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The Poems of Allan Ramsay .-^^ fe^ m*^ rCa?^ M^n^ ^^i' ^^Pi^» m&.,,- ^fsiSlt^^^ ^;-: .-n\A/;^* ..A.:Mf •A' f} .lj{li^4^MAo-S.M-!^ /.^^^^ ^^i'^ -^ m THE POEMS ALLAN RAMSAY. A NEW EDITION, CORRECTED, AND ENLARGED; WITH A GLOSSARY. TO WHICH ARE PREFIXED, A LIFE OF THE AUTHOR, FROM AUTHENTIC DOCUMENTS: AND REMARKS ON HIS POEMS, FROM A LARGE VIEW OF THEIR MERITS. IN TJVO VOLUMES. VOL. n. LONDON: Printed by A. Suahaii, Printers Street, FOR T. CADELL JON. AND W. DAVIES, STRAND. 1800, THE CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME. PASTORAL. PAGE RiCHY and Sandy : on the Death of Mr. Addifon 3 Robert, Richy, and Sandy : a Paftoral on the Death of Matthew Prior - . - 8 Keitha : an Elegy on the Death of Mary the Countefs ofWigton - - - _ i^ An Ode, with a Paftoral Recitative, on the Marriage of James Earl of Wemyfs to Mifs Janet Charteris 21 A Mafque performed at celebrating the Nuptials of James Duke of Hamilton and Lady Ann Cochran - - - 25 A Paftoral Epithalamium upon the happy Marriage of George Lord Ramfay and Lady Jean Maule ----- 39 Betty and Kate : a Paftoral Farewell to Mr. Aikman, when he went for London - - 42 The Gentle Shepherd - - - - 49 A 2 LYRIC. IV THE CONTENTS. LYRIC. The Dedication to the Tea Table Mifcellany, 1724 197 Wine and Mufic - _ _ _ 200 Horace to Virgil - _ - - 201 An Ode to Mr. F _ . - 203 An Ode to the Ph - - - 205 A Ballad on Bonny Kate ... 208 To Dr. J. C. who got the fdregoing to give the young Lady - - - - - 210 An Ode on Drinking - - - - 210 The laft Time I came o'er the Moor - - 211 The Lafs of Patie's Mill . - - 213 Ye watchful Guardians of the Fair - - 214 The Yellow. hair'd Laddie r - - 216 Nanny O - - - --217 Bonny Jean - - - - - 218 Auld lang fyne - - - - 219 The Penitent : to the Tune of the Lafs of Livingfton 221 Love's Cure : to the Tune of Peggy I mull love thee 225 Beffy Bell and Mary Gray ... 224 The young Laird and Edinburgh Katy - - 226 Katy's Anfvver - - - - -228 Mary Scot « - . - . 229 O'er Bogie - - _ . _ 230 O'er the Moor to Maggie - - - 231 I '11 never leave thee - - - "233 Polwart on the Green .... 235 Jo. Hay's Bonny Laffie - - - 236 Genty Tibby and Sonfy Nelly . - _ 237 Up in the Air . - - . _ 238 To Mrs. E. C. : Now Phoebus advances on high - 240 To Calilla : She fung, the Youth Attention gave - 241 Give THE CONTENTS. V PAGE Give me a Lafs with a Lump of Land - - 243 Lochaber no more . _ - _ 244 Virtue and Wit : the Prefervative of Love and Beauty 245 Adieu for a while my native green Plains - - 246 And I '11 awa to bonny Tweed fide - - 248 The Widow - - . 250 The Step Daughter's Relief - - - 251 Bonny Chrifly _ - „ _ « 253 The Soger Laddie - - - . 255 The bonny Scot : to the Tune of the Boatman - 256 Love inviting Reafon - - - - 257 The Bob of Dumblane - - - _ 259 Throw the Wood Laddie _ _ - 260 An thou were my ain Thing - - - 261 There 's my Thumb, I '11 ne'er beguile thee - 263 The Highland Laddie , - - - 264 The Coalier's Daughter . « . 266 The Mill, MiU-O - - - - 267 Colin and Grify parting - _ _ 269 To L. L. in Mourning : to the Tune of Where Helen lies - - - - 270 A Scots Cantata : Mufic by L. Bocchi - . 271 TheToaft - - - - - 272 A South Sea Sang : Tune of For our lang biding here 273 Hap me with thy Petticoat , - - - 274 Fy ! gar rub her o'er wi' ftrae ... 2^75 The Cordial - - - . _ 277 Allan Water - - - - - 279 O Mary thy Graces and Glances - - 280 This is no my ain Houfe - . - 282 My Daddy forbad, my Minny forbad - « 283 Steer her up and had her gawn - - -285 Clout the Caldron _ _ . - 286 The Maltman - - - - - 287 Bonny VI THE CONTENTS. PAGE Bonny Befly ----- 289 The Quadruple Alliance _ - - 290 The Complaint : When abfent from the Nymph I love 291 The Carle he came o'er the Croft - - 293 Mither dear, I 'gin to fear - - - 294 A Song, to the Tune of Bufk ye my Bonny Bride 296 The Highland Laffie - - - ' - 297 The Auld Man's beft Argument - - 298 To Mrs. A. C. : When Beauty blazes - - 300 1 have a green Purfe, and a wee pickle Gowd - 302 On the Marriage of Lord G. and Lady K. C ; Tune of the Highland Laddie - - 303 Jenny Nettles ----- 307 For the Sake of Somebody - - - 30S The generous Gentleman : to the Tune of The bonny Lafs of Brankfome - - - 310 The Cock Laird - - - - 312 Let meaner Beauties ufe their Art - - 314 EPISTOLARY. An Epiftle to Allan Ramfay, byjofiah Burche!., Efq. 319 The Anfwer to the foregoing - - - 321 Se^'cn familiar Epiftles, which paffed between Lieut. Hamilton and the Author - - 323 To the Mufic Club - - - - 357 An Epiille to James Arbuckle, defcribing the Author 359 To the Earl of Dalhoufie _ - _ 367 To Mr. Aikman - - - - 370 To Sir William Bennet - - - 372 To a Friend at Florence - - - 3-7^ ToR.H. B. - - - - . 377 To Mr. Jofeph Mitchell, on the fuccefsful Reprefent- ation of his Tragedy - - . 380 To 11 THE CONTENTS. VII PAGB To Robert Yarde of Devonfliire - - 383 An Epiftle from Mr. William Starrat - - 389 To Mr. William Starrat, on receiving the foregoing 392 To Mr. Gay, on hearing the Duchefs of Queenfbury commend fome of his Poems - - 395 An Epiftle to Jofiah Burchet, on his being chofen Member of Parliament ... 400 To Mr. David Malloch, on his Departure from Scotland 402 To William Somerville of Warv^rickfhire - - 405 An Epiftle from Mr. Somerville - - - 410 An Anfwer to the foregoing - - - 416 An Epiftle from William Somerville to Allan Ramfay, on publifhing his fecond Volume of Poems - 42 Ramfay's Anfwer to the foregoing - - 425 To Donald M'Ewen, Jeweller, at St. Peterfhurgh - 429 To the fame, on receiving a Prefent of a gold Seal 430 To his Friends in Ireland, who, on a Report of his Death, made and pubhftied feveral Elegies, &c. 43 1 An Epiftle from a Gentleman in the Country to his Friend in Edinburgh - - - 434 An Epiftle to James Clerk, Efq. of Pennyculk - 439 To A. R. on the Poverty of the Poets - - 444 The Anfwer ..... 445 FABLES AND TALES. An Epiftle to Duncan Forbes Lord Advocate - 45 A Fable of the Twa Books - - - 455 The Clock and the Dial - - - 457 The Ram and the Buck - - ' . - 459 The lovely Lafs and the Mirror ... 462 Jupiter's Lottery « - - . 464 The Miler and Minos ... - 467 The Ape and the Leopard _ - . 470 The ^ Viii THE CONTENTS. PACE 'The Afs and the Brock - - - - 47^ The Fox and the Rat - - - - 474 The Caterpillar and the Ant ... 476 The twa Cats and the Cheefe - - - 47^ TheCameleon - - - - - 481 The Twa Lizards .... 484 Mercury in Queft of Peace ... 487 The Spring and the Syke - - - 49 ^ The Phoenix and the Owl - - "492 The Boy and the Pig - - - - 495 The Man with the twa Wives . - - 496 The Fable of the condemned A fs - - 49^ The Gods of iEgypt - - - - 502 TheSpeaacles - - - - 5^4 The Fox turned Preacher _ - - 506 The Bee and the Fly - - - - 5^9 The Horfe'. Complaint - - - '5^^ Tit for Tat ----- 513 The Parrot - - - - - 516 TheEclipfe - - - - - 518 The Monk and the Miller's Wife - - 520 The daft Bargain - - - - 53 The twa Cutpurfes - - - - 533 The Lure ----- 535 A Tale of the Three Bonnets - - * 54' The Eagle and the Robin Redbreaft - - 577 Addrefs to his Book The Conclufion ; the Author's in Imitation of Horace - - - 580 The Gloflary - - - - - 5^3 PASTOR/IL. PASTORAL. VOL. II. I72I. RICHY AND SANDY * : ON THE DEATH OF MR. ADDISON. RICHY. What gars thee look fae dowf, dear Sandy fay ? Cheer up, dull fellow, take thy reed and play " My apron deary," or fome wanton tune : Be merry, lad, and keep thy heart aboon. SANDY. : Na, na, it winna do ; leave me to mane This aught days twice o'er tellM I '11 whiftle nane. RICHY. * Sir Richard Steele and Mr. Alexander Pope. B 2 : : ! : RAMSAY'S POEMS. RICHY. Wow, man, that 's unco' fad ! —Is 't that ye'r jo Has ta'en the flrunt ? Or has fome bogle-bo, Glowrin frae 'mang auld waws, gi'en ye a fleg ? Or has fome dauted wedder broke his leg ? Nalrhing like that, fic troubles elth were borne What 's bogles, wedders, or what Maufy's fcorn ? Our lofs is meikle mair, and paft remead Adie, that play'd and fang fae fweet, is dead. ? Dead ! fay 'ft thou —Oh, had up my heart, OPan! Ye gods, what laids ye lay on fecklefs man Alake therefore ! I canna wyt ye'r wae j I '11 bear ye company for year and day. A better lad ne'er lean'd out o'er a kent. Or hounded coly o'er the mofly bent Blyth at the bught how aft ha' we three been, Heartfome on hills, and gay upon the green. SANDY. PASTORAL. That 's true indeed ; but now thae days are gane. And, with him, a' that 's pleafant on the plain. A fuminer day I never thought it lang, To hear him make a roundel or a fang. How fweet he fung where vines and myrtles grow, Of wimbling waters which in Latium flow *. Titry the Mantuan herd, wha lang fmfyne, Beft fung on aeten reed the lover's pine. Had he been to the fore now in our days, Wi* Adie he had frankly dealt his bays. As lang 's the warld fhall Amaryllis ken. His Rofamond f fhall echo thro' the glen : While on burn banks the yellow gowan grows. Or wand'ring lambs rin bleating after ewes.
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