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WHOE'ER thou art, O reader, knowThat Death has murder'd Johnie;An' here his body lies fu' low;For saul he ne'er had ony.

Chorus—Long, long the night,Heavy comes the morrowWhile my soul's delightIs on her bed of sorrow.CAN I cease to care?Can I cease to languish,While my..

THERE 1 was a lad was born in Kyle,But whatna day o' whatna style,I doubt it's hardly worth the whileTo be sae nice wi' Robin.Chor.—Robin was a..

HEAR, Land o' Cakes, and brither Scots,Frae Maidenkirk to Johnie Groat's;—If there's a hole in a' your coats,I rede you tent it:A chield's amang you..

SHREWD Willie Smellie to Crochallan came;The old cock'd hat, the grey surtout the same;His bristling beard just rising in its might,'Twas four long..

STAY my charmer, can you leave me?Cruel, cruel to deceive me;Well you know how much you grieve me;Cruel charmer, can you go!Cruel charmer, can you..

THE GLOOMY night is gath'ring fast,Loud roars the wild, inconstant blast,Yon murky cloud is foul with rain,I see it driving o'er the plain;The hunter..

WHOE'ER he be that sojourns here,I pity much his case,Unless he comes to wait uponThe Lord their God, His Grace.There's naething here but Highland..

YE Irish lords, ye knights an' squires,Wha represent our brughs an' shires,An' doucely manage our affairsIn parliament,To you a simple poet's..

NOW Nature hangs her mantle greenOn every blooming tree,And spreads her sheets o' daisies whiteOut o'er the grassy lea;Now Phoebus cheers the crystal..

ANNA, thy charms my bosom fire,And waste my soul with care;But ah! how bootless to admire,When fated to despair!Yet in thy presence, lovely Fair,To..

YE gallants bright, I rede you right,Beware o' bonie Ann;Her comely face sae fu' o' grace,Your heart she will trepan:Her een sae bright, like stars..

WHERE, braving angry winter's storms,The lofty Ochils rise,Far in their shade my Peggy's charmsFirst blest my wondering eyes;As one who by some..

O MERRY hae I been teethin' a heckle,An' merry hae I been shapin' a spoon;O merry hae I been cloutin' a kettle,An' kissin' my Katie when a' was..

ON Cessnock banks a lassie dwells;Could I describe her shape and mein;Our lasses a' she far excels,An' she has twa sparkling roguish een.She's..

NO more of your guests, be they titled or not,And cookery the first in the nation;Who is proof to thy personal converse and wit,Is proof to all other..

WILLIE WASTLE dwalt on Tweed,The spot they ca'd it Linkumdoddie;Willie was a wabster gude,Could stown a clue wi' ony body:He had a wife was dour and..

THOU, Liberty, thou art my theme;Not such as idle poets dream,Who trick thee up a heathen goddessThat a fantastic cap and rod has;Such stale conceits..

STOP, passenger! my story's brief,And truth I shall relate, man;I tell nae common tale o' grief,For Matthew was a great man.If thou uncommon merit..

HOW cold is that bosom which folly once fired,How pale is that cheek where the rouge lately glisten'd;How silent that tongue which the echoes oft..

WHILE winds frae aff Ben-Lomond blaw,An' bar the doors wi' driving snaw,An' hing us owre the ingle,I set me down to pass the time,An' spin a verse or..

THE NIGHT was still, and o'er the hillThe moon shone on the castle wa';The mavis sang, while dew-drops hangAround her on the castle wa';Sae merrily..

"WHA is that at my bower-door?""O wha is it but Findlay!""Then gae your gate, ye'se nae be here:""Indeed maun I," quo' Findlay;"What mak' ye, sae..

THE SOLEMN League and CovenantNow brings a smile, now brings a tear;But sacred Freedom, too, was theirs:If thou'rt a slave, indulge thy sneer

HOW pleasant the banks of the clear winding Devon,With green spreading bushes and flow'rs blooming fair!But the boniest flow'r on the banks of the..