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A MONODY

ON THE DEATH OF ROBert burns,

THE SCOTCH BARD.

WRITTEN BY S. KEMBLE, ESQ.

For two Voices.-Tune Gaffer Gray.

AHL what's there ill nows; speak, old

Robin Gray,

That thy blue bonnet's pluck'd o'er thy brow?
O! sad news I have heard,
Roby Burns, man, is dead,

And the plough-man weeps over his plough,
Well, a well a day,

And the plough-man weeps over his plough.

Is he gone then for aye, and for aye,
Robin Gray?

No more shall we list to his song?
No, cold as a clod,
Beneath a green sod

Poor Robin they've lain all along,
Well, a well a day,

Poor Robin they've lain all along.

Adieu then the forest and bill,
Robin Gray,

And farewell the vallies and grove!
Why the forest and hill

And the vallies ring still,

Still echo his ditties of love.
Well, a well a day,

Still echo his ditties of love.

The sad sound of echo 1'll shun,
Robin Gray,

Its dying notes live on my mind:
Can you then as you roam

From your forefather's home, Leave your forefather's feelings behind, Well, a well a day,

Leave your forefather's feelings behind?

Still the blackbird will sing on the thorn,
Robin Gray,

And the lark early carol on high,
But the lowly lodg'd swain,
As he scatters the grain,

Will chaunt Robin's verse with a sigh,
Well, a well a day,

Will chaunt Robin's verse with a sigh.

Softly lie on his bosom the turf,
Robin Gray,

Rest his ashes unmingled and pure;
May the tomb of his urn

Caledonia adora,

And his much-lov'd remains so secure,
Well, a well a day,

And his much lov'd remains so secure.

CONTENTS.

THE

HE Dedication

The Life of Robert Burns

Encomium on Burns

Burns' Epitaph on himself

Monody on the Death of Robert Burns

The Twa Dogs

Scotch Drink

PAGE.

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ib. xviii

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The Author's Earnest Cry and Prayer to the Scotch Repre sentatives in the House of Commons

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only Pet Yewe

Poor Mailie's Elegy

To J. S****

A Dream

The Vision-Duan first

Duan second

Address to the Unco Guid; or, the Rigidly Righteous

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ib.

95

96

Per Contra

Halloween

The Auld Farmer's New Year's Morning Salutation to his
Auld Mare Maggie

To a Mouse, on turning her up in her Nest with the Plough,

Nov. 1785

A Winter Night

Epistle to Davie, a Brother Poet

Second Epistle to Davie

Lord Gregory

Winter, a Dirge

The Cotter's Saturday Night

To a Mountain Daisy

Epistle to a young Friend

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