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THE POEMS OF BURNS.
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WRITTEN ON THE WINDOW OF THE GLOBE TAVERN, DUMFRIES.
The graybeard, Old Wisdom, may boast of his treasures,
Give me with gay Folly to live:
I grant him his calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures,
But Folly has raptures to give.
Give me with gay Folly to live:
I grant him his calm-blooded, time-settled pleasures,
But Folly has raptures to give.
EPIGRAM ON CAPTAIN FRANCIS GROSE,
THE CELEBRATED ANTIQUARY.
The Devil got notice that Grose was a-dying,
So whip! at the summons, old Satan came flying;
But when he approach'd where poor Francis lay moaning,
And saw each bed-post with its burden a-groaning,
Astonish'd! confounded! cry'd Satan, 'By God,
I'll want 'im, ere I take such a damnable load.'
So whip! at the summons, old Satan came flying;
But when he approach'd where poor Francis lay moaning,
And saw each bed-post with its burden a-groaning,
Astonish'd! confounded! cry'd Satan, 'By God,
I'll want 'im, ere I take such a damnable load.'
LINES WRITTEN UNDER THE PICTURE OF THE CELEBRATED MISS BURNS.
Cease, ye prudes, your envious railing,
Lovely Burns has charms—confess:
True it is, she had one failing,
Had a woman ever less?
Lovely Burns has charms—confess:
True it is, she had one failing,
Had a woman ever less?
ON MISS J. SCOTT, OF AYR.
Oh! had each Scot of ancient times
Been, Jeanie Scott, as thou art,
The bravest heart on English ground
Had yielded like a coward.
Been, Jeanie Scott, as thou art,
The bravest heart on English ground
Had yielded like a coward.
EPITAPH ON JOHN BUSHBY, WRITER, IN DUMFRIES.
Here lies John Bushby, honest man!
Cheat him, Devil, if you can.
Cheat him, Devil, if you can.