with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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It is the moon, I ken her horn,
That's blinkin in the hft sae hie
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She shines sae bright to wyle us hame,
But by my sooth she'll wait a wee
We are nafou^ ^c,
Wha first shall rise to gang awa',
A cuckold, coward loun is he
Wha last beside his chair shall fa',
He is the king amang us three
We are nafouy §c.*
* " Willie, who ' brew'd a peck o' maut,' was Mr. William
Nicol ; and Rob and Allan were our Poet and his friend Allan
Masterton. This meeting took place at Laggan, a farm pur-
chased by Mr. Nicol, in Nithsdale, on the recommendation of
Burns. These three honest fellows—all men of uncommon
talents, are now all under the turf. (1799)."
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