with critical observations and biographical notices, by Robert Burns

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I'll tie the posie round wi' the silken band o' luve,
And I'll place it in her breast, and I'll swear by a
above,
That to my latest draught o' life the band shall ne'er
remuve,
And this will be a posie to my ain dear May.
MARY S DREAM.
The Mary here alluded to is generally supposed
to be Miss Mary Macghie, daughter to the Laird
of Airds, in Galloway. The poet was a Mr.
Alexander Lowe, zvho likewise wrote another beau-
tiful song, called Pompey's Ghost. I have seen a
poetic epistlefrom him in North America^ where he
nozo is, or lately was, to a lady iti Scotland.—By
the strain of the verses, it appeared that they allude
to some love disappointment.
The moon had cllmb'd the highest hill,
Which rises o'er the source of Dee,
And from the eastern summit shed
Her silver light on tow'r and tree :
When Mary laid her down to sleep,
Her thoughts on Sandy far at sea
When soft and low a voice was heard,
Saying, Mai^y weep no more for me.
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