Madam
Nae heathen name shall I prefix,
Frae Pindus or Parnassus,
Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks
For rhyme-inspiring Lasses.
Jove's tunefu' Dochters three times three
Made Homer deep their debtor;
But gien the body half an e'e,
Nine Ferriers wad done better.
Last day my mind was in a bog;
Down Georg's Street I stoited;
A creeping, cauld, Prosaic fog
My vera senses doited.
Nae heathen name shall I prefix,
Frae Pindus or Parnassus,
Auld Reekie dings them a' to sticks
For rhyme-inspiring Lasses.
Jove's tunefu' Dochters three times three
Made Homer deep their debtor;
But gien the body half an e'e,
Nine Ferriers wad done better.
Last day my mind was in a bog;
Down Georg's Street I stoited;
A creeping, cauld, Prosaic fog
My vera senses doited.
Do what I dought to set her free,
My Muse lay in the mire;
Ye turn'd a neuk - I saw your e'e-
She took the wing like fire.
The mournfu' sang I here inclose,
In gratitude I send you:
And pray, in rhyme, sincere as prose,
A' gude things may attend you.
St James' Square
Saturday even.
My Muse lay in the mire;
Ye turn'd a neuk - I saw your e'e-
She took the wing like fire.
The mournfu' sang I here inclose,
In gratitude I send you:
And pray, in rhyme, sincere as prose,
A' gude things may attend you.
St James' Square
Saturday even.
Key details
- Archive number
- NTS/02/25/BRN/02/52
- Alt. number
- 3.6192
- Date
- 1787
- On display
- No
- Creator
- Burns, Robert (Author)
- Recipient
- Ferrier, Jane
Archive information
Themes
Hierarchy
-
Robert Burns, collection of poems and songs
(
a sub-fonds is a subdivision in the archival material)
- To Miss Ferrier
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