| 1781. |
| No. |
|
| |
| I. |
|
To William Burness. His health a
little better, but tired of life. The Revelations |
311 |
| 1783. |
| II. |
|
To Mr. John Murdoch. His present studies
and temper of mind |
312 |
| III. |
|
To Mr. James Burness. His father’s illness,
and sad state of the country |
313 |
| IV. |
|
To Miss E. Love |
314 |
| V. |
|
To Miss E. Love |
314 |
| VI. |
|
To Miss E. Love |
315 |
| VII. |
|
To Miss E. On her refusal of his hand |
316 |
| VIII. |
|
To Robert Riddel, Esq. Observations
on poetry and human life |
316 |
| 1784. |
| IX. |
|
To Mr. James Burness. On the death of his
father |
322 |
| X. |
|
To Mr. James Burness. Account of the
Buchanites |
322 |
| XI. |
|
To Miss ——. With a book |
323 |
| 1786. |
| XII. |
|
To Mr. John Richmond. His progress
in poetic composition |
323 |
| XIII. |
|
To Mr. John Kennedy. The Cotter’s
Saturday Night |
324 |
| XIV. |
|
To Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing his
“Scotch Drink” |
324 |
| XV. |
|
To Mr. Aiken. Enclosing a stanza on the
blank leaf of a book by Hannah More |
324 |
| XVI. |
|
To Mr. M’Whinnie, Subscriptions |
324 |
| XVII. |
|
To Mr. John Kennedy. Enclosing “The
Gowan” |
325 |
| XVIII. |
|
To Mon. James Smith. His voyage
to the West Indies |
325 |
| XIX. |
|
To Mr. John Kennedy. His poems in
the press. Subscriptions |
325 |
| XX. |
|
To Mr. David Brice. Jean Armour’s
return,—printing his poems |
326 |
| XXI. |
|
To Mr. Robert Aiken. Distress of mind |
326 |
| XXII. |
|
To Mr. John Richmond. Jean Armour |
327 |
| XXIII. |
|
To John Ballantyne, Esq. Aiken’s coldness.
His marriage-lines destroyed |
328 |
| XXIV. |
|
To Mr. David Brice. Jean Armour.
West Indies |
328 |
| XXV. |
|
To Mr. John Richmond. West Indies The Armours |
328 |
| XXVI. |
|
To Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing “The
Calf” |
329 |
| XXVII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Thanks for her notice.
Sir William Wallace |
329 |
| XXVIII. |
|
To Mr. John Kennedy. Jamaica |
330 |
| XXIX. |
|
To Mr. James Burness. His departure
uncertain |
330 |
| XXX. |
|
To Miss Alexander. “The Lass of Ballochmyle” |
330 |
| XXXI. |
|
To Mrs. Stewart, of Stair and Afton.
Enclosing some songs. Miss Alexander |
331 |
| XXXII. |
|
Proclamation in the name of the Muses |
332 |
| XXXIII. |
|
To Mr. Robert Muir. Enclosing “Tam
Samson.” His Edinburgh expedition |
332 |
| XXXIV. |
|
To Dr. Mackenzie. Enclosing the
verses on dining with Lord Daer |
332 |
| XXXV. |
|
To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Rising fame.
Patronage |
333 |
| XXXVI. |
|
To John Ballantyne, Esq. His patrons
and patronesses. The Lounger |
333 |
| XXXVII. |
|
To Mr. Robert Muir. A note of
thanks. Talks of sketching the history of his life |
334 |
| XXXVIII. |
|
To Mr. William Chalmers. A humorous
sally |
334 |
| 1787. |
| XXXIX. |
|
To the Earl of Eglinton. Thanks for
his patronage |
335 |
| XL. |
|
To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Love |
335 |
| XLI. |
|
To John Ballantyne, Esq. Mr. Miller’s
offer of a farm |
335 |
| XLII. |
|
To John Ballantyne, Esq. Enclosing
“The Banks o’ Doon.” First Copy |
336 |
| XLIII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Dr. Moore and Lord
Eglinton. His situation in Edinburgh |
336 |
| XLIV. |
|
To Dr. Moore. Acknowledgments for
his notice |
337 |
| XLV. |
|
To the Rev. G. Lowrie. Reflections on his
situation in life. Dr. Blacklock, Mackenzie |
338 |
| XLVI. |
|
To Dr. Moore. Miss Williams |
338 |
| XLVII. |
|
To John Ballantyne, Esq. His portrait
engraving |
339 |
| XLVIII. |
|
To the Earl of Glencairn. Enclosing
“Lines intended to be written under a noble
Earl’s picture” |
339 |
| XLIX. |
|
To the Earl of Buchan. In reply to a
letter of advice |
339 |
| L. |
|
To Mr. James Candlish. Still “the old
man with his deeds” |
340 |
| LI. |
|
To ——. On Fergusson’s headstone |
341 |
| LII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. His prospects on leaving
Edinburgh |
341 |
| LIII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. A letter of acknowledgment
for the payment of the subscription |
342 |
| LIV. |
|
To Mr. Sibbald. Thanks for his notice
in the magazine |
343 |
| LV. |
|
To Dr. Moore. Acknowledging the present
of his View of Society |
343 |
| LVI. |
|
To Mr. Dunlop. Reply to criticisms |
343 |
| LVII. |
|
To the Rev. Dr. Hugh Blair. On leaving Edinburgh. Thanks for his kindness |
344 |
| LVIII. |
|
To the Earl of Glencairn. On leaving
Edinburgh |
344 |
| LIX. |
|
To Mr. William Dunbar. Thanking him
for the present of Spenser’s poems |
344 |
| LX. |
|
To Mr. James Johnson. Sending a song
to the Scots Musical Museum |
345 |
| LXI. |
|
To Mr. William Creech. His tour on the
Border. Epistle in verse to Creech |
345 |
| LXII. |
|
To Mr. Patison. Business |
345 |
| LXIII. |
|
To Mr. W. Nicol. A ride described
in broad Scotch |
346 |
| LXIV. |
|
To Mr. James Smith. Unsettled in life.
Jamaica |
346 |
| LXV. |
|
To Mr. W. Nicol. Mr. Miller, Mr.
Burnside. Bought a pocket Milton |
347 |
| LXVI. |
|
To Mr. James Candlish. Seeking a
copy of Lowe’s poem of “Pompey’s Ghost” |
347 |
| LXVII. |
|
To Robert Ainslie, Esq. His tour |
348 |
| LXVIII. |
|
To Mr. W. Nicol. Auchtertyre |
348 |
| LXIX. |
|
To Mr. Wm. Cruikshank. Auchtertyre |
348 |
| LXX. |
|
To Mr. James Smith. An adventure |
349 |
| LXXI. |
|
To Mr. John Richmond. His rambles |
350 |
| LXXII. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Sets high
value on his friendship |
350 |
| LXXIII. |
|
To the same. Nithsdale and Edinburgh |
350 |
| LXXIV. |
|
To Dr. Moore. Account of his own life |
351 |
| LXXV. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. A humorous
letter |
357 |
| LXXVI. |
|
To Mr. Robert Muir. Stirling, Bannockburn |
357 |
| LXXVII. |
|
To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Of Mr.
Hamilton’s own family |
358 |
| LXXVIII. |
|
To Mr. Walker. Bruar Water. The
Athole family |
359 |
| LXXIX. |
|
To Mr. Gilbert Burns. Account of his
Highland tour |
359 |
| LXXX. |
|
To Miss Margaret Chalmers. Charlotte
Hamilton. Skinner. Nithsdale |
360 |
| LXXXI. |
|
To the same. Charlotte Hamilton, and
“The Banks of the Devon” |
360 |
| LXXXII. |
|
To James Hoy, Esq. Mr. Nicol.
Johnson’s Musical Museum |
361 |
| LXXXIII. |
|
To Rev. John Skinner. Thanking
him for his poetic compliment |
361 |
| LXXXIV. |
|
To James Hoy, Esq. Song by the
Duke of Gordon |
362 |
| LXXXV. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His friendship
for him |
363 |
| LXXXVI. |
|
To the Earl of Glencairn. Requesting
his aid in obtaining an excise appointment |
363 |
| LXXXVII. |
|
To James Dalrymple, Esq. Rhyme.
Lord Glencairn |
363 |
| LXXXVIII. |
|
To Charles Hay, Esq. Enclosing
his poem on the death of the Lord President
Dundas |
364 |
| LXXXIX. |
|
To Miss M——n. Compliments |
364 |
| XC. |
|
To Miss Chalmers. Charlotte Hamilton |
365 |
| XCI. |
|
To the same. His bruised limb. The
Bible. The Ochel Hills |
365 |
| XCII. |
|
To the same. His motto—“I dare.”
His own worst enemy |
365 |
| XCIII. |
|
To Sir John Whitefoord. Thanks for
his friendship. Of poets |
366 |
| XCIV. |
|
To Miss Williams. Comments on her
poem of the Slave Trade |
366 |
| XCV. |
|
To Mr. Richard Brown. Recollections
of early life. Clarinda |
368 |
| XCVI. |
|
To Gavin Hamilton, Esq. Prayer for
his health |
369 |
| XCVII. |
|
To Miss Chalmers. Complimentary
poems. Creech |
369 |
| 1788. |
| XCVIII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Lowness of spirits.
Leaving Edinburgh |
370 |
| XCIX. |
|
To the same. Religion |
370 |
| C. |
|
To the Rev. John Skinner. Tullochgorum.
Skinner’s Latin |
370 |
| CI. |
|
To Mr. Richard Brown. His arrival in
Glasgow |
371 |
| CII. |
|
To Mrs. Rose of Kilravock. Recollections
of Kilravock |
371 |
| CIII. |
|
To Mr. Richard Brown. Friendship. The
pleasures of the present |
372 |
| CIV. |
|
To Mr. William Cruikshank. Ellisland.
Plans in life |
372 |
| CV. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Ellisland. Edinburgh.
Clarinda |
373 |
| CVI. |
|
To Mr. Richard Brown. Idleness. Farming |
374 |
| CVII. |
|
To Mr. Robert Muir. His offer for Ellisland.
The close of life |
374 |
| CVIII. |
|
To Miss Chalmers. Taken Ellisland.
Miss Kennedy |
375 |
| CIX. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Coila’s robe |
375 |
| CX. |
|
To Mr. Richard Brown. Apologies. On
his way to Dumfries from Glasgow |
375 |
| CXI. |
|
To Mr. Robert Cleghorn. Poet and fame.
The air of Captain O’Kean |
376 |
| CXII. |
|
To Mr. William Dunbar. Foregoing
poetry and wit for farming and business |
376 |
| CXIII. |
|
To Miss Chalmers. Miss Kennedy.
Jean Armour |
377 |
| CXIV. |
|
To the same. Creech’s rumoured bankruptcy |
377 |
| CXV. |
|
To the same. His entering the Excise |
377 |
| CXVI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Fanning and the Excise.
Thanks for the loan of Dryden and Tasso |
378 |
| CXVII. |
|
To Mr. James Smith. Jocularity. Jean
Armour |
378 |
| CXVIII. |
|
To Professor Dugald Stewart. Enclosing
some poetic trifles |
379 |
| CXIX. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Dryden’s Virgil. His
preference of Dryden to Pope |
379 |
| CXX. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His marriage. |
379 |
| CXXI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. On the treatment of
servants |
380 |
| CXXII. |
|
To the same. The merits of Mrs. Burns |
380 |
| CXXIII. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. The warfare
of life. Books. Religion |
381 |
| CXXIV. |
|
To the same. Miers’ profiles |
382 |
| CXXV. |
|
To the same. Of the folly of talking
of one’s private affairs |
382 |
| CXXVI. |
|
To Mr. George Lockhart. The Miss
Baillies. Bruar Water |
383 |
| CXXVII. |
|
To Mr. Peter Hill. With the present
of a cheese |
383 |
| CXXVIII. |
|
To Robert Graham Esq., of Fintray.
The Excise |
384 |
| CXXIX. |
|
To Mr. William Cruikshank. Creech.
Lines written in Friar’s Carse Hermitage |
385 |
| CXXX. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Lines written at Friar’s
Carse. Graham of Fintray |
385 |
| CXXXI. |
|
To the same. Mrs. Burns. Of accomplished
young ladies |
386 |
| CXXXII. |
|
To the same. Mrs. Miller, of Dalswinton.
“The Life and Age of Man.” |
387 |
| CXXXIII. |
|
To Mr. Beugo. Ross and “The
Fortunate Shepherdess.” |
388 |
| CXXXIV. |
|
To Miss Chalmers. Recollections.
Mrs. Burns. Poetry |
388 |
| CXXXV. |
|
To Mr. Morison. Urging expedition
with his clock and other furniture for Ellisland |
390 |
| CXXXVI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Mr. Graham. Her
criticisms |
390 |
| CXXXVII. |
|
To Mr. Peter Hill. Criticism on an
“Address to Loch Lomond.” |
391 |
| CXXXVIII. |
|
To the Editor of the Star. Pleading
for the line of the Stuarts |
392 |
| CXXXIX. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. The present of a
heifer from the Dunlops |
393 |
| CXL. |
|
To Mr. James Johnson. Scots Musical
Museum |
393 |
| CXLI. |
|
To Dr. Blacklock. Poetical progress.
His marriage |
394 |
| CXLII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Enclosing “Auld
Lang Syne” |
394 |
| CXLIII. |
|
To Miss Davies. Enclosing the song
of “Charming, lovely Davies” |
395 |
| CXLIV. |
|
To Mr. John Tennant. Praise of his
whiskey |
395 |
| 1789. |
| CXLV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections suggested
by the day |
396 |
| CXLVI. |
|
To Dr. Moore. His situation and
prospects |
396 |
| CXLVII. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His favourite
quotations. Musical Museum |
398 |
| CXLVIII. |
|
To Professor Dugald Stewart. Enclosing
some poems for his comments upon |
398 |
| CXLIX. |
|
To Bishop Geddes. His situation and
prospects |
399 |
| CL. |
|
To Mr. James Burness. His wife and farm.
Profit from his poems. Fanny Burns |
399 |
| CLI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections. His success
in song encouraged a shoal of bardlings |
400 |
| CLII. |
|
To the Rev. Peter Carfrae. Mr. Mylne’s
poem |
401 |
| CLIII. |
|
To Dr. Moore. Introduction. His ode
to Mrs. Oswald |
401 |
| CLIV. |
|
To Mr. William Burns. Remembrance |
402 |
| CLV. |
|
To Mr. Peter Hill. Economy and frugality.
Purchase of books |
402 |
| CLVI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Sketch inscribed to
the Right Hon. C.J. Fox |
403 |
| CLVII. |
|
To Mr. William Burns. Asking him to
make his house his home |
404 |
| CLVIII. |
|
To Mrs. M’Murdo. With the song of “Bonnie Jean” |
404 |
| CLIX. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. With the poem of “The Wounded Hare” |
404 |
| CLX. |
|
To Mr. Samuel Brown. His farm. Ailsa fowling |
405 |
| CLXI. |
|
To Mr. Richard Brown. Kind wishes |
405 |
| CLXII. |
|
To Mr. James Hamilton. Sympathy |
406 |
| CLXIII. |
|
To William Creech, Esq. Toothache. Good wishes |
406 |
| CLXIV. |
|
To Mr. M’Auley. His own welfare |
406 |
| CLXV. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Overwhelmed with incessant toil |
407 |
| CLXVI. |
|
To Mr. M’Murdo. Enclosing his newest song |
407 |
| CLXVII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections on religion |
408 |
| CLXVIII. |
|
To Mr. ——. Fergusson the poet |
408 |
| CLXIX. |
|
To Miss Williams. Enclosing criticisms on her poems |
409 |
| CLXX. |
|
To Mr. John Logan. With “The Kirk’s Alarm” |
410 |
| CLXXI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Religion. Dr. Moore’s “Zeluco” |
410 |
| CLXXII. |
|
To Captain Riddel. “The Whistle” |
411 |
| CLXXIII. |
|
To the same. With some of his MS. poems |
411 |
| CLXXIV. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. His Excise employment |
412 |
| CLXXV. |
|
To Mr. Richard Brown. His Excise duties |
412 |
| CLXXVI. |
|
To Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray. The Excise. Captain Grose. Dr. M’Gill |
413 |
| CLXXVII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Reflections on immortality |
414 |
| CLXXVIII. |
|
To Lady M.W. Constable. Jacobitism |
415 |
| CLXXIX. |
|
To Provost Maxwell. At a loss for a subject |
415 |
| 1790. |
| CLXXX. |
|
To Sir John Sinclair. Account of a book-society in Nithsdale |
416 |
| CLXXXI. |
|
To Charles Sharpe, Esq. A letter with a fictitious signature |
416 |
| CLXXXII. |
|
To Mr. Gilburt Burns. His farm a ruinous affair. Players |
417 |
| CLXXXIII. |
|
To Mr. Sutherland. Enclosing a Prologue |
418 |
| CLXXXIV. |
|
To Mr. William Dunbar. Excise. His children. Another world |
418 |
| CLXXXV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Falconer the poet. Old Scottish songs |
419 |
| CLXXXVI. |
|
To Mr. Peter Hill. Mademoiselle Burns. Hurdis. Smollett and Cowper |
420 |
| CLXXXVII. |
|
To Mr. W. Nicol. The death of Nicol’s mare Peg Nicholson |
420 |
| CLXXXVIII. |
|
To Mr. W. Cunningham. What strange beings we are |
421 |
| CLXXXIX. |
|
To Mr. Peter Hill. Orders for books. Mankind |
423 |
| CXC. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Mackenzie and the Mirror and Lounger |
423 |
| CXCI. |
|
To Collector Mitchell. A county meeting |
424 |
| CXCII. |
|
To Dr. Moore. “Zeluco.” Charlotte Smith |
425 |
| CXCIII. |
|
To Mr. Murdoch. William Burns |
425 |
| CXCIV. |
|
To Mr. M’Murdo. With the Elegy on Matthew Henderson |
426 |
| CXCV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. His pride wounded |
426 |
| CXCVI. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. Independence |
426 |
| CXCVII. |
|
To Dr. Anderson. “The Bee.” |
427 |
| CXCVIII. |
|
To William Tytler, Esq. With some West-country ballads |
427 |
| CXCIX. |
|
To Crauford Tait, Esq. Introducing Mr. William Duncan |
427 |
| CC. |
|
To Crauford Tait, Esq. “The Kirk’s Alarm” |
428 |
| CCI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. On the birth of her grandchild. Tam O’ Shanter |
429 |
| 1791. |
| CCII. |
|
To Lady M.W. Constable. Thanks for the present of a gold snuff-box |
429 |
| CCIII. |
|
To Mr. William Dunbar. Not gone to Elysium. Sending a poem |
429 |
| CCIV. |
|
To Mr. Peter Mill. Apostrophe to Poverty |
430 |
| CCV. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. Tam O’ Shanter. Elegy on Miss Burnet |
430 |
| CCVI. |
|
To A.F. Tytler, Esq. Tam O’ Shanter |
431 |
| CCVII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Miss Burnet. Elegy writing |
431 |
| CCVIII. |
|
To Rev. Arch. Alison. Thanking him for his “Essay on Taste” |
432 |
| CCIX. |
|
To Dr. Moore. Tam O’ Shanter. Elegyon Henderson. Zeluco. Lord Glencairn |
432 |
| CCX. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. Songs |
433 |
| CCXI. |
|
To Mr. Alex. Dalzel. The death of the Earl of Glencairn |
434 |
| CCXII. |
|
To Mrs. Graham, of Fintray. With “Queen Mary’s Lament” |
434 |
| CCXIII. |
|
To the same. With his printed Poems |
435 |
| CCXIV. |
|
To the Rev. G. Baird. Michael Bruce |
435 |
| CCXV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Birth of a son |
435 |
| CCXVI. |
|
To the same. Apology for delay |
436 |
| CCXVII. |
|
To the same. Quaint invective on a pedantic critic |
436 |
| CCXVIII. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. The case of Mr. Clarke of Moffat, Schoolmaster |
437 |
| CCXIX. |
|
To the Earl of Buchan. With the Address to the shade of Thomson |
437 |
| CCXX. |
|
To Mr. Thomas Sloan. Apologies. His crop sold well |
438 |
| CCXXI. |
|
To Lady E. Cunningham. With the Lament for the Earl of Glencairn |
438 |
| CCXXII. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. State of mind. His income |
439 |
| CCXXIII. |
|
To Col. Fullarton. With some Poems. His anxiety for Fullarton’s friendship |
439 |
| CCXXIV. |
|
To Miss Davis. Lethargy, Indolence, and Remorse. Our wishes and our powers |
440 |
| CCXXV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Mrs. Henri. The Song of Death |
440 |
| 1792. |
| CCXXVI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. The animadversions of the Board of Excise |
441 |
| CCXXVII. |
|
To Mr. William Smellie. Introducing Mrs. Riddel |
441 |
| CCXXVIII. |
|
To Mr. W. Nicol. Ironical reply to a letter of counsel and reproof |
442 |
| CCXXIX. |
|
To Francis Grose, Esq. Dugald Stewart |
443 |
| CCXXX. |
|
To the same. Witch stories |
443 |
| CCXXXI. |
|
To Mr. S. Clarke. Humorous invitation to teach music to the M’Murdo family |
444 |
| CCXXXII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Love and Lesley Baillie |
445 |
| CCXXXIII. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. Lesley Baillie |
446 |
| CCXXXIV. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. Promising his assistance to his collection of songs and airs |
447 |
| CCXXXV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Situation of Mrs.Henri |
448 |
| CCXXXVI. |
|
To the same. On the death of Mrs. Henri |
449 |
| CCXXXVII. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. Thomson’s fastidiousness. “My Nannie O,” &c. |
449 |
| CCXXXVIII. |
|
To the same. With “My wife’s a winsome wee thing,” and “Lesley Baillie” |
450 |
| CCXXXIX. |
|
To the same. With Highland Mary. The air of Katherine Ogie |
450 |
| CCXL. |
|
To the same. Thomson’s alterations and observations |
451 |
| CCXLI. |
|
To the same. With “Auld Rob Morris,” and “Duncan Gray” |
451 |
| CCXLII. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Birth of a daughter. The poet Thomson’s dramas |
451 |
| CCXLIII. |
|
To Robert Graham, Esq., of Fintray. The Excise inquiry into his political conduct |
452 |
| CCXLIV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Hurry of business. Excise inquiry |
453 |
| 1793. |
| CCXLV. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. With “Poortithcauld” and “Galla Water” |
453 |
| CCXLVI. |
|
To the same. William Tytler, Peter Pindar |
453 |
| CCXLVII. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. The poet’s seal. David Allan |
454 |
| CCXLVIII. |
|
To Thomson. With “Mary Morison” |
455 |
| CCCXLIX. |
|
To the same. With “Wandering Willie” |
455 |
| CCL. |
|
To Miss Benson. Pleasure he had in meeting her |
455 |
| CCLI. |
|
To Patrick Miller, Esq. With the present of his printed poems |
456 |
| CCLII. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. Review of Scottish song. Crawfurd and Ramsay |
456 |
| CCLIII. |
|
To the same. Criticism. Allan Ramsay |
457 |
| CCLIV. |
|
To the same. “The last time I came o’er the moor” |
458 |
| CCLV. |
|
To John Francis Erskine, Esq. Self-justification. The Excise inquiry |
459 |
| CCLVI. |
|
To Mr. Robert Ainslie. Answering letters. Scholar-craft |
460 |
| CCLVII. |
|
To Miss Kennedy. A letter of compliment |
461 |
| CCLVIII. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. Frazer. “Blithe had I been on yon hill” |
461 |
| CCLIX. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. “Logan Water.” “Ogin my love were yon red rose” |
462 |
| CCLX. |
|
To the same. With the song of “Bonnie Jean” |
463 |
| CCLXI. |
|
To the same. Hurt at the idea of pecuniary recompense. Remarks on song |
463 |
| CCLXII. |
|
To the same. Note written in the name of Stephen Clarke |
464 |
| CCLXIII. |
|
To the same. With “Phillis the fair” |
464 |
| CCLXIV. |
|
To the same. With “Had I a cave on some wild distant shore” |
464 |
| CCLXV. |
|
To the same. With “Allan Water” |
464 |
| CCLXVI. |
|
To the same. With “O whistle, and I’ll come to you, my lad,” &c. |
465 |
| CCLXVII. |
|
To the same. With “Come, let me take thee to my breast” |
465 |
| CCLXVIII. |
|
To the same. With “Dainty Davie” |
466 |
| CCLXIX. |
|
To Miss Craik. Wretchedness of poets |
466 |
| CCLXX. |
|
To Lady Glencairn. Gratitude. Excise. Dramatic composition |
466 |
| CCLXXI. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. With “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled” |
467 |
| CCLXXII. |
|
To the same. With “Behold the hour, the boat arrive” |
468 |
| CCLXXIII. |
|
To the same. Crawfurd and Scottish song |
468 |
| CCLXXIV. |
|
To the same. Alterations in “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled” |
470 |
| CCLXXV. |
|
To the same. Further suggested alterations in “Scots wha hae” rejected. |
470 |
| CCLXXVI. |
|
To the same. With “Deluded swain, the pleasure,” and “Raving winds around her blowing” |
471 |
| CCLXXVII. |
|
To the same. Erskine and Gavin Turnbull |
471 |
| CCLXXVIII. |
|
To John M’Murdo, Esq. Payment of a debt. “The Merry Muses” |
472 |
| CCLXXIX. |
|
To the same. With his printed poems |
473 |
| CCLXXX. |
|
To Captain ——. Anxiety for his acquaintance. “Scots wha hae wi’ Wallace bled” |
473 |
| CCLXXXI. |
|
To Mrs. Riddel. The Dumfries Theatre |
474 |
| 1794. |
| CCLXXXII. |
|
To a Lady. In favour of a player’s benefit |
474 |
| CCLXXXIII. |
|
To the Earl of Buchan. With a copy of “Scots wha hae” |
474 |
| CCLXXXIV. |
|
To Captain Miller. With a copy of “Scots wha hae” |
475 |
| CCLXXXV. |
|
To Mrs. Riddel. Lobster-coated puppies |
475 |
| CCLXXXVI. |
|
To the same. The gin-horse class of the human genus |
475 |
| CCLXXXVII. |
|
To the same. With “Werter.” Her reception of him |
475 |
| CCLXXXVIII. |
|
To Mrs. Riddel. Her caprice |
476 |
| CCLXXXIX. |
|
To the same. Her neglect and unkindness |
476 |
| CCXC. |
|
To John Syme, Esq. Mrs. Oswald, and “O wat ye wha’s in yon town” |
476 |
| CCXCI. |
|
To Miss ——. Obscure allusions to a friend’s death. His personal and poetic fame |
477 |
| CCXCII. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. Hypochondria. Requests consolation |
477 |
| CCXCIII. |
|
To the Earl of Glencairn. With his printed poems |
478 |
| CCXCIV. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. David Allan. “The banks of Cree” |
479 |
| CCXCV. |
|
To David M’Culloch, Esq. Arrangements for a trip in Galloway |
479 |
| CCXCVI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Threatened with flying gout. Ode on Washington’s birthday |
479 |
| CCXCVII. |
|
To Mr. James Johnson. Low spirits. The Museum. Balmerino’s dirk |
480 |
| CCXCVIII. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. Lines written in “Thomson’s Collection of songs” |
480 |
| CCXCIX. |
|
To the same. With “How can my poor heart be glad” |
480 |
| CCC. |
|
To the same. With “Ca’ the yowes to the knowes” |
481 |
| CCCI. |
|
To the same. With “Sae flaxen were her ringlets.” Epigram to Dr. Maxwell. |
481 |
| CCCII. |
|
To the same. The charms of Miss Lorimer. “O saw ye my dear, my Phely,” &c. |
482 |
| CCCIII. |
|
To the same. Ritson’s Scottish Songs. Love and song |
483 |
| CCCIV. |
|
To the same. English songs. The air of “Ye banks and braes o’ bonnie Doon” |
484 |
| CCCV. |
|
To the same. With “O Philly, happy be the day,” and “Contented wi’ little” |
485 |
| CCCVI. |
|
To the same. With “Canst thou leave me thus, my Katy” |
486 |
| CCCVII. |
|
To Peter Miller, jun., Esq. Excise. Perry’s offer to write for the Morning Chronicle |
487 |
| CCCVIII. |
|
To Mr. Samuel Clarke, jun. A political and personal quarrel. Regret |
487 |
| CCCIX. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. With “Now in her green mantle blithe nature arrays” |
487 |
| 1795. |
| CCCX. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. With “For a’ that and a’ that” |
488 |
| CCCXI. |
|
To the same. Abuse of Ecclefechan |
488 |
| CCCXII. |
|
To the same. With “O stay, sweet warbling woodlark, stay,” and “The groves of sweet myrtle” |
488 |
| CCCXIII. |
|
To the same. With “How cruel are the parents” and “Mark yonder pomp of costly fashion” |
489 |
| CCCXIV. |
|
To the same. Praise of David Allan’s “Cotter’s Saturday Night” |
489 |
| CCCXV. |
|
To the same. With “This is no my ain Lassie.” Mrs. Riddel |
489 |
| CCCXVI. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. With “Forlorn, my love, no comfort near” |
490 |
| CCCXVII. |
|
To the same. With “Last May a braw wooer,” and “Why tell thy lover” |
490 |
| CCCXVIII. |
|
To Mrs. Riddel. A letter from the grave |
490 |
| CCCXIX. |
|
To the same. A letter of compliment. “Anacharsis’ Travels” |
491 |
| CCCXX. |
|
To Miss Louisa Fontenelle. With a Prologue for her benefit-night |
491 |
| CCCXXI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. His family. Miss Fontenelle. Cowper’s “Task” |
492 |
| CCCXXII. |
|
To Mr. Alexander Findlater. Excise schemes |
492 |
| CCCXXIII. |
|
To the Editor of the Morning Chronicle. Written for a friend. A complaint |
493 |
| CCCXXIV. |
|
To Mr. Heron, of Heron. With two political ballads |
493 |
| CCCXXV. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Thomson’s Collection. Acting as Supervisor of Excise |
494 |
| CCCXXVI. |
|
To the Right Hon. William Pitt. Address of the Scottish Distillers |
495 |
| CCCXXVII. |
|
To the Provost, Bailies, and Town Council of Dumfries. Request to be made a freeman of the town |
496 |
| 1796. |
| CCCXXVIII. |
|
To Mrs. Riddel. “Anarcharsis’ Travels.” The muses |
496 |
| CCCXXIX. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. His ill-health. |
497 |
| CCCXXX. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. Acknowledging his present to Mrs. Burns of a worsted shawl |
497 |
| CCCXXXI. |
|
To the same. Ill-health. Mrs. Hyslop. Allan’s etchings. Cleghorn |
497 |
| CCCXXXII. |
|
To the same. “Here’s a health to ane I loe dear” |
498 |
| CCCXXXIII. |
|
To the same. His anxiety to review his songs, asking for copies |
498 |
| CCCXXXIV. |
|
To Mrs. Riddel. His increasing ill-health |
498 |
| CCCXXXV. |
|
To Mr. Clarke, acknowledging money and requesting the loan of a further sum |
499 |
| CCCXXXVI. |
|
To Mr. James Johnson. The Scots Musical Museum. Request for a copy of the collection |
499 |
| CCCXXXVII. |
|
To Mr. Cunningham. Illness and poverty, anticipation of death |
499 |
| CCCXXXVIII. |
|
To Mr. Gilbert Burns. His ill-health and debts |
500 |
| CCCXXXIX. |
|
To Mr. James Armour. Entreating Mrs. Armour to come to her daughter’s confinement |
500 |
| CCCXL. |
|
To Mrs. Burns. Sea-bathing affords little relief |
500 |
| CCCXLI. |
|
To Mrs. Dunlop. Her friendship. A farewell |
501 |
| CCCXLII. |
|
To Mr. Thomson. Solicits the sum of five pounds. “Fairest Maid on Devon Banks” |
501 |
| CCCXLIII. |
|
To Mr. James Burness. Soliciting the sum of ten pounds |
501 |
| CCCXLIV. |
|
To James Gracie, Esq. His rheumatism, &c. &c.—his loss of appetite |
502 |
