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The Coming of Love . James I. oj Scotland . 13 BOOK II Plaisir d’Amour 10. My heart is heich abufe ..19 11. O, my Luve is like a Red, Red Rose . Robert Burns ... 21 12. To a Ladye .... William Dunbar . 22 13. Bayth Gud and Fair and Womanlie.. 22 14. My Ain Kind Dearie, O . Robert Burns ... 24 13. O’ a’ the Airts the Wind can blaw .... Robert Burns ... 25 vii Vlll Contents 16. Annie Laurie .... Lady John Scott 25 iy. The Ewe-Bughts . 26 18. I’ll aye ca’ in by yon Toun Robert Burns . 28 ig. The Waukin’ o’ the Fauld Allan Ramsay 28 20. Tam i’ the Kirk . Violet Jacob . 3° 21. The Yellow-hair’d Laddie 30 22. To Daunton Me . Robert Burns . 31 Ilo’enaea Laddie but Ane John Clunie . 32 24. Saw ye Johnnie cornin’ ? Joanna Baillie 32 25. Ca’ the Yowes to the Knowes .... Robert Burns . 34 26. The Shepherd’s Song . Joanna Baillie 35 27. O, for Ane-and-twenty, Tam !. Robert Burns . 37 28. O whistle, and I’ll come to You .... Robert Burns . 37 29. Last May a Braw Wooer Robert Burns . 38 30. The Gowk. Violet Jacob . 40 31. Robene and Makyne Robert Henryson 41 32. Duncan Gray .... Robert Burns . 46 33• A Change o’ Deils Violet Jacob . 48 34. Low doun in the Broom . 49 33. Kiss’d Yestreen . 50 36. Tam Glen. Robert Burns . 51 57. Let Me in this ae Night . Allan Cunningham 52 38. O! are ye sleepin’, Maggie? Robert Tannahill . 54 59. Mary Morison .... Robert Burns . 55 40. When Flora had Ourfret the Firth .... 56 41. O wert thou in the Cauld Blast. Robert Burns . 57 42. For the Sake o’ Somebody Robert Burns . 58 43■ Jockie’s ta’en the Parting Kiss. Robert Burns . 58 44• Wandering Willie . 59 45• Logie o’ Buchan . 59 45. Adieu to his Mistress . Alexander Montgomerie 60 (2,470) Contents ix BOOK III Chagrin d’Amour 47■ Hence Hairt .... Alexander Scott . 65 48. A Roundel of Luve . Alexander Scott . 66 49. Ay Wankin’, O Robert Burns ... 67 50. Were na my Heart light, I wad die ... Lady Grizel Baillie . 68 51. Lament of the Master of Erskine .... Alexander Scott . 71 52. O Waly, Waly.72 53- Auld Robin Gray . Lady Anne Barnard . 74 54. Ye Banks and Braes . Robert Burns ... 76 55- Ae Fond Kiss .... Robert Burns ... 76 56. Cupid and Venus . Mark Alexander Boyd 77 BOOK IV The Hearth 57. The Rantin’ Dog the Dad- die o’t .... Robert Burns ... 81 58. The Waiting Bride.82 59. The Garmont of Gude Ladies .... Robert Henryson . 82 60. A Happy Fireside Clime . Robert Burns ... 84 61. John Anderson, my Jo . Robert Burns ... 85 62. A Highland Cradle Song . Robert Burns ... 85 63. Can ye sew Cushions ?.86 64. My Wife’s a winsome wee Thing.Robert Jamieson . 87 65. The Farmer’s Ingle . Robert Fergusson . 88 66. There’s nae Luck about the House.91 67. Bessie and her Spinning- Wheel .Robert Burns ... 93 (2,470) A a x Contents * 68. O weel may the Boatie row.. 95 6g. I’ll gar our Gudeman trow. 97 70. An Ill Wife .... Robert Fergusson 98 yi. Willy Wastle .... Robert Burns . 98 72. Get up and bar the Door. 100 73- Benty Bows, Robin. 102 74. Tak your Auld Cloak about ye ... 104 BOOK V The Open Road 75. The Greenwood 109 76. The Stirrup Cup . Robert Burns . 109 77. Leezie Lindsay 110 78. Jock o’ Hazeldean Sir Walter Scott . hi 79. Johnie Faa 112 80. Bonnie Dundee Sir Walter Scott . 114 81. The Reiver Sir David Lyndsay 116 82. The Gaberlunzie Man n7 83. The Tinker Charles Murray . 120 84. Highways and Byways Walter Wingate 123 BOOK VI King and Commonweal 83. When Alysandyr our King was dede ...... 127 86. Sir Patrick Spens. 127 87. Freedom.John Barbour. 131 88. Sir John the Graham . Henry the Minstrel 132 8g. The Red Harlaw . Sir Walter Scott . 132 go. The Battle of Otterbourne 134 gi. A Reformation Ballad .... *39 92. Kinmont Willie . 141 Contents xi 93. Killicrankie .... 149 94. Kenmure’s on and awa’, Willie .... Robert Burns . • 150 95. Kenmure, 1715 . Andrew Lang . • 151 96. Awa’, Whigs, awa’ . Robert Burns . • 152 97. O’er the Water to Charlie Robert Burns . • 153 98. Lewie Gordon Alexander Geddes • 154 99. Drumossie Moor . Robert Burns . • 154 100. Wae’s Me for Prince Charlie .... William Glen . • 155 101. Lady Keith’s Lament . • 157 102. An Old Song, 1750 . Andrew Lang . x58 103. I Canna see the Sergeant Joseph Lee • 159 104. On Leave. John Buchan . 160 103. Address to the German Gun in the Quad¬ rangle of Edinburgh College .... W. S. Morrison . 164 BOOK VII The Human Comedy 106. Auld Lang Syne . Robert Burns . 169 ioy. Great Folk .... Robert Burns . 170 108. Poor Folk .... Robert Burns . 171 109. Tibbie Fowler 172 no. The Laird o’ Cockpen . Lady Nairne . 173 in. The Whistle .... Charles Murray 175 112. Hallowe’en . Robert Burns . 177 113. Robin Tamson’s Smiddy Alexander Rodger 187 114. Braid Claith .... Robert Fergusson 189 113. The Annuity George Outram 191 116. Hame cam our Gudeman at e’en .... 196 117. To a Haggis .... Robert Burns . 200 118. Whistle, whistle, auld Wife. 202 119. Tam o’ the Linn. 203 Xll Contents BOOK VIII Bacchanalia 120. O, Willie brew’d a Peck 0’ Maut .... Robert Burns . 207 121. Contented wi’ Little Robert Burns . 208 122. The Banks 0’ the Dee . George Outram 209 123. Gudewife, count the Lawin .... Robert Burns . 209 124. Gude Ale hauds my Heart aboon 210 123. Todlen Hame 211 126. Hoolie and Fairly 212 I2j. The Orgiasts .... 213 128. A Wish. George Outram 215 BOOK IX Charac TE R S 129. Of James Dog, Kepar of the Quenis Wardrop William Dunbar . 210 130. Aganis the Thievis of Liddisdale . Sir Richard Maitland 220 131. Epitaph on Captain Mat- thew Henderson Robert Burns . 222 132. The Miller (1) Sir John Clerk of Pen- nycuik .... 223 » (2) . George Outram 224 133. The Pardoner Sir David Lyndsay 225 134. The Souters of Selkirk . 226 135- The Epitaph of Habbi Sir Robert Sempill of Simson . Beltrees . 227 136. The Beadle’s Lament Hamish Hendry . 230 137- The Auctioneer . William Carnie 234 138- Holy Willie’s Prayer Robert Burns . 236 139. The Tinklers . James Logie Robertson 238 Contents xiii BOOK X Literature 140. The Origin of Poetry Robert Burns . 243 i4i. Helicon. Robert Burns . 244 142. Dunbar to his Masters . William Dunbar . 244 143• Lament of the Makaris . William Dunbar . 245 144■ There was a Lad was born in Kyle Robert Burns . 249 145- Theocritus in Scots-— The Fishers . John Buchan . 250 146. Virgil in Scots—The En- trance to Hell . Gawain Douglas . 254 147• Horace in Scots (1) . Charles Murray . 255 it a (2) • Charles Murray . 256 148. Heine in Scots (1) Alexander Gray . 258 (2) • • Alexander Gray . 259 „ » (3) • • Alexander Gray . 260 BOOK XI Sport 149- Tam Samson’s Elegy Robert Burns . 263 i5o. Ballade of the Tweed . Andrew Lang . 264 15i- In Praise of Tweed . Thomas Tod Stoddart. 265 152. Fisher Jamie .... John Buchan . 267 153- Juvenis and Piscator 268 154■ Poaching in Excelsis G. K. Menzies 269 270 155• A Song of Life and Golf Andrew Lang . BOOK XII Nature 156. Of the Day Estivall Alexander Hume . 275 282 157■ Procul Negotiis . Robert Fergusson . XIV Contents 158. A Winter Day . Gawain Douglas . 283 139. The Spate .... Robert Burns . 284 160. A Border Burn . J. B. Selkirk . 285 161. The Bush aboon Traquair John Campbell Shairp 286 162. A Northern Midsummer Morn .... Gawain Douglas . 288 163. Moorland Peace . R. L. Stevenson . 289 164. Genius Loci— (1) Tweed and Till.289 (2) The Braes o’ Menstrie.290 (3) Oh, gin I were a Doo.290 (4) Manor Water.290 (5) Buchlyvie.290 (6) Edinburgh Castle..291 BOOK XIII Friendly Beasts 165. Robin Redbreast’s Tes¬ tament .295 166. The Watchers.296 167. The Herring loves the Merry Moonlight . Sir Walter Scott . 297 168. The Twa Dogs . Robert Burns . 298 169. The Auld Man’s Mear’s dead.299 170. The Auld Farmer to his Mare Maggie . Robert Burns . 300 171. The Ewie wi’ the Crookit Horn .... John Skinner . 305 172. My Hoggie .... Robert Burns . 308 173. The Death and Dying Words of poor Mailie Robert Burns . 309 174- Poor Mailie’s Elegy . Robert Burns . .311 I75■ To a Louse .... Robert Burns . .313 176. To a Mouse .... Robert Burns . 313 I77• The Misanthrope . George Outram . 317 Contents xv BOOK XIV Enchantments T78. Tam o’ Shanter . Robert Burns .
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