The Complete Poetical Works of Robert BurnsReprint of the original, first published in 1859. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost. |
Contents
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To a Kiss 601 | 24 |
Craigieburn wood 412 494 | 26 |
The joyful widower | 27 |
Life of Burns | 29 |
Tam Glen 357 | 33 |
Verses written under violent Grief whilst he contemplated sailing | 40 |
The Hermit written in the wood of Aberfeldy 602 | 50 |
The Solemn League and Covenant 610 | 176 |
As on the banks o wandering Nith 608 | 180 |
Liberty A Fragment | 182 |
Through and through the inspired leaves 609 | 183 |
O Death hadst thou but spared his life 334 | 190 |
Auld comrade dear and brither sinner 256 | 194 |
One Queen Artemisia as old stories tell 334 | 196 |
A Grace before Meat 611 | 200 |
The banks of Doon 365 | 67 |
The banks o bonnie Doon 366 | 78 |
Preface to the First Edition | 81 |
Tam OShanter | 92 |
Death and Dr Hornbook | 99 |
The Cotters Saturday Night | 105 |
Halloween | 111 |
Scotch Drink | 120 |
The Vision | 130 |
A Dream | 138 |
Address to Edinburgh | 146 |
To a Posthumous Child born in peculiar circumstances of distress | 152 |
Lines on Stirling 609 | 156 |
Sonnet written January 25 1793 the birthday of the Author | 158 |
Accept the gift a friend sincere 602 | 159 |
The Death and Dying Words of Poor Mailie | 162 |
The Brigs of Ayr | 168 |
Lines written with a pencil standing by the Fall of Fyers near Loch | 175 |
When chapman billies leave the street 92 | 203 |
O thou pale orb that silent shines | 211 |
EPISTLES | 218 |
When Deaths dark stream I ferry oer 330 | 223 |
To the same | 228 |
While virgin spring by Edens flood 148 | 233 |
To the same | 237 |
Peg Nicholson was a gude bay mare | 238 |
The belles of Mauchline 461 | 240 |
Epitaph for the Anthors Father 340 | 242 |
To John Goudie Kilmarnock | 245 |
To a Tailor | 252 |
Epitaph on Mr W Cruickshank 612 | 254 |
Kemble thon curst my unbelief 332 | 258 |
To a Gentleman who bad sent him a Newspaper and offered to continue it free of expense | 259 |
To the same | 267 |
Sad thy tale thou idle page 315 | 271 |
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