No. VII.-VARIATIONS IN TEXT OF POEMS.

Pages 49, 50.-'ROBERT BRUCE'S ADDRESS TO HIS ARMY.'

The first draft of the address' is as follows. Scott Douglas gave it from the MS.

Scots, wha hae wi' Wallace bled,
Scots, wham Bruce has aften led,
Welcome to your gory bed
Or to Victorie.

Now's the day and now 's the hour,
See approach proud Edward's power;
Sharply maun we bide the stoure—
Either they, or we.

Wha will be a traitor knave?
Wha can fill a coward's grave?
Wha sae base as be a slave?

Let him turn and flie!

Wha for Scotland's King, and Law,
Freedom's sword will strongly draw,
Free-man stand, or Free-man fa',
Let him follow me!

Do you hear your children cry—
'Were we born in chains to lie?'
No! Come Death, or Liberty!
Yes, they shall be free!

Lay the proud Usurpers low!

Tyrants fall in every foe!
Liberty 's in every blow!

Let us Do or Die!!

Pages 68, 69.-'ADDRESS SPOKEN BY MISS FONTENELLE.’

Page 68, line 4-said = thought.

lines 5, 6-read,

So sought a Poet in his skyey dome,

Told him

S in admiration

that to admire him I was come.
line 9, &c., read,

'O, Ma'am,' replied the silly strutting creature,
Screwing each self-important, awkward feature,
'Flattery I detest, as I admire your taste,

At once so just, correct, profound, and chaste.'

line 22-read, Believe me, Gentiles, 'tis my fix'd belief.

I also think so come my soul to bliss! That so much laughter, so much happiness. lines 26, 27-omit.

28-read,

Thou man of care, whose task is to contrive.
69, after line 8-insert

For shame, for shame, I tell thee thou art no man :
This for a giddy, vain, capricious woman?

A creature, though I say 't, you know that should not; Ridiculous with her idiot Would' and Would not.' 69, line 11-read,

Laugh at her airs-these frowns no more terrific.

Page 156.TO CHLORIS.'

The following variations appear in a MS.—a draft-in possession of Mr R. B. Adam, Buffalo :

Verse 2-reads, Since thou, though all in youthful charms,

Bidd'st Public Life adieu,

And shunn'st a world of woes and harms

To bless the Friendly few.

Verse 2, line 2-Must- Hast.

1—read, Though life's gay scenes delight no more.
3-read, Still art thou rich in nobler store.
3-were- is.

4-could should.

Pages 186, 187.-'A MAN'S A MAN FOR A' THAT.'

The following is from a draft of the poem

What tho' on homely fare we dine,
Wear hodding grey, and a' that;

Gie fools their silk and knaves their wine,

A man's a man for a' that:

For a' that, and a' that,

Their tinsel show, and a' that;

An honest man, tho' ne'er so poor,

Is chief of man for a' that.

You see yon Birkie ca'd a Lord,
Who struts, an' stares, an' a' that,
Tho' hundreds beckon at his nod,
Perhaps a cuif for a' that:

For a' that, an' a' that,
His dignities, an' a' that,
A man of independent mind
Can sing and laugh at a' that.

The King can mak a beltet Knight,
A Marquis, Duke, and a' that;

But an honest man 's aboon his might-
Gude faith, he mauna fa' that.

For a' that, an' a' that,

His garters, stars an' a' that,

The pith of sense and wale of worth
Are better far than a' that.

Then let us pray the time may come-
An' come it will for a' that-

When sense and truth, o'er a' the Earth,

Shall bear the grie, for a' that.

For a' that, an' a' that,

An' come it will for a' that,

An' man to man, the world o'er,

Shall Brothers be for a' that.

Pages 196-198.-'FIRST BALLAD ON MR HERON'S ELECTION.' Verse 1, line 1-Wham-whom; we=ye

Pages 198-201.-' BALLAD SECOND: THE ELECTION.'

The Maxwells will gather in droves :

Teuch Johnie, staunch Geordie, an' Wellwood.

Pages 203-205.- BALLAD THIRD: JOHN BUSHBY'S LAMENTATION.' Verse 3, lines 2-4---read,

And thereto was his kinsman join'd,
The Murray's noble name.

Pages 207, 208.-THE DUMFRIES VOLUNTEERS.'

Verse 1, line 7-permit=allow.

INDEX

OF

TITLES AND FIRST LINES OF POETICAL PIECES,

OF SONGS AND CHORUSES, AND OF THE
FIRST LINES OF SOME OF THE PASSAGES
MOST FREQUENTLY QUOTED.

Titles are printed in small capitals, first lines in ordinary type, and choruses in italics. Where title and first line are the same, only the latter is given.

The titles of poetical pieces are given under the leading word, the titles of songs and all first lines exactly as the words stand.

Songs improved by Burns are denoted by the mark (*), the first lines of quotations by that of (t).

PAGE

A BOTTLE AND FRIEND....

+ A chield's amang you takin' notes...

iv. 105

iii. 115

+ A daimen icker in a thrave 'S a sma' request.

i. 199

Aft bure the gree, as story tells, Frae Southron billies..

i. 179