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! 10 * Burns suffered much from this disease. In a letter from Ellisland, in May, 1789, he complains of ". tooth-ache engrossing all his inner man." VOL. II. B an omnipotent |