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manuscript book containing selection of poetry including, On the death of Sir J. Hunter Blair and Epitaph on my own friend

Ken ye what Meg o' the mill has gotten

Bannockburn: Bruce to his troops

Lament of Mary Queen of Scots on the approach of spring

Verses written in Friars Carse Hermitage

The Heron Ballads

To Mr E---- on his translation of and commentaries on Martial

Wilt thou be my Dearie and Contented wi' little, & cantie wi' mair

Epitaph on My Father

A birth-day Ode, December 31st 1788 and To Mr E---- on his translation of and commentaries on Martial

One guinea note with a poem by Robert Burns

Holy Willie's Prayer

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