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with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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His coat is the hue of his bonnet sae blue;<br />

His fecket* is white as the new-driven snaw<br />

His hose they are blae, <strong>and</strong> his shoon like the slaey<br />

And his clear siller buckles they dazzle us a/<br />

His coat is the hue, S^c.<br />

1727. He died at Inver, near Dunkeld, on the 1st of March,<br />

1807. In private liie he was distinguished <strong>by</strong> a sound <strong>and</strong> vigor-<br />

ous underst<strong>and</strong>ing, <strong>by</strong> a singularly acute penetration into the<br />

character of those, both in the higher <strong>and</strong> lower spheres of so-<br />

ciety, <strong>with</strong> whom he had intercourse ; <strong>and</strong> <strong>by</strong> the conciliating<br />

<strong>and</strong> appropriate accommodation of his remarks <strong>and</strong> replies, to<br />

the peculiarities of their station <strong>and</strong> temper. In these he often<br />

shewed a high degree of forcible humour, strong sense <strong>and</strong> know-<br />

ledge of the world, <strong>and</strong> proved himself to have at once a mind<br />

naturally sagacious, <strong>and</strong> a very attentive <strong>and</strong> discriminating ha-<br />

bit of observation. But his most honourable praise is to be<br />

drawn from a view of his character, which was not so'obvious to<br />

the public. His moral <strong>and</strong> religious principles were originally<br />

correct, rational, <strong>and</strong> heartfelt, <strong>and</strong> they were never corrupted.<br />

His duty in the domestic relations of life, he uniformly fulfilled<br />

<strong>with</strong> exemplary fidelity, generosity, <strong>and</strong> kindness. In short, <strong>by</strong><br />

the general integrity, prudence, <strong>and</strong> propriety of his conduct,<br />

he deserved, <strong>and</strong> he lived <strong>and</strong> died possessing, as large a portion<br />

of respect from his equals, <strong>and</strong> of good will from his superiors,<br />

as has ever fallen to the lot of any man of his rank.<br />

" Though he had raised himself to independent <strong>and</strong> affluent cir-<br />

cumstances in his old age, he continue^ free of every appear-<br />

* An under-waistcoat <strong>with</strong> sleeves.<br />

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