POEMS, CHIEFLY SCOTTISH. ADDRESS TO THE TOOTHACH,* WRITTEN WHEN THE AUTHOR WAS GRIEVOUSLY TORMENTED BY THAT DISORDER. Y curse upon thy venom'd stang, Tearing my nerves wi' bitter pang, When fevers burn, or ague freezes, But thee-thou hell o' a' diseases, Aye mocks our groan! * Burns suffered much from this disease. Ellisland, in May, 1789, he complains of tooth-ache engrossing all his inner man." 66 10 In a letter from an omnipotent |