...And steal inglorious to the silent grave. BURN*. THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Mr loved, my honoured, much respected friend, No mercenary bard his homage...friend's esteem and praise : To you I sing, in simple Scotish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestered scene ; The native feelings strong, the guileless...

...poor. G»AT. i. MY loved, my honour'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his humage pays j With honest pride I scorn each selfish end; My dearest...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequcster'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways: What A**** in a cottage would have...

...object should recall One wandering, cold, forgetful love, THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. My lov'd,my honour'd, much respected friend! No mercenary bard...end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise : The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would have been ; Ah! tho'...

...grandeur hear, with a disdainful smile, The Linn i but simple annals of the poor. GRAT. MY loved, my |)| sequester'd scene j The native feelings strong, the guileless ways: What A**"* in a cottage would have...

...hear, with a disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. GnAY. MY loved, my honoured, much respected friend ! No mercenary Bard his homage...ways ; What Aiken in a cottage would have been ; Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there I ween ! November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh ; The...

...hear, -with a disdainful smile, The short, and simple annals of the poor. — MY lov'd, my honor'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage...ways, What Aiken in a cottage would have been : Ah ! though his worth unknown, far happier there, I ween '. November chill blaws loud wi' angry sough;...

...beadsman of Nithside.1 THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. Inscribed to Robert Mken, Esq. My loved, my honor'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's seqiiester'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; What Aikcn in a cottage would...

...with a disdainful smile, The short but simple annals of the poor. — GRAY I. Mr lov'd, my honorM, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard his homage...in simple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequester'd scene; The native feelings strong, the guileless ways ; November chill blaws loud wi' angry...

...grandenr hear, with n disdainful smile, The short and simple annals of the poor. — GRAT. MY loved, my honour'd, much respected friend ! No mercenary bard...— My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise. T To you I sing, in Bimple Scottish lays, The lowly train in life's sequestcr'd scene, The native feelings...

...friend Aiken, in the dedicator} stanza of the Cottar's Saturday Night : " My loved, my honored, most respected friend ' No mercenary bard his homage pays...end, My dearest meed, a friend's esteem and praise " / fever. At Edinburgh fortune hand in hand with fame descended on the bard in a shower of gold ;...