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Robert Burns
- Close sectionII. Poems 1784–1785: Mossgiel
- 31 Epitaph on William Muir in Tarbolton Miln
- Close section32–37. Epitaphs
- 38 A Fragment
- 39 Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous
- 40 The Ronalds of the Bennals
- 41 The Tarbolton Lasses
- 42 Song
- 43 O leave novels &c
- 44 A Fragment
- 45 Green grow the Rashes. A Fragment
- 46 Song
- 47 Epistle to J. R******, Enclosing some Poems
- 48 Lines Addressed to Mr. John Ranken
- 49 Verses Addressed to the above J. Ranken
- 50 Lines, Wrote by Burns, while on his deathbed
- 51 Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet
- 52 The Holy Tulzie
- 53 Holy Willie's Prayer
- 54 Epitaph on Holy Willie
- 55 Death and Doctor Hornbook. A True Story
- 56 On Tam the Chapman
- 57 Epistle to J. L*****k, An Old Scotch Bard
- 58 To the Same
- 59 To W. S*****n, Ochiltree
- 60 A Poet's Welcome to his love-begotten Daughter
- 61 The Fornicator. A New Song
- 62 The Vision. Duan First
- 63 Epistle to John Goldie in Kilmarnock
- 64 Man was Made to Mourn, A Dirge
- 65 A Song On Miss P---- K----
- 66 The Braes o' Ballochmyle
- 67 Third Epistle to J. Lapraik
- 68 To the Rev. John McMath
- 69 To a Mouse, On turning her up in her Nest
- 70 The Holy Fair
- 71 The Two Dogs. A Tale
- 72 The Cotter's Saturday Night
- 73 Halloween
- 74 The Mauchline Wedding
- 75 The Old Farmer's New-year-morning Salutation to his Old Mare, Maggie
- 76 Address to the Deil
- 77 Scotch Drink
- 78 Brose and Butter
- 79 To J. S****
- 80 The ranting dog the Daddie o't
- 81 The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer, to the Scotch Representatives in the House of Commons
- 82 Sketch
- 83 To a Louse, on Seeing one on a Lady's Bonnet at Church
- 84 Love and Liberty--A Cantata
James Kinsley (ed.), The Poems and Songs of Robert Burns, Vol. 1: Text
Contents
- Close section Front Matter
- Close sectionI. Early Poems 1774–1784: Lochlie and Mount Oliphant
- 1 Oh once I loved
- 2 Song, composed in August
- 3 I dreamt I lay, &c.
- 4 Song
- 5 A Penitential thought, in the hour of Remorse
- 6 Song
- 7 A Fragment
- 8 Song
- 9 Song
- 10 Winter, A Dirge
- 11 Song
- 12 To Ruin
- 13 A Prayer, in the Prospect of Death
- 14 Stanzas on the same Occasion
- 15 A Prayer, Under the Pressure of violent Anguish
- 16 Though fickle Fortune has deceived me
- 17 O raging Fortune's withering blast
- 18 Extempore
- 19 The First Psalm
- 20 The First Six Verses of the Ninetieth Psalm
- 21 Song
- 22 Fragment
- 23 John Barleycorn. A Ballad
- 24 The Death and Dying words of Poor Mailie
- 25 Poor Mailie's Elegy
- 26 Remorse
- 27 Song
- 28 On Jas. Grieve, Laird of Boghead, Tarbolton
- 28A. On an Innkeeper in Tarbolton
- 29 Song In the character of a ruined Farmer
- 30 Mary Morrison
- Close sectionII. Poems 1784–1785: Mossgiel
- 31 Epitaph on William Muir in Tarbolton Miln
- Close section32–37. Epitaphs
- 38 A Fragment
- 39 Address to the Unco Guid, or the Rigidly Righteous
- 40 The Ronalds of the Bennals
- 41 The Tarbolton Lasses
- 42 Song
- 43 O leave novels &c
- 44 A Fragment
- 45 Green grow the Rashes. A Fragment
- 46 Song
- 47 Epistle to J. R******, Enclosing some Poems
- 48 Lines Addressed to Mr. John Ranken
- 49 Verses Addressed to the above J. Ranken
- 50 Lines, Wrote by Burns, while on his deathbed
- 51 Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet
- 52 The Holy Tulzie
- 53 Holy Willie's Prayer
- 54 Epitaph on Holy Willie
- 55 Death and Doctor Hornbook. A True Story
- 56 On Tam the Chapman
- 57 Epistle to J. L*****k, An Old Scotch Bard
- 58 To the Same
- 59 To W. S*****n, Ochiltree
- 60 A Poet's Welcome to his love-begotten Daughter
- 61 The Fornicator. A New Song
- 62 The Vision. Duan First
- 63 Epistle to John Goldie in Kilmarnock
- 64 Man was Made to Mourn, A Dirge
- 65 A Song On Miss P---- K----
- 66 The Braes o' Ballochmyle
- 67 Third Epistle to J. Lapraik
- 68 To the Rev. John McMath
- 69 To a Mouse, On turning her up in her Nest
- 70 The Holy Fair
- 71 The Two Dogs. A Tale
- 72 The Cotter's Saturday Night
- 73 Halloween
- 74 The Mauchline Wedding
- 75 The Old Farmer's New-year-morning Salutation to his Old Mare, Maggie
- 76 Address to the Deil
- 77 Scotch Drink
- 78 Brose and Butter
- 79 To J. S****
- 80 The ranting dog the Daddie o't
- 81 The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer, to the Scotch Representatives in the House of Commons
- 82 Sketch
- 83 To a Louse, on Seeing one on a Lady's Bonnet at Church
- 84 Love and Liberty--A Cantata
- Close sectionIII. Poems 1786: Mossgiel and Edinburgh
- 85 The Ordination
- 86 The Inventory
- 87 To Mr. John Kennedy
- 88 Adam A[rmour]'s Prayer
- 89 Song. On Miss W. A.
- 90 Letter to J----s T----t, Gl-cn----r
- 91 To Mrs C----
- 92 To a Mountain-Daisy, On turning one down, with the Plough
- 93 The Lament. Occasioned by the Unfortunate Issue of a Friend's Armour
- 94 Despondency, an Ode
- 95 Jeremiah 15th. Ch. 10 V
- 96 Epitaph on a Henpecked Country Squire
- 97 Epigram on said Occasion
- 98 Another
- 99 Extempore -- to Mr. Gavin Hamilton
- 100 On a Scotch Bard Gone to the West Indies
- 101 Second Epistle to Davie
- 102 To Mr Gavin Hamilton, Mauchline
- 103 A Dedication to G**** H******* Esq
- 104 A Bard's Epitaph
- 105 Epistle to a Young Friend
- 106 Lines written on a Bank-note
- 107 Highland Lassie O
- 108 Address of Beelzebub
- 109 Libel Summons
- 110 Epitaph on John Dove, Innkeeper, Mauchline
- 111 Epitaph on a Wag in Mauchline
- 112 On Willie Chalmers
- 113 A Dream
- 114 To Dr. John Mackenzie
- 115 The Farewell. To the Brethren of St. James's Lodge, Tarbolton
- 116 The Farewell
- 117 Tam Samson's Elegy
- 118 To John Kennedy
- 119A. [Epistle from a Taylor to Robert Burns]
- 119B. Robert Burns' Answer
- 120 The Brigs of Ayr, a Poem
- 121 Wrote on the blank leaf of a copy of my first Edition, which I sent to an old Sweetheart
- 122 Song
- 123 The Northern Lass
- 124 A Fragment
- 125 The Calf
- 126 Nature's Law
- 127 Extempore Verses on Dining with Lord Daer
- 128 The Sons of old Killie
- 129 Epistle to Captain William Logan at Park
- 130 A Winter Night
- 131 Extempore Reply to an Invitation
- 132 Lying at a Reverend Friend's house one night
- 133 The Night was still
- 134 Rusticity's ungainly Form
- 135 Address to Edinburgh
- 136 To a Haggis
- 137 Verses intended to be written below a noble Earl's picture
- 138 Song
- Close sectionIV. Poems 1787: Edinburgh; Border Tour; Highland Tours
- 139 To Miss L----
- 140 There was a lad
- 141 Elegy on the Death of Robert Ruisseaux
- 142 Epitaph. Here lies Robert Fergusson, Poet
- 143 On Fergusson
- 144 On Fergusson
- 145 To a Painter
- 146 To Mr. E---- on his translation of Martial
- 147A. [The Guidwife of Wauchope-House, to Robert Burns]
- 147B The Answer
- 148 To Miss Isabella Macleod
- 149 Extempore, in the Court of S----
- 150 Extempore Epistle to Mr. McAdam of Craigengillan
- 151 Prologue, Spoken by Mr. Woods on his Benefit night
- 152 Epistle to Mr. Tytler of Woodhouselee
- 153 To Miss Ainslie, in Church
- 154 To William Creech
- 155 To Symon Gray
- 156 To Renton of Lamerton
- 157 Bonie Dundee
- 158 At Roslin Inn
- 159 Epigram
- 160 On the death of Sir J. Hunter Blair
- 161 To Miss Ferrier
- 162 On reading, in a Newspaper, the Death of J---- M'L----, Esq.
- 163 The wild mossy mountains
- 164 My Harry was a Gallant Gay
- 165 Verses Written on a window of the Inn at Carron
- 166 Lines on Stirling
- 167 On a Schoolmaster in Cleish Parish, Fifeshire
- 168 Strathallan's Lament
- 169 Written with a Pencil over the Chimney-piece
- 170 The birks of Aberfeldey -- Composed on the spot
- 171 Among the trees
- 172 The Humble Petition of Bruar Water to the Noble Duke of Athole
- 173 A Verse composed by Burns, to the Master of the House
- 174 Written with a Pencil, standing by the Fall of Fyres, near Loch Ness
- 175 Castle Gordon
- 176 The young Highland Rover
- 177 Theniel Menzies' bonny Mary
- 178 Lady Only
- 179 Song Composed at Auchtertyre on Miss Euphemia Murray of Lentrose
- 180 On scaring some Waterfowl in Loch Turit
- 181 My Peggy's face
- 182 Where braving angry Winter's storms
- 183 The banks of the Devon
- 184 Epitaph for William Nicol
- 185 Ca' the ewes [A]
- 186 On the death of the late Lord President Dundas
- Close section187 [Answer to Clarinda]
- 188 Scots Ballad
- 189 A Birthday Ode
- 190 Hunting Song
- 191 On Johnson's Opinion of Hampden
- Close sectionV. Poems 1788: Edinburgh and Ellisland
- 192 Song
- 193 An Extemporaneous Effusion on being appointed to the Excise
- 194 To the Weaver's gin you go
- 195 I'm over young to Marry yet
- 196 McPherson's Farewell
- 197 Stay, my Charmer, can you leave me?
- 198 What will I do when my Hoggie dies
- 199 Jumping John
- 200 Up in the Morning Early
- 201 Dusty Miller
- 202 Duncan Davison
- 203 Where Helen Lies
- 204 Duncan Gray
- 205 The Ploughman
- 206 Hey tuti tatey
- 207 Raving winds around her blowing
- 208 Musing on the roaring Ocean
- 209 To daunton me
- 210 Interpolation
- 211 Over the water to Charlie
- 212 Up and warn a Willie
- 213 The Rosebud
- 214 Revision for Clarinda
- 215 And I'll kiss you yet, yet
- 216 Rattling, roaring Willie
- 217 Clarinda
- 218 The Winter it is Past
- 219 To Clarinda
- 220 Song
- 221 Epitaph on R. Muir
- 222 Epistle to Hugh Parker
- 223. [A] Written in Friar's Carse Hermitage on the banks of Nith
- 223. [B] Altered from from the foregoing
- 224 The Fête Champetre
- 225 To Alexander Cunningham
- 226 O Mally's meek, Mally's sweet
- 227 I love my Jean
- 228 O, were I on Parnassus Hill
- 229 The Banks of Nith
- 230 To Robert Graham of Fintry, Esq., with a request for an Excise Division
- 231 The seventh of November
- 232 The blue-eyed Lassie
- 233 A Mother's Lament for the loss of her only Son
- 234 The lazy mist
- 235 Whistle over the lave out
- 236 Tam Glen
- 237 To the beautiful Miss Eliza J----n
- 238 Sketch for an Elegy
- 239 Elegy on Captain M---- H----
- 240 Auld lang syne
- 241 Epitaph for J. H. Writer in Ayr
- 242 My bonny Mary
- 243 Ode, Sacred to the Memory of Mrs. ---- of ----
- 244 Versicles on Signposts
- 245 To Mr. John Taylor
- 246 A Sonnet upon Sonnets
- 247 The Cares of Love
- 248 Louis, what reck I by you
- Close sectionVI. Poems 1789: Ellisland
- 249 Sketch. New Year's Day. To Mrs. Dunlop
- 250 Elegy on the Year 1788
- 251 Robin shure in hairst
- 252 Come read me, dame
- 253 Caledonia
- 254 At Whigham's Inn, Sanquhar
- 255 To William Stewart
- 256 Lines written in the Kirk of Lamington
- 257 Afton Water
- 258 Ode to the departed Regency-bill--1789
- 259 On Seeing a Wounded Hare limp by me
- 260 A new Psalm for the Chapel of Kilmarnock
- 261 To Mr. McMurdo, with a pound of Lundiefoot Snuff
- 262 Sketch. Inscribed to The Rt. Hon. Ch. J. Fox Esq.
- 263 To Peter Stuart
- 264 The Kirk of Scotland's Garland -- A new Song
- 265 To Mr. Graham of Fintry, On being appointed to my Excise Division
- 266 A Grace before dinner, Extempore
- 267 Grace after Meat
- 268 Willie brewed a peck of malt
- 269 The Five Carlins -- A Ballad
- 270 The Laddies by the Banks of Nith
- 271 To Miss C*********, a very young Lady
- 272 The Whistle. A Ballad
- 272A. Answer to an Invitation
- 273A [From Dr. Blacklock]
- 273B To Dr. Blacklock
- 274 A Song
- 275 On the Late Captain Grose's Peregrinations through Scotland
- 276 Written under the picture of the celebrated Miss Burns
- 277 Song
- 278 Prologue
- 279 Nithsdale's welcome home
- 280 Green Sleeves
- 281 To Alexander Findlater
