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Poems, Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect (4); Posthumous Poems
Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect Posthumous Poems - 4 Author:Robert Burns Volume: 4 General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1869 Original Publisher: J. M'Kie Subjects: Literary Criticism / Poetry Poetry / General Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When ... more »you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: The following Poem was written to a Gentleman who had fent him a news-paper, and offered to continue it free of expenfe. KIND Sir, I've read your paper through, And faith, to me, 'twas really new ! How guefled ye, Sir, what maift I wanted ? This mony a day I've grain'd and gaunted, To ken what French mifchief was brewin ; Or what the drumlie Dutch were doin ; That vile doup-fkelper, Emperor Jofeph, If Venus yet had got his nofe off; Or how the colliefhangie works Atween the Ruflians and the Turks; Or if the Swede, before he halt, Would play anither Charles the twalt: If Denmark, any body fpak o't; Or Poland, wha had now the tack o't; How cut-throat Pruflian blades were hingin ; How libbet Italy was fmgin ; If Spaniard, Portuguefe, or Swifs, Were fayin or takin aught amifs : Or how our merry lads at hame, In Britain's court kept up the game: How Royal George, the Lord leuk o'er him! Was managing St. Stephen's quorum; If fleekit Chatham Will was livin, Or glaikit Charlie got his nieve in ; How daddie Burke the plea was cookin, If Warren Haftings' neck was yeukin; How cefles, ftents, and fees were rax'd, Or if bare a -- yet were tax'd ; The news o' princes, dukes and earls, Pimps, fharpers, bawds and opera-girls ; If that daft buckle, Geordie Ws, Was threfhin ftill at hizzies tails, Or if he was grown oughtlins doufer, And no a perfect kintra coofer. A' this and mair I never heard of; And but for you I might defpair'd...« less