Page

No.

CXXVI. To Miss DAVIES. Apology for neg-

lecting her commands-moral reflec-

CXXVII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 17th Dec. Inclos-

ing "The Song of Death,"

381

384

CXXVIII. To MRS. DUNLOP. 5th Jan. 1792.

Acknowledging the present of a cup, 387

CXXIX. To Mr. WILLIAM SMELLIE. 22d Jan.

Introducing Mrs. Riddel,.

CXXX. To Mr. W. NICOL. 20th Feb. Ironi-

cal thanks for advice,

CXXXI. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 3d March,

1792. Commissions his arms to be cut

on a seal-moral reflections,

CXXXII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 22d August. Ac-

count of his meeting with Miss L-

389

392

395

B—, and inclosing a song on her, 398

CXXXIII. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 10th Sept.
Wild apostrophe to a Spirit! .

CXXXIV. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 24th Sept.

count of his family,

Ac-

CXXXV. To Mrs. DUNLOP. Letter of condo-

lence under affliction,

CXXXVI. To Mrs. DUNLOP, 6th Dec. 1792.

With a poem, entitled, "The Rights
of Woman,"

CXXXVII. To Miss B***** of York, 21st March,
1793. Letter of friendship, ·

CXXXVIII. To Miss C****. August, 1793. Cha-

402

409

412

414

racter and temperament of a poet, 421

CXXXIX. To JOHN M'MURDO, Esq. Dec. 1793.

Repaying money,

CXL. To Mrs. R*****. Advising her what

play to bespeak at the Dumfries

Theatre,

No.

CXLI. To a Lady, in favour of a Player's

Benefit,

CXLII. Extract to Mr.

his prospects in the Excise,

CXLIII. To Mrs. R*****

Page

428

430

1794. On

. 432

On a temporary

434

. 436

437

438

CXLVIII. To JOHN SYME, Esq. Reflections on

the happiness of Mr. O-

CXLIX. To Miss-

return of MSS lent to a deceased

friend,.

CL. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 35th Feb. 1794.

Melancholy reflections-cheering pros-
pects of a happier world, .

CLI. To Mrs. R*****. Supposed to be writ-

ten from "The dead to the living,"

CLII. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 15th Dec. 1795.

Reflections on the situation of his family

if he should die-praise of the poem en-

titled "The Task,"

CLIII. To the Same, in London. 20th Dec.

445

449

450

458

20th Jan. 1796.

Thanks for the Travels of Anachar-

sis, .

CLV. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 31st Jan. 1796.

Account of the Death of his Daughter,

and of his own ill health, .

. 462

463

No.

CLVI. To Mrs. R*****. 4th June, 1796. Apo-

logy for not going to the birth-night

assembly,

CLVII. To Mr. CUNNINGHAM. 7th July, 1796.

Account of his illness and of his

verty-anticipation of his death,

po-

CLVIII. To Mrs. BURNS.-Sea-bathing affords

CLIX. To Mrs. DUNLOP. 12th July, 1796.

Page.

465

466

468

INDEX TO THE POETRY,

IN THE ALPHABETICAL ORDER OF THE FIRST LINES.

VOL. II.

BY

y yon Castle wa' at the close of the day,
Dear Burns, thou brother of my heart,

Fair fa' the honest rustic swain, .

Farewell thou fair day, thou green earth, and ye skies,

Go fetch to me a pint o' wine,

How does my dear friend, much I languish to hear,

How wisdom and folly meet, mix, and unite,

I look to the west when I gae to rest,
Inhuman man! curse on thy barb'rous art,

Life ne'er exulted in so rich a prize,
Like the fair plant that from our touch withdraws,
My Mary, dear departed shade!

No sculptur'd marble here, nor pompous lay,
No song nor dance bring I from yon great city,

Of all the numerous ills that hurt our peace,

O that I had ne'er been married,
O that my father had ne'er on me smil'd, .

O, why should old age so much wound us? O,

skies,. 385

190

315

225

357

229

323