment., inscr. to Fox. 
 Shame. 
 * She trusts hersel, to hide the shame, 
 
 * In Hornbook's care; Death and Dr. Homiook. s8. 
 May coward shame disdain his name. 
 
 The wretch that dares not die ! S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Could I for shame refus'd her, [re."] . S. Had I the wyte t 
 Wha bring thy elders to disgrace. 
 
 An' public shame. Holy Willies Prayer. 10, 
 I think nae shame to own, John, I lo'ed ye ear' and late : 
 
 S. John Anderson, \ 
 More pointed still we make ourselves, 
 
 Kegret, Remorse and Shame ! Man was made to Mourn. 
 Shame fa' me gin I tell ; . . S. My heart was ance t 
 Shame fa' the fun ; wi' sword and gun 
 
 To slap mankind like lumber ! . . . Nature's Law. 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose, 
 
 Wad say, Shame fa' thee. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 She, honest woman, may think shame 
 
 That ye're connected with her. The Ans. to the Cuidwife. 
 He blush'd for shame, he quat his name. 
 
 The File Champetre. 
 Quoth I, for shame, ye dirty dame, S. The weary Pund. 
 For me, shame fa' me, If neist my heart I dinna wear ye 
 
 To Terraughty. 
 For shame ! gie o'er— proceed no further F, on Nat. Thanks. 
 Shame, to. 
 To shame ye, disclaim ye, 
 Ilk honest birkie swears. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Shamefu'. 
 But gude preserve us frae the gallows, 
 
 That shamefu' death ! Adam A — *j Prayer. 
 Shameless. They dun benevolence with shameless front ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j*. 
 Shammed. 
 Here lies a mock Marquis whose titles were shamm'd, 
 
 Extern, on '*the Marquis." 
 Sha'na v. Shanna. 
 Shangan [a cleft stick]. 
 
 He'll clap a shangan on her tail,, . . The Ordination. 2. 
 Shank [the leg, the leg and foot]. 
 An' set weel down a shapely shank. 
 
 As e'er tread yird; A Guid New-year \ 3. 
 
 And then its shanks, 
 They were as thin, as sharp an' sma' 
 
 As cheeks o' branks. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 ' We'll ease our shanks an' tak a seat, ... lb. 11. 
 Upon the banks they eas'd their shanks, S. Duncan Davison. 
 An' stumpan on his ploughman shanks. 
 
 On dining with Doer. 
 Sae hale and hearty every shank, . . The Twa Herds, j. 
 His spindle shank a guid whip-lash, . . To Haggis. 
 That faith, the youngsters took the sands 
 
 Wi' nimble shanks, . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Shank, to [to go on foot]. 
 
 My travel a' on foot I'll shank it, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Shanna, Sha'na [shall not]. 
 Wi' common Lords ye shanna mingle, . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Misfortune sha'na steer thee ; , S. O saw ye bonie L. t 
 
 Shape. 
 Her air so sweet, her shape complete, S. As Igaed up by t 
 The queerest shape that e'er I saw. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 'And then a' doctor's saws and whittles, 
 * Of a' dimensions, shapes, an' mettles, ... lb. 20. 
 It is na, Jean, thy bonie face, 
 
 Nor shape that I admire, . . S. Itisna, Jean, t 
 
 Could I describe her shape and mein ; S. On Cessnock banks t 
 - There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; Tam o' Shanter. 11. 
 Ane on th' Auld Brig his airy shape uprears, 
 
 The Brigs ofAyr^ 4. 
 Tho' Death in ev'ry shape appear. 
 The Wretched have no more to fear : S. Tke-gloomy night f 
 
I^ha^g 
 
 420 
 
 Shaw 
 
 Shape, to. 
 
 Forbye, he'll shape you aff fu' gleg 
 The cut of Adam's philibeg ; On Grose* s Peregrinations. 
 
 Wae worth that man wha first did shape, 
 
 That vile, wanchancie thing— a raep ! . Poor Mailiis El.. 
 
 Shaped. 
 
 [Satan] shaped it [the swine stuff] something like a man, 
 And ca'd it Andrew Turner. . Epiff. on A. Turner. 
 Shapeless. I'll be a Brig when ye're a shapeless C£um ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 " Now moths deform in shapeless tatters, 
 
 " Their unknown pages.*' . To J. S., 8. 
 Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Shapely. 
 
 An* set weel down a shapely shank, A Guid New-Year\3. 
 Shapln. 
 
 An' merry hae I been shapin a spoon ; 3". O merry hae I been t 
 Share [ploughshare]. 
 
 But now the share uptears thy bed, To a Mouniain-Daisy. 
 Share. 
 Wha kens^ before his life may end, 
 
 What his share may be o' care, man ? A Bottle and Friend. 
 by that health, I've got a share o't, Friend 0/ the poet \ P. S. 
 Kind Nature's care had given his share, 
 
 Large, of the flaming current ; . . Nature's Law. 
 
 An angel form's faun to thy share ! S. Sh^sfair andfause t 
 And aiblins gowd and honour baith 
 
 Might be that laddie's share. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 An' take a share with those that bear 
 
 The budget and the apron ! . The Jolly Beggars. S, VI. 
 Of manhood but sma' is your share ; The Kirk^s Alarm. 
 
 Not but I hae a richer share Than mony ithers ; 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 O' nice education but sma' is her share : 
 
 S. Yon -wild mossy mountains t 
 Share, to. 
 
 I seek nae mair 0' Heav'n to share. 
 
 Than sic a moment's pleasure, O ! .S*. ^»' til kiss thee yet t 
 In all of thee sure thy Esopus shares. . . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 The little fate allows, they share as soon, Ep. to R. Graham.S- 
 Those wonted smiles, O let me share ! . S. Fairest ntaid t 
 For silent, low, on beds of dust, 
 
 "Lie a' that would my sorrows share. Lament /or Glencaim. 
 O wilt thou share its [Nature's] joys wi' me, 
 
 S. Lassie wC the lintwhite t 
 The warld's wrack, we share o't, S. My wi/e's a winsome. 
 Her faithfu' mate will share her toil, S, O Logan, sweetly t 
 Thy bield should be my bosom. 
 
 To share it a', to share it a'. . S. O wert thou in the t 
 Doomed to share thy fiery fate, Odef to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 For ane that shares my bosom, . , On W, Chalmers. 
 In each bird's careless song. Glad did I share ; 
 
 S. Phillis the Fair. 
 And wi' the far-fam'd Grecian share 
 
 A rival place 1 . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 The happy tenants share his rounds ; Sketch. New-Yrs Day, 
 
 The mite high heaven bestowed, that mite with thee I'll share. 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 
 Wi' merry dance in winter-days, 
 
 An' we to share in common : TheAns, to the Guidwife. 
 Were ye but here to share my wounded feelings I 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 And share the fate I would impose 
 
 On thee, wert thou my captive too. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 My part in him thou'lt share, . . . The Farewell. 
 Wi' humble prayer to join and share 
 
 This festive Fete Champetre. . The FHe Champeire. 
 Her sorrows share and make them less ? . The Lament. 
 
 And wi' the beggar shares a mite 
 
 O' a' he can afford, man. 
 * They Scotia's Race among them share ; 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 For me I would be mair than proud 
 To share the mercies wi' you. 
 
 Because thy joy in bath would be 
 To share them with a friend. 
 Shar'd. 
 
 An' all the Soul of Love they shar'd^ 
 
 To keep, at times, frae being souri 
 To see how things are shar'd ; 1 
 
 The Vision. D. 11. 4, 
 . To a Medical Gent. 
 
 * ToJoknM'Murdo. 
 Add. to the Deil, is. 
 
 * Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 Sharln't [sharing it]* 
 
 Then a' 'twad gie o' joy to me, 
 The sharin't with Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 Sharp. " ^- '^'"'^"^-'P'se). 
 
 Sharp shivers thro' the leafless bow'r ; . A Winter Night. 
 They [its shanks] were as thin, as sharp an' sma' 
 
 As cheeks o' branks. Death and Dr. Hurnbook. 7. 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 Tho' Fortune use you hard an' sharp ; 
 
 Ef. to J. L—k, Af. 21 St, 8. 
 They've taen a weapon, long and sharp, John Barkycon. 
 Many and sharp the num'rous Ills 
 Inwoven with our frame ! . Man was made to Uoum. 
 Sharpen'd. 
 But keek thro' ev'ry other man, 
 Wi' sharpen'd, sly inspection. Ep. to Young Friend, j. 
 Sharpers. 
 The news o' princes, dukes and earls, 
 Pimps, sharpers, bawds and opera-girls ; Kind Sir, I've readf 
 Shatter. 
 
 Reflected beams dwell in the streams. 
 Or down the current shatter; . The FHe Chamfetre. 
 Shaul [shallow]. 
 
 There's D[unca]n deep, and P[eeble]s, shaul, 
 
 The Twa Herds. 10. 
 
 Shaven. 
 
 Wi' his auld beard newlin shaven. [«.] .J. The auldmax\ 
 Shaver [a wag]. He was an unco shaver, 
 
 For monie a day. A Dream. 11. 
 Shaver [a barber]. 
 
 Ye may commence a Shaver ; . . The Ordination, g. 
 
 Shavle [a trick ; an ill turn]. 
 
 The warl' may play you monie a shavie; 
 
 Second Ep. to Dioiie. 
 I play'd my fillie sic a shavie, . . . The Imentory. 
 But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft, 
 That play'd a Dame a shavie The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Shaving-night. 
 'Twas four long nights and days to shaving-night. 
 
 Extern, on W. SmeUie, 
 Shavings. 
 ' Mite-hom shavings, filings, scrapings, 
 
 Distill'd^er se; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 
 Shaw [a wooded dell ; wild natural wood]. 
 
 In Saratoga shaw, man A Fragment. 4. 
 
 In vain to me, in glen or shaw. 
 The mavis and the lintwhite sing. 
 
 3^ Again rejoicing Nature^ 
 Blythe in the birken shaw. . . 5. Behold, my Ime^ \ 
 On Yarrow banks the birken shaw, . S. Blythe was she, t 
 O'erhung wi fragrant spreading shaws, 
 
 .9. Bonie Lassie, willyego t 
 But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws, 
 Can match the lads o' Galla water. 
 
 Sm Bravi lads on Yar. braes \ 
 Ye hazly shaws and briery dens ; . El. on. Capt. M, H., 4. 
 But OchI that night, amang the shaws, 
 She gat a fearfu' settlin 1 . . . . Halloween. 24. 
 
 WhHe birds warble welcomes in ilka green shaw ; 
 
 5'. My Namis Awa, 
 
 Now, haply down yon gay green shaw, 
 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree ; 5'. O watye wha's in\ 
 By fountain, shaw, or green; . . . S.O/a' the idrts\ 
 
 And spring will deed the birken shaw ; 
 
 5. Oh, how can I be blythe J 
 
 Or [thy burnie] trots by hazelly sbaws and braes, 
 
 Wi' hawthorns gray, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 By wimpling bum and leafy shaw, . • .S. Sae flaxen t 
 Ilk glen and shaw she [Mirth] knew, man : 
 
 Tht FHe Champetre. 
 
 May sprout like simmer puddock-stools 
 
 In glen or shaw; . . . ToW.CreA 
 Shaw. And baith the S—s, . . Tht Twa Herds. 12^ 
 
 Shaw's and Dalrymple's eloquence, . . . li. 1' 
 Shaw, to [to show]. 
 
 Yet ye'll neglect to shaw your parts Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. aist,S' 
 
 At least some pity on me shaw, . , 
 
 If love it mayna be S.Omirk,mn*\ 
 
 Tho' wit and worth, in either sex, „ „ , „ 
 
 St. Mary's Isle can shaw that, The Election Ballads- lu 
 
Shaw*d 
 
 421 
 
 Shepherd 
 
 Shaw*d [showed]. 
 
 And up the loan she shaw'd me. . . S. Had I the wyie\ 
 That shaw'd the dead in their last dresses ; 
 
 Tain 0* Shanter. ii. 
 
 She. 
 
 Is nought to what poor she endures 
 
 That s trusted faithless man, jo. . S» Lassie^ art thou t 
 Better than e^er the fairest she he meets. . . Sketch, 
 Shear. 
 Thy gay, green, flowery tresses shear, 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H.^ I2. 
 No work comes me wrong for I shear and I mow, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher, 
 
 Shearer [a reaper]. The weary shearer's hameward way, 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the linttuhite \ 
 
 While at the stook the shearers cow*r To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Shearing [cutting grain with a siekl^]. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 
 Still shearing and clearing 
 The tither stocked raw ; 
 
 Sheath.. 
 
 And in the fire throws the sheath; A Ded. to G. H.^ io. 
 
 frae the sheath, Drew hlades o' death, 
 
 S, The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 Sheathed. Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath'd, 
 
 S. On a hank of flowers t 
 Shed, s. 
 Haply my Sires have left their shed, 
 And fac'd grim Danger's loudest roar, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 nurst in the Feasant's lowly shed, . . TJu Brigs of Ayr. 
 Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs, The Holy Fair. 9. 
 Tho' shelter'd in the lowest shed, S. ' Twas even — the dewy t 
 Shed, to l^res. and^/.]. 
 At even, when beans their fragrance shed, 
 
 £1. on Capt. M. if., 6. 
 "Ye woods that shed on a' the winds 
 
 " The honours of the aged year, Lament for Glencaim, 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun 
 To shed its influence on thy bright career. 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 Ye who never shed a tear, . S. Mitsing on the roaring \ 
 The groaning trees untimely shed their locks, 
 
 On Death oj Sir J. Blair. 
 You seize the flower, its bloom is shed ; Tain o' Shanter. 7. 
 How guiltless blood for guilty man was shed ; 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 13. 
 An' sheds a heart-inspiring steam ; . The Twa Dogs. zo. 
 Shed thy dying honours round, ... To Miss C. 
 
 Sheen. 
 
 Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen, The Vision. D. 1. 11. 
 Sheep. 
 Or silly sheep, wha bide this brattle . A Winter Night. 3. 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 
 His sheep an' kye thrive bonie, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 Observe the very nowt an' sheep. 
 
 How dowff an' dowie now they creep ; . El. on Year iy88. 
 And gear will buy me sheep and kye ; S. In simmer when ^ 
 I saw three sheep, And these three sheep saw me ; 
 
 Johnny Peep. 
 Her teeth are like a flock o' sheep, S. On Cessnock Banks t 
 I wat she was a sheep o' sense, . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Or herd the sheep wi' me, man, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 As muckle gear as buy a sheep, . The Death ofMailie. 
 But ay keep mind to moop an' mell, 
 
 Wi' sheep o' credit like thysel ! Ih. 
 
 He kend the iord's sheep ilka tail, . The Twa Herds. 'j. 
 He flne a mangy sheep could scrub, ... lb. 8. 
 
 And he had owsen, sheep, and kye, S, There was a lass f 
 He has gowd in his coffers, he has sheep, he has kine, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Th' abodes of coveyed grouse and timid sheep, 
 
 IVr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Sheep-cote. The blood-stain'd roost, and sheep-bote spoil'd, 
 
 A Winter Night, S' 
 Sheep-head. A sheep-head's in the pot, gudeman, ire.} 
 
 S. gin ye were dead. 
 And like a sheep-head on a tangs, . . . ' Poem on Life. 
 Sheep-herd. The sheep-herd steeks his faulding slap, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 
 Sheep-shank [a sheep's trotter : "nae sheep-shank," 
 no unimportant personage]. 
 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2isf, 12. 
 I doubt na, frien', ye'U think yeVe nae sheep-shank, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. s. 
 
 Sheers [scissors]. 
 
 The Mother, wi' her needle and her sheers, 
 
 The Cotief^s Sat. Night, j. 
 So may they, like their great forbears, 
 For monie a year come thro' the sheers : 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 Sheerly [entirely]. 
 
 Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 Sheet. And spreads her sheets o' daisies white 
 
 Out o'er the grassy iea : Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 She took her mither's hoUand sheets, 
 And made them a' in sarks to me ; 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 The blankets were thin, and the sheets they were sma', 
 
 S. The Taylor fell ^ 
 For instance, your sheet, man, . , To Mr. P. Stuart. 
 Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, 
 
 Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Shelburne. 
 
 When Sh-lb-rne meek held up his cheek, A Fragment. 6. 
 Shell. Triumphant crushan't like a muscle 
 
 Or laimpet shell. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Thou giv'st the ass his hide, the snail his shell, To R. G.ofF.. 
 Shelter. 
 The branchy shelter lost and gane . As on the banks t 
 And shelter, shade, nor home, have I,^ 
 
 Save in those arms of thine. Love. S. Forlorn, my Love, t 
 No shelter or retreat, . . . S. How cruel \ 
 
 Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; 
 
 S. The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 
 Unless your shelter ward th' impending storm. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Where wild beasts find shelter, tho' I can find none ! 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 Shelter, to. 
 I shelter in thy honor'd shade. . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 Kindly stood the milking-shiel. 
 
 To shelter frae the stormy weather. S. As I came der\ 
 I'd seek some dell, and in my arms 
 I'd shelter dear Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 S. MontgomU Peggy. 
 In Roslin's fairpst bower 
 
 I'll shelter this sweet flower, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 
 And she, a lovely little flower 
 
 That I would tent and shelter there. S, O wat ye whcCs in t 
 And I a bird to shelter there, . . S. O were my love t 
 
 My plaidie to the angry airt, 
 I'd shelter thee, I'd shelter thee. S. O wert thou in the t 
 Sheltered, -'d. 
 I sidling shelter'd in a nookj . On dining with Daer. 
 
 Calm shelter'd haven of eternal rest ! . To R.G. ofF., 7, 
 Tho' shelter'd in the lowest shed S. 'Twas even — the dewy\ 
 Sheltering. 
 
 Or, beneath the sheltering rock, 
 
 Bide the surging billow's shock. On scaring Water-Jowl. 
 
 The sheltering rushes whistling o'er thy head, 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 And gane, alas ! the sheltering tree, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Shun the fierce storms among the sheltering rocks ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 And find at night a sheltering cave, S. Streams that glide t 
 Or find a shelt'ring, safe retreat, 
 
 From prone-descending showers. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The flaunting flow'rs our Gardens yield, 
 High-shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield. 
 
 To a Mountain-Dai^. 
 Shenstone. Or wake the bosom-melting throe, 
 
 ■ With Shenstone's art ; The Vision. D. II, ig. 
 Shepherd. For nature smiles as sweet, I ween, 
 
 To shepherds as to kings. S. Behold., my love t 
 The shepherd stops his simple feed, • . . . /^. 
 The shepherd in the flowefy glen, 
 
 In shepherd's phrase will woo : . . * . . Ibt 
 The shepherd to warn of the grey-breaking dawn, 
 
 S> My Nanie's Awa, 
 
Shepherd 
 
 422 
 
 Shining 
 
 Will nane the Shepherd's whistle mair 
 
 Blaw sweetly in its native air And rural grace ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Where blackbirds join the shepherd's lays . . . 16. 
 Here shall the shepherd make his seat, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 No shepherd's pipe — Arcadian strains ; . The Lament. 
 
 And the shepherd tents his flock as he pipes on his reed. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains^ 
 Shepherd-lad. 
 
 There I met my shepherd-lad, . . S. Cd the Ewes. 
 
 I was bred up at nae sic school, 
 
 My shepherd-lad, to play the fool, . . . . Ih. 
 
 I'se gang wi' you, my shepherd-lad, . . , . lb. 
 Shepherd-sang. 
 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 But wi' miscarriage ? Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Shepherd-train. 
 
 And some instruct the Shepherd-train, 
 
 Blythe o'er the hill. The Vision. D. II. S. 
 
 Sheridan. 
 
 How Fox and Sherjdan rejoice ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Sheriff, And there will be Wigton's new sheriff, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Sherra-moor [Sheriff-moor, between Stirling and 
 Dunblane, where a famous battle was fought in 
 the Rebellion of 1715]. 
 
 ' Ae Hairst afore the Sherra-moor, . . . Halloween. IJ. 
 
 Or were you at the Sherra-moor, 
 
 5'. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Sheugh [a trench, a ditch]. 
 ' They'll a' be trench'd wi' mony a sheugh, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. S4. 
 
 And reekin red ran mony a sheugh, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, 
 
 As ever lap a sheugh or dyke. . . . The Twa Dogs. s. 
 A Cotter howkan in a sheugh, .... Ilr. lo. 
 Sheuk [shook]. 
 Grim loon ! he [Death] gat me by the fecket, 
 
 And sair me sheuk ; . . Friend of the poeti 
 
 the kebars sheuk, Aboon the chorus roar; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 
 The Taylor rase and sheuk his duds, S. The Taylor he cam\ 
 Shew V. Show. 
 Shew'd V. Showed. 
 
 Shewing. First shewing us the tempting ware, Poem on Life. 
 Sbiel [a shed, a hut]. 
 
 Kindly stood the milking-shiel, . . S.As I cameo'er\ 
 
 Blythe Bessie in the milking shiel, S. In simmer when t 
 
 The swallow jinkin' round my shiel, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Shield. 'Twas Caledonia's trophied shield I view'd : 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 This rock my shield, when storms are blowing, The Hermit. 
 But where is your shield from the darts of contempt ? 
 
 Ye true *' Loyal Nat.s " t 
 Shield, to. 
 And shield me frae the rain, jo.- . S. O Lassie, art thoti\ 
 And gane, alas ! the sheltering tree, 
 Should shield thee frae the storm. 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honour'd land! 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 This too, a covert shall ensure. 
 
 To shield them from the storm ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 High-shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield. 
 
 To a Moantaiu-Daisy. 
 Shift. Though thanks to heaven I dare even that last shift, 
 
 Mp. to R. Graham. J. 
 An' pow't, for want o' better shift, 
 
 A runt was like a sow-tail .... Halloween. 
 "Yet I'll try to make a shift, . . .S. Husband, husbandi 
 Shift, to. 
 Athort the lift they start and shift, . . .A Vision, 
 ' Wi' cits nor lairds I wadna shift, Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. list, 13, 
 Tho' women's minds like winter winds 
 May shift and turn, and a' that, . . Women's Minds, 
 ShlU [shrill]. And owre the moorlands whistles shill, 
 
 6". Again rejoic. Nature t 
 The westUn wind blaws loud an' shill ; i'l Behindyon hills t 
 Sae loud and shill'a I bear the blast, 6'. Up in the Morning. 
 
 ShUling, -in. 
 
 And thretty gude shillins and three ; .S. Her Daddieforbad\ 
 He will win a shilling. Or he spend a groat 
 
 S. Hey, the dusty miller \ 
 
 A ten-shillings hat, a Holland cravat ; Ronalds ofBetmais. 
 
 Nor for my ten white shillings luke. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Shin. Her broken shins to pldster; . . A Dream. 6. 
 
 My shins, my lane, I there [butt the house] sit roastin, 
 
 Auld comrade^ 
 But wi' a Lord — stand out my shin, On dining with Doer. 
 Ane curses feet that fyl'd his shins, . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 Shine. What signifies his barren shine, 
 
 Of moral pow'rs an' reason? . The Holy Fair, i^. 
 Shine, to. 
 
 May Health and Peace, with mutual rays, 
 Shine on the ev'ning o' his days ; . A Ded. to G. H., 14, 
 Heav'n's beauties on my fancy shine ; Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Wit, and Grace, and Love, and Beauty, 
 
 In ae constellation shine ; . . 1^. Bonie wee tbingj 
 The moon it shines fu' clearly. . . .S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 We saw thee shine in youth and beauty's pride. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 For other wars, where he a hero shines ; Ep.fr, Esopus. 
 
 The followers o' the ragged Nine, 
 Poor thoughtless devils \ yet may shine 
 
 In glorious light, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2xst, 16. 
 While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands, 
 O, who would not die with the brave ! 
 
 iS. Farewell, thou fair day\ 
 That only ray of solace sweet 
 
 Can on thy Henry shine, Love ! .S. Forlorn, my Love, t 
 But at twal at night, when the moon shines bright, 
 
 My dear, I'll come and see thee ; S. Her^s to thy health, f 
 That I for gear and grace may shine. 
 
 Holy Willie^ s Prayer, lb. 
 The sun took delight to shine for its sake ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Attn. 
 My son ! my son ! may kinder stars 
 
 Upon thy fortune shine! . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 While titled knaves and idiot greatness shine 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 
 The sun shines on sae brawlie ! . .S. My Collier Laddie. 
 And the moon shines bright, when I rove at night, 
 
 .S*. Now westlin winds i 
 
 Till the silent moon shine clearly ; li. 
 
 She [the moon] shines sae bright, to wyle us hame, 
 
 S.O Willie brew di 
 But the mind that shines in ev'ry grace, 
 
 S.On Cessnock banks T 
 
 May, When ev'ning Fhcebus shines serene, . lb.. Sett II. 
 And port, O port ! shine thou a wee. 
 
 And then ye'll see him ! On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The charms o' the min', the langer they shine. 
 
 The mair admiration they draw, man ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 The fault wad be mine, if they didna shine, . . . Bi. 
 But when thou pours thy strong heart's blood, . 
 
 There thou shines chief. . Scotch Drah. (. 
 
 Till Order bright, completely shine, 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J. sL.. 
 
 O thou pale Orb, that silent shines. 
 
 While care-untroubled mortals sleep ! . The Lament. 
 And o'er her neighbours shine, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 ' Strive in thy humble sphere to shine ; The Vision. D. II. a- 
 
 And spunkie, ance to make us mellow 
 
 And then we'll shine. To Mr.]. Kennedy. 
 
 We'll gar our streams an' bumies shine 
 
 Up wi' the best. 
 Then pride might climb the slipp'iy steep, 
 Where fame and honours lofty shine ; ,, . * 
 
 .y. Twas even— the dewy^ 
 
 Or Hopetoun's wealth to shine m ; S. When first I saw t 
 Shining, -in'. 
 A burning an' a shining light. . . Auldcomradel 
 A bumin' an' a shinin' light, . . Holy Willie's Prayer, i. 
 
 Or why sae sweet a flower as love, „,,«* 
 
 Depend on Fortune's shining? . S. poorttth cauU\ 
 
 The fairest maid's in yon town !«•..•«♦ 
 
 That ev'ning sun is shining on. . S.Owatyewkasin^ 
 When shining sunbeams intervene . J. On Cessnock i«*t 
 in the fashion shining Fu' gay that day. The Holy Fatr. >■ 
 The moon was shining clearly! . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 To W. Simpson, 
 
Shinn'd 
 
 423 
 
 Shop'd 
 
 Shinn'd. 
 
 She's bow-hough'd, she's hein-shinn'd, . S, Willie lVastle\ 
 Ship. The ship rides by the Berwick-law, S. My bonie Mary. 
 
 Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck. S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 For her forbears were brought in ships, 
 
 Frae 'yont the Tweed : . Poor Mailie's EL, 
 
 Shire. Thou bure the Bard through many a shire ? 
 
 Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, 
 Wha represent our Brughs an' Shirea, 
 
 The A utkot's Cry and Prayer. 
 Why desert ye your auld native shire ? The Kirk's Alarm, 
 Shiver. 
 Sharp shivers thro' the leafless bow'r ; . A Winter Night. 
 " And twa-three stinted birks are left, 
 
 *' To shiver in the blast their lane." . As on the hanks t 
 Auld covenanters shiver , . The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Shivering. 
 When youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong, _ 
 Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, The Vision, D. II. ib. 
 Shoal. In shoals and nations ; . . To a Louse. 
 
 Shock. 
 And ofl repell'd th' Invader's shock. Add. to Edinburgh. S. 
 ' But yet the bauld Apothecary 
 
 ' Withstood the shock ; Death and Dr. Homlook. i8. 
 Bide the surging billow's shock. On scaring Water-fowl. 
 
 What tho', with hoary locks I must stand the winter shodes. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks, . To R. G. ofF,, 7. 
 Shod. A broom-stick o' the witch of Endor, 
 
 Weel shod wi' brass. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 My Pegasus is poorly shod , . . .ToJ. Taylor. 
 
 Still pressing onward, red-wat-shod, . To W. Simpson. 11, 
 
 Shoe. 
 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, 
 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; Tam 0' Shatter. 3. 
 
 Shoe-thick. 
 
 'Till daft mankind aft dance a reel 
 
 In gore a shoe-thick ; . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Shog [a shock, a shove]. 
 An' gied the infant warld a shog, 
 
 'Maist ruin'd a'. . Add. to the Deil. 16. 
 Shone. Him at Agincourt wha shone, . . A Dream. 12. 
 A fairer than's in yon town, 
 
 His setting beam ne'er shone upon. S. O watye wha's in + 
 The silent moon shone high o'er tow'r and tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 The night was still, and o'er the hill 
 
 The moon shone on the castle wa' ; The night was still f 
 But by the moon and stars so bright, 
 
 That shone that night so clearly ! S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Where many a Patriot-name on high 
 
 And Hero shone. [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 A wildly-witty, rustic grace Shone full upon her ; . Ib. 
 There, distant shone. Art's lofty boast. 
 
 The lordly dome Ib. 13. 
 
 Shook, And, by the moon-beam, shook, to see 
 
 A stem and stalwart ghaist arise, . . A Vision. 
 Chanticleer Shook off the pouthery snaw, A Winter Night. 10, 
 And ay she shook the temper-pin, . S. Duncan Damson. 
 An' [Bruce] shook his Carrick spear, , . Halloween. 
 And shook baith meikle com and bear, Tam o' Shanter. ij- 
 Shook with a thunder of applause 
 
 The /oily Beggars. R. VIII. 
 When up they gat an' shook their lugs, The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Shool [a shovel]. 
 Ye'd better taen up spades and shools, 
 
 Or knappin-hammers. Ep. to J. L— A, Ap. ist, 11. 
 Auld Tubalcain's flre-shool and fender ; 
 
 On Grose's P£regrinations. 
 Shoon [shoes]. 
 Cauf-leather shoon upon your feet, . . S. Cd the Ewes. 
 I tint my curch and baith my shoon, . iS". Duncan Gray. 
 And how her new shoon fit her auld shachl!t feet : 
 
 S. Last Ma^ a Araaa wooer f 
 
 Gude ale gars me - pawn my shoon, {re.} 
 
 S. X) gude ale comes f 
 Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon, S. O Molly's meek. 
 
 At slaps the billies halt a blink, 
 TiU lasses strip their shoon : 
 
 The Holy Fair, 26 
 
 I'd gie my shoon frae afF my feet, 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man. The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 
 His hose they are blae, and his shoon like the slae, 
 
 S. There's a youth t 
 Ye've cost me twenty pair o' shoon 
 
 Just gaun to see you ; . . . To/.S. 
 
 Just like a sark, or pair o' shoon, " To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Shoot, 
 
 That shoots my tortur'd gums alang ; Add. to Toothache. 
 
 And shoots its head above each bush ; On Cessnock banks f 
 
 When com begins to shoot, . . . One night as li 
 
 Shooting, -in. And shooting meteors caught the startled eye. 
 
 On Death of Sir J, Blair. 
 
 Saw him in shootin graith adora'd, Tam Samson's El., 8. 
 
 Or shootin of a hare or moorcock, . . The Twa Dogs. 26 
 
 Shore. When they gae to the shore o' Bucky, [r*.] 
 
 S. A' the ladsd Thormebank^ 
 Along the solitary shore. 
 
 While flitting sea-fowls round me cry, S. Behold the hourf 
 The scourge of the seas, and the dread of the shore ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 There's wooden walls upon our seas. 
 
 And Volunteers on shore, Sir. S. Does haughty Gauli 
 
 when ye [craiks] wing your annual way 
 
 Frae our cauld shore, El. on Capt. M. H.^ g. 
 Thou chrystal streamlet with thy flowery shore. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Desart ilka blooming shore ; . . S. Frae theJHends t 
 And from my native shore : . S. From thee, Elizai 
 
 Who mad'st the sea and shore, . ^S*. Grace after Dinner. 
 Had I a cave on some wild distant shore, S. Had I a cave f 
 Surging on the rocky shore ; S. How can my poor heart t 
 He tum'd him_ right and round about, 
 
 Upon the Irish shore, . . . . S. It was a for\ 
 Ere ye toss me afar from my lov'd native shore ; 
 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 I haste with the storm to a far distant shore ; . . Ib. 
 For lack o' thee, I leave this much-loved shore, 
 
 LnSf on Back of Bank Note. 
 As the wretch looks o'er Siberia's shore, S. Lovely Davies. 
 It's not the roar o' sea or shore, 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; S. My bonie Mary. 
 For now he's taen anither shore, 
 
 An' owre the Sea ! On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Still self-dependent in her native shore, 
 
 Prologue-, sp. by Woods. 
 (Lang after kend on Carrick shore ; Taw. o" Shanter. iS, 
 
 We'll send him o'er to his native shore 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Alb.. 
 Through the still night dash'd hoarse along the shore : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 All-hail then, the gale then. 
 
 Wafts me from diee, dear shore! . . Th£ Farewell. 
 
 *Tis not that fatal, deadly shore ; .?. The gloomy Night t 
 
 For her I'll trace a distant shore ; S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 
 Tom from that lovely shore, and must never see it more ; 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 Auld, hermit Aire staw thro' his woods, 
 
 On to the shore ; . The Vision. D. 1. 14. 
 ' I saw thee seek the sounding shore, 
 
 ' Delighted with the dashing roar ; . . Ib. D. II. 13. 
 
 Over sea, over shore, Where the cannons loudly roar ; 
 
 S. There was a bonie lass t 
 And leave auld Scotia's shore ? . . . S. To Maty. 
 Ayr, gurgling, Idss'd his pebbled shore, 
 
 S, To Mary in Heaven. 
 ^ot Cowrie's rich valley, nor Forth's sunny shores, 
 
 S. Von wild mossy mountt^nsi 
 Shore, to [to offer ; threaten]. 
 
 If e'er Detraction shore to smit you, . . A Farewell. 
 First shore her wi' a kindly kiss, . . S. O steer her up f 
 I doubt na Fortune may you shore 
 
 Some mim-mou'd poutnered priestie, On W. Chalmers. 
 But, Uke guid mothers, ^ore before ye strike ; 
 
 Scois.ProUgue, 
 An' shore him weel wi' hell ; . . To^Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Shor'd [threatened ; offered]. 
 
 Had shor'd them with a glimmer of his lamp, 
 
 T^ Brigs j)f Ayr, 10. 
 As murder at his thrapple shor'd ; The Election Ballads. VI, 
 
Shor'd 
 
 42i 
 
 Shower 
 
 A panegyric rhyme, I weeni 
 
 Even as I was he shor'd me ; TAe Petition of Br, Water. 
 An' shor'd them Dainty Davie 
 
 O' boot that night. The Jolly Beggars R, VII. 
 Lang, Patronage, wi' rod o' aim, 
 Has shor'd the Kirk's undoin, . . The Ordination. 8. 
 Short. Where human weakness has come short, 
 
 A Prayer in Pros^, of Death. 
 But three short years will soon wheel roun', 
 
 S. And Ofor am and twenty t 
 Some wee, short hour ayont the twal, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 31. 
 But what his common sense came short, 
 
 He eked it out wi' law, man. . Extern, in Court ofS., 
 A few short months, and glad and gay. 
 
 Again ye'U charm the ear and e'e ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 " O why has Worth so short a date? . . . lb. 
 
 the short stifled breath. Told how dear 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 O' stature short, but genius bright, On Grose^s Peregrinations. 
 That's little short o' downright wastrie. The Twa Dogs. g. 
 And tho' the puny wound appear 
 
 Short while it grieves, . . To J. S., z6. 
 A short sword, and a lang, . . S. Ve Jacobites t 
 
 Shopt-liv'd. 
 
 When Phosbus gies a short-liv'd glow'r, A Winter Night, 
 Shortening. 
 How cheery, thro' her shortening day, 
 
 Is autumn in her weeds o' yellow : S. By Allan stream t 
 The short'ning winter>day is near a close ; 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat. Night. 2. 
 Shorter. 
 And cowe her measure shorter By th' head some day. 
 
 The Ordination. 13. 
 Ae limpin leg a hand-breed shorter ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Your coaties shorter by a span, , S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Shortly. 
 Or faith ! I fear that, wi' the geese, 
 
 I shortly boost to pasture I' the craft . , A Dream. 6. 
 Sae shortly you shall see me bright, . A uld comrade t 
 An' shortly after she was done 
 
 They gat a new ane. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 But shortly they will cowe the louns ! . . . .lb. 
 
 As thou thyself must shortly find, Wr. in Frzars-Carse H. 
 
 Shortsyne [short since]. 
 
 But now as glad I'm wi' my lad, 
 
 As shortsyne broken hearted. . S. The tither mom \ 
 
 Shots s. 
 That sic a hen had got a shot ; . . . Ep. to J. E., g. 
 But every shot and every knock, 
 
 My heart it gae a stoun. . . ^S". My heart was ance t 
 Proof o' shot to Birth or Money, . . S. Sweetest May t 
 An' ay the tither shot he thumpit, Tarn Samson's El., 10. 
 Till skelp — a shot — they're aff, a' throw'ther, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Corbies and Clergy are a shot right kittle : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 20. 
 Has blest me with a random-shot O' countra wit. To J. S., 6. 
 Shot. The stars they shot alang the sky; . . A Vision. 
 The stars shot down wi' sklentan light, . Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 Behold that eye which shot immortal hate, . . Liberty. 
 For mony a beast to dead she shot, Tam o' Shanter. 1$. 
 
 But hurchin Cupid shot a shaft, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 * Keen-shivering shot thy nerves along, 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 16. 
 Shote. At gloamin-shote it was, I wat, S, Had I ike wyie f 
 Should) -'di Who make poor will do wait upon I should 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham. jT. 
 God knows, I'm no the thing I shou'd he, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Shouldna [should not]. 
 
 You shouldna paint at angels mair, , . To a Painter. 
 Shout. He roar'd a horrid murder-shout, Halloween, 20. 
 
 The shouts o' war are heard afar, . . S. My honie Mary. 
 
 The bairns gat out wi' an unco shout, S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 
 An' echos back return the shouts ; . . The Holy Fair. 21. 
 Shouther, Showther [shoulder]. 
 
 An awfu' scythe, out-owre ae shouther. 
 
 Clear-dangling, hang ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6. 
 
 Wi' stocks out owre their shouther : 
 
 Halloween, j". 
 
 He by his showther gae a keek, . . . Hallnueen. ig. 
 But owre my left shouther I ga'e him a blink 
 
 S. Last May a Iraw wooer \ 
 Their gun's a burden on their shouther ; 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 She has a hump upon her breast. 
 The twin o' tnat upon her shouther ; . S. Willie WastU\ 
 Show, Shew. 
 Whose toil upholds the glitt'ring show, A Winter Night. 8. 
 And gaudy shew at sunny noon ; . . . S. Sa€flaxen\ 
 Their titles a' are empty show ; . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 Then in we go to see the show, . . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 For a' that, and a' that, 
 
 Their tinsel shew, and a' that, . .S". The Honest Man. 
 O Nature ! a' thy shews an' forms 
 
 To feeling, pensive hearts hae charms ! . ToW. Simpson. 
 Show, Shew, to. 
 Not all your rage, as now, united shows 
 
 More hard unkindness, unrelenting, A Winter Night. 7. 
 For which we dauma show our face Adam A — 's Prayer, 
 Not to show her respect, but — to save the expence. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Her [nature's] Hogarth-art perhaps she meant to show it) 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Pull the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Yf ur courage much more than your prudence you show it, li. 
 To show thy grace is great an' ample ; 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, s. 
 To show their deadly rage. . , . John Barleycorn, 
 Then Age and Want, Oh ! ill-match'd pair ! 
 
 Show Man was made to mourn. Man was made to Mourn. 
 Tho' the love that I owe to thee I darena show, 
 
 S. My Sandy gied\ 
 And show what good men are. . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 Oh, open the door, some pity to shew, .S*. Ok, open the doorj 
 Show many a saint and martyr there. . . On Lincluden. 
 To show Sir Bardy's willyart glowr. On dining with Doer. 
 Wad shew the Tragic Muse in a' her glory. Scots Prolo^e, 
 Auld Vandal, ye but .show your little mense. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Then Winter's time-bleach'd locks did hoary show, 
 By Hospitality with cloudless brow. . . , lb. 13. 
 Comes hame, perhaps, to shew a braw new gown, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 4. 
 Which shews that heaven can boil the pot, 
 Though the devil p— s in the fire. . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, I. 
 
 to justly shew that brow, . . V.s, below Picture. 
 
 Show box. Mankind are his show box Frag.^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Showed, -'d, Shew'd. 
 His bending joints and drooping head 
 
 Show'd he began to fdl. . . . John Barleycorn. 
 A mask that like the gorget show'd, 
 
 Dye-varying, on the pigeon ; . The Holy Fair. Mott, 
 That show'd a man o* spunk, . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Shew'd he was nane o' Scotland's dogs, . The Twa Dogs. 
 Shew'd him the gentleman an' scholar : . - fl- 
 
 She showed her taste refined and just „ 
 
 When she selected thee, . Wr. on Leaf of '^H. More. 
 
 Shower. 
 
 Dim-dark'ning thro' the flaky shower, . A Winter Night. 
 
 And rising, weets wi' misty showers , 
 
 The birksof Aberfeldy. S. Bonie Lassie, ivtllyegol 
 
 Through gentle showers, the laughing flowers 
 In double pride were gay. . . - S. But lately seen ^ 
 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, . , , . 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks^ 
 
 And show'rs began to fall ; 
 the welcome summer show'r 
 
 John Barleycorn. 
 S. Lassie wi the lintwhite t 
 
 When past the show'r, and every flow'r, , « •„ 
 
 The garden is adorning: . . ■ S. Lovely Dames. 
 
 S. My Love's a winsomei 
 
 No chilly blast nor shower 
 Shall blight this rose of mine. 
 The furrow'd waving corn is seen i«„,;wt 
 
 Rejoice in fostering showers. S. Now Spring has cim 
 Not vernal show'rs to budding flow'rSj^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ ^.^^ 
 
 Protect thee frae the driving shower, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
Shower 
 
 425 
 
 Sle 
 
 The rattling showers rose on the blast ; . Tarn 0* Skanier. 8. 
 Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs. 
 
 An' screen our countra Gentry ; . . Tke Holy Fair. p. 
 Or find a sheltering, safe retreat, 
 From prone-descending showers. 
 
 The Petition of Br, Water, 
 But bitter, daudin showers hae wat it. Third Ep. to J. Lap. . 
 Never may'st thou, lovely Flower, 
 I Chilly shrink in sleety shower ! , . . To Miss C. 
 To shun the bitter blaudin' show'r, To Rev. J. APMath. 
 
 While corn grows green in summer showers, 
 
 .S". Where Cart rins\ 
 Dim-seen, through rising mists and ceaseless showers, 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Her eyes outshine the radiant beams 
 That gild the passing shower, . ^S". Young Peggy t 
 
 Shower, to. 
 
 But chiefly the nettle so typical, shower, Monody, on a Lady. 
 Show'ry. 
 
 Her forehead's like the show'ry bow, S. On Cessnock banks f 
 Shown. 
 
 If love for love thou wilt na gie. 
 At least be pity to me shown ; S. O Mary^ ai thy window t 
 
 Showthep V, Shouthep. 
 Showy. 
 
 What are their showy treasures ? .S". Mark yonder Pomp t 
 Shpiek. 
 
 Still louder shrieks, and heavier groans ! A Ded, to G. H. , 10. 
 Shrill, to heaven's gates the lark's shrill song ascends, 
 
 £p. to R. Graham, j*. 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind 
 
 S. I'm o'er young to marry t 
 The soaring lark, the perching red-breast shrill, 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr. 
 And blew on the Whistle their requiem shrill. The Whistle. 3. 
 Shrimp. Despise that Shrimp, that withered Imp, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VL 
 Shrine. 
 
 Approach this shrine, and worship here. Poet. Inscription. 
 Shplnk. 
 And with a Mother's fears shrinks at the rocking blast ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 Why shrinks my soul half-blushing, half afraid, 
 
 Fp. to R. Graham. S. 
 Never may'st thou, lovely flower. 
 
 Chilly shrmk in sleety shower \ ... To Miss C. 
 No more I shrink appall'd, afraid ; . . To Ruin. 
 
 Shrinking. 
 The shrinking bard adown an alley skulks, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Shrinking from the gaze of day. S. Mark yonder Pomp ^ 
 
 In vain Religion meets my shrinking eye ; To Clarinda. 
 
 Shrunk. 
 When thou shrunk frae the scowl of the loud winter storm, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 ShuddeP. Ye see your state wi' theirs compar'd, 
 
 And shudder at the niffer. Add. to Unco Guid.3. 
 Shun, those paths Of life I ought to shun ; 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 The lavrock shuns the palace gay, 
 
 And o'er the cottage sings ; . . S. Bekoidt my love^i 
 Or [their soul] in some day-detesting owl 
 
 May shun the light. Fp, to /. L—k, Ap. Bist^ 77. 
 To shun a tyrant father's hate, . . . S, How cruel\ 
 [The dove] To shun impelling ruin 
 
 A while her pinions tries ; lb. 
 
 No view nor care, but shun whate'er 
 Might breed me pain or sorrow, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 The path of man to shun it ; . . S. Now westlin winds t 
 Shun the fierce storms among the sheltering rocks ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 O cam ye here the fight to shun, 
 
 S, The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 But she, ungrateful, shuns my sight, . . To Clarinda. 
 No claws to dig, his hated sight to shun ; To R. G. ofF., 3. 
 To shun the bitter blaudin' show'r, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 But thy utmost duly done. 
 Welcome what thou canst not shun : Wr. in Hermitage atF.C. 
 
 Shunn'd. ' Wrong'd, injur'd, shunn'd, unpitied, tinredrest ; 
 
 /« vain wld Prudence t 
 Detested, shunn'd, by saunt an' sinner, , To a Louse. 
 3H 
 
 Shunning. 
 
 ' Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, . . A Winter Night, g. 
 Shure [did shear, i.e., peap]. 
 
 I shure wi' him ; . . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 Shut. But, cursed lot ! the gates were shut, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherr&rMoor. 
 Shuttle. And can, like ony wabster's shuttle. 
 
 Jink there or here ; Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Shy. Believe me, happiness is shy, . A Bottle and Friend. 
 So shy, grave and distant, ye shed not a tear : 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 
 Ye would na been sae shy ; . . . . S.O Tibbie 1 1 
 
 If she be shy, her sister try, . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 Shyer. The lasses they are shyer. . . The Holy Fair. 24. 
 
 Siberia. 
 
 As the wretch looks o'er Siberia's shore, S. Lovely Davies. 
 Sibyl. Inspir'd, I turn'd Fate's sibyl leaf. To Terraughty, 
 Sic [such]. Its just sic Poet an' sic Patron, A Ded. to G. H. , 2. 
 
 On sic a day as this is A Dream. 
 
 Kyle-Stewart I could bragged wide, 
 
 For sic a pair. . . A Guid New Year\ 6. 
 And frae his harp sic strains did flow, . . .A Vision. 
 I seek nae mair o' Heav'n to share, 
 
 Than sic a moment's pleasure, O ! S. An' Til kiss theeyet\ 
 when shall we return, Sic pleasure to renew?" 
 
 S. As down tke bum \ 
 I was bred up at nae sic school, . S. Ca* the ewes, 
 
 I drew my scythe in sic a fury. Death and Dr. Hornbook. j8. 
 And oh ! her een they spak sic things ! - S. Duncan Gray t 
 The tither's dour, has nae sic hreedin', . El. on Year 1788. 
 
 sic as you and I, Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 That sic a hen had got a shot ; . . Ep. to J. R., g. 
 
 That sic a couple fate allows ye Ep. to Maj. Logan. 1$. 
 
 Sic a reptile was Wat, 
 
 Sic a miscreant slave, .... Epit. on Walter S. . 
 For few sic feasts you've gotten ; . . . For W. Nicol. 
 When sic a husband was frae hame, . S. Had I the wyte f 
 She fufTt her pipe wl* sic a lunt, . . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 I daur you try sic sportin, lb. 14. 
 
 An' liv'd an' di'd deleeret. On sic a night. . . .lb. 
 I wha deserve sic just damnation, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 3. 
 Thou kens how he bred sic a splore, ... lb. 12, 
 Sic fate ere lang shall thee betide ; . S. Ido confess f 
 Did ne'er to me sic tidings bring, . . .S.O Pkely t 
 O why should Fate sic pleasure have, 
 Life's dearest bands untwining ? . S. O poortitk cauld\ 
 
 wha can prudence think upon, 
 
 And sic a lassie by him ; lb. 
 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow join'd, 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken \ . S. O stay^ sweet warb. + 
 Had ne'er sic powers alarming : S. O wat ye wha that Ides t 
 An sic a Lord — lang Scotch ells twa, On Dining with Daer, 
 And sic twa love-inspiring een, . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Play'd me sic a trick, . . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 And sic a night he tales the road in, 
 
 As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. . Tam. 0' Skanter. 7. 
 Sic flights are far beyond her pow'r ; . . . lb. 16. 
 Of sic an ugly, Gothic hulk as you. The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 
 Saw ye e'er sic troggin ? . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Like cantharidian plaisters On sic a day ! \re.'\ 
 
 The Holy Fair. 13 
 Against sic poosion'd nostrum ; . . . . lb. 16. 
 
 1 play'd my fiUie sic a shavie, . . Tke Inventory. 
 Hunger, Cauld, an' a' sic harms The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 We never had sic twa drones ; . The Ordination. 10. 
 Alas ! sae sweet a tree as love, 
 
 Sic bitter fruit should bear ! 5'. Tke Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 That sic a tree can not be found, 
 
 'Twixt London and the Tweed, man, Tke Tree of Liberty. 
 Wi' plenty o' sic trees, I trow, 
 
 The warld would live in peace, man ; , . . lb. 
 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; T.' lb. 
 
 I'd gie my shoon frae aff my feet, 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man. . ... lb. 
 
 Are bred in sic a way as this is. . . The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 For delvers, ditchers, an' sic cattle ; . . , /b, 12, 
 
Sic 
 
 426 
 
 Sighing 
 
 Sic game is now owre aften play'd ; 
 But human-bodies are sic fools, 
 For a' their colledges an' schools, . 
 There's sic parade, sic pomp an' art, 
 The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle, 
 
 O' sic a feast ! 
 
 Sic twa, O ! do I live to see't. 
 
 Sic famous twa should disagreet, . 
 
 Looks down wi' sneering, scomfu' view 
 
 On sic a dinner ? 
 I fear ye dine but sparely, On sic a place. 
 I'd gie you sic a hearty dose o't, . 
 An' get sic fair example straught, . 
 And taste sic gear as Johnnie brews, 
 in sic phraisin terms ye've penn'd it, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 2t. 
 
 Ih. 2g. 
 Ih.31. 
 The Twa Herds. 3. 
 . . 2b. S^ 
 
 . Ih. g. 
 
 To a Haggis. 
 
 To a Louse. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 To Gav. Hamilton- 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 To W. Simpson. 2. 
 
 lb. P.S. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 . Ih. 
 
 . lb. 
 
 . Ih. 
 What ails ye now t 
 
 . Ih. 
 S. IVillie Wastle t 
 
 The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 lb. 10. 
 
 S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 The Dean o/Fac.. 
 
 . The Twa Herds. 7. 
 . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 John Barleycorn. 
 S. The Catrine woods t 
 
 Despondency^ an Ode. 
 
 but callans, At Grammar, Logic, an' sic talents, 
 
 An auld-light caddies bure sic hands, . 
 
 forbad, by strict commands, Sic bhiidy pranks. 
 
 Eut new-light herds gat sic a cowe, 
 
 ken some better Than mind sic brulzie. 
 
 To thresh my back at sic a pitch? 
 
 Wrought 'mang the lasses sic mischief . 
 
 Sic a wife as Willie had, 
 SicUke [suchlike]. 
 
 Wi' sauce, ragouts, an* sic like trashtrie, 
 
 Bairan a quarry, an' sic like, . 
 Sick. Meg grew sick, — as he grew heal, 
 
 Quite sick of merit's rudeness, 
 
 Full soon I grew sick of my sanctified Sot, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 
 And saw gin they were sick or hale, 
 At the first sight. 
 
 I'm weary sick o't late and air ! 
 Sicken'd. 
 
 His colour sicken'd more and more. 
 
 But Nature sicken'd on the e'e. 
 Sickening. 
 
 Dim-backward as I cast my view. 
 What sick*ning Scenes appear ! . 
 Sicker [safe, secure, steady]. 
 
 Setting my staiF wi' a' my skill. 
 
 To keep me sicker ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 And in his arms he lock'd her sicker. . S. Donald Brodie t 
 Already in thy fancy's eye. Thy sicker treasure. 
 
 Poem on Life. 
 On the same sicker score I mentioned before, 
 
 P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm." 
 
 Sickness. Pale sickness withers ilka grace, . Fragment. 
 
 O what a canty warld were it. 
 
 Would pain and care, and sickness spare it ; Poem on Life. 
 Siddons. It needs no Siddons' powers in Southern's song ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Side. 
 
 pamper'd Luxury, Flatt'ry by her side, A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 Blythe waukens by the daisy's side, S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 
 And like stockfish [the devil] come o'er his studdie 
 
 Wi' thy [death's] auld sides ! El. on.Capt. M. H. 
 
 She watch'd me by the hie-gate-side, S. Had I the wyte\ 
 
 Some [nits] kindle, couthie, side by side, . Halloween. 7. 
 
 Here's friends on both sides of the Forth, 
 
 And friends on both sides of the Tweed ; 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 
 O wae gae by his wanton sides, S. Here's his health in water. 
 My true love I she cried,— and sunk down by his side, 
 
 S. Oh^ open the doorf 
 
 The thund'ring guns are heard on ev'ry side, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 
 On ev'ry side they're gath'ran ; . . The Holy Fair. S, 
 Frae side to side they bother, .... lb. 24. 
 
 An' euid Claymore down by his side, 
 
 ^ The Jolly Beggars. S. IV, 
 
 O'er Pegasus' side ye ne'er laid a stride, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. //. 
 Irvine side, Irvine side, wi' your turkey-cock pride, lb, 14. 
 by the sweet side of the Nith's winding river, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 
 The woods, wild-scattered, clothe their ample sides ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 The palace rising on his verdant side ; . , . , lb. 
 
 Oft have our fearless fathers strode 
 
 By Wallace' side, . To W. SitHpson. //. 
 He bears the unbroken blast from every side ; 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,3. 
 Sldelins [sidelong, slanting]. 
 For ay she tipp'd the sidelin's wink, S. As Igaedupby\ 
 Ironic satire, sidelins sklented. 
 
 On my poor Musie ; . ToW". Simpson. 
 Slde-pretences. 
 
 Debar a' side-pretences ; . . . Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 Sidling. I sidling shelter'd in a nook, On diniHg with Doer. 
 Sigh. But with a frater-feeling strong, 
 
 Here, heave a sigh. A Bards Epit. 
 With laden sighs, and solemn-rounded sentence, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Thou man of crazy care and ceaseless sigh, . . . lb. 
 And deep, as soughs the boding wind, 
 
 Amang his caves, the sigh he gave. . Ason the banksj 
 Then let the sudden bursting sigh 
 
 The heart-felt pang discover ; S. Coitld aught ofsong\ 
 
 For relief a sigh she brings ; . . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 The bursting sigh, th' unweeting groan. 
 
 Betray the hapless lover : . .S". Farewell^ thou stream f 
 And mingle sighs with mine, Love. .S". Forlorn^ my Lffve f 
 And thine that latest sigh I . . S. From thee, Eliza, f 
 May never pity soothe thee with a sigh, 
 
 On sieing wounded Han, 
 And grateful science heaves the heartfelt sigh. 
 
 Oti Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 One friendly sigh for bim, he asks no more, 
 
 Once fondly lov'di 
 Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee, [re."] 
 
 S. One fond kiss \ 
 A poor friendless wand'rer may well claim a sigh. 
 
 Poet. Add. to W. Tytkr. 
 Who trembling heard my parting sigh, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 A brother's sigh ! a sister's tear ! . . The Farewell. 
 
 Wi' sighs an' sobs she thus began The Jolly Beggars, R.IV. 
 The unweeting groan, the bursting sigh, 
 
 Betray the guilty lover . S. The last time /f 
 
 Wi' monie a sigh and a S. There was a bonie iassi 
 
 And with sincere tho' unavailing sighs, . Tragic Frag.. 
 Farewell ! within thy bosom free 
 
 A sigh may whiles awaken; . . Ks, under Grief, 
 In her armour of glances, and blushes, and sighs ; 
 
 S. Von wild mussy mountains f 
 
 But now wi' sighs and starting tears . S. Young Jamie\ 
 Sigh, to. 
 I set me down and sigh : . . Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 But the weary, weary warpin o't 
 
 Has gart me sigh and sab. . . S. My heart was anceX 
 And sigh for this life's latest morrow. On Death ofjiw. Child. 
 Polish their grin, nay, sigh for ladies' love. . Sketch. 
 
 An* sigh an* sob, an' greet her lane. Tarn Samson's EL 
 
 No more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, ,r. »j z 
 
 The Cotief's Sat. Night. 16. 
 
 The Hermit. 
 
 . . lb. 
 
 Each night and mom with voice imploring, 
 
 This wish I sigh : . 
 But if thou hast good cause to Mgh at 
 
 Thy fault or care : . 
 Anither sighs an' prays : . . . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 
 And ay she sighs wi' care and pain ; S. There was a lass\ 
 And I sigh as my heart it wad burst m ^^^^^^^ j^^ ^.^ 
 
 Sigh'd. , . . * 
 
 *' Man ! cruel Man ! " the Genius sigh'd, As on the banksl 
 Duncan sigh'd, baith out and in, . . S. Duncan Gray\ 
 
 I sigh'd, and 'said amang them a', ^ /, ., „* *!,« f 
 
 Ye are na Mary Morison. . • S.O Mary, at /Ay t 
 
 And sigh'd his very soul. . S.Ona bank of flowers t 
 
 But ay she sigh'd and cry'd, " Alas I ^^ 
 "Alas ! young man, ye've ruin'd me. j ^r. z,j 
 
 ' * S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 Sighing, -an. ^^ ^ . 
 
 Wherefore sighing art thou Phillis ? . • Si«^^ ^f^^' 
 Sighing, dumb, despairing \ . . S. Blythe ha elhemX 
 While he, thy fond parent, must sighing s^>^^_^^^. cUli. 
 I, sighing, drop the silent tear, , . • ToClarinda. 
 
Sighing 
 
 427 
 
 Sillep 
 
 Their sighan, cantan, grace-proud faces, To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 But sorrow and sad sighing care. . S. Where are ihejoys\ 
 Sight. Is sure an uncouth sight to see,, . A Dream. 
 
 To keep the Highland hounds in sight! . Add, of Beelzebub. 
 Ye, like a rash-buss, stood in sight, 
 
 Wi' waving sugh. . . Add, to the Deil. 7. 
 Or worthy friends rak'd i' the mools, 
 
 Sad sight to see ! . . Add. to Toothache. 
 For sure 'twere impious to despair 
 
 So much in sight of Heaven. . S. A una, thy charms t 
 Where man and nature fairer in her sight, _ 
 My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer flight. 
 
 £>. to R. Graham. J. 
 ' Nae doubt but ye may get a sight ! 
 
 ' Great cause ye hae to fear it ; . . . Halloween. 14. 
 That I am here afore thy sight, Holy Willie's Prayer, z. 
 
 ' Were ne'er sae welcome to my eye, 
 
 * As is a sight o' Phely S. O PhelyA 
 
 What are yon forms that meet my sight ? . On Lincluden. 
 They tempt the taste and charm the sight ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Not ev'n to view the Heavenly choir. 
 
 Would be so blest a sight. . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 (A sight life's sorrows to repulse, 
 
 A sight pale envy to convulse) . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 But when she charms my sight, 
 
 In pride of beauty's light ; . . S. Sleep' st thoUy\ 
 
 With richer treasures bless my sight ! 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 And, vow ! Tarn saw an unco sight ! Tarn d Skanter. 11. 
 Trode i' the mire out o' sight ! 
 
 Th^ Author^ s Cry and Prayer, jo. 
 - _ - all before their sight, 
 A fairy train appear'd in order bright : The Brigs o/Ayr. 11. 
 At sight of whom [Peace] our Sprites forgat their kindling 
 
 wrath lb. 13. 
 
 And ne'er, tho' out o' sight, to jauk or play : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 As once on Pis^ah purg'd was the sight 
 
 Of a son of Circumcision, . . . The Dean ofFac. . 
 Appear no more before Thy sight 
 
 Than yesterday that's past. The ist 6 V.s o/goth Ps.. 
 
 But still as the fairest she sat in their sight, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming^ 
 The vera sight o' [Moodie]*s face, 
 To's ain net hame had sent him Wi' fright 
 
 The Holy Fair. 12. 
 The boniest sight that e'er I saw 
 
 Was th' Ploughman laddie dancin. S. The Ploughman t 
 They're sae accustom'd wi' the sight, 
 
 The view o't gies them little fright. . The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 By this, the sun was out o' sight, .... lb. 33. 
 And saw gin they were sick or hale, 
 
 At the first sight. . . The Twa Herds. 7. 
 A tight, outlandish Hizzie, braw, 
 
 Come full in sight. . . The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 But, ah \ deform'd, dishonest to the sight ! . The Vowels. 
 Baptiz'd him ««, and kick'd him from his sight. . . lb. 
 And then, O what a glorious sight, 
 
 Warm-reekin, rich ! . . . To a Haggis. 
 Now baud you there, ye're out o' sight, . To a Louse. 
 But she, ungrateful, shuns my sight, . . To Clarinda. 
 Now bless the hour which charm'd my guilty sight. . lb. 
 No claws to dig, his hated sight to shun ; To R. G. o/F.^ 3. 
 For 'twas the auld moon turn'd a newk 
 
 An' out o' sightj . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 They charm th' admiring gazer's sight, . S. Young Peggy t 
 Sightless. 
 Or, mid the venal Senate's roar, 
 
 They, sightless, stand, . The Vision. D. II. s- 
 Sign* And still, as signs of life appear'd, 
 
 They toss'd him to and fro. . John Barleycorn. 
 Sign-post. 
 
 Strong on the sign^post stands the stupid ox. To R. G. o/F.^7, 
 Sign'd. 
 
 My daddie sign'd my tocher band, S,. Where Cart rins t 
 
 Signify. 
 
 What signifies the life o' man, 
 
 An' 'twere na for the lasses, O. S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 But oh ! what signifies to you 
 
 His lexicons and grammars ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 What signifies his barren shine, 
 Of moral pow'rs an' reason ? . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 Signora. 
 Love-gifts of Carnival Signoras. [v.A.133 The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Silence. 
 
 " Awake, resound thy latest lay, 
 
 *' Then sleep in silence evermair! Lament for Glencaim. 
 Ye babbling winds, in silence sweep ; . . Liberty. 
 
 "When evening shades in silence meet, . .S". O Phely, t 
 At length poor Mailie silence brak. The Death o/Mailie. 
 Speaking silence, dumb confession, . . . To a Kiss. 
 Silent, modest Merit's silent claim ; Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 What time the moon, wi' silent glowr. 
 
 Sets up her horn, . El, onCapt. M.H,, 10. 
 Empress of the silent night : . . . lb. 14. 
 
 Yonder Clouden's silent towers, . S. Hark ! the mavis t 
 Well, Sir, from the silent dead, 
 
 Still I will try to daunt you ; . S. Husband, husband \ 
 For silent, low, on beds of dust, 
 
 Lie a' that would my sorrows share. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 How silent that tongue which the echoes oft tired, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Till the silent moon shine clearly ; . S. Now westlin windsi 
 In the dark silent mansions of sorrow, On Death of/av. Child. 
 With echo silent lies. . . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 Repose us in the silent dust. . Sketch. New-Yr^s Day. 
 
 The silent moon shone high o'er tow'r and tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 Now a' the congregation o'er 
 
 Is silent expectation ; . . . . The Holy Fair. iz. 
 O Thou pale Orb, that silent shines, . The Lament. 
 
 I, sighing, drop the silent tear, . . . To Clarinda. 
 Again the silent wheels of time 
 
 Their annual round have driv'n. 
 
 To Miss Z., with " Beattie," 
 
 When shall my soul, in silent peace, 
 
 Resign Life's joyless day ? To Ruin. 
 
 And mouldering now in silent dust, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams f 
 
 Silent-marking. 
 
 Oft has thy silent-marking glance Observ'd us, The Lament. 
 Silk. Tho' thou has nae silk and hoUand sae sma, 
 
 S. O when she cam. ben t 
 
 In silks an' scarlets glitter ; . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 
 Gie fools their silks, and knaves their wine, 
 
 S. The Honest Man. 
 Silk-saft [silk-soft]. 
 
 Seal'd on her silk-saft falds to rest, . S. O were my love t 
 
 Silken. 
 
 The lassie lost a silken snood, S. Braw lads ofG. Water, 
 
 weel lac'd up in silken shoon, • S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 In Love's silken band can bind it. . . iS. Sweetest May t 
 
 I'll tie the posie round wi' the silken band 0' love, S. The Posie. 
 
 He draws a bonie, silken purse , The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 
 Be thou deckt in silken stole, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 
 Siller, adj. [silver]. 
 
 Aft, clad in massy, siller weed, . . Scotch Drink, 7. 
 And siller buckles glancin ; . . S. The Ploughman t 
 
 The hawthorn I will pu', wi' its locks o' siller grey, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 And his clear siller buckles they dazzle us a\ 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 Siller [silver, money], 
 Altho' he has left me for greed o' the siller, 
 
 S. As I was a-watufringi 
 A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller : . Auld comrade i 
 
 Sma' siller will relieve me. . S. Here's to thy health, t 
 
 Brings the dusty siller ; . . S. Hey, the dusty miller \ 
 But the tender heart o' leesome love, 
 
 The gowd and siller canna buy : . S. In simmer when t 
 Mv laddie's sae meikle in love wi' the siller, 
 He canna ha'e love to spare for me. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks f/iy love t 
 Thou sat as lang as thou had siller ; . Tam o' Shanter, 3, 
 He'd venture the gallows for siller, 
 
 An 'twere na the cost o' the rape. The Election Ballads. III. 
 He brags and he .blawso' his siller, 4 . S, Tam Glen. 
 Tho dearest siller that ever I wan. . . S. The Taylor fell ^ 
 
SiUer 
 
 428 
 
 Sin 
 
 But chiefly the siller, that gars him gang till her, 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 To sell her poor Jenny for siller and Ian'. 
 
 S, What can a yng lassie 1 
 
 Silly. Or silly sheep, wha hide this brattle A IVinfer Night. 3. 
 
 Would'st thou be cur'd, thou silly, moping elf, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 If man thou wouldst be named. 
 
 Despise the silly creature. . . S. Deluded swain t 
 
 Poor silly body see him ; . . Epii. on Holy Willie. 
 Thy favors are the silly wind . . S. I do confess t 
 
 Why then ask of silly Man, 
 
 To oppose great Nature's plan? . S. Let not woman t 
 
 We'll search through the garden for each silly flower, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 Fie, fie on silly coward man. 
 That he should be the slave o't [of wealth]. 
 
 S. Opoortithcauld\ 
 
 The silly bogles, Wealth and State, . . . , lb. 
 
 silly blind body, O dinna ye see ; S. whare did ye get t 
 my puir, silly, rhynun' clatter . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 That anger'd the silly gudeman, O. S. The Cooper d cuddy ^ 
 my yowie, silly thing, . . . 77«, Death o/Mailie. 
 The bride went to bed wi' the silly bridegroom, 
 
 The last braw bridal \ 
 It's silly wa's the win's are strewin ! . . To a Mouse. 
 But to conclude my silly rhyme, . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Even silly woman has her warlike arts, To R. G. ofF., a. 
 Tho* I maun say't, I wad be silly, . . To W. Simpson. 
 Silver, adj. 
 Nor ever sorrow add one silver hair ! BUst be M'Murdo t 
 the Tweed's silver flood ; S. Caledonia. S. 
 
 When Cynthia lights, .wi' silver ray, 
 The weary shearer's hameward way, 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 
 And fill it in a silver tassie ; . . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 
 That glides, a silver dart, . S. Now Spring has clad t 
 
 Fair beaming^ and streaming 
 Her silver light the boughs amang ; . . S. Saejlaxen t 
 
 The chilly Frost beneath the silver beam, The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Silver, *. Cynthia's car, 0' silver fu', The FHe Champetre. 
 Silvep-gleaming. 
 
 Beneath thy silver-gleaming ray, . . . The Lament. 
 Silvery. 
 
 The silvery moonbeams trembling play : . On Lincluden. 
 Sim. His Sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean, . . Halloween, 16. 
 Simmer [summer]. 
 
 1 ken'd my Maggie wad na sleep 
 
 For that, or Simmer. A Guid New-year 1 13. 
 Ae bonie simmer mom I stray'd . . As on the banks t 
 Simmer's a pleasant time, . . . S. Ay wauhin, O. 
 Now simmer blinks on flow'ry braes, S. Bonie lassie, willyego t 
 The simmer joys the flocks to follow ; S. By A llan stream t 
 Thou, Simmer, while each corny spear Shoots up its head, 
 Thy gay, green, flowery tresses shear, El. on Capi. M. H., I2. 
 Now comes the sax an' twentieth simmer, 
 I've seen the bud upo' the timmer, 
 
 Ep. tof. L—k, Ap. 2isi^ 10. 
 ' The Simmer had been cauld an' wat, . . Halloween. 15. 
 In simmer when the hay was mawn, *?. In simmer whenf 
 I'll aulder be gin simmer, . S. Pm o'er young to marry \ 
 The simmer is gane when the leaves they were green, 
 
 .S". Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 " Nae simmer sun exalt my bloom ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 My heart was ance as blythe and free 
 
 As simmer days were lang, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 And years sinsyne hae o*er us run, 
 
 Like Logan to the simmer sun. S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 a' the lee-lang simmer's day, . S, O were I on Pamass. t 
 While laigh descends the simmer sun, 
 
 S, The Contented Cottager. 
 Upon a simmer Sundajr mom, 
 
 When Nature's face is fair, . . . The Holy Fair. 
 Heaven spare you lang to kiss the breath 
 
 O' mony flow'ry simmers ! . . .To Mr. M'Adam, 
 The simmer lillies bloom in snaw, * . S, To daunton me* 
 May sprout like simmer puddock-stools . To W, Creech, 
 Welcome now Simmerj and welcome, my Willie ; 
 
 The Simmer to Naturei my Willie to me. 
 
 6*. Wandering Williei 
 
 There simmer first unfauld her robes, 
 And there the langest tarry : 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams j 
 Simper James [the Rev. J. Macklnlay, of Kilmarnoek]. 
 Simper James, Simper James, leave the fair Killie dames, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Simple. Will Ye accept a Compliment, 
 
 A simple Bardie gies Ye? . .A Dream, g. 
 And eyes the simple, rustic Hind, . . A Winter Night. 7. 
 So artless, so simple, so wild; S. Adown winding Nitk\ 
 
 The shepherd stops his simple reed, .S*. Behold, my love, f 
 Good L — d, what is man 1 for as simple he looks, 
 Do but try to develope his hooks and his crooks : 
 
 Fragment^ inscr, to Fox. 
 This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb of Fergussoti. 
 Let simple maid the lesson read, . S, Lassie, art theu\ 
 He [the cotter] woos his simple dearie : S. O poortith cauld,\ 
 the simple artless rhymes, . . . Once fondly lav'd f 
 Not for to preach, but tell his simple story : 
 
 Prologue, at Th.^ D.. 
 in simple beauty drest, . . S. Slow spreads the gleom^ 
 To you a simple Bardie's pray'rs 
 
 Are humbly sent. The Autho-^s Cry and Prayer, 
 The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 a simple Bard, Unknown and poor, . . . . Ib.3. 
 While simple melody pour'd moving on the heart. Ih. n. 
 
 Learning and Worth in egual measures trode, 
 From simple Catrine, their long-lov'd abode : 
 
 lb. 13. 
 
 To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 But now the Supper crowns their simple board, . lb. 11. 
 They chant their artless notes in simple guise ; . lb. 13. 
 And O may Heaven their simple lives prevent 
 
 From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! . . Ih. 20. 
 Yet simple Bob the victory got, . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 the earth bestowing My simple food ; . . The Hermit. 
 Fir'd at the simple, artless lays 
 
 Of other times. . The Vision. D. II. I2. 
 The loves, the ways of simple swains, . . . lb. 18. 
 Such is the fate of simple Bard, . To a Mountain-Dai^. 
 When simple bodies let him ; . . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Simple, wild, enchanting elf, . . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 I send you more than India boasts ^ 
 
 In Edwin's simple tale. . To Miss L.y with " BeatHe.' 
 I, a simple, countra bardie, . . To Rev. J. MMath. 
 
 Simplicity. 
 Thou [daisy] emblem, said I, o' my PhiUis, 
 
 For she is simphdty's child. 3". Adown winding Nith t 
 In simplicity's array ; . . . S. Mark yonder Pempi 
 Unknown and poor, simplicity's reward, The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 The daisy for simplicity, and unaffected air, S. The Posie. 
 By Love's simplicity betray'd, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Simpson, Slmson. 
 And down by Simpson's wheel'd the left about : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3' 
 
 Assist poor Simson a' ye can, . . • Auld comrade \ 
 
 Sin' [since]. 
 
 Sin' thou was my Guidfather's Meere ; A Guid New-year j 4' 
 Sin' that day Michael did you pierce, Add to the Deil I9- 
 Sin' I began to nick the thread, DeathandDr. Hornbook. n. 
 
 Sin' I was to the hutching bred ^^- ^3- 
 
 Sin I could striddle owre a rig ; Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 2Ssi, p. 
 Auld, uncle John, wha wedlock's joys, 
 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, . 
 Our Bardie, lanely, keeps the spence 
 
 Sin* Mailie's dead. . • Poor Mathe s EL 
 Sin' auld lang syne. . S. Should auld acquaintance\ 
 E'er sin' they laid rt^t^urst -Mc^O"^^,^ ^^ ^^^^^^^_ 
 
 How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' Unt w- J^k' ^L^^^, „. 
 
 The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle, 
 
 Sin' I ha'e min'. . . ThtTwaHenU.3' 
 
 Sin. Wi' sword an' gun he thought a sin iv»™,„( ,. 
 
 Guid Christian bluid to draw, . A Fraemiiit.3- 
 
 Where truant 'prentices, yet young in sin, 
 
 Blush at the curious stranger peeping in ; A? •/« '^"f^ 
 
 . HallmiemU!' 
 
Sin 
 
 m 
 
 Sing 
 
 Or must no tm^ sin to others fall, 
 
 Because thy guilt's supreme enough for all ? £_p.Jr. Eso^us. 
 I wave the quantum o' the sin ; E^, to Younff Friend. 6, 
 
 1 sit and count my sins by chapters ; . Ep. to H. Parker, 
 ' His Sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean, . . . Halloween, i6. 
 But thou remembers we are dust, 
 
 Defil'd in sin. . . Holy Willies Prayer. 6. 
 They tell me, Sir, 'twou'd be a sin, 
 
 To tak me frae my mammy, yet; . S. fm o'er young t 
 In your heretic sins may you live, and die, 
 
 Ye heretic eight and thirty ! . . Tke Dean ofPac.. 
 
 Here, some are thinkan on their sins, 
 An some upo' their claes ; . 
 
 The Holy Fair. zo. 
 . TAe Imventory. 
 
 (L — d pardon a' my sins an' that to!) 
 But lordly will, I hold it still 
 
 A mortal sin to t^iraw that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 To crush common sense for her sins, . Tke Kirk's Alarm. 
 " Ye, whom the seeming good think sin to pity; Tragic Frag.. 
 Who sin so oft have moum'd, yet to temptation ran ? 
 
 Why am I loth \ 
 Sin-avenging. 
 And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. 
 
 Why am I loth \ 
 
 Sincere. Thou know'st my words sincere ! Ep. to Davie, g. 
 I make my pray'r sincere. . . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 Accept this mark of friendship, warm, sincere, 
 
 Once fondly lov'd\. 
 Sincere as a saint's dying prayer. . Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 For our sincere, tho' haply weak endeavours, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 What words can ever speak affection 
 
 So thrilling and sincere as thine 1 . . To a Kiss. 
 
 And [wish and] pray in rhyme sincere, 
 
 A' gude things may attend you ! . To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 And with sincere tho' unavailing sighs, . Tragic Frag. 
 
 Accept the gift a friend sincere 
 Wad on thy worth be pressin' ; . . Verses under Grief. 
 
 Sincepest. 
 
 I'm thine wi' a passion sincerest, S. ^Twas na her honie blue \ 
 Sincerely. 
 Thy pardon I sincerely beg, . , Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 I lov'd her most sincerely ; . . S. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 Sindpy [sundry]. 
 
 As I hear sindry say, O ; . . . . Katharine Jaffray. 
 Sinew. Keen hope does ev'ry sinew brace ; To J. S., 18. 
 
 Sinfn'. Wi' monie a fulsome, sinfu' lie, . A Ded. to G. H. 
 It's naething but a milder feature. 
 
 Of our poor, sinfu*, corrupt Nature : . . . . Ih.t. 
 Our sinfu' saul to get a claute on . . . Poem on Life. 
 Sing. And o'er this grassy heap sing dool, A Bards Epit. 
 Delighted me to hear thee sing, . . A Winter Night. 4. 
 I who sing in rustic lore, . . Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Of Phillis to muse and to sing. S. Adown winding Nith \ 
 Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 In vain to me, in glen or shaw, 
 The mavis and the lintwhite sing. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 And mounts and sings on flittering wings, . . .15. 
 " To sing some favourite Scottish maid. As on the banks t 
 The lavrock shuns the palace gay. 
 
 And o'er the cottage sings : . S. Behold, my love t 
 
 The little birdies bly thely sing, S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 I heard a man sing though his head it was grey ; 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 Thou shalt dance and I will sing, S. Carl, an the king came. 
 Who will not sing, God save the King, 
 
 Shall hang as high's the steeple ; ^ 
 But while we sing, God save the King, 
 
 We'll ne'er forget the People. . ^S". Does haughty Gaul\ 
 He'll gabble rhyme, nor sing nae mair. 
 
 El. on Death ofRuisseaux. 
 Syne rhyme till't, well time till't, 
 
 And sing't when we hae done. . . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 
 While I can either sing, or whissle, 
 
 Your friend and servant. Ep. toj* L—k, Apt isi, 22. 
 I'll laugh, an* sing, an' shake my leg. 
 
 As lang's I dow! . * lb., Ap> atst, g. 
 
 And sing their pleasures, hopes an' joys, 
 
 In some mild sphere, .... I6t, tS. 
 Tho' faith, sma' heart hae X to sing \ 4 Ep. toJ\ R., 6. 
 
 'Twill make the widow's heart to sing, /ohn Barleycorn. 
 
 " Ye scatter'd birds that faintly sing Lament for Glencaim. 
 Sings drowsy day to rest : . Lament of Maty of Scots. 
 I wad sit and sing to you [cog]. 
 
 If ye were ay fou. . . . iS". Landlady, count t 
 I heard a young Ploughman sae sweetly to sing \ 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 And wi' the merry Ploughman she'll whistle and sing, li. 
 
 And '[let] other Poets sing of ivarsi . . Natures Lam. 
 
 I sing his name and nobler fame, 
 
 Wha multiplies our numljer. .... Ih. 
 
 To sing auld Coil in nobler style lb. 
 
 And B[um]5' spring, her fame to sing, . . . . /^. 
 
 sing a new song to the L — ^ . . New Psalmody. 
 An* a' the lang day I whistle and sing ; 
 
 .S". O merry hae I been t 
 Aud blythe be the bird that sings on her grave ! . .lb. 
 How blest, ye birds that round her sing, 
 
 S. O wat ye wka's in t 
 That I might catch poetic skill, 
 To sing now dear \ love thee, [re."] 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 And ay I muse and sing thy name, . . , . lb. 
 But I would sing on wanton wing, 
 
 When merry May its bloom renew'd. S. O were my love t 
 There's not a bonie bird that sings, 
 
 But minds me o' my Jean. . . . .S". Of a' the airts t 
 Her voice is like the ev'ning thrush 
 That sings in Cessnock banks unseen, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 To you I sing my grief-inspired strains : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 How shall I sing Drumlanrig's Grace 1 
 
 On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 
 1 sing the juice Scotch bear can mak us, . Scotch Drink. 
 Inspire me, till I lisp an' wink, To sing thy name ! . lb. z. 
 Sing auld Cowl, lay you down by me, [re.'\ . S. Scroggam. 
 Sing on sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough, 
 
 Sing on sweet bird, I listen to thy strain, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 To sing how Nannie lap and flang, Tarn- d Shanter. 26. 
 
 Or sing a sang at least. . , The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Your humble Bardie sings an* prays 
 
 While Rab his name is. The Author's Cry and Prayer, 
 ■ Thou'U break my heart, thou bonie bird, 
 That sings upon the bough ; 
 
 S. The Banks ofDoon, Sett II. 
 
 That sings beside thy mate ; lb. 
 
 Now wad ye sing this double flight, 
 
 ^. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 though his artless strains he rudely sings. The Brigs of Ayr, 
 I'll sit me down and sing and spin, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 To you I sing, in simple Scottish lays. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 
 '* We'll laugh, sing and rejoice, man ; 
 
 S. Thedeilcamfiddlin'i 
 I'll sing the zeal Drumlanrig bears, 
 
 The Election Ballads. Vl. 
 What verse can sing, what prose narrate, . , . lb. 
 And Burke shall sing, O prince, arise ! . . . .lb. 
 I set me down wi' right good will, 
 
 To sing my Highland lassie O. \re.\ S, The Highl. Lassie. 
 Sing hej^ my braw John Highlandman ! 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 We'll bowse about till Dadie Care 
 
 Sing whistle owre the lave o't lb. S. V. 
 
 Round and round take up the Chorus, 
 
 And in raptures let us sing . . . . lb. S. VIII. 
 So blythe and so merry he'd whistle and sing 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 And blythe we'll sing, and hail the day 
 
 That gave us liberty, man. . . Th^ Tree of Liberty. 
 But stringing blethers up in rhyme 
 
 For fools to sing. . The Vision. D, I. 4. 
 I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth, 
 I sing of a Whistle, the pride of the North, . The Whistle. 
 And the small birds sing on every tree ; 
 
 The Winter it is past t 
 Let's sing about our noble sels ; , Third Ep. to J. Lap.^ 
 Wha by Castalia's wimplin streamies, 
 Lowp, sing, and lave your pretty limlsiest To Dr, Blacklock* 
 
Sing 
 
 430 
 
 Sit 
 
 Beneath what light she has remaining, 
 
 Let's sing our Sang. . . ToJ.S.,2o. 
 
 And every bird thy requiem sings ; . . To Miss C. 
 While Irwin, Lugar, Aire an' Doon, 
 
 Naebody sings. . . To JV. Simpson. 
 
 We'll sing auld Coila's plains an' fells, ..../£. 
 
 Singing, -in'. 
 
 And singing, lone, the ling'ring hours, Add. to Edinburgh. 
 And [Caledon] to her pipe was singing ; O 
 
 , S. Amang the trees t 
 
 And as he was singing the tears down came, 
 
 S, By yon castle wa'i 
 An' L—d, remember singing Sannock, . Auld comrade \ 
 And singin' there, and dancin' here, 
 
 Wi' great an' sma' ; [v.A.ii] Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 How libbet Italy was singin ; . . Kind Sir, Vve read t 
 And as he was singin' thir words he did say, 
 
 S, Lns on a Ploughman. 
 
 I hear the wild birds singing ; . ^S*. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 
 Shall a" be blythely singing, . S. Theyng Highl. Rover. 
 
 Singet [singed; "Singet Sawney," the Rev. Alex. 
 
 Moodie]. 
 
 Singet Sawney, Singet Sawney, are ye herding the penny, 
 
 The Kirk's A larm. 
 
 Single. I dinna care a single flie j S. In simmer when \ 
 
 wi' a single wordie, Lowse h-U upon me. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Sink. The Criffel sink in Solway, . S. Does haughty Gaul ^ 
 
 Thou strik'st the dull peasant, he sinks in the dark, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou fair day \ 
 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last iS". Farewell^ thou stream^ 
 There let him sink or swim. . . . John Barleycorn. 
 The altar sinks, the tapers fade, . . On Lincluden. 
 
 When Phoebus sinks behind the seas ; S. On Cessnock banks f 
 Let posts an' pensions sink or swoom 
 
 Wi' them wha grant them : 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 For me may sink or swim ; . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 " Craigdarroch, thou'lt soar when creation shall sink ! 
 
 The Whistle. i7- 
 Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n, 
 
 He, ruin'd, sink! . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Agdn exalt the brute and sink the man ; Why am I loth t 
 Sinking, -in. 
 She, sinking, said, " I'm thine for ever ! " S. By Allan stream t 
 Will send you, Korah-like, a sinkin, 
 
 Straught to auld Nick's. . Ep. to J. R. 
 One quenched in darkness like the sinking star, . Liberty. 
 The moon was sinking in the west 
 
 Wi' visage pale and wan, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck, . S. O Mally's meek. 
 Yon sinking sun's gane down upon ; S. O watye wha's /«t 
 Gie him strong Drink until he wink, 
 
 That's sinking in despair ; . . Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 The sun was sinking in the west, . S. There was a lass t 
 Sinn [the sun]. 
 
 An' now the sinn keeks in the west, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Sinner. 
 Yours, saint or sinner, Rob the Ranter. Auld Comrade t 
 
 Think, wicked Sinner, wha ye're skaithing : Ep. to J. R., 4. 
 And sic a night he taks the road in, 
 
 As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. . Tom 0* Shanter. 7. 
 How monie hearts this day converts, 
 
 O' sinners and o' Lasses ! . . . The Holy Fair. 27. 
 Detested, shunn'd, by saunt an' sinner, . To a Louse. 
 'Twas guilty sinners that he meant— 
 Not angels such as you. . . . To Miss Ainslie. 
 
 Sinsyne [since then, since]. 
 And years sinsyne hae o'er us run, .S". O Logan ! sweetly t 
 Common motives lang sinsyne, . . . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 Sip. The rosy banquet loves to sip ; . Delia. An Ode. 
 ' Sips nectar in the op'ning flower, . . . S. Phely, t 
 They sip the scandal-potion pretty ; . The Twa Dogs, S3- 
 With sober selfish ease they sip it up : . To R. G. qfF., 7. 
 Theij raptured sip and sip it up. . Wr. in Friars'Carse H.. 
 Those that sip the dew alone, 
 , Make the butterflies thy own ; Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 
 Sir. But hear me. Sir, de'il as ye are, Epii. on Holy Willie. 
 Kind Sir, I've read your paper through, Kind Sir, Pve readi 
 How guessed ye, Sir, what maist I wanted ? . . .lb. 
 
 But accept it, good sir, as a mark of regard, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Says the more 'tis a truth, Sir, the more 'tis a libel? 
 
 Reproof, by Himself. 
 For G — d-sake, Sirs ! then speak her fdr, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. x8. 
 Right, Sir! your text ni prove it true, . . The Calf. 
 
 Or were more in fury seen, Sir, . - The Dean ofPac,. 
 Sir Politics to fetter, . , . S. The FHe Champetre. 
 Sir Wisdom's a fool when he's fou : 
 
 Sir Knave is a fool in a Session, The Jolly Beggars. S. lU. 
 Sir Violino with an air 
 That show'd a man o' spunk, ... lb. R. VII, 
 Sir Bard, Sir Bardy. 
 Sir Bard will do himself the pleasure 
 
 To call at Park. . [Ep, to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 To show Sir Bardy's willyart glowr, On dining with Doer. 
 Sir James. What Whig but wails the good Sir James 
 
 The Election Ballads. VL 
 Sir John [Falstaff]. 
 And yet wi' funny, queer Sir John, 
 
 He was an unco shaver For monie a day. . A Dream. 11. 
 Sir Loin. Sir Loin he hacked sma', . A Fragment. 3, 
 Sir Willie. An' Livistone, the bauld Sir Willie ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, if 
 Sire. But faith ! I muckle doubt, my Sire, . A Dream. $• 
 I see the Sire of Love on high, . Add. to Edinburgh 4, 
 Haply my Sires have lefl their shed, - 
 Bold-following where your Fathers led ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 This was thy billie, dam, and sire, El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 
 To emulate his sire ; Nature's Law. 
 
 The hoary Sire — the mortal stroke, 
 
 Long, long be pleas'd to spare ; . O Thou drfodPow'ri 
 Thro' many a far-fam'd sire! .... On Lord G. 
 May every son be worthy of his sire ; Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Sires, mothers, children, in one carnage lie ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace. 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night «. 
 With deep-struck, reverential awe. 
 
 The learned Sire and Son I saw, [v.A.4] The Vision. D.I. 
 Siren. Pleasure with her siren air Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Sirnam'd. 
 Because ye're sirnam'd like His Grace, A Ded. to G. H. 
 
 Sister. 
 
 Still gentler [scan] sister Woman ; . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 
 respects I sen' it, To cousin Kate an' sister Janet, 
 
 Auldcotnrade^ 
 
 sentimental sister Susie, . . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 
 thou false woman, My sister and my fae, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 The beauteous, seraph Sister-band, O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 " My sister Kate cam up the gate 
 
 Wi' crowdie unto me, .S". The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 A brother's sigh! a sister's tear! . . The Farewell 
 
 The twa appear'd like sisters twin, . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 If she be shy. her sister try. . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 As great an' gracious a' as sisters ; . . The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 
 When with an elder Sister's air . . „ rr 
 
 She did me greet. . . The Vision. D. II. 
 My compliments to sister Beckie ; . .To Dr. Blackloek. 
 Sit. See Social-life and Glee sit down, 
 
 All joyous and unthinking, . Add to unco Guul.S' 
 My shins, my lane, I there sit roastin, . Auldcomrade\ 
 And a' the day to sit in dool, . . . S. Ca' the ewes. 
 Then I maun sit the lee lang day, . - S. Duncan Gray. 
 Sits [the Solitary] o'er his newly-gather'd fruits, 
 
 Beside his crystal well! Despondency, an Ode. 3, 
 
 I, here wha sit, hae met wi' some [Misfortune^, , „ . ^ 
 * Ep. to Davie, 7- 
 
 Syne we'll sit down an' tak our whittei*, 
 
 Ep. to /. L—k, Ap. Tst, 19. 
 
 Kate sits i' the neuk, Suppin hen-broo ; . 
 
 ^. Gudeen to you Kimmer t 
 
 I wad sit and sing to you [cog], , » 
 
 If ye were ay fou. . . . S. Landlady, county 
 
 I sit me down and greet my fill, 6-. My Harry was a gallant ^ 
 
 Amang her nestlings sits the thrush; S. Loganl sweetly^ 
 
Sit 
 
 431 
 
 Skin 
 
 And twere more fit that she should sit. 
 Within yon chariot gilt aboon. . 
 
 S. Malfy's meek. 
 
 When I mount the Creepie-chair, 
 
 Wha will sit beside me tnere? S. O ivha my hahie-clouis t 
 
 While his mate sits nestling in the bush ; 
 
 S> On Ctssnock hanks t 
 Sits meek content with light unanxious heart, 
 
 Sonnet, writ, on Birthday. 
 While we sit bousing at the nappy, . Tarn d Shanter. 
 
 Whare sits our sulky sullen dame, lb. 
 
 Till whare ye sit, on craps o' heather, 
 
 Ye tine your dam ; [v.A.2] 
 
 The Antkof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde 
 
 There sits an isle of high degree, S. The honie Lass of Alb.. 
 Thou shalt sit in state. 
 
 And see thy love in battle. . . S. The CaPtaitCs Lady. 
 I'll sit me down and sing and spin, S. The Contented Cottager' 
 Sae, in the tower o' Cardoness, 
 
 A howlet sits at noon. . . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Here sits a raw o' tittlan jads, . . The Holy Pair. g. 
 On this hand sits an Elect swatch, ... lb. lo. 
 They canna sit for anger. . . lb. 14. 
 
 Sit round the table, weel content, 
 
 An' steer about the toddy. ... .lb. so. 
 
 In comes a gawsie, .gash Guidwife, 
 
 An' sits down by the fire, .... 73. 24. 
 
 Your thrifty old mother has scarce such another 
 
 To sit in that honoured station. S. The sans of old KUlie. 
 While here I sit all sore beset S. The sun he is sunk t 
 
 * I'll sit down o'er my scanty meal, . To/. S. , 24. 
 
 It's no I like to sit an' swallow, 
 
 Then like a swine to puke an' wallow, To Mr. J, Kennedy. 
 Love sits in her smile, a wizard ensnaring ; 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 The birds sit chittering in the thorn, S. Up in the morning. 
 
 An' snugly sit amang the saunts. 
 
 At Davie's hip yet. . . What ails ye now t 
 Auld baudrans by the ingle sits, . S. Willie Wastle. 
 
 Sitting, -an. 
 Sitting at yon boord-en', 
 
 And amang guid companie ; S. Haitlin, Roarin Willie. 
 To see her sittan on her arse 
 
 Low i' the dust, The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Situation. 
 
 Resolv'd was I, at least to try, 
 To mend my situation, O. S. My father was a farmer f 
 Six. In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles, 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 Sixpence. Who has not sixpence but in her possession ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Size. His hair, his size, his mouth, his lugs, The Twa Dogs. 2. 
 Skaith [injury, damage ; v. also Scathe]. 
 ' I red ye weel, tak care o' skaith. Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 And auld Mess John will mend the skaith, S. Duncan Gray. 
 Potatoe-bings are snugged up frae skaith 
 Of coming Winter's biting, frosty breath ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Tho' ye can do little skaith, ye'll be in at the death, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 If death, then, wi' skaith, then, 
 Some mortal heart is hechtin, To a Medical Gent. 
 
 Skaithe, to [to injure]. 
 
 The Deil he cou'dna skdthe thee, 
 Skaithing. 
 
 Think, wicked Sinner, wha ye're skaithing : Ep. to J. P., 4. 
 Skeigh V, Skiegh. 
 Skellum [a worthless fellow]. 
 
 She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, Tam 0' Shanter. 3. 
 
 An' shall his fame an' honour bleed 
 
 By worthless skellums, To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 And self-conceited critic skellum 
 
 His quill may draw ; . ToW. Creech, g. 
 
 Skelp [a slap, a smart blow]. 
 I gie them [sorrow, care] a skelp as they're creeping alang, 
 
 S. Contented wr little t 
 
 Till skelp— a shot— they're aff, a' throw'ther, 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Skelp, 'to [to strike, slap ; to trip along, to walk 
 with vigour and spirit]. 
 Or else, I fear, some ill ane skelp him ! A Ded. to G. H.,S- 
 
 S. O saw ye home L, t 
 
 To skelp an* scaud poor dogs like me, Add. to the Deil. 2. 
 Seek Heaven for help, and barefit skelp 
 
 Awa' wi' Willie Chalmers. . . , On W. Chalmers. 
 And sock or buskin skelp alang 
 
 To death or marriage ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry 
 
 Skelper [striker]. 
 
 That vile doup-skelper. Emperor Joseph, 
 
 Kind Sir, Tve readi 
 
 Skelple-limmer [a bold, forward young woman ; a 
 technical term in female scolding]. 
 
 * Ye little Skelpie-limmer's-face ! 
 ' I daur you try sic sportin, . . . Halloween. 14, 
 
 Skelping, -in, -an [slapping ; moving with swiftness 
 and spirit]. 
 
 The words come skelpan, rank and file, Ep. to Davie, ii. 
 Are at it, skelpin I jig and reel, 
 
 In my poor pouches. . Friend of the poet t 
 Three hizzies, early at the road. 
 
 Cam skelpan up the way. . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 
 The lasses, skelpan barefit, thrang, ... lb. 7. 
 
 Poet Burns, wi' your priest- skelping turns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 18. 
 I'm bizzie too, an' skelpin' at it, . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Skelpit [moved swiftly and vigorously]. 
 
 Tam skelpit on thro* dub and mire, . Tatn 0' Shanter. g. 
 Skelvy. 
 Here, foaming down the skelvy rocks, 
 In twisting strength I rin ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 Skiegh, Skeigh [high-mettled ; proud, nice, disdain- 
 ful]. 
 When thou an' I were young an' skiegh, 
 
 A Gude New-Year \ 8. 
 The moor was driegh, and Meg was skiegh, 
 
 S. Duncan Davison. 
 Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 Skilful. 
 
 Let minstrels sweep the skilful string, S. Behold, my love, t 
 Skill. For prayin I hae little skill o't ; A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 My skill may weel be doubted ; . A Dream. 4. 
 
 For Oh ! the yellow treasure's taen 
 
 By witching skill ; . Add. to the Deil. so. 
 Setting my staff wi' a* my skill, 
 
 To keep me sicker ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 5. 
 wi' his art ' And cursed skill, ... .lb. /j. 
 
 ' That Hornbook's skill 
 ' Has clad a score i' their last claith, ... .lb. 
 That I might catch poetic skill, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 An* deal't about as thy blind skill 
 
 Directs thee best. . . Scotch Drink. 2Z, 
 Tried all my skill, but find I'm still 
 
 Just where I was before. .... Sytnon Gray \ 
 Their left-hand General had nae skill ; 
 
 The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 In spite at her plumage he [Phcebus] tried his skill : 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 The best of our lads wi' the best 0* their skill ; . , lb. 
 Come join your counsel and your skills. The Twa Herds, i^. 
 Some teach to meliorate the plain. 
 
 With tillage-skill ; TJie Vision. D. II. 8. 
 
 A thing unteachable in world's skill, . To R. G. ofF.,3, 
 Skilled, -'d. 
 Skill'd in the secret, to bestow with grace ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Glenriddel, skill'd in rusty coins, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 And trusty Glenriddel, so skilled in old coins ; The Whistle. 6. 
 Skiltie iv. Hiltie-skiltie], 
 Then, hiltie, skiltie, we gae scrivin'. 
 
 An' fash nae main . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Skim. They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags, A dd. to the Deil. g. 
 
 The wanton coot the water skims, i*. Again rejoic, Nature t 
 
 Skimming. 
 
 Thick flies the skimming Swallow ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 Skin. Her skin's fair hue is like the swan; 
 
 S. A, Masterion's honie Anne. 
 And wanting even the skin. . . . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 Till skin in blypes cam haurlin Affs nieves Halloween. 23. 
 See, how she peels the .'5kin an' fell. 
 
 As ane were peelin onions ! . . The Ordination. 12. 
 
 We'll light a spunk, and, ev'ry skin, 
 We'll rin them aff in fusion Like oil,' some day. lb, 14. 
 
Skin 
 
 432 
 
 Slap 
 
 And weel he lik'd to shed their bluid, 
 
 And sell their skin. . . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 could nicely drub, Or pay their skin, . . . . IB. S. 
 By toil and famine wore to skin and bone, ToR.G. ofF. , 6. 
 Sklnking [watery], 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware 
 
 That jaups in luggies ; [v.A.7] ToaHaggis. 
 Sklnklln [shining, glittering]. 
 Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches 
 O' heathen tatters : . . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Skipping, -In. Skipping on yon bonie knowes, 
 
 .y. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again. .S. The Taylor feU\ 
 
 Skirl [to cry shrilly, to shriek]. 
 
 He screwM the pipes and gart them skirl, Tam d Shanter. II. 
 
 An' skirl up the Bangor ; . . . The Ordination. 3. 
 Sklrl'd [shrieked]. 
 
 Loud skirl'd a' the lasses ; . . . Halloween. 6. 
 
 He skirl'd out, «»ci>«. . . . The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Skirlln [shrilly crying]. 
 
 When skirlin weanies see the light, . Scotch Drink, is. 
 Skirt. 
 
 That tho' some by the skirt may try to snatch him [Time], 
 Yet by the forelock is the hold to catch him ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Skirt, to. 
 Their sweet-scented woodlands that skirt the proud palace, 
 
 J. Their groves of \ 
 Sklent [slant, deviation fk>om the usual]. 
 This while my notion^s taen a sklent, 
 To try my fateinguid, blackprent; . . ToJ.S.^y. 
 
 Sklent, to [to deviate trom the truth ; to glance]. 
 
 Behint a kist to lie an' sklent, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. 2lst, II. 
 An' sklent on poverty their joke, 
 
 Wi' bitter sneer, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Sklentan [slanting]. 
 
 The stars shot down wi' sklentan light. Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 Sklented [slanted, squinted, glanced]. 
 
 An' sklented on the man of Uzz, 
 
 Your spitefu' joke? . Add. to the Deil. ly. 
 Ironic satire, sidelins sklented, 
 
 On my poor Musie ; . To iV. Simpson. 
 
 Skouth [range, scope, freedom to act]. 
 
 For what ? to gie their malice skouth 
 
 On some puir wight. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 Skreech. 
 
 Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. Tam 0* Shanter. ly. 
 Skulk. 
 
 The shrinking bard adown an alley skulks, ^p./r, Esopus. 
 Skull. Your hearts are the stuflF, will be powther enough, 
 And your skulls are storehouses o' lead. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Sky. The stars they shot alang the sky; . . A Vision. 
 So, sought a Poet, roosted near the skies. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Here Justice, from her native skies. 
 High wields her balance and her rod ; 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, z. 
 
 Gay as the gilded summer sky, lb. 4. 
 
 And bonie blue are the sunny skies. . . 6". Bonie Bell. 
 As wand'ring, meand'ring, 
 
 He views the solemn sky. . . Despondency, an Ode, 3. 
 Burnet, lovely from her native skies ; El. on Miss Burnet. 
 To reach their native, kindred skies, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. list, IS. 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies, 
 
 i*. Farewell, thou/air day t 
 Now farewell, light, thou sunshine bright. 
 
 And all beneath the sky 1 . 5'. FarvivelU ye dungeons t 
 Around me scowls a wintry sky, . .S". Forlorn, my Love,i 
 Straight the sky grew black and daring ; .S. / dream' d I lay t 
 And [Phoebus] glads the azure skies ; 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Mark the winds, and mark the skies ; . 5'. Let not woman t 
 The waken'd lav'rock warbling springs 
 
 And climbs the early sky, . S. Nona Spring has clad\ 
 The sky is blue, the fields in view, 
 
 All fading-green and yellow : . Novjivesilinwindsi 
 And her two eyes like stars in skies, . .?. O Mally's meek. 
 The milder sun and bluer sky . , . . S.O Phely,'! 
 
 But gi'e me Lucy in my arms. 
 
 And welcome Lapland's dreary sky. S, O watye viheCs in\ 
 No fallen angel, hurled from upper skies ; 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 The clouds swift-wing'd flew o'er the starry sky. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 like the star that athwart gilds the sky, Poet. Add. to Tytkr. 
 Wou'd make a saint forget the sky ; , .y. Sae flaxen \ 
 
 Hapless bird ! a prey the surest 
 
 To each pirate of the skies .S". Sensihility,\ 
 
 And many a message from the skies. Sketch. New-Yt's Bay. 
 The lav'rock. to the sky Ascends wi' sangs o' joy ; 
 
 i'. Sleep'st thou,i 
 Then night's gloomy shades, cloudy, dark, o'ercast my sky ; 
 
 n. 
 
 Thou whose bright sun now gilds yon orient skies ! 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 half-starv'd slaves in warmer skies. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 And dash the gumlie jaups up to the pouring skies. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 And Cynthia's car, o' silver fu', 
 
 Clamb up the starry sky, man : . The FSte Champetrt. 
 Across her placid, azure sky, 
 
 She sees the scowling tempest fly : S. The gloomy nighi t 
 The sober laverock, warbling wild. 
 
 Shall to the skies aspire ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The sky was blue, the wind was still .S". The Rigs <! Barley. 
 There, mountains to the skies were tost : The Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 Or when the North his Qaacy store 
 
 Drove thro' the sky, . . lb. D. II. 13. 
 
 ripen 'd flelds, and azure skies Ih. 15. 
 
 As day was dawin in the sky ^ .S". Th. Menz's borne Mary. 
 And bright in cloudless skies his sun go down! 
 
 To R. G. oj P., g. 
 
 When clouds in skies do come together When clouds in skies\ 
 
 By Him who made yon sun and sky ! S. When wild Wai's t 
 
 ■The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast, . . . Winter. 
 
 Skyrln [showy, gaudy, anything that strongly takes 
 
 the eye]. 
 
 And skyrin tartan trews, man, S. The Battle ofSherm-Moor. 
 
 Skyte [a sharp oblique stroke]. 
 
 When hailstanes drive wi' bitter skyte. The Jolly Beggars. R.I. 
 
 Slack. 
 
 May foes be Strang, and friends be slack. On W. Stewart. 
 In gath'rin votes you were na slack. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 If to buy ye're slack, Hornie's tumin' chapman. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 And Buittle was na slack; .... Ib^V. 
 
 Slade [slid]. 
 
 ' The wife slade cannie to her bed, 
 
 ' But ne'er spak mafr. Death and Dr. Homtooh. so. 
 
 Slae (the sloe]. 
 
 And milk-white is the slae : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Their visage wither'd, lang an' thin, 
 An' sour as ony slaes : . . . .The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 His hose they are blae, and his shoon like the slae, 
 
 J'. Therms a youths 
 
 Slain. Thy tens o' thousands thou [morality] hast slain ! 
 
 A Ded to G. H., 7. 
 
 ' Wi' less, I'm sure, I've hundreds slain ; ... 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 10. 
 
 A man may fight and no be slain ; . S. Duncan Dasiism. 
 Is he slain by Highlan' bodies ? 5. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. t 
 Glories in his heart humane — 
 And creatures for his pleasure slain. On scaring Waierjowt. 
 
 1 fear my Lord Panmuir is slain, 
 
 i'. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 
 Slander. May I be slander's common speech ; To W. Creed. 
 Slander, to. 
 Andro Gouk, Andro Gouk, ye may slander the book. 
 
 The Ktrks Alarm. 
 
 Slanderous. 
 
 Rash mortal, and slanderous Poet, Reproof by Himself. 
 
 Slap [a gate, a stile, a hreach In a fence]. 
 
 The Sheep-herd steeks his faulding slap, . . . ,, . _i 
 .S. Again rejoicing Nature T 
 
 The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles, , _,_„.„ 
 
 That lie between us and our hame, . Tam 6itattur 
 To slink thro' slaps an' reave an' steal, The Death ofMaihi- 
 
Slap 
 
 433 
 
 SUght 
 
 At slaps the billies halt a blink, 
 Till lasses strip their shoon ; . . The Holy Fair. s6. 
 
 Slap! Cunexpectedlyl. 
 
 Till, slap ! come in an unco loun, 
 And wi' a rung decide it : . . S. Does Haughty Gaul, f 
 Slap, to. To slap mankind like lumber ! Nature's Law. 
 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, .... The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 SlaughtVinff, 
 Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns « 
 
 Bring Autumn's pleasant weather ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 Slave. Sic a miscreant slave, . Epit. on Walter S—. 
 
 Go [King of Terrors !] frighten the coward and slave I 
 
 S. Farewells thou/air day t 
 The' I am your wedded wife, 
 
 Yet 1 am not your slave, Sir. . S. Hushand, husband i 
 Till slave and despot be but things which were. 
 
 L?ts extern, in Lady's Pocket-hk. 
 The man in arms, 'gainst female charms, 
 
 Even he her willing slave is ; . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 If I'm design'd yon lordling's slave, Man was made to Mourn. 
 I am naebody's lord, I'll be slave to naebody ; S. Naehody. 
 A slave to love's unbounded sway, . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 A weary slave from sun to sun, S. Mary, at thy window t 
 O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave ; S. O merry hae I been t 
 Fie, fie on silly coward man, 
 That he should be the slave o't [of wealth]. 
 
 ^, O poortith cauld \ 
 And the foe you cannot brave. 
 
 Scorn at least to be his slave. On scaring Water-Jbwl. 
 
 For ever, — Oh no ! let not man be a slave, 
 His hopes from existence to sever. On Death offav. Child. 
 Who wilt not be, nor have a slave, . Poet. Inscription. 
 Wha sae base as be a slave ? . S. Scois^ wha ha'e t 
 
 These, their richly-gleaming waves, 
 
 I leave to tyrants and their slaves ; S. Streams that glide t 
 Woods that ever verdant wave, 
 
 I leave the tyrant and the slave, . . . . /<5. 
 
 As thy constant slave regard it ; . . S. Sweetest May t 
 half-starv'd slaves in warmer skies, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 The coward slave, we pass him by, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 I beg you'll hear Your humble slave complain, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Great love I bear to all the Fair, 
 Their humble slave an' a' that ; 
 
 S. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 If thou'rt a slave, indulge thy sneers. 
 
 The League and Covenant. 
 My blessings aye attend the chiel, 
 
 Wha pitied Gallia's slaves, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 What are they ?— The haunt of the Tyrant and Slave ! 
 The Slave's spicy forests, and gold-bubbling fountains, 
 
 S. Their graves of\ 
 Slavers [saliva]. 
 
 Adown my beard the slavers trickle ! Add. to Toothache. 3. 
 Slavery. Edward, chains, and slavery t S, Scots wha ha'e t 
 Slaw [slow]. I wat he was na slaw, man, A Fragment, if. 
 To meet them were na slaw, man, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Slay. 'Thus does he poison, kill, an' slay, 
 
 An's weel pay*d for't ; Death and Dr. Hornbook, zg. 
 Slee [sly, cunning, ingenious]. 
 
 While slee D-nd-s arous'd the class 
 
 Be-north the Roman wa\ man : . . A Fragment. 8. 
 Tho' ye was trickie, slee an' funnie, 
 
 Ye ne'er was donsie ; A Guid New-Year i 13. 
 O for a spunk o' Allan's glee, 
 
 Or Ferguson's, the bauld an' slee, Ep. to /. £.— A, Ap. zsi, 14. 
 Sleek. I've seen thee dappl't, sleek an' glaizie, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 3. 
 Sleeket, -it [sleek]. 
 If sleekit Chatham Will was livin, . Kind Sir, fve readf 
 Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, . . To a Mouse. 
 Sleep. 
 Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked, A Winter Night. 2. 
 Stretch'd on his straw he lays himself to sleep, , lb. 10, 
 Sleep I can get nane, 
 
 For thinking on my Dearie. . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 They ! they be d— d ! what right hae they 
 
 To meat, or sleep, or light day? . Add. of Beelzebub, 
 Disturb not ye [winds] the hero's sleep, . . Liberty, 
 Downy Sleep, the curtain draw; S. Musing on the roaringi 
 31 
 
 With love and sleep oppress'd. S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Sound be his sleep and blythe his morn, 
 
 On Window of C. Inn, F.. 
 Thou layest them with all their cares 
 
 In everlasting sleep ; . . The ist 6 V.s of the goth Ps.. 
 To the bed of lasting sleep ; 
 Sleep, whence thou shalt ne'er awake, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Sleep, to. 
 
 1 ken'd my Maggie wad na sleep 
 
 For that, or Simmer. A Guid New-Veari 13. 
 Stretch'd on his straw he lays himself to sleep, 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 When I sleep I dream, O ! when I wake I'm eerie. 
 
 S. Ay waking, O t 
 And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep, . S. Cd the Ewes. 
 Quoth I, ' Before I sleep a wink, 
 
 ' I vow I'll close it ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st., 6. 
 The poor man weeps — here G — N sleeps, Epit, for G. H,. 
 Here Sowter [Hood] in Death does sleep ; 
 
 Epit. on a Ruling Elder. 
 And a' folk bound to sleep, . , . S. It was a'for\ 
 Sound and safely may he sleep, .S". Jockey's ta'en the Parting^ 
 And sleep thegither at the foot, . . S. John Anderson, t 
 " Awake, resound thy latest lay, ^ 
 
 " Then sleep in silence evermairl Lament for Glencaim. 
 And coward maukin sleep secure. 
 
 Low in her grassy form : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 While care-untroubled mortals sleep ! . The Lament. 
 
 And drank, " Young man, now sleep ye sound." 
 
 S, The lass that made the bed. 
 And hing our fiddles up to sleep, . . The Ordination. 7. 
 Sleeping, -in. 
 I cou'dna get sleeping till dawing, for greeting, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring t 
 A'the lave are sleepin ; . . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 
 O Lassie, art thou sleeping yet, S. O Lassie, art thou sleep, t 
 Sleep'st. Sleep'st thou, or wak'st thou, fairest creature ? 
 
 S. Sleep'st thou t 
 Sleepless. 
 
 And [age has] nights 0' sleepless pain! . S. Bui lately seen,\ 
 Sleepy* The sleepy bit lassie she dreaded nae ill, 
 
 S. The Taylor fell^ 
 Sleest [slyest]. 
 
 Dear S[mith], the sleest, pawkie thief, . .ToJ, S. 
 
 Sleet. Plashy sleets and beating rain, 
 
 S. Jockey's ta'en the parting f 
 Nae star blinks thro' the driving sleet ; S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 Or, the stormy North sends driving forth, 
 The blinding sleet and snaw : . . . . Winter. 
 Sleety. To thole the Winter's sleety dribble, To a Mouse. 
 Chilly shrink in sleety shower ! . , To Miss C. 
 
 Sleeve. 
 He feign'd to snirtle in his sleeve The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 To dip her left sark-sleeve in, , . Halloween. 24. 
 
 SlendeP. The slender bit beauty you grasp in your arms ; 
 
 S. Awa' w^ yrwitchcrafl\ 
 Would have eat her dead lord, on a slender pretence, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 As on their slender forms I gaze, . . .On Lincluden. 
 Green, slender, leaf-clad Holly-boughs The Vision. D. I., 9. 
 For I maun crush amang the stoure 
 
 Thy slender stem : . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Slept. Then thou hadst slept for ever ! . Epit. on a Laird. 
 Slidd'ry [slippery]. 
 
 Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba'. The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 Slide. Slides by a bower where monie a flower 
 
 S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 Slight [sleight, cunning, art, dexterity]. 
 
 And wow ! he has an unco slight 
 
 O' cauk and keel. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 by some devilish cantraip slight . Tarn 0' Shanter. 11, 
 
 An' cut you up wi' ready slight, . . , To a Haggis. 
 And had o' things an unco' slight ; . . To W. Creech. 
 
 Slight, to. 
 So ne'er a fellow-creature slight 
 For random fits o' daffin. . Add, to Unco Guid, Mott, 
 
Slight 
 
 434 
 
 Smack 
 
 Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son, 
 That name should he scoffingly slight it. 
 
 Poei. Add. to Tyiler. 
 How fumbling coofs their dearies slight,^ Scotch Drink. 12. 
 . Ye're wae men, ye're nae men, 
 
 That slight the lovely dears : The Ans. io ike Guidwi/e. 
 
 Slighted. Slighted love is sair to bide, S. Duncan Gray\ 
 Till for his sake I'm slighted sair, 
 
 .S". Her^s his health ifi water. 
 That ilka body talking 
 
 But her by thee is slighted, S. O zvai ye wka thai Iocs t 
 By the pangs of lovers slighted ; S. Stay, my charmer^ 
 
 The slighted maids my torments see, . S. Young Jamie\ 
 Slightest. 
 It's [Honor's] slightest touches, instant pause 
 
 Mp. to Young: Friend. S. 
 Such as the slightest breath of air might scatter ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Had I na found the slightest prayer 
 That lips could speak thy heart could muve. S. I do con/ess\ 
 Slightly. 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 May slightly touch the heart, . . ^S". Handsome Nell. 
 
 sunk. 
 
 To slink thro' slaps an' reave an' steal. The Death ofMailie. 
 Slip. 
 Sending, like blood-hounds from the slip. 
 
 Woe, Want, and Murder o'er a land ! A Winter Night. 7. 
 I'll gie auld cloven Clooty's haunts 
 
 An unco slip yet, . . What ails ye now t 
 Slip, to. But Rab slips out, an' jinks about, Halloween, 6. 
 Jean slips in twa [nits], wi' tentie e'e ; . . . lb. 8. 
 
 An' slips out by hersel : . . . . lb. 11. 
 
 Syne bad him slip frae 'mang the folk, ... lb. 77. 
 Ye'U slip frae me like a knotless thread, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love \ 
 Which, by degrees, slips round her neck. The Holy Fair. 11. 
 Slipp'ry. 
 Then pride might climb the slipp'ry steep ; 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 Slip-shod. Poor slip-shod giddy Pegasus To J. Taylor. 
 
 Sloe. 
 From the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested, 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; Spoke Extern, to Lady. 
 Sloken [to quench, slake]. 
 
 Their hydra drouth did sloken. . On dining with Daer. 
 Sloping. 
 
 How sweetly wind thy sloping dales, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Slough. 
 
 Till in some miry slough he sunk is. Add. io the Deil. 13. 
 Slow. 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, S. Howlang and dreary \ 
 Night's horrid car drags, dreary, slow : 
 
 Improm. on Mrs, — 's Birthday. 
 Slow spreads the gloom my soul desires, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom. \ 
 Then slow raise Marjory o' the Lochs, 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 I see the hours, in long array, 
 That I must suffer, lingermg, slow. 
 
 The Lament. 7. 
 When I think on t 
 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, 
 Slow-solemn. 
 When on my ear this plaintive strain. 
 
 Slow-solemn, stole . . A Winter Night. 6. 
 Slowly. Slowly they move, while every eye 
 
 Is heaven-ward raised in ecstasy. . On Lincluden. 
 That slowly mount the rising steep ; S. On Cessnock banks t 
 "And peacefu' raise its ingle reek, 
 "That slowly curling clamb the hill. ^ As on the banks t 
 Sluggish. 
 "Rouse from his sluggish slumbers, fell Repentance ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Sluggishly. 
 
 With deaf endurance sluggishly they bear, To R. G. o/F.^ 7. 
 Slumber. 'Chill, o'er his slumbers, piles the drifty heap I 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 "Rouse from his sluggish slumbers, fell Repentance; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 , Slumber ev'n X dread, 
 
 Ev- ry dream is horror, . ■ , ., S. Ay wakings O t 
 
 But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber, 
 
 S. Here*s a health io ane t 
 From peaceful slumber she arose, S. It was the charming^ 
 Till down my weary bones I lay 
 
 In everlasting slumber ; O. S. My father was a farmer f 
 That happy my dreams and my slumbers may be, 
 
 _ S. Out over the Forth f 
 Rest, ye wild storms, in the cave of your slumbers, 
 
 S. Wandenng Willie. 
 Slumber* to. Where Echo slumbers. El. on Capt. M. H., 3. 
 Or if I slumber, Fancy, chief, 
 
 Reigns, hagard-wild, m sore afright : The Lament. 
 
 Or why, while fancy, raptur'd, slumbers, S. Why, why tell iky\ 
 Slumbering. 
 Might rous'd the slumbering dead to hear ; . .A Vision, 
 I charge you disturb not my slumbering Fair. 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Sly. But keek thro' ev'ry other man, 
 
 Wi' sharpen'd sly inspection. Ep. io Young Friend. S. 
 No sly man of business contriving a snare, 
 
 No Churchman aml\ 
 Inhissly, dry, sententious, proverb way! Prologue,at Th.,D.. 
 with studied, sly, ensnaring art, The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 Slyly. And last, my prologue-business slyly hinted. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. ' 
 Slypet [slipped, fell over, as a wet fUrrow would 
 do from the plough]. 
 Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, 
 
 An' slypet owre. . A Gude New-Year \ iz. 
 Sma* [small]. 
 An' German-Gentles are but sma', . A Dream. 14. 
 
 wi' knife an fork, Sir Loin he hacked sma', A Fragment. 3. 
 Tho' it was sma', 'twas weel-won gear, 
 
 A Gwid New-Year \ 4. 
 The sma', droot-rumpl't, hunter cattle, ... /b. 10. 
 nobly rax your leather, Wi' sma* fatigue. . . lb. j8. 
 I'm sure sma' pleasure it can gie, 
 
 Ev'n to a deil, , . Add. to the Deil. 2. 
 
 They [its shanks] were as thin, as sharp an* sma' 
 
 As cheeks o' branks. Death and Dr. Hort^ook. y. 
 O Eighty-eight, in thy sma' space 
 
 What dire events ha'e taken place ! . El. on Year if 88. 
 And sma', sma' prospect of relief, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Tho' faith, sma' heart hae I to sing I . Ep. to J. R., 6. 
 Altho' that his [Charlie's] band be sma'. 
 
 S, Here's a health io ihem t 
 Sma" siller will relieve me. . S. Here's to thy health^ 
 
 Yet has sae mony takin' arts, 
 
 Wi' grit an' sma'. Holy Willie's Prayer, 
 
 And singin* there and dancin* here, 
 
 Wi* great an' sma' ; [v.A.ii] . . .lb. 
 Tho' thou has nae silk and hoUand sae sma, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 Ah ! now sma' heart hae I to speel 
 
 The steep Parnassus, . . Poem on Life. 
 Wi' sma' to sell, and less to buy, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Sma' need has he to say a grace, . . The Holy Fair. 2j*. 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig, 
 Andye'll hae a calf's head o' sma value. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 12. 
 Of manhood but sma' is your share ; . . . lb. 14. 
 Wi' sma' persuasion she agreed, . S. The Rigs 0* Barley. 
 
 O I hae tint my rosy cheeks, 
 
 Likewise my waist sae sma' ; The Ruined Maid's Larnent. 
 The blankets were thin, and the sheets they were sma', 
 
 S. The Taylorfein 
 King Loui' thought to cut it down, 
 
 When it was unco sma', man ; . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 He'll hae misfortunes great and sma', S. There was a lad\ 
 A daimen-icker in a thrave 
 
 *S a sma' request : . . . Toa Mouse, 
 
 In some sma' points, altho' not a' ; . . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 The breaking of ae point, tho' sma'. 
 
 Breaks a' thegither. . , , * ib. 
 
 O' nice education but sma' is her share : 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains^ 
 
 He roos'd my waist sae genty sma' ; . S. Young Jockey^ 
 
 Smack. 
 
 Ilk smack still did crack still, 
 Just like a cadger's whip ; . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I- 
 
 Then turn'd, an laid a smack on Grizzle , lb. R, HI, 
 
Small 
 
 435 
 
 Smooth 
 
 Small. Ask AVhy God made the gem so small, 
 
 While huge He made me granite ? As& why God\ 
 Small beer persecution, . . Ej>it. on Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Who had many children and most of them small, 
 
 The Poor Thresher, 
 TheJre was he, and his wife, and his seven children small, 76. 
 The small birds rejoice on the green leaves returning, 
 
 S, The small birds rejoice t 
 And the small birds sing on every tree ; 
 
 S. The winter it is petst \ 
 
 Smart. Although a lad were e'er sae smart, . S. Tibbie I \ 
 
 Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets, . Sketch. 
 
 Smart, i. 
 
 And nocht can heal my bosom's smart, . S. Sae far wwa. 
 She's fair and fause that causes my smart, 
 
 S, She* s fair and fause t 
 
 Smart, to. 
 
 May ne'er his gen'rous honest heart, 
 
 For that same gen'rous spirit smart ! A Ded. to G. H.^ 14. 
 
 And justly smart beneath his sin-avenging rod. 
 
 Why am I loth t 
 Smash. 
 
 But smash them! crash them a' to spails ! Add, of Beelzebub. 
 Smashed. And thro' they dash'd, and hew'd and smash' d, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherro^Moor. 
 Smeddum [dust, powder]. 
 
 for some rank, mercurial rozet, 
 
 Or fell, red smeddum, . . To a Louse. 
 Smeek [smoke]. 
 That fiU'd, wi'.hoast -provoking smeek, 
 
 The auld, clay biggin ; The Vision. D. 1. 3, 
 Smell. Sweet was its smell, and bonie was its hue ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Smell, to. As soon's he smells' t, Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 Smell'd, Smelt. 
 Ye but smelt, man, the place where he [Pegasus] sh-t. 
 
 The Kirk's A lann. 
 He smell'd their ilka hole and road, 
 
 Baith out and in, . . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 Smiddie [smithy], 
 Haurl thee hame to his black smiddie, EL on Capt. M. H. 
 At Kirk or Market, Mill or Smiddie, . The Twa Dogs. 
 Smile. 
 blest with Fortune's smiles and favours, A Ded. to G. H. , ij. 
 Her smile was like a summer morn ; . S. Blythe was she, t 
 To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile, 
 
 Assiduous wait upon her ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 
 The smile of lo've, the friendly tear, 
 
 The sympathetic glow ! . . . Ep. to Davie. 10, 
 Those wonted smiles, O let me share! . S. Fairest maid t 
 Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane \ 
 
 1 guess by the dear angel smile, lb. 
 
 I've seen th' oppressor's cruel smile, 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 Her smile's a gift frae 'boon the lift, . S. Lovely Dames. 
 And man,_ whose heav'a- erected face, 
 
 The smiles of love adorn, Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 Those smiles and glances let me see, 
 
 S. O Mary^ at thy window \ 
 Thy smiles are sae like my blythe Sodger laddie, 
 
 ^. O whare did ye get t 
 Thou ev'n brightens dark Despair, 
 
 Wi' gloomy smile. . . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 Her pauky smile, her kittle een, The Ans. to the Guidwife. , 
 His clean hearth-stane, his thrifty Wifie's smile, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, fits, flirtations, airs, 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 ' Some grace the Maiden's artless smile ; The Vision, D. 11. g. 
 An' ay they dimpled wi' a smile 
 
 The rosy cheeks o' bonie Mary. S. Th. Menz.'s bonie Maty 
 A great man's smile, y& ken fu' well, 
 
 Is ay a blest infection. . . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Love sits in her smile, a wizard ensnaring ; 
 
 S. True hearted was he \ 
 Ae sweet smile on me bestow. . S. Turn again^ thou t 
 
 Her air like Nature's vernal smile ; S. Twas even— the dewy t 
 > *Twas the dear smile when naebody did mind us, 
 
 S, Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 
 ■ I thought upon the witching smile 
 
 That caught my youthful fancy : S. When wild Wat^s f 
 The smile or frown of aweful Heaven, 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Her smile is as the evening mild, . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Smile, to. 
 
 For nature smiles as sweet, I ween, 
 
 To shepherds as to Kings. . S, Behold^ my love,i 
 
 Has ay some cause to smile : . . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 Dost thou not rise, indignant Shade, 
 And smile wi' spuming scorn, 
 
 Extent, on Commetn.s of Thomson. 
 And smile as thou were wont to do ? \.re. ] S. Fairest maid t 
 Nae mair my Dearie smiles ; . . . . Fragment. 
 
 " The mother may forget the child 
 "That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 And smile at the moon's rimpled face in the wave ; . 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love, 
 
 O sweetly smile on Somebody 1 . . . S. Somebody. 
 Shall birdie charm, or flow'ret smile ; S. The Catrine woods f 
 Like brethren in a common cause, 
 We'd on each other smile, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Smil'd. 
 She talk'd, she smil'd, my heart she wyl'd, ^S". I gaeda waeju* t 
 Fair on Isabella's morn The sun propitious smil'd ; 
 
 Sad thy tale^ t 
 I then might hae hop'd she wad smil'd upon me ! 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 SmiliniT. 
 The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing ; . S. Bonze Bell. 
 Till smiling Spring again appear. . ... lb, 
 
 great Dundee, who smiling victory led, . Fm-g. of Ode. 
 
 Innocence Looks gaily-smiling on ; . . Innocence. 
 
 Her smiling, sae wyling, 
 
 Wou'd make a wretch forget his woe ; . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Beneath old Scotia's smiling eye ; [v.A.4] The Vision. D. 1. 
 Smirking. 
 
 My sonsie smurking dear-bought Bess, . , The Inventory. 
 Smlt [to stain, pollute, infeet]. 
 
 If e'er Detraction shore to smit you, . , A Farewell. 
 Smiter. Wha meekly gae your hurdles to the smiters ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Smith [blacksmith]. ^ ^ ^ y 
 
 That every naig was ca'd a shoe on, 
 
 The smith and thee gat roaring fou on ; Tarn d Shanter.3. 
 Smith [Adam, the Philosopher]. 
 
 Smith, wi' his sympathetic feeling, . A uld comrade t 
 Smith. Adieu too, to you too. My Smith, my bosom frieh' ; 
 
 The Farewell. 
 Miss Smith she has wit, and Miss Betty is braw : 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 [Smith] opens out his cauld harangues, The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Forby tum-coats amang oursel, 
 
 There's S— h for ane, The Twa Herds. 14. 
 S~th wha thro' the heart can glance, ... lb. 77. 
 Dear S[mith], the sleest, pawkie thief, . . . To J. S, 
 Smoke. 
 The snowy ruin smokes along, ■ 
 
 With doubling speed and gathering force, Frag, of Ode. 
 
 There, high my boiling torrent smokes. 
 Wild-roaring o'er a linn : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Smoking. 
 And eye the smoking, dewy lawn. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 See the smoking bowl before us, The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Smoor'd [choked, suffocated]. 
 Swelling pity smoor'd his wrath ; . S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 Whare, in the snaw, the chapman smoor'd ; 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 10. 
 The death o' devils, smoor'd wi' brimstone reek : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Smooth. Though twisted smooth with Harry's nicest care, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 In's hand five taper staves as smooth's a bead, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4, 
 Curse on his perjur'd arts! dissembling smooth! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 10. 
 Craigdarroch began with a tongue smooth as oil. The Whistle. 
 
Smooth 
 
 436 
 
 Snoran 
 
 SmOOthi it>. To you old Bald'pate smooths his wrinkled brow, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 
 May bliss domestic smooth his private path ; ToR. G.ofF.^g, 
 Smoothly. 
 
 Beware a tongue that's smoothly hung; leave novels t 
 
 Smothering. 
 
 Descend, ye chilly, smothering Snows ! A Winter Night. 7. 
 Smoutie [smutty]. 
 
 Ye did present your smoutie phiz, 
 
 'Mang better folk| . Add. to the Deil, 17, 
 
 Smuggle. 
 
 He'll have them by fair trade, if not, he will smuggle ; 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Smuggler. A blackguard Smuggler, right behint her, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 
 
 Smytpie [a number of small creatures]. 
 
 A smytrie o' wee, duddie weans, . . The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 Snail. Thou giv'st the ass his hide, the snail his shell, 
 
 ToR.G.o/F. 
 Snakln*. 
 
 Wi' hingin' lips and snakin', . Holy Willie's Prayer. 14, 
 
 Snap [smart]. 
 
 Nae snap conceits, but that sweet spell 
 
 O' witchin love, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Snap, to. 
 Ye'U snap your fingers, poor an' hearty. 
 
 Before his face. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Till fate shall snap the brittle thread ; . . To J. S.^ to. 
 When disappointment snaps the clue of hope, 
 
 ToR. G. o/F.y'i, 
 
 Snapper [to stumble]. 
 
 Blind chance, let her snapper and stoyte on her way, 
 
 S. Contented wi little^\ 
 Snare. ' Mark Maiden-innocence a prey 
 
 ' To love-pretending snares, A Winter Night. 8. 
 Your wily snares an' fechtin fierce, Add. to the Deil. ig. 
 
 But wha can avoid the fell snare ? . , Inscrip. on Goblet. 
 No sly Man of business contriving a snare, 
 
 S. No Churchman am. I \ 
 the fiowery snare Of witching love, 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Thou know'st the snares on ev'ry hand, 
 
 O ThoU dread Pow'r t 
 I jnark'd the cruel hawk Caught in a snare ; 
 
 S. Phillis the Fair. 
 thy spider snare O' hell's damned waft. . . Poem on Life. 
 Of ill — but chief, man's felon snare ; . To ayng Lady. 
 Snarling. 
 O let MS, not, like snarling curs, 
 
 In wrangling be divided, . . S. Does haughty Gaul,i 
 For half-starved snarling curs a dainty feast ; 
 
 To R. G. o/F., 6. 
 Snash [abuse, Impertinence]. 
 
 How they maun thole a factor's snash ; The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 Snatch. Ev'n then, sometimes we'd snatch a taste 
 
 Of truest happiness. . E^. to Davie. 3. 
 
 some by the skirt may try to snatch him [Time], 
 
 Prologue, at Th.^ D.. 
 SnatCh*d. She snatch'd the candle in her hand, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Snaw [snow]. When frosts lay lang, an' snaws were deep, 
 
 A Gude NeW' Year \ 13. 
 Chanticleer Shook oflF the pouthery snaw, A Winter Night 10, 
 But my white pow, nae kindly thowe 
 
 Shall melt the snaws of age ; . . S. But lately seen t 
 And [winds] bar the doors wi' driving snaw, Ep. to Davie. 
 Tho' bred amang mountains o' snaw I 
 
 S. Here's a health to them f 
 Spare my love, thou feath'ry snaw. 
 
 Drifting o'er the frozen plain. S. Jockey's tden theParting\ 
 The dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw, 
 
 S. My Name's awa. 
 And here's the'fiower that I le'e best, 
 
 The rose that's like the snaw. S. Kenmures on and awa t 
 It's no the driving drift and snaw ; S. Oh, how can /be blythe t 
 The bitter frost and snaw. . On Birth o/Posth. Child. 
 Twal'hundred, as white as the snaw, man, 
 
 Ronalds oj Bennals^ 
 Whare, in the snaw, the chapman smoor'd ; 
 
 Tarn d Shanier. to. 
 And your life like the new driven &naw. The Kirk's Alttrtn. 
 
 Her bosom was the driven snaw, 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see, 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 While faithless snaws ilk step betray 
 
 Whare she has been, . The Vision. D. /. 
 The snaws the mountains cover, S. The yng Highl, Raver. 
 His fecjcet is white as the new driven snaw ; 
 
 S. There's a youik\ 
 The simmer lillies bloom in snaw, . . S.To daunton me. 
 And lastly, streekit out to bleach 
 
 In winter snaw ; . To W. Creech. 
 
 When a' the hills are cover'd wl' snaw, [re.Z 
 
 S. Up in the morning. 
 The blinding sleet and snaw : . . . Winter. 
 
 Thro' wind and weet, thro' frost and snaw; *$". Young Jockey \ 
 
 Snaw-broo [melted snow]. 
 
 In mony a torrent down the snaw-broo rowes ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Snaw-drap [snowdrop.] 
 
 The snaw-drap and primrose our woodlands adorn, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 
 Snaw-white. 
 
 snaw-white seventeen hunder linnen ! Tarn d Shanter. 13. 
 
 Snawy, -ie [snowy]. 
 
 burns, wi' snawy wreeths up-choked, . A Winter Night. 2. 
 When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord, Add to the Deil. 12. 
 Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, To a Mountain-daisy. 
 Sned [to lop, cut off, prune]. 
 An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned. 
 
 Like taps o' thrissle. . . Toa Haggis. 
 I'll sned besoms— thraw saugh woodies, 
 
 Before they want. . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Sneer. 
 
 Prudence, with decorous sneer, , In vain wld Prudence t 
 Wi' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. ^. 
 If thou'rt a slave, indulge thy sneers. 
 
 The Leetgtte and Covenant. 
 Now I maun thole the scomfu* sneer 
 
 O' mony a saucy quean ; . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 An* sklent on poverty their joke, 
 
 Wi' bitter sneer, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Sneer, to. But sneer na British-boys awa ; . A Dream. 14, 
 
 For you sae douse, ye sneer at this, S. Green grow ike Rashes. 
 
 Sneering. Ye men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering 
 
 Ltts on Window, K.^s Anns. 
 
 Looks down wi' sneering, scomfu* view 
 
 On sic a dinner ? . . .Toa Haggis. 
 Sneeshin mill [a snuff-box]. 
 
 The luntan pipe, an' sneeshin mill, . The Twa Dogs. so. 
 Snell [bitter, biting]. Baith snell an' keen ! To a Mouse. 
 Snellest [sharpest, keenest]. 
 
 The snellest blast, at mirkest hours, S. O Lassie, art thoui 
 Snick [the latchet of a door]. 
 When click ! the string the snick did draw ; 
 
 T/ie Vision. D. /. 7. 
 I ken he weel a Snick can draw, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 SnIck-drawing [crafty, trick-contriving]. 
 
 ye auld, snick-drawing dog ! . . Add, to the Deil. id, 
 Snirtle [to snigger]. 
 
 He feign'd to snirtle in his sleeve The Jolly Beggars. R. VL 
 Snood [a ribbon with which a young woman's hair 
 is bound up ; " to lose her snood," to lose 
 her virginity]. 
 The lassie lost a silken snood, 
 That cost her mony a blirt and bleary. 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 
 Snool [to submit tamely, to cringe; to snub]. 
 
 Owre blate to seek, owre proud to snool, A Bards Epit. 
 
 They snool me sair, and baud me down, 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty! 
 
 Snoov't, -'d [went smoothly and steadily ; sneaked]. 
 But just thy step a wee thing hastet, 
 
 Thou snoov't awa. . A Gutd New-Year \ 14. 
 An' snoov'd awa' before the Session . What ails ye now \ 
 Snore. 
 How thou wad prance, an snore, an' scriegh, 
 
 An' tak the road 1 . A Gmd New-year 1 8, 
 
 Snoran. 'Twas but some neebor snoran „ , « • ,j 
 
 Asleep that day. The Holy Fair. 2i. 
 
Snout 
 
 4S7 
 
 Sodgel? 
 
 Snout. 
 
 His lengthen'd chin, his turn'd up snout, The Holy Fair. 13. 
 Snow, 
 Descend, ye chilly, smothering snows ! A Winter Night. 7. 
 Or sweeping, wild, a waste of snows, 
 
 Add, to Shade of Thomson. 
 your locks are like the snow . . . S. John Anderson^ 
 O had my fate been Greenland snows, 
 
 S. Now spring has cladi 
 Her teeth are like the nightly snow 
 When pale the morning rises keen, 
 
 5. On Cessnock banks t Sett II. 
 All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 SnoW-dPOp. 
 
 Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss. . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Snow fall. 
 Or like the snow falls in the river, 
 
 A moment white — then melts for ever ; Tarn <?' Shanier. 7. 
 Snowket [smelt at objects like a dog]. 
 Wi' social nose whyles snufTd an' snowket ; The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 Snowy. 
 
 How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, S. A/ton Water. 
 The snowy ruin smokes alon?, 
 
 With doubling speed and gathering force, . Frag, of Ode. 
 Snuff, An' snuflf the callor air. . . The Holy Fair. 
 
 Snuffd. 
 
 Wi' social nose whyles snufFd an' snowket ; The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Snug. 
 A dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug, Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 That live sae bien an' snug : . . . . Fp. to Davie. 
 It's ten to ane ye'll find him snug in 
 
 Some eldritch part. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Below the fatt'rels, snug and tight, . To a Louse. 
 
 The priest and hedgehog in their robes, are snug. 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.. 
 Snugged. 
 
 Potatoe-bings are snugged up frae skaith The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Snugly. That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood : 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 11. 
 An' snugly sit amang the saunts. 
 
 At Davie's hip yet. . . What ails ye now t 
 Soap. Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, A Bard's Epit. 
 Soars on the spurning wing of injurM merit! 
 
 Ep. to F. Graham, j. 
 " Craigdarroch, thou'It soar when creation shall sink! 
 
 The Whistle. 17. 
 Dangers, eagle-pinioned, bold, 
 
 Soar around each cliffy hold, . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Soaping, 
 The soaring Hem the fountains : S. Now westlin winds t 
 The soaring lark, the perching red-breast shrill, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 with thoughts still soaring To God on high, The Hermit. 
 
 By turns in soaring heaven, or vaulted hell. To R. G. ofF., 8. 
 
 Sob, Wi' sighs an' sobs she thus began The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 
 Sob, to. An' sigh an' sob, an' greet her lane. Tarn Samson's EL 
 
 Sobbin. In loving bleeze they sweetly join, 
 
 Till white in ase they're sobbin : Halloween. 10. 
 
 Sobep. 
 
 Let wark and hunger mak them sober ! Add. ofBeelzehttb, 
 Plain plodding industry, and sober worth : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, s. 
 The sober Autumn enter'd mild, . . John Barleycorn. 
 Druken or sober here's to thee, Katie ! S. merry ha'e I been t 
 I, musing, wait The sober eve. On seeing wounded Hare. 
 An' whyles, but ay owre late, I think 
 
 Braw sober lessons. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 In that sober pensive mood, 
 
 Dearest to the feeling soul, . . S. Streams that glide i 
 That frae November till October, 
 
 Ae market-day thou was nae sober ; Tarn 0* Shanter. 3. 
 
 The robin in the hedge descends, 
 
 And sober chirps securely. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 The sober laverock, warbling wild, The Petition of Bn Water. 
 Does the sober bed of Marriage 
 
 Witness brighter scenes of love ? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Till some evening, sober, calm, . . . To Miss C. 
 With sober selfish ease they sip it up : To R, G> ofFi<i 7. 
 
 There ruminate with sober thought ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H, 
 
 Social. Thy Sons, Edina, social, kind, Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 See Social-life and Glee sit down, 
 
 All joyous and unthinking, . , Add. to Unco Guid. S' 
 ye whom social pleasure charms, Ep. to J. L — h, Ap. isi^ 21. 
 The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, And none but he. 
 
 lb., Ap. 2isi.j IS- 
 Ye wise ones, hence I ye hurt the social eye ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S' 
 His social, friendly, honest heart Epit. on Tain the Chapman. 
 Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt, 
 
 They parted aff careerin .... Halloween. 28. 
 The deities that I adore. 
 
 Are social Peace and Plenty, Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 Some social join, and leagues combine ; 
 
 S. Now westlin winds \ 
 Nae mair he'll join the merry roar, 
 
 In social key ; On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Except good-sense and social glee, On dining with Doer. 
 Why disturb your social joys, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Life's social haunts and pleasures I resign, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Nae howdie gets a social night 
 
 Or plack frae them. [v. A.2S] Scotch Drink. 
 Ae social, honest man want we ; Tarn Samson's El., 14. 
 
 Tell ev'ry social, honest billie 
 
 To cease his grievin, . . .lb. Per C. 
 The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3. 
 Companions of my social joy ! The Farewell. To St. J.^s L.. 
 
 Oft have I met your social Band, lb. 
 
 She summon'd every social sprite, . S. The File Champetre. 
 Wi' social nose whyles snuflfd an' snowket ; The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. ... lb. ig. 
 I'm truly sorry Man's dominion 
 
 Has broken Nature's social union, . . . To a Mouse. 
 chearfu' tankards foamin, An' social noise ; . To J. S., 14. 
 coutbie fortune, kind and cannie, In social glee, 
 
 To Terraughty. 
 Social-flowing. 
 
 To social-flowing glasses . The Petition of Br. Water, 
 Society, 'Together hymning their Creator's praise. 
 In such society, yet still more dear ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ib. 
 Sock. 
 And sock or buskin skelp alang 
 
 To death or marriage ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 SoCPateS. Like Socrates or Antonine, 
 
 Or some auld pagan heathen, The Holy Fair. ij. 
 Sod, Or [spring] pranks the sod in frolic mood, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Underneath the grass-green sod. 
 
 Soon maun be my dwelling. . S. Blythe hde I been t 
 Ye blow upon the sod that wraps my friend : 
 
 Sonnet^ on Death ofR.. 
 Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay. 
 That wraps my Highland Mary ! 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes^ and streams \ 
 Sodgep, Sogep [soldiep]. 
 Wi' constables, those blackguMd fallows. 
 
 And sodgers baith ; . Adam A — 'j Prayer. 
 If thou a noble sodger art, . El. on Capt. M. H., Epit, 
 I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, 
 
 I'll go and be a sodger. . . . Extern., Ap. 1782. 
 The soger frae the wars returns, . . S. It was a' /bri 
 I gat it frae a young brisk Sodger Laddie, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get \ 
 Thy smiles are sae like my blythe Sodger laddie, . . lb. 
 It's tauld he was a sodger bred. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 The neist came in a sodger boy, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 And she wad send the sodger lad, lb. 
 
 But she wad send the sodger youth 
 
 To greet his eldest son lb. 
 
 But the sodget's friends hae blawn the best, . . lb. 
 
 Fine [head] for a sodgef A' the wale o' lead. . . lb. IV, 
 Or will we send a sodger? . . The FHe Champetre. 
 She blinket on her sodger : . . The Jolly Beggars. R. /, 
 No wonder I'm fond of a Sodger laddie. . . . lb. S. IL 
 Transported I was with my Sodger laddie. , . , lb. 
 'Twas then I prov'd false to my Sodger laddie. , . /i, 
 
Sodgei? 
 
 438 
 
 Something 
 
 I asked no more but a Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I J. 
 
 My heart it rejoic'd at a Sodger laddie. . . . /3. 
 Here's to thee, my Hero my Sodger laddie, . . .lb. 
 ' Some fire the Sodger on to dare ; . The Vision. D. II. 4. 
 A poor and honest sodger. S, When wild War's t 
 
 Take pity on a sodger lb. 
 
 Quo' she, a sodger ance I lo'ed, 
 
 Forget him shall I never : lb. 
 
 And come, my faithful sodger lad, 
 
 Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! . ... lb. 
 
 But glory is the sodger's prize, 
 
 The sodger's wealth is honor ; lb. 
 
 The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, . ... lb. 
 Sodgepin [soldiering]. 
 
 Sodgerin gunpowder Blair. . The Election Ballads. III. 
 Sodom. 
 In Sodom 'twould make him a king. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Rake them, like Sodom and Gomorrah, 
 
 In brunstane stoure . To Terraughty. 
 
 Soft. Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, A Winter Night. S. 
 Hope beaming mild on the soft parting hour ; 
 
 6". Gloomy December. 
 
 And soft as their [lovers'] parting tear— Jessy. 
 
 6", Here's a health to ane \ 
 
 Make the gale's you waft around her 
 Soft and peaceful as her breast, . . S. Highland Mary. 
 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 
 6*. Hovi pleasant the banks t 
 
 No more shall the soft thrill of love warm my breast. 
 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 
 The frank address, the soft caress, . . O leave novels t 
 
 Were seal'd in soft repose ; . S.Ona bank of flowers \ 
 
 'Tis the soft, spotless, vestal train, . . .On Linclttden. 
 
 'Tis the soft chanted choral song, lb. 
 
 Humid seal of soft affections, .... To a Kiss. 
 
 Softer, the friendly glow. And softer flame ; A Bards E^t. 
 
 Softly. 
 
 Tin, thence returned, they softly stray 
 
 O'er Clouden's wave, with fond delay ; . .On Linclnden. 
 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear, lb. 
 
 Western breezes softly blowing, . . S. Thickest night t 
 Soger V. Sodger. 
 Soil. Your native soil was right ill-willie ; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 A Knave an' Fool are plants of ev'ry soil : Scots Prologue. 
 
 O Scotia ! my dear, my native soil ! 
 
 The Coitet's Sat. Night. 20. 
 
 To tend the flocks or till the soil, 5". ' Twos even — the dewy t 
 Soil, to. Th' unmanner'd dust might soil his star, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Soil'd. Till she, like thee, all soil'd is laid 
 
 Low i' the dust. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Sojourn. 
 
 Whoe'er he be that sojourns here, 
 
 I pity much his case, Epig. on being neglected at I. Inn. 
 While he, thy fond parent, must sighing sojourn, 
 
 On Death o/fav. Child. 
 Sol. And did Sol's business in a crack ; 
 
 Sol paid him with a sonnet. , . To J. Taylor. 
 
 Nor even Sol too fiercely view 
 
 Thy bosom blushing still with dew ! . , 7*^ Miss C. 
 Solace. Her dear idea brings relief, 
 
 And solace to my breast. . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 That only ray of solace sweet . S. Forlorn^ my Love t 
 Sold. By barber woven, and by barber, sold, Ep.Jr. Esopus, 
 For we're not to be bought or sold 
 
 Like naigs and nowt, and a' that. The Election Ballads. II. 
 We're bought and sold for English gold . S. Tlie Union. 
 Soldier, 
 But man )s a soldier, and life is a faught : 
 
 S. Contented wf little t 
 No Statesman nor Soldier to plot or to fight, 
 
 J'. No Churchman am I\ 
 Sir Kobert, a soldier, no speech would pretend, 
 
 .S. The Whistle. 9. 
 Soldler-featur'd. 
 Bold, soldier-featur'd, undismay'd 
 
 They strode along. [v,A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Sole. 
 
 And would you ask me to resign. 
 
 The sole reward that crowns my pain. S. The Capt. Ribband. 
 Solemn. 
 Grunt up a solemn, lengthen'd groan, , A Ded. to G, H. 0. 
 When on my ear this plaintive strain, 
 
 Sloyr-.solepm, stole . A Winter Night. 6. 
 
 As wand'ring, meand'ring, 
 
 He views the solemn sky. . . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 And they hae sworn a solemn oath [r^.] . John Barleycorn. 
 I view the solemn scene around, . . .On Lincluden. 
 Sages their solemn een may steek. 
 
 The A uthot's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 ' And let us worship God ! ' he says with solemn air. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Niglu. n. 
 The Solemn League and Covenant 
 
 The League and Covenant. 
 ' And wear thou this ' — She solemn said. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 23. 
 First enter'd A, a grave, broad, solemn wight. The Vowels. 
 But gravissimo, solemn basses, 
 
 Ye hum away To J. S., 27. 
 
 Solemn-rounded. 
 " With laden sighs, and solemn-rounded sentence. 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle, 
 
 Solemnize. 
 
 We solemnize this sorrowing natal day, . . Frag, of Ode. 
 Solicited. We auld wives' minions gie our opinions. 
 
 Solicited or no : . SymonGray\ 
 Solid. 
 Veneering oft outshines the solid wood : 
 His solid sense — by inches you must tell, . . Sketch. 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and wise, 
 
 'There solid self-enjoyment lies; . Wr. in Friars-Carse H, 
 Solitary. 
 Along_ the solitary shore, 
 
 While flitting sea-fowls round me cry, 6". Behold the hmir\ 
 How blest the Solitary's lot, . . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 ' The Solitary can despise [pleasures, Loves, Joys], 
 
 Can want, and yet be blest ! Ih.4. 
 
 Some solitary wander: . . . S. Novo westlin winds \ 
 Solitude. 
 From those drear solitudes and frowzy cells, 
 Where infamy with sad repentance dwells ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 In solitude — then, then I feel I canna to mysel' conceal 
 My deeply-ranklin' sorrow. . . . V.s, under Grief. 
 
 Solo. Set off wi' allegretto glee His giga Solo. 
 
 The JoUy Beggars. R.V. 
 
 Solomon, I found that old Solomon proved it fair. 
 
 That a big-belly'd bottle's a cure for all care. 
 
 .S. No Churchman am I\ 
 
 Solway. The Criffel sink in Solway, 5'. Does haughty Gaul,\ 
 
 For Solway fish a feast. . . . El. on Peg Nichilson. 
 
 Now Sark rins o'er the Solway sands, . . .S. The Utdon, 
 
 Solwayside. 
 
 And blinkin Bess of Annandale, 
 That dwelt on Solwayside, . Tht Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Somebody, -le. 
 
 An somebodie were come ag^n. 
 Then somebodie maun cross the main, 
 
 .S. Carl, an the king come. 
 
 There's somebody there we'll teach belter behaviour 
 
 i'. Cock up yr heaver. 
 Somebody tells the Poacher-Court, . .Ep.toJ.R.,S. 
 My heart is sair for Somebody ; . . . S. Somebody. 
 For the sake of Somebody. [«.] . . . . lb. 
 
 O hey I for Somebody, O dear! for Somebody ; [«.] . li. 
 
 sweetly smile on Somebody! .... '*■ 
 
 And send me safe my Somebody ■'*■ 
 
 There's somebody weary wi' lying her lane, S. The Taylorfelli 
 
 Something. 
 
 Yet here to crazy Age we're brought, , 
 
 Wi' something yet. A Guid New- Year \ 16 
 
 As Something, loudly, in my breast, ^ yn .« 
 
 Remonstrates I have done ; A Prayer m Prosf. of Death. 
 
 1 there wi' Something does forgather, , „ „ < ,1 * 
 
 Death and Dr. Hondaok. 6, 
 
 ' Folk maun do something for their bread, . . •'*• "• 
 Something in her bosom wrings, . . S, Duncan Gray f 
 A Something to hav« sent you, . £/>. i' yi>»«i ^""^' 
 
Something 
 
 Songster 
 
 But still keep something to yoursel 
 
 Ye scarcely tell to ony. . . Ep, io Young Friend. S- 
 Till something held within the pat, . . Halloween. 12. 
 And then there's something in her gait 
 
 Gars ony dress look weel. . . . Handsotne Nell. 
 Something in ilka part o' thee 
 
 To praise, to love, I find, . . . S. It z's na, /ean, t 
 Tho' something like moisture conglobes in my eye, 
 
 Poet. AM to Tytler. 
 That something in us never dies : Skeich New-Yf's Day. 
 For something beyond it poor man sure must live. 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Something cries, " Hoolie ! . . . . ' ToJ.S.^*^. 
 
 Something [somewhat]. 
 
 I thought them [my works] something like yoursel. 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 12. 
 She's saft at best an' something lazy, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 3. 
 That trouth, my head is grown right dizzie, 
 
 An something sair lb. 3. 
 
 Look something to your credit ; . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But now its gane, and something mair, . Extern. t Ap. if 82. 
 Tho' he was something sturtan ; . . , Halloween. 18. 
 Sometime, -times. 
 Ev'n then, sometimes we'd snatch a taste 
 
 Of truest happiness Ep, io Davie. 3, 
 
 But friends an' folk that wish me .well, 
 
 They sometimes roose me; Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist^ 16. 
 Sometime when nae ane see'd him, . , Halloween. 77, 
 An* sometimes too, wi' warldly trust, 
 
 Vile self gets in ; . Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 Sometimes by foes Z was o'erpower'd ; 
 Sometimes by friends forsaken, ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 
 Son, Ye sons of Heresy and Error, . A Ded. to G. H. , 10, 
 Affliction's sons are brothers in distress ; A Winter Night, g, 
 Poor.dunghill sons o' dirt and mire, . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Thy Sons, Edina, social, kind, . Add. io Edinburgh. 3. 
 While Scotia, with exulting tear, 
 Proclaims that Thomson was her son. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 My son, these maxims make a rule. 
 
 Add. to the Unco Guid. Mott. 
 "And come ye here, my Son," he says, 
 
 " To wander in my broken shade, . As on the banks f 
 May his son be a hangman, and he his first trial. 
 
 At a Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 O, may no son the father's honour stain. Blest he M'Murdo\ 
 My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword, 
 
 lS". By yon castle wa' t 
 ' His only son for Hornbook sets, And pays him well, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 27. 
 Happy ! ye sons of Busy-life, Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 I see her face the first of Ireland's sons, , Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 While sordid sons o' Mammon's line 
 
 Are dark as night 1 Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. 21st, 16. 
 Thence peasants, farmers, native sons of earth, 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham, z. 
 Let prudence number o'er each sturdy son, . . .lb, j. 
 A sorry, poor, misbegot son of the Muses, 
 
 Frag. , inscr. to Fox. 
 My son ! my son ! ma^ kinder stars 
 
 Upon thy fortune shine ! . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 Yet, let not this too much, my Son, 
 
 Disturb thy youthful breast ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 The sons of Belial in the Land . . New Psalmody. 
 A Lord— a Peer— an Earl's son, . On dining with Daer. 
 " My patriot son fills an untimely grave! " 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 " I saw my sons resume their ancient fire ; . . , lb. 
 Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son. 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Before whose sons I'm honour'd to appear t 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 May every son be worthy of his sire ; . • . , lb. 
 By your sons in servile chains, , . S. Scots, wha kae f 
 Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man, 
 
 Commen' me to the Bardie clan ; . Second Ep. io Davie. 
 Whom his ain son o' life bereft, . Tarn u' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Ilk nian and mother's son, take heed : . . . lb. ig. 
 
 Long may thy hardy sons of rustic toil, 
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20, 
 As once on Pis^ah purg'd was the sight 
 
 Of a son of Circumcision, , . . The Dean ofFac. 
 My poor toop-Iamb, my son an' heir, The Death ofMailie. 
 To greet his eldest son. . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 And my son Maitland, wise as brave, . . Jb. V 
 
 Presided o'er the Sons of light : 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt.J.'sL,. 
 AM.in Thou say'st, * Ye sons of men, 
 
 Return ye into nought ! ' . . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 'Mang sons 0' G— present him, . . The Holy Fair. iz. 
 I am a Son of Mars who have been in many wars, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Calvin's sons, Calvin's sons, seize your spVitual guns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alartn. 
 To ev'ry New-light mother's son, 
 
 From this time forth, Confusion : , The Ordination. 14. 
 Ye sons of old KilHe, assembled by Willie, 
 
 S. The Sons of old K.. 
 Her [Freedom's] sons did loudly ca', man ; 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 With deep-struck, reverential awe. 
 
 The learned Sire and Son I saw, [v.A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 The son of great Loda was conqueror still, . The Whistle. 3. 
 Strang necessity supreme is 'Mang sons o' men. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Ye Vulcan's sons of Wanlockhead, . . .To/. Taylor. 
 We poor sons of metre Are often negleckit, ye ken ! 
 
 To Mr. Syme. 
 Lies, senseless of each tugging bitch's son. To R. G. ofF.^ 6. 
 Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes . lb. 7. 
 
 Among the illustrious Scottish sons 
 
 That chief thou may'st discern ; . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 For Scotia's son — ance gay like thee Verses under Grief. 
 
 Song, a bard of rustic song, . , . .A Bar£s Epit. 
 
 Her voice is the song of the morning S. A down winding Nith t 
 
 Flow gently, I'll sing thee a song in thy praise ; 
 
 S, Afton Water. 
 Instead of a song, boys, I'll give you a toast, 
 
 At a Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 Could aught of song declare my pains, S. Could aught ofsong\ 
 Then wi' a rhyme or song he lash't 'em, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Soj to heaven's gates the lark's shrill song ascends, 
 
 Ep. io R. Graham. 5. 
 The friendless Bard and rustic song, 
 
 Became alike thy fostering care. Lament for Glencaim. 
 famed for martial deed and sacred song, . . Liberty- 
 Ye Powers of peace, and peaceful song, . Natures Law. 
 
 O sing a new song to the L— , . . New Psalmody. 
 Now hear our pray'r, accept our song, . . .lb. 
 
 Or wi' his song her cares beguile : S. O Logan ! sweetly \ 
 'Tis the soft chanted choral song, . . . On Lincluden. 
 Where the songs of the good, where the hymns of the blest, 
 Through an endless existence shall charm thee. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Now half-extinct your powers of song, On Death of Lap-dog. 
 In each bird's careless song. 
 
 Glad did I share ; .... J. Phillis the Fair. 
 No song nor dance I bring from yon great city. 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D. 
 It needs no Si4dons' powers in Southern's song ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods, 
 And still I can join in a cup and a song ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 ' I taught thee how to pour in song, 
 
 ' To soothe thy flame. The Vision. D. II. 16. 
 Or love extatic wake his seraph song. , To Miss Graham. 
 chearful peace, with linnet song, Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives," attend to my song. 
 
 Ye true ' ' Loyal Nat s"\ 
 
 Songster. 
 
 Mourn, ye wee songsters o' the wood ; El. on Capi. M. H.^ 7. 
 ' As songsters of the early year 
 
 ' Are ilka day mair sweet to hear,. . , S. O Phely, f 
 
 And, for the little songster's nest, 
 
 The close embowering thorn. The Petition of Br, Water. 
 But the songster's nest within the bush I winna take away. 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 
Sonnet 
 
 440 
 
 Sorrow 
 
 Sonnets Our Peerage he o'erlooks them a', 
 
 As I look o'er my sonnet. On dining witk Doer. 
 
 Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sennet ; 
 
 Tarn 0* Shanter. g. 
 
 Sol paid him with a sonnet. : . . , To J. Taylor, 
 
 My musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet To Rev. J. AT Math. 
 
 So'ns [sowens, a sort of Smooth porridge, or thick 
 
 drlnlc, made ft*om oatmeal nuslcs steeped in 
 
 water until sour]. 
 
 butter'd So'ns, wi' fragrant lunt, . . . Halloween. 28. 
 
 Sonsy, -ie. [jolly, comely and well-conditioned]. 
 
 An' unco' sonsie. . . . . . A Gude New-Year^S- 
 
 Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 I see her yet, the sonsy quean, 
 
 That lighted up my jingle ; The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 My sonsie smirking dear-bought Bess, . . The Inventory. 
 His honest, sonsie, baws'nt face, . The Twa Dogs,^. 
 
 women sonsie, saft an' sappy, . There's naeihin like t 
 
 Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face, . . To a Hagffls. 
 
 My blessings on you, sonsie wife ; . . V.s to a Landlady. 
 Soon. But three short years will soon wheel roun', 
 
 ■S". And Ofor ane and twenty \ 
 Underneath the grass-green sod, 
 
 Soon maun be my dwelling. . S. Blythe hde I Been f 
 As soon's he smells't, . . Death and Dr. Hornbook, ig. 
 Kirk-yards will soon be till'd eneugh, ... lb. 24. 
 Thy hopes will soon deceive thee. . S. Deluded swain\ 
 
 Ye'U try the world soon my lad, Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 
 Amaist as soon as I could tell, Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. 1st, 8. 
 As soon's the clockin-time is by, . Ep. to J. R., 11. 
 
 Come wealth, come poortith, late or soon, 
 
 Ep, to Maj, Logan. 4. 
 The little fate allows, they share as soon, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Whate*er thou hast done, be it late be it soon, 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nah. 
 O! soon, to me, may summer-suns 
 
 Nae mair light up the morn ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Her feeble pulse gives strong presumption 
 
 Death soon will end her. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Too soon thou hast began, 
 
 Towanderforth,withme, to mourn Man was made to Mourn. 
 But Oh ! I fear the kintra soon 
 
 Will ken as weel's mysel ! . . S. My heart was ance t 
 She has promised right soon to be mine. 
 
 S. My Love's a winsome t 
 If ye gie a woman a' her will, 
 
 Gude faith she'll soon o'er-gang ye. 
 
 S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 But soon wi' sounding victorie 
 
 May Kenmure's Lord come hame. 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa f 
 But soon may peace bring happy days, S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 When soon or late they reach that coast, 
 
 O Thou dread PowVi 
 The weary winter soon will pass, S. Oh^ how can I be blythe t 
 Conscious, blushing for our race, 
 
 Soon, too soon, your fears I trace : On scaring Waterfowl. 
 May powers aboon unite you soon, , On IV. Chalmers. 
 Soon heels o'er gowdie ! in he gangs, . . Poem on Life. 
 Ye'U soon hae Poets o' the Scottish nation, Scots Prologue. 
 She prophesied that late or soon, 
 
 Thou would be found deep drown'd in Doon ; Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! . . . lb. 18. 
 And soon may they expire, unblest with resurrection t 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 As soon the rooted oaks would fly 
 
 Before th' approaching fellers. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 As soon as e'er she saw me, . . . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 An' soon I made me ready ; . . * . . , . Ib.6. 
 Full soon I grew sick of my sanctified Sot, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 I'll lay on your head, that the pack ye'll soon lead, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 6. 
 The happy hour may soon be near, 
 
 That brings us pleasant weather : S. The noble Maxwells t 
 But soon grew weary o' the trade, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 the new-born race Soon drew the avenging steel, . . lb. 
 
 And soon 'twill be agreed, man, lb. 
 
 We labour soon, we labour late. 
 
 To feed the titled knave, man ; lb. 
 
 reckless vows, Would soon been broken. 
 
 The Vision. D. I. g. 
 The trees now naked groaning, 
 
 Shall soon wi' leaves be hinging, S. TheyngHighl, Rover. 
 The wounds I must hide which will soon be my dead, 
 
 S. There's auld Rohi 
 Soon my weary eyes I'll -close, nevermore to waken. 
 
 ,. , . '^- Thou hast left me i 
 
 Till too, too soon the glowing west 
 Proclaim'd the speed of winged day. 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 Sooner. Sooner the sun in his motion would falter. 
 
 S. Twasna her bonie blue \ 
 Soor [sour]. 
 
 Soor Bigotry, on her last legs, , Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Nae poison'd soor Arminian stank, . The Twa Herds, j. 
 
 Sooth. 
 But by my sooth she'll wait a wee ! S. Willie brevfd\ 
 
 My sooth ! right bauld ye set your nose out, To a Louse, 
 Soothe. Thy gloon^ will soothe my chearless soul, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 Breathing in the breeze that fans her, 
 
 Soothe her bosom into rest : . . S. Highland Mary. 
 And soothe me wi' tidings o' Nature's decay ; 
 
 S, My Name's Awa. 
 May never pity soothe thee with a sigh. 
 
 On seeing wounded Han. 
 And soothe the Virtues weeping on this bier : [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death of Riddel. 
 Then, who her pangs and pains will soothe, . The Lament. 
 Can soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair, 
 
 S. The sjnall birds j 
 ' Some soothe the Lab're'r's weary toil, 
 
 ' For humble gains, . The Vision. D. II. g, 
 ' Z taught thee how to pour in song, 
 
 * To soothe thy flame. ... lb, 16, 
 (It soothes poor Misery, hearkening to her tale). 
 
 To R. G. o/K 
 Give energy to life ; and soothe his latest breath, . lb. g. 
 The Tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, . . Winter. 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Soothing. 
 
 Thy soothing fond complaining. S. O stay., sweet warblingi 
 Sooty, -ie. 
 in yon cavern grim and sootie, . . Add. to the Deil. 
 Mourn, sooty coots, and speckled teals ; El on Capt. M. H, 8. 
 Auld Sootie then swore by the edge of his knife, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a cark\ 
 Sophy. 
 
 There Sophy tight, a lassie bright, The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 Sordid. 
 While sordid sons o* Mammon's line 
 
 Are dark* as night ! Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 2ist, 16. 
 Sore. While pityless the tempest wild 
 
 Sore on you beats. . A Winter Night. S- 
 
 Lord, when hunger pinches sore, 
 
 Do thou stand us in stead, . . . At Globe Tav., D. 
 
 And sore surpris'd them all. . John Barleycorn. 
 
 And pudgell'd him full sore ; . . . , . lb. 
 
 Then sore harass'd, and tir'd at last, 
 
 S. My father was a/armeri 
 
 sore I feel All others' scorn . . . Reply to a Reproof, 
 Fancy, chief, Reigns, hagard-wild, in sore affright : 
 
 The Lament. 8. 
 While here I sit all sore beset • 
 
 With sorrow, grief, and wo ; S. TJu sun he tssunkj 
 
 Sore-harass'd. 
 
 Sore-harass'd out, with care and grief, . . The Lattient. 
 Sorely. In longitude tho* sorely scanty, Tarn 0' Shanter, /J. 
 
 Sorest. 
 
 Doom'd to that sorest task of man alive— 
 To make three guineas do the work of five : , „ ^ „ 
 Add.sp.by Fonienelle. 
 
 Sorrow. Attentive still to Sorrow's wail, Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 1 rather wou'd bear a' the load 0' my sorrow , 
 
 S.As I was a-wand ring^ 
 
 While my soul's delight Is on her bed of sorrow. 
 
 ' S, Ay waking, 0\ 
 
 Nor ever sorrow add one silver hair ! Blest be MMurdof 
 
 Nor ever sorrow stain the hour, , „ ^ * 
 
 The place and time I met my dearie ! S. By Allan stream t 
 
Sorrow 
 
 441 
 
 Soul 
 
 Farewell! and neVr such sorrows tear 
 
 That fickle heart of thine, . . S. Canst ihou leave me \ 
 Whene'er I foregather wi* sorrow and care, 
 I gie them a skelp as they're creeping alang, 
 
 S. Contented wf Utiles 
 But the pride of the Spring in the CrmE^e-burn wood, 
 
 Can yield me nought but sorrow. ^S". Craigie'hurn Wood. 
 What Sorrows yet may pierce me thro', 
 
 Too justly I may fear ! . . Despondency^ an Ode. 
 
 May dool and sorrow be his lot, El. on Capt. M. H.^ E^it. 
 And all my frowzy couch'in sorrow steep ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Creature, tho' oft the prey of care and sorrow, 
 When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Ance mair I hail thee wi' sorrow and care ; 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 To pour her sorrows o'er her poet's dust. 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 For silent, low, on beds of dust, 
 
 Lie a' that would my sorrows share. Lament /or Glencaim. 
 Or else I wad kill him with sorrow : 
 
 S. Last May a braw -wooer t 
 With Cares and Sorrows worn, Man was made to Mourn. 
 If sorrow and anguish their exit await, Monody^ on a Lady. 
 No view nor care, but shun whate'er 
 
 Might breed me pain or sorrow, O ; 
 
 S. My/ather -was a farmer \ 
 Ye whom Sorrow never wounded, S. Musing on the roaring^ 
 While ilka thing in nature join 
 
 Their sorrows to forego, . S. Now Spring has cladi 
 As little reckt I sorrow's power, .... lb. 
 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow joinM, 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken I S. O stay, sweet 2varbling\ 
 But sorrow tak him that's sae mean, . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 In the dark silent mansions of sorrow, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Through the dire desert regions of sorrow, . . , lb. 
 Hail, thou gloomy night of sorrow, . S. Raving winds t 
 (A sight life's sorrows to repulse, Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 But a' the pride of Spring's return 
 
 Can yield me nought but sorrow. S, Sweet fa's the eve t 
 Her sorrows share and make them less ? . The Lament. 
 Fareweel our night o' sorrow. . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 While here I sit all sore beset 
 
 With sorrow, grief, and wo ; . S. The sun he is sunhf 
 And clear the consequential sorrows. 
 
 Love-gifts of Carnival Signoras. [v.A.13] The Twa Dogs. 
 A scene o' sorrow mixed wi' strife. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 So noted for drowning of sorrow and care ; The Whistle. 10. 
 Sworn foe to sorrow, care, and prose, I rhyme away. To J. S., aj. 
 If envious buckles view wi' sorrow 
 
 Thy lengthen'd days . To Terraughty. 
 Though 'twad my sorrows lessen. . V.s under Grief. 
 
 I canna to mysel conceal My deeply ranklin' sorrow. lb. 
 
 O Love thou hast sorrows, and sair have I prov'd ; 
 
 5". Wtu is my heart t 
 But sorrow and sad sighing care. S. Where are the joys t 
 When sorrow wrings thy gentle heart, S. Wilt thou be my\ 
 Sorrowing. 
 We solemnize this sorrowing natal day, Fragment of Ode. 
 Sorrowing joy, adieu's last action, . , To a Kiss. 
 
 Sorry. 
 
 A sorry, poor, misbegot son of the Muses, Fra^. , inscr. to Fox. 
 Poor slip-shod giddy Pegasus 
 Was but a sorry walker ; . . . .To/. Taylor. 
 Sort. 
 Some other rarer sorts are wanted yet, Ep. to R. Graham, n. 
 We've got frae a' professions, sorts, an' ranks : Scots Prologue. 
 What sort o' life poor dogs like you have ; The Twa Dogs, 7. 
 Sort, to. Some sort all our qualities each to its tribe, 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 How I did wi' the Session sort . . What ails ye now \ 
 Sot. * I'll nail the self-conceited sot, 
 
 As dead's a herrin : Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 If ony whiggish whingin sot, . El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 Full soon I grew sick of my sanctified Sot, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Sough [a heavy sigh ; the moaning of the wind]. 
 My heart for fear gae sough for sough, 
 
 S, The Battle ofSherra-Mogr. 
 3K 
 
 Sough, to [to sigh or moan like the wind]. 
 
 Deep, as soughs the boding wind, 
 Amang.his caves, the sigh he gave. . As on the banksi 
 Sought. 
 Believe me, happiness is shy, 
 
 And comes not ay when sought, man. A Bottle and Friend. 
 So, sought a Poet, roosted near the skies, 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 Then, first an' foremost, thro' the kail, 
 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; . Halloween. 
 I rue the day I sought her O, [?iff.] .S". My Iffve shSs but t 
 And, all devout, he never sought 
 
 To stem the sacred torrent- . . . Natures Law. 
 And sought a correspondent breast, . ... lb. 
 Nor cause me from my bosom tear 
 
 The very friend I sought. . . S. Talk not 0/ Love \ 
 He sought them out, he sought them in, 
 
 S. The Cooper o' cuddy i 
 ' They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright,' 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Souk [a suck]. 
 
 And ay she took the tither souk, . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 Soul, - - - whether thy soul 
 
 Soars fancy's flights beyond the pole, A Bard's Epit. S' 
 Yet sure those ills that wring my soul 
 
 Obey Thy high behest. . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Then, man my soul with firm resolves . ... lb. 
 Still crouding thoughts, a pensive train. 
 
 Rose in my soul, . . A Winter Night. 6. 
 By my soul I'll dance a dance with you. Add. to Dumourier. 
 An' all the Soul of Love they shar'd, . Add. to the Deil. 1$. 
 Thy [Winter's] gloom will soothe my chearless soul, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 And waste my soul with care ; . S. Anna, thy charms^ t 
 While my soul's delight Is on her bed of sorrow. 
 
 S. Ay waking, O t 
 To adore thee is my duty. 
 
 Goddess o' this soul 0* mine ! . S. Borne wee thing f 
 
 Or chain the soul in speechless pleasure ; S. By A llan stream f 
 But what avails the pride of art. 
 
 When wastes the soul with anguish ? 
 
 S. Could aught of song \ 
 For oh ! my soul is parch'd with love! . . Delia. An Ode. 
 His soul was like the glorious sun, . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 To you [wastes, cliffs] I fly, ye with my soul accord. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 When heart-corroding care and grief 
 
 Deprive my soul of rest, . . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 Their worthless nievefu' of a soul, Ep, to J. L — k, Ap. sist, ij. 
 Last, she sublimes th' Aurora of the poles, 
 The flashing elements of female souls. Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Why shrinks my soul half blushing, half afraid, lb. $. 
 
 Ere my poor soul such deep damnation stain, 
 My homy fist assume the plough again; . . .lb. 
 Who said that not the soul alone. 
 
 But body too must rise. 
 For had he said, '* the soul alone 
 
 Then thou hadst slept for ever ! . . Epit. on a Laird. 
 But a full flowing^ bowl, 
 
 Was the saving his soul, . Epit. on Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Farewell, dear mistress of my soul, 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 Whose soul of fire, lighted at heaven's high flame. 
 
 Frag, of Ode. 
 They [oceans] never, never can divide 
 
 My heart and soul from thee. . S. From thee, Eliza, \ 
 'Tis this enchants my soul, . . . S. Handsome Nell. 
 She charm'd my soul, I wist na how ; ^. I gaeda waefu' t 
 Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword 
 
 That thro' thy soul shall gae : Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Where is that soul of freedom fled ? . . . Liberty. 
 In love's delightful fetters, she chains the willing soul ! 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp f 
 My soul, delightless, a' surveys, . S, O Logan ! sweetly t 
 And sigh'd his very soul. . S. On a bank of flowers t 
 And wake the soul to niusings high. . . On Lincluden. 
 Ye suit the joyless tenor of my soul. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 But tearing Peggy from my soul 
 
 Must be a stronger death. . . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 With soul resolved, with soul resigned ; . Poet. Inscription. 
 Life, thou soul of every blessing, . , S' Raving winds i 
 
Soul 
 
 442 
 
 Space 
 
 That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish, 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. 
 
 O glorious magnanimity of soul! ^^^ 
 
 O Whisky! soul o' plays an' pranks! . Scotch Drink. i8. 
 Slow spreads the gloom my soul desires, 
 
 .S*. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 In that sober pensive mood, 
 
 Dearest to the feeling soul, . . S. Streams that glided 
 With all the venal soul of dedicating Prose ? 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 But all the soul of Music's self was heard ; . . lb. TZ. 
 May hear, well pleas'd the language of the Soul ; 
 
 Tke Cotter^s Sat Night. 17. 
 
 He ventur'd the Soul, and I risked the Body, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 But sure her soul is not in hell, 
 The deil would ne'er abide her. . S. The Joyful Widower, 
 
 Wi' a jump, yell and howl, alarm every soul, 
 
 Tm Kirlcs Alarm. 
 Keen Recollection's direful train. 
 
 Must wring my soul, The Lament. 
 
 ' Preserve the dignity of Man, 
 
 With soul erect ; . The Vision. D. II. 22. 
 Yet, dearer than my deathless soul, 
 
 I still would love my Jean. . . . S. Tho' cruel fate ^ 
 Fair Empress of the Poet's soul, . . . To a Lady. 
 Nor life nor soul was ever half so dear! . . ToClarinda. 
 Again thou usher'st in the day 
 
 My Mary from my soul was torn. To Mary in Heaven. 
 But peace attune thy gentle soul to rest. To Miss Graham. 
 When shall my soul, in silent peace, 
 
 Resign Life's joyless day? To Ruin. 
 
 Is it departing pangs my soul alarms ? . Why am I loth t 
 By the treasure of my soul, 
 
 That's the love I bear thee! iS". Wilt thou he my\ 
 
 The Tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, . , Winter. 
 Grave these counsels on thy soul. Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Soul-ennobling. 
 And soul-ennobling Bards heroic ditties sung. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 Sound, adj. 
 No matter— stick to sound believing. . A Ded. to G. H. , 8. 
 Sound and safely may he sleep, S. Jockeys tcCen the parting t 
 Sound be his sleep and blythe his mom, 
 
 On Window ofC. Inn, F.. 
 
 He's wal'd us out a true ane. And sound The Ordination. 8. 
 
 Just now we're living sound an' hale ; . . To J. S., 11. 
 
 Saws of experience, sage and sound. Wr. in Friars'Carse H. 
 
 Sound, 5. A workhouse ! ah, that sound awakes my woes, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 And, hark ! what more than mortal sound 
 Of music breathes the pile around ? . .On Lincluden. 
 Roused by the sound, I start and see . . . . lb. 
 your din of tuneless sound, . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 The Pedant stifles keen the Roman sound . The Vowels. 
 amid the dirgeful sound, .... To Miss C. 
 
 Sound, to. 
 Trumpets sound and cannons roar, . S. Highl. Laddie. 
 The trumpets sound, the banners fly, . S. My bonie Mary. 
 Let me sound an alarm to your conscience ; 
 
 The Kirk^s Alarm. 
 And the sweet voice of pity ne'er sounds in my ear. 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 Soundest. And love will break the soundest rest. 
 
 S. There was a lass, and t 
 Sounding. 
 Hark! the mavis* evening sang 
 
 Sounding Clouden's woods amang ; S. Hark ! the mavis' t 
 But soon wi' sounding victorie 
 May Kenmure's Lord come hame. 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 The tide-swoln Firth, with sullen-sounding roar, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 I saw thee seek the sounding shore, The Vision. D. II. 13. 
 'Twas where the birch and sounding thong are ply'd, 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Soundly. 
 
 A chield wha'U soundly buff our beef ; The Twa Herds. 13. 
 Soupe V. Sowp. 
 Souple [supple ; swift]. 
 But souple Donald quicker flew, , , S, Donald Brodie t 
 
 In souple scones, the wale o' food \ . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 (A souple jade she was, and Strang), . Tarn 0' Shanter. 16, 
 And Eels weel kend for souple tail, Tam Samson's El., 6. 
 Sour. It's hardly in a body's pow'r, 
 
 To keep, at times, frae being sour, Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 An' gif the custock's sweet or sour, 
 
 Wi' joctelegs they taste them ; . . . Halloween. 5. 
 Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch 
 
 O' sour disdain, . . Scotch Drink. 77. 
 Their visage wither'd, lang an' thin. 
 An' sour as ony slaes : . . . , The Holy Fair, 3. 
 Soup, to. No thought of guilt my bosom sours ; The Hermit. 
 
 Soup-mou'd [soup-mouthed]. 
 
 ev'ry sour-mou'd gimin' blellum, . . . To W. Creech. 
 SouPCe. And never may their [thy sons'] sources fail ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 thou Sun, great source of light ; . El. on Capt. M. H., 14. 
 Fell source of a' my woe and grief ; 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 •- Fell source o' monie a pain an' brash ! Scotch Drink. 13. 
 
 Or haunted Garpal draws his feeble source, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 This, all its source and end to draw, 
 
 That, to adore. [v.A.43 . The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Souse [to beat, to dpub]. 
 
 Is that enough for you to souse 
 
 Your servant sae ? . . What ails ye now t 
 Souter, Sowter [a shoe-maker, a cobblep]. 
 Here Sowter [Hood] in Death does sleep ; 
 
 Epit. on a Ruling Elder, 
 And at his elbow, Souter Johnny, . Tam d Shanter. $. 
 
 The Souter tauld his queerest stones ; . . . .lb. 
 South. Far south the lift, . . . A Winter Nigki. 
 An' steer you seven miles south o' hell ; . Auld comrade t 
 Out came the Lord of Lauderdale, 
 
 Out frae the south countrie, . . Katharine Jaffmy- 
 Is he south, or is he north ? . S. Ken ye ought d Capt G. f 
 The south nor the east give ease to my breast, 
 
 S. Out over the Forth t 
 The muckle devil blaw you south. 
 
 The Auihof^s Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 There was five carlines in the south, The Election Ballads. I. 
 Five wighter carlines wema found 
 
 The south countrie within. U. 
 
 The ill-thief blaw the Heron south ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Southepn. 
 Like frost-work touched by southern gales ; On Lincluden. 
 It needs no Siddons* powers in Southern's song ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Sovereign. 
 'Tis very true, my sovereign King, 
 
 My skill may weel be doubted ; . . .A Dream. 4. 
 Sat Legislation's sov'reign pow'rs ! . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 ril desert my sov'reign lord, . . S. Husband^ husbandi 
 And I'm the sovereign of Scotland, Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 By conquering beauty's sov'reign law ; . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Whose sovereign statute is order ; S. The sons of old Killie. 
 Sow, s. Or olio that wad staw a sow, . . Toa Haggis. 
 Sow-tail. A runt was like a sow-tail . . Halloween. 
 
 Sow, to. To plough and sow, to reap and mow, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer^ 
 
 Sowp, Soupe [a spoonful ; a quantity of liquid food]. 
 A' ye wha live by sowps o' drink, A Scotch Bardgne to WJ. 
 Wi' sowps o' kail, and brats o* claise, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, 
 
 The soupe their only Hawkie does afford, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, it, 
 Sowter V. Souter. 
 
 Sowth [to try over a tune with a low whistle]. 
 On braes when we please then, 
 We'll sit and sowth a tune ; . . Ep. to Davte. 4. 
 
 Sowther [to solder, to cement]. 
 
 A night o' gude fellowship sowthers it a' ; 
 
 S. Contented wi: httle, t 
 
 Then sowther a' in deep debauches. 
 
 Space. 
 
 O Eighty-eight in thy sma' space 
 What dire events ha'e taken place 1 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 32. 
 
 El. on Year 171 
 
 through the broken space the gale Blows chilly 
 
 On Lincluden. 
 
Space 
 
 443 
 
 Spavie 
 
 Her eye, ev'n turn'd on empty space, 
 
 Bcam'd keen with Honor. The Vision. D. I. lo. 
 Some, bounded to a district-space, . . , lb. D. II. jo. 
 Spade. Ye'd better taen up spades and shools. 
 
 Or knappin-hammers. Ep. io J. L—k, Ap^ isij ii. 
 Collects his spades, his mattocks and his hoes, 
 
 The Coiiet's Sat. Night. 
 Spae [to foretell, to divine]. 
 
 ' As seek the foul Thief onie place, 
 ' For him to spae your fortune : . . . Halloween. 14, 
 
 Spall [a chip of wood, a splinter]. 
 
 But smash them! crash them a' to spails ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Spain. Th' Inquisitor of Spain the most expert, The Vowels. 
 Spairan [sparing]. 
 
 Black [Russell] is na spairan : . . The Holy Fair. 21. 
 Spairge [to dash, or scatter about ; to soil as with 
 mud]. 
 A name not Envy spairges) . . . . A Dream. 7. 
 Spairges about the brunstane cootie, . Add. to the Deil. 
 Spak [did speak]. 
 It seem'd to mak a kind o' stan', 
 
 But naething spak ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 It spak right howe — * My name is Death,' . . .lb. g. 
 ' The wife slade cannie to her bed,_ 
 
 ' But ne'er spak mair. ... lb. 26. 
 Spak oMouping o'er a linn ; . . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 And oh ! her een they spak sic things ! . . , lb. 
 
 Out spak' a dame in wrinkled eild, S. In simmer when t 
 
 If Denmark, any body spak o't ; . Kind Sir, Vve read t 
 He spak o' the darts o' my bonie black een, 
 
 -S*. Leist May, a braw wooer t 
 Ye spak' na, but gaed by like stoure ; . . S.O Tibbie 1 1 
 As cauld a minister's ever spak ; . On Kirk ofLamington. 
 He gaped wide, but naething spak. The Death ofMailie. 
 And spak wi' modest grace, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Then up spak mim-mou'd IMeg o' Nith, 
 
 And she spak up wi' pride, lb. 
 
 Then brandy Jean spak owre her drink, . . . lb. 
 
 an' laughan as she spak, . . . Th^ Holy Fair. 4. 
 
 'Bout whom ye spak the tither day, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 But spak their thoughts in plain braid lallans, 
 
 Like you or me. . To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 Span. How little of life's scanty span may remain; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Did many talents gild thy span ? . Wr, in Friars-Carse H. 
 Span-lang. 
 
 Twa span-Iang, wee, unchristen'd bairns ; Tarn (f Shanter. 11. 
 Span, to. 
 
 That sweetly ye might span. . S, A, Mastrtn's bonie Anne. 
 Spaniard. 
 If Spaniard, Portuguese, or Swiss, 
 
 Were sayin or takin aught amiss : . Kind Sir, Tve read \ 
 Spanish. The Spanish empire's tint a head, El. on Year if 88. 
 Spare. 
 
 And deal from iron hands the spare repast ; . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Spare, to. But, my Chloris spare me ! 
 
 Spare, O spare my love! . S. Ay waking, O \ 
 A man may tak a neebor's part, 
 
 Yet hae nae cash to spare him. . Ep. to Young Friend. 
 Maybe some ither thing they gie me 
 
 They weel can spare. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 77. 
 Hypocrisy, in mercy spare it ! . . . Ep. to J. E., 3. 
 Sparc't for their sakes wha aften wear it, . . . Jh, 
 Sae when ye hae an hour to spare, ... lb. j. 
 
 The King's most humble servant, I 
 
 Can scarcely spare a minute; . Extem. to an Intimate. 
 O mem'ry, spare the cruel throes 
 
 Within my bosom swelling : S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 L — d weigh it down, and dinna spare, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 13, 
 But for thy people's sake destroy 'em, 
 
 And dinna spare lb. 75, 
 
 O spare the dear blossom, ye orient breezes, 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks f 
 But spare to speak, and spare to speed ; S. I gaed awaefu' f 
 He has nae love to spare for me : . S. In simmer when t 
 But some will spend, and some will spare, . . , lb. 
 Spare my love, ye winds that blaw, 
 
 S. Jockey's tden the parting^ 
 
 Spare my love, thou feath'ry snaw, 
 
 S. Jockeys ta'en the parting \ 
 My laddie's sae meikle in love wi' the siller. 
 He canna ha*e love to spare for me. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 But spare and pardon my false Love, . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 The hoary Sire— the mortal stroke. 
 Long, long be pleas'd to spare ; . O Thou dread Pow^r f 
 
 But spare a Mother's tears ! lb. 
 
 But spare me, spare me Lucy dear. S. O wat ye whe^s in t 
 O what a canty warld were it. 
 
 Would pain and care, and sickness spare it ; . Poem on Life. 
 Their father's a laird, and weel he can spare't, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 But spare poor Sensibility 
 
 The ungentle, harsh rebuke. . Rusticity's ungainly t 
 Ye canting Zealots, spare him ! Tarn Samson's El,, Epit. 
 The marled plaid ye kindly spare, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 But, oh ! respect his lordship's taste, 
 
 And spare his golden bindings. . . The Book- Worms. 
 If Heaven a draught of heavenly pleasure spare. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, g. 
 
 Spare them nae day The Ordination. J. 
 
 To spare thee now is past my pow'r, To a Mountain~Daisy. 
 Spare me thy vengeance, G[alloway] . . To Lord G. 
 Heaven spare you lang to kiss the breath 
 
 0' monyflow'ry simmers! . . . To Mr. M' Adam. 
 F[intry], my other stay, long bless and spare ! 
 
 ToR. GofF.,g. 
 Spared, -'d. 
 A lovin' father I'll be to thee. 
 
 If thou be spar'd ; . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 Death, hadst thou but spar'd his life, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 When your pen can be spared, P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm." 
 
 1 turn'd my weeding heuk aside, 
 
 An' spar'd the symbol dear. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Abuse o' Magistrates might weel be spar'd ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 
 If he be spar'd to be a beast, . . , The Inventory. 
 
 But if the beast and branks be spar'd Third Ep. to J. Lap. . 
 
 Sparely. Tho' faith, I fear ye dine but sparely, To a Louse. 
 
 A' day they [the birds] fare but sparely ; 
 
 S. Up in the morning. 
 Spark. Then let us fight about, 
 
 'Till freedom's spark is out, Add. to Dumourier, 
 
 Gie me ae spark o' Nature's fire, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist, 13. 
 
 It may escape the.courtly sparks, . S. O this is no my ain t 
 
 Sparkle. Let love sparkle in her e'e ; . . S. Jockey fou,^ 
 
 The wily Mother sees the conscious fiame 
 
 Sparlde in Jenny's e'c, and fiush her cheek, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 7. 
 
 Sparkling, -in'. 
 
 The sparkling heavenly vintage, Love and Bliss ! Innocence t 
 For sparkling was the rosy wine, . S. O May thy mom t 
 And the glancin' of her sparklin' e'en. S. On Cessnock banks t 
 An* she's twa glancin' sparklin' e'en, [re.] . . . lb. 
 
 An* chiefiy in her sparklin* e'en lb. 
 
 An* she has twa sparkling rogueish een. [«.] lb,, Sett II. 
 well-form'd taste, and sparkling wit Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 In youthfu' bloom, Love sparkling in her e'e, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 4. 
 What sparkling jewels glance, man ! S. The Fite Champetre. 
 And all ye many sparkling stars of night ; To R. Graham. 
 And clos'd for ay, the sparkling glance 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 But Kindness, sweet Kindness, in the fond-sparkling e'e, 
 
 S, Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Spate, Speat [a flood after heavy rain, or thaw]. 
 Nae bombast spates o' nonsense swell ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 crashing ice, borne on the roaring speat. The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Spavet [having the spavin]. 
 My spavet Peeasus will Hmp, 
 Till ance he s fairly het ; . . . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 Spavle [the spavin]. 
 Na, even tho' limpan wi' the spavie 
 
 Frae door tae door. . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 She's a' bedevil'd wi' the spavie. . . . The Inventory. 
 Tho' limpan wi* the Spavie, . The Jolly Beggars. R. VII, 
 
Speak 
 
 444 
 
 Spey 
 
 Speak. 
 
 For who can write and speak as thou and I ? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Plain truth to speak ; . . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. /si, I2. 
 ■_ But spare to speak, and spare to speed ; S. I gaed a waefu' t 
 
 Ve speak sae fair ; . . , . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 Speak out an' never fash your thumb. 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. $. 
 
 For G-d-sake, Sirs ! then speak her fair, . . li. l8. 
 
 Till when ye speak, ye aiblins blether, [v.A.2] . lb. P. 
 
 While Jenny hafflins is afraid to speak ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 7. 
 
 Yet dare not speak my anguish. . . S. The last time 1 1 
 
 I speak, and do not flatter, . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 What words can ever speak affection 
 So thrilling and sincere as thine ! . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Speaking, -in. 
 
 * But hark ! I'll tell you of a plot, 
 
 * Tho' dinna ye be speakin o't ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 Or speakin lightly o' their Limmer, . The Twa Dogs. s6. 
 Speaking silence, dumb confession, . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Spean [to wean]. 
 
 Rigwoodie hags wad spean a foal, . . Tarn 0' Shunter. 14. 
 Spear, while each corny spear Shoots up its head. 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H,, iz. 
 An' [Bruce] shook his Carrick spear, . . Halloween. 
 His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, John Barleycorn, 
 The glittering spears are ranked ready, S. My bonie Mary. 
 Revers'd that spear, redoubtable in war. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Her tongue and eyes, her dreaded spear and darts. 
 
 To R. G. ofF.. 
 
 Speat V. Spate. 
 
 Specific. And love a kinder — that's your grand specific 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Specious. Much specious lore, but little understood ; Sketch. 
 Speckled. 
 
 sooty coots, and speckled teals ; . El, on Capt. M. H., 8. 
 Spectator. 
 
 A cool spectator purely ! . The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Spectre. 
 
 Ye ugly glow'rin spectre 1 . . In Defence of a Lady, 
 Sped. 
 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, S. Fate gave the word\ 
 
 How His first followers and servants sped ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 1$. 
 
 Dame Justice fu' brawly has sped ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 The time, unheeded, sped away, . . . The Lament. 
 
 Speech. 
 
 Nor meikle speech pretend, . . The Election Ballads, I, 
 Sir Robert, a soldier, no speech would pretend, The Whistle, g. 
 May I be slander's common speech ; , . To W. Creech. 
 They took nae pains their speech to balance, 
 
 To W, Simpson. P.S. 
 Speechless, 
 Or chain the, soul in speechless pleasure ; S, By Allan stream^ 
 Of speechless grief, and dark despair : 
 
 S. O stay^ sweet warbling t 
 
 Speed. 
 
 At Brooses thou had ne'er a fellow. 
 
 For pith an' speed ; A Guid Nffiv-Year\ g. 
 They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags, 
 
 Wi' wicked speed ; . ., Add. to the Deil. g. 
 In ploughman phrase ' God send you speed,* 
 
 Ep. to Voung Friend. 11. 
 But take it [fortune's road] like the unbacked filly. 
 
 Proud o' her speed. , Ep. to Me^. Logan. 
 If you rattle along like your mistress's tongue, 
 Your speed will out-nval the dart : 
 
 Extern, pinned to a Coach, 
 With doubling speed and gathering force, . F9^g* qfOde, 
 Wi' kindly bleat, when she did spy him, 
 
 She ran wi' speed : . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 The Laird 0' Braehead has been on his speed, 
 
 Ronalds qfBennals, 
 An' to the muckle house repair, 
 
 Wi' instant speed, The Author's Cry and Prayer, 
 With headlong speed rush'd to the charge, 
 
 The Election Ballads, VI. 
 
 And frae my chamber went wi' speed ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 Guid speed an' furder to you Johny, Third Ep. ioj. Lap. 
 Ye little I^en what cursed speed 
 
 The blastie's makin ! . . To a Louse. 
 Proclaim'd the speed of winged day. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Speed, to. 
 
 But spare to speak, and spare to speed ; S. I gaed a waefit'i 
 I'll wander on with tentless heed. 
 
 How never-halting moments speed, . . ToJ.S.,jo. 
 Speedy. The speedy gleams the darkness swalloVd ; 
 
 Tam 0' Shanier. 8. 
 Now do thy speedy utmost, Meg, .... lb, is, 
 Speel [to climb]. Ah \ now sma' heart hae I to speel 
 
 The steep Parnassus, Poem on Life. 
 
 For [Moodie] speels the holy door, 
 Wi' tidings o s-lv-tion. [v. A. 22] 
 
 The Holy Fair, iz, 
 . . To~. 
 
 If on a beastie I can speel. 
 
 Should I but dare a hope to speel, 
 
 Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilbertfield, The braes 0' fame ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 
 Speerd [climbed]. 
 
 ance that five an' forty's speel'd, . . . To J. S.,, 13. 
 Speet [to spit, to pierce]. 
 
 To speet him like a Pliver, . The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Speer v. Spier. 
 Speir V, Spier. 
 Spell. 
 
 May guardian angels tak a spell, 
 
 An' steer you seven miles south o' hell ; Auldcomrade\ 
 
 Nae snap conceits, but that sweet spell 
 
 C witchin love, Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Spell, to. 
 
 Amaist as soon as I could spell, 
 
 I to the crambo-jingle fell, . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 8, 
 
 On Corsincon I'll glow'r and spell, S. O were I on Pamass. f 
 Spenee [the country parlour]. 
 
 Our Bardie, lanely, keeps the spenee . Poor MaiHe's EL 
 
 Ben i' the Spenee, right pensivelie, 
 
 I gaed to rest. . . , The Vision. D. 1. 2. 
 
 Spend. 
 
 Come let us spend the lightsome days 
 
 In the birks of Aberfeldy. S. Bonie Lassie, willyegoi 
 The sweetest hours that e'er I spend. 
 Are spent amang the lasses, O. [v.A.24] 
 
 .S*. Green grow the Rashes. 
 We hae pennies to spend, . . . S. Hey ca' thro'. 
 He will win a shilling Or he spend a groat. 
 
 S. Hey the dusty miller] 
 But some will spend, and some will spare, 3*. Instmmerwhen] 
 In wars at hame I'll spend my blood, 
 
 Lns on Windows^ Gl. Tan.. 
 
 I hae a penny to spend, S, Ntuhody. 
 
 There I'll spend the day wi' you, . . S. Now rosy May\ 
 And life's poor season peaceful spend. On scaring Water-Jowl 
 I've little to spend, and naething to lend, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 And spend the gear they win. lb. 
 
 Hoping the mom in ease and rest to spend. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Ni^t, 
 
 " To spend an hour in dafiin : . . The Holy Fair. S- 
 Spen't [Spend it]. 
 
 And spen't at night fu' brawlie : . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Spent, The sweetest hours that e'er I spent, 
 
 Are spent amang the lassies, O. [v.A. 24] 
 
 .S". Green grow the Rashes. 
 When I think on the lightsome days 
 
 I spent wi' thee, my dearie ; 3". How lang and dreary j 
 And spent the chearful, festive night ; 
 
 The FaremlL To St, J.s I.. 
 
 But wad hae spent an hour caressan, 
 
 Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipsey's messan ; . The Twa Dogs, 
 
 How I had spent my youthfu' prime. 
 
 An' done nae-thing, ' . The Vision. D. I. 4' 
 
 When I think on the happ^ days 
 I spent wi' you, my deane ; 
 
 S, When I think on] 
 To a Haggis* 
 
 Spew. Or fricassee, wad mak her spew 
 Wi' perfect sconner. 
 
 Spewing. 
 
 I sat and ey'd the spewing reek, . . The Vision, D. l.3> 
 
 Spey. 
 We ranged a' from Tweed to Spey, The Jolly Beggars. S. IVt 
 
Sphere 
 
 445 
 
 Splendid 
 
 Sphere. 
 
 And virtue's light that beams beyond the spheres ; 
 
 El on Miss Sitmei. 
 And sing their pleasures, hopes an^ joys, 
 
 In some mild sphere, E^. to J, L— k, Ap. 2isi, i8. 
 While circling Time moves round in an eternal sphere. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. i6. 
 In that blest sphere alone we live and move ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 'Strive in thy humble sphere to shine; 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 21. 
 Then roll to me, along your wandering spheres, 
 Only to number out a villain's years I . To R. Graham. 
 
 Spicy. Spicy forests, ever gay, . 6'. Streams that glided 
 The Slave's spicy forests, and gold-bubbling fountains, 
 
 S. Their groves o/\ 
 Spider, thy spider snare O' hell's damned waft. Poem on Life. 
 Spied [speed]. When to the loughs the Curlers flock, 
 
 ■ Wi' gleesome spied, Tam^ Samsotis El. 
 Spied V. Spy'd. 
 
 Spier, Speir, Speer [to ask, Inquire; ''spier your 
 price," ask you in marriage ; ** speer in for," 
 call in and ask for]. 
 At kith or kin I needna speir, 
 
 Gin I saw ane and twenty. S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 ' Mair spier na, nor fear na', . . . Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 Now we're married, spier nae mair, S. First when Maggy \ 
 She did na wait on talkin 
 
 To spier that night. . Halloween. I2» 
 
 The deil a ane would spier your price, 
 
 "Were ye as poor as I S.O Tibbie 1 1 
 
 An' hardly in a winter season. 
 
 E'er spier her [my Muse's] price. Scotch Drink. 14: 
 For us and for our Stage, should ony spier, Scots Prologue. 
 And each for other's weelfare kindly spiers : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 3, 
 Speer in for bonie Bessy ; . . The Tar&olton Lasses. 
 Spier'd, -'t [asked, inquired]. 
 An' sae about him there I spier't ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 5. 
 I spier'd for my cousin fu' couthy and sweet, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooerf 
 Spiky. 
 
 The progress of the spiky blade. Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Spill. And time nae langer spill, jo : . S. O steer her up + 
 The Angus lads had nae gude will, 
 That day their neebour's blude to spill ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Spin. 
 And she held o'er the moors to spin ; S. Duncan Davison. 
 And spin a verse or twa o' rhyme, . . . Ep. to Davie. 
 I'll sit me down and sing and spin, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 I think my wife will end her life. 
 Before she spin her tow. . , . S. The weary Pund. 
 
 Gae spin your tap o' tow ! lb. 
 
 Spindle, -'le. I made a poker o' the spin'le, The Inventory. 
 His spindle shank a guid whip-lash, . . Toa Haggis. 
 Spinnin. 
 The cardin o't, the spinnin o't, 
 The warpin o't, the winnin o't ; . . S. The cardin o't, 
 Spinnin -graith [spinning implements]. 
 Then Meg took up her spinnin-graith. 
 And flang them a' out o'er the bum. S. Duncan Davison. 
 Spinning-wheel, Spinnin wheel. 
 Rock and reel and spinnin wheel, . , . S, Gat ye me, t 
 Ye're safer at your spinning wheel ; . .0 leave novels t 
 Oh leeze me on my spinning-wheel, {re.l 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Where blythe I turn my spinning-wheel. . . .lb. 
 
 Amuse me at my spinning-wheel lb. 
 
 Can they the peace and pleasure feel 
 
 Of Bessy at her spinning-wheel 7 . ... lb. 
 
 Spirit, Sp'rit. 
 ' May ne'er his gen'rous, honest heart, 
 
 ' For that same gen'rous spirit smart I . A Ded. to G. H,^ 14. 
 Let William Hislop give the spirit. . t .A Grace. 
 They'll keep their stubborn, Highland spirit. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 An' thy poor worthless daddy's spirit, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 '* Nae bitter blast," the sp'rit replies, , As on thf banks f 
 
 Mark, how their lofty independent spirit 
 Soars on the spurning wing of injur'd merit ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. $• 
 Let Meg now take away the flesh. 
 
 And Jock bring in the spirit I . .At Globe Tav.., D. 
 Let my Mary's kindred spirit 
 
 Draw your choicest influence down. . S, Highl. Mary. 
 Whisp'ring spirits round my pillow 
 
 Talk of him that's far awa. . S. Musing on the roaring t 
 Spirits kind^ again attend me. 
 
 Talk of him that's far awa J Ih. 
 
 Within whase bosom save Despair 
 
 Nae kinder spirits d^ell, . S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Ye sprightly youths, quite flush with hope and spirit, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 She fell—but fell with spirit truly Roman, Scots Prologue. 
 He glows with all the spirit of the Bard, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 How would your spirits groan in deep vexation, . . lb. g. 
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Such conduct neither spirit, wit, nor manners. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 ' 'Mong swelling floods of reeking gore, 
 ' They ardent, kindling spirits pour ; The Vision. D. II. $. 
 Friend of my life ! my ardent spirit burns, To R. Grahatn. 
 wi' holy robes. But hellish spirit. . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 No vengeful spirit bid him fear ; . S. To thee, lo7/d Nitk t 
 Spiritus. 
 
 Urinus Spiritus of capons ; . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 Spiritual, Sp*ritual [" sp'ritual burn," aquavitse]. 
 " Nor 'mang the sp'ritual core present them, 
 
 Lns add to J, Ranken. 
 What are they [priests] pray ? but spiritual Excisemen. 
 
 Lns on WindoWf JC.'s Arms. 
 An' just a wee drap sp'ritual bum in, 
 
 An' gusty sucker ! . . Scotch Drink, g. 
 And [Bards] ken the lingo of the sp'ritual folk ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Calvin's sons, Calvin's sons, seize your sp'ritual guns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 77. 
 " Should ever prove your sp'ritual foe, What ails ye now t 
 Spite. 
 And gart me weet my waukrife winkers, 
 
 Wi' girnan spite. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. lo. 
 Driv'n by Fortunes felly spite, . S. Frae the friends \ 
 In spite at her plumage he [Fhcebus] tried his skill : 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 Last day I grat wi' spite and teen. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 While new-light herds wi' laughin' spite. 
 
 Say neither's liein'. . . The Twa Herds, p. 
 Mysel, I've ev'n seen them ^etan 
 
 Wi' girnan spite., . To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 Spite of. Spite o'. 
 in spite of his fine theoretic positions. Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 In spite o' a' the thievish kaes 
 
 ■ That haunt St. Jamie's I 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 24. 
 And staw'd a branch, spite o' the deil, The Tree of Liberty. 
 Who boldly dare thy cause maintain 
 
 In spite of foes : . To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 In spite o' crowds, in spite o' mobs. 
 In spite of undermining jobs, 
 
 In spite o' dark banditti stabs ... .lb, 
 
 Spitefu'. An' sklented on the man of Uzz, 
 
 Your spitefu' joke ? Add. to the Deil. 17. 
 Perhaps upon his mould'ring breast 
 Some spitefu' muirfbwl bigs her nest, [v.A.is] 
 
 Tam Samson's El.. 
 Spittle. 
 
 ' I wad na* mind it, no that spittle 
 
 ' Out-owre my "beard." Death and Dr. Hornbook. 10, 
 Splatter. But tho' dull prose-folk latin splatter 
 
 In logic tulzie. To W, Simpson, P.S. 
 Spleen. 
 spleen e'en worse than Bums' venom , Ep.fr, Esopus, 
 
 A bard who detested all sadness and spleen. 
 
 The Whistle. 11 
 Spleeny. spleeny English, hanging, drowning. 
 
 Improm. on Mrs. — 's Birthday. 
 
 Splendid. Or owre the lays, in splendid blaze, Halloween. 
 
 And all the splendid scene's decayed ; . .On Limluden. 
 
Sl^lendour 
 
 446 
 
 Spreadingr 
 
 Splendour, -dop. 
 
 There Architecture's noble pride^ 
 
 Bids elegance and splendour rise ; Add. to Edinhurgh. 
 In all the splendour Fortune can bestow ! Lns on Fergttsson. 
 The eagle's gaze alone surveys 
 
 The sun's meridian splendor : . . S. Lovely Davits. 
 Spleuchan [a tobacco-pouch]. 
 
 Because we've stang'd her through the place. 
 
 And hurt her spleuchan, Adam A —*s Prayer. 
 ' Diel male his king's>hood in a spleuchan 1 ' 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 14. 
 
 Splope [a frolic, a plot, a noise]. 
 
 Thou kens how he bred sic a splore, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, is. 
 
 Wha dearly like a random-splore ; On Scot Bardgne to W.I. 
 In Poosie-Nansie's held the splore, The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Spoil. Thy sair-won, rightful spoil. 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Amid his hapless victim's spoil. Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 Unnumber'd buds an' flow'rs' delicious spoils, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Desiring Glenriddel to yield up the spoil ; The Whistle. 7. 
 Spoil, to. 
 Our father's blude the kettle bought ! 
 And wha wad dare to spoil it ? . S. Does haughty Gaul, t 
 Spoil'd. The blood-stain'd roost, and sheep-cote spoil'd, 
 
 My heart forgets, A Winter Night, j". 
 Spoiler. 
 Ere the spoiler had nipt thee in blossom, 
 
 On Death of fav. Child. 
 
 Spoke. Great Nature spoke, with air benign, Nature's Law. 
 
 But, to my comfort be it spoke, 
 
 Now, now her life is ended. . S. The Joyfil Widower. 
 
 Spoken. Wi' reverence be it spoken ; On dining with Daer. 
 
 But fate the word has spoken : The Election Ballads, VI. 
 
 Spontoon. 
 
 From the gilded Spontoon to the Fife I was ready, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 Spoon. 
 
 An' merry hae I been shapin a spoon ; S, O merry kae I Been f 
 Sport. Now nae langer sport and play, 
 
 Mirth or sang can please me ; S. Blytke hcCelheen t 
 Then wL' a rhyme or song he lash't 'em [poverty, care] 
 
 And thought it sport. El. on Death ofR, Ruisseaux. 
 I straiket it a wee for sport, .... Ep. to J. R. , 8. 
 A mortal quite unfit for fortune's strife. 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Their sports were cheap an' cheary : . . Halloween. 28. 
 Love to love maks a' the sport. . . . S. Jockey fou, t 
 While healths gae round to him wha, tight, 
 
 Gies famous sport. [v.A. 25] . . Scotch Drink. 12. 
 Poor Andrew that tumbles for sport, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 An' please themsels wi' countra sports, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 An' ev'n their sports, their balls an' races, . . Ih. 31. 
 Sport, to. 
 With tillage or pasture at times she would sport, S. Caledonia. 
 Ye tiny elves that guiltless sport, . Despondency^ an Ode. 5. 
 Amang the rocks an' streams 
 
 To sport that night. . Halloween. 
 
 She summon'd every social sprite, 
 That sports by wood or water, . The Fete Champetre. 
 Sported. Where early life I sported ; S. When wild Wat^s t 
 
 Sporting, -'In. 
 
 L — d, I'se hae sportin by an' by, . . Ep. to J. J?., 8. 
 
 *I dauryou try sic sportin, . . . Halloween. 14. 
 
 I'll miss thee sporting o'er the dewy lawn. 
 
 On seeittg wounded Hare. 
 An' send him to his dicing box, 
 
 An' sportin lady. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Not the little sporting fairy, 
 All beneath the summer moon : S. Turn again^tlwu fair \ 
 
 Sportive. 
 Her looks are like the sportive Iamb, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 And teach the sportive younkers round, 
 
 Wr. in Eriars'Carse H. 
 Sportsman. 
 The Sportsman's joy, the murd'ring cry, 
 The flutt'ring, gory pinion I , S. Now westlin winds t 
 
 Ilk Sportsman-youth bemoan'd a father ; 
 
 Tarn Samson's El, 12. 
 
 When August winds the heather wave, 
 
 And Sportsmen wander by yon grave, ... /^, « 
 Spot. How on this spot he first unsheath'd the sword 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 
 " An' meet you on the holy spot ; . .The Holy Fair. 6. 
 
 Some, lucky, find a flow'ry spot, 
 
 For which they never toil'd nor swat ; . . To/. S. n. 
 
 The spot they ca'd it Linkum-doddie, . S. Willie Wasile. 
 Spotless. As spotless as she's bonie, O ; S. Behind yon hills\ 
 
 These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck 
 That spotless breast o' thine ; . S. Belaid, my lave t 
 
 'Tis the soft, spotless, vestal train, . . On Lincluden. 
 
 She's spotless as the flow'ring thorn S. On Cessnock banks^ 
 
 There Isabella's spotless worth 
 Shall happy be at last. , . . Sadthytak,\ 
 
 With native worth, and spotless fame, . . To Ckloris. 
 Spotting. Arous'd by blustering winds an' spotting thowes, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. y. 
 Spouse. *' My spouse Nancy?" . S. Husband, kushand,^ 
 
 M'Murdo and his lovely spouse. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Spout, 
 
 in their random, wanton spouts, Th^ Petition of Br. Water. 
 Sprackled [clambered]. 
 
 Sae far I sprackled up the brae, . On dining with Daer, 
 Sprang. 
 
 The flow'rs sprang wanton to be prest, S. To Mary in Heaven 
 Sprattle [to struggle, to scramble]. 
 And thro' the drift, deep-lairing, sprattle, 
 
 Beneath a scar. . . A Winter Night, j. 
 There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle, To a Louse. 
 Sprawl. 
 
 There ye may creep, and sprawl, and sprattle. To a Louse. 
 Sprawlin*. Sprawlin' like a taed. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Spray. Nor quit for me the trembling spray, 
 
 S. O stay, sweet waffling- \ 
 O were my love yon vi'let sweet, 
 That peeps frae 'neath the hawthorn spray ; 
 
 S. were my love t 
 While birds rejoice on every spray ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks f Sett. II. 
 
 Rosebuds bent the dewy spray ; . . S. PhiUis the Fair. 
 
 That hop from spray to spray. . . . To Clarinda. 
 
 The birds sang love on ev'ry spray. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Spread. Wi' weel spread looves, an' lang, wry faces ; 
 
 A DedtoG.H.,g. 
 An spread abreed thy weel-fill'd brisket, 
 
 Wi' pith an' pow'r, . . A Gude New-Vear t 
 In all its crimson glory spread, . . S. A RoseBudbyi 
 And spreads her sheets o' daisies white 
 
 Out o'er the grassy lea : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 She's gane, like Alexander, 
 To spread her conquests farther. S. O saw ye bonie L, t 
 
 Slow spreads the gloom my soul desires, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 
 But pleasures are like poppies spread, . Tarn 0' Shatter. 7. 
 Wi' her twa white hands she spread it down ; 
 
 S. The Lass that fnade the bed. 
 
 The fruitful top is spread on high, . . The ist Ps. 
 Low, in a sandy valley spread, . The Vision. D. I. fS- 
 Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread, To a Mountain'Daisy. 
 
 Spreading. 
 
 That wakes through the green-spreading grove, 
 
 »y. Adown winding Ntthl 
 
 spreading beech and tapering elm. 
 
 As OH the banks \ 
 
 O'erhung wi' fragrant spreading shaws, 
 
 S. Bonie lassie, willyegoj 
 
 And see the waves sae sweetly §Iide ^ 
 
 Beneath the hazels spreading wide, . S. Ca the Ewes. 
 I see the spreading leaves and flowers, S. Crcugie-hum Wood. 
 Whyles cooket underneath the braes, 
 
 Below the spreading hazle Unseen . . Hallo-ween. 25- 
 Through the hazel's spreading wide S. Hark ! the fnavis'i 
 With green spreading bushes, and flow'rs blooming fair ; 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks t 
 
 yon moors, Out-spreading far and wide, 
 
 Man was made to mourn. 
 
 To deck her gay green spreading bowers ; S. Now rosy May \ 
 
Spreading 
 
 447 
 
 Sprush 
 
 The spreading thorn [o'erhangs] the Linnet. 
 
 S. Now tvesilin winds t 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree; S. O watye wha's in t 
 I see the flowers and spreading trees, S. Sweet fa's ike eve t 
 The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Where spreading hawthorns gaily bloom ! 
 
 S. The Banks o/Nith. 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde 
 
 .S". The honie Lass of AH., 
 And bonie spreading bushes. . The Petition of Br, Water. 
 Its branches spreading wide, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 By mony a fiow'r and spreading tree, S. Where Cart rins t 
 Spreekled [speckled]. 
 Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! 
 
 Wi's spreekled breast, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Sprig. 
 A sprig her fair breast to adorn ; S^oke extern, ioyng Lady, 
 By miscreants torn, who ne'er one sprig must wear : 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.yS. 
 Sprightly. On sprightly coursers prance ; . Halloween. 
 Ye sprightly youths, quite flush with hope and spirit, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, appear, 
 
 S, The lazy mist \ 
 Youth and Love with sprightly dance, 
 
 Wr. in FriarS'Carse H. 
 Spring [a quick air in music ; a Scotch reel]. 
 I've play'd mysel a bonie spring. 
 
 An' danc'd my fill ! . . . Ep. to J. R., 6. 
 He play'd a spring, and danc'd it round, 
 
 S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 the o'erword o' the spring . . The night was still \ 
 But Charlie gat the spring to pay 
 For kissin' Theniel s bonie Mary. 
 
 S. T. Mem,'s honie Mary. 
 He play'd our cousin Kate a spring, 
 When fient a body bade him, . There came a piper ^ 
 Spring [season], 
 in the merry months o' Spring, . . A Winter Night. 4. 
 While virgin Spring, by Eden's flood, 
 Unfolds her tender mantle green, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 That scatters blight in early spring ? . As on the hanks\ 
 Ilk spring they^re new deckit wi' bonie white yewes. 
 
 S. Awa' wi' your witchcraft t 
 The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing ; . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 The flowery Spring leads sunny Summer, . . lb. 
 
 Till smiling Spring again appear. . . . . lb. 
 
 The haunt 0' Sprbg's the primrose-brae, 
 
 S. By Allan stream t 
 The pride of the spring in the Craigie-bum wood, 
 
 S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 Spring, thou darling of the year ; El. on Capt. M. H., Z2. 
 That brilliant gift; will so enrich me [winter], 
 Spring, summer, autumn, cannot match me ; 
 
 Improm.^ on Mrs. —'s Birthday. 
 But the chearful Spring came kindly on, John Barleycorn. 
 The spring shall return to thy low narrow bed, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Tasting the breathing spring, . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Thou young-eyed Spring, thy charms I cannot bear ; 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR., 
 Thee, Spring, again with joy shall others greet, 
 Me, mem'ry of my loss will only meet. [V.A..10] . . lb. 
 a' the pride of Spring's return . . S. Sweet fa^s the eve t 
 Sweet Female Beauty hand in hand with Spring ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Her plumage outlustred the pride o' the spring, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 As canty as ever a bird in the spring. S, The Poor Thresher. 
 Peace, the tenderest flower of Spring ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 " Nae leaf o' mine shall greet the spring. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 And the next flowers, that deck the spring, 
 
 Bloom on my peaceful grave. Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 As I was a wand'ring ae morning in spring, 
 
 .S". Lns on a Ploughman, 
 Now Spring has clad the grove in green, 
 
 S. Now Spring has cladi 
 
 "The little swallow's wanton wing, 
 
 " Tho* wafting o'er the flowery spring, . . S. O Phely,\ 
 
 And doubly welcome be the spring. 
 
 The season to my Lucy dear. . S. watye whi^s in t 
 were my love yon lilac fair, 
 
 With purple blossoms to the spring ; S. O were my love t 
 And spring will deed the birken shaw ; 
 
 S. Oh, how can I be blythe f 
 As blooming spring unbends the brow 
 
 Of surly, savage winter. . . ^S". Young Peggy \ 
 
 Spring. 
 
 ye wha leave the springs 0' C-lv-n, 
 
 For gumlie dubs of your ain delvin! A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 Amang the springs, . , . . Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 He knows each cord its various tone, 
 
 Each spring its various bias : . Add. to Unco Guid. 8. 
 Swiftly seek, on clanging wings. 
 
 Other lakes and other springs ; . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 Ae spring brought off her master hale, Tarn 0' Shanter. 18. 
 Ilk wimpling bum, ilk chrystal spring, The FHe Champetre. 
 Enjoying large each spring and well 
 
 As Nature gave them me. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 
 And every new cork is a new spring of joy ; The Whistle. 12. 
 Spring} to. To mark the sweet flowers as they spring ; 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith t 
 In vain to me the vi'lets spring ; ^S". Again rejoicing Nature t 
 And B[um]s' spring, her fame to sing, . Nature's Law, 
 And scattered cowslips sweetly spring ; S. Now bank and brae t 
 The waken'd lav'rock warbling springs 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings, 
 
 S. Now westlia winds f 
 There's not a bonie flower that springs, 
 
 By fountain, shaw, or green ; . . S. Of a' the airts t 
 Away affrighted springs. . S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 What secret charm to mem'ry brings 
 
 All that on Evan's border springs ? S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 Nae mair the flow'r in field or meadow springs ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 from the hills where springs the brawling Coil, . . lb. 7. 
 From scenes like these, old Scotia's grandeur springs. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 Tak some on the wing, and some as they spring, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 Spring:, like their fathers, up to prop 
 Their honour'd native land ! The Petition of Br, Water. 
 Springing, -an, 
 
 1 dream'd I lay where flowers were springing, 
 
 S. I dream'd I lay \ 
 The springing lilies sweetly press'd, S. On a bank of flowers^ 
 There, swankies young, in brawbraid-clfutb, 
 
 Are springan owre the gutters. . . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 And every flower be springing. S. The yng Highl. Roverf 
 The rosy dawn, the springing grass, . ^S". Young Peggy \ 
 Spring-tide, 
 At Wallace' name, what Scottish blood, 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood! . To W. Simpson. 11. 
 
 Sprinkle. 
 
 And sprinkle it wi' freshest dews . . S. O were my love t 
 Sprite. Horrid sprites shall haunt you. S, Husband, husband t 
 The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 What bloody wars, if Sprites had blood to shed, . lb. 11. 
 At sight of whom [Peace] our Sprites forgat their kindling 
 
 wrath ... lb. 13. 
 
 Sprittie [full of sprits, rushy]. 
 Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, 
 
 A Gude New-Year 1 12. 
 Sp'rit V. Spirit ; Spiritual v. Spiritual. 
 Sprout. Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik : 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Sprout, to. 
 
 May sprout like simmer puddock-stools . To W. Creech. 
 Sprung. An' sprung o' great an' noble bluid ; A Ded. to G, H. 
 That's newly sprung in June ; . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 From some of your northern deities sprung : ^S". Caledonia. 
 Sprung from night, in darkness lost ; Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Sprush [spruce, smart]. 
 Cock up your beaver, and cock it fu' sprush, 
 
 S. Cock up your beaver. 
 
Sppush 
 
 m 
 
 stackyard 
 
 His bonnet he A thought ajee, Cock'd sprush 
 
 S. The iither mom t 
 
 Spumy. 
 
 Some spumy, fiery, ignis fatuus matter ; Ep. io E. Grakam. 3. 
 
 Spunk [fire, mettle ; a spark]. 
 
 For life and spunk like ither Christians, 
 
 I'm dwindled down to mere existence, E^. to H. Parker. 
 
 for a spunk o' Allan's glee, E^. ioj. L—k^ Ap. ist, 14. 
 That show'd a man o' spunk, ' The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 We'll light a spunk, and, ev'ry skin, 
 
 We'll rin them aff in fusion Like oil, some day. 
 
 The Ordination. 14. 
 
 Spunkie [fUlI of spirit]. Erskine, a spunkie norland bilHe ; 
 
 The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 
 Spunkie [whisky]. 
 
 And spunkie, ance to make us mellow 
 
 And then we'll shine. . To Mr. /. Kennedy. 
 Spunkies [Wills 0' the wisp]. 
 
 An' afl your moss-traversing Spunkies 
 
 Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is : Add. io ike Veil. 13. 
 
 Fays, Spunkies, Kelpies, a', they can explain them, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Spur. B-rg-ne gaed up, like spur an' whip, A Fragment. 4. 
 Nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle 
 
 O' saugh or hazle. . A Guid New-Year \ 10. 
 Wi' winged spurs did ride, . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Spurn. 
 
 And I shall spurn as vilest dust, 
 
 The warld's wealth and grandeur ; S. Come^ let me take t 
 And see his lordly fellow-worm, 
 
 The poor petition spurn, . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Those fathers would spurn their degenerate son, 
 
 PoeU Add. to Tyiler. 
 One shakes the forest, and one spurns the ground : 
 
 To R. G. ofF., 
 Dost thou spurn the humble vale ? Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Spurn'd. 
 If thou uncommon merit hast, 
 Yet spum'd at Fortune's door,' El. on Ca-pt. M. H., Epii. 
 Spurning*. Soars on the spuming wing of injiur'd merit ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S. 
 DoEt thou not rise, indignant Shade, 
 And smile wi' spuming scorn, 
 
 Extern, on Comment, s of Thomson. 
 Which spuming contempt shall redeem from his ire. 
 
 Monody, on a Eady. 
 Spurtle-blade [a sword. A "spurtle" is a stick for 
 stirring porridge, &c., while being boiled]. 
 But now he's quat the spurtle-blade, On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 Spy. Her pretty ancle is a sp;^. 
 
 Betraying fair proportion, . . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 
 Spy, to. Wi' kindly bleat, when she did spy him. 
 
 She ran wi' speed : Poor Mailie's El. . 
 The Mother, wi' a woman's wiles, can spy 
 What makes the youth sae bashfu' and sae grave ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 Brydon's brave Ward I well could spy, 
 
 Beneath old Scotia's smiling eye ; [v.A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 I wad na been surpriz'd to spy 
 
 You on an auld wife's flainen toy ; . . To a Louse. 
 Spy'd, Spied. Amang them I spied my faithless, fause lover, 
 S. As I was a-wan^ring\ 
 I spy'd a man, whose aged step 
 
 Seem'd weary, worn with care ; Man was made to fnoum. 
 Wha spied I but my ain dear maid, S. When wild Waf^s f 
 
 Spying. 
 
 Spying the time-worn flaws in ev'ry arch ; The Brigs of Ayr. #. 
 Squad. 
 Ye'll find mankind an unco squad, Ep. to Voung Friend. 3, 
 Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 
 A mixie-maxie motely squad, . . Lns io J. Ranken. 
 To liken them to your auld-warld squad, 
 
 1 must needs say, comparisons are odd. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 He rails at our mountebank squad, The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 The rambling- squad ; ToJ.S.^sS. 
 
 Squadron. 
 Squadrons extended long and large, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 I've ta'en the gold an been enroU'd 
 In many a noble squadron ; The Jolly Be^ars. S. VI. 
 
 But now tus Honor maun detach, 
 Wi' a' his brimstone squadrons, Fast, fast 
 
 The Ordination. 10. 
 Squalid, in Mis'ry*s squalid nest, A Winter Night. 8, 
 
 Low-sunk in squalid, unprotected age, To R. G. ofF. k. 
 
 Square. An' never think o' right an' wrang 
 
 By square an' rule, Ep. to Maj\ Logan. 6. 
 Squatter'd [fluttered in water like a wild duck, &e.], 
 Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, . . Add. to the Deil 8. 
 Squattle [to He squat, to sprawl]. 
 
 Swith, in some beggar*s haffet squattle ; . To a Lome. 
 Squeak. Till presently he hears a squeak, 
 
 An' then a grane an' gruntle ; . Halloween, ig. 
 Squeak, to. And beard the restless rations squeak 
 
 About the riggin. . The Vision. D. 1.3. 
 
 Squeel [sehool ; a great number of people]. 
 
 When there cam a yell o' foreign squeels, S. Amang the trees \ 
 Squeel [a scream, screech]. 
 
 His eldritch squeel an' gestures, . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 Squeel, to [to scream, screech]. 
 Ye'll some day squeel in quaking terror ! A Ded. to G. H., 10, 
 To skelp an' scaud poor dogs like me, 
 
 An' hear us squeel ! . Add. to the Deil 2. 
 That gars the notes of discord squeel, Add, to Toothache. 
 Squeeze. 
 Rheumatics gnaw, or cholic squeezes ; . Add. to Toothache. 
 Tho' here they scrape, an' squeeze, an' growl, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zistt /?. 
 Squire. The caput moriuum of gross desires 
 
 Makes a material, for mere knights and squires; 
 
 Ep. io R. Graham. 2. 
 Here passes the Squire on his brother— his horse ; 
 
 .S*. No Churchman aml\ 
 Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches 
 
 O' heathen tatters : Poem on Pastoral Poetty. 
 Ye Irish lords, ye knights an' squires, 
 Wha represent our Bmghs an' Shires 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 
 Squire Hal besides had in this case 
 
 Pretensions rather brassy, . ■ . The Dean oJFac. 
 And there, sae grave, Squire Cardoness 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 Squlreship. 
 When mighty Squireshi^ps of the quorum. 
 Their hydra drouth did sloken. On dining with Doer, 
 
 St. Jamie's. 
 In spite o* a' the thievish kaes 
 
 That haunt St. Jamie's ! The A uthoi^s Cry and Prayer. 
 
 St. Mary's. 
 And there will be folk frae St. Mary's 
 A house of great merit and note ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 St. Mary's Isle. 
 Tho' wit and worth, in either sex, 
 St. Mary's Isle can shaw that. The Election Ballads. II. 
 Stab. In spite o' dark banditti stabs 
 
 At worth an' merit, . To Rev, J. OPMaih. 
 
 Stable. 
 And at night, in bam or stable. 
 Hug our doxies on the hay. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIIL 
 Stable-meal [liquor, &c., consumed in an inn to pay 
 for the stabling of your horse]. 
 An' Stable-meals at Fairs were driegh, A Guid New-Year \ 8, 
 
 Stacher [to stagger]. 
 
 The expectant wee-things, toddlan, stacher through 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Nt^i- 
 
 StaOher'd, -'t [staggered]. 
 
 I stacher'd whyles, but yet took tent ay 
 
 To free the ditches ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 A land that prose did never view it, 
 
 Except when drunk he stacher't thro' it : Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Stack. He marches thro' amang the stacks, Halloween. 18. 
 
 the Stack he faddom't thrice, i^- ^3- 
 
 'Twas when the stacks get on their mnter-bap. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 At stacks o' pease, or stocks o' kail. The Death oJMailie. 
 Stack [stuck]. Fient a heuk had I, Yet I stack by him. 
 
 S. Robin shure in hatrst. 
 
 The gray hairs yet stack to the heft ; . Tarn 0' Shanter. ih 
 
 Stackyard. 
 
 Stake on a chance a farmer's stackyard, The Twa Dogs. 33^ 
 
staff 
 
 449 
 
 Standard, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 Staff* Setting my staflF wi' a' my skill, 
 
 To keep me sicker ; Death and Dr. Hornbook, 
 
 Now when ye're nickan down fu' cany 
 
 The staff o' bread, . Third Ep, to J. Lap, . 
 
 Stage. 
 
 For us and for our Stage, should ony spier, Seois Prologue. 
 Stagger. Maria's jaunty stagger, . . Ep,fr.Esopus. 
 Staggeri to, 'L— 4, five!' he cry'd, an' owre did stagger; 
 
 Tani Samson's El., ii. 
 Staggering. 
 Then staggering, an' swaggering, 
 He roar'd this ditty up 
 Staggie Idim. (7/stag]. 
 
 Thou could hae gaen like ony staggie A Guid New-Year \ 
 Staid, Stay'd. 
 For had ye staid whole weeks awa', 
 
 Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye. Epit. on a Wag. 
 
 And them that stay'd gat fearfu' thuds, 
 
 S. The Taylor he cam \ 
 Staig. 
 Redoubted Staig who set at nought 
 The wildest savage Tory, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Staig [a young horse not yet broken for riding or 
 work ; a stallion], 
 ' Its neither your stot nor your staig 
 
 I shall crave, S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
 Stain. 
 If thou art staunch without a stain, El. on Copt. M. H., Epit. 
 In window fair, the painted pane 
 
 No longer glows with holy stain, . . , On Lincluden. 
 There commix'd with foulest stains 
 
 From tyranny's empurpled bands : S. Streams that glided 
 Tho' blotch't an' foul wi' mony a stain, To Rev. /. M'Math. 
 Stain, to. Ortrouth! ye'U stain the Mitre 
 
 Some luckless day. . . , A Dream. I2. 
 O, may no son the father's honor stain, Blest be M^Murdo \ 
 Nor ever sorrow stain the hour, 
 
 The place and time I met my dearie I S. By Allan stream t 
 Ere my poor soul such deep damnation stain, 
 My hornie fist assume the plough again ; Ep. to R. Graham.S- 
 O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains, 
 
 Epit. for A uthor's Father. 
 A coof like him wou'd stain your [Sir deil's] name, 
 
 Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 An' stain them wi' the saut, saut tear : 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 That clarty barm should stain my laurels ; Searching attldf 
 Whose holy priesthood nane can stain, 
 
 For wha can dye the black? The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 No fear more, no tear more, 
 
 To stain my lifeless face, To Ruin, 
 
 Stain'd. But thoughtless follies laid him low, 
 
 And stain'd his name ! . A Bards Epit, 
 
 Follies and crimes have stain'd the name 
 
 On Duke o/Queensberry. 
 Stair. 
 A female form, [Benevolence] came from the tow'rs of Stair : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Stairs. But the pursy old landlord just waddl'd up stairs, 
 
 S. No Churchman am I \ 
 Stake. 
 
 He [Fox] swept the stakes awa', man, . A Fragment. 7. 
 
 Each bristl'd hair stood like a stake, . Add. to the Dell. 8. 
 Ye aiblins might — I dinna ken — 
 
 Still hae a stake . . . , lb. si. 
 While new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake, 
 
 Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. 2ist. 
 Whar damned devils roar and yell, 
 
 Chain'd to a stake. Holy Willies Prayer. 4. 
 Cauld Boreas, wi' his boisterous crew. 
 Were bound to stakes like kye, man ; The FHe Champeire. 
 Stake, to. 
 
 Stake on a chance a farmer's stackyard, The Ttua Dogs. 33. 
 Stalk. Sae gently bent its thorny stalk, S, A Rose-bud by t 
 To pou their stalks o' corn ; . . . . Halloween. 6, 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, 
 
 Thou stalk o' carl-hemp in man ! . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Stalk, to. 
 Wi' joy the tentie Seedsman stalks, S. Again rejoic. Nature \ 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane. 
 
 But lordly stalks, Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. s/st, IB. 
 
 3L 
 
 ' I saw thee leave their ev'ning joys, 
 
 'And lonely stalk, . The Vision. D. II. /jr. 
 
 Stalk'd. Reluctant, E stalk'd in ; . . . The Vowels. 
 
 Stalk'd round his ashes lowly laid, [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Stalking. 
 
 His likeness cam' up the house stalking, . S. Tam Glen, 
 
 The Goth was stalking round with anxious search. 
 
 The Brigs o/Ayr. 4. 
 Stalwart. 
 
 A stern and stalwart ghaist arise, [v.A.20] . . A Vision. 
 Stammer. 
 
 I fear they'll now mak mony a stammer, . To W. Creech. 
 Stammer, to. 
 
 The doited beastie stammers ; . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Stammer'd. 
 
 An how he star'd and stammer'd, . On dining with Daer. 
 Stamp. 
 
 The rank is but the guinea's stamp, S. The Honest Man. 
 Stamp, to. 
 
 He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 Stampan. 
 
 He's stampan, an' he's jumpan ! . . The Holy Fair. 13. 
 Stamp-office. And there will be stamp-ofiice Johnie, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Stan' [stand]. 
 It seem'd to mak a kind o' stan'. 
 
 But naething spak ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 Stan', to [to stand]. 
 Their bauldest thought's a hank'ring swither, 
 
 To Stan' or rin, Th^ Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 On ilka brow she's planted a horn, 
 And swears that there they shall stan', O. 
 
 S. The Cooper 0' cuddy \ 
 Poor Hughoc like a statue Stan's ; . The Death ofMailie. 
 While they maun stan*, wi' aspect humble, The Twa Dogs. 
 Stan't [stood; 'wad stan't,* would have stood]. 
 
 But he wad stan't, as glad to see him, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Stand. "Paint Vengeance as he takes his horrid stand 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Stand, to. 
 Thy creature here before Thee stands. 
 
 All wretched and distrest ; . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 O Lord, when hunger pinches sore, 
 
 Do thou stand us in stead, . . . At Globe Tav., D. 
 If ye'll but stand to what ye've said, . S. Cd the Ewes. 
 Gart poor Duncan stand abiegh ; . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 While Death stands victor by, . S, From thee, Eliza, t 
 We'll let her stand a year or twa, . S. My love she's but t 
 Lang may she [Coila] stand to prop the land. Nature's Law. 
 Stand i' the stool when I hae done, S. O gude ale comes t 
 But wi' a Lord — stand out my shin, On Dining with Daer 
 But now unroof d their palace stands, 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 when they winna stand the test, . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Freeman stand, or freeman fa', . . ^. Scots, wha ha'e + 
 Stand forth and tell yon Premier Youth, 
 The honest, open, naked truth : 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 4. 
 In gath'rin votes you were na slack, 
 
 Now stand as tightly by your tack : . . . . lb. 6. 
 Where royal cities stately stand ; . S. The Banks ofNith. 
 And stand a wall of fire around their much-Iov'd Isle. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, so. 
 Like brothers they'll stand by each other ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Here stands a shed to fend the show'rs, The Holy Fair. g. 
 What tho', with hoary locks I must stand the winter shocks, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Where, like an aged man, it stands at break o' day ; 
 
 S. The Posie, 
 It stands where ance the Bastile stood, The Tree of Liberty. 
 ' Or, mid the venal Senate's roar, 
 
 ' They, sightless stand. The Vision, D. II. j*. 
 On my ain legs thro' dirt and dub, 
 
 I independent stand ay. . . . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Strong on the sign-post stands the stupid ox. To R, G. ofF., 7. 
 Standard. 
 Pitying the propless climber of mankind. 
 She cast about a standard tree tQ find ; Ep. tq R. Graham. 4. 
 
standing 
 
 450 
 
 Starting 
 
 Standlnfif. 
 
 Observe wha's standing wi' him, . Ej>it. on Holy Willie. 
 Who call'd on Fame, low standing by, 
 
 To hand him on, [v.A. 4] The Vision. D. I. 
 
 For Freedom, standing by the tree, 
 Her sons .did loudly ca , man ; . 
 
 The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 ToJ,S.,z6. 
 
 S. The cardin o't. 
 S. The weary Fund. 
 
 A Vision. 
 
 Your hearts are just a standing pool. 
 Stane [a stone weight]. 
 I coft a stane o' haslock woo, 
 I bought my wife a stane o* lint, 
 Stane [stone, a stone]. 
 Had X a statue been o' stane, 
 
 His darin look bad daunted me ; 
 An' hillocks, stanes, an^ bushes kenn'd ay 
 
 Frae ghaists an' witches. Death and Dr, Hornbook. 3. 
 Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes ; . Epit. on a Polemic, 
 So may ye hae auld stanes in store, - - - 
 The very stanes that Adam bore, S. Ken ye ought 0' Copt. G.\ 
 What heart o' stane wad thou na move, 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 These muvin things ca'd wives and weans 
 Wad muve the very hearts o' stanes ! Searching auldf 
 
 And past the birks and meikle stane, 
 Whare drunken Charlie brak's neck-bane ; 
 
 Tarn (?' Shanier. 10. 
 Yon auld gray stane, amang the heather, 
 
 Marks out his head, Tarn Samson's El.,, is. 
 Your ruin'd, formless bulk o' stane and lime, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 And make his ether-stane, man ! . S. The FHe Champetre. 
 Their hearts o' stane, gin night are gane. The Holy Fair. 27. 
 They're left, the whitening stanes amang, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Her liinbs the polish'd marble stane, 
 
 5. The lass that fnade the bed. 
 An' stroan't on stanes an' hillocks wi' him. The Twa Dogs. 
 Wi' dirty stanes biggan a dyke, .... Jb. 10. 
 I hae as gude a craft rig 
 
 As made o' yird and stane ; . S. There's news, lasses t 
 beneath the random bield O' clod or stane, 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Stang [a sting]. 
 
 My curse upon your venom'd stang. Add. to Tooth-ache. 
 
 Stang, to [to sting]. 
 But as the cl^gs o' feeling stang 
 
 Are wise or fool. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 But for how lang the flie may stang. 
 Let Inclination law that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VI L 
 S tanged, -'d. 
 We've stang'd her through the place, Adam. A — 's Prayer. 
 Wi' stangfed hips, and buttocks bluidy. She's suffer'd sair ; lb. 
 Stank [a pool of standing water]. 
 An' could hae flown out owre a stank, A Guid New-Year \ 3. 
 I never drank the Muses' Stank, The Jolly Beggars. S, VII. 
 Nae poison'd soor Arminian stank. 
 
 He let them taste, . . The Twa Herds. $. 
 Stap [to stop]. 
 ' And mony a scheme in vain's been laid, 
 
 ' To stap or scar me ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 Star. The stars they shot alang the sky ; . .A Vision. 
 The stars shot down wi' sklentan light, Add. to the Deil. 7, 
 Her een sae bright, like stars by night, 
 
 S. A. MasiertofCs bonie Anne. 
 An' her kind stars hae airted till her, 
 
 A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller : . . Auld comrade + 
 I swear and vow by moon and stars, S. Come boat me o'er. 
 An' [by] every star within my hearin' ! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 11. 
 For ale and brandy's stars and moon, S. Gane is the day t 
 The dewy star of eve to hail. . . S. Here is iheglen^ t 
 My son ! my son ! may kinder stars 
 
 Upon thy fortune shine ! . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 quenched in darkness like the sinking star, . . Liberty. 
 [Thieves] From him that wears the star and garter 
 To him that wintles in a halter : . Lns add. to J. Ratiken. 
 Nae star blinks thro* the driving sleet ; S. O Lassie-^ art thou f 
 And her two eyes like stars in skies, . S. O Mally's meek. 
 Who shall say that Fortune grieves him, 
 While the star of hope she leaves him? ^. One fond kiss^ t 
 But you like the star that athwart gilds the sky, 
 Your course to the latest is bright. Poet. Add. io Tytler. 
 
 For why, a Iprd may be a gouk, 
 
 Wi' ribbon, star, and a* that. The Election Ballads. 11, 
 A lord may be a lousy loun, 
 
 Wi' ribbon, star and a' that /^ 
 
 Th' unmanner'd dust might soil his star, . . /j. ^7; 
 Ilk star gae hide thy twink'ling ray 
 
 S. The gowd. Locks of Anna. 
 Sun, moon, and stars withdrawn a' ; . . . .lb. 
 His ribband, star, and a' that, S, The Honest Man. 
 
 Tho' stars in skies may disappear, S. The noble Maxwells^ 
 The woodbine I will pu', when the ev'ning star is near, 
 
 S. The Pom. 
 Now thank our stars ! these Gothic times are fled ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 But by the moon and stars so bright, S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 And [by] ev'ry star that blinks aboon, , . . ToJ.S, 
 The star that rules my luckless lot, . . . . Ib.t, 
 Thou lingVing star with less'nmg ray, To Mary in Hea!ven. 
 And all ye many sparkling stars of night ; To R. Graham, 
 When o'er the hill the eastern star 
 
 Tells bughtin-time is near, my jo ; S. When o'er the kill\ 
 As Youth and Love with sprightly dance. 
 Beneath thy morning star advance, Wr. in Friars-Carse H,. 
 Stare. Cauld poverty, wi' hungry stare, 
 
 El. on Death ofR, Ruisseaux. 
 With musing-deep, astonish'd stare, The Vision, D. II. 
 
 Stare, to. 
 Like hoary bristles to erect and stare. . Ep.fr, Est^us, 
 A man may hae an honest heart, 
 
 Tho' Poortith hourly stare him; Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 Alas ! misfortune stares my face, . . . The Farewell. 
 Wha struts and stares, and a' that ; S. The Honest Man. 
 
 She stares the daddy in her face, . , The Inventory, 
 
 Whene'er my father thinks on me, 
 He stares into the wa' ; S. The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 Star'd, 
 
 An how he star'd and stammer'd, On dining with Doer, 
 
 Staring. His uncombed grizzly locks wild staring, thatch'd. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Stark [stout, strong]. 
 An' thou was stark. , , A Guid New-Year\ 4. 
 
 And counted was both wight and stark. 
 
 El. on Death ofR, Ruisseaux. 
 To save themfrom stark reprobation, The Election Ballads.III. 
 Starless. 
 
 At the starless midnight hour, S. How can my poor heart \ 
 Starn [star]. 
 
 Ye hills, near neebors o' the stams, El. on Capt. M. H., 3, 
 Starnie [dim. tf/'starn]. 
 
 ye twinkling stamies bright, . El. on Capt M. H., 14, 
 
 Starr'd. 
 On Life's rough ocean luckless starr'd ! To a Mountain-Daisy, 
 
 Starry. The clouds swift-wing'd flew o'er the starry sky, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 
 And Cynthia's car, o' silver fu', 
 Clamb up the starry sky, man : . S, The FHe Champetre, 
 
 To swear by a' yon starry roof, . The Vision, 1). 1. 6. 
 
 Start. Athort the lift they start and shift, . . A Vision. 
 
 start in Hamlet, in Othello roar ; . . , Ep.fr. Esopm. 
 
 Some [nits] start awa, wi' saucy pride, . . Halloween. 7. 
 
 Thou lavrock that starts frae the dews of the lawn, 
 
 S, My Nanie's Awa. 
 
 When purple morning starts the hare, S. Now rosy May\ 
 
 I start and see The ruined sad reality I . .On Lincluden. 
 
 Gie body strength, then I'll ne'er start, . S. Sae far awa. 
 
 As open pussie's mortal foes, 
 
 When, pop 1 she starts before their nose ; Tarn d Shanter. /?• 
 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear, . . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 Just what would make suspicion start ; Tfu Tears I shed. 
 
 Thou need na start awa sae hasty, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Remembrance oft may start a tear, . Verses under Grief, 
 Started. Afifshe started in a fright, . S. Donald Brodie\ 
 
 Till fuffl he started up the lum, . . . Halloween. 8. 
 
 Then started Bess of Annandale, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 I started^ mutt'ring blockhead ! coof 1 . The Vision. D. 1. 1. 
 Starting, -in. 
 
 thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. . A Bard^s Epit. 
 
starting 
 
 451 
 
 Staw'd 
 
 Gar lasses hearts gang startin 
 
 Whyles fast at night. 
 
 Halloween. 
 S. Young Jamie^ 
 
 wi' sighs and starting tears . 
 Startle [to run hurriedly]. 
 Or down Italian Vista startles, . . The Twa Dogs, 23. 
 
 An' justifies that ill opinion, 
 
 Which makes thee startle, . To a Mouse. 
 Startled. And shooting meteors caught the startled eye. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Startling. 
 
 So Nelly startling half awake, 
 Away affrighted springs. . S.Ona hank of flowers t 
 
 Starve. (And aye a rowth, roast beef and claret ; 
 
 Syne wha would starve ? ) Poem on Life, 
 Ye maist wad think, a wee touch langer, 
 An' they maun starve 0' cauld and hunger : 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 
 It's true, they need na starve or sweat, ... lb. zg. 
 They only wonder " some folks " do not starve. 
 
 To R, G. ofF., 7. 
 And yet can starve the author of the pleasure. 
 
 IVr. under Port. ofFergusson. 
 Starved. '* In his flesh there's a famine," 
 
 A starv'd reptile cries : E^it. on Walter S—. 
 When they wha wad hae starv'd thy life 
 Thy senseless turf adorn ! 
 
 Extent, on Commem.s of Thomson, 
 And och! o'er aft thy joes hae starv'd, 
 
 Mid a' thy favors ! Poetn on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Starving, -in. An' thy auld days may end in starvin'. 
 
 A Guid New-Year \ 17. 
 In all the clam'rous cry of starving want, 
 
 Ejp, to R. Graham.S' 
 Till curst with Age, obscure an' starvin, . To J. 6"., ig. 
 State [condition, Commonwealth, &c.]. 
 
 Ye see your state wi' theirs compar'd, 
 
 And shudder at the niffer, . Add. to Unco Guid.3. 
 
 Our sad decay in Church and state, 
 
 Surpasses my descriving : . . S. Awa, whigSj awa. 
 The Church is in ruins, the state is in jars : 
 
 S. By yon castle wa^ t 
 The kettle o' the Kirk and State 
 
 Perhaps a clout may fail in't ; . ^S*. Does haughty Gaul \ 
 In a' the tmsel trash o' state ! . EL on Capt. M. H.^ 16, 
 Though there, his [the bard's] heresies in church and state 
 Might well award him Muir and Palmer's fate : 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Nor make our scanty Pleasures less. 
 
 By pining at our state : . , . Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 
 Were this the charter of our state, 
 ' On pain o' hell be rich an' great,' 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sjst, 14. 
 to support his helpless woodbine state, Ep. to R. Graham. 4, 
 Had Kirk and State been in the gate, 
 
 I lighted when she bade me, . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 And now thou hast restored our State, 
 
 Pity our Kirk also ; . . . , New Psalmody. 
 O wae upon you, men o' state. 
 
 That brethren rouse in deadly hate I S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 The silly bogles, Wealth and State, .5". O poortith cauld\ 
 The gentle pride, the lordly state, 
 
 The arrogant assuming ; . On dining with Doer. 
 
 Nor sauce, nor state that I could see, • , . . lb. 
 That on this frail, uncertain state, 
 
 Hang matters of eternal weight : , Sketch. NewY^s Day. 
 Thou shalt sit in state. 
 
 And see thy love in battle. . . S, The Captain's Lady. 
 Oh wha wad leave this humble state 
 
 For a' the pride of a' the great? S. The Contented Cottager. 
 The Kirk and State may join, and tell. 
 
 To do such things I maunna : 
 The Kirk and State may ga? to hell, Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 The arch-fiend's dearest, darkest powers, 
 
 In state preside. . . . The Hermit. 
 While quacks of state must each produce his plan. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 His awful chair of state resolves to mount, . The Vowels. 
 To mind the Kirk and State affairs ; . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 Then let your schemes alone, in the state, [r^.] Ye Jacobites t 
 
 State, to. 
 
 Or your more dreaded h-ll to state, 
 D-mnation of expenc«sl . . Add. to Unco Guid.J. 
 
 Stately. 
 I view that noble, stately Dome, . Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 The stately swan majestic swims, ^S". Again rejoic. Nature t 
 " And stately oaks their twisted arms, 
 
 ** Threw broad and dark across the pool : As on the banks t 
 Ye stately foxgloves fair to see ; , Eh on Capt. M. H. , S- 
 Fu' stately strode he on the plain, 
 
 S: My Harry was a gallant t 
 
 She's stately like yon youthful ash, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 And 'mong the cliffs disclos'd a stately Form, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Now safe the stately Sawmont sail, Ta->n Samson^s EL, 6. 
 Where royal cities stately stand ; . S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Or stately Lugar's mossy fountains boil, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 There, well-fed Irwine stately thuds : The Vision. D. L 14. 
 By stately tow'r, or palace fair, [v. A.4] . ... lb. 
 Up wimpling stately Tweed I've sped, . . To W. Creech. 
 With stately port he moves ; . . - V.s below Picture. 
 Statesman. 
 No Statesman [am I] nor Soldier to plot or to fight, 
 
 S. No Churchman ai7t I \ 
 Foxes and statesmen, subtile wiles ensure ; To R. G. ofF.. 
 Station, 
 To chaps, wha, in a barn or byre. 
 
 Wad better fill'd their station . . A Dream, j". 
 
 jf you on your station tarrow, . Add. 0/ Beelzebub, S, 
 
 thieves of every rank and station, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 No nation, no station My envy e'er could raise : 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Oh I how must thou lament thy station. 
 
 And envy mine! . . The Hermit. 
 
 I've nane in female servan' station, . . The Inventory. 
 A Tinkler is my station : . The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 An' there tak up your stations ; . The Ordination, 
 
 Your thrifty old mother has scarce such another 
 
 To sit in that honoured station, S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 Secure in valour's station ; . . . . S. The Union. 
 Station, to. Wha will they [the Curlers] station at the cock, 
 
 Tarn Samson! s EL . 
 Statuary. Forms like some bedlam Statuary's dream. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Statue. Had I a statue been o' stane, . . A Vision, 
 
 Poor Hughoc like a statue stan's ; . The Death ofMailie, 
 Stature. Its stature seem'd lang Scotch ells twa, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 O' stature short, but genius bright, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 To mak amends for scrimpet stature, . . ToJ.S., 3. 
 
 Statute. 
 
 Thoughts, words and deeds, the Statute blames with reason ; 
 
 A Dream. 
 Whose sovereign statute is order ; S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 Staumrel [half-witted]. 
 But staumrel, corky-headed, graceless Gentry, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Staunch. * ^ ^ y 
 
 A steady, sturdy, staunch Believer. . A Ded. to G. H. , g. 
 If thou art staunch without a stain. 
 
 Like the unchanging blue, . EL on Capt. M. H.^ Epit. 
 Teugh Johnie, staunch Geordie and Wattie, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Staves. 
 
 To see his poor, auld Mither's pot, 
 
 Thus dung in staves, The Author's Cry and Prayer, g. 
 
 In's hand five taper staves as smooth's a bead, 
 
 c* ™ r i 11, "^^^ ^«>s of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Staw [stall], a ^ J- ^ 
 
 Your horns shall tie you to the staw, S. O gin ye were dead. 
 Staw, to [to surfeit, fill with loathhig]. 
 
 Or olio thiit wad staw a sow, . . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Staw [stole]. The lasses staw frae 'mang them a', 
 
 To pou their stalks 0' corn ; Halloween. 6. 
 And my fause luver staw the yose, 
 
 S. The Banks ofDoon, Sett II. 
 The taylor staw the lynin o't. . . S. The cardin o't. 
 
 Auld, hermit Ahe staw thro' his woods, The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 And my fause lover staw my rose, S. Ye banks and braes t 
 Staw'd [stole]. 
 And staw'd abrangh, spite o' the deil, 
 Frae ygnt the weBtern waves, man. 'The Tree of Liberty, 
 
stay 
 
 452 
 
 Stem 
 
 stay. 
 
 Vain is his hope, whase stay an' trust is. 
 
 In moral Mercy, Truth and Justice ! A Ded. to G. H.^ 7, 
 
 " His country's pride, his country's stay : 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Their hope, their stay, their darling youth, 
 
 O Tkou dread Pow'r\ 
 Fintry, my stay in worldly strife. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Whose strong right hand has ever been 
 
 Their stay and dwelling-place ! The 1st 6 V.s o/gotk Ps.. 
 Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay but Heav'n, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 F[intry], my other stay, long bless and spare! To R. G. o/F., 9. 
 Remember, he's his country's stay 
 
 In day and hour of danger. . S. When wild War's t 
 
 Stay, to- O would they stay to calculate 
 
 Th' eternal consequences ; Add. to Unco Guid.S- 
 O what can stay my lovely maid I S. Here is the glen, t 
 
 O stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay, 
 Nor quit for me the trembling spray, S. O stay^ sweet warh. t 
 Stay, my charmer, can you leave me ? S, Stay, my charmer t 
 O would they stay aback frae courts, ^ The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; The Death o/Mailie. 
 An' ay ae month amang the Moons 
 
 An* see them right. To IV. Simpson. P.S, 
 
 S. Wha is that at t 
 
 In my bower if ye should stay. 
 Let me stay, quo' Findlay ; 
 Stay'd V. Staid. 
 Stead. O Lord, when hunger pinches sore, 
 
 Do thou stand us in stead, At Globe Tav., D. 
 
 Steady. A steady, sturdy, staunch Believer. A Ded. to G. H. , 9. 
 But ay unerring steady, . , . A Dream. 2- 
 
 My mind it was na steady, . . S. When first I came t 
 With steady aim, some Fortune chase ; . . ToJ.S.j 28. 
 
 Steal. 
 
 Who, noteless, steals the crouds among, A Bards Epit. 
 
 Steal thro' the winnock frae a wh-re, 
 
 But point the Rake that taks the door ; A Ded. to G. H., 8. 
 But I'll get my plaid an' out I'll steal, .S". Behind yon hills t 
 But, Delia, more delightful still 
 
 Steal thine accents on mine ear. , . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 O let me steal one liquid kiss 1 ■ . . . lb. 
 
 And steal from me Maria's prying eye. Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 He'd up the backstairs, and by G— he would steal 'em. 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Wha, wanting thee might beg or steal ; . Friend 0/ the poet t 
 And thou live, thou'll steal a naigie. , . S. Hee balou^\ 
 Frae G-d's ain priests the people's hearts 
 
 He steals awa'. Holy Willie* s Prayer. 11. 
 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 That steals on the evening, each leaf to renew. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks ^ 
 To steal upon her early fare, . . . S. Now rosy May t 
 To steal a blink by a' unseen ; . S. O this is no my ainf 
 But steal me a blink o' your bonie black e'e, . S. O whistle,\ 
 She steals our affections awa, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 To slink thro' slaps an' reave an' steal, TJie Death o/Mailie. 
 The western breeze steals thro' the trees, 
 
 The Fite Champetre. 
 But cannily steal on a bonie moor-hen. 
 
 S, The heather was blooming^ 
 Stealing. 
 
 Wi' the burn stealing under the lang, yellow broom : 
 
 S. Their groves o/\ 
 
 SteaVt [Stole]. 
 
 An' at his lordship steal't a look On dining with Doer. 
 
 Stealth. 
 by sweet, endearing stealth, . The Petition o/Br. Water. 
 Dear S[mith], the sleest, pawkie thief, 
 That e'er attempted stealth or rief, . . . ToJ,S, 
 
 Steam. 
 
 An' sheds a heart-inspiring steam ; . The Twa Dogs, 20. 
 Steed. So, by some hedge, the getieroUs steed deceased, 
 
 ToR.G.q/F.,6. 
 
 Steek [a stitch ; an insterstlce In net-work]. 
 
 And ne'er a wrang steek in them a', man. Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 
 As lang's my tail, whare thro' the steeks, 
 
 The yellow letter'd Geordie keeks. . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 
 Steek, to [to shut]. The Sheep-herd steeks his faulding slap, 
 S. Again ritJoiciHg nature J 
 
 They steek their een, an' grape an' wale, , Halloween. 
 
 Sages their solemn een may steek. 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 But steek your gab for ever ; . . . The Ordination, g. 
 Steel. By word, or pen, or pointed steel! A Ded. to G. H., 14.. 
 
 Are worse than poison'd darts of steel, . . leave novels \ 
 
 Nae mercy, then, for aim or steel ; . Scotch Drink, ir. 
 
 Soon drew the avenging steel, man ; The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 The English steel we could disdain, . . S. The Union, 
 
 And brandish round the deep-dy'd steel 
 
 In sturdy blows : [v.A. 4] Tiu Vision. D. I. 
 Steel'd. 
 
 By early Poverty to hardship steel'd, . The Brigs of Ayr, 
 
 Steele. 
 
 Thought I, * Can this be Pope, or Steele, 
 
 Or Beattie's wark ; ' Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, 4. 
 Steennie [Stephen ; v. Barr Steennie]. 
 
 Barr Steennie, Barr Steennie, what mean ye ? what mean ye! 
 
 The KirUs Alarm. 13. 
 
 Steep. Beneath a craigy steep, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 That slowly mount the rising steep ; S. On Cessnock banks t 
 
 Ah ! now sma' heart hae I to speel 
 
 The steep Parnassus, . . Poem on Life, 
 Then pride might climb the slipp'ry steep ; 
 
 S. Twas even— the dewy \ 
 O'er many a winding dale and painful steep, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Steep, to. 
 
 And all my frowzy couch in sorrow steep ; . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Steep 'd. 
 
 All freshly steep'd in morning dews. S. Again rejoic. Nature\ 
 Steeping-. 
 
 In tears the rose-buds steeping : S. O wat ye wha that loes t 
 
 Steeple. 
 
 Ae night the Storm the steeples rocked, A Winter Night. 2. 
 Who will not sing, God save the king, 
 Shall hang as high's the steeple ; S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 
 Steer. Can others teach the course to steer, A Bards Epit 
 An' steer you seven miles south o' hell ; A itld comrade i 
 
 till thitherward steers A flight of bold eagles S. Caledonia. 
 Adown the burn to steer, my jo : . S. When o'er the kiU\ 
 
 Steer [to molest, injure ; stir, stir up]. 
 
 As for the deii, he daurna steer him 
 
 S. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. t 
 Misfortune sha'na steer thee ; •5'. ^ saw ye bonie Lesley \ 
 O steer her up and hand her gaun, . 5". O steer her ap f 
 O steer her up, and be na blate, lb- 
 Sit round the table, weel content, 
 An' steer about the toddy. . . . The Holy Fair. so. 
 
 Nae cauld nor hunger e'er can steer them, . 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 27. 
 
 And then the Deil he daurna steer ye : To Terraughty. 
 
 Steer'd. At length from me her course she steer'd, 
 
 S. The J<^ful Widower. 
 Steer'd [molested]. 
 
 Or else, thou kens, thy servant true 
 Wad ne'er ha'e steer'd her. . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 8. 
 Steerin [stirring]. 
 
 Set a' their gabs a steerin ; . . . . Halloween. 28. 
 Steeve [firm, compacted], 
 
 A filly buirdly, steeve an' swank, A Guid New-year t J. 
 
 Steghan [cramming, panting with repletion]. 
 
 the gentry first are steghan, . . . The Twa Dogs, g, 
 Stell [a still]. 
 
 Wha mak the Whisky stells their prize ! Scotch Drink. 20. 
 
 An' d-mn'd Excise-men in a bussle, 
 
 Seizan a Stell, The Author's Cry and Prayer. 7- 
 
 Stellar. Never baleful stellar lights, 
 
 Taint thee with untimely blights ! To Mtss C. 
 
 Stem. A glorious Galley, stem and stern, 
 
 Weel rigg'd for Venus barter ; . A Dream, /J. 
 My stem was fsur, my bud was green, ^S". Luckless Fortune* 
 Just opening on its thorny stem ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t Sett. II. 
 
 And from thee many a parent stem 
 
 Arise to deck our land. . On Birth ffPosth, Childi 
 
 The flower stem shall bloom like thy sweet Seraph form, 
 
 On Death qffeeu, QhiUi 
 
Stem 
 
 4S3 
 
 Stilt 
 
 But why of this epocha make such a fuss, 
 That gave us the Hanover stem ; [v.A.g] 
 
 PocL Add. to Tytler. 
 
 Bold stems of Heroes, here and there, 
 
 I could discern : [v. A. 4] The Vision, D. I. 
 
 For I maun crush amang the stoure 
 
 Thy slender stem : To a Mountain-Daisy, 
 
 Mayst thou long, sweet crimson gem, 
 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; ... To Miss C. 
 
 Stem, to. 
 As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave. 
 
 3". A/ton Water. 
 And, all devout, he never sought 
 
 To stem the sacred torrent. . . Nature's Law. 
 
 Who dar'd to, nobly, stem tyrannic pride. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 21, 
 Sten [a leap, bound, rush]. 
 Or foaming, Strang, wi' hasty stens, 
 
 Fraelintolin. . El. on Capt. M. H.^ 4. 
 
 My heart to my mou' gied a sten ; . . , .S". Tarn Glen. 
 Sten't [reared]. 
 Thou never lap, an' sten't, an' breastet, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 14. 
 
 Stents [assessments, dues of any kind]. 
 
 How cesses, stents, and fees were rax'd, Kind Sir, Fve read, t 
 His coals, his kane, an' a' his stents : . The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 Step. 
 But just thy step a wee thing hastet, A Guid New-Year \ 14. 
 Wild-beats my heart, to trace your steps. 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 
 Wi' wild, unequal, wand'ring step 5". Again rejoicing Nature t 
 No other light shall guide my steps 
 
 S. Farewell, dear mistress t 
 whose aged step Seem'd weary, Man was viade to Mourn. 
 Does thirst of wealth thy step constrain, . . . lb. 
 The weary steps o' woe. . S. Now Spring has clad t 
 
 Guide Thou their steps alway. . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 Seest thou whose step, unwilling, hither bends ? 
 
 Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 With noiseless step and taper bright, . . On Lincluden, 
 Nor more may aught my steps divide, 
 From that dear stream which fl!ows to Clyde. 
 
 ^y. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Rumble John, Rumble John, mount the steps wi' a groan. 
 
 The KirJ^s Alarm. 
 While faithless snaws ilk step betray 
 
 Whare she has been. The Vision, D. I. 
 
 With careless step I onward stray'd, ^S". Twos even— the dewy t 
 Check thy climbing step, elate, IVr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Step, to. 
 They'll step in and tak a pint S. A' the lads d Thomie-bank\ 
 To step aside is human : . . . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 But, as I'm sayin', please step to Dow's 
 And taste sic gear as Johnnie brews. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Step-mother. 
 But Oh! thou bitter step-mother and hard. 
 To thy poor, fenceless, naked child— the Bard ! 
 
 To E.G. o/F,.3. 
 Stepped, Stept. 
 Or frailty stept aside, . A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 Some cause unseen still stept between, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Plain, dull Stupidity stept kindly in to aid them. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 When sweet, like modest Worth, she blusht. 
 
 And stepped ben. . . The Vision, D. I. 8. 
 Sterlln [a silver eoln]. 
 Wha ken't fu' weel to cleek the Sterlin ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. E. IV. 
 Sterling. That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 And Maxwell true, o' sterling blue ; . S. The Laddies by f 
 * But give me real, sterling Wit, . . To J. S,, 23. 
 
 Stern. A stem and stalwart ghaist arise, [v.A.20] A Vision, 
 See stetn Oppression's iron grip, . . A Winter Night. 7. 
 Their hearts no selfish stern absorbent stuff, 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahain>S. 
 And train'd to arms in stem Misfortune's field. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 some seem'd to dare, With feature stem, [v.A.4]. 
 
 The Vision. D, /. 
 
 Stern Ruin's plough-share drives, elate, 
 
 Full on thy bloom, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Stern, a. a glorious Galley, stem and stern, . A Dream. 13. 
 Sternest. 
 That charm, that can the strongest quell, 
 
 The sternest move. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Stern-resolv'd, 
 
 With stern-resolv'd, despairing eye, . . . To Ruin. 
 Stewart, Stuart. 
 You're welcome, Willie Stewart, [?!?.] , On W. Stewart, 
 
 O lovely Polly Stewart, 
 
 O charming Polly Stewart, \.re.'\ , S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 No Stewart art thou G — The Stewarts all were brave ; 
 
 Besides the Stewarts were but fools, . . On Lord G. 
 Here Stuarts once in glory reigned, On Window at Stirling. 
 
 The injured Stuart line is gone, lb. 
 
 Revered defender of beauteous Stuart, 
 
 Of Stuart, a name once respected. Poet, Add. to W. Tytler. 
 The Stewart and the Murray there 
 
 Did muster a' their powers. The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 And Stewart bold as Hector. . , , . Ih. VI. 
 
 M'K[enzi]e, S[tuar]t, such a brace 
 
 As Rome ne'er saw ; . . To W. Creech. 
 Till Charlie Stewart cam at last, 
 
 The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 
 Stewart Kyle [the northern portion of the Kyle or 
 middle division of Ayrshire], 
 
 When first I came to Stewart Kyle, ^S". When first I came t 
 Stewartry [Kirkcudbrightshire, which is, strictly 
 speaking, not a shire but a stewartry]. 
 Then let us drink the Stewartry, 
 Kerroughtree's laird, and a' that. The Election Ballads. II. 
 Steyest [steepest]. 
 
 The steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it ; A Guid New-Year^ 14. 
 Stibble [stubble]. 
 The stibble rig is easy plough'd, .S". O can ye labour lea t 
 
 That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, . . To a Mouse. 
 Adorns the histie stibble-field. 
 
 Unseen, alane. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Stibble-rig [the reaper in harvest who takes the 
 lead]. 
 
 'Our Stibble-rig was Rab M'Graen, . . Halloween. 16. 
 
 Stick ["a' to sticks," completely]. 
 
 Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks, . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Frae less to mair it gaed to sticks ; To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 Stick, to. 
 
 No matter— stick to sound believing. A Ded, to G. H. , 8. 
 
 Stick-an-stowe [totally, altogether]. 
 Folk thought them ruin'd stick-an-stowe, 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Stifif. 
 Tho' now thou's dowie, stiff an' crazy, A Guid New- Year ^ 2, 
 He who of R-k-n sang, lies stiff and dead, 
 
 Lns while on Deathbed. 
 Stiffest. The stiffest o' them a' he bow'd, To W. Creech. 
 
 Stifle. And stifle, dark, the feebly-bursting cry : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 The Pedant stifles keen the Roman sound . The Vowels. 
 Stifled, the short stifled breath. Told how dear 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Stigmatize. 
 To stigmatize false friends of thine 
 
 Can ne'er defame thee. To Rev. J. M^Math, 
 Still. The winds were laid, the air was still, . . A Vision. 
 Through the still night dash'd hearse along the shore : 
 
 Tlie Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 The night was still, and o'er the hill 
 
 The moon shone on the castle wa' ; The night was still i 
 The sky was blue, the wind was still, S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Still, s. 
 But browster wives an' whiskie stills. 
 
 They are the muses. Third Ep. to J, Lap 
 
 Still, to. 
 He who stills the raven's clam'rous nest, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 18, 
 Or still the tumult of the raging sea ; . Why am I loth \ 
 Stilt [to halt, as on stilts or crutches]. 
 And then he'll hilch, and stilt, and jimp, 
 Ahd tin an unco fit : . . . . Ep,io Da'Oie, //* 
 
Stimpart 
 
 454 
 
 Stopped 
 
 Stimpart [the eighth part of a Winchester bushel]. 
 
 A heapet Stimpart, I'll reserve ane 
 
 Laid by for you. A Guid New-Year^ 17. 
 
 Stlnehap [a stream in the south of Ayrshire]. 
 
 Behind yon hills where Stinchar flows 
 'Mang moors an' mosses many, O, [v.A.26] 
 
 6". Behind yon hills + 
 Sting. 
 
 *'Orcanker worm wi' secret sting?" . As on the hanks ^ 
 Or if she [Religion] gie a random-sting, 
 
 It may be little minded ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 10. 
 This sting is added—" Blame thy foolish self! " 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 Stink. They downa bide the stink o' powther ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Stink, to. 
 
 The cit and polecat stink, and are secure. . To R. G. o/F., 
 Stinking, -an. 
 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, 
 
 Lay stmking, vile, in every neuk. [v.A.i6] Tarn 0' Shanier. 
 
 As I wad by a stinkan brock. . . . The Twa Dogs. is. 
 Stinted. 
 
 "And twa-three stinted birks are left, 
 "To shiver in the blast their lane." . As on the banks \ 
 
 Stipend. That Stipend is a carnal weed 
 
 He takes but for the fashion ; The Ordination. J. 
 Stir. 
 
 That greatly stirs the blossom'd bean, i'. On Cessnock banks \ 
 Stirk [a bullock or heifer a year old]. 
 They gang in Stirks, and come out Asses, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, IS. 
 
 I doubt na, Sir, but then we'll find, 
 
 Ye're still as great a Stirk The Calf. 
 
 I, ance, was ty'd up like a stirk, The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Stirling, And straught to Stirling wing'd their flight, 
 
 6'. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Stock. For N-rth an' F-x united stocks, A Fragment. 6. 
 
 There's monie a creditable stock 
 O' decent, honest, fawsont folk, Are riven out 
 
 The Twa Dogs. ei. 
 Stock [a plant of eolewort]. 
 To bum their nits, an' pou their stocks, . Halloween. 
 Then, first an' foremost, thro' the kail, 
 
 Their stocks maun a' be sought ance ; . . . lb. 
 Wi' stocks out owre their shouther : . . . Ib.S. 
 
 To slink thro' slaps an' reave an' steal. 
 At stacks o' pease, or stocks o' kail. The Death ofMaUie. 
 
 Stock-dove. 
 
 Thou stock-dove whose echo resounds thro' the glen, 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 Stocked, -et. 
 'Twill please me mair to hear an' see't, 
 
 Than stocket mailins. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 A weel-stocked mailin, himsel' for the laird. 
 
 Last May a braw wooer T 
 Stock-fish. 
 And like stock-fish come o'er his studdie 
 
 Wi' thy [death's] auld sides ! El. on Capt. M. H. 
 
 Stocking, -in. 
 On Fasteneen we had a rockin. 
 To ca' the crack and weave our stockin ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 2. 
 
 And stockings and pumps to put on my stumps, 
 
 Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 
 Snaw-white stockins on his legs, . S. The Ploughman t 
 Stoited [walked In a stupid, staggering way], 
 
 Down George's Street I stoited ; . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Stoiter'd [staggered]. 
 
 He stoiter'd up an' made a face ; The Jolly Beggars. R . III. 
 Stole. J. The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; 
 
 ' TheCotiet>s Sat. Night, rj. 
 
 Be thou deckt in silken stole, . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Stole. 'When on my ear this plaintive strain, 
 
 Slow-solemn, stole A Winter Night. 6. 
 
 A flatt'ring ardent kiss he stole ; S.Ona bank 0/ flowers t 
 Stolen. 
 
 motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed 7 Ep.Jr. Esopns, 
 Stomach. Wi' his proud, independent stomach, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 IMy stomach's as proud as them a', man. Ronalds o/Bennals, 
 
 I wonder didna turn thy stomach, , Tam 0' Shanter. 14. 
 
 Stone. This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb o/Fergusson, 
 
 For he crush'd him between two stones. John Barleycorn. 
 
 Are judges of mortar and stone. Sir ; . To Capt. Riddel. 
 Stony. 
 
 Supporting roofs, fantastic, stony groves : The Brigs 0/ Ayr. S. 
 Stood. 
 
 When Guilford good our Pilot stood, . . A Fragment. 
 And S-ckv-lle doure, wha stood the stoure, . . . Ib.s. 
 Towns-bodies ran, an' stood abiegh, A Guid New-Year\ 8. 
 lap, an' sten't, an' breastet, Then stood to blaw ; . lb. if. 
 
 As I stood by yon roofless tower A Vision. 
 
 Ye, like a rash-buss, stood in sight, 
 
 Wi' waving sugh. . Add. to the Deil. j. 
 
 Each bristl'd hair stood like a stake, . . . .Ib.8. 
 Kindly stood the milking-shiel, . . S.As I cameder\ 
 Collected Harry stood awee. Extern, in Court of Session. 
 To think how we stood sweatin', shakin'. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 14. 
 " That long has stood the wind and tain ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 And trembl'd where he stood. S. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 How glorious Wallace stood, how hapless fell 1 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 But Maggie stood right sair astonish'd, Tam if Shanter. 11. 
 Coffins stood round, like open presses, ... Ih. 
 
 And how Tam stood, like ane bewitch'd, . . lb. 16. 
 This mony a year I've stood the flood an' tide ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 The day he stude his country's friend, 6'. The Laddies by\ 
 While the tear stood twinklin' in her e'e ; 
 
 .S*. The Lass that made the bed. 
 But seeing the ring, then she stood in amaze. 
 
 i'. The Poor Thresher. 
 The kye stood rowtan i' the loan ; . The Twa Dogs. 35. 
 
 Stock [a few sheaves of corn, generally from six 
 to twelve, set up on end, in two rows, sheaf 
 leaning against sheaf, and, sometimes, with 
 two sheaves laid on the top]. 
 But stooks are cowpet wi' the blast. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 While at the stook the shearers cow'r To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Stocked [set up in stooks]. 
 Still shearing and clearing 
 The tither stooked raw ; . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Stool [" cutty stool," stool of repentance]. 
 
 I throw the wee stools o'er the miclde. Add. to Toothache. 
 Ill har'sts, daft bargains, cutty stools, . ' . . lb. 
 
 Your Latin names for horns an' stools ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. /St, II. 
 Stand i' the stool when I hae done, .S. Ogude ale comes\ 
 My mither she bade me gie lum a stool, .?. The auld man t 
 I gae him a stool, and he look'd like a fool, . .lb. 
 
 Some carryan dails, some ch^rs an* stools. The Holy Fair. 8. 
 Stoop. While sans culottes stoop up the mountain high. 
 
 Ep.Jr. Esofus. 
 Ah' wi' a curchie low did stoop, . . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 
 Stoor [sounding hollow and hoarse ; strong and 
 hoarse]. 
 
 Wi' an eldritch, stoor quaick, quaick, . Add to the Deil. 8. 
 A carline stoor and grim, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Stop. Set up a face, how I stop short, 
 
 For fear your modesty be hurt . A Ded. to G. H. 
 Some cock or cat, your rage maun stop. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 Yet ofl, delighted, stops to trace 
 The7progress of the spiky blade. 
 
 Add to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 The shepherd stops his simple reed, . S. Behold, my hve\ 
 ' Yet stops me o' my lawfu' prey. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2Q. 
 And just to stop, and just to move, 
 
 With self-respecting art : . . Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 Stop, passenger 1 my story's brief, El. on Capt, M, H,, Epit. 
 Stop! there he is as sure's a gun, . Epit. on Holy Willis. 
 
 Stop Thief 1 dame Nature cried to Death, Epit. on W . 
 
 Till stop I she trotted thro' them a' ; . . Halloween. 20. 
 And come to stop those reckless vows. 
 
 Would soon been broken. The Vision. D. L Q. 
 
 Stopped. 
 And quickly stopped Ranken'a breath. Lnsadd. to J, RankeH, 
 
store 
 
 455 
 
 Stoure 
 
 store. Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, 
 
 Supply'd wi' store o' water, , Add. to Unco Guid. 
 And send us from thy bounteous store 
 
 A tup or wether head 1 . . . At Gio6e Tav.^ £>. 
 Still grant us with such store ; 
 
 The Friend we trust; the Fair we love ; Grace after Dinner. 
 Curse thou his basket and his store, Holy Willies Prayer. 12. 
 So may ye hae auld stanes in store, 
 
 S. Ken ye ought o" Capi. G. t 
 
 burning hell ! in all thy store of torments 
 
 There's not a keener lash ! . . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 'mid learning's store, .... The Dean o/Fac.. 
 Hath happiness in store, .... The zst Ps. 
 Or when the North his fleecy store 
 
 Drove thro' the sky, The Vision. D. II. 13. 
 Still nobler wealth hast thou in store, 
 The comforts of the mind ; . . . . To Chlorts, 
 Stored, -'d. Ye mossy streams, with sedge and rushes stor'd. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Our land wha wi' chajj^ls has stored ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Storehouse. 
 
 And your skulls are storehouses o' lead. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Storied. " No storied urn nor animated bust," 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb o/Fergusson. 
 Storm. 
 Ae night the Storm the steeples rocked, A Winter Night, a. 
 " Calling the storms to bear him o'er a guilty land ! " 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonienelle. 
 When Masons' mystic word an' grip, 
 
 In storms an' tempests raise you up. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 His lordship sat wi' ruefu' e'e, 
 
 And ey'd the gathering storm, Extern, in Court of Session. 
 As the storms the forest tear, S. How can my poor heart t 
 They hung him up before the storm, . John Barleycorn. 
 " But I maun lie before the storm, 
 
 " And ithers plant them in my room. Lament Jbr Glencaim. 
 The storm's gloomy path on the breast of the wave. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 
 1 haste with the storm to a far distant shore ; . , lb. 
 But luckless fortune's northern storms 
 
 Laid a' my blossoms low, O ; . S. Luckless Fortune. 
 When o'er the hills beat surly storms, S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 Or did misfortune's bitter storms 
 
 Around thee blaw, around thee blaw, S. O wert thou in the t 
 And gane, alas ! the sheltering tree. 
 
 Should shield thee frae the storm. On Birth ofPosih. Child. 
 When thou shrunk frae the scowl of the loud winter storm, 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Shun the fierce storms among the sheltering rocks ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 And mix'd her wailings with the raving storm. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 braving angry winter's storms, , . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Give me the groves that lofty brave 
 
 The storms, by Castle Gordon. . S. Streams that glide t 
 Gathering her brows like gathering storm, Tarn d Shanter. 
 
 The storm without might rair and rustle, 
 Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. . 
 
 U.S. 
 
 Or like the rainbow^s lovely form 
 Evanishing amid the storm. ... , . lb. '7. 
 
 The doubling storm roars thro' the woods ; . . lb. 10. 
 Wha's honour is proof to the storm ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 when the storm the forest rends, . . . lb. VI. 
 
 This rock my shield, when storms are blowing. The Hermit. 
 This too, a covert shall ensure. 
 
 To shield them from the storm ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Unless your shelter ward th' impending storm. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 * The threat'ning Storm, some, strongly, rein ; 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 Yet chearfuUy thou glinted forth 
 
 Amid the storm, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Then low'ring, and pouring, The Storm no more I dread ; 
 
 To Ruin. 
 Or Winter howls, in gusty storms. 
 
 The lang, dark night ! . ToW. Simpson. 
 I thought sair storms wad never 
 
 Bedew the scene ; , . V.s under Grief. 
 Rest, ye wild storms, in the cave of your slumbers, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 There will surely be some pleasant weather 
 Whena' their storms are past and gone. Whencloudsinskies\ 
 
 Some gleams of sunshine mid renewing storms : 
 
 Why am I loth \ 
 Storm, io. Who think to storm the world by dint of merit, 
 
 Prologue, atTh.,D.. 
 Inform him [death], and storm him, 
 That Saturday ye'llfecht him. . . To a Medical Gent. 
 Storm'd. The rev'rend gray-beards rav'd an' storm'd. 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 Storming. 
 But lang or noon, loud tempests storming 
 A' my flowery bliss destroy'd. . . S. I dream'd I lay t 
 
 Stormy. 
 
 Kindly stood the milking-ahiel. 
 
 To shelter frae the stormy weather, . S. As I came o'er t 
 Weak, timid landsmen on life's stormy main ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S. 
 On stormy seas and far away, \re.'\ 
 
 S. How can my poor heart t 
 When lightnings fire the stormy lift, The Election Ballads, VI, 
 I think upon the stormy wave, , S. The gloomy night t 
 Or, the stormy North sends driving forth. 
 The blinding sleet and snaw : . . . Winter. 
 
 Story. 
 But first, before you see heaven's glory. 
 May ye get mony a merry story, . . A uld comrade t 
 Stop, passenger ! my story's brief. El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 One Queen Artemisa, as old stories tell. 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Ay free, aff' han', your story tell, Ep. to Young Friend. S- 
 But ha'd your nine-tail cat a wee, 
 
 Till ance you've heard my story. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 But now for a Patron, whose name and whose glory 
 At once may illustrate and honour my story. 
 
 Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Once great in martial story ! . On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 
 Not for to preach, but tell his simple story : 
 
 Prologue^ at Th.^ D.. 
 An' crabbed names an' stories wrack us, . Scotch Drink. 
 There's themes enow in Caledonian story, Scots Prologue. 
 The Souter tauld his queerest stories ; Tant d Shanter, $. 
 In plain, braid Scots hold forth a plain, braid story : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell. 
 
 How monie stories past, . . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 Thinking the story himself he did raise, 5". The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Sae fam'd in martial story S. The Union. 
 
 Still, as in Scottish Story read, . The Vision. D. 1. 1$, 
 Wallace Aft bure the gree, as story tells, 
 
 Frae Suthron billies. To W. Simpson. 10. 
 
 Stot [an ox]. 
 Forbid it, ev'ry heavenly Power, 
 
 You e'er should be a Stot ! . , . . . . The Calf. 
 ' Its neither your stot nor your stmg I shall crave, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 Stoun, Stound [a sudden sharp pain]. 
 And ay the stound, the deadly wound. 
 
 Came frae her een sae bonie blue. . S. I gaeda waeftii 
 My heart it gae a stoun. . . S. My heart was ance t 
 
 Who heals life's various stounds, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Stound, to. 
 And my heart it stounds wi' anguish. 
 Lest my wee thing be na mine. , . S. Bonie wee thing \ 
 Stoup, Stowp [a drink-measure ; a drinking vessel 
 with a handle]. 
 Her mutchkin-stowp as toom's a whissle ; 
 
 The Author^s Cry andPrayer. 
 An' there the pint-stowp clatters ; . . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 And by that Stowp ! my faith an' houpe, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 May ye ne'er want a stoup o' bran'y 
 
 To clear your head. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 And surely ye'U be your pint-stoup, 
 And surely I'll be mine ; S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 Stoure [ dust, particularly dust blown on the wind, 
 or in motion ; battle, flght, pressure of circum- 
 stances]. 
 S-ckv-lle doure, wha stood the stoure, . A Fragment. 5. 
 Deil blin' them wi' the stoure o't, . S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 How blythely would I bide the stoure, 
 
 S. O Mary^ at thy window t 
 Ye spak' na, but gaed by like stoure ; . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 This day the Kirk kicks up a stoure. The Ordination. 3. 
 
Stoure 
 
 456 
 
 Strathspey 
 
 For I maun crush amang the stoure 
 
 Thy slender stem : . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Kake them, like Sodom and Gomorrah, 
 
 In brunstane stoure . . To Terraughiy. 
 Stourie [dusty]. 
 And ay she took the titber souk, 
 To drouk the stourie tow. . . S. The -weary Fund. 
 Stout. 
 And sev'n braw fellows, stout an' able, A Ded. to G' ff-t ^4- 
 
 Stow'd. 
 
 The tythe o' what ye waste at cartes 
 
 Wad stow'd his [Ferguson's] pantry! ) To W. Simpson. 
 Stown [stolen]. 
 Thou hast stown my very heart, . S. Hark I the maivis' t 
 ' My youthful heart was stown away, . , S. O Phely,\ 
 It's thought the gudes were stown. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Her heart was tint, her peace was stown ! 
 
 S. There was a lass t 
 'Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o' kindness. 
 
 S. Twos na her bonie blue e'e t 
 Cou'd stown a clue wi' ony bodie ; . . S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Stownlins [by stealth], 
 
 Rob, stownlins, prie'd her bonie mou, . Halloween. lo. 
 
 And stownlins we sail meet again. . S. Til ay ca' in t 
 
 Stowp V. Stoup. 
 Stoyte [to stumble]. 
 
 Blind chance, let her snapper and stoyte on her way, 
 
 S. Contented w{ little, t 
 Strae [straw; "a fair strae-death,"/zif. a fair death 
 in the straw, ue„ in bed, a natural death]. 
 * Whare I kill'd ane, a fair strae-death. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ss. 
 Straight. 
 I see thee gracefu', straight, and tall, S. Craigie-bum Wood, 
 Straight the sky grew black and daring ; S. Idream'd I lay \ 
 She's bonie, blooming, straight, and tall ; 
 
 S. O This is no my ain f 
 Then straight he makes fifty, the pick o' his band, 
 
 S, There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 An' hunt him down, o'er right an' ruth, 
 
 To ruin straight. . To Rev. /. M'Math. 
 
 Straik [to stroke]. 
 May claw his lug, and straik his beard, On W. Chalmers. 
 An' straik her cannie wi' the hair, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Straiket [stroked]. 
 
 I straiket it a wee for sport, . . Ep, to J. i?., 8. 
 
 Strain. And frae his harp sic strains did flow, A Vision. 
 
 When on my ear this plaintive strain, 
 
 Slow-solemn, stole . . A Winter Night. 6. 
 Or [Spring] tunes Aeolian strains between. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 The muse should tell, iji labor'd strains, 
 
 O Mary how I love thee. . . S. Could aught o/'songi 
 O, rivers, forests, hills, and plains ! 
 
 Oft have ye heard my canty strains ; El. on Capt. M. H. , //. 
 I wad in vain essay the strain, . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 The Hero of these artless strains, 
 
 A lowly bard was he, Natures Law. 
 
 To you I sing my grief-inspired strains : 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 How can I to the tuneful strains attend 7 
 That strain pours round th' untimely tomb where Riddel lies. 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR. . 
 Sing on sweet bird, I listen to thy strain, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 My partner in the merry core, 
 
 She rous'd the forming strain. TheAns, to the Guidwife. 
 though his artless strains he rudely sings. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, 
 
 The Cottev^s Sat. Night. la. 
 The pompous strain, the sacerdotal stole ; . . lb. /?. 
 No shepherd's pipe — Arcadian strains ; . . The Lament. 
 ' I tsLugjit thy manners-painting strains, The Vision. D. 11. x8. 
 In sacred strains and tuneful numbers join' d, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 While conscious virtue all the strain endears, . , lb. 
 I call no goddess to inspire my strains, . To R. Graham. 
 
 With trembling voice I tune my strain To Rev. /. M^Math. 
 
 Should I believe, my coaxin billie. 
 
 Your flatterin strain. r To W. Simpson, 
 Strain, to. 
 
 She strains your infant to her joyless breast, 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 And nightly to my bosom strain 
 The bonie lass o' Ballochmyle. S. Twos even-~the dewy\ 
 Strained. 
 And a' your views may come to nought, 
 Where ev'ry nerve is strained. »■ Ep. to Voung Friend. 
 Straining. 
 Gie me within my straining grasp 
 
 The melting form of Anna. , S. Thegowd. Locks oj A. 
 Alas ! what bitter toil an' straining . . To J. S.^ so. 
 Strak [struck]. The auld kirk-hammer strak the bell 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3/. 
 Strand. 
 A flight of bold eagles from Adria's strand ; . S. Caledonia, 
 It was a' for our rightfu' King 
 
 We left fair Scotland's strand ; . . S. It was a for\ 
 Before I leave Scotia's strand. . . . S. To Maty. 
 
 Strang [strong]. 
 
 Or foaming, Strang, wi' hasty stens, 
 
 Frae lin to lin. . El. on Capt. M. H., 4. 
 
 But I, the Queen of a' Scotland, 
 
 Maun lie in prison Strang. * . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 A mickle man, a Strang man, . S. O watye what my\ 
 
 May foes be Strang, and fiiends be slack. On W. Stewart. 
 (A souple jade she was, and Strang), Torn 0' Shanter. 16. 
 I gae him a dram o' the brand sae Strang, S. The auldman\ 
 Strang necessity supreme is 'Mang sons o' men. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 A weak arm, and a Strang . S. Yejacobites^ 
 
 Strange. 
 strange to tell ! . . , . Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 In this strange land, this uncouth clime, Ep, to H. Parker. 
 Ladies, would it not be strange 
 Man should then a monster prove ? . S. Let not woman t 
 
 And (what would now be strange) ye godly Writers : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Stranger. 
 
 With open arms the Stranger hail ; Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 truant 'prentices, yet young in sin, . Ep.fr. Esopm. 
 
 Know thou, O stranger to the fame 
 
 Of this much lov'd, much honor'd name ! Epit.for R. A, 
 " I've seen sae mony changefu' years, 
 ' ' On earth I am a stranger grown ; Lament for Glencaifn. 
 
 Young stranger, whither wand'rest thou ? 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 I am nae stranger to your fame, . . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 Their carriage and dress, a stranger would guess. 
 In Lon'on or Paris they'd gotten it a' ; 
 
 The Belles ofMauchline. 
 
 And hands the rustic stranger up to fame, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Stranger, if full of youth and riot, . . . The Hermit. 
 He still was a stranger to fear ; 5. There was a bonie lass t 
 You'll easy draw a weel-kent face, . 
 
 But no sae weel a stranger. . . . Toa Painter, 
 
 And still to her charms 
 
 She alone is a stranger ! . S. True hearted was he t 
 
 Stranger, to justly shew that brow, V.s below Picture. 
 
 Lang, lang, joy's been a stranger to me ; S. Waeis my hearty 
 The brave poor sodger ne'er despise, , 
 
 Nor count him as a stranger, , S. When wild Wars T 
 
 Stranger, go! Heaven be thy guide! Wr.inFriars-CarseH.. 
 
 Strapping, -an [tall and handsome]. 
 
 A' plump and strapping in their teens, Tam d Shanter. 13. 
 
 A strappan youth ; he takes the Mother's eye ; 
 
 """^ The Cotters Sat. Ntght. 8. 
 
 Her strappan limb an' gausy middle, The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 Strath [level land between hills, through which a 
 stream flows]. . 
 
 Farewell to the straths and green valleys below ; 
 
 6'. My hearts in the Highlands^ 
 
 Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath J 
 
 S. Von wild mossy mountains^ 
 
 Strathspey [the Strath of the river Spey. in Moray- 
 shire]. 
 Return him safe to fair Strathspey, S. The yngHighl Rover. 
 My youth's return'd to fair Strathspey, . • *^' 
 
strathspey 
 
 457 
 
 Streamie 
 
 strathspey [a kind of danoe in which two persons 
 engage ; op, Its music]. 
 'Twas Pibroch, Sang, Strathspey, or Reels, 
 
 S. Among the trees \ 
 A sweeping, kindling, bauld strathspey Ep, to Maj. Logan, s^ 
 But hornpipes, jigs, strathspeys, and reels, Tarn o' Shunter, ii. 
 When thro' his dear Strathspeys they bore with Highland rage ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. iz. 
 *' There's hornpipes and strathspeys, man ; 
 
 S. The deil cam_fiddling\ 
 Straught [straight]. 
 And waff them in the infernal wherry 
 
 Straught through the lake, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 ye wad whip Aff straught to H — II. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 
 Will send you, Korah-like, a sinkin. 
 
 Straught to auld Nick's. . Ep. to /. R. 
 For muckle anes, an' straught anes. . Halloween. 4. 
 
 straught or crooked, yird or nane, 7(5, j*. 
 
 Bonie and bloomin, and straught was its make ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann, 
 And straught to Stirling wing'd their flight, 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 Sae straught, sae taper, tight and clean, The Vision, D. 1. 11. 
 An' get sic fair example straught, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Straught [stretch]. 
 The Laird 0* the Ford will straught on a board, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Straw. * Stretch'd on his straw he lays himself to sleep, 
 
 A Winter Night. 9. 
 That straw where many a rogue has lain of yore, 
 
 Ep.fr, Esofus. 
 Straw'd [strewed]. 
 Her nut-brown hair, beyond compare, 
 Was on her bosom straw'd so, . . S. As I gaed up by t 
 Stray, in lanely glens ye like to stray ; Add. to the Deil. j. 
 While through thy sweets she loves to stray, 
 
 O tell me, does she muse on me 1 . S. Behold the houri 
 But we'll ne'er stray for faute o' light, . S, Gane is the day t 
 There, up the Cove, to stray an' rove, . . Halloween. 
 Whyles round a rocky scar it strays ; . . . lb. s^. 
 Through yellow, waving fields we'll stray, 
 
 S. Lassie wC the lintwhite t 
 Come let us stray our gladsome way, S. Now westlin winds f 
 Till, thence returned, they softly stray 
 
 O'er Clouden's wave, with fond delay ; . On Linclttden. 
 
 Where the mossy riv'let strays, . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 In gowany glens thy burnie strays. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 The hart, hind, and roe, freely, wildly-wanton stray : 
 
 S. Sleefst thou, t 
 And sae the kye might stray. . , The Election Ballads, V. 
 If, in their random, wanton spouts, 
 They [the trouts] near the margin stray ; 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Here haply too, at vernal dawn, 
 
 Some musing bard may stray, lb. 
 
 Observ'd us, fondly-wand'ring, stray ! . . The Lament. 
 Where'er he go, where'er he stray. 
 
 May Heaven be his warden ; S. The yng Highl, Rover. 
 But stray amang the heather bells, S. There was a lass f 
 
 In arioso trills and graces Ye never stray, , To J, S., 27. 
 And should the false one hither stray. 
 
 No vengeful spirit bid him fear ; S. To thee^ lov'd Nith \ 
 sweet, to stray an' pensive ponder 
 
 A heart-felt sang ! . . To W. Simpson. 
 He strays amang the woods and briers, . .S". Young Jamie^ t 
 Strayed. 
 As on the banks of Ayr I stray'd, . . Add. to Edinburgh, 
 Ae bonie simmer morn I stray'd . . As on the banks t 
 motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 By a river hoarsely roaring 
 
 Isabella stray'd deploring. . . ^. Raving winds t 
 
 With careless step I onward stray'd, iS". Twas even— the dewy \ 
 Straying. Lone on the bleaky hills the straying flocks 
 
 On Death ^R. Dundas, 
 Stream. 
 Down Pleasure's stream, wi' swelling sails, . A Dream. 10. 
 When death's dark stream I ferry o'er, 
 
 A V. on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 
 The stream adown its hazelly path, . . .A Vision. 
 
 My Mary's asleep by thy murmuring stream, S. Afton Water. 
 
 Thy chrystal stream, Afton, how lovely it glides, . , lb. 
 
 3M 
 
 Up rose the Genius of the stream. . As on the banks ^ 
 
 " When spreading beech and tapering elm, 
 
 " Shaded my streams sae clear and cool ; . . .lb. 
 The foaming stream deep roaring fa's, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove S. By Allan stream t 
 
 By unfrequented stream, . , Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 
 Ye mossy streams, with sedge and rushes stor'd. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Amang the rocks an' streams 
 
 To sport that night. . . Halloween. 
 
 List'ning to the wild birds singing, 
 
 By a falling, chrystal stream ; . S. I dream' d I lay t 
 
 Lugar's winding stream ; . . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Now Phcebus chears the crystal streams, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Girvan's fairy haunted stream S, Now bank and brae + 
 
 My life was ance that careless stream, 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 The boatmen on Nith*s gentle stream, . . On Lincluden. 
 And drinks the stream with vigour fresh ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks + Sett IT. 
 Or mus'd where limpid streams once hallowed, well, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 As one who by some savage stream, 
 
 A lonely gem surveys, . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Nae gowden stream thro' myrtles twines, 
 
 Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Oh ! stream whose murmurs still I hear ! 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 And o'er the stream your shadows throw, . . lb. 
 
 Blest stream ! she views thee haste to Clyde. . . lb. 
 that dear stream which flows to Clyde. . . . lb. 
 
 Streams that glide in orient plains, S. Streams that glide t 
 Give me the stream that sweetly laves 
 
 The banks by Castle Gordon lb. 
 
 A running stream they dare na cross. Tarn 0' Shanter. 18 
 That winding stream I love so dear ! ^S". The Banks of Nith, 
 Crept, gently-crusting, o'er the glittering stream. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Adown the glittering stream they featly danc'd ; . Jb. 11. 
 The Genius of the Stream in front appears, . . lb. 13. 
 Reflected beams dwell in the streams. The FHe Champetre. 
 Dry-withering, waste my foamy streams, 
 
 The Petition of Br, Water. 
 Rave to my darkly dashing stream, . .lb. 
 
 Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep, The Ordination. 7. 
 There streams for ever flow, and there flowers for ever blow, 
 
 »y. The Slave's Lament. 
 As in the bosom of the stream 
 
 The moon-beam dwells at dewy e'en ; S. There was a lass t 
 But golden sands did never grace 
 
 The Heliconian stream ; . . . To John M^Murdo. 
 Time but the imjaression stronger makes, 
 As streams their channels deeper wear. 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 We'll gar our streams an' bumies shine 
 
 Up wi' the best. . . To W. Simpson. 
 Down by yon stream, and yon bonie castle green ; 
 
 S. Woe is my heart t 
 The arches striding o'er the new-born stream ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Where, thro' a shapeless breach, his stream resounds. 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Ye banks, and braes, and streams around 
 The castle of Montgomery, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 by a lanely, sequestered stream, 
 
 S, Yon wild mossy fnountains t 
 Ilk stream foaming down its ain green, narrow strath ; . lb. 
 And glitter o'er the crystal streams . S, Young Peggy t 
 Stream, to. 
 But there it streams an' richly reams, 
 My Helicon I ca' that. . The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 Streamed. 
 O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, 
 That stream d thro' great, unhappy Wallace' heart ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 21. 
 Streamie Idim. e^stream], 
 by Castalia's wimplin streamies, , . To Dr. Blacklock, 
 
streaming 
 
 458 
 
 Strode 
 
 streaming. 
 
 The cauld blue north was streaming forth 
 Her lights, wi' hissing eerie din ; 
 
 . A Vision. 
 Ep. to Davie, g. 
 
 The life blood streaming thro* my heart, 
 Fair beaming, and streaming 
 
 Her silver light the boughs amang ; . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Now, to the streaming fountain, . . .S". Sleep^st ihou, t 
 Like Hecia streaming thunder : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Streamlet. 
 And [Simmer] o'er the chrystal streamlet plays ; 
 
 S, Bonie Lassie j will ye go t 
 Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse 
 
 To the sun-brown'd Arab's lip ; . , . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Thou chrystal streamlet with thy flowery shore, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 No more by the banks of the streamlet we'll wander, 
 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 While bid the murmuring streamlets flow ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks ^ Sett II. 
 That man shall flourish like the trees 
 
 Which by the streamlets grow ; . . The isi Psalm. 
 The limpid streamlet yonder flowing Supplying drink, 
 
 The Hermit. 
 The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale, 
 
 S^ The small birds \ 
 Chrystal streamlets gently flowing, . . S. Thickest night f 
 Streekit [stretched]. 
 Ance ye were streekit owre frae bank to bank ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, j. 
 And lastly, streekit out to bleach 
 
 In winter snaw ; . . . To W. Creech. 
 Street. As I was walking up the street, S. O Matty's meek. 
 Who loves his own smart shadow in the streets, ^ Sketch. 
 When chapmen billies leave the street, . Tarn o' Shanter. 
 Go, Fame, an' canter like a Ally 
 'Thro' a' the streets an' neuks o' Killie, 
 
 Tarn Samson's El., PerC. 
 An' durk an' pistol at her belt. 
 
 She'll tak the streets, The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 77. 
 your poor, narrow foot-path of a street, The Brigs oj Ayr. 6. 
 Nae mair the Council waddles down the street, 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit; . . . lb, 10. 
 Strength. 
 " Strength to bear it will be given, S. Husband, husband t 
 Yet they, even they, with all their strength, 
 
 Began to faint and fail ; . . , New Psalmody. 
 Gie body strength, then I'll ne'er start, 
 
 At this my way sae far awa. , . S. Saefar aiva. 
 For woman's wit, or strength o' man, 
 
 Alas ! can do but what they can ; The Election Ballads. VI, 
 Here, foaming down the skelvy rocks, 
 
 In twisting strength I rin ; . The Petition of Br. Water 
 O had the malt thy strength of mind, . . To Mr. Syme. 
 Stretch. 
 No — stretch a point to catch a plack ; . A Ded. to G. H. , 8. 
 Dr. Mac, Dr. Mac, you should stretch on a rack, 
 
 The Kirk^s Alartn, 
 Then, horn for horn Jhey stretch an' strive, . To a Haggis, 
 The warly race may drudge an' drive, 
 
 Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an' strive, To W. Simpson, 
 Here heart-struck Grief might heavenward stretch her scan, 
 
 Wr, in Kemnore Inn. 
 Stretch'd. Stretch'd on his straw he lays himself to sleep, 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 See those hands, ne'er stretch'd to save. 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs, —. 
 "Low lies the hand that oft was stretch'd to save, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Has oft been stretch'd to shield the honoured land ! 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Strew'd. 
 
 And strew'd the lea wi' flowers : X Nffvo Spring has clad \ 
 Strewin, Stpowing. 
 Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing, . S. Raving winds t 
 It's silly wa's the win's are strewin ! . . To a Mouse. 
 Strict. 
 Till Lairds forbad, by strict commands, 
 
 Sic bluidy pranks. . To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Strictly. 
 
 But, hark ye, friend, I charge you strictly, Auld comrade t 
 Striddle [to straddle]. 
 Sin I could striddle owre a rig ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 2/st, g. 
 
 Stride. Next follow'd Courage with his martial stride. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. ij. 
 O'er Pegasus' side ye ne'er laid a stride, The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Striding. The arches striding o'er the new-bom stream; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Strife. The victim sad of Fortune's strife, A Ded, to G. H,, 16. 
 With tumult, disquiet, rebellion, and strife ; S. Caledonia. 
 Who, equal to the bustling strife. 
 
 No other view regard ! , . Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 Yet they wha fa' in Fortune's strife, 
 
 Their fate we should na censure, Ep. to Young Friend. 4. 
 A mortal quite unfit for fortune's strife. 
 Yet oft the sport of all the ills of life ; Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 I've liv'd a life of sturt and strife, S. Farewell, ye dungeons f 
 Meanwhile the hapless daughter 
 
 Has but a choice of strife S. Howcruel\ 
 
 cease your strife. Nor longer idly rave, S. Husband, husbandi 
 The canniest gate, the strife is sair ; S. In simmer when\ 
 The marks of sturt and strife ; , . . Nature's Law. 
 A Douglas followed to the martial strife, [v.A. 12] 
 
 Scots Prologue, 
 At strife thir carlines fell ; , The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Made me the judge o' strife ; .... 15. V. 
 
 Fintry, my stay in worldly strife, . . , . lb. VI. 
 A scene o' sorrow mixed wi' strife, . TheTreeofLiherty. 
 Foiled, bleeding, tortured, in the unequal strife, 
 
 TQR.G.ofF.,5. 
 Heaven keep you free frae care and strife, V.s to Landlady. 
 What makes heroic strife, fam'd afar, . S. Ye Jacobites f 
 Strike. 
 And strikes the ever-deep'ning tones, A Ded. to G. H,, 10. 
 Fair B — strikes th' adoring eye. Add. to Edinburgh. 4, 
 
 But, like guid mothers, shore before ye strike ; Scots Prologue. 
 To strike evil doers wi' terror ; . . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Striking. 
 
 In your servants this is striking . - The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Strik*St. Thou strik'st the dull peasant, he sinks in the dark, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 
 Thou strik'st the young hero, a glorious mark ! , Ih, 
 
 String. And now the third part o' the string. 
 
 An* less, will gang about it. . .A Dream. 4, 
 On trembling string, or vocal air, S. A Rosebud by my ^ 
 
 Let minstrels sweep the skilful string, S. Behold, my love, t 
 Beat hemp for others, riper for the string : Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Full the string, ruling passion, the picture will show him. 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Yestreen, when to the trembling string 
 The dance gaed thro* the lighted ha', 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window \ 
 And throws his hand uncouthly o'er the strings. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 
 
 Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Gude keep thee frae a tether string ! . . . .lb. 
 
 When click'! the string the snick did draw; Tlte Vision. D, 1, 7. 
 
 String, to. 
 
 Thou strings the nerves o' Labor-sair, . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 Stringing. But stringing blethers up in rhyme 
 
 For fools to sing. The Vision. D. 1, 4. 
 Strip. At slaps the billies halt a blink, 
 
 Till lasses strip their shoon : The Holy Fair, 26. 
 Stript. 
 
 ' ' And stript the claeding aff your braes ? As on the banks t 
 Strive. While nobles strive to please Ye, . A Dream, g. 
 An' strive, wi' a' your Wit an' Lear, 
 
 To get remead. The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. iS. 
 ' Strive in thy humble sphere to shine ; The Vision. D. //. zr, 
 Then, horn for horn they stretch an' strive, To a Haggis. 
 
 The warly race may drudge an* drive, 
 Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an* strive, To W. Simpson. 
 Striv'n. Who long with wants and woes has striv'n, 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Stroan't [pissed]. 
 
 An' stroan't on stanes an' hillocks wi* him. The TwaDogs.3, 
 Strode. 
 
 Fu' stately strode he on the plain, S. My Harry was agallanti 
 Bold, soldier-featur'd, undismay'd 
 
 T|iey strode along. [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Oft have our fearless fathers strode 
 
 By Wallace' side, ■ .. .To W, Simpson. //, 
 
stroke 
 
 459 
 
 Stumps 
 
 stroke. An' loot a winze, an' drew a stroke, Halloween, 23. 
 The hoary Sire— the mortal stroke, 
 
 Long, long be plcas'd to spare ; . O Thou dread Pow^r t 
 But alas ! when forc'd to sever. 
 
 Then the stroke, O how severe I . . S. Scenes of'Woe\ 
 Beneath the stroke of Heaven's avenging ire ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, 14. 
 
 'Till the mortal stroke shall lay me low, S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 
 Strong, with a frater-feeling strong, . A Bards Epit.. 
 
 With Passions wild and strong ; A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 To lay strong hold for help on bounteous Graham. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 Strong ale was ablution, . . Epit, on J. Dffve, Innkeeper. 
 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong, 
 
 S. Farewell.^ ye dungeons t 
 With knowledge so vast, and with judgment so strong, 
 
 Erag.^ inscr. to Fox. 
 I'm here a pillar in thy temple, 
 
 Strong as a rock, . Holy Willie* s Prayer. J. 
 Thy strong right hand, L — d make it bare, . . 73. ij. 
 And he grew thick and strong, . . /ohn Barleycorn. 
 Her feeble pulse gies strong presumption 
 
 Death soon will end her. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 The liquid fire of strong desire . . . Nature's Law. 
 Thou madest strong two chosen ones, . New Psalmody. 
 Strong Necessity compels. . . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Strong may she glow with all her ancient fire ; 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 Gie him strong Drink until he wink, 
 
 That's sinking in Despair ; . . Scotch Drink. Mott. 
 
 But when thou pours thy strong heart's blood, 
 
 There thou shines chief. . . . . lb. 4. 
 Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, 
 
 The strong forehammer, ... lb. 21. 
 And what is this day's strong suggestion? 
 
 Sketch. New-Vrs Day. 
 The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 
 Whose strong right hand has ever been 
 
 Their stay and dwelling-place ! The ist b V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 An' rouse them up to strong conviction, 
 
 The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 The blackbird strong, the lintwhite clear, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write 
 Those happy scenes when far awa ! 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt./.'sL.. 
 Oh 1 scenes in strong remembrance set ! The Lament, 10. 
 I mark'd a martial Race, pourtray'd 
 
 In colours strong; [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong, . . lb. D. II. 16. 
 Strong on the sign-post stands the stupid ox. To R. G. ofF. , 7, 
 Stronger. 
 Nae mair ungen'rous wish I hae, 
 
 Nor stronger in my breast, . . . S. It is na, Jean^ t 
 But tearing Peggy from my soul 
 
 Must be a stronger death. . . . ^S*. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Or ony stronger potion, . . . The Holy Fair, ig. 
 
 Time but the impression stronger makes, 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Strongest. 
 
 That charm, that can the strongest quell, 
 
 The sternest move. Poem, on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Stronghold. 
 
 Already one strong hold of hope is lost, To R. G. cfF., g. 
 Strongly. How strongly still your view displays 
 
 The piety of ancient days I . On Lincluden. 
 Freedom's sword will strongly draw ? . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 A wish, that to my latest hour 
 
 Shall strongly heave my breast ; 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Was strongly marked in her face ; . The Vision. D. 1. 10. 
 
 The threat'ning storm, some, strongly, rein ; lb. D. II. 8. 
 Honour's war we strongly waged, . . S. Thickest night t 
 Strong-wing'd. 
 Whyles, on the strong-wing'd Tempest flyin, 
 
 Add. totheDeil.4. 
 
 Strove. Who long with jiltish arts and airs hast strove ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Strewing v. Strewin. 
 Struck. Or when they struck old Scotia's melting airs, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 
 Her charms had struck a sturdy Caird, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 ' I saw grim Nature's visage hoar, 
 
 ' Struck thy young eye. The Vision. D. II. 13. 
 Struggle. I'll bide the struggle in my heart, S. Ah, Chlons, t 
 Struggle, to. 
 In vain with Squire Billy for laurels you struggle, 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Struggled. 
 " Thy line, that have struggled for freedom with Bruce, 
 
 The Whistle. z8. 
 Struggling, Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils, 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Strum. The idiot strum of vanity bemused, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Strum, to. 
 
 Here vanity strums on her idiot lyre ; Monody., on a Lady. 
 Strumpet. 
 
 strumpets, relics of the drunken roar, . . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 Strung. Fate oft tears the bosom chords 
 
 That Nature finest strung : S. Sad thy tale, t 
 Tho' by the neck she should be strung, 
 
 She'll no desert. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Strunt [spirituous liquor of any sort]. 
 Syne, wi' a social glass o' strunt, 
 
 They parted aff careerin .... Halloween. 28. 
 A dram o' gude strunt in a morning early, 
 
 S. O ken ye what Meg \ 
 Strunt, to [to walk sturdily]. 
 
 I canna say but ye strunt rarely, . . To a Louse. 
 
 Strut. Wha struts and stares, and a' that ; S. The Honest Man. 
 Strutted. Or strutted in a Bank and clarket 
 
 My Cash-Account ; The Vision. D. I. J. 
 Stuart V. Stewart. 
 Stubble. And like the rootless stubble tost, 
 
 Before the sweeping blast. The ist Psaltn. 
 
 Stubborn. They'll keep their stubborn, Highland spirit. 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 G — d confound their stubborn face. Holy Willie's Prayer. 10. 
 
 The stubborn Tories dare to die ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 A harden'd, stubborn, unrepenting villain, Tragic Frag. 
 
 Studdie [a stithy, an anvil]. 
 
 And like stock-fish [the devil] come o'er his studdie 
 
 Wi' thy [death's] auld sides ! El. on Capt. M. H. 
 Till block an' studdie ring an' reel 
 
 Wi' dinsome clamour. Scotch Drink. 11, 
 
 Stude [stood]. The day he stude his country's friend, 
 
 .S". The laddies by t 
 Studied. 
 with studied, sly, ensnaring art. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 10. 
 Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refin'd ! . lb, ig. 
 Study. To ware his theologic care on. 
 
 And holy study ; To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Stuff [corn or pulse of any kind]. 
 ' The Simmer had been cauld an' wat, 
 
 • An' Stuflf was unco green ; . . . Halloween, is. 
 Sendin' the stuflr o'er muirs an' haggs 
 
 Like drivin' wrack ; Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 Stuff. 
 But better stuff ne'er claw'd a midden ! . El. on Year jy88. 
 Satan took stuff to mak a swine, . Epig. on A. Turner. 
 Their hearts no selfish stern absorbent stuff, 
 
 Ep, to R. Graham, s. 
 Why is outlandish stuff sae raeikle courted ? Scots Prologue. 
 Here's the stuff and lining 
 
 O' Cardoness' head ; . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Your hearts are the stuff, will be powther enough. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarftt. 
 1 see thy life is stuff o' prief, 
 
 Scarce quite half worn. . To Terraughty: 
 
 Stumbled. 
 
 At howes or hillocks never stumbled, . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Stump. Five rusty teeth, forbye a stump, .S". Willie Wastle\ 
 Stumpan [walking clumsily]. 
 
 An stumpan on his ploughman shanks. On dining with Doer. 
 Stumple \,dim. ^ stump; a worn quill]. 
 An, down gaed stumpie in the ink : Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. zist, 6: 
 Sae my auld stumpie pen I gat it 
 
 Wi* muckle wark, . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Stumps [legs]. 
 And stockings and pumps to put on my stumps, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals, 
 
stumps 
 
 460 
 
 Suggestion 
 
 I'd clatter on my stumps at the sound of a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Stung. Or tore, with noble ardour stung 
 
 The Sceptic's bays. The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 
 By blockhead's daring into madness stung ; To H. G. a/F.^S- 
 Stupid. 
 
 So, heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks, 
 
 Strong on the sign-post stands the stupid ox. To R. G. ofF, , 7. 
 Stupidity. Plain, dull Stupidity stept kindly in to aid them. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Stupor. Scenes, if in stupor I forget, 
 
 Again I feel, again I burn I . . The Lament. 
 Sturdy. 
 
 A steady, sturdy, staunch Believer. . A Ded. to G. H.j g. 
 
 Let prudence number o'er each sturdy son, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S' 
 
 * A clever, sturdy fallow ; . . . Halloween. 16. 
 
 Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, 
 
 The strong forehammer, Scotch Drink. 11. 
 
 I've sturdy bearers, Gude be thankit. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Her charms had struck a sturdy Caird, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R. VI. 
 
 And brandish round the deep-dy'd steel 
 
 In sturdy blows ; [v.A.4] The Vision, D. I. 
 
 Shou'd meddle wi' a pack sae sturdy, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Sturdiest. 
 
 ye [hills, clifiTs] Nature's sturdiest bairns, 
 
 El. on Cafit. M. H„ 3. 
 Sturt [trouble]. 
 
 I've liv'd a life of sturt and strife, S, Farewell, ye dungeons \ 
 
 The marks of sturt and strife ; . . . Nature's Law. 
 Sturt, to [to molest, trouble, vex]. 
 
 An' ay the less they hae to sturt them, 
 
 In like proportion, less will hurt them. , The Twa Dogs. zg. 
 Sturtan [frighted]. 
 
 Tho' he was something sturtan ; . . . Halloween. j8. 
 Style [a stile]. 
 
 Syne up the back-style, and let naebody see, S. whistle f 
 
 The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles, 
 
 That He between us and our hame, . Tarn d Shanter. 
 Style. O, how that name inspires my style I Ep, to Davie. 21. 
 
 To sing auld Coil in nobler style . . Nature's Law. 
 
 His English style, and gesture fine, The Holy Fair. ij. 
 
 But whafna day o' whatna style . S. There was a ladf 
 
 To set her name in measur'd style ; To W. Simpson. 
 
 Styme [a particle ; the slightest degree ; a glimpse]. 
 
 I scarce could wink or see a styme; There's naethin like t 
 
 Subdue. What force or guile could not subdue, S. The Union. 
 Subject. 
 If not, why am I subject to 
 
 His cruelty, or scorn ? . Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 But how the subject theme may gang, 
 
 Let time and chance determme ; Ep, to Young Friend, 
 But as to his line Nabob fortune. 
 
 We'll e'en let this subject alane. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Thou art a queen, fair Lesley, 
 Thy subjects we before thee : . S. O saw ye bonze L. t 
 Subjection. To pay your Queen, with due respect, 
 
 My fealty an' subjection. , A Dream. S. 
 Sublime. Ye holy walls, that, still sublime. 
 
 Resist the crumbling touch of time ; On Lincluden. 
 But accept, ye sublime Majority, 
 
 My congratulations hearty. . . . The Dean ofFac,. 
 '* Come— one bottle more — and have at the sublime I 
 
 S. The Whistle. 17. 
 That's the true pathos and sublime 
 
 Ofhumanlife. . . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 My fancy yerket up sublime . . . ToJ.S.,4, 
 
 Sublime, to. 
 Last, she [nature] sublimes th' Aurora of the poles, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, i. 
 Sublimely. Whose verse in manhood's pride sublimely flows, 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham, s. 
 SubUmer, 
 My muse may imp her wing for some Bublimer flight. 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham. S. 
 Submissive. 
 And owning heaven's mysterious sway, 
 
 Submissive, low, adore Frag, tifOde^ 
 
 Sub rosa. 
 While he, sub rosa^ play'd his part 
 Among their wives and lasses. The Election Ballads. Vh 
 
 Subscribe. 
 
 Sae I subscribe mysel in haste, 
 
 Yours, Rab the Ranter. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Subscripsi. Suhscripsi huiCf Robert Bums. The Inventory. 
 Substance. 
 
 Some coarser substance, unrefin'd, . . A Winter Night. 7. 
 Subtile. 
 
 subtile Litigation's pliant tongue . On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 
 Foxes and statesmen, subtile wiles ensure ; To R. G. o/F.^ g. 
 Succar-candie [sugar-candy]. 
 
 And weel I wat her willin mou 
 Was e'en like succar-candie. . . iS". Had I the wyte f 
 
 Succeed. 
 
 But he has gotten to our grief, 
 
 Ane to succeed him, The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 Perhaps if bowls row right, and right succeeds, [v.A.12] 
 
 Scots Prologue, 
 Succeeding. But, long ere noon, succeeding clouds 
 
 Succeeding hopes beguil'd. Sad thy tale, t 
 
 Success. 
 
 May liberty meet wi' success ! .S". Here's a health to them t 
 Success to Kenmure's band ; .S". O Kenmure's on andawa f 
 But the Heavens deny'd success. . . S, Thickest night f 
 But if success X must never find. 
 Then come misfortune, I bid thee welcome, 
 
 S. Tha. fickle Fortune t 
 Ah, though my looks betray, I envy your success ; 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 Succession. The next in succession, I'll give you the King, 
 At a Meet. o/D. Volunteers, 
 In bright succession raise, her Ornament and Guard ! 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 21. 
 
 Successive. 
 
 Repeated, successive, for many long years, . S. Caledoma. 
 cold successive noontide blasts . . . Sad thy tale, f 
 Such. But with such as he, where'er he be, 
 
 May I be sav'd or d— 'd ! . . . Epit.for G. H. 
 Suck. The life-blood equal sucks of Right and Wrong : 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 Sucker [sugar]. 
 An' just a wee drap sp'ritual bum in, 
 
 An' gusty sucker ! . . Scotch Drink. 9. 
 Sud [Should]. 
 An' gif it's sae, ye sud be licket . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Sic hauns as you sud ne'er be faikit, . . 16. 
 
 The devil'haet, that I sud ban, 
 
 They ever think lb. 
 
 I sud be laith to think ye hinted Ironic satire. 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 Sudden. 
 Then let the sudden bursting sigh 
 The heart-felt pang discover ; . S, Could aught 0/ song \ 
 Sue. When the vanquish'd foe 
 
 Sues for peace and quiet, . S. The Captain's Lady. 
 Su'd. 
 
 Who for her favour oft had su'd, .S.Ona hank o/fiowers t 
 Suffer. I see the hours, in long array. 
 
 That I must suflfcr, Iingenng, slow. TJu Lament. 
 I did na suffer ha'f sae much 
 
 Frae Daddie Auld. . . What ails ye nowl 
 ' I'd rather suffer for my faut, A hearty flewit, . . 16. 
 Suffer'd. Wi* stanged hips, and buttocks bluidy, 
 
 She's suffer'd sau: ; Adam A~s Prayer. 
 Suffering. 
 And suffering I am doom'd to bear, S. wat ye wha's wt 
 
 Where suffering no longer can harm thee. 
 
 On Death of/ao. Child. 
 
 That whether doing, suffering, or forbearing, 
 
 You may do miracles by persevering. Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 
 But 'tis not my sufferings, thus wretched, forlorn, 
 
 S. The small birds J 
 
 Such fate to suffering worth is giv'n, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Sufficient. Gie them sufficient threshin. The Ordination. 5- 
 Suggested. 
 
 An' thus the Muse suggested 
 
 His sang that night. The Jolly Beggars^ R. VII- 
 
 Suggestion. 
 If wiser too— he hinted some suggestion, Prologue, at Th, , D.. 
 And what is this day's strong suggestion 7 
 " The paBsine moment's all we rest on ! " . „ 
 
 *^ ^ Sketch, New Yi^sD(^, 
 
Sugh 
 
 461 
 
 Sun 
 
 Sugh [a rushing sound]. 
 Ye, like a rash-buss, stood in sight, 
 
 Wi* waving sugh. . . Add. to ike Deil. 7. 
 The clanging sugh of whistling wings is heard ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night. 
 
 Suit. To suit some wise design ; A Prayer under Anguish. 
 
 O Thou, whatever title suit thee ! . . Add. to the Deil. 
 
 Ye suit the joyless tenor of my soul. On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 
 Western breezes softly blowing, 
 
 Suit not my distracted mind. . . S. Thickest night t 
 A fabled Muse may suit a bard that feigns ; To R. Graham. 
 Sullen. '^Thfr-bifdofeve flits sullen by . . On Lincluden. 
 The hollow caves return a sullen moan. 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 Whare sits our sulky sullen dame, . . Tarn d Shanter. 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 In sullen vengeance, I, disdained, reply : . The Vowels. 
 A sullen welcome, all ! . . . . . To Ruin. 
 
 Sullen-sounding. 
 The tide-swoln Firth, with sullen-sounding roar, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Sultana. 
 There I'll despise imperial charms, 
 An Empress or Sultana^ . S. Thegowd. Locks of A.. 
 Sultpy. The sultry suns of Summer came, John Barleycorn. 
 We'll to the breathing woodbine bow'r, 
 At sultry noon, my dearie O. S, Lassie wH the lintwhite t 
 . And crosses o'er the sultry line; . S. The day returns^ 
 In summer he toil'd thro' the faint, sultry heat ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Sum. 
 " And last, (the sunn of a' my griefs ! ) 
 " My noble master lies in clay ; . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Sum, to. 
 
 To sum up all, be merry, I advise ; Add. s_p. Sy Fontenelle. 
 Summer. 
 Gay as the gilded summer sky, . Add. to Edinburgh, 4. 
 While Summer with a matron grace 
 Retreats to Dryburgh's cooling shade, 
 
 Add, to Shade of Thomson. 
 The bloom of a fine summer's day ! S. Adown winding Nith t 
 Her smile was like a summer morn ; . lS*. Blythe was she,f 
 The ilowery Spring leads sunny Summer, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 In vain ye flaunt in summer's pride, ye groves ; 
 
 £1. on Miss Burnet. 
 Till the last leaf o' the summer is flown, S, Gloomy December. 
 The sultry suns of Summer came, . . John Barleycorn. 
 O I soon, to me, may summer-suns 
 
 Nae mair light up the morn ! Lament of Maty of Scots. 
 the welcome summer show'r S. Lassie wV the lintwhite t 
 The bird that charm'd his summer day, tS". O Lassie^ art thou f 
 [Sweet] As dews o' summer weeping, 
 
 In tears the rose-buds steeping : S. O watye wha that loes\ 
 On a bank of flowers one summer's day, 
 
 For summer lightly dress'd, 5. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 Fair on the summer morn : . On Birth ofPosih. Child. 
 
 Summer, with his fervid-beaming eye ; The Brigs of Ayr. ij. 
 Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd, 
 
 Ne'er summer sun was half sae sweet. S. The day returns t 
 And all the gay foppery of Summer is flown ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 In summer he toil'd thro' the faint, sultry heat ; 
 
 ^. The Poor Thresher. 
 Thro' Winter's cauld, or Summer's heat ; The Twa Dogs, zg. 
 These five and twenty summers past, . The Twa Herds, z. 
 The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last, 
 
 The Winter it is past t 
 Where bright beaming summers exalt the perfume ; 
 
 S. Their groves tf\ 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun, . . ^S". Thine am /f 
 
 Whether the Summer kindly warms^ 
 Wi' life an' light, 
 
 To W. Simjpson. 
 
 Not the little sporting fairy, 
 
 All beneath the summer moon : S. Turn again, thoufairf 
 Bright as a cloudless summer sun, . . V.s below Picture. 
 Is it that summer's forsaken our vallies, S, Where are the Joys t 
 
 While corn grows green in summer showers, 
 
 S. Where Cart rins\ 
 Summer-pride. 
 
 In flaming summer-pride, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Summer-toils. 
 
 The bees, rejoicing o'er their summer-toils. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Summit. How foolish, or worse, 'till our summit is gain'd ! 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Life's proud summits would'st thou scale ? 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Summon. So whip ! at the summons, old Satan came flying ; 
 
 Epig. on Copt. Grose. 
 My fancy yerket up sublime Wi* hasty summon : To J. S., 4. 
 
 Summon, to. 
 
 When twilight did my Graunie summon, 
 To say her pray'rs, douse, honest woman ; Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 Summoned. 
 
 She [Mirth] summon'd ev'ry social sprite. The FHeChampetre. 
 Sumph [a dull-witted person, a blockhead]. 
 Ye surly sumphs, who hate the name, 
 
 Be mindfu' o' your mither : The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Sun. And the rocks melt wi' the sun ; S. A red^ red Rose. 
 The conscious sun, out o'er yon hill, 
 
 Rejoicin' clos'd the day so, . . . ^S". As I gaedup byi 
 The wintry sun the day has clos'd, S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet, 
 
 As was the blink o' Phemie's e'e. . Blythe was she t 
 All Creature's joy in the suns returning, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 I'll prove it from Euclid as clear as the sun : S. Caledonia. 6. 
 I swear and vow by moon and stars, 
 
 And sun that shines so early, . S. Come boat me der. 
 His soul was like the glorious sun, , El. on Copt. M. H. 
 Mourn him thou Sun, great source of light ; . lb. 14. 
 
 But like the sun eclips'd at morning tide. El. on Miss Burnet. 
 And dares the public like a noontide sun. Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 The wretch beneath the dreary pole, 
 
 So marks his latest sun. . S. Farewell^ dear mistress t 
 
 The sun of all his joy lb. 
 
 She, the fair sun of all her sex, lb. 
 
 Now gay with the broad setting sun ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 And blude red wine's the rysin Sun. S. Gone is the day t 
 
 The sun a backward course shall take - - - 
 Ere ought thy manly courage shake ; . S. Highl. Laddie. 
 O mild be the sun on this sweet blushing flower, 
 
 ^S". How pleasant the hanks t 
 My cheerless suns no pleasure know ; 
 
 Improm., on Mrs. — *s Birthday. 
 Till painting gay the eastern skies, 
 
 The glorious sun began to rise ; .S". It was the charming t 
 The sultry suns of summer came, . . John Barleycorn. 
 The sun took delight to shine for its sake ; .S". Lady Mary A nn. 
 By fits the sun's departing beam 
 
 Look'd on the fading yellow woods Lament for Glencaim. 
 " Nae simmer sun exalt my bloom l .... lb. 
 " Thou found'st me, like the morning sun 
 
 " That melts the fogs in limpid air, . ... lb. 
 O! soon, to me, may summer-suns 
 
 Nae mair light up the mom ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Sun and moon but set to rise ; . . S. Let not woman t 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun 
 
 To shed its influence on thy bright career. 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 The eagle's gaze alone surveys 
 
 The sun's meridian splendor: . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 The dew fell fresh, the sun rose mild, S. Luckless Fortune. 
 The Sun that overhangs yon moors, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 3. 
 I've seen yon weary winter-sun 
 
 Twice forty times return ; . . . . . IB, 
 
 See you not yon hills and dales 
 
 The sun shines on sae brawlie ? . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 
 Tho' ye had a' the sun shines on, lb. 
 
 It shaded frae the ev'ning sun. .S". O bonie was yon rosy \ 
 And years sinsyne hae o'er us run, 
 
 Like Logan to the simmer sunt . S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 A weary slave from sun to sun, S. O Mary, at thy window \ 
 ' The milder sun and bluer sky . . . S.O Phely, t 
 The fairest maid's in yon town 
 
 That ev'ning sun is shining on. [?-«»] 3". O watye whds in t 
 The sun blinks blythe on yoa town, • • . , /^t 
 
Sun 
 
 462 
 
 Supported 
 
 Tho' I were doom'd to wander on, 
 
 Beyond the sea, beyond the sun, S. were I on Pamass. t 
 
 Talk not to me of savages 
 From Afric's burning sun, . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 Gay the sun's golden eye, 
 
 Peep'd o'er the mountains high ; . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 
 Fair on Isabella's morn 
 The sun propitious smil'd ; . . . . Sad thy tale, t 
 
 Frae morning sun 'till dine : S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 
 While the sun and thou arise to bless the day. .S". Sleefst thou^ t 
 
 The sun from India's shore retires ; S. Slow spreads theglpoin \ 
 
 Thou whose bright sun now gilds yon orient skies ! 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 
 Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 While laigh descends the simmer sun, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 The sun blinks kindly in the biel', Ih. 
 
 Saw in the sun a mighty angel stand ; 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night, /j. 
 
 Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd, 
 Ne'er summer sun was half sae sweet. iS". The day returns t 
 
 The sun rose clear and bright ; The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Sun, moon, and stars withdrawn a' ; S. The gowd. Locks of A. 
 
 The rising sun, our Galston Muirs, 
 Wi' glorious light was glintan ; . . The Holy Fair. 
 
 The sun he is sunk in the west, . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 
 The sun had clos'd the winter-day, . The Vision. D. I. 
 
 By this, the sun was out o' sight, . . The Twa Dogs. 35. 
 
 My love is like yon sun, whose bright course is begun, 
 
 S. The winter it is past t 
 
 The sun was sinking in the west, . .S". There was a lass t 
 
 Love's the cloudless summer sun, . ■ S. Thine atn I \ 
 
 Would to God I had one like a beam of the sun, 
 
 To Capt. Riddel. 
 
 For me, I swear by sun an' moon, . . . ToJ.S. 
 
 (Fled, like the sun eclips'd as noon appears, To R. G. o/F.^ g. 
 
 And bright in cloudless skies his sun go down ! . . I&. 
 
 Sooner the sun in his motion would falter. 
 
 S. Twos na her honie blue e'e t 
 
 Bright as a cloudless summer sun, . V.s, below Picture. 
 
 To hide the brightness of the sun, iVhen clouds in skies t 
 
 The hunter lo'es the morning sun, S. When o'er the hill t 
 
 By Him who made yon sun and sky I S. When wild War's t 
 
 Adore the rising sun, .... S. Ye Jacobites \ 
 Sun, to. 
 
 An' sun oursells about the dyke ; The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 Sunbeam. 
 
 When shining sunbeams intervene S. On Cessnock banks t 
 Sun-brown'd. 
 
 Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse 
 
 To the sun-brown'd Arab's lips ; . . . Delia. An Ode. 
 Sunday. 
 
 That at the L — d's house, even on Sunday, 
 
 Thou drank wi' Kirkton Jean till Monday. Tarn d Shanier. 
 
 Upon a simmer Sunday mom, 
 When Nature's face is fair, . . The Holy Fair. 
 
 " I'll get my Sunday's sark on, lb. 6. 
 
 An' ay on Sundays duly, nightly, 
 
 I on the questions targe them tightly ; . . Th^ Inventory. 
 
 Wi' pinch I put a Sunday's face on, . What ails ye now t 
 Sunder. 
 
 And pledge we ne'er shall sunder \ S. Come^ let me take thee, f 
 Sune [soon], sune as chance or fate had hush't 'em 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux, 
 
 How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue S> I do con/ess t 
 
 Yet sune thou shalt be thrown aside, . ... lb. 
 Sung. Who sung his rhymes in Coila's plains Nature's Law. 
 
 And soul-ennobling Bards heroic ditties sung. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 11. 
 
 So sung the Bard— and Nansie's waws 
 
 Shook with a thunder of applause The Jolly Beggars, R. VIII. 
 
 Hence, sweet harmonious Beattie sung 
 
 His " Minstrel lays ; " The Vision. D. II, 6. 
 Old poets have sung, and old chronicles tell, The Whistle. S' 
 
 Till echoes a' resound again 
 
 Her weel-sung praise. . To W, Simpson. 6. 
 
 Sunk, sunk in beds of down, . . .A Winter Night. 9. 
 
 Till in some miry slough he sunk is, Add, to the Deil, /J. 
 
 While Phoebus sunk beyond Benledi ; S. By Allan streami 
 That heart how sunk, a prey to grief and care : 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 My true love ! she cried, and sunk down by his side, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door, \ 
 She [Justice] sunk abandon'd to the wildest woe. 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 Dim, cloudy, sunk beneath the western wave ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 And sunk them in tontempt ; . On Duke ofQueensherry. 
 
 sunk enerv'd 'Mang heaps 0' clavers ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 th' unblushing fair In his embraces sunk ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R, VII. 
 Sunk on the earth, defae'd its lovely form, 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 The sun he is sunk in the west, , S. The sun ke is sunk f 
 lK)w-sunk in squalid, unprotected age, , To R. G. ofF.,^. 
 Though prest with care and sunk in woe, 
 
 S. Toikee,lov'dNiih\ 
 Sunny. And bonie blue are the sunny skies, S, Bonie Bell. 
 The flowery Spring leads sunny summer, . . , lb. 
 Gaily in the sunny beam ; . . S. I dream' d I lay\ 
 
 ' The bee that through the sunny hour 
 ' Sips nectar in the op'ning flower, . . , S. Phely, t 
 That sunny walls from Boreas screen, S. On Cessnock banks\ 
 And gaudy shew at sunny noon ; . . . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 Blooming in the sunny ray ; . . * . . S. Sensibility f 
 The hoary moms precede the sunny days. The BrigoJAyr. 
 Tho* rich is the breeze in their gay, sunny vallies, 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 In the pride of sunny noon ; . S. Turn again, thou fair \ 
 Forth's sunny shores, . S. Von wild mossy mountains^ 
 Sunshine. Now farewell, light, thou sunshine bright, 
 
 S. Farewell^ ye dungeons t 
 Sunshine days of joy and pleasure ; . S. Ravingwinds\ 
 She is the sunshine o' my e'e, S. The gowd. Locks of A. 
 
 Some gleams of sunshine mid renewing storms : 
 
 S. Whyamllothi 
 
 Hope not sunshine every hour, . Wr, in Friars-Carse Hi 
 Sun-ward. 
 
 Thy snawie bosom sun-ward spread. To a Mountain'Daisy. 
 Sup. For aye the brose ye sup at e'en, 
 
 Ye bock them ere the morn, lassie. S. Ye kae lien wrung. 
 
 Superadded. 
 
 But lie has superadded more, On Duke ofQueensherry. 
 
 Superior. 
 Or, if man's superior might 
 Dare invade your native right, . On scaring Waterfowl 
 
 Superstition. 
 Poor gapin', glowrin' Superstition, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 *' An' this is Superstition here, 
 
 '• An' that's Hypocrisy. . . . The Holy Fair-S- 
 Superstition's hellish brood . . The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 Supper. But now the Supper crowns their simple board, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, n. 
 
 lb. IX, 
 
 The chearfu' Supper done, wi' serious face. 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 Suppin. Kate sits i' the neuk, Suppin hen broo ; 
 
 S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 Supply 'd. 
 Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, 
 Supply'd wi* store o' water, . . Add. to Unco Gutd. 
 
 Support. 
 
 Now life's poor support, hardly earn'd. 
 My fate will scarce bestow ; . S. The sun he is sunk ^ 
 
 Support, to. 
 May he who made him still support him, Auld comradei 
 to support his helpless woodbine state, Ep. to R. Graham. 4' 
 
 It's guid to support Caledonia's cause, 
 
 ^ ^ S. Here's a health to ikem t 
 
 I bear a heart shall support me still. S. Idreamdllay\ 
 
 Where hundreds labour to support 
 A haughty lordling's pride j Man was made to Mourn, j. 
 
 May still your Mither's heart support ye ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Yet I bear a heart shall support me still. „ ^, ^ ^ ,* 
 
 6", Tho. fickle Fortune^ 
 
 Supported. 
 
 Supported is his right : 
 
 Man was made to Mourn, 
 
Supporting 
 
 463 
 
 SuthPon 
 
 Supporting. 
 
 Supporting roofs, fantastic, stony groves : The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Suppose. Suppose a change o' cases ; Add. to Unco Gmd. 6. 
 Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, 
 
 They sair misca' thee ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Supreme. 
 
 Or must no tiny sin to others fall, 
 
 Because thy guilt's supreme enough for all? . Ep.Jr. Esopus. 
 
 Oft, honor'd with supreme command, 
 
 The Farewell. To Si. /.'s Z.. 
 
 Strang necessity supreme is 'Mang sons o' men. 
 
 To Dr. Blackloch. 
 
 Thou Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty Scheme, 
 These woes of mine fulfil ; . . . . Winter. 
 
 Supremely. 
 
 Supremely blest wi' love and thee S. Bonie lassie, will ye go \ 
 Ye shades that echo'd to his vows, 
 And saw me once supremely blest, S. To thee, lov'd Nith t 
 
 Sure. 
 
 My readers then are sure to lose me. A Ded. to G. H., ii. 
 Is sure an uncouth sight to see, . . . , A Dream. 
 Yet sure I am, that known to Thee 
 
 Are all Thy works below. . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Yet sure those ills that wring my soul 
 , . Obey Thy high behest. . . .lb. 
 
 Sure Thou, Almighty, canst not act 
 
 From cruelty or wrath ! ... , lb. 
 
 A seat, I'm sure ye're weel deservin't ; . Add. oy Beelzebub. 
 I'm sure sma' pleasure it can:gie, . . Add. to the Deil. 
 For sure 'twere impious to despair 
 
 So much in sight of Heaven. . ^S*. Anna, thy chartns i 
 Wi' less, I'm sure, I've hundreds slain ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hom&ook. i6. 
 
 He's sure to hae ; lb. so. 
 
 The great Creator to revere. 
 
 Must sure become the Creature ; Ep. to Young Friend, g. 
 A correspondence fix'd wi' Heav'n, 
 
 Is sure a noble anchor !...». lb. lo. 
 In all of thee sure thy Esopus shares. . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Stop ! there he is as sure's a gun, . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 I was a gilpey then, I'm sure, . . . Halloween, ij. 
 My pains o' hell on earth are past, 
 
 I'm sure o' bliss aboon, man. S. O ay my wi/e she dang. 
 And sure they do not lie. . . That there is falsehood^ 
 Whare Sandy and Nancy I'm sure will ding them a' ? 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier + 
 But sure as three times three mak nine, S. There was a lad t 
 If bringing them over was lucky for us, 
 I'm sure 'twas as lucky for them [v. A.9] 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 And O ! be sure to fear the Lord alway ! 
 
 The Cottey^s Sat. Night. 6. 
 " I'm sure I've seen that bonie face, . The Holy Fair. 4, 
 But sure her soul is not in hell, 
 
 The deil would ne'er abide her. . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Syne.let us pray, auld England may 
 
 Sure plant this far-famed tree, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 An' if a Devil be at a', 
 
 In faith he's sure to get him. To Gav. Hamilton. 
 I'm sure it's winter fairly. . .S", Up in the morning. 
 
 Surely. A time that surely shall come ; 
 
 A V. on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 For surely that would touch her heart 
 
 Wha kills me wi' disdaining. . S. O stay, sweet warb. \ 
 And surely ye'll be your pint-stoup, 
 And surely I'll be mine ; S. Should auld acquaintance f 
 Surest. Hapless bird ! a prey the surest 
 
 To each pirate of the skies. . S. Sensibility^ \ 
 Surge. 
 
 As deep recoiling surges foam below, Wr. by Fall ofFyers. 
 Surging. 
 I'll often greet this surging swell ; . S. Behold the hour\ 
 
 doubling roar Surging on the rocky shore ; 
 
 S. How can my poor heart t 
 Bide the surging billow's shock. . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 'Tis not the surging billow's roar, . S. The gloomy night + 
 Here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast, 
 
 With surging foam ; The Vision, D. I. /j. 
 
 Surly. And surly winter grimly flies ; . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 phill November's surly blast , Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 When o'er the hills beat surly storms, ^S". Montgomerie's Peggy, 
 See aged winter 'mid his surly reign. Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday, 
 Ye surly sumphs, who hate the name. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 But Misery and I must watch 
 
 The surly tempest blow : S. The sun he is sunk t 
 And grim, surly winter Is near ? . .S". Where are the joys t 
 the brow Of surly, savage winter. . , .S". Yoitng Peggy t 
 Surpass. 
 
 Thou great Being ! what Thou art, 
 
 Surpasses me to know : . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Our sad decay in church and state, 
 
 Surpasses my descriving ; . . S, Awa, whigs, awa. 
 (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses. 
 For honest men and bonny lasses.) . Tam^ 0' Shanter. 2. 
 Surpasses my descriving : . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Surpassing. 
 As far surpassing other common villains, 
 As Thou m natural parts hadst given me more. Tragic Frag. 
 
 Surprise. Yet never met with that surprise 
 
 That broke my rest, V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 But only, lest we gang to hell, 
 
 It may be nae surprise ; . V.s, on Window, Carron. 
 
 SurpriS'd. And sore surpris'd them all. John Barleycorn. 
 
 An' (what surprised me) modesty, . On dining with Daer. 
 
 1 wad na been surpriz'd ^o spy 
 
 You on an auld wife's flainen toy ; . . To a Louse. 
 
 Surrender. Her feeble powers surrender ; S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Pale he surrenders at the tyrant's throne ! . The Vowels, 
 
 '* Before I surrender so glorious a prize. The Whistle. 8, 
 
 Surround. * ' The drooping arts surround their patron's bier. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair, 
 
 Thickest night surround my dwelling ! S. Thickest night t 
 
 Surrounded. 
 
 Surrounded thus by bolus pill, And potion glasses. 
 
 Poem on Life. 
 
 Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, S. Musing on the roaring \ 
 
 Surrounding. The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers.. 
 
 Wr. by FallofFyers 
 Surtout. The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout, the same ; 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Survey. 
 thro' the starting tear, Survey this grave. A Bards Epit. 
 The princely revel may survey 
 
 Our rustic dance wi' scorn ; . . S. Behold^ my love t 
 The eagle's gaze alone surveys 
 
 The sun's meridian splendor : . . ^S". Lovely Davies. 
 My soul, delightless, a' surveys, S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 
 As one who by some savage stream, 
 A lonely gem surveys, . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 
 Surveyed, -*d. 
 When Peggy's charms I first survey'd, S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 And hear him curse the light he first surveyed, To R. G. ofF. 
 Surveying. 
 
 What woes wring my heart while intently surveying 
 The storm's gloomy path on the breast of the wave. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Survive. 
 Sever'd from thee, can I survive ? . S. Behold the hour t 
 
 In thy sweet sang, Barbauld, survives 
 
 Even Sappho's flame. Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 Susie, sentimental sister Susie, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 13. 
 And Susie whasedaddy was laird o' the Ha' ; 
 
 S. Therms a youth \ 
 Suspected. I was suspected for the plot ; Ep. to J. R. , 9. 
 Suspend. Suspend their dashing oars to hear On Lincluden. 
 Suspicion. 
 Alas ! there's ground o' great suspicion 
 
 She'll ne'er get better. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Just what would make suspicion start ; The Tears I shed. 
 
 Sustain. 
 
 And labour to sustain me, O : S. My father was a farmer t 
 
 Himsel, a wife, he thus sustains, . The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 
 Suthron. Till Suthron raise, an' coost their claise 
 
 Behind him in a raw, man ; A Fragment, g. 
 
 While back- recoiling seem'd to reel 
 
 Their Suthron foes. [v.A.4] The Vision. D. L 
 Aft bure the gree, as story tells, 
 
 ■Fra© Suthron billies. To W. Simpson, 
 
Swagger 
 
 464 
 
 Sweep 
 
 Swagger. 
 
 The ricket reeling of a crooked swagger? Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 
 He reeled his wonted bottle-swagger, . Tarn Samson's El. . 
 Swaggep, io. 
 
 Some swaggeir hame, the best they dow, The Holy Fair. 26. 
 
 Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Swaggering. 
 
 Then staggering, an' swaggering, 
 He roar'd this ditty up . . The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 
 The first of my loves was a swaggering blade, . 11. S. II. 
 Swain. 
 
 Is this thy faithful swain's reward, S. Canst thou leave me t 
 
 Deluded swain, the pleasure 
 
 The fickle Fair can give thee. 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . . . .6". Deluded swain t 
 Only known to wandering swains, . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 * The loves, the ways of simple swains. The Vision. D. II. 18, 
 True hearted was he the sad swain of the Yarrow, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 
 had she been a country maid. 
 
 And I the happy country swain, i". Twos even — the dewy t 
 But sair I fear some happier swain 
 
 Has gained sweet Jeanie's favour. .S". When first I saw^ 
 Therefore while ye're blooming Katie, 
 
 Listen to a loving swain ; . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Sae gallant and sae gay a swain, . . S. Young Jamie,^ 
 SwaiPd [sward]. 
 
 Sweet on the fragrant, flow'ry swaird, Add. to the Deit. /J. 
 Swall'd [swelled]. 
 
 Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve 
 
 Are bent like drums ; . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Swallow. 
 
 We took the road ay like a Swallow : A Guid New-Year\q. 
 
 Thick flies the skimming Swallow ; S. Now ivestlin winds t 
 
 " The little swallow's wanton wing, . . S.O Phely,^ 
 
 The swallow jinkin' round my shiel, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Swallow, to. 
 
 It's no I like to sit an' swallow. 
 
 Then like a swine to puke an' wallow. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Swallowed. The speedy gleams the darkness swallow'd ; 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter. 8. 
 Swan. 
 
 The stately swan majestic swims, S. Again rejoicing Nature^ 
 
 Her skin's fair hue is like the swan ; 
 
 S. A. Masterton's ionie Anne. 
 
 Swan-white. Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck, 
 
 .S. O Maliys metk. 
 
 Swanic [stately]. 
 
 A filly buirdly, steeve an' swank, . A Guid New-Year \ 3. 
 Swankie [a strapping young fellow]. 
 There, swankies young, in braw brald-claith, TheHolyFair. 7. 
 
 Swap [an excliange]. 
 The swap we yet will do't ; . Efig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 An' hae a swap o' rhymin-ware, 
 
 Wi' ane anither. Ep. to J. L—h, Ap. 1st, 18. 
 
 Swapped [exelianged]. 
 
 1 trow we swapped for the warse, S. Carl, an the kingcome. 
 Swarf [to swoon]. 
 
 For fear amaist did swarf, man. .S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Swarm. 
 
 When wretches range, in famish'd swarms. 
 
 The scented groves. The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Swat [did sweat]. 
 
 An* ay she win't, an' ay she swat, . . . Halloween. 12. 
 
 Till ilka carlin swat and reekit, . . Tam o' Shanter. 12. 
 
 Some, lucky, find a flow'ry spot, 
 
 For which tliey never toil d nor swat ; . 
 Swatch [a sample, a specimen]. 
 
 ' That's just a swatch o' Hornbook's way,' 
 
 Death and Dr. Homiooi. 29. 
 
 On this hand sits an Elect swatch, 
 Wi' screw'd-up, grace-proud faces ; [v.A.i8] 
 
 The Holy Fair. lo. 
 
 And taste a swatch 0' Manson's barrels. To a Medical Gent. 
 Swats [new ale]. 
 
 Wi' reaming swats, that drank divinely ; Tarn 0' Shanter. J. 
 
 The swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle, 
 
 Fair play, he car'd na deils a boddle. ... li. //. 
 
 To/. S., ty. 
 
 Sway. ' Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, A Winter Night. S. 
 And owning heaven's mysterious sway ; Frag, of Ode, 
 
 Alternate Follies take the sway ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 Who but owns theirmagic sway, . . S. My Mary's face \ 
 
 Libra's equal sway Natures Law. 
 
 Avaunt, away ! the cruel sway, . S. Now westlin winds t 
 A slave to love's unbounded sway, . . S. O lay thy loo/i 
 Dulness, with redoubled sway . . . Symon Gray t 
 O ! thou bright Queen, who, o'er th' expanse, 
 Now highest reign'st, with boundless sway ! The Lament. 
 Sway'd. Her doubtful balance eyed, and sway'd her rod : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas, 
 Their sceptre's sway'd by other hands ; 
 
 On Window at Stirling, 
 Swear. I swear I'm thine for ever, S. Ari III kiss thee yet \ 
 I swear and vow by moon and stars. 
 
 And sun that shines so early, . S. Come boat me o'er. 
 An' by my hen, an' by her tail, 
 I vow an' swear ! 
 
 Ep,toJ.R.,io. 
 
 S. Eppie Adair. 
 
 S. Fairest maid \ 
 
 I swear to be true to My Eppie Adair ! . 
 And, by thy beauteous self I swear, 
 Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 
 Her noblest work she classes, O : S. Greengrow the Rashes. 
 I vow and swear, I dinna care, 
 
 How lang ye look about ye. J'. Here's to thy health, t 
 
 He drinks, an' swears, an' plays at cartes. 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 11. 
 When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, [v.A.11] . Ih. 
 Swear how I love thee dearly : . S. Now westlin winds t 
 And swear on thy white hand, lass, . .S. O lay thy loof\ 
 Auld Truth hersel' might swear ye're fair. On W. Chalmers, 
 To shame ye, disclaim ye. 
 
 Ilk honest birkie swears. . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 On ilka brow she's planted a horn. 
 
 And swears that there they shall stan*, O. 
 
 S. The Cooper 0' cuddy \ 
 And, O how the heroes will swear ! The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 And I'll place it in her breast, and I'll swear by a' above, 
 
 5. The Posie. 
 Would swagger, swear, get drunk, kick up a riot. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 I'd gie my shoon frae aff my feet. 
 
 To taste sic fruit, I swear, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 To swear by a' yon starry roof, . . The Vision. D. I. 6. 
 By your dear self !~ the last great oath I swear. To Clarinda. 
 The boy might learn to swear ; . -To Gav. Hamilton. 
 For me, I swear by sun an' moon, . . . .ToJ.S. 
 I swear and vow that only thou 
 
 Shall ever be my dearie: . . S. Wilt thou be my i 
 
 Swearer. 
 
 O If— d thou kens what zeal I bear. 
 
 When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, [v.A.11] 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 Swearing, -in'. But by yon moon !— and that's high swearin' 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan, it. 
 Here cursing, swearing Burton lies, Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 I, ance, was ty'd up like a stirk, 
 
 For civilly swearing and quaffing ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 He swoor by a' was swearing worth . . .lb. R. VI. 
 Sweat. So I must toil and sweat and broil, 
 
 S. My father was afarmer\ 
 
 It's true, they need na starve or sweat, The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 Sweatan, -in'. To think how we stood sweatin', shakin'. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, if. 
 
 Their zealous herds are vex'd an' sweatan ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Sweaty. I'll light now, and dight now. 
 
 His sweaty, wizenM hide. Ep. to Dame, it, 
 
 Swede. 
 Or if the Swede, before he halt, _ .. 
 
 Would play anither Charles the twalt : Kind Sir, Ive naii 
 Sweep. As with a flood Thou tak'st them off 
 With overwhelming sweep. 
 
 Thetst6V,sofgotiPs. 
 
 Sweep, to. 
 
 Let minstrels sweep the skilful string, . S, Beheld, my Imt t 
 
 Ye babbling winds, in silence sweep ; . . Liberty, 
 
 Come, let ns sweep them off, said they, New Psalmody, 
 
 While nightly breezes sweep the vines, 
 
 Poem en Pastoral Poetry, 
 
Sweep 
 
 4^ 
 
 Sweet 
 
 Let the blast sweep g'er the valley, 
 
 See it prostrate on the clay! , . S. Sensibility ^^ 
 
 Sweeps dams, an' mills, an' brigs, a' to the gate ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Sweeping. 
 Ruin, with his sweeping, besom, . A Ded. to G. H., 10. 
 Hasting to join the sweeping Nith, . . .A Vision. 
 Or sweeping, wild, a waste of snows. 
 
 Add. to Shade ofThotnson. 
 The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 A sweeping, kindling, bauld strathspey Ep. to Maj. Logan-S' 
 She said, and vanished with the sweeping blast. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 And like the rootless stubble tost. 
 
 Before the sweeping blast. .... The rst Fs. 
 'The sweeping blast, the sky o'ercast,' . . . Winter. 
 The sweeping theatre of hanging woods ; 
 
 IVr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Sweep [averse, lazy]. 
 I'mbaithdead-sweer, an' wretched ill o't; A Ded. toG.H.,is. 
 
 Sweet. 
 
 An' sweet an' gracefu' she did ride, A Gijid New-Year \ 6. 
 sweet rose-bud, young and gay, . *?. A Rosebud by my t 
 Poor Labour sweet in sleep was locked, A Winter Night. 2. 
 My sweet wee lady, . . , Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 Sweet fruit o' mony a merry dint, . . . . .lb. 
 Sweet as the dewy, milk-white thorn, Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 Sweet on the fragrant, flow'ry swaird, Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 sweet Poet of the Year, . . Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 To mark the sweet flowers as they spring ; 
 
 S. A down winding Nith t 
 The rose-bud's the blush o* my charmer, 
 
 Her sweet balmy lip when 'tis prest : . . . » lb. 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, [re.} . . S. Afton Water. 
 My flocks and my Mary's sweet cot in my eye. . , lb. 
 The sweet scented birk shades my Mary and me. , . lb. 
 As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave. lb. 
 Flow gently, sweet River, the theme of my lays ; . . lb. 
 And hey, sweet ane and twenty, 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 Her air so sweet, her shape complete, . S, As I gaed up by t 
 But the sweet yellow darlings wi' Geordie imprest, 
 
 .S", Awe^ wi' yr witchcraft \ 
 My Nanie's charming, sweet an' young ; S. Behind yon hills t 
 For nature smiles as sweet, I ween. 
 
 To shepherds as to kings. . . . S. Behold^ my love t 
 The evening sun was ne'er sae sweet. 
 
 As was the blink o' Phemie's e'e. . .S". Blythe was she, t 
 Sae white her teeth, sae sweet her mou', 
 
 St Braw lads ofG. water. 
 It brake the sweet heart of my faithfu' auld dame, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 Sweet closes the evening on Craigie-bum wood, 
 
 3". Craigie-bum Wood. 
 
 I see thee sweet and bonie ; /3. 
 
 Sweet the lark's wild-warbled lay, 
 
 Sweet the tinkling rill to hear ; . . Delia. An Ode, 
 Sweet the streamlet's limpid lapse 
 
 To the sun-brown'd Arab's lip ; . . , . lb. 
 
 Thy form and mind, sweet maid, can I forget ; 
 
 El, on Miss Burnet. 
 And thou, sweet excellence ! forsake our earth [unsung], lb. 
 So deckt the woodbine sweet yon aged tree, . . lb. 
 
 That some kind husband had addrest. 
 
 To some sweet wife : Ep. to J, £— A, Ap. ist, 5. 
 By some sweet elf I'll yet be dinted, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 12, 
 Sweet and harmless as a child ; . S, First when Maggy t 
 That only ray of solace sweet . S. Forlorn^ my love\ 
 Fond lovers parting is sweet painful pleasure, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 An' gif the custock's sweet or sour, 
 
 Wi' joctelegs they taste them ; . . . Halloween. S. 
 But Nelly's looks are blythe and sweet, S. Handsome Nell. 
 Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald, . . S. Hee balou, t 
 
 How sweet unto that breast to cling, S. Her flowing locks t 
 Thou art sweet as the smile when fond lovers meet, 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 But welcome the dream 0' sweet slumber, , , , lb. 
 3N 
 
 Was once a sweet bud on the braes of the Ayr» 
 
 iS", How pleasant the banks t 
 
 mild be the sun on this sweet blushing flower, . lb. 
 Where Devon, sweet Devon, meand'ring flows. . . lb. 
 
 1 do confess thee sweet, but find 
 
 Thou art sae thriftless 0' thy sweets, . S. I do confess t 
 I gat my death frae twa sweet een, . ^S". I gaed a waefu' t 
 Sweet was its smell, and bonie was its hue; 
 
 S, Lady Mary Ann. 
 Sweet lass, may I do that ? . S. Lassy whenyr wither^ 
 And a* is young and sweet like thee ; 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 I spier'd for my cousin fu* couthy and sweet, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 There's nae life like the Ploughman in the month o' sweet 
 
 May. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 
 At Yarico's sweet notes of grief, 
 
 The rock with tears had flow'd. . Lns on Mrs. Kemble. 
 My blossom sweet did blow, . , S. Luckless Fortune. 
 Lovely as yonder sweet opening flower is, 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pompi 
 In Roslin's fairest bower 
 I'll shelter this sweet flower, , S. My Love's a winsome t 
 
 More sweet than the light to my eye lb. 
 
 This sweet wee wife o' mine. . . S. My Wif^s a winsome. 
 For sweet consolation to church I did fly ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am I \ 
 That crimson rose how sweet and f^r ; 
 
 S. O bonie was y ok rosy t 
 I, wi' my sweet nurslings here, . S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet, , . S. O Mally's meek. 
 O May thy morn was ne'er sae sweet, 
 
 As the mirk night o' December, . S. O May thy mom t 
 * As songsters of the early year 
 
 ' Are ilka day mair sweet to hear, . . . S. O Phely, t 
 " Is nocht sae fragrant or sae sweet 
 
 " As is a kiss o' Willy. . . ... lb. 
 
 Or why sae sweet a flower as love, 
 
 Depend on Fortune's shining? . S. O poortith cauld, \ 
 O stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay, 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warb. t 
 For pity's sake, sweet bird, nae mair ! . , . .lb. 
 O sweet is she that lo'es me, . S. O wat she wha that loes t 
 Then come, sweet Muse, inspire my lay ! 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 O were my love yon vi'Iet sweet, , . S. O were my love t 
 
 sweet is she in yon town . . S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 My blessins upon thy sweet, wee lippie ! 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 Thy lips are as sweet and thy flgure compleat, 
 
 S. O when she cam ben \ 
 Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace ? 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. ^-. 
 
 1 see her sweet and fair ; . . . S. Ofd the airts t 
 Broke softly sweet on fancy's ear, . . .On Lincluden. 
 Sweet floweret, pledge 0' meikle love. 
 
 On Birth ofPosih. Child. 
 Sae helpless, sweet, and fair. ... .lb. 
 
 O sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 The flower stem shall bloom like thy sweet Seraph form, lb. 
 Sweet Echo is no more. ^ . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 Your bonie face sae mild and sweet . On W. Chalmers. 
 Sweet early object of my youthful vows, OtKe fondly lov'd,^ 
 There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, 
 
 That's half so sweet as thou art. . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 And bring our ain sweet Albany. . The bonie Lass of Alb, 
 Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Sweet Female Beauty hand in hand with Spring; lb. 13. 
 
 Sweet to the opening day. 
 
 Rosebuds bent the dewy spray ; . . iS". PhilHs the Fair. 
 In thy sweet sang, Barbauld, survives 
 
 Even Sappho's flame Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 In thy sweet Caledonian lines ; lb. 
 
 that sweet spell 0' witchin love, . , . . /5. 
 
 Sae sonsy and sweet, sae fully complete, Ronalds ofBenttals. 
 Bonie Doon, sae sweet at gloatning, . ^S". Scenes of woe f 
 Sweet banks ! ye bloom by Mary's side ; 
 
 S, Sl(nu spreads the gloom t 
 
Sweet 
 
 466 
 
 Sweet-milk 
 
 Sing on sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough, 
 Sing on sweet bird, I listen to thy strain, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 
 Sweet fa's the eve on Craigiebum, S. Sweet fiCs the em \ 
 how mony counsels sweet, . . . Tarn (f Shanter. 
 Wi' favours, secret, sweet, and precious \ . , , Ih. 
 Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth? 
 
 Th& Cottei^s Sat. Nisht. fo. 
 
 Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide, . /&. 12. 
 
 Be blest with health, and peace, and sweet content! lb. 20. 
 
 Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd, 
 
 Ne'er summer sun was half sae sweet. S. The day returns t 
 
 Sweet brushing the dew from the brown heather bells, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming \ 
 
 The lav'rocks they were chantan Fu' sweet that day. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 
 Wi' bonnet afiF, quoth I, " Sweet lass, 
 
 I think ye seem to ken me ; lb. 4. 
 
 by sweet endearing stealth, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 my bonny sweet wee lady, . . The Inventory. 
 
 In raptures sweet this hour we meet, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 And said, Sweet lassie dinna cry, 
 
 S. The lass that made the Bed. 
 For it's like a baumy kiss o' her sweet bonie mou ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Alas I sae sweet a tree as love, 
 
 Sic bitter fruit should bear ! The Ruined Maid's Lament 
 It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral, 
 
 S. The Slave's Lament. 
 There lie my sweet babies in her arms, S, The sun he is sunk t 
 A blink o' rest's a sweet enjoyment. . The Twa Dogs. 16. 
 When sweet, like modest Worth, she blusht, 
 
 And stepped ben. . , The Vision. D. I. 8. 
 A whisp'ring throb did witness bear 
 
 Of kindred sweet, . . .lb. D. II. 
 
 sweet harmonious Beattie ... . lb. 6. 
 
 the sense, wit, and taste of a sweet lovely dame. 
 
 The Whistle. 10. 
 Their groves of sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon, 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 The birds sang sweet in ilka grove ; S. There was a lass \ 
 At length she blush'd a sweet consent, . ... lb. 
 She's sweet as the ev'ning amang the new hay ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.i 
 Sweet ane an' twenty ! . , Third E^. to J. Laf. 
 
 O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar ? 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 Alas! it's no thy neebor sweet, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Sweet flow'ret of the rural shade ! . , . . lb. 
 
 They drink the sweet and eat the fat, 
 
 But care or pain ; . . . To J. S., 17. 
 O sweet grows the lime and the orange, . S. To Mary. 
 
 Mayst thou long, sweet crimson gem. 
 
 Richly deck thy native stem ; To Miss C. 
 
 Sweet naivet6 of feature, . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line ; . To W. Simpson, g. 
 O sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, ... lb. 12, 
 O sweet, to stray an' pensive ponder 
 
 A heart-felt sang I . . . . lb. ij. 
 by the sweet side of the Nith's winding river, 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 And sweet is the lily at evening close ; . . . .lb. 
 Ac sweet smile on me bestow. S. Turn again^ thou fair ^ 
 And sweet is night in autumn mild, S. Twas even— the dewyf 
 'Twas the bewitching, sweet, stown glance o' kindness. 
 
 S. Twas 7ia her bonie blue t 
 And the sweet voice of pity ne'er sounds in my ear. 
 
 S. Wae is tny heart t 
 Has gained sweet Jeanie's favour : S. When^rst I saw t 
 sweet lass, Sweet as yon hawthorn's blossom, 
 
 S. When wild Waf^s^ 
 And marking sweet flowerets so fair; S. Where are the joys \ 
 The Tay meandering sweet in infant pride, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 For there I took the last farewell 
 Of my sweet Highland Mary, {re.1 
 
 S. Ve banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree ; . S. Ve banks and braes t 
 Resides a sweet Lassie, my thought and my dream, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 
 But Kindness, sweet Kindness, in the fond-spa;rkling e'e, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Still fan the sweet connubial flame .... S. Young Peggy f 
 Sweeten. 
 The prattling things are just their pride, 
 That sweetens a' their fire side. , . The Twa Dogs. 1% 
 Sweeter. Nane sets the lawn-sleeve sweeter, A Dream, is. 
 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing. 
 
 Than aught in the world beside S. Here's a health to ane \ 
 And the langer it blossom'd, the sweeter it grew ; 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 But love is far a sweeter flow'r S. bonie was yon rosy^ 
 
 She's sweeter than the morning dawn 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks \ Sett. II. 
 But sweeter flows the Nith to me, S. The Banks ofNitk. 
 
 Sweetest* The sweetest hours that e'er I spend. 
 
 Are spent amang the lasses, O. [v.A.24] 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 the flower which bloomed sweetest in Coila's green vale. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 The sweetest flower that deck'd the mead, 
 Now trodden like the vilest weed, i". O Lassie^ art ikou \ 
 The sweetest and best o' them a', man. Ronalds ofBennaJs. 
 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure, 
 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . . S. Sensibility, \ 
 Sweetest May let love inspire thefe ; . iS". Sweetest May f 
 The-sweetest far of Scotia's holy lays : 
 
 The Cotief's Sat. Night. 13, 
 The sweetest still to wife or maid, 
 
 Was whistle owre the lave p*t. . The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 To gie the sweetest blush o' health, The Tree of Liberty. 
 Sweetly. 
 
 O my Luve's like the melodie 
 
 That's sweetly play'd in tune. . . S. A red, red Rose. 
 That sweetly ye might span. S. A MastrtfCs bonie Anne. 
 He row'd.me sweetly in his plaid, . . S. Cd the Ewes. 
 And see the waves sae sweetly glide . . . . lb. 
 Their faces blythe, fu' sweetly kythe, . Halloween. 3. 
 
 In loving bleeze they sweetly join, . . lb, 10. 
 
 O'er the waves, that sweetly glide 
 
 To the moon sae clearly. . . S. Hark! ike mavis' t 
 Sweetly blythe his waukening be. 3". Jockey's id en tkepariing\ 
 " The mother may forget the child 
 
 " That smiles sae sweetly on her knee ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Sae sweetly move her genty limbs, 
 
 Like music-notes o' Lover's hymns : S.-My Lord a-huntingi 
 They pain my sad bosom, sae sweetly they blaw, 
 
 S. My Nanie's awa. 
 And scattered cowslips sweetly spring ; S. Now bank and hrae\ 
 We'll gently walk, and sweetly talk, S, Now westlin winds \ 
 O Logan ! sweetly didst thou glide, .S". O Logan! sweetly\ 
 The springing lilies sweetly press'd, S, On a bank of powers f 
 Blaw sweetly in its native air 
 
 And rural grace ; Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Sweetly deckt with pearly dew . . . Sad iky tale, \ 
 O sweetly, then, thou reams the horn in ! Scotch Drink, g. 
 Which sweetly winds so far below; S. Slow spreads the gloom^ 
 O sweetly smile on Somebody I , . S. Somebody. 
 
 Give me the stream that sweetly laves 
 
 The banks by Castle Gordon. . S, Streajns that glided 
 Wha sweetly tune the Scottish lyre. The A ns. to the Guidwifs. 
 How sweetly wind thy sloping dales, S. The Banks ofNitk- 
 He sweetly does compose him ; . . Tke Holy Fair. 11. 
 The gowdspink, Music's gayest child, 
 
 Shall sweetly join the choir : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Nor birds sweetly singing, nor flowers gaily springing, 
 Can soothe the sad bosom of joyless despair. 
 
 S. The sjnall birds rejoice t 
 The lowly Daisy sweetly blows ; . The Vision. D. II. 20. 
 
 Though sweetly female every part, 
 
 Wr. on Leaf of "H. More. 
 
 How sweetly blooni'd the Kiy, green birk, 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 
 And sweetly tempt to taste them : . . S. Young Peggy i 
 
 Sweet-milk ['* sweet-milk cheese," cheese made of 
 
 milk as it comes ft»om the cow, opposed to "sKim- 
 
 milk cheese," of cheese mad:e of milk fl^om 
 
 which the cream ha^ been removed]. 
 
 Wi' sweet-milk cheese, in monie a whang, The Holy Fair. ?• 
 
Sweetness 
 
 467 
 
 Sword 
 
 Sweetness. 
 
 Were Fortune lovely Peggy's foe, 
 Such sweetness would relent her, . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Sweets, . 
 
 While through, thy sweets she loves to stray, 
 
 tell me, does she muse on me ! S, Behold the hour\ 
 
 Thou art sae thriftless o' thy sweets, . S. I do confess t 
 Mayrove their sweets amang ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Whose innocence did sweets disclose 
 
 Beyond that flower's perfume. . On Poet's Daughter. 
 
 There the saftest sweets enjoying, _ 
 Sweets that mem'ry ne'er shall tine. . 
 
 S. Scenes of woe t 
 The zephyr wanton'd round the bean, 
 And bore its fragrant sweets along ; 
 
 S. ' Twas even— the dewy \ 
 Sweet-scented, 
 
 Their sweet-scented woodlands that skirt the proud palace, 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Swell, I'll often greet this surging swell ; S. Beltold the hour t 
 
 The ev'ning gilds the Ocean's swell ; . . S. Bonze Belt, 
 
 Bold Richardton's heroic swell ; [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Swell, to. 
 
 Wh^e [Nith's] distant roaring swells and fa's. A Vision. 
 
 Here Wealth still swells the golden tide, 
 
 Add. to- Edinburgh, x. 
 Must thou alone in guilt immortal swell, 
 
 Ep. fr, Eso^us to Maria, 
 
 Now- on the rising gale swell high, . . On Lincluden. 
 Nae bombast spates 0' nonsense swell ; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 With heartfelt throes his grateful bosom swells, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 Poetic ardours in my bosom swell, . Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Swell'd. " Low lies the heart that swell'd with honest pride I 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Swelling, 
 
 Down Pleasure's stream, wi' swelling sails, A Dream. 10. 
 
 If she winna ease the throes, 
 
 In my bosom swelling \ . . S. Blytlie ha'e I Been + 
 
 O mem'ry, spare the cruel throes 
 
 Within my bosom swelling : S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Trees with aged arms were warring, 
 
 O'er the swelhng, drumlie wave. S. I dream'd I lay t 
 
 Ye howling winds, and wintry swelling waves! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Hoarse-swelling on the breeze. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 What throes, what tortures passing cure, 
 
 Were in my bosom swelling : . ^S". Th^ last time 1 1 
 
 'Mong swelling floods of reeking gore, The Vision. D. II. j*. 
 
 To vent thy bosom's swelling rise, . . . Ih. ij. 
 
 Turbid torrents, wintry swelling, . . S. Thickest night t 
 
 the flood That in my een was swelling. S. When wild Wa^s\ 
 
 Swept. He swept the stakes awa', man, A Fragment. 7. 
 
 SwePV*d. In chase o' thee [Poesie], what crouds hae swerv'd 
 
 Frae common sense, Poem on Pastoral Peetfy. 
 
 Swervin, 
 
 To right or left, eternal swervin, 
 
 They zig-zag on ; . . . ToJ.S.,ig. 
 
 Swift. 
 
 Swift from this desart let me part, S, Slow spreads the gloom\ 
 Swift as the Gos drives on the wheeling hare ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 While o'er us unheeded, flie the swift hours o' Love. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Swiftly. 
 Swiftly seek, on clanging wings. 
 Other lakes and other springs ; . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 Swift-wing'd, 
 
 The clouds swift-wing'd flew o'er the starry sky, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet ; 
 
 The Cottei's Sat. Night. 3. 
 Swim, 
 The stately swan majestic swims, S. Again rejoicing Nature f 
 There let him sink or swim. . . . John Barleycorn. 
 
 Where laughing love sae wanton swims. 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunttngj 
 
 Tho' they should cast the vera sark and swim, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Swimming. 
 
 To thee I turn with swimming eyes; . * t Liberty. 
 
 Swine. 
 
 Satan took stuflf to mak a swine, . Epig. on A. Turner 
 
 It's no I like ta sit an' swallow, 
 
 Then like a swine to puke an' wallow, . To Mr J. Kennedy. 
 Swing, Whoe'er wou'd betray him, on high may he swing ; 
 At a Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 
 tiny thieves not destin'd yet to swing, . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Wha should swing in a rape for an hour. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Swinge [to lash]. 
 
 The young dogs— swinge them to the labour— 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Swingein [whipping]. 
 
 See, see auld Orthodoxy's faes 
 She's swingein thro' the city! . The Ordination, iz. 
 
 Swirl [a curve]. 
 
 Hung owre his hurdles wi' a swirl. The Twa Dogs. $■ 
 
 Swirl, to [to curve, whirl]. 
 
 While bums, wi' snawy wreeths ujp-choked, 
 
 Wild-eddying swirl, . A Winter Night. 
 
 Swirlie [knaggy, full of knots]. 
 He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak, 
 
 For some black, grousome Carlin ; . . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Swiss, 
 If Spaniard, Portuguese, or Swiss, 
 
 Were sayin or takin aught amiss : . Kind Sir, Pve read t 
 The servile, mercenary Swiss of rhymes ? The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Switch. I'd charm her with the magic of a switch, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Swith [swift, off I away I]. 
 Then swith 1 an' get a wife to hug, . . A Dream. 12. 
 Kings and nations, swith awa ! . S. Louts what reck 1 1 
 Swith to the Laigh Kirk, ane an' a, . The Ordination. 
 Swith, in some beggar's haffet squattle ; . To a Louse. 
 Swither [doubt, irresolute wavering]. 
 I there wi' Somethingdoes forgather. 
 
 That pat me in an eerie swither ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 6. 
 V th' ither warl', if there's anither. 
 
 An' that there is I've little swither Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 Their bauldest thought's a hank' ring swither. 
 
 To Stan' or rin. The Attthot^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Swoln. The tide-swoln Firth, with sullen-sounding roar, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Swoom [swim]. 
 Let posts an' pensions sink or swoom 
 
 Wi' them wha grant them : 
 
 The Authot^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Swoor [swore]. 
 An' swoor fu' rude, thro' dirt an' blood, 
 
 To mak it guid in law, man. . A Fragment, g. 
 
 But Duncan swoor a haly aith, . S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 Then up I gat, an swoor an aith, Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist, 7. 
 While Willie lap, and swoor by jing, Halloween. 9, 
 
 An' he swoor by his conscience, .... lb. ij. 
 
 He swoor 'twas hilchan Jean M'Craw, . . lb. 20. 
 
 She swoor she saw some rebels run 
 To Perth and to Dundee, man : 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 He swoor by a' was swearing worth 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 Sword. 
 When Vengeance draws the sword in wrath, 
 And in the fire throws the sheath ; . A Ded to G. H., 10. 
 Wi' sword in hand, before his band, . A Fragment, a. 
 Wi' sword and gun- he thought a sin 
 
 Guid Christian bluid to draw, . . . . lb. 3, 
 
 My seven braw sons for Jamie drew sword, 
 
 S. By yon castle weC t 
 In the field of proud hoqour, our swords in our hands, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day t 
 Untie these bands from. off my hands, 
 
 And bring to me my sword ; S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Grim vengeance, ypt, shall whet a sword 
 
 That thro' thy soul shall gae : Latnent qfMary of Scots. 
 I hae a gude braid sword, 
 
 I'll tak dunts frae naebody. . . S. Naebody. 
 
 Shame fa' the fun ; wi' sword and gun 
 
 To slap mankind like lumber ! . . . Nature's Law. 
 Their hearts and swords are metal true, 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and at6a \ 
 How on this spot he first unsheath'd the sword Scots Prologue* 
 Freedom's sword will sttongly draw ? . S, Scots, wha hae t 
 
Sword 
 
 m 
 
 Taefi 
 
 They hack'd and hash'd while braid swords clash'd 
 
 S. T/te Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 I saw that honour's sword was rusted ; . . The Hermit. 
 His piercin words, like Highlan swords, The Holy Fair. 21. 
 The sword I forsook for the sake of the church ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 The sword would help to mak a plough, The Tree of Liberty. 
 A short sword, and a lang, . . . i". Ve Jacobites^ 
 Swore. 
 Her grandsire, old Odin, triumphantly swore, 
 " Whoe'er shall provoke thee, th' encounter shall rue ! " 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 I put him to bed, and he swore he wad wed, 
 
 S. The auldman^ 
 And swore 'twas the way that their ancestor did. 
 
 The Whistle. 14. 
 Auld Sootie then swore by the edge of his knife, 
 
 5". There liv'd ance a carle t 
 Sworn. 
 
 And the wretch, his true sworn brother, 
 
 S. Does haughty Gaul, t 
 And they hae sworn a solemn oath [«.] John Barleycorn. 
 But come what will, I've sworn it still, 
 
 I'll ne'er be melancholy, O. S. My father was a farmer^ 
 If angry fate is sworn my foe, . S. O wat ye wha's in \ 
 And Wallace Tow'r had sworn the fact was true : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Sworn foe to sorrow, care, and prose, . . ToJ.S., zS* 
 I hae sworn by the Heavens to my Mary, 
 
 I hae sworn by the Heavens to be true ; . .To Mary. 
 
 Swung. 
 
 The pedant swung his felon cudgel round, . The Vowels. 
 Sybow [a young onion]. 
 A lee dyke-side, a sybow-tail. 
 And barley-scone shall cheer me. . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 Sylvia. 
 
 There Damon lay, with Sylvia gay : S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 Symbol. 
 I tum'd my weeding heuk aside. 
 An' spard the symbol dear. The Ans, to the Guidwife. 
 
 Syme. A gift that e'en for S[ym]e were fit. . 71? Mr. Sytne. 
 Symmetry. 
 (Beauty, where faultless symmetry and grace. 
 Can only charm us in the second place,) 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods. 
 With order, symmetry, or taste unblest ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Sympathetic. 
 Smith, wi' his sympathetic feeling, . . Auld comrade^ 
 Thy sympathetic tear maun fa', El. on Copt. M. H., Epii. 
 . The smile of love,_ the friendly tear. 
 
 The sympathetic glow I . . . Ep, to Davie. 10. 
 
 Sad to your sympathetic scenes I fly ; 
 
 Oft Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Sympathy. 
 
 Our neighbour's sympathy may ease us, Add, to Toothache. 
 
 Symptom. 
 
 I watch'd the symptoms o' the Great, On dining with Daer. 
 Nae godly symptom ye can ca' that ; . A Did. to G. H,^ 6. 
 Syne [since, ago, then}. 
 Lang syne in Eden's bonie yard, . Add, to the Deil. 13. 
 " There was a time, it's nae lang syne, . As on the banks \ 
 Syne rhyme tiU't, well time till't, . . Ep, to Davie. 4, 
 An' syne they think to climb Parnassus 
 
 By dint o' Greek ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist^ iz. 
 
 Syne we'll sit down an' tak our whitter, . . lb. ig. 
 
 Syne I began to wander : .... 5". Gat ye me t 
 
 Let him be planted in my place, 
 
 Syne, say, I was a fautor. , . tS". Had I the wyte t 
 
 Syne coziely, aboon the door, 
 
 Wi' cannie care, they've plac'd them , 
 
 Syne bad him slip frae 'mang the folk, . 
 
 Syne bauldly in she enters : . . . 
 Syne, wi' a social glass o* strunt, 
 
 They parted aff careerin Fu' biythe . 
 
 Halloween, j. 
 lb. 17. 
 
 lb, 2i, 
 
 lb. sS. 
 S. Hee balou t 
 
 Syne to the Highlands hame to me. 
 Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, < 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill. 
 
 S. In simmer when t 
 
 And syne deny'd she did it at a'. . iS". O when she cam ben t 
 
 Syne up the back-style, and let naehody see, S. whistle \ 
 (And aye a rowth, roast beef and claret : 
 
 Synewha would starve?) . PoemonLife. 
 Syne, whip ! his tail ye'll ne'er cast saut on, . . . U, 
 Syne weave, unseen, thy spider snare . . . . /^. 
 Till first ae caper, syne anither, . . Tarn (f Shanter. 16. 
 Syne tun'd his pipeS wi' grave grimace. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Syne draws her kebbuck an' her knife ; The Holy Fair. 24. 
 Syne to salute her wi' a kiss, 
 I flang my arms about her neck. 
 
 6". The lass that made the bed, 
 A wicked crew syne, on a time. 
 
 Did tak a solemn aith, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Syne let us pray, auld England may 
 
 Sure plant this far-famed tree, man ; ., . . .lb. 
 An' syne Mess John, beyond expression. 
 
 Fell foul o' me, . . What ails ye now ^ 
 Syne pale like ony lily, . , . S. When wild War's f 
 
 System. 
 
 The ordered system fair before her stood, Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 What pity, in rearing so beauteous a system, 
 
 One trifling particular, Truth, should nave miss'd him I 
 
 Fragment^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Table. 
 Five bonie Lasses round their table, A Ded. to G, H.^ 14. 
 To note upon the baly table, . . . Tamo' Shanter. 11, 
 Sit round the table,' weel content, 
 An' steer about the toddy. . . . The Holy Fair. 20. 
 Tack [a lease ; "stand by your tack," stand to youp 
 bargain]. 
 Or Poland, wha had now the tack o't ; Kind Sir, Ive read\ 
 Now stand as tightly by your tack : 
 
 The A uthot^s Cry and Prayer. 6. 
 On thee a tack o' seven times seven 
 
 Will yet bestow it. . , To Terraugkty. 
 Tacket [a kind of nail of large-headed tack for 
 driving into the heels and soles of boots and 
 shoes]. 
 
 Wad baud the Lothians three in tackets, 
 
 A towmont gude ; On Grose's Peregritiations. 
 Tae [to]. 
 Tae cheer you thro' the weary widdle Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Kivan the words tae gar them clink ; . . . . lb. 
 
 Nae cares tae gie us joy or grievin' : . . .lb. 
 
 Hand tae the Muse, my dainty Davie : . . , lb- 
 
 Frae door tae door. ........ /^. 
 
 Come Sir, here's tae you ; . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Tae [toe]. 
 
 I maun sit the lee lang day, 
 
 And jeeg the cradle wi' my tae, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Taed [toad]. Sprawlin'like ataed. The Election Ballads. IV, 
 
 Tae'd [toed; a " three-tae'd " or three-pronged 
 
 leister was a flsh-spear with a long shaft, 
 
 used when the fish were very difficult to 
 
 spear}. 
 
 A three-tae'd leister on the ither [shouther] 
 
 Lay, large an' lang. Death andDr, Hontiook. 6, 
 
 Taen, Ta'en [taken]. 
 
 For Oh ! the yellow treasure's taen 
 
 By witching skill ; . Add, to the Deil. 10. 
 Grim Vengeance lang has taen a nap, S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 ' Till ane Hornbook's ta'en up the trade, 
 
 ' And faith, he'll waur me. Death oJidDr. Hornbook. 13 
 ' A countra Laird had ta'en the batts, ... H- 27> 
 In Eighty-eight, ye ken, was ta'en 
 
 What yell ne'er ha'e to gi'e again. . El. on Year tl88. 
 Ye'd better taen up spades and shools. 
 
 Or knappm-hammers. Ep, to J. i— A, Ap. isi, ff. 
 
 While caps an' bonnets a£f are taen, 
 
 As by he walks? . . lb., Ap. zist, 12. 
 His saul has ta'en some other way, Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 You have my choicest model ta'en, . Epit. on W—~- 
 And ev'ry time great care is taen, 
 
 To see them duely changed : . . . Halloween. S7' 
 she has ta'en to the heather, . . Jenny M'Craw, t 
 
 Their leagues and theu: covenants a' she has ta'en ; i lb' 
 Jockey's ta'en the parting kiss, . S. Jockeys ta'en tbef 
 They've taen a weapon, long and sharp, John Barleycortt. 
 And they hae ta'en his very heatt's blood, . . . /*• 
 
Taen 
 
 463 
 
 Tak 
 
 Whom death had all untimely taen. Lament/or Glencaim. 
 For now he's taen anither shore, On Scot Bardie to IV. I. 
 Hadst thou taen afF some drowsy hummie, . . , /&. 
 And taen the — Antiquarian trade, On Grose's Peregrinaiions. 
 For loyal ^orhes' Charter'd boast 
 
 Ista'enawal . . . Scotch Drink, ig. 
 As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! . Tarn o* Skanter. 3, 
 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taen ; 
 
 The Coiiet^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 And a deadly ^th she's ta'en, . The Election Ballads. I. 
 While Common-Sense has taen the road, The Holy Fair. 16. 
 I've ta'en the gold, an been enroU'd The Jolly Beggars* S. VI, 
 They've ta'en me in, an' a' that, ... Ih. S. VII. 
 The timmer is scant, when ye're ta'en for a saunt, 
 
 The Kirk's Alartn. 
 ■ My mtther, she has ta'en the bed. 
 
 Wi' thinking, on npy fa'. . The Ruined Mai^s Lament. 
 And hunger'd Maukin taen her way 
 
 To kail-yards green, . The Vision. D. I. 
 Now he's ta'en her hame to his ain reeky den, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 And ev'ry ither pair that's done, 
 
 Mair taen I'm w^ you. . To J. S., 2. 
 
 Just now I've taen the fit o' rhyme, . . . 73., 4. 
 
 This while my notion's taen a sklent, 
 
 To try my fate in guid, black prent ; . . . /i5., 7. 
 
 Pardon this freedom I have ta'en, . To Rev. J. M^'Matk, 
 
 Taet [a small quantity]. 
 
 Wi' taets 0' hay an' ripps o' corn. . Th^ Death o/Mailie. 
 Tall. 
 But ev'ry tail thou pay't them hollow, A Gude New-Year^ g. 
 But thy auld tail thou wad hae whisket, . . I&. 12. 
 _ Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail, 
 
 Right on ye scud your sea-way ; Add. to Unco Guid, 4. 
 He'd ne'er cast saut upo' thy tail. . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 An' by my hen, an' by her tail . . Ep.toJ,R.,io, 
 A runt was like a sow-tail Sae bow't . . Halloween. 4. 
 Was threshin still at hizzies tails, . Kind Sir, fve readf 
 Even as two howling, ravening wolves 
 
 To dogs do turn their tail. . . . New Psalmody. 
 A braw new naig wi' the tail o't a' rottan, 
 
 .S". O ken ye what Meg t 
 Syne, whip ! his tail ye'll ne'er cast saut on, Pgem on Life. 
 There at them thou thy tail may toss. Tarn 0* Shanter. 18. 
 
 The fient a tail she had to shalce \ Ih. 
 
 But left behind her ain gray tail : . . , . Ih. 
 
 Eels weel kend for souple tail, . Tarn SOmson's El., 6. 
 As ever ran afore a tail. ..... The Inventory, 
 
 Turn tail and rin awa, Jamie." . . .S. The Laddies by t 
 He'll clap a shangan on her tail, . The Ordination. 2. 
 
 Now auld K[ilmamock], cock thy tail, 
 
 An' toss thy horns fu' canty ; lb. 6. 
 
 His gawsie tail, wi' upward curl. 
 
 Hung owre his hurdies wi' a. swirl. . The Twa Dogs. S- 
 
 He draws a bonie, silken purse As lang's my tail, . Ih. 8. 
 He kend the Lord's sheep ilka tail, . The Twa Herds. 7. 
 Taint, Never baleful stellar lights. 
 
 Taint thee with untimely blights ! , To Miss C. 
 
 Tak [to take]. 
 What's no his ain, he winna tak it ; .A Ded. to G. H.^S' 
 But point the Rake that taks the door ; . . . Ih. 8. 
 (ye need ha tak it ill) . , . , . Ih. 12. 
 
 How thou wad prance, an' snore, an' scnegh. 
 
 An' tak the road ! " . A Guid New-Year \ 8. 
 They'll step in and tak a pint S. A' the lads d Thomie-hank \ 
 An' tak' the counsel I sail gi'e thee, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 O wad ye tak a thought an' men' I Add. to the Deil. 21. 
 
 May guardian angels tak a spell, 
 
 An' steer you seven miles south o' hell ; A uld comrade t 
 
 I'll tak what Heav'n will sen' me, O : S. Behind yon hills t 
 ' I red ye weel, tak care 0' skaith, Death and Dr. Hornbook. 9. 
 We'll ease our shanks an' tak a seat, ... Ih. 11. 
 ' Ki^kyards will soon be till'd enough, 
 
 Tak ye nie fear; .... -lb. 24, 
 ' This night I'm free to tak my aith, ... Ih. 23. 
 Thbu beafdless bdy, I pray tak' care, . El. on Year 1788. 
 Tak thou the Carlin's carcase aff, 
 
 ThOu'se get the saul 0' boot. Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 
 Tak this excuse for nae epistle. . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 A man may tak a neebor's part. 
 
 Yet hae nae cash to spare him. E^. to Young Friend. 4. 
 Syne we'll sit down an' tak our whitter, 
 
 Ej>. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, ig. 
 tak that, ye lea'e them naething To ken them by, 
 
 Ep. toJ.R.^4. 
 Taks up its last abode ; . • . E^it. on Holy Willie. 
 
 Deil tak Kate 
 An' she be na noddin too! . S* Gudeen to you Kimmeri 
 
 She thro' the yard the nearest taks, . Halloween. 11. 
 
 The graip he for a harrow taks, .... lb. 18. 
 He taks a swirlie, auld moss-oak, _ 
 
 For some black, grousome Carlin ; . , . lb. 23, 
 They tell me. Sir, 'twould be a sin, 
 
 To tak me frae ray mammy yet ; S. Tm der young to marry t 
 Tak this frae me, my bohie hen, ^S". In simmer when t 
 
 Tak' tent, I'll tell thee what, ^S". Lass., when yr mither \ 
 
 The de'il tak' his taste to gae near her ! 
 
 S, Last May a braw wooer t 
 I'll tak Cuckold frae nane, .... 6". Naehody. 
 
 I'll tak dunts frae naehody. Ih. 
 
 An' gin she winna tak a man, 
 
 E'en let her tak her will, jo. . . S. O steer her up t 
 An' gin she tak the thing amiss \re.'\ . , . . Ih. 
 But sorrow tak' him that's sae mean, . . S.O Tibbie! ^ 
 But Tibbie, lass, tak' my advice : Ih, 
 
 O Satan, when ye tak him, 
 Gie him the schulin of your weans ; On a Schoolmaster. 
 
 Puir harmless beast ! tak thee nae care. 
 
 On B.'s Horse Impound.. 
 If ye be for Miss Jean, tak this frae a frien', 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals, 
 
 Tak a' the rest, Scotch Drink. 21. 
 
 We'll tak' acup o' kindness yet, S. Should auld acquaintance^ 
 And we'll tak' a right gude willie-waught, . . .lb. 
 But if its ordain'd I maun tak' him, 
 
 O wha will I get but Tarn Glen ? . . S. Tam Glen. 
 An' folk begin to tak the gate ; . . Tam 0' Shanier, 
 And sic a night he taks the road in. 
 
 As ne'er poor sinner was abroad in. .... Ih. 7. 
 An' durk an* pistol at her belt, 
 
 She'U tak the streets, The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 if she promise auld or young To tak their part, . . Ih. 
 She eyes her freeborn, martial boys, 
 
 Tak aff their Whisky. ... Ih. P. 
 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither, 
 
 Tak aSf your dram ! . . . Ih. 
 
 Tak afif your whitter. [v. A. 2] Ih. 
 
 There's men of taste wou'd tak the Ducat-stream, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Tak tent how ye purchase a dram ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 Ye monarchs, tak the east and west, 
 
 Frae Indus to Savannah! . . Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 Tak some' on the wing, and some as they spring, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming^ 
 An' taks me by the ban's, . . . The Holy Fair. 4. 
 The Kirk an' you may tak' you that, . . The Inventory. 
 He taks the Fiddler by the beard, The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 An' there tak up your stations ; . The Ordination. 
 
 ThisdayM'[Kinlay] taks the flail, . . . . Ih. 
 And tak a look o' Mysie ; . . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 De'il tak the war ! . . . . S. The iitfur mom t 
 
 Did tak a solemn aith, man, . . The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 To make a tour an' tak a whirl, . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 Aboon them a' ye tak your place, . To a Haggis. 
 
 Deil tak the hindmost, ou they drive, lb. 
 
 You'll tak it no uncivil ; To a Painter^ 
 
 He tald mysel by word o' mouth, 
 
 He'd tak my letter ; . .To Dr. Blacklock, 
 " I red you, honest man, tak tent! . . . To J. S., f. 
 And large, before Enjoyment's gale. 
 
 Let's tak the tide Ih. it% 
 
 See wha taks notice o' the bard! . . To Mr. MAdam* 
 Are mind't, in things they ca' balloons^ 
 
 To tak a flight, . To IV. Simpson. P.S, 
 Can ye think to tak a man ? . ^S". Will ye go and marry t 
 Tak a mark by auntie Betty, ...... /3, 
 
Tak 
 
 470 
 
 Tall 
 
 Tak me, Katie, at my offer, 
 
 Or be-had, and I'll tak you : S. Will ye go and marry t 
 When in his arms he taks me a' ; . . S. Young Jockey \ 
 Take. 
 Then thro' the lakes Montgomery takes, A Fragment, z. 
 " Paint Vengeance as he takes his horrid stand 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fonienelle. 
 I will take my chance with you ; . Add. to Dumourier. 
 Let Meg now take away the flesh, . . At Globe Tav., D. 
 Take [Powers divine I ] aught else of mine, 
 
 But, my Chloris spare me ! . . . .S*, Ay waking, 1 
 Come, let me take thee to my breast, 
 
 S. ComCi let me take thee t 
 I'll want 'im, ere I take such a d— ble load. 
 
 Epig. on Capt Grose. 
 Still take her, and make her, 
 
 Thy most peculiar care ! . . . Ep. io Davie, g. 
 This hour on e'enin's edge I take, Ep. to J. L — <6, Ap. 2ist. 
 And merchandise' whole genus take their birth : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 But take it [fortune's road] like the unbacked filly, 
 
 Proud o' her speed. . . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 That never gives— tho' humbly takes enough ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 Death takes him hame to gie him quarters. 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 My hale and weel I'll take a care o't 
 
 Atentierway: . Friend 0/ the poet \ P. S, 
 The sun a backward course shall take . S. Highl. Laddie. 
 Alternate Follies take the sway : - Man was made to mourn. 
 Take pity on my weary feet, . . S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 But I hae ane will take my part, S. Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose, 
 
 Wad say, Shame fa' thee. On Grose*s Peregrinations. 
 Would take the Muses' servants by the- hand, Scots Prologue. 
 That future-life in worlds unknown 
 
 Must take its hue from this alone; Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 What wealth could never give nor take away ! 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 Take a heart which he designs thee ; S. Sweetest Mayf 
 
 Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : Tatn o' Shanier. ig. 
 Retrieve its doom and take its place. S. The capt. Ribband. 
 A strappan youth ; he takes the Mother's eye ; 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 Then homeward all take off their sev'ral way ; . lb. 18. 
 While dying raptures in her arms, 
 
 I give atid take with Anna ! S. The gowd. Locks of A. 
 
 Round and round take up the Chorus, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 He takes but for the fashion ; . . . The Ordination, j*. 
 But the songster's nest within the bush I winna take away, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Take away these rosy lips, 
 
 Rich with balmy treasure '. . . . S. Thine am /t 
 To Hague or Calais takes a waft, . . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Or by Madrid he takes the rout, .... lb. 23, 
 some day we'll knot it. An' witness take, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 Clarinda, take this little boon, . . To a Lady. 
 
 And with them take the poet's prayer ; . To a yng Lady. 
 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Then take what gold could never buy — 
 
 An honest Bard's esteem. . . . To J. M'Murdo. 
 Fair maid, you need not take the hint, . To Miss Ainslie. 
 They take religion in their mouth ; . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Would take His hand, whose vernal tints 
 
 His other works admire. . . . Y,s below Picture. 
 Say then, Katie, say ye'll take me, 
 
 S. Will ye go and tnarry \ 
 Takepity-ona-sodger. . . . S. When wild Wat's \ 
 Taken. What dire events ha'e taken place! El. on Year ff 88, 
 Taking, -in'. 
 Yet has sae mony takin' arts, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 11. 
 Were sayin or -takin aught amiss: . Kind Sir, tve read\ 
 A chield's amang you, taking notes, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Nae kind of licence out I'm takin'; . . The Inventory. 
 One evening this Nobleman, taking his walk, 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Thae winks and finger-endst I dread, 
 
 Are notice takin 1 * . . To a Louse. 
 
 Tak'st. 
 As with a flood Thou tak'st them off 
 With overwhelming sweep, . The ist 6 V.s o/goih Ps 
 Tald V. Tauld. 
 
 Tale But oh, it was a tale of woe, .... A Vision. 
 Truth, weeping, tells the moijmful tale, A Winter Night. 8. 
 And love was ay the tale. . . S. As down iJie bum \ 
 The courtier tells a finer tale, . S. Behold, my love t 
 But now, what else fdr me remains 
 
 But tales of woe ; . El. on Capt. M. H., 11. 
 I tell nae common tale o' grief, . , , , lb. Epit. 
 Prepare, Maria, for a horrid tale 
 
 Will turn thy very rouge to deadly pale ; . Ep./r. Esopus. 
 Esteeming, and deeming. 
 
 It [Heaven, Hell] a' an idle tale ! , Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 An' either douse or merry tale, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist 6. " 
 And unco tales, an' funnie jokes, . . . Halloween. 28. 
 We hae tales to tell. 
 
 And we hae sangs to sing ; , . . S. Hey C(C tkro\ 
 Hark, injur'd Want recounts th' unlisten'd tale, 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 Sad thy tale, thou idle page, .... Sad thy tale t 
 Ye chief, to you my tale I tell, . . Scotch Drink. t6. 
 
 But to our tale : Tarn 0' Shanter.s. 
 
 Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, 
 Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : . . . lb. ig. 
 And echo cons the doolfu' tale ; S. The Contented Cottager. 
 ' In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Nigkt, g. 
 dinna fail, To tell my Master a' my tale ; 
 
 The Death of Mailie. 
 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell, . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 What herd like R[usse]Il tell'd his tale, The Twa Herds. 7. 
 As Robie tauld a tale o' love . . S. There was a lass \ 
 
 And whisper'd thus his tale o' love lb. 
 
 In plaintive notes my tale rehearses . To Clarinda. 
 
 Butwhy, o' Death, begin a tale? . . , ToJ.S.,ii. 
 As modest want the tale of woe reveals ; To Miss Graham. 
 I send you more than India boasts 
 
 In Edwin's simple tale To Miss L. 
 
 (It soothes poor Misery, hearkening to her tale), 
 
 To R. G. of P.. 
 Yet when a tale comes i' my head, . To W. Simpson 
 
 I own'd the tale was true he tell'd me, What ails ye now t 
 Talent. My talents they were not the worst, ' 
 
 S. My father was a fanner \ 
 For talents to deserve a place 
 
 Are qualifications saucy ; . . . The Dean ofFac>, 
 I fear I my talent misteuk, . Th^ Jolly Beggars. S. HI. 
 In days when mankind were but callans 
 At Grammar, Logic, an' sic talents. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 O injured God 1 Thy goodness has endow'd me 
 With talents passing most of my compeers. Tragic Frag.. 
 Did many talents gild thy span ? Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Talk. His talk o' H-U, whare devils dwell, 
 
 Our vera " Sauls does harrow " Wi' fright 
 
 The Holy Fair. 2i. 
 And talk of love my dearie O. 6". Lassie wC the liniwhite\ 
 Talk of him that's far awa. [re."] S. Musing on the roaringi 
 We'll gently walk and sweetly talk, S, Now westlin winds t 
 She talks of rank and fashion. . S. Opoortith cauld\ 
 Talk not to me of savages . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 Talk not of Love, it gives me pain, S. Talk not of Love t 
 But never talk of love /S* 
 
 Did meet the poor Thresher and freely did talk ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 
 They'll talk o' patronage an' priests, 
 Wi' kindling fury i' their breasts, 
 
 . The Twa Dogs. j8. 
 To Rev. J. litMath. 
 
 They talk o' mercy, grace an' truth, 
 
 Talked. 
 
 She talk'd, she smil'd, my heart she wyl'd, .S. Igaed a waefui 
 Talking, -in. She didna wait on talkin 
 
 To spier that night. Halloween. 12. 
 
 If thou hast heard her talking, S. O wat ye wha that loes f 
 
 That ilka body talking But her by thee is slighted, . lb, 
 Tall. 
 
 I see thee gracefu', straight and tall, S. Cratgie-hum Wood. 
 
 She's bonie, blooming, straight, and tall ; . . 
 
 SiOihisisttomyatfti 
 
Tam 
 
 471 
 
 Taste 
 
 Tam [dwi> ^Thomas]. And O for ane and twenty, Tam ! [«.J 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty f 
 
 As Tam the Chapman on a day 
 
 Wi' death forgather'd by the way, EipiU on Tam the Chapman. 
 
 In hopes to see Tam Kipples .... Halloween. 21. 
 [ But what will I do wi' T^m Glen ? [re.] . S. Tam Glen. 
 
 O Tam ! hadst thou but been sae wise, Tam o" Skanter. 
 
 Tam had got planted unco right ; Ib.S- 
 
 Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; . . , , lb. 
 
 The landlady and Tam grew gracious, . . . , lb. 
 
 Kings may be blest, but Tam was glorious, . . , Xb. 6. 
 
 The hour approaches Tam maun ride ; . . . ..lb. 7. 
 
 Tam skelpit on thro' dub and mire, . . . . lb, 8. 
 
 And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! . . . lb, 11. 
 
 By which heroic Tam was able lb. 
 
 Now, Tam, O Tara ! had thae been queans, . . lb. 13. 
 
 But Tam kend what was what fu' brawlie, . . lb. 13. 
 
 And how Tam stood, like ane bewitch'd, . lb. 16. 
 
 Tam tint his reason a' thegither, lb. 
 
 Ah, Tam! Ah, Tam! tbou'll get thy fairin ! . . lb, 18. 
 
 And flew at Tam wi' furious ettle ; . . . Zb. 
 
 " O how deil Tam can that be true ? 
 
 ^S". The Battle 0/ Sherra-Moor. 
 
 ■ And there will be gleg Colonel Tam. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Thou hast left me ever, Tam, [«.] S. Thou kast left me t 
 And maybe, Tam, for a' my cants, [re.] What ails ye now \ 
 
 Tam 0' Shantep. 
 
 This truth fand honest Tam o' Shanter, Tain d Shanter. 
 
 Remember Tam o' Shanter's mare. . , lb. ig. 
 
 Tam Samson. 
 
 Tam Samson's dead! [«.] . . . Tam Samson's El. 
 
 Tame.' 
 
 Compar'd with these, Italian trills are tame ; 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 13. 
 Tammie \dim. ^Tam], 
 Here's a health to Tammie, the Norland laddie, 
 
 S. Here's a health to tJiem t 
 
 The swats sae ream'd in Tammie's noddle, Tam d Shanter. 11. 
 As Tammie glowr'd, amaz'd, and curious, . lb. 12. 
 
 Tammy Gage. 
 
 ■ Poor Tammy G-ge within a cage. 
 
 Was kept at Boston-ha', man \ . , A Fragment, 3. 
 Tamtallan [Tantallan Castle, on the coast of Hadding- 
 tonshire]. 
 The teeth o' time may gnaw Tamtallan, 
 
 But thou's for ever. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Tane [the one]. 
 The tane is game, a bluidy devil, . . El. on Year i'j88. 
 That the heat o' the tane might cool the tither. S. Scroggam. 
 Tangle [sea-weed]. 
 
 ' His manly leg with garter tangle bound. The Brigs of Ayr, 13. 
 Tangling. 
 
 The cavern wild with tangling roots, Despondency y an Ode. 3. 
 Tangs [tongs ; " a sheep-head on a tangs," a sheep*s 
 head being singed]. 
 And like a sheep-head on a tangs, . . Poem on Life. 
 
 Tankard. An' farewfeel chearfu' tankards foamin, 
 
 An' social noise ; . To J. S., 14, 
 Tap [top ; *' tap 0' tow," the quantity of flax put on 
 the spinning-wheel at one time]. 
 Frae tap to tae that deeds me Men, 
 
 .S". The Contented Cottager: 
 
 Gae spin your tap o' tow ! . . . S. The weary Pund. 
 An' legs, an' arms, ati' heads will sned, 
 
 Like taps o' thrissle. . . To a Haggis. 
 Taper, adj. In's hand five taper staves as smooth's a bead, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Sae straught [a leg], sae taper, tight and clean, 
 
 The Vision. D. 1. 11, 
 Taper. With noiseless step and taper bright, On Lincluden. 
 
 The altar sinks, the tapers fade, , .... lb. 
 Tapering. 
 
 ■ spreading beech and tapering elm, . As on the banks t 
 
 Tapetless [heedless, foolish, purposeless]. 
 
 . The tapetless, ramfeezVd hizzie, Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. 3ist,3. 
 Tapmost [topmost]. 
 But may the tapmast grain that wags 
 
 Come to the sack. . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 The vera tapmost, towrin height 
 
 O' Miss's bonnet. . . , To a Louse. 
 
 Tap-pickle [the grain at the top of the stalk]. 
 
 But her tap-pickle maist was lost, . . . Halloween. 6. 
 Tappit-heh [a tin pot with a knob on the top, 
 holding a quart]. 
 The tappit-hen gae bring her ben, . . On W. Stewart. 
 Tapsalteerle [topsy-turvy]. 
 When there cain a yell o' foreign squeels, 
 
 That dang her tapsalteerie, O. . S. Amang the trees, t 
 He fir'd a fiddler ih the fiorth' 
 
 That dang them tapsalteerie, O. ... lb. 
 
 An' warly cares, an' waVly men, 
 
 May a gae tapsalteerie, O ! S. Green grow the Rashes, 
 
 Tar. Thc' manly tar, my mason Billie, . . Attld comrade t 
 
 A toom tar barrel An' twa red .peats Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Tarbolton. 
 
 Tarbolton, twenty-fourth o' June, 
 ' Ye'U find me in a better tune ; . , Ep. to H. Parker. 
 In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals, 
 Tardy. She, tardy, hell-ward plies. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Targe. When baigijiets o'erpower'd the targe, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Targe, to [to drill, to examine strictly]. 
 
 I on the questions targe them tightly ; . . The Inventory. 
 Tarrow [to murmur]. 
 Or, if you on your station tarrow, 
 
 Between Almagro and Pizarro ; . Add. of Beelzebub, j". 
 Tarrow't [murmured]* 
 An' I hae seen their coggie fou. 
 That yet hae tarrow't at it, . . . .A Dream. 1$. 
 Tarry. Nae time hae I to tarry. . iS". Here's to thy health^ 
 It's not the roar o' sea or shore. 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; . S. My bonie Mary. 
 Come counsel, dear titty, don't tarry ; . . S. Tam Glen. 
 At Darlet we a blink did tarry ; S. Th. Memies' bonie Mary. 
 There simmer first unfauld her robes. 
 And there the langest tarry : 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 
 Tarry-Breeks [a sailor]. 
 
 Young, royal Tarry-Breeks, . . . . A Dream. 13. 
 Tart. A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight. Sketch. 
 Tartan. 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. [re.] S. As I came der\ 
 And I'll deed thee in the tartan sae fine, 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 Her tartan petticoat she'll kilt, The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 O' Clans frae woods, in tartan duds, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor 
 
 the philibegs And skyrin tartan trews, ... , lb. 
 
 With his Philibeg, an' tartan Plaid, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 
 Down flow'd her robe, a tartan sheen. The Vision. D, 1. 11. 
 
 Tartaned, 
 
 leaves the tartaned lines, For other wars, Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 Task. Doom'd to that sorest task of man alive — 
 To make three guineas do the work of five : 
 
 Add. kp. by Fontenelle. 
 Heavy, heavy is the task, Hopeless love declaring ; 
 
 S. Blythe hde I been \ 
 It is not, outdo him, the task is, out thieve him. 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 Poor is the task to please a barb'rous throng. 
 
 Prologue^ sp, by Woods. 
 
 Tassel. As dangling in the wind he hangs 
 
 A gibbet's tassel. Poem on Life. 
 
 Tassie [a goblet]. 
 
 And fill it in a silver tassie ; . . .S". My bonie Mary. 
 
 Taste. Ev'n then, sometimes we'd snatch a taste 
 
 Of truest happiness. . . Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 
 O Death, IVow horrid is thy taste . Epit. on Grizel Grim. 
 The de'il tak' his taste to gae near her 1 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 They tempt the taste and charm the sight ; 
 
 S. On Cessndck banks \ 
 That queens it o'er our taste . . Prologue, at Th.^ D.. 
 Good sense and taste are natives here at home ; . .lb. 
 well-form'd taste, and sparkling wit Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 But for sense and gaid taste she'll vie wi' the best 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
Taste 
 
 472 
 
 Tear 
 
 But, oh ! respect his lordship's taste, 
 
 And spare hi^ golden hindings. . . The Book-Worms. 
 There's men of taste wou'd tak the Ducat-stream, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 With order, symmetry, or taste unhlest ; ... lb. 8. 
 Anbank, wha guess'd the ladies' taste, The Fite Cham^etre. 
 the sense, wit, and taste of a sweet lovely dame. 
 
 The IVhisiie. lo. 
 
 The joys refin'd of sense and taste, . . To Chloris. 
 
 While men have eyes, or ears, or taste. 
 
 She'll always find a lover. . . S. Whenjirst I saw t 
 She showed her taste refined and just 
 
 When she selected thee, . Wr. on Leaf of " H. More,^'* 
 The lawns wood-fringed in Nature's native taste ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Taste, to. 
 But ah ! those pleasures. Loves and Joys, 
 
 Which I too keenly taste, . Despondency^ an Ode. 4> 
 
 Never mair to taste delight. . . S. Frae the friends t 
 
 Wi' joctelegs they taste tiiem [the custocks] ; Halloween, 5. 
 She wadna trow't, the broust she hrew't. 
 
 Wad taste sae bitterlie. . S. Her Daddie forbad \ 
 
 For if you do but taste his blood, 
 
 'Twill make your courage rise. . . John Barleycorn. 
 And ay we'll taste the barley bree. S. O Willie hrew*d\ 
 
 It's aye the cheapest Lawyer's fee 
 
 To taste the barrel. . Scotch Drink. 1$. 
 There' taste that life of life — immortal love. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Gif ance the peasant taste a bit, 
 
 He's greater than a lord, man, , The Tree oj Liberty* 
 
 I'd gie my shoon frae aff my feet. 
 
 To taste sic fruit, . I swear, man. . . . . lb. 
 
 Nae poison'd soor Arminian stank. 
 
 He let them taste, . . The Twa Herds. S. 
 As them wha like to taste the drappie There's naeihin like t 
 And taste a swatch o' Manson's barrels, To a Medical Gent. 
 And taste sic gear as Johnnie brews, . To Mr. J, Kennedy, 
 And sweetly tempt to taste them ; . . iS". Young Peggy t 
 Tasting. Tasting the breathing spring, S. Phillis the Fair, 
 Tattep'd. 
 And gar the tatter'd gypsies pack. Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 
 And many a tatter'd rag banging over my bum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. L 
 Tatters. 
 Squire Pope but busks his skinklin patches 
 
 O' heathen tatters : Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Now moths deform in shapeless tatters, 
 
 Their unknown pages. . . To J. 3.^8. 
 Taught. 
 taught by the bright Caledonian lance, . S. Caledonia. $ 
 
 The martial phosphorus is taught to flow, Ep. to R. Graham, z. 
 But still the hope Experience taught to live, 
 
 Prologue^ sp. by Woods, 
 ' I taught thee how to pour in song, 
 
 ' To soothe thy flame. The Vision. D. II. 16. 
 * I taught thy manners-painting strains, . . lb. 17. 
 But then wi' you, he'll be sae taught, . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Tauk [to talk]. 
 
 The mair they tauk I'm kent the better, Add. tolllegit. Child. 
 Tauld, Tald [told]. 
 Down Pleasure's stream, wi' swelling sails, 
 
 I'm tauld ye're driving rarely ; . . , A Dream. 10. 
 I'm tauld he offers very fairly, . . Auld comrade i 
 They tald me 'twas an odd kind chiel 
 
 About Muirkirk. Fp. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 4, 
 It's tauld he was a sodger bred, On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 I'm tauld the IMuse ye hae negleckit ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum, Tarn 0' Shanter. 3, 
 The Souter tauld his queerest stories ; , . . lb. s- 
 
 There's even, I'm tauld, i' the Court 
 
 A Tumbler ca'd the Premier. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 As Robie tauld a tale o' love . . S. There was a lass t 
 
 He tald mysel by word o' mouth, , . To Vr^ Blacklock. 
 
 Let na this o' thee be tauld. . S. Will ye go and inarry t 
 
 Taunt. May taunt you wi' his jeers an' mocks ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Tauted, Tawted [matted, uncombed]. 
 
 Wi' tauted ket, an' hairy hips ; . . Poor Maine's El., 
 Nae tawted tyke, tho' e'er sae duddie, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Tawie [tame, tractable ; that lets itself peaceably be 
 handled]. 
 
 But hamely, tawie, quiet an' cannie, A Gmd New- Year \S- 
 
 Tawpie [a silly, sluggish young person]. 
 
 gawkies, tawpies, gowks and fools, . . To W, Creech, 
 Tax. When taxes he enlarges, . . , A Dream. 7. 
 
 An' ye have laid nae tax on misses ; . The Inventory. 
 
 While Highlandmen hate tolls an' taxes ; To W. Simpson, 
 Tax, to. 
 
 An' gin ye tax her or her mither, 
 
 B' the IJ— d ! ye'se get them a' thegither, . The Inventory, 
 Taxation. Your sair taxation does her fleece, A Dream. 6. 
 
 Or tell what new taxation's comin, . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 
 Tax'd. Or if bare a— yet were tax'd ; Kind Sir, Vve readi 
 
 Taxing. What are your landlords rent-rolls? taxing ledgers. 
 
 Lns on Window, K.'s Arms. 
 
 Tay. 
 
 Whare Tay rins wimplin by sae clear ; S. Owhare didyeget\ 
 
 Ramsay an' famous Ferguson 
 
 Gied- Forth an' Tay a lift aboon ; . . To W. Simpson. 
 
 The Tay meandering sweet in infant pride, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 Taylor. Men, three-parts made by Taylors and by Barbers, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 The taylor staw the lynin o't. . , S. The cardin o't. 
 
 The Taylor fell thro' the bed, thimble an' a', [«.] 
 
 S. The Taylor fell\ 
 
 She thought that a Taylor could do her nae ill. . . Ih, 
 
 There's some that are dowie, I trow wad be fain 
 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again, . . , lb. 
 
 The Taylor he cam here to sew, . . .S. The Taylor^ 
 
 The Taylor rase and sheuk his duds, . ... lb. 
 
 The Taylor prov'd a man, O. . . . . . lb. 
 
 Taylor [Dr. Taylor of Norwich], 
 
 'Tis you and Taylor are the chief, 
 Wha are to blame for this mischief ; 
 
 Letter to J. Goudie^ 
 . A Fragment, 
 
 Tea. Ae night, at tea, began a plea, 
 some scheme, like tea an' winnocks, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 
 Teach, whose judgment clear Can others teach A Bard's Epit. 
 There's somebody there we'll teach better behaviour. 
 
 J*. Cock up your beaver. 
 They who but feign a wounded heart. 
 
 May teach the lyre to'languish ; S. Could aught ofsong\ 
 Go [King of Terrors] frighten the coward and slave ! 
 Go teach them to tremble, fell tyrant ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 
 She'll teach you, wi' a reekan whittle 
 
 Anither sang. The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. 
 * Some teach the Bard, a' darling care, 
 
 * The tuneful Art. The Vision. D. U. 4. 
 
 ' Some teach to meliorate the pl^n, 
 
 With tillage-skill ; Ib.S. 
 
 An' teach the lanely heights an' howes 
 
 My rustic sang. . . . ToJ.S.^g, 
 He [Monroe] hacks to teach, they [Critics] mangle to exMse. 
 
 ToR. G. ofF.^4. 
 And teach the sportive younkers round. 
 Saws of experience, sage and sound. Wr. in Friars-Carse H., 
 
 Teacher, a candid lib'ral band is found 
 
 Of public teachers. To Rev. /. M'Maih. 
 Teaching. 
 A lesson sadly teaching, to your cost, The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 
 Teal. Mourn sooty coots, and speckled teals ; 
 
 El.onCapt,M.H.,8, 
 
 Team. The merry Ploughboy cheers his team, 
 
 S, Again rejoic. Nature ^ 
 
 Tear. And o'er this grassy heap sing dool, « r.u 
 
 And drap a tear. . . • ^ Bards Epit. 
 Here pause— and thro' the starting tear, 
 
 Survey this grave ■'''• 
 
 thro* the tender-gushing tear, . A Ded, to G. ff.,i6. 
 
 O, free my weary eyes from tears, A Prayer under Anguish. 
 
 Regardless of the tears, and unavailing pray'rs! , ^ 
 
 A Winter Nignt, a- 
 
 Dissolve in pause-and sentimental tears- ^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 
 
 With awe-struck thought, and pitying tears, , 
 
 I view that noble, stately Dome, Add. to Edinivrelt. o. 
 
 While Scotia, with exulting tear, 
 Proclaims that Thomson was her son. 
 
 Add. to Shade ofThomon-S- 
 
Tear 
 
 473 
 
 Teethin 
 
 The tears trickled down like the hail and the rain ; 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'rittff t 
 And as he was singing the tears down came, 
 
 S, By yon castle w«' t 
 The fears all, the tears all, 
 
 Of dim declining Age ! . . Despondency, an Ode.S- 
 Ilk cowslip cup shall kep a tear : . El on Capt. M. H., iz. 
 Thy sympathetic tear maun fa', . . . .lb., EpU.. 
 Thou left'st us darkling in a world of tears. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 The smile of lovej the friendly tear, 
 
 The sympathetic glow ! . . Ep. to Dame. lo. 
 
 While tears hap o'er her auld brown nose ! Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan, 
 Yet frequent all unheeded in his own. Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains, 
 
 Epit. /or Author's Father. 
 And soft as their [lovers'] parting tear—Jessy. 
 
 S. Here's a health to ane t 
 'Twill make the widow's heart to sing, 
 
 Tho' the tear were in her eye. . John Barleycorn. 
 
 His hoary cheek was wet wi' tears ; Lament/or Glencaim. 
 What heart that feels and will not yield a tear, 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 At Yarico's sweet notes of grief, 
 
 The rock with tears had flow'd. . Lns on Mrs. Kemhle. 
 So shy, grave and distant, ye shed not a tear : 
 
 Monody^ on a Lady. 
 The tender thrill, the pitying tear, iS". My Mary* s face t 
 
 While down his cheeks the saut tears row'd ; 
 
 i". My Sandy gied to t 
 Ye who never shed a tear, . S. Musing on the roaring t 
 And ev'ning's tears are tears o' joy : S. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 The widow's tears, the orphan's cry ! . . . , lb. 
 But spare a Mother's tears ! . . O Thou dread PovSr + 
 With earnest tears I pray, ... . . lb. 
 
 In tears the rose-buds steeping : S. watye wha thai loes t 
 But aye the tear comes in my ee, 
 
 To think on him that's far awa. .S*. Oh, how can I be blythe \ 
 And a' my tears be tears of joy, , . . lb. 
 
 An' stain them wi' the saut, saut tear : 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 When the tear trickled bright, . On Death of/av. Child. 
 
 The lightning of her eye in tears imbued. 
 
 On Death- of Sir J. Blair. 
 " A weeping country joins a widow's tear, . . . lb. 
 Deep in heart -wrung tears I'll pledge thee, S. One fond kiss, + 
 Wi* saut tears trickling down your nose ; Poor MaiWs El.. 
 It's no the loss o' warl's gear, 
 
 That could sae bitter draw the tear, . . . . lb. 
 The saut tear blin't his e'e ; S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie, 
 
 Friends, that parting tear reserve it, . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Numbering ev'ry bud which nature 
 
 Waters wi' the tears of joy. . . S. Sleep'st thou, t 
 While by their nose the tears will revel, Tain Samson^s El.. 
 Ko more to sigh, or shed the bitter tear, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 16. 
 A brother's sigh ! a sister's tear ! , . The Farewell. 
 
 I, with a much indebted tear, 
 
 Shall still remember you ! lb. 
 
 One round, I ask it with a tear, The Farewell To St. J.'s L. 
 The bursting tears my heart declare, S. The gloomy night t 
 Let me ryke up to dight that tear, The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 While the tear stood twinklin' in her e'e ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 The Solemn League and Covenant 
 
 Cost Scotland blood— cost Scotland tears : 
 
 The League and Covenant. 
 And aye the salt tear blinds her ee : . The lovely lass t 
 Smiles, glances, sighs, tears, iits, flirtations, airs, 
 'Gainst such an host what flinty savage dares 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Whene'er I meet my mither's e'e, 
 
 My tears rin down like rain. The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 Alas ! that e'er a bonie face 
 
 Should draw a sauty tear ! lb. 
 
 And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear, 
 S. The Slave's Lament, 
 The justling tears ran down his honest face ! The Vowels. 
 In helpless infants' tears he dipp'd his right, . . .lb. 
 Wi' monie a sigh and a tear. . S. There was a bonie lass t 
 30 
 
 I, sighing, drop the silent tear, . . . To Clarinda. 
 My vows and tears her scorn excite . . . . lb. 
 Or pity's notes, in luxury of tears, . . To Miss Graham. 
 And left us darkling in a world of tears ;) To R. G. ofF., g, 
 With many a filial tear circling the bed of death ! . lb. 
 
 No fear more, no tear more, 
 
 To stain my lifeless face, To Ruin. 
 
 "With tears indignant I behold th' oppressor 
 
 ** Rejoicing in the honest man's destruction, . Tragic Frag.. 
 
 Remembrance oft may start a tear, . V.s, under Grief. 
 
 A tear may wet thy laughin' e'e, lb. 
 
 Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e ; 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 Wha wou'd soon dry the tear frae his Phillis's e'e. . lb. 
 Fears for my Willie brought tears in my e'e ; 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 With tears I pity thy unhappy fate ! 
 
 . Wr. under Port, of Fergusson. 
 But now wi' sighs and starting tears . S. Young Jamie,^ 
 Tear, to. 
 Farewell I and ne'er such sorrows tear 
 
 That fickle heart of thine, . S. Canst thou leave me thus t 
 In grief thy sallow mantle tear ; . El. on Capt. M. H. 13. 
 That holy robe, Odinna tear it! . . . Ep.toJ.R.3. 
 As the storms the forest tear, . S. How can m.y poor hedrt\ 
 Death tears the brother of her love 
 
 From Isabella's arms. ... . Sctd thy tale,\ 
 
 Fate oft tears the bosom chords 
 
 That Nature finest strung : , . . .lb. 
 
 Nor cause me from my bosom tear 
 
 The very friend I sought. . S. Talk not of Love t 
 
 What bursting anguish tears my heart ! . . The Farewell. 
 
 These bleed afresh, those ties I tear, S. The gloomy night t 
 
 Though mem'ry there my bosom tear ; S. Tothee,lov'dNithi 
 
 Tearful* -fu*. The tearful tribute of a broken heart. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 may bless him, Wi' tearfu' e'e ; On Scot. Bard gne to W. I. 
 leaping. 
 Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, . . Add. to Toothache. 
 Wild as the winter now tearing the forest, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 But tearing Peggy from my soul 
 
 Must be a stronger death. . . . S. Peggy Chahners. 
 For why, — methinks I hear her voice 
 
 Tearing the clouds asunder. . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 Tear-worn. 
 
 My toil-beat nerves, and tear-worn eye, . . The Lament- 
 Tease. 
 An' tease my name in kintry clatter : Add. to Illegii. Child 
 Nae cauld, faint-hearted doublings tease him ; 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Teased. 
 
 Dull, listless, teased, dejected, and deprest. To R. G. ofF., 
 'Teen \abbrev. of " Sit e'en"; evening]. 
 O wat ye what my minnie did. 
 On "Tysday 'teen to me, jo ? . S. O wat ye what my t 
 Teen [chagrin, vexation]. 
 
 Last day I grat wi' spite and teen, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Teens. I've been but three years in my teens ; 
 
 S. Fm der young to ■marry\ 
 A' plump and strapping in their teens, . Tam o' Shanter. 13, 
 Teeth. But in the teeth o' baith [wind, tide] to sail, 
 
 It maks an unco leeway. Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 Sae white her teeth, sae sweet her mou', 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. water. 
 Her teeth are like a flock o' sheep, 
 
 With fleeces newly washen clean, iS". On Cessnock banks t 
 Her teeth are like the nightly snow 
 
 When pale the morning rises keen, . . lb.. Sett. II. 
 The teeth o' time may gnaw Tamtallan, 
 
 But tbou's for ever. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Her teeth were like the ivory, S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 Five rusty teeth, forbye a stump, , . S. Willie Wastle t 
 
 Teeth'd. desolation's lang teeth'd harrow. To Terraughty. 
 
 Teethin ["teethin a heekle," putting new teeth in 
 
 a heckle]. 
 
 O merry hae I b§en teethin a heckle S. merry hae I been t 
 
Teethless 
 
 474 
 
 Tell'd 
 
 Teethless. 
 An* my auld teethless Bawtie's dead ; . El. on Year iy83. 
 Wi' his teethless gab and his auld held pow, 
 
 S. To daunton me. 
 
 TelK I tell your Highness fairly, . . . ^ Dream. lo. 
 
 And tells the midnight moon her care. . , .A Vision. 
 
 Truth, weeping, tells the mournful tale, A Winter Night 7. 
 
 " Ma'am, let me tell you," quoth my man of rhymes, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Tell how wi* you on ragweed nags, 
 They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags, . Add. to the Deil. g. 
 
 strange to tell ! lb. 24, 
 
 And ranked plagues their numbers tell, 
 
 In dreadfu' raw, . . Add to Toothache. 
 Ye've nought to do but mark and tell 
 
 Your Neebours* fauts and folly ! . Add, to Unco Guid. 
 Than ever tongue could tell ; . . . S. Ah^ Chloris t 
 Tell them frae me, wi' chiels be cautious ; . Auld comrade \ 
 The courtier tells a finer tale. 
 
 But is his heart as true ? . . . S. Behold^ my love t 
 While through thy sweets she loves to stray, 
 
 tell me, does she muse on me ! . S. Behold the houri 
 Old Time and Nature their changes tell, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 As Largs well can witness, and Loncartie tell. S. Caledonia. 
 And that we'll tell them at the cross, 
 
 S. Carl^ an the King come. 
 Gin a body kiss a body, need a body tell ; 
 
 1?. Comin thro" the rye. 
 The muse should tell, in labored strains, 
 
 S. Could aught o/song\ 
 I canna tell, I maunna tell, 
 
 1 darena for your anger : . S. Craigie-hum Wood. 
 this that I am gaun to tell, . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 But whether she [the Moon] had three or four [horns], 
 
 I cou'd na tell. . . . , Ih, 4. 
 
 * Baith their disease, and what will mend it, 
 
 * At ance he tells't. . . .lb. ig. 
 
 'But hark ! I'll tell you of a plot, . . . lb, 30, 
 
 But just as he began to tell. 
 
 The auld kirk-hammer strak the bell ... lb. 31. 
 How it comes, let Doctors tell, . . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay. El. on Capt. M. H., g. 
 I tell nae common tale o' grief, , . , ., lb., E^it. 
 To tell the truth, they seldom fash't him. 
 
 El. on Death of R. Ruisseaux. 
 But tell him he was learn'd and dark, 
 
 Ye roos'd him then ! . , . lb. 
 
 To tell Maria her Esopus' fate. . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Ay free, aff ban', your story tell, Ep. to Young Friend. S' 
 But still keep something to yoursel 
 
 Ye scarcely tell to ony. . . . , , , /$. 5. 
 But first an' foremost, I should tell, Ep. to J, L—k^Ap. ist, 8. 
 
 As ill I like my fauts to tell ; lb. 16. 
 
 Somebody tells the Poacher-Court, 
 
 The hale affair. . . . Ep.toJ,R,,8. 
 Wha 'twas, she wadna tell ; , . . . Halloween. 8. 
 To tell thee that I loe thee, . . S. Here's to thy health t 
 They tell me, Sir, 'twould be a sin. 
 
 To tak me frae my mammy yet ; . , S, fin deryoungi 
 Tak' tent, I'll tell thee what, S. Lass, whenyr mitheri 
 
 And tell me what they ca' ye ? . S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Shame fa' me gin I tell ; * . S, My heart was ancef 
 
 The wretch whase doom is *' hope nae mair," 
 What tongue his woes can tell ; S. Now Spring has cladf 
 
 tell na me of wind and rain, . S, O Lassie, art thott t 
 
 1 tell you now this ae night, lb. 
 
 And here's to them, we darena tell, {re.} S. O May thy mom t 
 Thou tells of never-ending care ; S. O stay^ sweet warbling t 
 
 wha will tell me how to ca't ? S,0 wha my baby-clouts t 
 Tell me, fellow-creatures, why 
 
 At my presence thus you fly ? .On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 Where Philomel, • Her griefs will tell ! 
 
 Poe7n on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Not for to preach, but tell his simple story : 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D., 
 
 1 lo'e her mysel, but darena weel tell, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Ye chief, to you my tale I tell, . . Scotch Drink. 16. 
 Is there no daring Bard will rise and tell Scots Prologue. 
 Thou, my friend* Canst truly tell ; . , S. Sensibility t 
 
 His solid sense— by inches you must tell, . . Sketch. 
 My heart is sair, I darena tell, . . . .S*. Somebody. 
 Tell ev'ry social, honest billie 
 
 To cease his grievin, Tarn Samson's El., PerC, 
 But bashing and dashing, 
 
 I kend na how to tell. . . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Tell them wha hae the chief direction, 
 Scotland an' me's in great affliction. 
 
 The A utho^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Tell him o' mine an' Scotland's drouth, , . . .Ib.4 
 But raise your arm, an' tell your crack Before them a'. lb. 6. 
 An' tell them, wi' a patriot-heat. Ye winna bear it? lb. u. 
 Tell yon guid bluid o' auld Eoconnock's, . . /^, 20, 
 But tell me Whisky's name in Greek, 
 
 I'll tell the reason. ' • . lb. P. 
 
 No man can tell ; ... The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 
 No guess could tell what instrument appear'd, , /5. 72, 
 Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears. 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 
 Tells how a neebor lad came o'er the moor, . . ,73. 7^ 
 The frugal Wifie, garrulous, will tell. 
 
 How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' Lint was i' the bell. 2b. 11. 
 Tell him, if e'er again he keep 
 
 As muckle gear as buy a sheep, . The Death ofMailie. 
 Tell him, he was a Master kin', . . /^_ 
 
 To tell my Master a' my tale ; > • . . lb. 
 
 So how this weighty plea may end, 
 
 Nae mortal wight can tell : . The Election Ballads, I. 
 
 The Kirk and State may join, and tell 
 
 To do such things I maunna; S. Thegowd. Locks of A.. 
 Who must to her his dear friend's secret tell ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Their waefu' fate what need I tell, 
 
 S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell, . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 When the tother bag I sell and the tother bottle tell, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 I once was a maid tho' I cannot tell when ; . .lb. S. 11. 
 And now my conclusion I'll tell, . ... Ib.S. 111. 
 
 And yet you are chearful, I pray tell me how 
 That you do maintain them so well as you do. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Its virtues a' can tell, man ; . The Tree ofLiierty. 
 
 Or tell what new taxation's comin, . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 But will ye tell me. Master Cssar, . , lb. 27. 
 
 O ! dool to tell The Twa Herds. 2. 
 
 And mony a ane that I could tell, . . . . lb. 14, 
 Old poets have sung, and old chronicles tell, The Whistle. 3. 
 And tell future ages the feats of the day; . . lb. 11. 
 There's news, lasses, news, Gude news I've to tell, 
 
 S. Therms news, lasses \ 
 Ev'ry pulse along my veins, 
 
 Tells the ardent lover. . , . .S*. Thine am If 
 To tell the truth and shame the Deil ... To—. 
 And I can tell that bounteous Heaven 
 On thee a tack o' seven times seven 
 
 Will yet bestow it. . . To Terraughiy. 
 An' tell aloud Their jugglin' hocus-pocus arts 
 
 To Rev. J. M^Matk. 
 But tell him, though he broke my heart, 
 Yet to that heart he still was dear! 
 
 S. To thee, lov*d NHh\ 
 Wallace, Aft bure the gree, as story tells, 
 
 Frae Suthron billies. . To W. Simpson. 11 
 Some people tell me gin I fa', . . V.s to J, Ranken 
 Tell me thou bring'st me, my Willie, the same. 
 
 .S*. Wandering Willie. 
 
 This leads me on, to tell for sport, . 
 I couldna tell what ailed me, . 
 
 What ails ye now \ 
 S. WJienJirst I saw\ 
 
 the eastern star Tells bughtin-time is near, 
 
 3". When der the hill f 
 Why, why tell thy lover. 
 
 Bliss he never must eryoy ? . . . S. Why, why iell\ 
 But, my dear and lovely Katie, 
 
 This ae thing I hae to tell, S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 
 Tell them, and press it on their mind, Wr. in Friars-CarseH. 
 
 TeU'd [told]. 
 
 Thus the wooer tell'd his mind : . . . ^. Jockey fou t 
 He's tell'd her father and mother baith, • • 
 But he has na tell'd the lass hersel Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 I own'd the tale was true he tell'd me, . What ails ye nojv t 
 
Telline: 
 
 475 
 
 Tenebrific 
 
 Telling. Hear the woodlark charm the forest, 
 
 Telling o'er his little joys : . , S. SensibiHty,\ 
 Like scrapin' out auld Crummie's nicks, 
 An' tellin' lies about them ; . . , To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Temper-pin [the pin for tempering op regulating 
 the motion of a spinning-wheel ; the pin for 
 tempering a flddle-strlng]. 
 
 And ay she shook the temper-pin. . S. Duncan Davison, 
 And [Heaven] screw your temper-pins aboon 
 
 A fifth or mair, 
 The melancholious* lazie croon 
 
 O' cankrie care. . Ep. to Maj. Logan, 4. 
 Tempest. While pityless the tempest wild 
 
 Sore on you beats, A Winter Night. S. 
 Whyles, on the strong-wing'd Tempest flyin, 
 
 Tirlan the kirks ; . . Add. to ike Deil. 4. 
 When Masons' mystic word an' grip, 
 
 In storms an' tempests raise you up, . . . lb. 14. 
 Such is the tempest has shaken my bosom, 
 
 S, Gloomy December. 
 But lang or noon, loud tempests storming 
 
 A' my flowery bliss destroy'd. . . iS*. / dreamed I lay t 
 And loud the tempest's roar : , . . S, O mirk^ fnirk\ 
 Ye tempests, rage ! ye turbid torrents, roll! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd, . S. The day returns t 
 Across her placid, azure sky. 
 
 She sees the scowling tempest fly : S. The gloomy night t 
 Tho' stars in skies may disappear, 
 
 And angry tempests gather, . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 But Misery and I must watch 
 
 The surly tempest blow ; . . ^S*. The sun he is sunk t 
 Howling tempests o'er me rave ! . . S, Thickest night t 
 Chill came the tempest's lour ; . . . To Chloris. 
 heavy, passive to the tempest's shocks, To R, G. ofF.-,7. 
 
 And Ettrick banks now roaring red 
 
 While tempests blaw ; . . To W. Creech. 
 Thy nod can make the tempest cease to blow, 
 
 IVhyamllothf 
 The Tempest's howl, it soothes my soul, . . Winter. 
 Tempest-driven. But when on Life we're tempest -driven, 
 Mp. to Young Friend, to. 
 
 Temple. 
 
 I'm here a pillar in thy temple, . Holy Williis Prayer. S- 
 Temples. 
 
 Now prouder still, Maria's temples press. . Ep.Jr. Esopus. 
 Temporal. For temp'ral gifts we little merit ; . A Grace. 
 Wi' mercies temp'ral and divine, Holy Willies Prayer. z6. 
 Tempt, 
 But never tempt th* illicit rove, . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 They tempt the taste and charm the sight ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 And thirst of gold might tempt the deep, 
 
 S. ' Twas even— the dewy t 
 And sweetly tempt to taste them : . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Temptation. 
 Ye're Ablins nae temptation, . . Add. to Unco Guid, 6. 
 Who is proof to thy personal converse and wit, 
 
 Is proof to all other temptation. . . Extern., To Mr. S. 
 ' Lest in temi^tation's path ye gang astray, 
 * Implore his counsel and assisting might : 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 6. 
 (L— d keep me ay frae a' temptation !) . . The Inventory. 
 Who sin so oft have moum'd, yet to temptation ran ? 
 
 Why atn I loth t 
 Tempted. Bad luck on the penny that tempted my minny 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 Tempting. 
 Thy tempting lips, thy glancing een, 
 
 .S". O were I on P amass, + 
 First shewing us the tempting ware, * , Poem on Life. 
 Temptingly, 
 
 as the boughs all temptingly project, Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Ten. It's ten to ane ye'll find him snug in 
 
 Some eldritch part. On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 He'll gi'e me gude hunder marks ten : , . S* Tarn Glen. 
 Ye, for my sake, hae gien the feck 
 
 Of a' the ten comman's A screed some day. The Hdly Fair. 4. 
 Here is Murray's fragments 
 
 O' the ten commands ; . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Nor for my ten white shillings luke. The Inventory. 
 
 Ten-hours-blte [a slight feed to the horses while in 
 yoke in the forenoon]. 
 
 Or dealing thro' amang the naigs 
 
 Their ten-hours bite, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zist, £. 
 Ten-pund. 
 
 her tenpund lands 0' tocher gude . S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 Ten-shillings. 
 
 A ten-shillings hat, a Holland cravat ; . Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 Tenant. 
 
 Why, ye tenants of the lake, 
 
 For me your wat'ry haunt iforsake ? On scaring Waterfowl. 
 
 The happy tenants share his rounds ; Sketch. New-Yf^s Day. 
 
 Poor tenant bodies, scant o' cash, 
 
 How they maun thole a factor's snash ; . The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 
 It wad for ev'ry ane be better. 
 
 The Laird, the Tenant, an' the Cotter ! . . . lb. 26. 
 
 Tenant-man. 
 
 Poor, worthless elf, it eats a dinner, 
 
 Better than ony Tenant-man . . . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Tend, 
 Give me the cot below the pine, 
 To tend the flocks or till the soil, S. ' Twas even — the dewy t 
 Tender. 
 She soon shall see her tender brood. 
 
 The pride, the pleasure o' the wood, S. A Rosebud by my t 
 Where, where is Love's fond, tender throe, 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 They lay aside a' tender mercies, . Add, of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Unfolds her tender mantle green, Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 In the keen, yet tender eye, 
 
 O read th' imploring lover. . S. Could aught of song \ 
 
 His chicken heart so tender ; . FPig^ on a Coxcomb. 
 
 All hail! ye tender feelings dear ! . . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 
 A tye more tender still lb. 
 
 The tender Father, and the gen'rous Friend. 
 
 Epit.for Author's Father. 
 Farewell, loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties 1 
 
 S. Farewellj thou fair day t 
 But why urge the tender confession, 
 
 'Gainst fortunes f^U cruel decree S. Here's a health to ane t 
 the tender heart o' leesome love, . S. In Simmer when t 
 The tender thrill, the pitying tear, S. My Mary's face t 
 
 Thus ev'ry kind their pleasure find, 
 
 The savage and the tender ; . S. Now westlin winds t 
 But O the road was very hard, 
 
 For that fair maiden's tender feet. . S. O Mally's meek. 
 " So in my tender bosom grows, 
 
 ;• The love I bear my Willy. . . S. Phely^ t 
 
 Again, again that tender part, S. O stay, sweet warbling t 
 She, who her lovely Offspring eyes 
 
 With tender hopes and fears, . O Thou dread Pow'r t 
 Her tender limbs embrace, . . S. Ona bank of flowers t 
 "And I will join a mother's tender cares, 
 
 On Death of Sir f. Blair. 
 In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale. 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, g. 
 The promis'd Father's tender name ; . The Lament. 3, 
 
 The tender flower that lifts its head, elate. 
 Helpless, must fall before the blasts of fate. 
 
 The Rights of Woman, 
 But hawJcs will rob the tender joys 
 That bless the little lintwhite's nest ; 
 
 S. There was a lass, and t 
 So trembling, pure, was tender love 
 
 Within the breast of bonie Jean. . . . lb. 
 
 Scarce rear'd above the Parent-earth 
 
 Thy tender form. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Our parting was fu' tender ; 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and strearns t 
 Tender-gushing. 
 
 through the tender-gushing tear, . A Ded. to G. H, 16. 
 Tenderest. Tend'rest pledge of future bliss, To a Kiss. 
 
 Peace, the tenderest flower of Spring ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 
 Tenderly. 
 
 Her dear idea round my heart 
 Should tenderly entwine. . . . S. Tho* cruel fate t 
 
 Tenderness. 
 
 But oh ! that tenderness forbear, 
 Though 'twad my sorrows lessen. , V,s, under Grief. 
 Tenebrifle. It lightens, it brightens 
 
 The tenebrific scene, . Ep. to Davie, to. 
 
Tenor 
 
 476 
 
 Thane 
 
 TenoF. 
 
 Ye suit the joyless tenor of my soul. On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 
 Tent [a box-like movable pulpit for preaching in 
 the open aip]. 
 
 When gaping they [the saunts] hesiege the tents, 
 
 Are doubly fir'd. . . Scotch Drink. 8. 
 But hark ! the tent has chang'd it's voice ; The Holy Fair. 14. 
 Tent [heed, caution]. 
 
 I stacher'd whyles, but yet took tent ay 
 
 To free the ditches 1 Death and Dr. Homhook. 3. 
 Tak' tent, I'll tell thee what, . i'. Lass, when yr mither\ 
 Tak tent how ye purchase a dram ; The Election Ballads. III. 
 ''1 red you, honest man, tak tent ! . . ToJ.S.,'7. 
 
 Tent, to [to tend, watch over ; look to ; mark, 
 observe ', regard, value]. 
 
 Shalt sweetly pay the tender care 
 
 'That tents thy early morning. . . S. A Rosehud by t 
 We'll tent our flocks by Galla water. 
 
 S. Brow lads on Yar. braes t 
 ' But tent me, billie ; . . Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 I tent less, and want less 
 
 Their [the Great folk's] roomy fire-side ; . Ep. to Davie. 
 Think ye, are we less blest than they, 
 
 Wha scarcely tent us in their way, . . . . lb. 6. 
 But tent me, Davie, Ace o' Hearts ! . . . lb. 8. 
 
 Wilt thou wi* me tent the flocks, S. Lassie wH the lintwhitei 
 The powers aboon will tent thee, 6". O sawye bonie Lesley t 
 And she, a lovely little flower 
 
 That I would tent and shelter there. S. -watye wha's in t 
 
 wha will tent me when I cry 1 S. O wha my babie-clouts t 
 But warily tent, when ye come to court me, .S". O whistle, t 
 If there's a hole in a' your coats, 
 
 I rede you tent it : On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 An' tent them duely, e'en an' morn, 
 
 Wi' taets o' hay an' ripps o' corn. . The Death o/Mailie. 
 There's no a callant tents the kye, 
 
 But kens o' Westerha', Jamie. . . i'. The Laddies by t 
 Or wha will tent the waifs and crocks, 
 
 About the dykes. . . The Twa Herds. 
 
 A' ye wha tent the gospel fauld lb. 20. 
 
 And learn to tent the farms wi' me ? 3'. There was a lass t 
 
 And tent the waving corn wi' me lb. 
 
 And the shepherd tents his flock as he pipes on his reed. 
 
 .S". Von wild mossy mountains t 
 
 Tentie [watchful, cautious, careful, attentive]. 
 
 Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether, . A Guid New- Year t /*. 
 
 Wi' joy the tentie Seedsman stalks, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 
 Jean slips in twa [nits], wi' tentie e'e ; . . Halloween, 8. 
 some tentie tin A cannie errand to a neebor town : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Tented. 
 
 1 left the lines, and tented field, . S. When wild Wat's ^ 
 
 Tenth. But pious Bob, 'mid learning's store. 
 
 Commandment tenth remember' d. The Dean o/Fac. 
 
 Tentier [more careful]. 
 
 My hale and weel I'U take a care o't 
 
 A tentier way : . . Friend ofthepoet\P.S. 
 
 Tentless [heedless, inattentive]. 
 
 The time flew ty, wi' tentless head, S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 
 I'll wander on with tentless heed, 
 
 How never-halting moments speed, . To J. S., 10. 
 
 Term. Who hold your being on the terms, 
 
 ' Each aid the others,' Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, ll. 
 
 ' In terms sae friendly, .... Ib.,Ap. aist,S. 
 
 To mouth ' A Citizen,' a term o' scandal : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. to. 
 
 Tho' in sic phraisin terms ye've penn'd it. To W. Simpson. 
 
 Terra, Terra flrma. 
 
 Tho' I should wander Terra o'er. 
 
 In all her climes, . . . ToJ.S.,ai. 
 
 While Terra firma, on her axis, 
 
 Diurnal turns, . . . To W. Simpson. 
 Terreagle. And they'll gae build Terreagle's towers, 
 
 S. The noble Maxwells t 
 
 And they declare Terreagle's fair, It. 
 
 Terriilc. Learn to despise those frowns now so terrific, 
 
 Add. sp. by Fonientlle. 
 Terror. 
 
 It's no through terror of D-mn-t-n ; . A Ded. to G. ffi, 6> 
 
 Ve'll some day squeel in quaking terror A Ded. to G. H., ro. 
 
 Ev'ry hope is fled, Ev'ry fear is terror ; . S. Ay waking, 1 
 
 Their pounces were murder, and terror their cry, 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 The Anglian lion, the terror of France, . . . . Ib.j. 
 
 Thou grim King of Terrors, thou life's gloomy foe, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 
 No terrors hast thou to the brave /^. 
 
 O Goudie! terror of the Whigs, . . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Grim horror grin'd ; pale terror roar'd 
 
 As murder at his thrapple shor'd ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 For guilt, for guilt, my terrors are in arms ; Why am I loth \ 
 Test. And aiblins when they winna stand the test. 
 
 Wink hard, and say, " The folks hae done their best." 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Tester [an old coin, about sixpence in value]. 
 
 Your sair taxation does her fleece, 
 Till she has scarce a tester ; . . , A Dream. 6. 
 Tether. 
 
 Wi' tentie care I'll flit thy tether, . A Guid New-Yearf 18. 
 
 Was ae day nibbling on the tether. The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Gude keep thee frae a tether string ! . . lb. 
 
 An' hid him burn this cursed tether, . . . . lb. 
 
 An' gies them't, like a tether, Fu' lang The Holy Fair. 24. 
 
 May Envy wallop in a tether, . . To W. Simpson, 
 Tether, to. 
 
 Nae man can tether time or tide ; . Tarn d Shanter. 7. 
 
 Teugh [tougli]. 
 
 The toolne's teugh 'tween Pitt an' Fox. El. on Year I'jSS. 
 
 " I saw the battle sdr and teugh, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 A carline auld and teugh. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Teugh Johnie, staunch Geordie and Wattle, . lb. III. 
 
 Teughly [toughiy]. 
 
 Yet, teughly doure, he bade an unco bang. The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Teuk [took]. They mind't na wha the chorus teuk. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Text. Right, Sir! your text I'll prove it true. 
 
 The' Heretics may laugh ; . . . The Calf. 
 
 Come, let a proper text be read, . . The Ordination. 4. 
 
 Nor idle texts pursue ; . . . . To Miss AinsUe. 
 
 A text for infamy to preach ; . . . . To W. Creech. 
 Thaek [thatch]. 
 
 And thack and rape secure the toil-won crap ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 right an' light in thack an' raep. The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 
 Thae [those]. 
 thae Birth-day dresses Sae fine this day. . A Dream. 
 Thae bonie Baimtime, Heav'n has lent, ' . . . Ib.g. 
 up amang thae lakes and seas . .Add. of Beelzebub. 
 ' Waes me for Johnny Ged's-Hole now, 
 Quoth I, * if that thae news be true! 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 
 Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay. 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., g. 
 
 Thae curst horse-leeches o' th' Excise, Scotch Drink. 29. 
 
 Now, Tam, O Tam ! had thae been queans, 
 
 Tarn o' Shanter. 13. 
 
 thae frank, rantan, ramblan billies, . The Twa Dogs. l6. 
 
 Thae winks and finger ends, I dread, . . To a Louse. 
 
 In thae auld times, . . . . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Amang thae wild mountains shall still be my path, 
 
 .5". Yon wild mossy mountains^ 
 
 Thairm [the gut or Intestinal canal ; a flddle-string]. 
 
 while I kittle hair on thairms The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 
 And o'er the thairms be tryin : . . The Ordination. 7, 
 
 Aboon them a' ye tak your place, 
 
 Painch, tripe, or thairm : . To a Haggis. 
 
 Thairm-insplring. 
 
 Hail, thairm-inspirin', rattlin' Willie ! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 
 M'Lauchlan, thairm-inspiring Sage, The Brigs of Ayr. ii. 
 Thames. 
 
 The Thames flows proudly to the sea, J. The Banks of Nith. 
 
 Th' missus, Tiber, Thames an' Setae, 
 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line ; 
 Thane. 
 
 Or is't the paughty, feudal Thane, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, list, n> 
 
 To W. Simpson, 
 
Thank 
 
 477 
 
 Thief 
 
 Thank. For me, thank God, my life's a lease, A Dream. 6. 
 Ij — d, we thank an' thee adore . > , . A Grace. 
 * Yet ye'll neglect to shaw your parts 
 
 'An' thank him kindly? £p. to J, L—k^ Ap, 3ist,Sj 
 I thank thee, author of this opening day ! 
 
 Sonnet J wr. on Birthday, 
 Now, thank our stars I these Gothic times are fled ; 
 
 Tke Rights 0/ Woman. 
 Wi' gratefu' heart I thank you brawlie ; To W. Simpson. 
 Thanked, -'d, Thanket, -It. 
 For, Lord be thanket, I can plough ; A Ded. to G. H.^ 3. 
 Then, Lord be thanket, I can beg ; . . . . /5. 
 The L— d be thankit that we've tint the gate o't ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 8, 
 I've sturdy bearers, Gude be tliankit. . . The Inventory. 
 And thank'd her for her courtesie ; 
 
 S. The lass thai made the bed. 
 He thanked his Lordship and taking h^ leave 
 
 6". The Poor Thresher, 
 - But we hae meat and we>can eat, 
 
 And sae the Lord be thanket. . The Selkirk Grace. 
 
 Thankfu'. 
 
 And, ev'n should Misfortunes come, 
 I, here wha sit, hae met wi* some, 
 An's thankfu' for them yet. . . Ep. to Davie, 7- 
 
 Thankfulness. 
 > Their tokens of love, and their true thankfulness ; 
 
 S, Tke Poor Thresher. 
 Thanks. 
 But then, nae thanks to him for a' that ; A Ded. to G. H,, 6. 
 But, thanks to Heav'n, that's no the gate 
 
 We learn oiu: creed. Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap. sist, 14. 
 Though thanks to heaven I dare even that last shift, 
 
 Ep. to R,. Graham, S' 
 I hae a penny to spend. There, thanks to jiaebody ; 
 
 S. Naebody. 
 Accept a Bardie's gratefu' thanks ! . . Scotch Drink. 18. 
 God help us '.—we're but poor— ye'se get but thanks 1 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Thanks to you for your line. . The Ans. to the Guidwije. 
 '* And mony braw thanks to the meikle black de'il, 
 ''That danc'd awa' wi' th' Exciseman. 
 
 S. Thedeilcamjlddlin*\ 
 And listen mony a grateful bird 
 
 Return you tuneful thanks. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Not to thee, hut thanks to Nature, 
 
 Thou art acting but thyself. . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 To murder men, and gie God thanks ! V. on Nat. Thanks.. 
 God won't accept your thanks for murther ! . . , lb. 
 Thateh'd. 
 ■ His uncombed grizzly locks wild staring, thatch'd. 
 
 Extern, on W. SmelUe. 
 Theatre. The sweeping theatre of hanging woods ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Theekit [thatched]. 
 An' a' the vittel in the yard, 
 
 An' theekit right, . Third Ep. to /. Lap.. 
 Thegithep [together]. 
 For days thegither, . . . A Guid New-Vear^ 11. 
 
 We've worn to craizy years thegither ; . . . lb. 18. 
 And lump them ay thegither ; . Add. to the l/nco Guid. 
 May he be dad, and Meg the mither, 
 
 Just five and forty years thegither! . Auld comrade t 
 In rhyme, or prose, or baith thegither, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. s/stj 7. 
 We cheek for chow shall jog thegither, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 8. 
 Satan, ^e him thy gear to keep. 
 
 He'll baud it weel thegither. . • Epit, on a Ruling Elder. 
 To school in bands thegither, . , Epit. on a Wag. 
 
 I gat some gear wi' meikle care, 
 
 I held it weel thegither ; . . . Extern.^ Ap. I^8^. 
 Some kindle, couthie, side by side, 
 
 An' bum thegither trimly ; . . . . Halloween. 7. 
 we clamb the hill thegither, ." . . S. John Anderson\ 
 
 And sleep thegither at the foot, lb. 
 
 They laid the twa i' the bed thegither, Scroggam ; 
 
 S. Scroggam, 
 They had been fou for weeks thegither. Tarn o' Shanter, $. 
 Tarn tint his reason a' thegither, .... lb. i6, 
 Ffcedom and Whisky gang thegither, [v.A.2] 
 
 The Author's Qry and Prayer, P, 
 
 As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither, The Death of Mailie. 
 B' the L— d \ ye'se get them a' thegither, . The Inventory. 
 
 An' unco pack an' thick thegither ; . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 They're a' run deils an' jads thegither. ... lb. 33. 
 Now let us lay our heads thegither, 
 
 In love fraternal : , To W. Simpson. 17. 
 The breaking of ae point, the' sma'. 
 
 Breaks a' thegither. . . V,s to J. Ranken. 
 
 ' I'll frankly gi'e hec't a' thegither, . . What ails ye now t 
 
 Theme. Flow gently, sweet River, the theme of my lays ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 To muse some favourite Scottish theme. As on tke banks t 
 But how the subject theme ma^ gang, 
 
 Let time and. chance determme ; Ep. to Young Friend. 
 My Muse to dream of such a theme, 
 
 Her feeble powers surrender ; . . S. Lffvely Davies. 
 There's themes enow in Caledonian story, . Scots Prologue. 
 Perhaps the Christian Volume is the theme. 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 1$, 
 Chloris, Chloris all the theme ! . S, Why^ why tell thy t 
 Themsel, Themsels [themselves]. 
 Thou'rt like themsels [the powers aboon] sae lovely. 
 
 That ill they'll ne'er let near thee. ^ S^ O Saw ye home L.\ 
 Till they be fit to fend themsel ; . The Death of Mailie. 
 And some wad please themsel. The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look weel to themsel lb. 
 
 Between themsels they were sae busy : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, R, III. 
 An' please themsels wi' countra sports, . The Twa Dogs. sg. 
 That when nae real ills perplex them, 
 
 They mak enow themsels to vex them ; . . . , lb. 
 Ha'e had a bitter black out-cast 
 
 Atween themsel. . . The Twa Herds. 2, 
 And get the brutes the power themsels, . . lb. rs. 
 Theniel. 
 Theniel Menzie's bonie Mary, [re.] 
 
 S. Th. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 
 For kissin' Theniel's bonie Mary. lb. 
 
 Theologic. Had at the time some dainty fair one. 
 
 To ware his theologic care on, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Theopocritus. But thee, Theopocritus, wha matches 1 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 Theoretic. 
 For, in spite of his fine theoretic positions, 
 Mankind is a science defies definitions. Frag,^ znscr. to Fox. 
 Thick, 
 And rode thro' thick and thin ; . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 And he grew thick and strong, . . John Barleycorn. 
 Thick mists, obscure, involved me round ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Thick flies the skimming Swallow ; S. Now westlin winds f 
 Crowd thick on fancy's wondering eye, . , On Linchiden. 
 Else why within so thick a wall 
 
 Enclose so poor a treasure? On Com. Goldie's Brains. 
 
 While thick the gossamour waves wanton in the rays. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang, . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle. 
 
 Your thick plantations. . . To a Louse. 
 Thick [intimate, familiar]. 
 
 An' unco pack an' thick thegither ; . Tke Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Thickening. 
 No more the thickening brakes and verdant plains 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 And cruelty directs the thickening blows ; . The Vowels. 
 O'erhung with wild woods thickening green, 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Tho' thick'ning, and black'ning. Round my devoted head. 
 
 To Ruin. 
 Thickest. 
 
 Thickest night surround my dwelling ! . S. Thickest night t 
 Thief. 
 tiny thieves not destin'd yet to swing, . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death, . Epit. on W~. 
 
 ' I daur you try sic sportin, 
 *As seek the foul Thief onie place, . . * Halloween. 14. 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . S. Hee balou^ \ 
 And thieves of every rank and station, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 
Thief 
 
 478 
 
 Think 
 
 A thief sae pawky is my Jean . S. O this is no my ain t 
 A thief, new-cutted frae a rape, . Tam (?' Shanfer. xi. 
 
 As eager runs the market-crowd, 
 
 When " Catch the thief! '' resounds aloud ; . . lb. ly. 
 For the foul thief is just at your gate. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Keep watchings lyith the nightly thief : - The Lament. 
 The ill-thief blaw the Heron south ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Dear S[mith], the sleest, pawkie thief, 
 
 That e'er attempted stealth or rief, . ' . . ToJ.S' 
 Never, never reptile thief Riot on thy virgin leaf! To Miss'C. 
 What mak ye sae like a thief? . . S. Wha is thai at t 
 Thieve. It is not, outdo him, the task is, out thieve him. 
 
 Fragment, inscr, to Fox. 
 I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; . To a Mouse. 
 Thieveless [cold, dry, spited]. 
 Wi' thieveless sneer to see his modish mien, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4, 
 Thieving. 
 
 Ply ev'ry art o' legal thieving \ » . A Ded. to G. ff., 8. 
 Thievish. I'll say't, she never brak a fence, 
 
 Thro' thievish greed. Poor Mailie's El.. 
 In spite 0' a' the thievish kaes 
 
 That haunt St. Jamie's ! The Authof's Cry and Prayer, 
 By a thievish midge 
 They had amaist been lost. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Thigfgan [begging]. 
 
 Come thiggan pt yo;ir doors and yetts, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Thimble. The Taylor fell thro' the bed, thimble an' a; [w.] 
 
 S. The Taylor fell \ 
 Thin. They were as thin, as sharp an' sma' 
 
 As cheeks o' branks. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 And rode thro' thick and thin ; . El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 When banes are craz'd, and bluid is thin, Ep. to Davie. 3. 
 His lyart haffets wearing thin and bare ; 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 12. 
 Their visage wither'd, lang an' thin, . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 The blankets were thin, and the sheets they were sma', 
 
 S. The Taylor fell\ 
 Thine. I swear J'm thine for e ver, O ! S.An^ Til kiss thee yet t 
 I'm thine at ane and twenty. S. And Ofor ane and twenty f 
 She, sinking, said, "I'm thine for ever! '' S . By Allan stream \ 
 No love but thine my heart shall know. S. Fairest maidf 
 And shelter, shade, nor home have I, 
 
 Save in those arms of thine. Love. S. Forlorn^ my Love\ 
 Wi' double plenty o'er the loanin 
 
 To thee and thine ; . Friend of the poet\ 
 
 And thine that latest sigh! . . S. From thee, Elizai\ 
 An' a' the glory shall be thine, Holy Willie's Prayer, lb. 
 
 They a' are mine, and they shall be thine 
 
 Gm ye'U leave your Collier laddie. S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Thine be ilka joy and treasure, . S. One fond kiss^ \ 
 
 thine the virgin claim, From aught that's good exempt. 
 
 On Duke ofQueensberry. 
 'Tis thine to pity and forgive. Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 
 And gi'es a hand o' thine ; S. Should auld acqtcaintance t 
 'Till the mortal stroke shall lay me low, 
 I'm thine, my Highland lassie, O. . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 "So thine be the laurel, and mine be the bay ; 
 
 The Whistle. 18. 
 Thine am I my- faithful fair, ... S. Thine am If 
 
 That fate is thine— no distant date ; To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Chloris, I'm thine wi' a passion sincerest, 
 
 S. Tivas na her honie blue t 
 
 Thing. 
 
 Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing ! . A Winter Night. 4. 
 
 And ev'ry thing is blest but I. ^S". Again rejoic. Nature t 
 
 Bonie wee thing, canie wee thing, 
 
 Lovely wee thing was thou mine; S. Bonie wee thing t 
 
 Lest my wee thing be na mine lb. 
 
 And oh ! her een they spak sic things ! . S. Duncan Gray t 
 To see how things are shar'd ; . . E^. to Davie. 2, 
 Maybe some ither thing they gie me 
 
 They weel can spare. Ep. toJ> L^k, Ap. ist, 17. 
 The poor, wee thing was little hurt ; . Ep. to J. R.^ 8. 
 
 She forms the thing and christens it— a poet. 
 
 Ep. to JR. Graham. 3. 
 We've all things that's nicet and mostly in season, 
 
 ImprompiUi 
 That kisses ilka thing it meets. . . S.I do cof^ess t 
 
 S. My Lovers a winsome t 
 
 My Loves a winsome wee thing. 
 She is a handsome wee thing, 
 She is a bonie wee thing, 
 
 blessings on my wee thing, 
 My kindly blythesome wee thing, 
 
 With the hand and heart of my wee thing, 
 No more at my fate I'll repine /^_ 
 
 But I gied him a far better thing, 
 
 1 gied my heart in pledge o' his ring. . .S". My Sandy gied\ 
 While ilka thing in nature join 
 
 Their sorrows to forego, . . Now Spring has clad t 
 An* gin she tak the thing amiss 
 
 E'en let her flyte her fill, jo. . iS". O steer her up f 
 
 An' I was but a young thing, [re.'] S. O watye what my f 
 
 To put a young thing in a fright, ib. 
 
 Ye jarring screeching things around^ On Death of Lap-dog. 
 That vile, wanchancie thing — a raep ! . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Thou that of a' things Maker art, . . S. Sae far awa. 
 These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans Searching auld j 
 An' niest my yowle, silly thing, • The Death ofMailie* 
 While Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 The prattling things are just their pride. The Twa Dogs. //. 
 The kirk and state may join, and tell 
 
 To do such things I maunna : S. Thegowd. Locks of A. 
 Now every thing is glad, while I am very sad, 
 
 S.. The winter it is p^t\ 
 That is the thing you ne'er shall see, . .S". To daunton me. 
 A thing unteachable in world's skill, . To R. C. ofF., 3. 
 God knows, I'm no the thing I shou'd be. 
 Nor am I even the thing I cou'd be, To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 And had o' things an unco' slight ; . . To W. Creech. 
 Wad threap auld folk the thing nusteuk ; 
 
 To W. Simpson, P.S.. 
 in things they ca' balloons, To tak a flight, . . lb. 
 
 It's a pity ane sae pretty 
 
 Should na do the thing they can. S. Will ye go andniarry t 
 This ae thing I hae to tell, .... .It. 
 
 Think. And ony De'il that thinks to get you, 
 
 Good Lord deceive him. A Farewell 
 An' think na, my auld, trusty Servan', 
 That now perhaps thou's less deservin, A Guid New-Year\ I'f. 
 Think, for a moment, on his wretched fate, 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 Think on the dungeon's grim confine, . . . . lb. 
 D'ye think, said I, this face was made for crying? 
 
 Add. sp, by Fonienelle. 
 I also think — so may I be a bride ! 
 
 That so much laughter, so much life enjoy'd. . . Ih. 
 An' think't weel war'd. . . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 I'm wae to think upo' yon den, 
 
 Ev'n for your sake ! 
 Think, when your castigated pulse 
 Gies now and then a wallop, . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 Add. to the Deil, 21. 
 
 I think on my bonie lad^ 
 And I bleer my een wi'- greetin. . 
 
 S, Ay waukin, 0. 
 
 Wha the de'il ever thinks o' the road he has past. 
 
 S. Contented wC little j 
 
 Think ye, are we less blest than they, . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 An' syne they think to climb Parnassus 
 
 By dint o' Greek! Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, «. 
 Wha think that havins, sense an' grace, 
 Ev'n love an' friendship should give place 
 
 To catch-the-plack ! . , lb. 20. 
 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane, lb. Ap. 21st, 12. 
 Think, wicked Sinner, wha ye're skaithing : Ep. to J. R-i 4* 
 An' never think o' right an' wrang 
 
 By square' an' rule, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 0. 
 O let me think we yet shall meet ! . .S*. Forlorn, my Love, t 
 Some sort all our equalities each to its tribe* 
 And think human nature they truly describe ; 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Nor think to lure us as in days of yore : . Frag. ofO^> 
 
 O dinna think my pretty pink, , , 
 
 But I can live without thee : . 6". Heres to thy health, T 
 
 To think how we stood sweatin', shakin', 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 14- 
 
 When I think on the lightsome days , 
 
 I spent wi' thee, my dearie ; 6". How lang and dreary T 
 
 When you lay me in the dust, , j 1 
 
 Think, think how you will bear it. .S". Husband, husband T 
 
Think 
 
 479 
 
 Thole 
 
 I think on him that's far awa'f 
 
 The lee-lang night, and weep, . . S. li was a*Jbr t 
 He will think on her he^loves, S. Jockey's ia'en tke Parting^ 
 I think nae shame to own, John, I lo'ed ye ear' and late : 
 
 S. John Anderson t 
 
 father, O father, an' ye think it fit, 
 
 We'll send him a year to the College yet ; S. Lady Mary A nn. 
 But what wad ye think ? . S, Last May a draw wooer t 
 
 1 think I maun wed him— to-morrow, . . . lb. 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun Lns on Fergusson. 
 Vet, think not all the Rich and Great, 
 
 Are likewise truly blest. . Man was made to Mourn. 
 But Jenny's jimps and jirkinet, 
 
 My Lord thinks meikle mair upon't, S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 Wi' her I'll biythely bear it, 
 
 And think my lot divine. . . S. My Wife's a winsome. 
 meikle thinks my love o' my beauty, 
 
 And meikle thinks my love o' my km ; 
 But little thinks my love I ken brawlie, 
 
 My tocher's the jewel has charms for him. 
 
 S, O meikle thinks my Iffve t 
 
 This warld's wealth when I think on, 
 Its pride, and a' the lave o't ; . S. O ^oortith cauld, t 
 
 wha can prudence thihk upon, 
 
 Ajid sic a lassie by him ; [re."] lb. 
 
 But think upon it still, jo, . . . S, O steer her up + 
 
 1 doubt na, lass, but ye may think, . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 But aye the tear comes in my ee, 
 
 To think on him that's far awa. S. Oh, h<nv can I be blythe t 
 And taen the — Antiquarian trade, 
 
 I think they call it. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 A' ye wha live and never think, On Scot, Bardgne to JV. /. 
 But lest you think I am uncivil, . . . Poem on Life. 
 He bade me on you press this one word — " Think ! " 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Who think to storm the world by dint of merit, . . lb. 
 The warld would think I was mad, 
 
 S. Rattlin, Roarin Willie. 
 Could I think I did deserve it. 
 
 How much happier wou'd I be, . . S. Scenes of woe \ 
 An' whyles, but ay owre late, I think 
 
 Braw sober lessons. Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 The devil-haet, that I sud ban. They ever think. . . lb. 
 But wha can think sae o' Tam Glen ? . . .S". Tarn Glen. 
 We think na on the lang Scots miles, Tam o' Shanter. 
 
 To think how mony counsels sweet. 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises! . . lb. 4. 
 
 Think, ye may buy the joys o'er dear, . . lb. 79. 
 
 She, honest woman, may think shame 
 
 That ye're connected with her. The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 My heart is wae, and unco wae. 
 
 To think upon the raging sea, S. The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 I doubt na, frien', ye'U think ye're nae sheep-shank. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. $• 
 Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 ■ An' when ye think upo' your Mither, 
 Mind to be kind to ane anither. . The Death ofMailie. 
 Departed Whigs enjoy the fight, 
 
 And think on former daring : The Election Ballads. VI, 
 I think upon the stormy wave . S. The gloomy night\ 
 Think not, though from the wo receding, 
 I joy my lonely days to lead in This desert drear ; 
 
 The Hermit. 
 *' I think ye seem to ken me ; . . The Holy Fair. 4. 
 
 Tho' in his heart he weel believes. 
 
 An' thinks it auld wives' fables : - . lb. 17. 
 
 The half asleep start up wi' fear. 
 
 An' think they hear It roaran, . . . Ib^ 22. 
 
 No comfort but a hearty can, 
 
 When I think on John Highlandman. The Jolly Beggars. S, IV. 
 I rather think she is aloft, . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 And, must I think it! is she gone, . . The Lament. 
 
 Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep. 
 
 To think upon our Zion ; . . . The Ordination. 7. 
 For there [in Ayr] they'll think you clever ; . . lb. g. 
 
 Most justly think (and we are much the gainers) 
 
 The Eights of Woman. 
 Whene'er my father thinks on me. 
 
 He stares into the wa* ; i^ . The Ruined Maid^s Lament. 
 
 And I think on friends most dear, with the bitter, bitter tear, 
 
 S, The Slave's Lament. 
 
 Ye maist wad think, a wee touch langer, 
 
 An' they maun starve o' cauld and hunger : The Twa Dogs. ii. 
 
 They're no sae wretched's ane wad think ; . . lb. 13, 
 
 Wha thinks to knit himsel the faster 
 
 In favor wi' some gentle Master, . . lb. 21. 
 
 Ye'U see how new-light herds will whistle, 
 
 And think it fine ! . . The Twa Herds. 3. 
 I think my wife will end her life, 
 
 Before she spin her tow. . . . .S*. The weary pund. 
 I think we'll ca' him Robin. . . S. There was a lad \ 
 
 can'st thou think to fancy me ! S. There was a lass t 
 But what d'ye think, my trusty fier, , To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 The grave sage hern thus easy picks his frog, 
 
 And thinla the Mallard a sad worthless dog. To R. G. ofF.^ 7. 
 
 1 sud be laith to think ye hinted Ironic satire. To W. Simpson. 
 Adown some trottin bum's meander, 
 
 An^ no think lang ; . . lb. 
 
 Should think they better were inform'd, 
 
 Than their auld dadies. . . . Ib.^ P.S. 
 An' when the new-light billies see them, 
 
 I think they'll crouch ! . . , .lb. 
 Ye, whom the seeming good think sin to pity : Tragic Frag. 
 You think I'm glad ; . . . Verses under Grief. 
 
 When I think on the happy days 
 
 I spent wi' you, my dearie ; . ^S". When I think on f 
 Can ye think to tak a man ? . S. Will ye go and marry f 
 Thinking, -in, -an. 
 An' now, auld Cloots, I ken ye're thinkan. 
 
 Add. to the Deil. So. 
 Rest I canna get For thinking o' my dearie. 
 
 S. Ay waking^ O t 
 Sleep I can get nane. For thinking on my Dearie. 
 
 S. Ay waukin, O. 
 There's monie godly folks are thinkin, . . Ep. to J. R. 
 Ne'er thinkan they wad fash me for't ; . . . lb. 8. 
 
 The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife. 
 
 He could na preach for thinkin' o t. .S". My love she's but t 
 I'm thinking wi' sic a braw fellow. 
 
 In poortith I might mak' a fen' ; . , S. Tam Glen. 
 
 Here, some are thinkan on their sins, 
 
 An some upo' their claes ; . . . The Holy Fair. 10. 
 Thinking the story himself he did raise, The Poor Thresher. 
 I hae been happy thinking : . S. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 
 Thir [these]. 
 
 Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes ; Epit. on a noisy Polemic. 
 And as he was singin' thir words he did say, 
 
 Lns on a Ploughman, 
 Some s^rie comfort still at last. 
 
 When a' thir days are done, man, S, O ay my wife she dang. 
 Thir breeks o' mine, my only pair, » . Tam 0' Shanter. 13. 
 At strife thir carlines fell ; . . The Election Ballads, f. 
 Third. The third of Libra's equal sway. 
 
 That gave another B[ums] . Nature's Law. 
 
 The third, that gaed a wee a-back. 
 
 Was in the fashion shining Fu' gay . The Holy Fair, a. 
 The third cam up, hap-step-an'-loup, . , . * lb.3. 
 ThiPl'd [thrilled]. 
 It thirl'd the heart-strings thro' the breast, 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 1st, 3. 
 Thirst. Does thirst of wealth thy step constrain, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 And thirst of gold might tempt the deep, 
 
 S. Twas even — the dewy t 
 Thirty. Ye heretic eight and thirty ! . The Dean ofFac. 
 Thistle. 
 The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 Amang the bearded bear, . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 This while. ' This while ye hae been mony a gate. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 11. 
 Ye've heard this while how I've been licket, 
 
 Friend of the poet f P. S. 
 Thole [to endure, suffer]. 
 An' baith a yellow George to claim, 
 
 An' thole their blethers ! . Ep. to J. R., 12. 
 then the scathe an' banter We're forced to thole. 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 Now I maun thole the scornfu' sneer 
 
 O' mony a saucy quean ; . The Ruined Mazdas Lament. 
 How they maun thole a factor's snash ; . The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 To thole the Winter's sleety dribble. 
 
 An' cranreuch cauld! . To a Mouse. 
 
Thole 
 
 480 
 
 Thought 
 
 And sairly thole their mither's ban, 
 
 Afore the howdy. . . IVkat ails ye now ^ 
 Tholed [endured]. 
 
 For misery ever tholed a pang. On Window of C Inn^ F,. 
 Thomas. And death was nae less pleased wi' Thomas, 
 
 E^it. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Thomson. While Scotia, with exulting tear, 
 
 Proclaims that Thomson was her son. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 * To paint with Thomson's landscape-glow ; 
 
 The Vision. D. II. ig. 
 Thong. 
 The langest thong, the fiercest growler Add. of Beelzebub. 
 'Twas where the birch and sounding thong are ply'd, 
 
 The Vowels. 
 Thorn. 
 Sweet as the dewy, milk-white thorn, Add. to Edinburgh. 4. 
 But are their hearts as light as ours 
 
 Beneath the milkwhite thorn ? . S. Behold, my love f 
 
 As light's a biird upon a thorn. . S. Blythe was she, \ 
 
 And pillows on the thorn my rack'd repose! Ep.fr. Esopns. 
 Behint the muckle thorn : . . . . Halloween, 6. 
 Maybe thou lets this fleshly thorn, Holy WHlie^s Prayer, g. 
 And safe beneath the shady thorn 
 
 Defies the angler's art : . S. Now spring has cladf 
 
 The spreading thorn [o'erhangs] the Linnet. 
 
 ^S". Now wesilin winds t 
 The rustling corn, the fruited thorn, ... .15. 
 She's spotless as the flow'ring thorn 
 With flowr's so white and Jeaves so green, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks i 
 Nay, by heaven, sdd I, may I. perish if ever 
 
 I plant in your bosom a thorn. Spoke Extent, to a Lady. 
 And near the thorn, aboon the well, 
 
 Whare Mungo's mither hang'd hersel. Tarn o* Shanter. 10. 
 And my fause luver staw the rose, 
 
 But left the thorn wi' me. S. The^ Banks ofDoon. Sett II. 
 Hailing the setting sun, sweet, in the green thorn bush, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 ' In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale, 
 ' Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the ev'ning gale.^ 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night, g. 
 And, for the little songster's nest, 
 
 The close embowering thorn. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 We eye the rose upon the brier, 
 
 Unmindful that the thorn is near, . . To J. S., 16. 
 The birds sit chittering in the thorn, S. Up in the morning. 
 I past the mill, and trysting thorn, 
 
 Where Nancy aft I courted : . S. When wild Wars \ 
 That wantons thro' the flowery thorn : S. Ye banks and braes t 
 
 But ah ! he left the thorn wi' me lb. 
 
 Thornie-bank. A' the lads o' Thomie-bank S. A* the lads t 
 Thorny. Sae gently bent its thorny stalk, S.A Hosebudbymy^ 
 Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, 
 
 S. Afion Water. 
 Ye roses on your thorny tree, . El. on Capt. M. H.,S- 
 
 Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 
 Had number'd out my weary days, . Ep. to Davie. 10. 
 Amid life's thorny path o' care. S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 
 Just opening on its thorny stem ; S.On Cessnock banks^ Sett II. 
 Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, 
 
 Frae aflF its thorny tree ; .S". The Banks ofDoon. Sett II. 
 Fu* sweet upon its thorny tree ; , S.Ye banks and braes t 
 Thought, s. 
 Thoughts, words and deeds, the Statute blames with reason ; 
 
 A Dream. 
 Still crouding thoughts, a pensive train, 
 
 Rose in my soul, . . A Winter Night. 6. 
 Measur'st in desperate thought— a rope — thy neck 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 With awe-struck thought, and pitying tears, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 
 wad ye tak a thought an' men' ! . Add. to the Deil. 21, 
 My thoughts are a', my Nanie, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 Careless ilka thought and free, . S. Blythe heCe I been f 
 
 1 whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought, 
 
 S. Contented wt little t 
 Or haply, to his ev'ning thought, 
 
 By unfrequented stream, . . Despondencyt an Ode. 3. 
 While praising, and raising 
 
 His thoughts to Heaven on high, . . , . lb. 
 
 A head for thought profound and clear, unmatch'd : 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Her thoughts on Andrew Bell ; . . . Hallffween, 11. 
 How can I the thought forego, 
 
 He's on the seas to meet the foe ? S. How can my poor heart t 
 Nightly dreams, and thoughts by day, 
 Are with him that's far away. * • • . Ih. 
 
 A thought ungentle canna be 
 
 The thought of Mary Morison. iS". O Mary^ at thy window \ 
 My thoughts are a' bound up in ane, . . S. O Phely t 
 Ae thought frae her shall ne'er depart ; S. watye whds in\ 
 The thoughts o' thee my breast inflame ; 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 as lost in thought profound, . . . .On Linclvden. 
 Each worldly thought a while forbear, . • . . Ih. 
 Can firmly force his jarring thoughts to peace ? 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. 
 Scenes that former thoughts renew ; . S. Scenes of woe \ 
 Nae thought, nae view, nae scheme o* livin'. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Then of its faults my honest thoughts I'll give Symon Gray\ 
 Your thought, if love must harbour tfhere, 
 
 Conceal it in that thought ; . S. Talk not ofLme\ 
 The^r bauldest thought's a hank'ring swither. 
 
 To Stan' or rin, The Authot's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 He has nae thought but how to kill Twa at a blow. . lb. 
 No thought of guilt my bosom sours ; . . Th^ Hermit. 
 with thoughts still soaring To God on high, . . , Ih. 
 Your dear remembrance in my breast, 
 
 My fondly-treasur'd thoughts employ'd. . T^ Lament, 
 The vera thought o't need na fear them. Th4 Twa Dogs. 27. 
 But hear their absent thoughts o* ither, . . Ih. 33. 
 
 And, like a passing thought, she fled, 
 
 In fight away. . The Vision. D. //. 23. 
 Each thought intoxicated homage yields, . To Clarinda. 
 Some rhyme, (vain thought !) for needfu' cash ; To I. S.,s. 
 Where late with careless thought I rang'd, 
 
 S. To thee, lov'dNitki 
 But spak their thoughts in plain, braid lallans. 
 
 Like you or me. . To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 There ruminate with sober thought ; Wr.in Friars-Carse H.. 
 Resides a sweet Lassie, my thought and my dream. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains \ 
 Thought. 
 But I maturely thought it proper, A Ded. to G. H., 12. 
 
 I thought them [my works] something like youisel. . lb. 
 Wi' sword an' gun he thought a sin 
 
 Guid Christian bluid to draw, man ; . A Fragment 3. 
 I thought We wad be beat ! . .A Guid New-Year \ 16. 
 I thought me on the curie cattle, . . A Winter N^ht 3. 
 To love they thought nae crime. Sir ; S. Damon andSyMa. 
 
 I listen'd to a lover's sang, 
 And thought on youthful pleasures many ; 
 
 S. By Allan stream t 
 And, as the twilight was begun, 
 
 Thought nane wad ken. Ep. to J. Ji.,7- 
 
 I lane hae thought, my youthfu* fiiend, 
 
 A Something to have sent you, . Ep. to Young Fnend. 
 Thought I, ' Can this be Pope, or Steele, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. ist, 4' 
 
 Heaven, I thought, was in her air ; S. First when Maggy \ 
 
 But thought I might hae waur oflPers, 
 
 .S". Last May a braw wooer t 
 
 And thought his very een enrich'd ; . Tarn 0' Shanter, r6. 
 
 It's thought the gudes were stown. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 The lassie thought na lang till day. , „ ,j 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 
 She thought that a Taylor could do her nae ill. 
 
 The Taylor feilf 
 
 We thought ay death wad bring relief, The Twa Herds. 13. 
 
 To a Mouse. 
 
 Hae thought they had ensur'd their debtors, - , c jp 
 
 A*^ future ages ; . . . To J. -i.. * 
 Nae Poet thought her worth his while. To W. Simpson. 7. 
 in thae auld times, they thought the Moon, k p c 
 
 Just like a sark, or pair 0' shoon, . . . • ^^' ■^•■^• 
 Folk thought them ruin'd stick-an-stowe, . . ■ ^p- 
 Ah I little thought we 'twas our last ! To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 I thought sair storms wad never Bedew the scene; 
 
 Verses under Gnej„ 
 
 An' cozie here, beneath the blast. 
 
 Thou thought to dwell, 
 
Thought 
 
 481 
 
 Three-parts 
 
 My heart was caught before I thought, S. Wkenjirsi I came t 
 I thought upon the banks o' Coil, 
 
 I thought upon my Nancy, 
 I thought upon the witching smile 
 
 That caught my youthful fancy : S, When wild War's t 
 I little thought the time was near. 
 
 Repentance I should buy sae dear : . S. Younff Jamie, t 
 
 Thoughtless. 
 
 But thoughtless follies laid him low, . A Bar^s Epii.. 
 I, for their thoughtless, careless sakes 
 
 Would here propone defences, . Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 When dancing thoughtless Pleasure's maze. 
 
 Despondency, an Ode, J. 
 The followers 0' the ragged Nine, 
 Poor, thoughtless devils ! yet may shine 
 
 Ep. to J. L—kt Ap. 31 st, 16. 
 Oh ! thoughtless lassie, life's a fecht, S. In simmer when t 
 He [Time] bids you mind, amid your thoughtless rattle, 
 That the first blow is ever half the battle ; 
 
 Prologue, at Tk., D.. 
 Of a' the thoughtless sons o' man, 
 
 Commen^ me to the Bardie clan ; . Second Ep, to Davie. 
 For prodigal thoughtless bestowing, 
 
 His merit had won him respect. Tke Election Ballads. III. 
 Pleasure witli her siren air 
 May delude the thoughtless pair [Youth, Love] ; 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 Thousand. Thy tens o' thousands thou [morality] hast slain ! 
 
 A Ded. toG.H.^f. 
 Tho' it ware ten thousand mile ! . . S. A red^ red Rose. 
 If I had twenty thousand lives, 
 
 I'd die as aft for Charlie. . . S. Come, boat me der \ 
 While Coofs on countless thousands rant, Ep. to Davie, d. 
 Sax thousand years are near hand iled 
 
 Sin' I was to the hutching bred. Death and Dr. Homhook, 13. 
 Whan thousands thou hast left in night, Holy Willies Prayer. 
 Five thousand year 'fore my creation, . . . . Ih. 
 I would ua gie her in her sark 
 
 For thee wi a' thy thousand mark ; . S. O Tibbie! t 
 
 And are they of no more avail. 
 Ten thousand glittering pounds a year ? 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 And thousands hasten'd to the charge ; 
 
 S. The Battle o/Sherra-Moor. 
 As happy as those that have thousands a year. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Thou'se [thou shalt]. 
 I'se be fou and thou'se be toom, 
 
 Coggie, an the king come. S. Carl, an the King come. 
 
 Thou'se get the saul o' boot. Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Thowe [thaw]. 
 When thowes dissolve the snawy hoord. Add. to the Deil. I2. 
 But my white pow, nae kindly thowe 
 
 Shall melt the snaws of age ; . . S. But lately seen t 
 Arous'd by blustering winds an' spotting thowes, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Thowless [slack, lazy]. 
 ' Conscience,' says I, 'ye thowless jad 1 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2isi, 4. 
 Thrall. An' how ye gat him i' your thrall, Add to the Deil. iS. 
 Wi' care nor thrall opprest. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 love, in luckless hour, Made me the thrall of care. 
 
 S. Now spring has clad t 
 And lang has had my heart in thrall, S. O this is no my ain i 
 Thrang, ad/, adv. [thpong ; busy]. 
 I see ye're complimented thrang. 
 
 By many a lord an' lady ; . ... -4 Dream, s. 
 The lasses, skelpan barefit, thrang. 
 
 In silks an' scarlets glitter ; . . The Holy Fair, 7. 
 
 Thrang winkan on the lasses To chairs ... lb. 10. 
 thick an' thrang, an' loud an' lang, ... lb. 18. 
 Twa Dogs, that were na thrang at hame, The Twa Dogs. 
 aiblins thrang a parliamentin, .... lb. si. 
 
 where busy ploughs Are whistling thrang, . To/. S., g. 
 Thrang [a throng, crowd]. 
 An' aflFthe godly pour in thrangs, . The Holy Fair. 14. 
 
 Then owre again the jovial thrang 
 The Poet did request. . . The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 
 Thrapple [the windpipe, throat]. 
 See how she fetches at the thrapple, Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 As murder at his thrapple shor'd ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 3P 
 
 Thrash, Thresh. 
 
 An' first cou'd thrash the barn, The Ans. to the Gmdmife. 
 
 May Boreas never thrash your rigs. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 To thresh my back at sic a pitch ? , . What ails ye now f 
 Thrasher v. Thresher. 
 Thrave [twenty-four sheaves of corn]. 
 
 A daimen-icker in a thrave 
 
 'S a sma' request : . . . To a Mouse. 
 Thraw [a twist, turn]. 
 
 She turns the key, wi' cannie thraw, . . Halloween. 22. 
 Thraw, to [to twist ; to cross, contradict]. 
 
 An' did our hellim thraw, man, ^ . . A Fragment. 
 
 wha stood the stoure, The German Chief to thraw, man : lb. S- 
 
 They [Saint Stephen's boys] did his measures thraw, man, lb. 6. 
 
 But lordly will, I hold it still 
 A mortal sin to thraw that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 But I'll sned besoms— thraw saugh woodies. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Thrawin [twisting; "for thrawin," to prevent 
 twisting or warping]. 
 
 It chanc'd the Stack he faddom't thrice. 
 Was timmer-propt for thrawin : . . . Halloween. 23. 
 Thrawn [twisted, sprained]. 
 
 Or great M'[Kinlay] thrawn his heel ? . Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Thread. ' It's e'en a lang, lang time indeed 
 ' Sin* I began to nick the thread. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 12. 
 Ye'U slip frae me like a knotless thread, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 Till fate shall snap the brittle thread ; . . To J. S., 10. 
 Threap [to maintain by dint of loud and much 
 assertion]. 
 Wad threap auld folk the thing misteuk ; 
 
 To W, Simpson. P.S.. 
 Threat. 
 Does haughty Gaul, invasion threat ? 
 Then let the louns beware, Sir, S. Does haughty Gaul,\ 
 
 Threaten. 
 He'll stamp an' threaten, curse an' swear, The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 Her nose and chin they threaten ither ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Threaten'd. 
 An' threaten'd labor back to keep, . A Guid New-year 1 13. 
 Mid Lawson's port entrencb'd his hold. 
 And threaten'd worse damnation. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Threatening. Hanging with threat'ning jut like precipices ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 The threat'ning Storm, some, strongly, rein ; 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 
 Three. 
 
 Whare three Lairds' lan's met at a burn, . Halloween. 24.. 
 The Luggies three are ranged ; . . . - lb. 27, 
 And thretty gude shillins and three ; S. Her Daddieforbad\ 
 Wi' Lizie's lass, three times I trow ; Holy Willies Prayer. 8. 
 I saw three sheep And these thrfce sheep saw me ; 
 
 Johnny Peep. 
 There's ane to you, and twa to me. 
 And three to our John Highlandman. 
 
 S. O gin ye were dead. 
 
 Fient baet he had but three 
 
 Goos feathers and a whittle. . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 I'm three times doubly o'er your debtor. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Three vollies let his mem'ry crave Tarn Samson's El., 13. 
 He had twa fauts, or maybe three, ... lb. 14. 
 Wha glaum'd at kingdoms three, man. 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 That ruled Albion's kingdoms three, 6". The bonie lass of Alb. 
 Three lawyers' tongues, tum'd inside out, [v.A.i6] 
 
 Tain tf' Shanter. 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, [v.A.i6] . lb. 
 Had I on earth but wishes three, 
 
 The first should be my Anna. S. The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 Three hizzies, early at the road, . . The Holy Fair. 2. 
 Three-mile. 
 Their three-mile prayers, an hauf-mile graces. 
 
 To Rev. J, M'Math. 
 
 Three-parts, 
 
 Men, three-parts made by Taylors and by Barbers, 
 
 Thfi Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
Threesome 
 
 482 
 
 Throw 
 
 Threesome [three together]. 
 
 There's threesome reels, there's foursome reels, 
 
 S. The deil camfiddlifC t 
 Three-tae'd [three-toed or pronged ; -0. Tae'd]. 
 
 A three-tae'd leister on the ither [shouther] 
 
 Lay large an' lang. Death and Dr. Homhook. 6. 
 Thresh v. Thrash. 
 Thresher, Thrasher.] 
 A gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other, . . The Itweniory. 
 Hard by a poor Thresher whose toil it was great, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Did meet the poor Thresher and freely did talk ; . . lb. 
 The Thresher's weary flingin-tree, . The Vision. D, I. 
 
 Threshin. 
 Was threshin still at hizzies tails, . Kind Sir, Tve read \ 
 Gie them sufficient threshin, . . The Ordination, j. 
 
 Threshold. 
 
 An' owre the threshold ventures ; . . . Halloween. 2S. 
 Thretteen [thirteen]. 
 
 Theydrewmethretteenpundan'twa, A Guid New-Year \ IS. 
 
 Thretty [thirty]. 
 
 And thretty gude shillins and three ; S. Her Daddie/oriad t 
 
 As ye were nine year less than thretty, Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 Threw. An' Charlie F-x threw by the box, A Fragment. 5. 
 
 An' Caledon threw by the drone, Ib.g, 
 
 '^And stately oaks their twisted arms, 
 
 "Threw broad and dark across the pool: As on the Banks t 
 * X threw a noble throw at ane;' Death and Dr. Hornbook. i6. 
 Deep lights and shades, bold-mingling, threw 
 
 A lustre grand ; . The Vision. D. I. iz. 
 Threw by his coat and bonnet, . . ,ToJ. Taylor. 
 Thrice, the Stack he faddom't thrice, . . Halloween. 33. 
 Because he gat the toom dish thrice, 
 
 He heav'd them on the fire, ... lb. z^. 
 
 Haud up thy ban' Deil ! ance, twice, thrice ! 
 
 There, sieze the blinkers ! Scotch Drink, so. 
 For thrice I drew ane without failing, 
 And thrice it was written, Tarn Glen. . S. Tatn Glen. 
 
 Thriftless. 
 
 Thou art sae thriftless o' thy sweets, . S. I do confess t 
 Thrifty. 
 Nae langer thrifty Citizens, an' douce, 
 Meet owre a pint, or in the Council-house ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 His clean hearth-stane, his thrifty Wiiie's smile, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Your thrifty old mother has scarce such another 
 
 S. The Sons of old Killie. 
 Thrill. 
 Dear as the raptur'd thrill of joy ,! . Add. to Ediniurgh. 4. 
 No more shall the soft thrill of love warm my breast, 
 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 The tender thrill, the pitying tear, S. My Mary's face t 
 
 Ah ! must the agonizing thrill, 
 For ever bar returning Peace ! . . . The Lament. 
 Thrill, to. He felt the powerful, high behest, 
 
 Thrill, vital, thro' and thro' ; Nature^s Law. 
 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure, 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . . S, Sensibility ^ \ 
 
 Thrilling. 
 What words can ever speak aflFection 
 So thrilling and sincere as thine ! . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Thrissle [a thistle]. 
 Our thrissles flourish'd fresh and fair, S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 Faint Scotland greetan owre her thrissle ; 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 
 An' legs, an' arms, an' heads will sned, 
 
 Like taps o' thrissle, . , Toa Haggis. 
 Thristed [thirsted]. 
 
 Nor want but— when he thristed : The Jolly Beggars. R. VII, 
 Thrive. 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 
 His sheep an' kye thrive bonie, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 
 And how do ye thrive ; . . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 In Homer's craft Jock Milton thrives; 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 But vicious folk aye hate to see 
 
 The works o' Virtue thrive, man : The Tree of Liberty. 
 And grat to see it thrive, man ; lb. 
 
 Thriving. 
 
 And we hae done wi' thriving. . S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 Thro'. Hey ca' thro' ca' thro', . S. Hey c<£ thro'. 
 
 Throat. 
 
 A knife, a father's throat had mangled, Tam o' Shanter. it, 
 
 for a throat like huge Monsmeg, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Throb. But the latest throb that leaves my heart. 
 
 While Death stands victor by. 
 That throb, Eliza, is thy part, S. From thee, Eliza, t 
 Can reason down its [his heart's] agonizing throbs ; 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 " Remorse's throb, or loose desire ; . . The Hermit. 
 A whisp'ring throb did witness bear 
 
 Of kindred sweet, . . The Vision. D. II. 
 Throb, to. To thy bosom lay my heart. 
 
 There to throb and languish ; S. Thine am I\ 
 Throbbing. 
 Her head upon my throbbing breast, S. By Allan stream\ 
 My weary heart if s throbbings cease, . . . To Ruin. 
 
 1 can feel by its throbbings, will soon be at rest. 
 
 S. Woe is my heart t 
 Throe. Where, where is Love's fond, tender throe, 
 
 A Winter Night. 8. 
 If she winna ease the throes, 
 In my bosom swelling \ . . S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 
 mem'ry, spare the cruel throes 
 
 Within my bosom swelling : S. Farewell, thou sireamj 
 But heaves impassion'd with the grateful throe. 
 
 , Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 With heairtfelt throes his grateful bosom swells, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 My Jean's heart-rending throe! . . . The Farewell. 
 Full many a pang, and many a throe, . . The Lament, 
 What throes, what tortures passing cure. 
 
 Were in my bosom swelling : . . S, The last time I\ 
 But for their sake my heart doth ache, 
 
 With many a bitter throe : S. The sun he is sunk\ 
 Or wake the bosom-melting throe, 
 
 With Shenstone's art ; The Vision. D, II, ig. 
 While the life beats in my bosom, 
 Thou shalt mix in ilka throe : . S. Turn again, thou f 
 Throne. So, ye may dousely fill a Throne, 
 
 For a' theur clish-ma-claver s , A Dream, it. 
 Behind the throne then Gr-nv-Ue's gone, A Fragment. 8. 
 Who would set the Mob above the throne* 
 
 S. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Content and love bring peace and joy. 
 
 What mair hae queens upon a throne ? S. In simmer when\ 
 A race outlandish fills their throne ; On Window at Stirling. 
 My fathers, that name have rever'd on a throne ; 
 
 Poet. Add io W. Tyiler. 
 A king and a father to place on his throne? 
 
 S. The small birds \ 
 Pale he surrenders at the tyrant's throne ! . The Vowels. 
 Reason drops headlong from his sacred throne, To Clarinda. 
 Throng. In wood and wild ye warbling throng, 
 
 Your heavy loss deplore ; On Death qf Lap-dog, 
 Poor is the task to please a barb'rous throng, 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods, 
 Throng, to. That weekly this area throng, A Bards Epit. 
 Through ["to mak to through,'^ to make good]. 
 And muckle mair than ye can mak to through. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, to. 
 Throw. 
 
 ' I threw a noble throw at ane ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. i6. 
 Throw, to. 
 And in the fire throws the sheath ; A Ded. to G. H., to, 
 
 1 throw the wee stools o'er the mickle, Add. to Toothache. 
 And ay a westlin leuk she throws, . . Ep. to H, Parker. 
 The cruel fates between us throw 
 
 A boundless ocean's roar ; . . S. From thee, Ehza\ 
 
 And in the blue-clue throws then, Right fear't Halloween, it. 
 
 And honours masonic prepare for to throw ; 
 
 S. No Churchman amij 
 
 And throw on poverty his [Oppression's] cruel eyes ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 And o'er the stream your shadows throw, 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloomy 
 
 And throws his hand uncouthly o'er the strings, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
Throw 
 
 483 
 
 Tie 
 
 That Indian wealth may lustre throw 
 
 Around my Highland lassie, O. . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 
 A greedy glowr black-bonnet throws, The Holy Fair. 8. 
 
 Tho' large the forest's Monarch throws 
 
 His army shade, . Tke Vision. D. II. 20. 
 
 Where ignorance her darkening vapour throws, The Vowels. 
 
 An anxious e'e I never throws 
 
 Behint my lug, or by my nose ; . . . To J. 3.2$. 
 ThPOWn. Yet sune thou shalt be thrown aside, .S". Idoconfess\ 
 ThPOW'St* Thou haply throw'st a scornful eye at 
 
 The hermit's prayer. The Hermit, 
 
 Throw'ther [through -other, pell mell]. 
 They roar an' cry a' throw'ther ; . . . Halloween. 5. 
 Till skelp— a shot— they're aflF, a' throw'ther, 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 Thrum. He took my heart as wi' a net, 
 
 In every knot and thrum. .S*. My heart was ance f 
 Thrum, to. 
 I hear a wheel thrum i' the neuk, . . Ep, to H. Parker. 
 To thrum guittars an' fecht wi' nowt ; . The Twa Dogs, 23. 
 Thrush. The hazel bush o'erhangs the Thrush, 
 
 S. Now westlin winds t 
 Within yon milk-white hawthorn bush, 
 
 Amang her nestlings sits the thrush ; S. O Logan ! sweetly \ 
 Her voice is like the ev'ning thrush S. On Cessnock hanks t 
 While falling, recalling, 
 
 The amorous thrush concludes his sang ; . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 Sing on sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough. 
 
 Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 The chanting linnet, or the mellow thrush, The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Thud [a stroke causing a dull, hollow sound ; the 
 sound itself]. 
 To hear the thuds, and see the cluds O' Clans 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor, 
 And them that stay'd gat fearfu' thuds, 
 
 S. The Taylor he cam\ 
 
 Thud, to [to rush with a hollow sound; to move 
 swiftly]. 
 There, well-fed Irwine stately thuds : The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 Thumb. Speak out an* never fash your thumb. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 Thummart [the foumart, or polecat]. 
 
 The thummart, willcat, brock and tod, . The Twa Herds, 6, 
 Thumping, -in. 
 Hear how he clears the points o' Faith 
 
 Wi' rattlin aa' thumpin ! . . . The Holy Pair. 13. 
 wr jumping, an' thumping, 
 The vera girdle rang. . . The Jolly Be^ars. R, I. 
 
 Thumpit [thumped]. 
 
 An' ay the tither shot he thumpit Tarn Samson's JSl,, 10. 
 Thunder, 
 And thunders rend the howling air, ^S". How can my poor heart t 
 Ye mustering thunders from above 
 
 Your willing victim see I . . . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 Loud, deep, and lang, the thunder bellow'd : 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter. 8. 
 Near and more near the thunders roll : . . . lb. 10. 
 Tropes, metaphors, and figures pour, 
 
 Like Hecia streaming thunder : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 As Highland craigs by thunder cleft, . ... IB, 
 Nansie's waws Shook with a thunder of applause 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 I rather think she is aloft, 
 
 And imitating thunder ; . . S, The Joyful Widffwer. 
 An' rouse their holy thunder on it . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Thundering. 
 As from the cliff, with thundering course. 
 The snowy ruin smokes ^ong, . . Fragment of Ode. 
 
 nerved with thundering fate Liberty. 
 
 The thund'ring guns are heard on eVry side. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 2. 
 To rattle the thundering drum was his trade ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, II, 
 Thurlow. 
 
 And Thurlow growl a curse of woe. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Thwart. 
 
 Unknowing what my way may thwart, . S, Sae far awa. 
 Thy-lane [thyself alone]. 
 
 But Mousie, thou art no thy-lane, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 Thyme* Hey and the rue grows bonie wi' thyme, [re.} 
 
 St There liv'dance a carle t 
 
 And the thyme it is wither'd, and rue is in prime, [re.} 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
 Thysel [thyself]. 
 
 Wha, as it pleases best thysel', . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 Wi' sheep o' credit like thysel ! . The Death ofMailie, 
 Thyself. 
 Laugh at her follies — laugh e'en at thyself : 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 Must earth no rascal, save thyself, endure ? Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Not to thee, but thanks to Nature, 
 Thou art acting but thyself. . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 Tlbhie. O Tibbie ! I hae seen the day 
 
 Ye would na been sae shy ; . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar? 
 
 S. Tibbie Dunbar. 
 Tiber. 
 
 Th' Illissus, Tiber, Thames an' Seine, 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line ; 
 
 To W. Simpson, 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 Tickle. 
 
 Mak faces to tickle the Mob ; 
 Tickled. 
 Sae tickled Death, they couldna part : 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 The tickl'd ears no heart-felt raptures raise ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 13. 
 Tide. 
 Here Wealth still swells the golden tide, 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh, z. 
 Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail, 
 
 Right on ye scud your sea-way ; Add. to Unco Quid. 4. 
 " When a' my weel-clad banks could see, 
 
 " Their woody picture in my tide : . As on the banks \ 
 Time and chance are but a tide, . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 like the sun eclips'd at morning tide. El. on Miss Bitmet. 
 Whose hearts the tide of kindness warms, 
 
 Ep. to J, L—kj Ap. 1st, 21. 
 Tumultuous tides his pulses roll, S. On a bank ^flowers t 
 The tide of Empire's fluctuating course ; 
 
 Prologue, sp, by Woods. 
 
 Or where yon grot o'erhangs the tide, 
 
 S. Slow spreads tke gloom^ \ 
 Nae man can tether time or tide ; . . Tam o' Shanter. 7. 
 In the rolling tide of spreading Clyde 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 This mony a year I've stood the flood an' tide ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, 
 That stream'd thro' great, unhappy Wallace' heart ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 2i. 
 Than a' the pride that loads the tide, S. The Day returns t 
 And drink my crystal tide. . The Petition of Br. Water, 
 Ye powers who preside o'er the wind and the tide, 
 
 S. TheSonsofoldKillie. 
 No tide of the Baltic e'er drunker than he. . The Whistle. 4. 
 And large, before Enjoyment's gale. 
 
 Let's tak the tide. . . ToJ. J., //. 
 
 Tideless-blooded. 
 
 Grave, tideless-blooded, calm and cool, . ToJ. S., 26. 
 
 Tide-SWOln. The tide-swoln Firth, with sullen-sounding roar. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3, 
 Tidings. And soothe me wi' tidings o' Nature's decay ; 
 
 »S. My Name's Awa. 
 '* Did ne'er to me sic tidings bring, 
 
 "As meeting o' my Willy. . . . S. O Phely,i 
 
 Hearing the tidings of the fatal blow. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 To send a lad to London town 
 
 To bring them tidings hame. . The Election Ballads, I. 
 Not only bring them tidings hame. 
 
 But do their errands there, .... lb. 
 
 For [Moodie] speels the holy door, 
 
 Wi' tidingso' s-lv-t-on. [v.A.233 . . The Holy Fair. Z2. 
 Wi' tidingso' d-mn-t-n. [v.A.22] . . . . lb. 
 
 Tie, Tye. A tye more tender still. . . Ep, to Davie. 10. 
 Still closer knit in friendship's ties 
 
 Each passing year ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap, 2/st, 18. 
 Farewell loves and friendships, ye dear tender ties ! 
 
 tS". Farewell, thou fair day \ 
 Parent, filial, kindred ties ? . . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 The feather'd fleld-mates, bound by Nature's tie, 
 
 the Brigs of Ayr. 
 Dear broth«rs of the mystic tye The Farewell, To St. J.'s L.i 
 
Tie 
 
 484 
 
 Time 
 
 But round my heart the ties are bound, 
 That heart transpierced with many a wound ; 
 These bleed afresh, those ties I tear, .?, The gloomy nighi^i 
 What ties cruel fate in my bosom has torn. S. Thelazy mist\ 
 Dearest tie of young connexions, .... To a Kiss. 
 For one [dart] has cut my dearest tye, 
 And quivers in my heart To Ruin. 
 
 Tie, Tye, to. 
 
 Your horns shall tie you to the staw, 6". gin ye were dead. 
 An' tye some hose well. The Authoi's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 O, bid him never tye them mair, . The Death e/Mailie. 
 I'll tie the posie round wi' the silken band .o' love, 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 
 The Ordination. 4. 
 
 Tiger. Was like a bluidy tiger 
 
 I' th' inn that day. . ■ 
 
 Tight [pFepared, girt for action]. 
 
 He should be tight that daur't to raize thee, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 2. 
 While healths gae round to him wha, tight, 
 
 Gies famous sport, [v. A. 25] Scotch Drink. 12. 
 
 Tight. There's some sark-necks I wad draw tight. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 His leg was so tight and his cheek was so ruddy, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. 11. 
 There Sophy tight, a lassie bright, The Tariolton Lasses. 
 right an' tight in thack an' raep. . . The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 A tight, outlandish Hizzie, braw, . , The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 Sae straught, sae taper, tight and clean [a leg], . III. //. 
 Below the fatt'rels, snug and tight, . . To a Louse. 
 Auld Reekie ay he keepit tight. 
 
 And trig an' braw : . . . To W. Creech. 
 
 She's aye sae neat, sae trim, sae tight, 5'. When first I saw t 
 
 Tighter. 
 
 And the bands grew the tighter the more they were wet. 
 
 The Whistle. 12. 
 
 Tightly [firmly]. Now stand as tightly by your tack : 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayen 6. 
 
 I on the questions targe them tightly ; . . The Inzientory. 
 Till [to]. 
 
 An' her kind stars hae airted till her,' 
 
 A guid chiel wi' a pickle siller : . . Auld comrade^ 
 
 He'll be a credit 'till us a", . . S. There was a ladi 
 But chiefly the siller, that gars him gang till her, 
 
 S. There's a youths 
 Till, to. 
 Give me the cot below the pine, 
 To tend the flocks or till the soil, S. Twos eveitr-the dewy\ 
 Tillage. With tillage or pasture at times she would sport, 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 
 Tillage-Skill. 
 
 * Some teach to meliorate the plain, 
 
 'With tillage-skill; . The Vision. D. II. S. 
 
 Till'd. ' Kirkyards will soon be till'd eneugh. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hortiiook. 24. 
 
 His acre's till'd, he's right eneugh ; . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 
 And waly fa' the ley-crap 
 For I maun till'd again, . . S. There's news, lassesi 
 
 TlU't [to it]. 
 Syne rhyme till't, well time till't, . . Ep. to Dame. 4. 
 An' L— d ! if ance they pit her till't, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, fj. 
 They're welcome till't for a' that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 
 Time. A time that surely shall come ; 
 
 A V. on being Hosp. Entertained. 
 
 He weeping wail'd his latter times ; . . .A Vision. 
 " I know your bent— these are no laughing times : 
 
 Add. sp. ty Fontenelle. 
 
 Alas, how chang'd the times to come \ Add. to Edinlmrgh. 6. 
 Sin' that day Michael did jrou pierce, 
 
 Down to this time, . Add. to the Deil. ig. 
 ' There was a time, it's nae lang syne, . As on the tanks t 
 Simmer's a pleasant time, . . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 Old Time and Nature their changes tell, 5. Bonie Bell 
 
 My trunk of eild, but buss or beild. 
 
 Sinks in time's wintry rage. . . . S, But lately seen,\ 
 Thou golden time 0' youthful prime, . ... lb, 
 old Time then was young, . . . . S. Caledonia. 
 With tillage or pasture at times she would sport, . . lb. 
 The upright is Chance, and old Time is the base ; . lb. 
 
 A rousing whid at times to vend [v.A.6] 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 ' Zt s e en a lang, lang time indeed 
 
 'Sin' I began to nick the thread, . ... lb. ii. 
 * Niest time we meet I'll wad a groat, 
 
 'Hegetshisfairin'I . . . lb. 30. 
 How ill exchang'd for riper times. Despondency, an Ode. s. 
 Time and chance are but a tide, . . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 What time the moon, wi' silent glowr. 
 
 Sets up her horn, . El. on Capt. M. H., 10, 
 But how the subject theme may gang. 
 
 Let time and chance determine ; Ep. to Young Friend. 
 It's hardly in a body's pov/r. 
 
 To keep, at times, frae being sour, . Ep. to Davie. 2; 
 Let time mak proof; . . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. list, J. 
 But pennyworth's agEun is fair. 
 
 When time's expedient : . Ep. to J. R., 13. 
 Prop of my dearest hopes for future times. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham.s. 
 The measur'd time is run! . S. Farewell, dear mistress i 
 M'Pherson's time will not be long 
 
 On yonder gallows-tree. . ' S. Farewell, ye dungeons ^ 
 And ev'ry time great care is taen, 
 
 To see them duely changed : . . Halloween, zy. 
 
 Nae time hae I to tarry. . . S. Here's to thy health, t. 
 At times I'm fash'd wi' fleshly lust Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 Wi' Lizie's lass, three times I trow ; . . . Ib.S. 
 
 When trystin time draws near again ; . S.Tllaycdinj 
 His locks were bleached white with time. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 " But nocht in all-revolving time 
 "Can gladness bring again tome. . . . . lb. 
 
 " O I why has Worth so short a date 1 
 " While villains ripen grey with time ! . . . Ih. 
 
 And ev'ry time has added proofs. 
 That Man was made to mourn. Man was made to Mourn. 3. 
 
 Man ! while in thy early years. 
 
 How prodigal of time ! . . . . lb. 4. 
 
 With future rhymes, an' other times. 
 
 To emulate his sire; Natures Lam. 
 
 And tune nae langer spill, jo : . . S. steer her up \ 
 Three times crowdie in a day ; . S.O thai I hadne'er\ 
 And time is setting with me, Oh ; . S. Oh, open the door, t 
 Resist the crumbling touch of tune ; . .On Lntcludat. 
 Oh 1 had each Scot of ancient times. 
 
 Been, Jeany Scott, as thou art, . . On Miss J. Scott. 
 [Violence] Rousing elate in these degenerate times ; 
 
 On Death o/R.Dundas. 
 
 " Thro' future times to make his virtues last . „, . 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 The teeth o' time may gnaw Tamtallan, 
 
 But thou's for ever. Poem on Pastoral Poetiy. 
 
 Old Father Time deputes me here before ye, 
 
 Prologue, at Th.,D.. 
 For making o' rhymes, and working at times. 
 
 Does little or naething at a', man. Ronalds ofBennaU. 
 Yet humbly kind, in time o' need, . . Scotch Drink. 7- 
 And warsle Time, and lay him on his back. Scots Prologue. 
 I'm three times doubly o'er your debtor, Secind Ep. to Davie, 
 
 This day. Time winds th' exhausted chain. 
 
 Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 
 Will time, amus'd with proverb'd lore, 
 
 Add to our date one minute more? . . . . lo. 
 
 1 could not then just ascertain ^1 
 Its worth, for want of time, . ■ SymonGray\ 
 
 Nae man can tether time or tide ; . . Tom 0' Shanter. J. 
 
 Or up the rink like Jehu roar , ,,, , 
 
 In time o" need ; . Tom Samson's Ml.,S- 
 With clavers and haivers Wearing the time awa' : 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 An' drink his health m auld Nanse Tinnock's 
 
 Nine times a week. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 The time may come, with pipe and drum 
 We'll welcome hame fair Albany, i'. The bonie LasstfAU., 
 
 He seem'd as he wi' Time had warstl'd lang, , , , , 
 
 The Bngs of Ayr. 4- 
 
 Compare wi' bonie Brigs o' modem time ! . . . Ib.o, 
 Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion, 
 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devoUon : . . lo.t. 
 
 And, agonising, curse the time and place . . • "• 1- 
 
 While circling Time moves round in »» •''"""'iP''^; ., ,x 
 Tki Cotter's Sat. Ntght. 10, 
 
Time 
 
 485 
 
 Tipp'd 
 
 An' warn him ay at ridin time, 
 
 To stay content wi' y owes at hame ; [v. A. 3] The Death ofMailte. 
 
 From countless, unbeginning time 
 
 Was ever still the same. . The isi 6V.set goih Ps., 
 
 In guid time comes an antidote , . The Holy Fair. 16. 
 Like hafiUns-wise o'ercomes him At times . . lb. ij. 
 Pcii your auld burrough mony a time, , TJie Inventory. 
 
 Frae this time forth, I do declare, 
 
 I'se ne'er ride horse nor hizzie mair ; .... 73. 
 Unless he would from that time forth 
 
 Relinquish her for ever ; . The Jolly Beggars. R . VI. 
 The time, unheeded, sped away, . . . The Lament. 
 The last time I came o'er the moor, S. The last time Icame\ 
 How quick Time is flying, how keen Fate pursues. 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 
 What aspects old Time in his progress has worn ; . lb. 
 To ev'ry New-light mother's son, 
 
 From this time forth, Confusion : . The Ordination. 14. 
 A time, when rough rude man had naughty ways ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Now, thank our stars! these Gothic times are fled ; . lb. 
 The time flew by, wi' tentless head, S. The Rigs o" Barley, 
 
 Tho' three times doubl'd fairly, lb. 
 
 A wicked crew syne, on a time, 
 
 Did t^ a solemn Mth, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 Forgather'd ance upon a time. . . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 An' mony a time my heart's been wae, ... lb. 13. 
 I backward mus'd on wasted time, . The Vision. D. /. 4. 
 
 Fir'd at the simple, artless lays Of other times. lb. D. II. 12. 
 "And bumper his horn with him twenty times o'er." 
 
 The Whistle. 
 There's naethin like t 
 
 To a Haggis. 
 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 ToJ.S.,4- 
 
 I've seen me daez't upon a time ; . 
 Your pin wad help to mend a mill 
 
 In time o' need, 
 
 (I'm scant 0' verse, and scant o' time,) 
 
 Hae ye a leisiure-moment's time 
 
 Time but the impression stronger makes. 
 
 As streams their channels deeper wear. 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Again the silent wheels of time 
 Their annual round have driv'n, 
 
 To Miss Z., with **Beattie." 
 Or in gulravage rinnin scow'r To pass the time, 
 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 But twenty times, I rather wou'd be An atheist clean, . lb. 
 In thae auld times, they thought the Moon, 
 Just like a sark, or pair o' shoon, . To W. Simpson. P.S.. 
 at times when I grow crouse, . . . What ails ye now t 
 at the Inner port Cry'd three times, " Robin ! " . . lb. 
 the eastern star Tells bughdn-tlme is near, 
 
 S. When o'er the hill t 
 Time cannot aid me, my griefs are immortal, 
 
 S. Where are the Joys t 
 I little thought the time was near. 
 Repentance I should buy sae dear : . S. Young Jamie^ t 
 
 Time, to. Syne rhyme till't, well time till't. 
 
 And sing't when we hae done. E^, to Davie. 4. 
 Time-bleach*d. 
 Then Winter's time-bleach'd locks did hoary show, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 Time-settled. 
 
 I grant him [Wisdom] his calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures, 
 Lns on Windows^ Gl. Tav.. 
 
 Time-worn. Spying the time-worn flaws in ev'ry arch ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Timid. Weak, timid landsmen on life's stormy main! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 Th' abodes of coveyed grouse and timid sheep, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Timmer [timber]. 
 I gied thy cog a wee-bit heap 
 
 Aboon the timmer ; A Gude New-Year \ 13. 
 Now comes the sax an' twentieth simmer, 
 I've seen the bud upo' the timmer, Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. 2jst^ 10. 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind 
 
 Blaws through the leafless timmer, . S. I'm o*er young \ 
 Ve're like to the timmer o' yon rotten wood, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love \ 
 The timmer is scant, when ye're ta'en for a saunt. 
 
 The KirUs A larm. 
 Except for breakin o' their timmer, . The Twa Dogs. 26. 
 
 Tlmmer-ppopt [propped up with timber]. 
 
 [The Stack] Was timmer-propt for thrawin : Halloween. 23. 
 
 TimVous. 
 
 Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, . . To a Moitse. 
 Tine, Tyne [to lose ; be lost]. 
 I wad wear thee in my bosom. 
 
 Least my Jewel I should tine. . . S. Bonie wee thing\ 
 May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them, t 
 How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue 
 
 When pu'd and worn a common toy ! . S. I do confess t 
 And next my heart I'll wear her. 
 
 For fear my jewel tine. . .S". My Love's a winsome t 
 And fools may tyne, and knaves may win ; . S.O Phely t 
 Sweets that mem'ry ne'er shall tine. . S. Scenes of woe t 
 Ye tine your dam ; [v. A.2] The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 And I was fear'd my heart wou'd tine, S. Where Cart rins t 
 Tingle. 
 
 That gart my heart-strings tingle. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Tinkler [a tinker]. 
 An' [Fox] lows'd his tinkler jaw, man. A Fragment. S- 
 
 But deil a foreign tinkler loun 
 
 Shall ever ca' a nail in't : . . S, Does haughty Gaul,f 
 Yon ill-tongu'd tinkler, Charlie Fox, 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, jg. 
 When round the Tinkler prest her, The Jolly Beggars. R. VI. 
 A Tinkler is my station ; ... . lb. S. VI. 
 
 Tinkler Madgie was her mither ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Tinkler-gipsey. 
 
 Ev'n wi' a Tinkler-gipsey's messan : . The Twa Dogs. 
 Tinkler-hizzie [tinker-hussy]. 
 
 Sat guzzling wi' a. Tinkler-hizzie ; The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 Tinkling. Sweet the tinkling rill to hear : Delia. An Ode. 
 TinnoCk'S. And drink his health in auld Nanse Tinnock's 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer, so. 
 Tinsel. In a' the tinsel trash o' state ! El. on Capt. M. H., 16. 
 Oblige them, patronize their tinsel lays. 
 They persecute you all your future days ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 5. 
 For a' that, and a' that. 
 Their tinsel shew, and a' that, . S. The Honest Man. 
 Tinwald. 
 
 Frae the downs 0' Tinwald The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Tint [lost; "tint as win,'* lost as won]. 
 Like fortune's favours, tint as win. . . .A Vision. 
 
 My funny toil is now a' tint, . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Since I tint my bairns, and he tint his crown, 
 
 S. By yon castle wd f 
 
 1 tint my curch and b^th my shoon, . S. Duncan Gray. 
 The Spanish empire's tint a head, . . El. on Year 1788. 
 For some o' you [lasses] hae tint a frien' ; . . . lb. 
 I'll seek my pursie whare I tint it, Ep. to Maj, Logan, iz. 
 Till in a declamation-mist. 
 
 His argument he tint it : . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 I tint my whistle and my sang, 
 
 I tint my peace and pleasure ; . . .S. Gat ye me^ t 
 
 And I hae tint my dearest dear ; . S. She's fair andfause t 
 Tam tint his reason a' thegither, . . Tarn. 0' Shanter. ig. 
 The L— d be thankit that we've tint the gate o't ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Here's a reputation Tint by Balmaghie. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 O I hae tint my rosy cheeks. The Ruined Maid^s Lament. 
 Charlie Gregor tint his plaidie, 
 
 Kissin' Theniel's borne Mary. S. Th. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 
 Her heart was tint, her peace was stown I S. There was a lass t 
 
 Tints. Fair the tints of op'ning rose ; . Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Would take His hand, whose vernal tints 
 
 His other works admire. . . . V.s below Picture. 
 
 Tiny. Ye tiny elves that guiltless sport. Despondency^ anOde.s. 
 
 tiny thieves not destined yet to swing, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Or must no tinjr sin to others fall. 
 
 Because thy guilt's supreme enough for all ? . . , /^. 
 Tip V. Toop. 
 Tip, to. Ajid [Death] tips auld drunken Nanse the wink, 
 
 Adam A—'s Prayer^ 
 Tipp'd. For ay she tipp'd the sidelin's wink. 
 
 Come kiss mc at your leisure. S. As I gaed upby^ 
 
Tippence 
 
 486 
 
 Together 
 
 The Holy Fair. 8. 
 
 Tippence [two pence]. 
 
 An' we maun draw our tippence. 
 
 Tippenee-woptta. 
 
 Gat tippence-worth to mend her [wife's] head, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. s6. 
 Tlppeny [two-penny ale]. 
 
 Wi' tippeny, we fear nae evil ; . Tam o' Shanter. ii. 
 
 Tlpsle. 
 Your muse is a gipsie, e'en tho' she were tipsie, 
 She cou'd ca' us nae waur than we are. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Tired, -'d. 
 
 Then when I'm tir'd— and sae are ye, 
 
 Wi' monie a fulsome, sinfu' lie, . . A Ded, to G. H. 
 Till with their Logic-jargon tir'd, . . Auld comrade t 
 How silent that tongue which the echoes oft tired, 
 
 Monody i on a Lady. 
 sore harass'd, and tir'd at last, S. My father was a farmer t 
 Till tir'd at last wi' mony a farce, 
 They set them down upon their arse, [v.A.i] 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 • The Thresher's weary' flingin-tree, 
 The lee-lang day had tir'd me ; . . The Vision. D. I. n. 
 And tired o' sauls to waste his lear on. 
 
 E'en tried the body. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 My musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 
 TiFl [to uncover, strip]. 
 
 And tirl the hallions to the birsies ; Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Tirlan [unroofing]. 
 Whyles, on the strong-wing'd Tempest flyin, 
 
 Tirlan the kirks ; . , Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 Tirrd [Imocked]. 
 But whan we tirl'd at your door, 
 Your porter dought na hear us ; V.s, on Window^ Carron. 
 Tiseday v. It^bAky, 
 Tither [the otiier]. 
 The tither's dour, has nae sic breedin', , El. on Year ijSS. 
 Was driving to the tither warl', . . Lns to J. Ranken. 
 Tiiat the heat o' the tane might cool the tither. S. Scroggam. 
 An' ay the tither shot he thumpit, . Tant Samson's El.. 
 
 Still shearing and clearing 
 
 The tither stocked raw ; . The Ans. to the Gwidwife. 
 Then on the tither hand present her, 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer. 
 And ay he catch'd the tither wretch, The Ordination. 10. 
 
 Hear, how he gies the tither yell, .... lb. is. 
 Come, bring the tither mutchkin in, . . . lb. 14.. 
 The tither mom, .... S. The tither mom t 
 The tither was a ploughman's collie, . The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 The tither skelpan kiss, . . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 And ay she took the tither souk, . . iS". The weary ^und. 
 'Bout whom ye spak the tither day, . 71? Gav. Hamilton. 
 Title. O Thou, whatever title suit thee ! Add. to the Deil. 
 It's no in titles nor in rank ; 
 It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest ; . . E^. to Davie. J. 
 A title, and the only one I claim, 
 To lay strong hold for help on bounteous Graham. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 whose titles were shamm'd, . Extem. on " the Marquis." 
 Their title's avowed by my country. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Their titles a' are empty show ; . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 What is title? what is treasure? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIH. 
 And next the title following close behind, . The Vowels. 
 A Title, Dempster merits it ; . . . . To J. S.^ S3. 
 Titled. No more of your guests, be they titled or not, 
 
 Extern.^ To Mr. S. 
 While titled knaves and idiot greatness shine 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, 
 
 Round the wealthy, titled bride . S. Mark yonder Pomp^ 
 We labour soon, we labour late, 
 To feed the titled knave, man ; . The Tree qf Liberty, 
 Tlt-ta. when thou shalt ca' me Tit-ta or daddy. 
 
 Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Tittlan [whispering]. 
 Here sits a raw o' tittlan jads, 
 Wi' heaving breasts an' bare neck ; . The Holy Fair. g. 
 
 Titty idim. tf/ Sister]. 
 My heart is a-breaking, dear titty, , , S. Tam Glen. 
 Come counsel, dear titty, don't tarry ; . . . , lb. 
 
 Tivlotdale, 
 
 'Tween Inverness and Tiviotdale, 
 
 He had few matches. Ep. to J. L — k^yAp. isi, 6. 
 To. Be't to me, be't frae me, e'en let the jade gae, 
 
 S. Contented wi littk,\ 
 Toad. Toads with their poison, docters with their drug, 
 
 To R. G. of P.. 
 Toast. Instead of a song, boys, I'll give you a toast, 
 
 At a Meet. o/D. Volunteers. 
 And you the toast of a' the town, 
 
 S. O Maryt at thy window \ 
 Call a toast— a toast divine ; . . . . The Toast. 
 
 Thou hast given a peerless toast lb. 
 
 And pledge me in the generous toast — 
 '^ The whole of human kind ! " . . . To a Lady, 
 Toast, to. 
 Then let us toast John Barleycorn, . John Barleycorn. 
 I'll toast you in my hindmost gillie, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgtte to W. I. 
 
 Tocher [marriage portion; " tocher band," dowry 
 bond]. 
 
 He gied me thee, o' tocher clear, . . A Guid Nem-Year^ 
 Then hey for a lass wi' a tocher, S. Aiva* wi yr witckcraji\ 
 And tho' I hae na meikle tocher, S. Braw lads on Yar. braes f 
 A very gude tocher, a cotter-man's dochter, 
 
 S. Her daddieforbad\ 
 Let her lo'e nae man but me ; 
 
 That's the tocher gude I prizfe, . . . S. Jockey fm, t 
 her tenpund lands o' tocher gude >^. My Lord a^hunting^ 
 My tocher's the jewel has charms for him, 
 
 S, O meikle thinks my love t 
 My tocher's the bargain ye wad buy ; . . . .lb. 
 My daddy sign'd my tocher band, . S. Where Cart nns\ 
 We's mak nae din about your tocher ; 
 
 S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Tocher, to [to srive one a dowry]. 
 
 Braid money to tocher them a*, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Tochered [dowered]. 
 Nae weel tochered aunts, to wait on their drants, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel mounted and braw ; 
 
 S. There's a youth\ 
 There's lang-tocher'd Nancy maist fetters his fancy . lb. 
 Tod [a fox]. Frae dogs an' tods, an' butcher's knives ! 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 Daddy Auld, Daddy Auld, there's a tod in the fauld, 
 
 A tod meikle waur than the Clerk ; . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 The thummart, willcat, brock and tod. The Twa Herds. 6. 
 The tod reply'd upon the hill, . S. What will Idogin\ 
 
 To-day. When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 I live to-day as well's I may, 
 
 Regardless of to-morrow, O. S. My father was afarmerj 
 The doctrine, to-day, that is loyalty found, 
 
 To-morrow may bring us a halter. Poet, Add. to Tytler. 
 Coila's fair Rachel's care to-day, Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 
 Toddle [to walk with short, tottering steps, like a 
 child]. 
 
 while I toddle on through life, . . V.s to a Landlady- 
 Toddlin, -an, Todlin [walking with short steps and 
 in a tottering way, like a child ; purling, mov- 
 ing with a gentle noise]. 
 And todlin down on Willie's mill, DeathandDr. Homiook.S, 
 Ye burnies, wimplin down your glens, 
 
 Wi' toddlin din, . El. on Capt. M. H., 4- 
 The vera wee-things, toddlan, rin, 
 
 Wi' stocks out owre their shouther : . Halloween. 
 
 The expectant wee-things, toddlan, stacher through 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 
 Toddy. Sit round the tabl& weel content, 
 
 An' steer about the toddy. . The Holy Fair. so. 
 Toe. 
 
 " If that your right hand, leg or toe, 
 
 " Should ever prove your sp'ritual foe, What ails yewwl 
 
 Together. 
 
 But gie me a braw moonlight, 
 
 And me and my love together. . S. O gie my love brose t 
 Or claughtin't together at a*, man, Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 Together hymning their Creator's praise, 
 
 The Cotiei^s Sat. Night. 16' 
 We lived full one and twenty years 
 A man and wife together ; . i S. The Joyful Widmttx 
 
Toll 
 
 Took 
 
 Toll. And eyes the simple, rustic Hind, 
 
 ' Whose toil upholds the glitt'ring show, 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 My funny toil is now a' tint, , . Add. to IlUgit. Child, 
 Thence, countra wives, wl* toil an' pain, 
 May plunge an' plunge the kim in vain ; A dd. to ike Dell. 10. 
 Wha drudge and drive thro' wet and dry, 
 
 Wi' never-ceasing toil ; . . . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Helpless, alane, thou clamb the brae, 
 
 Wi' midcle, mickle toil, Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Ease frae toil, relief frae care : . S. Frae the friends \ 
 
 Her faithfu* mate will share her toil, S. O Logan t sweetly t 
 Thou strings the nerves o' Labor-sair, 
 
 At's weary toil ; . Scotch Drink. 6. 
 
 Hapless wretches sold to toil, . S. Streams that glide t 
 The bees, rejoicing o'er their summer-toils, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 And makes him quite forget his labor and his toil. 
 
 The Cottef's Sat, Night. 3. 
 
 thy hardy sons of rustic toil, H, 20. 
 
 For a' that, and a' that. 
 
 Our toils obscure, and a' that, S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Awakes me up to toil and woe ; . . . The Lament. 
 Hard by a poor Thresher whose toil it was great, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 the Lab'rer's weary toil, For humble gains. 
 
 The Vision. D. IL 9. 
 Alas ! what bitter toil an' straining . . To J, S., so. 
 By toil and famine wore to skin and bone, To E., G. ofF. , 6. 
 Toll-beat. 
 
 My toil-beat nerves, and tear-worn eye, . The Lament, 
 Toll-won. And thack and rape secure the toil-won crap ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Toil-worn. The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 
 Toil, to. To give him leave to toil ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 So I must toil and sweat and broil, 
 
 S, My father was a farmer t 
 For Comedy abroad he need na toil, . . Scots Prologue. 
 Wha in the paths o' righteousness did toil ay ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 I moil, and I toil, and I harrow and plough, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 I moil, and I toil, and I labour all day, , ... lb. 
 With joy, with rapture, I would toil ; 
 
 S. T^as even — the dewy t 
 Still thro' the gap the struggling river toils, 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 My Jockey toils upon the plain, . . S. Young Jockey t 
 Toil'd. 
 Ev'n you on murd'ring errands toil'd, . A Winter Night, j. 
 Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd, S. The day returns t 
 
 In summer he toil'd thro' the faint, sultry heat ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Some, lucky, find a flowery spot. 
 
 For which they never toil'd nor swat ; . , . ToJ.S., ly. 
 Toiling. 
 Frae mom to een it's nought but toiling, 
 At baking, roasting, frying, boiling ; . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 
 Token. 
 
 Ae auld wheelbarrow, mair for token, . . The Inventory. 
 And in token of favour he gave him a ring. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Their tokens of love, and their true thankfulness ; . lb. 
 I took her for some Scottish Muse, 
 
 By that same token ; . The Vision. D. /. g. 
 
 Told. Told him, I came to feast my curious eyes ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 (For none that knew him need be told) . Epit.forR. A. 
 
 The village bell has told the hour, . S. Here is theglen^^ 
 
 Told how dear ye were aye to each other. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 Toll. 
 
 While Highlandmen hate tolls an' taxes ; To W. Simpson, 
 Tom^ Jones. 
 
 Your fine Tom Jones and Grandisons, . O leave novels \ 
 
 Tomahawk. 
 
 Five tomahawks, wi' blude red-rusted ; Tarn 0' Shanter. iz. 
 Tomb. My woes here, shall close ne'er, 
 
 But with the closing tomb! Despondency^ an Ode. 
 
 Go to your sculptur'd tombs, ye Great, El. on Capt. M. H. , 16. 
 " That fiUest an untimely tomb, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 th' untimely tomb where Riddel lies. 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 To-morrow. When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. 
 
 Ep. to R.Graham. 3. 
 I think I maun wed him — to-morrow, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 I live to-day as well's I may. 
 
 Regardless of to-morrow, O. S. My father was a farmer t 
 Like the beam of the day-star to morrow. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 The doctrine, to-day, that is loyalty found. 
 
 To-morrow may bring us a halter. Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 That grandchild's cap will do tomorrow 
 
 Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Ton. 
 
 As praying's the ton of your fashion ; S. The Sons of old K,. 
 Tone. 
 And strikes the ever-deep'ning tones, A Ded. to G. N., 10. 
 Whence a' the tones o' mis'ry yell, . . Add. to Toothache. 
 He knows each chord its various tone. Add. to Unco Guid. 8, 
 Whose tones the echoing aisles prolong ; . On Lincluden. 
 Tongue. An auld wife's tongue's a feckless matter 
 
 To gie ane fash. Add. to lUegit, Child. 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, Add. to the Deil. ig. 
 Altho' I love my Chloris mair 
 
 Than ever tongue could tell \ . . S. Ah, Chloris, t 
 May ill befa' the flattering tongue 
 
 That wad beguile my Nanie, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 And thy still matchless tongue that conquers all reply, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 If you rattle along like your mistress's tongue, 
 
 Your speed will outrival the dart : Extern, pinned to Coach. 
 O had your tongue now, Luckie Laing, 
 
 O had your tongue and jauner ; . . . S. Gat ye me, t 
 How silent that tongue which the echoes oft tired, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 The wretch whase doom is " hope nae mair," 
 
 What tongue his woes can tell; S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 Beware a tongue that's smoothly htmg ; . O leave novels f 
 subtile Litigation's pliant tongue On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 every Muse shall join her tuneful tongue, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 howsoe'er our tongues may ill reveal it. Prologue, at Th.y D.. 
 Three lawyers' tongues, tum'd inside out, 
 Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout ; [v. A. 16] Tarn d Shanter. 
 Auld Scotland has a raucle tongue ; 
 
 The AuthoT^s Cry and Prayer, 33. 
 O baud your tongue, my feirrie auld wife, 
 O baud your tongue, now Nansle, O : 
 
 S. The deuks dang der. 
 The tongue o' the trump to them a' ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 The music of thy tongue I heard. 
 
 Nor wist while it enslaved me : . . S. The last time If 
 No tongue then was able their joy to express, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 ■ That e'er I heard your flattering tongue. 
 
 The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Dempster's truth-prevailing tongue; [v.A.23] 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 ' Those accents, grateful to thy tongue, ... lb. 16. 
 Craigdarroch began with a tongue smooth as oil, 
 
 The Whistle, 7. 
 Wi' his fause heart and flatt'ring tongue, S. To daunton me. 
 Her tongue and eyes, her dreaded spear and darts. 
 
 To R. G. ofF.. 
 A clapper tongue wad deave a miller ; . S. Willie Wastlei 
 
 Too much. 
 
 Yet let not this too much, my Son, 
 
 Disturb thy youthful breast: Man was made to Mourn. 
 Toofa' ilit. to fall; the close; "toofa* o' the night," 
 
 the evening]. 
 But O ! I was a waefu' man 
 
 Ere toofa' o' the night. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Took. Down Lowrie's burn he took a turn, A Fragment, a. 
 Till Willie H— e took o'er the knowe 
 
 For Philadelphia, man : lb. 3. 
 
 Then R-ck-ngh-m took up the game ; . . . ,Ib,6, 
 We took the road ay like a Swallow : A Guid New-Year \ g. 
 As down the bum they took their way, S, As down the bumf 
 
Took 
 
 488 
 
 Toss 
 
 With linked hands we took the sands, S, As I ^atd up hy \ 
 " E'en here, I took the last farewell ; i'. Behold the houri 
 She took to her hills, and her arrows let fly, . 6'. Caledonia. 
 The fell Harpy-raven took wing from the north, . . lb. 
 1 stacher'd whyles, hut yet took tent ay 
 
 To free the ditches ; Death and Dr. Homiook. 3. 
 Tho' leeward whyles, against my will, 
 
 1 took a bicker ^b.S. 
 
 I took the way that pleas'd mysel. 
 
 And sae did Death. . , . lb. 31. 
 
 Then Meg took up her spinnin>graith, 
 
 And flang them a' out o'er the bum. 6". Duncan Damson. 
 Satan took stuff to mak a swine, . Efig. on A. Turner. 
 Thou [Death] ne'er took such a bleth'ran b-tch, 
 
 Into thy dark dominion ! . . Epit. on a noisy Polemic. 
 
 Sae crafUlie she took me ben, . . S. Had I the wyte \ 
 
 An' Mary, nae doubt, took the drunt, . . Halloween, g. 
 
 They took a plough and plough'd him down, John Barleycorn. 
 
 The sun took delight to shine for its sake; 
 
 S.'Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 He took my heart as wi' a net, . 5. My heart was ance t 
 
 He took a hauf and gied it to me, . . S. My Sandy gied t 
 
 To thee my fancy took its wing, .9. O Mary, at thy window t 
 
 Hands that took— but never gave. Ode, to Mem. 0/ Mrs. — . 
 
 So, took a birth afore the mast. On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 
 The Muse was a' that he took pride in, . . . . lb. 
 
 They took the brig wi' a' their might, 
 
 5. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 He left his bed and took his wayward rout, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 It chanc'd his new-come neehor took his e'e, . . .lb. 4. 
 And brandy Jean, that took her gill. The Election Ballads. I . 
 An' each took off his several way, . The Twa Dogs. 3S. 
 
 I took her for some Scottish Muse, The Vision. D. I. g. 
 
 And ay she took the tither souk, . ,S. The weary Fund. 
 She took the rock, and wi' a knock. 
 
 She brak it o'er my pow li. 
 
 An' took my jocteleg an' whatt it. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 She took the wing like fire ! . . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Thev took nae pains their speech to balance, 
 
 ' ToW. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 That faith, the youngsters took the sands 
 
 Wi' nimble shanks, . . . lb. 
 
 For there I took the last farewell 
 Of my sweet Highland Mary. 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 
 Toolzie ■o. Tulzie. 
 loom [empty]. 
 I"se be fou and thou'se be toom, S. Carl, an the king come. 
 Because he gat the toom dish thrice, 
 
 He heav'd them on the fire, . . . Halloween. 27. 
 A toom tar barrel An" twa red peats Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle ; 
 
 The Author's Cry and Frayer. 7. 
 
 Tamv Goose, ye ha'e made but toom roose, 
 ' " The KirKs Alarm. 
 
 Toom'd [emptied]. 
 They toom'd their pocks, they pawn'd their duds, 
 
 ' The Jolly Beggars. R. VIII. 
 
 Tooth [». also Teeth]. 
 And fretful envy grins in vain 
 The poison'd tooth to fasten. . . S. Young Pe^y\ 
 Tooth-ache. Thou, Toothache surely bear'st the bell 
 
 Amang them a' ! . . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Gie a' the faes 0' Scotland's weal 
 
 A towmond's Tooth-Ache ! 
 
 lb. 
 
 Toothy [biting]. And toothy critics by the score, 
 
 In bloody raw I To W. Creech. 
 
 Tootie, 
 
 Master Tootie, Alias, Lard M'Gaun, To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Top. so trig from top to toe, . . . S. John Anderson,\ 
 
 And when my hope was at the top, „ , ^, , . 
 
 I still was worst mistaken, O. S. My father was a farmer \ 
 
 The fruitful top is spread on high, , „ , 
 
 And firm the root below. . . -The 1st Psalm. 
 
 Then top and maintop croud the sail, . . ToJ.S., 11. 
 
 Tore. 
 
 Or tore, with noble ardour stung, „, „. . „ ,, , 
 
 The Sceptic's bay.s, . The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 
 And pledging aft to meet again, 
 We tore ourselves asunder. 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Torment. 
 
 But, oh ! what will my torments be, 
 
 Ifthourefuse thy Johnie? . . S. Craigie-hurn Weed. 
 O burning hell [ in all thy store of torments 
 There's not a keener lash ! . . . Remorse. A Frag.. 
 The slighted maids my torments see, . S. Young Jamie, t 
 Torment, to. 
 
 An' Gouts torment him, inch hy inch, . Scotch Drink, 77, 
 Tormenting, For oh ! love forsaken's a tormenting pain. 
 
 .y. As I was a-wand'ringi 
 
 Torn. 
 
 He's gane ! he's gane ! he's ftae us torn. El. on Capt. M. H., z. 
 From pomp and pleasure torn ; Man was made to Mourn. 
 How I would mourn when it was torn, .S*. O were mylove^ 
 Byearly Winter's ravage torn; . S. The gloomy night \ 
 From ev'ry joy and pleasure torn, . . . The Lament. 
 What ties cruel Fate in my bosom has torn, .S. The lazy mist t 
 Tom from that lovely shore, and must never see it more ; 
 
 S. The Slaves Lament. 
 My Mary from my soul was tom. . To Mary in Heaven, 
 By miscreants tom, who ne'er one sprig must wear : 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,s. 
 Torrent. Rousing the turbid torrent's roar. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson, 
 Or torrents owre a linn, . . Extern, in Court of Session. 
 aghast, The wheeling torrent viewing, 
 
 .S. Farewell, thou stream \ 
 Farewell to the torrents and loud-pouring floods. 
 
 .S". My heart s in the Highlands \ 
 And, all devout, he never sought 
 
 To stem the sacred torrent. . . . Natures Law. 
 
 Ye tempests, rage ! ye turbid torrents, roll ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 In mony a torrent down the snaw-broo rowes ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 There, high my boiling torrent smokes. 
 
 Wild-roaring o'er a Unn: . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And many a lesser torrent scuds, . The Vision. D. I. if. 
 Turbid torrents, wintry swelling, . . S. Thickest night f 
 To rule their torrent in th' allowed line ; Why am I loth t 
 As high in air the bursting torrents flow, Wr. by FallofFyers. 
 Torrid. Who distant bums in flaming torrid climes. 
 
 Once fondly lffad\ 
 Far dearer than the torrid plains 
 
 Where rich ananas blow ! . . . .The Farewell. 
 
 Thy sons ne'er madden in the fierce extremes 
 
 Of Fortune's polar frost, or torrid beams. To R. G. ofF., 7. 
 
 Torture. No fabled tortures, quaint and tame. The Lament. 
 
 What throes, what tortures passmg cure. 
 
 Were in my bosom swelling : . .5'. The last time I\ 
 
 Torture, to. 
 M'[Kinlay], R[ussel], are the boys 
 That Heresy can torture ; . . . The Ordination. 13, 
 
 Tortup'd. 
 
 That shoots my tortur'd gums alang ; . Add. to Tooth-ache. 
 Torturing. (A while forbear, ye torturing fiends). 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 
 The torturing, gnawing consciousness of guilt 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 Tory. How Tories fell and Whigs to h-U Flew off 
 
 S, The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 Blew up each Tory's dark designs, „ „ . „, 
 
 *^ The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 who set at nought The wildest savage Tory, . ^' 
 
 To these what Tory hosts oppos'd 
 
 With these what Tory warriors dos'd, ... '''• 
 
 The stubborn Tories dare to die: ^• 
 
 Nor wanting ghosts of Tory fame ; . . /*. 
 
 The Tories, Whigs, give way by turns ; ...■''• 
 The Tory ranks are broken. . ...•'*• 
 
 While Tories fall, while Tories fly, . ..•■«• 
 Toss [a belle, a beauty]. 
 my bonie seV, The toss of Ecclefechan. . . S.Gatyena.T 
 
 Toss, to. Ere ye toss me afar from my lov'd na''" sli"V-.v 
 ' Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 
 There at them thou thy tail may toss, . Tarn 0' Shanter. iS. 
 An' toss thy horns fu' canty ; . • The Ordination, b. 
 
Toss 
 
 489 
 
 Towzie 
 
 Said, toss down the Whistle, the prize of the field, 
 
 The Whistle, g. 
 
 Jenny dinna toss your head, . . . To a Louse. 
 Toss*d» Tost. 
 
 And still, as signs of life appear'd. 
 
 They toss'd him to and fro. . . . John Barleycorn. 
 And like the rootless stubble tost, 
 
 Before the sweeping blast. . . . The ist Psalm. 
 
 There, mountains to the skies were tost : The Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 T'other. A gaudsman ane, a thrasher t'other. The Inventory. 
 When the tother bag I sell and the tother bottle tell, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I, 
 Totter, 
 Now we maun totter down, John, but hand in hand we'll go, 
 
 S. John Anderson^ t 
 Tottering. 
 
 the palsied arm of tottering, powerless age. . , Liberty, 
 Touch. It's [Honor's] slightest touches, instant pause 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 Come, kittle up your moorlan' harp 
 
 Wi' gleesome touch ! Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. s/st, 8. 
 Resist the crumbling touch of time ; . . On Lincluden. 
 And ev'n his matchless hand with finer touch inspir'd ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 12. 
 Ye maist wad think, a wee touch langer, 
 An' they maun starve 0' cauld and hunger : 
 
 The Twa Dogs. Ii. 
 Touch, io. 
 And my Freedom's my lairdshlp nae monarch dare touch. 
 
 S. Contented wi little \ 
 My Muse, tho' hamely in attire, 
 
 May touch the heart. Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 13. 
 A gaudy dress and gentle air 
 
 May sKghtly touch the heart, . S. Handsome Nell. 
 
 For surely that would touch her heart 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warbling\ 
 
 1 ken the devils dare na touch me. . . . The Inventory. 
 An' touch it afl" wi' vigour, . The Ordination. 4. 
 The present only toucheth thee : . , To a Mouse. 
 
 Touched, -'d. 
 
 as he touch'd his trembling harp. Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Like frost-work touched by southern gales ; On Lincluden. 
 
 But fairer never touch'd a heart - . . S. Saefar awa. 
 
 So touched, bewitched, I rav'd ay to mysel : 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Touching. 
 
 Nay more — there is danger in touching ; Inscrip, on Gohlet. 
 Tour. A man of fashion too, he made his tour, . Sketch. 
 
 To make a tour an' tak a whirl, . . The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 Tout [the blast of a horn or trumpet]. 
 
 Now he [Death] proclaims, wi' tout o' trumpet, 
 
 Tam Samson's dead ! Tarn Samson's El. , 10. 
 
 Tout, to [to blow a horn or trumpet]. 
 
 But now the L — 's ain trumpet touts. 
 Till a' the hills are rairan, . The Holy Fair. 2i. 
 
 Touzle [to rumple]. 
 
 May never wicked fortune touzle him! . . To W. Creech. 
 Tow [a rope ; coarse flax]. 
 As e'er in tug or tow was drawn ! . A Guid New-Year \ J i. 
 Clinkumbell, wi' rattlan tow, . . The Holy Fair. 26. 
 
 As e'er in tug or tow was trac'd. . . The Inventory. 
 
 The weary pund o' tow ; . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 I think my wife will end her life. 
 
 Before she spin her tow. . . . . lb. 
 
 And a' that she has made o' that, 
 
 Is ae poor pund o' tow. . . lb. 
 
 And ay she took the tither souk, 
 
 To drouk the stourie tow. . . . .lb. 
 
 Gae spin your tap o' tow ! . . . . lb. 
 
 And or I wad anither jad, I'll wallop in a tow. . . lb. 
 Tower. As I stood by yon roofless tower, , . .A Vision. 
 All hail thy palaces and tow'rs, . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 Yonder Clouden's silent towers, . S. Hark! the mams' + 
 A waefu' wanderer seeks thy tower, . S. O mirky mirk t 
 Who now commands the towers and lands — 
 
 The royal right of Albany. . S. The bonie Lass of Alb, 
 And Wallace Tow'r had sworn the fact was true : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 The silent moon shone high o'er tow'r and tree : . .lb. 
 A female form, [Benevolence] came from the tow'rs of Stair : 
 
 3Q 
 
 saw in halls and towers That lust and pride, - - 
 
 In state preside. . . The Hermit. 
 
 Beside Kirkcudbright's towers, The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Sae, in the tower o' Cardoness, 
 
 A howlet sits at noon lb. 
 
 And they'll gae build Terreagle's towers, 
 
 S. The noble Maxwells t 
 By stately tow'r, or palace fair, [v.A.4] . . The Vision. 
 Towering, 
 I see her wave thy towering plumes afar, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 He'll shade my banks wi' towering trees 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Towmond, Towmont [a twelvemonth], 
 Gie a' the faes o' Scotland's weal 
 
 A towmond's Tooth-Ache ! Add. to Toothache. 
 A towmond 0' trouble, should that be my fa', 
 A night o' gude fellowship sowthere it a ; 
 
 S. Contented wi' little I 
 A Towmont, Sirs, is gane to wreck ! . El. on Yeari?88. 
 Wad baud the Lothians three in tackets, 
 
 A towmont gude ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 For mair than a towmond or twa, man ; Ronalds ofBennals. 
 How 'twas a towmond auld, sin' Lint was i' the bell. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 11. 
 
 Town [a general name including towns from a city 
 to a hamlet and farmhouse]. 
 
 When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town, 
 
 S. Cock up your beaver. 
 Gin a body meet a body, Comin frae the town, 
 
 S. Comin thro' the rye. 
 I'll ay ca' in by yon town, . . . S, III ay ce£ in t 
 My mither sent me to the town, . S. My heart was ance t 
 And you the toast of a' the town, S. O Mary^ at thy window \ 
 O wat ye wha's in yon town, 
 
 Ye see the ev'ning sun upon? {re.'\ S. O wat ye wha's ini 
 The sun blinks blythe on yon town, . . .lb. 
 
 A fairer than's in yon town, 
 
 His setting beam ne'er shone upon, ire."] . . , lb. 
 Thro' a' the town she trotted by him ; Poor Mailie's El. 
 
 But my delight in yon town. 
 
 And dearest joy, is Lucy fair. . . . . lb. 
 
 What needs this din about the town o' Lon'on ? 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 (Auld Ayr, wham ne'er a town surpasses, 
 For honest men and bonny lasses.) . . Tam o' Shanter. 2. 
 And a town of fame whose princely name 
 
 Should grace the Lass of Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 Ye godly Councils wha hae blest this town ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 A cannie errand to a neebor town : The Cotter's Sat. Night, 
 The deil cam fiddlin' thro' the town, 
 
 S. The deil camfiddlitC t 
 To send a lad to London town \_re.'\ The Election Ballads. I. 
 And he wad gae to London town, {re."] . , lb. 
 
 Whom will you send to London town, . lb. II. 
 
 New-christening towns far and near, . . lb. III. 
 
 And bent on winning borough towns, . lb. VI. 
 
 But Homer like the glowran byke, 
 
 Frae town to town I draw that The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Town of Ayr, town of Ayr, it was mad I declare, 
 
 The Kirk^s Alartn. 
 Or try the wicked town of A[yr], . . The Ordination, g. 
 There's a boatfu' o' lads 
 
 Come to our town to sell. . .S". There's news, lasses f 
 
 A' the colours in the town, 
 
 I hae won their wanton favour. . . S. Wantonness t 
 Young Jockey was the blythest lad 
 
 In a' our town or here awa ; . S. Young Jockey t 
 
 Towns-bodies, 
 
 Towns-bodies ran, an' stood abiegh, A Gude New-Year t 8. 
 Towrin [towering]. 
 
 The vera tapmost, towrin height 
 
 O' Miss's bonnet. . . . To a Louse. 
 Towsing [handling roughly, dishevelling]. 
 
 For towsing a lass i' my daffin. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Towzie [rough, shaggy], 
 
 A towzie tyke, black, grim, and large, Tam 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 His breast was white, his towzie back, 
 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; . The Twa Dogs, Jt 
 
Toy 
 
 490 
 
 Treason 
 
 Toy [an old fashion of female headdress], 
 on an auld wife's llainen toy ; . . . To a Louse, 
 
 Toy. How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue 
 
 When pu'd and worn a common toy \ S. I do confess t 
 Amid their flaring, idle toys, . .S". The Contented Cottager. 
 
 Toyte [to totter like old age]. 
 
 We'll toyte about wi' ane anither ; A Guid New-Year 1 18. 
 Tozie [tipsy]. 
 
 An' ay he gies the tozie drab 
 The tither skelpan Itiss, . . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Trace. 
 
 A "hare-brain'd, sentimental trace" The Vision. D. I. lo. 
 To mark the embryotlc trace, Of rustic Bard ; lb. D. II. lo. 
 Nae hare-brain'd, sentimental traces, . . ToJ.S.j sy. 
 Trace, to. Wild-beats my heart, to trace your steps. 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 Yet oft, delighted, [Summer] stops to trace 
 
 The progress of the spiky blade. Add, to Shade of Thomson. 
 Can thy keen inspection trace 
 ■ Aught of Humanity's sweet melting grace 7 
 
 Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Soon, too soon, your fears I trace ; On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Still, if some Patron's gen'rous care he trace. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 For her I'll trace a distant shore; . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 No more I trace the light footsteps of pleasure, 
 
 S. Where are the joys t 
 These northern scenes with weary feet I trace ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 Trac'd. 
 Where never human footstep trac'd. Despondency., an Ode. 4, 
 As e'er in tug or tow was trac'd. . . . The Inventory, 
 Tracery, knit with curious tracery, . . On Lincluden. 
 Trade, 
 As busy Trade his labours plies; . Add. to Edinburgh, z. 
 ' Till ane Hornbook's ta'en up the trade, 
 
 ' And faith, he'll waur me. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 ' An honest Wabster to his trade, .... lb. 26. 
 ' So dinna ye affront your trade, Ep. to /. L — k^ Ap. zist^ 4. 
 He'll have them by fair trade, if not, he will smuggle ; 
 
 Fmg.^ inscr. to Fox. 
 And taen the — Antiquarian trade, 
 
 I think they call it. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Broken trade o' Broughton, A' in high rep^r. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 And I served out my Trade when the gallant game was play'd, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 
 To rattle the thundering drum was his trade ; . lb. S. II. 
 
 I am a Fiddler to my trade, lb. S. V. 
 
 Of a' the trades that I do ken, 
 
 Commend me to the Ploughman. . S. The Ploughman. 
 But soon grew weary o' the trade. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 And doubly curse the luckless rhyming trade. To R, G. ofF,, 
 Tragic. 
 There's themes enow in Caledonian story. 
 Wad shew the Tragic Muse in a' her glory. Scots Prologue. 
 
 Train, 
 
 Still crouding thoughts, a pensive train, A Winter Night, 6. 
 Pity the tuneful muses' hapless tr^n, Ep. to R. Graham, j. 
 'Tis the soft, spotless, vestal train, . . On Lincluden. 
 
 Once the lov'd haunts of Scotia's royal train ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Say, Lassie, why thy train amang, - ■ 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 But wi' miscarriage ? . Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 A fairy train appear'd in order bright : The Brigs of Ayr. 11, 
 The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 
 The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose : . .lb. 
 Here's to all the wandering train I 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S, VI IL 
 Keen Recollection's direful train, . . . The Lament. 
 Not so the IVIuses' mad-cap train, . . ToR. G, ofF.^ 8. 
 
 Thy cruel, woe-delighted train, 
 The ministers of Grief and Pain, 
 An' far unworthy of thy traiii, 
 Train-attendant. 
 Nor for a train-attendant ; 
 
 . To Ruin. 
 To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 
 Train-attended, Does the train-attended Carriage 
 
 Through the country lighter rove ? 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Train'd. And train'd to arms in stern misfortune's field, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Traitor, 
 
 Ye're but a pack 0' traitor louns, . S, An 
 And I'm the sovereign of Scotland, 
 
 And mony a traitor there ; . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Wha will be a traitor knave ? . . . S. Scots, ivha ha'e t 
 Traitor, coward, turn and flee I . ... lb. 
 
 And he wha acts the traitor's part, 
 
 It to perdition sends, man. . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 For hireling traitors' wages. . . . S, The Union. 
 
 Tram. Ae leg an' baith the trams are broken ; The Inventory. 
 Wi' woo' like goats, an' legs like trams ; [v. A. 19] 
 
 Poor MaiUe's El. . 
 Tramp, 
 
 Knowledge, on a random tramp, . The Brigs of Ayr, 10, 
 Transgression. 
 
 And punish each transgression ; The Ordination. 5. 
 
 Transmit, But please transmit the enclosed letter, 
 
 S. Ken ye ought 0' Capt. G. f 
 Transmugrify'd [transformed]. 
 Till, quite transmugrify'd, they're grown 
 Debauchery and Drinking : . Add. to Unco Cuid. $• 
 Transpierced, That heart transpierc'd with many a wound ; 
 
 S. The gloomy night \ 
 Transport, 
 And do I hear my Jeanie own. 
 
 That equal transports move her? S. Come, let me takethee\ 
 My heart did glowing transport feel, [v. A.4] The Vision. D. I, 
 And bring an angel pen to write 
 
 My transports wi' my Anna ! S. Thegowd. Locks of A, 
 Those records dear of transports past, To Mary in Heaven. 
 Transported. Transported I was with my Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II, 
 Trap. But fell in a trap 
 
 On the braes o' Gemappe, The Black-Headed Eagle. 
 
 Trash, In a' the tinsel trash o' state ! El. on Capt. M. H. lb. 
 
 Wae worth that Brandy, burnan trash ! Scotch Drink. tS. 
 
 Poor devil ! see him owre his trash, . , To a Haggis. 
 
 Trashtrie [trash], 
 
 Wi' sauce, ragouts, an sic like trashtrie, The Twa Dogs. 9. 
 Travail. Come ease, or come travail, come pleasure or pain ; 
 S. Contented wC little^ t 
 Travel, 
 For the man that loves his mistress weel 
 
 Nae travel makes him weary. ,5". Heris to thy health, \ 
 My travel a' on foot I'll shank it, . . . The Inventory. 
 Travel, to. An' tho' yon lowan heugh's thy hame, 
 
 Thou travels far ; Add. to the Dell. J. 
 
 Travel the country thro' and thro', . S. Hee balou, t 
 
 Travell'd, 
 
 So travell'd monkies their grimace improve, . . Sketch. 
 
 I've travell'd round all Christian ground 
 
 In this my occupation ; . The Jolly Beggars, S. VI. 
 
 Trav'llers. 
 
 An' nighted Trav'llers are allur'd 
 
 To their destruction. Add. to the Deil. 12. 
 Traversing. 
 
 An' aft your moss-traversing Spunkies 
 
 Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is : Add. to the Deil. 13- 
 Treacherie. 
 
 And quotes thy treacheries to prove it true? Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 
 I die by treacherie ; . . S, Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Treacherous. 
 
 A dear-lov'd lad, convenience snug, 
 
 A treacherous inclination . . Add. to Unco Guid. 6, 
 Tread. The trembling earth resounds his tread, To a Haggis. 
 Tread, to. 
 
 a shapely shank, As e'er tread yjrd ; A Guid Ne-w-Yeari 3. 
 . O tread ye lightly on his grass, . . Epit, on a IVag. 
 
 And tread the dreary path to that dark world unknown. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Treason, 
 
 But surely Dreams were ne'er indicted Treason. A Dream* 
 
 To wy te her [my Muse's] countrymen wi' treason ! 
 
 Scotch Drink. H- 
 
 And bar'd the treason undel*. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
Treason 
 
 491 
 
 Trembling' 
 
 S. The Union. 
 
 . S. Sensibiiiiy, f 
 
 would, or I had seen the day 
 That treason thus could sell us, . 
 
 Treasure. 
 
 For oh 1 the yellow treasure's taen 
 
 By witching skill ; . Add> to the Deil. lo. 
 When in my arms, wi' a' thy charms, 
 
 I clasp my countless treasure, 01 S. An' I'll ktss thee yet \ 
 Know thy form was once a treasure ; . . Blue Bonnets. 
 The bands and bliss o* mutual love, 
 
 that's the chiefest warld's treasure I 
 
 S, Braw lads on Var. hraes t 
 Like meeting her, cur bosom's treasure. S. By Allan stream f 
 the pleasure The fickle Fair can give thee, 
 
 Is but a fairy treasure, . . , S. Deluded Swain t 
 Nae treasures, nor pleasures 
 
 Could make us happy lang ; . . E^. to Dame. S- 
 An' trowth my rhymin' ware's nae treasure ; 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 But your green graff, now, Luckie Laing, 
 
 Wad airt me to my treasure. . . S. Gat ye me t 
 
 Let her lo'e nae man but me ; 
 
 There the Lover's treasure lies. . . S. Jockey fou t 
 
 Deal Freedom's sacred treasures free as air, 
 
 Lns extent, in Lady's Pochet-bk. 
 The greybeard, old wisdom, may boast of his treasures, 
 
 Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav. 
 What are their showy treasures ? . S. Mark yonder PomJ> t 
 But now I've found a treasure 
 
 Too rich for a King to buy. S. My Love''s a winsome t 
 
 That make the miser's treasure poor : 
 
 S. Mary., at thy window \ 
 Else why within so thick a wall 
 
 Enclose so poor a treasure ? On Com. Goldie's Brains. 
 
 Thine be ilka joy and treasure, . S. One fond kiss\ 
 
 Already in thy fancy's eye, Thy sicker treasure. Poem on Life. 
 What pleasure, what treasure. 
 
 Unto these rosy lips to grow : . . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Leeze me on rhyme ! it's ay a treasure, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Dearly bought the hidden treasure 
 
 Finer feeUngs can bestow ! . 
 With richer treasures bless my sight ! 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom f 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades o' treasure, . Tarn d Shanter. 6. 
 What is title? what is treasure? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Take away these rosy lips, 
 
 Rich with balmy treasure : . S. ThiTte am^ /f 
 
 And all the treasures of the mind . To a yng Lady. 
 
 Shall let the busy, grumbling hive 
 
 Bum owre their treasure. To W. Simpson. 16. 
 
 If ance I had my lovely treasure. 
 
 Let the rest admire and die. S. Will ye go and many t 
 By the treasure of my soul 
 
 That's the love I bear thee ! 
 
 Treasured, 
 
 Your dear remembrance in my breast, 
 
 My fondly-treasur'd thoughts employ'd. The Lament. 6. 
 Tree. 
 And raging bend the naked tree ; S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Amang the trees where humming bees S. Amangthe trees t 
 When glimmering through the trees appear'd, 
 
 Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, '. As on the banks \ 
 " Alas ! " quoth I, "what ruefu' chance, 
 
 *' Has twin'd ye o' your bonie trees ; . . lb. 
 
 " The worm that gnaws my bonie trees, 
 
 " That Reptile wears a Ducal crown ! " . lb. 
 
 " Calces o' fossils, earths, and trees ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 21. 
 Ye houlets, frae your ivy bower. 
 In some auld tree, or eldritch tower. El. on Capt. M. H., 10. 
 
 So deckt the woodbine sweet yon aged tree. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Pitying the propless climber of mankind. 
 She cast about a standard tree to find ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 
 Trees with aged arms were warring, S. I dream' d I lay t 
 She'll wander by the aiken tree, . . S.rUaycd in\ 
 
 The feather'd people you might see, 
 Perch'd all around on every tree, S. It was the charming'^ 
 
 " I am a bending aged tree, 
 
 " That lopg has stood the wind and rain ; 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 Now Nature hangs her mantle green 
 
 On every blooming tree, . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 S. Wilt thou be my t 
 
 It's a' for the apple he'll nourish the tree ; 
 
 S, O meikle thinks my love t 
 Ye're like to the bark o' yon rotten tree \ ... lb. 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree ; S. O watye wha's i»i 
 And gane, alas ! the sheltering tree, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 The groaning trees untimely shed their locks, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 I see the flowers and spreading trees, ^S". Sweet fa's the eve f 
 When yon green leaves fade frae the tree, 
 
 Around my grave they'll wither. . ... lb. 
 
 When, glimmering through the groaning trees, 
 Kirk-Afioway seem'd in a bleeze ; Tarn- 0* Shanter. 10, 
 
 Wi' lightsome heart I pu'd a rose, 
 
 Frae afif its thorny tree ; S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett. II. 
 Proud 0' the height o' some bit half-lang tree : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The silent moon shone high o'er tow'r and tree : . .lb. 3. 
 Beneath the shelter of an aged tree ; The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 The western breeze steals through the trees, 
 
 The FSte Champeire. 
 That man shall flourish like the trees 
 
 Which by the streamlets grow ; . . . The 1st Psalm. 
 He'll shade my banks wi' towering trees, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Or, by the reaper's nightly beam, 
 
 Mild-chequering through the trees, . ... lb. 
 But ere the bud was on the tree, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Alas ! sae sweet a tree as love, 
 
 Sic bitter fruit should bear ! The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Heard ye 0' the tree o' France, The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Upo' this tree there grows sic fruit, . . lb. 
 
 The courtly vermin's banned the tree, . lb' 
 
 For Freedom^ standing by the tree. 
 
 Her sons did loudly ca', man ; . . , . lb. 
 
 That sic a tree cannot be found 
 
 'Twixt London and the Tweed, man. . , . lb. 
 
 Without this tree, alake this life 
 
 Is but a vale o' woe, man ; . .lb. 
 
 Wi' plenty o' sic trees, I trow, 
 
 The warld would live in peace, man ; . . lb. 
 
 Syne let us pray, auld England may 
 
 Sure plant this far-famed tree, man ; . . . .lb. 
 The Thresher's weary flingin-tree, The Vision. D. I. 2. 
 
 And the small birds sing on every tree; The Winter it is past \ 
 The trees now naked groaning, 
 
 Shall soon wi' leaves be hinging, S. The yng Highl. Rover. 
 Whare the trees and the branches will be our safe guard. 
 
 S. There grows a bonie \ 
 On every tree appear my verses . . To Clarinda. 
 
 When winds rave thro' the naked tree ; 71? W. Simpson. 
 
 By mony a flow'r and spreading tree, S. Where Cart rins \ 
 The leafless trees my fancy please, . . Winter. 
 
 Fu' sweet upon its thorny tree ; . S. Ye banks and braes \ 
 Tree-POOt. I sat me down to ponder, 
 
 Upon an auld tree-root : One night as li 
 
 Tremble. Go teach them to tremble, fell tyrant ! 
 
 S. Earewell, thou fair day \ 
 To tremble under Fortune's cummock, 
 
 ^. On Scot Bardgne to W. I. 
 Where twa wheel-barrows tremble when they meet, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 I tremble to approach an angry God, . Why am I loth f 
 Trembled, -'d. 
 And trembl'd where he stood. . S. Ona bank of flowers f 
 I trembled for my Hoggie. . . S. What will I do gin t 
 Trembling. 
 On trembling string, or vocal air, .S". A Rosebud by my + 
 
 Trembling, I dow nought but glowr, S. Blythe ha'e I been t 
 The trembling dove thus flies, . . . S. How cruel t 
 as he touch'd his trembling harp, Lament for Glencairti. 
 
 Yestreen, when to the trembling string 
 "The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', 
 
 S. O Maryt at thy window t 
 
 Nor quit for me the trembling spray, S. O stay., sweet warblingf 
 The silvery moonbeams trembling play : . On Lincluden. 
 Who trembling heard my parting sigh, 
 
 .y. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 I joyless view thy trembling horn. 
 
 Reflected in the gurgling rill. . The Lament. 
 
 And call the trembling vowels to account. . The Vowels, 
 
Trembling 
 
 492 
 
 Troke 
 
 As trembling U stood staring all aghast, . The Vowels. 
 So trembling, pure, was tender love 
 
 Within the breast of bonie Jean. S. There was a lass t 
 The trembling earth resounds his tread, . To a Haggis. 
 
 With trembling voice I tune my strain To Rev. J. M'-Math. 
 Trench. 
 This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I, 
 Trenched. 
 
 ' They'll a' be trench'd wi* mony a sheugh, 
 
 In twa-three year. Death and Dr. Homiook. 24. 
 Trencher. The groaning trencher there ye fill, To a Haggis. 
 Trenching. 
 
 Trenching your gushing entrails bright • . To a Haggis. 
 Trepan. 
 Your hearts she will trepan. .S". A. Masterton's Bonie Anne. 
 The ladies' hearts he did trepan, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Tresses. 
 
 Thy gay, green, flowery tresses shear, El. on Capt. M. //"., 12. 
 Trews, Trouse [trousers], 
 the philibegs And skyrin tartan trews, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 The rose upon the breer will be him trouse an' doublet, 
 
 ^. Wee Willie Gray t 
 Trial. May his son be a hangman, and he his first trial. 
 
 At a Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 
 Your faith proved so loyal, in hot bloody trial, 
 
 S. The small birds i 
 Triangle. 
 
 Rectangle-triangle, the figure we'll choose, S. Caledonia. 6. 
 Tribe. Some sort all our qualities each to its tribe, 
 
 Frag.^ inscr. to Fox. 
 Issachar, The burden-bearing tribe. . New Psalmody. 
 When feather'd tribes are courting, . S. Young Peggy t 
 Tribulation. For she [our Kirk] by tribulations 
 
 Is now brought very low. New Psalmody. 
 Tribute. 
 
 " Accept this tribute from the Bard Lament /or Glencaim. 
 The tearful tribute of a broken heart. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Rich is the tribute of the grateful mind. To Miss Graham.. 
 And all the tribute of my heart returns, To R. Graham. 
 
 Trick. 
 The tricks o' knaves, or fash o' fools, . Add. to Toothache. 
 Their donsie tricks, their black mistakes. Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 Your dreams an' tricks 
 Will send you, Korah-like, a sinkin, . Ep, to J, R. 
 
 Play'd me sic a trick, . . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 Their tricks an' craft hae put me daft. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 With the ready trick and fable 
 
 Round we wander all the day ; . . . lb. S. VIII. 
 lest he learn the callan tricks, . , .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 An* some, to learn them for their tricks, 
 
 Were hang'd an' brunt. To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Trick, to. 
 
 Dame life, the' fiction out may trick her, . Poem on Life. 
 Trickle [tricksy]. 
 Tho* ye was trickle, slee and funnie. 
 
 Ye ne'er was donsie ; A Guid New- Year f J. 
 Trickle. 
 
 Adown my beard the slavers trickle ! . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Trickled. The tears trickled down like the hail and the rain ; 
 
 S. As I was a-wand^ring f 
 
 When the tear trickled bright, On Death offav. Child. 
 
 Trickling. 
 
 Wi' saut tears trickling down your nose ; Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Tried, Try'd, Try't. 
 
 But sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 10. 
 ' I might as weel hae try'd a quarry 
 
 ' O' hard whxn-rock. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 Half-jest, she [nature] tried one curious labour more. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Friend of the poet tried and leal, . . Friend 0/ the poet \ 
 Her prentice han' she try'd on man, 
 
 An then she made the lasses, O. S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Sometime when nae ane see'd him, 
 
 An' try't that night. . . Halloween. 17. 
 Scarce ane has tried the shepherd-sang 
 
 But wi* miscarriage? Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Tried all my skill, but find I'm still 
 
 Just where I was before Symon Gray\ 
 
 But I hae tried this border knight, 
 
 I'll try him yet again. . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 In spite at her plumage he [Phoebus] tried his skill : 
 
 S. The heather was blooming^ 
 And tired 0' sauls to waste his lear on. 
 
 E'en tried the body. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Trifle. 
 I send you a trifle, a head of a bard, 
 
 A trifle scarce worthy your care ; Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 O, could I give thee India's wealth, 
 As I this trifle send ! . . . .To John M'Mvrdo. 
 Trifled. 
 
 Trifled aff till she's grown auld, S. Will ye go and marry^ 
 Trifling. 
 One trifling particular, Truth, should have miss'd him ! 
 
 Frag.., inscr. to Fox. 
 
 Trig [spruce, neat]. 
 
 The lads sae trig, wi' wooer-babs, . . . Halloween. 
 
 so trig from top to toe, . . . S. John Anderson, t 
 
 But he sae trig Lap o'er the rig, . S. The tither mom f 
 
 Auld Reekie ay he keepit tight, 
 
 "And trig an' braw : . 
 
 . To W.Creech. 
 S. Willie Wastle\ 
 Add. ofBeehehnh. 
 
 But Willie's wife is nae sae trig, 
 She dights her gninzie wi' a husbion ; 
 Trigger. 
 
 Wi' durk, claymore, or rusty trigger, 
 
 But yet he drew the mortal trigger 
 
 Wi' weel-aim'd heed : Tarn Samsot£s El., 11, 
 Trills. 
 
 Compared with these, Italian trills are tame ; 
 
 Th£ CotieT^s Sat. Night, 13. 
 
 In arioso trills and graces Ye never stray, . To J. S. , zy. 
 Trim. 
 
 She's aye sae neat, sae trim, sae tight, S. Whenjirst I saw t 
 Trimly. An' [some nits] burn thegither trimly ; Halloween. 7. 
 Trinkling [trickling]. 
 
 Comes trinkling down her swan-white neck, S. Mally'smeek. 
 Trin'le [the wheel of a barrow]. 
 
 An' my auld mother brunt the trin'le. . The Inventory^ 
 
 Trip. Though 'twere a trip to yon blue warl', To Mr. Renion. 
 Tripe. Aboon them a' ye tak your place, 
 
 Fainch, tripe, or thairm : To a Haggis. 
 Tripped. 
 
 She tripped by the banks of Earn, 
 As light's a bird upon a thorn. . . S. Blyihe was she, f 
 Tripping. 
 Tripping o'er the pearly lawn, . S. It was the charming\ 
 A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight, . Sketch. 
 
 lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, S. Their groves of \ 
 Triumphant. England, triumphant, display her proud rose ; 
 ■5*. How pleasant the banks t 
 Triumphant crushan't like a muscle 
 
 The Author's Ciy and Prayer. 7. 
 Hope ' springs exulting on triumphant wing.' 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, ib. 
 Triumphantly. 
 Her grandsire, old Odin, triumphantly swore, S. Caledonia, 
 
 Triumphed. Nor envious death so triimiph'd in a blow, 
 
 El. on Miss Bumei. 
 Trodden. 
 The sweetest flower that deck'd the mead. 
 Now trodden like the vilest weed, . .S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 Trode. But Phemie was the blythest lass 
 
 That ever trode the dewy green. S. Blythe was she,^ 
 
 a good bay mare, As ever trode on aim ; 
 
 El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 Trode i' the mire out o' sight 1 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 10. 
 
 Learning and Worth in equal measures trode. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13, 
 
 Troggin [wares sold by wandering merchants]. 
 
 Wha will buy my troggin, 
 
 Gude election ware ; . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Buy braw troggin, Frae the banks 0' Dee ; 
 Wha wants troggin Let him come to me. . . . lb- 
 
 Saw ye e'er sic troggin ? . . . . . . lo. 
 
 Troke [to exchange, barter]. 
 Wi' you no friendship I will troke 
 
 Nor cheap nor dear. To Mr. J. Kennedy 
 
Troop 
 
 493 
 
 True 
 
 Troop. 
 Lord, send a rough-shod troop o' Hell 
 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, The Electidn Ballads. VI. 
 I could meet a troop of Hell at the sound of a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Some one of a troop of Dragoons was my dadie, . H. S. II. 
 Trope. Tropes, metaphors, and figures pour, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 TPOphied. 'Twas Caledonia's trophied shield I view'd : 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Trophy. Thus Robert, victorious, the trophy has gained, 
 
 The Whistle. S. 
 Trot. Or trots [thy burnie] by hazelly shaws and braes, 
 
 Poevi on Pastoral Poetry. 
 On ilka hand the burnies trot, S, The Contented Cottager. 
 Troth 1). Trowth. 
 
 Troth. We hae plighted our troth, my Mary, To Mary. 
 
 Trotted. Till stop ! she trotted thro' them a' ; 
 
 An' wha was it but Grumphie Halloween, so. 
 Thro' a' the town she trotted by him ; Poor Maine's El.. 
 
 Trottin, -an. 
 Ye then was trottan wi'your Minnie : A Guid New Year^S- 
 Adown some trottin burn's meander, To W. Simpson, /j. 
 
 Trouble. A towmond o' trouble, should that be my fa', 
 A night o' gude fellowship sbwthers it a' ; 
 
 S. Contented wt little f 
 For care and trouble set your thought, 
 
 Ep. to Young Friend, a. 
 This worthless body damn'd himsel, 
 
 To save the Lord the trouble. . . . Epit. on D. C. 
 Now thou's turn'd out, for a' thy trouble, 
 
 But house or hald, . . . To a Mouse. 
 Trouble, to. 
 But warl's gear ne'er troubles me, S. Behind yon hills \ 
 
 False friends, false love, farewel ! for more, 
 
 I'll ne'er trouble them, nor thee, Oh. S. Oh, open the door\ 
 Or naething else to trouble thee, S. There was a lass t 
 
 Troubled. 
 
 Nor wi' envy troubled be ; . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 Troublesome. 
 I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought, 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 Trouse v. Trews. 
 
 Trout. And pleasure is a wanton trout, S. Gane is the day \ 
 The trout within yon wimpling burn 
 That glides, a silver dart, . S. Now Spring has cladf 
 
 That wanton trout was I ; 16. 
 
 Trouts bedropp'd wi' crimson hail. Tarn Samson's El. , 6. 
 The lightly-jumping, glowrin trouts, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Trouth V. Trowth. 
 Trow [to believe]. 
 Wad gar you trow ye ne'er do wrang, . A Dream, 2. 
 
 I trow we swapped for the warse, S. Carl, an the King come. 
 She wadna trow't, the broust she brew't. 
 
 Wad taste sae bitterlie. . . S. Her Daddieforhad\ 
 Three merry boys, I trow, are we ; S. O Willie brewd \ 
 
 He's there but a prentice, I trow, Th^ Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 A bloody man I trow thou he ; . S. The lovely lass of 1. 1 
 There's some that are dowie, I trow wad be fain 
 To see the bit Taylor come skippin again. S. The Taylor fell\ 
 I didna trow, I'd see my jo, . . S. The Uther morn\ 
 I trow it made me proud ; . . .To Mr. M'Adam. 
 May 1 never see it, may I never trow it, S. Wandering Willie. 
 
 Trowth, Trouth, Troth [truth ! a petty oath]. 
 
 Or trouth I ye'll stain the Mitre . . . A Dream. I2. 
 ' That trouth, my head is grown right dizzie, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. aist, 3. 
 Trowth, they had muckle for to blame 1 Ep. to J. R., iz. 
 
 An' trowth my rhymin' ware's nae treasure ; 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 
 In troth I'm fear'd to venture, Sir. , . S. Tm der young f 
 But troth I care na by. . . . . S.O Tibbie I \ 
 
 Fine architecture, trowth, I needs must say't o't ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 
 Trowth, Caesar, whyles their fash't enough; 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 
 I lippen'd to the chiel in trouth, . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Truant, truant 'prentices, yet young in sin, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Truce. But tr.uce with abstraction, and truce with a muse. 
 
 Frag. , inscr. to Fox. 
 But loyalty truce ! we're on dangerous ground, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 But truce with peevish, poor complaining ! . ToJ.S., so. 
 True. 'Tis very^ true, my sovereign King, 
 
 My skill may weel be doubted ; . A Dream. 4. 
 Will's a true guid fallow's get, . . . /^. 7. 
 
 In loyal, true affection lb. S. 
 
 And I long for my true lover ! . . ^S". Ay waukin, O. 
 
 Her face is fair, her heart is true, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 The courtier tells a finer tale, But is his heart as true ? 
 
 S. Behold, my love, t 
 as true's the Deil's in hell, Or Dublin city ; 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 2. 
 True Sal-marinum o' the seas ; . . lb. 21. 
 
 \Waes me for Johnny Ged's-Hole now,' 
 
 Quoth I, * if that thae news be true! ... lb. 23. 
 Be Britain still to Britain true, lS". Does haughty Gaul, \ 
 
 And the wretch, his true sworn brother, . . lb. 
 
 And quotes thy treacheries to prove it true ? Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 But gif ye want ae friend that's true, 
 
 Ep. to J. L~~k, Ap. 1st, IS. 
 Friend of my life, true patron of my rhymes ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 I swear to be true to My Eppie Adair? S. Eppie Adair. 
 
 And art thou come, and art thou true ! S. Here is the glen, t 
 It's guid to be honest and true, S. Here's a health to them t 
 His royal heart was firm and true, . S. Highl. Laddie. 
 
 Or else, thou kens, thy servant true 
 
 Wad ne'er ha'e steer'd her. Holy Willies Prayer. 8. 
 True it is, she had one failing, Lns under Pict. of Miss B. 
 But come, all ye offspring of folly so true, Monody, on a Lady. 
 May ev'ry true Brother of th' Compass and Square 
 Have a big-belly'd bottle when pressed with care. 
 
 S. No Churckjnan am I\ 
 Their hearts and swords are metal true, 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa \ 
 And my fond heart, itsel sae true. 
 
 It ne'er mistrusted thine. . . . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 Tho' thou hast been false, I'll ever prove true, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door, t 
 My true love ! she cried, — and sunk down by his side, lb. 
 
 May he who wins thy matchless charms ^ 
 
 Possess a leal and true heart ; . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 A name, which to love was the mark of a true heart, 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 How true is love to pure desert, . S. Sae far awa. 
 
 True Campbells, Frederick an' Hay ; 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 When my fause luve was true. 
 
 ^S". The Banks ofDoon. Sett. II. 
 *' O how deil Tarn can that be true ? 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 And Wallace-Tow'r had sworn the fact was true : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion : . .lb. 8. 
 Kight, Sir, your text I'll prove it true, . . The Calf 
 
 Her auld Scots heart was true ; The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Muirhead, Vha's as gude, as he's true ; . . . lb. III. 
 And IVtaxwell true, o' sterling blue ; . S. The Laddies by \ 
 He's wal'd us out a true ane. And sound The Ordination. 8. 
 His mind is ever true, jo, . . S. The Ploughman \ 
 
 Their tokens of love, and their true thankfulness ; 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Still it's owre true that ye hae said, . The Twa Dogs. 21. 
 It's true, they need na starve or sweat, . . lb. zg. 
 
 Since my true love is parted from me. [re.} 
 
 S. The Winter it is past \ 
 And is constant for ever and true ; . . . lb. 
 
 That's the true pathos and sublime 
 
 Of human life. . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 I hae sworn by the Heavens to be true ; . .To Mary. 
 Our Sex with guile and faithless love, 
 
 Is charg'd, perhaps too true ; To Miss L,, with " Beattie.^' 
 But gie me just a true good fallow 
 
 Wi' right ingine, . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 I own'd the tale was true he tell'd me, . What ails ye now \ 
 By whom true love's regarded, . S. When wild Wat's \ 
 thus may still True lovers be rewarded. . . lb. 
 
True 
 
 494 
 
 Truth-prevailing 
 
 man's true, genuine estimate, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H, 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives," attend to my song, 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives" t 
 
 TPUe-blue. Dempster, a true-blue Scot I'se warran ; 
 
 The Atithat's Cry and Prayer. 13. 
 When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs, 
 And covenant True blues, man ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 True-hearted, 
 True hearted was he the sad swain of the Yarrow, 
 
 S, True hearted was he t 
 And find thee still true-hearled ; . >?. tVhen wild Wat's t 
 Truest. 
 Yet rich in kindest, truest love, ,S. Braw lads on Yar. hraes t 
 In thee, high Heaven above, was truest shown. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Ev'n then, sometimes we'd snatch a taste 
 
 Of truest happiness Ef. to Davie. 3. 
 
 For she, as fairest is her form. 
 
 She has the truest, kindest heart. i'. watye wha's in t 
 Oh. why .should truest worth and genius pine 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe, 
 
 Lns on Fergusson. 
 
 And, dearest gift of heaven below, 
 Thine friendship's truest heart. . . . To Chloris. 
 
 Truly. It's no in books ; it's no in Lear, 
 
 To make us truly blest : . . Ep. to Davie. 5. 
 
 Attach'd him to the generous truly great, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 4. 
 And think human nature they truly describe ; 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Yet, think not all the Rich and Great, 
 
 Are likewise truly blest. . Man was made to mourn. 
 Her face so truly heavenly fair, . i'. My Mary's face t 
 
 Believe our glowing bosoms truly feel it. 
 
 Prologue at Th., D.. 
 
 She fell— but fell with spirit truly Roman, Scots Prologue. 
 But hath decreed that wicked men 
 Shall ne'er be truly blest. . . The 1st Ps. 
 
 Trump. While loud, the trump's heroic clang, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 The tongue o' the trump to them a' ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Trumpet. 
 
 Trumpets sound and cannons roar, . .S. Highl. Laddie. 
 
 The trumpets sound, the banners fly, . i'. My bonie Mary. 
 Will gar Fame blaw until her trumpet crack, Scots Prologue. 
 Now he proclaims, wi' tout o' trumpet, 
 
 Tam Samson's dead ! Tarn Samson's EL, 10. 
 But now the L — 's ain trumpet touts. 
 Till a' the hills are rairan, . . . The Holy Fair. si. 
 Trunk, My trunk of eild, but buss or beild, 
 
 3". But lately seen,\ 
 
 Whose trunk was monld'ring down with years ; 
 
 Lament far GhTicaim. 
 
 Trust. 
 
 Vain is his hope, whase stay an' trust is, 
 InmoralMercy, Truth, and Justice! . A Ded.toG. H.,y. 
 wi' warldly trust, Vile self gets in ; Holy Willies Prayer. 6. 
 By Love's simplicity betray'd, 
 
 And guileless trust, . To a Mountain-Datsy. 
 Keep His Goodness still in view. 
 Thy trust— and thy example too. Wr. in Hermitage at F.C. 
 
 Trust, to. 
 
 ' She trusts hersel, to hide the shame, 
 
 ' In Hornbook's care ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. sS. 
 
 I trust mean time my boon is in thy gift : 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S- 
 The Friend we trust ; the Fair we love 1 Grace after Dinner. 
 She trusts the ruthless falconer . . . S. How cruel\ 
 I will hope and trust in heaven, . .S. Husband, husband i 
 But far better days I trust will come again ; 
 
 6". Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 And grateful still, I trust, ye'U ever find us : Scots Prologue. 
 My helpless lambs, I trust them wi' him. 
 
 The Death of Mailie. 
 
 Wad trust his Grace wi' a', Jamie ; 3'. The Laddies by t 
 
 But chiefly thou, apostle A[ul]d, 
 
 We trust in thee, . The Twa Herds. 10. 
 
 And trust me, not Potosi's mine. Nor King's regard. 
 
 Can give a bliss o'ermatching thine. The Vision. D. II. 21. 
 
 And trust, the Universal Plan Will all protect. lb. 22. 
 
 A Dream. 3. 
 
 Trusted. 
 
 Ye've trusted 'Ministration, 
 To chaps, wha. in a barn or byre 
 
 Wad better fill'd their station Than courts 
 But Och, mankind are unco weak, 
 
 An' little to be trusted ; . . Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 Is nought to what poor she endures 
 
 That's trusted faithless man, jo. S. Lassie, art thou t 
 That he was still deceived who trusted 
 
 To love or friend ; . . . The Hermit. 
 Trustees. 
 Your factors, grieves, trustees and bailies, 
 I canna say but they do gailies ; . Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 Trusting. 
 Let witless, trusting woman say 
 
 How aft her fates the same, jo. . S. Lassie, art thou t 
 
 Let me, lassie, quickly die. 
 
 Trusting that thou lo'es me : S. Wilt thou be my\ 
 
 Trusty, my auld, trusty Servan', A Guid New-Year \ ii. 
 
 'Tis thy trusty quondam Mate, Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 To that trusty auld worthy Clackleitb, 
 
 P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm." 
 And there's a hand, my trusty feire, 
 
 S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 His ancient, trusty, drouthy crony ; . Tajn 0' Shanter. 5. 
 And there will be trusty Kerroughtree, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 A pair o' trusty lairds, Ib.V. 
 
 And trusty Glenriddel, so skilled in old coins ; The Whistle. 
 But what d'ye think, my trusty fier, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 No nerves olfact'ry. Mammon's trusty cur. To R. G. ofF., 3. 
 Truth. 
 Vain is his hope, whase stay an' trust is. 
 In moral Mercy, Truth and Justice ! . A Ded. to G. H., 7. 
 Truth, weeping, tells the mournful tale, A Winter Night. 8. 
 But deep this truth irapress'd my mind — . lb. 10. 
 
 And truth I shall relate, man ; El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 To tell the truth, they seldom fash't him. 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 
 May Prudence, Fortitude and Truth 
 Erect your brow undaunting ! Ep. to Young Friend. ll. 
 
 They [Misfortunes] make us see the naked truth, 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 
 Plain truth to speak ; . . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 12. 
 The friend of man, the friend of truth ; Epit. en a Friend. 
 One trifling particular. Truth, should have miss'd him! 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 
 To prove our loyal truth— we can no more ; Frag, of Ode. 
 There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard, 
 
 But they wham the truth wad indite. 
 
 i'. Here's a health to them t 
 Thou God oflove and truth, . . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 Auld Truth hersel' might swear ye're fair, On W. Chalmers. 
 But Worth and Truth eternal Youth 
 
 Will give to Polly Stewart. ... 5. Polly Stewart. 
 Says the more 'tis a truth, Sir, the more 'tis a libel ? 
 
 Reproof ly Himself. 
 
 And hear my vows o' truth and love. . 6'. Sae flaxen \ 
 
 For its faith and truth reward it. . . S. Sweetest May \ 
 This truth fand honest Tam o' Shanter, Tam 0' Shanter. a 
 Now, wha this tale o' truth shall read, 
 Ilk man and mother's son, take heed : . 
 Stand forth and tell yon Premier Youth, 
 Thehonest, open, naked truth: 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 4- 
 
 A Wretch ! a Villain ! lost to love and truth 1 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Nitht. 10. 
 Here's a little wadset _, j. „ u j. rv 
 
 Buittles scrap 0' truth, . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 By sacred truth and honour's band ! 5. The Highl. Lassie. 
 So lost to Honor, lost to Truth, . • The Lament. 
 
 gin the truth were a' but kent. The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 
 If ye should doubt the truth o' this— , ^ , , . , „„ 
 It's Bessy's ain opinion! . . The Tarbolton Lasses 
 
 To tell the truth an' shame the Deil . ■ • ^^ ' 
 They talk o' mercy, grace an' truth, To Rev. J. M'Maih. 
 Yepow'rsofhonour, love and truth . D,™-,t 
 
 F^om ev'ry ill defend her ; . . ■ S. Young Peggy t 
 Truth-prevailing. 
 Hence, Dempster's truth-prevailing '^S"'. Cv-A;?|l^ ^ ^ 
 
 lb. 19. 
 
Try 
 
 495 
 
 Tup, Toop 
 
 Try. Who made the heart, 'tis He alone 
 
 Decidedly can try us> . • Add. to Unco Guid, 8. 
 Already I begin to try it, . .A uld comrade t 
 
 Ye'U try the world soon my lad, Ep. io Young Friend. 
 
 Do but try to develope his hooks and his crooks : 
 
 Froff.y inscr. to Fox. 
 Then in thy bosom try, 
 
 What peace is there ! , . . S. Had I ticavs^ 
 
 ' I daur you try sic sportin, .... Halloween. 14. 
 I ken thy friends try ilka means 
 
 Frae wedlock to delay thee ; . lS". Here's io thy kealth,\ 
 But far off fowls hae feathers fair, 
 
 And ay until ye try them : /5. 
 
 L— d in the day of vengeance try him, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 13. 
 [The dove] To shun impelling ruin 
 
 A while her pinions tries ; . . . S. How cruel,i 
 
 "Yet rU try to make a shift, . . S. Husband, husband\ 
 
 Still I will try to daunt you ; lb. 
 
 If thou would win my love, Jamie, come try me [re.] 
 
 S. Jamiej come try me t 
 when Nature first began To try her canny hand, 
 
 S. John AndersQn,\ 
 
 how shall I, unskilfu', try 
 
 The Poet's occupation ? . . . ^S". Lovely Davies. 
 Resolv'd was I, at least to try, 
 
 To mend my situation, O. . S. My father was a farmer t 
 Sae ye wi' anither your fortune maun try. 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 That ye can please me at a wink. 
 
 Whene'er ye like to try. . . S. O Tibbie ! t 
 
 That tho' some by the skirt may try to snatch him [Time], 
 Yet by the forelock is the hold to catch him ; 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Will bauldly try to gie us Plays at hame ? . Scots Prologue. 
 But I hae tried this border knight, 
 
 I'll try him yet again. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 And ye shall see me try him. . . . . lb. VI. 
 
 when my nightly couch I try, . . . The Lament. 8. 
 
 There, try his mettle on the creed, . . The Ordination. S- 
 Or try the wicked town of A[yr], . . . . lb. g. 
 
 If she be shy, her sister try, . The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 And once more, in claret, try which was the man. 
 
 The Whistle. 7. 
 To try my fate in guid, black prent ; . . To J.S.,f. 
 Tpy*d, Tpy't v. Tpied, 
 Try in. 
 For prey, a' holes an' corners tryin ; . Add. io the Deil. 4. 
 And o'er the thairms be tryin ; . . The Ordination. 7. 
 Tpyste [an appointed meeting;; a fair op mapket]. 
 
 1 gaed to the tryste o' Dalgarnock ; 
 
 .S". Last May a braw wooer t 
 
 Wha us'd to trystes an' fairs to driddle, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 
 He gaed wi' Jeanie to the tryste, . S. There was a lass t 
 Ipysted [appointed]. 
 
 It is the wish'd, the trysted hour ; .S". O Mary, at thy window f 
 Tpysting [peptaining to the time op place of an 
 appointed meeting]. 
 When trystin time draws near again ; S. Pll ay ca' in t 
 
 the mill, and trysting thorn, Where Nancy aft I courted : 
 
 S. When wild War's f 
 
 Tub. Tho', by his banes wha in a tub 
 
 Match'd Macedonian Sandy ! . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Tubaleain. Auld Tubalcain's fire-shool and fender ; 
 
 X)n Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Tug [tpaees]. 
 As e'er in tug or tow was drawn ! A Guid New-Year t //. 
 As e'er in tug or tow was trac'd. . . The Inventory, 
 
 Tugging. 
 
 Lies, senseless of each tugging bitch's son. To R. G. ofF., 6. 
 Tully. 
 Whom auld Demosthenes or Tully 
 Might own for brithers. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 Tulzie, Toolzie [a fight, wpangle, quappel]. 
 The toolzie's teugh 'tween Pitt an' Fox, El. on Year 1788. 
 The butcher deeds of bloody fate, 
 
 Amid this mighty tulzie I . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 But though dull prose^folk latin splatter 
 
 In logic tulzie, . . ToW. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Tumble. To cast my een up like a Pyet, 
 
 When by the gun she tumbles o'er, Auld comrade \ 
 Poor Andrew that tumbles for sport. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Tumbled. An' tumbl'd wi' a wintle Out owre Halloween, jq. 
 Tumblep. 
 There's even, I'm tauld, i' the Court 
 A Tumbler ca'd the Premier. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Tumbling. 
 Or tumbling in the boiling flood 
 
 Wi' kail aiv beef; Scotch Drink. 4. 
 
 While, tumbling brown, the Burn comes down, . Winter. 
 Here, tumbling billows mark'd the coast, 
 
 With surging foam ; The Vision. D. 1. 13. 
 
 The incessant roar of headlong tumbling floods 
 
 Wr. in Ken-more Inn. 
 Tumult. 
 With tumult, disquiet, rebellion, and strife ; S. Caledonia. S- 
 Or still the tumult of the raging sea : . Why am I loth t 
 Tumultuous. 
 
 Tumultuous tides his-pulses roll, S. On a bank offlowers\ 
 Tune. O my Luve's like the melodic 
 
 That's sweetly play'd in tune. S. A red, red Rose. 
 On braes when we please then, 
 
 We'll sit and sowth a tune ; . . Ep, to Davie. 4. 
 Ye'll find me in a better tune ; . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Heaven send your heart-strings ay in tune, 
 
 Ep. io Maj. Logan. 4. 
 
 They're a' in famous tune For crack . , The Holy Fair. 26. 
 An' a' the tunes that e'er I play'd, 
 The sweetest still to wife or maid, 
 
 Was whistle owre the lave o't. The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 Yarrow an' Tweed, to monie a tune, 
 
 Owre Scotland rings, . To W. Simpson. 8. 
 Tune, to. Or [Spring] tunes Eolian strains between. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 An' wha on Aire your chanters tune ! Poor Mailie's EL. 
 
 Wha sweetly tune the Scottish lyre, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 13. 
 Or other Holy Seers that tune the sacred lyre. . lb. 14. 
 But tune their lays. Till echoes a' resound again 
 
 To W. Simpson. 6. 
 Tuned, -'d. 
 as he tuned his doleful sang, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Syne tun'd his pipes wi' grave grimace. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. III. 
 
 Tuneful, -fu'. 
 
 Pity the tuneful muses' hapless train, Ep. io R. Graham. S. 
 But there are such who court the tuneful nine . . lb. 
 The tunefu' powers, in happy hours, 
 
 That whisper inspiration ; . . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 I hear her in the tunefu' birds, - . S. Of a the airts t 
 every Muse shall join her tuneful tongue, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 How can I to the tuneful strain attend ? 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 Learning his tuneful trade from ev'ry bough ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 And listen mony a grateful bird 
 
 Return you tuneful thanks. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Come, screw the pegs wi' tunefu' cheep, The Ordination. 7. 
 ' Some teach the Bard, a darling care, 
 
 * The tuneful Art. . The Vision. D. II. 4. 
 I mark'd thy embryo-tuneful fiame, ... lb. 11. 
 ' Thy tuneful flame still careful fan ; . . . lb. 22. 
 Jove's tunefu' dochters three times three, To Miss Ferrier. 
 In sacred strains and tuneful numbers join'd, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Glide sweet in monie a tunefu' line ; To W. Simpson, g. 
 
 Tuneless. 
 Wha count on poortith as disgrace — 
 
 Their tuneless hearts ! Ep. to Maj. Logan, 7. 
 your din of tuneless sound, . . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks 
 
 Are my poor verses ! . Scotch Drink, 18. 
 Tup, Tip, Toop [a ram]. 
 And send us from thy bounteous store 
 
 A tup or wether head 1 . .At Globe Tav., Dumf. 
 She was nae get o' moorlan tips, . . Poor MaiUe's El. . 
 
Tup, Toop 
 
 496 
 
 Twa 
 
 O, may thou ne'er forgather up, 
 
 Wi' onie blastet, moorlan toop ; . Thx Death ofMailie. 
 Toop- Iamb. 
 
 My poor toop-lamb, my son an' heir, TJie Death ofMailie. 
 Turbid, 
 
 Rousing the turbid torrent's roar, Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 Ye tempests, rage ! ye turbid torrents, roll ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas, 
 
 Turbid torrents, wintry swelling, . . S. Thickest night t 
 
 Turf. But by thy honest turf I'll wait, 
 
 Thou man of worth! EL on Copt. M. H.j i6. 
 When they wha wad hae starv'd thy life 
 Thy senseless turf adorn ! 
 
 Extent, on Cammem.s-o/ Thomson. 
 Beneath that hallowed turf where Wallace lies ! . Liberty. 
 A green turf on your head, gudeman, S, O gin ye were dead. 
 Turk. 
 Ye'll get the best o' moral works, 
 
 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, A Ded. to G. H.^ 6. 
 For Paddy B-rke, like ony Turk, 
 
 Nae mercy had at a', man ; . . A Fragment. S- 
 
 But honest Nature is not quite a Turk, Mp. to R. Graham, 4. 
 Or how the collieshangie works 
 Atween the Russians and the Turks ; Kiftd Sir, Tve read t 
 
 Turkey-eoek. 
 
 Irvine side, Irvine side, wi' your turkey-cock pride, 
 
 The KirUs Alarm. 14. 
 Turn. Down Lowrie's burn he took a turn, A Fragment. 2. 
 Then in his turn comes gloomy Winter, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 The Tories, Whigs, give way by turns ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Poet Bums, Poet Burns, wi' your priest-skelping turns, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 By turns in soaring heaven, or vaulted hell. To R. G. o/F., 8. 
 Turn, to. 
 This boasted Honor turns away, 
 
 Shunning soft Pity's rising sway, . . A Winter Night. 8. 
 But faith ! he'll turn a corner jinkan. Add. to the Deil. 20. 
 I'll westward turn my wistful eye : . S. Behold the hour^ 
 Will turn thy very rouge to deadly pale ; . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Perhaps it may turn out a Sang ; 
 
 Perhaps turn out a Sermon. . Ep. to Young Friend. 
 Or turn the pole like any arrow ; . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Gie me o' wit an sense a lift. 
 Then turn me, if Thou please, adrift, 
 
 Ep. to J. L^k, Ap. 3i5t, 13. 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth, 
 
 Can turn death's dart aside ? , Eplt. on Miss Lewars. 
 She turns the key, wi' cannie thraw, . . Halloween, zs. 
 Lest he owre high and proud shou'd turn, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, g. 
 Or turn their hearts to thee : Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 To thee I turn with swimming eyes ; . . . Liberty. 
 I wad turn my back on you and it a', S. My Collier Laddie. 
 Even as two howling, ravening wolves 
 
 To dogs do turn their tail. . . . New Psalmody. 
 May woman on him turn her back, . On W. Stewart. 
 Traitor, coward, turn and flee ! . . S. Scots wha ha'e t 
 I wonder didna turn thy stomach. Tarn 0' Shanter. 14. 
 
 Where blythe I turn my spinning-wheel. 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 The Sire turns o'er, with patriarchal grace, 
 The big ha'-Bible, ance his Father's pride : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, iz. 
 Turn tail and rin awa, Jamie. . . S. The Laddies by t 
 Mak haste an' turn king David owre, . The Ordination. 3. 
 And turn a Carpet-weaver AflF-hand . . . . lb. g. 
 O whither, O whither shall I turn ? S. The sun he is sunk t 
 . Turn out on her guard in the clap of a hand, 
 
 S. Tliere liv'd ance a carle t 
 Turn away thine eyes of love. 
 
 Lest I die with pleasure. . . . S. Thine am I f 
 While Terra firma, on her axis, Diurnal turns, To W, Simpson. 
 Turn again, thou fair Eliza, [re.} S. Turn again, thoufairj 
 
 Turn again, thou lovely maiden, /b. 
 
 Tho' women's minds like winter winds 
 May shift and turn, and a' that, . . S. Women^s Minds. 
 Turncoat, Ye turncoat Whigs awa ! S. The Laddies by ^ 
 Forby turn-coats amang oursel, . The Twa Herds. 14. 
 
 Turned. -*d. 
 
 Hae tum'd sax rood beside ourhan', A Gitid New-Vearj //. 
 By heedless chance I tum'd mine eyes, . . A Vision. 
 WhomProsehasturaedout of doors, Epig. onE's '''Martial." 
 But by gude luck I lap a wicket. 
 
 And tum'd a neuk. Friend of the Poet f P.S. 
 He turn'd him right and round about, S. It was eC for\ 
 
 They hung him^ up before the storm. 
 
 And turn'd him o'er and o'er. . . John Barleycorn. 
 " Though oft I turned the wistful eye, 
 
 '* Nae ray of fame was to be found : Lament for Glencaim. 
 Three lawryer's tongues, turn'd inside out, [v.A.i6] 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 
 I turn d my weedmg heuk aside, 
 
 An' spar'd the symbol dear. The Ans. to the Gvidwife. 
 
 This said, poor Mailie turn'd her head. 
 
 An' clos'd her een amang the dead ! The Death 0/ Mailie. 
 His lengthen'd chin, his tum'd up snout. The Holy Fair. 13. 
 Till faith, wee Davock's tum'd sae gleg, . The Inventory, 
 Then tum'd an' laid a smack on Grizzle 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. UL 
 But he ne'er turned his back on his foe — or his friend, 
 
 The Whistle, g. 
 Turned o'er in one bumper a bottle of red, . . lb. 14, 
 Now thou's tum'd out, for a' thy trouble, 
 
 But house or hald, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 I'm tum'd a ganger — Peace be here ! . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 She's tum'd you off, a human creature 
 
 On her first plan, . .ToJ. S.,3. 
 
 Ye tum'd a neuk — I saw your e'e . . To Miss Ferrier. 
 Inspir'd, I tum'd Fate's sibyl leaf, . To Terraughiy. 
 
 For 'twas the auld moon tum'd a newk To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Whom vice, as usual, has turn'd o'er to min. Tragic Frag. 
 And turned me round to hide the flood 
 
 That in my een was swelling. . S. When wild JVarsf 
 Your rosy cheeks are turned sae wan, S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Turner, And shap'd it something like a man, 
 
 And ca'd it Andrew Turner. Epig. on A. Turner. 
 Turnin\ Homie's tumin' chapman, 
 
 He'll buy a' the pack. The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Turnkey, 
 
 Where turnkeys make the jealous portal fast, Ep.Jr. Esopus. 
 Tutti taiti. 
 
 Hey tutti taiti, How tutti taiti, . S. Landlady, count t 
 Twa [two], 
 A secret word or twa, man ; . . A Fragment. 8. 
 
 They drew me thretteen pund an' twa, A Guid New-Year j /j". 
 Monie a sair daurk we twa hae wrought, . . lb. i6- 
 Twa sage Philosophers to glimpse on ! . A uld comrade t 
 Its stature seem'd lang Scotch ells twa, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 7. 
 Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred, . lb. 26. 
 The lad, for twa guid ^immer-pets, 
 
 Was Laird hxmsel. . . . Ih. 27. 
 
 And spin a verse or twa 0' rhyme, . . . Ep. to Davie, 
 Twa lines frae you wad gar me flssle, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. isi, 22. 
 A pint o' the best o't, 
 
 And twa pints mair. . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 
 Twa o' them were gotten When Johny was awa. . . lb, 
 Jean slips in twa, wi' tentie e'e ; . . . Halloween. 8, 
 An' twa red cheeket apples, ... .lb. 21, 
 
 I gat my death frae twa sweet een, ^ 
 
 Twa lovely een of bonie blue. \re. ] S. I gaed a waejv t 
 A toom tar barrel An' twa red peats . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 We'll let her stand a year or twa, . S. My love she's but t 
 There's ane to you, and twa to me, S, O gin ye were dead. 
 
 An' she's twa glancin' sparklin' e'en. [r«.] 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks t 
 
 An' she has twa sparkling rogueish een. [re.] Ib.^ Seti II. 
 An sic a Lord— lang Scotch ells twa, On Dining with Daer. 
 Then set him down, and twa or three 
 
 Gude fellows wi' him ; On Grose's Peregrinations, 
 And sic twa love-inspiring een, . . On JV, Chalmers, 
 Gowd guineas a hunder or twa, man. Ronalds qfBennals. 
 
 A hint 0' a rival or twa, man, ■'^* 
 
 For mair than a towmond pr twa, man ; . . ■ !"• 
 O' pairs o' guid breeks I ha'e twa, man, • *"• 
 
 To leave me a hundred or twa, man, 
 
 lb. 
 
T\ra, 
 
 497 
 
 Twinkling 
 
 Twa laughing een o' bonis blue. . . . S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 They laid the twa i' the bed thegither, Scroggam ; 
 
 iS". Scroggam. 
 
 We twa ha'e run about the braes, 
 
 kS". Should auld acquaintance \ 
 
 We twa ha'e paidlet i' the burn, /5. 
 
 Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns ; Tarn o' Shanier. ii. 
 Wi' twa pund Scots, ('twas a' her riches), . . lb. iS- 
 He had twa fauts, or maybe three, Tarn SantsorCs El.^ 14. 
 He has nae thought but how to kill 
 
 Twa at a blow. The A uihof^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Where twa wheel-barrows tremble when they meet. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 
 The blissful day we twa did meet, . The Dean ofFac. 
 
 Twa had manteeles 0' dolefu' black, , The Holy Fair. 2. 
 The twa appear'd like sisters twin, . . . . lb.3. 
 Three carts, an' twa are feckly new ; . . The Inventory, 
 I've lost but ane, I've twa behin'. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Between his twa Deborahs, . . . . lb. R. VIII. 
 
 auld Satan must have ye, 
 For preaching that three's ane and twa. The Kirk's Alarm. 4. 
 Like him there is na twa, Jamie ; . . S. The Laddies by t 
 Wi' her twa white hands she spread it down ; 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Twa drifted heaps sae fair to see, . ... lb. 
 
 We never had sic twa drones ; , . The Ordination. 10. 
 Hear, how he [morality] gies the tither yell, 
 
 Between his twa companions ! . . . . lb. 12. 
 Twa Dogs, that were na thrang at hame, The Twa Dogs. 
 The twa best herds in a' the wast, . . The Twa Herds. 2. 
 Sic twa, O ! do I live to see't, 
 
 Sic famous twa should disagreet, , . . . lb. g. 
 
 And love was ay between them twa. S. There was a lass t 
 It's now twa month that I'm your debtor, 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 I hae a wife and twa wee laddies, . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 To try to get the twa to gree, . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 The cat has twa, the very colour ; . lS". Willie Wasile t 
 
 'Twad [it would]. 
 
 Then a' 'twad gie o' joy to me, 
 The sharin't with Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 
 S. Montgomerie's Peggy. 
 'Twad been nae plea ; . . On Scot Bardgne to W. I. 
 The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; Tam^ o' Shanier, 8. 
 'Twad please me to the Nine. The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 
 Your Honor's hearts wi' grief 'twad pierce, 
 
 The A uihors Cry and Prayer. 
 'Twad be owre lang a tale to tell, . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 Though 'twad my sorrows lessen. . . Verses under Grief. 
 Twa-fauld [two-fold, double]. 
 
 He hirples twa-fauld as he dow, . S. To daunion me. 
 
 Twal [twelve ; "the twal," twelve o'clock]. 
 Some wee, short hour ayont the twal, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 31. 
 at twal at night, when the moon shines bright, 
 
 S. Here's to thy health t 
 
 Twal' hundred [twelve hundred ; linen of a certain 
 quality]. 
 Twal' hundred, as white as the snaw, man, 
 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 Twalpennie-worth [twelve pennyworth, i.e.., one 
 penny-worth sterling]. 
 
 An' whyles twalpennie-worth o' nappy 
 
 Can mak the bodies unco happy : . The Twa Dogs. 18. 
 
 Twal-pint ["twal-pint Hawkie,"a cow which gives 
 twelve pints at a milking]. 
 
 An' dawtet, twal-pint Hawkie's gane 
 
 As yell's the Bill. Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 
 Twalt {twelfth]. 
 
 Or if the Swede, before he halt, 
 
 Would play ariither Charles the twalt : Kind Sir, I've read t 
 Twang [twinge]. 
 
 And thro' my lugs gies mony a twang, Add. to Tooth-ache. 
 Twa-three [two, or three]. 
 
 And twa-three stinted birks are left, . As on the banks t 
 
 They'll a' be trench'd wi' mony a sheugh, 
 
 In twa-three year. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 24. 
 
 But twa-three draps about the wame . Ep. to J. R., 12. 
 
 3R 
 
 But twa-three winters will inform ye better. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 There, racer Jess, an' twathree wh-res, 
 Are blinkan at the entry. , . . The Holy Fair. g. 
 Tway [two]. 
 
 ne'er a ane but tway. . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Tweed. 
 While Autumn, benefactor kind, 
 
 By Tweed erects his aged head. Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 From Tweed to the Orcades was her domain, S. Caledonia. 
 Oft prowling, ensanguin'd the Tweed's silver flood ; . lb. 
 And friends on both sides of the Tweed ; 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 For her forbears were brought in ships, 
 
 Frae 'yont the Tweed : . Poor Maine's El.. 
 We ranged a' from Tweed to Spey, The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 That sic a tree can not be found, 
 
 'Twixt London and the Tweed, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 And Tweed rins to the ocean . . . S. The Union. 
 
 Up wimpling stately Tweed I've sped, . . To W. Creech. 
 Yarrow an' Tweed, to monie a tune, 
 
 Owre Scotland rings, . To W. Simpson. 
 'Twixt Forth and Tweed all over, . S. When first I saw \ 
 Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed, . . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Tweedledee [a iiddlerj. 
 Wi' ghastly e'e poor Tweedledee 
 Upon his hunkers bended, . The Jolly Beggars, R. VI. 
 'Tween [between], 
 'Tween Inverness and Tiviotdale, 
 
 He had few matches. Ep. to J. L — k^ Ap, 1st, 6. 
 I laid her 'tween me and the wa', 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 The time flew by, wi' tentless head, 
 
 Till 'tween the late and early ; . S. The Rigs 0' Barley. 
 Or women sonsie, saft an' sappy, 
 
 'Tween mom an' mom, There's naethin like t 
 Twelfth. 
 Here's the memory of those on the twelfth that we lost ; 
 
 At a Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 Twelvemonth, To mn the twelvemonth's length again : 
 
 Sketch. Nffw-Yr's Day. 
 Twenty, I wat they glanc'd for twenty miles, 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 Twenty -three, 
 I'm twenty-three, and five feet nine, 
 I'll go and be a sodger. . . . Extern., Ap, lySs. 
 Twice. 
 For a' that an' a' that, 
 An' twice as muckle's a' that, The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 Twilight. 
 When twilight did my Graunie summon, 
 
 To say her prayers, . , , . Add. to the Deil. 6. 
 And, as the twilight was begun, 
 
 Thought nane wad ken, . Ep. to J. R. , 7. 
 
 Twin, Though like as was ever twin brother to brother. 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 The twa appear'd like sisters twin, . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 The twin o' that upon her shouther ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Twin, to [to deprive, rob]. 
 May twin auld Scotland o' a life . . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Twins monie a poor, doylt, druken hash 
 
 O' half his days ; . . Scotch Drink, ij. 
 Twin'd [deprived, robbed], 
 " Alas ! " quoth I, " what ruefu' chance, 
 " Has twin'd ye o' your bonie trees ; As on the banks t 
 
 Twine. Nae gowden stream thro' myrtles twines, 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 To see the woodbine twine, S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett. II. 
 To see the rose and woodbine twine ; S. Ye banks and braes \ 
 Twin'd, The fragrant birch and hawthorn hoar, 
 
 Twin'd amorous round the raptur'd scene : 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 Twining. 
 
 In twining hazel bowers, . S. Sleep' st thou, or wak'st, t 
 Twinkle, 
 
 Me, no cheerful twinkle lights me ; . S. One fond kiss, t 
 Twinkle, to. 
 
 When dewdrops twinkle o'er the lawn ; S, On Cessnock banks + 
 Twinkling, -in*, 
 ye twinkling staraies bright, . . El. on Capi.M. H., 14. 
 
Twinkling 
 
 498 
 
 Uncle 
 
 While the tear stood twinklin* in her e'e ; 
 
 S. The lass that made the led. 
 Ilk star gae hide thy twinkling ray .S". The gowd. Locks of A . 
 Twist. Wha twists his gruntle wi' a glunch 
 
 O' sour disdain, . Scotch Drink. 17. 
 Twisted. 
 
 "And stately oaks their twisted arms, 
 
 *' Threw broad and dark across the pool : As on the banks t 
 Though twisted smooth with Harry's nicest care, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esoptts. 
 Were twisted, gracefu', round her brows, The Vision. D. I. g. 
 His twisted head look'd backward on his way. The Vowels. 
 She's twisted right, she's twisted left, . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Twisting. 
 Here, foaming down the skelvy rocks, 
 In twisting strength I rin ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Twistle [a twist]. 
 
 The Lord's cause ne'er gat sic a twistle, The Twa Herds. 3. 
 Two. The drowsy Dungeon-clock had number'd two. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 In either wing two champions fought, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Tye V. Tie. 
 
 Ty'd, Ty'd up in godly laces, . . Add. to UncoCuid. 6. 
 Then ty'd him fast upon a cart, . . John Barleycorn. 
 I, ance, was ty'd up like a stirk. The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 Tyke [a dog]. 
 A towzie tyke, black, grim, and' large. Tarn o' Shanter. il. 
 Nae tawted tyke, tfao' e'er sae duddie, 
 
 But he wad stan't, as glad to see him, . The Twa Dogs. 
 He was a gash an' faithfu' tyke, . . . .Ib.s^ 
 
 Wha now will keep you frae the fox. 
 
 Or worrying tykes, . . The Twa Herds. 
 An unco tyke lap o'er the Dyke, . iS". What will I do gin \ 
 Tyne v. Tine. 
 
 Type. They [billows, breezes, clouds] are but types of woman. 
 
 S. Deluded swain t 
 Typical. 
 
 But chiefly the nettle so typical, shower, Monody, on a Lady. 
 Tyrannic. 
 Tyrannic man's dominion ; . . S. Now westlin winds f 
 Who dar'd to, nobly, stem tyrannic pride, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 21. 
 Tyranny, Be Anarchy curs'd, and be Tyranny damn'd ; 
 
 At a Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist, 
 And wander their way to the devil ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Firm may she rise with generous disdain 
 ' At Tyranny's, or direr Pleasure's chain ; 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 There commix'd with foulest stains 
 From tyranny's empurpled bands : S. Streams that glide t 
 Tyrant. 
 The wretch that would a Tyrant own, S. Does haughty Gaul ^ 
 
 Death ! thou tyrant fell and bloody! EL on Capt. M. H. 
 Go teach them to tremble, fell tyrant ! 
 
 S. Farewell, thou fair day t 
 May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist. 
 And 'Wander their way to the devil ! 
 
 iS*. Here's a health to them f 
 To shun a tyrant father's hate, . . . S. How cruel '^ 
 Plumes himself in Freedom's pride. 
 
 Tyrant stern to all beside. . . On scaring Waterfowl, 
 The tyrant Death, with grim control, S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Tyrants fall in every foe ; . . . S, ScotSj wha ha'e t 
 These, their richly-gleaming waves, 
 
 1 leave to tyrants and their slaves ; S, Streams that glide t 
 Woods that ever verdant wave, I leave the tyrant and the slave, 
 
 lb. 
 Are doom'd by Man, that tyrant o'er the weak, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 The crouching vassal to the tyrant wife, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband, 
 Pale he surrenders at the tyrant's throne 1 . The Vowels. 
 What are they ?— The haunt of the Tyrant and Slave I 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Tysday, Tiseday [Tuesday; "Tyseday *teen," Tues- 
 day evening], 
 O wat ye what my minnie did, 
 
 On Tysday 'teen to me, jo ? . . S. O wat ye what my t 
 But I cam through the Tiseday's dew, iS". Had I the wyte t 
 
 Tythe. 
 
 The tythe o' what ye waste at cartes 
 
 Wad stow'd his [Ferguson's] pantry!) To W. Simpson 
 
 Tytler. 
 
 T[ytle]r's and G[reenfield]'s modest grace ; To W. Creech. 
 U. U, His dearest friend and brother scarcely knew ; 
 
 As trembling U stood sUring all aghast, . The Vowels. 
 Ugly, Lincluden's ugly witch ; . Epit. on Grizel Grim. 
 
 Ye ugly glow'rin spectre ? . . /« Defence of a Lady. 
 
 sic an ugly, Gothic hulk as you. . The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 
 Ye ugly, creepan, blastet wonner, . . . To a Louse. 
 Unaffected. 
 
 The daisy for simplicity, and unaffected air, S. The Posit. 
 Unaided. Unaided through thy curs'd restriction ; 
 
 Lnsy on Back of Bank Note. 
 Unanxious. Sits meek content with light unanxious heart, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 Unassuming. 
 
 Thou lifts thy unassuming head 
 
 In humble guise ; . To a Mountain-Dai^. 
 Unavailing. Regardless of the tears, and unavailing prayrs ! 
 
 . , . , . . A Winter Night. 8. 
 
 And with smcere tho unavaihng sighs, 
 I view the helpless children of distress. . Tragic Frag. 
 Unawares. 
 
 Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares. 
 
 Lest bogles catch him unawares : . Tarn o' Shanter. g. 
 
 Unbacked. 
 
 But t^e it [fortune's road] like the unbacked filly, 
 „ , . . ^^' to Maj. Logan. 
 
 Unbeginning. 
 
 From countless, unbeginning time 
 Was ever still the same. . . The ist b V.s ofgoth Ps. 
 Unbelief, Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief 
 
 Of Moses and his rod ; Lns on Mrs. Kendtle. 
 Unbend. As blooming spring unbends the brow 
 
 Of surly, savage winter. . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Unblest. Lo, there she goes, unpitied and unblest, 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 With order, symmetry, or taste unblest ; The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 And soon may they expire, unblest with resurrection ! . lb. 
 Unblushing, th' unblushing fair In his embraces sunk ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VH. 
 Unbottom'd. 
 
 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Pit, . The Holy Fair. Z2. 
 Unbounded. 
 
 A slave to love's unbounded sway, . S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 Unbroken. 
 
 He bears the unbroken blast from every side : ToR.G.ofF.,3. 
 Uncaring. 
 And resolutely keep it's [Honor's] laws. 
 Uncaring consequences. . Ep. to Young Friend. 8. 
 
 Uncertain. The clouds' uncertain motion [a type of woman], 
 
 S. Deluded swain j 
 That on this frail, uncertain state, 
 
 Hang matters of eternal weight : . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Unchancy [dangerous]. 
 And down the gate, in faith, they're worse 
 
 And mair unchancy. . To Mr, J. Kennedy. 
 Unchang'd. 
 with heart unchang'd as mine, S. Slow spreads the gloom f 
 To thee I bring a heart unchang'd. S. To thee, lov*dNith t 
 Unchanging. 
 But never ranging, still unchanging, 
 
 I adore my Bonie Bell S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 If thou art staunch without a stain, 
 
 Like the unchanging blue, man ; EL on Capt. M, H., Epit. 
 The hyacinth for constancy, wi' its unchanging blue, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Unchristen'd. 
 
 Twa span-lang, wee, unchristen'd bairns ; Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Uncivil, But lest you think I am uncivil, . Poem on Life. 
 
 tho' the phrase may seem uncivil, . . . Scots Prologue. 
 
 And dinna sae uncivil be ; S. The lass that made the bed. 
 
 You'll tak it no uncivil : To a Painter. 
 
 Uncle. ' I'll eat the apple at the glass, 
 
 ' I gat frae uncle Johnie.' . . Halloween. I3- 
 Auld, uncle John, wha wedlock's joys, 
 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, lb. z7- 
 
 Wi' uncle's purse, and a' that ; The Election Ballads. II. 
 
Unclouded 
 
 m 
 
 Unfurled 
 
 Unclouded. 
 
 Beneath the moon's unclouded light, 
 I held awa to Annie : . . . S. The Rigs o' Barley. 
 
 Unco, adj\, adv. [strangCt unusual, great, extreme, 
 
 foreign ; unusually, very], 
 a cukoo sang That's unco easy said ay : , A Dream, a. 
 
 He was an unco shaver For monie a day. . lb. ii. 
 
 For King's are unco scant ay, .... lb. 14. 
 
 Ye're unco muckle dautet ; lb. is. 
 
 quiet an' cannie, An' unco sonsie. , A Gttid New-Year \ J. 
 Yet scarce as lang's a guid kail whittle, 
 
 I'm unco queer. . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 It maks an unco leeway. . . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 
 Till, slap! come in an unco loun, S. Does haughty Gaul^ t 
 And Duncan, ye're an unco loun ; . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 Look'd asklent and unco skeigh, . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 
 But to the hen-birds unco civil ; . . El. on Year i'j88. 
 Ye'U find mankind an unco squad, Ep. to Young Friend, z. 
 But Och, mankind are unco weak, , . . . Ib.3. 
 
 And rin an unco fit : . . . . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 Some unco blate, an' some wi' gabs, . . Halloween. 3. 
 
 ' An' Stuff was unco green ; lb. 1$. 
 
 * An' he made unco light o't ; . . . lb. 16. 
 
 And unco tales, an* funnie jokes, .... lb. 28. 
 A hungry care's an unco care ; .S". In simmer when t 
 
 Colours mingl'd unco fine, . . . , S. Jockey /ou, t 
 But now she's got an unco ripple, , . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 And wow ! he has an unco slight 
 
 O' cauk and keel. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 And getting fou and unco happy, . . Tattt 0' Skanter. 
 Tarn had got planted unco right ; . ..Ib.S- 
 
 And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! . lb. 11. 
 
 Death's gien the Lodge an unco devel, Tam^ Samson! s EL. 
 An' tho' fu' foughten sair eneugh, 
 
 Yet unco proud to learn. . The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Yet, teughly doure, he bade an unco bang. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 God knows, an unco Calf! The Calf. 
 
 The bairns gat out wi* an unco shout, S. The deuksdangder. 
 I vow it's unco pretty : . . . The Ordination. 11. 
 
 King Loui' thought to cut it down, 
 
 When it was unco sma', man ; . The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 
 An' unco pack an' thick thegither ; The Tiva Dogs. 6. 
 
 Can mak the bodies unco happy ; . . .lb. iS. 
 
 Her dizzen's done, she's unco weel ; . , lb. 30. 
 
 And had o' things an unco' slight ; . To W. Creech. 
 
 Griefs gien his heart an unco kickin', . . .lb. 
 
 I wad be silly, An' unco vain, . . To W. Simpson, 
 
 I'll gie auld cloven Clooty's haunts 
 
 An unco slip yet, . . JVhat ails ye now t 
 An unco tyke lap o'er the Dyke, . S. What will I do gin t 
 Ye've lien in some unco bed, 
 
 And wi' some unco man. . . S. Ye hae lien -wrang. 
 
 Uncos [strange things, news of the country side]. 
 
 Each tells the uncos that he sees or hears. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, j. 
 Uncombed. His uncombed grizzly locks wild staring, thatch'd, 
 
 Extem. on W. Sittellie. 
 Uncommon. ' Forbye some new, uncommon weapons', 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 22. 
 If thou uncommon merit bast, 
 Yet spurn'd at Fortune's door, man ; 
 
 EL on Capt. M. H., Epii. 
 If thou on men, their works and ways, 
 
 Canst throw uncommon light, lb. 
 
 I marked nought uncommon. . On dining with Daer. 
 
 Unconcern. 
 Henceforth to meet with unconcern. 
 One rank as well's another ; . On dining with Daer. 
 
 Unconquered. 
 
 Thus bold, independent, unconquer'd, and free, S. Caledonia. 
 
 Unmatched at the bottle, unconquered in war. The Whistle. 4. 
 Unconscious. 
 
 Unconscious what evils await ; . . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Uncouth. Is sure an uncouth sight to see, . A Dream. 
 
 In this strange land, this uncouth clime, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Come then, wi' uncouth, kintra fleg, 
 
 O'er Pegasus I'll fling my leg, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Thy rudely-caroU'd, chiming phrase, 
 
 In uncouth rhymes, The Vision. D. II. 12. 
 Uncouthly. And throws his hand uncouthly o'er the strings, 
 
 The Brigs 0/ Ayr, 
 Uncreated. There, ever bask in uncreated rays. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 16. 
 Undaunted. 
 Still she undaunted reels and rattles on, . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 I'll meet thee with an undaunted mind. 
 
 S. Thd fickle Fortune \ 
 Undaunting, 
 May Prudence, Fortitude and Truth 
 Erect your brow undaunting! Ep. to Young Fidend. 11. 
 Undeceive, 
 
 Why, why undeceive him, . . S. Why., why tell thy ^ 
 Undermining. 
 
 In spite of undermining jobs, . . To Rev. J. M*Math, 
 Undernotit. Day an' date as under notit, . The Inventory. 
 Understand. 
 That night, a child might understand, 
 
 The Deil had business on his hand. . Tarn, d Skanter. 8. 
 As Arts or Arms they understand, 
 
 Their labors ply. . The Vision. D. II. 3. 
 Understood. 
 
 Much specious lore, but little understood ; . . Sketch. 
 Undeserved. 
 
 By cruel Fortune's undeserved blow ? . A Winter Night, g. 
 Undismay'd. 
 Bold, soldier-featur'd, undismay'd 
 
 They strode along. [v.A.4] The Vision. D. I. 
 Undisputed. 
 
 This past for certain, undisputed ; . To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Undoing, -In. 
 My voice, a lioness that mourns 
 
 Her darling cub's undoing ! The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Lang, Patronage, wi' rod o' aim. 
 
 Has shor'd the Kirk's undoin, . . TJie Ordination, 8. 
 Fair tho' she be, that was ne'er my undoing ; 
 
 S. Twas na her bonie blue e'e t 
 Undone. 
 
 And leave a man undone To his fate. S. Ye Jacobites f 
 
 Undying, bold Balmerino's undying name, . Frag, of Ode 
 Uneasy. 
 
 Tho' deil-haet ails them, yet uneasy ; The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Unequal. 
 Wi' wild, unequal, wand'ring step S. Again rejoic. Nature t 
 Foiled, bleeding, tortured, in the unequal strife, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,s. 
 Unerring. But ay unerring steady, . . .A Dream. 
 That youmay keep th' unerring line, 
 Still rising by the plummet's law, 
 
 TheFarewelL ToSt.J.'sL. 
 Unfading. And claught tb' unfading garland there, 
 
 Extem. on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Unfauld [to unfold]. There simmer first unfauld her robes, 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams f 
 Unfeign'd. With joy unfeign'd, brothers and sisters meet, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. J. 
 Unfit. 
 A mortal quite unfit for fortune's strife, Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 Thro* bluidy flood or field to dash, 
 
 O how unfit ! . . To a Haggis. 
 
 For all unfit I feel my powers be, , Why am I loth t 
 
 Unfitted. Whilst I, a hope-abandon'd wight, 
 
 Unfitted with an aim, Despondency, an Ode. .:. 
 Unfold. Unfolds her [Spring's] tender mantle green, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Unforeseen. 
 
 Some unforeseen misfortune 
 Comes generally upon me, O ; S. My father was a farmer^ 
 Unfrequented. 
 
 Or haply, to his ev'ning thought, 
 By unfrequented stream, . . Despottdency, an Ode. 3. 
 Unfurl. 
 As thou at all mankind the flag unfurls, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 The magna charta flag unfurls. The ElecHoji Ballads, VI. 
 Unfurled, -'d. Reclined that banner, erst in fields unfurl'd, 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 As Queensberry blue and buff unfurled. 
 
 The Election Ballads, VL 
 
Ungainly 
 
 500 
 
 Unmuzzled 
 
 Ungainly. 
 
 Rusticity's ungainly form 
 May cloud the highest mind ; . R-usticity's ungainly t 
 Ungenerous. 
 
 Nae mair ungen'rous wish I hae, . . S. It is na, Jean,\ 
 Ungentle. A thought ungentle canna be 
 
 The thought of Mary Morison. 
 
 S. O Mary^ at the window t 
 The ungentle, harsh rebuke. , . Rusticity's ungainly \ 
 
 Ungodly. 
 
 Th' ungodly o'er the just prevailed, . New Psalmody. 
 
 No longer the warfare, ungodly, would wage ; 
 
 The Whistle, IS- 
 
 Ungracious. Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage, 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 14. 
 
 Ungrateful. 
 
 But she, ungrateful, shuns my sight, . . To Clarinda. 
 
 Curse on ungrateful man, Wr. under Port. ofFergusson. 
 
 Unhallow'd. 
 
 Conscience in vain upbraids the unhallow'd fire ; To Clarinda. 
 Unhanged. 
 
 An' cheat like ony unhang'd blackguard. The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Unhappy. 
 
 That stream'd thro* great, unhappy Wallace' heart ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 2i, 
 
 The scenes where wretched Fancy roves. 
 
 Pursuing past, unhappy loves! . S. The gloomy night '^ 
 
 With tears I pity thy unhappy fate I 
 
 Wr, under Port. ofFergusson. 
 Unheard. 
 
 "Unheard, unpitied, unreliev'd, , Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Unheard, unseen, by human ear or eye, 
 
 On Death ofR, Dundas. 
 Unheeded. Has thy Prime unheeded past ? Blue Bonnets. 
 
 Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan, 
 
 Yet frequent all unheeded in his own. Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 Unheeded howls, unheeded fa's ; . S. Lassie, art thou t 
 
 The time, unheeded, sped away, • - The Lament, g. 
 
 Unseen is the lily, unheeded the rose. 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 
 While o'er us unheeded, flie the swift hours o' Love. 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 
 Unhonoured. 
 
 Laden with unhonoured years, Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 Unimpair'd. 
 
 Adjust the unimpair'd machine, . Sketch. New-Vr's Day. 
 Union. I'm truly sorry Man's dominion 
 
 Has broken Nature's social union, . To a Mouse. 
 Unison. Nae unison hae they, with our Creator's praise. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. 
 Wish'd unison between the pair, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Unite. How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite ! 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 May powers aboon unite you soon, On W. Chalmers. 
 
 When well-form'd taste, and sparkling wit unite, 
 With manly lore, or female beauty bright, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 The scented birk and hawthorn white. 
 
 Across the pool their arms unite, S. The Contented Cottager. 
 May Freedom, Harmony and Love 
 Unite you in the grand Design, 
 
 The Farewell. ToSt/.'sL.. 
 When rural life, of ev'ry station, 
 
 Unite in common recreation ; . . The Twa Dogs. ig. 
 
 United. For N— rth an' F-x united stocks, A Fragment. 6. 
 Not all the rage, as now, united shows 
 
 More hard unkindness, unrelenting, A Winter Night. 7. 
 Be Britain still to Britain true, 
 
 Amang oursels united : . . S. Does haughty Gaul, f 
 Our force united on thy foes we'll turn, . . Ep.fr, Esopus. 
 Universal. ' And trust, the Universal Plan 
 
 ' Will all protect. . The Vision. D. II. 22. 
 That Pow'r which rais'd and still upholds 
 This universal frame, . . . The ist 6 V,s ofgotk Ps. 
 Unkend, Unkend-of, Unkenn'd [unknown]. 
 An's loof upon her bosom Unkend . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 
 She lay like some unkend-of isle 
 
 Beside New Holland, . To W. Simpson. 
 We've been owre lang unkenn'd to ither : . . .lb. 
 
 Unkind. 
 
 Say, was thy little mate unkind, S. O stay, sweet warbling \ 
 But now dejected I appear, 
 Clarinda proves unkmd ; . . . .To Clarinda. 
 Unkindly. And wad na Manhood been to blame, 
 
 Had I unkindly us'd her : S. Had I the wyte \ 
 Unkindness. 
 * Not all your rage, as now, united shows 
 ' More hard unkindness, unrelenting, A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 Unknowing. 
 
 Unknowing what my way may thwart, S. Saefar awa. 
 
 Unknown. O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 To Care, to Guilt unknown ! . . Despondency, an Ode. 5. 
 And hast thou crost that unknown river. 
 
 Life's dreary bound ! El. on Capt. M. H., 13. 
 A land unknown to prose or rhyme ; . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 This freedom, in an unknown frien', 
 
 I pray excuse. . . Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 
 Love's veriest wretch, unseen, unknown, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream f 
 To realms unknown while fate exiles me, 
 
 Make her bosom still my home. . , S. Highl. Mary. 
 " Alike unknowing and unknown : Lament for Glencairn. 
 Where unknown, unlamented, my ashes shall rest, 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 And tread the dreary path to that dark world unknown. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Thus all obscure, unknown, and poor, 
 
 S. My father was a fanner \ 
 Expires in rags, unknown, and goes to Heaven. 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 That future-life in worlds unknown 
 
 Must take its hue from this alone ; Sketch. New-Yrs Day, 
 Unknown and poor, simplicity's reward. The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. NigU. 
 " Unknown each guilty worldly fire, 
 
 " Remorse's throb, or loose desire ; . Th£ Hermit. 
 
 " Now moths deform in shapeless tatters, 
 
 *' Their unknown pages." . To J. S., 8. 
 Then, all unknown, I'll lay me with th' inglorious dead, 
 
 lb. 10. 
 To light and joy unknown before. Wr. in Friars-Carse H,. 
 Unlamented. 
 Where unknown, unlamented, my ashes shall rest, 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Unlawfu*. 
 Wi' mair o' horrible and awefu', 
 
 Which even to name wad be unlawfu*. Tarn d S/ianier. 11. 
 Unletter'd. In your unletter'd, nameless faces ! To J. S., 27. 
 Unlike. Gompar'd wi' you— O fool ! fool ! fool ! 
 
 How much unlike ! . To J. S. ,2b. 
 UnliSten'd. Hark, injur'd Want recounts th' unlisten'd tale, 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Unloved. Thou diedst unwept as thou livedst unloved. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Unlovely. 
 
 Death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode ? . Why am I loth t 
 Unmanner'd. Th' unmanner'd dust might soil his star, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Unmatched, -*d. 
 A head for thought profound and clear, unmatch'd : 
 
 Extern, on W. Smeilie. 
 Unmatched at the bottle, unconquered in war, 
 
 The Whistle. 4- 
 Unmeet. 
 But of meet, or unmeet, in a fabric complete, 
 I'll boldly pronounce they [reviewers] are none [no judges], 
 
 Sir To Capt. RiddeL 
 
 Unmindful. When blest to-day unmindful of to-morrow. 
 
 Ep. toR. Graham. 3. 
 Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife. 
 
 And helpless oifspring mourn. Man was made to Mourn, 
 Unmindful that the thorn is near, . . . ToJ.S.iib. 
 Unmingrd. 
 But thedire feeling, O farewell for ever, 
 Anguish unmingT'd and agony pure. S. Gloomy December. 
 
 Unmixed. 
 
 He dips in gall unmixed his eager pen, Ep.frmn Esopus. 
 
 Unmuzzled. 
 
 Whistling his [Combustion's] roaring pack abroad. 
 Of mad, unmuzzled lions ; . The Election Ballads. VL 
 
Unnoticed 
 
 501 
 
 Up 
 
 Unnoticed, -'d. 
 
 For though I be poor, unnoticed, obscure, 
 
 My stomach's as proud as them a', man. Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. S- 
 Unnumbered. 
 Unnumber'd buds an' flow'rs' delicious spoils, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. a. 
 Unpltied. 'Wronged, injured, shunn'd, unpitied, unredrest; 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 "Unheard, unpitied, unreliev'd, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Lo, there she goes, unpitied and unblest, 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. —. 
 And much-wrong'd Mis'ry pours th' unpitied wail ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Why is the bard unpitied by the world, 
 
 iVr. under Port, of Fergusson. 
 Unprotected. 
 
 Low-sunk in squalid, unprotected age, . To R. G. ofF., S- 
 Unredrest. 'Wrong'd, injur'd, shunn'd, unpitied, unredrest ; 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Unrefln*d. 
 
 Some coarser substance, unrefin'd, . A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 Unregenerate. 
 
 Frae ony unregenerate Heathen, 
 
 Like you or I. . . . Ep. to J. R., 4. 
 
 Unrelenting'. 
 
 More hard unkindness, unrelenting, . A IVifiter Nigkt. y. 
 
 love wi' unrelenting beam . S. Now Spring has cladi 
 Unreliev'd. 
 
 "Unheard, unpitied, unreliev'd, Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Unremitting, 
 
 All you who follow wealth and power 
 With unremitting ardour, O, S. My father was a farmer^ 
 Unrepenting. 
 
 Vengeful malice, unrepenting, , . A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 A harden'd, stubborn, unrepenting villain, . Tragic Frag. 
 Unrevenged. 
 
 Not unrevenged your fate shall be, . . Frag, of Ode. 
 Unrivall'd. 
 
 Yet all beneath th' unrivall'd Rose, 
 
 The lowly Daisy sweetly blows ; , The Vision. D, II. 20. 
 Unroord. 
 
 But now unrooFd their palace stands, On Window at Stirling. 
 Unruly, She made me weary of my life. 
 
 By one unruly member. S. The Joyful Widower. 
 
 Unscathed. 
 
 Unscathed by ruffian hand ! . On Birth ofPasth. Child. 
 
 Unseal. Yours this moment I unseal, . To — . 
 
 Unseen. Whyles, in the human bosom pryin. 
 
 Unseen thou lurks. Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 Love's veriest wretch, unseen, unknown, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Rob, stownlms, prie'd her bonie mou, 
 Fu' cozie in the neuk for't, Unseen that night. 
 
 Hallffween. 10. 
 Whyles cooket underneath the braes, 
 
 Below the spreading hazle Unseen ... lb. 23. 
 
 Some cause unseen still stept between, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer^ 
 To steel a blink by a' unseen ; S. O this is no vzy ain t 
 
 That sings in Cessnock banks unseen, S. On Cessnack banks f 
 Unheard, unseen, by human ear or eye. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Syne weave, unseen, thy spider snare 
 
 O' hell's damned waft. . . Poem on Life. 
 Where the blue-bell and gowan lurk, lowly, unseen ; 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Adorns the histie stibble-field, 
 
 Unseen, alane. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Unseen is the lily, unheeded the rose. S. True hearted was ke\ 
 Unsettle. Whare horn nor bane ne'er daur unsettle. 
 
 Your thick plantations. To a Louse. 
 Unsheath'd. 
 
 How on this spot he first unsbeath'd the sword Scots Prologue. 
 Unsheltered. 
 
 Unsheltered and forlorn. . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Unsicker [not secure ; unsteady]. 
 Oh ! flickering, feeble, and unsicker _ 
 
 I've found her [life] still, . Poem on Life. 
 
 Unsightly. Ye dark waste hills, and brown unsightly plains. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Unskaith'd [unscathed]. 
 
 Unskaith'd by hunger'd Highland boors ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 unskaith'd by Death's gleg guUie, Tam Samson's El., per C. 
 Unskilful, -fu*. O how can I, unskilfu', try 
 
 The Poet's occupation ? S. Lovely Davies, 
 
 Unskilful he to note the card 
 
 Of prudent Lore, . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Unsmooth. Alas ! Life's path may be unsmooth ! The Lament. 
 Unsour'd, 
 
 Health, ay unsour'd by care or grief : . To Terraughty. 
 
 Unsparing. 
 Your blood shall with incessant cry 
 Awake at last th' unsparing power. . . Frag, of Ode. 
 Unstain'd. 
 
 My hand unstain'd wi' plunder : . .S". When wild War's \ 
 Unsubmitting. 
 
 Whose unsubmitting heart was all his crime. Tragic Frag. 
 Unsung. " My patriot falls, but shall he lie unsung. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Unsuspecting. View unsuspecting innocence a prey, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas, 
 Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? 
 
 S. The Cotter's Sat Night. 10. 
 Unteachable, 
 
 A thing unteachable in world's skill, . To R. G, ofF..3. 
 Unthinking. 
 See Social-life and Glee sit down, 
 All joyous and unthinking, . . Add. to Unco Guid.j. 
 Untie. Untie these bands from off my hands, 
 
 .S". Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 Untimely. Whom death had all untimely taen. 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 '' That fillest an untimely tomb, lb. 
 
 The groaning trees untimely shed their locks, 
 
 On Death of Sir J, Blair. 
 " My patriot son fills an untimely grave ! " . . .lb. 
 th' untimely tomb where Riddel lies. Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 Taint thee with untimely blights ! . . . To Miss C. 
 But oh! fell death's untimely frost, 
 
 S. Ve hanks, and braes, and streams t 
 Untried. Its [the future's] good or ill untried, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Untroubled. 
 
 Care-untroubled, joy-surrounded, S. Musing on the roaring t 
 Untrue. Cold, comfortless, changing, untrue. 
 
 S. The winter it is past t 
 Untwining, 
 O why should Fate sic pleasure have, 
 Life's dearest bands untwining ? . S.O poortith cauld t 
 Unvail. 
 When Remembrance wracks the mind, 
 Pleasures but unvail Despair. . ^S". Frae tJte friends \ 
 Unwarming. 
 
 Beneath thy wan, unwarming beam ; , The Lament. 
 
 Unwary. 
 Th' unwary sailor, thus, aghast, 
 The wheeling torrent viewing, 
 'Mid circling horrors sinks at last ^9. Farewell, thou stream \ 
 Unweeting. 
 -The bursting sigh, th' unweeting groan, 
 
 Betray the hapless lover : . S. Farewell, thou stream f 
 The unweeting groan, the bursting sigh, 
 
 Betray the guilty lover. . . . S^ The last time I f 
 Unwept. Thou diedst unwept as thou livedst unloved. 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 Unwilling. Seest thou whose step, unwilling, hither bends? 
 Ode, to Mem, of Mrs. — . 
 Nor with unwilling ear attend 
 The moralizing Muse. .... To Chloris. 
 
 Unworthy, 
 
 An' far unworthy of thy train, . To Rev. J. M'Matk>. 
 
 Unyielding. 
 Then marks th' unyielding mass with grave designs, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, a. 
 
 Up [" up wi't a", up With it all]. 
 
 ' Up, Willie, waur them a', man ! ' . . A Fragment, 7. 
 
 Up wi' the carls of Dysart, . . . S. Hey cd thro\ 
 Up and waur them a', Jamie, 
 
 Up and waur them a' ; . . . . S. The Laddies by t 
 
 Then up wi't a', my Ploughman lad, ^. The Ploughman t 
 
Up 
 
 502 
 
 Vain 
 
 We'll gar our streams an' burnies shine 
 
 Up wi' the best. . . To W. Simpson, g. 
 Upbpaid. 
 
 Upbraid na me wi* cauld disdain, S. O Lassie^ art thou t 
 
 Conscience in vain upbraids the unhalloVd fire ; To Clarinda. 
 Up-ehoked. 
 
 While burns, wi' snawy wreeths up-choked, 
 
 Wild-eddying swirl, . A Winter Night. 2. 
 Uphill. 
 
 Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter 
 
 Uphill, down brae, till some mishanter, Ep. toMaj. Logan. 2. 
 Uphold. 
 
 Whose toil upholds the glitt'ring show, A Winter Night. 7- 
 
 That Pow'r which rais'd and still upholds 
 This universal frame, . . . The ist 6V,s o/goth Ps. 
 
 Upo* [upon]. 
 
 An' when ye think upo' your Mither, 
 
 Mind to be kind to ane anither. . The Death of Mailie. 
 Upper. No fallen angel, hurled from upper skies ; 
 
 Ode to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Uprear. Ane on th' Auld Brig his airy shape uprears, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Upright. The upright is Chance, and old time is the base ; 
 
 S. Caledonia. 6. 
 He's blest— if as he brew'd he drink — 
 
 In upright honest morals. . E^it. on G. Richardson, 
 
 A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight, . . Sketch. 
 Uproar. But up arose the martial Chuck, 
 
 An' laid the loud uproar. The Jolly Beggars. R. II. 
 In uproar and riot rejoice the night long ;' 
 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives " t 
 Uprose. So uprose bright Phoebus — and down fell the knight. 
 
 The Whistle. 16. 
 Next uprose our Bard, like a prophet in drink : . II?. 17. 
 Uptear. 
 
 But now the share uptears thy bed, To a Mountain' Daisy. 
 Upward. 
 Wi' hand on hainch, and upward e'e. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. V. 
 His gawsie tail, wi' upward curl, , . The Twa Dogs. ^. 
 I see ye upward cast your eyes — Ye ken the road To J. S., 28. 
 Upward-springing. 
 When upward- springing, blythe, to greet 
 
 The purpling East. . To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Urge. Down the zodiac urge the race, . Ep. to H, Parker. 
 But why urge the tender confession, 
 
 'Gainst fortune's fell cruel decree S. Here's a health to ane t 
 Why urge the only, one request, 
 You know I will deny! . . S. Talk not of Love t 
 Urged, his warm-urged wishes, . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 Urinus Spiritus. 
 
 Urinus Spiritus of capons ; . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 Urn. " No storied urn nor animated bust," 
 
 Inscrip. on Tonib of Fergusson. 
 Urr. Here's armorial bearings 
 
 Frae the manse o' Urr ; The Election Ballads. IV, 
 
 Ursa-Major [Dr. Samuel Johnson]. 
 
 Or him wha led o'er Scotland a' 
 The meikle Ursa-Major? . . The FSte Champetre. 
 
 Use. 
 
 Plac'd for her [Luxury's] lordly use, thus far, thus vile, below ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 Use, to. 
 Then catch the moments as they fly. 
 
 And use them as ye ought, man : A Bottle and Friend. 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 Tho' Fortune use you hard an' sharp ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2/st, 8. 
 O did not Love exclaim, '* Forbear ! 
 
 " Nor use a faithful lover so?" . . S. Fairest maid^ 
 Jamaica bodies, use him weel, On Scot. Bardgne to W.I, 
 Use't, Us'd. 
 Some auld, us'd tiands had taen a note, . Ep. to /. R.^ g. 
 And wad na Manhopd been to blame, 
 
 Had I unkindly us'd her : . . . S. Had I thewyte\ 
 But a Miller us'd him worst of all, . John Barleycorn. 
 As when I us'd in scarlet to follow a drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Wha us'd to trystes an' fairs to driddle, r . lb. R. V. 
 An' may a bard no crack his jest 
 
 What way they've use't him? To Rev. J. W'Math. 
 
 Useful. 
 Then first she [nature] calls the useful many forth ; 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. ^. 
 Man then is useful to his kind, Man was made to Mourn. 
 Some useful plan, or book could make, 
 
 The Ans, to the Guidwife. 
 Usher. 
 
 With chill hoary wing as ye [breezes] usher the dawn : 
 
 S. How pleasant the Banks \ 
 And ushers the long dreary night ; Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 Usher'st. 
 Again thou usher'st in the day 
 
 My Mary from my soul was torn, . To Mary in Heaven. 
 Using. For using thy name offers fifty excuses. 
 
 Fragments inscr. to Fox, 
 Usquabae, Usquebae [whisky]. 
 
 Wi' usquabae, we'll face the devil ! . Tarn d Shanter. 11, 
 Wi' usquebae an' blankets warm, , The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 An' when wi' Usquebae we've wat it 
 
 It winna break, . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Usurpation. Braved usurpation's boldest daring ! Liberty. 
 
 Usurper. Lay the proud usurpers low, S. Scots, wha ha'e\ 
 
 Alas the day, and wo the day, 
 
 A false usurper wan the gree, S. The honie Lass of Alb, 
 
 Usurping. 
 
 Man your proud usurping foe, . On scarify Waterfowl. 
 Utmost. 
 Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, Tarn d Shanter. 18. 
 
 Wha does the utmost that he can. 
 
 Will whyles do mair. . To Dr. BlackUck. 
 But to his utmost would befriend 
 
 Ought that belang'd ye. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 But thy utmost duly done. 
 
 Welcome what thou canst not shun : Wr. in Hermitage atF.C. 
 Uzz. An' sklented on the man of Uzz, 
 
 Your spitefu' joke ? Add. to the Deil. 17. 
 Vacant. Then fareweel vacant, careless roamin ; To J. S., 14, 
 Vagabond. 
 
 " Ye poor, despis'd, abandon'd vagabonds, Tragic Frag.. 
 Vagrant. 
 But, Delia, on thy balmy lips 
 
 Let me, no vagrant insect, rove ! . Delia. An Ode. 
 Why, Lonsdale thus, thy wrath on vagrants pour, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Vain. 
 
 Vain is his hope, whase stay an' trust is. 
 In moral Mercy, Truth and Justice! A Ded. to G. H., 7. 
 
 May plunge an' plunge the kirn in vain ; Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 In vain to me the cowslips blaw, [«,] S. Again rejoic. Nature^ 
 But brave Caledonia in vain they assail'd, . S. Caledonia. 
 And mony a scheme in vain's been laid. 
 
 To stap or scar me ; Death and Dr, Hornbook. 13. 
 I, listless, yet restless, 
 
 Find ev'ry prospect vain. . , Despondency, an Ode. 2. 
 In vain ye flaunt in summer's pride, ye groves ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 
 Who calls thee, pert, affected, vain coquette, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 I hear it— for in vain I leuk. . . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 In vain with Squire Billy for laurels you struggle, 
 
 Frag.t inscr. to Fox. 
 
 In vain would Prudence, with decorous sneer. 
 Point out a censuring world, and bid me fear ; 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 Now a' is done that men can do, 
 
 And a' is done in vain ; . . . S. It was (Cfor \ 
 I wad in vain essay the strain, ^. Lovely Davies. 
 
 In many a way, and vain essay, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 
 With fortune's v£un delusion, O, ^^• 
 
 In vain I've roam'd for pleasure, S. My Love's a winsome t 
 Vain ev'n the omnipotence of Female charms, 
 'Gainst headlong, ruthless, mad Rebellion's arms. 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 
 In vain assail him with their prayer, Sketch. New-Vt^s Day. 
 
 In vain thy Kate awaits thy comin I Tarn d Shanter. 18. 
 
 In vain Auld-age his body batters ; 
 
 In vain the Gout his ancles fetters; 
 
 In vain the bums cam down like waters. An acre-braid! 
 
 Tarn Samson's El.> 9- 
 
 They never sought in vain that sought the Lord aright 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 
Vain 
 
 503 
 
 Veneering 
 
 My Lord, I know, your noble ear 
 
 Woe ne'er assails in vain ; . The Petition of Br, Water. 
 But vain they search'd when o€f I maroh'd 
 
 To go an' clout the Caudron. The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 How long I have liv'd, but how much liv'd in vain ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 But Mousie, thou art no thy lane, 
 
 In proving foresight may be vain : . . To a Mouse. 
 
 In vain the laws their feeble force oppose ; . To Clarinda. 
 In vain Religion meets my shrinking eye ; . . , lb. 
 Conscience in vain upbraids the unhallow'd fire ; . .lb. 
 Some rhyme, (vain thought !) for needfu' cash ; To J. S. , S- 
 Tho' I maun say't, I wad be silly, 
 
 An unco vain, . . To IV. Simpson. 
 
 To equal young Jessie, you seek it in vain : 
 
 S. True hearted was he \ 
 And fretful envy grins in vain . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Vainly. 
 
 And for thy potence vainly wisht, Lns^ on Back of Bank Note. 
 Vale, in the vale of humble life, A Ded. to G. ff., i6. 
 
 * Ev'n in the peaceful rural vale, 
 
 ' Truth, weepmg, tells the mournful tale, A Winter Night. S. 
 Above the narrow, rural vale : . Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 'Till deep it crashing whelms the cottage in the vale ; 
 
 Frag, of Ode. 
 Poverty's low barren vale, . . Lament for Glencaim. 
 the flower which bloom'd sweetest in Coila's green vale, 
 
 Lament on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Blowschilly from the misty vale; . . , On Lincluden. 
 How lovely, Nith, thy fruitful vales, S. The Banks ofNiih. 
 One cordial in this melancholy vale, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, g. 
 Her [Coila's] heathy moors and winding vales ; 
 
 S. The gloomy night \ 
 Life's weary vale I wander thro' ; . . . The Lament. 
 The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale, 
 
 S. The small birds f 
 
 Dost thou spurn the humble vale ? Wr. in Friar s-Carse H. 
 
 Valentine ["Valentines dealing," a kind of lottery 
 
 held on St, Valentine's day to ascertain if you 
 
 were to be mapried, and if so, to whom]. 
 
 Yestreen at the Valentines dealing, 
 
 My heart to my mou' gied a sten ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 
 Valley. How pleasant thy banks and green vallies below, 
 
 6'. Afton Water. 
 A fairer than either adorns the green vallies, 
 Where Devon, sweet Devon, meand'ring flows. 
 
 S. Hovj pleasant the banks \ 
 Farewell to the straths and green valleys below ; 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands t 
 May Has made our hills and valleys gay ; S, O Logan t sweetly t 
 Gi'e me the lonely valley, 
 
 The dewy eve, and rising moon ; . S, Sae flaxen f 
 
 Let the blast sweep o'er the valley, 
 
 See it prostrate on the clay ! . . . S, Sensibility f 
 They hunted the valley, they hunted the hill, 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 O were yon hills and vallies mine, S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 
 His right are these hills, and his right are these vallies, 
 
 .S*. The small birds t 
 Low, in a sandy valley spread, . The Vision. D. I. 15. 
 Tho' rich is the breeze in their gay, sunny vallies, 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 Not Cowrie's rich valley, nor Forth's sunny shores, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains^ 
 ValoUP. The birth-place of valour, the country of worth ; 
 
 S. My hearths in the Highlands t 
 Secure in valour's station ; . . . ^S". The Union. 
 
 Value. 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 
 That higher value on it. [v. A.^?] Ask ivhy God made \ 
 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig, 
 And ye'li ha'e a calf s head o' sma' value. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Value, to. Reader, dost value matchless worth ? 
 
 Lns^ on Window, F.'s C. Her. 
 Valued'St. The Friend thou valued'st, I, the Patron, lov'd ; 
 LnssentSirJ. Whiteford. 
 Vamp. 'Twould vamp my bill, said I, if nothing better ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 Vampype. 
 
 Vampyre booksellers drain him to the heart, To R. G. ofF.,3. 
 Van. 
 Come Firm Resolve take thou the van. To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Youth, grace, and love attendant move, 
 And pleasure leads the van, S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 Vandal. Auld Vandal, ye but show your little mense, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 6. 
 Vanlsh'd. 
 '* There, latest mark'd her vanish'd sail." 4S". Behold the hour t 
 She said, and vanish'd with the sweeping blast. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Vanity. The idiot strum of vanity bemused, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 The gay gaudy glare of vanity and art : 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Here vanity strums on her idiot lyre ; Monody, on a Lady, 
 His meddling vanity, a busy fiend, . . . Sketch. 
 Vanquished. 
 When the vanquish'd foe 
 
 Sues for peace and quiet, . S. The Captain's Lady. 
 
 Chain'd at his feet they groan, 
 Love's vanquish'd foes : . . . .To Clarinda. 
 Vapoup. 
 So Sir, you see 'twas nae daft vapour, A Ded. to G. H., 12. 
 Where ignorance her darkening vapour throws, The Vowels. 
 Vap'pin [vapouring]. 
 
 In wrath she was sae vap'rin, .... Halloween. /?, 
 Vapiopum. 
 
 Life is all a variorum, . . The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Vapious. 
 He knows each chord its various tone, 
 
 Each spring its various bias : , Add. to Unco Guid, 8. 
 She [nature] form'd of various parts the various man. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 Who heals life's various stounds, On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Bright to the moon their various dresses glanc'd : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 ' All chuse, as, various they're inclin'd, 
 
 'The various man. . The Vision. D. II. 7. 
 Vassal. The crouching vassal to the tyrant wife, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Vast. And make a vast monopoly of hell? . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 With knowledge so vast, and with judgment so strong, 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 Those mighty periods of years 
 
 Which seem to us so vast, . The ist 6 V.s ofgoth Ps.. 
 
 A vast, unbottom'd, boundless Pit, . The Holy Fair 22 
 
 Vaulted, 
 By turns in soaring heaven, or vaulted hell. 
 
 ToR.G. ofF.S. 
 Vaunt. I need na vaunt, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Vauntie [ppoud, boastful]. 
 
 It was her best, and she was vauntie. Tam d Shanter. ij. 
 I'd be mair vauntie o' my hap, The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Wow, but your letter made me vauntie ! To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Vein. What ragings must his veins convulse. 
 
 That still eternal gallop : . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 To feel a fire in every vein, . S. Farewell, thou streatn f 
 And feel thro' every vein love's raptures roll. 
 
 ^S". Mark yonder Pomp t 
 They heat your brains, and fire your veins, O leave novels \ 
 We will drain our deares.t veins, . . S. Scots, wha ha'e t 
 To feel a fire in every vein. 
 
 Yet dare not speak my anguish. . . S. The last time If 
 Ev'ry pulse along my veins, 
 Tells the ardent lover. . . . . .S". Thine am li 
 
 Venal. The Poets too, a venal gang, . . A Dream. ^. 
 Shall venal lays their [princes'] pompous exit hail ; 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 With all the venal soul of dedicating Prose ? 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 'mid the venal Senate's roar, . Th^ Vision. D. II. 5. 
 
 Vend [to set fopth, to oifep fop acceptance]. 
 Great lies and nonsense baith to vend, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Arousing whid at times to vend [v. A.6] • . . lb. 
 Veneering. 
 Veneering oft outshines the solid wood : . . Sketch 
 
Venerable 
 
 504 
 
 Vex'd 
 
 Venerable. 
 
 Hear me, ye venerable Core, 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 
 A venerable Chief advanc'd in years ; The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 Venetian. 
 
 An' purge the bitter ga's an' cankers, 
 
 O' curst Venetian b — res an' ch-ncres [v. A. 13] 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 
 Vengeance. 
 
 When Vengeance draws the sword in wrath, 
 
 And in the fire throws the sheath ; . A Ded. to G. H. , 10, 
 
 Paint Vengeance as he takes his horrid stand 
 
 Waving on high the desolating brand, Add. sp. hy Fonienelle. 
 
 And thro' my lugs gtes mony a twang, 
 
 Wi' gnawing vengeance; Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Grim Vengeance lang has taen a nap, S. Atva, whzgs, aiva. 
 
 And pours his vengeance in the burning line, Ep.fr. Esoptts. 
 
 Who on my fair one satire's vengeance hurls; ? . .lb. 
 
 'Till deep it crashing whelms the cottage in the vale ; 
 So vengeance • * * . . . . Frag, of Ode. 
 
 L — d in the day of vengeance try him, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer, /j. 
 
 Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword 
 That thro' thy soul shall gae : Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 In sullen vengeance, I, disdain'd, reply: . The Vowels. 
 
 Spare me thy vengeance, G[alloway] . . To LordG.. 
 Vengeful -fu*. 
 
 Vengeful malice, unrepenting, . A Winter Night. 7. 
 
 To glut that direst foe, — a vengeful woman : Scots Prologue. 
 
 That aft ha'e made us black and blae, 
 
 Wi' vengefu' paws. . The Twa Herds. 12. 
 
 No vengeful spirit bid him fear ; S. To thee lov'd Nith t 
 
 Veni, vidi, vici. 
 
 Comes, 'mid a string of coxcombs to display, 
 
 That veni, vidi, vici, is his way; . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Venom, 
 
 Whose spleen e'en worse than Burns' venom when 
 
 He dips in gall unmixed his eager pen, . Ep. fr. Esopus. 
 
 Venom'd. 
 
 My curse upon your venom'd stang, . Add. to Toothache. 
 
 Vent. ' To vent thy bosom's swelling rise. 
 
 ' In pensive walk. , The Vision. D. II. is. 
 Venture. I once was persuaded a venture to make ; 
 
 S. No Churchman am /f 
 Venture, to. I winna ventur't in my rhymes. . A Vision. 
 And when I wad na venture in, 
 
 A coward loon she ca'd me ; [w.] . S. Had I the wyie t 
 An' owre the threshold ventures ; , . . Halloween. 22. 
 In troth I'm fear'd to venture, Sir. S. Tm. der young to marry t 
 He'd venture the gallows for siller, 
 
 An 'twere na the cost o' the rape. The Election Ballads. III. 
 For drink I would venture my neck ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 O Love will venture in, where it dare na weel be seen ; 
 O love will venture in, where wisdom ance has been ; 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 Critics — appalled, I venture on the name. To R. G. ofF., 4. 
 Ventured, -*d. 
 She ventured forward on the light ; Tafn d Shanter. 11. 
 
 He ventur'd the Soul, and I risked the Body, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 What champions ventured, what champions fell ; 
 
 The Whistle. 
 
 Venus. Weel rigg'd for Venus barter ; . .A Dream. 13. 
 
 If Venus yet had got his nose off; . Kind Sir^ Pve read t 
 
 Life-giving wars of Venus. . Lns., on Windows^ Gl. Tav.. 
 
 Vera [very], thretteen pund an' twa, The vera warst. 
 
 A Guid New-Year t /J", 
 a hearty blaud, This vera night ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 4. 
 The vera wee-things, toddlan, rin, . . Halloween, j*. 
 
 He was sae sairly frighted That vera night. . . lb. 16, 
 In hopes to see Tam Kipples That vera night. . lb. 21. 
 A vera gude tocher, a cotter-man's docbter, 
 
 S. Her Daddie forbad i 
 Tam lo'ed him like a vera brither ; . Tam d Shunter. S. 
 And ev'n the vera deils they brawly ken them). 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 The vera wrinkles Gothic in his face : . . , .lb. 
 Tho' they should cast the vera sark and swim, . . Jb. 
 Our vera " Sauls does harrow " Wi' fright The Holy Fair. 21. 
 
 The vera sight o' [Moodie]'s face, 
 
 To's ain bet hame had sent him .... lb. 12 
 
 The vera girdle rang. . , , The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 
 The vera thought o't need na fear them. The Twa Dogs. 27. 
 
 The vera tapmost, towrin height ... To a Louse. 
 
 Ye hate as ill's the vera de'il, . . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Verdant. No more the thickening brakes and verdant plains 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 
 Woods that ever verdant wave, . S. Streams that glided 
 
 The palace rising on his verdant side ; Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Verdure. The verdure and pride of the garden and lawn. 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks\ 
 Veriest. Love's veriest wretch, unseen, unknown, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou stream \ 
 Love's veriest wretch, despairing, , . S. The l^t time I\ 
 Vermin. 
 
 The courtly vermin's banned the tree, The Tree of Liberty. 
 Vermined. 
 
 And vermined gipsies litter'd heretofore. . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Vernal. 
 Again rejoicing Nature sees 
 Her robe assume its vernal hues, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature \ 
 And gentle the fall of the soft vernal shower, 
 
 S. How pleasant the hanks \ 
 The reliques of the vernal quire ; . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Not vernal showers tQhvi^Amg^ovf'xStS. Nowwestlinwittds\ 
 Her looks are like the vernal May, 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks f Sett II. 
 Here haply too, at vernal dawn, 
 
 Some musing bard may stray. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Her air like nature's vernal smile ; S. ' Twas even — the dewy-\ 
 Would take His hand, whose vernal tints 
 His other works admire. . . , V.s below Picture. 
 Versailles. 
 There, at Vienna or Versailles, 
 He rives his father's auld entails ; . . The Twa Dogs, 23. 
 
 Verse. Who called her verse, a parish workhouse made 
 For motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed 7 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 And spin a verse or twa 0' rhyme, . . Ep. to Dame. 
 
 ' You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 10. 
 Whose verse in manhood's pride sublimely flows, 
 Yet vilest reptiles in their begging prose. Ep. to JR. Graham, j. 
 Or they [tunefu* powers] rehearse, in equal verse, 
 The charms o' lovely Davies. . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 
 Now, by the Powers o' Verse and Prose ! 
 
 On Grose* s Peregrinations. 
 
 When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks 
 
 Are my poor Verses I . Scotch Drink. iS. 
 
 An' scriechan out prosaic verse. 
 
 An' like to brust! The Author's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 What verse can sing, what prose narrate. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 O' double verse come gie us four, , . The Ordination. 3. 
 On every tree appear my verses . . .To Clarinda. 
 (I'm scant o' verse, and scant o' time,) To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Very. 
 So may ye hae auld stanes in store, - . ^ /^ 4. 
 
 The very stanes that Adam bore. Ken ye aught Capi. G.J 
 
 And the very grey breeks o* Tam Glen ! 
 
 S. Tam Glen. 
 
 Vest. My coat and my vest, they are Scotch o' the best, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennais. 
 
 Vestal. 'Tis the soft, spotless, vestal train, On Linclvden. 
 
 Vet'ran. 
 
 Like some bold Vet'ran, gray in arms, 
 And mark'd with many a seamy scar : Add. to Edinburgh.5. 
 
 Health to the Maxwell's vet'ran Chief! To Terraughty. 
 
 Vex. 
 
 That when nae real ills perplex them. 
 
 They mak enow themsels to vex them ; The Twa Dogs. 2g. 
 Vexation. How would your spirits groan in deep vexation, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 9. 
 
 If thou hast known false love's vexation, . The Hennii. 
 Vex'd. 
 And e'en a vex'd and angry heart had he! The Brigs of Ayr. 4- 
 
 Their zealous herds are vex'd an' sweatan ; ^ _ n c- 
 
 To W. Simpson. F.ii.- 
 
Vibrate 
 
 305 
 
 Vi'let 
 
 Vibrate. Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure, 
 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, S. SemiBiiiijf, t 
 Vice, the Vices. 
 
 The vices also, must they club their curse ? Ep.Jr. Esopus, 
 The Friend of Man, to vice alone a foe ; 
 
 Epit,for Auihot^s Father. 
 How virtue and vice blend their black and their white I 
 
 Fra^,, inscr. to Fox. 
 I saw mankind with vice incrusted ; . . The Hermit. 
 " Whom vice, as usual, has tum'd o'er to ruin. Tragic Frag.. 
 The smile or frown of aweful Heaven, 
 To Virtue or to Vice is given. Wr. in Friars-Carse H., 
 
 Vicegerent, Justice, the high vicegerent of her God, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Vicious. 
 
 But vicious folk aye hate to see 
 The works o' Virtue thrive, man : 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 A Ded. to G. H., i6. 
 
 Victim. 
 
 The victim sad of Fortune's strife, , 
 
 I've seen th' oppressor's cruel smile, 
 
 Amid his hapless victim's spoil. Lns^ on Back of Bank Note. 
 
 Ye mustering thunders from above 
 
 Your willing victim see ! . . . S. O mirk, 7mrk\ 
 Keen on the helpless victim see him fly, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Victor. While Death stands victor by, S. From ihee^ EUzay\ 
 Victorious. 
 O'er a' the ills o' life victorious ! . . Tarn, o' Shanter. 6. 
 Th' envenomed wasp, victorious, guards his cell. 
 
 ToR. G. ofF.^a. 
 Victory, -ie. 
 While victory shines on life's last ebbing sands, 
 O, who would not die with the brave ! 
 
 S. Farewell-, thou fair day t 
 From great Dundee,^ who smiling victory led. 
 
 And fell a martyr in her arms, . . . Frag, of Ode. 
 But soon wi' sounding victorie 
 May Kenmure's Lord come bame. 
 
 S. O Kenmur^s on and awa t 
 Welcome to your gory bed, 
 
 Or to glorious victory S. Scots^ wha ka'e\ 
 
 Yet simple Bob the victory got, . The Dean ofFac.. 
 
 Vie. Yon knot of gay flowers in the arbour, 
 They ne'er wi' my Phillis can vie : 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith^ 
 But for sense and guid taste she'll vie wi' the best 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 The flowers shall vie in all their charms 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Vienna. 
 There, at Vienna or Versailles, 
 
 He rives his father's auld entails ; . . The Twa Dogs, sj. 
 View, Their views enlarg'd, . . Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 An' views beyond the grave comfort him. Auldcomrade\ 
 Dim-backward as I cast my view, 
 
 What sick'ning scenes appear I . Despondency^ an Ode. 
 Who, equal to the bustling strife. 
 
 No other view regard ! lb. s. 
 
 And a' your views may come to nought, 
 
 Where ev'ry nerve is strained, , Ep. to Young Friend, s. 
 Nell's heart was dancin at the view ; , . Halloween. 10. 
 This partial view of human-kind 
 
 Is surely not the last ! . . Man was made to Mourn. 
 No help, nor hope, nor view had I, 
 
 S. My father was afarmer\ 
 No view nor care, but shun whate'er 
 
 Might breed me pain or sorrow, O ; . . . .lb. 
 The more in this [wealth, &c.] you look for bliss, 
 
 You leave your view the farther, O : , , . , lb. 
 How strongly still your view displays 
 
 The piety of ancient days ! '. , . . On Lincluden. 
 Nae thought, nae view, nae scheme o' livin'. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie. 
 E'er they would grate their feelings wi' the view 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Or gather'd lib'ral views in Bonds and Seisins. . lb. 10. 
 Anticipation forward points the view ; 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. S* 
 There's a holier chace in your view ; . The Kirk's Alarm. 
 I'll pu' the budding rose, when Phoebus peeps in vieiv, 
 
 S, The Posie. 
 
 3 s 
 
 They're sae accustom'd wi' the sight, 
 
 The view o't gies them little fright. The Twa Dogs. 15. 
 
 And seem'd, to my astonish'd view, 
 
 A well-known Land. The Vision. D. 1. 12. 
 
 Looks down wi' sneering, scomfu' view 
 
 On sic a dinner ? . . . To a Haggis. 
 Keep His Goodness still in view, . Wr. in Hermitage^ F.C. 
 Till fam'd Breadalbaine opens on my view. 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 View, to. 
 Guilt, erring Man, relenting view ! A Winter Night. 9. 
 
 With awe-struck thought, and pitying tears, 
 
 I view that noble, stately Dome, Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Our auld Guidman delights to view 
 
 His sheep an' kye thrive bonie, S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 As wand'ring, meand'ring, 
 
 He views the solemn sky. , . Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 And view the charms of Nature ; . S. Now westlin winds t 
 View the wither'd beldam's face Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 I view the solemn scene around, . . . On Lincluden. 
 Not ev'n to view the Heavenly choir, 
 
 Would be so blest a sight. . . On Miss J. Lewars. 
 
 View unsuspecting Innocence a prey, On Death of R. Dundas. 
 Blest stream ! she views thee haste to Clyde. 
 
 S. Slow spreads thegloom\ 
 The western breeze steals through the trees, 
 
 To view this Ffite Champetre. The FHe Ckampetre. 
 
 I walked forth to view the corn, 
 
 An' snuff the callor air. . . . The Holy Fair. 
 And view, deep-bending in the pool, 
 
 Their shadows' wat'ry bed : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 I joyless view thy rays adorn, [«.] . . The Lament. 
 Nor even Sol too fiercely view 
 
 Thy bosom blushing still with dew \ . . To Miss C. 
 And with sincere tho' unavailing sighs, 
 
 I view the helpless children of distress. . Tragic Frag. 
 
 We cam' na here to view your warks, V.s, on Window, Carron. 
 View'd, Dark-muffl'd, [Phcebe] view'd the dreary plain ; 
 
 A Winter Night. 6. 
 'Twas Caledonia's trophied shield I view'd ; 
 
 On Death of Sir/. Blair. 
 An' meek an' mim has view'd it [the word], The Holy Fair. 16. 
 I view'd the heavenly-seeming Fair ; . The Vision. D. II. 
 Viewing, -in, Sae, after viev«ng knives and garters, 
 
 Epit. on Tam the Chapman. 
 aghast The wheeling torrent viewing, 
 
 S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Woor by degrees, till her last roon 
 
 Gaed past their viewin, To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 Viewless. And viewless Echo's ear, astonished, rends. 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Vigils. With Woe I nightly vigils keep, . The Lament. 
 Vigour, And drinks the stream with vigour fresh ; 
 
 S. On Cessnock banks \ Sett II. 
 An' touch it aff wi' vigour, , . . The Ordination. 4. 
 Vile, Plac'd for her lordly use thus far, thus vile, below ! 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 To watch and premier owre the pack vile ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 wi' warldly trust, Vile self gets in ; Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 Yet sune thou shalt be thrown aside. 
 
 Like ony common weed and vile, S. I do confess t 
 
 That vile doup-skelper, Emperor Joseph, KindSir, Tvereadi 
 See, yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight, 
 
 So abject, mean and vile, , Man was made to Mourn. 
 That vile, wanchancie thing — a raep ! . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, 
 Lay stinking, vile, in every neuk. [v. A. 16] Tam d Shanter. 
 From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 An' may they never learn the gaets, 
 
 Of ither vile, wanrestfu' Pets ! . The Death ofMailie. 
 How could you raise so vile a bustle, . The Twa Herds. 3. 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways. 
 
 Lead to be wretched, vile, and base. Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Vilest. 
 And I shall spurn as vilest dust, 
 
 The warld's wealth and grandeur ; S, Come, lei me take thee f 
 Yet vilest reptiles in their begging prose. Ep, to R, Graham.S- 
 The sweetest flower that deck'd the mead, 
 Now trodden like the vilest weed, S. Lassie^ art thou t 
 
 Vi'let V. Violet. 
 
vm&ge 
 
 eo6 
 
 Voice 
 
 i". Here is the glen, t 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 
 Village. 
 The village bell has told the hour, . 
 A Nobleman liv'd in a village of late, 
 The village glittering in the noontide beam 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Villain, VllUan. 
 I'll no say, men are villains a' ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 ** O I why has Worth so short a date ? 
 * * While villains ripen grey with time ! 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 To crush the villain in the dust : Lns, on Bach of Bank Note, 
 A Wretch ! a Villon 1 lost to love and truth ! 
 
 The Cottei's Sat. Night. 10. 
 And names, like villian, hypocrite. 
 
 Ilk ither gi en, . . The Twa Herds, g. 
 By all the conscious villian fears below 1 . To Clarinda. 
 Only to number out a villain's years ! . To R. Graham. 
 *• A harden'd, stubborn, unrepenting villain, Tragic Frag.. 
 *^ As far surpassing other common villains, 
 " As Thou in natural parts hadst given me more," . lb. 
 Vines. While nightly breezes sweep the vines, 
 
 Foem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' druken Bacchus, Scotch Drink. 
 Vineyard. And wished that Parnassus a vineyard had been. 
 
 The Whistle, xi. 
 Vintage. The sparkling heavenly vintage. Love and Bliss ! 
 
 Innocence t 
 Vintner. An' cheek-for-chow, a chufSe Vintner, 
 
 The Author^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Violence. Mark ruffian Violence, distain'd with crimes ; 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Violet, Vi'let. , 
 In vain to me the vi'lets spring ; 3. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 And violets bathe in the weet of the mom ; 
 
 3". My Nanie^s Awa. 
 O were my love yon vi'let sweet. 
 That peeps frae 'neath the hawthorn spray ; 
 
 S. O were my love t 
 The violet for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear, ■ 
 
 S. The Posie. 
 Violino. 
 Sir Violino with an air 
 That show'd a man o' spunk. The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 Virgin. 
 virgin Spring, by Eden's flood. Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Where first I own'd that virgin love 
 
 I lang, lang had denied. . . . S.O mirk, mirk t 
 But Queensberry, thine the virgin claim 
 From aught that's good exempt. 
 
 On Duke ofQueensterry. 
 
 Love's first snow-drop, virgin kiss. . . To a Kiss. 
 
 Never, never reptile thief 
 Riot on thy virgm leaf! . 
 
 To Miss C. 
 
 Virginia. 
 
 Tho' I should herd the buckskin kye 
 
 For't, in Virginia! . ■ E^. to J. R., 11. 
 It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral, 
 For the lands of Virginia-ginia, O : 
 
 .9. The Slave's Lament. 
 All on that charming coast is no bitter snow and frost, 
 Like the lands of Virginia-ginia O ; 
 
 The burden I must bear, while the cruel scourge I fear. 
 In the lands of Virginia-ginia O ; 
 
 n. 
 
 lb. 
 Virginity. 
 
 O wrang na my virginity! S. The lass that made the bed. 
 
 Virl [ferrule, ferrel, a ring round the end of a 
 staff, tool-handle, column, &c.]. 
 Wi' virls an' whirlygigums at the head. The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Virtue, the Virtues. 
 
 And virtue's light that beams beyond the spheres ; 
 
 EL on Miss Burnet, 
 Thou know'st, the virtues cannot hate thee worse, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 ' For cv'n his failings lean'd to Virtue's side.' 
 
 Epit. for Author's Father. 
 
 Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd, Epit, on a Friend, 
 How virtue and vice blend their black and their white ! 
 
 Frag,, inser. to Fox. 
 
 No two virtues, whatever relation they claim, - 
 
 Possessing the one shall imply you've the other. . lb. 
 Loves, graces and virtues, I call not on you ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 
 " Thro' future times to make his virtues last 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 His forbears' virtues all contrasted. On Duke of Queensberry. 
 Virtue alone who dost revere, . . Poet. Inscription. 
 What breast so dead to heav'nly Virtue's glow. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Virtue's blossoms there shall blow. 
 
 And fear no withering blast ; , . . Sad thy tale, f 
 And soothe the Virtues weeping on this bier : [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR, 
 Are Honor, Virtue, Conscience, all exil'd ? 
 
 The Cottei's Sat. Night. 10. 
 And certes, in fair Virtue's heavenly road. 
 
 The Cottage leaves the Palace far behind : . lb. ig. 
 If the virtues were pack't in a parcel. 
 
 His worth might be sample for a'. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Its virtues a' can tell, man ; . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Fair Virtue water'd it wi' care, Ih, 
 
 But vicious folk aye hate to see 
 
 The works o' Virtue thrive, man ; . . . , lb. 
 To ev'ry nobler virtue bred, 
 
 And polish'd grace. The Vision. D. I. is. 
 
 While conscious virtue all the strain endears, 
 
 To Miss Graham. 
 Again I might desert fair Virtue's way ; Why am I loth t 
 
 The smile or frown of awful Heaven, 
 
 To Virtue or to Vice is given. Wr. in Friars-Carse H« 
 
 Virtuous. 
 Ye high, exalted, virtuous Dames, Add. to the Unco Guid. 6. 
 Powers celestial whose protection 
 
 Ever guards the virtuous fair, . , S. Highl. Mary. 
 Ye Powers that smile on virtuous love, , , S, Somebody. 
 A virtuous Populace may rise the while. 
 
 The Cottei's Sat. Night. 20. 
 Visage. The moon was sinking in the west 
 
 Wi' visage pale and wan, S. My heart was ance t 
 Their visage withered, lang an' thin. 
 
 An' sour as ony slaes : . . . . The Holy Fair. 3. 
 * I saw grim nature's visage hoar 
 
 ' Struck thy young eye. The Vision.' D. II. 13, 
 
 Vision. 
 But as I gaze the vision f^ls. 
 
 Like frost-work touched by southern gales ; On Lincluden. 
 So may be, on this Pisgah height, 
 Bob s purblind, mental vision : . . The Dean ofFac.. 
 Visit. Which, save the linnet's flight, 1 wot, 
 
 Nae ruder visit knows, S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Blythe Jenny sees the visit's no ill taen ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. S. 
 
 Visit, to. L — d visit them wha did employ him. 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. JJ. 
 Vista. Or down Italian Vista startles. The Twa Dogs. y. 
 Vital. Thrill, vital, thro' and. thro' ; . . Nature's Law. 
 While down the wretched vital part is driven ! 
 
 Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 Vittle, Vittel, [victual ; grain]. 
 
 Robin promis'd me 
 A' my winter vittle ; . . i'. Robin shure in hatrsl. 
 
 An' a' the vittel in the yard, 
 
 • An' theeidt right, . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 
 Vive. By some sweet elf I'll yet be dinted. 
 
 Theft, Vive V amour t Ep. to Maj. Logan, n. 
 
 Ixxrci & Vive la bagatelle, et viae t amour ; . . Sketch. 
 Vocal. On trembling string, or vocal air, 5. A Rosebud bymy\ 
 
 Oft in the vocal bowers recline? J. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 
 Again ye'U charm the vocal Mr. .S. The Catrine woods t 
 
 Vocation. 
 
 To follow the noble vocation ; 5. The Sons of old Killie. 
 
 Vogie [vain, proud, highly pleased]. 
 
 And vow but I was vogie 1 . . S. What will I do gin t 
 Voice. 
 
 And list'ning to their witching voice .„ ^, 
 
 Has often led me wrong. A Prayer m Prosp. of Death. 
 
 Her voice is the song of the morning .J. AdownwindingNith\ 
 
 S. Could aught of song i 
 
 Beyond what Fancy e'er refin'd 
 
 •The voice of Nature prizing. 
 The music of thy voice I heard. 
 
 Nor wist while it enslav'd me ; 5. Farewell, thou stream T 
 
 A boding voice is ih mine ear. 
 It is Maria's voice I hear ! 
 
 S. From thee, Elissa, t 
 S.Here is the glen, i 
 
Voiee 
 
 507 
 
 Wad 
 
 " Awake thy last sad voiccj my harp ! 
 
 " The voice of woe and wild despair ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 Her voice is like the ev'ning thrush S. On Cessnock banks f 
 The -voice of nature loudly cries, 
 And,many a message from the skies, 
 
 That something in us never dies : . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 My voice, a lioness that mourns 
 
 Her darling cub's undoing 1 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Each night and mom with voice imploring, 
 
 This wish I sigh : . . .The Hermit. 
 But hark I thetent has chang'd it's voice ; The Holy Fair. 14. 
 For why, — methinks I hear her voice 
 
 Tearing the clouds asunder. ' . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 Weel kend his voice thro' a' the wood, The Twa Herds, 6. 
 His voice was heard thro' muir and dale, . . .Id. 7. 
 With trembling voice I tune my strain To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 And the sweet'voice of pity ne'er sounds in my ear. 
 
 S. Woe is my heart t 
 
 Wi' alter'd voice, quoth I , sweet lass, S, When wild War's t 
 
 Void. 
 
 Her native grace so void of art ; . S. My Mary face t 
 
 That breast, how dreary* now, and void, . The Lament. 
 
 Volly. 
 
 Three voUies let his mem'ry crave Tarn Samson* s £1., 13. 
 Poet Willie, Poet Willie, gi' the Doctor a volly. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Volume. Perhaps the Christian Volume is the theme, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. 
 Thine be the volumesi Jessy fair, . , To a young Lady. 
 Volunteers. 
 There's wooden walls upon our seas, 
 And Volunteers on shore, Sir. . S. Does haughty Gaul f 
 
 Vote* In gath'rin votes you were na slack. 
 Now stand as tightly by your tack : 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 6. 
 The deil ane but honours them highly, 
 The deil ane will give them his vote. 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 For worth and honour pawn their word, 
 Their vote shall be Glencaird's, man? The Fite Champetre. 
 Vote* to. That she wad vote the border knight, 
 Thoughshe should vote her lane. 
 
 The Election Ballads. I. 
 Votive. T|o thee this votive offring I impart, 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford. 
 Vow ! [an exclamation of surprise or delight]. 
 And, vow ! Tam saw an unco sight ! Tarn o' Shanter. 11. 
 
 And vow tut I, was vogie 1 . . S. What will I da gin t 
 Vow. 
 And on thy lips I seal my vow, . S. At£ Til kiss theeyet\ 
 While many a kiss the seal imprest. 
 
 The sacred vow, we ne'er should sever. S. By A llan stream t 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air ! S. Had I a cave \ 
 And let us all our vows renew, . . S, Here is the glen^ 
 She'll aiblins listen to my vow : . S. Igaed a waefu' t 
 
 But puret was the lover's vow S. O bonie was yon rosy t 
 
 Sweet early object of my youthful vows, Once fondly lov'd\ 
 And hear my vows o' truth and love, . S. Sae flaxen \ 
 
 She's broken her vow, she's broken my heart, 
 
 S. She's fair andfause \ 
 A vow, they seal'd it with a kiss 
 
 Sir Politics to fetter, . . . The FHe Champetre. 
 A faithless woman's broken vow. . . . The Lament. 
 And come to stop those reckless vows, 
 
 Would soon been broken. The Vision. D. I. g. 
 My vows and tears her scorn excite . . To Clarinda. 
 And sae may the Heavens forget me, 
 
 When r forget my vow I To Mary. 
 
 Ye shades that echo'd to his vows, S. To thee^ lov'dNithi 
 Wi' mony a vow, and lock'd embrace, 
 
 S. Ye banks J and braesy and streams t 
 Vow, to. 
 I swear and vow by moon arid stars, 
 
 And sun that shines so early, . S. Come boat me o^er. 
 Quoth I, ' Before I sleep a wink, 
 
 * \ vow I'll close it ; Ep. to J. L—kt Ap. zisi, '6. 
 An' by my hen, an' by her tail, 
 
 I vow an' swear ! . . Ep. to J» R., id. 
 I vowand swear,, I dinna care, 
 How lang ye look about ye. . S* Here's td thy health,\ 
 
 How aften didst thou pledge and vow, , S. mirkf mirki 
 Ay vow and protest that ye carena for me, . S. O whistle,^ 
 I vow it's unco pretty ; , . . . The Ordination. 11. 
 I swear and vow that only thou 
 
 Shall ever be my dearie : . . .S". Wilt thou be my t 
 An' ay he vows he'll be my ain 
 As lang's he has a breath to draw. . S. Young Jockey t 
 Vowe(i, -'d. And vow'd for my love he was dying ; 
 
 ^. Last May a oraw wooer f 
 And vow'd I was his dear lassie, ire.} . ... lb. 
 He vow'd, he pray'd, he found the maid 
 
 Forgiving all and good. . . S. Ona bank of powers \ 
 And vowed that to leave them he was quite forlorn. 
 
 The Whistle, /j. 
 Often hast thou vow'd that death 
 
 Only should us sever : S. Thou hast left me t 
 Vowel. 
 And call the trembling vowels to account. . The Vowels, 
 Andknock'd the groaning vowel to the ground! . . lb. 
 Vulean. 
 When Vulcan gies his bellys breath, . Scotch Drink. 10. 
 To Vulcan then Apollo goes, 
 To get a fro^y calker. * . . . . To J. Taylor. 
 
 Obliging Vulcan fell to ii^ork, lb. 
 
 Ye Vulcan's sons of Wanlockhead, . . . . Ih. 
 
 Wa', WaW [wall]. He hung it to the wa', A Fragment. 4. 
 
 An' bore him to the wa', man Ih.6. 
 
 Be-north the Roman wa', man : lb. 8. 
 
 Was rushing by the ruin'd wa's, . . , A Vision. 
 
 The braes ascend like lofty wa's, S. Bonie Lassie^ will ye go \ 
 By yon castle wa' at the close of the day, 
 
 S. By yon castle wd f 
 A ratton rattl'd up the wa', .... Halloween. 32. 
 Altho' my back be at the wa', S. Here^s his health in water. 
 
 Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the castle wa', 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 That grows upon the castle wa' ! . . S.O were my love t 
 Then echo thro' Saint Stephen's wa's 
 Auld Scotland's wrangs. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. 12. 
 His back's been at the wa' ; , . The Election Ballads. I, 
 
 1 laid her 'tween me and the wa', 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Whene'er my father thinks on me. 
 
 He stares into the wa' ; . The Ruined Maid!s Lament. 
 And jee I the door gaed to the wa' ; , The Vision. D. I. 7. 
 A reekit wee deevil looks ower the wa', 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 High-shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield, 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 It's silly wa's the win's are strewin 1 . . To a Mouse. 
 But the houlet cry'd frae the Castle wa', 
 
 S. What will I do gin \ 
 So sung the Bard — and Nansie's waws 
 
 Shook with a thunder of applause The Jolly Beggars. R . VIII. 
 Wab [a web]. 
 To warp a plaiden wab ; . . S. My heart was ance \ 
 
 To warp a wab o' plaiden ; . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 
 Wabster [a weaver]. 
 And can, like ony wabster's shuttle, 
 
 Jink there or here ; Adam A — '5 Prayer. 
 
 What wives aa' wabsters see an' feel ; . Auld comrade t 
 An' no forgetting wabster Charlie, . ... lb. 
 
 An honest Wabster -to his trade. Death and Dr. Homiook, 26. 
 Came shaking hands wi' wabster-loons. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 An' there, a batch o' Wabster lads, 
 
 Blackguarding frae K[ilmamo]ck . The Holy Fair. 9. 
 K[iImamock] Wabsters, fidge an' claw, . The Ordination. 
 Willie was a wabster gude, . . . S. Willie Wastle^ 
 Wad [to wager]. 
 * Niest time we meet, I'll wad a groat, 
 
 ' He gets his fairin 1 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 30. 
 Or faith t I'll wad my new pleugh-pettle, 
 
 Ye'll see't or lang, The Authors Cry and Prayer, is. 
 I'll wad a boddle, .... The Brigs of Ayr. jr. 
 
 Wad [wed]. 
 
 And or I wad anither jad, 
 I'll wallop in a tow. . » . ^S"* The weary Pund* 
 
WAd 
 
 508 
 
 Wafla 
 
 Wad [would]. 
 
 What wad ye wish for mair, man ? A Bottle and Friend. 
 
 Wad gar you trow ye ne'er do wrang, . . A Dream, z. 
 Wad been a dress compleater : . . . . lb. iz. 
 How thou wad prance, an' snore, an* scriegh, 
 
 A Guid NeW'Year\ 8. 
 But thy auld tail thou wad hae whisket, . . lb. 12. 
 Till sprittie knowes wad rair't an' risket, , , . Ih, 
 The steyest brae thou wad hae fac't it ; . ... lb. 14. 
 
 I thought We wad be beat ! lb. z6. 
 
 I doubt na they wad bide nae better . Add. of Beelzebub. 
 An' if thou be what I wad ha'e thee, Add, to lUegit. Child. 
 ye wad whip Aff straught to H-U. Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 
 Wad ding a' Lallan tongue, or Erse, ... lb. ig. 
 
 wad ye tak a thought an' men' \ . . . . lb. 21. 
 Wha wad mind the wind and rain, . S.As I came der\ 
 
 1 wad wear thee in my bosom, . . S. Bonis viee thin^f 
 My heart wad burst wi' anguish. . S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 I wad be kittle To be mislear'd. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 10. 
 
 Fient haet o't wad hae pierc'd the heart 
 
 Of a kail-runt lb. 27. 
 
 And wha wad dare to spoil it? . •5'. Does haughty Gaul\ 
 Wad made a bodie's mouth to water ; , S. Donald Brodie f 
 
 His haly lips wad licket at her. lb. 
 
 For wi* the rock she wad him knock, S. Duncan Davison. 
 at Friendship's sacred ca' Wad Ufe itself resign. 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 We freely'wad exchang'd the wife, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Twa lines frae you wad gar me fissle, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 22. 
 ■ Ne'er thinkan they wad fash me for't ; . . Ep. to J. R.^ 8. 
 they wha wad hae starv'd thy life 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s t^f Thomson. 
 
 I modestly fu' fain wad hint it, . Friend of the Poet t 
 
 But your green graff, now. Lucky Laing, 
 
 Wad airt me to my treasure. . . . .S*. Gat ye me f 
 What wife but wad excus'd her ? . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 As they wad never mair part, . . , Halloween. 8. 
 
 Meg fain wad to the Barn gaen, .... lb. 2i. 
 Here's freedom to him that wad read, 
 ' Here's freedom to him that wad write ! 
 There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard. 
 But they wham the truth wad indite. 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 And wha wad betray Old Albion's rights. 
 
 May they never eat of her bread I lb. 
 
 I wad gie my coatie 
 
 For the dusty miller. . , S. Hey, the dusty miller \ 
 
 Or else, thou kens, thy servant true 
 
 Wad ne'er hae steer'd her. . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 8. 
 
 1 wad been o'er the lugs in luve j . . S. I do confess t 
 
 His haly lips wad licket at her. . . S. I met a lass t 
 If thou wad be my love, 
 
 Jamie, come try me. . . , S. Jamie, come try me \ 
 
 That ne'er wad blink on mine ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 I wad sit and sing to you. 
 
 If ye [cog] were ay fou. . • S. Landlady, count \ 
 
 But what wad ye think ? . S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 He begged for gude-sake I wad be his wife, 
 
 Or else I wad kill him with sorrow : . . . , lb. 
 Wisbin the ten Egyptian plagues 
 
 Wad seize you quick. . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 
 An' twa red peats wad send relief, lb. 
 
 X wad in vain essay the strain, . . S. Lovely Davies* 
 It's not the roar o' sea or shore, 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; . S. My bonie Mary, 
 
 I wad turn my back on you and it a', S. My Collier Laddie, 
 
 But wha wad keep the handless coof, 
 
 S. can ye labour lea t 
 I wad bestow my widowhood 
 
 Upon a rantin Highlandman. . S, O gin ye were dead t 
 My tocher's the bargain ye wad buy : 
 
 S. meikle thinks my love t 
 
 Or aught that wad belang thee ! . S. O saw ye bonie L.^ 
 
 I wad never had nae care, . . S.O thai I had ne*er t 
 
 The brightest jewel in my crown, 
 
 Wad be my queen, wad be my queen, S. wert thou in t 
 
 lb. 13. 
 
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 What heart o' stane wad thou na move, 
 
 On Birth ofPosih. Child. 
 And ane wad rather fa'n than fled ; On Grose's Peregrinatums. 
 Wad baud the Lothians three in tackets, , . ^ lb. 
 
 But wad ye see him in his glee, /3. 
 
 I'd take the rascal by the nose, 
 
 Wad say, Shame fa' thee. . . , lb. 
 The Laird 0' Blackbyre wad gang through the fire, 
 
 If that wad entice her awa', man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 The fault wad be mine, if they didna shine, . . , lb. 
 Wad shew the Tragic Muse in a' her gloiy. Scots Prologue. 
 Wad muve the very hearts o' stanes ! . Searching auld\ 
 Which even to name wad be unlawfu'. Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 I wad hae gi'en them off my hurdies, 
 Rigwoodie hags wad spean a foal, . 
 Wad ever grac'd a dance of witches ! 
 I put him to bed and he swore he wad wed, .S". The auldman t 
 There's some sark-necks I wad draw tight, 
 
 The Authors Cry and Prayer. 10. 
 If he some scheme, like tea an' winnocks, 
 
 Wad kindly seek. .... lb. so. 
 Now wad ye sing this double flight, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Oh wha wad leave this humble state .S". The Contented Cottager. 
 That errand fain wad gae ; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 And he wad gae to London town, lb. 
 
 And he wad do their errands weel. 
 
 And meikle he wad say, 
 And he wad gang to London town. 
 But he wad hecht an honest heart, 
 
 Wad ne'er desert his friend. 
 And some wad please themsel. 
 And she wad send the sodger lad, \re.'\ 
 That she wad vote the border knight. 
 They wad be blest that saw that. . 
 In the front rank he wad shine ; 
 O'er a' wad Scotland buy or sell, . 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane ! 
 He, kneeling, wad ador'd me. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 But wad hae spent an hour caressan, . The Twa Dogs, 3. 
 But he wad stan't, as glad to see him, 
 As I wad by a stinkan brock. 
 It wad for ev'ry ane be better, 
 O, Sirs ! whae'er wad ha'e expekit. 
 Your duty ye wad sae neglekit, 
 We thought ay death wad bring relief, 
 
 lb. 
 
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 lb. II. 
 lb. V. 
 lb. VL 
 The Holy Fair. 22. 
 
 . . lb. 
 
 lb. 12. 
 
 . . lb. 26. 
 
 The Twa Herds, 4, 
 . , lb. 13. 
 
 And I sigh as my heart it wad burst in my breast. 
 
 S. There's auld RM 
 
 I then might hae hop'd she wad smil'd upon me ! . . Ih. 
 Or olio that wad staw a sow. 
 
 Or fricassee wad mak her spew . . . Toa Haggis, 
 Wad dress your droddum ! . . . . To a Louse, 
 
 wad some Pow'r the glftie gie us .... lb. 
 It wad frae monie a blunder free us, . ... lo, 
 
 1 wad be laith to rin an' chase thee, . . Toa Mouse. 
 your wee bit jauntie, Wad bring ye to : To Dr. Blacklock. 
 An' wad hae done't aff han' : . . » To Gav, Hamilton. 
 Nine Ferriers wad done better \ , . To Miss Ferrier. 
 L — d man there's lasses there wad force 
 
 A hermit's fancy, . . To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Tho' I maun say't, i wad be silly, . . To W, Simpson, 
 
 My senses wad be in a creel, ■^^• 
 
 The tythe o' what ye waste at cartes 
 
 Wad stoWd his pantry!) ... /ft 
 
 Till chiels gat up and wad confute it, . • • Ib.^ ^'^' 
 
 Wad on thy worth be pressin' ; . . Verses under Grief 
 
 Feathers of a flee wad feather up his bonnet, 
 
 i". iVee Willie Gray t 
 
 And fain wad be thy lodger ; . . S. When wild War's t 
 A clapper tongue wad deave a miller ; S, Willie Wastle t 
 Wharefore wad ye lie y'er lane! S. Will ye go and marry ^ 
 If ye wad a man should get ye, „ 
 
 Then I can that want supply : * • • • • ^^' 
 
 Wad a [would have; "wad a haen," would have 
 
 had]. 
 
 There's Meg wi' the mailin that faia wad a haeft hjm ; 
 
 S. There s a youth T 
 
Waddle 
 
 509 
 
 WaU 
 
 Waddle. 
 
 Nae mair the Council waddles down the street, 
 In all the pomp of ignorant conceit ; Ths Brigs of Ayr. lo. 
 Waddl'd. But the pursy old landlord just waddl'd up stairs, 
 
 S. No Churchman am I f 
 Wadna [would not]. 
 I ken'd my Maggie wad na sleep 
 
 For that, or Simmer. A Guid New-Year \ 13. 
 I wad na mind it, no that spittle 
 
 Death and Dr. Hemhook. 10. 
 Wi' cits nor lairds I wadna shift, 
 
 In a' their pride ! E^. to J, L—k^ Ap. 2ist, 13. 
 Wha wadna be happy Wi' Eppie Adair? S. Bp^ie Adair. 
 And when I wad na venture in, 
 A coward loon she ca'd me ; . . .S". Had I the wyie t 
 . And wad na Manhood been to blame, ..../$. 
 Wha 'twas, she wadna tell ; . • . . Halloween. 8. 
 She wadna trow't, the broust she brew't, 
 . Wad taste sae bitterlie. , . S. Her DaddieforBad t 
 Ae blink o' hinj I wadna gie 
 
 For Buskie-glen and a* his gear. S. In simmer when t 
 
 An ye had been whare I hae been, 
 Ye wad na been sae cantie O ; . 
 
 S. Killiecrankie. 
 S.O Willie brew' d^ 
 
 Ye wad na found in Christendie. . 
 Yet coin his pouches wad na bide in ; 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 He wad na wrang'd the vera Diel, ... , lb. 
 
 Yet I wadna choose to let her refuse, Ronalds ofBennals, 
 I've seen the day, and sae hae ye, 
 
 Ye wad na been sae donsie, O. . .S". The deuks dang o'er. 
 He wadna hecht them courtly gifts, The Election Ballads. I. 
 Wae worth the loon wha wadna eat 
 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 
 I wadna been surprized to spy 
 
 You on an auld wife's flainen toy ; . . . To a Louse. 
 I wad na gie a button for her. , . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Wadset [a mortgage]. 
 
 Here's a little wadset 
 Buittles scrap o' truth, . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Wae [woful, soppowful]. 
 I'm wae to think upo' yon den, 
 
 Ev'n for your sake. Add. to the Deil, 21. 
 
 Till we were wae and wearie : . S. Amang the trees\ 
 Wha in his wae dayfe we^e loyal to Charlie ? 
 
 S. Bannocks d bear meal t 
 Ye're wae men, ye 're nae men, 
 
 That slight the lovely dears ; The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 My heart is wae, and unco wae, S. The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 An' mony a time my heart's been wae, . The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 Till piper lads were wae and weary, 
 
 S. Th. Menzies' bonie Mary. 
 Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e ; 
 
 S. Wae is my heart t 
 ' How slow ye move, ye heavy hours. 
 
 As ye were wae and weary I . . When I think on t 
 
 Wae [woe]. 
 Wae gae by you, Duncan Gray, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 
 Wae on the bad girdin o't, lb, 
 
 O wae gae by his wanton sides, 
 
 S. Here^s his health in water. 
 He [love] oft has wrought me meikle wae ; 
 
 S. O lay thy loof\ 
 
 wae upon you, men o' state, 
 
 That brethren rouse in deadly hate ! ^S". O Logan t sweetly \ 
 
 Now wae to thee, thou cruel lord, . . S. The lovely lass\ 
 
 M'[Gi]ll has wrought us meikle wae, Th^ Twa Herds. I2. 
 Waest [most woful]. 
 That year I was the waest man 
 O' ony man alive. 
 
 Waefu* [woful, sorrowful]. 
 
 And now thou kens our waefu' case, Adam A-^s Prayer. 
 
 1 gaed a waefu' gate yestreen, . S. I gaed a wae/u^i 
 A waefu' wanderer seeks thy tower, . S. O mirk, mirk\ 
 Waefu' Want and Hunger fley me, S. that I had ne'er t 
 But O ! I was a waefu' man 
 
 Ere toofa' o' the night. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 But weary fa' the waefu' woodie ! The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 Their waefu' fate what need I tell. 
 
 The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 
 A waefu' day it was to me ; . ^ S, The lovely lass ofl.f 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Wae*s me, Wae*s my heart [woe*s me, woe*s my 
 heart]. 
 
 ' Waes me for Johnny Ged's-Hole now, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23. 
 Waes me ! she's [Superstition's] in a sad condition. 
 
 Letter to J. Goudie. 
 But, waes my heart! he could na mendcit ! 
 
 The Death o/Mailie. 
 Waesucks \lit. wae's us; alas !]. 
 Waesucks ! for him that gets nae lass, 
 Or lasses that hae naething ! . . The Holy Fair. 2J. 
 Wae worth [woe befall]. 
 Wae worth thy power, thou cursed leaf, 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 ' Wae worth that man wha first did shape, 
 That vile, wanchancie thing — a raep ! . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Wae worth them for't! [v.A.25] . Scotch Drink. 12. 
 
 Wae worth the name, [v.A.25] ..... Z$. 
 Wae worth that Brandy, burnan trash ! . , . lb. /J. 
 Wae worth the loon wha wadna eat 
 Sic halesome dainty cheer, man ; The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Watf [to waft]. 
 And [devils] waff them in the infernal wherry 
 
 Straught through the lake, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Wa*-flower [the wall-flower]. 
 
 Where the wa'-flower scents the dewy air, . , A Vision. 
 Waft, Or maybe, in a frolic daft. 
 
 To Hague or Calais takes a waft. The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 Waft [the weft or woof in a web]. 
 Syne weave, unseen, thy spider snare 
 
 O' hell's damned waft. . . Poem on Life. 
 Waft, to. 
 Make the gales you- waft around her 
 
 Soft and peaceful as her breast, . . S. Highl. Mary. 
 All-hail then, the gale then, 
 
 Wafts me from thee, dear shore ! . . The Farewell. 
 And waft my dear Laddie ance mair to my arms- 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 
 Waft, to [to send the shuttle with the weft through 
 the warp ; to "waft an* warp," to weave]. 
 
 Ne'er mind how Fortune waft an' warp ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2zst, 8. 
 Wafting. 
 " The little swallow's wanton wing^ 
 
 '* Tho' wafting o'er the flowery sprmg, . m S. O Phely, t 
 Wag. 
 But may the tapmast grain that wags 
 
 Come to the sack. . Third Ep. to J. Lap. . 
 Wage. 
 Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee. S. One fond kiss, t 
 No longer the warfare, ungodly, would wage; The Whistle. IS- 
 Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage, 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 Waged. 
 
 Honour's war we strongly waged, , . S. Thickest night t 
 Wages. Your labour is hard and your wages are low, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 At night I do bring ray full wages away : . . .lb. 
 
 For hireling traitors' wages S. The Union. 
 
 Wag-wit. 
 In Ayr, Wag-Wits nae mair can have a handle 
 To mouth 'A Citizen,' a term o' scandal: The Brigs of Ayr. io» 
 Waifs [stray sheep]. 
 Or wha will tent the waifs and crocks. 
 
 About the dykes. . . The Twa Herds. 
 Wail. Attentive still to Sorrow's wail. Add. to Edinburgh. 3. 
 Come [ye maukins] join my wail. . El. on Capt. M. H., 6. 
 And much-wrong'd Mis'ry pours th' unpitied wail ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Will generous G[raham] list to his Poet's wail ? To R. G. ofF.. 
 Wail, to. Wail [houlets] thro' the dreary midnight hour 
 
 El. on Capt, M. H., 10. 
 To gnash my gums, to weep and w^l. 
 
 In burnin' lake, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 Ye foam-crested billows, allow me to wail, 
 
 Lament; on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Since dark in Death's flsh-creel we wail 
 
 Tam Samson dead I . Tam Samson's El. . 
 On lofty aiks the cushats wail, S. The Contented Cottager* 
 What Whig but wails the good Sir James 
 
 T/te Election Ballads. VI, 
 
Wail 
 
 510 
 
 WaU 
 
 To wail her braiv John Higblandman. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 
 Wall'd, He weeping wail'd his latter times; . A Visiihi. 
 Wailfti'. 
 While thro' the braes the cushat croods 
 
 With wailfu' cry ! . .ToW. Simeon, n. 
 Wailing. 
 Come join, ye [hills, cliffs] Nature's sturdiest bairns. 
 
 My wailing numbers. El. on Ca^i. M. H., 3. 
 Or Job's pathetic plaint, and wiling cry ; 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 14. 
 The wailing minstrel of despairing woe ; . The Vowels. 
 Wailing, j. And mix'd her wailings with the raving storm. 
 
 Oh Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 And Melville melt in wailing. The EUciion Ballads. VI. 
 Wair, Ware [to spend ; bestow ; " waip't," spend It]. 
 And ken na how to wair't : . . . Ep. to Dai)ie. 2. 
 Had'at the tinie some dainty fair one, 
 To ware his theologic care on, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Waired, War'd [spent, bestowed]. 
 
 Thro' a' thy childish years I'll e'e thee. 
 
 An' think't weel war'd. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 And faith ye'll no be lost a whit, 
 Tho' waired on Willie Chalmers. 
 
 On JV. Chalmers. 
 
 Waist. Sae jimply lac'd her genty waist 
 
 S. A. Mastrtn's honie Anne. 
 
 I'll grasp thy waist, and fondly prest, 
 
 Swear how I love thee dearly : . S. Now westliit winds \ 
 Thy waist sae jimp, thy limbs sae clean, 
 
 S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 O I hae tint my rosy cheeks. 
 
 Likewise my waist sae sma' ; The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 He roos'd my waist sae genty sma' ; . S. Young Jockeji^ 
 
 Wait. Evils lurk in felon wait : . tVr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 
 Wait, to. 
 
 In a' their charms, and conquering arms, 
 
 They wait on bonie Anne. . S. A. Mastrtn's ionie Anne. 
 
 But by thy honest turf I'll wait. 
 
 Thou man of worth 1 El. on Capt. M. H., 16. 
 
 Unless he come to wait upon 
 
 The Lord their God, his Grace. 
 
 Epig. on being neglected at In. Inn. 
 To catch Dame Fortune's golden smile. 
 
 Assiduous wait upon her ; . . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 
 Who make poor will do wait upon / should 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 She did na wait on talkin 
 
 To spier that night. . Halloween, ii. 
 
 Then wait a wee, and cannie wale 
 
 A routhie butt, a routhie ben : . S. In simmer when t 
 ^nd ane to wait on every hand, . S. My Collier Laddie, 
 She [the moon] shines sae bright, to wyle us hame. 
 
 But by my sooth she'll wait a wee ! S. O Willie irew'di 
 Oft as by winding Nith, I, musing, wait 
 
 ■The sober eve, or hail the chearfnl dawn. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 
 Nae weel tochered aunts, to wait on their drants, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 ' Yourself, you wait your bright reward. 
 
 • ■ Sketch. New Yt's Day. 
 
 Some wait the afternoon.' . . . The Holy Fair. zb. 
 Waiting. 
 
 And horse and servants waiting ready, S. Montgom's Peggy. 
 Wake. 
 Her voice is the song of the morning 
 That wakes through the green-spreading grove, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 
 O ! when I wake I'm eerie. . . . S. Ay waking, 1 
 'Till grief my eyes should close, 
 Ne er to wake more S. Had I a cam T 
 
 Now laverocks wake the merry mom, 
 
 La-^eni of Mary of Scots. 
 
 And wake the soul to musings high. , . OnLincluden. 
 
 'Tis then— 'tis then, I wake to life and joy 1 J'. Sleep' st thou, t 
 
 I could wake a winter night. 
 
 For the sake of Somebody S. Somebody. 
 
 Or wake the bosom-melting throe. The Vision. D. II. tg. 
 Still o'er these scenes my mem'ry wakes. To Mary in Heaxen, 
 . Why, why wouldst thou, cruel, 
 
 Wake thy lover from his dream ? .S. Why, why tell thy t 
 Here Poesy might wake'her heaven taught lyre, 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 
 Wakeful, wakeful caution still aware Of ill To Chloris. 
 
 Waken. Soon my weary eyes I'll close, never more to waken. 
 
 S. Thou hast left ine\ 
 Waken 'd. The waken'd laVrock warbling springs 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 Waking, -In. Ay waking, O ! 
 
 Waking ay and wearie, 5'. Ay waking, f 
 Or art thou wakin, I would wit, , S. Lassie, art thou t 
 Wak'st. Sleep' st thou, or wak'st thou, faurest creature 1 
 
 S. Sleep' st thou, f 
 Wale [choice ; " pick and wale," the choicest]. 
 The ace an' wale of honest men ', , . A uld Comrade t 
 The wale o' cocks for fun an' drinkin ! . . Ep.ioJ.R. 
 But by my gun, 0' guns the wale, .... lb. 10. 
 If I should detail the pick and the wale 
 
 O' passes that live-here awa, man, Ronalds ofBennals, 
 In souple scones, thfi wale o' food ! . Scotch Drink. 4. 
 Fine [head] for a sodger 
 
 A' the wale o' lead. ■ . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Foreby a Cowt, o' Cowts the wale, . , The Iwaentory. 
 An' runts o' grace the pick an' wale, ., The Ordination. 6. 
 He's the King of gude fellows, and wale of auld men ; 
 
 S.ThergsauldRohM.\ 
 Say then, Katie, say ye'll take me, 
 As the very wale o' men, .S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Wale, to [to choose]. 
 They steek their een, an* grape an' wale, . Halloween. 
 Then wait a wee, and cannie wale iS*. In simmer -when t 
 
 He wales a portion with judicious care ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night 12. 
 
 To lowse his pack an' wale a sang. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R, VIII. 
 
 Waled, -'d [chosen; "hand-waled," hand-picked, 
 choicest]. 
 
 My hand-waled curse keep hard in chase 
 The harpy, hoodock, purse-proud race, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 7, 
 He's wal'd us out a true ane. And sound The Ordination. S. 
 Wales, young PotenUte o' W-^, . . . A Dream, 10. 
 If that daft buckie, Geordie W — s, 
 Was threshinstillathizziestails, . Kitld Sir, Tm read t 
 
 Walie, Waly, Wawlie [large, ample; strapping; 
 
 also an interjection expressive of distress; 
 
 "waly fa," ill befall, also good fortune befaU]. 
 
 Clap in his walie nieve a blade, . . , Toa Haggis. 
 
 Her walie nieves, like midden-creels, , ^l Willie Wastle. 
 
 This waly boy will be nae coof, . S. There was a lad\ 
 
 There was ae winsome wench and wawlie. Tamo' Shanter. iS. 
 
 And waly fa' the ley-crap 
 
 For I maun till'd again. . . 6'. There's news, lasses t 
 
 Walk. A Rose-bud by my early walk, 5. A Rose-bud by t 
 
 Thy daughters bright thy walks adorn. Add. to Ediniurgh. 4. 
 
 Down in a shady walk. 
 
 Doves coomg were ; . . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 ' To vent thy bosom,'s swelling rise. 
 
 In pensive walk. . The Vision. D. II. IS, 
 Walk, to. While caps an' bonnets aff are taen, 
 
 As by htf walks! Ep, to J. L—k, Ap. 2lst, 12. 
 We'll gently walk add sWeetly talk, i'. Now westlin winds t 
 Who walks not in the wicked's way, . The 1st Psalm. 
 But with humility and awe 
 
 Still walks before his God "• 
 
 And kindly she did me invite. 
 To walk into a chamber iw. S. Tlie Lass that made the bed. 
 
 Or walk by my side, O sweet Tibbie Dunbar! 
 
 S. Tiibie Dunlar. 
 
 Walked. 
 
 I walked forth to view the com, 
 An' snuff the callor air. 
 
 Walker, Poor slip-shod giddy Pegasus 
 Was but a sorry walker ; 
 
 The Holy Fair, 
 . To J. Taylor. 
 S. Molly's meek. 
 
 Walking. 
 
 As I was walking up the street, 
 Walking-switch. 
 That, like th' old Hebrew walking-switch, eats up its 
 neighbours: .... Fragment, inscr. to J< ox. 
 
 Wall. 
 
 thro' the ragged roof and chinky wall, . A Winter Night, g. 
 The pond'rous wall and massy bar. Add. to Edinburg^S- 
 There's wooden walls upon our seas, i'. Does haughty Gaul, t 
 
 Ye holy walls, that, still sublime, 
 Resist the grumbling touch of time i 
 
 On Lineludeih 
 
WaU 
 
 611 
 
 Wander'd 
 
 That sunny walls from Boreas screen, S. On Cessnoch banks t 
 Else why within so thick a wall 
 
 Enclose so poor a treasure ? On Com. Goldie's Brains. 
 
 And stand a wall of fire around their much-lov'd Isle. 
 
 The Coi/et^s Sat. NighU 20. 
 Wallace. 
 And hunted as was William Wallace, Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 Beneath that hallowed turf where Wallace lies \ 
 Hear it not, Wallace, in thy bed of death ! . . Liberty. 
 How glorious Wallace stood, how hapless fell ? Scots Prologue. 
 Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled ; . . S. Scots, wAa hde \ 
 O Thou ! who pour'd the patriotic tide, 
 That stream'd thro' great, unhappy Wallace' heart ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 3i. 
 Wi' Bruce and loyal Wallace ! . ^ , S. The Union. 
 
 Where glorious Wallace 
 Aft bure the gree, as story tells, 
 
 Frae Suthron billies. . To W. Simpson. 
 At Wallace^ name, what Scottish blood, 
 But boils up in a spring-tide flood ! 
 
 Oft have our fearless fathers strode By Wallace' side, . lb. 
 Wallace Tow'r. 
 And Wallace Tow'r had- sworn the fact was true ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Wallet. 
 But now he's .quat the spurtle-blade. 
 And dog-skin wallet, 
 
 On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 I'm as happy with my wallet my bottle and my Callet, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. /. 
 Here's to budgets, bags and wallets ! . .lb. S. VIII. 
 Wee Willie Gray, an' his leather wallet ; \re.'\ 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Wallop [a quick, agitated movement]. 
 Think, when your castigated pulse 
 Gies now and then a wallop, . Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 Wallop, to [to move in a quick, agitated way ; 
 ** wallop in a tow or tether," be hanged]. 
 And or I wad anither jad, 
 
 I'll wallop in a tow. , . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 May Envy wallop in a tether, 
 
 . Black fiend, infernal ! . To W. Simpson. 17. 
 Wallow. 
 To wanton in carnage and wallow in gore : . S. Caledonia. 
 What care I in riches to wallow, . . . .S". Tarn Glen. 
 In gasping death to wallow. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 A high ruling elder to wallow in wine ! . The Whistle. !$• 
 Then like a swine to puke an' wallow. To Mr. J. Kennedy, 
 Walth [wealth]. You've gi'en us walth for horn and knife, 
 
 V.s to Landlady of Inn. 
 Waly V. Walie. - 
 Wame [the belly]. 
 For fient a wame it had ava, . Death and Dr. Homhook. 7. 
 ' Some ill-brewn drink had hov'd her wame, . Ih. 28. 
 
 Or purse-proud, big wi' cent per cent. 
 
 An' muckle wame, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. Sist^ //. 
 But twa-three draps about the wame . Ep. to J. J?., 12. 
 Or handing Sarah by th.e wame? S, Ken ye ought o' Capt. G. t 
 Food fills the wame, an' keeps us livin ; Scotch Drink, j". 
 I gi'e their wames a random pouse, . What ails ye now t 
 Wamefou [a bellyful]. 
 This may do — ^maun do. Sir, wi' them wha 
 Maun please the Great-folk for a wamefou ; 
 
 ADed.toG.H.,2. 
 Wan. When he grew wan and pale ; . John Barleycorn. 
 The moon was sinking in the west 
 
 Wi' visage pale and wan, . - S. My heart was ance t 
 The wan moon is setting behind the white wave, 
 
 S. Oh, open the door, t 
 Beneath thy wan, unwarming beam ; . . The Lament. 
 Your rosy cheeks are turned sae wan, S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 Wan [won]. 
 But he wan my heart's cpnsent, 
 
 To be his ain at the neist meeting , S. As I came o'er t 
 A false usurper wan the gree, . S. The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 And wan his heart's desire ; . . . The Dean of Fac.. 
 Or frae puir man a blessin wan, . . S. The Laddies by t 
 The dearest siller that ever I wan. . S. The Taylor fell ^ 
 
 And let us mind, faint heart ne'er wan 
 
 ■ A lady fair : . . .To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Wanchancie [unchancy, unlucky]. 
 
 That vile, wanchancie thing— -a raep ! . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Wand. 
 Peace, thy olive wand extend, .S", How can my Poor heart \ 
 Feel a willie wand, to be him boots and jacket ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Wander, to. 
 Adown winding Nith I did wander, S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 There [on thy hills] daily I wander as noon rises high, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 3. 
 " To wander in my broken shade, . . As on the banks t 
 Ye wander thro' the blooming heather ; 
 
 S. Brofw lads on Yar. braes t 
 What tho' like Commoners of air, 
 
 We wander out, we know not where, . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 Far, far from thee, I wander here ; S. Forlorn, my Love, t 
 Syne I began to wander : . . . S. Gat ye me, \ 
 
 May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist. 
 And wander their way to the devil ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 While in distant climes I wander, . . S. Highl. Mary. 
 Let me wander, let me rove, 
 
 Still my heart is with my love ; S- How can my poor heart f 
 She'll wander by the aiken tree, . . S. fll ay ccC in\ 
 " I wander in the ways of men, 
 
 ' ' Alike unknowing and unknown : Lament for Glencaim. 
 No more by the banks of the streamlet we'll wander, 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 To wander forth, with me, to mourn Man was made to Mourn. 
 Thus all obscure, unknown, and poor, 
 Thro' life I'm doom'd to wander, O, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 When a' the lave gae to their bed 
 
 I wander dowie up the glen ; S. My Harry was agallant\ 
 Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, 
 The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. 
 
 S. My heart's in the Highlands^ 
 And now come in my happy hours. 
 
 To wander wi' my Davie. . . . S. Now rosy May t 
 Some solitary wander ; , . . S. Now westHn winds t 
 She wanders by yon spreading tree ; S. O watye whds in t 
 One night as I did wander, . . . One night as If 
 Tho* I were doom'd to wander on, 
 
 Beyond the sea, beyond the sun, S. O were I on PamaSs. t 
 Or if he wanders up the howe, . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 And Sportsmen wander by yon grave. Tarn Samson's El., 13. 
 An' let them wander at their will : The Death ofMailie. 
 
 While here I wander, prest with care, S. The gloomy night t 
 Delighted doubly then, my Lord, 
 
 You'll wander on my banks. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 With the ready trick and fable 
 
 Round we wander all the day ; The Jolly Beggars, S. VIII. 
 And wanders here to wail and weep ! . . Ths Lament. 
 Life's weary vale I'll wander thro' ; .... 7^. 
 Apart let me wander, apart let me muse, S. The lazy mist \ 
 While his love's like the moon that wanders up and down, 
 
 S. The Winter it is past \ 
 Far wanders nations over. . S. Theyng Highl. Rover. 
 A-listening the Unnet, oft wanders my Jean. 
 
 iS". Their groves of f 
 He wanders as free as the winds of his mountains, . lb. 
 That he from our lasses should wander awa ; 
 
 S. There's a youth i 
 I wander my lane, like a night-troubled ghaist, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 I'll wander on with tentless heed, . . . To J. S., 10, 
 We wander there, we wander here, , - , Ib..i6. 
 * Tho' I should wander Terra o'er, In all her climes, lb, 21. 
 Till by himsel he learn 'd to wander, 
 
 Adown some trottin burn's meander, , To W. Simpson, 
 And for fair Scotia, hame again, 
 
 I cheery on did wander. . . S. When wild War's f 
 Here, to the wrongs of Fate half reconcil'd, 
 Misfortune's lightened steps might wander wild ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Wander'd, 
 If I have wander'd in those paths 
 
 Of life I ought to shun ; A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 The Highlan4 hill^ I've, wander'd wide, 6". Blythe was she t 
 Poor bav'rel Will fell aflf the drift. 
 An' wander'd thro' the Bow-kail, , . Halloween, 
 
Wander'd 
 
 512 
 
 Wanting 
 
 One ev'ning as I wander'd forth 
 
 Along the banks of Aire, . Man was made io Mourn. 
 When Willy wander'd thro' the wood, S. On a hank ofjiffwers \ 
 Lone as I wander'd by each clifiF and dell, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 But we've wander'd mony a weary foot, 
 
 Sin' auld lang syne. . S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 He wander'd out he knew not where nor why) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Wanderer, -'rer. Ye fright the nightly wand'rer's way, 
 
 Wi' eldritch croon. Add. to the Deil.S' 
 To what dark cave of frozen nighty 
 Alas ! shall thy poor wand'rer hie ; 
 
 S. Farewellf dear mistress t 
 The snellest blast, at mirkest hours, 
 That round the pathless wanderer pours, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thou\ 
 A waefu' wanderer seeks thy tower, . .S". mirk, mirki 
 May they rejoice, no wand'rer lost, 
 
 A Family in Heaven ! . . . O Thou dread Poiv'r t 
 poor wanderer of the wood and field. On seeing wounded Hare. 
 A poor friendless wand'rer may well claim a sigh, 
 Still more if that wand'rer were royal. Poet. Add. to Tytier. 
 Wand'rest. Young stranger, whither wand'rest thou ? 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 Wandering, -'ring. 
 Their hapless Race wild-wand'ring roam I 
 
 Add. to Edinhurgh. 6. 
 Wi' wild, unequal, wand'ring step S. Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 Yon wand'ring rill, that marks the hill, 
 
 S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 As wand'ring, meand'ring, 
 
 He views the solemn sky. . . Despondency, an Ode. j. 
 As I was a wand'ring ae morning in spring, 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 Only known to wandering swains, . On scaring Water-fowl. 
 O'er the Past too fondly wandering, . lS". Raving winds t 
 Though wandering now must be my doom, 
 
 S. The Banks ofNitk. 
 Here's to all the wandering train ! 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Observ'd us, fondly-wand'ring, stray ! . The Lament, g. 
 Then roll to me, along your wandering spheres, 
 Only to number out a villain's years! . To R. Graham.. 
 Or wand'ring in the lonely wild : S. Twos even— the dewy t 
 For there he is wand'ring, and musing on me, 
 
 S. Woe is m^y heart t 
 Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Where is the peace that awaited my wand'ring, 
 
 S. Where are the joys t 
 Lone wandering by the hermit's mossy cell : 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Wanderings. 
 
 Be nameless wilds and lonely wanderings mine, 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Waning. Is Fortune's fickle Luna waning ? 
 
 E'en let her gang! . To J. S., 20. 
 Wanlockhead [ a lead-mining village, near Lead- 
 hills, on the high ridge separating DumMes- 
 shire and Lanarkshire], 
 Ye Vulcan's sons of Wanlockhead, 
 
 Pity my sad disaster ; To J. Taylor. 
 
 Wanrestfu' [unrestful, restless]. 
 An' may they never learn the gaets. 
 
 Of ither vile, wanrestfu' Pets ! . The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Want, That iron-hearted Carl, Want, A Ded.toG. H.,i6. 
 O Thou, who Icindly doSt provide 
 
 For every creature's want I . .A Grace hefore Dinner. 
 ' Sending, like blood-hounds from the slip, 
 * Woe, Want, and Murder o'er a land f A Winter Night 7. 
 
 * Feel not a want but what yourselves create, . . Ih. 9. 
 
 * By loss 0' blood, or want o' breath, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, ss. 
 How best o' chiels are whyles in want, . Ep. to Davie, 2. 
 And then their [the Saunts'] failings, flaws an' wants, 
 
 Are a' seen thro'. . . Ep,toJ.R,^2^ 
 
 In all the clam'rous cry of starving want, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, 5. 
 An' pow't, for want o' better shift, 
 
 A runt was like a sow-tail .... Halloween, 4. 
 I'll fear nae scant, I'll bode nae want, 
 As lang's I get employment. . S, Here's to iky health,^ 
 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe, Lns on Fergusson. 
 Age and Want, Oh! ill-match'd pair! 
 
 , ^ -^a" wffj made to Mourn, 
 
 Want only of wisdom denied her respect, 
 Want only of goodness denied her esteem. 
 
 Monody J on a Lady. Epit 
 Waefu' Want and Hunger fiey me, S. O that Ihadnier\ 
 May He, the friend of woe and want, 
 
 On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Hark, injur'd Want recounts th' unlisten'd tale, 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas. 
 
 Nor want but — when he thristed : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VIL 
 And do our endeavour to keep us from want. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Wi' ev'n down want o' wark are curst. . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Who long with wants and woes has striv'n. 
 
 To a Mountain^Daisy. 
 As modest want the tale of woe reveals ; To Miss Graham. 
 If ye wad a man should get ye, 
 Then I can that want supply : S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Want, to. 
 
 He downa see a poor man want ; , , A Ded. to G. H.,S' 
 Or say, ye wisdom want, or fire, 
 
 To rule this mighty nation ; * . . A Dream. S- 
 They're better just than want ay On onie day. . Ih. 14.. 
 The Solitary can despise [pleasures, Loves, Joys], 
 
 Can want, and yet be blest ! . Despondency, an Ode. 4. 
 I'll want 'im, ere I take such a d— ble load. 
 
 Epig. on Capt, Grose. 
 I tent less, and want less 
 
 Their roomy fire-side; Ep.toDa!uie, 
 
 But gif ye want ae friend that's true, 
 
 E.p. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, IS. 
 Ah, that " the friendly e'er should want a friend! " 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 That one pound one, I sairly want it ; Friend of the poet f 
 " There's just the man I want, in faith," 
 
 Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 It wants to me the witching grace, S. O this is no my ain t 
 If he but want the miser's dirt, 
 
 Ye'll cast your head anither airt, . . . S.O Tibbie! \ 
 Ae social, honest man want we : . Tarn Samsotis El., 14. 
 If honestly they canna come, 
 
 Far better want them. The Author's Cry and Prayer, jr. 
 Wha wants troggin 
 
 Let him come to me. . , The Election Ballads. IV. 
 But faith I the birkie wants a Manse, The Holy Fair. if. 
 If e'er ye want, or meet with scant. 
 
 May I ne'er weet my craigie ! The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 And'some wad eat that want it, . . The Selkirk Grace. 
 The wean wants a cradle, 
 
 An' the cradle wants a cod, . S. There's news, lasses t 
 May ye ne'er want a stoup o' bran'y 
 
 To clear your head. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware 
 
 That jaups in luggies ; [v. A7] To a Haggis. 
 But I'll sned besoms — thraw saugh woodies, 
 
 . Before they want. . . To Dr. Blackbck. 
 Then all I want (Oh, do thou grant . . . Winter. 
 Wanted. He had a blue bonnet that wanted the crown ; 
 
 S. Cock up your heaver. 
 Some other rarer sorts are wanted yet, Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 Whae'er shall say I wanted grace, 
 
 When I did kiss and dawte her, . S. Had I the wyie t 
 
 'Twas just the way he wanted 
 
 To be that night. . . . Halloween, g. 
 How guessed ye, Sir, what maist I wanted 1 
 
 Kind Sir^Tve read \ 
 In case that worth should wanted be, 
 
 O' Kenmure we had need. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 My Bonald's arm was wanted then 
 
 •S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 
 wives be mindfu', ance yoursel, 
 
 How bonie lads ye wanted, . . The Holy Fair, ^. 
 Heav'n sent me ane mae than I wanted. . The Inventory. 
 
 Wanter. 
 
 Mony words are needless, Katie, 
 Ye're a wanter, sae am I ; » .S". Will ye go and marry t . 
 
 Wanting. 
 With nae proportion wanting, 
 And wanting even the skin. . 
 
 .S,AsJgaeduph\ 
 El. on Peg Nicholson. 
 
Wanting 
 
 K13 
 
 Wark 
 
 Your heart can ne'er be wanting ! Ep, to Young Friend, ii. 
 Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches give, 
 Yet haply wanting wherewithal to live ; Ep. to R. Graham. 3, 
 Wha, wanting thee might beg or steal ; Friend of the poet t 
 When wanting thee, what tuneless cranks 
 
 Are my poor Verses ! . Scotch Drink. 18. 
 Nor wanting ghosts of Tory fame ; The Electioft Ballads. VI, 
 What is life when wanting love ? . . S.ThineatnIi 
 Wanton, 
 How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, iS". A/ion Water. 
 The wanton coot the water skims, S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Or lightly flit on wanton wing S. Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 And pleasure is a wanton trout, , . S^ Gane is the day \ 
 A wanton widow Leezie was, .... Halloween. 24. 
 Brawlie kens our wanton Chief 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. , . .S. Hee &alou, t 
 
 wae gae by his wanton sides, S. Herds his health in water. 
 Where laughing love sae wanton swims. 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 The birdies flit on wanton wing. S. Now hank and brae t 
 
 That wanton trout was I ; . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 " The little swallow's wanton wing, . . S. O Fhely, t 
 But- 1 would sing on wanton wing, . lS". O were my love t 
 
 Wild wanton kiss'd her rival breast ; S. On a hank o/Jlowers f 
 Busy feed, or wanton lave ; . .On scaring Water-fowl, 
 While thick the gossamour waves wanton in the rays. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 in their random, wanton spouts, The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And wanton nagies nine or ten. . S. There was a lass\ 
 And riots wanton in forbidden fields ! . , To Clarinda. 
 His heart by causeless wanton malice wrung, 
 
 ToR. G, ofF.^j, 
 The flow'rs sprang wanton to be prest. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 1 hae won their wanton favour. ^S". Wantonness for ever \ 
 Wanton, to. 
 
 To wanton in carnage and wallow in gore : S. Caledonia. 
 
 But I cam through the Tiseday's dew. 
 
 To wanton Willie's brandy. . . S. Had / the wyte t 
 That wantons round its bleating dam ; S. On Cessnock hanks f 
 Where lambkins wanton through the broom ! 
 
 S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird. 
 That wantons thro' the flowery thorn : 
 
 S. Ye hanks and hraes\ 
 And little lambldps wanton wild, . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Wanton'd. 
 And O ! as she wanton'd gay on the wing. 
 
 iS". The heather was blooming t 
 
 The zephyr wanton'd round the bean, 
 
 iS". Twas even — the dewy t 
 Wantonly. 
 Sae rantingly, sae wantonly, 
 Sae dauntingly gaed he ; . S, Farewell^ ye dungeonsi 
 
 Wantonness. 
 
 Wantonness for ever mair, Wantonness has been my ruin ; 
 
 Yet, for a' my dool and care, It's wantonness for ever ! 
 
 .S". Wantonness for ever ^ 
 War. 
 wha bide this brattle O' winter war, A Winter Night. 3. 
 
 Have oft withstood assailing war, . Add, to Edinburgh, 5. 
 Delusions, oppressions, and murderous wars ; 
 
 S. By yon castle wd t 
 A lambkin in peace, hut a lion in war, . . iS". Caledonia. 
 And call each coxcomb to the wordy war. Ep.fr, Esopus. 
 For other wars, where he a hero shines ; . . Ih. 
 
 And dare the war with all of woman bom : . . . Ih. 
 And bid wild war his ravage end, S. How can my poor heart t 
 The soger frae the wars returns, . , S, It was a' for \ 
 Is this the power in freedom's war 
 
 That wont to bid the battle rage ? . . . Liberty. 
 In wars at hame I'll spend my blood, 
 
 Life-giving wars of Venus. . Lns on Windows, Gl. Tav.. 
 The shouts o' war are heard afar, . . S.My bonie Mary. 
 And other Poets sing of wars, 
 
 The plagues of human life *, 
 Revers'd that spear, redoubtable in war. 
 
 On Death of Sir J, Blair. 
 
 For genius, learning high, as great in war 
 
 Prologue, 5p. by Woods. 
 
 3T 
 
 . Naturis Law. 
 
 What bloody wars, if Sprites had blood to shed, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. //. 
 But cautious Queehsberry left the war. 
 
 The Election Ballads. Vf. 
 For your poor friend, the Bard afar, 
 
 He only hears and sees the war, /5, 
 
 I am a Son of Mars who have been in many wars, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 The din o' war wad cease, man. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Unmatched at the bottle, unconquered in war. 
 
 The Whistle. 4. 
 Till war's loud alarms 
 
 Tore her laddie frae her arms, ^S". There was a bonie lass t 
 Honour's war we strongly waged, . . S, Thickest night t 
 When wild War's deadly blast was blawn, 
 
 S. When wild Wat^sf 
 The wars are o'er, and I'm come hame, . . .lb. 
 
 Or hunt a Parent's life Wi' bludie war. . .S". Ye Jacobites t 
 WaFble. While birds warble welcomes in ilka green shaw \ 
 
 S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 Warbled. Sweet the lark's wild-warbled lay, Delia. An Ode. 
 Warbler, 
 Mixt with some warbler's dying fall, S. Here is the glen,\ 
 No more, ye warblers of the wood, no more, 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 Yes, pour, ye warblers, pour the notes of woe, Iv.A.io] Ih. 
 Warbling. The waken'd lav'rock warbling springs 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 O stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay, 
 
 S. O stay, sweet warbling t 
 In wood and wild ye warbling throng. 
 
 Your heavy loss deplore ; . On Death of Lap-dog. 
 
 Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise. 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 13, 
 The sober laverock, warbling wild,- 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Thou'lt break my heart, thou warbling bird, 
 
 S. Ye banks and hraes t 
 
 Ward. The noble ward he loves. . . . V.s, below Pictitre. 
 
 And ward o' mony a prayer, . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 
 Ward [a small piece of pasture ground enclosed]. 
 
 His braw calf-ward whare gowans grew. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 23, 
 Ward, to. Unless your shelter ward th' impending storm. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 He wha could brawlie ward their helium, . To W. Creech. 
 Warden. 
 May Heaven be his warden; , S. The yng Highl. Rover. 
 When by his mighty Warden 
 
 My youth's return'd to fair Strathspey, , . . Ih. 
 
 Ware, s. 
 An' hae a swap o' rhymin-ware, Ep, to J. L — k, Ap, ist, 18. 
 I've sent you here, some rhymin ware, . . Ep. to J, R.^S- 
 An' trowth my rhymin' ware's nae treasure ; 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 14. 
 First shewing us the tempting ware, . . Poem on Life, 
 An' for to sell his fiddle 
 
 And buy some other ware ; . iS". Rattlin, Roariji Willie. 
 Wha will buy my troggin, 
 
 Gude election ware ; . . The Election Ballads. IV. 
 Auld Scotland wants nae skinking ware 
 
 That jaups in luggies ; [v. A, 7] To a Haggis. 
 Ware [were]. 
 
 Tho' it ware ten thousand mile I . S. A red^ red Rose. 
 
 Ware [worn]. 
 The marled plaid ye kindly spare, 
 
 By me should gratefully be ware ; The Atts, to the Guidwife, 
 Ware v. Walr, 
 War*d V. Waired. 
 
 Warfare. Or, Moses bade eternal warfare wage, 
 With Amalek's ungracious progeny ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 14. 
 No longer the warfare, ungodly, would wage; The Whistle. IS. 
 Warily. 
 
 But warily tent, when ye come to court me, iS". O whistle, t 
 Wark [work]. 
 Let wark and hunger mak them sober ! Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Tho' he was bred to kintra wark, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 Thought I, 'Can this be Pope, or Steele, 
 
 Or Beattie's wark ;' Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. ist, 4, 
 
Wark 
 
 514 
 
 Warmer 
 
 At hame, a-fiel, at wark or leisure, Second Ep. to Davie. 
 
 And coost her duddies to the wark, . Tarn o' Shanter. J2. 
 To end the wark here's Whistlebirk, . S. The Laddies ly t 
 They've nae sair-wark to craze their banes, The Twa Dogs. 2g. 
 Wi' ev'n down want o' wark are curst. ... Ih. 30. 
 And ay she wrought her mammie's wark. 
 
 And ay she sang sae merrilie ; , S. There was a lass t 
 And now she works her mammie's wark, 
 
 And ay she sighs wi' care and pain ; . . . .lb. 
 Sae my auld stumpie pen I gat it 
 
 Wi' muckle wark, . Third Ep. io J. Lap.. 
 To paint an angel's kittle wark, . . To a Painter. 
 
 Wark-lume [a tool to work with]. 
 
 the best wark-lume i' the house, . Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 Warks [works, such fts iron-works, &c.]. 
 We cam' na here to view your warks, 
 
 V.s, on Window, Carron. 
 
 War], Warr, Warld [world; "warld's worm," a 
 miser]. 
 An' wi' the weary warl' fought ! . A Guid New-Year 1 16. 
 Sin' thou came to the warl asklent, Add. to Illesit. Child. 
 An' gied the infant warld a shog, . Add. io the Deil. 16. 
 But warl's gear ne'er troubles me, . S. Behind yon hills t 
 The bands and bliss o' mutual love, 
 
 O that's the chiefest warld's treasure ! 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 And I shall spurn as vilest dust. 
 
 The warld's wealth and grandeur : S. Come let me take thee,'\ 
 Gin a body kiss a body 
 
 Need the warld ken ! . . , S. Comin thro' the rye. 
 Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay, El. on Capt. M. JF/., g. 
 To cheer you through the weary widdle 
 
 O' this wild warl', , Ep. to Maj. Logan, 3. 
 V th' ither warl', if there's anither, 
 
 An' that there is I've little swither About the matter ; lb. 8. 
 Whae'er desires to ken [his religion], To some other warl 
 IMaun follow the carl, . . Epit. on Dove, Innkeeper. 
 The wisest man the warl saw. 
 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [v. A. 24] 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 As set the warld in a roar 
 
 O' laughin' at us ; Holy Willie's Prayer, is. 
 [Death] Was driving to the tither warl', 
 A mixie-maxie motely squad> . . Lns'add. to J. Ranken. 
 And the warld before me to win my bread, 
 
 S. My Collier Laddie. 
 The warld's wrack, we share o't. 
 
 The warstle and the care o't ; S. My Wife's a winsome. 
 
 The man wha boasts o' warld's wealth, 
 
 Is aften laird o' meikle care ; S. Now bank and brae t 
 
 And I the warld nor wish nor scorn, S. bonie was yon rosyf 
 This warld's wealth when I think on, 
 
 Its pride and a' the lave o't ; . ^S". O poortith cauld\ 
 O what a canty warld were it, 
 
 Would pain, and care, and sickness spare it ; Poent on Life. 
 It's no the loss o' warl's gear, . . Poor Maine's El.. 
 
 The warld would think I was mad, 
 
 S. Ratilin, Roarin Willie. 
 The warl' may play you monie a shavie ; Second Ep. io Davie. 
 But woman is but warld's gear, . S. She's fair andfause t 
 And mony bade the warld gudenight ; 
 
 The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 To liken them to your auld-warld squad, The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Nae woman in the warld wide, 
 
 Sae wretched now as me. S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 That man to man, the warld o'er, 
 
 Shall brothers be, for a' that. , S. The Honest Man. 
 Wi' plenty o' sic trees, I trow, 
 
 The warld would live in peace, man ; The Tree of Liberty, 
 Lord help me through this warld 0' care ! To Dr. Blacklock. 
 To meet the Warld's worm ; . . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Now if ye're.ane 0' warl's folk, 
 
 Wha rate the wearer by the cloak, To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Though 'twere a trip to yon blue warl', To Mr. Renion. 
 
 Warldly [worldly ; v. also, Warly]. 
 An' sometimes too, wi' warldly trust. 
 
 Vile self gets in ; . . . . Holy Willie's Prayer. 6. 
 Warlike. 
 What force or guile could not subdue, 
 
 Thro' many warlike ages, . ... * S. The Union. 
 
 Even silly woman has her warlike arts, To E. G. ofF.j 2. 
 Did warlike laurels crown my brow, S. When first I saw t 
 Warlock [a male witch or wizard; "warlock 
 knowe," a knoll where warlocks most do con- 
 gregate]. 
 Warlocks grim, an* wither'd Hags, . Add. io the Deil. g. 
 
 I glowr'd as I'd seen a warlock, [re."] 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 Meet me on the warlock knowe, . . S. Now rosy May t 
 And you, deep-read in hell's black grammar, 
 
 Warlocks and witches-; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Or catch'd wi' warlocks in the mirk, . Tain 0' Shanter. 3. 
 Warlocks and witches in a dance ; . . . . lb, ji. 
 Our warlock Rhymer instantly descry'd 
 The Sprites that owre the Brigs of Ayr preside. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Warlock-breef [a warlock writing or charm]. 
 
 Ye surely hae some warlock-breef 
 
 Owre human hearts ; . . .ToJ.S. 
 
 Warly [worldly]. 
 
 Awa ye selfish, warly race, . Ep. io J. L—k, Ap, ist^ 20. 
 The warly race may riches chase, 3". Green grow the Rashes. 
 An' warly cares, an' warly men, 
 
 ]\Iay a' gae tapsalteerie, 0\ . - ■ . . .lb. 
 The warly race may drudge an' drive, 
 
 Hog-shouther, jundie, stretch an' strive, To W. Simpson. 
 Warm. Each prudent cit a warm existence finds, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 2. 
 His heart was warm, benevolent, and good. 
 
 Extern, on W. Smellie. 
 Hearts leal, an' warm, an' kin' : . . . Halloween. 
 Wearying Heav'n in warm devotion, 
 
 .S". Mitsing on the roaring \ 
 And while life's dearest blood is warm, S. watye whds in\ 
 Accept this mark of friendship, warm, sincere, 
 
 Once fondly lo^d\ 
 But when the heart is nobly warm. 
 
 The good excuse will find. . . Rusticity's ungainly \ 
 Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. . Tarn 0' Shanter, 
 
 And haps me fiel and warm at e'en ! 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 
 (What warm, poetic heart but inly bleeds, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 
 And proflFer up to Heaven the, warm request. 
 
 The Cotter^s Sat. Night. 18. 
 
 A grateful, warm adieu ! . . . . The Farewell. 
 
 Adieu \ a heart-warm, fond adieu \ 
 
 The Farewell. To St. /.'s L. 
 
 Wi' usquebae an' blankets warm, . The folly Beggars. R. L 
 
 And kneel, ' Ye Pow'rs, and warm implore, . To J. S.^ 21. 
 
 to gude, warm kail, ... .To Mr. M'Adam. 
 
 As thy day grows warm and high, . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Warm-blushing. 
 
 youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong. The Vision. D. //. 16. 
 Warm-eherish*d. 
 
 * Or when the deep-green-mantl'd Earth, 
 
 ' Warm-cherish'd evry floweret's birth, The Vision. D.H. 14. 
 Warm-reekin [warm-smoking]. 
 
 And then, O what a glorious sight, 
 Warm-reekin, rich ! 
 Warm-urged. 
 
 Nor his warm-urged wishes. . . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Warm, to. It warms me, it charms me, 
 
 To mention but her name : Ep. io Dame. 8. 
 
 Whose hearts the tide of kindness warms, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—ky Ap. 1st, 21. 
 (What breast of northern ice but warms 1) . Frag, of Ode. 
 And whilst that honour warms my heart, S. Handsome Nell. 
 No more shall the soft thrill of love warm my breast, 
 
 Lameni, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 
 To warm me in thy bosom, . S. Lass, when yr mither t 
 The frost of hermit age might warm ; . S. My Mary's face i 
 What tho' their Phoebus kinder warms, 
 
 The Auihof's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 
 Whether the Summer kindly warms, 
 
 Wi' life an' light, . . To W. Simpson. 
 Warm*d. 
 
 Few hearts like his, with virtue warm'd, Epit. on a Friend. 
 Warmer. 
 
 A warmer heart Death ne'er made cold. Epit. for R. A. 
 
 To a Haggis. 
 
Warmer 
 
 515 
 
 Wateh 
 
 half-starv'd slaves in warmer skies,. 
 
 The A uthor's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 For whom [Scotia] my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 20. 
 Warmingr. Ere while thy breast sae warming, 
 
 S. O waiye wha that loes\ 
 Sae warming, sae charming, 
 Her fautless form and gracefu' air ; . . S.Saeflaxen^ 
 Warmly. 
 A heart that warmly seems to feel ; O leave novels t 
 
 An' no get warmly to your feet, 
 
 An' gar them hear it, The Author's Cty and Prayer. 
 Warn. The shepherd to warn of the grey-breaking dawn, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa, 
 An' warn him ay at ridin time, 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; [v. A.3] 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 The mom that warns th' approaching day, . The Lament. 
 I hold it, Sir, my bounden duty To warn you 
 
 To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Warned. The youngkers a' are warned to obey ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 Warning. Like school-boys, at th' expected warning, 
 
 To joy and play. . To J. S. , /J. 
 Warp [to prepare the warp for the loom]. 
 Ne'er mind how Fortune waft an' warp ; 
 
 £p. to J. L—k, Ap. 2ist, 8. 
 To warp a plaiden wab ; . . . S. My heart was ance t 
 To warp a, wab o' plaiden ; . . S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 Warpin. 
 But the weary, weary warpin o't . S. My heart was ance t 
 The warpin o't, the winnin o't ; , . . . S. The cardin o't. 
 Warpin- wheel. 
 I sat beside my warpin-wheel, 
 And ay I ca'd it roun' ; , . . S. My heart was ance t 
 Warran [to warrant]. 
 Dempster, a true-blue Scot I'se warran ; 
 
 The A uihor's Cry and Prayer. 13. 
 Warrant. 
 I'll warrant then, ye're nae Deceiver, . A Ded. to G. H.^ g. 
 And pledg'd her their godheads to warrant it good. 
 
 S. Caledonia. 
 There's ane they ca' Jean, I'll warrant ye've seen 
 As bonie a lass or as braw, man, Ronalds 0/ Bennals. 
 
 Warren Hastings. If Warren Hastings' neck was yeukin ; 
 
 Kind Sir ^ tve read\ 
 Warring. 
 Trees with aged arms were warring, . S. I dream'd I lay t 
 Warring sighs and groans I'll wage thee, [re.l 
 
 S. One fond kiss^\ 
 Warrior. With these what Tory warriors clos'd, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Warse [worse]. 
 
 I trow we swapped for the warse, S. Carl, an the king come. 
 Warsle, to [to wrestle]. 
 May warsle for your favour ; . . . On W, Chalmers. 
 And warsle Time, and lay him on his back. Scots Prologue. 
 Warsl'd, Warstl'd [wrestled]. 
 He seem'd as he wi' Time had warstl'd lang. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr* 4. 
 An' owre she warsl'd in the ditch : . The Death ofMailie, 
 Warst [worst]. 
 They drew me thretteen pund an' twa, 
 
 The vera warst. . A Guid New-Year^ zS- 
 An' lows'd his Ill-tongu'd, wicked Scawl 
 
 Was warst ava ? . Add. to the Dell, 18. 
 
 My warst word is, "Welcome, and welcome again ! " 
 
 S. Contented wi' little t 
 The last o't, the warst o't, 
 
 Is only but to beg Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 An' sends, beside, auld Scotland's cash 
 
 To her warst faes. . . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 But Gentlemen, an' Ladies warst, 
 
 Wi' ev'n down want o' wark are curst. . The Twa Dogs. so. 
 But, Sir, this pleas'd them warst of ava, What ails ye now t 
 Warstle [Wrestle, struggle]. 
 The warld's wrack, we share o't, 
 
 The warstle and the care o't ; 6". My wife's a winsome. 
 
 Wash. 
 
 I will wash my Ploughman's hose, S. The Ploughman t 
 
 Washen. 
 
 With fleeces newly washen clean, S. On Cessnock banks t 
 
 Washln. 
 
 And wi' her loof her face a washin ; . S. Willie Wastle t 
 Washington. 
 
 Some Washington agiun may head them. Add. of Beelzebub. 
 
 Wasna [was not]. And wasna Cockpen right saucy witha', 
 S. O when she cam ben f 
 It wasna sae in the Highland hills. 
 
 The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Wasp. Th' envenomed wasp, victorious, guards his cell. 
 
 To R. G. ofF.. 
 Wast [west]. 
 
 The twa best herds in a' the wast, . The Twa Herds. 
 
 Wast, Waste. 
 Ye dark waste hills, and brown unsightly plains. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Thou saw the fields laid bare an' wast, . . To a Mouse. 
 Waste, s. Or sweeping, wild, a waste of snows. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Ye heathy wastes immix'd with reedy fens, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 Or were I in the wildest waste, . S. O wert thou in the t 
 Waste, to. 
 And waste my soul with care ; , S. Anna, thy charms t 
 But what avails the pride of art. 
 
 When wastes the soul with anguish ? S. Could aught ofsong\ 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on d — d new Brigs and 
 
 Harbours ! The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Dry-withering, waste my foamy streams. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Hech man! dear sirs ! is that the gate, 
 . They waste sae mony a braw estate ! The Twa Dogs, 25* 
 And tired o' sauls to waste his lear on, 
 
 E'en tried the body. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 The tythe o' what ye waste at cartes 
 
 Wad stow'd his [Ferguson's] pantry !) 
 
 To W. Simpson. 
 Wasted. They wasted, o'er a scorching flame. 
 
 The marrow of his bones ; . John Barleycorn. 
 I backward mus'd on wasted time, The Vision. D. I. 4. 
 
 Wastrie [wastefulness, riot]. 
 
 That's little short o' downright wastrie. The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Wat. Sic a reptile was Wat, . . . Epit. on Walter S.. 
 Wat [wet]. 
 The op'ning gowan, wat wi' dew, . S. Behind yon hills \ 
 The Simmer had been cauld an' wat, . . Halloween. 1$. 
 When it is cauld an' wat, . S. Lass^ whenyr mitheri 
 
 He's aften wat and weary : 
 Cast off the wat, put on the dry, . S. The Ploughman t 
 Still pressing onward, red-wat-shod. To W. Simpson. 11. 
 
 Wat, to [to wet]. 
 But bitter, daudin showers hae wat it, 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap., 
 An' when wi' Usquebae we've wat it 
 
 It winna break. . . . . lb. 
 
 Wat [wot, know]. 
 
 I wat he was na slaw, man ; . .A Fragment, s. 
 
 I wat she is a dainty Chuckie \ 
 
 S. A' the lads 0' Thornie-battkf 
 Weel I wat she was a quean 
 
 Wad made a bodie's mouth to water ; S. Donald Brodie t 
 And weel I wat her willin mou 
 
 Was e'en like succar-candie. . . S. Had I the wyte \ 
 At gloamin-shote it was, I wat, . . , . lb. 
 
 I wat she made nae jaukin ; ... Halloween, 12. 
 
 I wat they did na weary ; lb. 28. 
 
 O wat ye wha that lo'es me, . S. O wat ye wha that Ides t 
 
 wat ye wha's in yon town, . . S. O wat ye wha's in t 
 An' wat ye what the parson did, . S. O wat ye what myf 
 
 1 wat the kirk was in the wyte, /b. 
 
 For weel I wat they'll sairly miss him 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.I. 
 I wat she was a sheep o' sense, . Poor Mailie's El. . 
 
 I wat they glanc'd for twenty miles, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 
 And I, I wat, Wi' fainness grat, . S, The tither mom\ 
 
 I wat she is a dainty chuckie, . . , . To Dr. Blacklock, 
 
 Watch. 
 
 On that, a set 0' chaps, at watch, 
 
 Thrang winkan on the lasses To chairs The Holy Fair. to. 
 
Watch 
 
 516 
 
 Waup 
 
 Watch, io. To watch and premier owre the pack vile ! 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub, z. 
 To watch, while for the Barn she sets, . . Halloween, 2i. 
 May a' that's gude watch o'er them : S. O May thy mom t 
 Then that curst carmagnole auld Satan, 
 Watches, like bawd'rons by a rattan, . Poem on Life. 
 
 Auld Hornie did the Laigh Kirk watch, 
 
 Just like a winkin baudrons : . . The Ordination, 20. 
 But Misery and I must watch 
 The surly tempest blow : . . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Wateh'd. 
 
 That watch'd thy early morning. . S. A Rosebud by my t 
 
 She watch'd me by the hie-gate-side, S. Had I the wyte^ 
 
 I watch'd the symptoms o' the Great, On dining with Daer. 
 
 The lee-lang night we watch'd the fauld, 
 
 S. What will I do gin \ 
 Watching. 
 
 There, watching high the least alarms, Add. to Edinburgh. 5. 
 
 Ye fisher herons, watching eels ; . El. on Capt, M. H.^ 8. 
 
 But weel the watching lover marks 
 The kind love that's in her e'e. S. O this is no my ain\ 
 Watchings. 
 
 Keep watchings with the nightly thief : . The Lament. 
 Watchman. For this the watchman cracked his crown, 
 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 Water, Waters. 
 
 I doubt na they wad bide nae better 
 
 Than let them ance out owre the water; Add. of Beelzebub. 
 Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, 
 
 Supply'd wi' store o' water, . Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 How wanton thy waters her snowy feet lave, S. Afton Water. 
 The wanton coot the water skims, S. Again rejoicing Nature \ 
 . The water rins o'er the heugh, . . S. Ay waukin, O. 
 The bonnie lad o' Galla water [re.] 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes f 
 I'll kilt my coats aboon my knee, 
 
 And follow my love through the water. 
 
 S. Braw lads ofG. Water. 
 Now chrystal clear are the falling waters, . S. Bonie Bell. 
 While waters wimple to the sea ', . . S. Ca' the Ewes. 
 We'll o'er the water and o'er the sea, 
 
 We'll o'er the water to Charlie, S. Come, boat me o'er\ 
 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter. 
 An' kirs'n him wi reekin water ; E^. to J. £.— Aj Ap. isi, ig. 
 " Is o'er ayont the water : " . . . S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 They filled up a darksome pit 
 With water to the brim, 
 
 John Barleycorn. 
 S. Now rosy May\ 
 
 The chrystal waters round us fa', 
 
 to the whistling blast and waters' roar. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 Where waters flow and wild woods wave, 
 
 S. Streams that glided 
 The mosses, waters, slaps, and styles. 
 
 That lie between us and our hame, . Tarn o' Shanter. 
 In vain the burns cam down like waters, 
 
 An acre-braid ! . Tam Samson's EL, g. 
 
 He, down the water, gies him this guid-een 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 She summon'd every social sprite. 
 
 That sports by wood or water, . The Fite Champetre. 
 The lightly-jumping, glowrin trouts, 
 
 That thro my waters play. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Then bowses drumlie German-water, . The Twa Dogs, 23. 
 The rose upon the brier by the waters running clear, 
 
 S, The Winter it is pasti 
 Your waters never drumlie ! 
 
 5. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Water, to. 
 
 Wad made a bodie's mouth to water ; . 6". Donald Brodie\ 
 Numbering ev'ry bud which nature 
 Waters wi' the tears of joy. S. Sleep'si thou, or waffst t 
 
 Water-Torose [brose made of meal and water simply]. 
 
 Be't water-brose, or muslin-kail, . . . To/. S., 24. 
 Water'd. 
 Fair Virtue water'd it wi' care, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Water-flt [water-foot, i,e. mouth of the river]. 
 
 For [Peebles], frae the water-fit, 
 Ascends the holy rostrum : . . . The Holy Fair. 16. 
 Watep-kelples [mischievous spirits supposed to haunt 
 the fords of rivers]. 
 
 Then, water-kelpies haunt the foord, 
 By your direction, . 
 
 Add. io the Deil. rs. 
 
 Water-lilies. His hoary head with wat6r-Ulies crpwn'd, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 Water-side [river-side]. 
 
 As I gaed down the water-side, . . S, Cd the Ewes. 
 Will ye gang down the water-side 
 
 And see the waves sae sweetly glide ' • , . Ih. 
 Watna [wot not]. 
 I watna what's the name o't ; . , The Tree of Liberty. 
 I watna what they ca'd him ; . . There came a piper\ 
 Wat'ry. 
 For me your wat'ry haunt forsake ? On scaring Waterfowl. 
 They footed o'er the wat'ry glass so neat, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 11. 
 And view, deep-bending in the pool, 
 Their shadows' wat'ry bed : The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Wattle. Teugh Johnie, staunch Geordie and Wattie, 
 That griens for the fishes and loaves. 
 
 The Election Ballads, lU. 
 Wattle [a wand, a twig}. 
 Nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle 
 O' saugh or hazle. . . . A Guid New-Year^ 10. 
 Wauble [to swing, to reel]. 
 An' ran them till they a' did wauble, 
 
 Far, far behin'! . A Guid New-Year\f. 
 Wauk [to awake]. 
 When I wauk I'm eerie ; . . . S. Ay waukin, 0. 
 But life to me's a weary dream, 
 A dream of ane that never wauks. .S". Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 
 Wauken [waken]. 
 
 And when the lark, 'tween light and dark, 
 
 Bly the waukens by the daisy's side, S. Again rejoic. Nature f 
 But we may see him [vengeance] wauken : 
 
 S. Awa, whigs, awa. 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow join'd, 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken ! S. O stay sweet watHitig\ 
 It [Drink] kindles Wit, it waukens Lear, The Holy Fair. ig. 
 Wauken ye breezes ! row gently, ye billows ! 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Wauken'd. 
 
 Half-wauken'd wi' the din, . Exiem. in Court of Session. 
 Waukening [awakening]. 
 Sweetly blythe his waukening be. 
 
 S. Jockey's tden theparting\ 
 Wauket [made hard and thick by toil, callous]. 
 
 And heav'd on high my wauket loof, T^ Vision. D. I. 6. 
 Waukin [waking ; watching]. 
 Ay waukin, O, 
 Waukin still and weary ; . . S. Ay waukin, 0. 
 
 The last Halloween I was waukiu 
 
 My droukit sark sleeve, as ye ken ; . . S. Tam Glen. 
 Ye'U keep me waukin wi' your din ; . .S. Wha is that at t 
 Waukrife [wakeful]. 
 Wail thro' the dreary midnight hour 
 
 Till waukrife mom. El. on Capt. M. H., 10. 
 And gart me weet my waukrife wiukeis, 
 
 Wi* giman spite. . Ep. to Maj, Logan. 10. 
 Waur [worse]. 
 There's monie waur been o* the Race [of Kings], A Dream. 3. 
 But a' the lads they loe me, and what the waur am I. 
 
 S. Comin thrd the rye. 
 Be sure ye follow out the plan 
 
 Nae waur than he did, honest man ? . El. on Year 1788, 
 Thou know'st, the virtues cannot hate thee worse, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 But thought I mightrhae waur offers, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer \ 
 
 * Na, waur than a' ! ' cries ilka chiel, 
 
 ' Tam Samson's dead ! ' . Tam Samson's El. 
 
 When, ^in the truth were a' but kent, 
 Her life's been waur than mine. 
 
 The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 She [your muse] cou'd ca' us nae waur than we are. 
 
 The Xirk's Alartn. 
 
 " But if ye can match her ye're waur than ye're ca'd, 
 
 .S". There liv'd ance a carle T 
 But twenty fauts ye may hae waur, S. There was a lad\ 
 
 But say thou wilt hae me for better for waur, 
 
 S, Tibbie Dunbar, 
 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces .«-, .j^ 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev, J. M'MatU, . 
 There's Gaun^ misca't waur than a beast, .,./*. 
 
Waur 
 
 517 
 
 Way 
 
 Waup, to [to overcome, to worst]. 
 * Up, Willie, waur them a', man I' . . A Fragtnent 7. 
 
 'Till ane Hornbook's ta'en up the trade, 
 
 And faith, he'll waur me. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 13. 
 Up and waur them a', Jamie, . , . The Laddies By t 
 
 WauF*t [worsted]. Might aiblins waur't thee for a brattle ; 
 A GuidNew'Year 1 10. 
 
 Wave, life's mad career, Wild as the wave, . A Bar^s E^it. 
 As gathering sweet flowerets she stems thy clear wave. 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 And [brow] curled as the wintry wave, . Asonthehanhs\ 
 Will ye gang down the water-side 
 
 And see the waves sae sweetly glide . S. CcC the Ewes. 
 Where the winds howl to the waves* dashing roar : 
 
 S, Had I a cave t 
 Through the hazels spreading wide 
 
 O'er the waves, that sweetly glide . S. Hark ! the mavi^ t 
 Trees with aged arms were warring, 
 
 O'er the swelling, drumlie wave. S. I dreavCd I lay t 
 
 The storm's gloomy path on the breast of the wave. 
 
 Laments on leaving Nat, Land. 
 And smile at the moon's rimpled face in the wave ; . lb. 
 When winter-bound the wave is ; . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 The wan moon is setting behind the white wave, 
 
 S. Ok, open the door, t 
 O'er Clouden's wave, with fond delay ; . , On Lincluden. 
 Peaceful keep your dimpling wave, On scaring Water-fowl. 
 Ye howling winds, and wintry swelling waves ! 
 
 On Death o/R, Dundas. 
 Dim, cloudy, sunk beneath the western wave ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 These, their richly-gleaming waves, 
 
 I leave to tyrants and their slaves ; S. Streams that glided 
 I think upon the stormy wave, . S, The gloomy night t 
 And staw'd a branch, spite o' the deil, 
 
 Frae yont the western waves, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 And cauld, Caledonia's blast on the wave ; S. Their groves of\ 
 Wave, to. 
 Her leafy locks wave in the breeze .S". Again rejoic. Nature t 
 The balmy gales awake the flowers, 
 
 And wave thy flaxen hair. . . . S. Behold, my love t 
 I see her wave thy towering plumes afar, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Nae mair, to me, the autumn winds 
 
 Wave o'er the yellow corn ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 But see you the Crown how it waves in the air, 
 
 S. No Churchman am 1 1 
 An' Robin's bonnet wave wi' crape . Poor MaiHe's El.. 
 Ye lavish woods that wave around, S. Slow spreads theglootti \ 
 I wave the quantum o' the sin ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 Woods that ever verdant wave, . .S". Streams that glide t 
 Where waters flow and wild woods wave, . . , lb. 
 When August winds the heather wave, Tarn Samson's El.j 13, 
 While thick the gossamour waves wanton in the rays. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 
 ' When yellow waves the heavy grain, The Vision. D. II. 8. 
 Wav'd. 
 And corn wav'd green in ilka field, S. In simmer when \ 
 
 That wav'd o'er Lugar's winding stream : 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 High-wav'd his raagnum-bonum round 
 With Cyclopean fury. . . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Wavering. 
 If Self the wavering balance shake, 
 
 It's rarely right adjusted ! . . Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 Ay wavering like the willow wicker, 
 
 'Tween good and ill. ... . Poem on Life. 
 
 When lyart leaves bestrew the yird, 
 Or wavering like the Bauckie-bird, The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 Waving. 
 Waving on high the desolating brand, Add. sp. by Fontenelle, 
 Ye, like a rash-buss, stood in sight, 
 
 Wi' waving sugh. . . Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 The yellow corn was waving ready : S. By Allan stream t 
 Through yellow, waving fields we'll strayj 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 The furrow'd waving corn is seen 
 
 Rejoice in fosteying showers. .S". Now Spring has clad\ 
 Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain, 
 
 S. Now westlin winds t 
 
 Her robes, light waving ^n the breeze, 
 
 S. On a bank of flowers t 
 And tent the waving corn wi' me. . S. There was a lass f 
 
 Waw V. Wa'. 
 
 Wawlie v, Walie. 
 
 Waxen. Seal'd up with- frugal care In massive, waxen piles, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Waxing. The day was waxing weary, S. As Igaed up by t 
 Way, Then lost his way, ae misty day, . A Fragment. 4. 
 Ye fright the nightly wand'rer's way, 
 
 Wi' eldritch croon. . . Add. to the Deil. $. 
 As down the burn they took their way, iS". As down the burn t 
 Wha did I meet, upon the way. 
 
 But pretty Peg, my dearie. . . S. As I gaed up by t 
 Blind chance, let her snapper and stoyte on her way, 
 
 S. Contented w{ liiile\ 
 ' That's just a swatch o' Hornbook's way, 
 
 Death and Dr, Hombooh. zg. 
 1 took the way that pleas'd mysel, 
 
 And sae did Death. . - . . lb. 31. 
 
 The ways of men are distant brought, 
 
 Despondency, an Ode. 3. 
 And when ye [craiks] wing your annual way 
 
 Frae our cauld shore, El. on Copt, M. /f., g. 
 If thou on men, their works and ways, 
 
 Canst throw uncommon light, . . , .lb., Epit. 
 That veni, vidi, vici, is his way ; . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Wha scarcely tent us in their way, . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 
 Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 
 Had number'd out my weary days, ... lb. 10, 
 His saul has ta'en some other way, Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Wi' Death forgather'd by the way, 
 
 Epit on Tarn the Chapman. 
 O come thy ways to me, my Eppie M'Nab ! [re.l 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nai. 
 My hale and weel I'll take a care o't 
 
 Atentierway: . Frzendofthepaet\P.S. 
 'Twas just the way he wanted 
 
 To be that night. . . Halloween, g. 
 
 May tyrants and tyranny tine in the mist, 
 And wander their way to' the devil ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them\ 
 This simple stone directs pale Scotia's way 
 
 Inscrip. on Tomb ofFergusson. 
 For weel ye ken the way to woo. . . S. John, come kiss. 
 
 And that's the way I like to do /3. 
 
 " I wander in the ways of men, 
 
 ** Alike unknowing and unknown : Lament for Glencaim. 
 The way fo me lies through the kirk : S. Lass when yrimther\ 
 The weary shearer's hameward way, 
 
 S. Lassie wi the lintwhite t 
 In many a way, and vain essay, S. My father was a farmer^ 
 Come let us stray our gladsome way, S. Noiu westlin winds t 
 Mally's ev'ry way compleat. . . S. O Mally's meek. 
 
 So ran the far-fam'd Roman way. On same Lord G. 
 
 Far from human haunts and ways ; On scaring Waterfowl. 
 As guileful Fraud points out the erring way : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 In his sly, dry, sententious, proverb way ! PrologitCj at Th., D. 
 Unknowing what my way may thwart, S. Sae far awa. 
 
 Gie body strength, then I'll ne'er start 
 
 At this my way sae far awa. /^. 
 
 wild from wisdom's way, . . Sent to a Gent, amended. 
 Or the ruthless native's way, 
 
 Bent on slaughter, blood, and spoil : S. Streams that glided 
 As bees flee hame wi' lades 0' treasure, 
 
 The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : Tamd Shanter. 6. 
 The native feelings strong, the guileless ways, 
 
 The Cottet's Sat. Night. 
 Then liomeward all take aflF their sev'ral way ; . IB. iS. 
 in the way His Wisdom sees the best, . ... lb. 
 Who walks not in the wicked's way, . The 1st Psalm. 
 
 Three hizzies, early at the road. 
 
 Cam skelpaa up the way. . . , The Holy Fair. z. 
 Her [Life's] way may lie thro' rough distress ! The Lament. 
 As to the north I bent my way, 
 
 S, The Lass that made the bed. 
 No gi'en by way o' dainty . . . The Ordination. 6. 
 A time, when rough rude man had naughty ways ; 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
Way 
 
 51S 
 
 Wear 
 
 S. The Taylor \ 
 
 . , 15. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 7. 
 
 lb. II. 
 
 . . Ib,3S- 
 
 For weel he kend the way, 0, 
 And weel he kend the way to woo, 
 What way poor bodies liv'd ava. 
 Are bred in sic a way as this is. 
 An' each took off his several way, . 
 And hunger'd Maukin taen her way 
 
 To kail-yards green, .... The Vision, p. I. 
 ' With future hope, I oft would gaze, 
 
 ' Fond, on thy little, early ways, . . .lb. D. II. 12. 
 ' Wild-send thee Pleasure's devious way, . . lb. 17. 
 The loves, the ways of simple swains, ... lb. 18. 
 And swore 'twas the way that their ancestor did. 
 
 The Whistle. 14. 
 V the way of our profession. . . , To a Medical Gent. 
 But still the mair I'm that way bent, 
 
 Something cries "Hoolie! . To J, *?., 7. 
 
 On foot [Apollo] the way was plying. . . To J. Taylor. 
 An' may a hard no crack his jest 
 
 What way they've use't him ? . To Rev. J. M^'Math. 
 
 Again I might desert fair Virtue's way ; Why avt I lotk\ 
 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways, 
 Lead to be wretched, vile, and base. Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Wayward. 
 
 Must wayward fortune's adverse hand 
 
 For ever, ever keep me here ? . S. The Banks o/Nith, 
 He left his bed and took his wayward rout. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Within this dear mansion may wayward contention 
 
 Or withered envy ne'er enter ; S. The Sons of Old Killie. 
 
 Weak. 
 
 But Och, mankind are unco weak, E^. to Young Friend. 3. 
 Weak, timid landsmen on life's stormy main ! 
 
 Ep., to R. Graham, j". 
 For our sincere, tho' haply weak endeavours, 
 
 Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 Are doomed by Man, that tyrant o'er the weak, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 From Luxury's contagion, weak and vile ! 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 20. 
 A weak arm and a Strang .... S. Ye Jacobites i 
 
 Weaken 'd. 
 
 And downward, how weaken'd, how darken'd, how pain'd! 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Weakness. Where human weakness has come short, 
 
 A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 Weal. Gie a' the faes o' Scotland's weal 
 
 A towmond's Tooth- Ache! Add. to Toothache. 
 All I can — I weep and pray 
 
 For his weal that's far away. S. How can my poor hearty 
 Wearying Heav'n in warm devotion, 
 
 For his weal where'er he be. S. Musing on the roaring t 
 deep I feel Your interest in the poet's weal ; Poejn on Life. 
 Wealth. 
 Here Wealth still swells the golden tide, Add, to Edinburgh. 
 It ne'er was wealth, it ne'er was wealth. 
 That coft contentment, peace, or pleasure ; 
 
 S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 And I shall spurn as vilest dust. 
 The warld's wealth and grandeur : 
 
 S. Come, let me take thee^ t 
 It's no in wealth like Lon'on Bank, 
 
 To purchase peace and rest ; . . Ep. to Davie. J. 
 Come wealth, come poortith, late or soon. 
 Heaven send your heart-strings ay in tune, 
 
 Ep. to Maj. Logan. 4. 
 There's wealth and ease for gentlemen, S. Gane is the day t 
 I'll count my health my greatest wealth, 
 
 S. Here's to thy healthy t 
 Ye men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering 
 
 Lns on Window^ K.'s Arms. 
 Does thirst of wealth thy step constrain, 
 
 Man, was made to Mourn. 
 All you who follow wealth and power 
 
 S. My father was a fanner \ 
 Had you the wealth Potosi boasts, . * . . lb. 
 The man wha boasts o' warld's wealth, 
 
 Is aften laird o' meikle care ; . S. Now bank and brae t 
 " I care na wealth a single flie ; . . , S. Phely^ t 
 This warld's wealth when I think on. 
 
 Its pride and a* the lave o't ; . S. O poortith cauld^ f 
 The silly bogles, Wealth and State lb. 
 
 Can all the wealth of India's coast. 
 
 Atone for years in absence lost ? S. Slow spreads the gloom \ 
 
 What wealth could never give nor take away I 
 
 Sonttet, writ, on Birthday. 
 Not Pulteney's wealth can Pulteney save ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 That Indian wealth may lustre throw 
 
 Around my Highland lassie, O. . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 Despising worlds with all their wealth 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 This fruit is worth a' Afric's wealth, The Tree of Liberty. 
 Of mistress, friends, and wealth bereav'd me, 
 
 S. Tho. fckle Fortune \ 
 Still nobler wealth hast thoii in store, 
 
 The comforts of the mind ; . . . . To Chloris. 
 O, could I give thee India's wealth, . To John M'Murdo. 
 ' Gie Wealth to some be-Iedger'd Cit, . . To J. S.., 23. 
 Or Hopetoun's wealth to shine in ; S. When first I saw t 
 My humble knapsack a' my wealth) ^S". Wk^n wild Wa^s\ 
 The sodger's wealth is honor ; lb. 
 
 Wealthy. 
 
 They'll ha'e me wed a wealthy coof, 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty \ 
 And to the wealthy booby 
 
 Poor woman sacrifice ; . . . . S. How cruelf 
 The Great, the Wealthy fear thy blow, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion, 
 
 Round the wealthy, titled bride S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Not the wealthy, but the bonie ; . . S. Sweetest May \ 
 And there will be wealthy young Richard, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Wean [a child]. 
 Thou's welcome wean, . . Add. to lllegit. Child. 
 
 ' The weans hand out their fingers laughin. 
 
 And pouk my hips. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 14. 
 ' His Sin gat Eppie Sim wi' wean, . , . Halloween. 16. 
 Gie him the schulin of your [Satan's] weans ; 
 
 On a Schoolmaster. 
 These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans Searching auld^ 
 An' deed her bairns, man, wife, an' wean, 
 
 In mourning weed ; . Tarn Samson's EL 
 
 Wi' weans I'm mair than weel contented, . The InventoTy. 
 A smytrie o' wee, duddie weans, . . The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 Their grushie weans an' faithfu' wives ; . . lb. 17. 
 
 The wean wants a cradle, . , S. There's news^ lasses t 
 To make a happy iire-side clime 
 
 To weans and wife, . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Weanie \dim. of Wean]. 
 When skirlin weanies see the light, . Scotch Drink. 12. 
 
 Weapon. 
 
 * Forbye some new, uncommon weapons, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 22. 
 
 They've taen a weapon, long and sharp, Jokti Barleycorn. 
 
 Her closed eyes, like weapons sheath'd, 
 
 ^. On a bank of flowers t 
 
 Wear ["wear the plaid," be a shepherd, op pastor]. 
 " That Reptile wears a Ducal crown ! " As on tite battksi 
 1 wad wear thee in my bosom, . S. Bonie wee ihing\ 
 Spare't for their sakes wha aften wear it, . Ep. to J. R-,3- 
 
 And wear it there ! and call aloud 
 
 This axiom undoubted Extern, on Commem' s of Thomson. 
 [Thieves] From him that wears the star and garter 
 To him that wintles in a halter : . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 And next my heart I'll wear her, J". My Love's a winsotne t 
 
 Auld, cantie Kyle may weepers wear, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W.L 
 dowie, wear The mourning weed : . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 There, welcome, win and wear the prize, S. Talk not ofLove\ 
 The like has been that you may wear 
 
 A noble head of horns The Calf. 
 
 An' no to rin an' wear his cloots, . The Death ofMailie. 
 And you, farewell 1 whose merits claim. 
 
 Justly that highest badge to wear ! . , 
 
 The Farewell. To St. J.'s L.. 
 
 I wear away My life, and in my office holy 
 
 Consume the day. . . . T lie Hermit. 
 What tho' on hamely fare we dine^ 
 Wear hodden-grey, and a' that; . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 The violet for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear, 
 
 S. The Paste. 
 
Wear 
 
 519 
 
 Weaver 
 
 Or leaves the faithfu' lass he lo'ed, 
 
 To wear a ragged coat. .. TJie Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 Ye wha were ne'er by lairds respekit, 
 
 To wear the plaid, . . The Twa Herds. 4, 
 ' And wear thou this ' — She solemn said, 
 And bound the Holly round my head The Vision. D. II. 23. 
 Time but the impression stronger makes, 
 As streams their channels deeper wear. 
 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 And may he wear an auld man's beard, . To Mr. M'Adain. 
 By miscreants torn, who ne'er one sprig must wear : 
 
 ToR, G. ofF.,S- 
 Wearer, 
 
 Wha rate the wearer by the cloak, . . To Mr. /. Kennedy. 
 Wearied. 
 And I a bird to shelter there, 
 When wearied on my little wing. S. O were viy lave t 
 
 Wearing. For me, thank God, my life's a lease, 
 
 Nae bargain wearing faster, . A Dream. 6. 
 As mafket-days are wearing late, . . Tarn 0' Shanter. 
 With clavers and haivers 
 
 Wearing the time awa' : . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 His lyart hafFets wearing thin and bare ; 
 
 The Coiiet's Sat. Night. 12. 
 When wearing thro' the afternoon, . The Twa Dogs. 
 
 Weary, -ie. 
 An' wi' the weary warl' fought ! . A Guid New-Year \ 16. 
 O, free my weary eyes from tears, A Prayer under Anguish. 
 But life to me's a weary dream, S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 The hungry bike did scrape and pike 
 
 Till we were wae and wearie ; O S. A inang the trees t 
 
 The day was waxing weary, . . . S. As I gaed up 6yi 
 Waking ay and wearie, . . . . S. Ay waking, O t 
 Ay waukin, O, Waukin still and weary ; S> Ay -waukin^ O. 
 Oh ! age has weary days \ . . . S. But lately seen,\ 
 
 Life ! Thou art a galling load, 
 
 Along a rough, a weary road, Despondency , an Ode. 
 
 Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 
 Had number'd out my weary days, . Ep. to Davie, to. 
 Forjesket sair, with weary legs, £p. to J. L — k^ Ap. zist, ^. 
 To cheer you through the weary widdle 
 
 0' this wild warl', Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 
 For the man that loves his mistress weel 
 Nae travel makes him weary. ^. Her^s to thy healthy \ 
 
 1 restless lie frae e'en to morn, 
 
 Tho' I were ne'er sae weary. S. How lang and dreary t 
 She [my mammy] never lets me weary, Sir, S. Pm o'er young ^ 
 " In weary being now I pine, . Lament for Glencaim. 
 But nought can glad the weary wight 
 
 That fast in durance lies. . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 The weary shearer's hameward way, 
 
 S. Lassie wV the lintwhite t 
 Seem'd weary, worn with care ; Man was made to mourn. 
 I've seen yon weary winter-sun 
 
 Twice forty times return ; . . . . lb. 
 
 Thro' weary life this lesson learn Ih. 
 
 Till down my weary bones I lay 
 
 In everlasting slumber ; O. S. My father was a farmer t 
 But the weary, weary warpin o't S. My heart was ance t 
 The weary steps 0' woe. . S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain. 
 
 Delights the weary Farmer : . S. Now westlin winds t 
 Take pity on my weary feet, . . S. O Lassie., art thou t 
 A weary slave from suri to sun, S. O Mary, at thy window t 
 'Till my last weary sand was run, S. O were I on Pamass. t 
 The weary winter soon will pass, S. Oh, how can I be hlythe t 
 Thou strings the nerves o' Labor-sair, 
 
 At's weary toil ; . . Scotch Drink, 6. 
 
 Tae cheer you thro' the weary widdle 
 
 O' war'ly cares, . Second Ep, to Davie. 
 But we've wander'd many a weary foot, 
 
 Sin' auld lang syne. . S, Should auld acquaintance \ 
 
 But what a weary wight can please, 
 
 And care his bosom wringing. . .S". Sweet fa s the eve t 
 Owre mony a weary hag he limpit, Tarn SamsotCs El., 10. 
 And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat, Night. 
 Does a* his weary kiaugh and care beguile, [v.A.5] Ih. 3. 
 
 Does a' his weary carking cares beguile; [v.A-s] . . lb, 
 I've paced much this weary, mortal round, « . . /J. g. 
 
 Wi' monie a wearie body, . . . The Holy Fair. 6. 
 She made me weary of my life, 
 
 By one unruly member. . . S. The /oyful Widower. 
 Life's weary vale I'll wander thro' : . The Lament, zo. 
 The weary night o' care and grief 
 
 May have a joyful morrow; . S. The noble Maxwells t 
 He's aften wat and weary : . , . S. The Ploughman t 
 Tho' I am as weary as weary can be, . . . , lb. 
 And, alas! I am weary, weary O I [«.] The Slave's Lament, 
 There's somebody weary wi' lying her lane, 
 
 S. The Taylor fell t 
 Until wi' daffin weary grown, 
 
 Upon a knowe they sat them down. [v.A.i] The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 But soon grew weary o' the trade, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 The Thresher's weary flingin-tree, . The Vision. D. I. 2. 
 
 the Lab'rer's weary toil, For humble gains, , /^., D. II. 9. 
 The weary pund, the weary pund, 
 
 The weary pund 0' tow ; . . . S. The weary pund. 
 Till piper lads were wae and weary, 
 
 S. Th. Menzie's bonie Mary. 
 Soon my weary eyes I'll close, never more to waken. 
 
 S. Thou hast left me t 
 An' weary Winter comin fast, . . . To a Mouse. 
 Has cost thee monie a weary nibble ! . . . .lb. 
 I'm weary sick o't late and air ? , To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 crazy, weary, joyless Eild, . . . ToJ.S.,13. 
 
 Apollo weary flying, . . . ToJ. Taylor. 
 
 My weary heart its throbbings cease, . . To Ruin. 
 
 Thro' weary winter's wind and rain S. ' Twas even — the dewy t 
 He hosts and he hirples the weary day lang : 
 
 S. What can ay ng lassie^ 
 How slow ye move, ye heavy hours, 
 
 As ye were wae and weary \ . . When I think on t 
 Return sae dowf and weary O : . S. When o^er the hill\ 
 And I were ne'er sae weary O, . . lb. 
 
 These northern scenes with weary feet I trace ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn, 
 And I sae weary fu' of care ! . S. Ye banks and braes t 
 
 Weary, to. 
 
 Wi' merry sangs, an' friendly cracks, 
 I wat they did na weary ; . , . Halloween. 28. 
 
 Weary fa' [an imprecation, a curse befall]. 
 Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray, . . S. Duncan Gray. 
 But weary fa' the waefu' woodie! The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 Wearying. Wearying Heav'n in warm devotion, 
 
 S, Musing on the roaring t 
 
 Weary-laden. 
 
 But oh! [death] a blest 'relief for those 
 That weary-laden mourn ! , Man was made to Mourn. 
 Weason [the weasand]. 
 But monie daily weet their weason 
 
 Wi' liquors nice, . . Scotch Drink. 14. 
 Weather. 
 On guid March-weather, , . A Guid New-Year \ iz. 
 Kindly stood the milking-shiel, 
 
 To shelter frae the stormy weather. . 6". As I came o'er t 
 Autumn's pleasant weather ; . . S, Now westlin winds t 
 The happy hour may soon be near. 
 
 That brings us pleasant weather : S. The noble Maxwells t 
 The weather was cauld, and the lassie lay still, 
 
 S. The Taylor fell ^ 
 Guid health, hale ban's, an' weather bonie ; 
 
 Third Ep. to J, Lap.. 
 There will surely be some pleasant weather 
 When a' their storms are past and gone. 
 
 When clouds in skies t 
 Weather, to. 
 A wight, that will weather damnation. 
 The devil the prey will despise. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Weave ["weave our stockin," knit our stocking]. 
 On Fasteneen we had a rockin. 
 To ca' the crack and weave our stockin ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. zst, 2. 
 Syne weave, unseen, thy spider snare 
 
 O' hell's damned waft. . , Poem on Life. 
 Here shall the shepherd make his seat. 
 To weave his crown of flowers : The Petition of Br, Water, 
 Weav'd. Bonie Doon, whare early roaming, 
 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. S, Scefies of woe + 
 
 Weaver. 
 
 A bonie, westlin weaver lad [«.] . S, My heart was ance t 
 
Weaver 
 
 520 
 
 Weel 
 
 To the weaver's gin ye go, fair maids, S. My heart was ance t 
 And turn a Carpet-weaver Aff-hand . Tke Ordination, g. 
 Wecht [a vessel pesembling a sieve, but without 
 holes, mostly used for winnowing grain]. 
 
 Meg fain wad to the Barn gaen, 
 To winn three wechts b' naething ; , . Halloween, si. 
 Wed, They'll hae me wed a wealthy coof, 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty + 
 " I'll wed another like my dear . S. Husband^ httshand\ 
 I'll be wed come o't what will, . S. In simmer when t 
 I think I maun wed him — to-morrow, [?r.] 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer t 
 before ye wed Sic clumsy-witted hammers, On W. Chalmers. 
 I put him to bed, and he swore he wad wed, 
 
 S. The auld man t 
 Wedded. 
 Tho' I am your wedded wife. 
 Yet I am not your slave. Sir. . S. Husband^ husband f 
 Wedding, -in. 
 But he has na tell'd the lass hersel 
 
 Till on her wedding day, O. . . Katharine J affray. 
 At Kims an' weddins we*se be there, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 
 Wedlock. Auld, uncle John, wha wedlock's joys, 
 " ' " ' • • • ^ jj^ 
 
 I ken thy friends try ilka means 
 
 Sin' Mar's-year did desire, 
 
 'alloween. z^. 
 
 Frae wedlock to dielay thee ; . S. Here^s to thy healih,^ 
 
 Wee [little]. 
 
 his wee, curlie John's ier-oe, . . A Ded. to G. H.^ 14. 
 
 But just thy step a wee thing hastet, A Guid Neat-Year \ 14. 
 Ilk happing bird, wee, helpless thing ! . A Winter Night. 4. 
 My sweet wee lady, . . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 
 Wee image of my bonny Betty, Ih. 
 
 I throw the wee stools o'er the mickle, . Add. to Toothache, 
 " Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, . As on the banks t 
 
 Bonie wee thing, canie wee thin^, 
 Lovely wee thing was thou mine ; 
 
 S. Bonie wee thing + 
 . . . Ih. 
 
 Lest my wee thing be na mine. 
 Some wee, short hour ayont the twal, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 31. 
 We will big a wee, wee house, 
 
 And we will like king and queen, S. Duncan Davison. 
 Mourn, ye wee songsters o' the wood ; El. on Capt. M. H., 7. 
 An' our gudewife's wee birdy cocks ; . El. on Year 1788. 
 There's ae wee faut they whiles lay to me, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 17. 
 The poor, wee thing was little hurt ; . Ep. to /. i?., 8, 
 An' the wee powts begun to cry, .... 75. //. 
 Wee Jenny to her Graunie says, . . , Halloween. 13, 
 Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald, . . S, Hee balou t 
 
 Loove for loove is the bat^ain for me, 
 
 Tho' the wee Cotrhouse should hand me ; 
 
 S. My Collier Laddie. 
 My Love's a winsome wee thing, 
 She is a handsome wee thing. 
 
 She is a bonie wee thing, . S. My Love's a winsome t 
 O blessings on my wee thing, 
 "My kindly blythesome wee thing, 
 With the hand and heart of my wee thing, 
 
 No more at my fate I'll repine. lb. 
 
 This sweet wee wife o' mine. . 6". My Wife's a winsome. 
 
 My blessins upon thy sweet, wee lippie ! 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 Wee Pope, the knurlin, . . Poem' on Pastoral Poetry. 
 His wee drap parritch, or his bread 
 
 Thou kitchens fine. . . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 An' just a wee drap sp'ritual burn in, An' gusty sucker! lb, g, 
 Twa span-lang, wee, unchristened bairns ; 
 
 Tarn 0' Shanter. 11. 
 That sark she coft for her wee Nannie, ... lb. 13. 
 Wee Bavock bauds the nowt in fother. . . The Inventory. 
 Till faith, wee Davock's tum'd sae gleg, . , . lb, 
 
 my bonny sweet wee lady, lb. 
 
 Wee [Millar] neist, the Guard relieves, . The Holy Fair. 17, 
 The wee Apollo . . . The Jolly Beggars. R, V. 
 Our Whipper-in, wee, blastet wonner, . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 A smytrie o' wee, duddie weans, . . ... lb. 10. 
 a wee touch langer, An' they maun starve . . Ih, 11. 
 A reekit wee deevil looks ewer the wa', 
 
 S, There liv'd ance a earle f 
 
 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie, . . To a Mouse. 
 I hae a wife and twa wee laddies, . , To Dr. Blackbck. 
 Wee Willie Gray, an' his leather wallet ; [re.l 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray f 
 Wee-bit. I gied thy cog a wee-bit heap 
 
 Aboon the timmer ; A Guid New-Year U3. 
 His wee-bit ingle, blinkan bonilie. The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Whyles, owre the wee bit cup an' platie, The Twa Dogs. 33. 
 Thy wee-bit housie, too, in ruin ! . . . To a Mouse. 
 That wee-bit heap o' leaves an' stibble, . -, , /^, 
 
 your wee bit jauntie. Wad bring ye to ; To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Wee-things [little children]. 
 The vera wee-things, toddlan, rin, 
 
 Wi* stocks out owre their shouther : , . Halloween. 
 The expectant wee-things, toddlan, stacher through 
 To meet their Dad, wi' ilicfaterin noise and glee. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Weed. Yet sune thou shalt be thrown aside. 
 
 Like ony common weed and vile. S.I do con/ess t 
 We'll roam through the forest for each idle weed ; 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. 
 The sweeteist flower that deck'd the mead. 
 Now trodden like the vilest weed, S. O Lassie, art thou t 
 That stipend is a carnal weed 
 He takes but for the fashion ; . . The Ordiftation. 3. 
 Weed [dress, apparel], 
 dowie, wear The mourning weed ; . . Pj>or Mailie's El.. 
 Aft, clad in massy, siller weed, . . Scotch Drink. 7. 
 An' deed her bairns, man, wife, an' wean, 
 
 In mourning weed ; . Tarn SantsotCs El.. 
 Her ancient weed was russet gray, The Election Ballads. I. 
 Be thou clad in russet weed, . . Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Weeds. Autumn in her weeds o' yellow. S. By Allan streamf 
 Who in widow weeds appears, . Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 In weeds of woe that frantic beat her breast, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Weeding. 
 
 I tum'd my weeding hook aside. 
 An' spar d the symbol dear. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 
 Week, On eighteen pence a week I've liv'd before. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3, 
 For had y^ staid whole weeks awa', 
 
 Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye. . Epit, on a Wag. 
 But a' the niest week as I petted wi' care, 
 
 ^9. Last May a hraw wooer t 
 They had been fou for weelcs thegither. Tam o' Shanter. 3. 
 Weekly. This night his weekly moil is at an end, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, z. 
 
 Weel [well; "weel's," well as]. 
 He may do weel for a' he's done yet, A Ded. to G. H., 3. 
 Wi' weel spread looves, an' lang, wry faces ; . . .Ib.g. 
 To serve their King an' Country weel, ... lb. 14. 
 My skill may weel be doubted \ . . . A Dream. 4. 
 Weel rigg'd for Venus barter ; . ... lb. 13. 
 An* set weel down a shapely shank, A Guid New'Year\3. 
 A seat, I'm sure ye're weel deservin't ; Add. of Beelzebub. 3. 
 An' think't weel war'd. . . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. S. As I came o'er the t 
 Weel, since he has left me, may pleasure gae wi' him, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'nng^ 
 
 We darena weel say't, though we ken wha's to blame, 
 
 5". By yon castle wa t 
 ' I red ye weel, tak care o' sk^th, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, g. 
 
 * Weel, weel ! ' says I, * a bargain be't ; . . . lb. 11. 
 ' He's grown sae weel acquaint wi' Buchan, . . lb. 14. 
 
 * I might as weel hae try'd a quarry 
 
 * O' hard whin-rock. ... lb. 18. 
 
 An's weel pay'd for't ; lb. 2g. 
 
 Here lies wha weel had won thy praise, ^ ., 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 
 For Eighty-eight he wish'd you weel, . El. on Year 1788. 
 An' a' been weel content. . Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 Conceal yoursel as weel's ye can 
 
 Frae critical dissection ; . . Ep, to Young Friend. 3. 
 I've scarce heard ought describ'd sae weel, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 4- 
 
 Yet crooning to a body's sel,' . ^ 
 
 Coes weel eneugh. . . . . lo.s. 
 
Weel 
 
 521 
 
 Weel-sung 
 
 Maybe some ither thing they gie me 
 
 They weel can spare. Ep. to J, L—k, Ap. ist, 17. 
 
 Roose you sae weel for your deserts, . . I&., Ap. s/si, j'. 
 
 He'll baud it weel thegither. . Spit on a Ruling Elder. 
 
 I gat some gear wi* meikle carci 
 
 I held it weel thegither ; . . . Exiem.^ Ap. 1782. 
 
 Lads like lasses weel, . . S. Gudeen to you Kimmer\ 
 
 wooer-babs, Weel knotted on their garten, . Halloween. 3. 
 
 I mind't as weel's yestreen, Ih. 15. 
 
 He gat hemp-seed, I mind it weel, ... Ih. 16. 
 
 Gars ony dress look weel. . . , S. Handsome Nell. 
 Weel, my babie, may thou furder : . . .S", Hee balou t 
 For the man that loves his mistress weel 
 
 Nae travel makes him weary. . S, Here's to thy health t 
 He lo'es sae weel his craps and kye, 
 
 He has nae love to spare fgr me : S. In simmer "when f 
 
 Altho' thy beauty and thy grace 
 
 Might weel awauk desire, . . , S. It is na^ Jean \ 
 His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, John Barleycorn. 
 For weel ye ken the way to woo. . . S. John^ come kiss. 
 Weel known to many men, O. . Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 Weel may we a' be ! . . . 6", Landlady, count \ 
 Weel buskit up sae gaudy ; . . .S". My Collier Laddie. 
 But cheerful still, I am as well. 
 
 As a monarch in ^ palace, O, S. My father was a farmer t 
 
 Will ken as weel's mysel ! . . 5". My heart was once \ 
 They drew a' weel enough ; . . S.O gude ale comes \ 
 Weel shod wi' brass. . . On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Were weel lac'd up in silken shoon, . S. O Molly's meek. 
 And here's to them that wish us weel, S. O May thy mom t 
 
 weel ken I my ain lassie, . S. O this is no my ain f 
 
 1 see a form, I see a face. 
 
 Ye weel may wi' the fairest place : .... 73. 
 
 But weel the watching lover marks 
 
 The kind love that's in her e'e , Ih. 
 
 The bonie lasses weel may wiss him, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 Jamaica bodies^ use him weel, Ih. 
 
 Their father's a laird, and weel he can spare't, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 I lo'e her mysel, but darena weel tell, . ... lb. 
 She tauld thee weel thou was a skellum. Tarn d Shanter. 3. 
 Weel mounted on his gray mare, Meg, . . . . Ib.g. 
 And roars out, " Weel done, Cutty-sark ! " . . Ih. 16. 
 Or R[obinson] again grown weel, . . Tarn SamsotCs El., 
 Abuse o* Magistrates might weel be spar'd ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 Gars auld claes look amaist as weel's the new ; 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. S- 
 But blate and laithfu,' scarce can weel behave ; . , Ih. 8. 
 And he wad do their errands weel. The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Ye weel ken, kimmers a', Ih. 
 
 God grant the King and ilka man 
 
 May look wCel to themsel lb. 
 
 And weel does Selkirk fa' that lb. II. 
 
 For weel he's worthy a' that lb. 
 
 Weel heaped up wi' ha'pence, . . The Holy Fair. 8. 
 
 Tho' in his heart he weel believes, 
 
 An' thinks it auld vnves' fables : . . Ih. 77. 
 
 Sit round the table, weel content, .... Ih. so. 
 Wi' weans I'm raair than weel contented. The Inventoty. 
 weel brac'd wi' mealy bags, , . The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 Wha ken't fu' weel to cleek the Sterlin ; . .lb. R. IV. 
 As weel as poor Gutscraper ; , . . . , Ih. R. VI. 
 O love will venture in, where it dare na weel be seen : 
 
 The Posie. 
 The violet for modesty, which weel she fa's to wear, . lb. 
 Her dizzen's done, she's unco weel ; . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 For weel he kend the way, O, . . S. The Taylor \ 
 And weel he kend the way to woo, . , . lb. 
 
 And weel he lik'd to shed their bluid, The Twa Herds. 6. 
 Or what wad mak her weel again. S. There was a lass t 
 
 Weel Europe kens the fame o't. . The Tree of Liberty. 
 And now she [Virtue] sees wi' pride, man. 
 How weel it buds and blossoms there, . . . . /5. 
 And banged the despot weel, man. . . , - 73. 
 
 Weel are ye wordy of a grace . . , To a Haggis. 
 
 3u 
 
 ToJ.S.,2S. 
 
 To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 . . . . lb. 
 
 , To W. Creech. 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S. 
 
 Verses under Grief. 
 
 But no sae weel a stranger To a Painter. 
 
 Lord send you ay as weel's I want ye, , To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 ' An* shore him weel wi' hell ; . . .To Gav, Hamilton. 
 
 I ken he weel a Snick can draw, . . .lb. 
 
 I jouk beneath Misfortune's blows 
 
 As weel's I may ; . 
 
 as I'm informed weel, 
 
 I wiss you weel, and gude be wi' you. 
 
 We've lost a birkie weel worth gowd, 
 
 weel learn'd upo' the beuk, . 
 
 oh, I pay weel For a* the joy I borrow, 
 
 Weel [prosperity, welfare]. 
 
 Come weel, come woe, I care na by, S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 Come weel, come woe, we'll gather and go, 
 
 S. Come boat tne tfer. 
 My hale and weel I'll take a care o't 
 
 Atentierway: . Friendofthe Poeti P.S. 
 And laws for Scotland's weel ordained ; 
 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 Weel-aim*d, But yet he drew the mortal trigger 
 
 Wi' weel-aim'd heed ; Tam Samson's El., 12. 
 Weel-bOOted. Though I canna ride in weel-booted pride, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Weel-bred. Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred. 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 Weel-burnish't. 
 
 Down droops her ance weel-bumish't crest. To W. Creech^ 
 Weel-elad. 
 " When a' my weel-clad banks could see, 
 
 " Their woody picture in my tide : . As on the hanks t 
 Weel clad wi' coat o' glossy black ; . The Twa Dogs. 5. 
 
 Weel-far'd [weel-favoured]. 
 
 My winsome, weel-far'd Highland laddie ; .S", As I came o'er\ 
 The graces of her weelfar'd face, . S, On Cessnock hanks f 
 Weelfare [welfare]. 
 And each for other's weelfare kindly spiers : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 5. 
 Weel-favour'd. 
 For he's bonie and braw, weel-favour'd with a', 
 
 S. There's a youth\ 
 Weel-featur'd. 
 Weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel mounted and braw ; 
 
 S. There's a youth t 
 Weel-flird. An' spread abreed thy weel-fiU'd brisket, 
 
 A Giiid New-Year \ 12. 
 Weel-gaun [well-going], 
 Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill. Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 My Lan' ahin's a weel gaun fillie, . . The Inventory. 
 
 Weel-hain'd [well-saved, frugally spent, or used], 
 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear on d d new Brigs and 
 
 Harbours I . , . The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 To grace the lad, her weel-hain'd kebbuck, fell, 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 11. 
 Weel-hoordet [well-hoarded]. 
 
 The auld Guidwife's weel-hoordet nits . . Halloween. 7. 
 Weel-kenned, -kend, -kent [well-known], 
 I doubt na, lass, that weel-kenned name 
 
 May cost a pair o' blushes ; . .OnW. Chalmers. 
 
 And eels weel kend for souple tail, Tam Samson's El., 6, 
 
 Weel kend his voice thro' a' the wood, . The Twa Herds. 6. 
 
 You'll easy draw a weel-kent face, . . , To a Painter. 
 
 Weel-plac*d, 
 
 The sacred lowe o' weel plac'd love, Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 Weel-pleased, -'d. 
 Weel pleased, he [Death] greets a wight sae famous, 
 
 Epit. on Tam the Chapman. 
 
 Weel-pleas'd the Mother hears, it's nae wild, worthless Rake. 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat. Night. 7. 
 
 Weel-pleas'd to think her bairn's respected like the lave. Ih, 8. 
 
 Weel I wat [well I wot or know], 
 
 Weel I wat she was a quean 
 
 Wad made a bodie's mouth to water ; iS. Donald Brodie f 
 
 (.S*. 7 met a lass t 
 And weel I wat her willin mou 
 
 Was e'en like succar-candie. . , S. Had I the wyte t 
 And weel I wat he lo'es me dear ; . S. In simmer when \ 
 For weel I wat they'll sairly miss him 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to IV. I, 
 Weel-sung. 
 Till echoes a' resound again 
 
 Her weel-sung praise. , To W^ Simpson. 6. 
 
Weel-toehered 
 
 522 
 
 WeU 
 
 Weel-tochered, -'d [well-dowered]. 
 
 Weel-featur'd, weel-tocher'd, weel mounted and braw ; 
 
 S. There's a youth ^ 
 
 Nae weel-tochered aunts, to wait on their drants, 
 
 Ronatds ofBennals. 
 Weel-turn'd, 
 
 Wi' rhymes weel-tum'd an' ready, . . A Dream. 2. 
 
 Weel-won [honestly-earned]. 
 Tho' it [the tocher] was sma', 'twas weel-won gear, 
 
 A Guid Neiv-Year\ 4. 
 Weel-worn. 
 Tam Samson's weel-worn clay here lies, 
 
 Tatn Samson's £1., Epit. 
 
 Weel-stoeked, -stocklt [well-replenished]. 
 
 gi'e me the lass wi' the weel-stockit farms. 
 
 S. Aiva^ wi yowwitchcraji t 
 A weel-stocked mailin, himsel'for the laird, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 
 1 never had frien's, weel-stockit in means, 
 
 Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Weel-swaird [well-swelled]. 
 Till a' their weel-swall'd kytes belyve 
 
 Are bent like drums ; . . To a Haggis. 
 Ween. For nature smiles as sweet, I ween, 
 
 To shepherds as to kings. S, Behold^ my love t 
 Ah ! tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween ! 
 
 The CotteT^s Sat. Night. 
 And there was Balmaghie I ween. The Election Ballads. V. 
 A panegyric rhyme, I ween, 
 
 Even as I was he shor*d me ; The Petition of Br. Water. 
 And such a leg ! my Bess, I ween, 
 
 Could only peer it ; [v. A. 14] The Vision, D. I. iz. 
 Weep. 
 There oft as mild ev'ning weeps over the lea, S. Afton Water. 
 And weep the ae best fellow's fate 
 
 E'er lay in earth. . El. on Capt. M. H., 16. 
 The poor man weeps — here G — N sleeps, Epit. for G. H. 
 There would I weep my woes, . S, Had I a cave t 
 
 To gnash my gums, to weep and wail, 
 
 In burnin' lalce, . Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 All I can— I weep and pray 
 
 Fof his weal that's far away. S. How can my poor heart t 
 I think on him that's far awa', 
 
 The lee-lang night, and weep, . . S. It was a' fori 
 And wanders here to wail and weep ! . . The Lament, 
 Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep. The Ordination. 7. 
 Weepers. 
 Auld, cantie Kyle may weepers wear. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 Weeping. He weeping wail'd his latter times ; . A Vision. 
 Truth, weeping, tells the mournful tale, A Winter Night. 7. 
 The weeping blood in woman's breast 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife, 
 
 And helpless offspring mourn. Man was made to Mourn. 
 As dews o' summer weeping, S. O watye wha that loes t 
 " A weeping country joins a widow's tear, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Thou, weeping, answ'rest no ! . . The Farewell. 
 
 And soothe the Virtues weeping on this bier ; [v. A. 10] 
 
 Sonnet^ on Death ofR. 
 Weet, adj. [wet]. 
 
 Oh Jenny's a weet poor body . S. Comin thro' the rye t 
 
 Weet [wet, wetness, dew, rain]. 
 And violets bathe in the weet of the moi;n ; 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 Thou hear'st the winter wind and weet, 
 
 S. O Lassie, art thou f 
 " The woodbine in the dewy weet, . . S. O Phely^ t 
 
 Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! To a Mountain-Dai^. 
 Thro' wind and weet, thro' frost and snaw ; S. Young Jockey ^ 
 Weet, to [to wet]. 
 And rising, weets wi' misty showers 
 
 The birks of Aberfeldy. S. Bonie Lassie^ willyego\ 
 till we meet and weet our whistle, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 And gart me weet my waukrife winkers, 
 
 Wi' girnan spite. . Ep. to Maj. Logan, 10. 
 But monie daily weet their weason 
 
 Wi' liquors nice, , . Scotch Drink. 14. 
 If e'er ye want, or meet with scant, 
 May I ne'er weet my craigie 1 The Jolly Be^ars. S. VI. 
 
 Weigh. 
 
 L — d weigh it down, and dinna spare. Holy Willie's Prayer. 13. 
 Weight. 
 That on this frail, uncertain state, 
 
 Hang matters of eternal weight : . Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Had felt our weight before. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 But Douglasses o' weight had we, . ... lb. 
 
 Till crush'd beneath the furrow's weight, 
 
 Shall be thy doom ! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Weighty. 
 
 So how this weighty plea may end, 
 Nae mortal wight can tell : . , The Election Ballads. I. 
 Welcome. In Heaven itself I'll ask no more 
 Than just a Highland welcome. 
 
 A V. on being Hasp. Entertained. 
 Thou's welcome wean, . . . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 You're welcome to Despots, Dumouner ; Add. to Dumourier. 
 My warst word is, " Welcome, and welcome again ! " ' 
 
 •S". Contented wS little t 
 A man may kiss a bonie lass. 
 
 And ay be welcome back again. S. Duncan Davison. 
 
 Whate'er thou hast done, be it late be it soon, 
 Thou's welcome again to thy ain Jock Rah. 
 
 S.EppUMNah. 
 O welcome dear to love and me ! . . S. Here is ihegleni 
 But welcome the dream o' sweet slumber, 
 
 S. Here's a health to one t 
 Then may heaven with prosperous galra, 
 Fill my sailor's welcome sails, S. How can mypoorheart\ 
 the welcome summer show'r S. Lassie w^ the Hntwkite t 
 While birds warble welcomes in ilka green shaw ; 
 
 S. My Naniis Awa. 
 ' Were ne'er sae welcome to my eye, 
 
 ' As is a sight o' Phely. . . . . S. O Phely,\ 
 And doubly welcome be the spring, S. O wai ye wha's ini 
 But gi'e me Lucy in my arms. 
 
 And welcome Lapland's dreary sky. . . . .lb. 
 You're welcome, Willie Stewart, 
 There's ne'er a flower that blooms in May, 
 That's half sae welcome's thou art. On W. Stewart. 
 
 Ye're welcome hame to me ! . S. Rattlzn, Roarin Willie. 
 Welcome to your gory bed. 
 
 Or to glorious victory. . . . S. Scots, wka ka'e\ 
 More welcome were to me grim winter's wildest roar. 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 There, welcome, win and wear the prize, S. Talk not of Love ^ 
 Wi' bluidy han' a welcome gies him ; 
 
 The A utho-^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 With kindly welcome, Jenny brings him ben ; 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night. 8. 
 My dearest bluid to do them guid, 
 
 They're welcome till't for a' that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VH. 
 How welcome to me were the grave ! S. The sun he is sunk t 
 But for wine and for welcome not more known to fame, 
 
 'The Whistle, jo. 
 * ' O welcome most kindly, the bly the carle said, 
 
 S. There liv'dance a carle \ 
 
 Wi' welcome canna bear me ; . . .To Mr. WAdam. 
 
 A sullen welcqme, all ! To Ruin. 
 
 Welcome now Simmer, and welcome my Willie ; 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 
 Ye're welcome for the sake o't. . S. When wild War's \ 
 
 Thou'rt welcome to it dearly ! lb. 
 
 Welcome, to. Welcome the hour, my aged limbs 
 
 Are laid with thee [Death !] at rest ! 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 And welcome in the blooming year! S. O w(tiye wha's in t 
 The tappit-hen gae bring her ben. 
 To welcome Willie Stewart. . . On W. Stewart. 
 
 Welcomes the rapid moments, bids them part, 
 
 Sonnet, wr. on Birthday. 
 
 We'll welcome hame fair Albany. S. The borne Lass ofAlh. 
 But thy utmost duly done. 
 
 Welcome what thou canst not shun : Wr. in Hermitage atF.C. 
 Welcoming. 
 When welcoming the French at the sound of the drum. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. /. 
 Well. My passion I will ne'er declare, 
 
 ril say I wish thee well. . . S. Ah,Chloris\ 
 
 His only son for Hornbook sets, 
 And pays him well, . . Death and Dr. Homhook. 27- 
 
 When deprived of her husband she loved so well, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 
WeU 
 
 523 
 
 Wha 
 
 But friends an' folk that wish me well, 
 
 They sometimes roose me ; Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, /6. 
 Full well thou know'st I love thee dear; S. Fairest maid\ 
 To think life's sun did set ere well begun Lns on Fergusson. 
 I live to-day as well's I may, 
 
 Regardless of to-morrow, O. S. My father was a farmer + 
 Ye Scots wha wish auld Scotland well, Scotch Drink. 26. 
 But distress, with horrors arming, 
 
 Thou hast also known too well ! . . . S. Sensihility \ 
 An' tye some hose well. The Author's Cry and Prayer. 10. 
 His Country's Saviour, mark him well! [v.A.4] 
 
 The Vision. D. I. 
 Brydon'sbrave Ward I well could spy, [v.A.4] • • I^- 
 Her body is bestowed well, . . S. The J^fttl Widower. 
 That you do maintain them so well as you do. 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 Well thou may'st discover ; . . . S. Thine am I \ 
 Well, s. Gin a body meet a body, comin frae the well, 
 
 S. Comin thro the rye. 
 Sits o er his newly-gather'd fruits, 
 
 Beside his crystal well ! . . Despondency ^ an Ode. 3. 
 Embro' wells are grutten dry. , . El. on Year i';88. 
 But Nith maun be my Muse's well, iS". O were I on Pamass. \ 
 , And near the thorn, aboon the well, 
 Whare Mungq's mither hang'd hersel. Tarn o\ Shanter. 10. 
 Enjoyinglarge each spring and well 
 
 As Nature gave them me, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 An had in mony a well been douked : 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV. 
 Frae Calvin's well, ay clear they drank, 
 
 O' sic a feast ! . . . The Twa Herds. S- 
 
 Weill to. Or mus'd where limpid streams once hallow'd, well. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Well-bred, Now, well-bred men — and you are all well-bred 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Well-earn 'd. 
 
 And all his well-earn'd praise disclaim. S. Thecapt. Ribband. 
 Well-fed. 
 
 There, well-fed Irwine stately thuds : The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 Well-fopm'd. 
 
 > well-form'd taste, and sparkling wit Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Well-known. 
 And seem'd, tor my astonish'd view, 
 
 A well-known Land. The Vision. D. I. 12. 
 
 Well-pleas'd. 
 May hear, well pleas'd, the language of the Soul ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 17. 
 Well-won. His well-won bays, than life itself more dear, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,S- 
 Well-worn. 
 
 That name, that well-worn name, and all his own, The Vowels. 
 Welsh. Welsh, who ne'er yet flinch'd his ground, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Wench. There was ae winsome wench and wawlie, 
 
 Tam i>' Shanter. 1$. 
 This here was for a wench, and that other in a trench, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Went. 
 When — , deceased, to the Devil went down, Epig. on —. 
 No man with the half of 'em e'er went far wrong ; 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 No man with the half of 'em e'er went quite right, , lb. 
 And frae my chamber went wi' speed ; 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 The bride went to bed wi' the silly bridegroom, 
 
 The last braw bridal^ 
 Went home to his wife who scarce could believe, 
 
 The Poor Thresher. 
 They all went to dine at the Nobleman's hall. . . lb. 
 My heart went fluttering pit-a-pat, S. When first I saw t 
 Werna [were not]. 
 
 Five wighter carlines wema found The Election Ballads. I. 
 We'se [we shall, or will]. 
 We'se gie ae night's discbarge to care, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, iS. 
 The four-gill chap, we'se gar him clatter, . . lb. ig. 
 An' faith, we'se be acquainted better . ... lb. 
 Faith, we'se hae fine remarkin ! . . The Holy Fair. 6. 
 At Kims an' weddins we'se be thefe, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 And mair, we'se ne'er be parted. , S. When wild Wat's f 
 
 West. 
 
 The moon was sinking in the west 
 
 Wi' visage pale and wan, . . S. My heart was ance t 
 The flower and fancy o' the west ; S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 When daj^, expiring in the west, 
 
 The curtain draws of Nature's rest, S. Now rosy May t 
 
 I dearly like the west, . . , S. OfeC the airts \ 
 
 But I look to the West when I gae to rest, 
 
 S. Out ffver the Forth t 
 For far in the west lives he I lo'e best, . . . . Ih. 
 Ye monarchs, tak the east and west, 
 
 Frae Indus to Savannah ! . S. The gowd. Locks of A. 
 I hae been east, I hae been west, . . S. The Ploughman t 
 And when the Day had clos'd his e'e. 
 
 Far i' the West, . . The Vision. D. I. 2. 
 An' now the sinn keeks in the west. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 'Till too,_ too soon the glowing west 
 
 Proclaimed the speed of winged day. To Mary in Heaven. 
 But gang she east, or gang she west S. When first I saw t 
 The Wintry West extends his blast, . . Winter. 
 
 Westerha' ESir James Johnstone of Westerhall]. 
 And Westerha' and Hopeton hurled 
 
 To every Whig, defiance. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 There's no a callant tents the kye, 
 But kens o' Westerha', Jamie. . . S. The Laddies by t 
 Western. Dim, cloudy, sunk beneath the western wave ; 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 The western breeze steals thro' the trees. 
 
 To view this F6te Champetre. . S. The Fite Champetre. 
 Must wring my soul, ere Phoebus, low. 
 
 Shall kiss the distant, western main. . The Lament, 7, 
 
 Frae yont the western waves, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Western breeze softly blowing, 
 Suit not my distracted mind. . S. Thickest night t 
 
 Westlln [western, westward]. 
 The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill ; S. Behind yon kills t 
 In haraely, westlin jingle. . . . Ep. to Davie. 
 
 And ay a westlin leuk she throws, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 A bonie, westlin weaver lad [re.l . S. My heart was ance t 
 Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns 
 Bring Autumn's pleasant weather ; S. Now westlin winds t 
 Westward. 
 
 I'll westward turn my wistful eye ; S. Behold the hour t 
 
 Wet. 
 Wha drudge and drive thro' wet and dry, Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Her lips are roses wet wi' dew ! . ^S". Her flowing locks t 
 Her lips like roses wet wi' dew, . S. I gaed a waefu' t 
 
 His hoary cheek was wet wi' tears ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 Wet, to. 
 And the bands grew the tighter the more they were wet. 
 
 The Whistle, 12. 
 A tear may wet thy laughin' e'e, 
 
 For Scotia's son— ance gay like thee Verses under Grief. 
 
 Wether. 
 And send us from thy bounteous store 
 
 A tup or wether head ! . . .At Globe Tav. , D, 
 And eaten like a wether haggis ? S. Ken ye ought o* Capt. G. t 
 Wha [who]. 
 Wha kens, before his life may end, A Bottle and Friend. 
 Wha never heard of Orth-d-xy. . A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 
 ye wha leave the springs o' C-lv-n, ... lb. 10. 
 Him at Agincourt wha shone, . . A Dream. 11. 
 
 And S-ckv-lle doure, wha stood the stoure, A Fragment, j. 
 wha bide this brattle O' winter war, A Winter Night. 3. 
 
 Wha in yon cavern grim an' sootie, . Add. to the Deil. 
 O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, Add. to Unco Guid. 
 
 a royal ghaist wha ance was cas'd . S. Amang the trees \ 
 Wha wad mind the wind and rain, . S.As I came o'er t 
 
 Wha did I meet, upon the way, . S. As I gaed up by f 
 
 Wha gae the whigs the power o't ! S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 
 Wha in a brulzie, will first cry a parley ? 
 
 S. Bannocks 0' bear meal t 
 Wha in his wae days were loyal to Charlie? 
 Wha but the lads wi' the bannocks o' barley. . lb. 
 
 We darena weel say't, though we ken wha's to blame, 
 
 S. By yon castle W{£ f 
 AVha the de'il ever thinks 0' the road he has past. 
 
 S. Contented wf little t 
 
Wha 
 
 524 
 
 Whae'er 
 
 And wha wad dare to spoil it ? . .S. Does haughty Gaul t 
 
 Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay, El. on Capi. M. H., g. 
 
 Here lies wha weel had won thy praise, . . Ih.^Epit. 
 
 Wha hae nae check but human law, E^. to Young Friend. 3. 
 
 they wha fa' in Fortune's strife, . . . . . Ih. 4. 
 
 Wha drudge and drive thro' wet and dry, Ep. to Davie. 6, 
 
 Wha scarcely tent us in theij: way, . ... 15. 
 
 I, here wha sit, hae met wi' some [Misfortunes], . . Ih. 7- 
 
 * You wha ken hardly verse frae prose, 
 
 E^. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 10. 
 
 Wha thinks himsel nae sheep-shank bane, 11., Ap. zist, li. 
 O Thou wha gies us each guid gift! . . . Ih. 13. 
 Spare't for their sakes wha aften wear it, . Ep. to J. R. , 3. 
 Think, wicked Sinner, wha ye're skaithing : . . . lb. 4. 
 Wha dearly like a jig or sang, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 Wha count on poortith as disgrace . . . . li. ■;. 
 An' by her een wha was a dear ane ! . . . Ih. II. 
 Nae wonder he's as black's the grun, 
 Observe wha's standing wi' him. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 Wha cheerfully lays down the pack, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 Wha wadna be happy Wi' Eppie Adair ? 5. Eppie A dair. 
 
 they wha wad hae starv'd thy life 
 
 Extern, on Com»tem.s of Thomson. 
 Wha I wish were maggots' meat, . S. First when Ma^yi 
 Wha, wanting thee might beg or steal ; Friend of the Poet t 
 Wha 'twas, she wadna tell ; . . . Halloween. 8. 
 
 An' wha was it but Grumphie Asteer that night 7 . Ih. 20. 
 wha wedlock's joys. Sin' Mar's-year did desire, . Ih. 27. 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . J'. Hee balou t 
 And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause, 
 May never guid luck be their fa' ! 
 
 S. Heris a health to them t 
 
 And wha wad betray Old Albion's rights. 
 May they never eat of her bread 1 . . . , Id. 
 
 Thou, wha in the heavens dost dwell, 
 
 Wha, as it pleases best thysel', . Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 1 wha deserve sic just damnation Ih. 
 
 Wha bring thy elders to disgrace, Ih. 
 
 L — d visit them wha did employ him Ih. 
 
 But wha can avoid the fell snare ? . . Inscrip. on Gohlet. 
 If thou should kiss me, love, 
 
 Wha could espy thee ? . . i'. Jamie, come try me ^ 
 
 Or Poland, wha had now the tack o't ; Kind Sir, Pve read t 
 Hey tutti taiti, Wha's fou now? . S. Landlady, count\ 
 And wha but my fine fickle lover was there, 
 
 S. Last May a hraw wooer \ 
 
 Wha are to blame for this mischief ; . Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Wha gets her needs na say he's woo'd, S. My love she's iiti t 
 Wha multiplies our number. . . . Nature's Law. 
 
 The man wha boasts o' warld's wealth, 
 
 Is aften laird o' meikle care ; . S. Now hank and hrac t 
 But wha wad keep the handless coof, i'. O can ye labour leai 
 O wha can prudence think upon, 
 
 And sic a lassie by him ; ire.] . S. O poortith cauld\ 
 
 Wha kills me wi' disdaining. . 5. O stay, sweet warhling t 
 Wha follows ony saucy quean . . . S.O Tihhie 1 1 
 O wat ye wha that lo'es me, . . . S.Owatyewha\ 
 O wat ye wha's in yon town, . . S.O wat ye wha's in t 
 O wha my babie-clouts will buy ? 
 O wha will tent me when I cry ? [«.] 
 
 S. O wha my hahie-clouts t 
 
 A' ye wha live by sowps o' drink, 
 
 A' ye wha live by crambo-clink, 
 
 A' ye wha live and never think. On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 
 Wha dearly like a random-splore ; Ih. 
 
 Wha can do nought but fyke an' fumble, . . . Ih. 
 Syne wha would starve?) .... Poem on Life. 
 But thee, Theopocritus, wha matches 7 
 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Wae worth that man wha first did shape, ^ 
 
 That vile wanchancie thing— a raep 1 . Poor Mailie s El. . 
 An' wha on Aire ypur chanters tune 1 . . . . Ih. 
 Wha met me but Robin. . S. Rohin shure in hairst. 
 
 wha, tight, Gies famous sport. . . Scetch Drink. 12. 
 Ye Scots wha wish auld Scotland well, ... Ih. 16. 
 
 Wha twists his gruntle wi' aglunch 
 C sour disdain. 
 
 /*. 17. 
 
 Wha mak the Whisky stells their prize t Scotch Drink. 20. 
 Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled ; . .S". Scots, wha hde t 
 Wha will be a traitor knave 7 
 Wha can fill a coward's grave ? 
 
 Wha sae base as be a slave 7 Ih. 
 
 Wha for Scotland's King and law. 
 
 Freedom's sword will strongly draw 7 . . , . Ih. 
 Be hain't wha like. . . . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 But wha can think sae o' Tarn Glen 7 , , S, Tarn Glen. 
 
 O wha will I get but Tam Glen 7 Ih. 
 
 wha this tale o' truth shall read, . Tam o' Shanter. ig. 
 
 Wha will they station at the cock, . Tam Samsotis El. 
 Wha sweetly tune the Scottish lyre, The Ans. to the Guidwi/e. 
 Wha represent our Brughs an' Shires, 
 
 The Autiot's Cry and Prayer. 
 
 Tell them wha hae the chief direction Ih.3. 
 
 Let posts an' pensions' sink or swoom 
 
 Wi' them wha grant them : , .1 , Ih.s. 
 Wha glaum'd at Kingdoms three, man. 
 
 S. The Battle ofSherra-Moor. 
 Or Cuifs of later times, wha held the notion. 
 That sullen gloom was sterling, true devotion ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. S. 
 Wha in the paths o' righteousness did toil ay ; . . Ih. g. 
 Ye godly Councils wha hae blest this town ; . . , lb. 
 Wha meekly gie your hurdles to the smiters ; , , Ih. 
 Wha waste your weel-hain'd gear . . . . , Ih. 
 Men wha grew wise priggin owre hops an' rdsins, Ih. 10. 
 Oh wha wad leave this humble state 
 For a' the pride of a' the great 7 S. The Contented Cottager, 
 Jenny, wha kens the meaning o' the same, 
 
 TheCottei'sSat.Night.7. 
 
 Wha sees Kerroughtree's open yett 7 
 
 And wha is't never saw that 7 . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Our land wha wi' chapels has stored ; . . . Ih. III. 
 Wha'll ne'er be forgot in the Greys, . . . .lb. 
 Wha will buy my troggin, [«.] . . . Ih. IV. 
 
 For wha can dye the black? Ih.V. 
 
 O wha will to Saint Stephen's house, S. The File Champeire. 
 Or him wha led o'er Scotland a' 
 
 The meikle Ursa Major7 Ih. 
 
 Anbank, wha guess'd the ladies' taste Ih. 
 
 Wha struts and stares, and a' that ; S. The Honest Man. 
 
 They mind't na wha the chorus teuk, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IH. 
 
 Wha ken't fu' weel to cleek the Sterlin ; . Ih. R. IV. 
 Wha us'd to trystes an' fans to driddle, . . Jh. R. V. 
 
 Orthodox, orthodox, wha believe in John Knox, 
 
 The Kirks Alarm. 
 
 But wha is he, his Country's boast 7 . S.The Laddies ly t 
 Wha canna win her in a night, 
 
 Has little art m courting. . . The Tarholton Lasses. 
 Wha for his friend an' comrade had him, The Twa Dogs. 4. 
 Wha now will keep you frae the fox, . The Twa Herds. 
 Or wha will tent the waifs and crocks, . . . . Ih. 
 
 A' ye wha tent the gospel fauld Ih. 10. 
 
 A chield wha'll soundly buff our beef; . . . Ih. 13. 
 
 Quo' scho wha lives will see the proof, S. There was a ladi 
 As them wha like to taste the dtappie There's naethin like t 
 Wha does the utmost that he can, „. ,, . 
 
 Will whyles do raair. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Wha rate the wearer by the cloak, To Mr. J. Kenned). 
 
 See wha taks notice o' the bard ! . .To Mr. M'Adam. 
 He wha could brush them down to mools, . To W. Creech. 
 
 Wha wou'd soon dry the tear frae his Phillis's e'e. 
 
 5. Wae is my hearts 
 
 S, Wha is that at my t 
 .y. When wild IVar'si 
 
 . S. Women's Minds. 
 
 . S. Young Jamiei 
 
 Wha is that at my bower door 7 
 O wha is it but Findlay : . 
 Wha spied I but my ain dear maid. 
 And wha a crime dare ca' that? 
 I wha sae late did range and rove, . 
 
 Whae'er [whoe'er]. 
 Whae'er desires to ken, . . Spit, on J. Dove, Innkeeper. 
 Whae'er shall say I wanted grace, . . i'. Had I the wyte t 
 
 Whae'er o' thee shall ill suppose, „ , „ . ^. 
 
 They sair misca'^thee ; On Grose's Peregnnatum. 
 
 Whae'er ye be that woman love, v/„,„t 
 
 To this be never blind; . . S. She's fair atidfausei 
 
Whae'er 
 
 525 
 
 Wheel 
 
 O, Sirs ! whae'er wad ha'e expekit, . The Twa Herds. 4. 
 Whae'er she gat hands on, cam' near her nae mair, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 
 Whaevep [whoever]. 
 
 Whaever has met wi' my Phillis, 
 Has met wi' the queen o' the fair. 
 
 S. Adown tuindit^ Nith t 
 Wha ever wi' Kerroughtree's met, 
 And has a doubt of a' that ? . . The Election Ballads. /. 
 Whaizle [tq wheeze]. 
 Eut sax Scotch mile, thou try't their mettle, 
 
 An' gart them whaizle : A Guid New-Year^ 10. 
 Whalpet [whelped]. 
 
 But whalpet some place far abroad, . The Tiva Dogs, 
 Wham [whom]. Tell thae far warlds, wha lies in clay, 
 
 Wham we deplore. EL on Capi. M. H.^ g. 
 There's nane ever fear'd that the truth should be heard. 
 But they wham the truth wad indite. 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 Scots, wham Bruce has aften led ; . S. Scots wha ha'e t 
 
 Now, wham to chose and wham refuse, 
 At strife thir carlines fell : . . The Election. Ballads. /. 
 Whan [when]. 
 Whan thousands thou hast left in night, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 2. 
 
 An' whan we chasten'd him therefore, ... lb. is. 
 
 ance whan in my wooing pride . . . The Inventory. 
 
 whan we tirl'd at your door, . , V.s on. Window^ Carron. 
 
 Whang [a large slice]. 
 
 Wi' sweet-milk cheese, in monie a whang, The Holy Fair. f. 
 Whang, to [to flog with a thong ; to beat in argu- 
 ment]. 
 And gloriously she'll whang her [Heresy] 
 
 Wi pith this day The Ordination. 3. 
 
 Whar, Whare, Whaur [where]. 
 Whar damned devils roar and yell, Holy Willie's Prayer, 
 Whare ye may nobly rax your leather, A Guid New-Year\ 18, 
 Whare wilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing, A Winter Night. 4. 
 And whare will ye get Howes and Clintons AM. of Beelzebub. 
 Ca' them whare the heather grows, 
 
 Ca' them, whare the burnie rowes, , . S. Ca' the ewes. 
 '^ Friend, whare ye gaun, Will ye go back ? ' 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 8. 
 His braw calf-ward whare gowans grew, . . lb. 23. 
 Whare I kill'd ane, a fair strae-death, ... Zb. 23, 
 I'll seek my pursie whare I tint it, Ep. to Maj. Logan, is. 
 Whare three Lairds' lan's met at a bum, Halloween. 24. 
 
 Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad ? 
 
 Whare hae ye been sae brankie O ? . S. Killiecrankie. 
 An ye had been whare I hae been, 
 
 Ye wad na been sae cantie O ; . . . . .lb. 
 Whare I am laid my lane, . ^S". Lass^ whenyr inither\ 
 Whare live ye my bonie lass, . S. My Collier Laddie, 
 
 Whare gor-cocks thro' the heather pass, 
 
 S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 Gae seek for pleasure whare ye will. 
 
 But here I never miss't it yet. . S, My love she's but\ 
 O whare did ye get that hauver-meal bannock ? 
 
 S. O whare did ye get t 
 Whare Tay rins wimplin by sae clear ; . . . .lb. 
 Bonie Doon, whare earljr roaming. 
 
 First I weav'd the rustic sang. . . S. Scenes of woe \ 
 Whare ghaists and houlets nightly cry. [?i?.] Tani 0' Shanter. 
 Whare Bums has wrote, in rhyming blether, 
 
 Tam Samson's dead ! . Tarn Samson's El.. 
 Till, whare ye sit, on craps o' heather. 
 
 Ye tine your dam ; [v. A. 2] The Authoi^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 He wist na whare he was gaun, O. S, The Cooper 0' cuddy ^ 
 His talk o' H-II, whare devil's dwall, . The Holy Fair. 21. , 
 whare thro' the gteeks, The yellow letter'd Geordie keeks. 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 8. 
 While faithless snaws ilk step betray 
 
 Whare she has been. . The Vision. D. I. 
 Whare the trees and the branches will be our safe guard. 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier t 
 Whaur'U ye e'er see men sae happy. There's naethin like t 
 Ha ! whare ye gaun, ye crowlan ferlie ! , To a Louse. 
 Whare birkies march on burning marl : To Mr. Renton, 
 
 Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil 
 
 Besouth Magellan. . To W. Simpson. 7, 
 
 Whare'er [where'er], 
 
 thou pay't them hollow, Whare'er thou gaed. 
 
 A Guid New-Year ^ g. 
 For whare'er he distant roves, 
 
 Jockey's heart is still at hame. . S. Jockeys ia'en the t 
 Heav'n rest his saul, whare'er he be ! Tam SamsofCs El.. 
 Content with You to mak a pair, 
 
 Whare'er I gang. . . . ToJ.S,^2g. 
 Wharefore [wherefore], 
 Wharefore wad ye lie y'er lane ! S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Wha's [whose ; who is], 
 
 Wha's honour is proof to the storm ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 Muirhead, wha's as gude as he's true ; . . . .lb. 
 
 Wha's mair o' the black than the blue lb. 
 
 Wha's honour was ever his law ; lb, 
 
 Whase [whose], 
 Whase distant roaring swells ^nd fa's. . . , A Vision. 
 Whase life is like a weel-gaun mill, , Add, to Unco Guid. 
 Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 The wretch whase doom is " hope nae mair," 
 
 What tongue his woes can tell ; S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Within whase bosom save Despair 
 
 Nae kinder spirits dwell lb. 
 
 " Whase aught thae Chiels maks a' this bustle here ? " 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 " O thou, whase lamentable face 
 
 Appears to mourn my woefu' case ! The Death ofMailie. 
 Whase ain dear lass, that he likes best. 
 
 Comes clinkan down beside him ! . The Holy Fair. 11. 
 Whase raging flame, an' scorching heat, 
 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane ! . , lb. 22. 
 
 And Susie whase daddy was laird 0' the Ha' ; 
 
 S. There's a youths 
 Whase greed, revenge, an' pride disgraces 
 
 Waur nor their nonsense. To Rev. J, M'Math. 
 Impute it not, good Sir, in ane 
 
 Whase heart ne'er wrang'd ye, . , lb. 
 
 Whate'er. 
 Wiiate'er thou hast done, be it late be it soon, 
 Thou's welcome again to thy ain Jock Rab. S. Eppie M'-Nab. 
 The social, friendly, honest man, Whate'er he be, 
 'Tis he fulfils great Nature's plan, Ep. toJ.L—k, Ap. 21st, ij. 
 No view nor care, but shun whate'er 
 Might breed me pain or sorrow, O ; 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Whatever. 
 And she wad send the sodger lad, 
 Whatever might betide. . The Election Ballads. I. 
 
 Whatfope no [wherefore not], 
 *' Geld you ! " quo' he, " and whatfore no. What ails ye now \ 
 " You shou'd remember To cut it afT, an' whatfore no, lb. 
 Whatna [what sort of a, what particular]. 
 But whatna day o' whatna style 
 
 I doubt it's hardly worth the while, S. There was a lad^ 
 Whatreck [notwithstanding ; v. Reck], 
 But yet, whatreck, he, at Quebec, 
 
 Montgomery-like did fa', man. . A Fragment. 2. 
 
 When I, what reck, Did least expect, 
 
 To see my lad sae near me. . . S. The tHher tnom t 
 
 Whatt [did whet or cut]. 
 An' took my jocteleg an' whatt it, 
 
 Like ony dark. . Third Ep. to J. Lap., 
 Whaup [the curlew], 
 
 A whaup's i' the nest. . . . . V.s to J, Ranken. 
 Whaur v, Whar. 
 Wheat. 
 
 Let husky Wheat the haughs adorn, . Scotch Drink, 3. 
 Wheedle. 
 For monie a Plack they [the lasses] wheedle frae me, 
 
 At dance or fair : Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. ist, if. 
 Wheel. 
 And ay she set the wheel between : .S". Duncan Davison. 
 
 Sae blythe and merry's we will he, 
 
 When ye set by the wheel at e'en /^. 
 
 I hear a wheel thrum i' the neuk, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 I sat beside ray warpin-wheel, 
 
 And ay I ca d it roun' ; . . S. My heart was ance \ 
 * Let fortune's wheel at random rin, , * S.O Phely^ \ 
 
Wheel 
 
 526 
 
 Whirlygigums 
 
 Scotch Drink, S' 
 
 lb. IT. 
 
 The Inventory, 
 
 .The wheels o' life gae down-hill, scrievin, 
 
 Wi' rattlin glee. 
 Brings hard owrehip, wi' sturdy wheel, 
 
 The strong forehammer, , 
 Wheel carriages I ha'e but few, 
 A country girl at her wheel, 
 
 Her dizzen's done, She's unco weel ; . The Twa Dogs. 30. 
 Ruin's wheel has driven o'er us, . . iS". Thickest night t 
 Again the silent wheels of time 
 Their annual round have driv'n. 
 
 To Miss L., with *' Beattie.'" 
 Wheel, to. 
 
 But three short years will soon wheel roun', 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 To wheel the equal, dull routine. . Sketch. New-Yt^s Day. 
 My heart did glowing transport feel, 
 To see a Race heroic wheel, [v.A.4] . The Vision. D. I. 
 
 Wheel-bappow. 
 
 Where twa wheel-barrows tremble when they meet. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 6. 
 Ae auld wheelbarrow, mair for token, . . The Inventory. 
 
 WheeVd. And down by Simpson's wheel'd the left about : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3, 
 Wheeling. 
 aghast, The wheeling torrent viewing, 
 
 S. Farewell^ thou stream t 
 Swift as the Gos drives on the wheeling hare ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 
 Wheep [small beep]. 
 
 Be't whisky-gill or penny-wheep, . . The Holy Fair. ig. 
 Wheep [fly nimbly, jerk]. 
 
 Oh, rare ! to see our elbucks wheep, ■ The Ordination. 7, 
 Whelm. 'Till deep it crashing whelms the cottage in the vale ; 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Till billows rage, and gales blow hard, 
 
 And whelm him o'er! To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 Whene'er. That ye can please me at a wink, 
 
 Whene'er ye like to try. . S. O Tibbie !\ 
 Whene'er my father thinks on me. 
 
 He stares into the wa' ; . The Ruined Maids Lament. 
 Whene'er I hear my father's foot, 
 
 My heart wad burst wi' pain ; 
 Whene'er I meet my mither's e'e. 
 
 My tears rin down like rain lb. 
 
 Where. He wander'd out he knew not where nor why) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 If we lead a life of pleasure, 
 'Tis no matter how or where. The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 Where'er. But with such as he, where'er he be. 
 
 May I be saVd or d — 'd ! . Epit.for G. H. 
 Where'er he be, the Lord be near him ; 
 
 Ken ye ought o' Copt. G. t 
 Wearying Heav'n in warm devotion, 
 
 For his weal where'er he be. S. Musing on the roaring t 
 Where'er he go, where'er he stray, 
 May Heaven be his warden ; S. The young Highl. Rover. 
 Whereon. Had not on Earth whereon to lay his head : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 13. 
 Wherever. My heart's in the Highlands wherever I go. 
 
 S, My hearfs in t 
 Wherever I wander, wherever I rove, 
 
 The hills of the Highlands for ever I love. . . .lb. 
 And show my cuts and scars wherever I come ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Wherewithal. 
 Prone to enjoy each pleasure riches give, 
 Yet haply wanting wherewithal to live ; Mp. to R. Graham.3. 
 
 Wherry. 
 
 And waff them in the infernal wherry 
 
 Straught through the lake, Adam A—'s Prayer, 
 Whet. Grim vengeance, yet, shall whet a sword 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 What makes heroic strife ? 
 To whet th' assassin's knife, . . S. Ye Jacobites \ 
 Whid [a lie]. A rousing whid at times to vend. 
 
 And nail't wi' Scripture, [v. A. 6] 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 Whid [a quick motion like that of a small animal]. 
 
 And jinkin hares, in amorous whids. 
 
 Their loves enjoy, . . To W, Simpson. I2. 
 Whiddin, -an [moving nimbly]. 
 Ye maukins whiddin thro' the glade, El. on Capt. M. H.^ 6. 
 And morning Poosie whiddan seen, £p. to J. L — k, Ap, ist. 
 
 Whig. 
 But whigs cam like a frost in June, S. Awa, whigs^ awa. 
 And [Deil] write their names in his black beuk 
 
 Wha gae the whigs the power o't I . , , , /^. 
 The whigs cam o'er us for a curse, . . • . lb, 
 
 O Goudie! terror of the Whigs, . . Letter to J, Goitdie. 
 There's no a heart that fears a Whig, 
 That rides by Kenmure's hand. 
 
 S, O Kenmure's on and awa f 
 When in the teeth they dar'd our Whigs, 
 And covenant True blues, man ; 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 How Tories fell and Whigs to h-U Flew off . . . U, 
 To every Whig, defiance. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 To muster o'er each ardent Whig Ih. 
 
 The Whigs came on like ocean's roar . ... lb. 
 
 Departed Whigs enjoy the fight lb. 
 
 The Tories, Whigs, give way by turns ; . . . lb. 
 And furious Whigs pursuing ! . . . . Ih. 
 
 What Whig but wails the good Sir James . . . Ih. 
 Ye turncoat Whigs awa ! . . . S. The Laddies by \ 
 Whiggish. 
 If ony whiggish whingin sot. 
 To blame poor Matthew dare. El. on Capt. M. H., Epit 
 Whigmeleeries [crotchets, whims, fancies]. 
 There'll be, if that day come, I'll wad a boddle. 
 Some fewer whigmeleeries in your noddle. The Brigs ofAyr.S. 
 While. This while ye hae been mony a gate, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 11. 
 Ye've heard this while how I've been licket, 
 
 Friend of the poet t 
 This while she's been in crankous mood. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer ^ 16. 
 Hersel' in beauty's bloom the while, S. The Catrine woods t 
 A virtuous Populace may rise the while, 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night, so. 
 Wtia scarcely tent us in their way, 
 
 As hardly worth their while ? . . Ep. to Davie, 6. 
 Nae Poet thought her worth his while, To W. Simpson. 7. 
 Whiles V. Whyles. 
 Whim. (Nature may have her whim as well as we, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 3. 
 
 By whim inspir'd, or haply prest wi' care. The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 
 The craz'd creations of misguided whim; ■ . lb. 8. 
 
 Whim-inspir'd. a whim-inspir'd fool, A Bards Epit. 
 
 Whingin [whining, complaining, fretting]. 
 
 If ony whiggish whingin sot, . El. on Capt. M, H., Epit. 
 Whin-Pock [greenstone or trap rock]. 
 
 ' I might as weel hae try'd a quarry 
 
 O' hard whin-rock. Death and Dr. Homhook. 18. 
 
 Whins [furze bushes]. 
 
 She thro' the whins, an' by the cairn. 
 
 An' owre the hill gaed scrievin, . . . Halloween. 24. 
 And thro' the whins, and by the cairn, 
 Whare hunters fand the murder'd bairn ; Tam 0' Skanier. 10. 
 Whip. B-rg-ne gaed up, like spur an' whip, A Fragment. 4. 
 Nae whip nor spur, but just a wattle 
 
 O' saugh or hazle. . A Guid New- Year f 10. 
 
 So whip ! at the summons, old Satan came flying; 
 
 Epig. on Capt Grose. 
 
 The fear o* Hell's a hangman's whip, Ep, to Young Friend. 8. 
 
 Syne, whip! his tail ye'U ne'er cast saut on, . Poem on Life. 
 
 Ilk smack still did crack still, 
 Just like a cadger's whip ; . • The Jolly Beggars. R. I. 
 
 Whip, to. 
 
 The youngest Brother ye wad whip 
 
 Aff straught to H-U. Add. to the Detl. H- 
 Whip-lash, 
 
 His spindle shank a guid tirhip-lash, . . Toa Haggis, 
 Whipper-in. 
 
 Our Whipper-in, wee, blastet wonner, . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Whirl. To make a tour an* tak a whiri, The Twa Dogs. 22. 
 
 Whirling. 
 
 the flaky show'r, Or whirling drift. . A Winter Night. 
 
 Whirlwind, 
 
 Thro' the woods the whirlwinds rave \ . S. I dream* d Ilay\ 
 Nor hears how the whiriwinds sweep ; S. The sun he issunki 
 Whirlygigums. 
 
 . Wi' viris an' whirlygigums at the head. The Brigs of Ayr, 4, 
 
Whirr 
 
 527 
 
 White 
 
 WhIrP. Then, whirr ! she was over, a mile at a flight. 
 
 iS". 7ne heather was blooming' t 
 Whipping, -in'. 
 ye whirring paitrick brood ; . . El, onCapt. M. H.,7. 
 And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings, 
 
 S. Now Ttiesilm winds t 
 The paitrick whirrin' o'er the ley, S. The Contented Cottier. 
 Whisht [hush! "held my whisht," kept silence]. 
 
 Ye need na doubt, I held my whisht ; The Vision. D. /. 8. 
 Whislcers. And there will be CoUieston's whiskers, 
 
 The Election Ballads. III. 
 
 Whisket [whisked]. 
 
 But thy auld tail thou wad hae whisket, 
 
 A Guid New-Year^ 12. 
 Whiskin [great, swinging]. 
 
 A whiskin beard about her mou', . . S, Willie Wastle t 
 Whisky, -ie. 
 O Whisky ! soul o' plays an' pranks ! . Scotch Drink. i8. 
 Wha mak the Whisky stells their prize ! , . IB. so. 
 
 Hale breeks, a scone, an' whisky gill. 
 
 An' rowth o rhyme to rave at will, ... 15. 2i. 
 An' now she's like to rin red-wud 
 
 About her Whisky. Tike Authof's Cry and Prayer. i6. 
 She eyes her freebom, martial boys, 
 
 Tak aff their Whisky. . . . . lb. P. 
 But tell me whisky's name in Greek, 
 
 I'll tell the reason, . . . , lb. 
 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither, 
 
 Tak aff your dram ! [v. A. a] . . lb. 
 
 But browster wives an' whiskie stills, 
 
 They are the muses. Third Ep. to J. Lap. . 
 And yill an' whisky gie to Cairds, 
 
 Until they sconner. . . To J. S.. zz. 
 Whisky-gill. 
 
 Be't whisky-gill or penny-wheep, . . The Holy Fair, ig. 
 Whisky-punch. 
 
 Out owre a glass o' Whisky-punch . Scotch Drink, if. 
 Whisper. 
 But let me whisper i' your lug, 
 
 Ve're aiblins nae temptation. . Add. to Unco Guid. 6. 
 The tunefu' powers, in happy hours. 
 That whisper inspiration ; . . . S. Lovely Davies. 
 Whisper'd. She whisper'd Rob to leuk for't : Halloween, lo. 
 And whisper'd thus his tale o' love. S. There was a lass t 
 
 Perfection whisper'd, passing by, 
 Behold the lass o' Ballochmyle! [v.A.31] 
 
 S. ' Twas even— the dewy t 
 Whispering, -'ping. 
 The winds were whispering thro' the grove, 
 
 S. By Allan stream \ 
 'Tis not Maria's whispering call ; . S. Here is theglen^\ 
 Whisp'ring spirits round my pillow S. Musing on the roaring^ 
 A whisp'ring throb did witness bear 
 
 Of kindred sweet, The Vision. D. II. 
 
 Whissle [whistle: "gat the whissle o' my gpoat," 
 lost my money]. 
 So gat the whissle o' my groat, . . . Ep. to J. H., g. 
 Her mutchkin stowp as toom's a whissle ; 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer. 
 Whissle, to [to whistle]. 
 While I can either sing, or whissle, 
 
 Your friend and servant. Ep. to J. L—k^ Ap. ist, 22, 
 Clap in his walie nieve a blade^ 
 
 He'll mak it whissle ; . . Toa Haggis. 
 Whistle. 
 till we meet and weet our whistle, . . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 I tint my whistle and my sang, . . . S. Gat ye me t 
 Will nane the Shepherd's whistle mair 
 
 Blaw sweetly in its native air , Poem on pastoral Poetry. 
 Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. . Tarn d Shanier.S- 
 Lang may his whistle blaw, Jamie ; . S. The Laddies byi 
 I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth, 
 I sing of a Whistle, the pride of the North, . The Whistle. 
 And long vrith this Whistle all Scotland shall ring. . lb. 
 " This Whistle's your challenge, to Scotland get o'er, . lb. 
 And blew on the Whistle their requiem shrill. . . lb. 3. 
 Said, toss dsvuuhhe ^Whistle the prize of the field, , Ib.^g. 
 Whistle, to. And owre the moorlands whistles shill, 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature^ 
 
 In days when Daisies deck the ground, 
 And Blackbirds whistle clear, . 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 
 But whistle o'er the lave o't. . . S. First when Maggy t 
 I care not, not I, let the critics go whistle. 
 
 Frag., inscr. to Fox. 
 And wi' the merry Ploughman she'll whistle and sing, 
 
 S. Lns on a Ploughman. 
 An' a' the lang day I whistle and sing ; 
 
 S, O merry hae I been t 
 O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad, \.re.'\ S. O whistle t 
 It [the gale] rustles, and whistles . . . The Farewell. 
 An' then your every care an' fear 
 
 May whistle owre the lave o't. , The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 The sweetest still to wife or maid, 
 
 Was whistle owre the lave o't. lb. 
 
 We'll bowse about, till Dadie Care 
 
 Sings whistle owre the lave o't lb. 
 
 An' at our leisure when ye like 
 
 We'll whistle owre the lave o't lb. 
 
 Hunger, Cauld, an' a' sic harms 
 
 May whistle owre the lave o't lb. 
 
 So blythe and so merry he'd whistle and sing 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Ye'U see how new-light herds will whistle. The Twa Herds. 3. 
 Whistlebirk. 
 To end the wark here's Whistlebirk, 
 Lang may his whistle blaw, Jamie ; . S. The Laddies by \ 
 Whistled, -'d. 
 He whistl'd up lord Lenox* march. 
 
 To keep his courage cheary ; . . . Halloween, ig. 
 And hollow whistled in the rocky cave. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Fu' blythe he whistled at the gaud, . i^". Yow^ Jockey t 
 Whistling. 
 Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, 
 
 On whistling wings. . Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 Ye whistling plover : . . El. on Capt. M. H., 7. 
 
 The sheltering rushes whistling o'er thy head. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 to the whistling blast and waters' roar, 
 
 On Death o/R. Dundas. 
 Or deep-ton'd plovers, grey, wild- whistling o'er the hill; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 the Robin's whistling glee, lb. 2. 
 
 The clanging sugh of whistling wings is heard ; . .lb. 4. 
 Whistling his [Combustion's] roaring pack abroad. 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 where busy ploughs Are whistling thrang, . To J. S., g. 
 
 Whit. 
 And faith ye'll no be lost a whit, 
 Tho' waired on Willie Chalmers. On Willie Chalmers 
 
 White. 
 An' thy auld hide as white's a daisie, A Guid New-Year \ 2. 
 " Yon wee white Cot aboon the Mill, As on the banks t 
 
 Ilk spring they're new deckit wi' bonie white yewes. 
 
 S. Awa' wi yr witchcraft t 
 White o'er the linns the bumie pours, 
 
 S. Bonie Lassie j will ye go t 
 Sae white her teeth, sae sweet her mou', 
 
 S.^raw lads ofG. Water. 
 But my white pow, nae kindly thowe 
 
 Shall melt the snaws of age : . . S. But lately seenf 
 whare gowans grew, Sae white an' bonie, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook, 23, 
 How virtue and vice blend then: black and their white I 
 
 _ Frag., inscr. to Fojc. 
 
 In loving bleeze they sweetly join, 
 
 Till white in ase they're sobbin : . . , Halloween. 10. 
 Her heaving bosom, lily white, . . S. I gaed a waefu' t 
 While clover blooms white o'er the lea, S. In simmer when t 
 I'll ne'er prig for red or white ; , . S. Jockey fou,\ 
 
 His locks were bleached white with time, 
 
 Lament for Glencairn., 
 And spreads her sheets o' daisies white 
 
 Out o'er the grassy lea : . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 My Lady's white, my Lady's red, . S. My Lord a-hunting\ 
 And swear on thy white hand, lass, . S. O lay thy loofi 
 The wan moon is setting behind the white wave, 
 
 S. Oh, open ike door\ 
 With flow'rs so white and leaves so green, 
 
 6". On Cessnock banks f 
 
White 
 
 528 
 
 Wi' 
 
 From the white blossom'd sloe S^oke Exiem. ioyng Lady, 
 Twal' hundred, as white as the snaw, man , Ronalds o/Bennals. 
 A moment white — then melts for ever ; . Tarn o' Shanier. 7. 
 Beneath the milk-white thorn that scents the ev'ning gale. 
 
 The Cottei^s Sat. Night, g. 
 The scented birk and hawthorn white, 
 
 S. The Contented Cottager. 
 Nor for my ten white shillings luke. . . The Inventory. 
 Wi' her twa white hands she spread it down ; 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Snaw-white stocldns on his legs, . ^S". The Ploughman t 
 His breast was white, .... The Twa Dogs. j". 
 Her een sae bright, her brow sae white, 
 
 S, Th. Menz's honie Mary. 
 
 His fecket is white as the new driven snaw ; 
 
 S. Therms a youth + 
 
 For a' his gold and white monie, . . S.To daunion me. 
 White-rob'd. 
 Last, white-rob'd Peace, crown'd with a hazle wreath. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Whitening. 
 They're left, the whitening stanes amang, 
 
 In gasping death to wallow. The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Prone down the rock the whitening sheet descends, 
 
 Wr. hy Fall ofFyers. 
 Whither. 
 And gone I know not whither : . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 But then my wife and children dear, 
 
 O whither would they go ? . . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 O whither, O whither shall I turn ! . . . , lb. 
 Whittep [a hearty draught of liauor]. 
 Syne we'll sit down an' tak our whitter, 
 
 To chear our heart ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, ig. 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither 
 
 Tak' afF your whitter. [v. A 2] 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, P. 
 Whittle. 
 An' [Caledon] did her whittle draw, man ; A Fragment g. 
 scarce as lang's a guid kail whittle, Adam A—'s Prayer. 
 
 ' Gudeman,' quo' he, ' put up your whittle. 
 
 Death and Dr» Hornbook. 10. 
 
 ' And then a' doctor's saws and whittles, . . lb. 20. 
 Fient haet he had but three 
 
 Goos feathers and a whittle. . S. Robin shure in hairsi. 
 She'll teach you, wi' a reekan whittle, 
 
 Anither sang. The Author's Cry and Prayer, ij. 
 An' rin her whittle to the hilt, 
 
 I' th' first she meets ! . , . . lb. 17. 
 Then back I rattle on the rhyme 
 
 As gleg's a whittle ! . There's naethin like t 
 Whoe'er. 
 
 Whoe'er thou art, these lines now readings . The Hermit. 
 Whole. For a big-belly'd bottle's the whole of my care. 
 
 S. No Churchman am. I\ 
 Nature reigns and rules the whole ; S. Streams that glide t 
 And pledge me in the generous toast 
 
 " The whole of human kind ! " . . . To a Lady. 
 
 Wholsome. 
 
 on my dry and wholsome banks, . . As on the banks t 
 Wh-re. 
 Who left the all-important cares 
 
 Of fiddles, wh-res, and hunters ; The Election Ballads, VI. 
 There, racer Jess, an' twathree wh-res, 
 
 Are blinkan at the entry. . . . The Holy Fair. g. 
 Steal thro' the winnock frae a wh-re, . A Ded. to G. H.^ 8. 
 Whore, to. 
 But may she wintle in a woodie, 
 
 If she whore mair. . Adam A—'s Prayer, 
 
 Wh-re-abhopping. 
 
 Or Phineas drove the murdering blade, 
 Wi' wh-re-abhorring rigour ; . . The Ordination. 4, 
 
 Wh-re-hunting. 
 
 Wh-re-hunting amang groves o' myrtles : The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 Wh-rlng. Ae night, they're mad wi' drink an' wh-ring, 
 
 The Twa Dogs. 32. 
 
 Whunstane [whinstone, trap, or any hard rock]. 
 
 Be to the Poor like onie whunstane, A Ded. to G. H.^ 8. 
 
 Whase raging flame, an' scorching heat, 
 
 Wad melt the hardest whun-stane ! . The Holy Fair. 22. 
 My curse upon your whunstane hearts, 
 
 Ye Enbrugh Gentry I . To W. Simpson. 4. 
 
 Why. One point must still be greatly dark, 
 
 The movmg Why they do it ; Add. to Unco Guid. 7, 
 He wander'd out he knew not where nor why) 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 3. 
 
 Whyles, Whiles [sometimes]. 
 And rascals whyles that do him wrang, A Ded. to G. H.^^, 
 Whyles, ranging like a roaran lion, . Add. to the Deil. 4. 
 Whyles, on the strong-wing'd Tempest flyin, , . H, 
 Whyles, in the human bosom pryin, , . » . lb, 
 I whyles claw the elbow o' troublesome thought, 
 
 S. Contented -vd' little \ 
 I stacher'd whyles, . . Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3, 
 Tho' leeward whyles, ag^nst my will, 
 
 I took a bicker, /^. j. 
 
 How best o' chiels are whyles in want, Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 
 When idly goavan whyles we saunter, Ep. to MaJ. Logan, a 
 Gar lasses hearts gang startin 
 
 Whyles fast at night. . . Halloween. 3. 
 Whyles owre a linn the bumie plays, [re-l . lb. 25. 
 
 And whyles ye may lightly my beauty a wee ; S. whistle \ 
 Whyles daez't wi' love, whyles daez't wi' drink. 
 
 Second Ep. to Davie ^ 
 An' whyles, but ay owre late, I think 
 
 Braw sober lessons. . . . , lb. 
 
 Wi* social nose whyles snuff'd an' snowket ; 
 Whyles mice and modewurks they howket ; 
 Whyles scour'd awa in lang excursion, . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 Trowth, Caesar, whyles their fash't enough ; . lb. 10. 
 
 An' whyles twalpennie-worth o' nappy 
 Can mak the bodies unco happy ; . . . lb. 28. 
 
 L — d man, were ye but whyles where I am, , . lb. 28. 
 Whyles, owre the wee bit cup an' platie, 
 They sip the scandal-potion pretty ; . . . lb. 33. 
 I doubt na, whyles, but thou may thieve ; , To a Mouse. 
 Wha does the utmost that he can. 
 
 Will whyles do mair. . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 There's ae wee faut they whiles lay to me, 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 27. 
 Whiles owre a bush m' downward crush, 
 
 The doited beastie stammers ; . . OnW. Chalmers. 
 Whiles holding fast his gude blue bonnet ; 
 Whiles crooning o'er some auld Scots sonnet ; 
 Whiles glowring round wi' prudent cares. Tarn 0' Shanter. g. 
 As whiles they're like to be my dead, . To W, Simpson. S- 
 Farewell ! within thy bosom free 
 A sigh may whiles awaken ; . . Verses under Grief. 
 Wi* [with; "wi's," with his; "wit," with it]. 
 Deil blin' them wi' the stoure o't, . 5. Awa, wkigs, awa. 
 
 And we hae done wi' thriving. lb. 
 
 The hoary cliffs are crown'd wi' flowers, 
 
 S. Bonie lassie will ye go t 
 
 Supremely blest wi' love and thee lb. 
 
 Contented wi' little, and canty wi' mair, 
 
 3". Contented wV little^ 
 I nearhand cowpit wi' my hurry. Death andDr. Homhook. 28. 
 An' hae a swap o' rbymin-ware, 
 
 Wi' ane anither. Ep. to J. Z— A, Ap, 2st, 28. 
 Observe wha's standing wi' him. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 But I'll be wi' ye by an' bye ; . Extern, to an Intimate. 
 
 gat ye me wi' naething ? . . . , S. Gat ye me t 
 How's a* wi' you, Kimmer, . ^S". Gudeen to you Kimmer^ 
 He claw'd her wi' the riplin-kame, S. Had I the wyte t 
 Some unco hlate, an' some m' gabs, . . Halloween.3. 
 An' tumbl'd wi' a wintle Out owre ... lb. 2g. 
 Gude night and joy be wi' thee ; . S, Here^s to thy healthi 
 Then set him down, and twa or three 
 
 Gude fellows wi' him ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 
 Then up wi't a', my Ploughman lad, S. The Ploughman t 
 An' cut you up wi' ready slight, . . . Toa Haggis. 
 wad mak her. spew Wi' perfect sconner, . , . 2b, 
 
 Bending thee 'mang the dewy weet ! 
 
 Wi's spreckl'd breast, To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Wi' bickering brattle ! To a Mouse. 
 
 Wi' murd'ring pattle ! ^b. 
 
 An' shore ,him weel wi' hell ; . . .To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Mair taen I'm wi' you. . . . . ToJ-S.^s. 
 
 1 wiss you weel, And gude be wi' you. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 My musie, tir'd wi' mony a sonnet To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 wi* a single wordJe, Lowse h-U upon me. ^p* 
 
Wi' 
 
 529 
 
 Wife 
 
 . To W. Creech. 
 To W. Simpson. 3. 
 
 . lb. g. 
 
 lb. 10. 
 
 . lb. P.S. 
 
 moum their loss wi' doolfu' clamour 
 
 Wi' Allan, or wi' Gilberlfield, 
 
 shine Up wi' the best 
 
 Her moors, red-brown, wi' heather bells, 
 
 greetan Wi' girnan spite, 
 
 When a' the hills are cover'd wi' snaw, ^. Up in the morning. 
 
 Loshman! hae mercy wi' your natch. What ails ye now \ 
 
 Wi' pinch I put a Sunday's face on lb. 
 
 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man? 
 
 S. What can ayng lassie t 
 Wick [to Strike a stone, in the game of curling, in 
 an oblique direction ; " wick a bore," get a curl- 
 ing stone through an opening, by wicking]. 
 
 To guard, or draw, or wick a bore. Tain Samson's El.,S- 
 Wicked. 
 
 They skim the muirs an' dizzy crags, 
 
 Wi' wicked speed ; . . Add. to the Deil. g. 
 
 An' lows'd his ill-tongu'd, wicked Scawl . lb. 18. 
 
 I grant thou'rt as wicked, but not quite so clever. Epig. on — . 
 The real, harden'd wicked, 
 
 Wha hae nae check hut human law, Ep. to Young Friend. 3. 
 
 And in your wicked, druken rants. 
 
 Ye mak a devil o' the Saunts, . . Ep.toJ.R..2. 
 
 Think, wicked Sinner, wha ye're skaithing : . .lb. 4. 
 
 To quell the Wicked's pride ; . New Psalmody. 
 
 As able — and as wicked as the devil ! . . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Wi' wicked strings o' hemp or hair ! The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Who walks not in the wicked's way, , . The 1st Psalm. 
 
 But hath decreed that wicked men 
 Shall ne'er be truly blest /^. 
 
 In hunting the wicked Lieutenant; The Kirk's Alarm. 10. 
 
 Or try the wicked town of A[yr], . . The Ordination. 9. 
 
 A wicked crew syne, on a time, 
 Did tak a solemn aith, man, . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 May never wicked fortune touzle him ! 
 
 May never wicked men bamboozle him ! . To W. Creech. 
 
 My wicked rhymes, an' drucken rants. What ails ye now t 
 
 Wickedness. Studied in arts of Hell, in wickedness refin'd ! 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, ig. 
 
 Wicker. Ay wavering like the willow wicker, 
 
 , 'Tween good and ill. Poem on Life. 
 
 Wicket. 
 
 But by gude luck I lap a wicket, 
 And turn'd a neuk. 
 Widdle [a struggle]. 
 To cheer you through the weary widdle 
 
 O' this wild warl', . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 Tae cheer you thro' the weary widdle 
 
 O' war'ly cares, . Second Ep. to Davie. 
 Wide. Kyle-Stewart I could bragged wide. 
 
 For sic a pair. A Guid New-Year t 6. 
 God of nature wide, . . . A Grace before Dinner. 
 Looks o'er proud Property, extended wide ; 
 
 A Winter Night. 7. 
 ■ The Highland hills I've wander'd wide, .y. Ely the was she t 
 Beneath the hazels spreading wide, . . 6". CcC the ewes. 
 Wide o'er the naked world declare 
 
 The worth we've lost. El. on Capt. M. H., 13. 
 Then turn me, if Thou please, adrift. 
 
 Thro' Scotland wide ; Ep. to}. L—k, Ap. list, 13. 
 boundless oceans, roaring wide, . 5'. From thee, Eliza, t 
 Through the hazel's spreading wide i'. Hark ! the mavis' t 
 Now waving grain, wide o'er the plain, 
 
 S. Now wesilin winds t 
 She has open'd the door, she has open'd it wide, 
 
 6". Oh, open the door, t 
 Lifts high its roof and arches wide, . . On Lincluden. 
 The far foreign land, or the wide rolling sea. 
 
 _. ..,_., ,. ,S. Out over the Forth\ 
 
 The rough burr-thistle spreading wide 
 
 Amang the bearded bear, . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The wounded coveys, reeling, scatter wide ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 They, round the ingle, form a circle wide ; 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night, is. 
 When men display to congregations wide, 
 
 Devotion's ev'ry grace, except the heart! . /b. 77. 
 
 In Galloway sae wide. . . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Nae woman in the Country wide 
 
 Sae happy was as me. . The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 
 3X 
 
 Friend of the poet t P.S. 
 
 Nae woman in the warld wide, 
 
 Sae wretched now as me. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Its branches spreading wide, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Till now, o'er all my wide domains, 
 
 Thy fame extends ; The Vision. D. II. 18. 
 
 The wide world is all before us, . . S. Thickest night t 
 Flow still between us, thou wide roaring main. 
 
 5". Wa7tdering Willie. 
 Von wild- mossy mountains sae lofty and wide, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Wide-spread. 
 Mild, calm, serene, wide-spreads the noontide blaze, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Wide-surrounding, 
 The hoary cavern, wide-surrounding, lowers. 
 
 Wr. by Fall of Fyers. 
 Widow. A wanton widow Leezie was, . . Halloween. 24. 
 'Twill make the widow's heart to sing, . John Barleycorn. 
 The widow's tears, the orphan's cry ! 6". O Logan I sweetly t 
 mark ! Who in widow weeds appears. Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 The widows, wives, an' a' may bless him. 
 
 On Scot. Sardgne to W. I. 
 " A weeping country joins a widow's tear, 
 , J . On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 And now a widow I must mourn 
 The Pleasures that will ne'er return ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. IV. 
 Widow'd. 
 And oh, her widow'd heart is sair, .S How lang and dreary ^ 
 Pass widow'd nights, and joyless days, S. O Logan I sweetlyi 
 Widowhood. 
 I wad bestow my widowhood 
 
 Upon a rantin Highlandman. .y. O gin ye were dead. 
 
 Wiel [a small whirlpool]. 
 
 Whyles in a wiel it dimpl't : ... Halloween. IS- 
 
 Wield. 
 
 High wields her balance and her rod ; Add. to Ediniurgh. 2. 
 
 The magic wand then let us wield ; . . To J. S., 13. 
 
 Wielded, wielded right, Maks Hours like Minutes, To J. S. 12. 
 
 Wierd [fate, destiny]. 
 
 The wierd may be her ain, jo. . S.O Lassie, art thou + 
 Wife. Then swith ! an' get a wife to hug, A Dream. 12. 
 
 And if the wives and dirty brats 
 
 Come thiggan at your doors and yetts, Add. of Beelzebub. 
 An auld wife's tongue's a feckless matter 
 
 To gie ane fash. . Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Thence, countra wives, wi' toil an' pain, 
 May plunge an' plunge the kirn in vain; Add. to the Deil 10. 
 What wives an' wabsters see an' feel ; . Auld comrade ^ 
 * Whase wife's twa nieves were scarce weel-bred. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 26. 
 ' The wife slade cannie to her bed, 
 
 ' But ne'er spak mair. . ... lb. 
 We freely wad exchang'd the wife, 
 
 Epig. on Henpecked Squire. 
 That some kind husband had addrest. 
 
 To some sweet wife : Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist, 3. 
 For had ye staid whole weeks awa". 
 
 Your wives they ne'er had miss'd ye. Epit. on a Wag. 
 
 When sic a husband was frae hame, 
 
 What wife but wad excus'd her ? . i'. Had I the wyte t 
 To shun a tyrant father's hate. 
 
 Become a wretched wife 1 . . . .J. How cruel \ 
 Tho' I am your wedded wife, 
 
 Yet I am not your slave, Sir. i'. Husband, husbandi 
 
 " Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 He begged for gud'e-sake ! I wad be his wife, 
 
 S. Last May a braw wooer t 
 Unmindful, tho' a weeping wife. 
 
 And helpless offsprmg mourn. Man was made to Moum. 
 The minister kiss't the fiddler's wife, i'. My love she's but \ 
 She is a bonie wee thing. 
 This sweet wee wife 0' mine. . .S.My Wife's a winsome. 
 
 I hae a wife o' my ain S. Naebody. 
 
 The wife of my bosom, alas ! she did die ; 
 
 n.,. », T I, J S. No Churchman am I •^ 
 
 O ay my wife she dang me. 
 
 An' aft my wife she bang'd m^,S.O ay my wife she dangme. 
 
 Now I've gotten wife and bairns, i'. O that I had ne'er'\ 
 
 The widows, wives, an' a' may bless him. 
 
 On Scot. Bardgnf to W. {. 
 
Wife 
 
 530 
 
 Wild 
 
 There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, Scroggam ; 
 
 iS". Scroggam. 
 Searching auld wives' barrels 
 
 Och, ho ! the day! .... Searching auld\ 
 These muvin' things ca'd wives and weans . . .lb. 
 We auld wives' minions gie our opinions, . Symon Gray t 
 As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice! , Tavt o' Shanter. 3. 
 How mony lengthen'd sage advices, 
 
 The husband frae the wife despises ! . . , . lb. 4. 
 An' deed her bairns, man, wife, an' wean, 
 
 In mourning weed ; Tarn Samson's El.. 
 
 Now ev'ry auld wife, greetin, clatters, 
 
 * Tarn Samson's dead ! ' . . . lb, g. 
 
 So wives will gie them bits o' bread, The Death of Mailie. 
 And ilka wife cries "Auld Mahoun, 
 
 " I wish you luck o' the prize, man. S. The deilcamJlddUn\ 
 The fient-ma-care, quo' the feirrie auld wife, 
 
 S. The deuks dang o'er. 
 O baud your tongue, my feirrie auld wife, . . . lb. 
 While he, sub rosa^ play'd his part 
 
 Among their wives and lasses. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The crouching vassal to the tyrant wife, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Were such the wife had fallen to my part, 
 I'd break her spirit, or I'd break her heart ; . . .lb. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 17. 
 
 lb. 2S. 
 The Inventory. 
 
 An' thinks it auld wives' fables : 
 
 Wives be mindfu", ance yoursel, 
 How bonie lads ye wanted, . 
 
 1 ha'e nae wife ; and that my bliss is, 
 The sweetest still to wife or maid, 
 
 Was whistle owre the lave o't. . The Jolly Beggars. S. V. 
 I've lost but ane, I've twa behin', 
 
 I've wife eneugh for a' that. ... lb. S. VII. 
 I married with a scolding wife . S, The Joyful Widower. 
 We lived full one-and-twenty years 
 
 A man and wife together ; lb. 
 
 My wife she is willing to draw in the yoke, 
 
 . S. The Poor Thresher. 
 To my wife and children in whom I delight, . . lb. 
 
 His wife and his children he charg'd him to bring, . lb. 
 Went home to his wife who scarce could believe, . , lb. 
 There was he, and his wife, and his seven children small, lb. 
 Because thou art loving and kind to thy wife . . lb. 
 But then my wife and children dear, 
 
 whither would they go ? . . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Himsel, a wife, he thus sustains, . . The Twa Dogs. 10. 
 Their grushie weans an' faithfu' wives ; . . lb. if. 
 I think my wife will end her life, 
 
 Before she spin her tow. . . S. The weary Fund. 
 
 I bought my wife a- stane o' lint, ... .lb. 
 
 And he had a wife was the plague of his days, 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle t 
 " I've got a bad wife. Sir, that's a' my complaint, . lb. 
 
 " But gie me your wife, man, for her I must have, , lb. 
 
 So Nickie then got the auld wife on his back, . lb. 
 
 He pitied the man that was ty'd to a wife, . . .lb. 
 But ne'er was in h-U till I met wi' a wife, . . .lb. 
 But browster wives an' whiskie stills, 
 
 They are the muses. Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 You on an auld wife's flainen toy ; . . . To a Louse. 
 I hae a wife and twa wee laddies, . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, lb. 
 
 My blessings on you, sonsie wife ; . V.s to a Landlady. 
 
 He had a wife was dour and din, . S. Willie Wastlej 
 
 Sic a wife as Willie had, 
 
 1 wad na gie a button for her. [re] . ... lb. 
 But Willie's wife is nae sae trig lb. 
 
 Wifle [dim. of wife]. 
 His clean hearth-stane, his thrifty Wifie's smile, 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 The frugal Wifie, garrulous, will tell, ... lb. //. 
 Wig. 
 Dread of black coats and rev'rend wigs, Letter to /. Goudie. 
 Ye are rich, and look big, but lay by hat and wig, 
 And ye'U ha'e a calf's head 0' sma' value. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 Wight [strong, powerful]. 
 And counted was baith wight and stark, 
 
 El. on Death ofR. Ruisseaux. 
 An' wight an' wilfu' a' his days been. . . The Inventory. 
 
 Wight. 
 Decoy the wight that late an' drunk is : Add. to the Deil. ij. 
 a hope-abandon'd wight, . . Despondency, an Ode. z. 
 
 Weel pleased, he [Death] greets a wight sae famous, 
 
 Epit. on Tarn the Chapman. 
 But nought can glad the weary wight 
 
 That fast in durance lies. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 See, yonder poor, o'erlabour'd wight. 
 
 So abject, mean and vile/ . Man was made to Mourn. 
 a fine, fat, fodgel wight, . , On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight, . . Sketch. 
 But what a weary wight can please. 
 
 And care his bosom wringing. . S. Sweet fa's the evej 
 Alas I I'm but a nameless wight, 
 
 The Author's Cjy and Prayer. 
 And mony a friend that kiss't his caup, 
 
 Is now a fremit wight : . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 So how this weighty plea may end, 
 
 Nae mortal wight can tell : . > . , lb. 
 
 A wight that will weather damnation, 
 
 The devil the prey will despise. • . . . Ih. /// 
 Her lord, a wight of Homer's craft, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 First enter'd A, a grave, broad, solemn wight. The Vowels. 
 Poor wights ! nae rules nor roads observin ; . To J. S., ig. 
 For what ?— to gie their malice skouth 
 
 On some puir wight, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 O Willie was a witty wight, . To W. Creech. 
 
 Wighter [stronger]. 
 
 Five wighter carlines werna found The Election Ballads. I. 
 Wigton [a quiet County Town in South-west Scotland 
 famous for its martyrs], * 
 
 And there will be Wigton's new SheriflF, 
 Dame Justice fu' brawly has sped ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. HI. 
 
 Wild, life's mad career, Wild as the wave, A Bards Epit. 
 
 Or Hunters wild on Ponotaxi, . . A Ded. to G. H, 6. 
 
 With Passions wild and strong ; APrayerinProsp, of Death. 
 
 pityless the tempest wild Sore on you beats. 
 
 A Winter Night, s. 
 Wild-beats my heart, to trace your steps, 
 - . ., , Add. to Edinburgh. 7. 
 
 Or sweepmg, wild, a waste of snows. 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 So artless, so simple, so wild ; ^. Adown winding Nith t 
 Ye wild whistling blackbirds in yon thorny den, 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Where wild inthe woodlands the primroses blow; . lb. 
 Wi' wild, unequal, wand'ring step S. Again rejoicirtg Nature^ 
 And ay the wild wood echoes rang, S. By Allan stream f 
 The wild Scandinavian boar issu'd forth .S". Caledonia. 
 
 Sweet the lark's wild-warbled lay, . . Delia. An Ode. 
 The cavern wild with tahgUng roots, Despondency^ an Ode. 3. 
 To cheer you through the weary widdle 
 
 O' this wild warl', Ep. to Maj. Logan. 3. 
 
 His uncombed grizzly locks wild staring, thatch'd, 
 
 Extem. on W. Smellie. 
 Wild as the winter now tearing the forest, 
 
 S. Gloomy December. 
 Had I a cave on some wild distant shore, S. Had I a cave t 
 List'ning to the wild birds singing, . S. I dream'd I lay\ 
 And bid wild war his ravage end, 3". How can vtypoor heart \ 
 The voice of woe and wild despair ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 Where the wild winds of winter incessantly rave. 
 
 Lament, on leaving Nat. Land 
 Thee, Caledonia, thy wild heaths among, . Liberty 
 
 Chasing the wild deer, and following the roe, 
 
 S. My heart's in the HighL\ 
 The pathless wild, and wimpling burn, 
 
 S, O bonie was yon rosy t 
 By autumn wild, and winter rude ! . S. were my love t 
 Wild wanton kiss'd her rival breast \S.Ona bank of flowers t 
 Wild to my heart the filial pulses glow, 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 With accents wild and lifted arms she cried; . . lb. 
 Blest be the wild sequester'd shade, . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 While yoii wild flowers among, 
 
 ' Chance led me there ; . . • . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 Here DQuglas forms, wild Shakespeare into plan, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
Wild 
 
 531 
 
 Will do 
 
 wild from wisdom's way, . . Sent to a Gent, amended. 
 Where waters flow and wild woods wave, 
 
 iS*. Streams that glide t 
 I hear the wild birds pinging ; . S. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 Wild floated in my brain ; . The Ans, to the Guidwife. 
 Weel-pleasM the Mother hears, it's nae wild, worthless Rake. 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 Then paints the ruin'd maid, and their distraction wild ! I&. 10. 
 Perhaps Dundee's wild warbling measures rise, . lb. 13. 
 Or rapt Isaiah's wild, seraphic Are; ... Ih. 14. 
 ■ Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd, S. The day returns t 
 
 And also the wild Scot o' Galloway, The Election Ballads. III. 
 Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast, S. The gloomy night t 
 Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath. The Holy Fair. 13. 
 The sober laverock, warbling wild, 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Fancy, chief, Reigns, hagard-wlld, in sore affright : 
 
 The Lament. 
 And wild scatter'd cowslips bedeck the green dale, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice t 
 Where wild beasts find shelter, tho' I can find none ! . lb. 
 I glowr'd as eerie's I'd been dusht, 
 
 In some wild glen ; . The Vision. D. X. S. 
 
 Thro' many a wild, romantic grove, [v.A.4] . . 2b. D. I. 
 They bind the wild, Poetic rage 
 
 In energy, [v.A.4,] • • * . lb. D, II, 
 Wild-send thee Pleasure's devious way, . . lb. 77. 
 lightly tripping amang the wild flowers, S. Their groves of^ 
 Simple, wild, enchanting elf, . . To Miss Fontenelle. 
 
 Rest, ye wild storms, in the cave of your slumbers, 
 
 6". Wandering Willie. 
 Altho* the night were ne'er sae wild, ^S". When o'er the hill t 
 When wild War's deadly blast was blawn, 
 
 S, When mild War's \ 
 Misfortune's lightened steps might wander wild ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Yon wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide, 
 
 S. Yon wild tnossy mountains t 
 
 the charms 0' yon wild, mossy moors ; . lb. 
 
 Amang thae wild mountains shall still be my path, . lb. 
 
 And little lambkins wanton wild, . . S. Young Peggy t 
 
 Wild, s. In wood and wild ye warbling throng. 
 
 Your heavy loss deplore j On Death of Lap-dog. 
 Be nameless wilds and lonely wanderings mine, 
 
 On Death of R. Dundas. 
 Thee, Matthew, Nature's sel shall mourn 
 
 By wood and wild, . El. on Capt. M. H., a. 
 Or waudVing in the lonely wild : S. Tivas even — the dewy t 
 Wild-birds. 
 
 The wild-birds sang, the echoes rang, S. Damon and Sylvia. 
 
 List'ning to the wild birds singing, . 6". / dreamed I lay t 
 
 I hear the wild birds singing ; . S. Sweet fa^s the eve t 
 Wild-driving. 
 
 The dark, dreary winter, and' wild-driving snaw, 
 
 S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 Wild-eddying. 
 
 While burns, wi' snawy wreeths up-choked, 
 
 Wild-eddying swirl, . A Winter Night ^. 
 Wilderness. A lily in a wilderness. S. My Lord a- hunting \ 
 The hungry Jew in wilderness 
 
 Rejoicing o'er bis manna, . 6*. The gowd. Locks ofA.» 
 Wildest. Or were I in the wildest waste, S, O wert thou in t 
 More welcome were to me grim winter's wildest roar. 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 Redoubted Staig who set at nought 
 
 The wildest savage Tory, . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 In wildest fury hae made bare ^ 
 
 My peace, my hope, for ever ! . . Verses under Grief. 
 Admiring Nature in her wildest grace, Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Wild-furious. 
 
 Or blinding drifts wild-furious flee, . To W. Simpson, 13. 
 Wild -hanging. 
 Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods, 
 
 S. My hearts in the Highlands t 
 Wildly. 
 Wildly here without control, 
 
 Nature reigns and rules the whole ; .S". Streams that glided 
 Wildly-seatt'red. 
 From marking wildly-scatt'red flow'rs, Add. to Edinburgh. 
 
 
 Wildly-wanton. 
 
 The hart, hind, and roe, freely, wildly-wantoo stray: 
 
 ^S". Sleefst thou or wak'st t 
 Wildly-witty. A wildly-witty, rustic grace 
 
 Shone full upon her ; The Vision. D. 1. 10. 
 Wild-meeting. Or whare wild-meeting oceans boil 
 
 Besouth Magellan, To W. Simpson. 7. 
 Wild-roaring. 
 There, high my boiling torrent smokes, 
 Wild-roaring o'er a linn : . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Wild-seattered. 
 The woods, wild-scattered, clothe their ample sides ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Wild-wand'ring. Their hapless Race wild-wand'ring roam ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 Wild-warbled. 
 
 Sweet the lark's wlld-warbled lay, . . Delia, an Ode. 
 
 Wild-whistling. 
 Or deep-toned- plovers, grey, wild-whistling o'er the hill ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Wild-wood, 
 These wild-wood flowers I've pu'd to deck 
 
 That spotless breast o' thine ; . S. Behold^ my love t 
 
 And.ay the wild-wood echoes rang, ^S". By Allan stream\ 
 There wild-woods grow and rivers row, S. Of a' the airts \ 
 Where waters flow, and .wild-woods wave, 
 
 S. Streams that glide t 
 And ay the wild-wood echoes rang, S. The Catrine woods \ 
 O'erhung with wild woods thickening green, 
 
 S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 At evening the wild-woods among? S. Where are thejoys\ 
 
 Wild-woody. From where the Feal wild-woody coverts hide : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Wile, Nae artfu' wiles to win ye, . . S. Behind yon hills t 
 And gather gear by ev'ry wile. 
 
 That's justify'd by Honor ; . Ep. to Young Friend. 7. 
 
 The Mother, wi' a woman's wiles. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 8. 
 ' Some hint the Lover's harmless wile ; The Vision. D. II. g. 
 Foxes and statesmen, subtile wiles ensure ; To R. G. ofF.. 
 Wilfire [wildfire], 
 
 ' ' Or was't the wilfire chok'd your boughs 1 As on the banks t 
 
 Wilfu' [wilfUl ; willing]. 
 
 And wilfu' folk maun ha'e their will ; S. In simmer when t 
 
 An' wight an' wilfu' a' his days been. . The Inventory. 
 
 The wilfu' creature sae I pat to, . . . . lb. 
 
 Wilily. 
 
 But wilily he [Satan] changed his plan, Epig. on A. Turner. 
 Will Idim. of William]. 
 Will's a true guid fallows get, . . A Dream. 7. 
 
 Poor hav'rel Will fell aff the drift, ire.] . . Halloween. 4. 
 If sleekit Chatham Will was livin, . Kind Sir, Vve read \ 
 Honest Will's to Heaven gane, . On W. Cruickshanks. 
 Holy Will, Holy Will, there was wit i' your skull, 
 When ye pilfer'd the alms o' the poor ; 
 
 The Kirk's A larm. 26. 
 Will, Tho' leeward whyles, against my will, 
 
 I took a bicker. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Or why has Man the will and pow'r 
 
 To make his fellow mourn ? Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 If ye gie a woman a' her will, 
 Gude faith she'll soon o'er-gang ye. 
 
 S. O ay my wife she dang. 
 E'en let her tak her will, jo. . . S. O steer her up \ 
 
 An' rowth o' rhyme to rave at will, Scotch Drink. 21. 
 
 Say, such is royal George's will, 
 
 An' there's the foe, The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 An' let them wander at their will : The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Who has no will but by her high permission ; 
 
 The Henpecked Husband, 
 But lordly will, I hold it still 
 
 A mortal sin to thraw that. The Jolly Beggars. S. VII. 
 She had na will to say him na : S. There was a lass f 
 
 they must be best, Because they are Thy Will I . Winter. 
 Willeat [the wild eat]. 
 
 The thummart, willeat, brock and tod, The Twa Herds 6 
 Will'd. 
 
 But fate has will'd, and we must part ! S. Behold the hour\ 
 Will do. Who make poor will do wait upon / should 
 
 £p, to R. Graham, jt 
 
William 
 
 532 
 
 Wind 
 
 William. 
 
 And hunted as was William Wallace, , Adam A — 'j Prayer. 
 Let William Hislop give the spirit. . . .A Grace. 
 Willie, Willy.. I'm no mistrusting Willie Pit, A Dream, 7. 
 Till Willie H— e took o'er the knowe 
 
 For Philadelphia, man : , . , A Fragment. 3. 
 ' An' Scotland drew her pipe an' blew. 
 
 ' Up, Willie, waur them a', man ! ' . . . . lb. 7- 
 Wi' kindling eyes gry'd, ' Willie, rise ! . . . . lb. 8. 
 N-rth, F-x, & Co. GowflTd Willie like a ba', . . lb. g. 
 
 My auld school-fellow, Preacher Willie, A uld comrade t 
 
 And todlin down on Willie's mill. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. $• 
 Hail, thairm-inspirin\ rattlin' Willie ! Ep. to Maj. Logan. 
 Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death, 
 As Willie drew his latest breath ; . . . Epit. on W.. 
 To wanton Willie's brandy. . . . S. Had I the wyte^ 
 Poor Willie, wi' his bow-kail runt, [re.'\ . . Halloween, g. 
 O Kenmure's on and awa, Willie ! [re.1 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awa t 
 O Logan ! sweetly didst thou glide, 
 
 The day I was my Willie's bride ; S. O Logan I sweetly t 
 
 While Willie's far frae Logan braes, \re,'\ . . , lb. 
 O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut, . . S. O Willie brew' d\ 
 Here lie Willie M — hie's banes, . , Ona Schoolmaster. 
 For sake o' Willie Chalmers. \re.'\ . . On IV. Chalmers. 
 
 You're welcome, Willie Stewart, . . On IV. Stewart. 
 
 rattlin, roarin Willie, ire.'\ S. Rattlin^ Roarin Willie. 
 An' Livistone, the bauld Sir Willie ; 
 
 The Author^ s Cry and Prayer. 14. 
 Poet Willie, Poet Willie, gi' the Doctor a volly, 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 11. 
 Her darling bird that she lo'es best 
 
 Willie's awa! ire.l . . . To W.Creech. 
 
 1 gat your letter, winsome Willie ; [re.'\ To W. Simpson. 
 Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie, {reJ] 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 Wee Willie Gray, an' his leather wallet ; ire."] 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Art thou my ain dear Willie ? . . S. When wild War's t 
 Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed, \re.'\ . S. Willie Wastlei 
 Ye sons of old KilUe, assembled by Willie, 
 
 S. Ye sons of old Killie t 
 O Willy, ay I bless the grove 
 
 Where first I own'd my maiden love, , . S. O Phely \ 
 When Willy, wander'd thro' the wood, \re.'\ 
 
 S. On a bank of flowers \ 
 She winna come hame to her Willy. S. Saw ye my Phely. 
 And for ever disowns thee, her Willy. . . . .lb, 
 Thou'st broken the heart o' thy Willy. . ... lb. 
 Willie [willow]. 
 Peel a willie wand, to be him boots and jacket ; 
 
 S. Wee Willie Gray \ 
 Willie-waught [a hearty draught]. 
 And we'll tak' a right gude willie-waught, 
 
 S. Should auld acquaintance t 
 Willing, -in. 
 And weel I wat her willin mou 
 
 Was e'en like succar-candie. . S. Had I the wytef 
 
 The man in arms, 'gainst female charms, 
 
 Even he her willmg slave is ; . . .S". Lovely Davies. 
 In love's delightful fetters, she chains the willing soul I 
 
 S. Mark yonder Pomp \ 
 Ye mustering thunders from above 
 
 Your willing victim see I . . . S. O mirk, mirk t 
 Her's are the willing chains 0' love, . . S.Sae flaxen t 
 My wife she is willing to draw in the yoke, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Save Love's willing fetters, the chains of his Jean. 
 
 S. Their groz'es of \ 
 Then, Sir, God willing, I'll attend ye, . To Mr. Renton. 
 Willow. Ay wavering like the willow wicker, 
 
 'Tween good and ill. Poem on Life. 
 Willyart [wild, timid, awkward and confused]. 
 
 To show Sir Bardy's willyart glowr, On dining with Daer. 
 Wily. Your wily snares an' fechtin fierce, Add. to the DHL ig. 
 The wily Mother sees the conscious flame 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 7. 
 Wimple [to meander]. 
 While waters wimple to the sea; . . S. Co" the Ewes. 
 
 Wimpling, -in [meandering, waving]. 
 
 Ye bumies, wimpUn down your glens. El. on Capt. M. H., 4. 
 Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, . , . Halloween. 2. 
 The trout within yon wimpling burn iS", Now Spring has clad \ 
 The pathless wild, and wimpling bum, 
 
 S. O bonie was yon rosy \ 
 Whare Tay rins wimplin by sae clear ; 
 
 S. whare did ye get t 
 By wimpling burn and leafy shaw, . . S. Sa^ flaxen t 
 Whether thro' .wimplin worms thou jink, Scotch Drink, s. 
 Ilk wimpling burn, ilk chrystal spring, The Fite Champetre. 
 by Castalia's wimplin streamies, . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Up wimpling stately Tweed I've sped, . .ToW. Creech. 
 Wimpl't [meandered]. 
 
 As thro' the glen it wimpl't ; , . . . Halloween. 25. 
 Win* [wind], ye was a jinker noble, For heels an' win' ! 
 
 A Gude New-Year \7. 
 How do ye this blae eastlin win', . . Auld comrade \ 
 They bar the door on frosty win's ; . The Twa Dogs, 20. 
 'Twas then a blast o* Janwar win' 
 
 Blew hansel in on Robin. . . S. There was a lad \ 
 It's silly wa's the win's are strewin ! . . To a Mouse. 
 Win, to. I dinna envy him the gains he can win ; 
 
 S. As I was a-wandring t 
 Nae artfu' wiles to win ye, O : . S. Behind yon kills \ 
 
 Her favour Duncan couldna win ; ^ S, Duncan Davison. 
 We're fit to win our daily bread, . . Ep. to Davie. 2. 
 And ilk loyal, bonie lad_ 
 
 Cross the seas and win his ain. . S. Frae the friends f 
 He will win a shilling. Or he spend a groat._ 
 
 •S". Hey^ 'the dusty miller \ 
 And spend the gear they win. . . S. Hey ccC thro\ 
 If thou would win my love, Jamie, come try me. 
 
 S. Jamie, come try me t 
 I can win my five pennies in a day, S. My Collier Laddie. 
 And the warld before me to win my bread, . , , lb. 
 And fools may tyne, and knaves may win ; S. Phely, t 
 
 May he who wins thy matchless charms 
 
 Possess a leal and true heart ; . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 There, welcome, win and wear the prize, S. Talk not of Love t 
 Now, do thy speedy utmost, Meg, 
 
 And win the key-stane of the brig ; Tam d Shanter. 18. 
 
 If Honest Worth in heaven rise, 
 
 Ye'll mend or ye win near him. Tam Samson's EL, Epit. 
 All in the field of politics, 
 
 To win immortal honors. . The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Wha canna win her in a night, 
 
 Has little art in courting. , The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 For weel he kend the way, O, 
 
 The lassie's heart to win, O ! . . S. The Taylor he cam t 
 I will awa to Edinburgh and win a pennie fee, 
 
 S. There grows a bonie t 
 Win [won]. Like fortune's favors, tint as win. A Vision. 
 Wind. The winds were laid, .... A Vision. 
 
 ' Blow, blow, ye Winds, with heavier gust! 
 
 A Winter Night. ?.. 
 Wi' wind and tide fair i' your tail, 
 Right on ye scud your sea-way ; Add. to Unco Guid. 4. 
 Wha wad mind the wind and rain, 
 Sae weel row'd in his tartan plaidie. . .S". As I came o'er t 
 And deep as soughs the boding wind, 
 
 Amang his caves, the sigh he gave. . As on the batiks t 
 The westlin wind blaws loud an' shill ; S. Behind yon hillsi 
 The winds were whispering thro' the grove, 
 
 S, By Allan stream \ 
 While winds frae off Ben-Lomond blaw, . Ep. to Davie. 
 While frosty winds blaw in the drift, . ... lb. 
 Pity the best of words should be but wind ! 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. J. 
 
 Have you found this or t'other? there's more in the wind, 
 
 Fragment, inscr. to Fox. 
 Where the winds howl to the waves* dashing roar : 
 
 S. Had I a cave f 
 Thy favors are the silly wind 
 
 'That kisses ilka thing it meets. . . S, I do confess t 
 
 Fu' loud and shrill the frosty wind 
 Blaws through the leafiess timmer, 
 
 S, Tm o'er young to marry. 
 Spare my love ye winds '.liat blaw, 
 
 iS". Jockey's ta'en the parting ^ 
 
Wind 
 
 533 
 
 Wing 
 
 The wind blew hollow frae the hills, Lament for Ghncaim, 
 The winds, lamenting thro' their caves, . . .lb. 
 
 Ye woods that shed on a' the winds 
 
 The honours of the aged year, Ih. 
 
 That long has stood the wind and rain ; . . . lb, 
 Nae mair, to me, the autumn winds 
 
 Wave o'er the yellow corn ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Where the wild winds of winter incessantly rave, 
 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Mark the winds, and mark the skies ; . S. Let not woman t 
 Ye babbling winds, in silence sweep ; . . . Liberty. 
 Fu' loud the wind blaws frae the Ferry, S. My borne Mary, 
 Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring guns 
 
 Bring Autumn's pleasant weather ; S. New westlin winds \ 
 Thou hear'st the winter wind and weet, S. Lassie, art thou t 
 
 tell na me of wind and rain, lb. 
 
 And heard thee as the careless wind? 
 
 S. O stay^ sweet warbling\ 
 Of a' the airts the wind can blaw, 
 
 I dearly like the west, . . . S. Of a' the airts ^ 
 
 It's no the frosty winter wind, S. Oh, how can I be blythe t 
 Ye howling winds, and wintry swelling waves ! 
 
 On Death ofR, JDundas. 
 As cauld a wind as ever blew ; . On Kirk ofLamington. 
 As dangling in the wind he hangs 
 
 A gibbet's tassel. . . Poem on Life. 
 Raving winds around her blowing, . .S". Raving winds t 
 The wind blew as 'twad blawn its last ; . Tarn d Shanier. 7. 
 Despising wind, and rain, and fire ; . . . .Ib.g, 
 When August winds the heather wave, Tarn Samson's EL , 13. 
 Arous'd by blustering winds an' spotting thowes, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 When January winds were blawing cauld, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 The sky was blue, the wind was still, S. The Rigs d Barley. 
 Ye powers who preside o'er the wind and the tide, 
 
 S. The Sons of old Killie, 
 He wanders as free as the winds of his mountains, 
 
 S. Th^ir graves of\ 
 An' bleak December's winds ensuin, 
 
 Baith snell an' keen ! . . To a Mouse. 
 Free as the wind, or feather'd race . . To Clarinda. 
 
 " By driving winds, the crackling flames are borne ! " . lb. 
 When winds rave thro' the naked tree ; To W. Simpson. 
 
 Thro' weary winter's wind and rain S. Twas even — the dewy f 
 Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west, S. Up in the morning. 
 Winter winds blew, loud and cauld, at our parting, 
 _,, S. Wandering Willie. 
 
 Tho women s mmds like winter winds 
 
 May shift and turn, and a' that, . S. Wotnen's Minds, 
 
 Thro' wind and weet, thro' frost and snaw ; ■5'. Young Jockey f 
 Wind, to. 
 
 1 will not wind a lang conclusion, 
 
 With complimentary eflFusion : . A Ded. to G. H., 15. 
 And winds by the cot where my Mary resides ; 
 
 ^,_. , . S. Af ton Water. 
 
 This day, lime winds th' exhausted chain, 
 ___, . , Sketch, New-Vr's Day. 
 
 Which sweetly winds so far below ; 
 
 S. Slow spreads the gloom f 
 How sweetly wind thy sloping dales, S. The Banks ofNith. 
 Where the Greenock winds his moorland course, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 The murmuring streamlet winds clear thro' the vale, 
 
 ^S". The small birds t 
 
 Wind- dpi v'n. 
 
 Like wind-driv'n hail it did assail. Extern, in Court of Session. 
 Winding, 
 Adown winding Nith I did wander, S. Adown winding Nith t 
 Far marked with the courses of clear, winding rills ; 
 
 S. Afton Water. 
 Down by yon winding river ; . . S. As I gaedup by\ 
 
 the banks of winding Nith, . . . As on the banks f 
 Crystal Devon, winding Devon, . . S. Fairest Maid ^ 
 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows 
 
 Around Eliza's dwelling ; . S. Farewell, thou stream t 
 Amang the bonie, winding banks, 
 
 i Where Doon rins, wimplin, clear, . . Halloween. 2. 
 the clear winding Devon, . S, How pleasant the banks \ ■ 
 That wav'd o'er Lugar's winding stream : 
 
 Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Oft as by winding Nith I, musing, wait 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 That winding stream I love so dear ! S. The Banks ofNith. 
 The_ echoing wood, the winding flood, 
 
 Like Paradise did glitter, . S. The Fite Chatnpetre. 
 
 Her [Coila's] heathy moors and winding vales ; 
 
 S. The gloomy night t 
 Concealing the course of the dark winding rill ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 Where by the winding Ayr we met S. To Maty in Heaven. 
 by the sweet side of the Nith's winding river, 
 
 . S. True hearted was he t 
 O'er many a winding dale and painful steep, 
 
 . Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Windings. 
 
 . Ye maggots make your windings ; . . The Book-Worms. 
 Winding-sheet. 
 Wha I wish were maggots' meat, 
 
 Dish'd up in her winding-sheet ; S. First when Maggy t 
 
 Their winding-sheet the bloody clay, S. The lovely lass t 
 Window. 
 
 May I but be sae bauld 
 As come to your bower-window, [re.'\ 
 
 S. Lass, when yr mither t 
 The high-arched windows, painted fair, 
 Show many a saint and martyr there. . . On Lincluden. 
 In window fair, the painted pane . . . . lb. 
 
 Windows and doors in nameless sculptures drest. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Windy. 
 Ae dreary, windy, winter night, . . Add. to the Deil. 7. 
 Conceited gowk ! puflf 'd up wi' windy pride ! 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 Wine, 
 And ne'er gude wine did fear. El. on Capt. M. H,, Epit. 
 
 And blude red wine's the rysin Sun, S. Gane is the day \ 
 
 The man and his wine's sae bewitching ! Inscrip. on Goblet. 
 Go, fetch to me a pint o' wine, . . S. My bonie Mary. 
 Here's Kenmure's health in wine ; 
 
 S. O Kenmure's on and awai 
 For sparkling was the rosy wine, , S. O May thy mom t 
 Bright wines and bonnie lasses rare 
 
 To put us daft j . . Poe77i on Life. 
 
 And buy a pint o' wine ; . S. Rattling Roarin Willie. 
 
 'Bout vines, an' wines, an' druken Bacchus, Scotch Drink. 
 Yet humbly kind,' in time o' need. 
 
 The poor man's wine ; . . . Ib.7. 
 
 It sets you ill, Wi' bitter, dearthfu' wines to mell, lb. 16. 
 
 See future wines, rich-clust'ring, rise ; 
 
 The Authof^s Cry and Prayer. P. 
 But Balmaghie had better been 
 
 Drinking Madeira wine. . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Ane gies them coin, ane gies them wine, The Fite Champeire. 
 Yestreen I had a pint o' wine S. The gowd. Locks of A . . 
 
 Gie fools their silks^ and knaves their wine, 
 
 6". The Honest Man. 
 Her cheeks like lilies dipt in wine, 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Fill me with the rosy wine, . ... . The Toast. 
 And gallant Sir Robert, deep-read in old wines. 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 
 But for wine and for welcome not more known to fame, lb. 10. 
 
 A high ruling elder to wallow in wine 1 . . . lb. 15. 
 
 Wing. Your royal nest, beneath Your wing, . A Dream. 4. 
 
 Whare wilt thou cow'r thy chittering wing, 
 
 A Winter Night, 4. 
 Awa ye squatter'd like a drake, 
 
 On whistling wings. . Add. to the Deil. 8. 
 And mounts and sings on flittering wings, 
 
 S. Again rejoic. Nature \ 
 Or lightly flit on wanton wing S, Bonie Lassie, will ye go t 
 My Muse dow scarcely spread her wing : . Ep. to J, R., 6. 
 'Twas neither broken wing nor limb, ... I&. iz. 
 Soars on the spuming wing of injur'd merit ! 
 
 Ep. to R, Graham. S- 
 My muse may imp her wing for some sublimer flight. . lb. j. 
 Her flowing locks, the raven's wing, S. Her^fiowing locks \ 
 With chill hoary wing as ye [breezes] usher the dawn : 
 
 S. How pleasant the banks f 
 Above the world on wings of love I rise, 
 
 In vcun wld Prudence t 
 
Wing 
 
 534 
 
 Winter 
 
 On forward wing [Hope] for ever fled. Lament for Glencairn. 
 Aloft on dewy wing; . . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The birdies flit on wanton wing, . 5", Now bank and brae t 
 Winnowing bly the her dewy wings S. Now Spring has clad t 
 And the moorcock springs, on whirring wings, 
 
 5". Now westlin winds + 
 To thee my fancy took its wing, S. O Maty, at thy window t 
 The little swallow's wanton wing, . . , S. O Phely,\ 
 When wearied on my little wing. . . S. O were m-y love t 
 But I would sing on wanton wing, . ... lb. 
 
 On fear inspired wings ; . . . S.Ona hank of flowers t 
 Swiftly seek, on clanging wings, 
 
 Other lakes and other springs ; . On scaring Waterfowl. 
 While larks with little wing, 
 
 Fann'd the pure air, . . . . S. Phillis the Fair. 
 But here my Muse her wing maun cour ; Tarn d Shunter. i6. 
 The clanging sugh of whistling wings is heard ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 In either wing two champions fought, 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Then mounted Mirth on gleesome wing, The Fite Ckam^etre. 
 Tak some on the wing, and some as they spring, 
 
 S. The heather -was blooming^ 
 And O ! as she wanton'd gay on the wing. . . . lb. 
 She took the wing like fire \ ... To Miss Ferrier. 
 Pleasures, insects on the wing Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 The golden hours, on angel wings, 
 
 S. Ve banks, and hraes^ and streams t 
 Wingj to. And when ye [craiks] wing your annual way 
 
 Frae our cauld shore, El, on Copt. M. H., g. 
 And wings the blast to blaw, . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Then to the blessed, New Jerusalem, 
 
 Fleet wing awa ! , . . To W. Creech. 
 Winged, -'d. Whyles, on the strong-wing'd Tempest flyin, 
 
 Add. to the Dei I. 4. 
 As bees flew hame wi^ lades o' treasure, 
 The minutes wing'd their way wi' pleasure : 
 
 Tarn d Shanter. 6. 
 And straught to Stirling wing'd their flight, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 The social hours, swift-wing'd, unnotic'd fleet ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, j. 
 
 Wi' winged spurs did-ride, . . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Ye winged Hours that o'er us past, . The Lament. 6. 
 
 Proclaim'd the speed of winged day. S. To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Wink. And [Death] tips auld drunken Nanse the wink, 
 
 Adam A — 'j Prayer. 
 For ay she tipp'd the sidelin's wink. 
 
 Come kiss me at your leisure. S. As I gaedup by\ 
 
 Quoth I, ' Before I sleep a wink, 
 
 ' I vow I'll close it ; Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. sist, 6. 
 That ye can please me at a wink, . . , S. O Tibbie!^ 
 with a would-be roguish leer and wink, Prologue, at Th.^ D.. 
 Thae winks and finger-ends, I dread, 
 
 Are notice takin ! . . . To a Louse. 
 Wink, to. 
 Gie him strong Drink until he wink, Scotch Drink. Mott. . 
 Inspire me, till I lisp an' wink, To sing thy name! , lb. ^. 
 Wink hard, and say, " The folks hae done their best." 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 I scarce could wink or see a styme ; Therms naethin like t 
 Winkers [tlie eye-lashes]. 
 And gart me weet my waukrife winkers, 
 
 Wi' girnan spite. . Ep, to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 Winkin, -an. 
 Thrang winkan on the lasses To chairs . The Holy Fair, 10. 
 Just like a winkin baudrons : . . The Ordination, 10. 
 
 Winn [to winnow]. 
 
 To winn three wechts o' naething ; . . Halloween. 21. 
 Winna [will not]. 
 I winna lie, come what will o' me) , . A Ded. to G. H. , 4. 
 What's no his ain, he winna tak it ; 
 
 What ance he says, he winna break it ; . . . ./b.J. 
 Ev'n there I winna flatter ; , . A Dream, 3. 
 
 But Facts are chiels that winna ding, . . . . lb. 4, 
 
 I winna ventur't in my rhymes A Vision. 
 
 An' it winna let a body be ! . S. Again rej'oic. Nature t 
 
 I may be distress'd, but I winna complain ; 
 
 S. As I was a-wandringf 
 If she winna ease the throes, 
 In my bosom swelling ', , , S, Bly the ha'e I been\ 
 
 Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 1st, 16. 
 
 I winna blaw about mysel. 
 An' if ye winna mak it clink, 
 
 By Jove I'll prose it ! . Jb., Ap. szst, 6. 
 
 She winna come hame to her ain Jock Rab. S. Eppie M''Nab. 
 And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause, 
 May never guid luck be their fa' ! 
 
 I winna let you in, jo. ire.} 
 An' gin she winna tak a man. 
 
 E'en let her tak her will, jo. 
 That gin the lassie winna do't, 
 
 "i'llf 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 S. O Lassicj art thou \ 
 
 . S. steer her up f 
 
 ■ ■ . . IL 
 
 Ve'il fin' anither will, jo. 
 She winna come hame to her Willy. S. Saw ye my Ph^ly. 
 when they winna stand the test, . . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Ye winna bear it ? . . The A uthot's Cry and Prayer, 11. 
 But we winna mention Redcastle, The Election Ballads. III. 
 An' warn him — what I winna name, 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; [v.A.3] 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 Yet that winna save ye, auld Satan must have ye, 
 
 The Kirk's Alartn. 4. 
 But the songster's nest within the bush I winna take away, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 that cursed set, I winna name, . The Twa Herds, 11. 
 
 I winna gang to the dance in Carlyle ha'. 
 
 S. There grows a bonie brier \ 
 Your friendship sir, I winna quat it, Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 An' when wi' Usquebae we've wat it 
 
 It winna break. . . . . lb. 
 
 Chiels wlia their chanters winna hain, . To W. Simpson. 6. 
 
 And winna say owre far for thrice, . V.s to J. Ranken. 
 
 If it winna, canna be, . , . S. Wilt thou be my t 
 
 Winnin [winding]. 
 
 The warpin o't, the winnin o't ; , . S. The cardin o't. 
 Winning. And bent on winning borough towns, 
 
 Tlie Election Ballads. VI. 
 Even Sir, by them your heart's esteem'd, 
 
 An' winning manner. To Rev. J. M^Math. 
 Detraction's eye no aim can gain, 
 Her winning powers to lessen ; . . S. Young Peggy t 
 Winnins [winnings]. 
 Bitter in dool I lickit my winnins 
 O' marrying Bess, to gie her a slave : 
 
 S. O merry hae I been t 
 Winnoek [a window]. 
 Steal thro' the winnoek frae a wh-re, . A Ded. to G. H.^ 8. 
 List'ning, the doors an' winnocks rattle, A Winter Night, 3. 
 some scheme, like tea an' winnocks, 
 
 The Authof's Cry and Prayer. 20. 
 Winnoek-bunker [a seat in a window, op formed by 
 the window sill]. 
 A winnoek-bunker in the east. 
 
 There sat auld Nick, in shape o' beast ; Tam d Shanter. 11, 
 Winnowing. 
 
 Winnowing blythe her dewy wings S. Now Spring has clad ^ 
 
 Winsome [comely, pleasant, attractive, engaging; 
 
 gay, cheerful, merry]. 
 
 My winsome, weel-far'd Highland laddie ; S.As I caineder\ 
 
 My Love's a winsome wee thing, S. My Love's a ivinsoine f 
 
 She is a winsome wee thing, . . S. My wife's a winsome. 
 
 There was ae winsome wench and wawlie, Tam d Shanter. 13. 
 
 I gat your letter, winsome Willie ; . To W. Simpson. 
 
 Win't [did wind]. 
 
 An' ay she win't, an' ay she swat, . . . Halloween. I2. 
 Winter, 
 wha bide this brattle O' winter war, . A Winter Night. 3. 
 Ae dreary, windy, winter night, . . Add. to the Deil. 7- 
 While maniac Winter rages o'er 
 The hills whence classic Yarrow flows, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 Come Winter, with thine angry howl, 
 
 Again rejoicing Nature t 
 6". Bonie Bell. 
 
 And surely winter grimly flies ; 
 Then in his turn comes gloomy Winter, 
 But now our joys are fled 
 On winter blasts awa ! 
 
 lb. 
 
 . S. But lately seen, t 
 
 Winter, hurlingthro' the air 
 
 The roaring blast, 
 
 El. on Capt. M. H.^ 13. 
 
 Wild as the winter now tearing the forest, 
 
 Sx Gloomy December, 
 
Winter 
 
 S35 
 
 Wise 
 
 When winter rules with boundless power, 
 
 ^S". H<ym can my poor heart t 
 And nights are lang in winter, Sir, 
 
 lS". fm der young to marry. 
 Old winter with Ms frosty beard, 
 
 Improjn.i on Mrs. — V Birthday. 
 
 And winter once rejoic'd in glory lb. 
 
 And in the narrow house o' death 
 
 Let winter round me rave ; . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 Where the wild winds of winter incessantly rave, 
 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 IVe seen yon weary winter-sun 
 
 Twice forty times return ; Man was made to Mourn. 3. 
 And winter nights were dark and rainy ; 
 
 S. Montgotft^s Peggy. 
 The dark, dreary winter, and wild-driving snaw, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 Thou hear'st the winter wind and weet, S, O Lassie^ art thou t 
 Like drumlie winter, dark and drear, S. Logan ! sweetly t 
 Tho' raging winter rent the air ; . S. O watye whcCs in \ 
 By autumn wild, and winter rude ! . S. O were my love t 
 It's no the frosty winter wind, S. Oh^ how can I be blythe t 
 The weary winter soon will pass, . , . lb. 
 
 When thou shrunk frae the scowl of the loud winter storm. 
 
 On Death offav. Child. 
 braving angry winter's storms, . . S. Peggy Chabners. 
 Robin promis'd me A' my winter vittle ; 
 
 S. Robin shure in hairst. 
 An' hardly, in a winter season. 
 
 E'er spier her [my Muse's] price. Scotch Drink. 14. 
 I could wake a winter night, 
 
 For the sake of Somebody. . . . S, Somebody. 
 
 More welcome were to me grim winter's wildest roar. 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 See aged winter 'mid his surly reign, Sonnet^ wr. on Birthday. 
 Never bound by winter's chains ! S. Streams that glide t 
 
 When Winter muffles up his cloak, . TaTn Samson's El.. 
 Picking her pouch as bare as Winter, 
 
 The A uthors Cry and Prayer. 
 Fotatoe-bings are snugged up frae skaith 
 Of coming Winter's biting, frosty breath ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 But twa-three winters will inform ye better. . . lb. 7. 
 
 Then Winter's time-bleach'd locks did hoary show, 
 By Hospitality with cloudless brow. ... lb. 13. 
 
 Tho' winter wild in tempest toil'd, S. The day returns f 
 
 The Autumn mourns her rip'ning corn 
 
 By early Winter's ravage torn ; . S. The gloomy night t 
 What tho', with hoary locks I must stand the winter shocks, 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 As autumn to winter resigns the pale year. S. The lazy mist \ 
 Alike in the winter, the cold, and the weet ; 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Thro' Winter's cauld, or Summer's heat ; The Twa Dogs, sg. 
 The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last, 
 
 The Winter it is past \ 
 Like winter on me seizes, , S. TheyngHighl. Rover. 
 I mean your ingle-side to guard 
 
 Ae winter night. . Third Ep. to J. Lap. 
 An' weary Winter comin fast, . . To a Mouse. 
 
 To thole the Winter's sleety dribble, An' cranreuch cauld! lb. 
 Streekit out to bleach In winter snaw ; . . To W. Creech. 
 Ev n winter bleak has charms to me, . To W. Simpson. 
 Or Winter howls, in gusty storms. 
 
 The lang, dark night ! . . . .lb. 
 Through weary winter's wind and rain 
 
 S. ' Twos even — the dewy t 
 Sae loud and shill's I hear the blast, 
 
 I'm sure it's winter fairly. . . S. Up in the morning. 
 When a' the hills are cover'd wi' snaw, 
 
 I'm sure it's winter fairly, [re. ] . ... lb. 
 
 And lang's the night frae e'^en to mom, 
 
 I'm sure it's winter fairly lb. 
 
 Winter winds blew, loud and cauld, at our parting, 
 
 S. Wandering Willie. 
 And grim, surly winter is near ? . S. Where are the joys t 
 Tho' women's minds like winter winds S. Women^s Minds. 
 As blooming spring unbends the brow 
 Of surly, savage winter. . . . S. Young Peggy \ 
 Winter-day. 
 Wi' merry dance in winter-days, The Ans, to the Guidwife. 
 
 The short'ning winter-day is near a close ; 
 
 The Cotiet^s Sae. Night. 
 The sun had clos'd the winter-day, . The Vision. D, I. 
 
 The joyless winter-day, Let others fear, . Winter. 
 
 Winter-bound. 
 
 When winter-bound the wave is ; . . ^S". Lovely Davies. 
 Winter-hap [wlnter-clothlng]. 
 'Twas when the stacks get on their winter-hap, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Wintle [a staggering motion]. 
 
 An' tumbl'd wi' a wintle Out owre that night. Halloween, ig. 
 Wintle, to [to stagger, reel ; wriggle, writhe]. 
 An' wintle like a saumoht-coble, A Gude New- Year 1 7- 
 
 But may she wintle in a woodie, Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 To him that wintles in a halter : . Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 Wintry. And curled as the wintry wave, As on the ban/is^ 
 The wintry sun the day has clos'd, S. Behind yon hills t 
 
 Mv trunk of eild, but buss or beild, 
 
 Sinks in time's wintry rage. . . S. But lately seen t 
 
 Around me scowls a wintry sky, . S. Forlorn, my Love t 
 the howling wintry blast . S. Lassie wV the lintwhite t 
 
 Ye howling winds, and wintry swelling waves ! 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 Low in your wintry beds, ye flowers. 
 
 Again ye'll flourish fresh and fair ; S. The Catrine woods \ 
 When all his wintry billows pour 
 
 Against the Buchan BuUers. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Turbid torrents, wintry swelling, . . S. Thickest nighty 
 The Wintry West extends his blast, . . Winter. 
 
 Winze [an oath; "loot a winze," uttered an oath]. 
 
 An' loot a winze, an' drew a stroke, . . Halloween. 23. 
 
 Wipe. Longing to wipe each tear, to heal each groan, 
 
 Ep. ioR. Graham. 3. 
 
 Wisdom, Know, prudent, cautious, self-controul 
 
 Is Wisdom's root. A Bards Epit.. 
 
 Or say, ye wisdom want, or fire, 
 
 To rule this mighty nation ; . . , A Drea7n. 5. 
 
 That frequent pass douce Wisdom's door 
 
 Add. to Unco Guid. 2. 
 
 Unlike sage proverb'd wisdom's hard wrung boon. 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham, jr. 
 
 Who life and wisdom at one race begun, . . . lb. 
 
 How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite ! 
 
 Frag.., inscr. to Fox. 
 
 The greybeard, old wisdom, may boast of his treasures, 
 
 Lns, on Windows., Gl. Tav. . 
 
 Want only of wisdom denied her respect, 
 
 Monody, on a Lady. Epit. 
 
 wild from wisdom's way, . . Sent to a Gent, offended. 
 
 in the way His Wisdom sees the best, 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. z8. 
 
 Here's the worth and wisdom Collieston can boast ; 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 
 Sir Wisdom's a fool when he's fou ; The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 O love will venture in, where wisdom ance has been ; 
 
 S, The Posie. 
 
 Wise. Was quick to learn and wise to know, A Bard's Epit. 
 
 To suit some wise design ; . A Prayer under Anguish, 
 
 And as we're merry, may we still be wise, 
 
 ™ T>- -Jr.- I,. ■ r , Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 
 The Rigid Righteous is a fool, 
 
 The Rigid Wise anither : Add. to Unco Guid. Mott. 
 
 If Happiness hae not her seat 
 
 And center in the breast, 
 We may be wise, or rich, or great, 
 
 But never can be blest : . . . Ep. to Davie. J. 
 
 But as the clegs o' feeling stang 
 
 Are wise or fool. . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 
 Ye wise ones, hence! ye hurt the social eye ! 
 
 ™,, T, , ■ ir , . Ep. to R. Graham, s. 
 
 Ihe iiench sae wise lift up their eyes, 
 
 Extern, in Court of Session. 
 
 It's guid to be merry and wise, 3". Here's a health to them \ 
 
 Be they wise, be they foolish, is nothing of mine ; 
 
 Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 This day's propitious to be wise in. Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 Then is it wise to damp our bliss ? . . . .lb 
 
 O Tam" ! hadst thou but been sae wise, 
 
 As ta'en thy ain wife Kate's advice ! Tarn 0' Shanter. 3. 
 
 Men wha grew wise priggin owre hops an' raisins, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 10. 
 
Wise 
 
 536 
 
 Wit 
 
 And my son Maitland, wise as brave, 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 Ye are sae grave, nae doubt ye're wise ; . To J. S., sS. 
 In hopes to be mair wise, . y.s, on Window, Carron. 
 
 Say, to be just, and kind, and wise. 
 There solid self-enjoyment lies ; . Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Wisemen, 
 
 Nay, what are priests ? those seeming godly wisemen : 
 
 Lfts on WindoWf K.^s Anns. 
 Wiser. 
 In ploughman phrase ' God send you speed,' 
 
 Still daily to grow wiser ; . Ep. to Young Friend, ii. 
 
 Wiser men than me's beguil'd, . S. First when Maggy t 
 If wiser too — he hinted some suggestion, Prologue^ at Th., D.. 
 Wisest. The wisest Man the warl' saw, 
 
 He dearly lov'd the lasses, O. [v. A. 24] 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Wish. But whilst your wishes and endeavours, 
 
 Are blest with Fortune's smiles and favours, 
 
 A Ded. toG. H.,IS. 
 Let Fortune's gifts at random flee, 
 
 They ne'er shall draw a wish frae me, . S. Bonie Lassie t 
 Ye little know the ills ye court, 
 
 When Manhood is your wish ! . Despondency, an Ode. 5. 
 Nae mair ungen'rous wish I hae, . . S. It is na, Jean,\ 
 Why was an independent wish 
 
 E'er planted in my mind? . Man was made to Mourn. 
 Tho' to be rich was not my wish, 
 Yet to be great was charming, O : 
 
 S. My father was a farmer \ 
 Up to a Parent's wish. . . . O Thou dread Pow'r\ 
 Nor his warm-urged wishes. . . . On W. Chalmers. 
 Is th' wish o' mony mae than me : . Tarn Samsonls El,, 14. 
 Ev'n then a wish (I mind its power) 
 A wish, that to my latest hour 
 
 Shall strongly heave my breast ; The Ans. to the Gmdwife. 
 For whom my warmest wish to heaven is sent ! 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 20. 
 Had I on earth but wisHes'three, 
 
 The first should be my Anna. S. The gowd. Locks of A . 
 Each night and mom with voice imploring, 
 
 This wish I sigh ; . . . The Hermit. 
 To grant my highest wishes, . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 He had no wish but — to be glad. The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 And not a Wish to gild the gloom ! . . The Lament. 
 Thro' a long life his hopes and wishes crown ; 
 
 To R. G. ofF., g. 
 Wish, to. 
 What wad ye wish for mair, man ? A Bottle and Friend. 
 
 A humble Bardie wishes ! . . . . A Dream. /. 
 A Guid New-year I wish you Maggie! A Guid New-Year ^ 
 I wish her sale for her gude ale, 
 
 S. A' the lads 0' Thomie-hnk t 
 I wish a heckle Were in their doup. . Add. to Toothache. 
 My passion I will ne'er declare, 
 
 I'll say, I wish thee well. . . . S. Ah,Chloris\ 
 An' Auchenbay, I wish him joy; . . Attld comrade i 
 But friends an' folk that wish me well, 
 
 They sometimes roose me ; Ep, to /. L — k, Ap. zst, 16. 
 Wha I wish were maggots' meat, . S. First when Maggie t 
 And wha winna wish guid luck to our cause, 
 May never guid luck be their fa' I 
 
 . S. Here's a health to them t 
 And as wi' thee I'd wish to live. 
 
 For thee I'd bear to die. . . . S. It is na, Jean,\ 
 And aye I wish him back again. 
 
 ^. My Harry was a gallant t 
 It's not the roar 0' sea or shore, 
 
 Wad make me langer wish to tarry ; . S. My Bonie Mary. 
 And I the warld nor wish nor scorn, S. O bonie was yon rosy\ 
 And here's to them that wish us weel, S. May thy mom f 
 I come to wish you all a good new year 1 
 
 Prologue, at Th,, D.. 
 And wish them in hell for it a', man. . Ronalds ofBennals. 
 Ye Scots wha wish auld Scotland well, . Scotch Drink. 16. 
 I wish you luck o' the prize man. S, The deil ca^nfiddlifi \ 
 But, if ye wish her gratefu' pray'r, 
 
 Gie her a Haggis. . . . To a Haggis. 
 Yet love to friendship shall give way, 
 
 I cannot wish it less Tp Clarinda. 
 
 Nae heart could wish for more. . . V.s to a Landlady. 
 
 I could wish nae man to get ye, 
 
 Save it were my very sel, . S. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Wished, -'d, Wisht. 
 
 Ev'n when the wished end's deny'd. Despondency, an Ode. 2, 
 
 For Eighty-eight he wish'd you [ministers] weel, 
 
 , . . El. on Year 1788. 
 
 placd by thee .upon the wishd-for height 
 
 . , , . ^ . , . ,. Ep.toR. Graham. 5. 
 
 And for thy potence vamly wisht, 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 It is the wish'd, the trysted hour ; 
 
 S. O Mary, at thy window j 
 He gaz'd, he wish'd, he fear'd, he blush'd, 
 
 S. On a hank of flowers t 
 Wish'd unison between the pair, The Jolly Beggars. R. VII. 
 How have I wish'd for Fortune's charms, 
 
 For her dear sake, and her's alone ! . . The Lament. 
 De'il tak the war ! I late and air 
 
 Hae wish'd since Jock departed ; S. The 'tither morn \ 
 
 And wished they'd been at hame, man. The Tree of Liberty. 
 And wished that Parnassus a vineyard had been. 
 
 The Whistle. 11. 
 Wishfully. 
 
 Wishfully I look and languish 
 In that bonie face of thine ; . .S". Bonie wee thing] 
 
 Wishin', Wishin' the ten Egyptian plagues 
 
 Wad seize you quick. Letter to J. Goudie. 
 Wiss [to wish]. The bonie lasses weel may wiss him, 
 
 On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 I'll bless her and wiss her 
 
 A Friend above the Lift. . Wr. on Leaf of- H. More." 
 Hae there's my haun', I wiss you weel. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 Wist. 
 The music of thy voice I heard. 
 
 Nor wist while it enslav'd me ; S. Farewell^ thou stream t 
 She charm'd my soul, I wist na how ; S. Igaed a waeju' t 
 But little wist she Maggie's mettle Tarn o' Shanter. 18. 
 
 And wist na o' my fate. S. The Banks ofDoon. Sett II. 
 
 He wist na whare he was gaun, O. S. The Cooper 0' cuddy t 
 And ay she wist na what to say ; 
 
 S. The Lass that made the bed. 
 And I hae lost my lightsome heart 
 
 That little wist a fa'. . . The Rmn£d Maid's Lament. 
 And lang ere witless Jeanie wist. 
 Her heart was tint, her peace was stown ! 
 
 ^. There was a lass t 
 Yet wist na what her ail might be, ... lb. 
 
 Wistful, 
 I'll westward turn my wistful eye : .S". Behold the hour] 
 
 " Though oft I turn'd the wistful eye, 
 
 "Nae ray of fame was to be found : Lament for Glencaim. 
 And pensive gaze with wistful eyes, . On Lincluden. 
 
 Wistfully. 
 
 Sae wistfully she gaz'd on me, . S. When wild War's t 
 Wit. By cantraip wit. 
 
 Is instant made no worth a louse Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 Wit and Grace, and Love and Beauty, 
 
 In ae constellation shine ; . S. Bonie wee thing] 
 
 If thou hast wit, and fun, and fire, 
 
 And ne'er gude wine did fear, El. on Capt. M. H., Epit. 
 A wit in folly, and a fool in wit, , . . Ep.fr. EsoPus. 
 Yet ne'er with Wits prophane to range, 
 Be complaisance extended ; Ep. to Young Friend, 9. 
 
 They [Misfortunes] gie the wit of Age to Youth ; 
 
 Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 
 There's wit there [in losses and crosses], ye'U get there, 
 
 Ye'll find nae other where lb. 7. 
 
 Gie me o' wit an' sense a lift, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 21st, 13. 
 But your curst wit, when it comes near it, 
 
 Rives't aff their back. 
 Yet tho' his caustick wit was biting, rude, 
 His heart was' warm, benevolent, and good. 
 
 Extern, on W. Sntelhe. 
 
 Who is proof to thy personal converse and wit. 
 
 Is proof to all other temptation. . . Extern, to Mr. S. 
 Thou first of our orators, first of our wits ; Frag, inscr. to Fox. 
 Ye men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering 
 
 Lns on Window, K, s Arms. 
 
 In this braw age 0' wit and lear. Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 well-form'd taste, and sparkling wit Prologue, sp. by Woods, 
 
 An' strive, wi' a' your Wit an' Lear, , „ o 
 
 To get remead. The Authors Cry and Prayer. 18. 
 
 Ep. to J. R.,3' 
 
wit 
 
 537 
 
 WIzen'd 
 
 Miss Smith she has wit, and Miss Betty is braw : 
 
 The Belies ofMauchline. 
 In Ayr, Wag-wits nae mair can have a handle 
 
 Tke Brigs of Ayr. lo. 
 This Hal for genius, wit, and lore, 
 
 Among the first was number'd ; . . The Dean of Fac.. 
 The' wit and worth in either sex, 
 
 St. Mary's Isle can shaw that, The Election Ballads. II. 
 For woman's wit, or strength o' man, 
 
 Alas ! can do but what they can ; . , . lb. VI. 
 
 Altho* his carnal Wit an' Sense ^ 
 Like hafilins-wise overcomes him At times 
 
 The Holy Fair. 17. 
 It kindles Wit, it waukens Lear, 
 
 It pangs us fou 0' Knowledge I&. ig. 
 
 Wi' your liberty's chain and your wit ; The Kirk's Alarm. 
 If ill manners were wit, there's no mortal so fit . . lb. 
 Holy Will, Holy Will, there was wit i' your skull, 
 
 When ye pilfer'd the alms 0' the poor ; . . lb. 
 
 Such conduct neither spirit, wit, nor manners. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 Love blinks, Wit slaps, an' social Mirth 
 Forgets there's care upo' the earth. . The Tiua Dogs, tg. 
 Craigdarroch so famous for wit, worth, and law ; 
 
 The Whistle. 6. 
 Than the sense, wit, and taste of a sweet lovely dame. lb. 10. 
 Has blest me with a random-shot 
 
 O' countra wit. . . . To J, 3.^6. 
 But give me real, sterling Wit, And I'm content. . lb. 23. 
 Or hops the flavour of thy wit ; . . .To Mr. Syme. 
 But there is ane aboon the lave, 
 
 Has wit, and sense, and a' that ; . S. WometCs Minds. 
 And when Wit and Refinement hae polish'd her darts, 
 
 S. Yon -wild mossy mountains t 
 Wit, to. 
 She lets thee to wit, that she has thee forgot, S. Ep^ie M^Nab. 
 Or art thou wakin, I would wit, S. O Lassie^ art thou t 
 
 Witch. Laugh in Misfortune's face — the beldam witch I 
 
 Add. s^. by Fontenelle. 
 An' hillocks, stanes, an' bushes kenn'd ay 
 
 Frae ghaists an' witches. Death and Dr. Hornbook. 3. 
 Lincluden's ugly witch ; . EJiit. on Grizel Grim. 
 
 the melkle deil, Wi' a' his witches 
 Are at it, skelpin ! jig and reel, 
 
 In my poor pouches. . Friend 0/ the poet \ 
 And you, deep-read in hell^s black grammar, 
 
 Warlocks and witches ; On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 A broom-stick 0' the witch of Endor, . ... lb. 
 Warlocks and witches in a dance ; Ta7n 0' Shanter. 11. 
 
 Wad ever grac'd a dance of witches ! . . . lb. /J. 
 So_ Maggie runs, the witches follow, 
 
 Wi' mony an eldritch skreech and hollow. . lb. 17. 
 
 Witchcraft. Awa' wi' your witchcraft o' beauty's alarms, 
 
 S. Awd wV yr witchcraft \ 
 Witching, -in. 
 And Hst'ning to their [Passions] witching voice 
 
 Has often led me wrong. A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 For Oh ! the yellow treasure's taen 
 
 By witching skill ; . Add. to the Deil. 20. 
 The witching cursed delicious blinkers 
 
 Hae put me hyte, . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 10. 
 the flowery snare Of witching love, S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 Such witching books are baited hooks . O leave novels \ 
 It wants to me the witching grace, S. O this is no my ain t 
 Nae snap conceits, but that sweet spell 
 
 O' witchin love. Poem on Pastoral Pdetry. 
 I thought upon the witching smile 
 That caught my youthful fancy : S. When wild War's t 
 Witha' [withal]. 
 And wasna Cockpen yight saucy witha', 
 
 S. O when she cam ben t 
 For he's bonie and l?raw, weel favour'd with a', 
 
 S. There's a youth \ 
 Withdrawn. Sun, moon, and stars withdrawn a' ; 
 
 S. Thegowd. Locks of A, 
 Wither, Your beauty's a flower, in the morning that blows. 
 And withers the faster, the faster it grows ; 
 
 S. Awc^ wi' yr witchcraft^ 
 
 Pale sickness withers lika grace, . . . Fragment. 
 
 They fade and they wither awa, man. Ronalds ofBennals. 
 
 When yon green leaves fade frae the tree. 
 
 Around my grave they'll wither. .S". Sweet fa's the eve t 
 
 3Y 
 
 Withered, -'d. 
 
 Warlocks grim, an' wither'd Hags, . Add. to the Deil. g. 
 But whi^ cam like a frost in June, 
 
 And wither'd a* our posies. . . iS*. Awa^ whigs^ awa. 
 View the wither'd beldam's face Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 But wither'd beldams, auld and droll, Tarn 0' Shanter. 14. 
 But long ere night cut down it lies 
 
 All wither'd and decay'd. . . The ist 6 V.s efgoth Ps. 
 Despise that Shrimp, that withered Imp, 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. VI. 
 Their visage wither'd, lang an' thin, 
 
 An' sour as ony slaes : ... The Holy Fair, 3. 
 
 Within this dear mansion may wayward contention 
 
 Or withered envy ne'er enter ; . S. The sons of old Killie. 
 And the thyme it is wither'd, and rue is in prime, {re.l 
 
 S. There liv'd ance a carle \ 
 As feckless as a wither'd rash, . . To a Haggis. 
 
 Withering. 
 raging fortune's withering blast [r^.] S. Luckless Fortune. 
 And now beneath the withering blast 
 
 My youth and joy consume, S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Virtue's blossoms there shall blow, 
 
 And fear no withering blast ; . . . Sad thy tale., t 
 Ye birdies dumb, in with'ring bowers, 
 
 Again ye'Il charm the vocal air. . S. The Catrine woods t 
 Dry-withering, waste my foamy streams. 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Within. 
 
 But Och! it hardens a' within, . Ep. to Young Friend. 6. 
 Without. Would thou hae nobles' patronage, 
 " First learn to live without it ! " 
 
 Extern, on Commem.s of Thomson. 
 Wlthoutten [without]. 
 Ye Maukins, cock your fud fu' braw, 
 
 Withoutten dread : . Tarn Samson's El.. 7. 
 Withstand. 
 And he wad gae to London town. 
 Might nae man him withstand. , The Election Ballads. I. 
 Withstood. 
 Have oft withstood assailing War, Add. to Edinburgh. $. 
 ' But yet the bauld Apothecary 
 
 Withstood the shock ; Death and Dr. Hornbook. 18. 
 Witless, witless, trusting woman . S. O Lassie, art thouf 
 But there's a youth, a witless youth, 
 That fills the place Where she should be ; 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of A lb. 
 And lang ere witless Jeanie wist, 
 Her heart was tint, her peace was stown ! 
 
 S. There was a lass t 
 Witness. And there I left for witness, an arm and a limb ; 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 A whisp'ring throb did witness bear 
 
 Of kindred sweet, . The Vision. D. II. 
 
 Then han' in nieve some day we'll knot it, 
 
 An' witness take, . Third Ep. to J. Lap.. 
 
 Witness, to. 
 
 The courtier's gems may witness love S. Behold, my love t 
 Witness my heart, how oft with panting fear, 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 Witness that filial circle round, . Sketch. New-Y-^s Day. 
 To witness what I after shall narrate ; The Brigs of Ayr. 3. 
 Does the sober bed of Marriage 
 
 Witness brighter scenes of love? The Jolly Beggars. S. VIII. 
 A bard was selected to witness the fray, The Whistle. 11. 
 
 Witnessed, -*d. But purer was the lover's vow 
 
 They witness'd in their shade yestreen. 
 
 S. O bonie "was yon rosy f 
 Bright Phoebus ne'er witnessed so joyous a corps, 
 
 The Whistle. 13. 
 Wits. Dulness, with redoubled sway 
 
 Has seized the wits of Symon Gray. . Symon Gray f 
 Witty, Or witty catches, . Ep. to J. L—k,Ap. ist, 6. 
 A wildly-witty, rustic grace . . The Vision. D. I. 10. 
 Then muse-inspirin' aqua-vitae 
 Shall make us baith sae blythe an' witty. 
 
 Third Ep. to J. Lap,. 
 Willie was a witty wight, . . . . To W. Creech. 
 Wives V. Wife, 
 Wizard. 
 Love sits in her smile, a wizard ensnaring ; 
 
 S, True-hearted was he i 
 Wizened. I'll light now, and dight now, 
 
 His sweaty, wizen'd hide. . Ep. to Davie. 11. 
 
Wo 
 
 538 
 
 Woman 
 
 Wo. Alas the day, and wo the day, S. The bonie Lass of A lb, 
 Wodpow [Rev. Peter, ministep of Tarbolton]. 
 
 Auld W — w, lang has hatch'd mischief, The Twa Herds. 13. 
 WoOi But oh, it was a tale of woe, . . .A Vision. 
 
 Sending, like hloodhounds from the slip, 
 
 Woe, Want, and Murder o'er a land ! A Winter Night. 7. 
 Come weel come woe, I care na by, ^S". Behind yon hills t 
 
 Come weel come woe, we'll gather and go, 
 
 S. Come boat tne o'er. 
 My woes here, shall close ne'er, 
 
 But with the closing tomb ! , Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 But now, what else for me remains 
 
 But tales of woe ; . El. on Capi. M. H., ti. 
 A workhouse ! ah, that sound awakes my woes, 
 
 Ep.fr. EsQpus. 
 The pitying Heart that felt for human Woe ; 
 
 Epit. for Author's Father. 
 There would I weep my woes, . . S. Had I a cave t 
 To work him farther woe, . . , John Barleycorn. 
 'Twill make a man forget his woe ; . . ^ , lb. 
 " The voice of woe and wild despair ! Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 ' ' A day to me so full of woe ? lb. 
 
 Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe 
 
 Frae woman's pitying e'e. . Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 What woes wring my heart Lament, on leaving Nat. Land. 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Woe, Lns on Fergusson. 
 Fell source of a' my woe and grief ; 
 
 Lns, on Back of Bank Note. 
 Or haply, prest with cares and woes, Man was made to Mourn. 
 The weary steps o' woe. , . S. Now Springhas clad\ 
 The wretch whase doom is "hope nae mair,'' 
 
 What tongue his woes can tell ; lb. 
 
 Oh, nought but love and sorrow join'd. 
 
 Sic notes of woe could wauken ! S. O stay, sweet warbling\ 
 May He, the friend of woe and want, 
 
 On Birth ofPosih. Child. 
 She [Justice] sunk abandon 'd to the wildest woe. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 To mourn the woes my country must endure, . . lb. 
 In weeds of woe that frantic beat her breast. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 Her form majestic droop'd in pensive woe, . . .lb. 
 She's from a world of woe relieved. On Poefs Daughter. 
 
 The last, sad cape-stane of his woes ; , Poor Mailie's El.. 
 Her smiling, sae wyling, 
 
 Would make a wretch forget his woe : . S. Sae flaxen t 
 Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure, 
 
 Scenes that former thoughts renew ; S. Scenes of woe t 
 
 By oppression's woes and pains, . . S. Scots, wha hcCe t 
 Chords that vibrate sweetest pleasure. 
 
 Thrill the deepest notes of woe, . . . S. Sensibility, t 
 Yes, pour, ye warblers, pour the notes of woe, [v.A.io] 
 
 Sonnet on Death ofR. 
 And [Love] plunged me deep in woe. S. Talk not of Love t 
 The gust o' joy, the balm of woe. The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 And Thurlow growl a curse of woe. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Woe ne'er assails in vain ; . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 With woe I nightly vigils keep, . . . The Lament. 
 
 Awakes me up to toil and woe : lb. 
 
 While here I sit all sore beset 
 
 With sorrow, grief, and wo ; . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 Without this tree, alake this life 
 
 Is but a vale o' woe, man ; . . The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 The wailing minstrel of despairing woe ; . The Vowels. 
 
 Sad knowledge makes me know that your hearts are full of woe, 
 
 A woe that no mortal can cure. S. The Winter it is Past t 
 
 Who long with wants and woes has striv'n. 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 As modest want the tale of woe reveals ; To Miss Graham. 
 Though prest with care and sunk in woe, 
 
 S. To thee, lov'd Nithi 
 Enjoyment I'll seek in my woe, . S. Where are the joys t 
 Thou Pow'r Supreme, whose mighty Scheme, 
 
 These woes of mine fulfil ; Winter. 
 
 Woe-delighted. Thy cruel, woe-delighted train, 
 
 The ministers of Grief and Pain, To Ruin. 
 Woe-worn, A woe-worn ghaist I hameward glide. 
 
 S. Again rejoicing Nature t 
 Woeful, -fu% Wofu'. 
 Or dark as misery's woeful night Sketch. New-Yr's Day. 
 
 Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! . Tam 0' Shanter. 18. 
 The Brethren o' the mystic level 
 
 May hing their head in wofu' bevel, Tam Samsot^s EL. 
 
 That woefu* morn be ever mourn'd . . .lb. 8. 
 
 *' O thou, whase lamentable face 
 
 Appears to mourn iny woefu' case ! The Death ofMailie. 
 Wolf, Even as two howling, ravenjng wolves 
 
 To dogs do turn their tail. . New Psalmody. 
 We still keep the ravening wolf from the door. 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Woman. 
 To say her pray'rs, douse, honest woman ! A dd. to the Deil. 6. 
 Still gentler [scan] sister Woman j Add. to the Unco Guid. 7. 
 The billows on the ocean, The breezes idly roaming. 
 The clouds' uncertain motion, They are but types of woman. 
 
 S. Deluded swain f 
 And dare the war with all of woman born : Ep.Jr. Esopus. 
 Here lyes a man a woman rul'd. 
 
 The devil rul'd the woman. Epit. on Henpecked Squire. 
 And to the wealthy booby 
 
 Poor woman sacrifice : . . . , lS". How cruets 
 "One of two must still obey, - - - 
 
 " Is it man or woman, say, . . S. Husband, husband \ 
 Let not woman e'er complain 
 
 Of inconstancy in love ; 
 Let not woman e'er complain, 
 
 Fickle man is apt to rove : . . S. Let not woman f 
 
 thou false woman. My sister and my fae, 
 
 Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The weeping blood in woman's breast 
 
 Was never known to thee ; 
 Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe 
 
 Frae woman's pitying e'e. . . . . . lb. 
 
 Lns under Pict. of Miss B. 
 
 True it is, she had one failing. 
 
 Had ae woman ever less ? . 
 If ye gie a woman a' her will, 
 
 Gude faith she'll soon o'er-gang ye, 
 
 S, O ay my wife she dang. 
 Let witless, trusting woman say 
 
 How aft her fate's the same, jo. S, O Lassie, art thou t 
 May woman on him turn her back, . On W. Stewart. 
 To glut that direst foe — a vengeful woman : 
 A woman — tho' the phrase may seem uncivil. 
 As able — and as wicked as the devil ! . . Scots Prologue. 
 But woman is but warld's gear, . S. She's fait- andfause t 
 Whae'er ye be that woman love, . . . , lb. 
 
 Nae ferlie 'tis tho' fickle she prove 
 
 A woman has't by kind lb. 
 
 O woman, lovely woman fair. 
 
 An angel form's faun to thy share ! , ... lb. 
 
 Kate soon will be a woefu' woman ! Tam o* Shanter. 18. 
 
 The gust o' joy, the balm of woe. 
 
 The saul o' life, the heav'n below. 
 
 Is rapture-giving woman. The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 She, honest woman, may think shame 
 
 That ye're connected with her. lb. 
 
 The Mother, wi' a woman's wiles, The Cottet^s Sat, Night. 8. 
 For woman's wit, or strength o' man, 
 
 Alas ! can do but what they can ; The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Nae woman in the Country wide 
 
 Sae happy was as me. .9. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Nae woman in the warld wide 
 
 Sae wretched now as me lb. 
 
 An' cheese an' bread, frae women's laps, 
 
 Was dealt about in lunches. An' dawds The Holy Fair. 23. 
 Of all the women in the world, 
 
 I never could come at her. . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 A faithless woman's broken vow. - . . The Lament. 
 And by them lies the dearest lad 
 
 That ever blest a woman's ee! . . S. The lovely lassi 
 The Rights of Woman merit some attention. 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 One sacred Right of Woman is protection. . , . lb. 
 Let Majesty your first attention summon. 
 Ah ! fa ira! "The Majesty of Woman ! , . . .lb. 
 There's some exceptions, man an' woman ; The Twa Dogs. 34. 
 Or women sonsie, saft an' sappy, 
 
 'Tween morn an' morn, Theris naethin like t 
 dear, deluding woman, The joy of joys! . To J, S.,14. 
 Even silly woman has her warlike arts, To R. G. ofF.. 
 
 But woman, nature's darling child I 
 
 There all her charms she does compile ; 
 
 S. Twos even— the dewy \ 
 
Woman 
 
 539 
 
 Wood 
 
 Tho* women's minds like winter winds 
 May shift and turn, and a* that, . . S. Women's Minds. 
 Woman-grown. 
 
 Their eldest hope, their Jenny, woman-grown, 
 
 Tke Cotter's Sat. Night. 
 Woman-kind. 
 Falsest of woman-kind, canst thou declare, 
 All thy fond-plighted vows, fleeting as air ! S. Had I a cave t 
 
 that's the queen o' woman-kind, ^S". O wat ye wka that Iocs \ 
 For she's the pink o* womankind, and blooms without a peer ; 
 
 S. The Paste. 
 Womb. 
 
 When frae my mither's womb I fell, 
 
 Thou might ha'e plunged me in hell, Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 Won, Shall bloom that wreath thou well hast won ; 
 
 Add. to Shade 0/ Thomson. 
 And thack and rape secure the toil-won crap ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 2. 
 For prodigal thoughtless bestowing. 
 
 His merit had won him respect. The Election Ballads. Ill, 
 She won each gaping burgess' heart, . . . lb. VI. 
 " The field thou hast won, by yon bright god of day 1 " 
 
 The Whistle. 18. 
 
 1 hae won their wanton favour. . .S". Wantonness Jhr ever t 
 Won [to dwell]. 
 
 There wons auld Colin's bonie lass, S. My Lord a-hunting t 
 There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen, 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 Wonder. 
 Nae wonder he's as black's the grun, 
 
 Observe wha's standing wi' him. Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 Nae wonder then they've fatal been 
 
 To honest Willie Chalmers. . . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 No wonder I'm fond of a Sodger laddie. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. II. 
 My gazing wonder chiefly drew ; . The Vision. D. 1. 12. 
 The eye with wonder and amazement fills ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Wonder, to. 
 I wonder didna turn thy stomach. . Tom d Shanter. 14. 
 
 They -only wonder *' some folks '' do not starve. 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.,7. 
 Wonder 'd. 
 I've aften wonder'd, honest Luath, 
 
 What sort o' life poor dogs like you have ; The Tiua Dogs. 7. 
 Wonderful, -fu'. 
 In the make of that wonderful creature, call'd Man, 
 
 Fragments, inscr. to Fox. 
 They're maistly wonderfu' contented ; The Twa Dogs. 11. 
 Wondering, -'ring. 
 The polish'd jewel's blaze 
 
 May draw the wond'ring gaze, . S, Mark yonder Pomp t 
 Crowd thick on fancy's wondering eye, . . On Lincluden. 
 Far in their shade my Peggy's charms 
 First blest my wond'ring eyes. . . S. Peggy Chalmers. 
 Wondrous. Reverence with lowly heart 
 
 Him whose wondrous work thou art ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage^ F. C. 
 Wonn'd [dwelt]. 
 There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, Scroggam ; 
 
 S. Scroggam. 
 Wonner [wonder, a term of contempt]. 
 Our Whipper-in, wee, blastet wonner, . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 Ye ugly, creepan, blastet wonner, . . To a Louse. 
 
 Wont. Attir'd as minstrels wont to be. . . .A Vision. 
 And smile as thou wert wont to do ? . S. Fairest maid\ 
 Is this the power in freedom's war 
 That wont to bid the battle rage ? . . . Liberty. 
 Wonted. 
 Here, for my fronted rhyming raptures, 
 I sit and count my sins by chapters ; . Ep. to H. Parker. 
 Ance to the Indies I were wonted, Ep. to Maj. Logan, iz. 
 Those wonted smiles, O let me share 1 . S. Fairest maid f 
 With all her [fortune's] wonted malice, O : 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest, 
 
 On seeing womided Hare. 
 He reel'd his wonted bottle-swagger. Tarn SamsotCs El.^ 11. 
 Woo', Woo [wool]. 
 I coft a stane o' haslock woo. 
 To mak a coat to Johnie o t ; . » S^ The cardin dt% 
 
 To scores 0' lambs, an' packs of woo' 1 The Death ofMailie. 
 And casting woo' to me. S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 Wi' woo' like goats, an' legs like trams; [v. A. 19] 
 
 PoorMailie'sEL. 
 Woo, to. 
 When first I gaed to woo my Jenny, A Guid New-Year\ S- 
 In shepherd's phrase will woo : . S. Behold^ my love, t 
 
 Duncan Gray cam' here to woo, . . S. Duncan Gray \ 
 In Highland bonnet woo Malvina's charms ; Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 For weel ye ken the way to woo. . . S. John, come kiss. 
 He [the cotter] woos his simple dearie : S. poortith cauld\ 
 And weel he kend the way to woo, ^S". The Taylor he cam \ 
 Marry, Katie, then we'll woo. S. Will ye go and marry \ 
 Woo'd, 
 
 Wha gets her needs na say he's woo'd, S. My love she's but t 
 Wood. 
 She soon shall see her tender brood, 
 
 The pride, the pleasure o' the wood, S* A rosebud by my t 
 But lately seen, in gladsome green, 
 
 The woods rejoic'd the day, . S, But lately seen t 
 
 And ay the wild wood echoes rang, 
 
 O dearly do I lo'e thee Annie. . S. By Allan stream t 
 But chiefly the woods were her fav'rite resort, S. Caledonia, z. 
 He learned to fear in his own native wood. . . , lb. S- 
 Sweet closes the evening on Craigie-bum wood, 
 
 S. Craigie-bum Wood. 
 the pride of the spring in the Craigie-bum wood, . . lb. 
 Thee, Matthew, Nature's sel shall mourn 
 
 By wood and wild, El. on Capt. M. H., 2. 
 Mourn, ye wee songsters o' the wood ; . . . . Ib.y. 
 Yet Nature's charms, the hills and woods, 
 The sweeping vales, and foaming floods, Ep. to Davie. 4, 
 Hark ! the mavis' evening sang 
 
 Sounding Clouden's woods amang ; S. Hark I the mavis' t 
 Thro' the woods the whirlwinds rave ; S. I dreatn'd I lay t 
 the fading yellow woods . , Lament for Glencaim. 
 
 Ye woods that shed on a' the winds 
 
 The honours of the aged year, , , . . lb. 
 
 Farewell to the forests and wild-hanging woods, 
 
 S. My hearfs in the Highlands f 
 Ye're like to the timmer o' yon rotten wood, 
 
 S. O meikle thinks my love t 
 There wild -woods grow and rivers row, S. Of a the airts t 
 When Willy wander'd thro' the wood, 
 
 S. On a bank of flowers t 
 He overtook her in the wood, ... .lb. 
 
 poor wanderer of the wood and field, On seeing wounded Hare. 
 In wood and wild ye warbling throng, 
 
 Your heavy loss deplore : . On Death of Lap-dog, 
 
 Veneering oft outshines the solid wood : . . Sketch. 
 Ye lavish woods that wave around, S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 No more, ye warblers of the wood, no more, 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR.. 
 Woods that ever verdant wave, S. Streams that glide\ 
 
 The doubling storm roars thro' the woods ; Tatn o' Shanter. 10. 
 To hear the thuds, and see the cluds 
 O' Clans frae woods, in tartan duds, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 The Catrine woods were yellow seen, .5". The Catrine woods t 
 And ay the wild-wood echoes rang, . . .lb. 
 
 As flames amang a hundred woods. The Election Ballads. VI. 
 The gay-green woods, amang, man ; Tke Fite Champetre. 
 That sports by wood or water, . . . . lb. 
 
 The echoing wood, the winding flood, , ... lb. 
 But few enjoy the calm I know in 
 
 This desert wood. . . . The Hermit. 
 Beneath the woods and rocks, aftentimes for a home. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 But I will down yon river rove amang the wood sae green, 
 
 'S'. The Posie. 
 Weel kend his voice thro' a' the wood^ The Twa Herds, 6. 
 Auld, hermit Aire staw thro' his woods, The Vision. D. I. 14. 
 High-shelt'ring woods and wa's maun shield, 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 O'erhung with wild woods thickening green. 
 
 To Mary in Heaven, 
 O sweet are Coila's haughs an' woods, . To W. Simpson. 
 The woods, wild-scattered, clothe their ample sides ; 
 
 Wr, in Kenmore Inn, 
 
Wood 
 
 540 
 
 Work 
 
 The sweeping theatre of hanging woods ; 
 
 IVr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Among the heathy hills and ragged woods 
 
 IVr. hy Fall o/Fyers. 
 Green be your woods, and fair your flowers, 
 
 Ye banks^ and braes, and streams t 
 Andthrough the wood ye sang, lassie ; S. Ye hoe lien wrong. 
 He stays amang the woods and briers, S. Young Jamie \ 
 
 Woodbine, Her breath is the breath o' the woodbine, 
 
 S. Adown winding Nith\ 
 
 O happy be the woodbine bower, S. By Allan stream t 
 
 Ye woodbines hanging bonnilie, 
 
 In scented bowers ; El. on Capi. M. H., S- 
 So deckt the woodbine sweet yon aged tree. 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 briers ap' woodbines budding green, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. ist. 
 And to support his helpless woodbine state, 
 
 Ep. to R. Grahatn. 4. 
 We'll to the breathing woodbine bow'r 
 
 S. Lassie wi* the Untwhite t 
 "The woodbine in the dewy weet, 
 
 " When evening shades in silence meet, . S. O Phely t 
 To see the woodbine twine, S. The Banks o/Doon, Sett IT. 
 Let fragrant birks, in woodbines drest, 
 
 My craggy cliffs adorn ; . The Petition of Br. Wafer. 
 The woodbine I will pu', when the ev'ning star is near, 
 
 S. ThePosie. 
 To see the rose and woodbine twine ; S. Ye banks and braes t 
 
 Woodcock. The Woodcock haunts the lonely dells ; 
 
 S. Now wesilin winds t 
 Wooden. 
 There's wooden walls upon our seas, S. Does haughty Gaulf 
 tho' I must beg with a wooden arm and leg. 
 
 The Jolly Beggars. S. I. 
 Wood-fringed. 
 The lawns wood-fringed in Nature's native taste ; 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Woodland. Where wild in the woodlands the primroses blow ; 
 
 S. A/ton Water. 
 Ye woodland choir that chaunt your idle loves, --_ 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet. 
 The merle, in his noontide bower, 
 
 Makes woodland echoes ring ; Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 The snaw-'drap and primrose our woodlands adorn, 
 
 S. My Name's Awa. 
 Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing, S. Raving winds t 
 Their sweet-scented woodlands that skirt the proud palace, 
 
 S. Their groves of \ 
 While all around the woodland rings, 
 Woodlapk. 
 
 So calls the woodlark in the grove, 
 His little faithful mate to chear, 
 O stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay, 
 Nor quit for me the trembling spray, 
 
 S. stay sweet warbling t 
 Hear the woodlark charm the forest, . S. Sensibility^ t 
 
 Woody. 
 Their woody picture in my tide : . . As on the banks t 
 From where the Feal wild woody coverts hide : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13, 
 
 Woody, -ie [a rope, properly one made of withes op 
 
 willows ; the gallowsl. 
 
 But may she wintle in a woodie, 
 
 The^meikle devil wi' a woodie 
 
 Haurl thee [death] hame 
 
 But weary fa' the waefu' woodie ! 
 
 And learning in a woody dance, 
 
 But I'll sned besoms — thraw saugh woodies, To Dr.Blacklock. 
 
 Wooer. It's ye ha'e wooers mony ane, S. In Simmer when \ 
 
 Thus the wooer tell'd his mind : . . , S, Jockey fou t 
 
 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the lang glen, 
 
 S. Last May a brav) wooer t 
 My wooer he caper'd as he'd been in drink, . , . lb. 
 A wooer like me maunna hope to come speed ; 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 Oh I had wooers, eight or nine, 
 'They gied me rings and ribbons fine ; S. Where Cart rins f 
 
 Wooer-bab [lit. wooer-knot : the garter knotted 
 below the knee in a couple of loops]. 
 
 To Miss C. 
 
 S. Here is the glen t 
 
 Adam A — 'j Prayer, 
 
 . El. on Capt. M. H. 
 The Jolly Beggars. R. IV, 
 The Two. Herds. 16, 
 
 The lads sae trig, wi' wooer-babs, 
 Weel knotted on their garten, 
 
 Halloween^ 3, 
 
 Wooing. Ha, ha, the wooing o't ; [re.1 S. Duncan Gray f 
 ance whan in my wooing pride . . . The Inventory. 
 
 Woolwich. 
 And dreads a meeting worse than Woolwich hulks ; 
 
 „, r ^ Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Woor [wore], 
 
 Woor by degrees, till her last roon 
 
 Gaed past their viewin, To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 
 Word, The Gentleman in word and deed, A Ded. to G. H., 6. 
 
 By word, or pen, or pointed steel I . . , lb. 14. 
 
 Thoughts, words and deeds, the Statute blames with reason ; 
 
 A Dream. 
 A secret word or twa, man ; . . . A Fragment. 8. 
 But, word an' blow, N-rth, F-x, and Co. 
 
 Gowff'd Willie like a ba', man, Ib.g. 
 
 Misery's another word for Grief : . Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 Masons' mystic word an' grip, . Add. to the Deil. 14. 
 But till my last moments my words are the same, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 My warst word is, " Welcome, and welcome again ! " 
 
 S. Contented wH little^ t 
 Thou know'st my words sincere ! . . Ep. to Davie, g. 
 The words come skelpan, rank and file, , . lb. 11. 
 Where words ne'er crost the muse's heckles, Ep. to H. Parker, 
 Pity the best of words should be but wind ! 
 
 Ep, to R. Graham, s. 
 And his last words were Dem my blood t Epit. on Mr. Burton. 
 And there's no a man in all Scotland, 
 
 But I'll brave him at a word. S. Farewell^ ye dungeons \ 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, S, Fate gave the wordj 
 If 'tis still the lordly word. Service and obedience ; 
 
 S. Husband, husband \ 
 He bade me on you press this one word — " Think ! " 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Rivan the words tae gar them clink ; Second Ep. to Davie. 
 My dying words attentive hear, . The Death ofMailie. 
 But fate the word has spoken : The Election Ballads. VI. 
 For worth and honour pawn their word, The Fife Champetre, 
 Thou giv'st the word ; Thy creature, man, 
 
 Is to existence brought ; . The ist 6 V.s ofgbth Ps.. 
 
 But ne'er a word o' faith in That's right The Holy Fair. /j". 
 See, up he's got the word o' G^, .... lb. 16. 
 His piercin words, like Highlan swords, 
 
 Divide the joints an' marrow ; . . . . lb. zi. 
 Though hundreds worship at his word, 
 
 He's but a coof for a' that : . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 As now my distraction no words can express ! 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M. t 
 What words can ever speak affection 
 
 So thrilling and sincere as thine ! . . To a Kiss. 
 
 He tald mysel by word o' mouth. 
 
 He'd tak my letter ; . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 My word of honor I hae gien, , . To Gov. Hamilton. 
 At whose destruction-breathing word. 
 
 The mightiest empires fall ! . . . , To Ruin. 
 The gentleman in word an' deed, . To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Frae words an' aiths to clours an' nicks ; 
 
 To W. Simpson, P,S.. 
 sae sadly lie'd on By word an' write. . . , lb. 
 
 Mony words are needless, Katie, S, Will ye go and tnarty t 
 Wordie idim. ^word]. 
 Can easy, wi' a single wordie, 
 
 Lowse h-11 upon me. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Wordy, 
 
 And call each coxcomb to the wordy war. Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Wordy [worthy]. 
 
 My Furr ahin'S a wordy beast, . . . The Inventory. 
 Weel are ye wordy of a grace 
 
 As lang's my arm. . . , To a Haggis. 
 O, M[ood]y, man, and wordy R[usse]ll, The Twa Herds. 3. 
 Wore. Wore a plaid and was fu' braw, . S. Highl. Laddie. 
 By toil and famine wore to skin and bone, To R. G. ofF., 6. 
 Work, Works. 
 Doom'd to that sorest task of man alive— 
 To make three guineas do the work of five ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 I see the Sire of Love on high, 
 
 And own his work indged divine ! Add. to Edinburgh. 4, 
 As by his noblest work the Godhead best is known. 
 
 El. OH Mus Burnet, 
 
Work 
 
 541 
 
 Worse 
 
 And fram'd her last, best work, the human-mind, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. 
 She laugh'd at 5rst, then felt for her poor work. . . Jh. 4. 
 Auld Nature swears, the lovely Dears 
 Her noblest work she [Nature] classes, O : 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 Still making work his selfish craft must mend. . Sketch. 
 ' An honest man's the noble work of God ; ' [v. A.30] 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night, ig. 
 
 This poor man was seen to go early to work, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 
 No work comes me wrong for I shear and I mow, , Ih. 
 
 Obliging Vulcan fell to work, . . . . ToJ. Taylor. 
 Reverence with lowly heart 
 Him whose wondrous work thou art ; 
 
 Wr. in Hermitage at F. C. 
 Ye'll get the best o' moral works, 
 
 'Mang black Gentoos, and Pagan Turks, A Ded. to G. //., 6. 
 When a' my works I did review, .... lb. IZ. 
 Yet sure I am that known to Thee 
 Are all thy works below. . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Thro' all his works abroad^ 
 The heart benevolent and kind 
 
 The most resembles God. . . A JVinter Night. 11. 
 Said, nothing like his works was ever printed ; 
 
 Add. sp. hy Fontenelle. 
 If thou on men, their works and ways, 
 
 Canst throw uncommon light, El. on Copt, M. H.^ Epit. 
 Even there her other works are foil'd 
 By the bonie lass o' Ballochmyle, S. Ttvas even — the dewy f 
 Work, to. To work him farther woe, . John Barleycorn. 
 Or how the collieshangie works 
 
 Atween the Russians and the Turks; KindSir^ Tve readi 
 Mybonie lass I work in brass, The /oily Beggars. S. VI. 
 ■That thou wilt work them, hot and cauld, 
 
 Till they agree. . The Twa Herds. 10. 
 
 Before the morn ye'U work mischief; S. Who. is that'at\ 
 
 And now she works her mammie's wark, S. There was a lass f 
 
 Workhouse. Who called her verse, a parish workhouse made 
 
 For motley, foundling fancies, stolen or strayed? 
 
 Ep.Jr. Esoptts. 
 
 A workhouse ! ah, that sound awakes my woes, . . lb. 
 
 Working, Workings. 
 
 Sat working at his loom ; . . ^S". My heart was ance t 
 
 For making o' rhymes, and working at times, 
 
 Does little or naething at a', man. Rotialds of Bennals. 
 
 My barmie noddle's working prime, . . ToJ.S., 4. 
 Nor such the workings of their moon-struck brain ; 
 
 To R. G. o/F., 8. 
 Worl' [world]. 
 
 To learn bon ton and see the worl'. . The Twa Dogs. zz. 
 World. 
 I'll laugh, that's poz— nay more, the world shall know it ; 
 
 Add. sp. by Fontenelle. 
 For their fame it shall last while the world goes round. 
 
 A t Meet. ofD. Volunteers. 
 They conquer'd and ruin'd a world beside ; S. Caledonia. 
 Wide o'er the naked world declare 
 
 The worth we've lost. Bl. on Capt. M. H., 9. 
 Like thee where shall I find another, 
 
 The world around ! . . , . 2b. IS- 
 Ye'll try the world soon my lad, Ep. to Young Friend. 2. 
 
 Long since, this world's thorny ways 
 
 Had number'd out my weary days, . Ep. to Davie. lo. 
 The world were blest did bliss on them depend, 
 
 Ep. to R. Graham. S. 
 If there's another world he lives in bliss ; 
 If there is none, he made the best of this. Epit. on a Friend. 
 'Tis sweeter for thee despairing, 
 
 Than aught in the world beside .5*. Here's a health to ane t 
 Point out a censuring world, and bidme fear ; 
 Above the world on wings of love I rise. 
 
 In vain wld Prudence t 
 His worth, his honour, all the world approv'd. 
 
 LnssentSirJ, White/ord. 
 And tread the dreary path to that dark world unknown. lb. 
 Ambition would disown 
 
 The world's imperial crown, . S. Mark yonder Pomp i 
 Then out into the world 
 
 My course I did determine, O ; S. My father wasafarmer\ 
 ' This lower world I you resign : , . . Natures Law. 
 In other worlds can Mammon fail, Ode^ to Mem. of Mrs, — . 
 
 And brav'd the mighty monarchs of the world. 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 She's from a world of woe relieved, On Poefs Daughter. 
 
 Who think to storm the world by dint of merit, 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Till fate the curtain drops on worlds to be no more. 
 
 Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 That future-life in worlds unknown 
 
 Must take its hue from this alone ; Sketch. New-Y-^s Day. 
 I could range the world around, 
 
 For the sake of Somebody iS". Somebody. 
 
 Think not, though from the world receding, 
 
 I joy my lonely days to lead in This desert drear ; 
 
 The Hermit. 
 The world then the love should know 
 
 I bear my Highland lassie, O. . S. The Highl. Lassie. 
 Despising worlds with all their wealth 
 
 The Petition of Br. Water. 
 Of all the women in the world, 
 
 I never could come at her. . . S. The Joyful Widower. 
 For in this world Rest or Peace 
 
 I never more shall know ! . . S. The sun he is sunk t 
 The wide world is all before us, 
 
 But a world without a friend I . . S. Thickest night t 
 And then all the world, Sir, should know it ! To Capt. Riddel. 
 Since thou, in all thy youth and charms, 
 
 Must bid the world adieu, 
 (A world 'gainst peace in constant arms) . To Chlorts. 
 A thing unteachable in world's skill, . To R. G. ofF.,3. 
 And left us darkling in a world of tears : . . . lb. g. 
 Why is the bard unpitied by the world, 
 
 Wr. under Port. ofFergusson. 
 Worldly. 
 Each worldly thought a while forbear, . . On Lincluden. 
 Fintry, my stay in worldly strife, The Election Ballads. VI. 
 Unknown each guilty worldly fire, . . The Hermit. 
 
 Worm ["warld's worm," a miser]. 
 " The worm that gnaws my bonie trees, 
 " That Reptile wears a Ducal crown I " .S". As on the banks t 
 That the worms ev'n d — d him 
 
 When laid in his grave. , . Epit. on Walter S~~. 
 To meet the Warld's worm ; . . To Gav. Hamilton. 
 
 Whether thro' wimplin worms thou jink, Scotch Drin^. z. 
 Worn, 
 We've worn to crazy years thegither ; A Guid New-Year \ 18. 
 As my auld pen's worn to the grissle ; 
 
 Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 1st J Z2. 
 Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay 
 
 Taks up its last abode ; . Epit. on Holy Willie. 
 
 How sune it [wild-rose] tines its scent and hue 
 
 When pu'd and worn a common toy ! . S. I do confess t 
 
 Seem'd weary, worn with care ; Man was tnade to Mourn. 
 With Cares and Sorrows worn, . . . , lb. 
 
 That while a lassie she had worn, . . Tain o' Shanter. rj. 
 Spying the time-worn flaws in ev'ry arch ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 The toil-worn Cotter frae his labor goes. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, z. 
 Frae the downs o' Tinwald— So was never worn. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IV. 
 What aspects old Time in his progress has worn ; 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 
 No horns, but those by luckless Hymen worn, 
 
 ToR.G.ofF.,3. 
 I see thy life is stuff o' prief, 
 
 Scarce quite half worn. . To Terraughty. 
 Worpy*d, Worried, 
 That might hae worried me, jo. S. O watye what my t 
 
 An' worry'd ither in diversion ; . The Twa Dogs. 6. 
 
 Worrying, 
 Wha now will keep you frae the fox. 
 
 Or worrying tykes, . . The Twa Herds. 
 Worse. May never worse be sent ; A Grace before Dinner. 
 And dreads a meeting worse than Woolwich hulks ; 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Whose spleen e'en worse than Bums' venom . . lb. 
 
 Thou know'st, the virtues cannot hate thee worse, . lb. 
 The frank address, the soft caress, 
 
 Are worse than poison'd darts of steel, S. O leave novels t 
 Who dreads a curtain-lecture worse than hell. 
 
 The Henpecked Husband, 
 
Worse 
 
 542 
 
 Worthy 
 
 And down the gate, in faith, they're worse 
 
 And mair unchancy. To Mr. J. Kennedy. 
 
 Bloody dissectors, worse than ten Monroes ; To R, G. ofF.^ 4. 
 
 And threaten'd worse damnation. The Election Ballads^ VI. 
 
 Wopsep. 
 
 Or worser far, the pangs of keen remorse ; Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 Wopset [worsted]. 
 
 Her braw, new, worset apron . . . Halloween. 13. 
 Worship, 
 And ne'er shall glimmering planet fix 
 
 My worship to its ray. . S. Farewell,, dear mistress t 
 So their worships of the Faculty, 
 
 Quite sick of merit's rudeness, . . The Dean ofFac. 
 
 Worship, to. 
 Approach this shrine, and worship here. Poet. Inscription. 
 ' And let us worship God ! ' he says with solemn air. 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night, is. 
 Though hundreds worship at his word, 
 He's but a coof for a' that : . S, The Honest Man. 
 
 Worshipful. 
 
 By our Right Worshipful anointed, . To a Medical Gent. 
 Worshipped. 
 
 Forms might be worshipp'd on the bended knee. 
 And still the second dread command be free. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 8. 
 Worst. I know its worst— and can that worst despise. 
 
 Jn vain wld Prudence t 
 But a Miller us'd him worst of all, . . John Barleycorn. 
 My talents they were not the worst, 
 
 S. My father was a farmer t 
 And when my hope was at the top, 
 
 I still was worst mistaken, O Ih. 
 
 Beyond comparison the worst [ills] are those 
 
 That to our folly, or our guilt we owe. Remorse. A Frag.. 
 And Quentin o' lads not the worst. The Election Ballads. III. 
 Worth ["wae worth," woe befall]. 
 Is instant made no worth a louse 
 
 Just at the bit. . Add. to the Veil. 11. 
 Has made them baith no worth a f— t, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hemhook. is, 
 Wha scarcely tent us In their way, 
 
 As hardly worth their while ? . . Ep. to Davie. 6. 
 Here's Chieftain M'Leod, a Chieftain worth gowd, 
 
 S. Here's a health to them t 
 For without an honest manl}^ heart, 
 No man was worth regarding, iD. 
 
 S. My father was a fanner^ 
 
 The' life's a gift no worth receivin. 
 
 When heavy-dragg'd wi' pine an' grievin ; Scotch Drink. S- 
 
 Wae worth them for't ! [v.A.25] .... lb. 12. 
 
 Wae worth the name, [v.A.25] lb. 
 
 I am, altho' I say't mysel, 
 
 Worth gaun a mile to see. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 He swoor by a' was swearing worth The Jolly Beggars^ R. VI. 
 Life is not worth having with all it can give, 
 
 S. The lazy mist t 
 That happy night was worth them a', lS". The Rigs d Barley. 
 This fruit is worth a' Afric's wealth. The Tree of Liberty, 
 
 I doubt it's hardly worth the while, 
 
 To be sae nice wi' Robin. . , S. There was a lad t 
 We've lost a birkie weel worth gowd, . . To W. Creech. 
 Nae Poet thought her worth his while, To IV. Simpson. 
 
 My memory's no worth a preen ; . . . .lb, P.S. 
 Worth, s. 
 While worth in the mind o' my PhilUs 
 
 Will flourish without a decay. S, Adown winding Nith \ 
 Wide o'er the naked world declare 
 
 The worth we've lost. El. on Capt. M, H.^ 13. 
 But by thy honest turf I'll wait, 
 
 Thou man of worth ! . . . lb, it. 
 Princes whose cumb'rous pride was all their worth, 
 
 EL on Miss Burnet, 
 Plain plodding industry, and sober worth : 
 
 Ep, to R. Graham, s. 
 
 I I is not purity and worth, 
 
 Klse Jessy had not died. . . Epit. on Miss Lewars. 
 " ! why has Worth so short a date? Lament for Glencaim. 
 Oh, why should truest worth and genius pine 
 
 Beneath the iron grasp of Want and Wpe, 
 
 Lns OH Fergusson. 
 
 His worth, his honour, all the world approv'd. 
 
 Lns sent Sir J. Whiteford, 
 Reader, dost value matchless worth ? 
 
 Lns on Window, F.'s C. Her.. 
 The birth-place of valour, the country of worth ; 
 
 S. My hearfs in the Highlands t 
 My Mary's worth, my Mary's mind, S. My Marys face t 
 And fortune favor worth and merit, . . Poem on Life. 
 But Worth and Truth eternal Youth 
 
 Will give to Polly Stewart. . , S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 There Isabella's spotless worth 
 
 Shall happy be at last. .... Sad thy tale^ t 
 
 I could not then just ascertain 
 
 Its worth, for want of time, . . . Symon Gray \ 
 
 If Honest Worth in heaven rise, 
 
 Ye'U mend or ye win near him. Tarn Samson's El., Epit.. 
 The Man of Worth, and has not left his peer, [v. A. 10] 
 
 Sonnet on Death ofR. 
 Learning and Worth in equal measures trode, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13, 
 Ah 1 tho' his worth unknown, far happier there I ween \ 
 
 The Cotter^ s Sat, Night. 
 The' wit and worth, in either sex, 
 
 St. Mary's Isle can shaw that, The Election Ballads. II, 
 If the virtues were pack't in a parcel, 
 
 His-worth might be sample for a*. . . . lb. III. 
 Here's the worth o' Broughton In a needle's e'e ; lb. IV. 
 
 Here's the worth and wisdom Collieston can boast ; . lb. 
 In case that worth should wanted be, ... lb. V. 
 For worth and honour pawn their word, The Fite ChamPetre. 
 The pith of sense, and pride of worth, 
 
 Are higher ranks than a* that. . S, The Honest Man. 
 That sense and worth, o'er a' the earth. 
 
 May bear the gree, and a' that I lb. 
 
 Yet to worth let's be just, royal blood ye might boast, 
 
 If the ass was the king of the brutes. The Kirk's Alarm. 
 When sweet, like modest Worth, she blusht. 
 
 And stepped ben. . The Vision. D. 1, 8. 
 
 I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth, . . The Whistle. 
 Craigdarroch so famous for wit, worth, and law ; . .lb. 6. 
 Such fate to suffering worth is giv*n. To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 With native worth, and spotless fame, . To a young Lady. 
 In spite o' dark banditti stabs 
 
 At worth an' merit, To Rev. J. MMath. 
 
 Wad on thy worth be pressin' ; . . V.s, under Grief. 
 
 And injured Worth forget and pardon man. 
 
 Wr. in Kenmore Inn. 
 Worthless. 
 As for the jurr, poor worthless body, Adam A—^s Prayer, 
 An' thy poor worthless daddy's spirit, 
 
 Without his failins. Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Their worthless nievefu' of a soul, Ep. to J. L—k, Ap. 2lst, if. 
 This worthless body damn'd himsel. 
 
 To save the Lord the trouble. . . . Epit. on D. C. 
 While empty greatness saves a worthless name ! 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 
 Weel-pleas'd the Mother hears, it's nae wild worthless Rake. 
 
 The Coiter^s Sat. Night 7. 
 
 Poor, worthless elf, it eats a dinner. 
 
 Better than ony Tenant-man . . . The Twa Dogs. g. 
 The most detested, worthless wretch among you ! Tragic Frag. 
 And thinks the Mallard a sad worthless dog. To R. G, ofF., 7, 
 An' shall his fame an' honor bleed 
 
 By worthless skellums, To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 Worthy, 
 Or worthy friends rak'd i' the mools, . Add to Toothache, 
 His worthy fam'ly far and near, . A uld comrade t 
 
 My worthy friend, ne'er grudge an' carp, 
 
 Ep.toJ. L—k, Ap, 2ist, 8. 
 
 Nae honest worthy man need care, . 
 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, On diningwith Daer. 
 A trifle scarce worthy your care ; . Poet. Add. to Tytler. 
 To that trusty auld worthy Clackleith, 
 
 P.S. to " The Kirk's Alarm." 
 
 May every son be worthy of his sire ; Prologue, sp. by Woods. 
 
 A drama worthy of the name of Bruce ? . . Scots Prologue. 
 
 Ye worthy Proveses, an' mony a Bailie, The Brigs if Ayr, g. 
 
 Or plaintive Martyrs, worthy of the name ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. I3' 
 
 Our representative to be, 
 For weel he's worthy a' that. 
 
 The Election Ballads. IL 
 
Worthy 
 
 S43 
 
 Wreeth 
 
 worthy Glenriddel, so cautious and sage, The Whistle. 1$. 
 worthy G[regor]y's latin face, . . , ToW. Creech. 
 Wot. Which, save the linnet's flight, I wot, 
 
 Nae ruder visit knows, S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 This wot ye all whom it concerns, On dining -with Daer. 
 
 Would-be-roguish. 
 
 with a would-be-roguish leer and wink, Prologue^ at TA., D.. 
 Wound. Which bled all the wounds of my dolour again. 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'ring\ 
 My coggie is a baly pool, 
 
 That heals the wounds o' care and dool; S. Gane is the day \ 
 And ay the stound, the deadly wound. 
 
 Came frae her een sae bonie blue. .S*. I gaed a waefU \ 
 
 Nor th' balm that draps on wounds of woe 
 
 Frae woman's pitying e'e. . Lament of Mary of Scots, 
 And heal her cruel wounds. . On Birth ofPosth. Child. 
 Pale Scotia's recent wound I may deplore. 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 That wound degenerate ages cannot cure. . , lb. 
 
 Dread Omnipotence, alone, 
 
 Can heal the wound He gave ; . . . Sad thy tale, t 
 That heart transpierced with many a wound ; 
 
 S. The gloomy night t 
 The wounds I must hide which will soon be my dead. 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 And tho' the puny wound appear, 
 
 Short while it grieves. . . ToJ.S,, 26. 
 Find balm to soothe her bitter rankling wounds : 
 
 Wr. in Kemnore Inn. 
 Wounded. 
 They who but feign a wounded heart. 
 
 May teach the lyre to languish ; S. Could aught of song t 
 Ye whom Sorrow never wounded, S. Musing on the roaring t 
 The wounded coveys, reeling, scatter wide ; The Brigs of Ayr. 
 Were ye but here to share my wounded feelings ! . .lb. g. 
 Woven. By barber woven, and by barber sold, ^/.^. Esopus, 
 Wow! [an exclamation of wonder or pleasure]. 
 And wow ! he has an unco slight 
 
 O' cauk and keel. On Grose's Peregrinations. 
 Wow, but your letter made me vauntie I To Dr. Blacklock. 
 Wrack. 
 The warld's wrack, we share o't, S. My Wife's a winsome. 
 Sendin' the stuff o'er muirs an' haggs 
 
 Like drivin' wrack ; Third E^, to J. La^.. 
 Wrack, to [to torment, tease]. 
 When Remembrance wracks the mind, 
 
 Pleasures but unvail Despair. S. Frae the friends t 
 
 An' crabbed names an' stories wrack us, , Scotch Drink. 
 ril cross him, and wrack him, until I heart-break him, 
 
 S. What can a yng lassie t 
 
 Wraith [a ghost ; the apparition of a person which 
 appears before his death]. 
 
 An' Chatham's wraith, in heav'niy graith, A Fragment. 8. 
 Wrang, adj., s. [wrong]. 
 And rascals whyles that do him wrang, 
 Ev'n that, he does na mind it lang; . A Ded. to G. H.,S. 
 Wad gar you trow ye ne'er do wrang, . A Dream. 2. 
 
 Tho' they may ^ang a kennin wrang, 
 
 To step aside is human : . Add. to Unco Guid. 7. 
 
 The heart ay's the part ay, 
 
 That makes us right or wrang. . . Ep. to Davie, j. 
 But by your leaves, my learned foes, 
 
 Ye 're maybe wrang. Ep. to J. L — k, Ap. ist, 10. 
 An' never think o' right an' wrang 
 
 By square an' rule, Ep. to Maj. Logan. 6. 
 And ne'er a wrang steek in them a', man, Ronalds of Bennals. 
 In formless jumble, right an' wrang. 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 Some fell for wrang and some for right, 
 
 S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 Right to the wrang did yield : 
 
 S. The Highl. Widov/s Lament. 
 He has cooper'd and cawd a wrang pin in't. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 10. 
 Till chiels gat up an' wad confute it, 
 
 An ca'd it wrang ; . To W, Simpson, P.S. 
 Ye hae lien wrang, lassie 
 
 Ye've lien a' wrang ; . . * S. Ye hae lien wrang. 
 I fear your mind gae wrang, lassie. . . . , lb. 
 What is Right, and what is Wrang, by the law, ire.] 
 
 S, Ye Jacobites ^ 
 
 Wrangs [wrongs]. 
 
 For never but by British hands 
 
 Maun British wrangs be righted. S. Does haughty Gauli 
 Then echo thro' Saint Stephen's wa's 
 Auld Scotland's wrangs. 
 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer, rs. 
 Wrang, to [to wrong]. 
 (To say aught less wad wrang the cartes, Ep. to Davie. S. 
 He'd look into thy bonie face. 
 And say, " I [the Deil] canna wrang thee." 
 
 S. O saw ye bonie L.\ 
 May woman on him turn her back, 
 
 That wrangs thee, Willie Stewart. . On W. Stewart. 
 That never did a lassie wrang ; On Window ofC. Inn, F. 
 O wrang na my virginity I iS". The Lass that made the Bed. 
 Nae mair the knaves shall wrang her [the Kirk], 
 
 The Ordination. 3. 
 Wranged, -'d [wronged], ' 
 He wad na wrang'd the vera Diel, On Scot. Bardgne to W. I. 
 They've wranged the Lass of Albany. 
 
 S. The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 
 Whase heart ne'er wrang'd ye, . To Rev, J. M'^Math. 
 Wrangled. 
 
 Philosophers have fought an' wrangled, . A uld comrade t 
 Wrangling, 
 
 O let us not, like snarling curs, 
 In wrangling be divided, . . S, Does haughty Gaul,^ 
 
 Wrap, Ye blow upon the sod that wraps my friend : 
 
 Sonnet, on Death ofR,. 
 
 Now green's the sod, and cauld's the clay, 
 That wraps my Highland Mary ! 
 
 S. Ye banks, and braes, and streams t 
 Wrapt. 
 And for a mantle large and broad, 
 He wrapt him in Religion. . , The Holy Fair, Mott. 
 Wrath. When Vengeance draws the sword in wrath, 
 
 A Ded. toG. H., 10. 
 Sure Thou, Almighty, canst not act 
 
 From cruelty or wrath ! . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Swelling pity smoor'd his wrath ; . . S. Duncan Gray t 
 Why, Lonsdale thus, thy wrath on vagrants pour, 
 
 Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 In wrath she was sae vap'rin, . . Halloween. 13. 
 
 Because he gat the toom dish thrice, 
 
 He heav'd them on the fire, In wrath , . lb. 27. 
 
 Nursing her wrath to keep it warm. . Tam o' Shanter. 
 Wi' Highland wrath they frae the sheath. 
 Drew blades o' death, . S. The Battle of Sherra-Moor. 
 At sight of whom our Sprites forgat their kindling wrath. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 Now meekly calm, now wild in wrath. The Holy Fair. 13. 
 They raise a din, that, in the end. 
 
 Is like to breed a rupture O' wrath . . lb. 18. 
 
 Wreath. So long, sweet Poet of the Year, 
 
 Shall bloom that wreath thou well hast won ; 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 Deserves the proudest wreatli departed heroes claim. 
 
 Fragment of Ode. 
 Hides young desire amid her flowery wreath, Innocence t 
 
 Last, white-rob'd Peace, crown'd with a hazle wreath. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr, 13. 
 Wreath 'd, yellow autumn wreath'd with nodding corn ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 
 Wreck, 
 
 A Towmont, Sirs, is gane to wreck 1 . El. on Year 1^88. 
 Nor saves e'en the wreck of a name : 
 
 S. Farewell^ titoufair day t 
 A letter inform 'd me that all was to wreck ; 
 
 S. No Churchman a^n /f 
 And her two eyes like stars in skies, 
 Would keep a sinking ship frae wreck. 
 
 S. O Mally's meek. 
 All that has caused this wreck in my bosom. 
 Is Jenny, fair Jenny alone. . . S. Where are the Joys i 
 Wreck, to. O Mary, can'st thou wreck his peace, 
 Who for thy sake would gUdly die ! 
 
 iS". O Mary., at thy window \ 
 Ye wreck my peace between ye ; , S. O poor tit h cauldf 
 Canst thou wreck his peace for ever, 
 Wha for thine wou'd gladly die! S. Turn again, thou t 
 Wreeth [wreath, ^ snow-drift]. 
 While burns, wi' snawy wreeths up-choked. 
 
 Wild-eddying s-frirl, < A Winter Night, z. 
 
Wrench 
 
 544 
 
 Wrong 
 
 Wrench. • 
 
 May Gravels round his blather wrench, Scotch Drink. /?. 
 WPeneh'd, Wrench'd his dear country from the jaws of Ruin ! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 Till wrench'd of ev'ry stay hut Heav'n, 
 
 He, ruin'd, sink 1 . To a Mountain- Daisy. 
 Wrestle. Thy girning laugh enjoys his pangs 
 
 And murdering wrestle, Poem on Life. 
 Wretch. 
 With all the servile wretches in the rear, A Winter Night. 7. 
 But shall thy legal rage pursue 
 
 The wretch already crushed low Ih. g. 
 
 Thou other man of care, the wretch in love, 
 
 Ada. s^. hy Fontenelle. 
 Spairges about the brunstane cootie, 
 
 To scaud poor wretches! Add. to the Deil. 
 
 Life ! Thou art a galling load, - - - 
 
 To wretches such as I ! . . Despondency, an. Ode. 
 The wretch that would a Tyrant own. 
 
 And the wretch, his true sworn brother, 
 Who would set the Mob above the throne, 
 
 S, Does haughty Gaul\ 
 The fear o' Hell's a hangman's whip. 
 
 To baud the wretch in order ; . Ep. to Young Friend, 8. 
 Whom canting wretches blam'd : . . E^it.for G. H. 
 
 But he the helpless, needless wretch, 
 Shall lose the mite be hath. 
 
 Extern, on Commem-s of Thomson. 
 The wretch beneath the dreary pole, 
 
 S. Farewell^ dear mistress^ 
 Love's veriest wretch, unseen, unknown, 
 
 S. Farewelli thou stream \ 
 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong. 
 
 The wretch's destinie I . S. Farewell, ye dungeons t 
 May coward shame disdain his name, 
 
 The wretch that dares not die ! , ... lb. 
 
 Asham'd himself to see the wretches, Lns add. to J. Ranken. 
 As the wretch looks o'er Siberia's shore, S. Lovely Davies. 
 The wretch whase doom is "hope nae mair," 
 
 S. Now Spring has clad t 
 Seek, mangled wretch, some place of wonted rest. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 
 1 pass by bunders, nameless wretches. 
 
 That ape their betters. . Poem on Pastoral Poetry. 
 
 Wou'd make a wretch forget his woe : . S. Saejlaxen\ 
 
 Hapless wretches sold to toil, . S. Streams that glide \ 
 
 When wretches rangCj in famish'd swarms, 
 
 The scented groves, The Authors Cry and Prayer. P. 
 A Wretch ! a Villain ! lost to love and truth ! 
 
 The Coiief's Sat. Night. 10, 
 What is a lordling's pomp ? a cumbrous load, 
 
 Disguising oflE the wretch of human kind, . . lb. ig. 
 Curs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life, 
 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 Thou seest a wretch, who inly pines, . . The Lament. 
 Love's veriest wretch, despairing, I 
 
 Fain, fain my crime would cover : . , S. The last time If 
 And ay he [Homie] catch'd the tither wretch, 
 
 The Ordination. 10. 
 But surely poor-folk maun be wretches I The Twa Dogs. 14. 
 He to the nameless, ghastly wretch assign'd. The Vowels. 
 
 Oh I hear a wretch's pray'r ! To Ruin. 
 
 All devil as I am, a damned wretch, . . Tragic Frag,. 
 The most detested, worthless wretch among you ! . Ih. 
 
 Wretched, 
 I'm baith dead-sweer, an' wretched ill o't ; 
 
 A Ded. to G. H., 13. 
 Thy creature here before Thee stands. 
 
 All wretched and distrest ; . A Prayer under Anguish. 
 Think, for a moment, on his wretched fate, 
 Whom friends and fortune quite disown ! 
 
 A Winter Night, g. 
 From these dire scenes my wretched lines I date, 
 
 Bp.fr. Esopus. 
 To shun a tyrant father's hate, 
 
 Become a wretched wife I .... S, How cruel ^ 
 But oh ! what crouds in ev'ry land, 
 
 All wretched and forlorn, Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 While down the wretched vital part is driven I 
 
 Odit to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 Tho' Death in ev'ry shape appear. 
 The Wretched have no more to fear : 
 
 The scenes where wretched Fancy roves, 
 
 6". The gloomy nighi t 
 
 lb. 
 
 Nae woman in the warld wide, 
 
 Sae wretched now as me. S. The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 But 'tis not my sufferings, thus wretched, forlorn, 
 
 S. The small birds rejoice^ 
 They're no sae wretched's ane wad think ; The Twa Dogs. 13. 
 That foolish, selfish, faithless ways, 
 Lead to be wretched, vile, and base, Wr. in Friars-Carse H.. 
 
 Wretchedness. 
 
 Still my heart melts at human wretchedness ; Tragic Frag,. 
 Wring, Yet sure those ills that wring my soul 
 
 Obey Thy high behest. A Prayer under At^uish. 
 Something in her bosom wrings, . S. Duncan Gray\ 
 
 What woes wring my heart 
 
 Lament^ on leaving Nat. Land. 
 That press the soul, or wring the mind with anguish, 
 
 Remorse. A Frag. 
 Keen Recollection's direful train, 
 
 Must wring my soul Th Lament. 
 
 When sorrow wrings thy gentle heart, S. Wilt thou he my t 
 Wringing. 
 But what a weary wight can please, 
 And care his bosom wringing. . S. Sweet fds the eve t 
 Wrinkle. No wrinkle furrow'd by the hand of care. 
 
 Blest be M'Murdo^ 
 The vera wrinkles Gothic in his face : The Brigs of Ayr. 4. 
 Wrinkled, a dame in wrinkled eild, - S. In simmer when t 
 To you old Bald-pate smooths his wrinkled brow. 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 And wrinkled was her brow, . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 crazy, weary, joyless Eild, Wi' wrinkl'd face. To J. S., 13. 
 Write. 
 
 sae sadly lie'd on By word an' write. To W. Simpson, P.S. 
 Write, to. And write their names in his PDeil's] black feeuk 
 
 S. Awa^ whigSf awa. 
 For who can write and speak as thou and I ? Ep.fr. Esopus, 
 And nought but peat reek'i' my head, 
 
 How can I write what ye can read ? . Ep. to H, Parker. 
 My awkart Muse sair pleads and begs, 
 
 I would na write. Ep. to J. L~k, Ap. 2/st, 2. 
 ' I'll write, an' that a hearty blaud, 
 
 ' This vera night ; lb. 4. 
 
 So I can rhyme nor write nae mair ; . Ep. to J. R. , 13. 
 I could write, — but Meg maun see't, S, First when Maggy i 
 Here's freedom to him that wad write ! 
 
 S. Here's a health to them f 
 No Churchman am I for to rail and to write, 
 
 S. No Churchman am. 1 1 
 And write how dear I love thee. S. O were I on Pamass.^ 
 old Mansfield, who virrites like the Bible, Reproof by Himself. 
 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write 
 Those happy scenes when far awa \ 
 
 The Farewell, ToSt.J'sL,. 
 And bring an angel pen to write 
 
 My transports wi' my Anna ! ^. The gowd. Locks of A . 
 
 Ye bad me write you what they mean To W. Simpson. P,S. 
 
 Writer [an attorney, or, in Scotch law, a solicitor], 
 
 I've been at druken writers' feasts, On dining with Doer. 
 
 And (what would now be strange) ye godly Writers : 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 
 Writer-chiel [a young solicitor-fellow]. 
 Or Ferguson, the writer^hiel, 
 
 A deathless name. . . ToW. Simpson. 
 
 Written. 
 
 And thrice it was written, Tam Glen. . . S* Tarn Glen. 
 Wrong, Wrongs. 
 And list'ning to their [Passions'] witching voice 
 Has often led me wrong. A Prayer in Prosp. of Death. 
 
 No man with the half of 'em e'er went far wrong ; 
 
 Frag, inscr, to Fox, 
 
 The life-blood equal sucks of Right and Wrong : 
 
 On Death ofR. Dundas. 
 
 For mony a heart thou hast made sair. 
 
 That ne'er did wrong to thine or thee. ^S". The lovely lass t 
 No work comes me wrong . . The Poor Thresher. 
 
 But spare and pardon my false Love, 
 
 His wrongs to Heaven and me ! . . S. mirk, mirk t 
 Wrongs, injuries, from many a darksome den. 
 
 On Death ofR . Dundas. 
 
 Wrongs injurious to redress, . . . S, Thickest night t 
 to the wrongs of Fate half reconcil'd, Wr. in Kenmore Tnn 
 
Wrong 
 
 545 
 
 Year 
 
 Wrong, to. 
 
 His head weel arm'd wi' pointed spears, 
 
 That na one should him wrong. . . John Barleycorn. 
 He'd die before he'd wrong it — 'tis decorum. 
 
 The Rights oj Woman. 
 WPOng*d. Wrong'd, injur'd, shunn'd, unpitied, unredrest ; 
 
 In v,am -would Prudence t 
 Forgive ! forgive 1 much-wrong'd Montrose I 
 
 The Election Ballads. VI. 
 
 Wrote. 
 
 Whare Bums has wrote, in rhyming blether, 
 
 Tam Samson's dead 1 Tain Samson's EL, 12. 
 The Precepts sage they wrote to many a land : 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night, is 
 This list wi' my ain han' I wrote it, . . The Inventory. 
 And in her freaks, on ev'ry feature, 
 
 She's wrote, the man. . . ToJ.S., 3. 
 Wrought. Monie a sair daurk we twa hae wrought, 
 
 A Guid New-Year \ 16 
 He [love] oft has wrought me meikle wae ; S. O lay thy loof\ 
 M'[Gi]U has wrought us meikle wae, The Twa Herds, is. 
 Is wrought now by a coward few, . , . S, The Union. 
 And ay she wrought her mammie's wark, 
 
 ■S". There was a lass t 
 Wrought 'mang the lasses sic mischief IVhat ails ye now t 
 There ruminate with sober thought, 
 On all thou'st seen, and heard, and wrought ; 
 
 Wr. in Friars-Carse H. 
 Wrung. And so that heart was wrung. . Sad thy tale, t 
 
 Tho' despair had wrung its core, 
 
 That would heal its anguish. . . S. Thine am I \ 
 His heart by causeless wanton malice wrung, 
 
 ToR. G.ofF.,S- 
 Wry. Wi' weel-spread looves, an' lang, wry faces ; 
 
 A Bed. to G. H., g. 
 Wud [mad, furiously angry; "red-wud," stark 
 mad]. 
 An' just as wud as wud can be, . . Scotch Drink. 13. 
 An' now she's like to rin red-wud 
 
 About her Whisky, The Author's Cry and Prayer. 16. 
 A d — n'd red wud Kilburnie blastie ; . The Inventory. 
 
 Wumble [wimble]. 
 
 But he was gleg as onie wumble, On Scot, Bardgne to W. I. 
 Wyle [to beguile, decoy]. 
 For fear that she wyle your fancy frae me, [«.] S. O wkistle\ 
 She [the moon] shines sae bright, to wyle us hame, 
 
 S. O Willie hrew'd\ 
 Wyrd [beguiled, decoyed]. 
 
 She talk'd, she smil'd, my heart shewyl'd, S.Igaedawae/u'\ 
 Wylecoat [a flannel vest]. 
 Or aiblins some bit duddie boy, 
 
 On's wylecoat ; . . . To a Louse. 
 Wyling [beguiling]. 
 
 Her smiling, sae wyling, 
 Wou'd make a wretch forget his woe ; S. Sae flaxen t 
 
 Wyte [reproach, blame]. 
 Had I the wyte she bade me ? \re. ] S. Had I the wyte t 
 
 I wat the kirk was in the wyte, . S. O watye what my\ 
 Wyte, to [to reproach, blame]. 
 Eve's bonie squad priests wyte them sheerly 
 
 For our grand fa' ; Ep. to Maj. Logan, g. 
 To wyte her [my Muse's] countrymen wi' treason ! 
 
 Scotch Drink. 14. 
 
 Y. The cobweb'd gothic dome resounded, Y! The Vowels. 
 
 Yard [a garden ; an enclosure ; a churchyard ; v. 
 
 also^ Kail-yard]. 
 
 Lang syne in Eden's bonie yard, . Add. to the Deil. 13. 
 
 And now I greet round their green beds in the yard, 
 
 S. By yon castle wa' t 
 She's down in the yard, she's kissin the Laird ; 
 
 S. Eppie M'Nab. 
 She thro' the yard the nearest taks, . . Halloween. 11. 
 And my daddie has nought but a cot-house and yard : 
 
 S. There's auld Rob M.\ 
 An' a' the vittel in the yard. 
 
 An' theekit right, . ■ Third Ep. to J. Lap., 7. 
 
 Yarico. 
 
 At Yarico's sweet notes of grief. 
 The rock with tears had flow'd. Lns on Mrs. Kemble. 
 
 Yarrow. The hills whence classic YarroW flows, 
 
 Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 
 3Z 
 
 On Yarrow banks the birken shaw, . S. Blythe was she, t 
 But Phemie was a bonier lass 
 
 Than braes o' Yarrow ever saw. . » » . lb. 
 
 Braw, bra w lads on Yarrow braes, S. Braw lads on Yar. braes t 
 But Yarrow braes, nor Ettrick shaws, 
 
 Can match the lads o' Galla water lb. 
 
 Yarrow an' Tweed, to monie a tune, 
 
 Owre Scotland rings, . To W. Simpson. 8. 
 True hearted was he the sad swain of the Yarrow, 
 
 S. True hearted was \ 
 Yaud [a mare, an old mare]. 
 The Murray, on the auld grey yaud, The Election Ballads. F. 
 That auld grey yaud, yea, Nidsdale rade, . . , lb. 
 Yealings [coevals, born in the same year]. 
 O ye, my dear-remember'd, ancient yealings. 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. g. 
 Year. 
 It's now some nine-an'- twenty-year, A Guid New- Year i 4, 
 We've worn to crazy years thegither ; . . lb. 18, 
 
 Thro' a' thy childish years I'll e'e thee, Add. to Illegit. Child. 
 Scotia's kings of other years, Fam'd heroes ! 
 
 Add. to Edinburgh. 6. 
 sweet Poet of the Year, . , Add. to Shade of Thomson. 
 A prisoner anghteen year awa, . .S". Among the trees\ 
 But three short years will soon wheel roun', 
 
 S. And Ofor ane and twenty t 
 Beneath the load of years and cares, . Auld comrade^ 
 
 May he be dad, and Meg the mither, 
 Just five and forty years thegither ! . ... lb. 
 
 Repeated, successive, for many long years. 
 They [the eagles] darken'd the air, and they plunder'd the 
 
 land : . S. Caledonia. 
 
 ' Sax thousand years are near hand fled 
 ' Sin' I was to the hutching bred, 
 
 Death and Dr. Homhook. 13. 
 ' They'll a' be trench'd wi' mony a sheugh, 
 
 ' In twa-three year. ... lb. 24. 
 
 Spring, thou darling of the year ; El. on Copt. M. H., 12. 
 With honest joy, our hearts will bound, 
 
 To see the coming year : . . . Ep. to Davie. 4. 
 Still persecuted by the limmer 
 
 Frae year to year ; Ep. to J. L^k, Ap. 2istt 10. 
 Still closer knit in friendship's ties 
 
 Each passing year ! . . . lb. 18. 
 
 The Game shall Pay, owre moor an' dail, 
 
 For this, niest year. . Ep. to J. R., 10. 
 So may the auld year gang out moaning Friend of the Poet t 
 
 For broken laws. 
 Five thousand years 'fore my creation. Holy Willie's Prayer.3. 
 What have I [Winter] done of all the year. 
 To bear this hated doom severe ? 
 
 Improtn., on Mrs. — 'j Birthday. 
 We'll send him a year to the College yet ; S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Laden with years and meikle pain. Lament for Glencaim. 
 Whose trunk was mould'ring down with years ; . lb. 
 
 " The honours of the aged year, lb. 
 
 " I've seen sae monie changefu' years, 
 
 ** On earth I am a stranger grown ; . . .lb. 
 
 His face was furrow'd o'er with years, 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 O Man ! while in thy early years, 
 
 How prodigal of time ! lb. 
 
 We'll let her stand a year or twa, . S. My love she's but \ 
 
 And years sinsyne hae o'er us run. 
 
 Like Logan to the simmer sun. . .S*. O Logan ! sweetly t 
 
 As songsters of the early year 
 
 Are ilka day mair sweet to hear, . . , S. O Phely t 
 
 And welcome in the blooming year! S. O watye wha's in t 
 
 Laden with unhonoured years, Ode, to Mem. of Mrs. — . 
 
 And are they of no more avail, 
 
 Ten thousand glittering pounds a year ? . , /^. 
 
 He was her Laureat monie a year, On Scot Bard gne to W. I 
 " That distant years may boast of other " Blairs " 
 
 On Death of Sir J. Blair. 
 And every year come in mair dear . On W. Chalmers. 
 
 " Vou're one year older this important day," 
 
 Prologue, at Th.^ D. 
 "Another yearis gone for ever." . Sketch. New-Yt^s Day... 
 A few days may— a few years must 
 Repose us in the silent dust. ...... /^ 
 
Year 
 
 546 
 
 Yield 
 
 Can all the wealth of India's coast, 
 
 Atone for years in absence lost ! S. Slow spreads the gloom t 
 
 This mony a year I've stood the flood an' tide, 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 7. 
 A venerable Chief advanc'd in years : . . . li. 13. 
 The Parents partial eye their hopeful years ; 
 
 The Cottei's Sat. Nights. 
 For monie a year come thro' the shfeers : The Death ofMailie. 
 
 This seven lang years I hae lain by his side, 
 
 ij. The deuks dang o'er. 
 'Twas in the seventeen hundred year 
 
 O' Christ and ninety five, 
 That year I was the waest man 
 
 O' ony man alive, . . The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 Those mighty periods of years 
 
 Which seem to us so vast, . The 1st 6 V.s ofqoth Ps.. 
 
 As autumn to winter resigns the pale year. i'. The lazy mist\ 
 The primrose I will pu', the firstling o' the year, .J. ThePosie. 
 That merry day the year begins, . The Twa Hogs. so. 
 
 , Our monarch's hindmost year but ane 
 Was five-and-twenty days begun, . S. There was a lad ^ 
 As ye were nine year less than thretty, 
 
 Sweet ane an' twenty! Third E^, to J. Lap.. 
 And then my fifty pounds a year 
 
 Will little gain me. . . To Dr. Blacklock. 
 No gifts have I from Indian coasts 
 
 The infant year to hail : . To Miss L., with " Beattie." 
 Only to number out a villain's years I To R. Graham. 
 
 Proclaim it the pride of the year. 5'. Where are the joys t 
 
 Yearly. 
 
 A last request permit me here, 
 When yearly ye assemble a'. The Farewell. To Si. J.'s L. 
 Yearn [an eagle]. 
 Ye cliffs the haunts of sailing yearns. El. on Capt. M. H. , 3. 
 
 Yell [giving no milk]. 
 
 As yell's the Bill Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 
 Yell. 
 When there cam a yell 0' foreign squeels, 6'. Amangthe treesi 
 Wi' a jump, yell and howl, alarm every soul. 
 
 The Kirk's Alarm, 
 Hear, how he [Morality] gies the tither yell, 
 
 Between his twa companions ! . . The Ordination. ll. 
 Yell, to. There [o'er hell] let him hing, and roar, and yell, 
 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Whence a' the tones o' mis'ry yell, . Add. to Toothache. 
 Whar damned devils roar and yell, Holy Willie's Prayer. 4. 
 But 0[liphant] aft made her [Common-sense] yell. 
 
 The Ordination. ^. 
 Yellow. For Oh ! the yellow treasure's taen 
 
 By witching skill ; Add. to the Deil. 10. 
 The nice yellow guineas for me. S. Awt£ wi your witchcraft \ 
 the sweet yellow darlings wi' Geordie imprest, . . lb. 
 And yellow Autumn presses near, . . S. Bonie Bell. 
 
 The yellow corn was waving ready : i'. By Allan stream t 
 
 autumn in her weeds 0' yellow : Ih. 
 
 Autumn, wi' thy yellow hair, . . El. onCa^t. M. H., 13. 
 An' baith a yellow George to claim. 
 
 An' thole their blethers ! Ep. to J. R., 12. 
 
 the fading yellow woods . . ■ . Lament for Glencaim. 
 Nae mair, to rae, the autumn winds 
 
 Wave o'er the yellow corn ! Lament of Mary of Scots. 
 
 Through yellow, waving fields we'll stray, 
 
 S. Lassie wi' the lintwhite t 
 
 Come autumn, sae pensive, in yellow and grey, 
 
 S. My Nanie's Awa. 
 
 All fading-green and yellow : . S. Now westlin winds t 
 
 Her yellow hair, beyond compare, . 5". O Mally's meek. 
 
 Yellow leaves the woodlands strowing, . 5. Raving winds t 
 Led yellow Autumn wreath'd with nodding corn ; 
 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 13. 
 When first amang the yellow corn 
 
 A man I reckon'd was ; . The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 The Catrine woods were yellow seen, i'. The Catrine woods t 
 The robin pensive Autumn chear. 
 
 In all her looks of yellow. . The Petition of Br. Water. 
 The yellow letter'd Geordie keeks. . The Twa Dogs. S. 
 
 'When yellow waves the heavy grain. The Vision, D, II, 8. 
 Wi' the burn stealing under the lang, yellow broom : 
 
 5. Their groves of i 
 Y'er [your]. 
 Wharefore wad ye lie y'er lane 1 J. Will ye go and marry t 
 
 Yerket [Jirked, lashed, got excited op roused]. 
 
 My fancy yerket up sublime Wi' hasty summon : To/. S,, 4. 
 Yerl [earl]. Yerl Galloway lang did rule this land, [r«.] 
 
 The Election Ballads. V. 
 
 But now Yerl Galloway's sceptre's broke, . . .lb. 
 
 An there had been the Yerl bimsel', ... /^, 
 
 Ye'se [you shall, op will]. 
 
 And in my arms ye'se lie and sleep, . S. Ca' the ewes. 
 
 Ye'se never scorn me. . . . S.O can ye labour lea \ 
 
 Ye'se a' be het or I come back. . On Kirk ofLamington. 
 
 God help us!— we're but poor— ye'se get but thanks ! 
 
 Scots Prologue. 
 
 B' the L— d I ye'se get them a' thegither. The Inventory. 
 
 Then gae your gate ye'se nae be here ! 5'. Wha is that at my f 
 
 Yestepday. 
 
 Appear no more before Thy sight 
 Than yesterday that's past. The 1st 6 V.s ofgoih Ps.. 
 
 Yesternight. 
 
 First, what did yesternight deliver ? 
 
 "Another year is gone for ever." Sketch. Nevi-Yr's Day. 
 Yestpeen [yestepnight]. 
 'Twas but yestreen, nae farther gaen. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 16. 
 ' I mind't as weel's yestreen, . . . Halloween, /j". 
 
 L — d! yestreen, thou kens, wi' Meg, 
 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 7. 
 
 1 gaed a waefu' gate yestreen, . 6". I gaed a waefu' t 
 Was made his wedded wife yestreen ; Lament for Glencaim. 
 But purer was the lover's vow 
 
 They witness'd in their shade yestreen. 
 
 .S. O bonie was yon rosy \ 
 Yestreen, when to the trembling string 
 
 The dance gaed thro' the lighted ha', S. Mary^ at thy t 
 Yestreen I met you on the moor, . . . S. O Tibbie I \ 
 And the dukes that you dined wi' yestreen, 
 
 On an empty Fellow. 
 Yestreen I had a pint o' wine .S". The gowd. Locks of A.. 
 
 Yestreen lay on this breast 0' mine 
 
 The gowden locks of Anna. lb. 
 
 Yet. What Sorrows yet may pierce me thro', 
 
 Too justly I may fear I Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 Yett [a gate]. 
 
 May Homie gie her doup a clink 
 
 Ahint his yett, . . Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 Come thiggan at your doors and yetts. Add. of Beelzebub. 4. 
 And come na unless the back-yett be a-jee; . .S. O whistle t 
 At his daddie's yett, Wha met me but Robin. 
 
 6". Robin skure in hairst. 
 Wha sees Kerroughtree's open yett ? 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 When angels met, at Adam's yett, . The Fits Ckampetre. 
 Sae may, shou'd we to hell's yetts come. 
 Your billy Satan sair us 1 . V.s, on Window, Carron. 
 Yeuk [to itch]. 
 
 Thy auld damned elbow yeuks wi' joy, . . Poem on Life. 
 Yeukin [itching ; feeling uneasy]. 
 
 If Warren Hastings' neck was yeukin ; Kind Sir, Ive readj 
 Yewe V. Yowe. 
 Yield. 
 
 But the pride of the spring in the Craigie-bum wood. 
 Can yield me nought but sorrow. .S*. Craigicbum Wood. 
 
 What heart that feels and will not yield a tear, 
 
 Lns on Fergussan. 
 Without my love, not a' the charms 
 
 Of Paradise could yield me joy ; . S.O watye wha's in t 
 To thee shall home, or food, or pastime yield. 
 
 On seeing wounded Hare. 
 
 But a' the pride of Spring's return 
 Can yield me nought but sorrow. 5. Sweet fa's the eve t 
 
 Right to the wrang did yield : 
 
 5. TheHigKL Widow's Lament. 
 
 Desiring Glenriddel to yield up the spoil; The Whistle. 7. 
 
 And knee-deep in claret he'd die or he'd yield. . . /*. g. 
 
 The flaunting flow'rs our Gardens yield. 
 
 To a Mountain-Daisy. 
 
 Each thought intoxicated homage yields, . To Clarinda. 
 O yield me now a peaceful grave, 
 Nae joy her bonie buskit nest 
 Can yield ava, . 
 
 .S, Toihee,lmi'dNiih\ 
 To W. Creech. 
 
Yield 
 
 547 
 
 Youngker 
 
 To Beauty what man but maun yield him a prize, 
 
 S. yon ivild mossy mountains t 
 Yielded. The bravest heart on English ground, 
 
 Had yielded like a coward. On Miss J. Scott. 
 Yielding. 
 Hope and Fear's alternate billow 
 Yielding late to Nature's law, S. Musing on the roaring^ 
 Yill [ale]. The Clachan yill had made me canty, 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 Syne as ye brew, my maiden fair, 
 Keep mind that ye maun drink the yill. 
 
 S. In simmer when t 
 
 An' how they crouded to the yill, 
 
 When they were a' dismist : . . The Holy Fair. 23. 
 And yill an' whisky gie to Cairds, 
 
 Until they sconner. . . ToJ.S., 23. 
 
 Yill-caup [ale-stoupl. 
 
 Now, butt an' ben, the Change-house fills, 
 Wi' yill-caup Commentators : . The Holy Fair. 18. 
 
 Yird. Yipth [earth]. 
 a shapely shank, As e'er tread yird ; A Guid New-Year\ 3. 
 Then, straught or crooked, yird or nane, 
 
 They roar an' cry a' throw'ther ; . . Halloween. 
 When lyart leaves bestrow the yird. The Jolly Beggars, R. I. 
 I hae as gude a craft rig 
 
 As made o' yird and stane ; . S. There's news, lassies t 
 Nay, even the yirtb itsel' does cry, . El. on Year 1788. 
 Yipr [the bark of a dog]. 
 
 Yirr, fancy barks, awa' we canter . Ep. to Maj. Logan. 2. 
 Yoke. 
 Long did I bear the heavy yoke, . i". The Joyful Widower. 
 My wife she is willing to draw in the yoke, 
 
 S. The Poor Thresher. 
 Yoke, to. when I downa yoke a naig, . A Ded. to G. H., 2. 
 " Ye needna yoke the pleugh," Death and Dr. Hornbook, 24. 
 Yokin [yoking ; a bout, a set to]. 
 
 At length we had a hearty yokin, 
 
 At sang about. Ep, to J. L — k., Ap. ist, 2. 
 
 Or baud a yokin at the pleugh, The Ans. to the Guidwife, 
 Yon. And yon the toast of a' the town, S. O Mary, at thy t 
 Sitting at yon boord-en', . S, Rattling Roarin Willie, 
 
 Ye see yon birkie ca'd a Lord, . S. The Honest Man. 
 
 Observ'd ye yon reverend lad The Jolly Beggars. S. III. 
 
 He's a bonie, bonie laddie and yon be he. 
 
 S. Their grows a bonie brier \ 
 Yonder. 
 There liv'd a lass in yonder dale. 
 And down in yonder glen, O ; . S. Katharine Jaffray, 
 'Yont [beyond]. 
 Aft 'yont the dyke she's heard you bumman. 
 
 Add. to the Deil, 6. 
 For her forbears were brought in ships, 
 
 Frae 'yont the Tweed ; . Foor Mailie's El., 
 That 'yont the hallan snugly chows her cood : 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 11. 
 
 Frae yont the western waves, man. The Tree 0/ Liberty. 
 
 Yore, ancestors, in days of yore, . Add, to Edinburgh. 7. 
 
 Young, For you, young Potentate o' W[ales], A Dream. 10. 
 
 Young, royal Tarry-Breeks, .... lb. 13. 
 
 When thou an' I were young an' skiegh, 
 
 A Guid New-Year \ 8. 
 dear bird, young Jeany fair, . , S, A Rosebud by my \ 
 sweet rose-bud, young and gay, .... lb. 
 
 The young dogs, — swinge them to the labour — 
 
 Add. of Beelzebub. 
 My Nanie's charming, sweet an' young ; 
 
 S. Behind yon hills \ 
 old Time then was young, . . . . S, Caledonia. 
 truant 'prentices, yet young in sin, . . Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 
 Thou strik'st the young hero, a glorious mark ! 
 
 S. Farewellf thou fair day t 
 The mother linnet in the brake 
 
 Bewails her ravish'd young; . S. Fate gave the word^i 
 An' young an' auld come rinnan out, . . Halloween. 20. 
 Wha got my young Highland thief. . . S, Hee balou t 
 And lassie ye're but young, ye ken ; S. In simmer when t 
 I'm o'er young to marry yet, . , . S. Im der young t 
 I'm o'er young, my mammy says, . . . Ih. 
 
 while rosy pleasure 
 Hides young desire amid her flowery wreath, , Innocense. 
 
 My bonie laddie's young but he's growin yet. 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 
 Young Charlie Cochran was the sprout of an aik: . lb. 
 
 Young man, gin ye should be sae kind, 
 
 S. Lass, whenyrmiiherj 
 
 Young man, do you hear that? I^- 
 
 And a' is young and sweet like thee ; 
 
 S. Lassie wf the hniwhtte t 
 I heard a young Ploughman sae sweetly to sing ; 
 
 Lns on Ploughman. 
 
 Young stranger, whither wand'rest thou ? 
 
 Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 Propitious Powers screen'd the young flow'rs, Nature's Law. 
 That Young Man great in Issachar, New Psalmody. 
 
 O can ye labour lea, young man, . S. O can ye labour lea t 
 An' I was but a young thiijg, . . S. O watye what myi 
 To put a young thing in a fright, ... .lb. 
 
 The young, the innocent, who fondly loved us. 
 
 Remorse. A Frag.. 
 
 In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men. 
 
 And proper young lasses and a', man ; Ronalds of Bennals. 
 To proper young men, he'll clink in the hand 
 
 Gowd guineas a hunder Or twa, man. . . .lb. 
 
 And bids me beware 0' young men ; . . S. Tarn Glen. 
 When I was beardless, young and blate, 
 
 The Ans. to the Guidwife. 
 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles, 
 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 
 And there will be wealthy young Richard, 
 
 The Election Ballads. II. 
 
 I red you beware at the hunting, young men ; 
 
 S. The heather was blooming t 
 swankies young, in braw braid-claith, . The Holy Fair. 7. 
 And still my delight is in proper young men: 
 
 The Jolly Beggars, S. II. 
 And drank, " Young man, now sleep ye sound." 
 
 S. The lass that made the bed. 
 Haud aGT your hands, young man, said she, . . .lb. 
 Gie me the groat again, cany young man. 
 
 S. The Taylor fern 
 The young anes rantan thro' the house The Twa Dogs. 20, 
 FuUarton, the brave and young ; . The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 I saw grim Nature's visage hoar, 
 
 Struck thy young eye- ... lb. 13. 
 
 my young Highland Rover . S. The yng Highl. Rover. 
 Young Robie was the brawest lad, S. There was a lassf 
 
 Dearest tie of young connexions, . . . To a Kiss' 
 
 'Tis friendship's pledge, my young, fair friend. To Chloris. 
 To daunton me, and me sae young, . S. To daunton me. 
 Young Fancy's rays the hills adorning ! To J. S., ij. 
 
 Beauteous rose-bud, young and gay, . . To Miss C. 
 
 And God bless young Dunaskin's laird. To Mr. M'Adam. 
 To equal young Jessie, seek Scotland all over ; 
 To equal young Jessie, you seek it in vain : 
 
 S. True hearted was he t 
 in the fair presence of lovely young Jessie, , , lb. 
 
 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man ? 
 
 »?. What Can a young lassie t 
 He's peevish, and jealous of a' the young fellows, . lb. 
 Young Jamie, pride of a' the plain, S. Young Jamie\ 
 
 Young Jockey was the biythest lad . S. Young Jockey^ 
 Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass, S. Young Peggy \ 
 Youngest. The youngest Brother ye wad whip 
 
 Aff straught to H-11. Add to the Deil. 14. 
 
 The youngest he was the flower amang them a' : 
 
 S. Lady Mary Ann. 
 Young-eyed. 
 Thou young-eyed spring, thy charms I cannot bear ; 
 
 Sonnety on Death ofR.. 
 Young-Guidman [newly-married man]. 
 Thence, mystic knots mak great abuse. 
 On Young-Guidmen, fond, keen, an' croose ; 
 
 Add. to the Deil. 11. 
 The auld gudeman, or the young gudeman, 
 For me may sink or swim ; . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Youngker, Younker [youngster]. 
 The youngkers a' are warned to obey ; 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 6. 
 And teach the sportive younkers round, 
 
 Wr, in Friars-Carse H. 
 
Youngling 
 
 548 
 
 Zone 
 
 Youngling [young]. 
 The youngling Cottagers retire to rest : 
 
 The Cottef^s Sat. Night i8. 
 Youngster. 
 
 The pipers and youngsters were making their game, 
 
 S. As I was a-wand'nntg-f 
 The Youngster's artless heart o'erflows wi' joy, 
 
 The Cotters Sai.Nighi. 8. 
 That faith, the youngsters took the sands 
 Wi'nimhle shanks, . . . ToW. Simpson. P.S. 
 Younkep v. Youngkep. 
 Yours. And gratefully my gude auld cockie, 
 
 I'm yours for ay. To Dr. Blackhck. 
 Yoursel [yourself; yourselves]. 
 I thought them [my works] something like yoursel. 
 
 A Bed. to G. H,, 12. 
 O ye wha are sae guid yoursel, . . Add. to Unco Gutd. 
 An' lastly, Jamie, for yoursel, . . Auid Comrade i 
 Ye ken yoursels, for little feck ! . . £1. on Year i'j88. 
 But still keep something to yoursel Ep. to Young Friend, j*. 
 Conceal ^roursel as weel's ye can 
 
 Frae critical dissection ;..,.,. lb. 
 Go, for yoursel procure renown, . S. Highland Laddie. 
 For instance, there's yoursel just now, 
 
 God knows, an unco Calf! The Calf. 
 
 O Wives be mindfu', ance yoursel, 
 
 How bonie lads ye wanted, . . The Holy Fair. 2$. 
 
 While deil a hair yoursel ye're better. Third Ep. to J. Lap. . 
 An' gar him follow to the kirk — 
 
 Ay when ye gang yoursel. To Gav. Hamilton. 
 Ye ken yoursels my heart right proud is, To Dr. Blacklock. 
 'Twas noble, Sir ; 'twas like yoursel, . To Mr. M'Adam. 
 Yourself. 
 
 Yourself, you wait your bright reward. Sketch. NewYt^s Day. 
 Youth. 
 Youth, grace, and love attendant move, 
 
 S. A. Masterton's bonie Anne. 
 We saw thee shine in youth and beauty's pnde, 
 
 El. on Miss Burnet, 
 The hopeful youth, in Scottish senate bred, Ep.fr. Esopus. 
 Adieu, dear, amiable Youth ! . Ep. to Young Friend. 11. 
 
 They [Misfortunes] gie the wit of Age to Youth ; Ep. to Davie. 7. 
 The friend of age, and guide of youth : Epit. on a Friend. 
 And now beneath the withering blast 
 
 My youth and joy consume. S. Now Spring has clad\ 
 
 Their hope, their stay, their darling youth, 
 
 O Thou dread Pov/r t 
 But Worth and Truth eternal Youth 
 
 Will give to Polly Stewart. . . S. Polly Stewart. 
 
 Ye sprightly youths, quite flush with hope and spirit. 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 Home of my youth, . , i". Slow spreads the gloom t 
 Ilk Sportsman-youth bemoan'd a father ; Tarn SamsotCs El. 
 Stand forth and tell yon Premier Youths 
 The honest, open, naked truth : 
 
 The A uthof's Cry and Prayer. 4^ 
 But there's a youth, a witless youth, 
 That fills the place where she should be ; 
 
 S, The bonie Lass of Alb. 
 A strappan youth ; he takes the Mother's eye ; 
 
 The Cotters Sat. Night. 8. 
 What makes the youth sae hashfu' and sae grave ; . IB. 
 Betray sweet Jenny's unsuspecting youth ? . . Ib.xo. 
 But she wad send the sodger youth 
 
 To greet his eldest son. . . The Election Ballads. I. 
 Stranger, if full of youth and riot, 
 
 And yet no grief has marr'd thy quiet, . The Hermit. 
 
 The plighted husband of her youth? . . The Lament. 
 My youth's return'd to fair Strathspey, 
 
 .S". TheyngHighl, Rover. 
 There's a youth in this city, it were a great pity, 
 
 S. There's a youthi 
 in all thy youth and charms, .... To Chloris. 
 Youth and Love with sprightly dance, Wr. in Friars-Carse H. . 
 That nurse iij their bosom the youth o' the Clyde, 
 
 S. Yon wild mossy mountains t 
 Inspire the highly favour'd youth 
 The destinies intend her. , . . S. Young Peggy t 
 Youthful, -fU'. 
 When youthfu' lovers first were pairM, Add. to the Deil. iS. 
 
 I lang hae thought, my youthfu' friend, 
 
 A Something to liave sent you, . Ep. to Young Friend. 
 Thou golden time o' youthful prime, - S. But lately seen t 
 I listen'd to a lover's sang. 
 And thought on youthful pleasures many ; 
 
 S. By Allan stream t 
 The youthful charming Chloe ; , S. It was the charming f 
 Or youthful Pleasure's rage? Man was made to Mourn. 
 
 Thy glorious youthful prime ! . . . . lb. 
 
 Look not alone on youthful Prime, . . , lb. 
 
 Yet, let not this too much, my Son, 
 
 Disturb thy youthful breast : , . . . lb. 10. 
 They make your youthful fancies reel, . O leave novels f 
 
 * My youthful heart was stown away, . , S. Phely, t 
 The yotithful blooming Nelly lay, S. On a bank of flowers \ 
 She's stately like yon youthful ash, S. On Cessnock hanks t 
 To meet with noble youthful Daer, On dining with Doer. 
 Sweet early object of my youthful vows, On^e fondly lov'd^ t 
 Last, tho' not least in love, ye youthful fair. 
 
 Prologue, at Th., D.. 
 In youthfu' bloom. Love sparkling in her e'e, 
 
 The Cottef's Sat. Night. 4. 
 ' 'Tis when a youthful, loving, modest Pair, 
 
 * In other's arms, breathe out the tender tale, . . lb. 9. 
 Must I see thee, my youthful pride. 
 
 Thus brought so very low ! ^S", The sun he is sunk \ 
 How I had spent my youthfu' prime, 
 
 An' done nae-thing-, . . The Vision. D. /. 4. 
 youthful Love, warm-blushing, strong, . . lb. D. //. 16. 
 I thought upon the witching smile 
 That caught my youthful fancy : S. When wild Wa^s f 
 Yowe, Yewe [ewe]. 
 Ilk spring they're new deckit wi' bonie white yewes. 
 
 S. Awa* wV yr witchcraft t 
 A cow and a cauf, a yowe and a hauf, S. Her Daddieforbad\ 
 Her living image in her yowe, . . Poor Mailie's El.. 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; The Death ofMailie. 
 And there I had three score o' yowes. 
 Skipping on yon bonie knowes, 
 
 ■5". The Highl. Widow's Lament. 
 His gear may buy him kye and yowes, .S". To daunion vie. 
 Yowie \dim. ^yowe]. 
 
 An' niest my yowie, silly thing, , The Death ofMailie. 
 
 Yule [Christmas, Yule^Sth Jan, old style— was not 
 
 a religious festival as in England, but a season 
 
 of festivities, and a survival fvom Pagan timesj. 
 
 And dawin it is dreary, 
 
 When birks are bare at Yule. S. Cauld is the eenin blast t 
 On blithe yule night when we were fou, [v.A.32] 
 
 S. Duncan Gray t 
 
 The blude red rose at Yule may blaw, S. To daunton me. 
 Zeal. 
 I am, Dear Sir, with zeal most fervent, 
 
 Your much indebted, humble servant. A Ded. to G. H.^ /j". 
 An' pray'd wi' zeal and fervour, Fu' fast Hallo^veen. 22. 
 
 O L — d thou kens what zeal I bear. 
 When drinkers drink, and swearers swear, [v.A.ii] 
 
 Holy Willies Prayer. 
 I'll sing the zeal Drumlanrig bears, The Election Ballads, VI. 
 An' then cry zeal for gospel laws, 
 
 Like some we ken. To Rev. J. M'Math. 
 
 Zealot. 
 
 Ye canting Zealots, spare him ! Tam Samson^s El, Epit. 
 Zealous. Their zealous herds are vex'd an' sweatan ; 
 
 To W. Simpson. P.S, 
 
 Zephyr. 
 
 And I mysel' the zephyr's breath, 
 
 Amang its bonie leaves to play. . . S. O were my love t 
 The zephyr wantonM round the bean, 
 
 5. ' Tivas even—the dewy t 
 
 Zig-zag. To right or left, eternal swervin. 
 
 They zig-zag on ; To J. S., ig. 
 
 Zlon. Those strains that once did sweet in Zion glide. 
 
 The Cotter's Sat. Night. 12. 
 
 Nae mair by Babel's streams we'll weep. 
 To think upon our Zion ; . . . The Ordination, 1. 
 
 Zlpporah. Or Zipporah the scauldin jad, 
 
 Was like a bluidy tiger I' th' mn that day. 
 
 The Ordination. 4. 
 
 Zodiac. Down the Zodiac urge the race, Ep. to H. Parker. 
 
 Zone. Afric's burning zone, . S. Now Spring has clad t 
 
 [Appenpix. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
APPENDIX. 
 
 In each case, the alteration made by the Poet is given immediately after the original line or lines, and the 
 date indicated. 
 
 IC, . . . The Kilmarnock Edition (published, July, 1786). 
 E. 1787, &^c.t . Edinburgh Edition of 1787, &c. 
 Z. 1787, . . London Edition of 1787. 
 
 —Till tir'd at last wi' mony a farce, 
 They set them down upon their arse. 
 Until wi' daffin weary grown, 
 Upon a knowe they sat them down. 
 
 K. 
 
 . . E. mi. 
 
 The Two. Dogs. 
 2. — Till whare ye sit, on craps o' heather, 
 Ye tine your dam ^ 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither 
 
 Tak' aff your dram I . , K. 
 
 Till when ye speak, ye aiblins blether, 
 
 Yet deil mak' matter I 
 Freedom and Whisky gang thegither, 
 
 Tak' aff your whitter. , . E. 17^4. 
 The Author's Cry and Prayer. P. 
 3.— An' warn him ay at ridin time, 
 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame ; . . . K. 
 
 An' warn him— what I winna name — 
 
 To stay content wi' yowes at hame \ . . E. 1787. 
 
 The Death ofMailie. 
 
 4.— Quoted from inserted stanzas which appeared, E. 1787, 
 
 and were retained in subsequent editions. 
 
 5. — Does a' his weary kiaugh and care beguile . . K. 
 
 Does a' his weary carking cares beguile . E. ijgs. 
 
 The Cottet^s Sat. Night. 
 
 6.— Great lies and nonsense baith to vend . . E, 1787. 
 
 A rousing whid at times to vend . . , E. 1794. 
 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. 
 
 7.— Auld Scotland wants nae stinking ware . L. 1787. 
 
 In the London Edition of 1787 "skinking" was misprinted 
 
 "stinking." "Stinking" also appears in many copies of the 
 
 1787 Edinburgh Edition. 
 
 8. — " But now our joys are fled," was altered by Thomson, to 
 
 suit the music, into " Tho' now, all Nature's sweets are fled." 
 
 9. — But why of this epocha make such a fuss. 
 
 That gave us the Hanover stem ; 
 
 If bringmg them over was lucky for us, 
 
 I'm sure 'twas as lucky for them. 
 
 Poet, Add. to Tytler. 
 
 The above, which, with the exception of the first line, had been 
 previously omitted, was printed in Pickering's Edition of 1839. 
 
 10.— Quoted from additional lines printed in Currie's Second 
 Edition. 
 
 ii._Quoted from an additional verse printed in Stewart's 
 Edition of 1802. 
 
 i2._Quoted from additional lines printed in " Cromek's Re- 
 liques," 1810. 
 
 13. — An' purge the bitter ga's an' cankers, 
 
 O' curst Venetian b-res an' ch-ncres. . . . K, 
 And clear the consequential sorrows, 
 Love-gifts of Carnival signoras. . . . E, 1^87. 
 The Twa Dogs. 23. 
 "B-res," is evidently a misprint for "buboes," a venereal 
 disease generally accompanying the " chancres." 
 14.— And such a leg 1 my Bess, I ween. 
 
 Could only peer it ; . . . . K. 
 And such a leg ! my bonie Jean 
 
 Could only peer it ; . . E, 1787. 
 
 The Vision. D. /. //. 
 In 1787 Bums had got reconciled to Jean Armour. 
 15. — From verse inserted by the Poet in his E. Editions of 
 1793 and 1794- 
 
 16.— At the suggestion of Mr. Tytler, the Poet omitted the 
 following lines when he printed " Tam o' Shanter " in his 
 Editions of 1793 and 1794 :— 
 
 Three lawyers' tongues, turn'd inside out, 
 Wi' lies seam'd like a beggar's clout ; 
 Three priests' hearts, rotten, black as muck, 
 , Lay stinking, vile, in every neuk. Tam 0' Shanter. 
 '• Tam o' Shanter " was first printed in Captain Grose's 
 "Antiquities of Scotland." 
 
 17. — At ev'ry chap, .... . K. 
 
 At ev'ry chaup E. 1787. 
 
 Scotch Drink. 10. 
 
 18. — On this hand sits an Elect swatch . , . . K. 
 
 On this hand sits a chosen swatch . . . E. 1787. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 10. 
 
 19. — She was nae get 0' runted rams, 
 
 Wi' woo' like goats, an' legs like trams ; 
 She was the flower o' Fairlee lambs, 
 
 A famous breed : 
 Now Robin, greetin', chows the hams 
 O' Mailie dead ! 
 The above verse occurs in original manuscript copies of " Poor 
 Mailie's Elegy " in place of the sixth verse of the poem as printed. 
 
 20. — Quoted from a variation of the fifth verse. 
 
 21.— His wee drappirratch, K, 
 
 His wee drap parritch, . . . . E. 1787. 
 
 Scotch Drink. 7, 
 
 " Pirratch " is evidently a misprint. 
 
 22. — ^Wi' tidings o' s-lv-t — n. . . . , , K. 
 
 Wi' tidings o* d-mn-t—n. . . . E. 1787. 
 
 The Holy Fair. 12. 
 
 T>t. Blair suggested ' d-mn-t — n ' as being more in accordance 
 
 with the '* Gospel " preached by the type of clergymen satirised. 
 
 23. — Hence, Dempster's truth-prevailing tongue; . K. 
 
 Hence, Dempster's zeal-inspired tongue ; . E. 1787. 
 
 The Vision. D. II. 6. 
 
 24. — The sweetest hours that e'er I spend . . E. 1787. 
 
 The sweetest hours that e'er I spent ; . E. I7g3., 17^4. 
 
 S, Green grow the Rashes. 
 
 The wisest man the warl' saw . . . E. 1787. 
 
 The wisest man the warl' e'er saw ; . E. I7g3^ I7g4. 
 
 S. Green grow the Rashes. 
 
 25. — Wae worth them for't! 
 
 While healths gae round to him wha, tight, 
 
 Gies famous sport. . . . K, 
 
 Wae worth the name, 
 Nae howdie gets a social night 
 
 Or plack frae them. . , E. 2787. 
 Scotch Drink. 12. 
 25. — "Lugar," instead of" Stinchar, "was suggestedto Thomson 
 by the Poet. 
 27. — Ask why God made the gem so small, 
 While huge He made the granite ? 
 Because God meant mankind should set 
 That higher value on it. 
 The above version is considered the more correct, and is the 
 one concorded. 
 
 28. — when pressed with care E. 1787. 
 
 when harassed with care. ... E. I7g4. 
 
 29. — And Och! that's nae r-g-n-r-t-n! . . . . K. 
 
 A Ded, to G. H, 6. 
 
 The above line was omitted by the Poet in all his subsequent 
 
 Editions. 
 
 30. — " An honest man's the noble work of God : '' . . K. 
 
 The Cotier^s Sat. Night, ig. 
 
 The Poet misquoted Pope, using "noble" instead of "noblest," 
 
 a mistake he corrected in his subsequent Editions. 
 
 31. — A variation of the two last lines of the second verse of the 
 song. 
 32. — The line — 
 
 " On blithe Yule night when we were fou," 
 was altered by Thomson to— 
 
 " On new-year's night, when we were fou." 
 
 S^ Duncan Gray t 
 
[Index. 
 
INDEX 
 
 OF 
 
 "TITLES" AND "FIRST LINES." 
 
 4 A 
 
INDEX OF "TITLES" AND "FIRST LINES." 
 
 The " Titles " and '* First Lines" not used in the Concordance are indented. 
 The " Titles " which are not those of the Poet, are printed in italics. 
 A + indicates a " First Line." 
 
 A Bard*s Epitaph. 
 
 Is there a whim-inspir'd fool t 
 A Bottle and a Friend. 
 
 Here's a bottle and an honest friend t 
 A Dedication to G*^** H******* Esq. 
 
 Expect na, Sir, in this narration t 
 A Dream. 
 
 Guid-Momin to your Majesty f 
 A Farewell. 
 
 Farewell, dear Friend ! may guid luck hit you t 
 A Fragment. 
 
 When Guilford good our Pilot stood t 
 A Guid New-year I wish you Maggie t 
 
 The Auld Farmer's New-year-moming Salutation to his 
 auld Mare^ Maggie. 
 A Grace. 
 
 L— d, we thank an' thee adore t 
 A Grace before Dinner. 
 
 O Thou, who kindly dost provide t 
 A Prayer in the Prospect of Death. 
 
 O Thou unknown, Almighty Cause t 
 A Prayer under the Pressure of violent Angoish. 
 
 O Thou great Being ! what Thou art t 
 A red, red Rose. S. 
 
 O my Luve's like a red, red rose t 
 A Rose-bud by my early walk + S, 
 A Verse on being Hospitably Entertained in the Highlands. 
 
 When death's dark stream I ferry o'er t 
 A Vision. 
 
 As I stood by yon roofless tower t 
 A Winter Night. 
 
 When biting Boreas, fell and doure f 
 A' the lads o' Thornie-bank t S. 
 Adam A — 's Prayer. 
 
 Gude pity me, because I'm little t 
 Address of Beelzebub to the Right Honourable the Earl of B****. 
 
 Long life, my lord, and health be yours f 
 Address spoken by Miss Fontenelle at the Theatre, Dumfries. 
 
 StiU anxious to secure your partial favor t 
 Address to an Illegitimate Child. 
 
 Thou's welcome wean, mishanter fa* me t 
 Address to Edinburgh. 
 
 Edina I Scotia's darling seat t 
 Address to General Dumourier. 
 
 You're welcome to Despots, Dumourier f 
 Address to the Deil. 
 
 O Thou, whatever title suit thee ! t 
 Address to the Shade of Thomson. 
 
 While virgin Spring, by Eden's flood t 
 Address to the Tooth-Ache. 
 
 My curse upon your venom'd stang t 
 Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous. 
 
 O ye wha are sae guid yoursel t 
 Adown winding Nith I did wander f S. 
 
 Afton Water. S. 
 
 Flow gently, sweet Afton, among thy green braes t 
 
 Again rejoicing Nature sees t S. 
 Ah, Chloris, since it may na bef S. 
 Allan Masterton's bonie Anne. S. 
 
 Ye gallants bright I rede ye right t 
 Amang the trees where humming bees t S. 
 An' I'll kiss thee yet, yet t S. 
 And O for ane and twenty, Tarn t S. 
 Anna, thy charms my bosom fire t S . 
 As down the bum they took their way t S. 
 As I came o'er the Cairney mount t S. 
 As I gaed up by yon gate end t S. 
 As I was a-wand'ring on a Midsummer ev'ning t S. 
 
 As on the' banks of winding Nith t 
 
 Verses on the Destruction of the Woods near Drumlanrig. 
 Ask why God made the gem so small t 
 
 On being asked why God had made Miss Davis so Little 
 and Mrs. *** so Large. 
 
 At a meeting of the Dumfriesshire Volunteers (Extempore Lines). 
 
 Instead of a song, boys, I'll give you a toast t 
 At Globe Tavern, Dumfries; on being compelled so to officiate. 
 
 O Lord, when hunger pinches sore t 
 Auld comrade dear and brither sinner f 
 
 Letter to J— s T— t, Gl— nc— r. 
 Awa, whigs, awa. S. 
 
 Our tbrissles flourished fresh and fair t 
 Awa' wi' your witchcraft o' beauty's alarms t S. 
 Ay waking, O ! t S. 
 Ay waukin, O. S. 
 
 Sinuner's a pleasant time t 
 Bannocks o' bear meal, bannocks o' barley t S. 
 Behind yon hills where Stinchar [Lugar] flows t S. 
 Behold, my love, how green the groves t S. 
 Behold the hour, the boat arrive ! t S. 
 Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day t 
 
 Inscribed on a Pane of Glass in Mr. M 'Murdo's House. 
 Blue Bonnets. S. 
 
 Wherefore sighing art thou Phillis ? t 
 Blythe was she, &c. S. 
 
 Blythe, blythe, and merry was she t 
 Blythe hae I been on yon hill t S. 
 Bonie Bell. S. 
 
 The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing t 
 Bonie Lassie, will ye go t S. 
 Bonie wee thing, canny wee thing t S. 
 
 The bonie wee Thing. 
 Braw, braw lads on Yarrow braes t S. 
 Braw lads of Galla water. S. 
 
 Sae fair her hair, sae brent her brow t 
 But lately seen, in gladsome green t S. 
 By Allan stream I chanc'd to rove t S. 
 By yon castle wa' at the close of the day t S. 
 Ca' the Ewes to the Knowes. S. 
 
 As I gaed down the water-side f 
 [Another Sett of this song begins "Harkl the mavis 
 evening sang."] 
 Caledonia. S. 
 
 There was once a day, but old time then was young t 
 Canst thou leave me thus, my Katy?t S. 
 Carl, an the King come. S. 
 
 An somebodie were come again t 
 Cauld is the e'enin blast t S. 
 Cock up your beaver. S. 
 
 When first my brave Johnie lad came to this town t 
 Come boat me o'er to Charlie. S. 
 
 Come boat me o'er, come row me o'er f 
 Come let me take thee to my breast t S. 
 
 [The second stanza of this song and the second and third 
 stanzas of the song "An' 111 kiss thee yet, yet," are 
 the same.] 
 Comin thro' the rye, poor body t S, 
 
 [First Sett.] 
 Comin thro' the rye. S. 
 
 Gin a body meet a body, comin thro' the rye t 
 [Second Sett.] 
 Contented wi' little, and canty wi' mair f S. 
 Could aught of song declare my pains t S. 
 Craigie-bum Wood. S. 
 
 Sweet closes the evening on Craigie-burn Woodf 
 [Another^ Sett of this song begins " Sweet fa's the eve 
 onCraigiebum."] 
 
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 Damon and Sylvia. S. 
 
 Yon wand'ring rill, that marks the hill t 
 Death and Dr. Hornbook. A True Story. 
 
 Some books are lies frae end to end t 
 Delia. An Ode. 
 
 Fair the face of orient day t 
 Deluded swain, the pleasure t S. 
 Despondency, an Ode. 
 
 Oppressed with grief, oppress'd with care t 
 Does haughty Gaul invasion threat?! S. 
 
 The Dumfries Volunteers. 
 Donald Brodie met a lass f S. 
 
 Donald Brodie. 
 Duncan Davison, S. 
 
 There was a lass, they ca'd her Meg f 
 Duncan Gray. S. 
 
 Weary fa' you, Duncan Gray t 
 Duncan Gray cam' here to woo t S. 
 
 Elegjr on Capt. M — H — , A gentleman who held the Patent for 
 nis Honours immediately from Almighty God 1 
 . O Death 1 thou tyrant fell and bloody i f 
 Elegy on Peg Nicholson. 
 
 Peg Nicholson was a good bay mare t 
 Klegy on the Death of Robert Ruisseaux. 
 
 Now Robin lies in his last lair t 
 Elegy on the late Miss Burnet of Monboddo. 
 
 Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize t 
 Elegy on the year 1788. 
 
 For Lords or Kings I dinna"moum t 
 Epigram on . 
 
 When ******, deceased, to the Devil went down t 
 Epigram on a Henpecked Country Squire. ^ 
 
 O Death, hadst thou but spar'd his life t 
 Epigram on a Henpecked Country Squire, Another. 
 
 One Queen Artemisa, as old stories tell t 
 Epigram on a Noted Coxcomb. 
 
 Light lay the earth on Billy's breast t 
 Epigram on Andrew Turner. 
 
 In seventeen hunder forty-nine t 
 Epigram on being Neglected at Inverary Inn. 
 
 Whoe'er he be that sojourns here f 
 Epigram on Capt. Francis Grose. 
 
 The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying t 
 Epigram on Elphinstone's Translation of Martial's Epigrams. 
 
 Thou whom Poetry abhors t 
 Epistle from Esopus to Maria. 
 
 From those drear solitudes and frowzy cells t 
 Epistle to a Young Friend. 
 
 1 lang hae thought, my youthfu' Friend f 
 Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet. 
 
 While winds frae off Ben-Lomond blaw t 
 Epistle to Hugh Parker. 
 
 In this strange land, this uncouth clime f 
 Epistle to J. L*****k, an old Scotch Bard. April ist, 1785. 
 
 While briers an' woodbines budding green t 
 Epistle to J. L*****k, an old Scotch Bard. April 21st, 1785. 
 
 While new-ca'd kye rowte at the stake f 
 Epistle to J. R******^ enclosing some Poems- 
 
 O rough, rude, ready-witted R******^ f 
 Epistle to Major Logan. 
 
 Hail, thairm-inspirin', rattlin' Willie ! f 
 Epistle to R. Graham, Esq., of Fintry. 
 
 When nature her great master-piece designed f 
 Epitaph for G. H., Esq. 
 
 The poor man weeps — here G — n sleeps t 
 Epitaph for R. A., Esq. 
 
 Know thou, O stranger to the fame t 
 Epitaph for the Author's Father. 
 
 O ye whose cheek the tear of pity stains t 
 Epitaph on a Celebrated Ruling Elder. 
 
 Here Sowter **** in Death does sleep f 
 Epitaph on a Country Laird, not quite so Wise as Solomon. 
 
 Bless Jesus Christ, O C********, t 
 Epitaph on a Friend. 
 
 An honest man here lies at rest f 
 Epitaph on a Henpecked Country Squire. 
 
 As father Adam first was fool'd f 
 Epitaph on a Noisy Polemic. 
 
 Below thir stanes lie Jamie's banes f 
 Epitaph on a Wag in Mauchline. 
 
 Lament 'im Mauchline husbands a' t 
 Epitaph on D C . 
 
 Here lies on earth a root of Hell t 
 
 Epitaph on Gabriel Richardson. 
 
 Here brewer Gabriel's fire's extinct t 
 Epitaph on Grizel Grim. 
 
 Here lies with death auld Grizel Grim f 
 Epitaph on Holy Willie. 
 
 Here Holy Willie's sair worn clay f 
 Epitaph on J— n B— y, Writer, D— s. 
 
 Here lies J — n B— y, honest man f 
 Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchh'ne. 
 
 Here lies Johnny Pidgeon f 
 Epitaph on Miss Jessy Lewars. 
 
 Say, sages, what's the charm on earth t 
 Epitaph on Mr. Burton. 
 
 Here cursing, swearing Burton lies t 
 Epitaph on Tarn the Chapman. 
 
 As Tam the Chapman on a day t 
 Epitaph on W . 
 
 Stop Thief! dame Nature cried to Death f 
 Epitaph on Walter S— . 
 
 Sic a reptile was Wat t 
 Epitaph on wee Jobnie. 
 
 Whoe'er thou art, O reader, know t 
 Eppie Adair. S. 
 
 An' O, my Eppie t 
 Eppie M'Nab. S. 
 
 O saw ye my dearie, my Eppie M 'Nab t 
 Extempore. April, 1782. 
 
 O why the deuce should I repine f 
 Extempore in the Court of Session. 
 
 He clench'd his pamphlets in his fist f 
 Extempore on a Person Nicknamed the Marquis. 
 
 Here lies a mock M-arquis t 
 Extempore on some Commemorations of the Poet Thomson. 
 
 Dost thou not rise, indignant shade f 
 Extempore on the late Mr. William Smellie. 
 
 To Crochallan came t 
 Extempore. Pinned to a Lady's coach. 
 
 If you rattle along like your mistress's tongue f 
 Extempore. To Mr. S**e, on refusing to dine with him. 
 
 No more of your guests, be they titled or not f 
 Extempore, to an Intimate in Reply to an Invitation. 
 
 The king's most humble servant, 1 1 
 Fairest maid on Devon banks ! f S, 
 Farewell, dear mistress of my soul t S- 
 Farewell, thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies f S. 
 Farewell, thou stream that winding flows t S. 
 Farewell, ye dungeons dark and strong t S. 
 Fate gave the word, the arrow sped, f S. 
 
 A Mother's Lament for the Death of her Son. 
 
 First when Maggy was my care, t S. 
 
 For W. Nicol, one of the Teachers of the High-school of Edin- 
 burgh. 
 
 Ye maggots, feed on Nicol's brain, t 
 Forlorn, my Love, no comfort near, t S. 
 Frae the friends and Land I love,t S. 
 Fragment, 
 
 Now health forsakes that angel face, t 
 Fragment, inscribed to the Right Hon. Charles James Fox. 
 
 How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite ! t 
 Fragment of an Ode on the Birth-day of Prince Charles Edward. 
 
 False flatterer, Hope, away ! f 
 Friend of the poet tried and leal, t 
 
 Poem, addressed to Mr. Mitchell, Collector of Excise, 
 Dumfries, 1796. 
 From thee, Eliza, I must go, f S. 
 Gane is the day and mirk's the night, f S. 
 
 Then Guidwife count the Lawin. 
 Gat ye me, O gat ye me, t S. 
 
 The Lass of Ecclefechan. 
 Gloomy December. S. 
 
 Ance mair I hail thee, thou gloomy December ! t 
 Grace after Dinner. 
 
 O Thou, in whom we live and move, t 
 Green grow the Rashes, S. 
 
 There's nought but care on ev'ry ban', f 
 Gudeen to you Kimmer, f S. 
 Had I a cave on some wild distant shore, t S. 
 Had I the wyte, had I the wyte,t S. 
 Halloween. 
 
 Upon that night, when Fairies light f 
 Handsome Nell. S, 
 
 O once I lov'd a bonie Lass t 
 
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 Hark! the mavis* evening sang f S. 
 Hee balou, my sweet wee Donald, t S. 
 
 The Highland Balou. 
 Her Daddte forbad, her Minnie forbad t S. 
 
 Jumpin John. 
 Her flowing locks, the raven's wing t S. 
 Here is the glen, and here the bower, f S. 
 Here's a health to ane I lo'e dear t S. 
 Here's a health to them that's awa f S. 
 Here's his health in water. S. 
 
 Altho' my back be at the wa', t 
 Here's to thy health, my bonie lass t S. 
 Hey ca' thro'. S. 
 
 Up wi' the carls of Dysart t 
 Hey, the dusty miller t S. 
 Highland Laddie. S. 
 
 The bonniest lad that e'er I saw t 
 Highland Mary. S. 
 
 Powers celestial whose protection t 
 Holy Willie's Prayer. 
 
 Thou wha in the heavens dost dwell, f 
 How can my poor heart be glad, t S. 
 
 How cruel are the parents t S. 
 
 How lang and dreary is the night, t S. 
 
 How pleasant the banks of the clear winding Devon, t S. 
 
 Husband, husband, cease your strife, t S. 
 
 I do confess thou art sae fair, t S. 
 
 I dream'd I lay where flowers were springing, t S. 
 
 I gaed a waefu' gate yestreen t S. 
 
 I met a lass, a bonie lass t S. 
 
 [Almost the whole of this piece occurs in " Donald Brodie 
 met a lass."] 
 I'll ay ca' in by yon town t S. 
 I'm o'er young to marry. S. 
 
 1 am my mammy's ae bairn t 
 Impromptu. 
 
 At Brownhill we always get dainty good cheer t 
 Impromptu, on Mrs. — 's Birthday, 4th Nov., 1793. 
 
 Old winter with his frosty beard t 
 In Defence of a Lady : at Dalswinton. 
 
 How daur ye ca' me howlet-faced, t 
 In simmer when the hay was mawn t S. 
 In vain would Prudence, with decorous sneer, t 
 Innocence looks gaily-smiling on t 
 Inscription on a Goblet. 
 
 There's death in the cup — sae beware ! t 
 Inscription on the Tomb of Robert Fergusson, Poet. 
 
 No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay, t 
 It is na, Jean, thy bonie face, t S. 
 It was a' for our rightfu' king t S. 
 It was the charming month of May t S. 
 Jamie, come try me t S. 
 Jenny M'Craw, she has ta'en to the heather, f 
 Jockey fou, and Jenny fain, t S. 
 Jockejr's ta'en the parting kiss, t S. 
 John Anderson, my Jo, John t S. 
 John Barleycorn. A Ballad. _ 
 
 There was three kings into the east t 
 John, come kiss me now. S. 
 
 O John, come kiss me now, now, now, f 
 Johnny Peep. 
 
 Here am I, Johnny Peep ; + 
 Katharine Jaffray. 
 
 There liv'd a lass in yonder dale, t 
 Ken ye ought o' Captain Grose ?t '' 
 
 Written in an Envelope, enclosing a Letter to Captain 
 Grose. 
 Killiecrankie. S. 
 
 Whare hae ye been sae braw, lad ! t 
 Kind Sir, I've read your paper through + 
 
 Poem written to a Gentleman who had sent him a News- 
 paper, and oflered to continue it free of Expense. 
 
 Lady Mary Ann. S. 
 
 O Lady Mary Ann looks o'er the castle wa' t 
 
 Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn. 
 
 The wind blew hollow frae the hills, t 
 Lament of Mary, Queen of Scots, on the Approach of Spring. 
 
 Now Nature hangs her mantle green f 
 Lameht, written when the Author was about to leave his Native 
 Land. 
 
 O'er the mist-shrouded clifls of the lone mountain straying f 
 
 Landlady, count the lawin f S. 
 
 Hey tutti t^ti. 
 Lass, when your mither is frae hame t S. 
 
 The Discreet Hint. 
 Lassie wi' the lintwhite locks. S. 
 
 Now Nature deeds the flow'ry lea t 
 Last May a braw wooer cam' down the lang glen f S. 
 Leezie Lindsay. S. 
 
 Will ye go to the Highlands, Leezie Lindsay t 
 Let not woman e'er complain f S. 
 Letter to John Goudie, Kilmarnock, on the Publication of his 
 
 O Goudie ! terror of the Whigs t 
 Liberty. 
 
 Thee, Caledonia, thy wild heaths among t 
 Lines addressed to Mr. John Ranken. 
 
 Ae day, as Death, that grusome carl t 
 Lines on a Ploughman. S. 
 
 As I was a-wand'ring ae morning in spring t 
 Lines on Fergusson. 
 
 Ill-fated genius ! Heaven-taught Fergusson t 
 Lines sent to Sir John Whiteford of Whiteford, Bart., with 
 Poem " Lament for James, Earl of Glencairn." 
 
 Thou, who thy honour as thy God rever'st t 
 Lines written on Mrs. Kemble as Yarico. 
 
 Kemble, thou cur'st my unbelief t 
 Lines written Extempore in a Lady's Pocket-book. 
 
 Grant me, indulgent heaven, that I may live t 
 Lines written on a Window, in Friar's Carse Hermitage, 
 
 To Riddell, much lamented man t 
 Lines written on a Window, at the King's Arms Tavern, Dumfries. 
 
 Ye men of wit and wealth, why all this sneering t 
 Lines written on the Back of a Bank Note. 
 
 Wae worth thy power, thou cursed leaf t 
 Lines written on Windows of the Globe Tavern, Dumfries. 
 
 X. The greybeard, old wisdom, may boast of his treasures t 
 
 2. I murder hate by field or flood t 
 
 3. The deities that I adore t 
 
 4. Mjr bottle is a holy pool t 
 
 [This verse also occurs in the song, " Gane is the day, &c."] 
 
 5. In politics if thou would'st mix t 
 
 Lines written under the Picture of the celebrated Miss Bums. 
 
 Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing t 
 Lines wrote by Bums, while on his Death-bed, to J — n R— k-n. 
 
 He who of R-k-n sang, lies stiff and dead f 
 Louis what reck I by thee t S. 
 Lovely Davies. S. 
 
 O how shall I, unskilfu', try t 
 Luckless Fortune. S. 
 
 O raging fortune's withering blast t 
 Man was made to Mourn, a Dirge. 
 
 When chill November's surly blast t 
 Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion f S. 
 Monody, on a Lady famed for her Caprice. 
 
 How cold is that bosom which folly once fired f 
 [The Epitaph affixed to this Monody begins — " Here 
 lies, now a prey to insulting neglect,"]. 
 Montgomerie's Peggy. S._ 
 
 Altho' my bed was in yon muir t 
 My bonie Mary. S. 
 
 Go, fetch, to me a pint o' wine t 
 My Collier Laddie. S. 
 
 Whare live ye my bonie lass t 
 My father was a farmer f S. 
 My Harry was a gallant ^ay t S. 
 
 O for him back agam. 
 My heart was ance as blythe and free t S. 
 
 To the Weavers gin ye go. 
 My heart's in the Highlands, my heart is not here t S. 
 My Lord a-hunting he is gane t S. 
 
 My Lady's gown there's gairs upon't. 
 My love she's but a lassie yet t S. 
 My Love's a winsome wee thing t S. 
 
 [Another Sett of this song is headed — " My wife's a win- 
 some wee thing," and begins — " She is a winsome wee 
 thing."] 
 My Mary's face, my Mary's form t S. 
 My Nanie's Awa. S, 
 
 Now in her green mantle blythe Nature arrays t 
 My Sandy gied to me a ring t S. 
 My Wife's a winsome wee thing. S. 
 
 She is a winsome wee thmg t 
 [Another Sett of this song begins — " My Love's a win- 
 some wee thing "], 
 
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 Musing on the roaring ocean t S. 
 Naehody. S. 
 
 I hae a wife o' my ain f 
 Nature's Law. A Poem humbler inscribed to G. H., Esq. 
 
 Let other heroes boast their scars t 
 
 New Psalmody. 
 
 O sing a new song to the L — t 
 No Churchman am I for to rail and to write, t 
 Now bank and brae are clothed in green, t S. 
 Now rosy May comes in wi' flowers t S. 
 Now Spring has clad the grove in green t S 
 Now westlin winds, and slaught'ring gunsf S. 
 
 O ay my Wife she dang me. S._ 
 
 On peace and rest my mind was bent t 
 O bonie was rosy brier t S. 
 O can ye labour lea, young man t S. 
 O gie my love brose, brose t S. 
 O gin ye were dead, Gudeman. S. 
 
 There's sax eggs in the pan, gudeman t 
 O gude ale comes, and gude ale goes t S. 
 O Kenmure's on and awa, Willie! t S. 
 O ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten ? t S. 
 O Lassie, art thou sleeping yet, t S. 
 O lay thy loof in mine, lass t S. 
 
 A slave to love's unbounded sway t 
 
 The Imploring Lover. 
 
 O leave novels, ye Mauchline belles t 
 O Logan I sweetly didst thou glide, t S. 
 O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet. S. 
 
 As I was walking up die street t 
 O Mary at thy window be t S. 
 O May thy mom was ne'er sae sweet t S. 
 O meikle thinks my love o' my beauty t S. 
 O merry hae I been teethin a heckle t S. 
 O mirk, mirk is this midnight hour f S. 
 O Phely, happy be that day, t S. 
 O poortith cauld, and restless love, t S. 
 O saw ye bonie Lesley f S. 
 O stay, sweet warbling wood-lark, stay t S. 
 O steer her up and haud her gaun t S. 
 O that I had ne'er been married t S. 
 O this is no my ain lassie t S. 
 O Thou dread Pow'r, who reign'st above ! t 
 
 Lying at a Reverend Friend's house one night, the Author 
 left these Verses in the room where he slept. 
 
 O Tibbie ! I hae seen the day t S. 
 
 Yestreen I met you on the moor t 
 O wat ye wha that lo'es me f S. 
 O wat ye wha's in yon town t S. 
 O wat ye what my minnie did t S. 
 O were I on Parnassus hill t S. 
 O were my love yon lilac fair, t S. 
 O wert thou in the cauld blast t S. 
 O wha my babie-clouts will buy ? t S. 
 
 The rantin dog, the daddie o't. 
 O whare did ye get that hauver-meal bannock ? f S. 
 
 Bonie Dundee. 
 O when she cam ben she bobbed fu' law t S. 
 
 When she cam ben she bobbed. 
 O whistle, and I'll come to you, my lad f S. 
 O Willie brew'd a peck o' maut t S. 
 Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. of . 
 
 Dweller in yon dungeon dark t 
 
 Of a' the airts the wind can blaw t S. 
 Oh, how can I be biythe and glad t S. 
 Oh, open the door, some pity to shew t S. 
 On a bank of flowers one summer's day f S. 
 On a Schoolmaster in Cleish Parish, Fifeshire. 
 
 Here lie Willie M — hie's banes t 
 On a Scotch Bard gone to the West Indies, 
 
 A' ye wha live by sowps o' drink t 
 
 On an Empty Fellow. 
 
 Of lordly acquaintance you boast t 
 On an Evening View of the Ruins of Lincluden Castle. 
 
 Ye holy walls, that, still sublime t 
 
 On Burns's Horse being Impounded. 
 Was e'er puir Poet sae befltted t 
 
 On Cessnock banks there lives a lass t S. 
 On Cessnock banks a lassie dwells t S. 
 
 [Second Sett]. 
 On Commissary Goldie's Brains. 
 
 Lord, to account who dares thee call t 
 On Dining with Lord Daer. 
 
 This wot ye all whom it concerns t 
 On Lord G. 
 
 No Stewart art thou G 1 
 
 On the same Lord G. 
 
 Bright ran thy line, O G 1 
 
 On Miss Jessy Lewars. 
 
 Td[k not to me of savages f 
 On Miss J. Scott, of Ayr. 
 
 Oh ! had each Scot of andent times t 
 On Mr. W. Cruickshanks. 
 
 Honest Will's to Heaven gane t 
 On scaring some Water-fowl in Loch-Turit 
 
 Why, ye tenants of the lake t 
 
 On seeing a Wounded Hare limp by me, which a Fellow had 
 just shot at. 
 
 Inhuman man ! curse on thy barb'rous art t 
 On seeing the beautiful Seat of Lord G.. 
 
 What dost thou in that mansion fair ? t 
 
 On the Birth of a Posthumous Child, bom in peculiar Circum- 
 stances of Family-distress. 
 
 Sweet floweret, pledge o' meikle love t 
 On the Death of a Favourite Child. 
 
 O sweet be thy sleep in the land of the grave t 
 
 On the Death of a Lap-dog, named Echo. 
 
 In wood and wild ye warbling throngt 
 
 On the Death of Robert Dundas, Esq., of Amiston, late Lord 
 President of the Court of Session. 
 
 Lone on the bleaky hills the straying flocks t 
 
 On the Death of Sir James Hunter Blair. 
 
 The lamp of day with ill-presaging glare t 
 On the Kirk of Lamington. 
 
 As cauld a wind as ever blew t 
 
 On the late Captain Grose's Peregrinations thro' Scotland, 
 collecting the J^tiquities of that Kingdom. 
 
 Hear, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots t 
 On the late Duke of Queensberry. 
 
 How shall I sing Drumlanrig's Grace 7 1 
 On the Poet's Daughter. 
 
 Here lies a rose, a budding rose t 
 On Willie Chalmers, 
 
 Wi' braw new branks in mickle pride t 
 On Willie Stewart. 
 
 You're welcome, Willie Stewart t 
 On Window at Stirling. 
 
 Here Stuarts once in glory reigned t 
 On Window of Cross- Keys Inn, Falkirk. 
 
 Sound be his sleep and biythe his mom t 
 
 Once fondly lov'd, and still remember'd dear f 
 
 Written on the blank Leaf of a Copy of the Poems, 
 presented to an old Sweetheart, then married. 
 
 One fond kiss, and then we sever ; t S. 
 
 Parting for ever. 
 One night as I did wander t 
 Out over the Forth I look to the north t S. 
 Peggy Chalmers. S. 
 
 Where, braving angry winter's storms t 
 PhilHs the Fair. S. 
 
 While larks with little vnng t 
 
 Poem on Life, addressed to Colonel De Peyster, Dumfries, 
 1796. 
 
 My honored colonel, deep I feel t 
 Poem on Pastoral Poetry, 
 
 Hail Poesie I thou Nymph reserv'd ! t 
 
 Poetical Address to Wm. Tytler. 
 
 Copy of a Poetical Address to Mr. William Tytler with 
 the Present of the Bard's Picture. 
 
 Revered defender of beauteous Stuart t 
 Poetical Inscription, for an Altar to Independence. 
 
 Thou of an independent mind t 
 
 Polly Stewart. S. 
 
 O Lovely Polly Stewart t 
 Poor Mailie's Elegy. 
 
 Lament in rhyme, lament in prose t 
 
 Postscript to **The Kirk's Alarm.' 
 Alton's Laird, Alton's Laird t 
 
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 Prologue, spoken at the Theatre, Dumfries, on New-Year's-day 
 Evening, 1790. 
 
 No song nor dance I bring from yon great city t 
 Prologue, spoken by Mr. Woods on his Benefit Night, i6th 
 Ap., 1787. 
 
 When by a generous Public's kind acclaim t 
 Rattlin, Roarin Willie. S. 
 
 Rattlin, roarin Willie t 
 Raving winds around her blowing f S. 
 Remorse. A Fragment. 
 
 Of all the numerous ills tliat hurt our peace t 
 Reply to a Reproof. 
 
 Like Aesop's Lion, Burns says, sore I feel t 
 Reproof by Himself, for writing on Window at Stirling. 
 
 Rash mortal, and slanderous Poet, thy name t 
 Robin shure in Hairst. S. 
 
 1 gaed up to Dunse t 
 Ronalds of Bennals. 
 
 In Tarbolton, ye ken, there are proper young men t 
 Rusticity's ungainly form t 
 
 Apologetic, to Mrs. Lawrie, Manse, Newmills. 
 Sae far awa. S. 
 
 O sad and heavy should I part t 
 Sae flaxen were her ringlets t S. 
 Sad thy tale, thou idle pagef 
 
 On reading in a Newspaper the Death of J — M'L — , Esq., 
 Brother to a Young Lady, a particular Friend of the 
 Author's. 
 SawyemyPhely?S. 
 
 O saw ye my dear, my Phely ? t 
 [The third Stanza of this Song is identical with words 
 in " Eppie M'Nab " — only with change of dramatis 
 personcBJ] 
 
 Scenes of woe and scenes of pleasure t S. 
 Scotch Drink. 
 
 Let other Poets raise a fracas f 
 Scots Prologue, for Mr. Sutherland's Benefit Night, spoken at 
 the Theatre, Dumfries. 
 
 What needs this din about the town o' Lon'on ? t 
 Scots, wha ha'e wi' Wallace bled ; t S. 
 
 Robert Bruce*s Address to his Army at Bannockburn. 
 Scroggam. S. 
 
 There was a wife wonn'd in Cockpen, Scroggam t 
 Searching auld wives' barrels t 
 
 An Extemporaneous E£fusion on being appointed to the 
 Excise. 
 Second Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet. 
 
 I'm three times, doubly, o'er your debtor \ 
 Sensibility, how charming t S. 
 Sent to a Gentleman whom he had o£fended. 
 
 The friend whom wild from wisdom's way t 
 She's fair and fause that causes my smart t S. 
 Should auld acquaintance be forgot f S. 
 Sketch. 
 
 A little, upright, pert, tart, tripping wight f 
 Sketch. New Year's Day. To Mrs. Dunlop. 
 
 This day, Time winds th' exhausted chain f 
 Sleep'st thou, or wak'st thou, fairest creature t S. 
 Slow spreads the gloom my soul desires f S. 
 Somebody. S. 
 
 My heart is sair, I darena tell f 
 Sonnet, on the Death of Mr. Riddel. 
 
 No more, ye warblers of the wood, no more t 
 Sonnet, written on the z^ih Jan., 1793, the Birthday of the 
 Author, on bearing a Thrush sing in a morning Walk. 
 
 Sing on sweet thrush, upon the leafless bough f 
 Spoke extempore to a young Lady. 
 
 From the white blossom'd sloe my dear Chloe requested f 
 Stay, my charmer, can you leave me ? t S. 
 Streams that glide in orient plains,t S. 
 Sweet fa's the eve on Craigiebum t S. 
 Sweetest May let love inspire thee t S. 
 
 Sjrmon Gray t 
 
 To a Poetaster at Dunse. 
 Talk not of Love, it gives me pain t S. 
 Tarn Glen. S. 
 
 My heart is a-breaking, dear titty t 
 Tam o' Shanter. A Tale. 
 
 When chapmen billies leave the street, f 
 Tam Samson's Elegy. 
 
 Has auld K********* seen the Deil ? t 
 That there is falsehood in his looks t 
 
 On hearing that there was Falsehood in the Rev. Dr. 
 B — 's very Loolcs. 
 
 The Answer to the Guidwife of Wauchope- House. 
 
 I mind it weel in early date t 
 The auld man he came over the lea t S. 
 
 The Author's earnest Cry and Prayer, to the Right Honorable 
 and Honorable, the Scotch Representatives in the House of 
 Commons. 
 
 Ye Irish Lords, ye knights an' squires, t 
 Postscript, to above. 
 
 Let half-starv'd slaves in warmer skies t 
 The Banks of Doon. S. 
 
 Ye flowery banks o' bonie Doon t 
 The Banks of Nith. S. 
 
 The Thames flows proudly to the sea t 
 The Battle of Sherra-Moor. S. 
 
 cam ye here the fight to shun t 
 The Belles of Mauchline. 
 
 In Mauchline there dwells six proper young belles f 
 The Black-Headed Eagle. 
 
 The black-headed Eagle t 
 The bonie Lass of Albany. S. 
 
 My heart is wae, and unco wae t 
 The Book- Worms. 
 
 Through and through the inspired leaves t 
 The Brigs of Ayr. 
 
 The simple Bard, rough at the rustic plough f 
 The Calf. 
 
 Right, Sir ! your text I'll prove it true t 
 The Captain's Lady. S. 
 
 When the drums do beat t 
 The Captive Ribband. S. 
 
 Dear Myra, the captive ribband's mine f 
 The cardin o't, &c. S. 
 
 1 coft a stane o' haslock woo t 
 The Catrine woods were yellow seen t S. 
 The Contented Cottager. S. 
 
 Oh leeze me on my spinning-wheel t 
 The Cooper o' cuddy cam here awa f S. 
 The Cotter's Saturday Night. 
 
 My lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend t 
 The day returns, my bosom bums t S. 
 The Dean of Faculty. A New Ballad. 
 
 Dire was the hate at old Harlaw t 
 The Death and dying Words of poor Mailie. 
 
 As Mailie, an' her lambs thegither t 
 The deil cam' fiddlin' thro' the town, t S. 
 
 Song, written and sung at a meeting of Excise-officers. 
 The Deuks dang o'er my Daddie. S. 
 
 The bairns gat out wi' an unco shout t 
 The Election Ballads. 
 
 I. The Five Cariines. 
 
 There was five cariines in the south t 
 
 II. Whom will you send to London town t 
 
 III. Fy, let us a' to Kirkcudbright t 
 
 IV. Wha will buy my troggin f 
 
 V. John Bushby's Lamentation. 
 
 'Twas in the seventeen hundred year t 
 
 VI. Epistle to R. Graham, Esq., of Fintry. 
 
 Fintry, my stay in worldly strife t 
 The Farewell. 
 
 Farewell, old Scotia's bleak domains f 
 The Farewell. To the Brethren of St. James's Lodge, Tarbolton. 
 
 Adieu ! a heart-warm, fond adieu ! t 
 The Fgte Champetre. 
 
 O wha will to Saint Stephen's house t 
 The First Psalm. 
 
 The man, in life where-ever plac'd t 
 The First six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm. 
 
 O Thou, the first, the greatest friend t 
 The gloomy night is gath'ring fast f S. 
 The gowden Locks of Anna. S. 
 
 Yestreen I had a pint o' wine f 
 The heather was blooming, the meadows were mawn t S. 
 The Henpecked Husband. 
 
 Curs'd be the man, the poorest wretch in life t 
 The Hermit. 
 
 Whoe'er thou art, these lines now reading t 
 The Highland Lassie. S. 
 
 Nae gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair t 
 The Highland Widow's Lament. S. 
 
 C5h, I am come to the low countrie t 
 The Holy Fair. 
 
 Upon a simmer Sunday mom t 
 
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 The Honest Man the best of Men. S. 
 Where's he for honest poverty t 
 Is there for honest poverty t 
 
 The Humble Petition of Bruar Water. 
 
 My Lord, I know, your noble ear t 
 
 The Inventory. 
 
 Sir, as your mandate did request t 
 
 The Jolly Beggars : A Cantata. 
 
 R. I. When lyart leaves bestrow the yird t 
 
 S. I. I am a Son of Mars who have been in many 
 
 wars t 
 R. II. He ended; and the Kebars sheuk t 
 S. II. I once was a maid tho' I cannot tell when t 
 R. III. Poor Merry Andrew in the neuk t 
 S. III. Sir Wisdom's a fool when he's fou + 
 R. IV. Then niest outspak a raucle Carlin t 
 S. IV. A highland lad my love was born t 
 R. V. A pigmy scraper wi' his fiddle + 
 S. V. Let me ryke up to dight that tear t 
 R. VI. Her charms had struck a sturdy caird + 
 S. VL My bonie lass I work in brass t 
 R. VII. The Cdrd prevail'd— th' unblushing fair t 
 S. VII. I am a Bard of no regard t 
 R. VIII. So sung the Bard— and Nansie's waws t 
 S. VIII. See the, smoking bowl before us + 
 
 The Joyful Widower. S. 
 
 1 married with a scolding wife t 
 The Kirk's Alarm. 
 
 Orthodox, orthodox, wha believe in John Knox t 
 The Laddies by the banks o' Nith t S. 
 
 The Lament. Occasioned by the unfortunate Issue of a Friend's 
 Amour. 
 
 O Thou pale Orb, that silent shines t 
 The Lass that made the bed to me. S. 
 
 When January winds were blawing cauld t 
 The last braw bridal that I was at t S. 
 The last time I came o'er the Moor + S. 
 
 [This song is almost identical, especially in the last stanza, 
 with the Song — " Farewell, thou stream, &c."] 
 
 The lazy mist hangs from the brow of the hill t S. 
 The League and Covenant. 
 
 The Solemn League and Covenant t 
 The lovely lass of Inverness t S. 
 The night was still, and o'er the hill t 
 The noble Maxwells and their Powers t S. 
 
 Nithsdale's Welcome Hame. 
 The Ordination. 
 
 ^■»*«****«# Wabsters, fidge an' claw t 
 
 The Ploughman he's a bonie lad t S. 
 The Poor Thresher. S. 
 
 A Nobleman liv'd in a village of late t , 
 
 TkePosie. S. ..■ - . 
 
 O Love will venture in, where it darena weel be seen t 
 
 The Rights of Woman. 
 
 while Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things t 
 
 The Rigs o" Barley. S. 
 
 It was upon a Lammas night f 
 The Ruined Maid's Lament. 
 
 O meikle do I rue, fause love t 
 
 The Selkirk Grace. 
 
 Some hae meat and canna eat t 
 The Slave's Lament. S. 
 
 It was in sweet Senegal that my foes did me enthral t 
 The small birds rejoice on the green leaves returning t S 
 TheSonsofoldKillie. S. 
 
 Ye sons of old Killie assembled by Willie t 
 The sun he is sunk in the west t S. 
 
 Song, in the Character of a Ruined Farmer. 
 The Tarbolton Lasses. 
 
 If ye gae up to yon hill-tap t 
 
 The Taylor fell thro' the bed, thimble an' a' t S. 
 The Taylor he cam here to sew t S. 
 
 The Taylor. 
 " The Tears I shed." 
 
 No cold approach, no alter'd mien t 
 The tither morn t S. 
 The Toast. 
 
 Fill me with the rosy wme t 
 The Tree of Liberty. 
 
 Heard ye o' the Tree o' France t 
 
 The Twa Dogs, A Tale. 
 
 'Twas in that place o' Scotland's isle f 
 The Twa Herds. 
 
 a' ye pious godly flocks t 
 
 The Union. S. 
 
 Fareweel to a' our Scotish fame + 
 
 Such a parcel of rogues in a nation. 
 The Vision. 
 
 The sun had clos'd the winter-day, t 
 The Vowels. 
 
 'Twas where the birch and sounding thong are ply'd t 
 The weary Fund o' Tow. S. 
 
 1 bought my wife a stane o' lint t 
 The Whistle. 
 
 I sing of a Whistle, a Whistle of worth t 
 The winter it is past, and the summer comes at last f S. 
 The young Highland Rover. S. 
 
 Loud blaw the frosty breezes t 
 Their groves of sweet myrtle let foreign lands reckon t S. 
 Theniel Menzie's bonie Mary. S. 
 
 In coming by the brig o' Dye t 
 There came a piper out o' Fife t 
 There grows a bonie brier bush in our kail-yard t S. 
 There liv'd ance a carle in Kellybum-braes t S. 
 There was a bonie lass t S. 
 There was a lad was bom in Kyle t S- 
 There was a lass, and she was fair t S. 
 There's a youth in this city, it were a great pity f S. 
 There's naethin like the honest nappy ! t 
 There's auld Rob Morris that wons in yon glen f S^ 
 There's news, lasses, news t S. 
 Thickest night surround my dwelling t S. 
 Thine am I my faithful fair f S . 
 Third Epistle to J. Lapraik. 
 
 Guid speed an' furder to you Johny \ 
 
 Tho' cruel fate should bid us part t S. 
 
 The Northern Lass. 
 Thou hast left me ever, Tam t S. 
 Though fickle Fortune has deceiv'd me t S. 
 
 [The first Stanza of this Song is almost the same a: 
 the last four lines of" I dream'd I lay," &c.3 
 Tibbie Dunbar. S. 
 
 O wilt thou go wi' me, sweet Tibbie Dunbar t 
 To . - (Mossgiel— 1786). 
 
 Yours this moment I unseal f 
 To a Haggis. 
 
 Fair fa' your honest, sonsie face f 
 To a Kiss. 
 
 Humid seal of soft affections t 
 To a Lady, with a Present of a Pair of Drinking Glasses. 
 
 Fair Empress of the Poet's soult 
 To a Louse. 
 
 Ha ! whare ye gaun, ye crowlan ferlie t 
 
 To a Medical Gentleman, inviting him to a Masonic Meeting. 
 
 Friday first's the day appointed t 
 To a Mountain-Daisy, on turning one down with the Plough. 
 
 Wee, modest, crimson-tipped flow'r t 
 To a Mouse. 
 
 Wee, sleeket, cowran, tim'rous beastie t 
 To a Pinter. 
 
 Dear , I'll gie ye some advice t 
 
 To a Young Lady, Miss Jessy L— , Dumfries. 
 
 Thine be the volumes, Jessy fair t 
 To Captain Riddel, Glenriddel. 
 
 Your news and review, Sir, I've read t 
 To Chloris. 
 
 'Tis Friendship's pledge, my young, fair friend t 
 To Clarinda. 
 
 Before I saw Clarinda's face t 
 
 To Clarinda. 
 
 " I burn, I burn, as when through ripen'd com t 
 
 To daunton me. S. 
 
 The blude red rose at Yule may blaw t 
 To Dr. Blacklock. 
 
 Wow, but your letter made me vauntie ! f 
 To Dr. Maxwell, on Miss Jessy Staig's Recovery. 
 
 Maxwell, if merit here you crave t 
 To Gavin Hamilton, Esq., Mauchline (recommending a boy). 
 
 I hold it, Sir, my bounden duty f 
 To John M'Murdo. 
 
 O, could I give thee India's wealth t 
 
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 To J. S****. 
 
 Dear S****, the sleest, pawkie thief t 
 To John Taylor. 
 
 With Pegasus upon a day t 
 To Lord G. 
 
 Spare me thy vengeance, G 1 
 
 To Mary. 
 
 Will ye go to the Indies, my Mary t 
 To Mary in Heaven. 
 
 Thou ling'ring star, with less'ning ray t 
 To Miss Ainslie while looking for a Text at Church. 
 
 Fair maid, you need not take the hintf 
 To Miss C, a very young Lady. 
 
 Beauteous rose-bud, young and gay t 
 To Miss Ferrier. 
 
 Nae heathen name shall I prefix t 
 To Miss Fontenelle. 
 
 Sweet naivete of feature t 
 To Miss Graham of Fintry, with a Present of Songs. 
 
 Here, where the Scottish muse immortal lives t 
 To Miss L., with Seattle's Poems for a New-Year's Gift. 
 
 Again the silent wheels of time t 
 To Mr, John Kennedjr. 
 
 Now Kennedy, if foot or horse + 
 To Mr. M'Adam, of Craigen-Gillan. 
 
 Sir, o'er a gill I gat your card t 
 To Mr. Renton, of Lamerton, near Berwick. 
 
 Your billet, Sir, I grant receipt t 
 To Mr. S**e, with a Present of a dozen of Porter. 
 
 had the malt thy strength of mind t 
 
 To Mr. Peter Stuart, publisher of *'The Star," London. 
 
 Dear Peter, dear Peter t 
 To R***** G***** of F*****, Esq. 
 
 Late crippled of an arm, and now a legt 
 To Robert Graham, Esq. of Fintry, on receiving a Favor, 
 
 1 call no goddess to inspire my strains t 
 To Ruin. 
 
 All hail ! inexorable lord ! t 
 To Terraughty, on his Birth-day. 
 
 Health to the Maxwells' vet'ran Chief t 
 To the Rev. John M'Math. 
 
 While at the stook the shearers cow'rf 
 To thee, lov'd Nith, thy gladsome plains t S. 
 To William Creech. 
 
 Auld chuckle Reekie's sair distrest t 
 To W. Simpson, Ochiltree. 
 
 I gat your letter, winsome Willie t 
 Tragic Fragment. 
 
 " All devil as I am, a damned wretch t 
 True hearted was he the sad swain of the Yarrow t S. 
 Turn again, thou fair Eliza f S. 
 'Twas even — the dewy fields were green t S. 
 
 'Twas even ; or, the Lass o' Ballochmyle. 
 'Twas na her bonie blue e'e was my ruin ; t S. 
 Up in the Morning early. S. 
 
 Cauld blaws the wind frae east to west t 
 
 Verse written on a Pane of Glass, on the occasion of a National 
 Thanksgiving for a Naval Victory. 
 
 Ye hypocrites ! are these your pranks ? t 
 Verses addressed to the Landlady of the Inn at Rosslyn. 
 
 My blessings on you, sonsie wife t 
 
 Verses addressed to J. Ranken. 
 
 I am a keeper of the law t 
 Verses intended to be written below a noble Earl's Picture. 
 
 Whose is that noble, dauntless brow ? t 
 
 Verses written on a Window of the Inn at Carron. 
 
 We cam' na here to view your warks t 
 Verses written under violent Grief. 
 
 Accept the gift a friend sincere t 
 Wae is my heart, and the tear's in my e'e t S. 
 Wandering Willie. S. 
 
 Here awa, there awa, wandering Willie t 
 Wantonness for ever mairf S. 
 Wee Willie Gray, an' his leather wallet f S. 
 Wha is that at my bower door ? f S. 
 What ails ye now, ye lousie b — h t 
 
 Robert Burns' Answer to an Epistle from a Taylor. 
 What can a young lassie do wi' an auld man t S. 
 What will I do gin my Hogg^e die ? t S. 
 When clouds in skies do come together t 
 When first I came to Stewart Kyle t S. 
 When first I saw fair Jeanie's face t S. 
 When I think on the happy days t 
 When o'er the hill the eastern start S. 
 When wild War's deadly blast was blawn t S. 
 Where are the joys I have met in the morni-ng t S. 
 Where Cart rins rowing to the seat S. 
 Why am I loth to leave this earthly scene ? t 
 
 Stanzas on the same Occasion as the Poem entitled " A 
 Prayer in the Prospect of Death." 
 Why, why tell thy lover t S. 
 Willie Wastle dwalt on Tweed t S. 
 
 Willie Wastle's Wife. 
 Will ye go and marry Katie ? t S. 
 Wilt thou be my dearie ? t S. 
 Winter, a Dirge. 
 
 The Wintry West extends his blast t 
 Women's Minds. S. 
 
 Tho' women's minds like winter winds t 
 [Stanzas 2nd, 4th, 5th of this Song same as Stanzas in 
 another Sett of the Song in " The Jolly Beggars.} 
 Written on a Blank Leaf of one of Miss Hannah More's Works 
 which she had given him. 
 
 Thou flattering mark of friendship kind t 
 Written in Friars-Carse Hermitage on Nith-side. 
 
 Thou whom chance may hither lead t 
 Written in the Hermitage at Friars-Carse. 
 
 Thou whom chance may hither leadf 
 [The first 8 lines and the last 2 lines of this piece occur 
 in the preceding version.] 
 Written with a Pencil over the Chimney-piece in the Parlour of 
 the Inn at Kenmore, Taymouth. 
 
 Admiring Nature in her wildest grace t 
 Written under the Portrait of Fergusson, the Poet. 
 
 Cxirse on ungrateful man, that can be pleas'df 
 Written with a Pencil, standing by the Fall of Fyers. 
 
 Among the heathy hills and ragged woods t 
 Ye banks, and braes, and streams around t S. 
 Ye banks and braes o' bonie Doon t S. 
 
 [Another Sett of this Song is entitled—" The Banks of 
 Doon".] 
 Ye hae lien wrang. Lassie. S. 
 
 Your rosy cheeks are turned sae wan t 
 Ye Jacobites by name, give an ear, give an ear t S. 
 Ye true " Loyal Natives," attend to my songf 
 Yon wild mossy mountains sae lofty and wide t S. 
 Young Jamie, pride of a' the plaint S. 
 Young Jockey was the blythest lad t S. 
 Young Peggy blooms our bonniest lass t S. 
 
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