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THE FAREWELL.
TO THE BRETHREN OF St. JAMES'S LODGE, TARBOLTON.
Tune, Goodnight and joy be wi' you a'
I.
1 ADIEU! a heart-warm, fond adieu!
2 Dear brothers of the mystic tye!
3 Ye favored, enlighten'd Few,
4 Companions of my social joy!
5 Tho' I to foreign lands must hie,
6 Pursuing Fortune's slidd'ry ba',
7 With melting heart, and brimful eye,
8 I'll mind you still, tho' far awa.
II.
9 Oft have I met your social Band,
10 And spent the chearful, festive night;
11 Oft, honor'd with supreme command,
12 Presided o'er the Sons of light:
13 And by that Hieroglyphic bright,
14 Which none but Craftsmen ever saw!
[Page 229]15 Strong Mem'ry on my heart shall write
16 Those happy scenes when far awa!
III.
17 May Freedom, Harmony and Love
18 Unite you in the grand Design,
19 Beneath th' Omniscient Eye above,
20 The glorious ARCHITECT Divine!
21 That you may keep th' unerring line,
22 Still rising by the plummet's law,
23 Till Order bright, completely shine,
24 Shall be my Pray'r when far awa,
IV.
25 And YOU, farewell! whose merits claim,
26 Justly that highest badge to wear!
27 Heav'n bless your honor'd, noble Name,
28 To MASONRY and SCOTIA dear!
29 A last request, permit me here,
30 When yearly ye assemble a',
31 One round, I ask it with a tear,
32 To him, the Bard, that's far awa.
Source edition
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796. POEMS, CHIEFLY IN THE SCOTTISH DIALECT, BY ROBERT BURNS. Kilmarnock: printed by John Wilson, M,DCC,LXXXVI., 1786, pp. 228-229. 240p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T91548) (Page images digitized by National Library of Scotland.)
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- THE AUTHOR'S EARNEST CRY AND PRAYER, TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND HONORABLE, THE SCOTCH REPRESENTATIVES IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS. ()
- A BARD'S EPITAPH. ()
- THE COTTER'S SATURDAY NIGHT. INSCRIBED TO R. A****, Esq; ()
- THE DEATH AND DYING WORDS OF POOR MAILIE, THE AUTHOR'S ONLY PET YOWE, AN UNCO MOURNFU' TALE. ()
- A DEDICATION TO G**** H******* Esq; ()
- DESPONDENCY, AN ODE. ()
- A DREAM. ()
- EPIGRAM ON SAID OCCASION, ()
- EPISTLE TO A YOUNG FRIEND. ()
- EPISTLE TO DAVIE. A BROTHER POET. ()
- EPISTLE TO J. L*****K, AN OLD SCOTCH BARD. ()
- EPISTLE TO J. R******, ENCLOSING SOME POEMS. ()
- EPITAPH ON A HENPECKED COUNTRY SQUIRE. ()
- [EPITAPH] FOR G. H. Esq; ()
- [EPITAPH] FOR R. A. Esq; ()
- [EPITAPH] FOR THE AUTHOR'S FATHER. ()
- [EPITAPH] ON A CELEBRATED RULING ELDER. ()
- [EPITAPH] ON A NOISY POLEMIC. ()
- [EPITAPH] ON WEE JOHNIE. Hic jacet wee Johnie. ()
- HALLOWEEN. ()
- THE HOLY FAIR. ()
- THE LAMENT. OCCASIONED BY THE UNFORTUNATE ISSUE OF A FRIEND'S AMOUR. ()
- MAN WAS MADE TO MOURN, A DIRGE. ()
- ON A SCOTCH BARD GONE TO THE WEST INDIES. ()
- POOR MAILIE'S ELEGY. ()
- A PRAYER, IN THE PROSPECT OF DEATH. ()
- SCOTCH DRINK. ()
- SONG, COMPOSED IN AUGUST. ()
- SONG. ()
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- TO A LOUSE, On Seeing one on a Lady's Bonnet at Church. ()
- TO A MOUNTAIN-DAISY, On turning one down, with the Plough, in April — 1786. ()
- TO A MOUSE, On turning her up in her Nest with the Plough, November, 1785. ()
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