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O THOU Great Being! what Thou art,Surpasses me to know;Yet sure I am, that known to TheeAre all Thy works below.Thy creature here before Thee..

THROUGH and through th' inspir'd leaves,Ye maggots, make your windings;But O respect his lordship's taste,And spare his golden bindings.

IN Politics if thou would'st mix,And mean thy fortunes be;Bear this in mind, be deaf and blind,Let great folk hear and see.

LONG life, my Lord, an' health be yours,Unskaithed by hunger'd Highland boors;Lord grant me nae duddie, desperate beggar,Wi' dirk, claymore, and..

THERE was a lass, and she was fair,At kirk or market to be seen;When a' our fairest maids were met,The fairest maid was bonie Jean.And aye she..

NOW westlin winds and slaught'ring gunsBring Autumn's pleasant weather;The moorcock springs on whirring wingsAmang the blooming heather:Now waving..

NAE gentle dames, tho' e'er sae fair,Shall ever be my muse's care:Their titles a' arc empty show;Gie me my Highland lassie, O.Chorus.—Within the glen..

Chorus.—She is a winsome wee thing,She is a handsome wee thing,She is a lo'esome wee thing,This dear wee wife o' mine.I NEVER saw a fairer,I never..

MY father was a farmer upon the Carrick border, O,And carefully he bred me in decency and order, O;He bade me act a manly part, though I had ne'er a..

Chorus—Mally's meek, Mally's sweet,Mally's modest and discreet;Mally's rare, Mally's fair,Mally's every way complete.AS I was walking up the street,A..

HUMID seal of soft affections,Tenderest pledge of future bliss,Dearest tie of young connections,Love's first snowdrop, virgin kiss!Speaking silence..

WE cam na here to view your warks,In hopes to be mair wise,But only, lest we gang to hell,It may be nae surprise:But when we tirl'd at your doorYour..

WHEN chill November's surly blastMade fields and forests bare,One ev'ning, as I wander'd forthAlong the banks of Ayr,I spied a man, whose aged..

LET other heroes boast their scars,The marks of sturt and strife:And other poets sing of wars,The plagues of human life:Shame fa' the fun, wi' sword..

THE LAZY mist hangs from the brow of the hill,Concealing the course of the dark-winding rill;How languid the scenes, late so sprightly, appear!As..

THERE was once a day, but old Time wasythen young,That brave Caledonia, the chief of her line,From some of your northern deities sprung,(Who knows..

ONE night as I did wander,When corn begins to shoot,I sat me down to ponderUpon an auld tree root;Auld Ayr ran by before me,And bicker'd to the..

Chorus.—Robin shure in hairst,I shure wi' him.Fient a heuk had I,Yet I stack by him.I GAED up to Dunse,To warp a wab o' plaiden,At his daddie's..

WHILE Europe's eye is fix'd on mighty things,The fate of Empires and the fall of Kings;While quacks of State must each produce his plan,And even..

BY yon Castle wa', at the close of the day,I heard a man sing, tho' his head it was grey:And as he was singing, the tears doon came,—There'll never..

MY Sandy gied to me a ring,Was a' beset wi' diamonds fine;But I gied him a far better thing,I gied my heart in pledge o' his ring.Chorus.—My Sandy O..

HERE Stuarts once in glory reigned,And laws for Scotland's weal ordained;But now unroof'd their palace stands,Their sceptre's sway'd by other..

THE SUN had clos'd the winter day,The curless quat their roarin play,And hunger'd maukin taen her way,To kail-yards green,While faithless snaws ilk..

FROM thee, Eliza, I must go,And from my native shore;The cruel fates between us throwA boundless ocean's roar:But boundless oceans, roaring..

BUT lately seen in gladsome green,The woods rejoic'd the day,Thro' gentle showers, the laughing flowersIn double pride were gay:But now our joys are..